The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22

Whatever be thought Of the virtuous
art or political economy, how dear to
this heart il his fairy tale. now sew
enty-odd years old, The King of the
Golden River" illustrated by Mr..
RICHARD DoyLf. We open 1t at ran
dom and chance on this passage:
~ don't care II | do get beaten for
It, he thought. Just as h. cut large
slice out OF the mutton. there came
tremendous rap at the door. The old
gentleman jumped on the hob, as II it had
suddenly become inccnveniently warm.
GLucK tittcd the slice into the mutton
again. with desperate efforts AT exacti-
tude. and ran TO open the door.
What did .--s keep us waiting In the
rain for said SCHWARTZ. az he walked
in. throwing his umbrella in GLuCKs face.
'Ay. what for indeed. YOU little vaga-
bond?' said HANs. administering an edu-
cational box Oh the car. as he followed
his brother into the kitchen. Bless my
soul - said SCHwARTz when lac opened
tho door. Amen said the little gentle
man. vino had taken his cap on, and was
standing in the middle Of the Kitchen.
bowling with the utmost poss bile velocity
Who. that said Schwartz, catching up
"A rolling pin
DIR. ARCADIUs ANELLANUs. Hungarian
born aud now ~ Philadelphia. has
translated the book into Latin, Rex
Aurei Riyi." See how a classic looks in
classic tongue
"'N.c euro 81 oh hoe >apulem,' cogtat
secum. Ipso momento temporis, ubi frus-
tulum Nervecna desecuerat, vehemens
pulsus lanua exaudiebstur Senecio de-
siluet de pima quasi Jam minimum lille
caleret. GLUcK reposuit frustulum resec-
tum Ut loco htreret interim autem Jan
uam spcrtum cucurrt. 'Quid nos tantum
ternporis In pluvia defines az democrats -
increpitat cum SCHWARTZ. ut ingressus
umbellam detentam 81 In vultum inject
sic sane, furcifer parve.' subjungit HANS,
sup, raddito circa auriculam educstorio
pugni ictu, ubl IL post fratrem In culinam
/ ingressus est.
| "Dii nobs propitIi sunto.' fatur
Scu wARrz, ut januam intrat. 'Faxint
! pii. obsecundat homuncio, sublato GU
cullione, dun interim sese in media sistit
cuiina. maNimaque celeritate se proclinst.
| 'Quisnam lille est" auerit Sen wARTz, pre-
henso volsiolo placentario."
A long slice Of Latin TO small cut of
mutton, but how could we stop TN we
had brandished that volgiolum placen-
tarium? Why was that robust Latin
I railing mir, INK nnuu tn our infant ~ nd
les? How healthful to swat ones big
brothers with the actual implement
while learning Latin! Rolling PIN
mutton" hob; this Latin is human
and sociable; a boy or girl would love
II. Does anybody now remember
THOMAS kERoHEvER ARNoID's Latin
Prose Composition" a terror OF an.
cient youth? No rolling pins fol
THOMAS. Both / and BALBUs lifted
up our hands" Useful conversational
phrase, Ell? Then THoMAs's inspired
mnemonic cOuplets, such as:
THAT boy has but stupid head
Who always for a but puts 'sed.'"
II instead of the dreary Alfred jim
gle telephone directory style Of tn,
"Commentaries' Of the mighty JULIUS
or the tedious hypOcritical fustian OF
lawyer NJ. 4. Cicero. children had "Th'
King Of the Golden River" or ''ThrOugl
the Looking Glass! viii DR.. AvEL
LANus please IAtin,se that classic, too
Why should Catholic priests be, speaking
generally. the only men able t" spaa'
Latin? Why should q continuous
stream Of Latin speech and writing b,
forgotteuf For our part We woult