Arizona republican., 1912-02-11
SIDELIGHTS

Writing in the Musee Social. Mme. Mon- Weiss. dealing with the domestic servant question. says that neuras-
 thenia from which mistresses suffer
 and which is traceable to the troubles
 and worries attendant upon the do- :lestic servant problem.
 In France in 1886. according to Mime Weiss. there were 1.3I1.471 ser wants. whereas 10 years later the nu- mber had fallen 70 703.147. and to-
 day it must stand much lower. Mme
 Weiss after reviewing the causes
 which have resulted in girls seeking
 other employment describes schools
 founded in LenZbourg. Berne. Verb
 Fribourg. Geneva and Herzogenbuch-
 see.
 Here young girls are received and
 trained for domestic service and on
 leaving obtain a certificate. The fees
 are little more than nominal. From
 the curriculum it would seem that the girls should be household treasures,
 but the mistresses of several of the schools declare that from 70 to so
 per cent of their pupils never En into
 service. They return to their homes and settle down
 < little while ago mention was
 made Of the stir caused in the Eur opcan hair markets by the Chinese edict abolishing the pigtail IL was prophesied that the importation of vast numbers of Chinese pigtails would cause a slump. but there has as yet been little effect on the price of hair in France.
 The annual hair fair opened at Limoges on Dec. 29, and prices were on a level with those of recent years. \ Paris merchant bought nearly 200 pounds weight at an average price of between BIO and $l1 a pound This was not an exceptional average. as the eight-tonths of ton hair which was estimated weight o the whole market was priced at this figure.
 Bids of from $6O to s7O a pound were made for white hair. and of rather less for the rarer qualities of red hair. This hair fair at Limoges is the most important in western Europe and is attended by dealers from every capital in the, world
 Now that we know by the analogy of rhyme how to pronounce the names Of Mir. Bonar Law and -ir. might not the process be carried a little further? The speaker )f the house of commons rhymes the second half of MT Burgcy ne's name. not with "Doyne" as one might ,Xpect but with owen" No doubt he is accurate. being partly Cecil in rhymirS that name Nith thistle" or at any rate. for even the rhyp ing method hrs it's pitfalls, in 'r' ahing of Lord Robert Sissil
 Fery one knows tr0t Beauch1mp | ?, es with 'teIrn 'em' and Pole Ca tw with "schS T fairy" 'oE,mone- | iuineys name. also on the authority l 'f the speaker. rhymes not with | guinea" but with tiny" No name s more in need of guide post than he Master of Ellbank's. It's first wo syllables should rhyme with jelly" A teasing Scotch name is ord Tuillibardines. which should trip rom the tongue as lightly and with the same accentuations as Dolly Varden's.
 If such flippancies were permissa- ,le Sandys should be made to rhyme with bands Fiennes with pines" md Jardine with "sardine." but on 'O account should Crean ever be made to rhyme with green" Its 1, vocal mate is to be found in he lofty sounding paen.
 Visitors to Belgium are often pain ully impressed by the sight of dogs arnessed to carts and barrows which D the uninitated at all events Cften eem far too heavily laden for the trength of the animal Two Belgian fficers have now invented a nit