The Washington herald., 1911-05-29
GOSSIP OF THE
4 HOTEL LOBBIES
A Fast Flyer.

new Wularo, Just dre at the leader In
. string some time when you have the
chance. Duck shot, when propelled by
the proper quantity OF powder. travels
pretty quickly itself. but II your charge
brings down any member Of that string
OF ducks at all II will be the NTH or
sixth bird back Of the leader. and I'll
bet you farm on It.
IL you would have . chance Of drop
ping the leader" said Col. Shaw, you
will have TO aim not less than tan feet
ahead Of him. Then he will more than
likely run plumb against your shot. When
he drops It will be Q quarter Of q mile
or so farther on, for he can't stop short
Of that distance even after he II dead.
"On the other hand. have found that
the mallard duck IL lazy. a. wild-duck ac-
tivity on the wing goes. He seldom cares
to cover more than a mile q minute, but
he can II he wants to. for have timed
him when he was hitting the wind ar n
good seventy-fve-mile clip. The mallard's;
everyday style Of getting over the coun-
try takes him along at about fifty
mile-an-hour rate The black duck can
show about the same speed as the NAL
lard.
''The wild goose is an astonisher on the
ny. He has a big. heavy body 10 carry.
and to see one Of these fowls waddling
on the ground you wouldn't suppose IT
could get away from you yery fast on
the wing. But the way 1t manages to
glide from one feeding place to another
on occasion has a suddennsss to IL that
Ii aggravating to the best Of wing shots.
ITO see a flock of honkers moving
along so high that they seem To be
sweeping the cobwebs of the sky, you
probably wouldn't care TO bet that they
were travelling at the -ate of 80 to 100
miles an hour, but that is just what they
are doing any hour In the day, for the
wild goose never fools any time away.
His Is always q business gait"
Riches in Honduras.
Theodor S. Scafla of Munich. Germany.
who is interested extensively In Honduras
mining enterprises, was seen at the Ar
lington. and said: with the opening Of
the Panama Canal more fortunes will
be made In a short time by more people
in Central America than were ever
heard OF in the days Of ~ in California
or in more recent years in Alaska.
Honduras is rich in natural resources"
said Herr Scarla. Her abundant pos
in the past has been hampered and sup
pressed by governmental misfortunes.
But those days have passed. The United
States in taking the kindly interest that
1t has. has tactfully and effectualfy put
an end to contentious.
Revolutions in the days that are gone
were inspired by the customs revenues
Of the country. The soldiers have not
been so patriotic as they have been eager
to serve in the army which pays the
most. The side OF the government that
controlled the custom-houses had the
money to pay the soldiers, and therefore
held the power.
Now, with the conclusion OF this treaty
between Honduras and the United States,
whereby American fnanciers have re-
moved the national debt Of Honduras and
placed s.. 600, ,0C0 to her credit in Washing
ton, Uncle Sam stands at the custom
house door to protect his interests, which
are guaranteed through this source.
With the bank account placed to the
credit Of Honduras. that country intends
to build railroads and develop her natural
resources by placing the country In
safe. reliable condition.
Outside business interests have been
discouraged hitherto because II they were
working a plantation or developing mines
or otherwise building up a fortune, a
revolution would suddenly fame forth
and the laborers would be called away to
war" -
Filipino Girls Ambition.
Filipino women know how to win hus-
bands. according to F. X. Dougherty. of
Manila, who was seen at the New Ebbitt.
a.
Manila for the past ten years.
1T is a common thing in the islands,"
said he. ito see a girl. young and brown
and strong. crushing rice with q heavy
wooden mallet. while around her sit a
number Of SWANS looking on. but never
dreaming of offering to help. And the
girl doesn't expect 1t. She pounds away
cheerfully, and by and by her reward
comes In a husband to work for.
THE custom in the islands Ii for the
Filipino woman to labor at a very early
age. As tiny girl she Is rarely seen
without an appendage in the shape Of
baby brother or sister perched on her
little brown hip. When she grows q few
inches taller and a few degrees stronger
she is pressed into service as a water
CARRIER. bearing from the river to her
home heavy jars Of water poised grace
fully on her head She also works in the
fields, and vivid bit Of color she makes
in her short, killed scarlet skirt. When
she becomes a woman-and she 10 q
woman at fifteen or before-she may
have q small shop to tend; and there IL
the rice to beat and much other work
to do.
Marriage brings no vacation. She II
pretty sure to have many children to
care for She tends the delds. cooks. and
frequently has q stall In the market for
several hours q day. But when the
women are really old. then their rest
time comes"
BeFlip's Bicycle Nurses.
Emil Reicher. Of Berlin. who was seen
at the shoreham last night. said that
the bicycle nurse Is the most recent ad.1
dition to the city hospital corps In Ger
many.
THE idea originated in Berlin. In that
city women nurses are given bicycles.
and now q corps Of these highly trained
and drilled women is sent to the scene Of
any accident at a moments notice.
With such speed do they get ready to
start and so swiftly do they 60 that
often they arrive on the scene before the
hospital ambulances.
Many lives have been saved by this
almost instantaneous response to q hurry
L. - 49, A.