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Show AXter all these years, the secret of the manner of building the pyramids of Egypt may be explained ex-plained if the opinion of an English engineer can be substantiated. He bases his views on the evidence of ancient inscriptions upon tombs and temples, and maintains that in building a pyramid pyra-mid thekptlans constructed a roadway to the level to wmcthe -work had reached, the angle of the road groWYng steeper as the height of the pyramid Increased. Slaves and pack animals carried the building material up this Incline. An enthusiastic welcome awaited the second contingent of American soldiers who landed in IFrance. One soldier wrote home that much to their surprise the men wore greeted by a rollicking rollick-ing song, sung by small children. While the tune sounded strangely familiar, the words seemed seem-ed to bo foreign; something like: "Oelloeil, ae gong-zoeil ere." Suddenly an inspiration solved the mystery into "Hail! hail! the Gang's All Hero!" To little folk were trying to make the Americans feel at home, by Binging the somewhat boisterous air which the preceding Sammies had taught them. It seems that the fashion in holidays If there is such a thing as fashion in pleasures like that has followed the example set by Gladstone, who, in I860, wrote of his playtime: "I hope you do not think my holiday at Hawarden proves my idleness, for I think ton hours haB been a moderate moder-ate estimate of my work there on public business.' busi-ness.' Ho snatched a brief two days' holiday in 1871, for the first time after the new government was formed, and in 1873 wrote to Archdeacon Harrison of his celebration of the queen's an Iver-sary: Iver-sary: "2:15 a. m., returned home from house - commons; com-mons; 10 a. m., two hours' work in my study; 2, cabinet; three-quarter hour's walk; 8:12, thirty-two thirty-two to dinner and an evening party; 12, to bed." Such strenuous days seem quite in favor these days, rather more so, it is said, than in the days jH of the "G. G. M." H When "free lunch" service has been abolished il in New York, yet could we get service at a price 'H similar to that given at "Jack's Busy Lunch," on j H the, Bowery, we would probably feel we had found H a treasurer mine and incidentally a free lunch, H or the next thing to it. The menu includes: All lH kinds of sandwiches, 3 cents; roast beef, 10 Ell cents; ham and beans, 10 cents; three crullers 4H and coffee, 5 cents; boiled frankfurter, 2 cents; 1 roast frankfurter, "Coney Island style," 3 cents; ham and eggs this Is the highest price on the menu 17 cents. Perhaps the finest flight of U the restaurateur's fancy Is this: "Best Java (!) Coffee, 3 cents." Surely the variety should please all the customers. H |