The Washington herald., 1910-11-17
AT THE HOTELS.

to ". S. Graves. OF Sussex. England
who Is touring this country with his
daughter. Miss Graves. They are at
the shoreham.
Canada is making wonderful progress
in every line and is laying the founda-
ton for q mighty empire Since my
last visit In Canada the changes have
been truly wonderful The proximity OF
the United States and Canada is bound
10 develop between the two peoples a
feeling OF more than neighborllness. II
seems 10 me ] can see in the not far OF
future union of these two countries,
each TO retain in some form its own
government"
Mr.. Graves does not believe that a pro-
tective tariff for England is called for.
business in England is very satisfac-
tory said Mr.. Graves. and the British
artisan is clever enough to see the adj
vance that Is being made in other coun-
tries along his lines, and he keeps
abreast with them. II is true that Ger
many is making inroads on certain Brit
Ish markets. but IL Is also true that
England Is gaining along other lines.
While ! admit that for certain articles
which seem TO be suffering from foreign
competition a limited protective tariff
may be of some advantage. the British
people on general principles are opposed
to the tariff idea"
There is nothing much worse, accord
Ing to Mr.. Graves, than one-chamber
government. referring TO the efforts be-
ing made by the Liberals in England and
the socialists and radicals To abolish the
House OF Lords. Mr.. Graves said he be-
lieves that a strong monarchy, with men
ct its head who dispose OF questions in
business way. would help 10 solve the
present questions which are causing so
much perplexity to the British govern
ment.
Speaking OF Germany, Mr.. Graves said:
Il entertain the profoundest respect for
the German people and their Emperor.
who, as a monarch. is what he should
be. He has made mistakes, OF course.
but he knows what he wants and what
his high calling stands for, and there Is
no swerving from his aim after he has
once decided what. in his opinion is the
course 10 pursue for the best interests OF
his country. The Germans are an en-
ergetic, highly intellectual. ana progress
I've people. II Is impossible that they
| can contain themselves for many years
within the four wells or their limited
country. They must have an outlet
somewhere. and I look with concern at
the preparations Germany is making In
the way OF building a powerful navy.
Against what country is this navy TO be
used? There VIII be a crisis between
England and Germany some time, and IL
is my impression that Germany viii be
in q position TO compel England TO make
concessions or surrender some OF her
colonies"
John W Griggs. Attorney General un-
der Mckinley and a member Of The
/ Hague Permanent Court OF Arbitration,
| Is at the New Willard Mr.. Griggs has
had quite a political career. having been
member OF the New Jersey general
assembly, a State senator. president OF
/ the New Jersey senate, and governor OF
that State which Office he resigned in
/ January, 1895. to take Office Ia Mr. Nc
| Kinley's Cabinet. Dir. Griggs lives al
| Paterson. n. J.
| The American home-that Is. the home
occupied by its individual owners rap
| idly becoming an institution OF the past.
/ according 10 DR.. z. F. Parke. OF New
/ York. who is attending the convention OF
American State universities, and who is
Unless some movement looking 10 fits
conservation is started in another quar-
ter OF a century," said DR.. Parke, "ac-
eording to the opinion OF experts. not
more than 10 per cent Of the country's
/ population. exclusive OF rural districts,
viii live in their own homes And that
state once reached. the practical extine-
ton Of the American home win not DO
far off
while this condition is one OF the
most startling and certainly one OF the
most important facts, from an economic
/ standpoint, revealed by the present cen
| sus, investigators are still at loss 10
discover the cause-to diagnose the case,
as it were. They are. however, face to
face with the fact that the condition
exists most apparently. OF course, in the
crowded oenters of population. but 10 a
lesser extent in every part Of the coun-
try.
In New York to-day. for example,
only about 1900 families. representing
| only little more than 2 per cent OF the
/ city's population, own their own homes.
Half a century ago the figure was nearly
so per cent. In smaller cities and towns
the same condition OF affairs is arriving
| just as surely. even II not so rapidly
/ ''One of the causes most commonly
cited is the decreasing size OF the Ameri-
can family, which is now less than four.
as compared TO more than six fifty years
| ago. The increasing difficulty OF obtain
1 ing servants is cited by some as the
reason why hundreds OF thousands OF per-
sons the country over are giving up the
individual home idea and taking up life
in apartment houses or hotels. Again,
/ it is held that the increased cost of liv-
/ I'll
dition, since it is now impossible for the
/ individual purchasing food and lodging
in small amounts-at retail, so to speak
10 get as much for his money as he can
as the patron OF an establishment.
whether apartment house or hotel. whose
proprietor buys the necessities wholesale
and can sell them IN consequence at
price which the individual cannot ap-
preach. Still other critics hold that iazi-
ness and love of luxury are the causes OF
the new condition. arguing that many
Americans find It too much trouble TO
maintain an individual homo when better
accommodations, food. and serivce can
be obtained in modern hotels withou. any
OF the worries OF housekeeping
Mrs. T. De Witt Talmsge. widow Of ths
celebrated pulpit orator, and her
daughter. Miss Collier. are at the New
Willard
Mr.. LANG Tun Yen. formerly presi-
dent OF the foreign Office in China. ar
rived in this country about a week ago
for the purpose. as he SAID. OF visiting
his old sehoolmates and the school and
college IN which he was educated and
TO arrange for placing his children in
school,
1T is pleasure to be here again after
an absence of thirty-two years said
the Chinese diplomat, and 7 can already
| see that there are many chancas