The sun., 1910-01-26

is sentiment the Park Department hAS
been trying TO impress upon the young
OF this city. The ofilcials say they are
meeting with great success In the opera
tion Of the school farm in De Witt Clinton
Park, where 500 boys and girls worked az
amateur farmers Last season.
The experiment was started seven
years ago, but it's fame has gone abroad,
and representatives from Canada, the
Argentine Republic. Sweden. Turkey and
other countries have visited the tarm 70
study its operation for home use.
The farm 10 to be enlarged this season
to accommodate the increasing number
Of youngsters that take pride IN thiins
the soil.
The dsnnonstrator OF cooking in a de-
psrtmsnt store mad just removed the
kettle from the EAs stove.
DO you know why a kettle 'sings' when
the water 10 boilinEi' said woman OBJ
server to another.
Il have never given II a thought was
the Foply.
"It's like this. When the water begins
10 get hot little bubbles form at the bot
tom Of the kettle aud rise toward the top
until they break. At first they break
little way from the bottom. but as the
higher S' 4. ns sst when ne he ss ws,sT Soiins &
they burst right on the surface. hundreds
OF them. one right after the other-and 1t
is the noise Of their continuous bursting
which makes the sound We call singing
Ladies', u you will kindly pay Atten-
barley broth said the man on the plat
form.
A distin guished foreigner who has not
entirely mastered our language delivered
lecture q few nights ago at house In
Fifth avenue. and afterward was intro
duced TO some OF the guests. among them
the sister OF the hostess.
He was bent on doing the polite thing
AHA. madame he said do you know
its angel and its devil, l have just met
your sister. She 10 Of course. ne angel
Tell me. are you Ze devil?"
The sister Of the hostess has not yet
been able to figure out just what the
professor meant
For several weeks hand running said
business man. Il have been coming into
almost daily. contact with one OF the
busiest civil engineers this side Of the
Rockies. He comes from Denver, and his
popularity In he's color blind | noticed
that he seemed 60 wear the same suit
OF clothes every time met him but It
always looked fresh and well cared for:
happened TO mention this matter OF
clothes 10 a friend Of the engineers and
was told that his tailor in Denver every
spring and fall would send on samples
Of cloth for inspection. Not being able to
distinguish one colored pattern from
thing by simply attaching a slip Of paper
to one OF the samples and writing thereon
Three suits OF this 80 the three suits
are made OF the eAme piece OF cloth, and
for the rest OF the season the engineer
changes his clothes without changing
the cut. style or pattern.
The man who markets discovered side
light on art when wandering In Washing
ton Market last Friday.
Il stopped to price a particularly fine
6sh." ne said. when the dealer saw ]
was about to buy he said: Wait a minute
I am not sure that I want TO sell that nsh
lust now
He telephoned to three men who
knew were artistic. describing the APP
pearance Of the fish and inquiring if they
wanted to use 1t as a model before he sold
IL. Apparently none Of them did. for
he said might have the fsh. That made
me think OF the Kensington cod that
served as the model for Mr.. Chsse's Cor
dealer IL he had ever heard the story.
Sure said he, every fishmouger
in town knows that story and every one
hopes to get a fish into picture. When
We get hold Of particularly handsome
fish we always telephone to the artists
that sometimes patronlze Us and give
them the refusal Of the fish.
Attempts to preserve the old English
pronunciation OF -e" on the ends OF words
such as -hsdde' dc.. proved a source
Of embarrassment TO both audience and
actors at q recent production Of a miracle
play. A group OF young womeDappeared
on the stage in the guise OF shepherds,
wear somewhat short kirtiee. They
were discussing the climate In the part
OF the country in which they were supposed
| 10 be Said one OF them most nhively:
These nightes are too long"
The conservative head OF the firm was
| dead and the grandson had succeeded 20
the mana cement OF the property. The
first thing he did was TO discharge the
row OF men clerks who had sat at the
long boarded up desk for years and
hire young women. With the advent
OF the women he found that other changes
we're imperative They wanted new
desk.
and what's more" said the old super
intendent, "they won't stay unless they
ret il. Maybe they wouldn't tell you
why. considering you're young man.
but Thy told me, and anyhow Id have
known II they hadn't. Il 10 because that
desk IL boarded up from top to bottom.
There isn't any place for their knees.
Did you notice that every man you dis
charged was bowleg ggedi They got that
way sitting at that dssk. The girls know
that and they're not going to take chances.
| I never saw a woman yet who would con-
sent to sit at q boarded up desk"
well. well.' said the employer. Then
he ordered q new dosk.