New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-12
AS | WAS SAYING

"Curfew shall not ring tonight" was the cry at
Healys not so long ago, and there is still some re-
sentiment, there and elsewhere. al cure" 'iiie
many guest feels put out
This is where poetry comes in. Just when all Is
darkest in the restaurant and chilliest outside, and
when mirth turns its face toward home with a re-
solve to cuckoo nine times" poetry brings sweet
hopes Of better and gayer word-thus
No chucker-oi1t will bawl at us: Now gents. it's
closing time"
The lights will fash eternaly no warning cioch
shall chime
And late souls landing from the craft which
Charon's arms prope
viii find the boys still going strong at the Golden
Shore Hotel.
All the way from Australia comes tins cruinp Oh
comfort-or really should we say crumb? we are
reminded Of a more suitable word we have just
encountered reprint Of the classic dialogue"
"IAd any breakfast. Biz
Not drop"
So drop Of comfort let it be-for which. thanks!
Here's to the poet; long may he MARBLE
When seven grouty gentlemen in the Pullman
compelled Miss Jessie TO climb ladder the other
evening because no one would surrender lower
berth TO the Presidents daughter quite furry be-
gan in the newspapers. and II has not subsded yet
Various theories have been advanced to explain
the sroutincss. Some think 1t was protest against
rampant feminism. But does Miss Jessie ramp
Hardly Others call 1t plea for Jeiiersonian SIM
nlicitv. But did Simple Thomas affect an upper
berth? Prove it.
What then? our own theory is. the grouty
gentlemen had failed to keep track OF what has been
happenIng i'm America these last five years and
were carried away by out-ofda insurgency
when they heard that the Presidents daughter had
come aboard.
Natural enough. We suppose. it is only TWO add
innistrations since the reign Of the Princess Alice
Yes a.whole flock Of bats invaded the Senate. and
lust 10 show that can at times come down TO the
level Of our competitors. We remark that this was
not the first visitation. However. We refuse to
stoop To the more than obvious by referring to the
belfry.
We understand from Brother Ncwldrk that "a
man who can sit on a tack without giving any evil
dcnce OF pain. aacrity surprise is either para
lived or wholly lacking IN initiative
Whereas. not necessarily. Much depends on the
tack and its bringing UP. Early in their career we
cured the tacks on which now sitting OF their
habit Of standing on their heads. This appeared
difficult at FIRST. but were subtle and used ham
mer
When we frst knew him he was plain Walter II.
PAGE As ambassador he became Walter Hines
Page. by the latest report he is w. Hines Page
Puzzle: Find the London journalists who viii be
severely prayed with when caught.
Turkey in Europe" it is called, and the reason
for this distinction becomes clearer with every dis
patch from across the Rio Grandc. And continu-
ing the train of thought suggested above, We may
disclose that Victoriano was an afterthought. En-
anime General Hueras early works. Do YOU not
find that he signed himself Abdul IL?
We trust that this revelation VIII he solid com
fort to our diplomats.
A charming writer in The Atlantic" for septem-
Der laments the decay Of singuarly gentle art-thc
art of reading aloud. OH now! We are a
regular dabstcr at that. Listen while we read you
a few Answers TO Correspondents" from THE sgd
ney Bulletin:
"R. G. A.-The Religious Editor was drinking in
tho rum barrel he calls his study when sent 1t
in Counsels opinion will be forwarded when the
usual complimentary bottle is forthcoming"
&C. IL. M.-Essay on Some Things About Women
read to The Bulletins tame napper corhed
beef supper and repudiated as duh and siness."
b A. T.-Pocms very windy. DO you write them
with bicycle pump"
*. l. K.-A noise on paper.
-. C. B.--Witticism Of the joke vintage OF 1872
and it was poor crop that year. anyhow"
Well well! a jolly place Of residence Sydney
must be- with "The Bulletin" coming along every
morning
And yet we discredit the rumor that good para
graphcrs, when they die go TO Sydney All. no..
Destiny is still kinder and grants their hearts de-
sire-which is?
70 edit obituaries for THE Gehenna Daily Sob"
X. j. II.