The Washington herald., 1907-03-03
AT THE HOTELS.

at Reichenberg. Bohemia, and he chatted
Interestingly with Herald reporter last
evening regarding that portion Of the
Austrian empire.
in my consular district" said DR..
Cheney, there IS a tremendous amount
OF manufacturing. The principal indus
tries are the production Of linen. wooden
goods. and Bohemian glass. The linen
and cloth are made in big factories, but
the glassware Of many beautiful and
varied kinds is largely the work OF the
people in their homes. The workmen Do
not get big wages as in this country, but
their wants are few and they live very
simply. The Bohemian peasants are a
magnificent race from a physical stand
point, and every individual man and
woman, with rosy cheeks and sturdy
limbs, seems a picture OF health. Indeed,
/ the peasants working in the fields tbs
year round are very greatly superior 70
/ the factory employees OF the cities In all
the essentials of manhood"
Hon. Thomas Kale who will be the
Delegate from Alaska in the next Con
gress' is a Vermonter by birth and lived
IN the Green Mountain State until his
twenty-second year. when he migrated
to Wisconsin. lie is a man Of good
/ ability. good-humored and genial and
is immensely popular among the mining
men OF ms territory, whose votes sent
/ him TO Congress.
/ Il went to Alaska IN 1897 ., said NJ
/ kale to a Herald reporter. and n is orIv
OF late that I saw my wife and children
IN FOND du Lac. Wis, after an absence OF
/ ten years Ny two younger girls had
grown In that time 70 be young ladies
and they were utterly unable 10 recogDizs
me as their father. nor could have i6ar-
tined them as my children. But Il did NOT
| take US long 10 get on a happy footing
and do not apprehend that we will ever
again be separated for so extended a pe-
Rod"
Mr.. Edwin Norton Gunsaulus, Of Lon
don, Ohio, who is at the New Willard.
has had a rather remarkable experience
as United States consul in the variety
/ Of assignments given him in the seven
years Of his service; but he has acquitted
himself at all his posts TO the satisfaction
Of the State Department and TO his own
credit The first consulate hIled by Dir.
! Gunsaulus was Pernambuco, Brazil. after
which he was transferred TO Toronto,
/ then 10 Cork, Ireland. and subsequently
10 Rimonski, little town In the province
Of Quebec. where he is still stationed.
My post, said Mr.. Gunsaulus, is 10
miles east Of Quebec, near the head Of the
St Lawrence River Il is q country where
the snow lies on the ground 10 the depth
Of six feet nearly all the winter. But We
get used 70 the cold. and ] don't believe
| We mind IL any more than the people OF
/ Washington do an occasional touch Of
zero weather. The people Of my consular
district are French Canadians. You sell
dom hear a word OF English spoken The
/ school children learn their lessons in
French textbooks, and French is used in
the courts of law. Ours is a lumber re-
gion and there are vast forests Of fir,
spruce. and lemlock. Not many AmeTi-
cans are in that country, except the con-
tingent that comes in the summer season
TO enjoy the glorious climate"
Alaska will never be thickly popu-
lated country said Mr.. stephen Birch,
who halls from the Copper River region,
| 10 a Herald reporter. at the Arlington.
Men are willing TO undergo hardships
for brief season, but on the first oDDor-
tunity they break away 10 enjoy the
blessings of civilization. The people who
+ stay in Alaska during the winter months
I seldom do so from choice. Ii was never
intended for an all-the-year-round resi-
dence. and frankly confess that remain
/ ing there during the winter is very much
/ like staying in jail
I am willing enough 10 spend six
months OF the year IN that country, but
! I feel like a bird out Of q cage when the
\ time comes 20 take the trail that leads
I back TO the States. To get TO this old
/ town OF Washington for a week OF 50 IS
like a glimpse Of Paradise, after a sOiourn
i'm the land lying north of the arctic cir
Gle What may be a very gross cOnfes-
sion I must make right here, and II IS
this: I'd be willing TO hook everything
own in the world just TO spend a few days
in Washington each winter. What for?
To see Congress in session. Not bit OF
it, but 10 satisfy the longing for the one
sort Of food that an Alaskan signs for in
vain-oysters. We can't get them up
there and the imitation sort that Seattle
affords is an insult TO ones gsstronOmic
faculties. Therefore, We come 10 Wash
ington. and in so doing even up for a
long season Of abstinence from epiCurean
pleasure
Ex-Congressmau Cornelius A. Pugsley,
Of New York, is one Of the most highly
respected men in the Empire State. He
/ is president general Of the Sons Of the
American Revolution. and there is no
good cause which does not find an advo-
cate in him. At the New Willard last
evening, Mr.. Pugsley said.
''One of the greatest problems before
the American people to-day. and one Of
the most important in the development Of
len. af-f
vast hordes Of immigrants that are week
ly landed upon our shores. I believe ne
should gladly welcome the honest, up
right sons of other lands, but We do not
want the criminals, the paupers, the Of
scourings of Europe. We do not want
our citizenship weakened; we do not want
our high ideals lowered We do not want
our American customs, our American in
situations, our American Sunday disre-
garded We do not want license mas
lauerading as liberty. We want the men
who will become American in spirit as
well as American in citizenship"
''The tipping system is an abomination
in any land and under all circumstances.
but I believe, after long experience in
many countries, that it IS far less OBJ
noxious in Europe than in the United
States" said Mr.. r. F. GOrham, OF New
York, at tire Shoreham.
1T is true that in Europe the nuisance
is systenatized to a greater degree than
in this country, but I am not sure bat
that it works advantageOusly. Every
where in America tipping has got 10 be
a continuous performance. You tip the
waiter every time you partake Of a meal,
for the reason that though you may re-
main a week in the same hotel they
/ craftily give YOU a new waiter on each