The Washington herald., 1908-05-17
AT THE HOTELS.


money circles has passed. OF course,
there is still a little tightness. but it is
so slight as 20 BE hardly noticeable.
Louisville IS coming to the front
rapidly, To-day it is one OF the most
thriving cities on the Ohio River. For
the past two years there has been a big
boom IN the building line. Even during
the worst stages Of the financial furry
there was but little cessation.
There are a number Of men idle as
there is IN every large city But busi-
ness is firm and showing steady advance
ment One thing which I think is & good
criterion of the stability Of conditions
there Is the fact that the realty prices
hold firm and there are few transactions
/ In large mortgages
THE population of the entire State Of
/ Kentucky is steadily increasing. Take
| It all and all, the Bluegrass section Is in a
most healthy condition in every sense. -
London is not the slow -pokey place
you Americans imagine" said Air M. Z.
Giles, Of London. England, at the New
Willard last night.
We are rapidly adopting the so-called
American ways over there. As a result.
shere Is a briskness and expediency about
business now that was unknown twenty
years ago.
This is in large measure due. I ie-
lieve, to the Introduction OF American
ways In the emporiums Of American com
panies who have branches there.
zone Of London's systems. which IS
rapidly stamped out in many OF the
stores. is the boarding in Of the en-
ployes, That means that the employees
have rooms and eat their meals in the
building in which they work OF in one
close to it conducted by the proprietors
OF the store. This has long been in dis
favor with the London people in general
When the American branches. none Of
whom, SO far as I know follow that sys-
TEN, began paying their clerks big sala-
ries and giving them perfect freedom as
20 where they desired to cat or sleep. and
as to their conduct after working hours.
the discomfort became wild spread. Many
stores are dispensing with it and allowing
their clerks to provide their own board
and lodging.
There are, of course, a number Of
places in London that are run to-day as
they were a hundred years ago and viii
be run the same d hundred years hence
That is what you would call old f0gy-
ism. but in many instances Il is senti-
ment. These businesses have been passed
down from father 10 son for generations
Tie methods that first prevailed viii pre-
vail just so long as the concern is making
money
Then again there are many Londoners
who prefer the old sty.e For example, a
solicitor who installed a stenographer
and a typewriter IN hts Office was star
tied. after he had sent out the first bunch
OF letters under the new system, to re-
ceive letters from half a dozen clients
informing him, If he wanted 10 handle
! their business IL future phase write
them personally as they did not want
every one 10 know their private busi-
ness. So the typewriter had to go.
Bat in the main we are progressing"
Politics is the entire subject Of con-
versation in the West just now, said z
f. Page. Of ST. Louis. al the Ebbitt. last
night "Of course. all the favorte sons
have been discussed, but the general i'm
preston out my way is that Bryan and
Taft viii be the nominees Of their re-
! spective parties.
The talk Of a third term for Roose-
welt is little heard In the West. In fact.
j; IS hardly discussed at aIls Those who
do talk it are certain he viii abide BY
his decision not 10 accept IT, ana that
another will lead the Republican party
next November
''Of course, opinion is largely divided.
believe, If Taft is the nominee. that
Bryan viii have the best chance Of elee-
ton he has ever had. 7 believe Bryan
will beat any man in the Republican
paTty-save Roosevelt
Roosevelt viii be nominated. said
Frederick 0. Perkins, Of Boston. at the
Raleigh last night Mr. Perkins is a
banker Of the Hub. and Is here on bust
ness
Although Roosevelt, continued AIr.
Perkins, has hit the financial interests
, pretty strong. there is no man in the
Republican party who denies he is not
} the best-ftted man for the cflce
He is honest he is Independent. and
he Is patriotic and thinks he Is doing his
best for the welfare OF his country.
Furthermore, he can defeat any Demo-
crat, which cannot be said OF any other
candidate whom the Republicans may
nominate"
William Volkhardt, Of New York, who
has been in attendance as a member at
the Waterworks Association convention,
said yesterday, at the Arlington, that
municipalities. as such, should take more
interest in the aims and work Of the asso-
citation. as the latter was performing a
service for public welfare
1T is the constant aim Of the associa-
tion to improve the water service. TO
serve purer water, and in every way to
bring the water service to a standard
of highest efficiency. The public is ben
Gifted by our work. We meet every year
and read papers relating 10 the water
service ana its Improvement
a poor and careless water supply will
always tell on the health of any com
munity. The fact that our association
is using every effort to improve the
water and its service and thereby benefit
the public. is a strong reason why munic-
ipalities should assist our aims in a
more tangible manner than has been done
heretofore.
1T is true that there are some munic-
ipal water works superintendents enrolled
on our membership rolls. But there are
many more who are not members. and
who thereby neglect their duty so far
as il relates to the protection Of public
health.
The farmers throughout Indians are
having a pretty hard time of it just now.
said Mr., J. o. Briggs. If Indianapolis.
Ind. at the Shoreham last night 'sThe
cold weather and the heavy rains have
made it impossible for them to attempt
any planting.
From what can learn there is net a
section Of the entire State in which ground