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COMPARISON OF ANCIENT
AND MODERN DINNERS

In olden times, when the sybarlte
tastes of the Roman emperors were
only satisfied with dishes Of such elab.
orateness of taste that 1t was necessary
to construct them OF only parts Of the
tarest birds, animals and fishes, and of
dishes that we In these days would con-
slider almost criminal In waste" says
a well known society woman. the meal
We now call dinner was then most cor.
rectly designated supper, and certainly
until quite recent times was taken at a
much earlier hour in the evening than
II is now. So far this was a sensible
state Of affairs. 1t is true, however
that the wine consumed and the
amusements INDUCED in at the suppers
OF the Roman emperors would be lit
tie out of place even In the most Bohe-
milan restaurants--say, for instance,
such as are to be found at Monte Carlo,
Paris, New York, etc. although there
is reason to believe that the wines gen.
orally drunk were of purer and more
wholesome or less injurious nature
than much Of what is produced today.
The art Of adulteratIon had not been
carried to the perfection that obtains
now.
AS to the dgestlbllity OF the recher-
che cookery they is no doubt that a
dinner OF many courses Is more dlgestl-
BILE and more asslmilable and more fat
tening than what would be known as
good plain dinner. Personally, am
always satisfied with what consider
should be called good and proper din.
ner-vlz, six courses.
! with regard to recent innovation In
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life as a printers devil on the skowhe-
gan (Me) Clarion and won a reputa-
ton by his Artemus Ward papers in
the Cleveland Plain Dealer, There
must have been real wit In those pa
pers, for they overran the country like
prairie fire and then leaped across
the Atlantic, where they made the au-
thor reputation In London and paved
the way for his lectures there, which
were Immensely popular. While II Is
doubtful II Artemus Wards work
would. on the whole, pass muster at
this time, still there Is somewhat In II
savorIng of wit, II not Of wisdom. Like
Josh Billings, he played the fool In or
der to attract popular attention Like
the great trio OF humorists Twain, Bill
lings and stockton, he was very
thrifty" at his death leaving quite a
property for the founding OF an asylum
for superannuated printers and print.
ers orphans,
AS to his humor let few specimen
bricks attest;
She played the accordion diylnely Ac
cordlouly praised her
They have queer hotels In oregon. | re-
member one whore they gave me a bal
OF oats for a pillow had nightmare
Of course, In the morning the Landlord
said. "How do you feel old boss hay2.
| told him | felt my oats
! like music. ! can't sing As a singis
I am not a success. ON saddest when
sing SO also are those who hear me
They are sadder even than am,
Brigham Young is dteadtUlly married
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mus Ward Frank Stockton ana
Charles II. Webb John Paul. The
first two are known the Vide world
over II the third is not but, what is
better the last two are yet alive, and
very much alive for veterans OF nearly
threescore and ten. Browne was born In
Maine Webb In New York and Stock
ton In Philadelphia, The first named
died IN England In 1857 the second,
after inyentlhg several useful machines
and publishing books In prose and
verse, now resides at Nantucket, Mass.
lie claims the proud distinction OF hay-
Ing edited and published Mark Twaln's
first book, The Jumping Frog"
II were superlluous almost TO more
than mention the name OF Artemus
Ward, q "downeaster,' born Browne,
who achieved as great reputation
abroad as In this country and greater
In this country than any other humor-
lst Of his class, He may perhaps be
tIckoted as the first Of his genus to
make humor profession or TO 20 Into
It with malice prepense." He began
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-18
WINDY clTYs TELEPHONE BOON.

The demand for telephones IN Chi
cago Is beyond the resources Of the tel
ephone company, and II has withdrawn
It's canvassers This increase Is the re-
suit OF the companys campaign Of ed
ucation in connection with the expert
mental installation Of party lines In
residences and small stores. OF the TO-.
600 new subscribers secured during the
past six months 5000 are persons who
had never before used the telephone
II is hoped to increase the present num-
Der of instruments in the city 100000 to
100000 In two years, giving the city
larger number OF telephone subscribers
for Its population than any other city
In the world.
President John I. sabin OF the Chlca
go Telephone company has made q
popular hit by installing movable phones
in fashionable restaurants. You do not
have to leave the table to enjoy this
luxury. Waiter bring me tele'
phone" is the only order necessary to
have a fully equipped long distance
phone at your elbow. BY simply order,
Ing a telephone guest may be placed
In communication with New York or
Denver or any other city served by the
Chicago Telephone company without
moving from the table at which dinner
or luncheon is being served. The serv'
Ice Is very simple.
What is termed a telephone sprlns
Jack" Is adjusted TO the wall near Inc
table, and when the telephone Is ORDER
ed the waiter brings the instrument,
inserting n plug in the spring jack
perfecting direct connection with ths
main telephone exchange.
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IIe'. tha moat marrIea man evar .aw b

