New-York tribune., 1908-03-10
THE Talk OF THE DAY.

Consul General William H Michael writing from
Calcutta. sends the following account OF ne"
food that is proposed 10 be used IN India: mere
be found in the jungle a SEED caled oelIi'
which was discovered on the west side OF India
during the last famine. and was mixed Win 1ood
grains with excellent results. II IS now suggested
that an effort made 10 gather this seed in large
quantities and hold IT for Use when the faInine
conditions are fully developed. The chief medical
officer Of Baroda State made the discovery OF the
seed and one familiar with its value as tood mas
written TO a Bombay paper as follows; The seed
contains y Is per cent of albUminoids. whereas
,befr rroportion IS 13.5 per cent in Indian wheat
and IS in oatmeal. In other words. befr IL b per
cent more nutritious than wheat and s. per cent
moro so than oatmeal. The reporter on economic
,,rod,Iors 70 the government has pronounced it TO
ne : good food. scarcity. if not famine. IS
likely, TO prevail. I would. il The interest Of the
public suggest that befri might be collected in the
Jungle and stored up tor the future
The GeneraI-Mrs Vansittart laces I'D pretty tight
before good dinner-wnatE , -
before neat,-Lordon Opinion.
In a house full Of flowers and growing plants
ana surrounded b. concratulating friends, writes
an American from Berlin on February -. "ETiede-
rich Spielhasen to-day celebrated his eighueth
birthday. The Slight bodily inrrmIty which kept
HIM indoors made no impression on his cheerful
,ees and he told his friends that ne would
gain his strength in the Harz Mountains. where
lra bopes % spend the summer. Spelhagen. the
LEFT,
first book Clara Vera appeared. hfty-oae years
AFRO that for several decades he would. with
otuers-NarI Cutzkow and Berthold Aucrbach-rIle
the domain of German novel-laud Ills Problem
o-fc \arurea' ana Through Night TO Light pub
lehe5 in 1850 and carried him to tie front rank
ot German noyelists. and he became the most pop-
7ilar writer with the German masses. When his
In Rein and Glied' appeared. in 1855, his readers
at once recognized n his hero. Leo Gutmann- Fer
dinand LasalIe. who voiced the progress party n
the Prussian House of Deputies ] told the f.!end
,itb whom called TO fcicitate the venerable
t.at 7 prizel highly q COPY OF Spiehagen's 'Sturn-
f,.t' on The nyieaf &C which M tutor wrote in
1880 Perfect yourself in German. if only 70 ap-
preciate this book.
Lady, said Piodding Pete, 'wolid you help a
man dats seen better DAYS .
a meal she NenIureG 10 INQUIRE
When was il tho5 " you ,@r saw 0st'Sr s. Ter days:
Under the headline The Parents Lot the
.Eraukfurter Zeitune dcpIores the lack of respect
paid hv children TO their parents in America The
American hoy is described as .lndepsndentr a
word for which the writer says. there IS ade
ouate expression in the German language. The
father exercises 10 authority and is looked upon
a a necessary evil about whom no one cares
least OF all the boys, limited
snect toward the mother. When they arrive the
axe OF hfteen or sixteen the old man the gov
ernor' IS regarded only a comrade. while the
mothers authority continues before Al this
age the boy his living and runs away
from home when parents presume to thwart his
wishes the American girl this student OF
American family life says "As she wears
long skirts she has the right receive her young
men friends alone in the parlor, the young man
who occupies the seat Of honor The rocking
chair often being unknown them This is not
OF the millionaire class. where European Gus
are being adopted 20 the great displeasure of
the young people"
Teaeher-Tomnie. tell me what you know ahonr
home ruic
Tomnlie-Er- -now-er-the cook does lt.-Bche-
Misn.