The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-04-25
Pleasant Fer Shaw.

cries and Impressions" says that on
his first coming to London Bernard
Shaw wrote a pamphlet called "Why |
Am an Anarchist" which was pub
lished at the Torch press. Some
time later" relates Mr.. Hueffer,
when Mr.. Shaw. having advanced a
stage further toward his intellectual
salvation, was addressing in the park
a Socialist gathering on the tiresome
text, The FoOliShness of Anarchism.
the young prOprietors Of the Torch
walked round and round in the out
skirts of the crowd offering copies Of
Mr.. Shaw's earlier pamphlet for sale
and eXciaiming at the top of their
voices, why | Am an Anarchist! By
the Lecturer
Success In tho Garden.
The success of a ga,den will depend
principally on making the ground rich
and keeping 1t in high state of cul-
tivation. Many amateurs have an idea
that raking is only done to destroy
the young weeds, but this is only one
and rather a small reason for the con-
slant use Of the hand rake. The main
object in cultivating between plants is
to loosen the surface soil, so that ii
forms mulch and preserves the mois-
ture In the lower ground. where it is
needed to feed the plants.-Harper's
Bazaar.
Wasted Sympathy.
A kindly old lady who attended a
performance at the Haymarket thea
ter In London was much impressed by
the singing of nightingale and lark.
which forms an interesting feature of
the performance. In fact, she was so
much impressed that she sent an agent
Of the Society For the Protection OF
Animals to see If the birds were prop
erly fed and cared for. He found that
both nightingale and lark were purely
mechanical. In appearance only small
wooden box and key to wind the ma
chinery.
The Fec.
Can any one explain the popularity Of
the fez In the hot and dazzling east
asks the London Standard. The brim
less wooden covering OF red. which
derives its name from the Moroccan
city, Is neither cool nor shady. Not
is the warm looking headgear native
product. for the fezzes of Fee are now
few compared with the numbers ex-
ported from Germany to the lands OF
Islam. Perhaps the explanation OF the
fez's vogue lies in the sacred repu.a.
ton of the city Of sunless streets itself
For 1000 years It has lived in the odor
Of sanctity and of wisdom, and as IL
has clothed the mind of the young
Mussulman ii still claims to clothe the
head.
kaeravatin' Ella.
Mother-Why have you left the 9TH
ers? What do you want, dear?
Little Giri-rve come here because
Elias so aggravatin'. "a pause.) At
least she will be when she finds I've
broken the leg of her new doll.-Lon-
don Punch.
Easy Stairs.
The very acme of ease is reached In
stairs that have treads twelve to IF
teen inches broad and risers five to
seven inches high. The run or dis
lance In most houses is too short to
allow Of this. but they should come as
near 1t as the architect Of the house
will permit. Ii IS so easy to climb
such stairs that one hardly is aware Of
any effort.
Bobby Burns and the Mayor.
On one occasion. arriving at Carlisle
on horseback. Bobby Burns is said to
have turned his steed out to grass for
awhile. aud the animal strayed on to
a meadow belonging to the corporation
and got impounded. Although the
horse was gwen up 10 him. the poet
retaliaIed upon the mayor. whose ten
ure of Office was to expire on the very
morrow of the incident. as follows:
Was Ieer puir poet sac befitted?
The master drunk. the horse committed!
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