The Washington herald., 1909-07-13
AT THE HOTELS.

New Willard recently Alr. Perkins IS
interested IN Western ranches. and Is on
his annual visit 20 this country.
~Of the 1900 aliens who we're natural
ized by the British government in the last
sixteen months" eontinaed the English
man. there were only q dozen who for
swore allegiance 10 Uncle sam. and OF
these probably less than half that num-
Der were born in the United States.
Among those naturalized some years
ago was Edgar Isaac Seligman. q scion
OF the famous family Of bankers He Is
the son Of Leopold seligmsn. the head
OF the London house, and a nephew OF
Jesse. James. and Joseph Seligman. OF
the New York firm. He Is an example OF
the limitations OF heredity. for the most
conspicuous Of the family talents seems
u have skipped him entirely, and he
never mas engaged In business.
Instead Of MSnmOn. be wOrships art
He has a delightful studio IN Roland Car
dens. the walls o. which are hung with
pictures he has painted They show that
be is an artist Of no mean ability al
though be mOdestly regards himself as
merely an amateur.
HE told ne" added Mr.. Perkins, ''that
he had become an Eaglishman because he
was tired OF being q man without a
country He came 10 England when only
two years old. and for thlrty-elght years
Il has been his home. He had been back
20 the United States only once since his
babyhoOd. and that was 20 comply with
Uncle sans requirement that his citizens
must spend at least six months with him
every ten years in order 10 be entitled 70
passports. 8Ir. Selignan can't get along
without passports. because he spends
much OF his time on the Continent. par
ticularly IN Spain. whose picturesque
peasantry he delights 20 paint
Discussing the proposed income and
other taxes. Bernard s Anderson. a
banker of Minneapolis. MINI. who was
seen al the Arlington, said that Italy had
tax o. imbeciles-
The State lottery IS one OF those
questions about which much has been
written in Italy Opinions are much d.
vided- Some say II IS dishonorable that
the state. instead Of setting a good ex-
ample. should be an incentive % gam
bling. while others. independently OF the
/ large amount which This institution
brings into the budget OF the country.
maintain that after so many centuries i
/
done. Il would merely abandon the people
/ into the hands OF private SPECTATORS.
who. besides keeping Up The gambling
habit would not surround L with the
/ guarantees OF honesty insured By the
government.
Foreigners do not. perhaps. exactly
I know in what this scandal consists out
+ OF the numbers from one 70 ninety every
7 Saturday five winning numbers are ex-
I tracted- For the player 70 win i Is neces-
T sary 70 draw one or more Of these nun
bers- II you draw one right you gain
/ fourteen times what you paid-thaI IS
( eighty-fve probabilities IN favor Of the
government II you draw two numbers
you gain 80 times what you paid, but
you have only ten probabilities in your
favor. while the government has 595-
/ II you drEW three you gain 40 times
what you risked. but while the proba-
+ bilities in your favor are stiu ten, those
+ Of the government are Ii7.47e. The sa1ns
Z proportion is maintained Il you draw
7 four OF AL the numbers. so that the So
cialist paper Avauu calls this lottery Lhe
tax on imbeciles-'
Locomotive headlights as we know
them in this co1ntry,' said Harry 5 Rob
inson. OF PittsbUrg. Pa. who is al the
Raleigh. are practically unknown =
Great Britain There are few grade cross
ings there. and these are weu protected,
so that the light is not needed as a dan
ger signal. and there IS no EFFORT 10 use
exceptionally bright lights 10 liuuinats
/ the track IN front Of & train
The situation Is not without its advan-
I tages.' continued Mr.. Robinson, wEO Is
civil and railroad engineer Bright
+ headlights modify or obiterate the feeble
/ colcred lights Of signals and switches.
I and they dazzle TIE eyes of the drivers On
I passing trains
In this country The headlight seems
10 be g necessity. To be effective, Il
should be sufficiently brilliant 10 iluui-
nate the track for distance greater than
that within which the brakes can stop
the train. but Il must not be so powerful
as 20 blind approaching train crews and
mod y the coiors Of signal lights L
should also be as effective IS possible in
foggy and snowy weather
The oil lamp hardly meets these con
dirions. Il IS too feeble. even with q
proper reflector. Electricity Is too power
fUl and has been abandoned By some OF
The roads that have introduced H. Acety-
lene. which IS now so familiar as an
illuminant On automobiles, IS advocated
by many authorities"
a large portion OF the population Of
Ellis County. Kans-. IS made Up OF Rus
SLAMS. who have no knowledge OF our
banking system OF disposition 70 learn
anything about IT," said William B. VIII
son. a banker OF Hayes City, Kans-. at
the National
These Russians do their own banking.
Their strong box consists OF q Tin can or
an old boot and their safety deposit
vault is a hole under the barn OF In the
cellar.
.One secret OF the rnoney-making abiI-
Ky cf the Russians is that they raise
enough children 10 co the work. They
employ no outside labor 20 speak OF ex-
cept in harvest time. and then not very
much. Again. they are not only frugal,
but very plain iivers and dressers- They
wear only enough 10 hide their bodies
IN summer and 70 keep them warm In the
winter
Fewer socks. per capita, are worn IN
Ellis County than IN any other place n
America. 4 Russian cannot understand
why socks and boots are both necessary.
Neither are they inclined 10 recreation.
An amusement concern would sterve %
death among them
The Russians have one trait which Is
repugnant 20 Americans, and that is their
treatment OF the daughters No Russian
eirl gets share Of her parents property.
T. all goes 70 the boys. As a rule, the
family hangs together Ike beeswax. The
father handles al the funds. When a
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