New-York tribune., 1903-06-15

Proficiency in q foreign tongue is hardly to be
obtained without making fair share Of ridiculous
mistakes and those who launch this summer upon
the unknown sea Of foreign conversation must
make up their minds to this. and not take it too
hard when they make absurd and possibly scan
oaIous remarks, like the elderly EnglshWoman VINO
tried to buy a little devil (teufeD for boys
school," when It only a little table (ra1eD
that she wanted Foreigners make mistakes, too,
when they are learning English, and there may De
some consolation in that for those who are strug-
Cling with a foreign tongue German glrl' VINO
was studying English, translated the sentence, NO
man can serve two masters by NO one can
obge TO gentlemen ald wnen sae & 10 10 oII +
pack her trunk it was her custom 70 PACK oat
her chest She announced once that her SISTER,
who had gone to Carlsbad had lost eighteen
pounds OF meat anc she WroLe IN q !.+o ae-
she could not skate because she mad TWO weak
as little creature Ike pig, with all over him
trsIa4ed for the use Of hotels and shops abroad
is often very surprising Il one hotel the wines
ispn s1ptber @ tbev have dinner Fat every o'clock the
dav" third announces itself as a good. plain
second rate hotel
To the other articles of masculine apparel which
women have appropriated, they have now added
the puttee This IS a strip of cloth. about six
inches wide and cut slightly on the round, which
is ~GTne ne n Is used Chiefly as part Of military
dress. but wear ii also for golflng hunting, ing,
vre king and cycling, and now women nave ols-
covered Its merits.
Danger turks in so many unsuspected places IN
these davs! It is surely easier as well as safer to
die outright and have done with it. Now, 1t is that
surposed!y harmless institution the bureau
drawer, that is charged with hostile lntenuohs
toward the human race Women who get into the
habit of closing a bureau drawer by a pressure Of
the knee" says prominent physician, do not
realize the harm that result from this pGac-
on the knee that were caused in this way. The
] I1rge s one scaTcely notices the contact Of the
knee with the drawer But the knee 1Glnt is a aei
that viii lead ultimately 10 very serious So Goi5 5
9uenGes in f6xe fhs habt @ have brought on illnesses
that lasted from one month TO SIX % 20 IN my
T. T. ie beffer although it may seem more trouble,
s9e eIng at i5sdTantge hes ] is really an excellent means
OF exercise. and no way OF closlhs I q aIs"e - %
dangerous a. push II with the knee
An American recently travelling in China tens
oT an interesting incident encountered IN q s1ali
riverside town above Shanghai. He noticed a
house hung with blue lanterns, which in that Iano
denotes half mourning. In the wide. low door
va- were priests chanting and sounding gongs, and
}06in }oSf 9afE stters @ The master Of the house seemed
was dangerously i'll SO haIPeg m b 4I ieg en5 if vari
ous notential inhabitants describing the case oe-
hat Be for speedy recovery. These celestial mis-
sives were inded by menDGrs @ iced 9I % IN huge on
ciaI envelopes, duly stamped ana or kent
especially for this purpose and the sendGTs ten @
desired destination
In parts Of Sweden BOOKS at pubiIC eApSiiSe arc
laed in third class railway cars for the free use
of passengers These travelling libraries include
StaTGar rd works history and fiction and are e5sIly
patronized. Denmark has just MADE an approPiia-
ton similar purpose
Sand nainting is a novel form Of art current in
cartons parts Of India. The materials USED are
yariouslv colored sands, prepared and solo prln-
cinallv by the natives Of Deccan. the aFlsL
,,suaIlv a woman takes the fine, brightly colored
stuff in hand, and she moves her arm sIoWly
back and forth. allows 1t to trlckie Ihrougn @ net
M misEeis sninnaIs etc The spot selected for these
pictures is usually specl9lly d prepdd or dipni-
ground near the entrance OF a teInpie VI u5i,l 81
Fsrv's house for these curious paintings are sup
posed Tho he even bE accident steps upon or dsturbs
one of these pictures thereby invites all manner
Of I'll luck and disaster
one Of the signs OF the times is the craze for the
,ic+,,resoue in the dress of the period II may De
orl,, a craze but there are degrees of obnoxious
sss even in crazes and If droopness and fappi-
80 are often carried to excess no one would
wish for A return of the in which STIFFNESS an9
stvle were interdependent and II |as @ tile i sii
every woman get as much puckIahl - po7sI,it 5
into her skirt and her sleeves NUI on! IN 49, 49,
hllt in housefurnishing. entertainments ana $500
monies the new sense OF ptauS 5 If 5Ti ,,b4f
more or Jess plainly and the tendecy WIN & " -
ever extravagances accompanied Is c'U9' " -
joicins
How royalty and their suites ever manage 10
,,,tra those weary hours Of standing IS always
- n one >. writes contributor to an Eng
Hsb society magazine. you get USED 20 II -
- cav me maids of honor but apparently not
,tIt tte.- have been carried oSt two or three He9
:; G faint do the gentlemer-at~ arms usHtis ''"
,,ed M in uniforms and smotheted III htli ~
- ,gad IN the ordeal II is WITHIN the. nletst ~
- reanv how IN Dublin. certain olstli.7 o.7 ,ive
,a.1- in the middle Of & ORA a"lilE E - .raar 81
fbe order close fhe 9oaT- aia ma. 80 Taoy,n on
,sonGer how IS that our 2~p iNliG GeoTe 1.s Roy
-, similarly overcome on these &c, 'Isi,redIy it