The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-23
AT THE HOTELS.

Nowadays il Is quite necessary for a
mistress in London u inquire whether s
maid Is addicted 10 the cigarette craze.
fo= the smoking habit has invaded the
servants hail, and kitchen maids cooks,
and upper hOusemaids now openly adopt
the eigarette-eonsuming customs Of their
smart set sisters. said Gerald f. Hardie
or Leeds and London. England, who is at
the New Willard
While walking In Hyde Park, London.
not long ago I saw = welI-turned-out
nurse wheeling an expensive mail cart
containing an deliberately dressed baby.
lAe nurse was coquettishly smoking a
cigarette and attracting considerable at
tention from the astonished passers-by.
Fropfietors OF registry Offices or employ
ment bureaus say that the smoking
haoits OF the domestic servants are a rec
0gnized fact. In some families il IS
quite customary for parIor maid. house
maid, and cook 10 enjoy their cigarettes
In company below stairs
THAT the working girl should take n
smoking in imitation OF the LADY is nv
no means surprising. So MANY women Of
the highest social class NOWADAYS smoke
IN restaurants after meals. and Ar ali
hours In hotel lounges, that the filtering
/ down or taste for the weed 10 a mora
/ humble stratum OF society was the only
thing 20 be expected. Like mistress
/ ike maid. applies 10 cigarettes as much
as 70 clothes and hats, and the LADY Of
the house who consumes her ten M df
teen cigarettes a day can hardly with
| logic and consistency take her house
maid 10 task for INDUCING in the ir14r.
| ton which Is said 20 be the sinceres+
form Of fattery The fact that II is a
forbidden pleasure makes il more allur-
ing
The maidservant takes a sample from
her mistress silver cigarette case. tries.
tastes. and finds it good. Her mistress
declares that she smokes because She l.
tired and needs soothing restorer. The
maid is tired, too, and thinks what is
sauce for upstairs VIII probably prove
equally pleasant for consumption 10 the
/ basement"
Dir. Hardie is engaged in the wholesale
tobacco business and has just returned
from business trip through Cuba.
Capt Henry p. Carter. OF St. Louis.
Mo, a retired army officer. who was seen
al The Arlington last night. spoke Of the
dog as the best friend Of the soldier lie
said.
In the Franco russian war. out Of
$4,000 killed and wounded, 1900 were re-
turned as missing and who shall say
what these men endured? Every war Of
the future, however. viii see The dog less
ening It's horrors. In Germany his educa-
ton Is IN the hands OF a voluntary So
ciety with nearly 1900 members. among
tsem some Of the ablest officers in that
country great army The war dog proper
= used for sentry, messenger, and scout
-hg service, while the ambulance dog
tra~2.lrE inclines him only 10 scOur the
battlefield IN search Of the wounded and
missing
The needs Of modern warfare not only
call for vast charging OF the battlefield,
but also compel the troops 10 take every
advantage Of natural cover. This, and
the fact that wounded men VIII use their
strength TO seek protection from artillery
fire. cavalry charges. and the wheels u
guns by crawling into thick bushes.
bitches, and natural holes, viii show how
difficult IL is FOR the Oyerworked stretch
er-bearers Of the Red Cross department
10 notice PROSTATE figures not readily
seen. Moreover modern warfare is car
Tied on largely by night attack. and al
night too the wounded have 10 5e coli
lected. The ambulance dog. however. is
independent OF artificial light, and relies
only on his power Of scent
Recently. during the great Austrian
maueuvers, 25 men were left lying on The
field 10 represent the wounded, and the
observation-disclosures, working against time
overlooked 3 Of these, Within ID mIu-
uteS the VIennese dogs had found them
all Each dog had about his neck q flask
Of brandy or soup and a roll Of bandases.
The wounded man, having made what
use he can Of this relief gives The good
dog his cap or belt, and the animal races
OF with II 20 the ambulance attendants,
whom ne then conducts 10 the spot our
own American army authorities might 30
well 10 learn a lesson from this
Senator Lorimer has lost none of his
popularity in Illinois on account Of the
investigation which is now being conduct
ed into the manner Of his election. &C.
cording 70 J. A Ward, Of Chicago. who
is al the Raleigh.
in this country a man is presumed %
be innocent until the proper court finds
him guilty OF the charges laid against
him. So far Senator L0rimer has not
been proven guilty. No man, therefore,
no matter how high he may stand in his
own estimation or that Of the public. has
right 10 constitute himself Judge ana
jury and pronounce sentence on Lorimer.
expecting the people 10 iudorse his gu-
justified and unjust attitude. This is
ing on the part of an ex-Presideut Of the
United States 10 pursue Tile course be-
did IN connection with the Hamilton club
dinner at Chicago. when be insisted that
Lorimer should stay away. T. Roosevelt
intended thereby 10 influence those men
who are sitting as a jury in Lorimer's
case. he viii be sadly disappointed We
are men Of a different caIlber out IN I'LL
nois. Roosevelt's loud. boisteTOus. noisy.
and Undignified manner sWaCked so much
Of the mOUntebank and faker that even
some of his stanchest friends shook their
heads II he objected 20 LOrlmeT, no
could have given the managers of the
banquet a quiet hint of his views. with
out jumping into print and making a big
noise. But Roosevelt Graves n0tOriety.
that's the whole secret
"Ro0seveIt's treatment or the Pope has
not been forgotten by the Catholics o.
this country" concluded Mr. Ward They
may not say much. but YOU may rest
assured. they feel deeply the insult
which Roosevelt offered 20 the holy
father. Roosevelt has been always looked
upon by Catholics as being one u their
fair-minded friends, but their views and
opinions OF him have undergone a de-
cided change. which viii be shown at the
election In New York and wherever
Roosevelt may be factor
Speaking Of English and American
women. James T. Pointer, OF Pittsburg
who spends par Of his time in England.
and is here on visit to friends. said