New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-21
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Aunua the people who stood IN city
Hall Park when the new ire apparatus
was under Inspection was httie Ola
man who wore a Grand Army de'orat'o"
ON a shabby coat The little boy whom
he held seemed 10 take more interest III
the biz automobile hook and ladder Whl'h
had inst pass.d south IN Park Row than
M, old man Its nothing" he said. 'but
an old show over again. can ieil'"
Der when the first blk nook aud ladder
stood for Inspection IN TOmpklns square.
People were more curious 20 see II IMAM
they are now 20 see this one. HOW long
will IL b.. before, these are out Of date.
Have You decided what appointment
Won VII ask for: t-.
40" REPLIED the applicant for appoint
ment. but ] took a firm stahd ana lr'
tD" administration know that on rs a'-
tiou depends my decision on IN" adNIsI
hilltv of granting more than single
Presidential tenn Washington Star.
\ bin is before the Texas Legislature
10 make IL unlawful Tor ans one ~
puilir place 10 dance. or permit the same
90 D., danced at plac" owned or leased
iv himself amy dance commonly known
as the srzzly bear turkey r"i bunny
hug etc." The penalty for such violation
Is 40 To-. iu. OF from so 90 $40
Hobbs 80 you've struck II rich and are
now able 90 keep several servants
bphh~ Alas. nO-OuIt to hlTc them. -
Boston Transcript
STANDING ROOM ONLY.
Though skirts are tight
And may alright.
IN" outlook is mo- brighter.
For Fashion wills
Though Fashion kills
Tight gowns must be- still. tighter.
Skirts ;. H. o.
VIII be the go
lu home or street
Where people meet
This skirt. 80 ail-conhdlns
with rigid grip
May often trip.
Aud lead TO sad repinns.
, hut veal oT woe.
comes = Il. o"
r. g. II.
At one of the New England univers.-
ti.~ there was q rather cancelled under
graduate who Was SillN enough on one
occasion 10 attempt To- chdr member OF
tho faculty VINO IN IN" youths opinion.
csIuccd too marked q devotion 10 the
works Of Herbert Spencer
DO Won know, the youth said TO his
prcccptor. u hold contempt for Spen-
ccT.
Il greatly f,ar. young man Was the
rr~pous.. that your contempt has not
been bred hr familiarity
Writing from Cologne. tourist SAYS.
Tile people who tell of the American
slly scIapcrs from the tops of which they
have looked down upon the greatest cities
in the land of bOundless possibilities and
who hay. purchased postcards on the first
landing of the Einel Tower on which
they wrote tu their friends from the dizzy
height Of the third landing viii soon have
other air tours to make II they would
bee at n" top The plans for brldg"
over the Rhine at Dusseldorf are now
being carried out. When tn" work. de-
signed by Franz czech and f. Pa"tZ. j.
q, mplctrd the bridge Will not only span
TIE. river hat Xill carry a tower which
will be- two hundred metres higher
than the one which bears the name of
the French engineer who designed II.
The dusseldorf tower will bee constructed
entirely ~ steel No one will call IL beau
tful this last triumph in modern archi-
lecture. as IL looks down upon valley
vh,r,. much Of the ancient L. still pre-
rerycd'
# see" said the idler. that Mr.. Wilson
has dropped the name Thomas
I'm not bothered about that sand the
worried oniccholdcr. What other names
is h,. going To- drop Pittsburgh Post.