New-York tribune., 1912-01-05
THE TALK or THE DAY.

The current number Of America
Roman Catholic paper. contains a protest
against innocent parodes on the Ten Com
mandments, calling particular attention TO
the Sensational substitutes for God
word" framed In Divine phraseology re-
Gently published by a clergyman. HIS
frivolous laws for wives COuched in the
form sacred to the decalogue had numer-
Gus limitations" says America" Equally
frivolous laws for husbands were similarly
constructed by fippant paragraphers and
women Of notoriety and so on It'll the most
solemn of Gods words had become the
playthine OF prohigates and mockers
Another writer on the same subject quotes
among the new Commandments: "One on
auction bridge; prizefighter's decalogue
on health; a rabbits amended decalogue;
Frau Maeterlinck's ten commandments for
women: commandments for married men,
and others for boys, girls, bachelors, old
maids and politicians"
Did the burglars overlook anything Of
value?" inquired the reporter.
I'D rather not say anything about mat
answered the man whose house had oeeh
robbed.
Because they'll be watching the papers
for day or two, I think, To hnd out. -
Chicago Tribune.
HAS the war correspondent any friend in
this unhappy world of jealousy and SIM"
asks r., Ashmead- Bartlett, war correspon-
dent now in Tripoli, writing in THE Acad-
envy" As general rule. he says, his paper
hates him because he IS an enormous eX-
pense and the return on his outlay is very
uncertain: on the other hand, he cannot
be dispensed with. His comrades on the
staff are enviOus Of him, and when he ar
rlves at the headquarters Of the army he
is at once regarded with great suspicion by
those whom he has come TO immOrtalize.
His credentials are questioned, as 80 many
bogus correspondents are attracted like
yultures to the front. II IS often difficult
| to discriminate between those who are
really there to represent papers and those
who are merely there to satisfy their inSa-
! liable love Of adventure.
| Manager to dramatisU-Your piece is not
! at all bad, but 1t rather lacks me- go,
Dramatist-If that's all, l can easily XIII
off two or three people in the Third act
! Rire.
DEPENDENT.
Look out She comes with sword and gun,
! The deputy, with law imbued,
She sees a duty to be done
And, though It's rude.
She grabs her weapon by the hit
! And-man Of muscle. will you? WIZ
Great men of crime may crlnge and crawl
Al her approach-it's leap year, too
For women hold the town I'm thrall,
| That's what they do
But mark you this: When she's afraid
She'll call on man to give her aid.
So. after all is said and done,
! The girls have not discovered Yet
A single pursuit-no, not one!-
Where they can get
| Along without a man. Thanks be-
Perhaps that day well never see
a. ". q.
Aunt Lucy-Yes. uncle is back from
! town. but II VIII be week before ne up
and around.
Neighbor-Why, what happened to him?
Aunt Lucy-He tried to pass through one
Of those revolving doors az the rush hour
Chicago News.
The new President Of Switzerland has
had a pretty thorough training for the
place He Is NJ. Forrer, federal council
lor, and he has served In every department
OF the Swiss government except the treas.
ury. and for the last five years he has
been AZ the head OF the postal and railway
departments President Forrer who headed
the little republic once before. In 1906, Is
native Of Zurich and a lawyer by pro-
fesslon. At the age of sixty-siN he has
had thirty years OF public life.
"One O. de mos curiosest things about q
fool" said Uncle Eben, rs de way ne
holler ard git mad II you don't itt ann
chow on his misfortune. washington
Star.
\ case in some respects similar to the
one which broke up the New Year Eve
marty al the Lakewood Country club took
place at Saratoga years ago. 1T was In
the days when Congress Hall was popular
with a large class Of visitors to the spa,
said a man who was a guest at the time
"A dance for children had been arranged
BY the master Of ceremonies and when the
little folks were going through the last hS-
urcg OF an old-fashloncd quadrille a
woman rushed excitedly 10 the bhndmaster
and told him To stop the music, which he
did promptly, thinking that an accident on
fire was the cause. shut the doors" shout
ed the woman. Some one stole my Ben
ny's watch" The manager OF the hotel re-