The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-25
AT THE HOTELS.

up that Roosevelt is going TO lose IN
New York next month and that Stimson
VIII be showed under BY anywhere from
5000 to $4,000 majority" said Francis
}. Hsiloran. OF New York. contractor
Of that city. who is at the Raleigh. Mr..
Halloran says he is a Democrat, but viii
vote for Stimson
1t is no doubt the ardent and burning
wish OF Barnes. Woodruff. and company
to dispose OF the colonel In the Wall
street flnanciers and schemers they have
powerful allies who are only too willing
TO furnish them with the sinews Of war.
Mark my word. it's Wall street that's
going TO elect Stimson. In other words.
it's the Endorsement OF Tammany Halls
candidate by Wall street that's going to
defeat Dix and elect Stimson, and II vii
not be by narrow margin, either, you
bet; it'll be in the neighborhood Of 1900.
There may be Dix money without
takers on the curb at this time" con-
cluded Mr. HaIiOran, ''but I venture 10
say that in a week or ten days there will
not be a penny OF Dix coin IA sight The
Republicans will enter upon q Whiriwind
campaign the Ike OF which New York
has never before witnessed In all its Do
litical history"
DR.. Samuel s. Goodman, OF Pittsburg.
who is az the Arlington, upon looking out
Of the window and seeing man slip on
the sidewalk opposite the hotel observed
that number of people who happened
10 pass by laughed at the discontinue
OF the man DR.. G0odman-made this OBJ
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joke that you laugh at most heartily?
The one in which some person other
than yourself gets worsted TO the greatest
degree OF discomfort short OF permanent
injury ask yourself why It is that when
you see a man fall IN a slippery street
you laugh. regardless Of his hurts while
II dray horse falls ever so lightly IN
harness your sympathy is awake IN z
moment. Man likes 70 see his fellOw-man
disgruntled 10 a certain degree; II is part
Of his once savage nature, which prompt
ed him 10 do battle with his fellow-man
al sight. If the counterfeit ghost Of the
practical joker causes the victim 10 roll
down two flights OF stairs with only or
binary cuts and bruises, and thereafter
70 run a mile. bTeathless, 70 the nearest
habitatlon, II Is a Joke 10 tell for a life
time If the victim dies Of heart disease
at the first shock, some practical Joker
may reform for life
The point is that in every Joke. told
or printed, somebody must appear dis
comfted otherwise il IS pointless Yet
{ even the fiction Joke must not be carried
too far IN its discomhting results or the
intellect reyolts at it. In its last analysis
the practical joke thus appears 70 be
more or less morbid in any Of its forms.
At the same time. IL has been said that
the person who has no appreciation Of the
humorous situation in life must be classed
with a type which has no surplus imagi-
nation with which TO play"
Capt. Hershey II. farrell, OF Liverpool.
England, who is at the New Willard,
speaking OF airships, said that he thor
oughly agreed with Mai. Baden-Poweus
/ idea that airships in war viii not make
great difference 10 an army until IL IS
| possible 10 have a number OF them work
/ ing together in a practical way
Even a single machine" said Capt.
/ farrell, may gain important iufOrma-
t ton, but its influence would not be- over
1 whelming In naval warfare airships
+ would be able 20 so right over an en-
emy's harbOrs and ascertain what ships
/ were lying there. and possibly drop eX-
plOsiVeS on the ships or on forts They
could DO immense damage. so long as the
/ ships had no guns which could fire dl-
rectly upward.
I am certain. however. that IN few
/ years time battle ships as well as land
artillery, VIII possess guns which viii be
able 10 FIRE projeetiles an immense dis
/ lance straight up I'm the air. That viii
|
! great an effect as the submarine has had
/ II sea battles.
! 4 do not expect 70 see battles in the
4 air between fleets OF airsh.ps az yet"
/ said Capt farrell. but I suppose il viii
/ come.
! 4 have myself number Of models,
/ some OF which go quite steadily IN q
[ strong wind No doubt some energetic
/ inventor VIII discover the secret OF sue
/ cessful fight before long. No one. how
/ ever. seems inclined 10 put down money
/ 10 encourage invention IN this direction
/ Il We could get some one 10 risk the
money, We should soon have good,
/ practical machine"
a young Irishman was exceedingly
anxious 10 meet a certain young lady
at the house Of a mutual friend. who had
| SApI t9SSu --el Leeae--LleaA 10 eLLoIL- l-ir
/ amiable part OF daisy-p.cker 10 the young
/ couple began q. n Keueher, Of Balti-
| more. at the Riggs last night
But. said he, anXiously, there is
! nothing in the world so embarrassing,
| you know, as 10 meet q girl by appoint
| ment. ! am sure, under the circUm-
/ stances, I wouldn't be myself-neither
would she. Suppose, mum, you could
/ manage it so as to let US meet at your
/ house some evening without either Of
Us being aware that the other was
/ present F."