New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-01
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

THE TALK OF THE DAY.
President Poncare has modernized the
stables Of the Elyse". 'Ic has come W
The conclusion that il t..ese days OF motor
cars there is no sense in spending the taA-
pavcrs' money on tho upkeep or horses
old-faehioned carriages and expensive
coachmen. He has given orders for the
sale Of all tho horses except four in the
stables OF the Elysee; has dismissed the
| head coaChman. who on gala OCCASIONS
drove the Presidential carriage with out
| riders. and ten other coachmen ana sta
bic hands The four horses which arc 10
| be kept will rarely be used by NJ. Poin-
care himself. They ere FOR his wife
pleasure principally. II is not Impossible
that Nine. Poincare may ride in the Bois
as an encouragement to Paris society not
to let riding drop out OF fashion.
An English tourist was sightseeing IN
Ireland and tho guide had pointed out tho
! Devils Gap. the Devils Peak and th s
| Dcvils Leap to him. Pat. he SAID gay.
English tourists caii lrlsn u., P.'S hnv,
Tommy. the devil seem. to have a: a
great deal 81 property in this district.
| "lie mas. sir" replied the guide, out,
sure. he's like all the landords-he nVes
| In England" -Manche Jter GUARDIAN.
I Ten teeth out in a second. That hap
pened to man in the ferryhouse OF the
| Central Railroad OF New Jersey a Few
DAYS ago. lie had a suitcase In one
hand. an umbrella I'm the other. and un-
der one arm a large paper parcel. lie
| had just gone through the door Leading 70
/ the waiting room with his ticket protruo-
| ing from a pocket. where II could De
reached by tho punch. when the accident
! happencd lie sneezed, and as result an
upper plate with ten store teeth ilt
on the floor several feet before him. Bun
die. umbrella and case were dropped IN
the path OF those who were following.
and the plate was recovered before II had
! been stepped upon. but not In time 10
prevent SOME humorous remarks by those
who saw the accident and laughter In
which the victim Joined.
Henry never knew stairs could BE so
| frolicksome and alpine until that mid
night lie had reached the turning point
of his pcrilous journey. when his ~lte
appeared armed with the well known
You're drunk. Henry she crieh VIM
! dlcfively You're drunk
We'll. IL amt" responded Henry de-
muGey' I've spent o ,hFee d%'s sIi ana MA
] and lie wept Judge.
A correspondent. writing TO The Lon
don Times" says: "Aproros OF the re-
port from Or. Mawson's expedition that
the Aurora found only sea where In 1910
D'Grville and. a week later. Wilkes had
laid down Cote Claire on their maps, IL
IS curious and interesting 10 recall the
fact that the English whaler Balleny in
1889 saw the same ice wall that was seen
by D'Urville. but Oh approaching what
seemed to be land made II out TO be FOG
hanging over some icebercs. Balleny had
had much experience OF the ice ana the
lIlusorv appearances OF land Another
Antarctic illusion. this time OF Wilkes
alone. was dissipated by Ross In lSl.
when he sailed over a long stretch OF
mountainous land" not far away from
the Balleny Islands preclptately charted
bv the American explorer IN the preced-
ine year"
Benevolent Old Lady-what is your son
doing now?
Auntic Washington-Him? Oh. Jest
talkin' about what he's gwine ter do.
y o But your husband-what /. ne
doing?
what he's done.-Puck.
siam did not appear so far away from
! home to-day" says an American. "r't'hs
from Bangkok. when We rode on the
| Mcnam River in motor boat OF Ameri-
can build. and later in the day. when We
witnessed review OF several regiments
| Of Siamese infantry by the King. we real
izod that We were in wide awake coun-
| fry. The troops, I'm modern service uni
form. paradcd with the precision OF West
! Pointers the mounted staff officers who
! ACCOMPANIED tho King sat in their sad
dies with case and grace, the band played
a march well known I'm Europe and Amer
lea. and as an Offset To the peculiar style
of architecture Of the buildings which
stood near the parade ground, reminders
Of the antique. was the up-to-date We
toria. with four horses and mounted
crooms, from which the women OF tho
palace watched the show"
The Lawycr-Whcn did this affair hap
The Witncss-I don't remember.
Was il this year.?
81 don't remember
WAS II some other year!
81 don't remember
How do YOU happen to forget every
thing" s,
II don't remember. "-1onkcrs STATES
man.