Eureka Reporter | 1905-12-08 | Page 5 | Professor Oncken's Translation

professor s translation prof who has been lechtur ing on languages at the university of chicago attended a gathering ol 01 savants the other evening the steam heating plant was in bad work ing order and the conversation turn ed to furnaces herr what Is the Gerr nai word tor furnace asked one of those present the professor studied a few min utes and then said central heating plant Is the german equivalent for furnace that would translate into english the professor was as much amuse as the others at not being able to give a better synonym and the laughter was general when some one said fancy your wife asking you the last thing at night my dear did you attend to the central heating plant