New-York tribune., 1905-04-21
THE INITIAL P's MOVEMENT.

THE INITIAL P's MOVEMENT.
69s Fl vsT Letters o said d,n Let Is Is Rrsa the spell
Cried NV NV fTisnSs SfH %e 40 s5na fS ,o- P.a.s,
Let us begin with Bullet.
Il III y1aR raise gSt gou @e tat at RPlafs Past OF B.
Id like to push-take Cartridge
Hnd qsi FIJI Fiie let on y anf Pa2Frdge REt IL me
No more I'll stand for Powder
soft ch in place of
viii give just harmless Chowder."
Thus words which play dreadful part
Yield TO the spell Of P'sful art
London's new Vanguard" motor ornnibuses are
already being called vans" This leads The
London Chronicle to the observation that van
is striking instance of the manner in which the
English language can arrive st the same verbal
goal from widely distant starting points. The
van Of army is abbreviation of van
guard which represents "avantguard''-'avant'
being French, from the Latin 'ab ante C'from in
front'D. The van" OF the Snowman and Pick
fords, on the other hand is caravan" beheaded
and therefore has Persian origin probably hav-
ing come to Europe through the Crusaders. The
language also has wan winnoVing fan, which
is simply the Latin ''vannus."
Unwilling scholar-Ia-wrle. what's your little
Winie--Jist cause he don't want to learn any
IN taing; jiSs toos his candy and showed him how
Justice David J. Brewer. made an address not
long ago at Haverford. After the address there
was informal little reception and very interest
ing 1t to hear the justice talk
Haverford boy said to the learned man during
the lull in conversation:
viii you please tell me. sir. what is the extreme
penalty for bigamy?'
Justice Brewer smiled and answered:
Two mothers-in-law."
T. such paragon OF perfection why does she watch
Esmeralda-she is afraid he is too good to be true
-CChtcago Tribune.
An English schoolboy was asked what 'ete. E"
meant. 1T is sign used in writing to make peo-
PIE think you know more than YOU do"
stapdar-Did that deaf mute orator make set
speech?
Doyle-No; he spoke on hand.-Ccleveland Leader
learned mar. Professor Karl Pearson, Of Uni
versity College, London. is trying to prove that
man has unconscious tendency to select a wife
OF his height. with eyes of his own color =
prorOrtonate span from forefinger to forefnger a
forearm corresponding TO his own and a constitrl-
ton Of like physical vgor. These theories he ex-
pounded by means Of tables and diagrams. Among
every thousand the color Of the eyes is divided
a. follows Blue, SS5; green, S12: hazel l27 and
brown g. The eyes of women are generally dark
er. only 2Ss Of them in every thousand having blue
ones II these blue eyed people married at ran
dom the result would be that they would mate at
the of 10I per O0o but he had discovered that
the actual number OF marriages per 1000 of blue
eyed persons was 14O IS above the random aver
age, thus proving that the blue eyed man and the
blue eyed woman unconsciously attracted tow
ard each other In the same way, men with
greenish gray or hazel eyes tend TO marry women
with eyes OF like color. "One could hardly mag
inc a man choosing wife by measuring her fror
forehnger to forefnger.'' said the professor: vet
his diagrams demonstrated that as the span o. one
increased so did that of the other.
Dreamy. pick-pey say dat fortune knocks w7lpst
Ploddtdng Pete-Huh! Dat amt much consar,s-
ton for US guys wat amt got no doors-(Chicaso
Daily News.
soLu.oQUY OF a RUSSIAN ADMIRAL. -
Togo or not Togo-that is the question
For If 70 60 be not Togo yet stiIl
To stay may be Togo-so there's the rub
Say is it robler in our huIls to take
The shells and mines of these unerring Japs
And being ratified in the thick OF fight
To add our own TO help the work along
Or show clean heels across the Chinese Sea,
To rest in peace secure, perchance to dream
OF trawlers that we think torpedo boats?
And yet to go may be Togo. alas!
His very name by losing is not lost.
His multifarous spirit walks abroad
Oar all the worldwide And should we fee
The undiscovered Togo from whose trail
No mariner escapes, confuses the will
And makes rather face the Japs we know
Than needless fy to those we know not OF
'Tis thus these Japs make towards of us all
Could once set a steady foot on land.
I'd hit the trail across SibeTia's plain.
Where ToEo's not allowed to go: and haste
To throw my sword before the mighty CEar
And hear with Joy hts word OF punishment
Back to the mlnes,"-be they not Japanese.
GARRET SMITH
Wal how'd ye enjoy IN, sights in Nsw-Yqrky'
Spent tn hull time ridin round on that subway
Of theirs, judgin by what could see from the
winders. city scenery amt what tn summer board
ers cracks Il uD to ba!"-(Brooklyn Life.