The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-06
AT THE HOTELS.

Indeed, am a home-ruier. and f1zy
believe that Ireland VIII have her ovn
Parliament within the next decade" SD
PRETTY Miss Bridget v. O,Hara, Of sliso.
Ireland. at the Shoreham. last night
Miss O'Hara is a typical Irish beauty,
with rosy-red cheeks. violet-blue eyes,
Unframed by long black lashes and browE
and enlivened with merry twinkle sh
speaks with the fascinating brogue Of Ii.
cultured Irish lady. Miss O'Hara Il
travelling In this country for pleasure ane
study.
ireland never had better prospects of
securing home rule than she has at pres.
emit The English people are beginning to
realize that the Irish are only asking for
their own-no more"
Speaking Of the home-going movement,
Miss O'Hara said: Everybody In Ire
land is enthusiastic about what we call
at home the Irish invasion. and we ex-
pect lots of good things 10 grow out OF
/ it. Better times are coming to ireland,
and we appreciate deeply the help We are
getting from our American boys and girls.
Washington is a beautiful city, and
like 1t better than any other place havs
visited so far, and have seen New York,
Boston, Chicago. and many other places.
The American girl IS very beautiful and
sweet, and I have only words Of praise
for her. I like baseball, ana will in all
Likelihood witness the game between the
teams of Georgetown University and the
Catholic University on Saturday after
noon"
W. D. Cardwell. Of Richmond. Va,
former speaker Of the Virginia leRisla-
ture, who is at the Raleigh, said last
night that by the annexation Of Man
chester, Richmond had become the big
gest city IN Virginia
Every Richmonder feels proud Of this
accomplishment. said Mr. Cardwen.
land I am one Of them"
According to John V. Frantz, Of Phila-
delphla. who was seen at the National
last night. a left-handed barber may
throw a whole shop into disorder.
"superstitious? I should say yes, They
viii not admit it to any one except mem
bers OF the craft. but BARRIERS are ths
most superstltious people In the world, "
said Mr.. Frantz,
"A eft-handed barber, for instance, is
a hoodoo to any shop, and there's no
getting away from it. You may think
that's only a prejudice that BARRIERS have
for left-handed knights Of the razor. but
It's a well-grounded superstition, as old
as the trade itself. I once worked in a
| New York shop where there was a left
handed barber. and almost every day an
accident would happen to some Of the
others. We told the proprietor where the
trouble lay, but as he was not a barber
he couldn't understand what difference It
made whether a man shaved with his
right hand or his left.
zone day a runaway horse plunged
through the plate-glass window, and an
other day a mad dog ran into the shop,
followed by a policeman. who killed the
beast under the Ieft-handed mans chair,
Without any apparent reason. the hot
water faucets would get as cold as zee.
and the razors would refuse to work
properly. Customers who for years had
been in the habit Of getting shaved three
or four times a week stopped coming.
and It was all due to that left-handed
barber.
During the while he was there net
one OF US won bet on policy. although
the porter used TO dream some OF the
best numbers I ever saw. This fellow
I speak OF had red hair. and that, OF
course, made It worse. We finally in
duced the boss to fire him. and Just as
soon as he was gone things began to get
good again.