He's the most married man ever saw IN
my No saw his mothor-ln-law !
can't exactly tell you how many there Is
Of her but It Is a good doal by the way,
Shakespeare indorses polygamy, lie
speaks Of the MERRY wives of Wind
sor" How many wives aid Mr., Windsor
have2 But wen lot that pass. The pretty
girls Of Utah mostly marry Young
Poor Browne died bravey as he had
lived merrily, a jest on his lips almost
ut the last. Il seems long while since
the news came over that he had passed
away, yet as already stated his broth
or humorlst, stockton, dating from the
same year, 1894, stlll survives, Frank
r, stockton began his life work as q
journalist and his literary career by
contributing to the magazines. His hui
NOR was not at first suspected, Il was
Of 30 quiet a sort, like certain llqueurs
almost insensbly warming the cookies
Of the heart but warming them Just
the same When, however, the public
caught on" to his peculiar style, they
became quite hungry for It. and the au-
thor OF "Rudder Grange" 1.-THE Lady
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New York. was perhaps the first book
OF the kind written IN America with hu-
morous intent II took anyway and
our fathers-and mothers, too for that
matter--enjoyed many laugh at It's
quips and oddities
Then there was seba Smith author
Of Witty, though vulgar Major Jack
Downing" a "tralnband captain, exc,
was he, and he had a most wondrous
vogue. Another contemporary was
Judge T. G, Halliburton, who, Nova
scotian by birth, gave New England a
dose Of her own medicine In his satlric-
al Sayings and Doings Of Sam Slick"
The "Buenose llumorist was hard
ly appreciated In the United States, es-
pecially IN the eastern portion, and
went 20 England, where he died In 1866,
only six years utter gentle Irving pass
ed away.
one Of our FIRST nineteenth century
humorlsls was q. - Prentice, born in
Connecticut, 1902, who acquired his CO.
lebrlty as the leading humorist Of the
country while q resident Of Kentucky,
and died In Louisville, 1870,
Five years later In New Hampshire
was born Joseph Neal Greenleaf, au-
thor Of those Charcoal Sketches ap-
proprIated without credit by Charles
Dickens for his "Pickwlck Papers
Two years after him followed oliver
Wendell Holmes, Cambridge Mass,
1909. who became a skilled anatomlst,
physician, poet, prose author, inlmita-
BILE humorlst "Autocrat OF the Break
fast Table" etc. What boy OF the last
generation had not reclted his Won
derful one tioss Shay" before he left
the public school?
Have you heard Of the wonderful one
boss shay
That was built In such q logical way
II ran hundred years TO day,
And then Of sudden it-ah but stay
III tell you what happened without de-
lay;
Soaring the narson into ITS,
Frightening people out OF their wits.
Have you ever heard OF that l say2
All, indeed, have we never7 Aud the
thousand and one other things thai
were created by that vivid Imagination
Of the little doctor" His life flowed
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different sort Thomas Bailey Aldrlch
better known as writer OF dainty
verse than for his very funny bad
Boy" and Robert H. Newell, whose
wartime pseudonym Of Orpheus G,
Kerr Cor Office Seeker gives an index
to his style The former (Aldrlch) Is
living fatty on the proceeds Of numer-
ous books and rich legacles, but poor
Newell recently passed beyond. The
famous American author w y. How
ellis. whose many books all betray an
exquisite humor, was born In ohio, 1891
and Is still actively at work at the aye
OF sixty-four. w, L. Alden, whose hui
NOR has attracted attention In the past,
is now resident In London as a news
paper correspondent, Some OF his books
are Adventures Of Jimmie Brown,
"'rhe Moral Pirates" and Domestic
Explosives"
The year 1888 gave birth TO John Hay,
one time humorist, present day dlplo-
matlst, author OF pike County Bal
lads Little Brooches" etc, Every
lover OF fine humor went into mourn.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-18

II TO the lack Of variety in the cary.
ings the few subjects being monoto.
nously repeated
Coal is worked so easily In China that
In shansi It sells at less than 70 cents a
ton at the mines,
Here is a simple method OF making q
half ton Of coal last as long as three.
quarters Of a ton. The plan is TO place
a quantity OF chalk In the CRATES. once
heated this is practically inexhaustibls
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SUCH IS FAME.

