New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-26
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

mechanical toy with tho mechanism
hopelessiy out OF order IL not 4 good IN
vestment, but tine business in this worth
less stun was large for few DAYS pro
ceding Christmas Vendors stood in The
street and showed tUmblng Teddy bears.
boxing pugilsts rsciug automobiles.
climbing apes etc. which they sold az
much less than regular prices. The TOYS
which they used 10 demonstrate were
perfect. But those which were purchased
were bad seconds In which tine de-
fects wer, not discovered until the pur-
chaser reached home. when he on
dsavorcd in vain 20 make the thing
work Hundreds of men who took to
their homes what they thought would
bring jos To little ones were disappointed
through this low form Of deception.
First Hospital Surgeon-f have Just per
suaded my old friend Robbins 10 send his
wife here for treatment
Second Hospital Surgeon What's the
trouble with her
INST Hospital Surgeon Nothing special,
Dut size IL n dandy subject 90 experiment
up0n.-L.fe
THE LAND or THE HERE AID SOW.
come take trip IN my hot-sir ship
To the land OF the here and now,
II isn't far. aud yOull feel no jar
Az the atmosphere We plough.
We Oft delight in a farther sight
OF prospective woes. somehow.
While in alarm We miss the charm
OF the beautiful here and now
Those angels wings and Elysian things
Which the preachers tell about
Are fine and swell but they give us hell
As the only other route.
For Sunday BAR isn't nice At all
And therein lie an awful row;
And a. will Sigh in the by and by
" they smile I'm the here and now
Bat take trip in NV hot-alr ship
And wen seek lies present charm
Meath tho suns bright light or the stars
OF night.
Amid pleasures that do no harm
Dame Natures land is both broad and
grand.
And perhaps wen ind out how
70 claim delights which are ours by rights
In the beautiful here and now.
LYNN 9. DOYLE.
Here's story about a man who owns
a $4,000 overCoat' said Flooding Pete
Yes" answered Meandering Mike.
An what's the good or IL? 4 man that
Kin afford that kind OF an oveTcoat ain Z
got no need Ia 30 10 pawnbroker w.
WASHINGTON Star
Theodor Prayer who has written sew
eral articles on the age OF actors and
who keeps a record of those members
or the profession who have grown old
IN the service. has added the name Of
Theodor Schmidt 10 the list OF those on
whose work the final curtain has de-
scended Schmidt died at Berlin. two
weeks ago, AT the age or seventy-two.
He was n member OF the Royal Opera
Company from ISL to 1898, and was ac-
cording 10 his biographer, 'in his day one
Of the most popular barytones In Europe
Among the parts I'm which he gained dis
,indlon were Beckmesser, BartolO, Papa
geno. Neusco and the Gar.
Little Dolly-I haven't had a spanking
all day
Little Dolly-Oh. II isn't that. mamma
has been perfectly angelc-Philadelphia
Record
Nassau street may be one Of the busiest
thoroughfares I'm the city between S
o clock IN the morning and o'clock at
night. but three hours after the stores
close Il IS one Of the most deserted.
Probably no one realizes II better than
the young man who was looked in a
building recently and who remained i'm
nrisoned tfl nearly midnight He was
In charge OF the office, it seems. while
his employer was away, and about
o'clock in the afternoon he fell asleep.
When he awoke. five hours later. he hur-
rled to the door leading 70 the street
and found It locked. 4 few Brooklyn
hound nelesirians with their heads