The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-18
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.


Report Is thankfully made to the sew
eral contributors who have replied TO the
request Of p. II. Belknap for a cement Of
peculiar character. their letters have been
sent to him and will undoubtedly DO
promptly acknowledged. 1t IL always n
pleasure to act as the middleman when
1t is not possible from the resources or
binary to a newspaper to supply the In
formation sought by inQuiring friends In
this case the response has been hearty. II
appears to be Just what Is sought. To many
appealed as an incident Of commerce,
which probably II was intended to be.
But there are among these letters Of re-
Spouse several which exhibit the most
generous desire to be of help Just for
the sake Of help. One such reply Ii writ
en- by d. D. Berolzheimer. librarian Of
the Chemists Club. to this effect: III p.
II. Belknap. who makes an inquiry about .
cement, will call at this library any day
will try to help him; ono Of the pur-
poses Of our library Is to help" To the
middleman. merely as the agent Of COM
munlcation. there Ii q distinct Joy in any
thing such as this which brings into COM
munication with him who needs those who
can.
Please ask your readers where or how
I can find the poem OF which the first
verse runs something like this:
This lifes hollow bubble,
Don't you know?
Just a painted piece Of trouble,
Don't you know?
We come to earth TO cry,
We grow older. and we sigh.
Older still. and then we die.
Don't you known
II was recited. I think. by Dan DAILY. in
a comic opera or play several years ago
but whether Il was an Interpolation or no,
do not know. My excuse for bother.
ing you with this small matter Is tina,
j have failed TO get the information from
other authorities to whom have applied
My only interest IL to help another per.
son. ALFRED j CLARKE
have in my possession a series Of hv,
Autographs. The Life Of a Fireman.
four by y. Currier and one BY Currier 4
Ives. 152 Nassau street. New York. On,
Of these was printed in a recent Sunda,
issue. Also two Autographs, one a "Viev
OF the Great Fire In New York, Deem
Der l6 and II. 1896" the other. ''view o
the Ruins" Published by L. r. Clover
y. y. engraved by w. !. Bennett An
other Autograph, "Chief and Assistant En-
gineers OF tine New York Fire Depart
men' is57-5s. Henry r. Howard Chief.
Published by Clements & Lockman. I:
Nassau street, y. Y. Also an election
ticket OF Henry H. Howard for Chief En-
gineer. election Of 1857. Another cleo
ton ticket for Alderman, Third district
jeremiah Besson vs. Honmire, year 1858
These pictures are hanging in my plac
| OF business. | am anxious to ind OIL
their value. II any. or any information
you can give regarding originals or mum
Der In existence. WILLIAM WINTER.
Kindly inform me through your colum
which city. London or New York was tn
| first to include adjacent territory. In
creasing the population and adopting IN
! name of Greater London and Create
| New York. W. NJ. PRENTICE.
| Each and neither. according as TN
reply directs itself upon one or the o,he
| episode OF the question. London wa
far earlier than New York in ncludin
adjacent territory. From the medley.
| walled town. which is the heart Of a.
English metropolis, the true City OF Lor
don with It's Lord Mayor and sheriff
| London has been constantly growing on
over each next parish. There are Il
least five groups of territory which al
DIES grated London Tor certain govern
mental purposes. That which is mo.
nearly comparable with the fixed uni,
OF the Greater New York il the I.ondu
of the London County Council. q systeI
of government which went into effect
1900. The consolidation of the old cit
OF New York with its outlying neighboi
went into effect in 1898. London IN
never assumed the style Of Greater Lon
don. as New York has done by act of ii
Legislature: it would scarcely compo
with English ideas of good tasto 10 on
ploy even So tempered a statement q
greater London.
On the origin of cop" as applied to
policeman why shouldn't this fro
Walsh's Handbook of Literary Curlos
ties" pass muster?
cop or copper Cfrom the slang vel
to cop or seize. Latin cspio. or Heb cop.
hand or PALM. slang word for 4 ~
liceman. The term COPPER OF course. h,
nothing to do with the metal. neverth
less, the professors Of slang. havir
coined the word. associate that with Il
J metal, and as they pass n policeman III,
viii. TO annoy him, exhibit n copper col
which Is equivalent to calling the offic
copper Manchester Courier June !
1851 j. W. T..
In further answer To your currespon
ent's request for the reason OF the nan
copper or cop as applied to the police. /
me say that this designation undoubted