New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-26
THE talk or THE DAY.

! Tho account Of tho manufacture Of gold
and platinum from iron ny one Vorlcy, re-
Gently published by the Paris Journal
may be the first public notice Of a great
discovery. but IT sounds vc~y much like
! story told in New York about fifteen
! years ago. At that time a Tribune reporter
met at q mission conducted by Hermann
| Faust I'm Allen street a Russian who had
! experienced religion and was one Of the
regular attendants at tho services lie
! also had discovered a process by which iron
could bo converted into gold and at an
expense so small that the yellow product
would cost only onc-tenth from the crucihc
what gold would cost at the mine. He
could not tell rich mon his secret, for th"y
would steal It. HIS religion lasted a few
weeks and he became q harkc"pcr In a
German saloon where he WAS known for
years as "Dc~ Goldmachor"
"Ycs-I thinl, So" answered the witness.
you say YOU think" CrOwled the at
torncv Don't think Just give us the
facts."-Thc Green Bag.
! Sir Jonathan Hutchinson makes a viSor-
Gus protest In Tho London Times against
/ a proposal that lcp~osy as II occurs I'm
| England should be made a matter Of COM
IpUlsOTv registration. This, NJ" SAYS
would entail great cruelty and ! think
gross injustice on those who suffer from
| this disease There IS not the slightest rea-
son 10 suspect that they are the source OF
| any risk to tho public. 80 new case orCi-
mating I'm England has. I think been re-
corded. or oven suspected. during tho last
two centuries Tho cases which at present
! exist among MS arc al imported the sub
| iprts of h live among us unsupported, ana
! do ne no harm whatever Fify Years ago
II ycrturcd To- estimate their number A.
/ about ffty. and there "a not tho slightest
reason 10 think there arc more. n 50 many.
I AT tho present time" Wherein. generally,
/ Sir Jonathan agrees With tho New YORK
| CITY Department ~ Health.
That girl I've hoon Eoin' tn s'e aIn't got
no poueo ~ humOr'
Didn't ghc laugh when sou proposed -
Houston Post
Docs n ray-wcl. rather" said tho pro
| rrrotor " winter resort clothing store,
over whose door was IN" sign. Suits and
ANYTHING In mems wear 10 rent" when We
Istartcd." he explained. "our only customers
were men who. IN tho hurry ~ packing, had
forgotten a necessary evening garment. and
! man was shy a pair ~ trousers = coat
or oven n rccktio for evening wear and NC
could help him out price WAS no object
| But now that f. only q sid" show. We rent
white fanuclg Ia mon Who didn't know
enough 10 bring them and extra suits 10
men who want change. There are places
where walters clothes are tho specially.
| but We have gone beyond that and don't
want tho trade funny thing happened
the other day. when a hotel guest found
tho visiting card Of fellow guest in the
coat which he bought from us. He surely
had a ring in his friends nose. but he
didn't pull It very hard
1T 'ud be = shame 10 leave tho word 'dp-
plausc' out ~ the speeches they print
said Farmer CornlosSCl
You think IL useful, them
Yes It's n kind of guide II shows you
what part Of the speech the author thought
was most intcrcstin and lets you skip the
rest Washington star.