The Washington herald., 1911-04-25
GOSSIP OF THE
HOTEL LOBBIES
Plan Labor Wars End.

Plan Labor Wars End.
With the idea of bringing capital and
labor more closely together for the COM
mon good. a scheme has been inaugu-
rated by a number of well-known So
ciety women in London. according to
Hubert C. Connover. of London. who
was seen at the New Willard. The
name of the soci ETY. is the Handshake
Association, and Lady Florence Bourke
is prominently connected with the move
ment
The association was founded upon the
assumption that to improve the cOndi-
tions of life and capabilities. mental
and physical. of the employe is to in
crease the monetary value Of his labor
both to himself and his employer. 1t
will give employment to men and women
through an organized system Of deposit
ing sum of money to be spent on labor
and to pay the employed in small sums
through a banking system. with a view
to the encouragement of thrift The as
sociation puts workpeople in communica-
ton with employers in the colonies in
order to assist emigration when, owing
10 failure or other causes, large num-
bers Of hands are thrown out of en-
ployment TT home
The organization treats the labor Of
men and women equally in respect to
remuneration. because II is thought that
female competition and the willingness
Of the sex to work at a lower rate
throws many men out of employment.
Besides, the women who do this are
generally paid sweating wages"
The "Hop King" in Town.
Baron Louis Won Horst, of Coburg,
Germany. the hop king of California,
and recently elected chairman OF the
board OF directors OF the London and
Continental Steamship Company. is at
the New Willard. He is in this city in
connection with patents that have been
granted him for a new process for saving
the aroma of hops. The company Of
which he has been elected chairman will,
within nine months time, have a fleet Of
four vessels running between London and
Ostend at which port a special train
service will enable tourists to reach
Paris in comfort.
Strange People of South Seas.
After six years as lieutenant governor
j. IL
p. Murray, who was seen recently at the
Arlington. told some strange stories of
the Papuans. the dominating native race
of that section of the globe.
They are the most picturesque and
wonderful folk in the world" said he.
Almost in the twinkling of an eye you
can win them over from a state of bar
barism and induce them to take up some
form of employment. There are one
or two tribes engaged to-day as carriers
or plantation laborers who less than
two years ago were wild cannibals whose
excesses knew no bounds.
My experiences have been so remark
able that I seldom mention them. be-
cause of the suspicion trat they might
be received with incredulity. Wherever
possible, have made point of investi-
eating. personally, the strange stories
which are told by the natives with al
most convincing detail. and in not a few
instances have found myself hopelessly
baffied. I have often heard, for instance,
OF the race OF tailed pygmies who are
supposed to dwell in the interior. just
ever the mountains. You cross the
mountains. and you learn then that the
so it goes on. until you give up the quest
Maybe these rumOrs are we'll founded,
and even If they proved to be correct,
the discovery would only add another
to the long list of surprises which the
country has furnished.
Il once heard a native with a reputa-
ton for veracity who boasted of having
played a practical joke at the expense
CT the little men with long tails. Tradi-
ton credits them with residing in small
houses, built on wooden piles, where they
sleep with their tails through holes in
the floor. This gave the aboriginal hu-
morist his chance. He tied a knot in
each tail. raised an alarm, and then fled
to the hills, followed by the impreca-
tions of his victims
AutomObiling in Italy.
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