The Washington herald., 1907-12-29
AT THE HOTELS.

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facts, and has numerals and statistics
concerning the great road which he
represents at his finger tips
Our road does a great business aTaong
the wheSt farmers 4 great part Of IL
cuts through the wheat belt. and in
proper season moves something like To-
/ 000.000 bushels Of wheat You can figure
out yourself now long il would take 20
move this c-Op at 100 bushels to the car
and forty cars 10 the train. keeping the
cars moving day and night. We have
about 5000 grain cars on The move day
and night at the proper time Of the year
wherewith 10 move this immense crop.
Each one Of these cars is worth abort
/ $500. This wheat. or a great portion OF il.
I is deposited in the elevators along our
I line. Some Of these elevators are operated
/ by wheat Spectators and the fiOur-mIll-
! ing concerns. and there are some owned
/ by farmers The farmers keep Wei post
/ ed on the daily price OF wheat as quoted
at Minneapolis. Duluth and S. Paul
They are advised through a daily br'letin
Of the price. and when they take TIER
grain 10 the elevator they are as well
posted on the market as the elevator
/ people themselves.
/ President Roosevelt has made a good
/ President. He is little impetuous.
| but he is honest, and whatever he does
I he does for the welfare Of the country.
After be mas once made up his mind in
/ a matter. and has arrived az the conclu-
/ sion that he Is right il is worse than
/ useless 10 Try 10 convince him that he
/ is wrong And nine times out OF ten he
l is right 1 believe il he was nominated
/ by reclamation he would probably accept
! another nomination. The American peo-
I pie could not get q better man 20 MI the
place This talk about the third term
/ and imperialism is nothing but campaign
/ talk There is no more imperialism in
! Roosevelt than there is in any other good
/ and patriotic American citizen II Roose-
/ welt was put up as a candidate to-day he
/ would be elected by the people in spite
Of possible opposition Of certain hnan-
claI and ether interests.
Business in Philadelphia is booming.
! The financial troubles had very little e.
feet on our banks. which kept up regu-
( lar payments There IS no reason Why
there should be dull times ahead. The
( country IS prosperous and everybody is
at work. generally speaking
Speaking Of clothes and national Pc
culiarities. M Roger : Shelby, Of Lon
don, England, who is on his way TO
Florida, where he intends 70 spend the
winter, and who is staying a few days
az the New Willard said last night that
every nationality had its own character
istic features, so far IS clothes were
concerned
A mans dress invariably proclaims
who and what he is. II is an index 20
his character. his tastes, and his national
fff IL
Of the nation, who are difficult 20 dis
tinguish. except by some popularity OF
face and figure Their clothing is refined
and tasteful. and leads one % believe
that their garments are L.ouGon-made,
as they are free from those g-aring pa
culiarities which characterize the products
Of other countries The Americans gay
ments are generally quite two sizes too
large for him. The collar Of his coat Is
} exceedingly narrow and the shoulders
and back excessively wide His Jackets
are often extremely long and his trousers
b peg-tOps finished with raised seams His
p favorite garments are the lounge and
! Chesterfield. and these are often finished
with as much ornamentariOr as possible
SIX f2ciugs. braided edges. and fantastic
flaps are all Characteristic OF his dress
Whli@ he also paws a good deal OF at
/; tention 10 his hat tie and cuffs.
az A1NA-iicA - III many instances
, modified American. He likes plenty O.
, room, especially about his chest. which
part Of his anatomy he delights % make
much Of Consequently there Is often q
seam Up the front Of his coat from the
waist In cut his garments are angular.
: and in style he favors the morning coat
Z and lounge. There Is lack of person
P ality about his attire. and ore can in
% variab!y detect the result OF his military
, training in the uniformity OF his gay
] ments-
The SPaniard is a modified form OF the
2 Frenchman. HIS garments are tasteful
and neat II the weather is suitable. he
Z discards "a vest and hts pockets are close
sitting and finished with a low roll Gen
! orally speaking. there IS less popularity
10 note about the Spauiard's dress than
with many others.
Frhr. Kurt v. Luetzen. Of Posen. Ger
many. IS registered AZ the Cochran The
I distinguished foreigner is on his way
J West 10 shoot game. He visits this cour-
4 Try every year. and IS therefore no strau-
20 ger Herr Won LUetZen. speaking aboU,
y the efforts Of the German government -c
{ Germanize her Polish provinces. said last
Z night IL was absolutely necessary. from q
g practical as We'll as political standpoint
that The Polish provinces should be mad.
as German as tre rest of Germany.
Imagine II you can said Herr Y
Luetzen. your German or French o.
. Spanish citizens demanding that +heir Ian.
guage be spoken in the courts and taught
in the schools. that il be recognized as az
Official language Of the United States
d Isn's that utterly impossible. and to- alb
{ surd for serious thought Well. that's
- what the Poles are constantly cIamorine
y for Poland Is part and parcel OF Ger
many. the same as AlSaCe and Lorraine
WHAT'S more, they viii stay German
10 There IS no thought OF ever Surrenderine
e either the one or the other. and the Ger.
2 man government viii continue its poIlcy
- Of making good. patriotic Germans out o.
! their Polish and French subjects.
p Where the country is compact like
: Germany or France or Italy. Il seems [,
2 me very poor policy 70 permit the use @.
: / other languages besides the one that's
y used in everyday and of7ciaI life a for
/. eign language in any country always acts
y es a drawback 20 a harmonious develop
: ment Of the national life and character o,
the country. In case Of war II is absO
/ lutely necessary that only one lenguaE,
be used. Imagine the confusion tina
I would arise. and the inefiic;ency tina
would result in the army were your OH
e / GERS required 70 give their commands II
a number Of foreign languages. TAX,
o Austria and Hungary. for instance. Their,
s, is a fair illustration Of my argument. Tn,
s Two countries are military unit. and We
s the Hungarians are demanding that III
s use Of the Hungarian language be intro
- duced in the Hungarian branch OF IA
/ imperial army. 7 don't blame kaise'
Franz for refusing under any circun