The Washington herald., 1911-05-04
GOSSIP OF THE
HOTEL LOBBIES
San Diego, the Exposition CITY


Col ID. C. Collier. director general Of
the San Diego Panama California Expo
sition. 1915, who was seen at the Shore
ham. in speaking about the growth Of
trade. said: "A great trade empire 10
opening in San Diego. The Santa Fe Is
spending large sum in perfecting its
roadbed and its service between San
Diego and Los Angeles. The new San
Diego and Arizona Railway will be
short cut, putting the seaport In touch
with a number of trunk lines and tap
ping all-o of the South and great part
of the Southwest. and will be on an easy
grade
s"The Southern Pacific is in position
to handle an immense amount OF trafnc
in Southern California and the South
west. It is expected that the trade OF
the Southwest for Pacific Coast points.
for the Atlantic seaboard by way OF the
Panama Canal, and for the Orient Will
converge at San Diego. 1t Is several
hundred miles closer to the cotton belt
of the South than the Western ports tnat
have heretofore handled the big cotton
traffic. The new and fertile cotton coun-
try Of Imperial Valley. In the southeast
part Of California. is pierced by the rail-
way line now building from San Diego:
THE Importance of the shipping Will
be greatly enhanced" continued Col. COL
lier, when vessels begin to pass through
the canal. An arc of a great circle
marks the shortest distance In sea navl-
CATION, and that arc from the Panama
Canal to Japan is within 100 miles OF
San Diego.
Use Hanging n . Cure.
Hanging from the neck by a rope nap
become a recognized form OF treatment
for certain nervous diseases at the Ma
tional Hospital. an institution for the
paralyzed and epileptic, in BLOOMSBURY
England, according to DR.. E. w. Roches-
ter, Of London, who was seen at the
New Willard.
In wry neck, in particular, this hang
ing has given results, certain cases total
ly unrelieved by other and more con-
servative methods of treatment, respond
ing we'll to this strenuous cure. The ap-
paratus used consists of a metal tripod
eight feet in height. with a pulley at the
top. Over this pulley Is passed a rope
attached to two large metal stirrups,
we'll padded with leather. one Of which
fits beneath the patients chin. and the
other beneath the protruding part Of the
head. The principle Of the treatment is
that the weight of the patients body Is
used to stretch the contracted neck mus
cles. which cause the head to be held on
one side.
I'VE begin the treatment" said the
doctor, by gently pulling the free end Of
the rope until the patient is raised upon
his toes. After being kept in this posi-
tion for few seconds, he is given a
moments rest. The second time he Is
raised a little higher. so that a little
more strain falls on the neck's muscles.
The process is continued every morning
for fortnight. the dose being gradually
treatment the patient can stand being
or thirty seconds
American Buyers in Paris.
John L. Stroll. a prominent merchant
of Chicago. who was seen at the Raleigh
last night, said that every year thous-
ands Of Americans flock to Paris on
straight. hard-headed American business.
They are the American buyers making
their annual pilgrimages to the mecca Of
fashion and the fine art Of dress. Their
passage in and out of the French capital
is by no means a rosy path. In the first
place. Paris has not yet conformed to
the idea of a universal price system.
That is, they cannot see why a yard Of
silk or a bale thereof should not be
worth just whatever the merchant can
get for it. A Partisan dealer in hats
may be willing to sell a certain article
at 100 francs If he has to- but II he can
persuade you that 1t is worth 1000. he
will do il in every case
There is no fixed value on anything -
continued Mr.. Stroll, land the buyer has
to have an accurate knowledge of the
worth of whatever he is seeking and the
gift Of bargaining and the pertinacity to
haggle and scold over costs until he has
brought the dealer down to the price that
he is willing or able to pay. It is a kind
Of survival Of the ancient Oriental ba-
zaar, where merchant and customer will
stand and call on the prophet and the
various devils for hours together at
tempting to come to an agreement over
scent purchase.
I'm London and Berlin said Mr..
Stroll, lone may buy in comfort and
peace Of mind. for in these cities Ameri-
can methods obtain in the modern estab-
lishments, at least. the fixed price sys-
tenn is assured; but in Paris-well, the
difficulties do not stop at this. The buy
er must not only be familiar with the
actual Partisan worth Of the goods he Is
seeking. but must know just what the
latest productions are, for the merchant
will, in nine cases out Of ten, try to
palm of his old goods on you for new"
Prosperous New Zealand.
New Zealand is enjoying wonderful
prosperity said Sir Joseph Ward, prime
minister Of New Zealand, who recently
passed through this city on his way to
the coronation.
I'VE have had a great revival Of trade
without any abnormal boom. We are
taking up the harnessing of all the neu-
trail water supply of the state and are
spending for that purpose $25.0Oo.o0o a
year. We are harnessing the river at
points that will supply centers through
out the country from north to south. for
factories. for lighting, &C.. and we shall
supply municipalities at low rate and
prescribe a maximum charge for them to
impose upon private consumers. We in
tend to use the power also for supplying
electricity to some Of the railways. prin-
cipally on suburban traffic, to get rid Of
the smoke trouble.
I'VE are not forcing immigration, as
some other countries are. The law pre-
vents the importation of Asiatics to large
extent, requires an educational test, a
health test, which throws on the steam
ship officials, before leaving port of eni-
barkation, the responsibility Of guarding
against any break of the law, under the
penalty of having to deport undesirable
persons brought over. The result Of our
-. a. tbot ME ore getting pretty much