The Washington herald., 1907-09-19
AT THE HOTELS.

With the wonderful advance notices Of
the LusitaHia ringing au over Europe, 1
could not refrain from taking trip on
her" said Lester Mathews. Of New York.
/ al the Willard last night. "and truly she
is a wonderful vessel but in future I will
I do my ocean travelling on smaller ships so
/ that may really enjoy the ocean.
Mr.. Mathews is something of a globe
trotter and has crossed the seas many
times
Both the captain and the crew, the
passengers and the ship herself seemed 70
I be wrought up % high pitch Of excite
ment, and IL was well worth seeing that
maiden trip. One can hardly conceive the
size Of the boat from reading its dimen-
sions. II towers over everything in New
/ York harb0r, and there are few channels
/ in the world in which it can enter. Il
throbs a bit. 70 be sure. near the stern.
! but 90 one amidships it goes along as
steady as q rock. and even the most tiInid
landsman must OF necessity forget his
| fears and feel absolute security That
may be well enough for landlubbers who
/ fear the ocean and cross IL only because
they want 10 be on the other side, but for
men and women who love the sea and
ships the smaller boats are the ones TO
| travel on
/ On the Lusitania everything had been
I done to make the ship look as little
Ike ship as possible. The boat IS
purely and simply a floating hotel. and
a larger hotel than any on land. There
/ IS no snack II the sea about il. except
/ that il has tunnels and a bow and stern.
/ and il YOU walk far enough TO the rail
/ you can see water below you.
1 prefer 10 feel that / am on the
ocean. All the big boats are perfectly
+ safe. and ! enjoy a biz Of a roll now
and then There is no use being a good
I sailor on the LUsitania. Nobody can
/ get seaslCk- There are some people. Of
course, who must have their fine hotel
wherever they go. They would relish
/ the Naldorf-Astoria in the widest part
! or the Rocky Mountains They would
/ want q French cuisine I'm the midst of
/ q camping party. and these people are
I the ones who ere spelling things for
others who love natural things I am
sure that many people who travel on
/ these floating palaces do so because they
I have firm realization that they can
never enjoy real luxury any other way.
and because they live IN greater sulerG0r
( while crossing the ocean than al any
other time in their lives But I suppose
I that the fearful public demands these
Z big ships just as the more fearful re-
I fuse 10 cross the ocean until II is
/ bridged. and I predict that those who
/ love the sea VIII within twenty years
/ be- compelled 10 make the voyage in sail
/ ing vessels"
when the disease called pen paralysis
/ was FIRST mentioned IT. created a great
laugh, and the skeptical cynics which ara
found in every age sconed at the idea"
said Dr. P. A. .. Duffy, Of Chicago. at
I the National Hotel last night
The same laugh was raised when the
teiegrapher's nerves was spoken u. and
again when the bicycle heart was termed
q new disease, many people thought II
was a joke. but science has shown that
these maladiss are zeal Now a new
one has come which VIII seem equally
strange, but which. In my opinion. Will
prove equally lasting. and that is the
telephone neck Several people. business
w-a and others. have come 10 me 0f late
complaining OF a sore neck on the right
side I examined their thr0ats and found
them ali right and I have come 10 tie
conclusion that il was caused by te.e-
phone.
1T is d weIi-known fact that the rs-
Ceivers of telephones are breeding places
Of contagious diseases. but it Is uC- %
that part Of IL that 7 refer Most people
when talking into a telephone put the
right ear 20 the receiver and bend tie
head iu that direction Ih-s. 7 b=llve.
affects the muscles ~ the neck. and if not
attended 10 the stiffness Will cause Erea-
trouble
1T is but natural that hard-working
business man who does q whole l1- Of
talking over the telephone should ger into
the habit Cf bending lis head. and as
sure as De does so this stiffness Of The
neck is sure 10 follow. Many people feel
70 after q hard day S work, but 1t passes
away within a short time But iI a Few
cases the stiffness remains and causes
no little inconvenience"
The people OF the state Of Washing
ton want Roosevelt for third term"
said II. Macarthur, Of WaIla Waua.
Wash. az the Arlington
1T may appear somewhat incredible.
but I believe that if the President IS
nominated the opposition viii not have
/ the courage 10 make more than haIf-
hearted fight.
Indeed I think that the people all
through the West are for him. and that
he viii have not the least trouble getting
the nomination if he desires it. believe
that the cali for him viii De inevitable
and that when IL comes IL viii be 50
strong that he cannot well refuse II.
In event Of his refusal. however.
think Secretary Tart VIII De acceptable.
and that he will have no difficulty in de-
feating BRYAN. Il is clear % me that
President Roosevelt controls all the votes
in the convention west of the Mississippi.
and he seems equally sure Of having all
the Southern Republican votes in the na-
tionol convention While these Southern
votes d0 not count much in the national
convention they certainly make a great
power in the convention. and with the
West and South combined for him. as IL
is Roosevelt or ROoseveIt's man seems
unbeatable
In this summary he does not need any
of the Eastern States. but he Will Ger
tainly get some of them TO make his
nomination or the nomination of his man
sure. The people Of the Coast are united
on another question. and that is thar the
Philippines are gold brick and should
be sold"
7 never was an advocate Of loud
luuged patriotism, said Edgar Wilson. OF
San Francisco. at the Metropolitan last
night. and I think that the paradiug OF
Old Glory and America on every colceiv-
able occasion and in every speech is folly.