New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-06


Of the Tuileries. Her uniform consisted Oh
blue skirt and overcoat and Jaun'1
cap of the same color. She soon became one
of the most popular Of the drivers in her
district. and when she was asked, Few
weeks after she had taken It up. how the
business was paying, she said: Il nave
more clients than can serve" Those VINO
rejolced in her good fortune were disap-
pointed when they heard later that the
popular aid was only the underpaid SER
want Of a keen business man.
SAY. old man, you went to college, didn't
your
Yes"
Here around Pittsburgh?'
mo; out West. - -
But how is 1t I never hear you say
word about your old college days|
The college went TO didn't have very
good baseball eam.'-Pittsburgh Post.
THE LIVING TRUTH.
There was a man IN our town
Who was the soul Of truth,
And he was therefore held in high
Esteem by age and youth.
They came around TO call on him
And hear him talk, for he,
AS we'll might be imagined. was
A truly novelty.
The other day, when half the town
Had congregated near
To listen to the words OF truth
They loved so we'll to hear,
He stood up in their midst to speak
And they like little birds
That hold their mouths for food. held up
Their ears to catch his words.
! The cost of living'-here he paused
To smile away the frown
That showed on every face-"the cost
OF living's coming doUn"
lie said no more. His loving friends
Proceeded to retire,
And as they did, each one exclaimed:
"Say, now, amt he the liar?'
W. j. HAMPTON.
why do you refuse me Nss7" q,
Kisses may convey germs explained
the girl.
That doesn't scare me Didn't I always
lick your slate for you when we went 10
SCHOOL, -Washington Herald.
Cant something he done 10 stop the gum
chewing habit in this town? II the chewers
could only sec how they look when their
laws are at work in the streetcars or In
do II in public again Gum chewing is as
bad as snuff dipping, and nobody dips snuf
nowadays" says The Charlotte observer.
All very we'll. but how about the tobacco
chewing habit in the South? That has been
pretty generally suppressed IN the North
BY the antl-spitting ordinances. IL you
don't believe 1t just look at the tobacco
stores to-day and compare them with those
Of ten years ago.
What you need" said the wordy medic
I'm his ponderous way, rs an enlargement
of your daily round. wider circle OF
"Mebby that's right" said the patient;
I'm a bareback rider In one-rlns circus
Cleveland Plain Dealer
when one hears OF a drama without
words" says a letter from St. Petersburg
the mind naturally turns 10 the motion
picture. but II the term IS used in connec-
ton with the enterprise Of II. Mardschanow
the inference is wrong" The theatre audi
enccs have grown weary OF dialogue says
Mardschanow, and plays in which action
music and scenery can take It's place must
become popular" In order 10 demonstrate
this theory this dramatic reformer has
opened n playhouse for the production OF
wordless dramas in Moscow, where the
first. entitled Tears" Will be produced this
month. The work is Of a higher order
than the pantomimes of former days says
the writer, "and although the actors may
know no language except their own the
plays which they produce can readily be
understood by any one
Hostess Ito Humorous Artist-But where
do YOU get your absurd situations?
Humorous Artist-Oh. well. II one keeps
ones ears open at tea parties OF qihn"Is
one often hears some silly thing said that
one can usc!-EunCh.