ful and illustrative comments and explanations. The series of articles on "Advertising," which has been so favorably received, is continued with a paper on "The Humors of Advertising," amusingly treated by Rollin Lynde Hartt. Other delightful essays are "An Hour with Our Prejudices," a characteristically humorous paper by Samuel M. Crothers; "The Work of the Woman's Club," by Martha E. D. White, and Bliss Perr's screed on "Fishing with Worm," a very Waltonsey chapter written by a worthy disciple of the Gentle Art of Angling.

The June DELINEATOR contains a great deal of pleasant reading. Fashion's foibles, as here set forth by pen and pencil, are well designed to delight the feminine mind, as well as to prove a delusion and a snare to the masculine. There are besides a great many very pretty ideas in dresses for children, which will be welcomed by mothers. In the literary part of the magazine, the first place is given to a graceful Japanese tale, "The Giver of Honour," by Mrs. Hugh Frazer, a sister of Marion Crawford, which is refreshing in its sweetness and purity, and is sympathetically illustrated by Mr. C. D. Weldon. There are many other stories and articles for both little ones and grown folks and practical papers on domestic topics which go to make up a thoroughly readable number of this favorite magazine.

A CERTAIN NAVAL OFFICER was very pompous and conceited when on duty.

One day, when he was officer of the watch, and he could not, as usual, find anything of consequence to grumble about, he attempted to vent his spite on one of the stokers of the vessel who was in the engine room on duty.

Going to the speaking-tube, the officer yelled:

"Is there a blithering idiot at the end of this tube?"

The reply came quick and startling:

"Not at this end, sir!"

The feelings of the officer, as he turned away with a black frown, can be better imagined than described.

SUPERUN CONTRADISTINGUISHABILITIVENESS.

A person who hasn't the power

To distinguish the sweet from the sour,
Nor is able the sun from the shower

To easily guess,

Or one who's unable to tell

A rose from a cheese by the smell—

He has superuncontradistinguishabilitiveness.

Not to know at the critical time
The ridiculous from the sublime,

Not to know a Canadian dime

When it you possess,

Not to know that cold weather will freeze.
Or that hot weather won't-all of these
Show superuncontradistinguishabilitiveness.

This superuncontradistin

guishabilitiveness is a thing
That's likely disaster to bring
Or remorse and distress;
In short, if you haven't the sense
To discover this poem's immense,

You have superuncontradistinguishabilitiveness.

-David H. Dodge, in the "New York Times."

PROCTOR'S THEATERS.

Elaborate arrangements have been made to meet the conditions and add to the safety and comfort of the patrons of Proctor's theatres during the summer season. Particularly worthy of commendation are the improvements at the One Hundred and Twentyfifth Street Theatre, where among the decorations at the rear of each floor, a fountain has been added to the foyer of the orchestra floor. The evaporation from the constantly falling stream materially contributes to the coolness of the atmosphere.

It is also worthy of note that during the period for licensing theatres recently passed, not a single one of the Proctor houses was at any time in danger of losing its license, so careful Mr. Proctor has been to provide not only for the comfort but the entire safety of his patrons, and in such matters as interest the fire department and Health authorities, he has been in advance of restrictions; insomuch that when the Police Commissioner recently sat in judgment upon the various houses, although there were many threatened with extinction, Mr. Proctor's houses were not in any way molested. The Commissioner giving recognizance to the excellence of his management and the completeness of his system, so signally manifested on the outbreak of fire at the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street Theatre on the night of May 6.

Without the knowledge of any one in the theatre ("Herald" report) the fire had been burning for about ten minutes when Harry Brunell, the manager, was notified of it by several persons who saw the smoke and flames leaping from the windows of a storeroom on the top floor of the building fronting on One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street and directly in front of the theatre proper, from which it is separated by a four-foot fire wall.

Mr. Brunell hurried to the stage, and as he ordered the asbestos curtain to be lowered told the actors of the fire. Then, stepping into one of the boxes, he addressed the audience.

"There is not the slightest occasion for alarm," he said, "but I am informed that there is a fire in a neighboring building, and the Fire Chief advises that the audience leave the theatre, as in the course of time the fire may spread in this direction, and it is just as well to be on the safe side. I shall be obliged to you if you will quietly leave. All of the exits have been thrown wide open, and you will have no trouble whatever in getting out."

With a presence of mind which won him plaudits from the audience when they learned later how close the fire was to them, H. J. Smythe, leader of the orchestra, gave the signal to his men, swung his baton and an air which was familiar to every one was played with a rollicking swing.

Realizing the intent of it all, some one in the audience caught up the refrain, and the next moment a hundred voices were joining in the air.

