New-York tribune., 1907-11-22
THE TALK or THE DAY.

Statistics prepared by the police forces Of London
and the large provincial towns and issued bv the
BRUSH Home Secretary show that there is an ex-
tehslVe practice among women in lower class dis
ulcts OF taking infants and young children into
Pubic houses at all hours from early morning until
late at night In many cases women were seen
10 give infants beer drink-as IL made tber,
sleepy and quiet-and in others 10 dip a finger in
the liquor and give the child "A taste Sev
eral OF the chief constables report that il is un
usual 10 md child much over three or four wears
oi age in a public house with its parents which
indicates that the mother takes the child only
when ii is too young to be left to its own devices
just now asked P the retHned gq4E 6T d9Tn the street
,s 1eS' replied the stay-at-home. hes stin with
x suppose he stammers as badly as ever?"
phiHjj,nee,s 20 ne s becoming quite adept at 1t now
\ report on dangerous or injurious processes in
'he coating Of metal with lead mixture of lead
ana TN has been issued by the British Home
Ofhce. II IS recommended that the add,,,or 20
lead to the covering mixture in timing of iron and
metal hollow ware should he prohibited ''Prohihi-
n'n meets also the danger constantly pointed out
rom public health point Of view that common
unned utensils may constitute danger to the CON
81 mer. says the report. Under these crcurn
stances. the report advises that time limit he
allowed before the prohibition Of the use Of lead
shall take effect the date suggested being January
/, 1903
So YOU enjoy seeing your boy plav footbau
49,. i should say 40, answered Farmer C'orntoesaI
II makes me right proud 10 him out there an
realize that he s the young feler 7 was once able
to Washington Star. "'e
At dinner reeentlv several men wore dis.-,,xsir,
the merits of different kinds - game one rre
ferred Canvasback duck another Wood,ock and
still another thought quail the most delicious arti
Gle of food The discussion and the dinner ended
at about the same time. Well Harry said ,,,e
Of the men, speaking to the waiter al his elbow
what kind of game DO you ike hest?" ..We,I
MI Jones. Ia be frank, almost any kind Of game
suits me- but what | like best is an American e1,lc
served on silver dollar"
Gaddie-de's got G-Whizz motor ear. hasn't ba2
Wise-i don't know. ~ '- >
Gsddie-Wh, l thought YOU told me YOU saw, hin,
Wise-Yes. but that was observation-disclosures
standard and Times.
The Seattle Post IntelliGencer'' des, rises SOM
weird funeral rites practised by Hndus at rail
road camp in Oregon where several men u,era
killed in explosion After the bodies had heau
washed and placed on mprOvised funeral pyres tho
toe and finger nails cut off and the corps,s
were burned The ashes were then taken out into
the Columbia River. where they were sprinkle1 On
the water. The toe and finger nails will be sent
back TO India, TO be buried in sacred grounds II
is said by witnesses of the ceremony that little
emotion displayed by the Hindus at the loss OF
their comrades. either at the they were killed
the funeral services
Il calls ii bribery and corruption: our members
wife's a doctor, and she attends voters freev'
Get away! That amt bribery and corruption It's
nursin constituency London Opinion.