The sun., 1908-12-06
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERs.

Worries iH @s For 'viSs he last ,Wsnsy: year.
asys wSr, With IA sd ~ TMs sUs
md Is soSnda.% q sayiOs touching tss se9ls
You observe rclstiys 10 The Use Of Nhis night.
and Tonight thatlt e "an interesting case o.
/ rebel. "bomlnancS Of idiom," yes Sun.
accountable" distinctly no. ltwsre well u there
ss hs
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choicest usage IN Judges T.; eSs A and sss.sn
no lsss eminent then Mr. Webster AYERS that the
he spss s'1S.a %esnSs Rs % os rans.oTs Who Sy he
Of 70 II rs s ,se ,ns Tod
variousy too IN this sense % Ia USED as bt as .
prea1 q intensity In Titus and hndronSns sotS We
been" and in this case II Is no ellded form o.:
hsrstofo,s but proper word which Is really more MGR
may be found H in in English literature OF date as
early as that OF the Hsrleisn manuscript ,. OF lie
70 tbv, MORN. n tn the bstsyis We moste for sake.
That might borrow IL TO tforl this dede
TO (ap the courte night ne day they
To dny yonder trsytour haue no truste.
q in eon,unct1on t Wv" With dav. niohf and morrow in
my OF It's subtler meanings, but In Its strongest
sense II means as In to-ddv this very day TO- nfoh
Tide il appears appear then that $. Ms Lady Of the
Square Head argued better than possibly she or
Ing. namely. thSt the forces Of Language growth
had broken down the original meaning OF the
modern manner by using no, precisely as far
Informed people do a tlsIpS ,hs present time
of fs1xsf'fs wso sss Oa nt up oi her own
upon s5e, logical prselPlss She says Daddy
morning. By her use OF this her phraslng is
easily construed as meaning this day morning
H prise nss sScS i0%0riSs ss these his today lime this
To- afternoon time" this to-suppcr time. &C."
translation Of ivde directly from the delicious
phrase In Arthur, and on the TO morrow tyde
they brought up fower and twenty OF dead mems
DOUBTLESS the wife of S. NJ who discounte:
naneed the usage OF this for 10. did much toward
teaching her servant the more usual manner OF
speaking. and the maid will nnslly learn some
thing Of the correctness Of address when she she
sun says az ihe eVsomE domnanee the dion Is
unaecoun table protest, tbs not only accounta.
and most fascinating o. the underlying prInei-
Piles In the growth oflanguase H. p
AS | understand, there is a law in New York
State which prohibits the prefer spd & Sscep,anee i
you in few words give the est Of this law or ii
not too long give the text ooyeTtnF It thls go!ni'
mas gifts among business people. A. r.
The law is section ss4r OF the Pena, Code and is
as follows:
Whoever gives, offers or promises to an agent.
ever. without the knowledge and consent OF the
principal, employer or master OF such agent.
his action In relation TO his principals. employers
or master business or an agent employee or
Of bis principal. employer or master, requests
or accepts gift or gratulty or promise 70 make
n understanding
shall act in any particular manner to his prin-
clpal's, employers or masters bnslnessi or On
either by ptrchase or contract for his principal.
for his principal, employer or master receives.
directly or indirectly. for himself or for another.
wSo masss such sse or eonse q
such materials, supplies or other articles, or from
hS Sse dys. oGh oT & s s9
employee or servant such commission, discount
or bonus shall be guilty OF a mlsdemeanor and
nor mo re than $500 or by such hne and imprlsou
ment for not more than one year.
The law was adjudgcd constitutional In a de-
clsion rendered February II OF this year by the
Appellate Division OF the Supreme Court.
VIII THE Sun be good enough to explain to
a synonym OF exempt fremen"! q. G.NoBLE.
The word Is not In the several collections OF
slang and street speech. Yet not on that ac-
count need its explica;ton be despaired OF. for
just across the street abides the Hon. Marty
Keese In the City Hall. He was long vamp and
he should know why. This Is his contribution
to the .tymology OF the word. Fire nghting in
the old days being an exhaustng sport and en-
dangered citizens feeling grateful TO their res
cucrs, all volunteers the custom naturally
arose of passing the demijohn around TO res
animate the nre iaddies. Some Of them being
teetotaIlers--its Marty Reese who's telling this
T.. =.
Such persons poured their tot OF grog down the
legs Of their boots with the remark. Anyway
It's good for old vamps." It's too astrological
too precisely cIrcumstantial to stand the test
OF critical dissection which all myths must now
UNDERGO but such II is this Is the only eIplsna
ton dlscernible for the locutou.
Reading In THE SUNDAY SUN that somesof your
readers wanted the words OF the song OF The Two
in 1885 and heard the song deliverd by that great
comedian. J. l.. Toole. As the song was all the
ToTds ass snd pors Of Tooe T sns % Costume h
II which he sang. have copied the song and
s pTnied on he same sheet as the osna You
viii please notice that the one sung by j. L.
DAVID H. MILLER.
One version has six long stsnzas and the other
seven, little more space than is available. One
version is entitled The Two obadiahs: Moral
song Words and music by II. p. Lyste. Sung
with the Greatest Success by ]. l.. Toole." The
other Is designated II. p. Lyste's new version,
written expressly for and sung with immense
success by 6. II. Maedermott."
Here. to the best Of my recoIlectlon is the 1rst
verse OF Tommy Make Room for Your Uncle:
Pred ones halter. of Leicester Square
And your You may be, when he is dressed
OF girls he knows a few.
widow fell In love with him
While riding In a train.
That caused them both much pain.
Here follows some conversation which informs
tlre audience that Tommy was horrid nuisance
ahd did his best TO spoil the tte q tete, and the
chorus follows:
Tommy make room for your uncle,
There's q little dear.
Tommy make room for your uncle,
| want him 70 sit here
You know mamma has got a bun
And that she give TO you:
SO be a good boy and don't annoy.
GORDON WILLIS.
| am a SIN worshlpper, ! believe that he or
she as the gender may be Is the god or goddess
OF literature. | have read IL since prehistoric
Hut now IL Is worth something for me TO know
who wrote IT, and what the poem Ia containing
the line, And evening brings us home. proba
bly, no one but :ou can tell me. ] read ana write
English myself but cannot nnd II. Please help
me out. IL H. h.
Bdt one OF the standard works on quotations
elves Il any attention. Benhdm's Book OF Quota
as scotch proverb and In the form the evening
brings a hhmc." -
please tell us what the precise meaning Of
.t.,. NttEA K@aItN Ia ufS