The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-05-02
AT THE HOTELS.

seen IN the past twenty-five years Of our
residence there" said Mr. J. 3. Worley
Of the Illinois metropolis. at the New
Willard
.'One Of my friends remarked that Il
had not been 50 many years ago since
ne was able 10 enumerate every woman
IN Chicago who was the owner Of a
seaiskin coat He was at one time a
heavy dealer IN furs and ia his early
business career there were not 50 many
Of cur ladies who were able to buy seal
garments. To-day there is a legion Of
such
The other friend then said thar less
than a quarter Of a century ago he could
sit in the club window and identify the
owner OF every stylish-lOoklng carriage or
other vehicle that came rolling past, from
the appearance Of the turnout itself. but
that no such identification was longer
possible. Then We got 10 talking about
the vast increase in the number or our
rich men and the almost incredible IN
crease IN the expenditures Of the wealthy
There was a time. not so long ago when
a man who spent $4,000 a year on his
family was thought 10 be a very high
liver, and yet nowadays that Is too mod
est a sum TO mention. There are any
!
penses aggregate $4,000 TO 5000 a year.
and many of these do not figure as among
the very rich
Hon. Joseph B. Healing, attorney gen
eral Of Indiana, got back 10 Washington
last night He has about finished his
work in the proceedings against the drug
trust. The trust apparently thinks dis
ore - -
renders 10 Uncle sam. as represented by
Mr.. Healing. IN other words. il viii 60
cut of the trust business and stay out.
Attorney General Healing is a big man
Of kindly ways and greatly liked He
knows Hoosier politics az well as any
citizen living. and yet he does not give
out his Information 10 be put in type. as
he abhors being quoted IN the first person.
Congressman ". Burd Cassel. Of Penn
syIvenia, paced the Shoreham lobby last
evening. apparently I'm as pleasant a
frame Of mind and as free from worry as
though the Philadelphia newspapers were
not pouring hot shot into him. day after
day. because he sold metal file cases for
the use of the new Statehouse at Harris
burg. In conversation with a Herald re-
porter. Mr.. Cassel said:
The charges that have been made
against me and my associates in business
have been fully answered at ever. point.
The virulent attacks of the Philadelphia
papers have been so extreme that they
do not appeal to reasonable men Why.
one of them charged Us with footing 20
the extent OF s150000J whereas our con-
tract called for the expenditure Of only
that sum. and as We furnished the goods
It seems absurd 10 say that we were
grafters 10 the extent Of the whole p,lr-
chase money II is 20 doubt true that
some OF the things that went into the
new capitol were paid for at a very exOr-
bitant price. bat when a general average
Is struck there has been no excessive
waste Of money. The people Of Pennsyl-
vania have the finest. most magniflcently
equipped legislative building in the United
States. and probably in the world and yet
the press has gone 10 such lengths Of
denunCiatiOn as TO make out every one a
CRATER who had anything TO do with the
building"
The state of New Jersey was spIendidly
| represented at the Arlington Hotel last
evening. il being the headquarters OF
the chief executive OF that Common
wealth. Hon. Edward c. Stokes. and his
staff Of tWenty-eight very imposing lOok-
/ ing men, Tbs Jersey visitors are here
10 do honor to the memory Of Gen. Nc
4 Clcllan by being present at the unveiling
/ Of his statue.
/ THE jamestown Exposition Is going 70
/ be great success inside of sixty days"
/ said Commissioner Mitchell, who repre-
| sents the State of Georgia at that cele-
/ bration. TO a Herald reporter at the
+ Raleigh
1T viii take that time for the com
/ pletiOn OF the project and TO get things
/ in smooth running order. But when the
1 finishing touches shall have been put on
/ It is going to be a place of extra ordinary
attractions, we'll worth the patronage Of
every man and woman in the nation BY
/ that time all the bitches and unavoidable
nishaps incident 10 a premature opening
will have been forgiven and forgotten,
and people in great crowds viii flock there
/ from every quarter Of the country.
col James Hamilton Lewis lost his
| Job as corporation counsel when Mayor
Dunno was defeated for reelection. but
the eloquent and popular little man viii
! land on his feet all right" said Mr. r.
/ ]. Murphy. Of Chicago, at the Raleigh.
Il heard before leaving home that
/ Lewis would probably enter one OF the
strongest legal firms OF Chicago, and that
he had been the recipient OF more than
one good offer. He is a man whom ad-
versity cannot down. for he has not only
that amiabilty of disposition that causes
men 20 like him, but he has frst-rate
ability Any OF his profession viii tell
you that Lewis is a first-rate lawyer. But
his forte. after all, is politics, and If ever
the old Democratic party gets IN the sad
die again you will see Jim Ham cutting
a big figure.
The presence of three officers Of the
Haitian army in an uptown hotel yes
terday was the subject Of a good deal
of comment on the part of the regular
guests Of that hosiery. Two Of the
foreigners We're OF yellow hue, but the
third. a colonel. was as black as the ace
of spades. The trio came up from the
jamestown Exposition. where they were
the guests of the nation. Evidently they
did not know of any drawing Of racial
lines in this country, for they penned
their names upon the hotel register with
serene confidence Of being entertained,
and acted with as much sang froid as
though on their native heath.
1T went hitterly against the grain with
me 10 take those fellows in, even if they
were in uniform and jabbered French,
said one OF the hotel clerks TO a Herald
reporter. Il was given 70 understand
that We dared not turn them down, be-
cause they had come here on the invita-
ton Of the United States government.
and maybe a refusal 10 entertain them
would get us in trouble But. mind you,
if owned a hotel Of my own they would
have gone elsewhere, for every room IN