Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-11
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS.

Business connected with the settlement
of an estate recently called me to Ger
many" said William r. Pettis of New
York at the Ebbitt last night, "and while
there / was much interested in the jury
| system in vogue in the empire 1t is i'm
possible for a German jury to be hung as
| is so often the case with similar bodies in
this country. Under our plan one ignorant
or perverse man can nullify the efforts Of
eleven Intelligent and upright citizens il he
wishes to do so. In King Williams domain.
however. such q thing is impossible. Take.
| for instance. criminal case in a German
court. II, after consultation, the jury
stands six to six for and against the pris-
oner he 10 acquitted. II seven jurymen be-
heve him guilty and five are equally sure
| Of his innocence his fate is decided by the
Judge who has presided over the case. II.
however. eight of the jury decide that the
accused IL guilty Ii amounts to a conviction.
1t IL simple and fair solution of the jury
problem. and something of the same sort
is badly needed in the United States"
Those persons who love art with a capi-
| tai A would have their nerves shattered in
| to fragments IL they happened to drop into
Indianapolis just now" said Frank II.
Watson OF that city at the Shoreham last
night The art association Of the burgh
has been holding an exhibition Of a large
Now, there Is nothing reprehensible in such
an exhibition, even IL IL does contain as
| many holy terrors in the canvas way as
that in progress in my native town, but un-
fortunately the directors of the affair have
introduced a species of the now popular
voting scheme into the arrangement. On a
desk at the entrance to the show is a book
over which hangs a large placard boldly re-
auesung visitors to write down in the vol
! ume the name Of the picture that pleases
each Of them the most. When / left home
the leading works In the contest were the
picture OF q pretty but inane female head
ana seaside scene replete with a number
| OF washerwomen, who were as spirituelle
to all Appearances. as a Vassar graduate
and who didn't appear to have ever done a
half days washing In their lives They
were really third-rate pictures by second
rate artists. but they seemed to have
| caught the passing public taste. and now
| . howl Is going up from the members of the
community who really appreciate art. This
Is because OF a well-founded belief that the
art association adopted the voting system
| In order to find out which were the most
| popular pictures. with a view to purchas-
! ing, for permanent exhibition. the works of
art thus distinguished. I tell YOU. when IL
comes &c art, We western people are right
| in it. OF course the main object Of an art
gallery is to select the best examples Of
ancient and modern art with a view TO the
education OF the people up to the best
| ideas, but our folks don't care about what
| is coming along In the future apparently
They want to I'LL their gallery walls with
pictures OF some kind and the voting
scheme seems to give them the opportunity
| they seek without bothering themselves
with little matters like discretion and dis
cernment. But talking about ructions.
Boston cult never yet reached the condi-
ton of despair over the imprope- baking of
beans that now affiicts the cult of Indian
apols. and I'm afraid to go back home I'M
til things get quiet"
THE vacation season is coming on again, :"
said ]. L. Eustis Of Chicago at the Riggs
House this morning. land the American
people will have the opportunity to exhibit
again how little they know about enjoying
1t. Our business men are wrinkled, skinned
and gray-haired before they are forty and
the reason for II is. In my opinion, that they
carry their business affairs with them
wherever they go. The average merchant
ana professional man looks forward pleas
urably TO the few weeks he can steal away
as be thinks. from his cares during the
summer. He packs up. bids the family
goodbye. II he don't carry it with him, and
then starts on In ninety-nne cases out Of
a hundred he goes to some crowded seaside
or mountain resort. where he meets hum
dreds of others tUst like himself and they
all Sit around on the porches and piazzas
and talk shop. shop. shop and nothing else
and think they are having a good time and
being benefited by their outing. The Amer
lean don't seem to understand that the
mind, as well as the body, needs rest. and
that they can't expect to become recuper-
ated and retnvlgorated when they carry the
worry OF their Affairs along with their
grips on their vacation tours You don't
md an Ehglishman doing anything of the
sort. When the burly Briton gets A chance
to desert his business temporarIly he ge.s
the good Of II In every sense of the word
II he wants the delights of the country he
goes on and into come quiet locality. with
his dog and his horse and his fishing rod
and gun. and assiduously forgets that he
ever lived In q city In his life. II he wants
the sea air, on the other hand he select.
some quiet village on the coast where there
Is no hustle and confusion and en1ovs him
SELF without a thought OF how things are
going on In the office or the counting rooms
at home. Proof OF what I say about eur
people can be secured at any OF the big
watering places. Take Atlantic CITY. for
example. Such q thing as quiet endowment
Is almost impossible there Ones mind Is
excited BY the hustle and confusion and the
crowd the sandy island, and a man who
needs rest Is compelled to really lead I,
more active existence in such a place thar
II ne We're at home But do the very
same thing myself In spite Of my lectures
about II and 1 suppose I will continue 10
follow the same foolish program to the end
OF my existence"
IT am aware that EVERYDAY In yyo..,,n
ton is dead set against the use OF the over
head street car trolley in the citx," said
Samuel r. GIL of Baltimore at the Sbora-
ham last night, but we people in Balt,-
more have come to regard our electric sys
TEN as blessing. and particularly so in
lts suburban extensions. The running of
the electric roads five or six miles out into
the country around Baltimore has solved
the problem Of rent for an unusual number
OF persons In moderate circumstances
Men engaged on salaries in the city and
who have families can now live in COM
Portable homes within as quick travel from
their offices as city residences were when
horse cars were the sole means of transit
for from one-half to two-thirds of the rent
they formerly paid for stuffy little houses
In town. And hundreds upon hundreds Of
them are already doing IT. while Others are
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