New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-24
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

when in Rome you must do the Romans do. l
presume" said a church worker who had 'etErned
from a visit TO Germany, but | wonder what my
comrades in America would have said had they Wit
messed a sight that did at the University of Berlin
One Of the ablest preachers OF the day-a man II
the stern fervent evangelistc ype-was TO address
a meeting Of students in reference TO the free dis
ribution OF religious literature among the masses.
The conference was held in private room Of a
restaurant and was well attended by the most ear
nest young Christians of the university but before
the worthy man began his talk and indeed. Tor a
few minutes after he started the walters kept
busy fitting up and down between the long tables at
which the students sat- placing mugs of foaming
beer every place. the doctor himself being not for
gotten. All during his passionate appeal they slowly
slipped their beer. yet the less earnest or
sympathetic in their attitude toward the speaker"
Mrs. Wales-Whv do you think the Bayleys are
the road to riches? They spend as much as he
earns
Waes-But he has no desire for auto and she
doesn't play bridge.-Chicago News.
IT in a quiet little suburb of London where
window smashing tactics had not yet become popu-
lar part Of the suffrage fight She was young
and trembling with stage fright at the prospect Of
making her first speech for the cause" y motherly
looking veteran suffragette the plight OF the
pretty young thing. and, patting her on the back,
you. She is everywhere"
There was a ull in the traffic in Fifth avenue and
stranger in the city addressed the policeman
duty at 42d street
II suppose you are asked a great many foolish
questions In the of day." the visitor re
marked. What is the one most frequently put to
you?"
THE question you have just asked" replied the
policeman and the visitor walked
An old lady, wishing to pay compliment to the
preaching of the new vicar, told him:
Really, sir didn't know what sin was until
you came TO the parish."-Tit-B Bits.
Send some Of your eloquent workers in the cause
of the abolition useless noises to Austria writes
woman from town Vienna. Long after
all other countries had senced the shrill locomo-
tive whistle the Austrian government did likewise,
but for known reason the nuisance will be re-
introduced october l. and the whiste-duratcn
in keeping with the pleasure OF the operator-will
be heard at every signal post. on leaving and de-
parting from every station and passing through.
To the passenger it will be "A continuous perform
ance, and to the people along the railway lines
positive cure for the sleep habit We need noise
destroying women, such you have in New York"
The Vistor-They tell your grandfather is a
famous horse trader?
Inc NaIve-iep; gran'dad knows HOSES sure
enough. He's been swappin' 'em for fifty years
There amt no trick in tn business that he amt
up to-
me VISITOR suppose it is a pretty tricky bust
ness. lie has TO be careful doubt.
me Native-Hes careful all right. He never
trades with ministers
Doesn't, eh?"
Nope Couple O EN- stung him once"-Cleveland
Plain Dealer
commenting on the postponement OF a prizehght
because OF the Jewish holiday season, the Hebrew
Standard says: THE editor must not draw from
the pugists action any lesson Of regard for tradi
ton In this case, hailing from Hoboken. there was
method In their madness; the contestants were glad
to have an additional period for necessary training