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MONDAY. ABniD 17, 1307.
GUT THE BEST MAN.
"The throe counties are as one and
should set the best statesman they
con, regardless ot the county or part
ot county he halls from. We should
get a man big enough to see the needs
o? the people throughout the three
counties. In facti throughout the
State."
This Is an excerpt from a letter re?
ceived from a prominent citizen In one
of tho counties of Virginia, relating to
? political squabble as to which coun?
ty, In ? certain district, according to
a supposed rotation .scheme, shall lie
represented In the Senate of Virginia.
Tho view of the writer is one with
which wo are in full accord. Our corres?
pondent takes a most statesmanlike
altitude In tho manor and looks at
It from the viewpoint of tho real
patriot, peeking the greatest good for
the greatest number of people.
This system of county rotation is
?wholly Indefensible and Is only a clap?
trap device and species of buncombe by
?which to gain votes from people whose
attitude In politics Is wholly local. It
Is a sroat political error to establish
any such system of choosing Slate
Senators. While sometimes the best
man may hA secured In this way, there
If sure to come a time, soon or late,
when the people will be victimised by
having foisted upon them sotno man
of mediocre ability.
The rotntlon plan is wholly Inde?
fensible and has no foundation in right
or reason. Suppose the same plan
were to bo followed In regard to tho
United Stales Senatorshlp. There you
would have the reductlo ad absurdum
of the rase. The State Is the unit of
the Kederal Pcnntorship, Just ns the
district is the real unit of the State
Senatorship. That man would be
hooted down ne a madman who would
propose a plan tn elect Untied States
Senators from each of the 100 coun?
ties of Virginia in succession.
Disregard the rotation syst-in. Elect
tho best man tn the. district, "a. man
big cnouch to see the needs of the
people throughout the three coun?
ties." That is what should be done,
though, of course, this statement is
made without reference to any par?
ticular district.
nnt noon CUSTOMER.
Sa 1*10, Canada bought goods of the
?, pts.f.? to the value of 1233.501;
HP! Tile country bought from Canada
ti. du erier.; of |104.i:-P.C75. Both
wiuiririei -hz't this trsd? heavily at
Oinnaics'iiaic or; this state of facts
:iw Sr. !j- rir Port-Dispatch rays:
"'-t is. American merchant had a
?im-unite : V* Ctntdi. he wo'ild devote
!lti dlilf'i ir.it tj to the study of two
ririniitmn?:.ow to keep ar.d ehr j
?.nnrrjr? t.r.4 two. how in mrike |
r.-rui: K?T?^ipr.?^wbVe on both
T|itn<i 17 :z :-.jlr.-?? }.-ls own purchases
??tu . r. I.-j jsjbllc as well as In
; ?? :. i. n'ot j.r(0^ po]!<... -o
" '"?""?"?*? fne-sided.
? I : ; re,- St y *-.-< ?.:::eni now v.n- j
sr. itt;?!rat I tr&. is *n attempt to!
?5;jir cri'.-.ary Mercantile sagacity to j
?*?. -c~:\-.?rr!eJ ir.torco?rse of two
V-'^'V'".' "Sltl?"' !,r'th "f wh<ch
r ' ' .' " ' '??' i.-.r??!\' s and each
i.-.?r* j; the fjuestlon neatly put In
t.r;AtT.,,<i fe-m for ell those who wish
t< understand the vie-tlon of reel
ferity witt CantstH. it Is simply a
b-j-lr.ess proposition. In ivhicii the pe-o
T e oi the United State,.- cannot po?.
U lose, but must gain 11fin?ndous
nilEMATl!ItE Mil.unit! \1,S
The ilnn. John D. \a
the Navy under Bros
recently fulcgostcd a1
iecrpt?.ry of
McKinley.
BOMloii Art
Clti'o dinner ihn't no statue should b
erected In memory of a man until at j
ifUi Iiis death. \
? llld apply ;,d- j
certainly I
.tld b.
lean seveni:
'nils is (>dvic,
wlrably in s<
not In ethers the Idea if, delaying
moniirnenis until the expiration of the
period specified If that by thai time
the man's place in history
forever fixed. There would il
rtouiu to whether l,e .U'eived a
natur and no opportlinit} for contro?
versy and acrimonious debate, such u.?
have precede;el the election of mar,>
ntoniiinerits.
There Is I
Mr Eofig's
countt! w
foljbwti'j f.
do for him
? however, that
ike- tool in tins
i lead'r dies, his
? Hast ihey can
Ion of u suitable
nvnurr.ent to his name and fame. It
would, for Instance, have formed .-.r,
absurdity to wait three-ejuiirtcrs
of a century before erecting stat?
ues to General Doe and General .lack
re.ti.