Autograph letters Of Wagner have
been discovered In use as Jam pot COW
ers. A German journalist found them
at the house OF two maiden ladies' SIS,
tiers Of musician long since deceaseu
who had formerly been in Intimate COR
respondence with the composer OF 'far'
slfal." The ladies were exhibiting y
him with much pride their cupboard.
full OF Jam when the Journalist 50"
some writing on the covers when n'
recognized as that OF Wagner. inc ~
perior thickness Of the paper when a.
most resembled parchment, had sup,
piled the reason for its application "
this domestic use.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-18

GUM eleven extensive mills where corn
meal is ground. One mill at Alost has
a capacity OF 100000 pounds per year.
1t Is said that all the mills are crowded
at present.
The Croton dam, which holds New
YORK ci,y's chief water supply, is 300
feet high, with base OF PIG feet.
A London newspaper announces that
the principsl'ty OF Wales ~. DO ie,. :.
scented in the arms Of the Prince OF
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-18

falls by Norwegian fishery commission.
ers. The fish are credited with a maxi.
mum leap OF twenty feet in the official
records.
France has soldier TO every 80 in
habltants, Germany one TO every 50.
Italy one TO every 1876 Russia one to
every 1874 and Great Britain one to ev-
cry 100
Swias papers record decline In the
export Of wood carvings and attribute
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-18

Ing when Hay abandoned his muse for
the sterner mistress diplomacy. And
he is the Hay who once wrote;
There are three species Of creatures who
when
They seem coming are going,
When they seem going they come
Diplomats, women and crabs
In 1889 Albany, N. Y, gave us Bret
Harte, who went to California In 1856
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-18

from combustion and gives out great
heat.
A French conserlpt has been excused
from three years service because OF
ugliness. 1t was held that his appear.
ance would make his comrades laugh
and thus interfere with discipline.
The largest wrought iron pillar IL at
Delhi, India. II is sixty feet high and
weighs seventeen tons.
There are now in operation In Bel.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-18

reputation as the home Of humor It 10
a pleasure to note that of the more
than nifty American humorists here
given fully half the number are living
and most Of them working today An.
other encouraging fact is that the sup
ply Of humorous writing seems to keep
pace with the demand both in quantity
and quality. The prophecy once utter
ed that the fount of American humor
was about to run dry seems In no dan.
ger OF immediate fulhllment,
FREDERICK A. ODER.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-18

India produces annually about $780,
100000 Of gold
The Chicago. Milwaukee and ST. Paul
management has adopted rule to use
Indian names only for sleeping and
parlor cars. One Of the new Pullman
sieepers just delivered to the ST. Paul
road has been named Nepahwin Sleep,
q sister sleeping car has been named
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-18
BETWEEN THE POLES.

Ewayea Qullabyl, and a third care Is
named omena (lIght OF a pigeon.
A curious custom prevails In Korea.
II man meets his wife In the street,
he ignores her presence and passes her
as II she were stranger.
Measurements Of salmon leaps may
now be included In high jump records
Standards were erected below water
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-18

Wales. This change Is In response "
the Welsh request that the prinelpan.sU,
figure In the royal standard or ID Wv
arms OF the heir apparent -
The cotton crop Of the United s...
now almost equals in value It's Wn'A
crop 90.
The gold mines of Mysore, lndla' sa
worked by American electrical dey,.es
,f- power being from ,he neitihs '-'-'
alayan snow.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-18

