New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
THE TALK or THE DAY.

Professor Bickerton. I'm an article OH The
New Astronomy In knowledge" deals
with the suns spots and eclpses. The sun
the ruling orb OF the system of planets Oh
which tho earth is member, says Pro-
fessor Bickerton. is revolving blazing bail
of fire OF such size and intensity that We're
its heat kept up by combustion IL WouIu
require 10 be stoked with six hundred times
the coal fields OF the entire earth every MN
ute OF fits existence. Its surface tempera-
ture is something like 1900 degrees cent?
grade, SO hot that the most untractaoie
substance on earth would be fused and
volatIlIzed. The clouds OF carbon that at
one time were supposed to form Its photo
sphere could no more exist In the Solo
form at the solar surface than could Ice
remain solid in kitchen fire.
A HERO JUST THE SANE
He is rather dull OF speech and his hair is
long and shaggy, ,, I.
And his manner when IN company
tus shoes are seldom polished and his
trousers always baggy,
But TO her he is hero, just the same
He would not impress you greatly. there's
no snap or vim about MIN, -,
And don't believe you'd ever ask MS
But she's told her doting parents that she
cannot live without him,
And TO her he is hero, just the same
And IT makes no difference either what
lot OF us think of him, ,..,o.
And Il doesn't matter II he misses taihe,
We may think he Is insipid, but mald mas
learned to love him.
And to her he is hero, just the same.
Detroit Free Press.
Chicago's little mothers" are receiving
scientiic instruction I'm the proper care OF
babies. In thirty-two classes In the puohc
schools under the direction OF the Health
Department and with lfe-size dolls as MOD
els hundreds OF girls are being taught
LIST of dos" and "don'ts." The latter In
clude the following:
Don't throw the baby over your shoulder
and carry II like a sack OF tlour; don't lay
the baby face downward across the knee
and beat n drum call on its back TO get
the wind OFF the stomach; don't rock the
baby to sleep at night; just put It to bed
and let It 20 TO sleep Of its own accord;
don't log the baby up and down; don't
carry Il back and forth across the floor;
don't let the sun shine in the baby's eyes;
II Is the cause OF much poor health in the
baby.
PA, what's sarcasm7
"Pasting "A Shake well before taking slip
on a bottle Of ague cure. Satire.
The winter now drawing to a close has
been the most severe that northern and
central New York have ever known, as
The Tribune dispatches have told. one
feature OF the suffering that the bitter cold
and great depth Of snow have caused, and
ht,
is the unusual mortality among game birds
which have starved to death. "The Os-
wego Palladium" says that ''pheasants
have died by hundreds in this vicinity and
the pangs OF hunger have driven many
moro OF them into farmyards and barns
for food and shelter. large cock pleas
ant with tail feathers bedraggled by the
storm few into a woodshed of a home in
Paloma street while the storm was raging.
and shortly after hen was found frozen TO
death In the snow. Some OF the members
of the local gun club are discussing the
advisabiity of establishing feeding sta
tions."
"Of course you've heard Of Mrs. Silas p.
Blick, the Mrs. Malaprop Of America"
'why, yes; but l had no idea she'd been
married before. punch.
In q Broadway restaurant which is
crowded after midnight with guests who
had their suppers elsewhefe and where the
attractions have little TO do with the bill
OF fare, a delicate hat check question arose
one evening last week. man accom-
panied by a woman-he In conventional and
she in elaborate evening dress-stepped
from the elevator and started for the stage
less concert room Check your hat!' the
boy at the hatrack shouted. The man went
on, but was halted at the door by waiter
who pointed 10 the high hat. That's all
right" said the man. crushing the collapsi
BILE tile and slipping II under his coat. THE
lady-her coat" said the boy, whereupon
the woman removed heecy scarf.
crumpled 1t in her hands and the couple
stood there with no checkable garments
visible. But the waiter insisted and the
man retorted that lie frequently wore his
hat under his waistcoat and would not give
1t up For moment 1t looked like vie
tory over the hat check extortionists, when