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Thursday, July 3, 1930 TELLS ORIGIN OF STRANGE PHRASES "White Elephant," "Sub Rosa" and Other Common Sayâ€" ings Explained When you speak of your friend‘s profitless business, your wife‘s borâ€" rowing relatives, or your own unforâ€" tunate investment as a "white cleâ€" phant," do you know why you do so? The explanation goes back to an: ancient and clever king of Siam who\ presented a white elephant to courâ€". tiers whom he wished to ruin, As1‘ the white clephant was sacred, it could not be disposed of in any way,. and the expense of keeping it usually. proved sufficiently disastrous. This is one of many of the strange phrases in everyday use whose origâ€" ins have been traced by a writer for the Golden Book magazine. Although they are used in their original sense today, their origins are so obscured by the years that the facts fre generâ€" ally unknown. Others of the original stories revived by the Golden Book writers are: "Sub Rosa" Meaning "Sub rosa"â€"The roseâ€"with which Cupid bribed Harpocrates to keep seâ€" cret the amours of Venusâ€"became the emblem of silence during the midâ€" dle ages. It was pictured in the ceilâ€" ings of council rooms, banquet halls, and over confessionals. â€"Hence sub rosâ€"under the rose. How "Turncoat" Originated "Turncoat" â€" an ancient duke whose domain lay between France and Saxony designed for himself a reversable coat. When he wished to be thought an ardent Frenchman be turned the white side out; whe ne sought favor with the Saxon:., he wore the blue. "Forlorn hope"â€"The origin of this phrase was not in the words "forâ€" lorn" and "hope" but an anglicizaâ€" tion of the Dutch phrase "verloren hoop" meaning "the lost troop," or a body of men sent out to begin an attack. on Origin of "Aâ€"1" "Aâ€"1"â€"This symbol of perfection comes from the rating of ships by the famous Lloyd‘s Register of Shipâ€" ping. Aâ€"1 means a first rate hull and fittings. Aâ€"2 means first rate hull but second rate fittings, and so "Quiz"â€"This word, now meaning "to question" . or "an examination" had no original meaning whatsoever. In 1780 a Dublin theatrical manager named Daly bet that he could introâ€" duce a word without meaning into the language within 24 hours. Overâ€" night he had the four mystic letters chalked on every available wall. Withâ€" in a day all Dublin was using the word and puzzling over its origin. "Let the cat out of the bag"â€"It was once a trick among country folk to substitute a cat for a suckling pig and bring it to market in a bag. If a greenhorn chose to buy a "pig in poke". without examination, it was very well for the seller, but if he opened the bag the trick was discovâ€" ered. Build a road 100 feet wide and a half dozen automobiles will smash up where only two do now.â€"Florida Timesâ€"Union. Establish Demurrage Rule on Registered and C.O.D. Packages Establishment of a new demurrage rule to apply on all domestic regisâ€" tered and unregistered collect on deâ€" livery mail was announced in a bulleâ€" tin from the postal department reâ€" ceived by Postmasters throughout the country. * The new rule provides for a period of exemption of 15 days for such Have you a Cuckoo Clock? Kitchen clock in white, blue, green, yellow or brown enamel. Ca‘h $9.75. Theâ€"Ravenswood has a bake ite cuse with walnut finish Cash $9.75. With alarm, $12.50. The Arlington for mantel, table or desk. _ Finished in dark mahogany. Cash $14.50. OF NORTHERN ILLINOIG J. W. Kehoe, District Manager Evanston, Illinois H. C. Reynolds, District Superintendent 51 South St. Johns Ave. â€" Highland Park 2900 PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY FH KE PRE Be sure to see the interesting display of timepieces, old and new, in the window of your Public Service Store mail from the time that delivery is first attempted. After the close of this period a charge of 5 cents for cach day will be made. "Cash on delivery mail, whether registered or not, will not be kept longer than 30 days," Mr. Harley said. "A charge of 5 cents a day will be made for every day over 15 days that the parce! remains undeâ€" livered. Time will be counted from the first attempt to deliver or the first notice of arrival given. If the artiâ€" cle is undelivered at the expiration Why not trade in one of these quaint but useless heiriooms for a modern electric clock at your Public Service Store? For a imited time any old clock you have around the house (it needn‘t be running) is worth one aolla> applied to the purchase of a Haommond Elec:ric Ciock priced at $14.50 or under. <It ‘s worth priced over $14.50 Every family needs one clock it can always be sure of. These Hammond "Electrics" are regulated *o the minute by a moaster clock in the station where your electricity ‘s generated. They plug into any wall outlet and never have to be wound. Three popula® modeis are pictured ot :eft and there are many more or displey. Come in todoy and see how really attractive these clocks are for the living room mantel the bedroom and the kitchen. All may be purchased the "Little by Little" way two dollars toward any model of the 30 days it is returned to the sender, the amount of the demurrage charged which accumulated at each post office where it has been held plus the postage .due, to be paid by the sender. The Senate votes $60,000 to banish mosquitoes from the White House grounds. More waste: it‘s not mosâ€" quitoes that keep the President awake; it‘s the Senate. â€"Cleveland Plain Dealer.