No doubt, some rnor.umoiUF ,,ie roared
prematurely. The estimate pih genera'
l|e,n may put em a than
thai wi.lf h is a< e opted b
ntlons. Men who at one time seem ot
01 most heroic stature io thcif fellow
ine-ri ofleii dwindle with Ihi ears Into
elcMcrved. bbstitirii>.
ii'n ho
t gonei
IHM llllMl r<\tl IIEIIM.V,
PresleJenl Tuft i said lo liav.t picked
,'onn Hays irarhniond (or the succes?
sor of Dr, David Juynt Hill at the
Court of the Kaiser, ami wo hope the
report Is true. He could not llnd a
hotter man among the Republicans for
tho place?a citizen of the world, a
man of affairs, an American from epi?
dermis to tho middle ot his cardiac,
region, and with all the "wherewithal"
necessary to make him equal to tho
demands of the office. Resides, Mr.
Hammond Is a particularly able man
in businoss matters, and with his
knowledge of potash", and everything
else tlTat Is hidden In the bowels of
the earth, he would he able to prove
to the Kaiser and his advisers that
there Is no better market for the re?
sources of Oormany. which were made
when that wonderful country was
made, than our own dear America. It
will probably be found that there Is
potash, world without end, In tin*
grand old Stnto of Virginia; but for
the present we nre In some measuro
dependent upon the beds in Germany
for our supply of this material, and
John Hays Hammond Is the man to
make tho Kaiser boliovo, as all tho
world has already been convinced, that
there should be no hard feelings be?
tween Germany and tho United Stales
on this,account. What's a little potash,
more or loss. between two of tho great?
est World Powers in the world?
Mr. Hammond has the money and lie
has tho sonse. as well, to make him In
a special degree persona grata in Berlin.
Tlie Kaiser will be able to look him
over at the Coronation of the King of
England, and we arc sure that ho will j
be so pleased with him that, if It wero
quite the proper tiling In a diplomatic
way, ho would ask Mr. Taft to send
Hammond to Berlin. Of course, it
Would be far better to put a Democrat
on guard at tho Gorman Capital: hut. i
as this is a Republican Adminlstra- j
Hon. and the last we shall have for a '
good many years. If things should \
work out right, the next best thing,
would bo to select a Republican who
Is almost good enough to be a Demo?
crat for this high position, and John
Hays Hammond is tho man. and the
man with no end of money, and Demo?
cratic manners to boot, when Demo?
cratic manners arc In place.
TAKING HIS TKM PBRATUIUS.
W. S. Goodwin Is a new member of
Congress from tho Stale of Arkansas,
and the New York Sun Is disposed to
make a great to do about one ot the
Incidents In bis statesmanlike career;
prints on Its first page a story about
how Mr. Goodwin strolled into the
House the other day while Ashor
Hinds, of Maine, was speaking and
saying things that he ought not to
have said, and how, taking his seat
In the front row, he (Goodwin) "calmly
placed his foot on the desk in front of
him and drawing a clinical thermome?
ter from his pocket placed a large part
of It in his mouth," and "then felt his
pulse." "For a lime." we are told,
"the new member from Kansas (?) was
the centre of attraction in the House,"
hut his distinction appears ;o have
lasted but a little while, as, while ho
was reclining In his chair, "with tho
thermometer between his lips and
rnuntintr the number of his heart
beats per minute." a deputy sergeant
at-arms requested film to remove his
feet from the desk, which he dirt with?
out becoming offrnded. That, at least,
wa* to his credit. We wish the dep?
uty had taker, the ? berrr:oineter away
from him. It Is a thing that no per?
son in reasonably coed health should ?
ever '"projick" with. as. unless It be
applied by n physician In rseular prac?
tice. !t rah keep a r:;ar. or woman
sick 1 or-'r t>.2.->. :?ny o-'r.er eontrlvtnce
we have ever known.
There is no provision In the Cor.'tl
iutlon which forbids a member ot Con?
gress from putting his f?ei on his
des-v.. ;{ ;-e prefer to sit in that way.
t-nt, beside.*. Mr. Goodwin was sent to
Congress "by direct vote of the peo?
ple." Moreover, he corne? from a very
malarious State, whether it be Arkan?
sas or Kansas, and It Is not at all urT
llkely that he wa? told bofpre he left!
home thai he must be very enreful
hi ',':t his health, arid take his tempera?
ture frefjiiently to see whether or not
the last dose of quinine had produced
thi desired effort Washington Is a
had place for one who has suffered
Irom chills and fever, and there Is no
special barm in a clinical thermometer
when u?ed by n<en of the medical fac?
ulty who are truly great.
\ fill.IN I t sCllOI, Vlt<lllP.
Through Secretary Edward H. Wells,
of the Harvard Alumni Association, the
pleading announcement Is made that 1
fo .1 Virginians have succeeded in so
cujing .-.r |,i. 1 aIV Iiips in Har vard Uni?
versity for the- session of 1011-* 1.2; The
number''of ihosci scholarships is lim?
ited, anil the award In made for merit
only. H Is apparent, therefore, that
Virginians an- holding their own in
scholastic ability and fitness r.Tr
scholarship,
j Of the three lately established Rum
' rill Scholarships for Southern Students.
I two gn t" Virginia. Hugh C Stanard,
of rtonnolte, .it presch! a .ludern In the
ltlliinoke High School, ha:- won one of
the twin undergraduate scholarships!
