The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-13

For he's jolly good fellow.
Which nobody can deny,
Which nobody can deny.
Which nobody can deny.
For he's jolly good fellow
Which nobody can deny.
To this Is added AS doxology:
So say We all Of us.
So say we all OF US.
So say we all Of Ms.
So say we all.
Other ehcmes which introduce this
chain OF lyric are Of the type ITS a way
we have in old Harvard" ITS way we
have in the army" or in any other dis
syllable possibility. But "Malbrook" is
only one step in the history OF this in
terestIng composition. century earlier
was in full popularity lie conyoi du due
de Guise"
Qui veut OUR chanson'
C'est du grand due de Gu!se.
1T bon, bon. bon, dondi, london,
C'est du grand due de Giiise,
Qui est mort ct enterre.
Earlier than this we find in Spain tho
"Chanson de Mambrou" with a Moorish
source before Il was brought TO the PENN
sula. Il is suspected that this soldier song
was taken to Palestine by the Crusaders
and then through various channels OBJ
tained It's wider currency.
What is the source OF the proverb
about buying a pig in a poke? c. y.
Proverbs have no source. Topsy wise
they just grow. then some one puts them
from the humble mouth into the dignity
of print and IL he be honest. gives
cred; as saith the old saw" There
seems to tie n considerable literature OF
the pig and the poke. Poke. an ancient
word. has returned to use in the speech
OF the Yukon gold adventures; It Is
there the buckskin pouch in which the
miner carries his precious dust ITO buy
pig In poke" Is proverblal OF the
simpeton, who makes his purchase "un-
sight unseen: In French and German II
Is the cat which is bought In the bag.
"folie est d'acheter chat en- sac" die
Katie i'm Sack kaufen." Thomas Tusser
includes 1t in "Septembers Husbandry":
I'm doing OF either let wit beare a stroke
! For buying or selling OF pig in a poke"
The proverb appears also in the de-
/
poke" with an opposite twist of the
4 sense Haywood in 154s records when tho
pig's profYered hold UP the poke and
the Spanards OF two centuries earlier
express the same common wisdom. when
! they give YOU a heifer make haste with
| the halter"
"Cuando tie dicrren la vaquila,
Acudas con la sosu!lla.
What has been the military record OF
| Mons where the British first enCoun-
! tered the Germans in the present war
have an impression that 1t has been
the place of other fighting, but It IL
not mentioned in any history which
possess IL T. LEONARD.
Mons began fighting. Caesar founded /,
II as a camp and short time later
Cicero's BROTHER sustained siege by
AmblorIx. Es most famous Siege was In
1879 delivered by Frederic of Toledo
one Of the distinguished generals OF Alba
The siege LASTED from the end OF Jun,
to the middle Of September; sorties and
relief were vain the town capbulatet
under the most honorable conditions. II
1851 the Marechal dc Luxembourg at
tackled the town, inflicted great damage
and forced surrender In 1903 Marlbor
ouRh and Prince Eugene attacked an,
carried the town after n siege Of l2'
days. In l746 the Prince de Cont laiC
successful siege In 1892 Mons was tn,
first fruit OF the Republican victory n
Jemmnpes. and In 1894 the Austrian
were subjected to a crushing defeat.
So many OF our friends have writer
In quest OF a definite ruling on the subjec
OF voting by aliens not yet naturalize
that the suspicion arises that there ma
be a prize question in the background
! Yet the letters exhibit so much animu
as To suggest that an aleatory wave ha
swept over the places where the prob
lens OF craftsmanship are most warml
debated
According to the latest collation. Of tn
election laws of the several States allen
who have taken out their first paper
declaration of intentlon) and who hay
not yet perfected their citizenship by CON
pletion OF naturalization are. having CON
piled with local conditions Of residence. nd
United to vote on this qualification in I'll
states of Alabama, Arkansas, indiana
Kansas. Missouri. Nebraska. Oregon
South Dakota and Texas.
Is sword a proper rhyme with word
PoETAsTER
Word leads many tongues astray. non
more than those OF New York, but Il
trick of phonetics can wrest II into
proper rhyme with sword, However.
the poem must include the rhyme thel
Is at least the authority OF Sir Waite
Scott, such as Il may be. for in Il
Lady OF the Lake" occurs
Is II thank thee. Roderick. for the WORD
W 1t nerves my heart, 1t steels my sword
- What is the origin and meaning
" the expression 'Gcrmany's place In u
st sun? L. H. II. $.
"a Tho phrase was employed by Emper'
william in an imperial allocution in A.
gust, 1911. He spoke OF Germany as e
titled to "our place In the sun" tt
phrase is tropical and it's meaning IL
he understood hguratlvely. Just what
then had In mind Is best to be compr
hendod by the later development