The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-02-24
AT THE HOTELS.

There are many reasons Why Senator
Hopkins, Of Illinois, should be returned,''i
said b G. Grayson. a lawyer Of Chicago
at the New Willard. last night
And there are many agencies at work
to bring about MS defeat, and II they
were known to the public. and their mo-
tives. the Illinois legislature would AZ
once bring about his reelection. Senator
Hopkins has served his State well. and.
the people OF Illinois know it, and for
that reason reelected him at the prinsr-
les. He received the bigger vote at least
and as the majority rule IS the only Tuls.
in this country. the right OF the majority
should be honOred and Acknowledged.
Political jobbery and trickery is try
ing to defeat Hopkins for the place; the-a.
are large number OF fat Offices at stake.
and that's the game which is now OF, and
IS preventing the election Of a United
States Senator from Illinois. Il IS tine.
to call halt and request the lawmakers
TO stop laying politics with the highest
Offices within the gift OF the people"
Philip \. Greene. OF Providence, P L
who is at the Ebbitt, says that many
Rhode Islanders gather native plants and
| leaves for the makers OF medicines.
In sn age when the Ills Of mankind
/ are treated mainly with pills and pow
ders," said Mr.. Greene, "the ordinary
person looks upon the individual engaged
/ in gathering roots and herbs as following
an unusual occupation Yet there ara
I several persons IN Rhode Island who
/ find profitable employment IN seeking
/ plants and leaves in the country. which
are readily sold 20 the manufacturers 0e
medicine and the stores IN the city.
80 great is the demand for the medi-
| cinsl plants that large quantities %
/ them are imported from other States
where men make a business OF cUltivati1g
| certain species. sometimes 6eyoting large
areas 10 one plant
Few Rhode Islanders have Inherited
I the knowledge Of the plants which vas
/ held By their grandmOthers. who. at the
proper season Of the year. when the blood
( IS supposed 10 need cleaning and thin
/ ming. were wont TO dose the members OF
/ their households with sulphur and mo-
/ lssses and herb decoctions OF various
kinds.
a great many OF the plants which
/ grow wild and are easily recognized con-
/ tain the healthful acids and mineral salts
/ which the human system Graves after
having been nourisheT during the winter
/ on food containing a large amount OF fat
/ ~ and starchy material While the ns-
/ tive-bOrn citizen has apparently forgotten
the uses OF the plants and roots. and has
! become accustomed 20 use drugs and
I chemicals in their stead, there IS a large
I part Of the population composed mainly
OF immigrants from England. Ireland. and
Italy. which continues 70 make use Of
/ them. These adopted sons and daughters
1 spend a great deal OF their spare tine in
securing the fields and woods from early
spring until fail gathering herbs for use
/ in their households. and sell the surplus
/ TO the city stores
Speaking about the Panama Canal.
Senator Ankeny. OF Washington. who IS
At The Shorenam, said last night that he
had always been opposed 10 the lock
type. and favored the sea-leveI canal
/ He said he fully believe that the future
would surely show that the sea-levei sys-
/ ten was the only practical one, that the
/ lock type would have 10 be abandoned
sooner or later on account OF the physical
/ and natural imp0ssibiliIy TO construct a
/ solid foundation for the lock type, there
not being solid bottom upon which 20
place the foundation.
The check workers said James B.
I Rswlins. OF New York. a private detect
I've OF that city, who is at the Raleigh.
are the busiest OF all the grafters. and
the hardest 10 keep track Of They are
az It the whole year round, and cause the
police a lot OF trouble because they vary
/ their methods so much Nearly AL other
/ classes Of criminals have certain little Pc
/ culiarities about their work. By which
/ they become known. but these fellows
! get up a new scheme every day
Some Of them are men Of genius, who
4 could make a good living with their
brains and tongues in almost any other
I lire II they only cared 70 do so. They
/ ali have degenerate tendencies, however.
! which drive them 70 the commission OF
crimes. The most OF them would not re-
/ form 4 they could
The most interesting OF this class. per-
/ haps, are not really check workers az all
I allude 20 the men who make Il their
+ business 70 get genuine signatures 10
I bona fde checks unknown TO the signs-s.
/ They are the modern development OF the
now almost extinct class OF swindlers
/ who used 10 drive through the country
! getting responsible farmers 10 sign ma
/ chinery contracts. lightning-rOd agree
7 men1s. OF anything. in fact. which might
be torn in Two and become a promissOry
/ note which could be negotiated al bank
Now and then a modification Of this old
I game still crops up in the backwoOds
I districts, and in spite Of the fact that
+ every farmer nowadays takes paper OF
some kind IN which these frauds are ex-
/ posed. victims are always found 70 Illus
t=ate the grafter's axiom that 8 new
sucker Is born every minute"
i Julius G. Miller. sculptor. OF Philadei-
\ phis, who is al the Shoreham. discussed
statuaTy and the making OF the sans
last night Although IN the making OF
bronze statuary. the casting is a very
/ important and vitality necessary opera
ton" said Mr. Miller, there are only
seven foundries in the United States
\ where such work is done. Perhaps. in
\ deed. II is just because so much depends
on the founder and so great must be his
skill and knowledge OF the scuIptoT-s art
that the foundries are so few 4 great
/ deal OF such work is now turned out in
this country, and every now and then a
foundry is started. only 70 make a failure
because Of lack. in the operators. Of the
] peculiar skill needed. The business Is a
queer one. too. for which it seems hard
to get skilled workmen.
The making Of a marble statue is done
\ entirely By the sculptor. or by workmen
and students in his studio and under his
/ personal supervision. The bronze statue
is not only not made in the sCulptoT's
\ studio, but Il IS almost invariably an e.
/ largement Of the sculptor's model. which
! enlargement is made by the casters. and
7 through methods OF which The sculptor
himself may know nothing.
The bronze founders art consists IN