'.h"i attesting tho superiority of the
I work required by the high schools of
I Virginia and llitis reflecting cied'.t On
'thO,I loapoke High School
'flu Cnlverfity of Virginia sends to
Harvard the incumbent of the Rutnrili
Graduate Scholarship In the person
of Malcolm w. Gnrinawny, of Lynch
burg, now a senior in the institution
at I'liarlotiosviU--. who.:, record to
scholarship ami gonflai 111 no-m crilised
him to bo selected over many ...,?.
Petitors.
Rand t?l pit-M aeon's rcjord foi Soil hd
learning and thoroughness la recog?
nized in inn appointment oi Hugh li.
Illte, of th.il i.istllutlon, to ... Univer?
sity S''i.,,|.,i:nip in the Harvard Grad?
uate School of Applied Ke|rhc?,
One .,f II.,, highly prized MI'Ulli
J Teaching i\c)|o)arahlpn Im . been Award,
l ed to li. BiantUy Hand;., of Richmond,
now n member or the faculty of Ytich
montl Academy, one of tho most dis?
tinguished graduates of Richmond Col?
lege in recent years, nnd a young man
of flno ability as a teacher and scholar.
When It Is remembered that There
are hundreds upon hundreds of candi?
dates for those scholarships, It is seen
Mint these appointments reflect much
distinction nnd honor upon the stand?
ards of education prevailing In the
Old Dominion. .?
nbVC PENCILING ??Tllia HECOItn.')
Victor Murdoch is a member of Con
gross from the Eighth District of Kan?
sas. He is now serving his fifth term
in the House at Washington, and has
filled a considerable space In the pub?
lic prints nnd likewise In tho Con?
gressional Record. He began life at
the early ago of fifteen years as a
newspaper reporter, worked lu Chi?
cago for a time, and finally became
managing editor of the Wichita Eagle,
from which high estate ho- was called i
to the service of Iii? country in tho
talking branch of tho National Legis?
lature, where he lias boon over since,
a Regular nnd an insurgent by turns,
is tho tide of his Importance served.
Tho greatest act of his statesman?
like career was committed last week,
when ho proposed the "blue pencil"
treatment for tho congressional Record
to tho extent of making It appear with
iho printed reports of the speeches o?
ilio members, whether or not the
ipeeches wore really delivered or were
inly Written for. publication In this
minute book of Congress. This Is
<omcwhat after the newspaper man
ler of placing at tho bottom of "pure
rending- matter" the sign "adv." to dis?
tinguish tho nrticle so published from
the run of the paper, and it Is a good
thing j but Mr. Mltrdock's reform does
lot go far enough. It should provide
hat nothing shall appear In the Record
nit that which Is actually said and done
n the proceedings ot Congress. The
:poochos that have not been delivered
??houlj also be accompanied Invariably
>y an explanatory paragraph saying
iy whom they were prepared, or what
io:k or writer supplied the Informa
;lon they contain. Many a reputation
is said to have boon made for members
?>f Congress by the ready writers about
l he National Capital, and it is only
fair that they should get a little bit
?>f credit for their work besides the
-mall stipend they receive for their
'crviees.
The Uovoniment would save an im?
mense sum of money if tho Congres?
sional Record should bo made an ac?
tual record of what is said In the de
braes and other proceedings of the
two Houses, it the Congressmen wish
to "reach their constituents" with
their views ?" public questions, tho
columns of the public press arc always
available at fair rates.
IRISH IMMIGRATION.
Almost 34.000 emigrants left Ireland
in 111 10. This Indicate:^ that the Irish
people do not share the optimism con?
cerning home rule in the future so
buoyantly predicted by the Irish par?
liamentary leaders on last St. Patrick-?
Day. In m09 the emigration was
ibout 30,000; in t lie five yrars fr<im
1904 to 150?, Inclusive, it averaged
32.000 the year, approximately, Hie ex?
tremes being 2T..052 In 1D0S and SO,0*2
In 1907. The total emigration from
jreat Brlt?in of people of Irish birth
was much greater, and nearly all
:ame to the i;n!to<i States. One
third of the whole number that left
Ireland In 1910 are said to have Iiadl
their passage paid by relatives ,ip
friends in America.
There 1.- evidently no decline in the
amuuiil decrease in the Irish popula?
tion. The inhabitants of tho Sham?
rock Isle still look on Ameiica as the
:ouritry of opportunity for them.
About one-third of the Irish emigrants
were under the age of twenty-live.
Evidently io many .young Irishmen the
Immediate prospects In this country
ire better than the seemingly remote
DUlib?k. 'or homo rule and the bless?
ings which it will bring.
FAVORITE FICTION.
The Chicago Tribune of lato has
been compiling a few gems of favorite
fiction. Endless is the task of the
collector of suih material, but here ]
lire a few listed by the Tribune:
"Gentlemen, I Failed to Win the Nom?
ination, but 1 have No Unkind Feel?
ings Toward Anybody."
