The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-25
AT THE HOTELS.

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and other craft. according TO K. L. Jen-
kins, of New York, who was seen at the
Raleigh. Mr.. Jenkins is in the shipping
business
'"rhese captains are brave men," said
Mr.. jenkins. 'and the record Of an ocean
disaster often ends with the sentence.
The captain went down with the ship.'
The mythical halo that has long encircIed
the sea captain is evaporating these days
when the steamship service Is developing
so marvelously as to make the journey
seem no longer than an ordinary land
trip. and when SO many persons from
both sides Of the sea make themselves
personally acquainted with a character
that may long have been the subject Of
their wonderment.
''Oncers of the different steamship lines
win tell you that the name OF the cap
tain almost invariably influences the pas
sengers' choice OF the ship in which they
are 10 make voyage. AS a conse-
quence. these trans Atlantic captains are
becoming widely known in two continents.
They are the heroes OF many anecdotes,
so many, indeed, that a volume might
be filled with the tales Of their proves
and their bravery, but more than ali OF
their personal peculiarities II is by
their respective dispositions and manners
that the landsnan measures them. and
by these traits is he prepossessed or
prejudiced.
What captain sails on tuesday, asks
lady passenger at the Liverpool Office
OF one OF the companies. What, that
horrid Capt. Dash. l would rather swim
over than cross with him again. And
who leaves next week? Capt. Blank?
Oh; that's splendid. I'll wait and sail
with him This illustrates the case per-
fectly. They may all be excellent sailors
and brave men, but something more than
that is generally required-yes. and re-
membered. too. The captains are by no
means all OF a piece as regards popu-
larity- Some of them never make friends,
and others always do. OF the latter
! class many instances might be given A
! captain OF a certain Cunard liner was
very gruff and brusque. and here is one
| OF the best anecdotes illustrating this:
a lady passenger. leaning over the rail
and looking toward Newfoundland, said
10 the captain:
=" Oh. captain. do tell me- is it always
as foggy and salty as this of the Benks?'
'The captain, CHANGING briefly al his
qiIestiOner and then resuming his atti-
| tude. said: How the devil DO I know.
| madam? / don't live here Certain II Is
that the memory of this capable old salt
is not cherished with much affection by
transatlantic voyagers."
| Nikola Kaumanns. German agricultural
| commissioner, when seen at the Shore
/ ham, in speaking OF the American farmer,
said: '"The conquest by the American
farmer of the South and the plains Of the
] West mas added 10 the strength OF ATaeri-
can agriculture by calling in more men.
Every man that the new lands have at
traeted from abroad is permanent gain
for American agriculture. which sorely
needs labor. II is precisely in this dearth
OF labor that the greatest danger 10
American agriculture lies That good Ia
Dor is being attracted TO agriculture is
due 10 the homestead laws and the vigoT-
Gus prosecution OF the irrigation works.
1 / emphasize this" said Mr.. Humans,
| although ! understand well enough the
| desire or the American people 10 restrict
/ immigration. and especially 10 keep out
| the element that goes 10 increase the
numbers of the proletariat OF the cities.
| But a slower pace in the opening OF new
| lands VIII not destroy this advantage; on
| the contrary, IL viii prevent the settle
ment on the new lands of a larger num-
Der OF undesirables just come in. or OF
those already here. which would have a
bad effect on the condition and progress
of the older settlements. 1 believe the
United States has a reserve OF cultiVabie
land large enough to prevent apprehen-
sion of the future. Nor Is the increase
| in population such that there really need
| be any fear of a scarcity of tillable
ground. The natural increase in pOpula-
| ton will be checked in the United States
| through the fear that larger numbers
will lower the standard OF living. II is
not strange that there should be IN this
country, as in older countries a gradual
| falling off in the natural increase il pOpu-
| laIion. This will counterfeit the opera
| ton OF the law of Nautilus, that there
should be an ever-groWing tension be-
tween the former standard OF living and
the increased population"
Little Sam Parsons is three years old,
and he formerly lived at Portsmouth,
Ohio" said Fred S. Weeks. OF Cleve-
/ land. telling this anecdote. SANS par
ents are now living at Elizabeth. n. J.
The other day Sans disposition for fun
and mischief led him 10 commit some
| little depreciation, for which his mother
gave him a talking 10. She dWelt upon
the idea Of God seeing US and knowing
what We are doing here, which set Sam
TO thinking. Pretty soon he asked:
Mamma. do God see everything We
do here?'
Yes, replied his mother.
TO which the little rascal immedi-
ately replied: on. pshaw! Den let's
move back TO Ports'uthr p"
During the last election President
Schurman. of Cornell. berated Col.
Roosevelt for his attack on the courts"
said II. G. Thomas, of New York, 'and
at the class day celebration of Cornell
In June the class orator Of 1910 gave pub
lie expression within she halls Of Cor
nell TO almost the identical views which
Roosevelt enunciated on the stump later
on. President Schurman will, therefore,
see that the institution over which he
presides produces ROoseveltian theories.
1.-THE orator said that State and Fed
eral judges are representatives of the
capitalistic class. They have fought the
| fight of the capital class and they have
appropriated extraordinary weapons in
order 10 fight it with more effect. Popu-
| lar government should be a government
of sober second thought of the people
themselves. What the people. upon re-
Election, do not approve Of cannot long
endure And the exercise Of the ultimate
! legislative authority OF the nine elderly
gentlemen who compose the Supreme
Court. upon second thought or third
thought, is as much ike popular govern
ment as is an uksse OF the Car OF Rus
STA. Judicial usurpation which profits
the eapitalistic class will not profit us.
While the notion OF the divine right OF