The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-06

none i am no barber. ~ 10 well known
% course that the barber also zee q
phlsb0tOmis. amt that he pullss teeth.
In Shakespeare Measure for Measure
thsre 10 q passage which speaks Of -ths
forfcits in barber's shop The editors
% Shakespeare ussd 10 make out that thia
meant a number OF ttings. but IL seems
now 70 hs pretty we'll settled that Il means
The teeth which sufferers had yisldsd up
OF forfeited To the barber and which the
barber had strung together. a. beads
or horse ch~stnuss are strung. ard hung
uP in HE place Tor an ornament and q
sign.
When Elizabeth vas Queen tobacco had
nswly come IN England. IL vas usually
sold IN the apotheuary's shop. and IL was
considered by some 20 be an excellent
madeline for certain deep seated lila
Harrison in his Chronology wrote: tn
the~s days the taking Of the INDIAN herb
90 lied tobacco. Ivy an instrument formed
LIKE little ladle. whereby ~ pssseth from
the mouth into the head and stomach.
l. greatly taken NJ and used IN England
against ReWnes and some other diseases
Ingendered in the lungs and inward parts
and not without eject. This herb a. vet
10 not 80 common but that fcE want theveof
divers do practice Tor the like purpose
with the Nicetian or the yellow heuhans.
albeit not without great error; for al
though thai herr, he q sovereign healer
of old Woes and sores reported inc,Irable
outw ardly. vet 10 not the smoke or vapour
thereof ~ profitable to lie resolved
Though many thought veil ~ tobacco
there we're more who reprehendecl u.
King James IN his 'Countsrhlast- called
the smoking ri tobacco q custom loAth-
some to the eve, hateful To the nose
harmful to the brain dangerous tn the
lungs. and in the black sinking Iurnes
thereof nearest resembling the horrible
stiRiAn smoke at the pit that IL bottom
less.- In the PLAYS 200 the weed Uas very
hArshly treated. as for instance. in JON
sons -Bartholomew FAIR ~here orsTdo
10 invade to exclaim Hence ~ IL that the
lungs II the tolAeoon:st are rotted. IN"
liver spotted. the brain smoked like the
hack sids of the pig Uoman's booth here.
and the whol. body within black a. her
pan you say cen now without
There were more things than tobacco
smoking that the moralists OF the day
felt themsslves called upon 60 censure.
Alchemy. astroloGy and palmistry we're
then at their hiGh tide Lures for .he
-'iperstitioua and taps tor the uDwary
were all about One indignant pam
phlsteer fred hot sho, at tho "0on jurors
~ cunning men ~ the time. shall
impart ~ you" he wrote. "a rare secrecy
how these famous coniurors ascend ly
degrees tn tell s~crets as they doS First
and foremost they aye men that have han
son~ little sprinSiinG II grammar learn
ing in their youth. ~ a least ] will ailow
them ,n have ireen surgeons OF apoth
ecaries' prenticss: 'hes~. 7 ~ay. having
r,In through their thrift AZ the elbows
and rio'ously among haIlotS and make
-hif'- spent tine annuity Of halipenny
ale that vas left them fall beating their
hrains hov to bOtch up an easy Gainful
trade and -~t a ns~ nay uu sH Old occu
patton. Hsreupon pUe-snilv they rake
some d'inghili Tor q few dirty boxes aud
plaster and toasted cheese and clndies'
ends temper no a 'ev "intments and
svrips. which having done. TAR north OF
into sufne such rude sinUle country they
60: then, and -e' up Thai - the vay
the ramphle' beyins. and a. re 20 on
~ith whst i gwen OF r her. We find u
dtficIn 90 believe that tho IuacS- or
'oouiUo-s- could have Survived the
blast.
The houk considers may 10 the frauds
and Gins Inst Ser~ practi~~J ~ the Lon
don 81 that tine II has interest," Nc chap
tsr- on amuscB-nts IN general. IN rural
spoTts. IN the celebrations ~ Christmas
and Shrcve Tuesday and otter days IT
H.. cslendIr "u the love Of -psgtacles
on pop,IlAr superstition. On fairi~s and
ttchss on domestic life. IN dress and nrt
nattsrS bez'd~a ~ the chapter 90 in
door Amu-~inents ~e Ind . consideration
Of kissing which "a. N EliIabefh's time
. torn ~ zslutstIon ~ common as hand
shaking - to-day SAID q Fren"h LADY
addressing "a sen'liSa. a. hs hiuIs~ls re-
lat@S -For as nlucl, a. - be IN ing
llshnsu. whose custom " - In vour coun-
try So kiss all ladies' am, gsntlsw omen
without ofsnos. and rhOuGh u be not So
IN tins realm. y-' WI | 10 40 'pld as 20
HISS y"u and a. sisil all my In,ip~us
TIE Is,Tnan Samuei Kischell. NritlnK
~ I-sj. Recorded l'-m. -hsn a for-
eiEusr ~ an inhAI'ltqn' zp-- 70 citsz-r =
house on business o. invited as a gu.,si.
ana having sn'sr-d 'h~r-in 10 IL -, -i-st
,hs daughter and bv Them walcsu..d
Ivuik Immer heiset' ~ n - r-rnIs! ia
their lanzI1gs - has even q, riGhi -
ta.s hem ~ The arm and ~ Eis- them
'zu bIsssY'. which ~ the custom - the
aud il .nv one i".- uof ,,o ~ - -
r~gArjri and irIDl'"I ~ suorunrs and
III br-elin0 ~ his part tie sam. custom
- also obr~rv, ~ tL- N.'hsrls nds
And the pis yful Erasmus ~ Its9 yru's
. letter from fnglsnd 10 his friend Iausto
Andr~iini. an Italian noet. eNhnrting him
to think ~ more If his GUut. i'1t =" come
10 FnPland SAID Erasmus 10y rlv 81
persuasion Here lr- girls with angels
fares 80 kind aud ObliGinG that vDu would
FAR prsi~r them ~ all your MUSES. he
sides. there j. a custom mere never - he
sufficiently comm ended Wherever you
c'.u~ you are received vith a kiss bv all:
when you tas~ your leave voI are dis
missed with sisses: you return. kiA~es az
v~i-pt-d They come 70 visit ypu kis-As
again: they leave YOU. LIsS~~ all round
Should u,~y Tneei you anywhere. kisses
w. sbundanos; in fine. wherever you move