The Washington herald., 1909-01-20
AT THE HOTELS.


night, that when the United States gov
erumeut gives man patent for an In
vention by that very act the patentee IS
in possession Of exclusive and inalienabIe
rights to his invention for a term OF
years.
Now. this Is the very thing that does
not necessarily exist, and the very thing
that patentees. investors, and the public
would Ike to have established" he con-
tinued. Most patents are exploited by
others than inventors, and the money for
the purpose IS largely supplied by those
with little knowledge Of the laws. Il has
happened time and time again that the
governmental patent has proved worth
less II used TO be that it was little more
than prima facie evidence 10 be used IN
litigation or recent years there has been
some Improvement in the laws and prae-
tiee, but at present there Is no govern
mental guarantee behind the papers IS
sued to any inventor"
James DuvaI Phelan, ex-rlayor OF san
Francisco, IS at the New Willard
James H. Allen. Of Boston. Mass, who
is interested IN the manufacture OF cot
ton goods and employs thousands OF Ia
borers in the New England States, dis
cussed the question Of prohibition al the
Raleigh last nigRt. He said that the best
safeguard against drunkenness was that
drinking be done openly.
THE saloon in this country continued
Mr. Allen. is frequented solely by men.
and q certain stigma attaches to those
who are seen there. The worst thing in
American social life IS the separation OF
the sexes IN Germany, where whole
/ families are IN the habit OF drinking
/ together in places OF public resort, where
the wife accompanies the husband az a
matter OF course. excess IS not found.
and the tone OF the German cafes is as
/ high morally as that OF the German
homes.
IN Germany. in Italy. in France there
+ is little drunkenness The American IA
! ton can trust itself as well as the nations
/ OF Europe. The American saloon. OF
course. IS unknown IN Germany. where
/ I have made a special study OF the sub
/ ject, but they have places OF public re
/ sort to which the whole family goes in
a social evening The atmosphere is
+ that OF club The law and the common
4 consciousness OF the people protect these
I places from any evil Influence and hold
I them true 20 their original purpose Of
ahording focal point for pleasant social
I Intercourse In countries where rigid
/ Sunday closing laws abound. drunken
/ ness becomes common, as 4 Is in Eng
/ land and Scotland
Dr. " Adatci, counselor OF the jap
anese Embassy 81 Paris. and Madame
/ AGstci. Dame de Ia Cour de Son Altesse
Imperiale Ia Princesse Heritiere, are a.
the Shoreham-
Never saw anything Ike It in al ny
life" said Baker Z Foulke, OF PhHadel-
! phia, a real estate dealer who has. some
4 interests in Western Kansas. in referring
20 the remarkable growth in the last Two
or three years OF that section OF Kansas
Mr. Foulke was al the Raleigh yesterday.
! was out in Kansas 4 few years ago
and felt very much discouraged. but nv
I friends urged ne TO hold on" said the
I Philadelphia I did. and certainly
I am glad I needed good advice. Towns
I have sprung up OUJ there. The prairies
are dotted with farmhouses. and the
real brand OF prosperity is safely in
stalled
The old temporary ranch houses. miles
apart, have been added 20 and converted
/ into real homes. and the farmer with the
/ plow and the hoe has taken I'D his abode
there These settlers in Western Kan
sas are the right kind Of people. -.
I They do not have 10 60 through the hard
ships Of the early pioneers On the cattle
ranges"
Speaking OF the greatness of Oklahoma
in general and Guthrie in particular. c
II. Hunter. Of Guthrie. who IS al the
National, said last night
Guthrie Is the biggest city Of its age
in the United States, and II isn't tag
ging along behind any OF them. Okla
horna possesses such great and varied
resources that IL IS hard 10 keep pace
with its development Capital = pouring
in there 10 develop the States resources.
and there is a wonderfully rapid in
crease in the States population Real
estate values in the cities and country
ara increasing and the agricultural com
EaJinities are taking their places among
the most prosperous n the country. We
have a little politics down there. but il
viii not take the State long 10 overcome
some OF its political mistakes"
The most persistentIy trailed law
breaker in the United States to-day is
the deserter from the army said Can't.
r F. Kelly. OF the United States army.
retired, who was seen at the Ebbitt
House last night Capt Kelly IS regis
tered from Cincinnati. Ohio
From the time he IS found missing a.
the post. continued Capt. Kelly. where
he is stationed until the inevitable hour
when an officer Of any OF a dozen differ
ent Federal and civic denominations land
him in custody, he is a criminal marked
for punishment and he is shrewd indeed
II he escapes.
"Four-fifths Of the deserters are for
eign-bOrn and professional army desert
ers with bad records left behind them in
Europe These men. as I understand Il.
deserted from armies n the old countries.
came here in search OF work. didn't ger
anything 70 suit them. and joined our
forces. only to get tired and want 10 quit
again. What they get in the end Is a
term in the guaTdhoUse or IN the national
prison for bad soldiers
Besides the chances OF an escaping
soldier to get away from his punish
ment that OF an ordinary jaiI-breaker.
bounded by civil officers. IS a bazateile.
In the first place. a soldier IN or out of
uniform Is a soldier IN habits and car
risge. with the tell-tale step and manner
isms OF the service The lockstep of
the state prison viii wear away because
IL is only an incidental OF prison life, and
the convict doing time can do IL more
or less perfectly according to his inclina-
ton or the watcisfuiness OF the guard.
but the whole life OF TIE soldier is soldier
ing and he can never get away from IL
Now. turn a man so marked OUT in