The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-04
AT THE HOTELS.

S - 70 ioSe y Of most prominent
and affstocratic old English family"
said Thomas S Poole, at the New VIII
iard' last night. Mr. Poole is a lawyer,
ana Is In this country on business-"rall-
road business as he called H.
Lady Fermor Hesketh, the mother Of
the young soldier, Is the daughter of the
late Senator Sharon. OF Nevada. she was
so hard hit by the earthquake and subse-
quent nre AT San Francisco that her bus.
hard, Sir Thomas, was obliged 10 sell one
OF his ancestral estates. namely. Rufford
Hall, in Lancashire. Sir Thomas. whose
baronetcy dates from the early part Of
the eighteenth century. was formerly a
FAMOUS yachtsman, and il was during a
cruise on board OF his yacht. the Cos
hawk that, having put into the Golden
Gate. he met Miss Sharon at San Fran
cisco Both Sir Thomas and his wife en-
joyed the friendship of King Edward.
who has on several occasions been their
guest at Easton- Weston. their principal
nome, though Sir Thomas is much at
taehed to Rufford Hall, a grand old place.
which has been in the possession Of the
Heskeths since the reign Of Bloody Mary
"Easton-Neston, the principal. country
| seat OF Sir Thomas and Lady Fermor
Hesketh." continued Mr. Poole. comes
10 them from the earls OF Pomfret who
may be said to have owed its possession
20 VIII Summers, the fool and Jester Of
Henry VIII. The King had been greatly
ineensed by the hospitality and protec-
| ton accorded by the Fermor Of his day
| toward prescribed Catholic priest. and
| in consequence thereof cast the master
OF Easton-Neston into prison and con-
fiscated his property. The jester. who
had been indebted TO the Fermors for
many kindnesses. having been brought
| up on their estates. showed himself a
true and grateful friend. and so effective
| did his influence prove with the King
| that Mr.. Fermor was not only pardoned,
but likewise restored TO the possession OF
his estates"
| DR.. Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president
OF the University OF California. who Is
at the New Willard, In speaking Of the
significance Of the Panama Canal, said.
The canal means, first OF all, that our
land joins the two oceans and looks out,
Janus-faced. toward its rights and its
risks on both. For the exercise of its
rights and the facing Of its perils il
! must unite the waters Of the two oceans
| ~ - olit HdNiuis anu the Two oceans
must become one highway. Our exist
enee hitherto has been shaped by our
position on the Atlantic facing Europe:
| II is likewise that the coming years, in
! increasing measure. will take their form
and color from our position on the Pa
ciiic facing Asia. The opening o. the
canal yields its significance, in terms, OF
| our nations new outlook through the
Golden Gate upon the western ocean.
and II Is only at the Golden Gate that
the event can tell its meaning To the
| world
but there is another consideration,
weightier than all The civilization
/ which We inherit" continued the learned
I professor, ''in which we are shaped and
made TO be what we are and TO do what
we do, had its origin in the valleys OF
the Euphrates and the Nile and on the
! hlllsides OF Syria and Greece. With its
| back turned toward the old Orient OF
India and China, ii pushed its way west
| ward around the globe. II passed from
Greece to Rome. TO Spain. and France.
| and Germany. 10 England, and TO Amer
| lea. across the seas.
The opening Of the canal means that
II has entered the Pacific. and this is
the arena in which the two world halves.
the Orient and the Occident, are 10
/ x
10 face. and no man can foresee the
issue thereof But every man who sees
and thinks knows that with the opening
of the canal the history Of the human
races passes TO its last and final phase
Such an event must be celebrated al a
place where it has significance, where the
races meet. where the arena. be ii mart
or battlefield. is prepared and fixed:
where the look is straight out westward
not averted or askanee, but straight ont
| westward toward the duty which awaits
this nation. II would be q pity and
shame to celebrate this event from be-
hind the bunker. We have been there
400 years. Let us out now into the open
air of the Pacific."
Senator Cummins. Of Iowa. arrived in
the city on Friday and is ar the Airing
ton. No sooner had his presence here
become known than those Representatives
and Senators who. like Cummins. believe
IN a progressive or insurgent party and
who have already arrived made pilgrim
age 10 the Arlington to shake hands'Wi.h
the lighting lowan and exchange views
on the recent election and the coming
Congressional work. Senator's Bristow. OF
Kansas, and Jonathan Bourne were
among the first TO call. Senator Cum
lmins said he had nothing 10 add 10 his
views on the tariff. with which every
body is acquainted, as he had expOunded
them during the last session OF Congress
End on the stump.
Seth Low, of New York. is al the New
Willard. His name has been mentioned
I'm connection with the Enthusiastically 20
Great Britain to succeed Whitelaw Reid,
but Mr.. Low would not commit himself.
one way or another He declined to dis
cuss New York State or any other poll
ties.
| Lawyers. doctors. and farmers" said
DR.. E W. Yates, of Philadelphia, who is
at the Raleigh. ARE all working for their
own financial interests. and it is the duty
Of the public 10 work for its interests. II
conditions are 10 be improved. And we
need more money for an Improvement OF
these conditions by raising the standards
OF education.
The average medical student is inter-
ested in a training that will enable him TO
get ahead OF some one else and bring
him a larger fee. The average man should
be interested In an education Of physi-
clans that viii improve the public health,
and he should demand such education.
''The inefflciency of the average Ameri-
can farmer is deplorable. If we could
secure scientific efficiency among the
farmers. we would get better qualities
and larger quantities for our tables
! We need an education for the lawyers
that will lift the courts. ] believe the
LAWYER who tries TO keep his clients out
Of court has better patronage, as a
rule. than has the lawyer whose aim is
in the other direction. The United States