A GERMAN "CULTURE."

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 18, 5 March 1915, Page 5 (Supplement)

A GERMAN "CULTURE."

Professor BWoger, of the Berlin M A icaJ in.-! 'tute. was busily at work in hi.s laboratory, surrounded l>y a Formidable arr:>.y of chemical and i.U'ii' ■'■]-,. A d'stinguished fcrjign physiean called upon him and watched his ub .orbing labour with interest. The professor's attention seemed to be anxiously, but --till hopefully, concentrated on a vessel which was enveloped hi sin.l've and steam. "Cine-; what I am boiling in this pot." sa : d the professor. The \ '::■■■ tor began to enumerate the •mire scale of micro-organisms. " Micrococci ?" ".V.." '•"-nirechaetar" "Xo." -What ih.m?" "Sausages." replied Briefer. LATINISED. .!'i'k rclurnnd bom > from v ',-i'e In had won hg'l lioiiours a? " ■.iiHcil rf ancient languages, but he i)!ead -I ic.i'orance r.no day wh< n his uiiui" sister asked him to trans'.ata a 'r'"\\ ■'■• had ■• 'M of an optician'?, win h ••<*•■! ilr:--: "Con sultu sabo utyo uivy .!;:, 1, ireiT' !'d manfully with ii for >....-. i- :i ": n. : >iutos and cave it up. "Ti '-h't c;and Latin." be sad. "'lnorc :--r, soir.c words in it that 'ii'" Latin. T|.m oM 'rs ar n'i anyhow. It doesn't !n -Yh: ; '' : Cwh:ii r .-aid." r-pli-d the vsUr "but ce. k translates it without any tionlile. She ens it means 'Consul! a, about your eyes.' |',-,, n the lon of the Eiffel Tower, Paris ran sneak to Warsaw by means of v,ir<dess telegraphy. And the Hertzian waves travil 'ban across (ierniany!