The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-01
AT THE HOTELS.

Robert J. Wynne, who was American
consul general In London during Roose-
velt's administration, and who is now in
business as the representative Of several
American concerns. says there is just
now no business in American invest
ments. and the outlook IN such from 4
London standpoint seems poor for the
next year
Outside OF timber lands, Engiishmen
are not putting money into American in
vestments, said MI Wynne "and
those timber lands they are going TO arr
really in Canada. particularly in British
Columbia They have made up their
minds that there viii be more or less of
uncertainty in the United States for ~
least year, so far as business goes. and
there viii be a period Of waiting To- So.
what is going TO happen As for mining
and other interests. the English viii
watch closely the results of political de-
Veiopments OF the next twelve months.
The one subject that is interesting
everybody IN England just now. partig-
I Harry those Americans who have 10 lis.
over there and have been under the inn
preston that il is cheap iz the extraor-
dinarily high price Of food nowadays.
The subject has been much discussed.
and The only reason assigned to account
Tor u IS The overproduction Of gold. which
Is lcssening the purchasing power Of the
gold sovereign. a tariff could not ar-
count for il. because England is a free
trade country and is suffering just a.
much as highly protected France AMI
Germany"
Mr.. Wynne was positive that in Ems
land Roosevelt is regarded as the great
est man IN America THE opinion over
there seems settled that the House will
be Democratic M. Wynne added.
/ though this Is regarded as the inevitable
reaction from tarin legislation. and not
chargcable in any way TO President Taft.
As for conditions IN London. they have
greatly improved in the last TWO years.
There are fewer unemployed and the eZ-
ports and imports Of The country are ia-
creasiug.'
There is DO occupation in which q
/ clear mind is so necessary a. that 0i 70
/ locomotive engineer on d fast passenger
train, said James r. Green. who used
/ 10 bee one Of them himself not many
years ago. Mr.. Green. who is al the
Riggs is from New York. and he pro-
fesses not 10 know thing about politics.
A man who has any disposition 20
/ Indulge in the use OF alcoholic stimuIauts,
or who has trouble Of any sort 10 dis
| turD his mind, should never undertake
/ service as a locomotive engineer. either
/ in the freight or passenger department
D nj lad
senser service. where the engineer has
great responsibility involving tine safety
I OF his passengers.
IT IS when the engineer Is NOT. exactly
I himself continued Mr. Green. .~wuar-
/ ever may be the cause that the vital
/ test seems 10 come nearly every unHa.
/ Sometimes IL Is q great wreck. which rs-
4 suits because the mind or the eugiueer
/ is not equal 20 The occasion have
/ never know anyone OF gloomy and meIar-
/ choly disposition 10 grow old Iu the Da-
! sition Of engineer. such men Az, either
/ killed or discharged from the service
! before they have worked any great
/ length Of time. They are not likely 90
/ be- engaged 10y the company .f their dis
7 positions are known. but If tEev 10
I happen 10 get an appointment they usual
. Is end by running past signal without
recognition, into an open -wirr. or side
track, or into the rear of another train
/ u have known several men who hara
: had domestic trouble OF various kinds
/ and Of them ] do not remember one who
4 ran an engine for more than FIVE years
/ II seems that they cannot concentrate
/ their minds. or keep them concentrated.
/ upon what they are doing ] have known
/ of
! green. whether they had q green block
or "a white block and 10 ran al speed
beyond their control straight into the
rear OF another train
OF course" continued Mr.. Green. mot
! all railroad disasters are to b5 credited
20 the engineers. but there are many af
them which. II fire engineer happens 10
be possessed OF clear mind or head, can
ne avoided. and often are. l- quick af-
tentiou OF The man ~ The throttle D
happen % remember an engineer who en-
tered the service of the Panhandle Rail
road Company while J was running on ITS
/ road knew something OF his home
( life. and IL WAS 10y DO means as pleasant
as IL might have been. Tie used % Jose
himself lu gloomy thoughts upon his
troubles. one night his train met with
a fearful disaster. iu which he met
death with his fireman. several other
trainmen and ten or fifteen passengers
The cause of the wreck was not known
certainly TO persons unacQusiufed with
the engineer and some other details ot
the wreck # was undoubtedly one of
many accidents which result from a
troubled mind in the engine cab"
Deploring that betting on horse races
is generally prohibited by law In this
country James ). MoDahan. OF Chicago.
who was seen AT the National and who
has evidently read up on the sport of
classic Greece, said that betting was
even known 10 the Greeks.
THE hippOdrome where the horse races
took place was bare. sandy stretch.
some half-mile long and 20 yards broad.
surrounded by an embankment. on which
the spectators sat OF stood. AT one end
was the starting place ana down the
middle Of the course We're two pillars.
400 yards apart. which marked the track
around which the chari0ts and horses
raced II Is a curious instance of the
conservatism i'm sport. due perhaps TO
its connection with religion. that the
Greeks never improved on this straight
course. with its sharp, awkward turns
at each end. The idea OF an oval course
never occurred 10 them.
1T rs no simple matter" continued AIr.
Monahan. TO drive q team Of four horses
round pillar al any time without losing
pace or making an Over-Wide sweep The
Greek chaTiOteerS pTacticed with movable
posts like those used by the artillery I'm
the militar- tournament. What skill and
nerve It must have required 70 neEotiate