New-York tribune., 1906-09-05

The next time YOU buy syrup at the grocery
store don't make point of picking out a pale.
light colored article under the impression that such
syrup is superior in delicacy 10 that which is
darker colored The absence Of color in these light
syrups Is said he due either to the fac! that all
the nutritious qualities have been refined out Of
cose or bieached With sniphGT NoWHere is the
tendency Of the American manufacturer a. refine
his products at the expense OF their food value
more apparent than Just here where the primitive
method of hand crushing the sugaTCane. by which
only the best and sweetest Of the juice was
pressed. has been suppanted by a process that
agents and chemicals to beautfy the result The
dark ia Gooaeq moasses tnat At used to he such factor
Gerry shops. II has been replaced by the semi
the Consumer For according e to o' DR. u'f' Ii W Wey
chief OF the Bureau of Chemistry Of the Depart
useful article Of food combned with With buekwke6 ke
bS ioS 3 "ti ~ b bidnIGed I aItGIe ar OF diet he
otherwise furnishing too much heat and energy.
great increase I'm the number Of classes for
mentally defective children is likely be the
FIRST result of the report made TO DR. Maxwell bs-
Dr. Elias Brown 70 the effect that there are from
Geo 10 12o0O such children Of school age in New
York city. Dr. Brown, who is the specialist
poyed by the Board Of Education to examine
mental detectives. recommends that a course of
Instruction be prepared for teachers in special in
strucuon and training Of these little unfortu-
normal ,6iId 6a s'S: zen 70 t tnlestaIy S4o 10
way OF education he Is capable of receiving. Just
interesting
IN connection with this intensely important sub
1tct IS the large proportion Of atypical children
70 school in tile morning after breakfast OF
sun s@n1nulat ,cohee or teal ana starch white bread
with eaCh Of their three meals ana sometimes
And again: More of The children drink ~ tsa or Sof
Ice twice a day than do only once a day; and
more than twice many children drink tea or
coffee al least three times day than do Only once
a DAY, Eighty -four per cent Of the children ex-
Per cent IN many cases y could not he determined
cases examined we're mostly exceptional children
but there Is m reason 20 suppose that normal
tional children"
Schloss Friedrichshof. the meeting place OF the
English King and German Kaiser. is interesting
being not only the creation of a woman. and that
woman the late German Empress Frederick. the
mother Of tie Kaiser. but in a sense the memorial
of one woman 70 another. The large that the
castle was part OF great bequest made 10 the
Empress by the Duchess de Galera. an enor-
nously rich woman. whose only and heir be-
came socialist and refused 10 accept wealth he
away large sums in her lifetime and bequeathed
the rest % public objects or to those whom she
held 10 be public benefactors The city of Genoa
has a great hospital and other charities endowed
Musae Gaiera Is another Of the creations Of her
wealth; The Empress Frederck built the castle
10 be the home of her widpwhood. and It is full Of
artistic objects collected by her during her LIFETIME
II was hrTe tnat Nihs EdWard pace a last taTt"elI
10 ms eIJ.f SISTER 70 N19hi ne was etedlly az
There IS something particularly touching about
the viii of Lady Curzou. drawn up with her own
hand on her first voyage out 70 India. She al
ways possessed by conviction that India would
kill her. and So probably in slow. indirect way. it
did. To The son who never was born TO her there
We're many gifts devised, among them her da-
mond necklace her three superb taras, her mag
niicent peaIls and her old laces, which now so to
Lord Curzon for life. or these the diamond star
nd NJ To
follow the title OF Curzon OF KedlestOn. the two
other tiaras eventually going 70 her daughters. To
her mother she bequeathed all her furs. including
unrivalled sablts. silver fox and Chinchillas
and 10 her father, who died before she did gift Of
valuable books All her personal effects, including
her ruby and turquoise jewelry. her other gems
plate. etc. she left 10 her husband, who also
C-ived the residue Of her property, with the wish
expressed that from II he should give memenJOS
to the members of his family and hers.