New-York tribune., 1912-08-22
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

/ you Americans battle too much.
well known Kurarzt said 10 a New York
woman recently at a German health re-
! sort The criticism caused much comment.
/ In the course OF which 1t was suggested
! that the appearance Of the German critic
! left no doubt as 10 his living up 10 his
! theory. He seems To have an ally in W.
Allan Jsmison, who says OF his country
J men in book entitled The Care OF the
| Skin I'm Health: There is perhaps no
! opinion I'm connection with sanitation
more profoundly craven I'm the British
mind than the necessary association OF
| soap with a bath. To suggest that for
| cleansing purposes soap can be dispensed
with Is rank heresy. Yet IN a multitude
OF instances the habitual use Of soap for
the ablution Of the body and limbs Is
! certainly mistake. II may be conceded
that during the day the hands cannot be
| kept presentable without soap, aud there
are undoubtedly occupations which rem
der the skin OF other parts so dirty that
those require its assistance for their purl-
| hcation. But at present we are speaking
Of the morning bath not Of the measures
| requisite 10 imp1rt cleanliness 10 a skin
! soiled by employment"
! In New York-The stranger entered the
! bank and approached the nearest teller.
! Il want 10 make a deposit" he said.
The teller looked around cautiously. and
when lac spoke his voice had dropped to
| n whisper.
Savings. commercial or police" ha
asked Cleveland Plain Dealer.
| II is not an uncommon belief that those
who go in FOR sociological work. par
! ticularly the direction OF Fairgrounds IN
summer. have soft snap" Those who
/ hold such ideas. however. would be con
vnced To the contrary II they could have
/ a half hour chat with an Instructor at u
certain East side playground. 1t is any
| thing but an easy job" he told re-
porter recently This particular play
/ ground Is the worst have seen.
gang OF fellows ranging from sixteen To
twenty Year, have grudge against me
/ here because the rules state that no one
over fourteen Is to be admitted. Every
chance they get they sneak I'm and smoke,
which f. another infraction, and when
I have a policeman put them out their
threats would make tlmid PERSONS
| blood curdle. Every day little tot
comes 10 me- ana SAYS. The boys across
the street say they are going TO lay you
out today That f. only one Of tn"
| difficulties. however The children them
selves cannot bc trusted. for the most
part and will take advantage OF YOU on
.ach possible opportunity. They stand on
tho swings throw stones. steal every
thing they can get their hands on and
goodness knows what not The other day
I wen, 10 lift a little girl OF a swing
because she refused 10 behave and she
sank her teeth In my arm three times
Neu-Chollie saphedde was IN a brown
study to-day. and I offered him a penny
for his thoughts. -,
Belle-You spendthrift, You never did
know the value OF mOneN.-Philadelphia
J Record.
For many years there has been In Ger
many an agitation against the use OF Ger
man type and I'm favor of the Latin or
! Roman In some places the reformers
| succeeded even in substituting the Latin
| for the German I'm the schools, and,
saws a writer on the subject I'm the Ber-
lin Post" children have gone 20 school
for wears without ever having been taught
10 form a German letter. defender
Of the old-fashioncd scrip and type has
been found I'm Professor kirschmann. WHO
rcjnices In the title cNpcrimentalpsy-
cholog who I'm a pamphlet on the subject
says that the German type is more
easily read and is far better for the eyes
than tho Latin" He endeavors also tn
show that publishers who discarded the
German for the Latin type have injured
their business, because the average buyer
Of "A German book wants 1t to be- German
In looks.
She-Did they offer you any choice At
the missionary bureau as 10 where you
should be sent?
He-Ycs. and ! told them I'd prefer to
20 somewhere where the natives were
vegetarians. Boston Transcript.