New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-01
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The Supreme Court OF Illinois holds that foam
Is beer and cannot be measured such. This
point was made in decision in a involving
the wholesalng law prohibiting the sale OF liquor
in quantities under five gallons The proprietor
Of a roadhouse was heavily fined for selling beer
in so-called fve-gallon cases. He gave tickets
calling for the number of bottles, permitting Gus
toners 70 take bottle two at time, punching
the number the tickets accordingly. This the
court declared a violation Of the law and
sustained the lower court, which assessed heavy
fines In pleading the case the contents OF bottles
of a case of beer were poured out. and u shown
there only four and one-half gallons IN the
case. The defendant insisted the foam should be
measured to make the five gallons. but the Su-
preme Court decided to the contrary.
she-"They say there are germs IN kisses Nov
what do you suppose a girl could eaten Ihat way
Yankees think they know ell about pumpkins
because they invented the pumpkin pie, but TO see
the real thing commercial article you must
come to the Hooser State" writes commercial
traveller from Indiana. He speaks of packing
concern IN Indianapolis, where pumpkins are at
present of great Importance. They are received
in large quantities. there from all parts of the
state for shipment to the market and for canning.
and forty carloads a day not an extraordinary
quantity. You can't quite realize what n car
load of pumpkins is till reduce 1t TO pies. and
is struck with when informed that forty
carloads will make about two Million writes the
drummer. "a carload. they tell me. weighs about
twenty-five tons. OF course that would be too much
for one days baking, the pumpkins are canned,
and each ton fills $50 cans. and three regulation
sized pies can be made out of the contents of
I fortycar consignment that
had been dumped into the packing concerns yard.
100000 incipent pies. as it were. and when a man
who stood neck-deep among the yellow giants
said quite some punkins,' I echoed, Quite
some"
stranger-Can get anything in this town to
drink?
There Is much 10Y in the ranks Of women doctors
and students in England at the decision Of the Royal
College of Surgeons to open its doors to women The
ROYAL College Of Physicians recently came TO q
similar decision and before long, when the neces-
sarv regulations have been made, 1t Will be open
70 women TO take the degrees of IN. r. c. s.. and
'T, R c. p while they will also be able TO attain
+ba higher degree Of Fellow 1.-The London Express
quotes a woman physician on the new order OK
things: so far as I aware, every other body in
the british Isles which gives medical degrees has
already admitted women Although the College Of
PHYSICIANS and the College of Surgeons have re
f,eed rs admission women have been able to take
tbatr dagrees elsewhere and 70 practise
,eop. or MUSICIANS without troubling about these
bodies But women felt that it was unjust that
they should be held at arms length by these col
leges as a good deal of respect is paid to their
degrees and we very pleased that the colleges
have at last given way.
There should be law to punish with life i'm
poiIarsfir for a brea kfast food concern, declares
there is an end 20 every serial-Baltimo7e News