The Washington bee., 1910-12-31


to health and lungs OF the habit OF
deep breathing" To throw our win
dows wide open, breathe In fresh air so
deeply that not only the lungs, but the
whole Of the body right down to the
hips, is expanded, exercised and bathed
with clean air. prevents chest weak
ness and consumption and helps to
cure anaemia and-bad tamper.-Ex-
change.
Trousers Legs.
A study Of the trousers legs as seen
In the photographs Of our most noted
men brings the smile Of contempt from
even the most dislnterested, and one
wonders II anything could be uglier
than the concertina folds OF the clumsy,
eIephantine outlines that are there to
be seen. Breeches, knickers and kits
are all far more artistic and healthy
Tailor and Cutter.
A Definite Reason.
An English paper tells Of canny
Scot whose neighbor met him fitting.
The Sect had wife and children and
household furniture piled atop the wag-
on, and he was solemnly driving his
one horse along the street
$50 ye're f1ittin'?' said the neigh
Dor.
'T am. want to be near me work"
"And where's yer joby'
sT haven't got one vet"
An Easy RIddanes.
Mr. Hardroeks-By George, was
relieved this morningl Mrs. HardrOckS
Why, Silas how2 Did somebody
pick your pocket? Mr.. Hardrocks-
No. Young PerkIeigh came in to zee
me. l thought he was certainly after
our daughter, bat he merely wanted to
borrow $40. He'll never bother US any
more. I let him have it-Cleveland
Leader,
HE Reason.
"Why do you always ride in the
smoking carr You don't smoke"
81 ride in the smoking car" replied
addressed, "to escape from the effu-
sive gratitude of the young women to
whom 1 always have to give up my
seat when 1 ride in the other cars"
But there was a hard, metallic, iron
ical sort of ring in his voice.-Chicago
Tribune.
Giving Himself Away.
"You are married, aren't you?" she
asked as they took their seats at the
table at the dinner party.
"Yes," he acknowledged. How did
you known
"You opened the door for yourself"
she answered. then went through,
leaving me to follow, instead OF holding
it and letting me pass through frst"-
New York Press.
How II Helped.
Are you still helping that poor fam
tiyT
'I'm trying to help them. gave the
mother some money the other day so
that she would feel Independent OF her
drunken husband"
"WenT'
well, she had her husband arrested
for beating her and then paid his fine
with the money l gave her."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Won BuIow's Threat.
So far as the audience was concerned,
Won Bulow always made a point Of do
ing exactly as he pleased. On one oc-
casion when a Leipzig audience Insist
ed on recalling him In spite Of his re-
peated refusal to play again he came
forward and said, IF you do not stop
this applause l vii, play all Bach's
forty-eight preludes and fugues from
beginning to end!"
A Living Tomb.
Some of the lamas OF Tibet have a
custom Of allowing themselves to be
inclosed in gr0ttOes, so that they would
live in darkness for the rest of their
lives. Sven Hedin heard OF a man
who was inclOsed at the age Of sixteen
or seventeen years and lived there
stxty-nine years without any cOmmuni-
cation with the outside world what
ever his food and water being passed
underground by long pole.
Banks of Newfoundland.
Newfoundland would Le nothing
without that great submarine plateau
known as the banks" on which all
the fishing Is done. at a small station
within the edges of the great bank
that the cod loves 50 well the sea Is
quite smooth. It Is usual for vessels
fishing on the bank to inquire from
those that have arrived from the open
sea as to what sort Of weather 1t Is
aboard"
The Five kakI<as.
A set Of regulations, intended to dis
dnguish the Sikhs irrevocably from
those around them, was the rule OF the
Five Kakkas. Every Sikh must have
with him five things beginning with
the letter ''k"-viz, kesa Dong hair),
kangha "a comb, karada "a knife,
kirapana "a sword) and kacha Qbreeches
reaching to the knee). The purpose Of
these rules was that every Sikh should
avoid shaving, as do MOhammedans
and Hindoos, and should be constant