The sun., 1907-08-04
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

What Ia the origin OF tho title "the great Pan
iandrum which used to be 'RPlsS 70 Ise gSiSs
Il is "the Grand Psniandrum" and Il was not
applied 10 the New York police. In that regard
II has been confused with the term Pantata. which
appeared In the testimony OF the LexOw inquiry
ss applied 10 captain OF police, was Gleefuy
caught up Into popular vogue. but failed 70 effect
q permanent lodzment In our speech. The Grand
PanjAndrum In enshrined In q delicious bit OF non
sense which has been preserved. OF all places. In
several serious works upon the human Intellect
Samuel Foote, English actor and playwright At
the mid eighteenth century, wrote the piece and
challenged the actor Mackn 10 commit II 10 men,
ory In twelve minutes The whole piece runs
as follows: so she went into the garden TO cut
q cabbage leaf 10 make an apple pie. and st the
same time great she bear coming up the street
pops its head into the shop What no soapI
SO he died and she very imprudently married
the barber: and there present the Picka-
ninnlcs and the JObllles and Gargulies and
the Grand PAntandFum himsclf with the little
round button at the top: and they all fell 10 playing
catch catch can Till the gInpowder ran out
OF the heels Of their boots"
Who was the author of ,he s,Atemen, ,ha. there
are no two words in the English language exactly
as wcS
have the same meaningr V. McALssrER
We have no idea who would venture upon such
statement. An examination OF any list OF syno-
dgrIOge
vord. IN our sn..ch n, cou,a M, he o,herw,,.
for Enslish is a composite Of the speech Of many
tribes. and all through Its history II has adopted
words from any source. provided they seemed Of
value. Begin and commence mean exactly the
sAmc .niuk. no ony u'nefencc oe'weeh 'ncn oelhe
oI. VI UNn. oes'n co"ns ron &c, rou.onic souIco
S s.u 0"inmonoo nom Noso' nc ony Ieeson
Is by way OF recognition that English 10 Tcutonic
speech at base. There has been at times q slight
u"une'on oe.Neen sne 'wo woIus' ous 'nA' ma
peS'ou ou' ol use Deioo Hoauen'V onpioye euon N,
80 .s '.' ~, @ ''0,e""ns -, s..s s,''s
n,..s vons IN o.,Ien' hnsnen ... w ~ oue'
""' ioes"" ''e' N""A' 70 NV WV" :" 'A"' '''
For obvious reasons one hates 20 say that
another Hes yet there are occasions when inveraciy
needs 70 oe noticed AvoIdine tne shorter ana
Sj neither he sstionsbte nor Vet a cssss bsi
YET will show that the false statement has been
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Neser uu mar se' tcnue' nanonns IMAM IN 'n's'
"' ~ 4. .,'~s as. .., ss 81, ,ra,, -,
=, s,,.-s,.S ,..s a.
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,
Tnere hes tnat skinny. ana ucs mat taI
anu nes W rue'en' anu Nes :" sh'
ana nes nke VelJuce' ana hes hAe n"N'
anu uee 'na. iIee. Ano "es io' S"'e'
anu iumpy nes ~nnou' .ah' -
Les tna' SWEEP, and nes wi.h sVnk ~ mem.
LACE nke 'no ue~ 'na' 80 'ou ""A ~ 'N'"''
v,..,,, l., "a. ,n.,. a. ,h.r. .., n. ura.r .nv
circumstances such date as FeorTaty S Iysi
Certainly not, as long ss>validity continues TO
attach to certain familiar rhyme which Is incul-
Gated In most elementary arithmetic DOCKS ~
would be interesting TO uncover some record OF a
widespread manual mnemonic system for estao-
nlshN NkA GhNEo mn he Ia All
clenching tho left nst ana stepping Two nngcrs'
one after the other, along the knucklo and inter
vas while repeating the names OF the months In
order. and after stepping on the knuckle OF the
little nnger rcsu ming progress on the nrst nnger
knuckle where the trip began AL months that
correspond to snuckle are long months. all tns'
This ,hed 70 be taught TO very young children Ia
English schools.
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AZ ',' ma. nn IN popu,a. supe,s'"ohS rn sss'ereu
s'.''. .
e .,' ~ ~, u
~s"o p'Auso'o in ios "o v.
,s vre p.s 70 s.sAn,.1 W. @ 20 n.,,..,
Wv @ .s !. '.'',s =. 80. ~. 20 .ss.n,
nd IN thin .. "a ,h., on. ao.s M, he.r a common
.m.r s,sn,c,on n nrone IN clss. a. deyogatorv A
ono oId sun.rs,,,,on this for IN, burning Of the
ear ar som,thin~ .,m,Iar ~ q. Older than our civil.
hAuon .no Nsai ni'vvy VI sns % .,uoI . rnny ~ ~
UhVih.. o. 10 reootdeo - tnesuy oio that Is
generally admitted that the absent know through
tho ringing In the ears that people are listening 10
s'ones ABOUT tnem'
K,na,v v,v. me dat. ot the death n, Mrs p.,.n
Stevens and the subjects OF some OF her writings.
ACCURACY.
Mrs Paran Stevens left her impress upoa her
time but scarcely upon its literature Probably
reference is Intended 70 Mrs Ann Sophia Stephens,
Who died In 1855 after writing many things In
Aibone's dictionary the list of her titles amounts
.na NOM. Mr., S,.nben. sdted .,v,rsI now Tor.
-. H -. sr 1910 ~ ~" to'
sot'en MAGAZINES. eetween the Ladies. Com
ploto Guide 70 Crochet, Fancy Knitting and Needle
vork- and -Mshaska. the Indian PRINCESS. her
,..,. n.n .ov.v.d "a. o.,a nu, ,h.r. 40 .o.r.,n
49,. 80 s : .s 80 ~. " ~ M ' %
What city is II that is known the town OF the
twenty one nAuonsI ! ncaro tne expression
Se ,hs lin. .n% hsxs nsw.r .,nce -, ~, y, ~,
on the track Of IT, HARRIKr MKRwN SANps
=, doe. mn, .nn.ar In .nv list NJ nonul.r n,cr-
names OF towns 10 which access has been had.
II Is probably reminiscent OF poem on Cape
Town by Edgar wallace In VIII IN bdrrdcks: