The Washington herald., 1910-02-14
AT THE HOTELS.

The temper Of the English people with
regard to Irish home rule is pretty clearly
revealed and may vel be gagged by the
offer of the Unionists to the Liberal party
to assist in passing legislative measures,
provided the Liberals In power viii not
press the home rule bill IN Parliament"
said George S. Duncan. Of Liverpool. who
is at the Raleigh. Mr.. Duncan is an ex-
porter, and specifically said that he took
precious little interest in politics.
Before the English surrender 70 the
Irish and their dictates. they now hold
ing the balance Of power in the British
Parliament, they would rather for once
forget their party lines and join hands to
defeat the Irish measure. The Liberals
and Unionists viii join hands. and thus
defeat Irish pretentions.
Those OF our people here or elsewhere
who have been talking about hostilities
between England and Germany have been
playing a very sOrTy trick upon the
world. Germany and England are fast
friends; in fact. they are bound to be.
War between these nations is simply i'm
possible. There are too many most enor-
nous interests 10 be considered. The
commercial and financial ramifcations
between the Germans and the English
reach into every strata Of the life Of
both nations, and war would simply
mean catastrophe not only 10 those
countries, but, indeed, TO the whole
world. Il would mean a worlds revOlU-
ton, and would draw into the conflict.
either directly or indirectly, every power"
Games and sports develop character,
according TO Fred a. Willis. an enthusi-
astic admiTer and follower Of every sort
Of sport who is at the New Willard. Mr.
Willis halls from Los Angeles. Cal. and
is making pleasure tour OF the coun-
try
IF there are games for which it can
be claimed that they train character"
said Mr.. Willis, there are others which
most certainly reveal H. Perhaps OF all
which are intimately connected with the
fiber Of the players heart and mind. golf
is the game in which character is most
surely revealed and illustrated. Perhaps
IL is the infinite variety Of the game. per
haps it offers Hs players more tests. more
opportunities, than any other perhaps ir
Eliminates, almost CTitiCiseS, q man, be-
cause OF its essence il IS the game he
PLAYS for himself
Most truly golf is a reveaIe~ or SCI
crets The adventurous man. eager %
human power and straishtHess, and pay
ing the penalty escaped by the safe
PLAYER, driving short or slightly 20 the
side; the player whose just greed for the
rigor Of the game exacts the full penalty
from his opponent for the smallest lapse
from grace: the player who can excel
himself I'm d winning game, and can spoil
the pleasure Of his opponent in a losing
game. the player who, IN golf as IN
most occupations OF life, has never yet
PLAYED quite UP 20 his form, which IS a
strange claim; the genial untroubled phil
osopher with whom, winning or losing. r.
IS a delight 10 be a companion iu the
open sunlight. over grass. and whins, and
sand-what golfer would allow that any
other game gives quite so many opp0rtu-
mites OF classifying friends. aCquaiHt-
ances, and persons 70 be avoided
Yet. for all that" continued Mr.. VII
lis. golf does not fII6U the highest test
OF al as a revealer OF character r can
reveal very nigh qualities OF nerve. iUdg-
ment. endurance, and self-conrol. but
what IL cannot reveal. as baseball can,
/ IS the highest form possible 20 game
/ OF courage ard skill when matters have
/ gone wrong for the side. the power which
makes it impossible 70 say that game
/ has been lost and won until the last ef-
/ fort has been made by one particular
player"