New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-23
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The managers OF the State Railway Of
Baden. Germany are evidently anxious to
make travel on IT. lines easy for Ameri-
can and English tourists who have no
knowledge OF the German language. An
official circular states that the admins
tratiou has organized courses IN English
u order 10 facilitate the knowledge OF
that language. The numerous STAFF speak
mg English viii therefore ind an eN-
c,llrnt opportunity Tor practice. Special
lessons will be- given 10 the train staff
20 that English speaking travellers Will
md il easy 10 make themselves under
stood aud 10 get any Information asked
for
He Some tunes quite carry me away
SHE ONLY tell me one. and ! will play
il with great snre.-lippincoti
curious old law. which dates from
I,7e has been used to sentence the
owner of q vineyard at Capestang. near
Bcziers. France. 10 fine aud costs for
picking her own grapes. She was picking
| the grapes which had been left on the
vine in her vineyard after 10" autumn
gathering. when the local policeman told
her that she was committing an offence
against the law. as all grapes left on the
vines after the harvest were the property
Of the Door The court at Beziers con
hrmed the pollceman's opinion, and the
woman was convicted.
What is the first step YOU would take
toward nllng the position YOU desire me
To obtain for you asked Senator SOr-
shum.
arranging to have 1t empty" replied
the man who thinks that To the victors
belong the spolls.-Washington Star.
FOLLOWING NATURE.
Mans a crouch No doubt OF that.
Never one was always happy;
Kicks because Of chilly fiat.
Then because his purse is Happy,
Cost OF living's always high,
Other chap" gets rich,
Kicks when comes the lime to die.
Always there's hitcn.
Mans crouch, But here's excuse
lie lust follows Natures leading.
Smiles with sunshine. grows obtuse
When the clouds are darkly breeding.
Nature. If YOU size her right
Gives to man his cue:
Even when carth's warm and bright
skies themselves get blue.
A. W L..
a local landlord has named his apart
ment house The Balkans.
why that name
He declares IT gives him nothing but
trouble Washington Herald.
when Nine Rtiane comes TO Germany
again, and she probably Will come to
the country where she has always been
received with kind hospitality and where
she found tangible evidence OF spprecia-
ton" writes a German critic from Paris
she may discover a change in sentiment
toward her, and her new play, 'Alsace,
Will be the cause No one can blame "A
French writer for injecting "A little anti
German into a play. but Rejane was so
anxious that nothing uncomplimentary
should be said about II that she gave or
ders that no foreign critics should be adj
mitted 10 the dress rehearsal. In answer
to the question why are all To be ex-
Guided? the actress said: The "Spaniard -
American" or Italian" might really be a
German In disguse-and ! object 90 Ger
mans"
Tommy-Pop. what do we mean by the
| ills that flesh is heir to-
Tommy's Poppy that expression my
| sou. we mean that the doctor needs the
oney.-Phiadelphi Record.
An American student writing from
Vienna says that the krone, the none
| tary unit Of Austria, having a value OF
only about 20 cents. was the cause OF a
widely circulated misstatement on the
| part OF a statistican in an article on
! Charity in 1872" The money kings"
| OF the United States were placed at the
| head OF the list with the statement that