SHINELESS SUNDAY

It would seem that in the legislative circles of Boston, wonders never cease. Among the more amusing of the priceless relics which come to light from time to time, is the city ordinance which forbids the shining of shoes (professionally) after 11 A. M. on Sundays.

A quaint notion this--that the sanctity of the Sabbath day goes into effect precisely at 11 o'clock, no sooner and no later. At first the demarcation of such a definite dead-line for weekly sin appears to be wholly illogical, but after a lengthy microscopic examination, there becomes faintly apparent the only possible loop-hole to plausibility. The authors of this legislative marvel may perhaps have the ancient Hebraic conception of a personal deity with all the very human characteristics of the Olympian gods, who, after the activities of Saturday night, is scarcely interested in what happens on Sunday before noon.

Theological concepts of pagan origin are somewhat out of favor just at present, but these gentlemen must surely live in fear and dread lest the Divine Eve-should open earlier than usual some morning and catch them in the act of getting a shine on Sunday.