BY THE The continued high prices of food are hit off by "Pêle-Mêle," of Paris, in two pictures. One presents a bill of fare for 1918, somewhat thus: "Sirloin, 3 francs; peas, 1.25; coffee, 1 franc-It is the war!" The other itemizes the 1919 situation thus: "Beef, 3 francs; beans, 1.25; coffee, 1 franc-It is the peace!" The American tourist who said of Niag ara Falls, "Gosh! that's neat!" is matched by a Scotch tourist at the Pyramids, who, according to "Harper's Magazine," said, as he gazed at the stupendous pile, "Ah, mon, what a lot o' mason-work not to be bringing in any rent!" Houses and apartments seem to be scarce in cities on the other side of the Atlantic as well as here, as a result of the suspension of building during the war. Here are two humorous indications of the shortage. From a British weekly: "Lady-'How was it you lost your job? Tramp- Well, mum, I was a nartist, I was used ter paint them "To Let" notices.'" From a Christiania (Norway) weekly: "Have you a room to let ?" "Yes, but I entertain applications only from night editors who are out all day." 66 "There were probably not more than two professional oil geologists in Oklahoma at the time of the discovery of the Ponca anticline," says a book on the oil-producing country. Now, a few years later, every big company has its staff of geologists, some companies employing two or three hundred men in that work alone. The State University is turning out big classes of geologists every year." One of the oil wells in western Oklahoma produces five hundred barrels a day from a depth of 4,000 feet. This is said to be the deepest producing oil well in the State. The Osage Indian Reservation in Oklahoma, according to the above-quoted authority, is the least developed region yet remaining in the State. It is rich in oil, and its development is just beginning. It is owned by the Osage tribe of Indiansprobably the richest population, individually, in the world. They number about 2,200. "Each Indian is estimated to be worth $50,000. Each one draws about $5,000 a year from the treasury of the tribe. They are still a band of blanketed Indians, yet a family of five can spend $25,000 a year." The old saying, "Many hands make light work," receives a modern exemplification in the news item that the war-ship Wyoming was painted from stem to stern in forty minutes. Eight hundred "gobs" went over the vessel's sides with paint brushes and pots, and gave the ship, 585 feet long, its new dress in this time, which is said to constitute a record for such work. A. W. L. sends a suggestion to ward off an attack of the blues: "If any of your women readers ever get despondent in these days of high prices and low spirits after the tension of war times, I would WAY advise them to go up into the garret (if they are fortunate enough to have one) with a like-minded pal and put on the discarded hats of yesteryear and before. I did this the other day when the blues were impending, and my sister and I screamed ourselves red in the face with the ridiculous appearance we made in the fashions of a decade back. Try it! You've no idea how much fun you'll get out of it." Two domiciliary memorials to great Americans are being planned at presentone to Theodore Roosevelt, the other to Horace Greeley. The Roosevelt memorial will take the form of a restoration of his birthplace, 28 East Twentieth Street, New York City, and the Woman's Roosevelt Memorial Association is now asking for chasing and remodeling the property. The contributions of a million dollars for purGreeley memorial is to consist of a similar restoration of the house in East Poultney, Vermont, in which Greeley learned the printing trade. It has been purchased by the Vermont Press Association and will be used as a museum of material relating to the great journalist's career. While the houses spoken of above are thus in the way of being preserved, the announcement is made that the residence of Alexander Hamilton at 122 William Street, New York City, is to be demolished to make way for an office building. Washington is said to have used this old house as one of his numerous "headquarters before the British occupation of New York City during the Revolution. Hamilton occupied it after independence was won, and then moved "uptown" to Hamilton Grange, where he lived until the duel took place which resulted in his death. Bears, like pigeons and cats, have an instinct for "homing," it seems. In his book on "The Grizzly" Mr. E. A. 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