The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-06
AT THE HOTELS.

duced. as It works as d hardship against
the brewing interests, said John I. Haas.
with S B. Bing Sons, Of Nuremberg.
Germany at the Raleigh yesterday. Mr..
Haas IS interested in the hops exporting
trade
1T seems to me very peculiar that
whenever new taxes must be created, the
brewers and similar interests are the hst
TO be remembered. It almost looks as II
the brewing and kindred enterprises wge
a disgrace. and that the lawmakers were
doing a great thing whenever they MAJ
aged 10 get something on the statue
books which worked injury TO the bret
ing trade.
I'VE, IN Germany. believe in tempet
ance. and there is not a more sober ant
businesslike people in the world shan the
Germans" continued Mr. Haas, but such
a thing as prohibition could not exist In
Germany for more than just about the
time its advocate would take to explain
its working system and its principles.
Prohibition creates secret tIpplers and
other malefactors. where well-regulated
temperance is the twentieth century so
luton Of the drink problem.
"All this talk about intending to 70 to
war with England is nonsense con-
tlnUed Mr.. Haas. There is no more In
tention in Germany OF going to war
with Great Britain than with any other
country. We have no cause TO war
against England but n Il is forced up-
on Us we shall not shirk SIS responsible
ties. Germany and England are getting
along splendidly. and. although there Is
commercial rivalry. IL does not mean that
there must be war 10 settle It. Grmany's
relations with France are better than
they ever were. and there won't be any
war from that side.
Americans are very popular in Ger
many. in fact German hotels in Berlin
and elsewhere need their American Gus
toners so much that they could not ex-
ist without them. More attention is paid
in Germany 20 America and its opinion
OF Germany, than 10 any other country.
Il is the desire Of the German people 20
be on the best possible terms Of friend
ship with the people Of the United States,
because there are so many CT the sons
and daughters OF Germany who have
found a new home here"
Donald 3. Prize. OF London, who IS at
the New Willard. in speaking Of mems
fashions. said last night: Most men
do not get much pleasure from
dress. and scarcely notice the changes
OF fashion IN mems clothes. They are
vaguely aware that a hat looks odd when
its shape is old-fashioned; and tiey ac-
Cept the hat Of the moment becsuse they
do not wish 10 look odd themselves But
this IS a merely negative interest They
are also apt 70 be contemptUoUs OF wom-
ems greater interest In the fashions. as
II II were a mark Of frivolity. This is
an ignorant mistake.
Dress is" continued the Englishnaa.
''or ought 70 be. an art, and therefore,
# only a minor art. Il IS a more serhus
matter than any OF the games 20 which
many men give so much time and pails.
Besides, men have only become indifg-
ent 10 their clothes IN modern times n
the heroic age OF Elizabeth they mae
themselves as smart as peacocks. Grea
soldiers and poets ;hen took pains Z,
be in the height OF fas:li>ss, md fashions
changed with some violence and rapidity.
In the eighteenth century, too. which we
do not think OF as a time Of efeminacy.
and when men were wanting neither in
enterprise nor In seriousness. they were
as splendid and as eXtravagant f. their
dress as women.
The British people don't want any DIFF
fcUties with their German cousins; II
There is any talk about war. IL is kept
alive by intriguing politicians; that's all
The people want quiet and prosperity"
Speaking Of higher education IN New
England. Horace s. Norman. OF Boston.
who IS az the Shoreham. said last night
that sons OF New England FAMILIES are
not entering Harvard University In the
steady. sure stream OF ten or fifteen years
ago. The enrolment has been falling
year by year for the last four or FIVE
years. The sIackenlnS is largely in the
flow OF youths from The six New Eng
land States. The number from New York
and Pennsylvania varies. and the South
sends each year about as many as be-
fore. The Western attendance Grows
But Massachusetts is leading her sister
States east OF the New York line in
heavier cuts into their portion Of the
student body yearly.
The influence working in New England
homes against Harvard is well-ngh I'm
possible 70 discover added Mr.. Norman.
The turn in the tide has come with the
changing power in no clearer view than
on an ocean beach. The young men may
have been caught In a current running
toward one or more OF the other colleges
OF those States. Yale, for example. adds
a large number Of students each fall
a clever guess. nearer the truth, Is a
slow but bound 10 be sweeping. revolu-
ton I'm the character Of New England s
population. 4 spreading kind Of people
there lack the intellectual longing for
a college training. and are not naturally
drawn 20 lecture halls and bachelors de-
grees. This element is not only spreading
over New England. but bears every prom
ise Of soon mastering Yankeedom. Signs
OF the transmutation have appeared in
socialistic mayors, In Lowelrs mayor from
a policeman's beat, in the swelling OF in
dustrial cities. and in the New England
farmer vanishing over his bare hills
Though the japanese are a nation OF
readers said John Campbell. Of Tokyo.
who IS at the Arlington. and connected
OF importers in the capital OF the Miksdo,
they love also to listen to the tales OF
the professional story-teller.
The lower sort OF stOry-teller may be
seen seated at the street corner with a
circle OF gaping coolies around him. The
higher class form guilds. who own spe-
cial houses Of entertainment. called 'yose.'
and may also be engaged by the hour to
amUse private parties. Some story tell
ing is rather in the nature Of a six-penay
The man sits with an open
book before him and expoUnds II and
dilates upon 1.-THE story Of the Forty
seven Ronln,' perhaps, or the Chinese
novel Of The Three Kingdoms or an
account OF the Satsuma rebellion, or one
OF the old wars OF the Tara and Nina
motto families IN the Middle Ages When
he comes TO some particularly good point
he emphasizes it by a rap with his fan
or with a little slab OF wood kept by
him for that nnrnnse