Saturday, Mar. 03, 1923
"Time Brings All Things"
"Thank God I am not a dog, a woman, or a Christian," is the prayer with which the orthodox Jew in Poland begins his day.
Allegedly, more than 1,200 holes were made in one stroke by American golfers during 1922.
After seven months of married life, a New York wife was surprised to learn that her "husband" was a woman. She filed a petition for annulment.
"Castoria," famed patent medicine invented half a century ago by the late Charles H. Fletcher, was sold to the Household Products Company, Inc., manufacturers of "Cascarets" and "Bayer's Aspirin."
In Asbury Park, N. J., a young lady hiccoughed steadily for twelve weeks; then ceased as suddenly as she began.
The population of the continental United States on Jan. 1, 1923, was approximately 110,100,000. This is a gain of 4,500,000 since the 1920 census.
Thirty per cent of the population of New York is Jewish. Other cities range thus: Cleveland, 12%; Chicago, Philadelphia, 10%; Detroit, St. Louis, Baltimore, 8%.
The Concert Mayol, a Paris music hall, advertises a piece called Oh,Quel Nul For the benefit of Americans and Englishmen, the following free translation is inserted on the billboard: Ladies Shirt Off!
Since 1918 the Princeton Club of New York has shared jointly the Yale Club's building at 50 Vanderbilt Avenue. This month Princeton will take quarters of her own at Park Avenue and 39th Street.
Fox hunting by motor car has become popular in England. Of course, the automobiles cannot follow the mounted hunters across country. But by their speed they are able to head them off by keeping to the road.
In Detroit, a prosecuting witness in an assault and battery case was asked his name by the court. "William Raukissoonsuighigihi," said he, "a Hindu."
In Patagonia was found a human skull, half a million years older than the famous Java head, aged 500,000.