The Washington herald., 1910-02-28
AT THE HOTELS.

There is a peculiar fascination in firing
a revolver" said Col J. H. Young. of'
Portland. Greg. who is at the Raleigh,
especially II you hit your target. A gun
is well enough In its way. and even the
military rife is good. but the revolver is
the weapon OF romance; and there IS
nothing like the feeling OF confidence that
comes over the man who knows he can
hit what he fires at. For this reason &c
Is matter for wonder that the enjoy
ment Of the sport is not more general.
One reason may be the fact that the
range Of pocket weapon is limited"
continued Col. Young, "and that many
OF these Tevolvers are pretty nearly
worthless as target weapons, but with a
.SS or 40 caliber OF the best model some
marvellous scores have been made. MILF
tary revolyers. with perfect ammunition.
will shoot accurately up to 800 yards, al
though target shooting is seldom at q
greater range than seyenty-fve yards.
with this class Of weapon one may
shoot into two-inch circle at 20 yards
and into a four-inch circle at 50 yards
The best pocket reyolvers are capable
OF doing good work up 10 % yards and
will shoot into a three-inch circle. Be-
cause OF the shorter barrel, small size
and necessarily heavy load for defensive
purposes. this class of weapon is more
difficult to shoot close groups at target.
Learn your revolver thoroughly, for
they all have some popularity, shooting
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short range. and with a large target and
bulIs-eye. This will give you confidence.
show you where you are shooting. and
save time. AS you become proficient and
able to group most of the shots In the
black. move back a little distance and
practice there until you become master
Of this increased distance. Repeat this
until you are shooting at the regulation
distance.
7 thoroughly agree with President
Taft in putting young men to the front
in the army and Secretary Meyers idea
Of making tho navy Of this country tbs
most powerful in the world America
has & world mission TO fulhH. and wa
must be able to back up our opinion IN
an effective manner. or become ridicu-
lous in the eyes Of the world"
Discussing the high price Of foodstuffs.
Herman B. stockman. OF Chicago, a
wholesale merchant, who Is at the Airing
ton. said yesterday that the Graham
bread Of to-day Is the result OF an agita-
ton OF too much meat eating years ago.
IT, -
bread IS that it was the product OF the
first real vegetarian crank Of our times,
and It was the forerunner Of the present
tendency toward the eating OF cereals
and fruit instead Of meat Graham
bread was brought out. so to speak"
continued Mr.. Stockman. about 1851 by
6 man named Sylvester Graham. who
came 10 the conclusion that people were
eating altogether too much meat. and
that they ought 10 subsist more largely
on a cereal diet. The man made himself
famous as an advocate Of bread made
from unbolted' flour. and the bread mads
in this manner was named Graham
bread.
THAT this bread has been a benefit
goes without saying. Another thing, and
probably the most important, is the fact
that Graham bread sideTacked the peo-
pie of the United States from being such
enormous consumers Of meat. and taught
them IN scientific way that diet OF
cereal and fruit was more healthful and
more satisfactory.
There Is lot Of truth in the srgu-
ment that there is too much waste Of
food stuffs among the people. and that
this results in high prices. II is. however.
ridiculous that one OF the seven Guggen-
helms. probably the wealthiest family IN
the United States. and probably also the
controlling power Of more combines in the
world than any other. should feel himself
called upon 10 say that the people are
wasteful 1t may also be true that just
such combines as that Of which the Gug-
genheims are the heads are responsible
for the high cost of living. This. indeed,
is more near TO the truth than the argu-
ment Of wastefulness. The GuggenheIms
are simply throwing the burden of the ar
gument on the poor people TO avert suspi-
cion and to clear themselves. That's the
way II looks to an outsider"