The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-21
AT THE HOTELS.

AT THE HOTELS.
THE interest OF thousands OF sport
lovers all over the country IS centered in
an enterprise backed by several Boston
sportsmen TO establish a national sane
tuary for the propagation, breeding, and
protection OF millions Of game birds OF
different species upon Cat Island. an i'm
mense tract Of Iowland lying or the coast
Of Louisiana. in the Gulf OF Mexico" said
c. 3. Brewster, Of Boston, at the New
Willard yesterday.
"A number Of prominent Bostonians
have bought the island. and they sent a
well-known New England ornithologist 10
the island 20 take photographs Of the
birds there and 70 study the islands
merits as a breeding place FOR the mlga-
tory game Of the country.
IT believe the creation Of this island.
continued Mr.. Brewster, remote from
the mainland. and now the home OF both
migratory and breeding birds. into great
sanctuary for our game birds IS a most
interest spOrtsmen everywhere. The ISL
and Itself. a low, level well-umbered
place in the Gulf OF Mexico. is q most
remarkable congregating place for birds
II is safe TO say that millions OF these
creatures VIII either make their nests
there or spend several weeks Of each
year on the island during their flights
north and south. The object OF the pur-
aH.rr -
going there safe at all seasons from
everybody We know that when the birds
ind such a place they viii continue 70
90 there in increasing numbers. and they
also tend 70 spread out from such To-
calities."
Discussing public schools. Charles T
Maxwell. Of New York. who Is at the
Shoreham. said yesterday that while the
subject Of public education is regarded
as a patriotic fetch. there are few par
ents sufficiently interested TO visit a
school to see how the children are edu-
Gated The mass OF pupils come from
poor parents. who are voiceless to criti-
! else or 10 tell the public officials what
their children need
Until 1895 10 was regarded as an I'M
warranted interference IN the rights and
/ personal liberty Of teacher and principal
| for a citizen 70 walk into a school or cIess-
/ rOom.'' continued Mr.. Maxwell. There
! IS not enough public criticism OF the
| schools from without. The schools are
run from within. by the superintendents
1t Is public criticism that Is needed most
OF all 70 prevent a public educator from
| becoming fixed. prejudiced. and blgoted
/ 81 r DO 4aff D..
opposition OF their views by the views Of
others 20 develop a school system prop
erly. The first thing we know q fad is
started Then come regular reports that
IL Is a grand success We hear nothing
OF failure.
The thing 20 DO is to 90 behind those
reports. Every oficeholder can be made
responsive % public opinion. The re-
sponses from some come slowly, but Il
the demand for enlightenment and the
insistence Of investigators continue. the
response IS complete. Strange It is how
soon some public officials become in
solent after they take Office. 4 few days
In Office makes them believe that they
know all there IS 20 know about a sub
ject and that outsiders with suggestions
and opinions are mere interlopers-"
I
Colorado Desert goes science one better
IN that line. According 70 Frank G
Green, OF Leadvule. Colo. who was seer
at the National Hotel last night you car
dispense with any kind Of telephone. with
or without wires, al least up 10 a certa!-
distance
. Two men a mile apart can carry on a
conversation in an ordinary tone Of
voice" continued Mr.. Green, ''partIcu-
larry II there happens to be a small bill
behind each. The prevailing silence Is
SO intense that il might be called deafen
ing. Perhaps after an. the weirdes
among many strange features OF th'
. desert is the mirage. We have camped
perhaps. and gone 90 bed in the evening
with the thermometer registering not IA
from the loo mark We awake shiverin,
with cold beneath our blankets. and lOOl
toward the east. There IS the sughtes
suggestion OF light in the sky there
which. as we watch. grows slowly il
strength, a grayish haze marks the hOri
e IONS edge. which stands out NOR
3 sharply al one point from which broad
p pale RAYS creep 40 and out high allow
IN the sky. These again slowly fade a
point of brilliant light appears at thei
base. This point grows 90 a half circle
3 then breaks and then runs along IN
E skyline in a surging. golden lake. Upol
{ the shores Of this lake, cities spring VI
l towers. spires. and solid blocks: Ties
fade into fields and forests and farmin
lands. fields OF grain. cattle standing 81
green alfalfa, sheets Of water. The noun
3 tains near the edge Of the lake sepaTat
+ from their bases and float upward, top
:, pie over and stand on their heads. thel
r. unwieldy feet in air. Soon our lake be
gins 10 contract and collect into a big
, round bali OF dazzling brilliance hun
just above the horizon. Farms and fores
disappear: the mountains, as thong
abashed az being caught in such an un
seemly attitude by the broad light G
: day. quickly resume their normal pos
! ton. while all the stark landscape stiffen
u into unsjirring endurance Of the garis
light and blazing heat Of the desert sur
: The mirage is gone ike 4 bubble; Onl
Z the gray desert remains.
j Discussing the cost Of maintaining auto
p mobile roads, y. NJ. Bliss. Of Buffalo. \
Y, who Is at the Arlington. said las
T. night that in England the use OF automc
biles has increased the cost OF main
e tanning ordinary roads from p TO Il pc
e cent ION the Massachusetts State high
i ways maintenance cost due 10 motto
y travel has jumped from 800 TO 500 mil
y year"
e The improved roads OF Europe. as we
e as our own, are not satisfactory whe
Q exposed 60 modern automobile traffic an
are suffering severely from it. II was 70
this reason that the International Roa
Congress at Paris was called 10 conside
how this difficulty could be met.
IS The general opinion WAS expressed q
Paris by the ablest English and Frenc
a engineers that this can only be done b
constructing more resistant surface, IN
Producing into the wearing surface OF tn
- road some bltuminOus cementing materia
: This would bind the mineral aggregat