The sun., 1894-05-05
SUNBEI MS.

Civil Engineer Robert f. Peary. whose title OF cour-
tesy Lieutenant rolls the line officers OF the nayy
will have been At least three and half years fur.
Tough when the new expedition shall have brought
him back from the north This long leave rath
than quarter OF his time OF service in
navy.
Some folks have made the mistake OF accepting
seriously Mark Twaas recent article the antiquity
OF the jumping frog story turns OUT however thai
there IL no such person As the professor who Marx
told him OF having found the story work,
Greek author. Furthermore. the English dis
covered in a book OF examples for translation into
Greek Ia an adaptation from Twains story with tbs
suost ution OF Athenian for those of Org
inAL
The French colony OF New York with chsrsctersis
conservatism nurses the traditions. prejudice. and
resentments Of the fAthsrand. The Rhine provinces
have host OF loyal friends here and after than
twenty years Ib. names Of Alsacs AMI Lorraine are
good ones to conJurs with IN the French quarter AuS
Rendezvous des Lorrains" Is the title Of hotel that
would be known as pNiroucaly French. and It re-
mAins although its nsishbor. tie Ios! Gu Md, has
disappeared.
That old French quarter which 1. so rapidly chang
ing Its character will long be known to It's EngisA
speaking inhabitants as noteworthy Tor the
sncI with which ts rrenchspsaSinE residents attend
to their own business The French OF this DO NOS
me dde with the Affairs of their neghbors aud they
p~ct like treatment IN return. They ere commonly,
re Suspicious Of those that do spcaz French and
more particularly Of English speaking persons usaa
enough eharActsrsc of foreign residents svsrywa-rs
The considerable number OF iIahan Anarchists "a
New York aud the small number Of span.h AuArca,.s
seem to fraternzs aud httie newspaper written n
Italian 10 the AgrnI of the Anarchists Of both
HieA The Anarchist meetings some what IudieruusY
take the form "t family sotrses.' where the pTp
ANNE includes wine song. rrvo ut onArJ AdiresssL
and dancing small AdniitIAne- fee is CHARGED All
the SnAiTs are conducted under the Patronage OF
group" Msriinn Is the hero OF the socahsd socAas
ic Anarchists OF the IiarAn colony.
The lower eight or ten blocks oS sixth avenue are
famous locally for secondhand eothin and especially
for shoes DIM eslATways are hung vi hundreds ot
shoes and the student OF OOtgeAr ma u here IN al
its thousand and an- variety. Al that adorns or de-
forms the human foot represented Ia another
Of these un,aNory shops ana boots OF ugh and ioE
degree here come TO common dc Inocratc level Even
the eAston shoes OF eTiprlss exhibited And gro
tesqus footwear brought by sly arrived lmmt
EranIs and discarded for American she's heirs 10
swell these sdal museums
A curious form of tHse is indicated By an sNbihF
tion made By a west side wood carver Who out
of pa "a white wool figures o: rOsers, animals I'D
various conventional designs. AMI adoTns srEs of
them with mOttoe, s-ntimehIaL religious patriotic.
also carved. carrier pigeon brars letter coEsPcE
ously endorsed with ;hs Initials Of her for me
emblem Is IN ended There arc double hears trAns
nxsd By CuPrds arrow aud appropriately Is;iersd
"Gol ties, our home aud other PipHs notices once
wrought only IN wolstsds. are carved with dseoEE
tive borders and other ornamental dsEiesL