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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25
BROOKLYN SOCIAL CHAT
Continued from sixth page.

dancing alone. The favors were all suggestive OF
the Emerald Isle" the mems favOrs being green
snakes clay pipes, high hats dress suit cases. flags
and sashes. while the girls received sunbonnets.
white muhs and butterflies Among the subscribers
We're Miss Antoinnette Butler, Miss Marion Bigelow.
Curey, Miss Helen Dudley, Miss COrnea Cousins
Miss Florence Vail, Miss Louise simmons Miss
Carolyn Thorn, Miss Grace Jenkins. Miss Jessie
Rathbun, Miss Edith Payne, Miss Gertrude Taylor
Miss Marie Hillyer Miss Anita Hilyer, Miss Helen
Jourdan. Miss Maud Rider Miss Ruth Miller. Miss
Justine, HiP6ard Miss Janet Weir Miss Grace
Miss Edith Russell Miss Ruth Crombe Miss Irene
Cave Miss Mildred Bedford Miss Janet Burns Miss
Mabel Miller. Miss Marie Ernst. Miss Mildred Ross
Miss Margaret Pratt Miss Julia Hotchkiss. Morris
Pratt. Sherman Haight, Frank Jenkins, RAYMOND
Hotchkiss. Clinton Lutlins Sidney Jones' Harry
steele, HAYDEN Dudley Leonard cruden Duncan
Smith, Donald Ognvie. Bernard Wood Howard
Gould James Poig. Walter MacCafray, Howard
Cowing; Robert Johnston. Rudolph Lorbacher, VIII
lam Roberts, Howard Smith Alfred Megn Charles
H 5. Roberts and Harold Bretz.
Mrs william b Davenport. Of No. Dol Washing
ton Park has given her house to the Auxiliary
Number Fifteen Of the stony Void sanatorum
for Thursday afternoon April 5. There will be a
sale Of fancy articles and music
An entertainment will be given by the Brooklyn
Heights Auxiliary Of the Stony Void at Memorial
Hall. Monday evening. April 80
The Rev. Or. L. Mason Clarke. DIT. Truman ].
Backus. Mr. and Mrs Horace c. DuVaI and Willis
l. Ogden returned Monday on the Celtic.
Mrs william E Beardsley and Miss Constance
Beardsley returned from Europe last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jean A AImiraII. who have been
abroad their wedding trip, also returned last
week
Mrs Clarence G. Rice and Miss Gladys Rice will
spend the summer abroad sailing early next month.
Mr.. and Mrs Howard w. Maxwell and Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Glib spending fortnight At
lantic City
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25
LIE EARLAPs o. THE JAPANEsE.

w W. (Claremont, N H: Is it true that the
japanese have earlaps at all? And, if so,
how do you account for il?
Yes, the earlap is almost entirely wanting with
the Japanese; but this apparent anomaly is none
at all. 1t is whose ears are badly formed.
or at least different from those which nature. II
not interfered with, would have given us. Our
Is dishgured because for centuries our an
cestors loaded It with more or less heavy orna-
ments which in the course Of time elongated its
inferior part. We inherited from them both the
custom and its effect-the lap. A fact goes to
show that this useless and cruel custom was
unknown to the japanese: The expressions for
earring (mim-ganA) and earlap (mmi-t ia b6o)
were not introduced into the japanese language
until the epoch when the Japanese entered into
connection with the OcCidentals, those whom
they were wont to call barbarians
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25
SPECIAL APPEAL FoR CHARITY.

The Brooklyn Bureau Of Charities appeals TOE
contributions toward special fund OF S24 % pay
the rent for two months Of "a widow with three
children The husband died last September and
soon after the wife obliged Co 30 % "a hospital.
where a fourth child was born. After her return
from the hospital the three Older children had
measles, and the widow dipl,hgria. Then two OF
the children came down with dipht IBERIA and ous
was sent 20 "A contagious hospital. where she died
After tunlsauou there has been other Illness. so
that the widow has become thoroughly discouraged.
10 IS believed, however. that if she could De helped
for two months she could secure work and AT the
time vent one of her rooms. She has cer-
taIuly mad more than her share OF trouble ,ltirr.
the last seven months Contributions 20 this fund
marked Special fund h. S. may De endorsed
and sent Co William l. Nichols. secretary. No ~
SCherInerhOrn street. Brooklyn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25
PLANTS As coMPAssEs.