"U'o Have Rost Out, My Friends,
but My Only Emotion in One of Grat?
itude t<> Those Who Loyally Supported
Me."
"I Assure Von. Mr. Winch, This Js
Not a Company Dinner; This Is Wha:
W,. Always Have."
"Mr. Sqtilgloy, I've Been Wanting to'
.Meet you for Veins, AI) I Buy the'
Bazoo for Is to Read Vour Stuff."
"Ves, It's a Hog Life, i'm the First j
Hue ai the Oltlcc in the Morning, and ]
Li.it to Leave It in the Evening."
' I Thought Von Said You Couldn't
Dance; Mr. 1'edunele: you Do It
Splendidly."
?Voii Cfin See foi Yourself. Mr.
Scssb,. iIihi Wo Haven't Anything In
the House Worth Paying Taxes On." I
"I Think I Or.gh: to Have About
$i.00u Insurance on .My Household
Goods, Mr. Ilrocklosby; u Would Cost I
Me thai to Replace Them.
To which might i.e added:
"II makes no difference, j like, both
the while and l lie- bleck meat of th? j
chicken."
"No I'm going to pay for tills. I ii
be insulted If you do.*'
"Follow 'citizens, I shall never do
anything, if elected, that, will make
.?? on ashamed of inc."
"Gentlemen of the jury, 1 shall not I
detain you long with the argument in'
this ease."
"No, my wife lias never .said a cross
word I,, inc."
"My friends, j am always glad to bo
In county, Its men are among our
finest cltlzeitr) and its women Hie
fairest on eutb."
'Ves, I an, a North Carolinian und
proiid of li "
"No, thanks. I never touch a drop.
I am opporod lo 1| on principle."
"No, >our honor, l have never driven
my cnr more than throo miles an hour
In my lifo."
."Mr. Toastmaster ana Gentlemen,
this occasion reminds me o? an ex?
perience I once had."
"I regret that I have not had time
to prepare an uddress worthy of this
occasion and this audience, but I have
been too busy to do so."
"My dear, I can hardly bear to think
of you and the children leaving mc all
alono In town this summer."
FIFTY-TWO PBlt CENT. CRBATEIt.
According to tho report just sub?
mitted by the British Board of Trade
to rarllament. tho cost of. food nnd
rent for the ovcrago family Is 52 per
cent, greater In the United States than
In England and Wales, ,
This report Is based 0:1 official sta?
tistics for both countries. Woekly
wages, It Is said, are higher In tho
United States, the ratio of 23 to 10.
According- to the Census Bulletin No.
a?, giving the last oillclal summary
of wages In American manufactures,
the r>,170,000 persons then reported on
received an average yearly wage of
not quite $IS0. This Is less than 510
the week. England, therotoro. has a
smaller nvcrage than this.
Natural causes combine to make food
nnd rent far cheaper here than In Eng?
land, where a great population Is
crowded Into a small area, with food
staples paying land and ocean freights
for mote than .1,000 miles. Vet wo
are facing a higher cost of living thnn
the people of England. Bacon and
bread cost us $1.52, even though pro?
duced next door, while for the sumo
amount o? food the Englishman pays,
adding in the freight charge and com?
mission to the middleman, .lust $1.
Donmnn Thompson has gone back
to "The Old Homestead" to slay ns
ninny good actors before him havo
done.
Jf the fears of the London Morning
Tost should be realized and Mr. Tuft
should really take Canada, people will
begin to say how clever Champ Clark
was when ho made that foolish speech
of his in the last House. But. why
should Canada care to become a part
of tho United States, w'tli Its money
questions and labor questions and
banking questions and Its race ques?
tions and Its political questions? If
our neighbors will take our word for
It. they will never consent to be an?
nexed until we have found exactly
where we arc at.
When Senator Simmons, of North
Carolina, asked the Prcstdohl the other
day whether or not he would sign the
free list b'll for the benefit of the
farmer and other people who would
like to live a little bit cheaper, the
President replied. "Try me." which
was equivalent, In the North Carolina
language, to saying, "I certainly will."
Thp Commission Government in
Birmingham. Alabama, is warming to
Its work in tine fashion. Up to last
Thursday it had cut the cost of run?
ning the government of that town
$71,000. and It was noled that there
were other heads marked for the
basket. There are other towns lu the |
South where a nigbt of trimming would
do a lot of good.
If all the Chiir.-h singers In town
would ring as l!,o baritone. Mr. Tin?
der, sang at First Presbyterian
Church yesterday, the people in the
pew; woiild rejoice that they could tell
what the .?Inger was naying. As It I?.
only the Lord knows.
Nobody put on the old gray bonnet
yesterday.
The Orange Observer remarks that
"Ihe trees are naked now. but soon
they will he clothed from heel 'to
brow." We hope the Observer will see
to It personally that they at le.'i!=t have
harem skirts on.
'?The blind how-boy." as Stevenson
called hlfh, It getting busy In Orange,
for the Observer says "that old front
gale has pone Into commission again.''
