New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-02
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

| In a leading editorial The Cornell Daily Sun" a
student publication. takes strong ground In favor OF
total abstinence among college men. Says The
Sun"
Drinking will not profit man in the great mass
of university activities. or course. IL is almost re-
qurement for two three clubs whose influence on
their members is OF questionable value and II may
be aid in the rather turbd OF class politics
But for ninety nine out Of hundred II Is good
thing to leave alone Drinking is on the decrease
at Cornell-which is a significant argument against
it, According to a well known professor. gradu-
ate himself and a man who keeps Informed on
undergraduate matters there is only one-quarter or
the drinking among Comedians now that there was
ten years ago. That is encouraging. but there is
still too much"
Grocer-The HONEYMOON is over in the house on
the hill.
Grocer-The bride just phoned In an order Tor
onions.-Houston Post
YOUNG WOMAN. GO WEST
In the State Of Missouri. It's truhfuy said,
Young women have wonderful chances to wed;
There more than women by 40 per cent
Among the unmarried avert discomfort;
No such devillsh doings England alarm.
Where the women strike terror more often than
charm;
Nor even such mild demonstrations as here
BY the soap box brigade-in Missouri appear.
GO West"' said Greeley to every young man,
And they went! o young woman. adopt the good
plan W. a. II.
Teacher TO boy front seat)-What were the
principal military events in the reign Of Clnudus
Caesar?
Precocious Boyle had four wives.-Life.
Thomas Mott Osborne's experiment a voluntary
prisoner at Auburn prison. by means OF which he
hopes to ascertain the feelings OF man undergoing
prison sentence. was the subject OF discussion In
the Office OF criminal lawyer. who said: Mr.
Osborne means well. but the man who walks into a
prison OF his own accord. knowing that he will walk
out again when his self-mposed term has expired.
without a stain and free to take up his affairs do
mestc, social and business, where he left off. can
never know the feeling OF man who Is sent to
prison as a punishment for crime. ! heard Colonel
Sage say when he was warden at Sing Sing: Some
Of those who for the first time don't care But
for the majority the agony Of the first night when
the man is locked in his cell with a copy OF tho
prison rules is a heartbreaker which can be appreci
ated only by one who has been there. After years
the so-called heartbreaking is complete. and
that makes many second term men,"
Jimmy-Were going TO have an awful gay time at
our party next week!
Johnny-How dye know?
Jimmy-All the women mothers invited have said
they were coming, and every one OF 'em says she
hasn't thing to wear!-Judge
a scholarly ico-surgical monograph declares
that the heat given off by the foot Of a normal
adult considerably less than that given of per 100
cubic centimetres OF tissue a minute by the hand"
In other words. man may give the glad hand and
yet have cold feet Thus is wisdom justified OF her
children.
The train stopped for a few moments and the
passengers looked out.
Everybody in this town seems to look perky and
contented" remarked Dr. Watson.
The town evidently has winning baseball
team" deduced Sherlock Holmes.-Washington Star.