The Washington herald., 1909-10-23
AT THE HOTELS


"erp' Belgium. at the Shoreham last
night NJ. Vilners. who is accompanied
oy Nine. Viliers, Is touring this country
for pleasure.
1 nave visited almost every section
OF the United States and Canada" said
ID. Filhers, and everywhere. all the
Ilme' nothing but business matters is
discussed; very seldom affairs pertaining
TO home life and the pleasures Of life
envy you Americans for your business
qualities, but 1 would not care to live
here. 40 matter how rosy the future
would look.
There is so much in the newspapers
about King Leopold" continued NJ WI
liers, that he is unpopular with his peo-
pie, that he IS not good father. and
al such things. All this is untrue. There
is not a more popular man in Belgium
than Leopold, who has placed his king
dom upon the present high state OF pros
perity and progress in every line Of civilI-
zation. II may be that when he was
younger that the people did rot Ike him
so much. but to-day there Is not a Bel
gian who does not idolize his King.
Under his reign, and through his eff
forts, Antwerp and Brussels have become
cities OF the first rank, and Antwerp IS
the third port OF the world. Its COM
merce in the last ten years has almost
doubled. and the present Improvements
In the River Schelds, near Antwerp, are
due TO the Kings initiative.
Look at the Congo. an empire in itself
through the unceasing efforts Of King
Leopold. who spent millions OF his own
money 10 build roads, schools. missions.
and establish civilization and commerce
The Congo has great future before H.
Antwerp which was formerly govern
ed by the Catholic or Clerical party is
now ruled by the Liberals The Socialists
IN Belgium are making great Roadway.
Their representatives may be found IN
municipal councils as well as In the Par
lament. They are. as a rule. highly in
telHgent and progressive men
Dr. George $. Wise, OF Chicago. who is
at the New Willard, and is interested in
the manufacture Of scientific instruments,
said last night that the biggest barome-
ter in the world is in the city Of Faenza,
Italy.
1t IS a monument to TorriCelli,' said
Dr. Wise. inventor OF the barometer.
who was born in that city just 800 years
ago. The scale Of the barometer IS on
a basis Of feet. where the ordinary
barometer IS measured In inches. The
liquid column is thirty-seven feet high
at normal It was intended TO use
thirty-two-foot column OF water. but
this was abandoned. because water evap-
GRATED too quickly Then glycerin was
tried. but with this LIQUID the normal
height was only twenty-seven feet. which
was not enough. Olive oil was chosen
finally. The tube rests against a pillar
OF stone. Olive oil is the highest liquid
yet used for a barometer When a lighter
one is made available, a taller barometer
may be constructed Pascal made barom-
eters OF water and wine mixed. Zophar
Mills OF New York. made a glyCerin
barometer. and Jaubert set up one OF
water in the famous Tour St Jacques.
the weather bureau center Of Paris
Discussing. the suffrage movement
among American women. Rev. DR.. O. p.
Thatcher, OF Philadelphia, who was seen
at the Arlington. said that woman to-day
needs the ballot as another weapon 70
use in the struggle TO improve human
society.
In their overzeal to secure this good
weapon in England" continued DR..
Thatcher, they have resorted to rash
acts which have discredited their own
cause / am not sure that always the
steps taken in this country have been
advisable. But We are gaining in the
rephraSing Of our questions regarding
woman suffrage. We say to-day not
Has a woman q right 10 vote?' but rath-
er we ask: Is IL expedient for her 10
voter
With the vote in her hand, che wonl-
an Is able 10 improve the conditions
OF society-that is. she is able 10 perfect
the environment OF her own home
find from my own observations OF life
as Il is that women are very much Ike
men-that in the aggregate. they match
the men quite well. but I realize that
women have an opportunity 20 know bet
ter what the home needs than the aver
age man can know
The church urges women to give at
tention 70 the public schools OF the coun-
Try. especially that school in which her
own children have been enrolled. Il is
both unwise and unsafe TO give owe. the
instruction Of the child, at the age Of
FIVE, and to consider that the remaining
work Ct the parent is largely 70 feed
and clOthe the child"
The church believes in the women's
club movement" added the Philadelphia
man Of the Gospel. in so far as il helps
her women to be better wives and moth
ers."
Speaking OF German East Africa. VIII
helm Altmeier. a shipper. OF Hamburg.
Germany. who IS at the Arlington, said
that it is double the size Of Germany
and has a population Of 100000. Of which
only about $500 are white.
The country is very productive" con-
tinued the German importer and export
er. 'and is rich IN mineral wealth.
Knowing American enterprise. 7 am sur
prised that American capital has not
considered German East Africa good
place for investment Land is given 20
prospective settlers in German East Afri-
ca under the most favorable conditions.
L Is interesting to note IN this connec-
ton that a large number OF Beers have
settled in that country. These settlers
are considered Of great Importance. for
the Beers. having much experience IN
agriculture, can give a good ex-
ample 10 German settlers. German East
Africa's mineral wealth has been only
partly exploited At Tramna. in the
Kil!manjaro, a twenty-day journey from
the coast, gold mines exist
German East Africa" added Mr.. Alt
meier has an abundance Of cattle which
are exported. Game also abounds The
native population on the whole is indus
trious. The negro OF the eastern coast
Is more intelligent than the American
African. who comes originally from
Western Africa. Most Of the people Iiv-