The Washington herald., 1917-11-17

| New YORK, Nov b.-ln the loDoy OF
a big Fifth avenue club the other
evening a group of scientific men were
discussing the war as being the neces-
sity that will bring about some start
! ling inventions. II the sprinkling Of
intellectual luminati were not stamped
by genius. it is probable that an
ordinary bystander would have tapped
his forehad knowingly.
One of them was telling about a SCI
enlist who is already telephoning to
aeroplanes without wires. And an
other quoted a famous inventor who
said that 1t would only be short
while until all telephone wires would
be abolished as unessentiaL-
''1'he fact is" he said, chat tele-
phone wires do not in reality carry
our messages. Every scientist knows
| that Back of 1t all is the great proc
! ess of thought which we are only be-
ginning feebly to understand.
THE more we delve into this process
OF thought-whatever II is-the more
we come to the conclusion that the ma
terial phenomena is the projection Of
thought. We know that every mater
ial thing comes from a thought or an
idea.
1--WE are arriving at the conclusion
that even space is thought, for We are
annihiIating space every day through
a thinking process. 1t will not be
many generations before every ship
! at sea is controlled by thought from
shore. Our trains are going to be run
without fuel, and We are going to
grow gasoline just like we raise
corn
Col. william Hayward, former pub
lie service commissioner of New Ycfk.
/ is preparing his regiment Of negro
| troops for service in the trenches.
! Every man in the regiment save Col
Hayward is colored.
The other day one OF the petty off,
| GERS approached Col Hayward.
1 Colonel" he said, "I is Jest won
| derin' IL over in Yurrup there will be
African golf"
African golf?" said Col. Hayward.
"Just what is African golf?"
To make a short story still shorter
It was explained that African golf in
the vernacular Is shooting craps.
! It has long been the fashion to be-
lieve that the men who conduct the
large hotels in New York were de-
scendants of Jessie James. Perhaps
it took a war to change this opinion
but 1t has been changed.
They're getting their menus down
to simple fares. The meatless and
wheatless days are costing them much
revenue but they are sticking to them
strictly.
John Nick. Bowman, who directs
| four large hotels, Is spending all OF
his valuable time in Washington help
ing Hoover. George Boldt, jr.. Cope
land Townsend and L. NJ. Boomer.
other important hotel men. are de-
voting all of their time in New York
to speaking and lecturing on how to
save food, And all the other hotels
big and small are doing their bit
despite the fact that it means a finan-
cial loss.
Seen around the town: A. Broad
way beau monde In a purple silk
hat A millionaire trying to keep
awake at a musicale. A waiter read
ing Molnar. John Mason. the actor
| rebuking a young man for smoking
in an elevator with ladies. A police
captain telling a blind man a JOKE.
A well known debutante buying
zippy story type of magazine. BUD
Fisher in uniform blushing as a re-
cruiting officer pointed him out to
| crowd. A French sailor laughing at
| one of those lap dogs that resembles
| three leaf clover. A priest leaping
into a Broadway automobile that had
become unmanageable while the
movie cameras clicked. A Russian
immigrant girl giving penny to a
war relief fund.