Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-23
Glcanings and Gossip.

The Swiss federal engineers. il is
said. have succeeded with great diff
Guilty in arresting the movement of two
miles of debris, which threatened to
destroy the village Of Gruquay and
Chamoson, situated in the canton of
NalaiS.
The 50th anniversary Of the invention
of the anilinc dye is to be celebrated
by the world of science by the placing
of Il portrait of the inventor, DR.. Per-
kin in the National portrait gallery.
and a bust in the rooms of the Chemi-
cal society at Burlington house, Lon
don.
John kcndrick Bangs said: II went
into book-Shop in Forty-secOnd
street last Saturday and asked for an
English trasldtion of Homers Iliad'
aud the .Odcssey' and Henry James
Golden Bowl" Il can give you the
Had and the 'Odyss' y but | don't
think th"r" is an English translation
Of Henry James Golden Bowl" re-
piled the clerk.
Nine. Albani'$ jewel case probably
contains more precious triIllictS than
any other artiSteS except Nine. PATHS.
Yet h'r j"Wclry has cost nor next to
nothing. 1t has nearly all been given
by royal alid other admirers. who in
recognition Of her genius. have be-
slowed diamonds and precious stones
~ on her to tho value Of many
thousands of pounds.
Thomas Shaw, the new lord advo-
cate of London, is a sclf-mad" man.
Til" son of u baker he earned his own
living as n lawyers clerk while attend
ing the university. His industry was
icmcndouS and the SoundneSS of his
scholarship may b" Judged from the
fact that he contributed the article on
Tallcyrlnd to tic f.ncyclnpacdia Brit
alnica He is a notable liy-fishcr.
Like almost anyone else who has
seen 40 years Of theatrical life" says
Bronson Howard, Il think the stage
Just now is ovcrburlcncd with seem
cry and swampcd with cxtravagant
clothes. This condition cannot be kept
up much longer The managers can
not stand il. 1t is too expensive, ana
| the rivalry between them, each try
ing 10 Guido the other. must bring
about a reaction thai viii do away with
the whole scheme"
| Who says tho illitcratc get No
pie assure out of classic art -" remarked
an alinhu% OF the university Of Roch-
ester recently. "A copy of the Winged
victory was placed in the center of our
| library last summer. ono of the work.
men, a recent importation from Dub
I'm, surveyed the headlcss and arm
| less statue with some curiosity, An
phat may Nc call that fellow he ask
"a. That's the statue of Victory
sad the librarian. Victory. is it?' said
inc man; 'bcSorra, Id like to see the
| other fellow. thin"
In Germany what is known rs Il pay
Wcdhing is occasionally celebrated. at
which the bride receives her guests
| with basin before her. and each per-
son entering puts a jewel. a silver
spoon, or piece of money in it. In
| some parts of Germany the rule is
| tildt the expenses of the marriage feast
snail be met by each guest paying for
What ne eats or drinks. The prices
| pald Tor vlandS and drinks are high.
| ana the young couple often make a
| handsome profit out of their wedding.
| reaiiZihg a sum quite sufficient to start
| them nicely i'll life. Sometimes as
many as 800 guests are present al such
weddings
| At The Grant family dinner last week
MaJ-Gen. Frederick D. Grant told this
story on himself: II was booked to
| speak al large dinner in a town. and
thc loiS'inaSter felt il incumbent upon
hlm 10 make my path as smooth as