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month. An order has been received
by the commandant TO detail IL men
for the event, and has aroused great
interest among the men. The order
states that men of the most soldierly
appearance and proficient in drill and
military knowledge must be selected
and that no man under feet Z inches
in height is to be included In the de-
tachment. The men will be especially
drilled for the occasion in the short
interval before the beginning Of the
tournament
Since the announcement that King
Frederick Of Denmark had marked his
coronation by setting at liberty 700
criminals, the United States immigra
tion officials at Boston, and other
large cities along the Atlantic coast
are on sharp lookout. and all Dam
ish immigrants are closely scrutinized
II is rumored that at least 200 Of
these have been tickcted to Boston by
society formed in Denmark 10 rid
the country OF this dangerous element
Chief Watts of the Boston police
stated the other day that he was ready
to cooperate with the government au-
thorities and that he would conduct a
thorough examination Of all suspects
and endeavor TO sift out those who
had spent any part Of their time in
the jails of that country.
81 intend to devote special attention
TO the careful drilling in expression of
our English language, both oral and |
written.
ut is my purpose to teach the chill |
dren how to use words correctly and |
how to express themselves easily and |
concisely
This Is my hobby, and | believe it |
to be the essential point Of a modern |
education" said Stratton d. Brooks, |
the new superintendent Of Boston |
schools, who has just assumed his |
duties as such
'PhysioOgy and Notany and such |
studies should be taught to students !
who are inclined toward any Of those |
branches" he said, "but they need not |
be forced wholesale upon scholars who |
dislike them.
Foreign languages. especially Greek |
and Latin, are Of great benefit to the |
student as they help him in his mas
terry Of English"
There's only one thing | don't like
about Boston" said NJ. Philippe Jan
min, who sat in Back Bay studio
sending up little smoke rings from his
cigarette and watching them fade away
into the air, "lf Boston only had bar
maids like those in London, 1t would
be perfect"
Fancy! Boston with bar maids! Yet |
this young French lecturer and mono
lOgist, who has the distinction having
created the part of C!lfain in the Paris
production of "Florcdora" at the Opera
Comique two seas Dns ago, speaks OF |
them as her only lack, in his estima-
tion. Just over from winter In Lon
don, NJ. Jannin seems to have lost
none of the susceptibility of his race
for pretty girl-and London bar
maids are proverbially pretty.
Someone should certainly constitute
himself a committee of one and lay
this before Mayor Fitzgerald.
Mrs. Hatch, an entertaining old
lady, who lives at the Old Ladies' |
Home on Revere street, and has earned
pin money by making rag dolls OF
African descent out of black stocking
legs and cotton stufiing for the chill
dren OF the society women In the Back
Bay, has just received an order for
dolls which pleases her tremendously
1t Is from n missionary in South
nh,
of the dolls to be distributed among
some juvenile heather. The mission
ary did not think the little ones would
appreciate blue eyed. ilaXen haired
dolls as much as the unique playthings
which no one but Mrs. Hatch can
make.
President Charles w. Eliot of Har-
ward observed quietly his 72d birthday
anniversary at his home on Quincy |
street, Cambridge. last week
He passed the morning and the early |
part of the afternoon as usual among
his books. busy with his duties as
head of the great university, although
interrupted now and then by friends |
who come TO congratulate him.
In the afternoon he left his study To
preside at a meeting of the faculty, |
which by chance came on the ami
versary of his birth
Even his observance of the evening |
was not out Of keeping with the way |
he passed the rest of the day.
President Eliot told some of his |
friends who called to congratulate |
him that he felt well and hearty, and |
that he felt II his duty to work rs hard !
for the university on his birthday as
at any other time. He was too busy
to indulge in "reminiscences. In look
ing TO the future and attending to the
present, he felt that he could well let