The Washington herald., 1907-02-02
AT THE HOTELS.

Al lIlE IIOIEkO.
An interesting guest Of the New Willard
is Mr.. J. o. Mccormick. editor Of the
Xenla COhio) Gazette. VINO has been con-
neeted with that famous old newspaper
for thirty years.
Mr.. Mccormick. who Is a gentleman OF
the old school and an accomplished news
paper man, was born and grew up in the
town Of Lawrenceburg, Ind, and he and
Senator spooner We're schoolmates and
pIayfellows in that village in their early
youth. Just across the Big Miami River.
only a couple Of miles away but on the
Ohio side, lived young Ben Harrison. and
he often came 10 LawrencebuTg TO join
the Spooner and McCormick lads at mar
bles and bah. The same village was like
wise the home OF ex-Gov. Albert G. PoT-
ter and ex-Gov Durbin. in their young
days
when Xenia was merely little ham,
let" said Mr. Mccormick. and / think.
without a name, tradition says that a
wandering Englishman. passing through
IL, fell sick and would have died but for
some of the kind-hearted settlers who
gave him shelter and nursing On recOv-
would like 20 name their little place
Xenia, from the Greek word meaning
hospitality. and fl has been called such
/ ever since. II has produced some men
who have achieved national fame Before
my newspaper career began Whiteiaw
/ Reid and Preston B. Plumb, later a Kan
/ sas Senator, were associates III a paper
/ called the News. The News was abb
( sorbed by the Torchlight. which was
/ edited by the versatile Coates Kinney.
/ who wrote that ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
/ poem. Rain on the Roof Another Xen!a
man who afterward became famous as
| the most brilliant paragrapher in the
/ United States was Harry Merrick who
/ died In Washington a few years ago, Ia
mented by thousands"
Il have been rather agrceably sur
prised,' said Mr. William Il. Hanson.
who is associated with big tailoring es-
tablishment Of New York. TO find 50
many Washington men who dine IN even
/ ing dress. In fact, the swaIlow-tail coat
! seems quite as much in evidence at the
Capital after D. m. as in New York, in
/ proportion TO population.
Now in Cleveland, Cincinnati. and
even Pittsburg very few men seem 10
take the trouble 10 don the regulation
evening attire. and in the big hotels Of
1 those and other Western towns a ma
jority OF them sit down 20 dinner IN the
/ sack or frOck coat that they have been
wearing during business hours. I viii
say. however. that the ladies Of the above
named places are not so careless. and the
beautiful and appropriate evening COS
tunes they appear in are rebuke 20 the
slOvenly dress Of their husbands, brothers.
and sweetheaTts. The Western women
are, according 20 my observation. quite
as Dunctilious in the matter Of correct
/ clothes as their sisters in the East, and
it is 20 be hoped that sooner or later they
viii get their men folks To pay a little
more attention 10 the cOnventionalities
Three prominent citizens OF Loudoun
County. Va. Hon. Henry Fairfax. +. p.
White, and F. S Lutz. were seen in the
New Willard last evening Mr. Fairfax
is one Of The best known men in the Old
Dominion. and on his beautiful stock farm
near LeesbuTg he breeds a class Of horses
that never fail 70 bring toD-notch prices
In New York City. He was formerly IN
the State senate. and not long since was
a member Of the corporation commits
sion Mr. White is president OF the PeO-
pies National Bank and young man Of
highest social and business standing Mr.
Lutz. who has a pretty home in the
suburbs Of Leesburg. is a native Wash
I ingtonian who fell in love with the rural
life of old Loudoun, which he declares Is
immensely superior to existence in any
big city.
Tho people OF my section are greatly
worried over the policy Of the govern
| mont in refusing 20 issue patents TO set
I +IerS on a.. r--L1,~ f.-l- -.t1
reIl Thorpe, cattleman Of Lusk, Wyo..
at the New Willard.
This policy. il maintained. will fear
greatly retard the settlement Of the
Il Western country. and il viii do nv own
State Of Wyoming serious injury. When
hOmesteaders fail TO get their patents.
not through any fault Of their own. they
become discouraged, and many Of them
leave never 10 return. One OF the reasons
Of the great emigration from the United
States to the Canadian Northwest Is the
liberality of the Dominion land laws. In
stead Of discoulaging settlers. the Cana
dians hold out every inducement 10 get
people. and they are building up their
country AT our expense.
Being in the business Of breeding cat
tie. / might. from a selfish standpoint.
applaud the action Of the government. for
farmers extends the ranges Of the stock
; men. but I want 20 see the State become
! settled with a large number of thrifty
? agriculturists. since that IS the only way
70 get a permanent population and create
a prosperous Commonwealth.
Messrs 5. II. Eagle. postmaster Of
2 Gallipolis. Ohio; r. c. Johnston. former
2 speaker pro tempore of the Ohio 4egisla-
ture. and r. II. Mack, also Of that town,
are at the New Willard.
Messrs. J. B. Mitchell and ID. Mcintyre,
the latter superintendent Of the city
schools of Winnipeg and the former archi-
tect for the schools, are al the Raleigh
Winnipeg" said Mr. Mitchell. has
doubled its population in the last five
| years. and has now 10000 people. We are
I doing very well in the matter IF local edu-
= cation, but are in need of some modern
I school buildings. and Mr.. Mcintyre and
T myself were delegated 10 come to several
5 of your larger cities 10 see the kind of
{ buildings in which the school children are
e housed We are having the same tremeu-
. dous business activity in Manitoba that
! prevails in the States. and our railroads
p are just as impotent 10 handle the traffic
as yours appear 10 be"
Former Gov. John II. McGraw. OF
the State of Washington. who is at the
New Willard, is elated over the recent ac-
ton of the senate OF his State in passing
an appropriation of sl,000.0oj for the Alas
ka-Yukon Pacific Exposition. He says the
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