The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-21
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

J. j. Sullivan, United States District
Attorney for the Northern District of
Ohio who is at the Arlington on
business, stated last night that in
his opinion Washington was destined to
he the most beautiful city in the world.
Il am glad to see that there is a move
ment on foot to extend and improve the
system of parks here" said he. ITO my
mind there should be a national park in
the Capital of the nation, and l also want
to see boulevard of the States. to which
each State should contribute an arch.
This would be a splendid feature in con-
nection with the proposed Memorial
Bridge, which | hope to see made the
grandest structure of the kind in the
world
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The United States will become some
day the greatest silk manufacturing ma
ton in the world said f. II. Thomas of
New York. at Chamberlin's last night
To-day 50 per cent of the silk used in this
country comes from American looms.
There has been a great falling off in the
Importation of silks. and this is because
of the quality of the goods turned out
here. The bulk of the silk mills today
are located i'm small towns in Pennsyl-
vania and New Jersey. The industry IS
slowly travelling southwark however. and
in a year mills have sprung up in Vir-
Einia and In South Carolina. Strangely
enough, we import all of the raw silk and
manufacture it here. Japan and Italy
supply most of it. In few years we will
cease to import the raw material. as
worms can be cultured here as well as in
either of the above countries. \ silk mill
is a thing any city can be proud of. Only
white labor is enployed-and that 50
skilled that extremely high wages are de-
manded and paid"
After his experience with the last Con-
gress Senator Hanna is not quite as con-
iident of the ultimate success of the Ship
Subsidy bill as he used to be. Not hav-
ing yet any assurance that cloture will
prevail in the Senate. he does not feel
particularly easy about the fate Of his
pet measure.
'Will you bring up the Subsidy bill
during the next session OF Congress?" he
was asked last night. as he sat in the
lobby of the Arlington.
A bland smile spread over his face as
he replied:
Sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof" Then he turned the converse
tion to other topics.
Heathcote Scroggins of Glasgow de-
clares he can tell the grade of a whisky
to within six months of its age by just
a sip. AS he sat in the lobby of .he Raj
eigh Hotel last night no one would have
taken him for drinker.
Il am not a drinker." said he, Il am a
faster. Just like the Chinese and JapS-
nese tea tasters. l simply sip just enough
to get the flavor. If / INDUCED too freely
my keenness of palate would be lost, so
1t is business with me to restrain my in
diligence"
Mr.. Scroggins is interested IN Scotch
WHISTLES. and, in fact, is In the United
States to sharpen the appreciation of the
American for the virtues OF the product
of his native land.
Il tell yOu," he asserted, with good,
broad Scotch accent, you don't know
what real good Scotch is here. You man
ufacture some that you call Scotch, but
it Is not by any means. You cannot get
the water. The fine aroma of the real
Scotch comes from the water with which
it is made. You have no peat boys here,
and unless you have water that has run
over peat boys you can never get Scotch
whisky with the correct smoky flavor.
They can't make good Scotch whisky in
London or any place in England, even,
so how could you expect to make good
quality here? There is no way of initial
ing the peculiar flavor of bog water
which gets into the whisky when 1t is
distilled Scotch whisky, in its real ex-
cellence. must always remain distinct
production of Scotland itself