The Washington herald., 1910-02-02
AT THE HOTELS.

Europe should be Thankful; IN mors
than one respect 20 A America. for Uncle
Sans tourists to the old country leave
millions Of dollars IN the Golfers OF tbs
business houses Of the Old World" said
John G. Fletcher, OF Boston. who was
seen at the Shoreh am yesterday, and
who has visited Europe fourteen times.
The total sum VIII ach these Americans
spent last year In europe IS estimated
variously at about sea 100000. Call the
total figure even a sittle over One-half
OF that sum. or $l25.00O,0O0 and II is seen
mat foreign countries must profit i'm
menseiy from the tour lists"
The principal fore ign countries also
reaHze tremendous revenue from tour
lists from countries OF her than the United
States" continued Nj Fletcher eft "a
Claimed by French ba mixers that the In
come OF France fro,,n all tourists "a
something like $4,000 900 annually. The
tourist TON 70 Italy is now reckoned at
SiooV@'Vn. Germany. II is claimed, even
earns more than France and Egypt Nor
way. Holland each receive a generous
revenue from sightseefs.s."
I'm Switzerland the i.nnkeeners I've "a,
OF travellers the year round. The hotel
receipts alone in that co untry since 1850
have doubled, and are to-day over $4,000
90 a year. In twenty years the number OF
hotels have Increased from 100 70 more
than 300
The winter sports have ser we'd 10 in
crease the revenue Of hotels in most
European countries. Paris is the greatest
center for tourists. but Berlin IS cutting
deeply into the claim OF the I french
capital as the tourists mecca On &c thu
Britisher was the worlds greatest trs weller,
but now the American the German. and
the South American who have been nak-
ing money can be found IN all the con-
tinental health and pleasure resorts"
Discussing the high price Of foodstuf ys
and the pure food law, and dangers OF
/ food, DT. William D. Burns, Of New
York. who was seen at the Arlington,
said: Few people understand what
ptomaine poisoning is. Many sudden and
otherwise unexplainabe local epidemlcs
are often attributed 20 Il. when perhaps
they may be due 70 some other and IN
known origin. Ptomaine poisoning is A
form Of bacterial action. which is Just
now beginning 10 be reduced 10 a very
scientific knowledge by the accommodating
Investigations Of the students Of bac-
teriology.
"Of all articles Of food" continued the
physician. canned goods, II properly
prepared, are about the safest from the
action Of the bugs that make the pto-
names Yet they have long been pop
uIarly believed 20 be the most dangerous.
And the reason when one comes TO think
about IL is fairly obvious The canned
goods are generally prepared from fresh
material. used before there is an oppOr-
tunity for decomposition 10 reach the
danger point, and they are further freed
from danger OF bacterial action by care
ful sterilization And II these safeguards
have proved insufficient as In rare in
stances they DO, there remains a method
by which the customer can tell whether
or not the contents OF given can are
perfectly wholesome.
Merely inspect the can, and - the
busy bacteria are within, you may De
sure that they VIII have been at work,
and that their labor will have produced
gases, which in turn viii have affected
the shape Of the can. II the ends bulge
ever so slightly, don't buy IL But II TIA
ends Of the can are Concave, the contents
are quite safe and sane Once the can
is opened, however. the contents are per
haps more subject 10 bacterial attack
than most other food products would be,
and must be kept very carefully. and
eaten as soon as possible"
Herman f. Dreher, Of St. Louis, Mo,
who is interested in educational work, was
seen at the Raleigh. and in speaking Of
ambidexterity. said: Judged from the
unitarian standpoint. ambideKteTity has
everything 20 recommend II. Take per-
son who writes 10 a considerable extent
How great would be the benefit 20 him
if he were able 10 change his pen from
the right hand TO the left Amb.deX-
terity would lessen his fatigue enor-
mousIy. Not only does the use Of both
hands ease the muscles, but II IS good
for the brain
The reason so many writer's break
down" continued Prof Dreher, is that
they work one lobe OF the brain instead
OF distributing the labor over two, the
result being that one side Of the body
becomes overtired. The brain CenteTs
and the motor centers are subjected 70
an excessive strain, and not infreQuently
various forms Of paralysis intervene.
Nothing Of this kind would happen Il.
after taxing one side Of our bodies. we
transferred our energies 10 the other side
for a while.
a man engaged in handicraft on be-
coming two-handed would he worth more
than he was when he was one-handed,
because he would be a more efficient
workman. In every possible way he
would be better of if he was ambidex-
trous
"Ambidexterity should be taught in the
public schools. in the army. the navy.
and in the shops It would increase the
power Of this nation in every respect.
and that country which IS the first to
take advantage OF the idea VIII be the
gamer"
Our colonial ancestors had their own
troubles with the bibulous. according TO
George s. Farrar, of Atlanta, who was
seen at the Arlington and who evidently
has studied the question thoroughly.
From a study of the laws and customs
Of our colonial ancestors he said, 1T
would appear that they, too. had their
troubles with the omnipTesent liquor
problem and their own peculiar methods
Of dealing with it. Some OF these meth
DDS had a quaint severity about them
quite in keeping with the character his
tory has credited our Puritan ancestors
with, as may be seen from the Tegula-
tiors instituted by the court OF 1915 for
Tie c-nL-arr,r-aar.t Of IanaInrEs a-E thns.