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Tin; passing op mi: jajikstowx
EXPOSITION.
On Tuesday the last sad rites were
held at Jamestown, when the Expo*
sitlon site on the southern shore ol
Hampton Roads was sold at' public
auction for $170,000. The sale may
not be confirmed, and the special com?
missioners ?"were greatly disappointed.'
What a talc of vanished hopes lies III
that sentence: Not even the Worlds
Exposition of IS!'.", had more historic
baokground, more sentiment or more
reason to succeed than the exposition
which Virginia planned to comnn mo
rate the first permanent settle?
ment of English-speaking races oh the
r.ew con tint nt.
All through this land the papers
heralded the magnitude und the im?
portance of the first English-speaking
settlement at Jamestown. Virginia had
full measure of pride and praise, ahd
with so fair a beginning it scorned as?
sured that the exposition at James
town w.suld rank with those ,,f Chicagu
and St. Louts But best laid plan.- will
"gang agley." and In spite of the ap
proprlatlon made by Virginia and tho!
appropriation made by the Covet tun'nt
of the Vnited States; in spite of the
marvelous naval reviews, ami page?
ants, notwithstanding the beauty of
the grounds and the Instructiveness
and value of the exhibits', and In the;
face of the intelligent and earnest
efforts, of Its promoters- and support?
ers, the James-town Exposition was itj
financial failure. Most expositions- are.
and the causes for success Or failure
lie too deep to be either explained or j
foreseen In every case. For James- ?
town both success and failure belong
id the past, and now the last steps are j
being taken to cast up the balance
tOieet and wipe off the disappoint-j
ments of that Ill-fated Exposition.
It is plain that the sale of the prop?
erty will not begin to pay out the:
bonded Indebtedness, but there Is this
consolation, that the banks and re?
tailers of Norfolk were greatly helped:
by the Exposition, and that the State
?of Virginia received visitors and ad- ;
vertl.ing in the year 1907 that were,
worth all the costs
It might also be remembered that In]
3fil9. one year before the pilgrim
fathers landed on Plymouth Tlo.-k, the
first deliberative body representing
free citizens that ever assembled to
this colony, met at Jamestown .to en- ?
act laws, pass statutes, and represent
freeholders- When that date comes,I
Virginia will have the opportunity.!
without going to thi expense of a
sreat exposition, to present to the
world by a dramatic pageant the his- J
lory of the development of this Com?
monwealth, and the growth of repre?
sentative government and free institu?
tions in tin- United States ot America.)
WHAT IT irfD FOB MEMPHIS.
Fur Is flying in Memphis and the i
knives are whetted for political scalps, i
Two rival candidates lot- the mayoralty !
are. out in their shirt sleeves. Bui :
this Is only Incidental, for the best
thing about the municipal campaign is
Hi t it has brought out clearly the
beneficent Influence of the commis?
sion form of government. Mayor !
Crump, who seeks re-election, along j
with all the other commissioners of i
the city, has Issued a pamphlet pre- ;
Senting the facts about commission ;
government in the Bluff City.
Tii . publication sets forth a record
of practical achievement; The tax
rate is $1.51?, the lowest in the annals !
Of Hi- city. Many subways are being j
3 I by the railroad companies in or- !
?Irr to abolish death-dealing grade i
crossings Union stations are to be ,
built. Other notable advances are be- :
Ing . ^ade. The results of the opera?
tion of commission government are ,
Uetuiled by the Khoxvilie Sentinel in 1
an article from which wo take oui 1
(acts.
1'or the first lime in the history ol
the city, interest is paid Oh dhil}
balances at the banks. This amounted
to $15,000 lust year, and .t is expect
ed that it will be more this year
For the first time the whole amount
of turnpike funds due Hie city from
the county court have been collected,
These amounted to $22,000.
Best ?es subways beneath railway
trncks, the bist cross-town car line
has been nullt. More wires have been
put underground. Modern lighting
Pt-ndards have been adopted. Almost
live hundred unsightly shacks were
condemned and t'.in down.
Many flre-escapi - were put on build?
ings. The sewer's have been extended
to annexed" territory. Fire engine
houses have been repaired. Four hew
Ore engine bouses: have been built.
The newly created oftlco of purchas?
ing a. ent has saved the city thousands
of dollars in the purchase of its sup
pips.
A mounted police station ba.-: afford
ed security to a suburb, one infested
by hold-up men.
The "handsomest police Mat ion in
the South'' is in course of ejection.
The police in* drilled and Uttel?
d clpllncd. A trafoc. squad has
; bollshed street aceldonts In the con
gested district.
Automobile speeding ims b.f-n cor?
rected and nccldents hnvo beon ra?
dioed.
a third wing has been added to the
city 'ipspltal and other Improvcniontu
have been made there.
