New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-15
TIE T4LK or THE DAY.

The annual report N Provost e. g Harrison -
the University OF Pennsylvania which has Just
beer issued gives much nforma ton regarding
thai institution He speaks follows ~
the needs II the University: We may con-
fdentv look 10 the whole state NJ Pennsylvania
and hope. beyond the limits OF the
state for tho Gums ~ money necessary 70 carry
on our work The needs Of tho University AZ
this time are great IN amount and pressing n
their urgency We need = building for our grad
uate school. need a physical laboratory
We need University gymnasium; We need
great law school building: need building for
our school Of architecture. we need n commons
hall: We need TO continue the dormtories. 10
erect new ana importan, medical labora cries
to remodel the veterinary department. W. need
scholarships and fellowshps. We need means fo-
the thousand aad one minor matters. each one
OF which Is of importance to some individual
teacher Al the University. and which should lie
provided Ard last. but not least we need a
University chapel"
hear tina, painful nsaton has been cre-
ated in tn hunting world by the latest develop
%en ct doll Eo %nh lSf from The
tradtona hurting man pigk,. rSrta ,. men
bic for this departure. and the fact Of iis
originatins in Leccstershre naturally brings i
home all The closer TO the hunting fraternity. II
seems that certain members of the Lecestershre
Golf Club are ggns an " dance b on aH
uniforms on that occasion. and they had sort
Ov dress rehearsal club dinner on December
l3-I.ondon Truth.
ice cream" according 10 The Gentleman's
Magazn." rs older sweetmeat than many
would SUPPOSE In the beginning OF the seventeenth
century goblots made Of ice and also iced fruit
l. e. fruit frozen over-were first brought to table.
The llmOnadie.s. or lemonade sellers, Of Paris on
deavorei 70 increasa the popularity OF their wares
bv icing them and one more enterprising than
the rest an Italian named Procope Couteaux IN
tho wear 1861 conceived tho idea Of converting such
beverages entirely into ice. and about twenty years
later iced liquors. .. liquors changed into ice
were the principal things sold by the limonadiers.
By the end Of the century iced liquors we're quite
common I'm Paris Ice cream. or iced butter. ~ Il
was first called from its supposed res smblance 70
that substance soon followed. II was first known
In Paris in l774 The Due De Chartris often went ~
that time to the Paris cofea-houses 10 drink a
glass Of iced liquor. and. the landlord having one
dav presented him with his arms formed In edible
ice this kind Of sWeetmeat became the fashion
German cooks at took up the new art. It was
not lorg in reaching England for In lT6 a French
cook resident in London named Cermont wrote
The Modern Cook IN which sweet Ices were nfs'
described for the instruction OF English COOKS
Present-day cooks have elaborated the ice enor-
mously"
His Oplnion.-"what are you doing Jimmie
'Readin' tn dictionary through
on Oh" some o m words is good but others haint
much sense IN en- -tJuus'
Gamalel Bradford condemns Governor Wolcott
OF Massachusetts for not making the ~eiNlh
ring about something or other. But The Boston !
TranScrint' reminds him that with many troll |
lev-car gongs going all the time Boston Is noisy
enough now.
A Missouri Justice Of he Peace at the close OF
a case announced with great dignity: Il VII hold
this case under Amusement until next Moncay !
morning a. which time Will render judgment
for the plaintiff "-(Case and Comment
Altogether TOO much pother has been made over
The fact that wine served At the recent alumni
dinner Of Wesleyan University! The gentlemen
concerned are grown-up men. and they can he |
safely trusted 10 manage their affairs in conso- |
nance with their ideas OF what is right
Your son an actor yol Say Mr Masi Gl,s >,
Rolls is II? Faith. ne rolls up tn" curtain -
CTt-Bits
In recent lecture IN Boston. Professor Kakichi
Mltsukuri OF the University Of Toxic gave d de- /
scripon OF the social life in his native country. !
which differs materially from many other
counts The social unit in Japan" he said. rs |
the family. each family having its officially reg |
istered head frequently tho wife occupations |
in all classes rule are handed down from |
generation 20 generation. and II is a matter Of |
family pride that that occupation does NOT de- |
tcriorate The works Of ancestors are kept con- |
stantly before the family as sacred models. ard |
the result is the inimtsble beauty OF japanese |
productions. Another interesting custom arising |
out OF the treatment OF the family the social /
unit IS seen in the fact that the head OF the fam
ilv always has the name. and that az each /
person succeeds the dignity he changes his /
Youthful name to the family name. Though /
this custom still survives IN The country districts.
there is no stagnaton OF social and industrial /
TWAS IL being now within the power Of the /
huublest TO rise the highest offices I'm the state
by merit alone. The first known ancestor Is re-
garded as the founder Of the family, the names .
az ancestors are kept on tablets In the sa-
cred place ~ the house while the anniversaries
Of the deaths OF ancestors are observed with more
or less OF religious ceremony. Women are held .
I'm commendable respect while children are treated
with difference; they represent the future genera
tons Thete Is a strong desire In the mind Of the
father that the memory OF those who have gone
before should be kept green; hence the idea OF the
family as the social unit Is kept up by two fac
tors-nlal piety and the longing for immortality
Among the words that the French have adopted
from our language is the sweet one OK home.
Tor which their own chez lui.' applicable equally
To- real home and the duh bachelors digglngs
or the meanest howell that gives shelter, affords
no equivalent The column on domestic matters
i'm Ia Fronde' the new daily for women IN !
Paris is called 10 Home and the same word
was the one English Vocable that appeared I'm
the programme OF the recent opening ceremony,
attended by the Lady MayOress OF g new Home
for French Goyernesses In London.-dondon IL