The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-06
AT THE HOTELS.

prehenslbie 20 me IN your way Of reason
ing" said William B. Foster. Of London.
England. at the New Willard last night,
referring 70 the Jeffries-Johnson fight.
You Americans have such a deucedly
decided objection TO having the negro
place himself on the same social OF other
plane with the white man that TO the un-
informed It looks almost a little wrong.
You won't have anything 70 do with the
black man in social way, you will not
entertain him at your home, you will not
have him at your club. except in a me-
NAL position; you will not even have him
ride in the same car with you, or allow
his presence In the theater and restau-
rant with you. / understand. also. that
your athletic teams most seriously object
TO playing against or with colored teams,
and II white baseball or football team
or tennis team would arrange a series Of
games with colored players. the whole
country would stand aghast and cry out
that the supremacy Of the white man has
come 70 an end
And yet Jeffries, the white man, was
defeated by black man. If the colored
brother is good enough for the prize
ring. why isn't he good enough FOR the
baseball field? Or vice versa, II he isn't
good enough or is inferior to the white
man on the tennis field. why shouldn't
he also be inferior to him in the prize
ring?. No doubt there is something
wrong somewhere. II seems to me. the
nrst time a white man consented to fight
a colored man ne made a serious mis-
q -E
By the public. and the newspapers, which
always claim to be the guardians Of the
interests OF the public, should have pre-
scented a united front against a white
man battling in the same arena with a
black man. Let the colored people have
theiF own champion, and let the whites
nave their own bouts. If this argument.
however, does not appeal to the Amer
lean people, then they should, at least. be
consistent and permit the eolored man
10 take the measure Of the white man
on the track. on the ball field. and in
every other branch of sport"
Thomas Covington. of Eau Claire, wis.
who is at the Raleigh. said that the
streets Of Washington are laid out better
than those Of any other city in the
United States
The street plan Of Washington is a
model which should be adopted by every
budding community which has any am
bition 10 boast IN its after years Of an
artistic as well as practical street svs-
tenn Your thorOughfares are wide, well
paved. and shaded by trees and at suit
able spaces dotted with small parks and
squares. These are the lungs Of the city.
and help 10 purify the atmosphere. as
well as AFFORD refreshing shade on a hot
day. I have Travelled in many parts OF
the world, but there is no city anywhere
which can boast of such perfect street
system as our own Capital"
II Is regrettabie, according to James G.
Fitzgerald. Of Chicago. that Col. Roose-
welt is not a lawyer. as then President
Taft would have an opportunity 10 ap-
point him on the Supreme bench
col Roosevelt made the mistake Of
his life when he neglected TO study law,
said Mr. Fitzgerald, who is a lawyer him
self. and is at the Arlington. Mr.. Roose-
welt would have made a great lawyer.
believe and would make a great Jurist
on the Supreme bench. Just think OF the
opportunities that would await him as a
member Of that tribunal in dealing with
the trusts and those combinations or
wealth against which he always warred
while in the White House He would
be an uncompromising though fair foe Of
the trusts on the Supreme bench, and
they may thank their stars now that
Roosevelt never studied law"
Charles W. Erskine. Of Calcutta. India.
who was seen at the shoreham, in speak
ing of that city. said yesterday that II
is the most cosmopolitan city in the
world
Conditions Of life in Calcutta are very
similar TO those in any European city,"
said Mr.. Erskine. 1T is situated in the
least attractive part of India, where the
climatic conditions are bad. The natives
OF that region are looked down upon by
the other native races Of India Dog OF
Bengali' is a common expression through
out the country. 'Babu' really means
mister but it Is a term used In Cal
cutta TO signify an English-speaking In
dian Il is a common sight to see a babu
walking the streets of Calcutta wearing
patent leather shoes. no stockings, the
native drapery wound about his upper
limbs, and his costume completed by the
shirt of the white man. worn quite IN
trammeled. The babu prizes his patent
leather shoes above all other articles OF
attire. and when it rains viii take them
OF and carry them. II is a common
thing with white housewives. looking
over their returned laundry. Il eN-
claim: Well. this shirt has been rented
out to a babu.' The laundryman turns
many an nohest penny renting the shirts
Of his customers TO babus who wish 10
make a smart toilet.
"One curious result Of the mission
schools in India" added Mr.. Erskiue.
is the collection OF dolls in glass cases
which may be seen in Indian houses.
Sometimes there will be generations OF
dolls. from the grandmother down TO the
present young daughter of the house. An
Indian girl never plays with a doll. She
is the most serious little beggar in the
world
There is great and deep unrest in
India It was foolish 10 claim that
the Indians are satisfied with English
rule. In fact, there has never been more
widespread discomfort among the Indian
masses everywhere than there is now.
and England may have use for her ally,
Japan. sooner than the world expects.
to help her subdue the seditlous Indian"
America is the real home OF the con-
fdence man. said William F. Walsh. a
private detective of New York, at the
Riggs last night. 1T is his native air.
and he flourishes like a green bay tree.
Tom O'Brien, the confidence man, who
shot mis- old pal Kid Wadden. another
American crook. at the Care du Nord
Station In Paris about fifteen years ago,
had In HIS prime two or three dozen men
IN his employ, who used the funds he
provided and turned over to him the
profits. just like commercial travellers
They would wait outside hotels and rail
way stations for well-to-do visitors from
the rural disfricts-s1n rsaeds II n-as