The Washington times., 1903-04-13
The Talk Of the Day.


The Duke of Ratibor quotes. scripture,
Love thy neighbor as thysclf," to reck-
less automcbiIsts Scripture lends it
self easily &c this purpose. We are re
minded OF John Phoenix's story about
Kerren who drove the chaplain after
the performance of the afternoon ser
vice. THE rafting 2:40 pace at which
they tore along was rather too much for
the worthy preacher. Kerren' gasped
his anxious reverence. as he held firm
" by the back seat after a flying leap
over a stone of unusually large dimen-
sions. do you know why you are like
the Pharisees2' No, sir said Kerren.
touching up his off leader, why re
Joined the good old man, .Ye appear unto
men too fast
There is discussion in New York as to
the sacred character Of certain songs
sung by Pete Daley at Sunday evening
performance. The sacredness of a song
may be in the ear CT the heaFer, as the
landscape is in the eye Of the beholder,
This fact was recognized by Sir Themes
Browne when he declared: For even
that vulgar and tavern music, which
makes one man merry. another mad,
strikes in me a deep fit Of devotion, and
q profound contemplation of the first
composer"
Tlse s,ew York correspondent Of the
Referee" gives curious statistics con
corning John D. Rockefeller's fortune.
and then adds the moral:
IN accomplishing this feat John D.
Rockefeller has lost all his hair. has
secured a stomach which viii not di-
gest the simplest sort Of food, and is the
undisputed owner of a case OF insomnia
that would make the reputation OF
night watchman. I have less money than
Mr.. Rockefeller. but have all the hair
that 7 need in my business, my stomach
would digest tacks merely as a recrea-
ton, and I seldom wake except under
compulsion. This simple array of facts
should convince the most skepticaI that
/ everything breaks even"
London fashion notes. The spring hat
is TO be fatter and larger than ever,
and the short skirt Is the correct thing
/ for morning wear in town and country.
But Of all things. the most important
. is this: The pattern from which the
skirt IS cut. OF the measurements made
/ by your dressmaker, must be most
scTupulousIy accurate.
/ Mr.. Sims suggests that each English
/ oyster should have a coupon attached to
/ it. This coupon should carry with it a
/ hundred pound insurance in case Of
| sickness. OF thousand in case Of death
within fortnight,
] He reads a statement in a magazine
/ that outdoor sports and exercises have
done wonders for women. and that to-
day the typical woman of fifty is fire.
quentIy Of rare charm and beauty; and
] he goes stII further by declaring that
we have passed the age Of the merry
maiden and come 10 that of the gay
/ gTandmamma.
/ Mr.. Sims colleague. Guinevere. recon-
/ mends skittIes to English girls in place
of bridge whist and other nuisances.
So President Roosevelt holds "eXpec-
torate" as "a vile word" It is when il
/ is used by the geEtael as a prettter or
more polite word than spit" So there
! are persons who never sweat" they
+ 'sperspire:" and they have limbs" but
! are without legs" At the same time.
"eXEectorate' as used by physicians is
an cid and worthy word, thus Harvey
wrote in the seventeenth century. FIX
/ crematitfous humoTs such as are expec-
! torated by a cough And who can justly
find fault with "expectorate" In the
sense to relieve or ease ones mind ?
/ As when Horace WalpoIe, truly ele-
! CANT person. wrote Sir George came to
J expectoraJe with me as he called il,
+ or as when Carlyle described Frederick
/ the Great as taking to verses, by way
1 of eZpectoratfug himself"