The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-12

Adaptation - Their siniles . Ls-
cal Chaeneserastscs.

- A..
~. 80 eu.ous ano mleEessing 70 observe
ssS. III susSs repeat themselves IA
s iAaeuase aad with different &C.
- ,,,ss "a VARIOUS countries sometimes
. sns a.sness 70 close that We suspect
I'LL .asA osa !. - au4psAaons IN otner CASES ie
- 80 - = ~ sese sampay the sA13e nomeiy
esUseu GUT o. % acting under. sxpe-
sssacss eo1mon 20 AZ men. a collection
T =. p, Ss.s. from oosana. nayti:
uuaQue, MAur,uu9 ana
=, a.aniuau ~ wen comp.ieo oy that bril-
saans osa,ne.of .. uoacAi scenes NJ. La
. .s Laey are OF peculiar Inc
. ~. ~ Sasos0 - stfAnee RAGS.
eolNe. =. many su1ns. WIN strange.
n.st. Ano !" kIancing tnroagn
coliecuon We nnd ample ILLUSTRATION
:. Dosa aspes's " tho sooJect anove 10
AeIeo %.
ew AnssAe the miteflty 20
s.sst a. 70 sppooach ieeadty. Inns "A
ueW oiooin Is cieah uroo0 ind when
ns as 1"sy tne rats Uvs = caif are
= 49, ~ taea Ha9sisa pafsisis snat II
- university 10 CATE tnoeA Somedmes
.ne oniy o. the pfincipai cnan9s ID In ne
49,, cosl. Oont na4ioo uu you're out
"a .n woo y te1Ressnted oy fsu
n.ssn crossec tne river yex. don.t curse
- sne csocooiie moener. Instead Of the
sAs.sson "a me cupnoeso. We nave Every
UeocnAMoer nas Id moequ1toee IN Il.
ANe eooee becomes nen-Wnen your
asn - aging cont put ner In the pot"
Inc vInum .. the LATIN provsro becomes
.as.nans . n.ue st.0nse!-n um always
spoa4s tne tIutns WINE lou cant teach
an oid monkey TO make faces y ct any
rate more respecsiui 70 are than Don't
.s1cn your granny 70 SUCK eg9A Some-
umess again. the cnange seems to 30
IuItnef still Inero - moro than 4 sub
saulon oI access0riea - new idea -
.n.roouced OF Implied. The weakest IL
aways IN sne wrcnx = mere taan mere
FroSiaencs and the Big battAlions. We
say Stil waters run deep" but to
those Who know how deadly staxnant WA
Ter can De under tropical sun there to
sinister significance in the Creole form,
The waters that sleep kill people" And
we are sensible Of both similarity and DIFF
ference when We eompare Cast thy bread
upon the waters" With what you lose in
the hre you viii md In the ashes."
But in many cases. though the ideas may
De familiar enough. We might ind Il DIM
cult TO match Creole proverb With English
equivalent. It's the old pot that makes
the good soup might well be the motto
for Conservative association. II your
petticoats Mt you well. don't try to put
on your husbands breeches," reminds US
Sia.r,ses. ana .a.,rs an sn'Sn go seGasns
out the teeth" makes ~ think Of Oliver
Twist and his imperttnent demands for
more. In some or these sayings there
seems 10 TURK a sosnoer irony. 1t u when
death comes that you think about your
nfe; He who kills his own body works
Tor the worms" The ieprcsy says II loves
you wnile II 70 eating your nngera." There
- something here deeper ana more NOR
dant tnan Is common In proverh1af phtloeo-
phy. Those who are proud Of low aims
ana ignobie ambitions may IND word for
tnem IN the nomeiy saying, ChicRens
oon't boast what good soup they make"
oenghtfui nxity IN the law q siandsf
seems 20 Do Indicated IN the brief SEN
.ehes. Inc tongue mas no bones while
cooe IS limited al In this: HE who takes
a partner