The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-12-04
EDITORIAL NOTES.

II C1GlLSu VI IGlO Jdu0lrO QlSSOS Ill
the expression of thousand and one
ideas and intents, ranging from calling
the attention of a waiter or street
car conductor, to calling the electric
agitation and modifying the miscel-
laneouS movements of a belabored
mule. The sibilant sound is softened
somewhat in its utterance by the lips,
and it is remarkable the distance it
may be transmitted through din. 1t
requires less expenditure of vitality
to utter hiss than an articulate word,
and that in the environment of the
earth, which has become organic in
the sloth, is not to be ignored by
either the facetous or the philosophic.
The real Queen Anne house was I'M
like that of the present "Queen Anne
revival" outside and inside. "Wren
| and Vanbrugh would indeed be sur
| prised II they co1ld see 1.-THE strange
works that are now done, If not in
their name, at least in the name of the
age for which they built their heavy,
plain, solid houses" says Mr.. Justin
Mccarthy, in his history of the Four
Georges. Inside the rooms were, as a
rule, sparingly furnished. There
would be centre table, some chairs,
a few pictures, a mirror, a spinnet,
some shelves, and, of course, heavy
window curtains. Wall papers had
only begun to come in use in the last
years of Anne's reign.
1t may not be generally known,
says the Musical Herald, that Gilbert
and Sullivan had a superstition that
the letter "p" in their titles brought
them luck. "Pinafore made the first
great hit, and then, came the Pirates
of Penzance." with, two "P's." Then
followed PATIENCE" and then 80
lanthe," with the s. ub-title the peer
and the Peri" again double "p," and
at first they even thought OF adding
to this by calling it "Perola." "Prin-
cess Ida" followed, but the 81" seemed
to bread the charm Sardou, the great
French playwright, has fallen into a
similar way of thinking and believes
that fate blesses his "Doras,' so he hiss
written "Dora," success; "Fedora,"
great success, and is now at work
on Theodore"
There are in ShakespeRre's plays
about ninety deaths, taking place
either on the stage or behind the
scenes, of importa MT personages. 1t
might be increasedlby soldiers and at
tendants who wereIkilled by the way.
The modes of death are very various,
and yet not quite a II which we might
naturally anticipate Cold steel (the
dagger or the sword accounts for
about two thirds of the whole; twelve
persons die from old age or natural
decay, in some cases fastened by the
trying circumstances OF their lives;
seven are beheaded; five die by poison,
including the elder Hamlet, whose
symptoms are so m1nutely described
by his ghost; two Pf sufocatlon. IN
less. indeed. "Desdemona" makes a
third; two by strahgling, one from
fall, one is drowned, three die by snake
bite, and one, Homer, the armorer,
is thumped to death with sand bag.
Mr.. Poland. the great London GRIM
inal LAWYER. was recently robbed of
his watch in the Immediate neighbor-
hood of Cranbouun street, close to
The notorious French quarter of Low
er Soho. He gavd information to the
police and was soon informed that the
nickpocket had b6en arrested with a
a stolen watch in his possession. He
went down to Marlborough street to
give his evidence, land, as he entered
the door, dirty Ffenchman thrust
letter in his hand. 1t contained two
sovereigns, a two shilling piece, and
half a crown, the exactly convention
al fee for a barrister and his clerk.
With them was THE following touch
ing appeal scra Wled IN the Vilest
handwriting: "You talk well; you
will be generous; you will defend
me-" 1t was only Frenchman who
81 ~ Il
dent of retaining as his counsel the
man he had robbed.
Round Shoulders.
First, suspend(two ropes, with ring
handles, from a doorway, and swing
by the arms thrde minutes at a time
three times a dag. This will cure
round shoulders within three months.
Second. remove Nneth bolster and pill
low from their u sIs place under the
head when one fs' Aeeping, and have
one or both placed under the shoulder
blades. This brings the head little
below the level of the dorsiIl region,
and curves the spine in direct reversal
20 the curves of thel round shoulders,
and as during sleep relaxation of the
spine ensueS, the posterior spinal
muscles are permitted to recover some
of the contractiIbility they lose during
the day if supports lse not worn. Dur,
ing the day let the patient Iecline up
on the front OF the body, lying at full
length, as children do. and resting on
the elbows. This Ifavorite position
with the childrfn should be encourag-
d, as if steadily praeticed it is sure
prevention of dleforIhity- This posi-
ton is one of the greatest helps to
symmetrical dew eloplment in children
Phillips Broo ks is by far the biggest
man in Boston, yet the London Spec
tator says of tt erinons he preached
in English ch urch&s that they are
"more acute than profound, more in
genious than p letratipg, not always
clear and new deep" Beacon Hill
has suddenly sroppled Anglo-mania
and is in raptu rs OVER Kate Fields
Paris dresses.