Show f TERSE UNS ON PERSONS Adolf Phi Philipp ipp who has has been the manager of the Germania for the last nine y yes years ars has made arrangements to build himself a new theatre in East Fourteenth street to take th the place of the Germania theatre He lie h has purchased purchased purchased pur pur- chased one lot N No EU 24 E East St Fourteenth Fourteenth Fourteenth Four Four- st street which will be used for tor forthe forthe the entrance and lobby for the theatre proper which us will be built on four lots In East Thirteenth str street t. t Th The new bouse louse will have a seating capacity of 1800 be provided with ith a roof garden and there will ill be tie a restaurant att at at- t hed Mr Mx Philipp expects expects to have haveIt haveIt It It ready ady to open open In M May r 1903 L. L D. D Chaddon of df f Wellington Kan who cel celebrated rated his birthday last week when a boy used to go Into the woods after squirrels s with Roscoe Roscoe Conkling He chewed tobacco for half halfa a century and then quit He finds his hs pipe a comfort H He never never took a a. drink of Ted red liquor at a bar After sixty years of married life Mrs Chaddon still does all all' her own housework except except ex ex- the family washing and and the squire says h he has has' to read the riot act once in a. a while to head her off from doing that Just for a Joke Dumas once lad addressed addressed ad ad- dressed a letter to tp tp the greatest poet in in Paris The postoffice sent seit it to Lamartine the idol of of sentimental readers He hesitated to open it and took it jt to Victor Hugo Who protested that his brother r bard had iad far too humble humble humble hum hum- ble an opinion of h himself m elf After fter some conversation th they y agreed d to decide by lot which of the two should open the envelope The lot fell tell to Victor Hugo who taking out the letter read My My d dear ar Alfred Alfred It was written to Alfred Alfred de Mussel Musset Leo Leo XIII has received many personal perr per per- gifts since he reached reach d the pap papal l chair The magnificent Jewels presented present present- ed at his recent Jubilee Included 28 8 tiaras crosses set with diamonds and other precious stones 1200 chalices in gold and silver 81 rings of or which the one given by the Sultan is worth 16 pastoral staves of gold set with precious stones seven statues in ingold ingold ingold gold and silver as well wen as one of the largest diamonds in the worl world It J reported from Tokio that the officer r Yamo v who was in charge charge- of the battalion of Japanese Japa e troops of whom lost their their lives Ina in ina ina a snowstorm has C committed suicide by poisoning himself Th The cause is stated to be that his father a very old and respected soldier wrote re reproaching reproaching reproaching re- re his hisson son with having lost 20 brave men and being saved himself Sir William McDonald cDonald wh has been beena a a. generous benefactor of McGIll university uni university university uni uni- Toronto has Just given that Institution 20 for the purchase of books needed for the research work of students in arts and has also presented presented presented pre pre- to the physics building a liquid liquid- air plant and to t the e zoological department department depart depart- ment meat equipment for tor the teaching of embryology Gilbert Parker the novelist an and member of Parliament says saya h he thinks Fifth avenue New York the most beautiful t in lii the the world next next nat to t to the Champs E ys s P Paris j b lr 1 A f |