The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-24
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The decree also provides for the erection
OF tire proper International signals 90
Indicate a frontier crossing. n custom
house. a place where a stop ~ obligatory
Nna for danger signals on certain roads.
The conditions for passing the examination
and for obtaining the certificate will be
drawn up shortly by the Minister of Public
Works
Americans coming 70 France this
summer had better note the dimensions
OF the plates required aud have them made
at home. IL will save delay and annoyance
upon arrival at tho French ports and
frontier customs stations.
During the Easter holidays a gracious
and kindly act was performed in the street
near Windsor Castle. a girl Of 10. shAbbily
dressed. was wheeling baby in dilapi-
dated perambulator. Owing Ia some acci-
dent the youthful nurSemaid managed
To run the baby carriage Oh the curb and
overturn Il.
The occupant was moro frightened than
hurt. lady passing by stopped. and
having righted the conveyance took the
baby in her arms and comfortcd IL until
its cries ceased and it feu asleep. Then
she put IL hack in the perambulator and
tAve the elder child a shilling to console
her for the fright she had received.
Passersby who had Witnessed the inch
dent recognized the lldy ~ the Princess
al Wales. but no one stopped To watch.
FOR Windsor etiquette demands that
when any Of the royal family are out
shopping or walking no one should nay
any more attention tn them than 90 orVlI-
nay Sisitors in the town.
Some interesting statistics are publisl ed
about the growth in tn. employment oG
women in Germany. From ISaS to 1907.
twelve years. while the employment, Of
men decreased - per cent. the number
of women employed increased 81 PER cent.
There were s.OOO,OOO women employed
in the latter year. a. against S.OOO. ono in
the former and a full third of the eco
nuInic labor of the empire Is at present
being carried on by women.
The increase has been largest in agri-
cultural pursuits. which employed 4. SOO. on
women in 1907. as against ,. $50 ON in IsaS.
This denotes an increase in respect Of
agriculture - e. per cent. a. compared
with an increase ia respect Of industry OF
- pr cent.
A curious rise has becn noticed in the
number % women employed in paint ing
and sculpture. Tor the 80 women 81 theSe
occupations In lsaS increased to over
1909 in 1917. La the theatrical world
the feminine element has more than
doubled in that period from IOOO in IsaS
to 25.0o In 1901. Women writer's almost
exactly doubled in the same time. while
men writers only increased about 81 PER 4,
cent.
The Oft eNtolled virtues Of the Roman 1
matron received additional tribute in a :
book 10y Prof. Attilio de march,. who has /
collected a large number IL ancient cpl .
taphs and Inscriptions on urls found .
In women's graves. Interesting glimpses .
are Afforded % Roman family life as it 4
was in the early republican times.
Rarely the author finds. do these inscrip-
tions testify to warmer feelings than
mere appreciat ions of the spouse who
gave her lord mo- trouble favorite
tribute Is: -Uxori quietissimP 10 qua nun
guam nihil que-ttss sum. Tothe memory
Il my wife who lived quietly and Of whom
| never had to complain Those who
wished 10 add something more by way of
posthumous praise generally Inentioned
that the decea~rd had observed the strict
moral code u the early aus,err times
Here and thcrs hut rarely a. -aid
before. the author came acru-s touching
expressions uf deep affection and sorrow
such - Regime ms.s'. d"sidrrio spiritus
mel. in Hternum desideratis-ifnsr- TO my
queen. MY souls d,-ir- the sternaIlv
Prof de Marrhi also quotes
come curious specimens of in-rriution-.
me 81 the reading -Cultu neglecto cor
Doris. moribds - Ornab1t suis. meaning
hat tho lady was distinguished more for
ler virtue than for the are she took 81 her
oilet One widower caused 70 ~. written
m his wife'S tomb that he had never
asted more complete happiness than
' men her ashes were placed here
Cancer eVp~rts on this side think IN .re
must be- some mistake In Mr.. Taft -pe~iAI
message to Congress in which he asked
or am appropriation 90 So. OOo for the in
'estigation % cancer in FISHES CabIei
~portz make the President say that
clo-s investigation of Tho subject II
ANGER In fishes. which are frequently
wept away 10y epidemicS of that disease
nay give III light upon this dreadful
uman scourge- DR. Bashford. director
{ the Imperial Gamer Research Fund.
avs that there mu-t be- some rni-conccp-
on here.
Fishes are swept away by goitr-. not
v cancer he SAYS The mi-conc-ption
~ arisen because cancer sometimes
blows upon goitre.
4 do not mean that cancer does not
ttack fishes. but the subject which has
wen ri-. to Mr.. Taft - request for another
Iboratoty u that Of goitre. upon which
.pect 81 the question the Imperial Cancer
e-earrh Fund has been engaged for a
'ng time past As a result ~ inv-rtiga-
on- spread over the entire British Empir-,
hitch began In 1889. " was found that the
seas existed throughout the vertebrate
ale
In particular IL was found that trout
hich were kept m hatcheries for stock
1rposss were very liable 10 a disease Of
le thyroid gland, very similar 20 goitre. III
nj this not infrequently went on 90 the
evelopment Of cancer. Cancer. as dis
not from that which follows upon goitre. III