V faith, wo shoujd like to be on tlie
other side Of It oiirsclf.
The Orange Observer says that the
people of that rliy are "over ready for
any fate." With such n pupor as the
Observer around, no wonder they are
so resigned.
But Jusl Ihe same, we wish Mr.
Bryan would stay away from Wash?
ington while Congress Is In -session
and refrain frorn writing letters to!
any e>f Ihe member's. The country ex?
pects the Democratic majority to ac
coniplish something during this spd
ci.il sc:-:-ioo. it).I ihey will do It If Air.
Bryan will let ihem alono. They do
not need a "jjfardeeh."
We shoiilri think thai George Mar?
cellus Bailey, <>r the- Houston Post,
would feel pretty cheap, but not a
?etil cheaper ilian he really Is. after
the richly deserved rebuke adminis?
tered to him by tho Hon. William Jen?
nings Bryan In the last number cf the
esteemed (' immnncr, which can now
l>e. hail for two \ear.s at the price, of
one year's subscript lein, cash strl.:My
in eelvanee, Wo have long f:nro<! that
ijullej was merely :i tool of the- cor?
porations, and iiur Candidate Tor Presi?
dent has "gi.i him , down line." Of
course, iiniloy will kick and deny that
h.. is anything of the sort; but we can
I'.oye it by Cone Johnson ami eve: so
in.in:- other iriisi WeYrtliy witnesses^
iliwl hit vr been sure all along ihn I his
sin would find hint out. A nice sort
oi fellriw. indeed, 1, Bailey, to read
real Democrats out ..f ihe parly! Mr.
Biyan hits taken hi.; niqasuro.
Voice of the People
The IMncc ot the AJIIIIntod College for
Women.
To Iho Editor ot The Tlmcs-Dlspatch:
Sir,?The a Uli I? led college for women
seems (o ?teer between Iho Scylla anil
Churybdis of extravagance on the 0110
hand and unpleasant social rclationa
on Hie otlicr hand. Since the demand
for college training,of women Is rapid?
ly increasing, every loqallty must glvo
earnest thought to tho best method of
obtaining both good traditions and
sound scholarship for women at rea?
sonable expense.
Tho separute college for women has
many advantages of freedom and of
easy adaptation to tho special nooda
and tastes of women. It Is, however,
loo expensive to bo a Justifiable use
of public funds, and must thoroforo bo
reserved for rich communities and pri?
vate endowments. It also suffers tin
Intellectual handicap In the dlillcully
I of obtaining a hlgh'-grado faculty. Tho
best men scholars will probably Iopt
continue to prefer the touching of at
least some men.
At the other extreme we. find full
oo-edticatlon with Its strong argument
of decreased expense. This method
succeeds admirably In new communi?
ties, whore pioneer conditions prevail
and women sie still dolinlte economic,
factors. it continues to succeed until
the women become noticeably numer?
ous. Then n group self-consclousnesa
gradually dovolops and a "co-oducatloli
problem" begins to appear. There are
many evidences that segregation of the
younger students may he oil tho Im?
mediate horlv.on for oven tho State
universities where cn-cducutlon was
long entirely successful.
In any conservative community It is
practically Impossible to graft co?
education upon an established college
Cor mon without great antagonism.
Here tho tifllllatcd coUogo seems to
provide marked Intellectual und eco?
nomic advantages, and at the same
time to present none of the social dis?
advantages. Tho advantages may be
roughly summed up as follows: The
women share In the historic prestige of
tho college; they share the full Intel?
lectual stimuli: . of a strong, establish?
ed faculty, and they are free to de?
velop social traditions In accordance
With the lluesl type of womanhood
without placing unwonted social re?
strictions upon tho men.
The professors are almost Invariably
in favor of this method, Inasmuch as it
allows them to touch tho same sub?
ject to at least two groups. Instead
of presenting different subjects to the
same group. This Intensive work In a
narrower field accords with modern
professional ambition.
Tho women students thus get all
the Intellectual advantages of co?
education: tlie men students fool no
curtailment of their previous freedom:
the professors gain some small profes?
sional advantage. The day may come
in which society will have so modlllcd
its attitude towards women, and wo?
men will have so modiiled their attl
Hide towards a rull self-expression in
Intelligent service, that co-cducatloii
can exist without any sex-conscious?
ness among our youth, even in tho
older communities of the country. Un?
til that day come?, the affiliated col?
lege seems to procure for our young
women the largest share of Intellectual
gain with the least share of social
loss, and nt only a small Increase In
expense above that of full co-educa?
tion. LAURA DRAKE Ol DU
President of the Association of Colle?
giate Alumnae, former Klean of Rur
nard College. Columbia University.
The University for While Wnntcn.
