New-York tribune., 1909-06-06
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH
Hoar TForries Museum SdCdnS =
Humors of the Park.

The scientists who are responsible for The
Museum News" the publication Of the Brooklyn
Museum are still worrying over the stories that
periodically appear in the newspapers and are
supposed 10 be taken humorously by the read
ers Most readers are ordinarily familiar with
the chicken that lays the ham-and-eggs hen fruit
the grateful rettlesnake and other characters or
fame and fancy who figure in this sort Of fiction
f3ut the editors Of The News" have struck snag
in one OF the most familiar OF these tales-the
story OF the child that swallows the lizard with
his drinking water.
Popular beliefs are hydra-headed and die hard"
mourn the editors of The News" You may
strike d blow al an article in one journal only TO
have II appear in another or. it may be. reappear
n the same place. One Of these popular beliefs
Is that nevis. lizards. may be swallowed by
human beings and live indefinitely in the stom-
ach"
comes from a paper presumably in the neighbor-
hood ot Philadelphia. The paragraph particularly
objected to reads:
i seems that after the little fellows decease
lizard some Sie inches long was found in the
bed One of the physicians in the case
holds 70 the theory that the lizard not
ever believe that the reptile fed on the child s
vitality and so sapped his strength that he could
1TeakTess The lizard IS supposed to have been
taken into the chld's stomach while drinking the
in bottle and is very lively
After reading this article in The News" Brook
lyniles ought be able TO view scientifically the
midsummer outbreaks Of the press agents OF the
seaside resorts.
The little boys who wish 10 catch goldfish in the
waters Of Prospect Park this year may gain val
uable knowledge Of how to fish by watching the
park attendants in the greenhouse An old fisher
man was sauntering through that portion Of the
greenhouse where the goldfish live q tank under
the flowers just a. attendant arrived to feed
them. The attendant whistled and Immediately the
fish ssyarmed his direction devour the waters
which he broke up and tossed into the wateR
Did you see that?' exclaimed the salt. He just
Hhisted. and the fish came right to him. never
heard Of anything like it Who would think they
had intelligence enough 70 come for whistler"
he not much more startled than small boy
who went into the greenhouse with his mother the
other day. In the course Of their wapderings they
came the section of for the display OF plants
that chiefly interesting for their leaves and
FOLIAGE An attendant was in the with a
basin OF water and rag. He stopped at each
plant and washed IL of. much the same as a
mother might wash her ehilds hands
Watcher doH'2" demanded the youngster
washing the faces of the plants replied the
man. Come here and I'll wash yours" and he
made a step toward the boy
The boy screamed in terror and hid behind his
mothers skirts.
I'm afraid he'd take his washing as calmly
as the plants do said the woman
Il guess not replied the man The plants let
me wash them like this every day and they never
try 20 get away from me-
4 man came before Justice Jaycox. Of the su-
prene Court the other day and asked TO have his
name changed. He said that while he born
AZ wilma Russia he had become an American cti-
zen. His name. ne said. Charles Rheinstein.
lis excuse for asking TO have his name changed
Ess that his friends had been Kidding him and
ae sick OF their pleasantly.
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,e declared.
Being of temperate disposition this constant
suggestion that he was overfond Of alcoholic bev-
ersges made him feel unhappy. The justice ac-
knouledSed that such name might be source of
annoyance 20 sensitive citizen and forthwith
granted sls1 permission drop the stein from
nis name ard 20 be known henceforth Mr..
Rhein."
a Roman and Greek were taken into the Pres
ovtery a few days age. The Roman formerly
a Catholic priest His name is Caesar Perina- He
belongs 10 the Franklin Avenue Presbyterian
Church ana has been student at the Bible Teach
srs Training Institute. Manhattan He cannot