The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-25
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS

Veterinary Surgeon Dillon of the Quar-
tefmaster's Department. of Porto Rico Is
in the city. and is registered at the Eb-
bitt. Speaking about Porto Rican affairs
in general. DR.. Dillon said: The Porto
Ricans are very good hearted people:
the Spaniards. however are the more in
| telligent and richer class. No; there is no
bitter feeling between them and US On
the contrary, they are very true friends
after once their confidence and good will
are gained. An American can go to a plan
| tation at any time, where he is a welcome
| guest to the very best that's in the
house. Business is little dull Just at
| present, but after the natives will have
| become a little more imbued with Amer
| lean ideas and energy. Porto Rico will be
the garden spot of the whole earth Poll
tics at present are at low tide
All of our horses and mules stand the
climate very well OF course proper
care and attention must be given them
Such an article as hay or corn is almost
an unknown thing in the island All of
our hay and corn supply for our horses
comes from the States. On one occasion
we had to wait ten days for our regular
shipment of forage, and our horses had to
go without any feed for that length of
| time. There was something wrong some
where. though the animals stood it well.
The natives feed their horses on green
grass all the year round"
IT'S really disgusting to hear people
continuously talking about We good olden
times and our virtuous predecessors" said
John r. Thorndyke of Boston, who is
guest at the Shoreham. "In New Hamp-
shire for instance. in ye good olden times
OF virtue and moderation the drinking of
healths and the use OF tobacco were for
hidden, the former being considered &
heathenish practice, grounded on the an
cient libations; the other as species of
intoXication and waste of time There
were laws to regulate the intercourse be-
tween the sexes, and advances toward
matrimony were jealousy watched by the
argus eye of the law. Pride and levity of
behavior were misdemeanors and came
under the jurisdiction of the magistrate.
Not onlythe richness but the mode of dress.
and even cut of the hair, we're subject
to State regulations. But mark ye wo-
men were forbidden to expose their arms
or their bosoms to view. The law pre-
scribed that the sleeves should reach to
the wrists, and their gowns be closed
around the neck. Men were obliged to cut
short their hair. that, they might not re-
semble women. I wonder what society
would say if one of our goody -goody vice
crusaders would make the proposition to
return to the times when 1t was an
offence against the law to grow football
hair and be proud of one of Gods grand
est gifts-a beautiful form"
John F. Stewart, of Chicago, a promi-
nent business man of the Windy City, and
former member of the Illinois State Leg
isl1ture, is registered at the Raleigh /
Said he last night: 81 hate bald-headed /
people and long-whiskered men. / never |
sit down at the same table with them |
il l can help 1t. Yes; l have some rea-
sons for these 'peculiarities,' as you call I
them. When / was a little bit OF a boy. |
about four or five years old | remember |
an old gentleman with bald head and long |
frequently visiting my parents /
home. Or. one of these occasions just as |
dinner was being served, my boyish Gu
riosity got the best OF me, and intently |
looking at the old gentleman's smooth and |
shining bald head and flowing whiskers,
said to mother: Ma, did that mans
hair drop from his head and fell down
and stuck on his Chin Mother sent me
away from the table and gave me good
talking to- afterward. That was my first
experience
more importance, and from il dates my
lbhorrenee of bald heads and long whis-
hers. l was an aspiring young attorney.
and had just hung out my shingle in a
growing Western town was getting
along nicely until a bald-hested long
whiskered judge changed my luck and
,ausei me to hunt 1t elsewhere 1t came
about in this way. l had a case in the
,ounty court I had argced all morning.
It was near dinner time, and the judge
Adjourned court until 2 o'clock, when /
vas to address the jury, the evidence be-
ng all in. l sat down to dinner with the
Judge in the same hotel, at the same
able. l was anxious to make a good i'm
preston, and assisted him to salt, vine
gar, and toothpicks, when finally I took
iOld of the catsup bottle Before could
PASS it to the Judge the cork few out
yi.n a loud report and landed squurely
n his face. followed by a red stream of
sour catsup, painting his bald
lead. whiskers, and shirt bosom in fam
astic designs and Mephistophelian color.
Veil, gentlemen. the Judge was sight.
lie cleaned himself as best he could, re-
using my assistance.
1T was court-time. l faced the jury |
md addressed il in faint hearted man
Ter. and dared not look at the judge, who
at on his throne like sphinx. still bear
ng marks of the late occurrence. | had
nished my address and it was the judges
urn. He charged the jury, undoing my
work In less time than I can tell II. The
-erdict was against me. 1 took the case
IN contingency and paid all expenses
myself. / at once saw that | could not
ecome famous or rich where a bald
leaded long whiskered person was the
'residins judge. | changed my domicile
nd profession"