The Washington herald., 1910-12-07
AT THE HOTELS.

ihiitaIy ateAcne OF the japanese En-
oassy, who succeeds Col. Tanaka. has
arrived in this city and is at the Shore
ham. Col. Tanaka has returned 10
Japan. where he has been ASSIGNED to
duty in the Office Of the general stan OF
the imperial japanese army.
Snow serves TO clean the air better
than anything else" said Dr. Ernest W.
Striker, of Philadelphia, at the New
Willard last night Air during and
after snowstorm is good to breathe.
Why not try It?
To get out in a snowstorrn and exer-
else activey-the snow striking you in
the facets invigorating and stimuiat-
ing. IL makes the cheeks glow; it is fino
Tor the complexion: il stimulates the
heart and causes the body fluids to clean
out the body waste places. II makes
the nerves Jingle II is the poor mans
Turkish bath.
why not get out and clean on the
snow, and while you are at il. clean on
somebody else's snow. Get out in the
snow and let some OF IL get in your
windows at night You can melt more Of
1t, than it can freeze of you.
Don't be a mollycodde.'
y - bIi Iii SLtflftS--a fuH GRAVEYARD
is a true saying continued the snow en-
thusiast. But people will bundle and seal
themselves up in cold weather. They will
maintain a comfortable temperature at
the expense of pure air 10 breathe. and
thereby favor the development Of the i'm
pure air diseases, especially pneumonia
and bronchitis"
Hermann Ridder, editor OF the New
York Substituting, Is at the New VIII
lard. lie viii be one OF the speakers at
to-days Steuben banquet
Deploring the decline Of horse racing
in this country. Gerald A. Fitzmaurice.
OF England, who is at the Arlington, said
that horse racing and piety are not usu-
ally supposed TO go hand in hand, yet
in Europe. and more especially in Eng
land. many of the principal owners OF
racing stables. prominent among them the
Duke Of Portland. devote all the stakes
won by their horses, amounting In the
| aggregate TO a very large sum, to vari-
Gus forms OF charity; while at New
market which is more famous as a
horse-racing center than any other place
/ in the world, special means are adopted
by the proprietors OF the big racing studs
for the spiritual welfare OF their en-
ployes. especially of the jockey appren-
tees, the stablemen, and stable elads.
Thus King Edward built a chapel. at
tached 10 his training establishment at
Newmarket, where there is a congrega-
ton every Sunday Of several hundred.
composed Of the Kings people and OF the
stable folk from some of the other train
ing quarters in the vicinity.
The late Caroline, Duchess Of Mont
rose" continued the Englishman. 'who
! used to race under the name Of Mr..
| Mantou.' and who was for years 50
conspicuous a figure on the turf, also
built very pretty chapel OF quite large
dimensions on her property at New
market for the use OF her stable folk
Like the King, she maintained a chaplain.
the duties Of whose pastorate were re-
stricted to celebrating divine service in tho
chapel and 10 looking after the spiritual
welfare Of the people in her employ at
| Newmarket. In this he received a con-
siderable amount OF quite vigorous as
sistance from the duchess, who was an
extraordinary character and exceedingly
picturesque, not TO say highly colored. in
her language; for when she was at New
market for the race meetings she would
sometimes march into the chapel after
the beginning OF the Sunday morning
service. and. striding up the aisle, lead
by the ear some lueldess stable lad whom
she had caught trying TO play trUant
| from church
Boys begin 10 be trained as jockeys
from the age OF thirteen. They start as
stable lads, and, OF course, all hope TO
rise. When they are through riding. they
generally wind up as trainers. Naturally.
the moral welfare of these boys requires
attention, and that ii is thus cared for
deserves to be brought 10 the knowledge
of those who fondly imagine that any
connection with horse racing implies
loose living. gambling. blasphemy.
/ drinking. and irreligion in general"
Gen. Ernst Won Reiehenau. OF the Ger
man army, who is an officer Of the Ehr-
hardt Company, which is the chief Ger
man competitor OF the Krupp works, Is
in this city. He comes 20 this country
10 witness some ammunition tests for the
United States government The general
is an authority on artillery, but he does
not say so in that many words.
Being asked whether America would
have 10 fight Japan and whether she
was prepared for war. the general said:
las TO a war between America and
Japan, I cannot speak; but I can say
AnlSFIca IS not pfSpStreu ApE Hs44t
and that is had"
Gen. Won Reichenau said that Gen.
Wood was perfectly right in asking Con-
gress. to give him money with which TO
keep large reserve army OF several
hundred thousand at his beck and call
The German expert would go much fur
Their; he would have universal conscrlp-
ton here. as they have in Germany.
soon you viii see it, said he. First
in England. and then in the United
States II is necessity"
Then you do not think the time for
disarmament is approaching" he was
iasked.
Let me ask you. VIII the time ever
leome when men cease to eat? No. Well.
la great many people think civilization
and peace are one and the same thing
. 1t is just the opposite The richer a ma
ton becomes, the more she must arm
herself poor man doesn't need pro-
) lection; it is the rich man who must de-
, lfend his goods So with the nation. War
. is a natural function-a law of nature
) We see it all around US in the struggle
! for existence-the struggle OF life itself.
DR.. George Williamson. OF Buffalo. n.
Y who is at the Riggs. said last night
that soup is awfuIIy bad for the oi-
! gestion. and followed that up as follows:
TT is of the utmost importance that
/ children be given the food which nour-
, fishes. Not long ago l happened TO be
, in New York and was at well-known
i hospital one evening when an ambulance
brought in an Italian child. The little
one died OF congestion Of the stomach.
The grieyed parents We're asked what they
} had given the child to eat
'Nothin',' said the father, except
) little rcd wine and spaghettL'