To the Editor of The Tlnies-Dlspatch:
Sir.?Having read with much Interest
the several letters you hav? recently
published on "Women at the Univer?
sity," signed "One of tho Riff raft." nnd
replied to by "C. A. R.," and your time?
ly editorials thereon, and also the more
prudent and conciliatory letter from
Elizabeth Di L. Lewis, ot Lynch burg,
who, as you state, in your wise and
?: rous criticism editorially of said
letters, Is Mrs. Jno. 11. Lewis (ho an
old friend of mine), I beg tho favor ot
being permitted in add a few lines to
what has: been so well and ably said oil
this great .subject, and to make sonic
suggestions In iin behalf.
Rack in the seventies, when I was in
the Virginia Senate from Nelson and
An horsi. | became tho author of this
proposition soon after lily hills tri "pro?
tect Virginia women In their propcrtv
rights" bad been enacted Into laws
As chairman of the Senate Commit
tec on Education, I prepared and offer?
ed a series of resolutions on the
higher education of women, calling
upon the Rev. W. II. Ruffncr, I). D.. I
then Stale Superintendent of Public In?
struction, to compile and report the
Important information to the Senate
called for In said resolutions, etc., tin:
main purpose being to establish a State I
university for women, either by "CO- I
education" or "co-ordination." as Die
General Assembly might prefer, and at
the University of Virginia. My prefer?
ence was by "co-ordination." and Dr
Ruffricr's was by "co-cducatlohi" as
yoii define these terms.
These resolutions can bo easily found
In "Senate Documents" of lSTS-ft or of
IS" D-SO. and will prove to be a valua?
ble source of Information, history and
facts, relating generally to this great
pilbllc need, that has been too long
neglected.
AH other classes of students arc
amply provided for in tills Stale, and
it is a shame and a stigma upon Vir?
ginia's fair name and proud escutcheon
to longer withhold fram her white fe?
male students, the tend crest, truest
and best of any. this just recognition
and fitting compliment to their worth,
talents and social superiority.
I am too old to participate actively
In this inspiring and Just move, which
I was forced to abandon when f vol?
untarily retired from legislative life
thirty years ago. and if yon will call
to your kind aid the faculty of tho
University of Virginia, I am violating
no secret to toll you and the public that
1 am assured of their best efforts to
bring tho succes.s it so richly deserves
to be crowned with ultimately.
if alive 1 appeal to Mrs. Peters (who
was Khoffey), wife of Professor Win.
E. Peters, deceased, and to Mrs. Reale
(who was Preston), of Rtiohunan, Rote
totirt county, Va., who worked faith?
fully for this cause, after I quit public
life. Our plan was lo endow this new
university with Virginia's portion of
proceeds of sa)c of public lands of the
United States. Why not? Try It.
C. T. SMITH.
Shadwoll, Va.. April 1?.
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Patent?.
Who Is the commissioner of Unltod
States patents? W. 11. C.
Edward B. Moore.
Gilbert.
In what year and where was William
S. Gilbert, the opera writer, born?
SUBSCRIUBH.
In London, England, 183G.
Checkers,
What is tho rule of checkers as to
moving a king on the hoard? N. M.
Hoyle snys: "A king may move cither
forward or backward, but on dark
Rpace.i only, and ono squaro at n. time.
If the player can leap over tho piece
or pieces of an opponent, one at a time
und (lud a. resting pl.ico on a dark
squnrc, the opponent loser, the pieces
or men Jumped In this way."
Hiovrrnnirnt Bouillon.
To whom shall I apply for a United
States Government position as Inspector
of liquors or of clears? Murt a inon
have Influence to secure such a pnrl
llon? A. C. S.
You probably mean some position In
tho Internal Revenue Department. It
so. you will have to undergo u civil
service competitive examination.
Calorie".
Would It he too much trouble for
you to explain what Is meant by
"calories" In food reports? W. II.
A calory |s the amount of hint re?
quired to raise the temperature of one
gram of water from 0 degrees C, to
1 degree above. The animal body be?
ing an engine depending upon heal
energy, the value of Its food, or fuel,
is estimated In calories, and it is found
thai an average healthy, vigorous per?
son needs dally an amount of food
having a heating power of about .
caloric.-. Resides Its witter and salts,
food contains three classes of nu?
tritions material?albumlnalos or Pro?
teids, fat?, and carbohydrates (starch,
sugar, etc.). A gram of albumen
yields four calories, one of fat, nine
calories, and one of carbohydrate four
calories, and It Is essential that a
mixture of the three classes be taken
to glvo a total of calorics correspond?
ing to the condition of health and
aotlvlty. The nutritive value of dif?
ferent foods, of course, varlos greatly,
in ordin?r- foods wo pot 100 culorcs
from?a small piece of beef sirloin,
weighing forty grams, giving thirty
one calories In proteld and sixty-nine
In fal; one dozen oysters. 1.0 grains,
forty-nine iti proteld, twenty-two In
fal. and twenty-nine In carbohydrate:
one large egg, sixty grams, th'rty-two
In proteld, sixty-eight in fal; a large
slice of bread, thirty-seven grams,
thirteen in proteld, six In fat. eighty
one in carbohydrate; an ordinary serv?
ing of chicken, ninety grams, snvcnly
nlno. In proteld. twenty-one In fnl; one
potato. 100 grams, ten Ln proteld, one
In i.vt, clghty-nlno In carbohydrate:
two-thirds of n glass of milk. HO
grams, nineteen In proteld, fifty-two |n
fat. twenty-nine In carbohydrate; an
ordinary pot of butter, thirteen grams,
O.fi In proteld, 99. fi In fat: a large
banana, ninety-eight irrams, live In
Proteid, live In fat, ninety In carbohy?
drate'.