The market house lias been remodel?
ed.
In one year 37..'!> miles of sewers
were mit down.
Thirty ami six-tenths miles of
streets have been constructed ami 9.0
i.er cent. have been "practically
paved "
Thirty-four streets and allevs have
been graded, curbed end guttered.
Twelve miles of streets have beer
resurfaced and gravel has been
hauled and spread upon eighty-live
streets and allevs
Fifty-three miles of five-foot side,
walks containing 1.390.0 1." so tin re feel
of material have been laid.
it I? doclured that In each of
these fields ull previous records have
been exceeded. The pavlns work of
this year is now under way to the
amount of twentv miles of streets'
under the front foot Plan. 1? cost
$1* 11.000, ami 29, I miles of sidewalks,
are also in process of construction,
Moreover, the commissioners nalnl
to the modern bookkeeping methods,
designed to prevent wdbto and theft;
to beneficial legislation secured from
i he 'General Assembly: to plans in
realization of a tuberculosis hospital;
for a hospital for communicable dis?
eases; for baths for white and col?
ored people; for a hoard of charity, a
board of mendicancy ami a Juvenile I
court.
This r* a remarkable constructive!
record, which was made possible I
under the commission form ot Stovern
me'nt; which can do for other cities :
what it has done 'or Memphis.
i'lli; AMllltl. s-s i UtDINALH
Hereafter Hie American branch "I
the Holy Roman Catholic Church will
have four representatives in the College
of Cardinals, These are His Eminence.
James, Cardinal Gibbons; Ills Grace,!
Archbishop John Si. Farley, oc New '
York; His Grace. William II. O'Conuetl,
of Boston? and Mgr. 1 Homed. Falcorilo,
Apostolic Delegate at Washington. J
For many years the sixteen millions I
of Americans who worship In the Ro- I
man Catholic Church have felt that
their worth was not properly appre?
ciated by the appointing power if
Rom and It has seemed to them that
the failure ot His Holiness, tin- Pope,
to appoint more cardinals from Amer?
ica showed a desire to overlook the
services and the faithfulness its.well
as the number of Catholics In America.
Ev?n Mr. Roosevelt adventured him?
self into this troubloi sea, and
Bellamy Stover was engulfed in the
whirlpool of Halo-American ec?
clesiastical politics. Hut it Is not
to be supposed that even Mr. Roose?
velt could successfully deal with so
mysterious a force as that which final?
ly decides the appoint inenl of cardi?
nals.
It has been remarked that the great
West has not been singled out by
the Pope for the honor of the c'ardi
nulate. nut the appointment of Arch?
bishop Farley, Archbishop O'Conricll
and Mgr. piouiede Falcohlo as cardi?
nals shows a disposition to recognize
the wishes ami tin- claims of the
American Cuthollcs that presages an
ei ly appointment of a cardinal from
that great territory Which lies west
of the Atlantic Seaboard.
It has been said that tin- Italian
cardinals fear Hie spirit of freedom
in the atmosphere of America. Such
fear, a).patently, is not shared uy His
Holiness Plus X., ami the raising of
two archbishops ami one Apostolic I
del.gate to an equal rank with Car- I
dllinl Gibbons would seem to mean |
that the consistory at Rome desired |
to welcome that spirit of American J
Catholicism which has so endeared
Cardinal Gibbons to every class of ;
life" und every sort and condition of
American citizen--hi p.
\ n i:\coi tt acim; mi. v
(inly thirty-three applicants pre?
sented themselves yesterduv to be ex?
amined for admission to the Virginia
bar This class of candidates was the
smallest examined In a long time. but.
in that very fact there is much en
courasrement for those who believe
that the standard for admission to the
practice of law should be so high as
t.. prohibit the entrance into the icg.il
profession 61 those who regard it ub!
a field for the Idler or the trickster,
it la evident thut the quality of the
examinations given by the newly cre?
ated Slat,- Board of Law Examiners
has been such us to deter many uu
ivorthy woul.l-be lawyers fr?nt essay?
ing an attempt at entrance.
At a time like this, when laws and
lawyers are regarded with doubt and
distrust, it is especially desirable that
the bar be composed only of lit -rpsn
of high character und mure, than ordl
nary abilities and attainments. Those
lawyers anil Judges Who have brought
the law into contempt have been in
very many cases tile men who ought
never to have been admitted to the
, The Mate Board of Law Examiners
j is plainly doing Its duty in requiring
I competency and learning in the law
j from those who would enter so an
I cleni u'nri honorable a profession.
i hi; I'oaipaxo.
A wise tish is our ol<j friend Trachy.
Lotus Carolliius. in the markets and
hotels tills'Inhabitant of the deep, and
this modern Solon of thu finny tribe.
