New-York tribune., 1912-03-10
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The order issued by Adjutant General Yer
beck by which the names OF Colonel Chaun-
cey NJ. Depew and Lieutenant Colonel James
II. Storey will be removed from the list or
supernumerary officers Of the national
guard was to most OF Mr.. Depew's friends,
the first intimation that he was or had ever
been a colonel Il knew better" said a
real estate man. because had an expert
ence on that score about fifteen years ago
was reporter on New York paper and
I'm the course OF a talk with Colonel Wilbur
T. Brown, who was active In finding dis
tinguished recruits for Lafayette Post c..
A. r., he told me about Depew's colonelcy,
vintage OF 70. l thought IT a good story
and wrote what would make couple OF
sticks fun but the city editor turned II
down. Some day that'l be worth a col
umn' said. and yesterday | might have
said. i told you So but my chief of those
days has gone where there are no scoops
and where copy is unknown"
Say. Pop. what is money!"
Money, my son, is the root OF all evil
That Is 10 cav, with II YOU can buy wife
matter which one you choose, you'll wish
you had the other. ."-Philadelph Record
HARD AT WORK.
For those suffragette fairies.
Who lately ran Wild.
Performing vagaries,
Like any spoilt child.
John Bull has invented
A capital plan
He'll make them contented
And useful to man.
So his windows they're rubbing,
Not breaking, perforce-
And in washing and scrubbing
They're taking a course.
II he adds one more wrinkle,
And teaches 10 bake,
Then to quote Rip Van Wrinkle,
"Vot wives dey would makev'
G. B. NJ.
"I expect TO be rich some day"
That SO? Somebody likely to leave you
money! -. - q,
expect TO earn fortune, do you?'-Detroit
Free Press.
The moving picture as an educator has
had many successful trials. says the
"R6litlsche Korrespondenz" (Berlin), and in
proof Of the assertion refers to the pictures
on sanitation, natural history, botany.
anatomy, etc. The latest step In that direc-
ton was made recently by DIR. Ludwig
Munch, OF Darmstadt, who employed the
motion picture to demonstrate mathemau-
cal problems, 'and by this means enabled
those students who were unable TO grasp
the questions and methods OF solution In
~ In thOF0nRhlX under
stand the work"
Caddie Ito golfer badly bunkered and OPP
ponent we'll on the greenl-Don't give UP
the hole, sir. You never know, the other
gentleman might have ftt-Black and
White.
Felix Schweighofer, the German comedian
who died recently. left an estate valued at
! 200, 900 marks, and commenting on the
extraordinary fact one OF his bographers
SAYS: He was a model citizen as well as
q great actor AS a citizen no was con-
tent to be one of the great majority and
had no ambition to be one OF the grand
class. He was thrifty, but his purse was
never closed against the needy and what
he did for them was done in secrecy. He
was not like many gifted and consequently
actors who have their regular
court, their fatterers, press agents and even
scientific helpers. They live In splendor
and in the glory which they purchase.
They enjoy their lives not so thoroughly
as did schweighofer; but what remains
when their curtain has descended is not
often million"
Blobbs-Do you think Miss Antique would
appreciate a birthday present?
Slobbs-Not so much az birthday
Record.