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THE POPULAR SONGS OF TODAY
Recently there was a news Item to
the effect th a t three popular Bong
w rite rs w ent dippy and were confin
ed to an insane asylum. W hy they
should feature these three men is a
m ystery for the public have labored
under the impression th a t a ll of them
were wards of some n ut factory.
Wednesday night w hile listening
to a radio concert
the
follow in g
title s of late popular songs were an
nounced: "T h e Bee’s Knees," "T h e
G nat's Sneeze,” *'Papa Loves M am ma,
M am m a Loves P apa,” "W hen
the
Snowbirds Turned to Slush," etc.
These selections w ere rendered by
w h a t Is know n as a Jazz orchestra.
Some people call It music b ut It
seems th a t one would have to be
blessed w ith a lot o f w ill power In
order to believe this. T he noise re
sembles a cross between a Kansas
cyclone and a Missouri Jackuss.
I f th lH Is re a lly music then the
song w riters o f long ago deserve the
"horse laug h.”
T h e re Is one consolation w ith
w hich we can console ourselve3 when
they w rite a song th a t proves beyond
a shadow of a doubt they are a first
class maniac, the Insane asylum Is a l
ways open to them Just as it was a
few days ago.
Before you ure murried you tell
her a lot of things. A fte r m arriage
you don't have to; she ffhds them
out.
T he ban:.:.;: - L . i l a s c .’ 3 this coun
try ••wr.t be ovor. Now da; s y< u nel-
doiis hear of anyone ccr-iplalnltig of
n et havin g any bananas.
Another clue found In search for
t ia ln bandits reads newspaper h ea d
lin e . W e ll, If they are unable to fin d
the bandits, even a clue Is b elte r tban
nothing.
LONDON LOSING ITS VOICE
Famous Old Street Crlee of the Me
tropolis Are Dying Out One
A fte r Another.
Even In London, most conservative
of cities, one by 'one the famous old
street cries are dying out.
In Shakespeare's day the streets
were musical with tills chanting of
tradesmen, calling their wares, each
to his own particular lilting tune.
The laat to be heard In modern Lon
don Is that of the lavender peddlers:
“ Sweet lavender, sweet lavender I
“ Won't you buy my sweet lavender?
“ Sixteen branches for a penny I”
I t ’s still heard on the side streets,
but Its days are numbered. It's easier
to walk to s drug store and get moth-
bnlls.
Just ns the street cries are dying
out. so also are the London flower
girls— famous In song and story— dis
appearing.
Once they were to he seen all over
the city— these "girls" whose ages
ranged from sixteen to sixty. Pleadll
ly Circus tins been their last strong
hold. But there are signs that they’re
being ousted even from this favored
spot. Men, mostly ex-soldlers out of
regular Jobs, are now w ilin g flowers.
A ir Jsts.
A plsn to abolish the propellers of
airplanes Is the subject now of Ishora-
tory research.
A ir compressed and
mixed with fuel In a combustion chain-
her would he projected through a
neszle nt the rear of the airplane, and
the reaction of its discharge would
drive the machine through the air.
Though It Is calculated that high
S|ieeil might possibly he obtained
through this method of Jot propulsion,
the mechanism would lie heavy, and
experiments so fur show that the con-
sumption of fuel would he In excess of
that required for ordinary propeller
drive.
Current Comedy.
"Gonna him one of Shakespeare's
comedies, eh?"
"Yep."
"Ilo w 's the work going?"
"Fine. I th'.nk w e ll put la a few
modern tom-lies."
"As fo howY’
“ Well, for one tb tn i I'll have tbe
dew n hurl a venison pie."
AGE OF LOUD SPEAKERS HERE OLDEST OF APPLE ORCHARDS
Results In Straining of Vocal Chorda
and Throat Troubles, Says a
Music Toachar.
A mnsic teacher remarked the other
day that more and more people were
going to her for voice production, on
the advice of a doctor, who rightly
said that their throat troubles were
merely the resalt of straining their
vocal chords, says London Answers.
“We belong to an age of loud »pest
ers,” »lie ssld smilingly. •'Psrtlrularly
women and girls talk much more loud
ly than ever before. The restless age
in which we live is responsible, ami
tills modern shouting accounts for the
number of strained throats ab o u t”
H er statement raises a very interest
ing point, because we ail certainly And
that the voice raised the loudest usual
ly gets home first! T he sweet simper
ing prunes and prisms of a hundred
years ago won’t get us a telephone
call, or a bun in • tea shop, or a
Jumper at a sale, or tell us the way
to Putney bridge.
