Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-08
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS.

You Americans are wonderful people
for adopting. what We foreigners consider
purely articles of luxury, for business pur-
poses remarked Mr.. B. y. Chesley at the
Shorehan last night.
II have. noticed since l have been in this
country the vast number of motor carriages
used for practical business, and If your
example is followed by other countries
those OF us now living need not despair OF
seeing the advent of the horseless age
Another thing I have noticed is that the
bicycle is with you simply t!me-saHlhS
device. and has really developed INTO a
rapid means of transportation from one
point t. another. In England, and. in fact,
in all Europe, the bicycle is more generally
used for pleasure. This. however, may be
due TO the fact that your cities are better
fitted for their use than those OF England
but our country roads are vastly superior
10 any have seen here.
WASHINGTON is Of the beautltuI cities
of the world Even residents of the CONT
nent admit this, and the thing that i'm
presses all Europeans who Visit this couh-
try is the cleanliness of your cities.
Mr.. CheslCy is a resident OF Southampton
and has been one OF the agents of a London
syndicate which has purchased a control
ling interest in one of the western breweries
Mr. II. Z. Waters. a prominent figure
among the mill owners in the Fall River
district is stopping at the Arlington. The
principal industry of the section IS the
manufacturing of cotton fabrics, but there
is also large number of shoe factories.
Our industries are in good shape said
Mr. Waters. and l am not pessimist
enough to think that the country Is going
to the dogs whichever way the election
goes. OF course, We will feel more or less
of a shock if the democrats are successful,
hut / do not think it will take us long to
~. flYlG
oar cotton fabrics are now being sold all
over the world, and they are Of recognized
value. Our shoes have recently been the
popular craze in LondOn-a fact entirely
due 10 their superior quality and style. II
is generally admitted that American manu-
fac,urers turn out the most stylish foot
gear in the world, and this new field has
been quite an incentive TO our people TO put
forth their best efforts to continue the i'm
preston already made in the foreign mar
kets.
Politics are all one way with us, the dis
trict being Overwhelmingly republican.
Our workmen are we'll satisfied. as they
should be They draw good wages and are
not overworked for the pay they receive |
have recently returned from abroad. and 1
think our exhibits at the exposition at
Paris Will open up immense amount OF
trade from the European countries, which
today buy very little of US
AS long as we have the race question in
the south the candidate of the democratic
party for the presidency can always depend
on the solid electoral vote of that section"
said Mr.. {. r. Oliver a guest at the RAJ
leigh.
In my state. Alabama, the negroes have
not sufficient education to permit their taxi
ing more than nominal part in the ad-
ministration of the affairs OF the state, and
we had enough of the carpetbagger gov
eminent just after the war. Why. l
member quite we'll when the carpetbag
state government was finally ousted it was
found that the STATE school fund had en-
tirely disappeared. There was not a dollar
with which TO maintain the schools of the
state. Thousands had been collected but
IT had been squandered, and some of the
vouchers which 1t had been paid out on
were curiOSities. Many of them for SER
vices teachers were signed by his mark
Ala bama recovered from the effects of the
war very rapidly, and II Is conceded that