The Washington herald., 1910-09-04

crowned heads, including the present
Empress Of Russia, have partaken Of
that beverage, with oat cakes, cream
scones. and jam. for the making Of which
the old lady was famous. The late King
frequently had a cup Of tea in the quaint
little parlor when returning from a days
shooting on the moors
An apostle Of the simple life has come
TO grief in Germany A musician named
Heyer. having convinced himself that
sun baths were the secret OF good health
and longevity. betook himself to a lonely
cottage in the woods at Wahnsdorf. near
Dresden. Daily. attired in pair OF
bathing trunks. he roamed the country
unobserved and absorbed into his skin
the benefcent solar rays.
One day while backing in the sun his
solitude was broken by the appearance
OF a gentleman and two little girls. The
girls uttered a scream and fed. while
the gentleman, with upraised stick and
furious gestures. advanced upon the dis
mayed disciple Of Adam.
The dismay OF the musician was due
to the fact that he had recognized in the
disturbers Of his solitude the King of
Saxony and his two daughters. Grim
son. Heyer stutteringly attempted 10
explain to his sovereign the reason Of
his lack Of dress. The infuriated mon-
arch would hear no excuses and, hav-
ing taken the name and address OF his
primitively attired subject. strobe of
after his fleeing daughters, with a threat
that he would at once invoke the ex-
treme rigors OF the law to punish such
breach OF the usual conventions OF
outdoor costume.
The ingenuity Of German manufacture
ers in utilizing waste products Is once
more illustrated by a new process at the
Concordia mine in Silesia. Coke dust is
a product that has hitherto been rejected
as utter waste. but a method has been
found TO make good fuel OF 1t by pound
ing II up with tar residues. treating II
with superheated steam and pressing II
INTO slabs. Experiments have shown that
It makes excellent boiler fuel.
Basic Stag, It has just been discovered
makes excellent soil food for vines. The
Stag. which lies IN huge mountains around
iron works in the midlands OF England
and in Wales. is now being shipped from
Cheshire ports in large quantities at re-
munerative rates TO the south of France,
Italy, Spain. and other vine-growing
countries.
Americans seem 10 be better lnguists
than has been supposed. NJ. Lepne, the
Paris police prefect. has been forced TO
the conclusion that his polygIot police
men are supernuous.
Two years ago he organized a stan Of
policemen interpreters in English. Ger
man. and Spanish. After a course Of
training at the prefecture the men we're
distributed about the boulevards for the
convenience Of travellers, from whose lips
the request in French for the nearest
way 70 the Louvre or the Palais Royal
did not fall trippingly The policeman
Interpreter was distinguished by an arm
let on which his linguistic speciality was
announced.
To the disappointment OF these ser
geants-de-ville II has turned out that
most people know enough French to find
their way about Paris without police as
slstance. and so they found time hanging
heavy on their hands. Their boulevard
point duty became monotonous, and one
after the other took off his armlet and
asked for a regular post, with no obHga-
ton to talk anything but French.
AS the result OF a series Of experiments
Or. Warburg. a Cologne physician. an
nOunces that the ability to discriminate
between colors is a safe test OF intelli- |
gence. DR.. Warburg has been carrying |