The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-30
QUESTIONS AND W

I should like very much to know h
characters are considered the three
greatest cyclists in literature? II
seems to me that there are three great
est" u. I. w.
II does seem a. II Sir willoughby
Patterns in George Meredith's The
Esoist' ought 10 be in n list Of three
superlntive cyclists. A friend has NOM
mated Thackeray's Pendennis and one
recalls also the father OF Richard
Feverel. IL the drama barred7 II not
and our Questioner recalls "A Dolrs
House. she may be inclined to insist
on the claims Of Noro's husband.
Some thirty.odd years ago I recall
a sort Of natural history museum IN
the Arsenal In Central Park. What
has become Of the collection? recall
wildly . realistic group. showing an
Arab crossing the desert on a camel
and attacked by q lion. The Arabs
broken gun lay on the sand and he was
defending himself with his dagger
against the lion. who had sprung on
the camels right shoulder. think the
label on the group stated that II had
been exhibited At the Paris Exposition
Of 1889. w. NJ. 8.
George n. Sherwood. assistant secre-
tary OF the American Museum OF
Natural History. writes;
THE Arsenal In Central Park was
the FIRST home OF the American Museum
Of Natural History. covering a period
Of eight years. 1859 to 1877. In 1877
the greater portion Of the collections
was transferred 20 the new building
In Manhattan Square, which was
opened to the public on December 20.
1877.
THE group referred to IL described
In a recent issue Of our Museum Jour
nal as follows:
THE first group IN the American
Museum, an Arab courier attacked by
lions. was purchased In 1859 and shown
in the old Arsenal Building in Central
Park. then the home of his institu-
ton. This group may v been the
atrical and bloody but. as a piece of
taxidermy. II was the most ambitious
attempt Of It's day. The Arab
courier group was prepared under the
super NlslOH VI juice NNTEcdu6. u
French o%rnitholosist and African trav-
eller. for the Paris Exposition Of 1857,
where It was awarded a gold medal
~ might add that this group 10 a,
present owned by the Carnegie Museum
at %Pittsburg."
The Park Department supplement,
this with the information that the but
t~erfiies Of the Arsenal collection wer,
taken over by DR.. Edmund b. South
wick. the Central Park chronological
Brillat-Savarin In the twenty-hrs
meditation Of his celebrated "Physiologi,
du Govt" says that the most extraor
binary instance OF obesity he ever me
was a New Yorker named Edward, VIII
In an enormous armchair. "of which tn
legs were strong enough TO support
church." passed his life sitting at
window on the ground Hoor OF a hous
looking out into Broadway and drinkinI
from time TO time a glass OF ale. o
which a pitcher "of huge capacity
stood always near him. He was a
least six feet four In height. and
he was almost nine feet around IN
waist"
Are you able to let mo know whe
this monster was born and when h
died? What was his real name? Ism
Savarin's description OF him a bit {
Gallo exaggeration1 A. b.
Other reference to this creature seen
lacking. although a dictionary Of med
cine published by Arpletons in 1885
speaks of an Edward Wright WI
weighed ~ stone. No particulars
him are given. According to Larous.
Brlllat-Savarin stayed ten years in Ne
York and returned TO France in l79
As the French author tells OF meetir
the obese Edward the monster mu
have sat in his Broadway window
that decade.
In looking over some old papers
have come across the unidentified vers
concerning which &c" asked in tt
Sun OF April IS. My copy dine
slightly from the lines printed and
would be glad TO know which Is CORE
and II Pope was the author.
Gould we with ink tho ocean all.
!" Were the whole earth Of parchme
he made.
Were every single stick a quill.
And every mar a scribe by trade.
-. To write the owe OF God alone
Would drain the ocean dry.
lily Nor would the scroll contain the VIII,
Though stretched from sky to SIX,
l. p.
nd The stansa u quoted anonymously
A C~yclopodta Of Poetry compiled by I
, Rev. Elon Foster and published In N,
sy York In ls7A-No. 1885. Tho versi
ia, given by Mr.. Foster 10 identical VI
that cited by L.. p. except for 4
words. In the book the second n
'ch reads:
ing Were the whole world Of parchms
made and tho fourth line Is:
vel Were every man a scribe by trad
A question has arisen as to what
the proper salutation in the follow
instance:
International Settlement. Inc.
1901 r. 123d street,
City.
Attention: Miss A. Jones
A solution will be greatly appreciat
A STENoGRAPHER
Tho practice Of one OF the larg
New York corporations in such a c.
is to say Dear sirs." Tho "attenti,
line Ia merely to help In quick elias
ncation Of the mail received. But wi
the business Is with the head Of a
paStment this corporation always r
sonally addresses the letter: miss
Jones, Challenging Department. In'
national Settlement, Inc" and foil,