The Washington herald., 1909-08-01
AT THE HOTELS.

VINO was seen al the National.
If Calderhead Is beaten at the prirn-
airy. then the Democrats VIII expect
some help from his crowd OF RepubIi-
cans. Still 1t IS giving no secrets away
to say that the Democrats hope Calder
head viii win at the primary, because
they believe there Is more Of a chance
Of the square dealers boiling al the
election than the regulars. Party lines
lie mighty loosely on the square dealers.
for the reason that many Of them so
many years ago belonged TO the POpulisr
party
The same situation exists in the Sixth
district" continued BIr. Cumming. The
Democrats want Congressman Reeder 10
win out al the primary They came
within go votes Of defeating Reeder
at the election last year. and Il ne is
nominated again they believe fhey can
floor him.
IN the First district Representative
Anthony. no doubt viii win at the prl-
mary. He has made a splendid record so
far, and will receive the support OF many
Democrats 70 90 back 70 Congress for
another term
Etienne Cremerieux. Of Paris. France,
IS at the New Willard " Cremerieux IS
a Frenchman Of the old school and a
rlonarchist 70 the heart Speaking OF the
France OF to-day. u. Cremerieux said:
France to-day is a power OF the second
class. fallen 10 that low plane from that
OF the leading power OF Europe under the
monarchy. France to-day s1asquerades
as q republic, when. 10 truth, It is the
most tyrannical form OF government a
fauatically radical and extreme social
istic legislative chamber could devise.
There is neither freedom Of speech. OF
thought nor OF conscience in France to-
day, and yet France parades under the
flag Of republicanism.
The ignorant. the unworthy, the
vicious have control Of the government,
and II that were not so, there would be
less graft In the government than there
is. The governn ent az France has never
been as depraved as Il is to-day. Crime
IS on the increase in France, ard the
birth rate Is falling of continuously.
Business Is not what It used 10 be France
has been showed 70 the rear by smaller
powers Ike Italy, Austria, and others.
When France had her enperors. that was
the time OF her glory. Art and science,
culture and beauty were a synonym for
France. Then her army vas brave and
reaped many a victory on the battle
field. Her navy thea was powerful and
second only 10 that OF England Her peo-
pie then were law-sbiding, God-fearing
citizens. brought up In the religion OF
their fathers
The very agencies that made France
great in the past have been wiped out
IL.
schools. the home Of science and art.
have been banished.
1T must be admitted" continued the
/ FrenchEan, even by the most rabid So
cialSt that the church gave encourage
ment 70 the art Of sculpture painting,
music, and every form OF idealsn- The
church supported hospitals, orphanages.
and old peoples homes, II taught the
/ growing generation the glories Of France.
And what have we to-day? We are at
the mercy Of the ignorant the fanatic.
the UDthinkiBg But the end must be
soon and then France VIII again come
into her own"
Speaking OF life in the army to-day.
Charles s. Roller. OF New York. who is
now connected With sa advertising con-
/ Germ, Tut has seen service with Uncle
/ SAM for many years. said: mo man can
/ be machine all the time without little
! amusement They've made sVtu carter
Of the soldier. an officers dog robber;
/ they've fasteoed grueling marches on
\ him that take Up nearly all the rest
his spare time; they've been obliged on
/ account OF the shOrt-handedEess 10 fasten
! two or three times too much guard duty
on him; they've taken his canteeu away
1 from him; well, then, Fhea is he able
\ out OF all this grind 10 snatch out a
minute for hlraselc? Is he 20 he expected
10 squat on the barracks floor and tViddIe
his thumbs and wait FOR some call TO
/ summon hiTn 10 the next duty?
He wants. Ike any other human being
/ up against a hard grind. 10 break the
I monotony OF the thing once in a while,
/ by leaving the post behind him and TAX
\ ing n look az the things that lie out
\ side Of the military routine. How much
OF that can he do on the pay that he
\ gets now? In not speaking Of the fell
/ lows that take the army game so hard
/ that they've got 10 go out and get drunk
I outside the post limits whenever they
/ find themselves in possession OF a dollar.
but OF the cleaner chaps. who ike to
| break the grind up by going into town
/ tO-a theater once in a while. or something
/ OF that sort
They car DO a lot OF that on the pay
/ they get noV-yes. a lot. Ana so far as
/ that goes. 20 take stu asOther end OF Il.
the thing has got so rotten In a good
many places that the doors OF theaters
and such places are shut in the faces OF
men IN uniforIn-which IS another reason
why fellows that really don't have 70.
should enlist. isn't Il?
You go 10 any American military post
I l. 49,
day and you'll ind that almost 20 q man
the men stln left IN the outfits feel that
they've been trapped and tricked and
imposed upon; and II you can figure out
any way 20 make discipline stand up
when all hands have got that kind OF a
feeling under their shirts. you ought TO
invest in a postal card and write Il down
and send Il 20 the War Department
Until recently Central America was
the only source Of the worlds banana
supply. and It is now the chief source"
said Harry S. Hunter. OF Galveston, Tex,
at the National recently.
However, new regions perfectly adapt
ed for the production OF this fruit are
being opened up. and within short tine
the western half OF the United States win
secure the bulk OF its supply from Mex
Eco. Since the discovery OF the banana
as food product It has not been a ques-
ton Of production. but transportation.
The banana VIII not pack well with other
cargo. 1t will not stand much handling.
and until the people OF this country were
educated 20 its taste there was not much
encouragement to enter into the trade.
Once introduced, the demand became
great enough to induce capital 10 make
the venture, and to-day shipload after
shipload Is discharged at the wharves Of
the ports Of the United States The fruit