The evening times., 1900-01-08
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS

IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.
Former Governor George s. Boutwell, OF
Massachusetts, is. at the Elsmere for a few
days. Mr.. Boutwell, is here on private bus.-
ness and will return home on Wednesday.
Judge f. b. Stahlman. Of Nashville.
Tenn, is at the Normandie for a few weeks
Judge stahlman is a prominent attorney
and is here attending to legal matters.
Il suppose you are freed from the misery
Of local-option elections here in Washing
ton. and you ought to be glad Of it," said
J. r. Grainey. OF Cincinnati. al the Pa
leigh. today.
i recently had an experience with one OF
the most nervy deals to carry a town for
local license that / ever heard Of There
is a little place called CulIoden. in West
Virginia. on the line of the Chesapeake ana
Ohio Railroad and being acquainted there
| stopped over one day last week I found
that an election was held on January g and
that the advocates OF license had carried
the day by a unanimous vote. Now. there
are only twenty-seven voters within the
corporate limits Of the town and these
Jwenty-seven votes went sOlidIy for wet
goods This was entirely due TO the efforts
or the engineer who laid out the town. and
III tell ycu how he did IT, In October last
the town council voted 70 have the village
Incorporated and as the license men were
IN Office the engineer received certain in
strucuOns which he carried out. He made
survey which included the property OF
every license man i'm CuHOden and
carefully excluded the dry year
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Every anti-license man was placed outside
the limits Of the corporation and therefore
mad no vote The lines were drawn so as
10 include the wet voters on each street
and 10 exclude the dry men, and the town
boundary is the funniest thing imaginable
The geographical centre Of the town is out
side the limits. while a strip ten feet wide
runs around the town right through the
houses Of those interested and carefully
lodging the temperance people. don't
think that anything more neryy than this
has ever been attempted"
"One thing that struck me as being very
odd in Washington is the number Of little
dogs running around dragged down with
the weight Of huge muZZles." said G. p.
keeEey. Of New York al the Arlington TO
day. I made some enquiries and discovered
that muzzlIng il enforced here. II may be
a good thing, but iJ seems very ludicTous
To- me. Why. / noticed several little brutes
who were about as fierce and dangerous as
canary birds tTotting around In the cold
and muZZled like dancing bears. Surely
the climate here must have some strange
effect on the dogs. / am a great lover Of
the caaire. and have several good sUeCi-
mems az home. and ] would just as soon
think Of compelling one Of these TO carry a
bell and a lighted lamp as 20 wear a muz-
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good suggestion. To add TO the muzzling
regulation an amendment providing that all
dogs shall hereafter carry a bell upon their
collars, and ar night a lighted lamp must
be attached. Il might also be a good
thing TO require all ab.e-b0lied dogs 20
carry speed registers so as 20 regulate
their rOmpiugs. and clause regulating the
height 81 which the tail should De car
rLed might prove efficient"
Manager Deviue Of the Shoreham has in
his possession large autograph album
which Is not only a curiosity but is vaIu-
able because OF the signatures contained
therein. IL has been his custom 10 request
all n1tabies stopping at the hotel TO place
some little sentiment therein. and the col
lection is a rare Cne one OF the odd things
In the book is the signature Of ii Hung
Chang. done in Chinese by the wsarer Of
Iut gtlON jacket OINeE names IN lle
book are those Of the late Lord He-sehell
who died iu the hotel Sir Wiifrid Lalrier,
President Mckinley. Gen Fiyzhugh Lee,
ADMIRAL SehIey. and a host Of others.
Among the names Of literary and profes-
siOnal people are those of Ian Mael8rea,
Hall Game. Gilbert Parker Herbert Beer
bohm Tree. John Hare. Ada Rehan. Nellie
Nelba. Lillian Russell. ". De Lipmau Ma
bel Munro EvanEelila CisuerOs and many
more. Each name is accompanied by some
little characteristic, De Lipman having a
sketch Of President Mckinley. and Dlveu-
port a cartoon of Senator Hanna.
William Waldorf astor has discontinued
the American edition OF his fad publication.
the Pail Mall Magazine" said G.. =
Shores. OF London. Englsud. az the Eb-
bit this morning 81 have learned from
inside sources. as ] am connected with a
large publishing house. that the pUbuCa-
uOn was issued al an annual loss OF
nearly S1Hn 600. Lord Hamilton. the editor
received $4,000 per aunum for his ser
vices, and other expenses were very hign.
Then there was a total disregard OF ex-
pe1se. and iu the seven years Of the I;fe
Of the magazine not a single advertise
menr was ever solicited / I0n't ihiuk
though. that the suspension is due 10 lack
of advertising