Only one bit of excitement was furnished on the part of the audience, and that was immediately quelled. A man in the first balcony near the west side made a dash for an exit, shouting "Fire! Fire!" Hardly had the words passed his lips when he was felled by a blow from a stage hand and had to be carried out unconscious.

UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION AT ST. LOUIS.

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL ECONOMY-SECTION OF HYGIENE.

In all civilized countries, during the last three decades, public attention has been directed in a marked manner to the practical application of sanitary science to everyday life. Rural and municipal hygiene has made a great advance. In many European countries, practical sanitary laws have been passed and thoroughly enforced for the benefit of the people. In Mexico, progress of the highest order in public hygiene has been accomplished; also in

Peru, Chili, Argentina, and other South American countries. In the United States, all but three of the states have health laws and state boards of health, and commendable activity exists in diseaseprevention work. Every town and city in most of these states has boards of health which are active in enforcing sanitation. Despite this progress, it is recognized that the great work is only begun. The possibility of preventing disease has been made plainly apparent, and therefore more imperative, by the science of bacteriology and the development of the germ theory and the discovery of some causes and methods of infection. The gathering together, therefore, of a comparative exhibit showing the best that has been done in hygiene the world over, is certain to result in a great lesson. Such exhibit will make it possible for all persons to see and comprehend the importance and extent of the subject of hygiene, and will furnish opportunity to hygienists themselves to enlarge and perfect their knowledge of the subject.

For the purpose of comparing the best methods and appliances. known to sanitary science to secure health conditions and for the promotion and improvement of the principles of disease prevention, all foreign boards of health, all provincial, state and municipal boards of health, colleges and schools of hygiene, sanitary societies, publishers of books on hygiene, sanitary engineers, inventors of sanitary machinery and appliances, and, indeed, all who are in any way connected with hygiene work, are invited to make exhibits in this department.

CHARACTER AND SCOPE OF EXHIBIT.

A review of the classification which follows will give an idea of what the exhibit will include. As vital statistics constitute the foundation of hygiene work, special attention will be given to illustrating the subject. To this end, all the registration countries and states will be urged to make full exhibits. This will include their laws, rules, methods of collecting vital statistics, methods of tabulation, analysis and reporting. There will also be exhibited the health laws and rules of foreign countries and all the states; also city health ordinances, full sets of reports, methods of administration and results.

Hygiene literature, such as publications of sanitary associations, essays, works on hygiene and sanitary science, etc., will be on file. There are already promised, and now in course of preparation, full and costly exhibits illustrating the propagation of vaccine, diphtheria antitoxin, and all prophylactic serums. It is expected that

this exhibit will be of extra interest. Prominent sanitary engineers have promised to show plans, specifications, elevations and photographs of water-filter plants, both of the mechanical and sand-bed kinds; also of septic tanks, broad irrigation, sand filtration, and chemical methods of sewage disposal. Photographs, plans and specifications of plants already in operation will also be shown.

The foreign and home schools of hygiene will be fully represented, and this exhibit will be of unusual value-for all advance in hygiene, as in other sciences, lies in education and discovery. Emergency hospitals, sanitary tenements, sanitary dwellings, home sanitary appliances, garbage collection and disposal, ventilation, lighting and heating of school-houses, theaters, churches and other public buildings, railway sanitation, disinfection, disposal of the dead, etc., will all be completely illustrated.

A HYGIENE LABORATORY.

An important feature of the hygiene exhibit will be a modern, completely equipped, hygiene laboratory, in working operation. In it will be continually conducted all manner of actual chemical and bacteriological examinations which are required in modern disease-prevention work. Arrangements will be made with the health authorities of cities, towns and country within five or six hours' reach of St. Louis, to send in diphtheria and scarlet fever cultures, samples of blood for malaria and typhoid tests, sputum for pneumonia, influenza and tuberculosis tests; also waters for chemical and bacteriological examination, and food and drugs for chemical analysis. In addition to notification of results to the senders of specimens, bulletins will be issued for the inspection of visitors. It is expected the laboratory and its practical work will be valuable in showing to all officials and other citizens how necessary such an institution is if preventable diseases are to be efficiently opposed.

GROUP 140.

CLASS 791.-(a) Sanitary Legislation. Laws, ordinances, bylaws, rules, under which exhibiting health boards work.

CLASS 791-(b) Investigation. Explanation, records, charts, illustrations of investigations.

CLASS 791-(c) Literature. Reports of health boards, sanitary reports of national governments, works on hygiene and sanitary science, reports of sanitary societies, health circulars, essays on health, works on foods, etc.

CLASS 792-(a) Prevention of Infectious Diseases. Methods of discovery and reporting of incipient and pronounced cases of in