The sun., 1909-01-03

II snort, was becoming oDsolete. Int
young women sat imperturbedly silen
unless there was really something to tall
about and with classically marble ali
took very little notice OF you IL wa'
not rudeness; II was merely a perfectly
ruthless superiority to conversation fol
the sake Of conversing.
More and more one observes the sam,
tendency among the clever young men
Silence as lamentable blot upon party
silence as gap in enjoyment Is recedinG
into the past.
I'VE have new kind now in which the
participators are not at all uneasy anc
have no guilty feelings of u lapse Of socia
duty. 1t takes time to grow accustomed
to it, but the new generation certainly
helps to that end by it's grave placidity
and unhurried speechlessness in bout OF
silence that would have given gray hair
TO our mothers"
Notwithstanding the frequency OF King
Edwards public appearances and the
innumerable photographs Of him seen
everywhere there are still some Of his
subjects who do not know him when
they meet him face TO face, During
the Kings recent visit at Brighton he
took the long solitary walks which he
enjoys 80 much every morning. 1t was
on one OF these occasions that boy came
up to him, saying:
Mister, can you tell me the time>'
YES said the King. taking out Eis
watch. 1T is a quarter to one"
The boy then remarked impatiently
We'll, I've been waiting two hours TO
see the blooming King walk by, and
am not going to wait any longer"
Neither shall L. said the King, gen
tally. and the incident pleased him 80
much that he told it with greatest en-
joyment,
The enthusiastic believers in Christ
mas dinners of mammoth proportions
will be interested in assuaging their
pangs Of indigestion by a careful survey
of the Ldncefs diagnosis of the physio-
logical quantities in Christmas dinner
of average proportions.
1T is generally assumed by physiolo-
gists that the standard amounts of the
different nutritive constituents required
daily by a person in health should be
about As ounces of protein. Is ounces
of carbohydrate and is ounces Of fat.
and IL is Of interest to trace out how far
these physiological quantities are con-
tained in n Christmas dinner Of average
As an average allowance
the following quantities might reason
ably be quoted; Roast turkey, 8 ounces,
or roast beef, ounces; potatoes. 0 ounces;
green vegetables. ounces. and Christ
mas pudding, 9 ounces.
-In the case OF beef being selected the
analytical value Of this diet would be:
protein, 2.32 ounces carbohydrate. AZ
ounces: and fat 23l ounces; while If
turkey we're chosen the figures would
be for protein 2.l2 ounces; carbohydrate.
AZ ounces and fat, 81 ounce. The
choice of a turkey for the meal therefore
means an intake per weight OF meat Of
less fat, the other constit-
uents. protein and carbohydrate. re-
much the same. In fact this
allowance of beef would supply more
fat than is needed according to standard
for the whole day. but the turkey would
only supply roughly quarter Of that
allowance.
drate. in spite Of the Christmas pudding,
falls short Of the daily physiological
allowance which. however. is easily
by using bread, which has
been left out Of the formula, OF course
the dinner, though IL is the chief. is not
the only meal Of the day. but il is Of inter
est to note what relation that special
meal bears to the total permissible intake
of the various food factors.
From the quantities of mear. vegeta-
Dles and pudding above given it is clear
hat the allowances laid down, except
N the case of fat when beef is preferred
% turkey. are in no way exceeded, leav-
ng out the question Of the other but
ess important meals Of the day, II. how
,ver. the temptation on this festive oc-
,asion to eat say double these quantities
$ yielded to. then in some particulars
he daily allowance would very nearly
1e reached at a single sitting.
"It certainly would be in the case of fat
md protein IL beef we're the item in the
menu, though not 30 as regards carbo-
lydrate which. however, is generally
made up by bread. Protein would be
ust sufficient for the real daily need Of
he body if the amount Of turkey above
ziven were doubled, but the fat would
rot reach the allowance. From these
igures it would appear that the actual
lietetic requirements of the body are
more likely TO be exceeded by n Christ
mas diet including beef than by a diet
n which beef is replaced by turkey
A few months ago Prof Modigiani,
iirector Of the Pinacoteca OF Brera visited
picture dealer in London and discovered
TWO small paintings representing the
Ioliseum and the Basilioa Of Constantine
n which he recognized the work of An
onio Canale. called the Canaletto, the
celebrated Venetian landscape painter of
he eighteenth century. The paintings
whose value was unknown TO the dealer.
we're sent 10 Rome and were identified
,eyond doubt by Prof. Cantalamessa and
,ignor Corrado Rcci. director Of the Fine
\rts Department.
The biographer Of Canaletto recalls the
act that the painter visited Rome for a
hort time in l7l9 and that he made paint |
ngs of two ruined ancient monuments |
which no doubt we're the two discovered
a London. The Italian Government pur-
hased the two masterpieces very cheaply, !
8 once in Italy their expectation was
orbidden by law, and the English owner
ealized that the best plan was to accept
low price for them instead of under /.