New-York tribune., 1912-04-02
THE TALK OF TIE DAY.

New York City garden farmers. new al
tho game. nre regretting their efforts toward
reducing tho high cost Of living Said one
amateur vegetable raiser recently: 'Ive
been working with a spade all afternoon
and I'm now on my way 10 Bellevue 10 get
four square inches OF pure unadulterated
cutlcie. I've spent enough money In re-
pairing my hands 10 furnish my table with
vegetables for a month. I've worked UT
such an appetite that my meat bill has
become exorbitant. Do the advertisements
or four hundred acres OF farm land for 81 S
interest me- They do not. II am all
peeled and sore from working plot only
as big as two Columbian postage stamps
what would be with larger tract? II
you're seeking to reduce expenses take this
from me- Don't plant your own vegeta'
bles."
Townc-The Nuritches nave a butler, and
he's a most remarkable one.
Browne WHY, | understood hs was the
regulation English article.
Townc-Yes, but his name Isn't James ana
he doesn't speak with n cockney accent
The Catholic standard and Times.
SPRING sTREETCAR STYLES
tNo,e: No step. a side door. and . seated
cage for the cOnductor-thats the latest New
York streetcar style.)
Let hobbies do their grillng grind
Without dcspairtng CRY,
No more tho fretfUl foot may find
The streetcar step too high;
But still we'll have the chance 20 scoff
At backward women getting off.
There are no doors in hack or front
Saloon style, they're at side.
This saves the motorman grunt,
The parcel man a ride,
But who would stand a while and smoke
Sees the arrangement Is no Joke.
And those who ycarn for seats at night
Wherein to rest and read,
Forsooth rejoice al ono in sight,
Fenced prettily, indeed;
But the conductors seated there
In case TO grab the nlmble fare.
Our newest transportation line
is tempting to a few;
II some It's charms cannot divine
They know what they can do
We yet, as always. have recourse
70 ancient cars pulled by a horse.
A. W. 4.
Those people say they don't believe you
ever reached the pole"
That's all right" replied the explorer.
as he looked up from his manuscript. The
more doubts there are as to whether !
landed or not the longer this rather re-
munerative discussion Is going To last 49,
Washington Star
In the neighborhood OF one OF the largest
apartment houses in New York there Is a
lnt, ,.fa oha 4 nh. A, A
never been there had seven friends to din
ner one evening last week who were told
that instead OF bridge after dinner there
would be "a moving picture spree" The
men had to forego cigars so that there
might be no delay, and a maid was sent
ahead TO purchase tickets and wait for the
party. On arrival at the entrance they
were told that the house was full and that
they might wait in the lobby until some OF
the seats became vacant. and eight men
and women all In costumes not often seen
in such places, had demonstration OF the
popularity Of that form OF entertainment.
and as they went out through the rain
back TO the big house the hostess said
sadly: This certainly has been a moving
picture spree; We are the pictures"
"By the way, | met a young lady from
your state last summeT-a Miss Balmer"
Daughter old Balmer, the undertaken"
Shouldn't wonder. She told me her
father was Southern planter. Boston
Transcript.
An American girl who has been a stu
dent In Germany for nearly two years sur
prlsed her parents a few days ago by ask
ing that pair Of boxing gloves be sent
to her. They have them here" she said
In her Ietter, "but | want the American
kind" She writes further that boxing has
become very popular among women and
that the sport is dlsplacing fencing. "The
manly art" she says lis not so popular
with the authorities here and public ox-
hibitions have been prohibited by the no.
lice. although women members of the i'm.
psrial ho'isehold have been seen A regular
fights At Monte Carlo this season The
gloves viii ne forwarded. over the obiec-
ton If The big brother In the family. who
VIII send with the package a placsrd for