The Washington herald., 1909-06-30
AT THE HOTELS.

aigh. last night
''AH sorts OF schemes and subterfugss
are rsso-ted 10 by those who want 20
make some money by circumveutlng the
prohibition law. And the schemes in
vented 20 beat the law are unique N
many ways. and worthy Of better cause
i Just want 70 tell you OF case which
actually happened iR Birmingham not
long ago. A man was going down the
street. and ne thought an inner voice
told him he wanted drink. He met
colored shoeblack ar the corner with his
box under his arm. The man with the
thirst told the colored shoeblack the bur
den OF his soul. The shoeblack said he
could not assist him. either with the de-
sired goods or with any advice in the
matter. TIE man with the thirst put his
hand in his pocket and gave the negro a
dollar and told him 10 get pint The
shoeblack asked the man with the thirst
TO hold his box while he would go IN
search Of the precious liquid
THE shOeblack stayed away 50 long
that the thirst got bigger and more I'm
porture. He shook the box. as II by ac-
cIdent. and It sounded peculiar. He opened
dfl AlASallr % II AAU Aaaa-H4 a E--tN 'A ~
precious thirst quencher- He took IL out.
put II in his pocket and left the shoe
black box al the corner where he met the
colored boy-the owner o. the box
Another scheme 10 beat the law is 70
register ar a hotel and tell the inquiring
clerk al the desk the price you are will
ing 70 pay for the room There are
rooms al all prices, and you can have your
choice Suppose YOU take a s. room You
will ind on the mantlepiece OF your room
quart bottle Of fairly good drinkables-
VOC VIII find less drinkables and or a
lesser quality in a room the price OF
which Is less. The less you are inclined
70 pay for accommodation the less OF the
LIQUID STUFF YOU viii find hidden away IN
the room assigned 20 YOU
Then. again. there IS a scheme BY
which you are elected a member % a
number Of clubs as soon as you have
registered ar the hotel and have taken
/ possession OF your room You VIII md
upon entering % a number of membership
Z tickets IN as many clubs. entitling you 10
+ an the privileges or the club. OF course
there has never. been an application for
/ these memberships. but the prohibiuonist
/ th.rst-ouencher does not allow a little
thing Ike that 70 interfere with his busl-
ness. The fact IS that the psid-up mem
I bershfp club tickets are there waiting for
I Won 10 pluck them and 20 avail yourself
. Of TIE benefits and privileges which they
are supposed 20 confer upon The blissfuliy
fortunate bearer thereof"
p A Rrsngfer. OF san Francisco. Cal,
Is At the Raleigh He bears a striking
resemblance 10 Mr.. Cororailas. The Greek
AIlnister. Resident accredited 10 this gov
errment- He shows the same luminous
dark eye and the same well-Jrained and
vrelI-behaved hirsute sdornments-
Mr.. Braacier last night was almost
5 overpowerlng IN the influence he had or
the lobby of the hotel Everybody was
anxious 10 know who the visitor was
, HIS distinguished appearance impressed
, all
r u cannot see every newspaper IN this
town % said the man with the glorious
J vhIskers. replying 70 the interviewer
T Won tel the man that 7 cannot see ev-
p e-vbodv who wants 20 see me. tel him
] so. I cannot see everybody II ees irnpos-
d sible. impossible"
And with q despairing look in his Ian
gulshIng and sad brown eyes. n Brangier
lovingly and caressingIy stroked his mus
taches-
r The sooner ths Wright brothers dis
card some OF that apparent secretiveness
and indifference 70 the opinion OF the
r public with regard 70 their work. the bet
e ter for them" said William n Benkle. O.
q Milwaukee. Wis. who was seen al the
n Riggs Mr. Benkle Is a civil and me-
z chanicaI engineer and has made aero
: nsutics a special study.
= s-It seems 10 me- continued Nj Ben
!, kle. the Wrights are going EttI'
< bit too far. When they were new II
= their business and started 20 put 10
gether their first flying machine the
te we're naturally very secretive about # Z
= protect themselves from possible CON
be perito-s This air OF secretiveness Ia
grown with every step the Wrights took
l. and nov they have added 70 the air o
J. secretiveness also that OF Indifference
s 7 an not prepared 10 say whether N
Ie WriEhts are pursuing this peculiar wa
lt for the purpose Of attracting public al
n. tention or whether they are built tia
way It looks. however, as IL they wer
Just acting a little too much Anyway.
flying machine that cannot fly when u
wind is playing a little bit cannot hy
o. time OF war when the storm RACES an
o. the country calls for sky scouts. rain @
=. The United states IS looking for a prSC
- teal machine. and not for toy
- The Wright machine. in order 70 ;
"a useful must be able 70 fiy whether II
- sun shines or whether Old BOreas roar
~ Take Edison. for instance, and other &c
"a ebrated inventors They would have bee
~ only too glad GO have the public look Z
~ their new thoughts and ideas. 7 can
= understand why the Wrights should su
- round their invention with 50 much III
< necessary secrecy their invention is pa
u, ented everywhere: nobody can steal Il
"a take Il away from them 7 understar
the Wrights have sold the right 10 but
their machines in a number Of foreis
countries.
IF this is true. The United States 90
ernment would not be the exclusive DO
10 SCISSOR OF a Wright machine should Il I
a. finally decided upon. The Itsiian, IN
sw lish. and French governments. as I ui
a. derstsnd II. have bought the Wright ~
nh invention for their own respective cou
re tries II America buys. she win not I
ne any means be the exclusive owner OF q
ed mUch-exslted Wright aeroplane
=, Lieut.. Bangs Just arrived from du
-er in the Philippines, came eastward 70 Ne
York with his wife picking I'D en- roc
their twelve-year-Old daughter. who h
been left With a friend during their a
sence." said Charles W Myers. Of Phil
delphia. al the Riggs. telling the foIlo-
ing story
The little one had fallen asleep. al
as the train was nearing the Grand Ce
tral station her parents fell 20 discussh
the hotel question.
Well as We shall only remain o