The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-01

II raw as n salad at Mouquin's served
with French dressing. II makes n very
pretty salad. the stem about i've inches
long by about n quarter Of an inch wide.
pnkish white topped by a light yellow
leaf shaped like the head OF n spear, the
leaf and stem forming a miniature spear.
] enclose also cutting from Hcnderson's
1914 catalogue telling what 1t In and
how to grow 1t. Perhaps this may also
interest A. H. Large rooted chicory is
the Barbe de Capucln OF the French.
In the fall the roots are planted In
dark cellar on slipping heap composed
OF alternate layers OF three inches OF soil
and the roots laid horizontally. projecting
one inch from the heap. They sprout
quickly. producing the delicious Barbe
de Capucin at a season when salad is
most scarce. II Is very easy to grow
and il also used In summer AS greens.
LINCOLN Dowp Brown.
Some years ago the question arose
as to the correct spelling OF that de-
lectable dish made of cheese frequently
spelled rarebit 1T that time l won
900 on the proposition. that the word
was spelled rabbit. The question was
referred to you ana decided in my favor.
hence the 800. The same question has
arisen again. and II you will kindly again
decide IL, / shall be very much obliged
II. +. GryToN.
A stern moralirt should set his face
against the arbitration OF the aleatory
problems Of inquiring friends. but not
even this confession OF past gambling
can secure a reversal OF the decision on
the rabbit. Rabbit IL IL, even tho die
tlonaries have become reconciled to that
view. and rarcbit remains as but re-
minder OF curious gloss proposed by
some uncomprehending scholiast
Il there any authority for pronouncing
figure AS fg-ger? English actors OF the
first class are said to do NO. q. T. ii.
English society OF the first class does
80 the oxford dictionary records II as
tho preferred pronunciation. There could
DO no better authority than the consent
OF English usage as governing speech In
the British isles. Over hero Il In differ
ent fg.yure Is tho pronunciation dictated
by consent Of American usage. 1t Is not
tho only insta nee IN which the two great
branches Of the English language have
agreed to differ.
Referring TO your answers In last Sum
days issue beg to say that the quota
ton you cannot make n silk purse out
OF a sow's ear" appears In Benhams Quo
tations. No Information Is given as to It's
derivation My first recollection OF the
proverb is OF Its use in a little play called
The Rough Diamond" which was popu-
lar In the early sos, though when 1t was
SIDNEY r. RArx.
In forming the adjectives from New
York and Brooklyn why II ono New
Yorker and the other n Brooklynite7
G. c. SMITH.
New Yorker. that's OF course. But
Brookiynite OF universal usage. II smacks
OF the Invites and the Hittites and the
Amalekites of Holy Writ, and Brooklyn
won its greater glory as the Cite OF
Churches Adjcctives Of this sort are a
law unto themselves. as witness Man
CONAN used OF the man OF Manchester and
Haligonian for the citizen OF Halifax
Although your paper has answered the
following question before. we are unable
to locate the answer. Hence Will you In
form us readers which Is correct: will
drown, or I shall drown. where the per-
son saying the above wishes and 10 ac-
tuaily determined to drown himself.
L. Ii. O'SULLivAN.
II suicide be really the intent and the
man In the water seeks TO become -
demned moist unpleasant corpse" let him
say: II will drown and nobody shall save
me-" serene In the knowledge tina, his last
breath parses according TO all the laws OF
Lndlcy Murray and Goold Brown.
I shall be most grateful II you can sup-
ply the verses OF a song sung In vaude-
yllle years ago. which should call "Reu
ben and Cynthia: the first verse of which
was Ias nearly as l can recall io rs fell
lows:
Reuben, Reuben, I've been thinking
What a lovely world 'twould be
II the men were all transported
Far beyond the Northern Sea"
| have made many inquiries elsewhere
without success. though nearly everybody
have asked remembers some OF the lines
FRANK. L. WiLEs.
This lyric deserves TO be rescued from
oblivion ~ kindly contributors can bs
moved to establish dts canonical text II
10 recalled as q popular number In Betsy
Rabbits SlnGin' skcwi. which In tho earl,
EOS was a popular and tnnocuous form Of
church entertainment
Can You tell me where can frd Z
copy OF the verses which contain some
thing TO this effect:
thought / saw q bankers clerk descend.
| ing from bus.
I looked again and saw II was hippo.
potamus:
Wed best get out Of here. I said. there
won't be room for US
II sounds like Lewis Carroll. but
don't md anything like u In Alice, eitheI
IN Wonderland or Through tho Looking
Glass. HARRY GREEN.
what happened on June IN history
JAMES SLATER McHuoH.
Formerly one had to collate fiie d
such almanacs AZ print a date for ever,
day to add vivacIty 10 the calendar. sucf
being Whitaker's. Ayers and Hoststter's
Now tho work has been done once FOL
all In the back part OF tho STANDARD
Dictionary. where anybody may md 4
long record Of events for every day q
every month. Just this once We draw
from them a few June 9 events: Nathan
Hale was born and Patrick Henry died
the first Young Mems Christian Associa
ton was founded IN London. Alsace
Lorraine was Teutonised into Elsass