The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-15
This Grub" Has . Door.

THIS "Tub" Has . Door.
ne tub OF Diogenes had nothing to
s-otsct Us entrance. while Poidevin has
rr,ppsd Up one OF the doors Of his ward
.obe And enjoys the effect OF real por-
t,o.
po,devin leads a sober life because cir
r,,stances force him 10 do so. lie has a
lantern hut does not seek Il Man."
u.erely return to days OF better fortune.
When q French reporter went to see
pol!eyia At his home" he found him read
,,g TIE week old newspapers. good litera-
,ure. OF course. From the edge OF his "por-
.,o' there hung iciCles. which caused this
ypOgents, modern style, to remark that he
l.. zeal "armo.re glaze"
Ii. reporter, in order to Judge whether
a. not tris new Diogenes was the REIN
e-rat.ou Of his Greek predecessor. as
,mei a1 Alexander the Great attitude
al oErred presents in the form OF
p.,rs 20, money. Instead OF shouting.
stand between me and the SUM- Poide-
VII pochetcd the money eagerly.
Word comes from Munich that that city
|. no, the best place for uufaithful hus-
| bands 10 settle down with their s,ninities
l, An Insurance inspector who had great
| deal Of travelling ~ do met on one OF
| his yoyases an actress who appealed so
strongly TO him that he took her back TO
Munich ana installed her In house
Alongside his own. His wife heard OF this
And after reproaching her husband in
r.ons terms LEFT him and went TO her
mother iu Lardshut Nothing could have
suited the inspector better and to the
Great As,OulShment and horror % III
quarter IN which he lived his affinlty
moved next door just as soon as the wife
vas out OF sight.
The housewives held an Indignation
Meeting after several conferences over the
back fence and decided to avenge their
outraged sister. Three hundred OF them
attacked the inspectors home, broke the
toor seized the actress and gave her
terrible beating. They then forced the
uria!ihful husband to send the following
telegram 70 his wife
Return. tne home Is purified"
When the inspectors wife returned the
go women met her at the station and
che I'D the triumphant procession home.
\ Joke on THEIRS.
A writer in the Gdulois says he found
" the uuays little book OF anecdotes
sto.. Th!r-s the frst President Of the
fH.ri Repl1l!c, In which appears the fol-
hv!Ug
Tie President went to visit Mar
sslles, h.s native city. and one day when
ne vas wandering through the streets
alon-, As nc loved 10 90, he saw sehti-
rsl in front Of the MontauX b'rracks, who
NJ sci as d. gun and, squat,ed in his
sehty box. was enjoying huge piece
Of bread and gruyere cheese. The Presi-
dent approached and began;
AT ui-u my friend. is the regiment
.oOI GOOD enough
WY dp,t thou ask" returned the
scd.e-, employing the familiar second
pegsOH singular.
Because il interests me considerably"
fsp.ieG the President
The soldier thought his questoner some
r.moe- OF the regiment in civil clothes.
Iu, The absence OF the military costume
pfecluced the necessity Of sGluting. 10
e IA quest on as TO whether he was cor
pJral srrg ant, Captain o. Lieutenant, M
Ia.sgs replied that he was greater than
;.at
When the sentry. with mouth full Of
cheese, said, "W ell. then, you must be
Ne General NJ. Theirs replied: The
Generals obey me"
you want to make believe you are
me MI ster OF War" returned the sem
i.y more astonished than ever.
y am more than the Minister. replica
" Theirs blandly.
Then YOU can't be any one but Papa
.h!srs Here, take the bread and cheese
shAe present arms 10 you"
The Mercury Lamp.
The problem OF lighting Paris streets
houses aud buildings has undergone many
eaaHges IN the last century. Without 60
.hg back as far as the day OF the candle
j may be said that the oil lamp, the
Sssotae lamp, gas. electricity ana .hs
nercury lamp have succeeded each othei
snc tn- latter lamp has been so perfected
as to be entirely different from the one
hrs, Introduced. But this march OF prog
!ess has In 40 way affected the Ministry
o. The Interior. the very branch OF IN.
Government which should be first arected
By sloh changes. The Ministry OF th'
lrte'."r !u the Rue Cambaceres is huge
es'n!Hr building lighted by 400 oil lamps
Vh.ra 10 llltle good except in their I'm
nlg!a;- vicinity. There il no means o.
heading the building except by burning
logs IN open hreplaces. With all its pie
'-itsVlcness the open fireplace doesh
81" very satisfactory heat,
Hl.n .Ae modernizatlon or constant
top.t com's the restriction or the rish''
o. iae Turkish imperial princes An edlc
mas JUST D-,n issued In the ottoman capi
ial !ogl.ldlng all persons OF princel!
blood go do anything which an ordlnar!
ave bodied U.dn without u steady occupa
IJH usar be inclined to do. They can
t!g .r public cabs. in autobuses nor II
~ LrH.y Installed electric street cars
Nntu -..yr.ling by train or boat the'
M4' ..,r a/separate compartment an
y AUS under 90 circumstances mix wit
lie ,"g..uou herd. They are not allowe'
20 E.s'. he hotels, the casinos. the care
se"-I....s, the restaurants. they can
a. la .t"stre.. balls or moving pictur
sao's gu.css II charity performance !
s',n 90 which they are specially invitec
-"t; iuu-t nave 10 relations "h.,"Ve
WIN people Of inferior stations. VIVA
can ...r prince do? Turkey Is awaken
ia 70 modernism, but Turkish royalt
ELL belongs 10 another age.