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About The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-???? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1910)
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Business letter writing is no longer merely "correspondence." but "litera ture," and the correspondent who for merly wasted his precious breath on such Inanities as "Yours received and contents duly noted" is now relegated to the "old school" class, and unless he Is willing to adopt the new rules of letter writing he is likely to change not only his position, but find it neces sary to change his vocation as well. She up to date business man does not waste time indulging in the pre liminaries of "I beg to acknowledge receipt" or "In reply would say." but goes straight to the subject at issue firmly, without frills, even eliminat ing the time worn advice, "Awaiting your early reply,", and closing without the absurdity of "Begging to remain." "Write to a man exactly as you would talk to him if he were sitting at your desk," is the maxim of one of the best authorities on letter writing in Chicago. By eliminating useless phrases having no bearing on the sub ject the business man not only saves his own time in dictating, but that of his stenographer in transcribing the notes. By the old method of letter writing the opening and closing of letters contained almost five lines of useless "form" matter which would average on 100 letters Just 500 lines of superfluous effort. Chicago Tribune. THE CRESCENT. Legend of Its Adoption as an Emblem by the Turks. The crescent has been known since time out of memory. In ancient my thology It decorated the foreheads of Diana and, of Astarte,the Syrian Ve nus? Tn the days of Rome's greatest glory the ladies wore it as an orna ment in their hair. Since ' the foundation of Constanti nople, the ancient Byzantium, it has been the emblem of the city and .as such adorns its walls and public build ings, besides being stamped on its coins and postage. The legend which accounts for its universal adoption in Turkey, and Constantinople in par ticular, is as follows: Philip of Macedon laid siege to the city in the year 310 B. C. He chose a night of unusual darkness for the pro1 posed assault, but was ' foiled by the moon suddenly breaking from behind a cloud. In commemoration of this providential deliverance the crescent was adopted as the symbol of the city. The Moharnmedan sultans were slow to assume this emblem until some one mentioned that it was the symbol of increasing greatness, power changing as rapidly as the phases of the moon. Westminster Gazette. Why He Left. Long Why did you leave the place tvhere you formerly boarded? Short Because the landlady had too much curiosity. Long In what direction? Short Oh, she was continuously ask ing me when I was going to pay my board bill. Chicago News. The Next Question. "Dora's invited to a swell party," said the mother. "How much will the gown cost?" asked the father, who knew what was coming. Detroit Free Press. Not a Freshman. Caller I didn't know your son was at college. Is this his freshman year? Mrs. Bunderby Oh, no, indeed! He's a sycamore. Boston TranserlpL The Assembly of Notables. ' The assembly of the notables at Ver sailles, Nov. 5, 1788, will ever stand as one of the great landmarks in hu man progress, not on account of itself, but in conseuence of what it led to. Louis XVI., being in great financial straits, had already called together the big men of his realm, but it is with this second meeting of the great ones that history will ever be the most pro foundly concerned. The "notables," made up of the nobility and aristoc racy of the realm, listened to their own voices and displayed their gold lace and vanity for something over a month and adjourned without doing anything either for the king or the peo ple. Disgusted with the stupidity and indifference of the notables, Louis con voked the states general, which was composed of representatives of the no bility, clergy and third estate, or plain people. Maddened by the contemptu ous treatment they received at the hands of nobles, the delegates of the third estate organized themselves into the national assembly, which in turn organized the revolution. New York American. John Bright and the Carpet. A characteristic story of John Bright is told by Mrs. T. P. O'Connor in her book, "I Myself." He. was at dinner one night with an M. P. whose wife by no means shared her husband's democratic sentiments. John Bright was sitting near his hostess, and she was rather annoyed at having him among her smart guests and thought to give him a direct snub, so she said during a pause in the conversation: "Mr. Bright, this rug, I understand, was made by you, and I am very dis satisfied with it. I have only had it a short time, and it is very shabby and badly made." '-'Ill it?"said Mr Brlrht getting up deliberately from the" fable ancr taking a silver candelabrum, which he put down upon the floor, and, getting 'upon his knees, closely examined the car pet. "You are quite right," he said, blithely getting up; "it is a bad car pet, and I will order my firm to send you another in its place." And then he calmly resumed his political con versation, and the dinner went on. The Curious Electric Eel. The electric eel, which is common In the streams of Brazil, is possessed of a natural electric battery a tremen dous one. Beneath the skin are two pairs of peculiar little bodies passing longitudinally along the muscles and near the tail. One pair is next to the back and the other near the lower fin. These bodies are made up of a great number of little cells, two or three hun dred of them, and plentifully supplied with nerves. Examination of one of these electrical organs has shown that in action it is very much like a gal vanic battery, with -the anterior ex tremely positive, the posterior nega tive and the current only discharged at the point of contact with an object. This has been proved to be so power ful when complete that chemical com pounds are decomposed by it and steel needles magnetized. Eight Lions. There are . eight lions known the world over the lion of St. Mark's in "Venice, the four lions at the base of the Nelson monument in Trafalgar square, the lion of Waterloo, the lion of Lucerne and the lion of Chaeronea. Ituskin in his "Stones of Venice" said that the lion of St. Mark's was the one lion the fierce expression of which no artist had ever been able to repro duce. Ths beast of bronze has the distinction also of wearing a pair of wings. London Graphic.