The Washington herald., 1909-07-10
AT THE HOTELS.

| turbabis people q the world % said Perez
s Kerr. OF Calcutta and London. who
is al the New Willard. You may throw
one down stairs or pat him on the hack.
he accepts both with exactly the ssms
/ expression OF countenance.
The Indians religion IS az the bottom
OF al his acts. al his feelings" coutin<
ued the young Englishnan. who Is tour
ing this country. He eats. sleeps,
moves. and has his being according 70
/ religious formulae. And his doctrine og
/ reincarnation forms his whole philosopny
Of life, The fact that you are the master
now Is due 70 the fact that you have
/ been the servant in some previous rein
/ earnation- He IS the servant now. and
/ the only chance for him 20 be reborn IN
/ the masters position. is 10 learn all ths
lessons o. his present reincarnation- he
takes everything philosophically- II =
/ all part Of the days work
NO white woman n Calcutta" con-
tinued Mr. Kerr. win have a Christian
Indian for q servant They have lost ali
+ the ethics of their own religion and have
not taken any OF those Of the new one
/ Calcutta IS the most cosmopolitan city.
/ in India. Conditions Of life there are
very similar 70 those IN any European
city. II Is situate IN the least attractive
/ part Of India. where the climatic condl-
I tions are bad The English II india have
no interest in studying native lie. TO
Z them the natives are simply servants
I They neither hold any social intercourse
with them, nor recognize socially any
! person VINO does II one visits an Indian
I household. he IS treated with The greatest
I courtesy, but he does not 60 into the room
/ where food IS prepared or eaten. and II
he eats in the house. the dish he used Is
| afterward destroyed Yet tie obligations
/ o. the hospitality are very strong An
Indian would never 90 anything against
\ one who had eaten in MS house.
NO white person, no matter how long
he may study II. ever arrives al any
clear understanding o. the native LIE
/ Wealth and position have nothing 70 90
z with the caste system A prince may get
down frOm his elephant 10 salaam q beg
gar. Il Is q topsy-turvy land which the
white man VIII never understand"
/ Discussing banking IN Scotland. H. G.
/ Nelson a banker and broker OF New
York. who made a tour OF Scotland. and
who Is al the Raleigh. said last night
/ that in Scotland when a man has ar
rived at years OF discretion and has won
a reputation for capability a bank VIII.
/ simply on his note. backed only by his
character. advance him sulhcient money
70 start IN business.
This IS considered continued 1lr- NeI-
son. "and the conclusion Is based cn re-
suits 20 be a good risk In our large
cities New YORK and Chicago, for eX-
l ample. business is not so frequently con
] Quoted IN that way. but there is no doubt
I that our great Western country owes
much Of frs wonderful growth 20 those
far-sighted country bankers who realized
that the borrowers character was the
chief asset 10 be considered Naturally.
J character plays e relatively larger part
IN the loanlng operations Of a small bank
than In a large bank. in a country bank
than IN a Wall street bank. and in the
beginning 0f a business mans career. It's
relative Importance Is q matter Of e.
vironmenL"
II a Chiuaman marriss z white Won
Al in Australia" said Fletcher F. Fer
gus0n. OF Melbourne. Australia. who IS
az the Rlggs. the children take after the
father. hardly ever after the mother.
Horde after horde from the north and
west invaded and conquered China Alien
dynasty after alien dynasty occupied the
throne: but il had but g passing and
Superficial eject On the Chinese TIE
iChinaman did not adopt TIE WaEs OF
language O. the c0nQUerors; they adopted
his. and often became more Chinese than
abOrigine- The successive invading hordes
were absorbed by the Chinese as rivers
are absorbed BIZ the sea. and the China
= man always remained Every one Who
has been 70 China knows how he felt
himself fascinated and dominated By the
land and It's people. The teeming nil
lions OF China viii not always stay az
lhone. and the nations OF the world can
. not always go On shutting their doors
? against them.
The hnal racial fight VIII be between
The white and yellow races added 8lr.
Ferguson But II VIII &c 8 war OF
peace. unless the white race chooses 10
make * other. Il is 2 significant fact
thar the black and red races are OF the
n decrease all over the world. and the vel
low race is Increasing. This world ex-
isted probably for countless ages before
the frst white man appeared on IL; where
his home was and what his cOlcr. who
can say2 And II may exist for countless
ages after the last man has passed away.
but everything points 70 that last nan
being OF the yellow race"
John 3. Barber. Of New Orleans, IS al
the National and speaking about the
game Of poker. AIr. Barber said that
while most men VIII testify 10 the fact
that few know very much about the
great American game OF poker. even the
experts win admit they are ignorant OF
the origin Of the game
An the evidence about poker which
has come 70 hght. however. points 10 its
origin IN New Orleans" continued Mr..
Barber The question IS. where did New
/ Orleans get II from. or IS II an improve
nent on some game known 10 the popula-
ton OF that city. who, II mcst be re-
membered. were French. and used French
terms IN any games that the PLAYED?
There IS no French game played with
only twenty cards. as poker was PLAYED
az New Orleans IN 1S32. but there ara
several French games In which all ths
poker hands are 20 be found except four
OF a kind Anblgu, breian and many
others VIII at once suggest Themselves
Rut all these Frsach games are played
I with three cards only IN the hand OF each
player. Where could the inventor OF
poker have found a game played with
! five cards in each hand, and the pack
consisting Of twenty cards only2"
I The standard pack Of cards IN Europe
from the earliest DAYS has been what IS
/ now called the piQUet pack, which is the
same as our American euehre pack, Ihir-
+ ty-twO cards. There IS oEIy one country
in the world where poker has always
been played with FIVE cards In the hand
OF each player. and that IS Persia But
the game is not called poker II is called