" w.
os a protege has
been phenone-
nal. He Is one Of
the foW eXum.
pies Of success.
full dialect WRIT
ing In recent
years which owe
their success to
! the fact that
| they had solid
sense be hind
them and glim.
merlng through
the chlnks, His
"AIr. Dooley I'm
Peace and War
and "Mr. Doc.
| ley's Philosophy
! have received
high praise.
| G.. V. Hobart,
a young Cana
dian doing jour
nallstlc work In
he y nj tie d
States, brought
out a formidable
! rival to Mr. Doc.
| ley in his Herr
ID in k e Tsp lei,
| whose German
dialect is up
roarlously fun
NY Last to be
mentioned as one
Of the younger
humorlsts Is Paul
Laurence Dun
bar born In
Ohio, 1872, and
the only one Of
African descent
who has achlev-
ed wide distinc-
ton. lie is au-
thor of several
books. such as
Lyrics OF Lowly
Life" and Folks
From Dixie"
which have re-
ceiYed praise
from such an
eminent critic as
w. ID, Howella.
Some names Ia
nous In the past
or present may
have escaped the
ken Of the OBJ
server, but It Is
believed that
nearly all have
been mentioned
in this article
that have given
this country It's
reputation as the
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IN ltR youth hAt
umOr0us phase
though II ais.
plays a vein 0I
satire which may
have passed foi
humor The ear
~ writer's wer,
given 10 polen'
lcsi they always
wrote with a
purpose and
thatpurposo was
generally 10
nuolIgh oU rho
other fellow
win neHtness
and dispatch.
The writer's Of
today follow dif.
ferent methods,
though their OBJ
feet m a Y be
practically The
same Philoso-
pher Benjamin
Franklin, born
nonr the begin
ming OF h e
eighteenth cen-
turY may be
called our first
lhlilNNN HhUlNt
lst at all events
he wrote much,
had the humor-
Gus vein well de-
voloped and was
consistent to the
very last.
In what has
been called the
first period Of
American lltera-
ture We're pubs
lished Joel Bar
lOVa "tIugty
Pudding Trum-
bulls "McFln-
gall" both heay.
lily humorous
and also the
first American
novel by Charles
Brockdcn Brown.
This period IL
supposed TO end
about 1920, after
which came the
second more pro
life I'm fiction
and somewhat
abundant In hu.
NOR 10 this PEE
Rod belong j. X,
Pauldlng, born
li19, and WASH
ington Irving,
born 1888, whose
"Knickerbock
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reputation for this humorlst II.
In New York where Ne found ~ ives
rial for his Bowery Characters I p'a'e
jerks, born 1851 and now ON tho ,d nuuor
al stan OF st. Nicholas, p6sseese5 a
qulslte humor and Is write, M WI es'
turned phrases aud Quaint eonce,t ,s' y,
Is author OF "lmaginotlons. or Trnn ne
less Tales" and other books. 1u. .u'n-
tutor Albert Blgelow Paine bnrn ', ,s..
has attracted attention by his no,n '''l,
view, nearly always humorous H. r' -, "
"dobollnks,' "The Arkansaw p 'ls
and THE Bread Line" ''"'
Although better known as n ,oo.
Marshall r. Wilder born ls5a '" ,a
claim to being humorous author 'y'
account Of his "People I've sn,n Wy
With" the number being legion '''D
A writer Of humorous fables hos o.,
en- Of late in the person Of George ts ~
born IN Kentland, Ind, 1865, A Chile
journalist and author OF 'Fables 81 81
Slang" More Fables" etc Tina so,a ~
year gave birth to Frank Gelot p'.
CESS, writer and illustrator who Sa,
made hits with bis "purplo Cow
Nonsense Almanac and other boot.
A year younger than both these io.,
(bechune thin, as he might saw ls pa
ter Finley Dune, journalist and ,n
thor Of Chicago, whose rise to foro
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\ whatever may be said OF
Ma American humor, there is no
wv doubt az to It's distinctive
Wv quality, II Ia raoy Of the


moro than century and II IL today az
fresh and as wholesome as the air we
breathe.
While there are some who affect to
believe that genuine American humor
is IN q state Of yanlshment and that In
A few years Il will become extinct, Ike
the dodo there are others-and they
are largely In the maJorlty-who main
tain that II was never more promising
than at present At all events there Is
an awakened interest In the subject by
reason or tho announcement by prone
ihent magazine Of a series devoted TO
n century OF American humor, and II Is
well worth q critical examination
American literature In lts youth had
no dlsllnotiyely humorous phase,
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The GREAT
CARNIVAL

The Eligs' carnival committee N
meeting with remarkable HuoeeuH Ia
dispoaing of room for booths In ~
dustrial street. Fully one half Of the
space has already been awarded,
The rofreahment privilege IN the
German village and the exclusive
right to sell confetti on the street
vim be advertised again, the bids
not being satisfactory. ono or the
booths Ia the Armafy has been So
cured by the ladies Of 81 John r
mission. West Seattle. Fancy work
will be sold in boath gotten np GA
the style 'of "a japanese tea garden,
Architect q. ". saunders designs
for she arch at Second avenue ana
Yssler way were accepted by tho
committee. A band stand II also
90 be erected on Pioneer square.
More than $4,000 Elka. carnival but
toms have been disposed of and the
committee 10 disposlnE % more a.
quickly as they can be manufae-
iurrd.