New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-27
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The disaster Calumet Mich. the result Of false
alarm of fire. recalled to Tribune reader an incl
dent which he believes may be remembered by a
number Of New Workers who were at Sharon Springs
when it happened. "One Sunday morning." he said,
"the guests I'm our hotel startled by the cry OF
Fire" in the long hallway on the third floor Doors
few open and every passageway was soon crowded
with men and women, many of them in their night
clothes. Fortunately, the assurance that there was
no fire reached all before anything serious hap
pencd and later it became known that the panic
was the result of the efforts the part Of man to
arouse friend. To do he banged on his door and
shouted Meyer the mans name which was easily
mistaken for Fire" and repeated by some
jealous person"
Maids this paper from Mr.. scribblers room
waste paper mum?
Landady-NO He hasn't written anything on II
yet.-Judge.
wholesale nut dealer recently found this letter
from an irate customer:
for cash by Broken wall nuts | TAX home rotden
hblerts what the -- kinder bzncss you max.
u. T.
where's you son. Hiram?
Going to an agricultural college
i've heard them colleges amt practical
You heard wrong They put EN- right OUT IN the
field Ny boy writes that next year they're going TO
let him take care Of centre field Post
"Thc new Chinese daily? Oh, yes, I can do some
thing in transating the title. Mon ice Yat 30, -
remarked the Spanish expert To the insisent seeker
COR information. why my guess" he went on is
that it means, say. 30. have you eaten yet" You
know he added, ITS morning paper
what sent him to a sanatorium?"
He's an efficiency expert and he got to broodlhs
over the lost motion expended in Christmas shop
ping Louisville Courier-Journal
When President Wilson a freshman at Prince
ton he was fond of an occasional game Of euchre.
and he often tells this story Of interrupted game
he was having with his roommate, former Attorney
General Robert II. McCarter of New Jersey. In the
midst Of an exciting hand footsteps were heard in
the hall which sounded to them very much like
those Of the dean Their suspicious were justified.
But when the dean entered the room the cards had
disappeared under the table and Mr.. Wilson was
busly engaged i'm reading Bible he had hurriedly
grabbed with Mr. McCartcr sOlemnly listening.
After complimenting the young men on the way
they chose TO spend the evening the dean departed
OF course the game was resumed.
THE only way to have Christmas said
the visiting parson. "is 10 chain the devil"
II tried that last year sir" said the good sister.
"but il Warnt use; | jos couldn't keep the OLD
man at home"'-Atlanta Constitution.
"Hcy. git outer tn way do you tnk you own tn
street."
eco on you big stiff; you got about as much brains
as a weasel"
Come down here and I'll lick YOU"
"You couldn't lick postage stamp, you boob"
Sit behind the motorman "A Broadway car some
afternoon and this is of the repartee you Will
hear between truck driver who insists on sticking
to the car tracks and the motorman trying to keep
10 schedule. OF course, nothing serious happens.
There are lots Of cops" along Broadway-good big
ones.
Jenny go find johnny, what nc is doing and
tell him to stop il right away.'-Llfe.