The Washington herald., 1909-03-19
AT THE HOTELS.

az the Arlington yesterday.
This hrm.' continued the Freedman.
IL accused Of taking models and ma
ehinery. and even workmen. 10 America.
with the idea OF transplanting the factory
there.
Calais has lived on lace making for a
great many years" added the Calais ex-
porter Its annual income from America
is something IKE 100000. Naturally, Il
did not look upon the removal Of this
firm with favor.
They invested some money in 2 textile
company in PaWtucket. r. 7. This fact
aroused the ire OF the citizens OF Calais,
who Immediately feared the transplanting
OF their Industries and much loss of
trade Their guild boycotted them. One
OF the owners came 10 this country ~
once and showed the letter from the
guild % President Roosevelt himself. who
pronounced Il medieval document. since
then the citizens seem 70 have banded
together % destroy the firm al al costs.
i am quite sure that II matters do
not turn out better the firm NAV really
remove 20 this country. That seems 10
be exactly what the attitude OF Calais
viii force them 10 do. However. ar pres
ent the tariff on foreign-made lace IS
50 per cent. The workman fin France gets
20 cents In America he must get at
least 81 In the circumstances They. can
not produce lace as cheaply IN this coun-
Try as the French can Unless the tariS
Is raised Il viii be necessary 20 import
some WOrkmen. too. as Il takes a man
seven years 20 learn the weavers trade"
Talking about sports IN general and
football IN particular. Daniel G. Hale.
OF London. England. who is az the New
Willard. said last night that there IS
good reason for believing that football
had its origin in the grewsome custom %
kicking about an eneSny's skull
Among the traditions OF the city OF
Chester. said AR Hale. there IS one
which refers 10 the head OF a Dane
having been used for the sport With re-
gard TO this. II might be pointed out as
an interesting fact that the headquarters
Of the Rugby Union was for long stu
ated al Danes Inn
AS % The intermediate stages between
the skull and thA inflated leather. but
Little appears 20 be knoss- The Greeks
and the Romans certainly possessed
games somewhat resembling Rugby. and
go ---- nc game nc H4l1E ELe OF one ELlG
had 10 carry a ball over q lire defended
by the other. Some OF the red l,-dians
also played a similar game and IN very
early days IN England there used 70 be
keen local struggles over bail games
which are regarded by historians as relies
OF the old clan feuds, azd were fought
out IN more OF less bloOdthirsty manner.
so rough were those early. games that
tiHid James denounced all rough and
violent exercise. such as football. as
meeJer for laming than for making able
the users thereof"
ID. r. Brewer. Associate Justice 81 the
United States Supreme Court. the Wit and
story teller Of that tribunal, is credited
with this little story" said Herman +.
Shr-ner. OF Minneapolis, MINI, who Is al
the Raleigh
a rnillwright was converted 70 the
way OF thinking Of a sect which period
Caily was inspired win a foreknowIedge
Of the imminenoe Of the day OF doom ana
set the date. preparing for Gab-iers
greeting.
The date was set. and the day came.
The nillwright donned his white robe
and went out into the FIELDS 20 await she
-A-A-AlA- 4l4rrAA4AE Win me CEleeEld. TElTOTE-
The day passed until X was late IN the
afternoon, and the miliwright having
risen az the stroke Of Midnight on the
morn Of the eventfUl DAY. grew drowsy.
and throwing himself down upon a pile
OF hay. fell asleep at his watch.
Boys discovered him. and with the
natural -nischievoUsneSs OF boys. they SET
IRE 70 the hay The smoke and the heat
soon woke the slumbering miilwright.
and sitting up with a start, he cried with
the anguish OF the lost: Just as L ex-
pected- II he'll. after all "
James Gustavus Whitley. consul gen
eral Of the Congo Free state, with ohees
IN Baltimore. was seen 81 the New
Willard last night and in speaking Of the
new government Of that country said.
1t is generally admitted that one
nan power is essential in the early years
Of colonial development This principle is
recognized IN the wonderful colonial sys-
ten Of Great Britain. There must be
concentration OF authority. so as 70 al
low quick and decisive action in dealing
with colonial problems.
AS Count de L.esseps once said. IF
there is anything important 10 do. and
there are Two OF you 20 do It. there is one
TOO many Under King Leopold's per
s0nal rule in Africa. the King was prac-
tically his own colonial minister There
was no delay in making the required
laws. There was no withholding OF funds
for necessary expenses OF development
AS a result. railroads were built
. roads were made. steamboats, were
launched. telegraph lines were put I'd.
government posts and hospitals we're
bulk. and schools were subsidized. The
whole country vas put IN such shape
that the missionary and the trader could
safely enter. This was going some. con-
sidering the savage state Of the country
when King Leopold took hold Of Il
The trader appreciated Il. got busy.
and made a larEe bunch OF money Two
thirds OF the missionaries appreciated IL
and thankfully awaited themselves OF the
opportunity 10 carry Christianity and
/ civilization 10 those who sit IN dark
ness.
Even the handful OF dissatisfied Prot
estant missionaries who think they can
run the country better than anybody
else are reluctantly compelled 20 admit
thar there has been wonderful material
development under King Leopold-s rule.
II they were Logical, they would ba
also compelled 70 admit that the powers
were right when they declared az che
Brussels conference that the most err
cacioUs way Of civilizing a country is 70
open IL up FIRST u IS safe 60 say that
this result could not have been accom-
plished so swiftly and so effectively had
the Congo from its infancy been subject
10 the deliberatiOn and delays OF pariia-
mentary government
Circumstances are now different All
this preliminary work has been done. and
the Belgian people and Parliament may
now advantageousIy take q hand Ia the