Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-02
SHORT TALKS
WITH VISITORS

! 1.-The western part of the Dominion OF
Canada is rapidly becoming Americanized"
| said Mr.. Alfred Hart. OF Regina North
| West Territory. at uptown hotel last
evening THE great stretch of prairie land
| between Winnipeg and the Rocky Noun
| tains and from the Canadian Pacific line
| to the border of the States is being settled
| by farmers from the central west and the
| eastern states of the United States. II Is
| marvellous wheat country and as land is
| reasonable and the Dominion government
invites desirable immigrants. the Amer
| leans are focking in by thousands.
| 1T is a wonderful country. To be sure.
the climate is severe in winter and once in
| a while billiards. make things unpleasant
| But there is compensation for these occa-
| sonal dscomforts in the stimulating at
mosphere that the people breathe all the
| year round. 1t is like champagne. and the
permanent jewellers in these lower ATTITUDES
have no idea of the mere joy of living and
| breathing In such an atmosphere.
| 81 predict that in a few wears there will
| be no difference in the peoples of that great
| stretch of country, extending from the corn
| fields of Iowa to the wheat fields OF AL
| berta and from Thunder bay to the Vel
/ lcwstone: they will he In most respects the
same In thought feeling and aspiration.
! The foreigners who come In are of the bet
| ter class and they quickly assimilate the
| thought of the neighborhood.
| 1T Is big. broad. generous land and
| they will be a big. broad generous peo-
pie. Independence. courage and thrift are
their marked characteristics. The
sources of the region are not altoge her
| agricultural On one border timber Is plen-
| tiful. in the very center of the region there
| Is coal. Thew get the fruits Of the Pacific
| coast. the fish of the great lakes and raise
| almost everything else they need to eat.
| It is a good place to west and grow up
| in. but those who attempt IT have to work.
| The drone soon gives way in that climate
| One of the old-time southern cotton plant
| ers. of the class who Travelled far afeld
| between crops" is Col. Lucien Fra7ee Of
| Miikens Bend Miss. Seated in the lobby
| of uptown hotel the other day. he said:
This does not look much like the hotels
we used TO put up at when first began
| to visit Washington And we thought they
| were pretty good hotels. at that. They
| were comfortable enough too. and reckon
| the fare was good then now.
| II can remember when the hill of fare
| OF the WASHINGTON hotels 1--WE did not call n
| the menu in those daysl bore n line. Cork
| age. 81 The reason for that was that a
great manv gentlemen of means when trav-
| cling would carry their own wines with
| them. Either because they preferred their
| own wines or Tor reasons or economy, IL
| was a custom quite prevalent and the ho
| tells found II expedient to make charge
for service.
when I was a young man and lived in
| Tennessee II was the custom for many of
the well-to-do planters to bring regular
| establishment with them when they started
| north for the summer. Horses, carriages.
| servants wines. a few choice hams OF their
| own curing. everything would be loaded
| aboard a steamboat and the whole family
| would start for Louisville. or Cincinnati. or
| the Big Kanawha. Sometimes the family
carriages would be utilized for travel. In
| the last stages Of the Journey.
| 'In those days the Virginia mountain
| sorts were the bourne of most of the SOUTH
| ern families. Once located. the party would
| stay two or three months. occupying cot
| tages. using their own bed linen and served
| by their own servants. Those were CAV
| times and everything was conducted upon
the most formal scale. all social conventions
| being most scrupulously observed.
ct remember 1t was quite the fashion for
some of US younger bucks to slip away
| from the family party and go to- Saratoga
| for a couple of weeks. Saratoga was the
| bridal couple's paradise and the objective
point of all the people who wanted dash
| of sport and a little more gayety than the
| Virginia resorts afforded
| Long Branch was the great seaside re-
| sort In those days and was succeeded bv
Cape May. Nowadays the southern people
are focking great deal to the northern
| lake resorts and to Canada. increased facf-
| tiles of transportation putting the higher
! climes within their reach. 7 hone to see.
however. a revival of the old Virginia re-
| Sorts for the medicinal waters are lust
| what WORKOUT folks need. never let
| summer pass without visit to one or more
| OF the healing springs" -sr.t
~
| where does all the money come from to
enable the people to spend it as have seen
them do in the past month. down Florida
way" said ]. H Hackett OF Detroit. Flor
| ida has been overrun this winter and people
| are still going. AS came In the other day
saw special tranload of Pittsburg men
| pulling out for Florida. 1t takes money
and a lot of it to- do the thing right.
| 'There is one thing about the Americans;
| IL they make a dollar they like to enjoy
part of it. They are always at II, TOO SO
somebody must be making ii all the time
| Newport the Adirondacks the Jersey coast
| in the summer Lakewood and the noun
| tains in the fall and Florida and California
| all winter.
| This commingling of the sections is good
| for us: it broadens the people and gives
| them an idea of what is going on In their
great, big, expanding country ! am gag
| to see IL and gladder still that material
| conditions enable it to go on.
| & X
| Mr. William II. Avery of San Francisco.
| president of the Pacific Mail Steamship
| Company who was in Washington the
other day. processes to believe that at the
close of the present conflict In the far east
| the Pacific coast will enjoy the greatest
| commercial boom in its history.
81 am glad to say" said Mr.. Avery to
Star reporter that the business OF the
| steamers operating between San Francisco
and the far east has not suffered greatly
| since the beginning of hostilities. owing to
| the fact that the war may be said TO nave
created a trade of its own. But at the
| close of the war the Pacific coast VIII tind
| ready markets in China. Japan and else
where in the far east, and commercial con-
ditions in the war zone will be more favor-
able than ever before. so far as their re-
lation to our part of the country Is con-
| cerned The Panama canal Is also going
| TO help us along a great deal. and alto
| gether we feel that things are coming our
Way with a vengeance.
SANTO DOMINGO.