The Washington herald., 1907-01-31
AT THE HOTELS.

marked Mr. Charles T. locke, who ranks
with the most eminent lawyers Of the
New Orleans bar in a chat with q Her
aid reporter at the Shoreham.
''rbe lines Of demarcaton which have
existed between the races n the SCUM
for centuries, will never be obHterateJ.
and nobody North or South is thinking
Of any relaxation. But there are places
where the color lire is not drawn, as [
found out in Il visit I made a while ago
t. British Honduras. I mad to 90 cova
there on a business trip, and meeting
with the English governor, that Official
entertained rae IN a style Of hospitality
that was as cordial and complete as any
thing / ever knew in Dixie. where the folk
are invariably hospitable.
During ray stay the governor took mo
in his carriage 10 witness a ball game.
and while on the grounds introduced me
70 some Of the principal people Of the
capital Pretty soon handsome vehicle.
drawn by a pair o. splendid horses, drove
up, and a lady aighted. The governor
Immediately caught me by the arm and
carried ne forward 20 meet her. but L
had gone only a short distance when, per
ceiving her TO be a colOred woman. ! was
on the point Of drawing back. Just then
the old adage, When in Rome do as the
Romans do, came in nay mind and NOT
wishing to give offense, 1 smothered race
/ prejudice and went through the introduce
1 ton.
To my establishment soon found my
self chatting pleasantly with this woman,
NH. a.
room. and who. besides her good looks
and stylish dress, had the most beautiful
and refined manners. Her English was
/ perfect and spoken with the dellciously
/ low information that 50 few of the Anglo
Saxon fair ones possess She was ths
wife Of an EHglishman Of good standing
/ ia Honduras. and there was no local
stigma on him for having contracted
what every one ia our country would
I consider q mesalliance.
The marvellous mining region Of South
/ ern Nevada. which is almost the seventh
wonder Of the world was well repre-
scented in the New Willard lobby last
evening by four Of the leading citizens.
Hon. George a. Bartlett. who was elected
to Congress to succeed Mr. Van Duzer,
/ and Messrs. Robert Montgomery. i. L.
/ Benson, and Malcolm L. Mcdonald
The new Congressman from Nevada
/ does not come as q stranger 20 Washing
ton. for he got his degree iu law III
/ Georgetown University. taking the two
! year course IN d year He is still on
the sunny side OF &C. small Of stature.
with blue eyes and sandy hair. and q
I most agreeable manner. He is an iron
. pfaH FfcruGrrsr and Ir in Ir
House the only member OF his party com
ing from the far side OF the Missouri
River. As a matter Of fact" said one
of his friends. George Bartlett was the
only Democrat in Nevada who could have
been elected TO Congress. He won be-
cause thousands Of Republicans. ike my
self, voted for him because they liked
the man
THE newest mining camp in The South
ern Nevada field rejoices in the name o.
Skidoo.' said Mr. Bob Montgomery. If
Rhyolite, New, at the New willard
This name. I hope, is not ominous in a
bad way. On the contrary. I have pinned
my faith 10 IL as a possible rival Of Cold
field and Tonopah. and have just bought
$4,000 worth OF material for pipe line
10 bring water TO the mine. It was only
opened up last July. and conservative
estimate puts the ore in sight at S2.Jl-.-
CO."
Gen. George W. Cook. Congressman
elect from Denver. is at the Raleigh
Gen. Cook is a successful miner. and be
has long been one OF the most prominent
Grand Army men in the West He is "a
/ Republican Of the rOck-ribbed sort, AMI
is one Of the very few who stood by
Mckinley in Colorado in 1896.
At the National Hotel is a very quaint
character. Gen. ". Z. Hardy. of Okla
h0ma. a Kaw Indian. who is the perma-
fnent secretary Of that tribe Of aborigiues.
Gen. Hardy says he is uinety-three years
old, and his mission to Washington was
10 witness the assumption of the Sena-
torial Office by his kinsmaH and friend.
Mr. Curtis. of Kansas, who is also of the
Kaw race.
Gen. Hardy is half white. and speaks
the English language with purity when
asked by a Herald man the secret Of his
longevity, he said. In the first place. [
was born IN December. and most folks
who are born IN THAT month are hardy
and live TO an advanced age Then have
-AfVts iAa NY l-lt llI t--t- open Nll..-L
is sure 70 prOloug ones days Men who
are pent up within brick walls never be
come centeuarians. 1 expect 10 live past
the century limit I forgot to tell you
that my chief diet for many years was
buffalo meat and that is the most nu-
uitious and greatest ufe-preserving food
known TO the human race
Mr.. George EItweed Pomeroy. one Of
the foremost business men of Toledo.
Ohio who is at the New Willard. is one
of the most ardent disciples of old Izaalx
; Walton in the United States. He has been
a fisherman from his earliest boyhood.
and is a walking cyclopedia Of all that
pertains to pisCat0rial lore. In a brief
talk with "a Herald reporter on his favor
lite topic. Mr.. POmeroy said:
zone of the saddest things. as genuine
fishermen view it, is the disappearance
and practical extinction Of that most su-
perb fish the grayling. A quarter Of
century ago, when I used to frequent
the southern peninsula on Michigan IN
quest of sport. the streams abouuded I'm
gTayling. My old guide used to say il wGs
a pity that they We're so plentiful A
gamer fish never fought for his life at the
end of a line. and in eating qualities ne
was the delight of epicures. surprising
the brook trout the pompauo. and all
other boosted species of the fnny tribe
Alas, and aIack. the gTayling has van
ished and to-day ne occupies the same
relative position of the buffalo Thinking
that it might be possible TO restock the
Michigan rivers I bought beautiful
piece OF ground near the junction of the
Ausahle and Aackiuaw installed a hatch
cry, and went 10 much trouble and ex-
pense. but all in vain. The buffalo can't