T lie man or woman who whispers
in these crowded days never gets very
far.
One man said, quite seriously, the
other day, that he thought modern
dance music had a great deal to do
with people's strident tones. And
there certainly is something in that,
too.
Occasionally, a fte r all the harsh
voices some one comes to town with
a soft, crooning speaking voice. You
eon spot such a man or woman at
once, and know, too, that they found
their southing tones in the heart of
the country. And you know as well
that, If they live in n big city for
long, they will be forced to shout—
as we all do— for our dally bread!
PECULIARITIES OF SENATORS
Spencsr Ests Ne Breakfast, Curtis
Won't Use Elevator, and Over
man Takas Snuff.
During the lull In business employ
ees at tlie capltol have had time to
take stock of some peculiarities and
idlosyncraclps of senators, says the
Washington correspondent of the New
York Herald. For Instance, they have
noted:
Senator
Smoot
of
Utah
only
shaves, or is shaved, every other day.
fie thinks that Is often enough and
he “likes to give his face a rest.”
Senator Spencer of Missouri never
cats breakfast. But Senator Moses of
New lluinpsblre, who was his guest at
luncheon recently, says "you should
see him eat the rest of the day.”
Senator Ourtls of Kansas never
lubes un elevator i f he lias the time
to climb the stairs. H e says climb
ing stairs Is the best "reducer” he has
ever tried. During the summer he
has done much stair climbing and
has lost 25 pounds.
Senator Overman of North Carolina
is one of the few eenators who now
md tben take a pinch of snuff from
the historic snuff boxes In the eenate
chamber, which are kept filled during
the sessions of congress.
Senator Cameron of Arizona says
lie Is the best cook In the senate. When
a boy of sixteen years old he was
the sole eook for a large crew on a
flehlng smack which operated off the
.-oast of Maine. H e also holds rec
ords as a flxhermnn.
Senator LaFollette calms his nerves
after a heated debate by “pulling” on
an old, well-seasoned pipe.
Sky Cyels and Man Kite.
Remarkable (lying feats performed
iu miniature aircraft are described in
(he Popular Science Monthly.
An
0h-o aeronautical engineer, it Is snld,
list built a "bicycle-plane," weighing
less than 100 pounds and operated by
foot power, which has flown success
fully at McCook Field, Dayton. Even
more remnrknble is a kite-like gilder
constructed
In Europe.
Although
weighing only ten pounds and eapa-
ble of being folded up and carried
oh the hack, this airship Is snld to
have remained In the a ir for almost
in hour on several oeenslons.
Save Your Nalls and Tacks.
When you open boxes, take up car
pets, or do anything that produce* a
crop of bent nulls or useless tacks,
save them. Then, the next time you
repot or transplant flowers, scatter
the nails and tacks through the bot
tom layer of the soil, set In the flowers
or plants, and fill the pot w ith rich
loam.
When you w ater the plants
the nails will ru s t; the product of
this oxidation will enrich the soil re-
mnrkahly. You w ill be agreeably sur
prised with the strong and beautiful
growth of the plants.
It Is In the Mountains of New Maxtoa,
and Probably Was Planted
In 1SS8.
America's oldest apple orchard, so
fa r as known, is a group of trees In a
remote hamlet o f the Manzano moun
tains of central New Mexico.
The
origin of this orchard Is lost In an
tiquity. How It came there, whence
the seed, who the planter, nra ques
tions that go unanswered.
The word "manzano" Is Spanish for
apple tree, and “manzano" means
apple. I t Is believed that the New
Mexico orchard was started by one
F ra Geronimo de la Liana, a mission
ary from Mexico who In 1635 came to
Quart, five miles below the present
hamlet of Manzana. There was at
Manzana, It la aald, a wonderful
spring, says the American Forestry
Magazine, and It In believed that the
Spanish priest planted the orchard
near the spiring.
Although this early settlement was
abandoned for more than a century be
cause of Apache raids, the orchard
grew on. As It stands today tt Is In
two gronps, one of fifty trees, the
other of sixteen trees. The trees are
of “spront” growth, many of them In
groups of two or three starting from
a common center.
They still bear
fru it, although the apples are small.
The guardian of the orchard today
Is the Rev. Jose Gauthier, a French
padre who has served the Manznna
townpeople for the last twenty-five
years. The orchard Is the property
of the local church.
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BEETLE EATS MOSQUITO GRUB
H a v e le a rn e d t h a t T h e H e ra ld p r in ts th e
Insect Found on the African Gold
Coast Helps Reduce the Num
ber of Pests.
