The Washington herald., 1907-01-08
HEARD AT HOTELS.

tects. and which he is 10 receive t0-siay-
Sir Aston Webb is a m!ddle-aged gentle
man. slender Of build. fair complezioned.
and with the sprightly demeanor Of "a
young man. Some or his great works
are: The memorial 10 Queen Victoria IN
front OF Buckingham Palace. including
the new Mall and government building
at the farther opening into Charing Cross;
the Victoria and Albert Museum at
KeBsington, ard the Royal Naval College
at Dartmouth
In conversation with a Herald reporter,
Sir Aston said. This is my first intro
duction TO America, and IL has been one
Of the most agreeable experiences Of my
life. Everybody seems 10 put themselves
TO any degree OF trouble to make one
feel comfortable and at home I am
greatly impressed with many OF your
buildings in Washington, particularly
some Of the government structures. You
have exceptional advantages here not
only IN being able 10 get any amount Of
the best building material-marble and
granite-but IN your broad streets and
also in your sunny skies. Climatic con-
ditions favor you. but in England We suf-
fer in our architecture on that account
Galveston, with "a population Of but
4o,@0. is one OF the most prosperous and
solid towns in the United States, and.
though few people are aware Of it, it is
the second city in the Union In the value
Of exports. being exceeded only by New
York remarked ex-Congressman r. B.
Hawley, Of Texas, at the New willard
AIr. Hawley formerly represented the Cal
weston district in Congress, and was one
Of the few Republicans ever elected 10
that Office from the Lone Star State He
has large interests in Cuba. being part
owner Of sugar estate Of 5000 acres,
giving employment 10 several thousand
I labOrers Mr. Hawley was averse TO talk
ing about the affairs Of that island. but
he takes an optimistic view. and saws
that whatever policy Is adopted viii be
70 the interests Of all parties. and he IS
not at all apprchensiye Of any outcome
that will cause friction or iu-wiu between
Cubans and Americans.
''The prestige Of Senator Foraker is IN
diminished in his own State. and his peo-
PIE continue 10 regard him as worthy OF
all the honors no has ever accepted AT
( their hands, remarked Mr.. Henry p.
Grouse, editor and owner Of the Toledo
Press. to d reporter Of The Herald Nr.
Grouse is one OF the best known men in
the State OF Ohio and in 1896 was chair
man Of The State Republican committee.
4 do not think there Is the least
doubt. in the event Senator Foraker de-
sires 70 have the Ohio delegation support
him in the nexj convention for the Presi-
dency. that be viii be voted for with
the utmost loyalty and enthusiasm Ohio
Republicans expect him 10 be a candidate
in 1893 and they are desir0us that hs
should be. His record and his great abiIi-
ties admirably equip him for the highest
/ Office in the gift Of the people
Mr.. Charles F. Harper. who is at the
1 New Willard, is a young man who has
made fortune in handling real estate
in the suburban towns adjacent 20 Nor
folk and Portsmouth on the Virginia
coast Ten years ago be started in with
out dollar. but by hard work and energy
has built up a business that pays him a
splendid annual income.
THE development Of values IN Norfolk
County said he, has been remarkable
What We're farming lands ten years ago
are now substantial towns Of several
thousand Inhabitants ] think our imme-
I diate section has as good q future as any
( part Of the South. Norfolk and Ports
moUths With their suburbs, have at least
/ 10000 Inhabitants, and are growing at q
great rate. The jamestown Exposition
will be Of vast benefit to US. as il will
/ bring US visitors from every quarter. and
doubtless be the means of attracting
many permanent residents"
Seattle has grown so fast Of late that
at times I almost feel like d stranger in
my own community" said that greatly
/ liked Westerner. ex-Gov. John H McGraw,
Of the State Of Washington. at the New
/ Willard. The tine was when I knew
nearly all Of the inhabitants personally.
but the people have been coming in So
thick that I can't begin TO keep track Of
a fraction Of them"
GOV. McGraw retired from the executive
Office quite poorly of financially. but, re-
fusing all offers Of assistance from
friends. he struck out TO Alaska and went
20 work 10 rebuild his fortunes in mining
He met with great success almost from
the start and is now the owner Of vslu-
able properties. He has been one of the
stanchest advocates Of Seattle's future
/ greatness and Is on record as predicting
that ere the close Of the present century
lit will be second only in size to New
York.
This talk that one often hears of cheap
living in Europe is very misleading" said
/ United States Consul William j. Pike 10
a reporter of The Herald.
1T is true that muItitudes Of Europeans
do live much more cheaply than We do
in the United States. but how do they
live? An American Iaboring family throws
ont Of the kitchen food enough 10 sustain
/ two or three families in some parts Of
the Continent. Cheap living in Europe IS
! based on nonConsumption. II one lives
as well over there as in this country. he
viii pay even more fer what he gets. In
a good many of the German towns beef
/ is so dear that horse flesh is largely
! bought, and for the first three months ot
/ 1896 official statistics showed that 2l5l
dogs had been inspected in the German
! slaughteThouses. being a decided increase
over the number of CANNES killed for a
/ corresponding period of 1905.
There is no part of Europe where the
/ people I've in anything like the comfort
! that is enjoyed by the American masses.
/ OF course, when people get scanty wages
and buy little they are living cheaply.
/ but that has never been the American
/ way OF getting through life, and it is 10
he hoped IL never will be"
The attorney general Of Montana, Hon.
Albert J. Galen, who is a brother-in-law
of Senator Tom Carter. is spending some
/ days in Washington He is a young mar.
/ the youngest who ever held his Office In