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HOUSE-BUILDING IN SIAM 
/\ CURIOUS method of house- 
^ ^ building is practised in Siam. 
When the soothsayer has found a suit¬ 
able spot for the site of a house, and 
declared it in every way felicitous, the 
family who wish to build a house gather 
together the necessary materials, then 
Invite all their relatives and friends. On 
the day fixed, all these arrive in a crowd 
armed with picks, bill-hooks, knives, 
hatchets and saws. Some dig the holes 
in which to plant the supports, others 
cleave the bamboo or prepare the wood¬ 
work. Before night the light habita¬ 
tion is completed, but everything is 
uneven, notably the steps, the windows 
and the doors. The columns are orna¬ 
mented with red and white rags, which 
are supposed to bring happiness; the 
unevenness of doors and windows is sup¬ 
posed to avert the coming of evil spirits. 
—Illustrated Carpenter and Builder. 
DANCE MUSIC IN BUILDING OPERA¬ 
TIONS 
I 'HERE is a moral in the following 
anecdote related by Tit-Bits which 
we commend to the attention of enter¬ 
prising band-masters, organ-grinders 
and builders who are behind time on 
contracts. This story is told of an eccen¬ 
tric Hastings parson: One day, on visit¬ 
ing the belfry, he found a whitewasher 
whistling a dance tune as he worked. 
The parson reproved him sharply for 
choosing such music for such a place. 
“Beg your pardon, sir,” said the man, 
“but I forgot where I was,” and then to 
show he was sorry he started whistling 
the “Old Hundredth.” His hand, how¬ 
ever, kept with the music, and so the 
“Old Hundredth” made the whitewash 
brush go wonderfully slow. “Oh, get 
back to your dance tune,” the old 
parson shouted, “or the job’ll never be 
done!” 
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VALUE OF THE SWEET PEPPER BUSH 
A LL who are acquainted with shrubs 
^ know how bare of flowers most 
collections of them are in August 
and September. It is but a few of the 
later flowering sorts that bloom then; 
and were it not for the wealth of flowers 
displayed by annuals, perennials and 
bedding plants the paucity of shrub 
blooms would be more noticed than it is. 
A shrub often overlooked is the sweet 
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