Mine. Curlr.
Give a sketch of Mine. Curie.
O. 8 13.
Mine. Marie Sklodowska Curie,
widow of Professor Pierre Curio (1S.>9
190Cj, Is the world's most distinguished
woman of .science. She was born at
Warsaw. Russian Poland, November 7.
1S67, attended the schools of. War?
saw, and finished her education as a
chemist at the Sorbonne. Paris. She
discovered the element-polonium, and.
aided hv her hm band, radium. They
received the Da Case prize of 10,000
francs from the French Academy "f
Sciences in 1901, the N'obcl prize for
chemistry (with Professor Bec<|uerel)
in IfiO.'i. "and In the same year part of
the French Osiris prize of 60.ihm
fnines. in dOS she became chief
professor of physics at the Sorbonne
In 130G her husband, succeeding Potlei
was made a member of the French
Academy -the honor lately denbd
Mine. Curie on account of her se\.
I.line III Keltic*.
What Will remove the lime that
forms on the bottom of a tea kettle.
G- It
The Scientific American says thai
when "oak back Is placed In a boiler
Its soluble constituents are dissolve.I
and basic tannato of lime Is formen,
which .separates the deposit;" If Uli?
!.. not olfecllvc the deposit will have
to be chipped away. Three or lour
oyster .shells in the bottom of the ket?
tle will prevent the deposit of lime.
LATEST ACCESSION
TO ISLAND KINGDOM
UY I.\ MAItril'IM: 1)1". l'O.VTE.V()V.
Lord howard dk waldisn i* ii><
latest accession lo tin: ranks of
Island kings, for lie has lust pur?
chased tin- Island of Shona, In
Loch Moldarl, where Argyllshire meets
Inverness. Lord Howard has already
many Scotch acres of his own; for
half of the hurgh of Kllmarnoe': be?
longs to hi in, besides a large alloc of
rural Ayrshire. lie is alHo one of
the great ground landlords of Lon?
don, all this property having passed to
him from his great-aunt) Lady (Isling?
ton, who Inherited It from her brother,
the late and eccentric Luke of Port?
land, who thus diverted It from the
dukedom, much lo the disgust (if tho
present duke.
Lord Howard de Wahlen Is still a
bachelor, despite all tho not?- spre.nl
for his matrimonial capture by mutch;
making mothers, designing young girls
and fusclnalllig widows, who are at?
tracted by his enormous wealth, which,
owing to tin- constant tailing in ol
nine ty-nlne-yenr leases in London, goes
on Increasing by leaps and bounds
His London possessions Include act. :,
in the Hnmpstcnd district and a square
mile of real estate in the Marylc?onc
quarter, which may be described as a
veritable 101 Dorado. For, besides Cav?
endish Square, with its ducal mansions,
it Includes Harley Street, where all
the most fashionable and eminent
London physicians have their abiding
places, and a dozen equally well known
thoroughfares. |n fad. this Maryle
bone square mile alone yields to Lord
Howard do Wahlen an annual revenue
of between $1,000.000 and tl.500,000.
He is reputed the best amateur fencer
and swordsman In the United King?
dom, Is. a splendid shot, has gone in
lo a considerable extent for motoring,
ashore and afloat. Is a conspicuous tig
tire on the turf, having taken over
the entire stable of Colonel Harry
.MaeCalmont. as well as Ihe kilter's
place at Newmarket, anil has made
his debut in London as a playwright
by ihe production, regardless fif cost,
of "Lnnvnl," a four-act drama in blank
verse, set in the time of the legendary
King Arthur.
Lord Howard do Waiden Is not a
member of the ducal house- of Howard,
from which ho is only descended
through the female line, his patronymic
being Ullis. True, tho barony of Mow
Htvl de Waiden was created by Queen
Kllznholh in favor of Lord Thomas
Howard, younger son of the fourth
Duke of Norfolk, and who in the .sub?
sequent reign e>f James I. was mainly
instrumental In discovering the Gun?
powder l'lot. Being a barony by writ.
It was heritable through Ihe female
as well as through the male line, and
thus It eventually came into the Hi?
lls family. The hitter, hailing from
Denbighshire, played an important role
in tho development of Jamaica, and
has a number eif American associa?
tions. George Fills, the Chief Justice of
Jamaica, for Instance, having married
a daughter of Sir Henry Moore, who
was Governor of New. York In tin:
curly part of the eighteenth century.
Charles Kills was created Lord Sea
ford in IS^G, and married the only
daughter and heiress of the fifth Lord
Howard de Waldon. tlie son of this
union Inheriting his maternal grand?
father's, barony of Howard de Waiden.