Q. ". A fGeneseo, y. y: Longfello| tells US
IN his "EvauReliue' that IN the vast prairie al
the leaves Of the compass plant We're pointing
from north 20 south, and thus guided the wan
derers their way IN the wilderness Does SUCH
q plant really exist or IS II merely the product
OF the poets imagination?
Yes the compass plant described by Long
fellow has a real existence. Its scientific name
is Silphium laciniatUm. and Il points the more
decidedly toward the south the younger II is
As il covers immense stretches Of the prairie,
the traveller can from the position he occupies
with regard 20 it's open Calces determine exactly
n he has made turn OF IN which direction ne
Is moving To these plants belong also the Va
riouE kinds Of lettuce, which turn away from
the hot midday sun and point 20 the north while
in the cool hours Of the morning and evening
and west
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25
TEST FOR IMPURE WATER.

L. i. K CTitusyiue. PENN: We suspect that
the trouble is with the pipe, not the water. Gal
vauized iron frequently acts in the manner here
described. Unless you can taste something
wrong OF detect a recognizable odor from the
fluid. should incline 70 the opinion that the
latter was harmless A chemical test IS usually
planned with reference 20 some particular i'm
Lurity that IS suspected. and for each one II
many possible impurities different chemical
agent would be necessary. You could not be alb
sOlutely sure therefore, without trying a great
variety Of things. Here though, Is simple
test that is useful for any acid, II the latter Is
not extremely dilute: Buy az a drug store a
small strip of ltmus paper. This Is naturally
pJrplish in color. ImmeTse il in aikaI and
u turns blue. Dip IT. in an acid solution and IL
becomes red II your pipe has been attacked by
an acid-which we doubt-Itmus Daner might
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25
YOUNG FOREST TREES WANTED.

G s n. maple Glen, PENN Please let me
know through your Asked and Answered col
urnns Of some farmer or nurseryman who could
supnlv me with say, twenty-five TO fifty Seeding
birch and rock or cork bark elm trees lNelmes
racemosa). Of former sort canoe (papyrifera)
birch black or cherry Qenta) birch, yellow
birch Qutea) red river birch (nigra), with
ragged bark and Oblige a subscriber Of your
great paper.
Send to Quaker Hill Nurseries, Department
D. Newark y j. for a nursery guide book at
the same time stating the varieties Of trees
wanted, as above. You will receive the guide
book free and information as TO where you
obtain the varieties desired If they do not hap
To have them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25
CATHEDRAL CLUB TO GIVE OPERA.

Two years ago the Cathedral club, after sue
cessful existence Of four years organized a Glee
Club, from which has developed dramatic
cety. Last year the society gave the play of Hold
son. Bureigh q Co. al the Kings County Demo
cratic Club. This has encouraged tho members 20
try their efforts in musical comedy. and they
have selected Princess Proud "a twO-aCt comic
opera, which was "a success several years ago az
Columbia University. The cast viii include twelve
leading parts and a chorus OF sixty Among those
who VIII take part John J. Kuhn. Edward J.
connolly Lewis f. \. Drummgnd George v.
William J. Drew. John A. Ludy, Christopher A.
kassenbrock. Claude NJ. Becker. Dillon j. Cassidy.
Joseph A. Corr. Joseph + ROrky, John a. pOCkery
Lester r Moran. Edward Conkllu. John r. Casey.
George j. ) Bowling George j. Patterson. George
q. Baxter. David r. L.eahy r. A. Corrca and
hugn l.. Tormey. The show Will be put on at one
OF the Brooklyn theatres for nights and a
matinee soon after Lent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25
BRIDGES.

B. f. X. (San Antonio. Tex): VIII you kindly
give me the names and location OF the bridges
having the longest spans Of any in the world?
The cantilever bridge across the St Lawrence
River. at Quebec, Canada, in construction, has
a river span Of 100 feet. which is the longest
bridge span Of any type in the world The main
cantever spans of the Forth Bridge, in Scotland,
are only Ito feet. The Williamsburg suspension
bridge has clear span Of 600 feet and the central
or main span Of the suspension bridge connecting
New-YOrk with Brooklyn is 1885, feet from tower
To- tower. suspension bridge seven miles below
Niagara Fails has a span Of 1910 feet, and the
Hudson River bridge at Poughkeepse n Y which
is 6,767 feet long, is built in five spans
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25

