The Washington herald., 1909-03-24
AT THE HOTELS.

Warrensbgrg Nc, who is az the Ma
tionaL Onions are always IN demand at
good prices Tomatoes are a favorits
speciality with men engaged in truck gar
dening near Kansas city. because OF the
high price they bring in the early spring
The Brus farm. on Blue Ridge boulevard.
ten miles east OF the city, sends tomatoes
70 the hotels 81 $50 and s. a bushel.
There are grown from hot-bed plants. AS
soon as one crop IS picked another IS
ready. At the lower rate OF s3.59 a bushel
one acre CT tomatoes would give an In
come Of $3.50 a year. Allow enough
ground 10 grow the varied vegetables
needed for The family. and enough win
remain % give the grower OF tomatoes
500 or S.000 In a year. II he made only
/ half that much. IL would be more than he
could save In the city.
Your acre need not be idle in the win
I ter added the Missouri farmer. Get
/ The ground IN good shape and SOW spin
( aeh. covering X lightly with manure or
straw, as a protection Il Is a hardy
plant and viii gr6w ali winter. SO that
+ early IN april. sometimes in March. yoU
I may market Il at . 10 80 cents a bushel
/ Il doesn't take long % pick a bushel Of
/ spinach, and II soon counts up The pos
I sibilties Of an acre Of land near large
market, planted with various vegetables.
( are great and most profitable
/ Discussing the Improvement of san
Diego. Cal. N B. Nolan, of that place.
who IS al the Raleigh, said last night
/ that the most imperative improvement
+ for san Diego. and apparently the one
I most easily secured, Is that OF the bay
front.
/ Ar Nolan pointed out in clear terms
the neglect that IS characteristic OF TOO
many American cities. and the need OF
/ following the example Of Europe.
NO contrast could he greater" SAID
I he. than the European and American
methods OF dealing with water fronts.
/ In Europe the importance or the water
+ 'front.' for commerce and recreation IS
been spent on the construction of docks.
piers. prOmenades. embankments. and
/ parks.
/ "Oue can name places almost al ran-
I dou-NapIes. Genoa. Nice. 8Ientone. LII
cerne, Cologne. Hamburg. Paris. London.
I and LiveTpool-in which the vaterfronts
have been improved according 10 care
I fully prepared plans and through i'm
/ prOvements made source OF prosperity
and pleasure scarcely eQualeG by any
other.
I IN this country it is quite different.
Cities fronting on the Atlantic and the
/ Pacific. on the great rivers thai traverse
I the continent, and on the lakes have not
developed IL an adequate, business-like
/ way, measured BY the European standard.
t the opportunities that their situations az
ford
This contrast has now attracted at
tenticn, and American cities Of all classes.
I located In different sections Of the couu-
/ tryl have taken steps 20 better utilize
/ their water frOntaEes
/ japanese question iR California? How
about it, There isn't any; that's an
Robert +. Gunthe-. a patent attorney
OF New York. who IS al the New Willard.
said that the latest is 70 have your shoes
/ shined by electricity.
by one q these devices. which was
installed over year ago al the corner
I OF Thirty-nlnth street and Rrosdv-av-
I New York, said Mr.. Gunther. '.2o05 peo-
/ pie receive an automatic shoe shine every
day
/ II steve Brodie could see the electric
4 shoe shining machine. ne would turn over
IN Ms grave The shine costs but q
nickel You step Up 10 the machine. IN
! sert a foot IN the proper. opening. press
the button, and In less than two minutes
/ your boots are polished even better than
a bootblack could do L. The shoe shiue-
IS no larger than the automatic weighing
machine.
The machinery Is maintained IN an
upright position On either SIDE o. re
I platform is a brass rail for the patron 10
I steady himself while the shoe IS being
( polished The foot is thrust through an
( opening in the platform. until Il rests
on 8 metal form While standing with
one foot in the opening the nickel IS
4 dropped in the slot, and the shining be-
/ gins One set OF brushes come I'd and
\ cleans The dust and mud from the shoe
The sole and heels, as wei as the upper
I part are cleaned While they are doing
this a felt brush comes I'D ana cleans
T. the front Of the shoe As soon as this
I operation is completed the brushes slip
Z into place, and a new set IS ready for
I business. In the interval, a liberal coat
i ing OF blacking has been applied through
( tubes. so that when the new brushes are
in place the real shining begins. II takes
4 less than a minute 10 shine a shoe.
I The other foot is then inserted IN the
. opening. the electric button IS given q
second push, and the programme IS re-
! peated- Although the patron pushes ths
button twice. he has 20 drop IN but one
nickel as the mechanism is provided
I with double release
/ Discussing the British shiDbuildinE pro
I gramme Edgar L Brooks. Of London.
who is at the Shoreham. said last night
I that for the present the British feet IS
p. wen provided with large docks
Owing 10 the recent completion OF
I the dOckyard extension scheme at Devon
\ port. ct a cost OF about E5.000.o00. there
are now in the British empire thirteen
/ government docks and six coloniaI and
private docks which can take the Dread
nOught. and there are FIVE other govern
Yaent and two private docks IN the United
! Kingdom. as wen as two colonial docks.
which can accommodate the Lord Mel
son battle ships. which are eighty feet
+ shorter and TWO and One-haif feet nsr-
rover than the Dreadnought
The idea IS that the British authorities
I VIII initiate the policies initiated with so
lAAAI4A ~ ~AiI -----SA-s-e -aeAA. Le-
/ partment IN the case Of the Dewey. and
/ viii construct several large floating docks
which can be moved from point 10 point
] In accordance with the strategical nsces-
Z stiles OF the moment The same problem
I Of docking accommodations for these
/ huge ships VIII have 20 be solved by ell
[ the great naval powers. and where suf3-
I cientIy sheltered waters can be secured
many arguments can be advanced in sup
/ port Of the policy Of movable docks. apart