A beetle on the African Gold Const
has the useful habit of eating tbe
“grubs” o f mosquitos.
The bug, a
tiger beetle with the Imposing name of
Ciclndela octoguttata, goes to the
edges of ponds where the grubs ure
swimming, and fishes them out of the
water. It helps very m aterially to re
duce the number of mosquitoes in any
area which It inhabits.
One of the great problems of mod
ern tropicul medicine is the killing of
mosquito larvae, consequently it is
probable that an effort w ill be made to
cultivate the new beetle extensively.
A t present one method of the samo
sort is in use in most malnrla coun
tries. This consists In putting shoals
of a tiny fish known as “millions” into
mosquito ponds. The "millions” feed
on tlie grubs.
Science is beginning to take a very
deep interest in these "balances of na
ture,” for It Is probable that, by mak
ing a Judicious use of them, both
health and crops can be Improved. The
ravages of the “green fly,” fo r In
stance, are controlled by the “lady
bird." In a poor ladybird year tbe
green fly becomes a serious pest.
Raising the Dead.
H e kicked off his wet shoes, slid his
tired feet Into a pulr of carpet slip
pers, lit his pipe, sat down with an
Sir of relief and. declared that wild
horses conldn't get him out of the
house before morning. "Henry,” said
bis wife, "you posted that letter 1 gave
you tills morning, 1 suppose?"
“I did, my love," he replied unhlush-
Ingly.
“I asked mother to postpone hei
visit for a while," his w ife continued
"You see— "
b e s t b u t te r w ra p p e rs .
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A Modest Hops.
Sometimes the hopeful natives ex
pect miracles. Tlie American school
at Shoiapur, in India, got a letter from
a native whose son had been sent to
study.
“I f you will kindly try to rend Ids
phrenology," the doting father wrote,
"his physiognomy and graphology, you
must discover as the most prom
ising boy to turn him out to be presi
dent of America as James Uaifleld,
Lincoln and others."
Even in mission life many a comedy
Is staged. In early Honolulu days, a
chief, quite naked, called on a mis
sionary. Being reproved for this, he
went back to Ills hilt, and returned
«rearing a pair of women's stockings
and a tile h a t!— Frederick Sliupich, in
the Saturday Evening Post.
In the Pen.
"W hat Is tbe name of that hand
some prisoner?" asked tbe Impression
able young woman.
“ No. 2-5*1, Miss,” replied the guard.
'H o w fu n n y ' But. of course, that
Is not his real name."
"Ob. no. miss; that's Just his pen
name.” - Huelva Transcript.
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Henry did see, his w ife saw, too.
Wh bat she saw was a tired man Jump
froi
from Ills chair, kick off his slippers,
put on his shoes and get out Into the
mud as though he liked nothing better.
And when, a few minutes later, be
came back with the remnrk that he
had been to see how the thermometer
Stood down at the post office, his w ife
smiled.
“ Play-aa-You-Entar" Cars fa r Kids.
Ancient Japanese Tombs.
“Flay as you enter" Is the welcome
Tombs of six Imperial ancestors
sign on the sides of the "Jollytown" have Just been discovered In obscure
trolley curs In Baltimore, where the ' spots In the suburbs of Kyoto. They
traction company tins set aside several I have been tdentltled as those of the
ears for the children to play In. They ; sons and daughters of Emperor (io-
are complete In every detail except daigo, who was banished to Okl island
that the power Is turned off and they by Ashlkaga, the usurper, 584 years
are anchored to the ground. Instead ago. The Emperor Oodslgo dispatches
of the usual advertising cards, Mother his sons to nearby provinces to raise
Goose rhymes and pictures are dis recruits for hts campaign against Ashl-
played along the sides. The clanging kuga and their tombs are scattered
gongs and tha loud calling of the around the country. The Imperial
imaginary anil unheard of street mausoleum hoard is making a search
mimes afford noisy proof of the |M>pu- for ancient graves, with the hope that
isrlty of the ptsy cars as the crews discoveries will he made which will
rake them along fancied routes.
help In the study of the history of tbe
country.
Woree Than a Crime.
Qoed Stuff.
M nl’ rox—Cheer up. old son. Pov
"The cigar luan thinks pretty well
erty Is no crime.
Evei-hri he— T h a t’s the worst thing of hie line."
"Huh?"
ihvtit it. If poverty was a crime I
“ It abounds In superbas and per-
iiilglit lie able to dodge the punish
teetos."
m ent.
The Baptist ladie'said will hold
a cook food sale at Sapper's store
Staurday Nov. 10.
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