Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-08-21

wire source Of profit to them. MS
they charge their patrons $7.31 per
year e cents day. for this service.
II Is as II the whole city were on one
PARTY wire with everybody listening
to what is going on.
II Is not likely that America will
soon adopt the Budapest plan. With
our newspapers coming out every
hour. our ''tickers" with business and
sporting news. and our omnisclent,
all.wise American hello" girls. the
need Is fairly we'll met.-Success Mag.
asine.
The origin Of numerous words and
phrases which we use commonly every
day are In many cases quaint and In.
teresting. For instance. take the ex.
preston "spic and span," meaning to
be new and neat. The phrase was first
applied to boat. Spike" or "spic"
Is a nail, and span" Is chip Of wood
thrown of In shaping timber to build
wyatt Auc iuii iuc0 WOuiu po ehoh
that the boat Is new In every nail and
bit OF timber-it Is "spic and span"
new.
Who has not some time wished to be
"deadhead," a word which the die.
tiOnary defines as "one who receives
gratis any service or accommodation
for which the general public Is ex.
pected to pay?' How few, II any, who
desire to enjoy such privilege know
that the word goes back to Pompeii.
where he was person who gained ad.
mission to an entertainment free Of
charge by means Of pass In the form
Of small ivory deaths head, SO some
authorities declare.
| To be as drunk as blazes" Is to be
drunk indeed, yet the phrase Is his.
torically incorrect. "Blaizers" was
the original term, due to Bishop
Blaize. called the patron saint Of
woolcombers." who. in sundry English
cities. used to celebrate his festival
In convivial style. The vulgar phrase.
like blazes," Is something wholly dif'
ferent.
"Gone to the devil' has nothing sa'
tanic In its history. 1t has been traced
to tavern In Fleet street. London
known by the sign Of the Devil and
st. Dunstan." As 1t supplied good
food and drink It had large clientele
and was called the Devil" for short
Gone to the' Devil" read notice at
many an office when the occupants
went to dinner. Unhappily some went
there too often and stayed too long
until at last when their patrons left
them Gone to the devil" became Q
synonym for the neglect or the loss o.
their business.
A glance into the past Is furnished
by the words: II would 90 through
fire and water to serve you." The olt
trials by ordeal. once the custom II
England, are here referred to, wheI
the ordeals both by fire and watel
could be performed by deputy. Otter
this was the service Of friendship. bu
just as often done for certain sum
In the one ordeal the person passet
through place where red-hOt pl0w
shares were set up at irregular inter
walls. the man or woman being blind
folded and barefooted. In the othe
the person, bound hand and foot, wa
, thrown into the water; II he swan
safely to dry land he was innocent
His death was proof OF his guilt. Tn
. phrase. however, may have an indirec
, reference to the thought In Isaiah
, when thou passest through the waite
: will be with thee; when thou walk
est through the fire thou shalt not b
, burned"
1 How often we give one another tn
J cold shoulder" when We show littl
} concern or sympathy. The phras
originated in France. where 1t wa
> the custom to serve rather summaril
. guest who had outstayed his we
} come; he was given cold shoulder o