The National tribune., 1908-05-07

n uuart of hot water at a time for, altho
there is plenty of water in Paris, 1t
seems impossible to get it above street
level. When a Partisan wants to take
a bath, therefore, he. either goes TO one
of the big bath houses which line the
Seine or he orders it from the estab-
lishment whose business X is to supply
this necessity Those establishments,
of which there are a great many IN
Paris, employ a number of men VINO,
when a hot bath has been ordered,
leave the building with two-wheeied
cart, on which is a tank surmounted
by a substantial bathtub provided with
castors In front of the tank hang two
large metal buckets and a yoke. AT
the hour requested in the order the
bath man arrives at your door with
his apparatus, lifts the tub from the
tank and carries il up into your room
on his head. Then returning TO the
street, he takes the two buckets, fills
them with hot water from the tank,
hangs them on the yoke, which he car
ries across his shoulder, cmptying their
contents into the tub. When sufficient
water has thus been conveyed to the
tub he retires, returning when you have
finished. He then emptieS the tub by
means of the buckets, puts ii on his
head again, like hood, and disappears.
One is constantly seeing this man and
his peripatetie tub travelling thru the
streets, and thousands of Parisians
bathe in just this way The bath seems
to be an English and American idea.
Few Europeans pay much attention to
it. The Japanese are great bathers,
and one of the delights of sraveling in
their country is the exQuisitely clean
bathroom which is found everywhere
with its sunken wooden tub filled near
ly to the brim with water of just the
right temperature, tho pretty hot it
seems to an American at first, aad the
abundance of fresh towels at hand.
One of the principal attractions of this
performance is the little, plump. smil-
ing, kimonoed maid who comes shuf-
fling to your room, and. with her pretty
gesture of respect, accompanied with
much drawing in of the breath, an
nounces that your bath is ready.
It seems the Kaiser gets nothing but
glory for being Emperor Of Germany,
and only a paltry 100000 or SO for
being King of Prussia The cost of liv-
ing has increased in his country rs I'll
has in ours. and he finds he can hardly
squeeze along on his present salary. Al
bill will therefore be shortly introduced
in the Prussian Diet asking for larger
appropriation for the Kaiser. which. IL
is expected, will meet with opposition,
German States should not do their
share. why should we Prussians sup
port not only cur King. but an Emperor
as weh,P they.ery, and IL certainly does
not seem fair that Che whole burden
should be, puff on thefn.s,H the Kaiser's
income me-isB.t-safioient to defray the
expenses i.of e himself and family, the
Reichstag should provide for an I'M
perial civil list, Is what these Prussiansi
say.
Every woman feels a sentimental in
terest in little King Manuel. of Portu-
gal, he is SO young and good looking,
and his happy, care-free life has been
so suddenly turned into one filled with
trouble and perplexities. Such is the
inflammable state Of public opinion in
has not dared to take steps to bring
the murderers of his father and broth
er to justice, and that these regicides
are not only allowed 10 go scot free.
but are being made much of on ac-
count of their crime. The Kings moth
er has been so unwilling to have him
show himself in public that We are told
he has not been out of his palace since
his accession. His enemies the Repub-
licans lately started the story that his
father, the late King Carlos, had sold
some valuable crown jewels Cleft to the
Portuguese Nation by King Miguel when
he was @tanfsffed IN 1891 TO meet his
personal expenses. King Manuel Or
dered 1tlae matter looked into at once,
and il was found -that-the accusation
was true,d magnificent belt studded
with diamonds and rubies. several
bracelets and pearl necklace valued
at s750,000 being missing from the
Bank of Portugal, where sne articles
had been deposited. The Governor of
the bank says ne sold these valuables
with the consent of the Government to
pay off some of King Carlos heavy
debts However in order to avoid scan-
dal, young King Manuel has won the
admiration of even the Republicans by
coming forward in right manly fashion
and declaring he will refund to the
Government the value of the jewels.
To those men and women who not
only feel old at, well, we will say s5, but
act old and look old, the case of Samuel
Salyers, of Virginia, must be rather ag-
gravating. This lively little old gentle
man of III Summers rides horseback
with as much enjoyment as boy, is
cutting a third set of teeth and is get
ting a new crop of coal-black hair, tho
for IS years his hair has been fiecked
with gray and for a number of years
snowy White. In the case of Mr.. Sal
yers it seems as IL Nature regarded
him as too good to discard, so was
making him over just as the economical
woman does an old dress of good ma
teriai, which, by the addition of fresh
trimmings, etc, she frequently makes
look like new.
A great many young women in Eng
land, generally Of good social position,
are taking up scientific gardening as a
vocation, and are not only making an
excellent living out of it. but are doing
great work by showing what can be
accomplished with a small piece Of
ground and intelligent up-to-date meth
DDS. Some of these women are en-
pioyed on large estates as head garden
ers, others are specialists. having
ural work, and many are in business
| for themselves. They are all gradu-
ates Of some agricultural school or COL
lege, and have made themselves IA
miliar with the subject of scientific
farming from A to a. All over Eng
land these women are showing how to
get the best results out of land. and
have made good many old farmers
| sit up and take notice" as the say
| ing goes. A number OF them took a
small piece OF land in Berkshire and
| by what is called the French method
or "close cultivation" have achieved
| wonders. Every inch of their two and
one-half acres has been utilized In
| Vulnerable glass frames and cloches are
| used, each OF which covers as many
plants as will grow under it, and all
spaces between the frames are care
| fully filled. BY great patience and
| industry they are able to raise three
| crops a year. Even with the snow
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