The National tribune., 1910-07-28

ed ideas on many things besides elec-
tricity. He has remarkable health for
man of any age, capacity lot WORK
which is staggering, and this he attrib-
utes to his manner of life. Mr.. Edison
does not believe in physical exercise;
that is. he thinks the ordinary man and
woman get all they require in their
days work, but he is an enthusiasts
eutomobilist, and spends as much time
as he can in flying over the country in
one of his many cars. AS to eating, Mr..
Edison says that most of the ills of the
flesh come from overeating-in which
we agree-and that he never eats eX-
cept when hungry. He regulates his
eating by his weight, and when he finds
he has lost or gained flesh he either in
creases or diminishes his amount of
food. Mr.. Edison does not believe that
certain kinds of food nourish and stim-
ulate the brain. That is all bosh, he
SAYS; but he eats everything, anything
that appeals to his appetite, only he
eats very little at a time. AS to sleep
ing, six hours are enough for him and
enough for any healthy adult. He goes
to bed only when he feels sleepy, and
when he feels sleepy he can sleep any
where, even in a boiler factory. As is
well known, Mr.. Edison is very deaf,
but this, instead of being a serious
drawback, he considers almost in the
light of a blessing. 1t gives him much
more IlIle IOT Work DN ueDdTTlllS MIN
from social Intercourse, and by shutting
out distracting sounds enables him to
concentrate more effectively on the
great problems he is considering. This
is certainly new view to take of deaf
ness, but in his particular case one can
easily understand that he should feel
as he Hoes. What tiresome converSa-
tions Is he thus spared! Mrs. Edison,
young and pretty woman, may posi-
bly, see the matter in another light but
not her distinguished husband. When
asked what he considered his greatest
invention Mr. Edison replied that the
phonograph and moving picture would
probably receive the most praise from
posterity. He has been at work some
time in uniting these two inventions,
and has been so successful in this that
the public will soon be able to witness
q moving picture show in which the
figures not only move, but talk as well.
If this can be done so as to produce a
natural effect, and Mr.. Edison says he
has already done it, one of the greatest
maryels of any age Will have been ac-
complished. Think of future genera
tions being able not only to see Theo-
dore Roosevelt, for instance, as he de-
lvered some history-making oration, to
see his varying expression and the saw
age CLEAN of his teeth, but to hear his
words as well! Think what it would
form and grief-stamped features of
Abraham Lincoln as he stood on the
stand at Gettysburg, and hear the in
spired words of his wonderful address
as they fell from his lips!
Queen Mary, tho an Englishwoman,
has many of the characteristics of the
German hausfrau. Her point of view
is rather narrow, and her principal vir-
tues are those that appeal powerfully
to the people. She is said to be a most
slkilful manipulation of the sewing ma
chine, and in the early days of her
married life spent many hours at it in
making the simple clothes of her chill
dren. That she has been a most sensi-
bic mother no one can deny. No PAM
pering or petting has spoiled her little
brood. From the first she has been
Spartan-like in insisting that they shall
not receive gifts of any kind, and that
they be offered nothing to eat outside
the royal home. Each child has re-
ceived a small allowance as soon as he
or she was considered old enough to be
intrusted with money, and a strict ac-
count of the spending of this is insisted
upon. When almost too small to wres
tie with buttons and tapes they were
taught to dress themselves, and it was
not until very recently that Princess
Mary was allowed maid. The fingers
of the Queen are never idle even now.
While, of course, she does not do the
plain, practical sewing she once did,
she still occupies herself with crochet
ing and embroidery, seldom, unless the
occasion be one of ceremony, without
piece of work of this kind in her hands.
Most people may not know that Hyde
Park, London, tho apparently as open
and free to the people as the streets of
the great city. is really the property of
the King of England. If he saw fit to
open il only to a certain class or not at
all, he could do so. King Edward did
make certain rules with regard to it.
one of which was that no automobiles
should be allowed within its precincts
between the hours of 4 and z in the
afternoon during the season, when all
the world who owns a carriage or can
scrape up enough money to hire one
drives in Hyde Park. Edward also laid
down the rule that no woman should
ride astride in Rotton Row, which lis
the bride path running alongside the
carriage road of the park. King Ed
ward disliked exceedingly to see a wo-
man ride In this masculine fashion, and
did all he could to make 1t unpopular.
1t is said that King George shares the
same prejudice. and that the rule laid
down by his royal father will not be
changed by him.
Another small crumb of comfort for
those of us not able to cross the ocean
and attend the wonderful Passion Play
at Oberammergau comes from one of
our countrywomen who was a member
of the vast audience that gathered in
that quaint Bavarian village to witness
an early performance of the present
season. She says that the seats were
SO uncomfortable. being tiny, cramped,
hard benches. so different from the COM
paratively luxurious seats of our thea
ters, that she really got very little en-
1oyment out of the play. She was OBJ
nged TO sit on this seat from o'clock
until IL, and then again from O'Clock
Till 4, and 1t seemed TO her that the
play was not all 1t had been represent
ed to be, and she certainly felt when it
was over as if che had borne the heavy
cross TO Calvary herself. All she could
do upon reaching her boarding house
was to flop into bed.
The friends and admirers OF John D.
Rockefeller were Mortified the other
day to see displayed conspicuously in
the window Of q saloon in Cleveland
this sign: This is John DIS place ~
They rushed around TO see what could
be done about il, and finally had the
man arrested. The offender, whose
name is John d. Schnapps, claimed that
he had a perfect right to put such a
sign in his window, and IL the oil king
happened TO have the same first name
and middle initial as his he couldn't
help 1t. He certainly couldn't be ex-
pected TO care partia aularly what Mr.
Rockefeller's Sunday School class would
think If they saw the sign. The sign is
still In Mr.. Schnapps's window, and he
says will remain there, tho world OF
klnRG hAfr frfa 1.