The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-14
AT THE HOTELS.

The Stale of Texas goes bravely
marching on. placing county after county
in the prohibition column" said silas S.
Weeks, of Chicago. a prominent prohibi-
ton leader. at the National yesterday
Texas is an immense Commonwealth:
it covers 274,0OO square miles and Has 22i
counties Some of these counties are
larger than the smaller States of the
North. but 154 Of them have joined the
prohibition column, and others are con-
stantIy falling into line. More than 50
per cent of the entire area OF Texas is
covered by prohibition laws. This is done
through the local prohibitory law, which
was placed in the State constitution one
third of q century ago. Not only is there
great advancement along the lines Of alb
solute prohibition, but the agitation for
sane and sound government has resulted
In the establishment Of what Is known as
the commission form of government in
practically all of the larger towns Of the
State.
This eliminates the CRATER" added Mr..
Weeks. 'and the saloon politician. and
places the government in the hands Of
the better class of citizens.
The State of Kansas has had consti-
tutional prohibition for very many years.
but until recently the law has been i'm
perfectly enforced. To-day the situation
has been so far revolutionized that the
blind tigers have been exterminated. the
hire he
entire State Of Kansas is now real pro
hibition Commonwealth"
Col. p. c. Boyle, proprietor OF the Oil
City pa Derrick. arrived at the New
Willard last night from Oklahoma City.
where he reported a temperature Of 30
degrees. Col. Boyle said that the warmth
OF the greeting given him by his repre-
sentative here, DR.. Bedloe, on arrival in
Washington went far tc reconcile him
to the cold wave he encountered.
Col Boyle is a veteran of the civil
war and was a newspaper reporter who
worked his way up until he became pro-
prletor of the Oil City Derrick. He de-
clined 10 discuss Pennsylvania politics.
having been absent in the West many
weeks, and said he believed it wise TO
adopt Col. Roosevelt's noncommittal
policy Col. Boyle will remain in Wash
ington for a few days
Rural industries. even in Europe. have
all but died out, being unable 70 meet the
competition Of the wholesale urban manu-
featuring concerns, according TO Bertrand
s. Gross, Of New York, a wholesale i'm
porter Of musical instruments. who was
seen at the Raleigh last night. and who
has Just returned from a business trip
abroad.
Here and there however" said Mr..
Gross, there are a few which have sur
vived, such as toymaking in the Black
Forest of Germany. where. IN some in
stances, every man, woman, and child IN
an entire community is engaged in max
ing toys. Perhaps the most remarkable
OF these survivals is 10 be found in the
vicinity Of Markueukirchen, saxony.
This is the only place in the world
where the manufacture Of violins consti-
tutes the entire Industry of the town it.
self and its. many surrounding villages.
In the whole countryside the violin holds
sway, and every family exists by its
manufacture. Markneukirchen itself is
q city Of violins, and the wealth Of
family is estimated by the amount OF good
seasoned wood IT possesses and the num-
Der of workers it can provide. Altogether
about 1900 people live by fiddle making.
Markneukirehell and its cluster of plctur-
esque Saxon villages were probably the
earliest OF all districts 10 establish violin
making You will find the instruments
made to-day on the pattern resolved upon
al the end Of the sixth century by the
famous Antonio StradivaTius, OF CTemona.
''All around Markneukirchen you viii
find ancient timbered farmhouses. but
farming has long since ceased to interest
the population, and edged tools and glue
pots have taken the place Of harrow and
pillow. Woodworking, independent folk
are these Saxons
Every homestead contains a pretty
large family, for race suicide is unknown
In Saxony. and In many cases you viii
find three generations living under the
same roof; so that the cottage viii re-
semble a factory in miniature. so many
laborers are there al work And # Is
the finest violins that these villagers turn
out; instruments used by the foremost
artists Of to-day
Alexander Mackenzie. OF Bismarck, n.