H. ". b. CTremont, Ind: Are the fixed stars
80 called because Of their fixed position in space?
Possibly so. to our ancestors the constella-
tons Of stars must have appeared the symbol
OF eternal stability Astronomy, however. has
found out that. like everything in this world
they, too, are subject to change. The fixed stars
are not fixed in the sky, their name would
imply; they change their positions relatively to
one another: for, on the hand our globe
moves with the sun in space. and. on the other,
also the far suns have their own motion The
diSpaCements are extremely little, but in the
course of time they reach such magntudes as to
give to the armament a somewhat different ap-
pearance from that it now presents. Some Of
these changes are more noticeable than others
The VeloCites with which various stars move are
not the same. Again, the movement may be tow
ard or away from the observer. instead Of cross
wise, and so might not be detected at all A rather
extreme case is afforded by the constellation of
Ursus Major. The seven principal stars i'm il are
said TO belong to two different systems, and each
Of them advances by about one lunar diameter
in every thirteen thousand years. From this we
can calculate the position of the stars To each
other fifty thousand years ago. as we'll as their
confguration fifty thousand years hence. The
result is shown in the following diagram:
CONSTELLATION OF THE GREAT BEAR.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25
"To WEAR HORNS"

c. T (Athens. MichD: When originated the
expression ito wear horns" applied TO hus-
bands deceived by their wives?
How this emblem Of the gods came to stand
for the symbol of the deception Of women, and
the horn, once the glory Of divine beings thus
became the grossest insult to common mortals.
IS a problem that still awaits solution. Georgius
Frauens in his famous "PraCtatus philOlOgtco-
nedicus de Cornutis' Heidelberg, 1915, tells
US that 1t not until the reign Of the En-
peror Andronicus that the horns" began to be
used as a symbol Of the cuckOd. and that the
Roman laws threatened punishment TO the per-
son who pretended TO see horns on his neigh
boris forehead.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25
CHURCHES IN NETWORK.

NJ p CNfiddIebury. VT: Please inform me
how many churches are in New-YOrk City, and
how many Of each denomination.
Baptist, 80; Catholic Apostolic. 2; Chris
Church /; Christian Scientists, .; Congrega-
tional. Il; Disciples of Christ 3; Evangelical, I;
Friend, 2: Jewish OBS Lutheran, 46; Methodist
E,piscopaIan "a; United Presbyterian, 3; Pro
testant Episcopal. 9s; Reformed Episcopal ,;
Reformed Church in America, y; Reformed
church I'm United States. g. Roman Catholic,
lis: Seventh Day Baptist, I; Unitarian 4; Uni
versalist ?; African Methodist Episcopal 4;
AIoravian 3: Presbyterian, 80; Reformed Pres
bvterian T. and miscellaneous, 90
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25
SOCIOLOGY

y. y. Gage. Okla Kindly give com
prehensive definition Of sociology.
Sociology IS the science which Investigates the
laws Of forces which regulate human society in
all its grades. existing and historical savage and
civilized. OF the science which treats Of the gen
era structure Of society. the laws Of its develop
meut and the progress Of actual civilization.
Comte the first treat the subject from a
scientific point point Of view He was followed
by Guetelet and Herbert Spencer. See Comie
.sTraite de- SocIologie" ana Spencer's Study Of
Sociology" uST4), and Principles Of Sociology
IGTCt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25
REVOLUTIONS OF THE MOON

J. NJ J. G5opedaIe Ohio: How many revolu-
tons on its axis does the moon make in a lunar
year?
A lunar astronomical year consists Of twelve
lunar synodical months, or 354 days hours 4S
minutes 36 seconds. The moon revOlves on its
axis once in 81 days. hours. 43 minutes 10
seconds: hence, divide the former number by the
latter and the quotient will give you the number
OF revolutions the moon makes on its axis in
lunar year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25

week the table decorations being shells, corals and
sea FERNS, arranged like the bottom Of the sea
gardens, with tiny electric lights among them.
lovers We're laid for eight. Mrs. Gibson Fahne-
STOCK OF Newport IL giving a series OF turtle
DINERS complimentary to the Governor General
ana other prominent officials of the English govern
Hehl. COR continues 70 interest many of the
guests. who spend the early morning and late
afternoon the links
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25
THIRTEEN AT TABLE.

E B. CThornton, N y: When thirteen sit
down to table what is the proba bilty Of the
death Of one Of them in the following year?
A careful calculation of the question Of the
probability Of death within a year Of any given
date has been worked out as follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25
C)ne

So that if thirteen persons, each Of the age OF
seVenty-twO and half years old, sit down to
table, the death Of one of them in the course Of
the following twelve months is a scientific
probability
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25
OF THE GREAT BEAR


$4,000 years ago. At present. $1,000 years hence
Fifty thousand years ago human beings who
looked up to the armament II different than
we see II to-day; and in another fifty thousand
years the change from its present appearance
will be fully as great.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25

give you a cew, but. as has been said before we
suspect that the quality Of your pipe explains
all
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25
FIXED STARS.

day. II offers greater difficulties than languages
that have been dead for many years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25

