The Washington herald., 1910-03-16
AT THE HOTELS.

ana Regulated inclf governments II &C
cordancs with the doctrines and prin-
cipIes OF a Supreme Being have always
been more successful in every way than
those who had doubts about the existence
Of such q being" said Jean Pierre Car
rot. Of Paris. who was seen at the New
Willard last night.
NJ. Carrot is a manufacturer Of the
French capital and is visiting this coun-
try on his annual business tour OF the
United States. n. Carrot is confessediy
a Frenchnan OF the old type, a monarch
list, and Catholic.
Under the king or under the empire.
France was the first power in Europe.
God was in the government OF France;
1t was a government OF ideaiistic ideas,
of noble impulses. Of advance and cuI-
ture along all lines. The French formerly
led the world in the arts and sciences;
the French soldier was the example Of
the world. and French fashions were the
leaders. The French people in former
days had an ideal. and they worked In
cessantly 10 attain that ideal
What Is France to-day?" asked II.
Carrot. MY country has sunk into
third. or even fourth. position among
the powers OF the world. Our soldier.
our army, is not to be compared with ths
Grand Armee de Ia RepublIque: our navy
is negligible quantity and worse quail
ity; sed!tion and treason are rife in both
branches OF the government: our COM
meree and trade are constantly decreas-
ing; our arts and sciences are not what
they used TO be; we have lost the lead
ership. We are not consulted. and the
only way we amount to anything at all
is by Joining forces with autoeratIc Rus
STA and our ancient enemy. perhdlous
Albion. Imagine, IL you can. Ia belle
France an ally OF Russia. and At the
same time remember Moscow! And then
France an ally with England. and re-
member Waterloo Inconsistent France
has never been more inconsistent than
she is under the present radical, social
istic government.
THAT our government is permeated
with thieves has been shown by the theft
OF over 100000 of the church sequestra-
ton fund That is merely the beginning
Of a regular system OF government cor
ruption which viii be uncovered before
long. The eyes of the French people viii
be opened before it is too late. and once
more We shall rally TO our old glorious
standard and place France where she be-
longs-in the first place in the ranks OF
the worlds greatest nations"
Bert Kennedy, Of London, England,
who used to occupy the lecture platform
and the stage. and who is making a tour
Of this country. and Is at the Raleigh,
speaking Of the art OF entertaining, said
last night:
In my time I have had MANI expert
enees with audiences. I have been the in
terlocutor In minstrel show that played
before an audience OF white men, Mexi-
cans. and Cinnamon Ia Sacramento.
have delivered a more or less interesting
lecture in a London suburb, before a
more or less cultured audience, that
was yearning in a languid manner after
knowledge. / have appeared before an
audience in Cork. and I have made my
bow before a choice gathering in that ip-
tellectual hub OF the planetary system
Edinburgh.
so know bit about audiences. II
does not follow that I am wildly In
teresting entertainer because OF this
varied knowledge. but even the duiiest
platform or stage buffoon learns secrets
before An audience that he can learn in
no other way.
For every person OF the platform or
the stage appeals to an audience in a
a emf - krYz fffss.
and TO attract interest can but be reveal
ed at the actual time when the performer
is facing the audience You must at the
last crucial moment depend upon your
self The audience itself win reveal to
you the particular thing It wants from
you. You will find the things you have
learned under set conditions slipping away
from you. Even the very thing you have
to tell the audience you will find TO be
but as the husk of the matter You can
but hold this crowd by some inner quality
within yourself-some sixth sense that
enables you to perceive what Is wanted
and to supply instantly the want
should you not possess that mystic
rious sixth sense you are lost; and not
all the wisdom Of the wisest trainers OF
great actors and orators viii help you.
Neither will beauty OF person nor beauty
Of voice, nor any other external thing
help you. These things viii at best but
staye OF for a time the evil moment.
What this sixth sense is. 1 don't know"
The proposed Panama Canal Exposition
IN New Orleans should be made a great
national or international event, accord
Ing TO Harris S. Sears. a banker OF Chi
cago, who is at the Shoreham.
The opening OF the Panama Canal viii
mark another epoch III the history OF
the United States /" said Mr Sea- orb