Evening star., 1923-11-12
TALKS and TALES
WI;th and About
CAPITALS GUESTS

JouTHeu, duu the eHtlTe city Will now
proceed to entertain the several thou
sand Dixie doctors here for the sew
enteenth annual meeting of the
Southern Medical Association, which
got under way today, and will con-
tinue through ThuEsday.
With more than three thousand del
egates from every state south of the
Mason and Dixon line. Maryland, Mis-
souri, and the District of Columbia
attending the monster pow-wow, it's
needless to say that local hotels are
jammed to the spilling-over point
in fact, at several of tine downtown
hoStelrieS the nothing doing cards
W(1e showed out long before 6 o'clock
yesterday afternoon.
AT the New willard Hotel, where
c. P. Loranz of Birmingham, Ala,
secretary manager of the organiZa-
ton, has been up to his ears in work
for the past three days, everything
was hustle and hustle in arranging
the two bathrooms on the top floor
for the scientific and commercial eX-
hibits. which undoubtedly will prove
one of the outstanding features of
the meeting.
DR.. w. S. Leathers of Jackson,
Miss, president of the association,
was seen scurrying through Peacock
alley at this house. too, but he
seemed so busy greeting the incom-
ing hordes and trying to make all
hands, feel comfy" that it would
with questions. wonderful per-
sonality has this Mississippi ply
Sician.
At the Washington. next door; the
New Ebbitt, across the way; the
Shoreham. La Fayette. the Pow
hatan. the Arlington. Hamilton, Bur-
lington and Lee similar activity was
the order of the day. as the train
tered.
The opening session. was held at
Continental Memorial Hall but
throughout the convention the pro,
the Willard, Washington, Ebbitt.
;.Shoreham and Burlington. The din
Sner to the eX-preSidentS of the asso-
citation will be held at the Willard
tonight. All golf will be played at
the Columbia Country Club. Go to it.
ye men of the southland; the city is
yours!
Looking as ruddy and active as
a man twenty years his junior, DR..
Fridtjof Nansen. head OF the Norway
representatives to the league or ma
tions, managed to wiggle his way
through a flock of visiting physicians
to his rooms in the Willard and when
visited seemed greatly preturbed over
the present situation in Europe, es-
pecially in Greece and Germany.
The noted explorer. who has made
several addresses in Washington dur
ing the last few days. was exceedingly
pessimistic over the German outlook,
and seemed firmly convinced that un-
less some kind of international con-
ference for the furtherance of better
cooperation among the countries of
the earth be held Immediately the jig
will be up with the kaiser's once
mighty Faderland. in consequence of
which the entire world will suffer.
"Conditions are in shocking shape
In Germany" said DR. Nansen. Dur
ing the last five weeks marked
change for the worse has taken place,
and while this might not be so no.
ticeable among the peasantry. who
are able to subsist on their products,
starving. If steps are not taken at
once, distnteSration, chaos. and God
knows what. is bound to follow"
Asked to account for the apparent
prosperity in Berlin and other German
cities, as pictured in motion pictures
of current events, such as racecourse
attendance, etc, the noted Norseman
ran his hand across his brow and
said:
quite true. such scenes would give
the impression that Germany was
playing, but it is not so. There are,
of course. as always in distressed
lands, certain profiteers and money
grabberS who thrive on the sufferingS
Of others. and who live on the fat
while millions are starving. In Rus
sia it was the same. When I went to
investigate conditions there I was in
vited to attend an opera on the night
of arrival. l went. from curiosity, and
heard the greatest artists in the
world. saw light-hearted women and
laughing men. while on the very block
thirty-two little children died from
want of bread"
DR.. Nansen also touched on the stu
been done for 10000 of the 1000, 900
refugees turned back on the small
country by the Turks, explained a
campaign for funds that was now
enlarge plan for establishing these
unhappy people in western Thrace,
and asked that America consider
seriously the proposition. a business
one. that will be presented very
shortly.
He appeared most hopeful for the
future of Russia, and said that the
time was not far distant when Russia
would be the mainstay of Europe.
In this hectic era when the drop
ping of a match might set the world
af1ame- it's no more than fair that
credit be given where credit is due,
even if it only has to do with the
behavior of a crowd of young college
students. On Saturday the foot ball
team and about 100 rooters from St.
Xavier's College, Cincinnati, marched
into the New Willard Hotel. regis
tered like gentlemen. ate a light
breakfast like gentlemen, beat it off
to the Naval Academy, like gentle
men, were trimmed to the tune of
81 to O, but took their walloping
like gentlemen, and after spending
sail for their Ohio bailiwick, still con-
ducting themselves like those to the
manner born. Answer-the St Xavier
boys will always be welcome guests
at the New Willard Hotel.
washington has heard the sad
story of Europe's plight from the
mouths of many, including former
prime ministers, military geniuses.
statesmen, financiers, economists and
many of the lay world, but not until
the latter part of this week will it
have had the message direct from a
source that few will deny is well
qualified to report-the Alliance In
United States. the International Hotel
Alliance.
On Thursday there will arrive in
this old town 200 of the most repre-
sentative hotel managers and pro-
prietors of Europe, who are touring
the eastern section Of the country
inspecting conditions pertaining to
their business.
The visitors will be watered. dined
and shown every courtesy by the
Washington Hotel Mems Association,
with luncheon at the Hotel Wash
ington Friday, a dinner at the Will
lard the same night and many other
special entertainments now being ar
ranged for their endowment