New-York tribune., 1900-02-07
THE PASSING THRONG.

L. L. Dayton. of Pittsburg in talking yesterday
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel Of fires said: The enect
Of fires on certain people, especially
WHERE THE women Is very curious. Every one
WATER knows the ancient aneedote about
WENT the man who flung the looking glass
from the upper window OF ourh-
ing house, and then carefully shouldered feather
bed downstairs. Personally, from experience
once mad have always believed that story to be
true: We We're at dinper at my home one night.
wnen the dooreeH was Tung with such violence as
waiting for a servant to answer it. An excited and
stammerlng man there informed me that the third
three steps At time followed BY my entire house
with had carelessy left her window open and the
sss burning; On chair underneath the Jet she
burner, and breeze had brought the light in con-
tact with the pile. While the fire was still confined
front Of the window it looked from the outside as
seized the pitcher, and by judlcousy spraying the
nsmes with It's contents succeeded in putting the
anee The next room was the nursery. and my
vi wife and her friend rushing into there in search
they bore IN rmph back S fo the hghI quest room bn
by this time I had the fire out and as they saw
aS,e ao other place TO throw It, I'm blessed II they
% say anything, and could only sputter when that
6eey ,S,9t water struck me- otherwise would haye
presence OF women. I simply tell you this story
tain people fer thsr Of eec{ OF aPeS co 9n ce m
brought to realization of what they had done for
1t IS curious the lack Of knowledge people pos
sess Of the things lying nearest to their hands
said s. P. r. Bodgett. of St Paul.
IGNORANT yesterday at the Hoffman House.
OF THINGS Take Washington. for instance.
NhAh Al where have Just been on a visit
HAND. to some relatives ,ous,r ~
mine acted as cicerone IN showing
me the sights. and after we had done the town he
acknowledged that ~ the first time he had
been over IT, although a man grown and that he
had not the slightest idea there was so much or
interest 10 see.
Last night l was at a stag dinner where the
company at large was asked from what source the
Gays or the week derived their names and only
VL ULe man out or the twelve present could answer
@ @IAe question, and he was the who asked it.
ahd ne got one day wrong at that for I've since
I0oke0 the matter up. Sunday and Monday are
sllIlpIe enough, and in themselves suggest their
@ @GeLtVatIon from the sun and moon. but with Tues
CaS We come 10 the ancient gods of our forbears
me EnSes, that hardy race that disDIaced the
t6I4tOn and gave their to the English people
1Qesday was named for TWi, their god OF death;
PEG PEG IN Iheir mythology position analogous 10
mat OF Jupiter on Mount Olympus; Thursday for
nor; the goo or air and storm and rain; Friday
LoI Ftela or Freya. the god Of peace and Saturday
my tnology but more probably it takes its name
LoI saturn II would seem though almost anv
one you would ask would know the derivation OF
e.ese WORDS OF daily use, but I'll wager that not
rectly It's Ike the surprise the Bible gives one
not Isnllhar with It, by the idions and phrases
Iney VIII come across when reading its pages that
S 1Ie lShlllar ana coIoquial in the language they
either speaker or lStener''