The Washington herald., 1907-12-26
AT THE HOTELS.


Metropolitan Hotel corridor. reading a
little country newspaper in which 10
seemed deeply absorbed. The corridor
looked deserted. and when this was men
toned he said. Yes. all but me have de-
parted" Then he added:
i have just been reading this little
paper from my old home town Woodvgle.
Tex, and the "reminiscences il brings are
clusters Of the sweetest memories OF my
boyhood and young manhood days. See.
here is the programme for a Christmas
tree-a general manager. committees Of
young men 10 get the tree, to put up the
tree, 20 decorate the tree; opening exer-
clses; song and prayer. followed By
speech from Santa Claus; committee 10
take presents from tree and call the
names Of those receiving presents. dis
tribution. followed by benedietion."
How different" said the Texan.
Christmas Is in these little towns and
villages and in the large cities The
whole town. from wee bits 70 white hairs.
repair 10 the church house az night 10
see an Illuminated and decorated Christ
mas tree ladened with gifts for every one
As the names Of the recipients are called
and the presents delivered the Interest
and amusement grow, the sublime and r.
dieulous rapidly swinging corners Every
body is remembered. The presents are
not costly. A fund Is raised to buy pres
ents for the very poor and unfortunate
children. happy day il is for All, in
deed Who would not be a boy again in
a country town? Among those people
you find character. integrity and genuine
charity-but I am dreaming with my eyes
ward And the Congressman with
sood-by and merry Christmas TO you
took the elevator for his room 10 look
forward instead Of backward
One Of the most interesting. II not the
most widely-known, hotel guests in this
city yesterday was little Miss SHERIFF.
Mehmed Ali. who. with he- little brother
Izzeden and her aunt. Max Boule. paid a
visit TO the Ebbitt
It is not the first time that Mademoiseue
SHERIFF. has been interviewed. and con
sidering that she is only nine years OF
age. IL must be admitted that she pos
sesses more self-reliance, tact. and man
ners than the average child OF that age.
This. however. should cause no great
surprise, when il is considered that her
father. the Turkish Ambassador here. is
one Of the cleverest diplomats in the
service Of the Sultan Of Turkey.
Miss SHERIFF.. attired in a picturesque
sailor suit, and wearing a red scarf
around her neck. received the interviewer
/ in the reception room OF the hotel The
reporter. in his very best French. asked
whether she preferred 70 converse in that
language, TO which she replied in fault
less French that she did not speak
I French Again the reporter asked in
French whether she spoke English as
/ II IS spoken in the United States. and
again Miss SHERIFF. replied in French
saying that she spoke English.
We are visiting here" said the little
I lady; we are visiting here
Have you had q Christmas tree2r
4 wanted 10 put one Up. but my little
brother pulls and tears at IL He wants
things with lots Of color on IL Yes. we
got lots OF Christmas presents. We got
a tree at home and nuts and apples
and candy. Father and mother are AZ
home
Are you visiting your uncle here At
the hotel Miss SHERIFF.. or are YOU wait
ing Tor your father. the Minister"
we are visiting here" was the only
reply the little Turkish maiden would
vouchsafe.
New cults spring up Ike mushrooms
I IN Boston said George s Simmons. a
banker and broker Of that city. al the
New Willard yesterday. The very new
est OF them all. the followers OF which
are hippantly called Milk Chewers.' are
planning 10 extend their missionary ef-
/ forts 70 ten other cities. and thereby
Z ma t~c1s 81 sErls--
/ chewerS aim 10 bring about death 10 food
/ trusts. reduction OF living expenses. an
/ initiation Of doctors. abolition Of race
| suicide. They are not old women faddists
/ or dilettante scientists. The charter
/ members are staid and highly respect
I ed BostOnians- Correctly speaking. is
/ members are 'Fletcherites.' followers Of
/ the philosophy Of Horace Fletcher. who
/ says that each mouthful Of milk should
/ be chewed. or insalivated, as c0mpletelv
/ as II IL were solid food. II you have been
| eating two eggs for breakfast. they say.
/ begin by eating only one. drink only one
cup OF coffee, use only one lump OF sugar
one OF everything where you have hith-
erto used two or more
What's the use Of throwing into voI-
/ system twice as much fuel as Is really
4 needed, especially as food. like an f,,aI
/ has its propOrtionate amount of ashes n
/ De disposed Of? It's simply wasting
energy and money. When a sufficient
/ number Of followers are obtained and
/ everything IS organized for the coup. word
/ VIII go forth 10 the faithful 10 fast for a
/ week OF ten days simultaneously. in ten
| cities all Mix Chewers' viii stop buyine.
/ With such q boycott enforced the most
1 redoubtaile corner in provisions. fruits
! or vegetables would be conquered and
| in spite Of cold storage. brought 10
/ terms
Much stress IS laid on the curative
value OF fasting, as well as its commercial
value No less an authority than Dr.
Robertson Wallace says he has known a
: patient 10 fast ten days. 20 his great
/ benefit. The average fast recommended
/ by the milk chewers for ordinary ius
/ however. is three days. Many Of the Bos-
/ ton members who say they have been
! cured Of various ills through the fasting
I system say they found il required char
| acter and resisting power 10 put the
/ theory into practice in face Of the en-
treaties. ridicule, and real concern Of the
/ folk at home. but that the results made
I IL worth while. Race suicide, they say. is
largely due TO the high cost Of supporting
a family"
Emile Hanauer. one OF the largest silk
importers OF New York. is registered al
/ the Metropolitan He spoke Of Japanese
business methods last night. Mr.. Han
auer said: The two largest articles OF
export from Japan are tea and raw silk.
or. 2s It might be called. silk thread or
yarn. The product OF this raw silk in
1906 amounted 70 about S75.00e.00o in value.
I Of which somewhat more than twO-thirds