NEWSY PARS.

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10348, 22 April 1911, Page 2

NEWSY PARS.

Dealing with a batoli of beggars at Maryldbome, Mr Plowden eocpressed regret that some of the ladies who gtaivle !begga.ra money in thel street were not pladed along^idk them in the dbclsi chai-ged with aiding and abetting them in committing! the offence.

By a Wondierful new process' of photographies calicio printing in colors it will bo poasiible to have faanily portraits, landscapes, and oither pictures on sofa ousliions, curtains, or taiblo cloths at a reasonable price. This new process has been perfected at Frei'bturg by two German soientists.

Tlie P'ali&i painter of the Liberator, which published the liibel on King Grfltoi'ge, has dedinedi to print any further issues of that journal, having been warned by a number; of his test customers that they would withdraw their ibtusineto if he oointinujed to have any connection with such ai publication.

Caruso, the operatic singer, is said to be eataing; £60,000 a yeatf from his voice). INbt so long ago he was receiving 5s a weak for siinging in a cihurclT, choir. The famous singer re cent-ly losifc £2000 through a minute sjpecfe of dust bloiwing into his throat, necessitating the idancellation of four operatic perfoirmancies, for each of which he was to have ibeien paid .£SOO.

Many persona are not aware that formalin ia a very potent and dangei'oiufs poisoo. Its usiet as a. milk preservlativa is practioally forbidden !by law, and medical offioersi of healtli aire at one in testifying to its injurious effects upon young children. Here ia a simple test for' finding formialin in milk. On slightly warmins; the milk, it will gjvtei off the pungem* odour of formaldehyde if the fotrmalin. has been used as a preswriv'ativei. It is said 1 that in this manner one part of formialin in 25,000 of milki may ba detected)

Marion Crawford, thie novelist, was

Ve/ry strong man. He was once walking along a siolitai'y lane and met a lti&tio usingl fearful language to a refracTfory pig thalt stubbornly refusiedi to tiro* in the right direction. "What gjood will all thiat ouraingl do?" Oi-awforf exoliiiini-rd sdoiiifully. "Here, I'll show you how to dri'v'c the beast.," and he lifted Jiis blatlkhoi'ii walkingsti'cik a,nd giaiVa tJie oreatume a. gentle ■tap on he head. The result was instantianeous: the pigl rolled over stonedead! In the end Crawford had to pay himi for tlie pia', and then pay him to cart it a.way.

Speaking ait an "at home" in connietation with the AntinSbciialist Union of Great Britain, Mr Long, M.P., niadb a few remarks that a,r'e well •worth, reprinting. Ho said that if they were to combat Socialism they must deal with it aa a ibtreiad-and-buMer question, andl not as a question whicih could ba disposed of in a. few great phasies. Tliey must, show tho people thaft they were as aiisious as the Sbcialifilte to realisei their dimctiltieg and to impa-otviei their condition, and they must ba albla to show that the* remedy w'asi the right and sound one. Mi- Long hit the nail on the head. The ti'oulble is that the! bread-and-butter question is generally sho>vetT into the toaicik-ground.

The Magistrate (Mi" Burgess) pi'G-s-ided at a short sitting of the looal court t.lii&i morning, when the two oases adjourned! for his heiaring wea'e called. Elrnest liiaiTett, charged with theft on the Piako on the Bth hist., pleaded guilty to one ohargei, bait denied the «th,ers. TOie necessary witneases not haiving put- in an appearance S'ergt. -Oreaw w'a.s compelled to a.s!k for a^n adjournmemt until next AYedneisday, whicilii was granted. William Twentyman pleaded guilty to pirociuringl liquor during the currency of a projiibition ordJer. Mr Burgess said thait the acousied had not been before the court for six months and as he was evidently making an honest endeavour to keep aiwfcy from the drink, he would) help him by giving; him another opportunity. Twientyniaii was convicted, and ordered toi come up foi* sentience when called upon, •tho Magiistii'ate espkiining! that if hei oaine up in future on a further charge he would have to answer that adid! the present charge as well.

A telegram from Seattle, Washington, states that Professor Ma,cMk>hon, of the TJiiiviersity of Washington, read his class in history a severe It ctnre because ho found that not one of them was in the habit of reading (lie daily newspapers. He declared that every man ooijrht to be "plucked" who* d'd not keep abreast of the timas and know what was going < n in the world. "There is nothing," said he, "'which is so certain an index to show whether a man is alive- or dead as his newspaper reading. Intellectually he is a- corpse who does not/ keep up with the papers. To bo'good citizens we must know what is goins 011 about us, and that information must be aicquircd from tlie 'dailies. 1" This exhortation was provoked by thi* ignorance of his students regardin»i the recent elections that took jihico in Great Britain,

j Reports of a shortage of gold cioin ltajvfa reached the Trade Review. : Tkc numiheir of people cionstantly going away either temporarily or per-. mianentily a^saounta for a certain j amount, the inemiise jn tr'ada'douibit-' less ttuises ail incTtetu'Sed circulation,' and thmvß is a constant leakage fmm the use of coin for the maimifaoture 1 of orinMneuitls and similai' purposes.' Tliu Hitiytiew, lioweveir, 'bielievwj from thti report of a, shortiagiei tlia*. these leiakagesi musit have been on a some-' whaifc lieaviei 1 soale than usual latterly. "There are some eoiiipliaints in ti-ading eiroles tlia.t money is becoming leiss ]>lo:ntiifnil. but w:e l>elievei there is still a good! supply of ciapita 1 available., a.nd Sound investment shares have. bacMi ratJier more boughtrftef as an oxitlet for this, oonse-' rjuently such shares are comin'aiuling good prices." i