New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-21
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Observing persons who have critically noted
crowds Of fans in the Polo Grounds and IN farh
Row may have their doubts about the SOLDERING
civiIizing influence of baseball, but DR.. Dean Z.
Worcester lately Secretary Of the Interior In the
Philippines hasn't Among the 1gorots and other
wild tribes the game has worked wonders IN 'he
right direction Baseball is one OF the really I'M
portant things which the Bureau OF Educa'oh mas
taught the boys" says DR.. Worcester III Is reaiis
wonderful TO see how they take to the game ana
how Il brightens them up and Increases their ac-
tivity and alertness. Keen interest Is taken not
orl, nv tho hovs themselves but by their fathers
and mothers in competitive games between difier-
emf settlements These games serve to bring the
noonIe together IN friendly way and result In end
less good"
When the students at Syracuse University be-
come more familiar with the Greek and Roman COINS
recently collected by professor one may expect
to hear something like this:
"I'll open 1t for sesterus. 49,.
ut will cost you just six duodrachms 10 see 'heso
cards Buffalo Express.
A little girl from Western state on a visit TO
her grandparents in New York wrote her impress
sions" 10 her mother Among other things she said
This is a lovly place The streets are so nice and
the children lovly They are paved difrent from
home and Uncle Georges car runs fine over them
The church is near the house and we went Sunday
in the rain. But did not mind IL was so snort
Aunt Carrie had TO store but she did not get
anything She Just went. And they had music and
things TO eat right in the store
Jones-The Browns have bought car!
Wife-Cant you say something cheerful once IN
a while?
Jones-The bummest machine l saw and
second hand at that,-Chicago News
The only instance known wherein an empoye was
paid by his employer for gambling occurred In New
Orleans Walter Lamana, a child OF wealthy ltal-
ians was kidnapped and the interest was intense
throughout the Gulf coast country.
The stats Of the two leading morning dailies were
engaged in draw" after hours. when the city ed
itor OF one Of them was called out. He summoned
a reporter.
Get back in there and play AT the papers eH-
pense" he Missed. Make 1t lively"
The reporter raised 'em and hosted EN- and
lifted 'em for hour.
Then the game was broken UP by cries OF Extra!
Extra" and the staff OF the other paper read with
emotion that the body OF the child had been found
There was en-dollar check from the editor In
the reporters envelope next pay day.
Her Partner-If you tired OF dancing, Mrs
Newrocks, we'll sit down and have little tete-a-
Mrs Newrocks-Oh dear me. no. thanks. After
such big supper I really couldn't eat another
thing.-Boston transcript
At 1o45 D. m. yesterday the amateur prognosti-
Gator entered the office and bet the chess expert
that snow would fall in greater New York within
fortv-eiCht hours. "Gee,' exclaimed the cynic,
that's what I call nerve. And the United States
Weather Bureau missed forecasting the blizzard on
the Great Lakes Nerve? No, it's sublime faith
in the unknoWable.'
son"
well dad?'
did you pick that suit of clothes Of your own
accord or is II a part Of the hazing you have TO
go through with?'-Lousve Courier-Journal.
A speaker at a dinner the other night gave this
striking characterization OF New York City: I'm
New York there are ffty-three different races of
people New York is the clearance house for un
dgested naionalities. New York is the home Of the
Indiana Society, the Ohio Society, the Southern So
ciety-in fact Every theUnion Society eX-
cept her own. New York is like some childless
mother who consoles herself by unbridled course
of adoption. Eminent men, wearied with prosper
ity come here from other cities There they were
somebody to be reckoned with, but the maelstrom
here absorbs them and New York goes along uncon-
scous and unchanged. In this modern Babylon
uncommon common, just as In heaven an
angel is nobody in particular"
cherubc voice in answer to Number, please" A
few minutes later the childish tones came over
the wire saying BE sure IT is white one."-The
TeeDhOne Review.