The Washington bee., 1911-01-07

We are beginning TO learn the value
to health and lungs Of the habit Of
''deep breathing" To throw our win
dOws wide open, breathe IN fresh air so
deeply that not only the lungs, but the
whole OF the body right down to the
hips, is expanded, exercised and bathed
with clean air, prevents chest weak
ness and consumption and helps to
cure anaemia and-bad temper.-Ex-
change.
Trousers Legs.
A study OF the trousers legs as seen
in the photographs Of our most noted
men brings the smile OF contempt from
even the most disinterested, and one
wonders II anything could be uglier
than the concertina folds OF the clumsy,
eIephantine outlines that are there 70
be seen. Breeches, knickers and kits
are all far more artistic and healthy
Tailor and Cutter.
A Definite Reason.
An English paper tells or canny
Scot whose neighbor met him nitting.
The Scot had wife and children and
household furniture piled atop the wag-
on, and he was solemnIy driving bis
one horse along the street.
$50 ye're fiittin'T" said the neigh
Dor.
Il am. want to be near me- work"
SAud WharsSa var fOh7ss
Il haven't got one yet"
An Easy Riddsnos.
Mr.. Hardrocks-By George, was
relieved this morning! Mrs. Hardrocks
Why, Silas, how? Did somebody
pick your pocket? Mr.. HardrOcks-
Nc. Young Perkleigh came in to see
me. ! thought he was certainly after
our daughter. but he merely wanted TO
borrow SO. He'll never bother Us any
more. I let him have it-CIeveIand
Leader.
His Reason.
''Why do you always ride in the
smoking carr You don't smoke"
Il ride in the smoking car" replied
the man to whom the question was
addressed, ito escape from the etfu-
sive gratitude Of the young women to
whom / always have to give up my
seat when l ride in the other cars"
But there was a hard, metallic, iron
ical sort OF ring in his voice.-Chicago
Tribune.
Giving Himself Away.
''You are married, aren't your" she
asked IS they took their seats at the
table at the dinner party.
YES" he acknowledged. How did
you known
'You opened the door for yourself"
she answered, "then went through,
leaving me to follow, instead Of holding
it and letting me pass through FIRST
New York Press.
How IL Helped.
Are you still helping that poor fam
nyT
'I'm trying to help them. 1 gave the
mother some money the other day so
that she would feel independent OF her
drunken husband"
"WeIlT'
''Well, she had her husband arrested
for beating her and then paid bis fine
with the money l gave heg."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Won Bulow's Threat.
So'far as the audience was concerned,
Won Bulow always made point Of do
ing exactly as he pleased. On one oc-
casion when a Leipzig audience insist
ed on recalling him in spite Of his re-
peated refusal to play again he came
forward and said. ''It you do not stop
this applause l will play all Bach's
forty-eight preludes and fugues from
beginning to end!''
A Living Tomb.
Some OF the lamas Of Tibet have q
custom OF allowing themselves to be
inclOsed In grottOes, so that they would
live In darkness for the rest Of their
lives. Sven Hedin heard Of a man
who was inclosed at the age Of sixteen
or seventeen years and lived there
sixty-nine years without any communi-
cation with the outside world what
ever. his food and water being passed
underground by long pole.
Banks Of Newfoundland.
Newfoundland would be nothing
without that great submarine plateau
known as the banks" on which all
the fishing is done At a small station
within the edges OF the great bank
that the cod loves so well the sea Is
quite smooth. It is usual for vessels
fishing on the bank to inquire from
those that have arrived from the open
sea as to what sort OF weather it Is
aboard"
The Five Kakk&s.
A set Of regulations, intended to dis
tinguish the Sikhs irrevocably from
those around them, was the rule Of the
Five Kakkas. Every Sikh must have
with him FIVE things beginning with
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