The sixth Lord Howard de Waiden
was a well-known diplomat, and .served
as Firiiish envoy in it number of for?
eign capitals, notably at Madrid, mar?
rying Lady Lucy Cavendish Bentlnek.
daughter of the fourth Duke of Port?
land, and Mister and coheiress of the
lifth and late duke. The present Lord
Howard de Waiden Is her grnnd?on.
Although so enormously rich, and
holder of what Is, after all, an ancient
peerage, Lord Howard de Waiden does
not own, either any house In town or
a single country sent; for Scaford
House, in Bclgrave Square, his home
in London, and Audley lend, his country
seat In Ksscx, are both routed by It I hi
e>n long lenses, Audley l'Ond la a superb
old place, built, by Sir Thomas Audley.
of Waiden, the Lord Chancellor of
Henry VIII, It was described by .lames
I ns. far too magnificent for a King,
all hough It might do very well for his
Lord Treasurer. For a time, neverthe?
less, Audley Und was n royal residence
It was sold lo Charles 11. In 1668. He
neglected, however, lo pny down more
than half the purchase money, and
after the Revolution, when his brother
was dilvon oui nl ihn country, the
vendors resumed possession thereof.
The principal features of the grand
o'U Tudor mansion, jvheio the Mcr
rir .Monarch hohl Iiis court, ami con?
cerning whose gay doing., legends iir?>
still current in the country, ire the
gtcat hill and the superb screen >>f
carved uak in tin- library.
Lord iiiiw.ii il rlo Waldoii entertained
the lucin hers <?( the Harvard crew
when they went to England lor the
Henley Regatta in IDOtf. U6rd llowar.l
de Wahlen rents Audlcy End froin Lord
Brnybrookc. Lord Howard de Waiden
inherited his peerage, on the dcutl. .if
his. father, just after being gazetted
to tho Tenth Hussars, and at the very
u.oinenl when the latter regiment had
been ordered to South Africa for the
Roer War. lie stayed just long enough
to attend his father's funeral, ami
then sailed tor the Capo on a fast
liner, arriving before the transports
which had his regiment on board. Hu
went through the entire war witli tho
Tenth Hussars, took part in the re?
lief oi Klmbcrley, In the capture of
Cionoral Cronje, In the surrender of
Johannesburg and in the pursuit of
General Ot Wet. before being inva?
lid? d home. lie is devoted to Iiis
mother, now married, en secondes noces.
l i l,ord l.udlow. lie cannot be raid
tii have spent a very happy .itiblbood.
a- his mother was so abominably nial
l rented in every way by his father,
'?ne ol Hie blackest sheep'of the peer?
age, that site was forced to seek re
lief from tho courts, in a judicial
separatum; not, however, before her
I Usband had been soundly horsewhip?
ped by several of her relatives in turn.
Kow women are aware that the word
".Miss." as indicating an unmarried wo?
man, dates from tho time of Chariot
II. John Evelyn, in his famous "diary."
Writes of young girls as "Misses, as
Hit'y begin to be called." Until that
reign, even a small girl was addressed
as "mistress." like Her mother. Peo?
ple commenced, however, to Itnd that
it was Inconvenient to use so little
distinction 'between a young girl and
a grown woman in ordinary social in?
tercourse, and so the word "miss" was
invented as a diminutive of "mistress. '
Servants, however, retaining the old
form of address. Thus, Lady Mary
Wortley Montagu remarks' In one of
h?r letter.'! Hint as a child she was al?
ways spoken to as "mistress" by her
social Inferiors.
"Mistress" is now no longer usoo
It lias been abbreviated Into "Mrs.."'
used in connection with tho surname
of the lady, whoso formal mode of
address la "madam." or "ma'am." tho
latter expression being employed by
inferiors. "Ma'am" is also used by
every one at court, from the greatest
dignitaries of the realm downwards. ii>
addressing Hie two Queens, and all of
the royal princesses, no matter what
their uge, and for those not accus?
tomed to It, it sounds strange to Und,
perhaps a white-haired peerrsa ad?
dressing a two or thrco-ycar-old pr'n
cf.fis as- "ma'ain."
On Iho Continent .of Europe, Queens
and Empresses at'c addressed as "nia
tlnnie" wheroi'or the French language
Is used, and so, loo, are princesses of
the blood, no matter how small. In
Austria, even the most diminutive
Firchduohcss is "Kran" Erzherzogin, and
there arc no "frnulclris" among the
young girls of" the reigning houses in
the Dual Empire and in Germany. Old
maids arc' "fraulein" in Germany, un?
less they belong to one of the feminine
orders of knighthood, admission to
which Is based entirely on genealogi?
cal qualifications. Membership of one
of those* orders confers all the
rights of a married woman. Sometime;;,
but. very rarely, the title of "madanio"
Is conferred by the Austrian Emperor
or by some of tho sovereigns of Ger?
many upon an old maid of bourgeois
birth aa a special and treasured re?
ward for services rendered to tho cf..Jse
of education, as superior of rchools.
etc.
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