The Washington herald., 1909-07-14
AT THE HOTELS.

they have made up their minds that the
thing 70 do IS 70 fight everybody who Is
opposed 10 them in their aims and ambs-
tons. They began 70 fight the LIBERAL
goveEnment about four years ago, and
since then the fight has been lnsistent-
! They have met with success. for there
IS no doubt that the Liberal government
has lost a number Of seats in the past
four years largely because OF the Suffrage
: agitation.
woman suffrage continued Mr.. Har-
/ ley. has become a living issue, and no
member Of Parliament dares ignore II.
The difficulty Is that they make promises
before election. and after election thsy 90
back on their own word.
The question IS asked why 50 many
women IN England to-day are willing 70
+ give thelr tine and energy 70 this move
ment- II is because women believe IN
justice. They believe what your people
fought for over here. that taxation with
( out representation IS tyranny. Women
T believe more and more this doctrine. and
/ they want 20 be free They don't ask
any favors. All they want is fair play.
In England, more than IN America,
] NA-AA-9-- ---@ smut A4A 4LLl4 many LLlLr-Ea
because they are women. In the univer-
sities Of Oxford and Cambridge they re-
I fuse 10 give women degrees A woman
can take the course and may be ftted
I for degree, but she cannot get Il Just
because she is woman"
I L ". Thavis. an oficial OF the Seattle
Exposition. is az the New Willard. Dis
cussing the enterprise Last night, Mr.
Thavis said:
The attendance al the Alaska Yukon
Pacific Exposition Is exceeding by con
siderable the most sanguine expectauons,
and. proportlonately. is better than has
been the rule OF expos.tions in the past
The first month AZ expositions IS never
notable for large attendance" continued
Alr. Thavis- II has been the rule that
the fairs opened "a such an unfinished
condition that there was little 20 see a.
the start. and people from elsewhere. con
telplating attending and knowing this.
did not think of going until after the fair
had been opened a month Conditions IN
this instance were radically 6'nerenr
The Seattle exposition opened In In
fshed condition, as far as concerns
buildings. grounds. and landscaping. with
nearly all OF the exhibits installed as wei.
The opening days attendance was z
record-breaker for such expositions. near
y 10000 being present The whole ex-
position proved SO attractive and beau
Jful that all who went resolved 20 visit
IL again and again What Is more. they
have kept their resolutions Locally. the
fair has become an institution. and ths
. I0-gN 0~~n-ra-7~a =
greater than was ever known before az
any exposition Once O. twice a week
the average Seattleite makes his way 70
the fair grounds 20 enjoy anew the Won
derfuI scenic beauty o. this most ex-
Quisite park. with rs delightful surround
ings-
Visitors from abroad are now reacn-
ing Seattle ln large numbers and from
this time forward a greater average caily
attendance may be expected Il IS Ger
tain now that the attendance viii be
enough 10 establish a new record n eS-
positions in one respect The gates win
close in October without a single dollar
CT indebtedness, and che probabilities are
strong that the stockholders VIII have re
turned them every dollar invested snd q
fair dividend besides"
Prohibition has never prohibited. and
never VIII said c. F. BIalock. OF Hick-
ory. y. C. az the Raleigh. last night. AI--
BlalOck is a revenue officer. and speaks
with conviction
NO matter where prohibition has been
introduced, q has been a failure, 50 far
ss keeping drink away from those who
want Il As long as man wants 20 drink
he VIII get Il, no matter whether there
are laws against the manufacture and
sale OF liquors
1T is an established fact" continued
Mr. Rlalock. that prohfbitory laws make
illicft manufacture OF whisky possible
Prohibition makes mOonshiners and other
criminals who circunveut the law = o.
der 20 sell liquor 70 whoever wants 10
bUy-man, woman. child. sober OF drunk.
young and old and the stun they make
and sell Is vie.
There IS 2 way 20 make the selling OF
whisky and other intoxicating drinks as
respectable as Il IS 20 sell soda water. II
the saloons where the drink is sold had
no screens, no curtains; II It's interior
and It's patrons we're as free 10 view as
the people who frequent drug stores for
soda water. II would help considerably 20
establish temperance. And, then, the sa-
loon keeper should lose his license II he
once sells 70 a minor. 20 an Intoxicated
person. or 10 one who has no money
Treating should not be allowed. II these
ideas were embodied INTO a law. the sa-
loon business would gradually become as
respectable as any other business.
Speaking about health rules. Dr. Eu-
gene S. Brewster. OF Buffalo. y. Y. who
IS ct the Shoreham. said recently that
al the present tine the physical lis OF
bachelordom come Increasingly under the
notice Of the medical man. He usually
eats his meals alone. and reads q paper
with IT, said DR.. Webster. For due
and easy nutrition. food shO- 4 be slowly
taken, and the mind should not be in
tensely exercised during the process.
Every one knows that violent bodily ex-
ercise IS bad just after a meal. and men
tai exerti0n IS equally so. Wise people
do not even argue during OF Just after
dinner. Observation OF after-dinner
speeches viii convince any one thar most
speakers neither endure themselves nor
excite in their hearers any severe intel
lectual effort
In fact, the experience for countless
generations. from the red Indian OF the
woods 20 the white-shirted diners of a
modern party, has perpetuated the les
son that man should not eat alone, nor
think much az this time. but should talk
and be talked 70 while he eats. Most
people do net think much when they
talk. and talking is a natural accom-
paniment OF eating and drinking. How
does IL fare with the many solitary Won
en- Of today No better, We know, than
with men. but differently.
Alone or not a man may generally he.