Mrs. William NJ Polk, formerly Of Demopoliss
Ala. opened her house No. East S6th street, %
her Southern friends evening recently 70 form
Alabama auxiliary TO the SOulnefIl 1hL.!sIIldA
Educational Association. Mrs. Martha GieloWs
president of the association, gave an interesting
tax on the needs of rural schools in the South
Mrs. Polk elected president OF the Ala6aI9as
Auxiliary, Mrs. Alfred ". Cochran and Mrs A. r.
Besson. first and second viCe-presldents. and Mrs.
WiuthOrne WOOey, secretary
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25

Under the auspices Of the Woman's Auxiliary To
the Cathedral League OF the Diocese OF New York.
Grant G.. La Fargo viii give a stereOptiCOn leCtura
upOn the Cathedral of St John the Divine at tha
home of Mrs Herbert L. Satterlee, No % Madison
avenue. Wednesday, March %, at 4 o'clock. Thd
Rev. DR. ". r. Huntington Will preside.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25

Mrs. Martha 5, Gielow. OF Alabama. president
general of the Southern Industrial Educational AS
ISOLATION viii give authors recital o. stories
and SONGS OF tie Southland" at tle Hotel Aston on
April T. at p. She viii Doe assisted ny MISS
Maud Kelly harplst. The proceeds will go o. a.d
her work among the Impoverished, unterate WnltS
children of the mountain districts Of the south
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25

Mrs. Charles Gilmore RerIey. chairman Of auxil-
larry no. J. stony Void Sauatorium and Miss lrez
lie Fevre, who have the tickets for sale for the
vaudeville entertainment az Carnegie Lyceum On
the afternoon of April b. hoping FOR great
things from this benefit performance. in view ot
the big advance sale OF tickets and boxes All the
boxes by the way went loug ago. but there are
stiu single seats. The entire programme i y
professionals. who give their services
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25

Mrs. W. Robinson. Of Upper Montclair. tina
hostess of a bridge whist luncheon on Wednesday.
Among the guests were Mrs. n. Lockwood, Mrs.
William Whiting, Miss Elizabeth Lockwood, Miss
Mary lockwood, Miss Ella Moore and Miss Louisa
Gallagher.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25
OF SOCIAL INTEREST.
Continued from nth page.

COppet, Mrs. Frank Damrosch. Mrs. Charles T.
FarnswOrth. Miss Laura u. Gu. Ars. r K l.
Could. Mrs. Frank j. GOOduOH. Mrs. William A.
Keener Mrs Frederick s Lee. Mrs. Seth Low.
Mrs. Howard Mansfield. Mrs Brander Matthews
Mrs. Adolph Openhym Mrs. Henry Falrleid IS
born Mrs Horatio Parker Mrs. Edwin #. Rice
Mrs James Russell. Mrs. Henry Seligman Mrs
Frank j. Sprague. Mrs. Muuroc smith, Mrs Fred
erick A. Stokes Miss Emma Thursby and Mrs j.
Gilbert White.
Tickets may be obtained az the box Office or from
member OF the following committee OF arrange
meuts- Mrs. James Harvey Rpbl son, ehtiFnan /.
Miss Edith Brander Matthews. Mrs william r
Trent. Mrs Walter J.. HerE.E- Mrs F. r. Ni5nus
Mrs George y. jackson. M. Vincent loeser, Mrs-
Walter M4udelsou Mrs. j. AsIiuwaU Hodge. Yrs
Henry r. SeaEar. Mrs. Edward whitney. Mrs.
Alfred ID. F. Hamlln and Airs. samuel T. kllner-
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-11-10
Fall OF Parker'S Fort in 1886. Van DornS Victory in
1858. Recovery Of the White Squaw. Quannah Parker;
Chief of the COnanche Tribes .SaM .~8E1F.%

\ EVENLY long years have gone by since
Cynthia Ann Parker was lost to civiliza-
ton. In the days when Fort Parker was
destroyed this great empire State of
y Texas had population of only 10000.
They Huara haraarad hu nunn < A0A hoo
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-12-01
SIGN WELL PAID FOR.
One Thousand Dollars a Word for
Railroad Crossing Warning.

