The Washington herald., 1907-12-28
AT THE HOTELS.

last night Miss MacGaui Is accompanied
by Miss Florence Baker, daughter II
Wills Edwards Baker, and granddaugh-
ter OF that Mr.. Baker who represented
this county as consul general az Busnos
Ayres FOR twenty-tbree years. Miss
Baker Is also distant relatives Of Pres
ident Lincoins family. her great-grand-
mother having been a sister Of Mrs.
Lincoln. Miss MacGaul and Miss Baker
have been travelling in England. Ireland,
Scotland. Wales. the Isle Of Man. and
this country. and have been on the daily
go for the last eight months.
We have been in Ireland" said Miss
MacGaul. with a fascinating foreign ac-
cent in her English. "and kissed the
Barney stone. Did you ever do thate''
Miss MacGaul is native Of Argentina,
Of Scotch descent.
What do you think Of our men and
women, Miss MacGaul?'
Very nice. I mean the men; haven't
much use for women. American people
are so hOspitable: they always want 70
! entertain you. They're so different from
the English, who are so stiff, so cold
/ Washington Is a nice place, but I
wouldn't care 10 I've here. We had 50
much trouble in one OF the hotels We
/ were in before ecming TO Washington,
with the steam radiators; they almost
/ cooked US alive. We have no radiators
/ in our country. although il is cold az
times
Have you Christian Science hereg''
asked Miss NacGaUL and, continuing. she
caid: we have a few down in our city.
/ I think it's all right for old rattle
Drained women. They operate among thu
/ few Americans and English people in
Buenos Ayres. The natives won't have
anything TO do with them.
Il think the skyscrapers Of New York
and Chicago are great. but they are GER
tainly not artistic additions % the sky
/ line or landscape. We have no sky
/ scrapers IN our country, and I hope We
viii never have them Buenos Ayres is
more Ike Paris, quite different from Wash
ington. There is no city ike Buenos
Avres, which is quite natural for me 10
say. because it's my home, and there's
no place ike home.
~ saw the first snow in my life IN
/ Chicago the other day, and had my first
K sleigh-ride, and we almost froze 70 death.
but il was lots % fun. We have no snow
IN my country. Americans are much liked
IN Argentina and Secretary Root has still
more strengthened the bcnds Of friend
ship between our country and America.
I Business in Buenos Ayres Is good. A great
Zeal OF our foreign business is done by
Germans and the English. but I believe
the American business viii gradually drive
them ali out OF the market"
That a man who travels on a railroad
pass cannot expect political prefermenC
in Nebraska is becoming TO be a recog-
nlzed fact from one end OF the State TO
the other" said Henry F. King, a law
yer. of Lincoln. Nebr., at the Raleigh.
yesterday
The dictGm pronounced by the leading
political parties two years ago was fol-
lowed by the passage last winter Of a
State anti-pass law. and public senu-
ment seems 50 thoroughly in sympathy
with the enactment that little or no at
tempt Is made 10 violate its provision.
One Of the interesting phases Of the agi-
tatiOn is the determination OF the State
officials 70 root out the passholders Al
the capital Among the first 70 feel the
effect OF the new policy are the doctors
who seek places on the State board OF
health.
NO physician holding a railroad pass
can expect 20 receive an appointment az
the hands Of the board. Notice 20 that
effect has been served on all aspirants
through the adoption OF a formal resOlu-
ton. Il is not only declaration OF
policy against appointing passholders 20
public Office. but Il is believed 70 be q
. warning 10 some doctors now occupying
, positions at the disposal Of the board
whose names were reported in the pass
lists OF different railroads fled with the
b railway commission. The next move. I
= understand viii be against lawyers who
are connected Indirectly with the State
government. and who. as local attorneys
for some railroad carry transportation. -
How about politics in your State, Mr..
King2''
I never discuss politics; you must ex-
cuse me-
1t is not only Washington that IS hav-
ing school troubles; Chicago seems 70
have a bad case Of it. only it IS Of a
different kind Dr. E r Deemer. OF
Chicago. discussed the Chicago troubles
at the Arlington last night
he said: Chicago is confronting a
famine in school teachers. Practically
, all the other cities in the United States
are threatened with the same difficulty.
The dcarth Of schoolmarms has been
Gripping the work Of the Chicago schools
for some time, and is being felt in other
great educational centers. such as Bos-
ton, New York. and Philadelphia It is
not confined 10 the cities, however. Il
Is felt everywhere, and this condition
viii continue and grow worse until the
community is aroused 70 the fact that
the salaries Of school teachers are Ut
terly inadequate. As things are at pres
ent. there is little inducement for a
, woman to become q teacher unless she
loves the work and has an independent
income For a man there IS almost nC
lnducemert whatever. In Chicago there
were at one time recently thirty class
rooms that had TO be dispensed with be-
cause We could get no teachers 10 take
charge Of them. The condition is a gen
eFal one and can be remedied in just one
way, and there is q strong probability
that the zone way" viii be tried IN Chi
cago shortly. A resolution was intro
duced at a recent meeting Of the board
providing for an inquiry into the posi-
bility Of giving the Chicago teachers d
general raise in salary January l. 1898.
Cannon is very popular in Chicago
. and throughout Illinois. and I believe he
E will get the solid State delegation Taft
is booming along nicely. but it seems h
needs helping along so much from the
White House that the impression seems
10 prevail ne could not last until thc
, convention II the administration support
were withdrawn"
The Chicago Congressional delegation
viii make big fight for a new post
Office in Chicago" said John o. Kinzler
a manufacturer Of Chicago, at the Ar
] lington last night About Sl.s03eO0 vii
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