The Washington herald., 1908-03-15
AT THE HOTELS.


That America leads in the manufacturs
Of finger rings is the opinion Of Lewis
G. Ware, a whoiesals jeweler, Of Phila-
delphia. at the Cochran. yesterday.
'America now manufactures more fin
ger rings than any othsr country OF the
world and % per cent Of the rings worn
By Americans are made in this country
WI hen il comes 10 high-class jewelers.,
who deal mainly With the rich. individ-
uallty OF style is the most marked, and
many OF their more exclusive designs
arc the result Of consultations with women
customers One OF the Oldest ring makers
OF this country takes a trip 10 Europe
every now and then TO look over the
foreign manufactures but ne says that
seldom or never does he find any entire
ly new design. Occasionally however. an
absolutely new style is produced. One
such is now shown at high-class, jewelers.
and is due 20 the fondness OF a sprightly
young woman for Teddy bears she
wanted gold ring with a Teddy bear
head, or rather face. carved upon e.. She
got j. The ring is not large. the bears
iace. which forms the largest part OF the
ring, being about quarter OF an inch
IN width The remainder Of the ring Is
carved in a graceful scroll and the cost
/ OF II is $s5.
A private order which created more or
( less amusement in one sh0p-behind the
customer back, or course-was an order
/ 70 carve the face Of dear defunct dog
Boston bull-on gold ring photo
graph Of the dog was furnished TO the
workman. But nowadays plain rings OF
h.
With the average woman OF means. II is
10 rings set with Jewels that modern
manufacturers have achieved distinction.
and x Is the possession OF such rings
that has made the New York woman
conspicuous.
The amount spent by rich New York
women on finger rings is fabulous In my
opinion Europeans are far less lavish and
not so critical and exacting on the sub
jet of stones. The New York woman
likes quantity and quality. too
Prof Webster G. Springer. who is at
the head OF a private educational instl-
tuition in New York. and who is in this
city on sightseeing trip. is registered at
La Normandie-
Speaking OF the education OF the Young.
Or. Springer said: 1t is an awful mis-
take 10 say I do not expect my boy 10
make a good scholar II is a widespread
mistake 10 be satisfied 10 have boy just
get along. Give such boy time. and
he will eventually be either dropped or
Of those individuals who will cram him
Tor his examination.
Then again, the parents. who do not
work themselves for their children are
very willing that We should work for
them We have IN America an alarming
tendency not 10 have the highest ideals
comprehensively. Some men insist mere
iy on purity. as II nothing else mattered
II boy We're just moral. or honest
IF you hold up the highest ideals IN
the home as the standard OF r--rity and
temperance. then when the boy Soes 10
college he may be shocked and he prob
ably Will but by that time he viii have
acquired q taste for the best IN Ntera-
tUre and drama that VIII uplift him and
keep him straight through the rest OF his
life"
1T is all Roosevelt throughout the
Sest," said George Y. Howard. a prom
inent lawyer OF san Francisco. al thu
New Willard. last night. Mr. Howard IS
here on business before the departments.
He says he IS not a professional poll
tieian, but merely plain citizen. who
forms his opinions from his observations
OF men and things, and not from those
of other people"
Yes. sir: it's Roosevelt. and he'll be
elected. too. The people, mind you what
I say-the people want him. They trust
in -
cere and effective He does things for
the benefit Of the country. and he is not
satisfied 10 sit still and wait until graft,
crime. and corruption are brought 20 him.
He goes out and looks for them. He enters
the dens OF the criminal and the CRATER.
and tells him that II his life is 20 ba
spared he must turn over new leaf, and
do the right thing in the future That's
Roosevelt He looks where TO open up
new markets for American commerce; he
takes an interest in the welfare OF
the children and the mothers; he IS
The WOrilingman'S friend and the pa
tron OF art He wants bigger navy be
cause he knows that a bigger navy means
more trade for this country. and conse-
quently more prosperity That's the rea-
son the people want Roosevelt"
IN Duluth, down on the docks. some
days ago. some fresh-Water ancient mari
ReTs were talking OF adventures on the
raging main. began Capt. O. J. Ludlow,
Of Detroit, at the National capt
H said one. :; seems TO me I've heard
somewhere thst your vessel was once
struck by lightning while sailing, sailing
over the bounding main?
Yep, twice said Capt H Hap
pened Of Point aux Baraues bout fifteen
years ago We were jOggin' long when a
thunderstorm overlook US. and the very
first flash OF lightning struck the deck
amidships and bored hole as big as ms
right leg right down through the bottom
Of the vessel
And she fOUGGered, OF course
NO. sir The water began rushing in.
and she would have foUndered. but there
came a second flash. and bolt struck
nv fore-to gallant mast. It was cut on
near the top, turned bottom end up, and
as il came down IL entered the hole and
plugged il up as tight as drum. When