At the Franklin Inn = h'-,ary club
OF Philadelphia. a young poet licking
his lips, said that Conan Doyle was
paid one dollar word.
THAT is nothing" said one of the
Reading railroad advertising men, u
know OF u case where man was paid
81 1000 word Our line used to
have at its grade crossings Il very
long and complicated sign that began:
Beware of the engine and cars and
then this sign Went on with a lot OF
injunctions and warnings that would
have taken five minutes To read. In
a number of accident cases the claim
ants for damages declared that our
Long signs We're not clear warnings.
Therefore the line decided at last to
get new grade crossing sign, and
Judge PaXson was engaged to write
one
"The sign that Judge PaXson wrote
cost $1,000 a word but II was Il
classic, It remains a classic. II has
been copied everywhere, 1t is as
well known among us as Father |
cannot tell lie, or England expects
every man to do his duty.
But what was the sign?' the poet
asked, impatiently
"rhe sign that cost 81 900 p word,
or $4,000 In all" said tbs abroad
man, was the famor, Railroad
crossing-stop, look and listen
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-12-01
WIRELESS DID GOOD WORK.
Materially Aided Admiral Togo to
Crush Rojestvensky.

Wireless telegraphy played most
gagement between the Russian and
Japanese ships in the late war.
Japanese writer says that at the time
of the battle of the Sea of Japan the
weather was foggy and haZy To such
an extent that il was impossible to see
for a distance greater than five miles.
A Japanese scout cruiser, while
searching for the Russian fleet, sud
denly found herself when the fog had
lifted Unexpectedly for moment,
practically in the midst of the numer'
Gus vessels of the enemy, \ wireless
message was at once transmitted Civ
ing notice of the discovery, and this
message was simultaneously received
by all the vessels Of the Japanese
squadron, Notwithstanding that these
were some $50 miles distant.
Admiral Togo Immediately dis
patched squadron of scouts. which
kept in touch with the enemy, and In.
formed him at five, minute intervals OF
the course, speed position and loca'
ton of the Russians, with such accu-
racy that Admiral Togo was able to
forecast with absolute precision the
actions of the enemy,
It was through wireless communal.
cation alone that it was possible for
the Japanese commander TO maneuver
and to place his feet to enable him
to strike the enemy most adVan'
tageously. All of the Russian ships
We're equipped with the latest and
most efficient wireless outfits, but they
failed TO interfere with the messages.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-12-01
Notes From Hyde Park
Marriage of Robert McQuarrie and Lille
MikkIesen the Event of the Week.

ised them free dance. All his friends
are invited
The sudden advent OF the winter
has put stop to the fall blowing and
other farm work. One farmers pota.
toes are still in the ground We are
informed that there are quite a num-
Der of beets still in the ground at Ben
son.
AT present there are bright pros.
poets for several weddings here in the
near future.
cur veterin tOwnsman, Jacob Ash.
craft, returned last week from Teton.
Idaho, where he spent several months
with his sons Samuel, William and
Enoch who are prospecting financially.
Moses Mikkesen leaves tomorrow
for Pocatello, Idaho where he expects
to work for the winter.
Lola Jorgensen, recently returned
missionary, gave us an interesting ac-
cunt of his mission, last Sunday
afternoon.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-12-01
N. p. JOHNSON
Logan Second Hand Store

will not be undersold in new or sec
ond hand goods. Our aim has been
to treat people right in the past, and
will do so in the future.
Highest cash price paid for second
hand furniture. Bell phone lO6X:
independent phone l06,
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-12-01
Seek Substitute for Suns RAYS.

Experiments are being actively pur'
sued on both sides Of the Atlantic to
see whether 1t is not possible to dis
cover some light which would have
the same effect on vegetation as has
the sun. Science Is familiar with the
composition of the solar rays TO a
large extent and It is not regarded as
unreasonable TO seek for an artificial
substitute. As a matter of fact, the
rays from an acetylene lamp have
been found to approximate very
closely to sunlight, SO much is this SO
that fairly well developed plants have
been" produced which have never
known the daylight, the whole course
OF their existence having been spent
under the influence Of aoetylene light.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-12-01
Merry Wives of Windsor
Louis James, as Falstaff, and Splendid Sup
porting Company in This Play Tonight.

The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Z"
which Is presented here tonight by
Louis James, is a masterpiece OF good
humor, neither lyric, dramatic, nara,
tive nor historical, but on cxcelleutly
well conceived. constructed solely to
amuse, las well as to fulfill regal edict
executed by good Queen Bess, who
wishing to witness the cupidty of Sir
John FalstaiT, commanded Shake.
speare to write comedy depicting
the various humors attendant TO the
Jolly Knight of Windsor in love"
This Shakespeare did with an aban.
don in construction and execution
that startled his followers and admir-
ers, for he discarded all of his noted
characteristic style and methods of
playwriting. and presented to his
Queen play written almost entirely
in prose, and illustrative of the humor
and shortcomings of the country
tradespeople and not the court or the
nobility, as had heretofore been his
custom.