The Washington herald., 1910-02-10
AT THE HOTELS.

Samuel Kirkpatrick, prominent physi-
clan and specialist Of Selma, ala, who
has been in the East for several weeks
visiting hospitals.
1T seems TO me-" he said. that the
great lesson to be learned Is not how
costly, In a monetary sense, meat Is,
but how expensive Il is in vitality-how
much bodily strength it costs. We are a
meat-eating people. We all eat too
much meat Except alcohol. meat prob
ably causes US more troubles than any
thing else in the world that we take into
our system.
we ought not 10 eat more than once
a day. and If the turmoil nOW-the tu-
mutt and the shouting, 10 quote an an
Gent poet-brings US to nothing better
or more definite. it Will at least help US
to leave out Of cur daily ratons a
surplus Of the flesh OF the kind that
creates more ills than It is heir to-"
I'VE have no army" said Col \. G.
Simmons Of New York. formerly Of the
United States army, but now engaged in
the brokerage business in New York.
and who is at the New Willard, but
what is worse. we have absolutely no
system OF defense. AL Of the great for
eign powers exist simply and solely on
their ability 20 mobilize great armies oG
10000 Or 10000 men in d week; that
is the patent Of their existence. II
/ is incontroyertibIy true that we could
not mobilize such an army In whole
| year Popular and constitutional inhibi-
! tons will forever prevent the mainte-
nance by this country Of a large standing
army, and none is necessary.
| Even the most military OF nations"
continued Col Simmons. docs not main
| tain the enormous force that II can move
/ in week: the simple potentiality Of NOV
/ ing such a force keeps the worlds peace
/ but the powers have admirable systems
/ for utilizing the resource OF their popula-
| ton. and we have not the glimmer OF
/ such a system. We utterly fail 70 dis
| crirainate between resource and power.
What could happen in a year once
Germany or Japan or England had es-
tablished bases On our shores Is sppaI-
/ ling, and impossible Of simple conjecture.
In the East, Germany could fortffy and
defend New York almost beyond hope Of
! recovery. recapture Washington. Phila-
deIphla, ana the coast defenses would
certainly fall. leaving the navy without
a base and helpless
| "On the Pacific. the problem IS sim
pier Once lodged there. the dislodgment
Of the japanese would be as abstruse
a military problem as ever confronted
the mind Of a genius with q Xerxesian
! host al his command. We have a res
! pectabIe navy. but the task Of policing
a territorial grand division, maintaining
an arbitrary policy against the world,
giving timbre 70 the predominant voice
/ Of the East, and preserving our national
/ integrity. IS a fairly large one for 50
/ small a weapon
This is merely talk. but there Is a
/ lot OF truth in IL We are a. peace with
the world, and I don't think that this
country to-day has a truer friend in all
the world than Germany. while Japan
/ processes her friendship for the United
States day and night"
/ Edward S, Saunders, Of Chicago, who
was seen at the Raleigh, in speaking Of
! the rights Of seIf-protecuon, said last
night that it had always seemed a little
curious 70 him that the !2w forbidding
citizens 10 carry concealed weapons has
not been pronounced unconstitutional
/ Doesn't the Constitution declare that
citizen has a perfect right 10 bear arms?'
Passing over that question, though, did
IL ever occur 10 YOU" said the man from
/ Chicago. 'to think how many reputable
/ citizens ignore them and how the police
seldom interfere with a man for carrying
a weapon unless the man is wanted for
some other reason? Well, did you ever
think how the custom began and what
| curious fashions there have been at DIFF
ferent times In the style and character OF
the weapons most commonly Carried?'
II should say" continued Mr.. Saunders.
\ speaking in a general way that American
I citizens in this part of the country began
10 carry. concealed weapons as q habit
just beginning OF the last half Of the
last century, and that the habit grew for
something Ike twenty-five years, and
after that became gradually less preva-
lent. until now probably no more than
one man in every ten carries a deadly
weapon, whereas forty years ago prob
ably every third man did so.
Two things wholly unrelated 10 each
other happening about the same time
gave rise TO the habit. Cold was dis
y covered in California in 1S49. and some
persons succeeded in putting a revolving
pistol on the market just when the East
ern men who started westward in the
hope Of picking up the gold decided that
it would not do for them TO go out into
the wilderness unarmed. OF course. 7
don't forget the bOWieknife or the der
ringer. which was the original bulldog
pistol II was long before 80 that South
! erners especially, seeing the merit Of the
knife that Col Bowie made famous.
adopted It, and even before that the ugly,
convenient little big-bore pistol could be
found in the vest pocket of almost any
Southern gentleman II was looked upon
as a decided step in the progress Of in
ventiOn when these derriugers came 10
be made double-barreled. They dis
charged tremendously heavy bullets with
deadly accuracy. and were peculiarly ef-
fective weapons at short range"
CarusO. CalvO, Plancon, and other
operate stars have been attracting large
; crowds to the Raleigh for the last few
days, where they have entertained the
visitors TO that popular hostelry with
. their finest songs. Tetrazzini and other
stellar attractions on the operate frma-
: ment will be on hand tonight and add
their quota 10 the musical programme.
The management Of the Raleigh has in
! stalled new musical instrument. which
reproduces in most natural tones the