Is known ns the Pompnno. To us,
old Trachynotua Carolinas will ever bo
; a synonym for deep sea wisdom, and
' because this ilsh, which is of "an ub
long rhomboid figure, with blunt snout
and splnouu dorsal im, atrophied and
represented by free r.plnca, and the
soft dorsal and anal fins falciform*']
has of lato shown marvelous good!
sense by f rcuuentlng Virginia waters j
in preference to the tepid streams of I
the Gulf and the further South.
uf till the llsh that swim none are
better thnn the .Pompano, excepting
onlv the hogllnh and the spot?those;
gastronomic glories of Virginia waters
?und now. after to? long an absence, I
the PompanO. unable to endure the |
telling criticism of the taster's test.;
has left tile blue seas of the Carrl- '
bean and has winged his way north- '
ward to meet tin- hogHsh In noble hat-;
tie in the nnts of the pound fishers of
Virginia.
Virginia welcomes Hie delicious Pom-J
pa no. and a welcome from the State
Which already has the proud distinc?
tion ot being tho ancestral home of'
tu. diamond hack terrapin, the canvas
back duck, the Lynnhavcn Bay oyster,
ami the hogllsh need not be despised,
. ven by a proud and hearty member
of the Irlbe of TYachynotus Carolinas.;
For Virginia, we might say, that tish '
tell which way the tide sets, and the
Pompano doubtless has among its his?
toric legends the story of how some
splendid lloratlus of that school
Showed his courage by choosing a Vir?
ginia frying pan for a lilting finish.
Whether or not the modern Pompano
comes with tbe intelligent choice of i
danger or the Instinct that should'
guide all flail of rich and delicate
davor, it is a fact that, like many far
wiser than they, the Pompano by their
presence, pay a tardy, but convincing,
tribute to tbe attractions and the
charms of Virginia. I
PIlOPIoitTl n\\\i:|(s Iff fj r\.\
p IYEKS.
The city of New York has increased
its expenses twenty millions a yeai
since Cms, and spends to-day about
one hundred ,,?d twenty-five millions
per annum. Us ta.\ rate has been
raised in tlu. |tts( flve veartl fro|)) ;
tH.90 to $17.50?-a mutter of $2.7ii per i
thouso nd.
The Americans ate not apt to con- ;
slder cost, and $2.7K seems almost tooj
small to talk about; but that little
increase means $4.2!- per capita, or
about $19.Tf. per family; and there arc
families enough In New York who'
would be very glad to receive from
the city treasury an annual allow?
ance of $20.00.
It seems that the voters are having
a hard time learning that It Is just
as effective to save money as to earn
It.
Excessive taxation In New York lis
the prime cause of high prices for
clothes, food, heat, light, power ami
water; and a citizen of Now York, j
though he may own no property, if
he Is living above the level of the !
submerged tenth, is none the less
bearing his share of the cost of ex- j
travagance. I
And what is true of New York City |
Is true of Klchmond.
an EFFICIENT GOVERNOR.
They arc making the campaign
lirglin.t in Massachusetts that tin
prei ent Democratic Governor. Eugen' '
N. Fobs, should not be re-elected, ho
cause, they Bay, bis administration h.i.- 1
accomplished nothing for the benetil !
of the Commonwealth. This sort of!
talk is so unsound mid so absurd that
it can only wotk to the good of ?ov-|
ernor Foss. who, in the opinion of the |
Boston GlObe, has given Massachusetts
?'<>nc of the best administrations it
has hud for many years."
Governor Foss took office last .lan
uary. in his inaugural then he pro-;
posed certain measures, which are now!
on the statine books. They are:
Direct nomination of si tute officers. '
Limitation of campaign expenses. I
Worklngmcn's compensation law fori
Injured employes.
Anti-lnjunetlon bill, giving right of
trial by jury.
Fifty-four hours a week for women |
and children*
Plan lor "part-time" schooling foi
working children.
Eight-hour day for public employes j
pensions for State employes and city]
laborers in Boston.
investigation of minimum wag?
legislation.
fluii to Improve the prison indus- .
tries. j
Investigation of sale of prls<,n-mti<i>':
goods in open market.
1 Plan to a.-slst workmen to secure
' suburban homesteads.
Investigation ?( stock-selling hold?
ing companies.
Supervision of loan business to pro?
tect small borrowers.
Compensation for snspecf-d persons
confined before trial.
Efficient and humane administration
,,r public institutions.
\bollshmenl of solitary confinement
In reformatories.
Appropriation of nine million dol
lara f"i Boston harbor.
Plans for the development of water?
ways. _
Consolidation West End and Bos
ton Slevatcd Railways
Increase In the number of Judges
and In their salaries.
Oilier worthy measures were it com-,
mend'd. hut the list here elect, ol
those acted upon favorably is greater j
than that shown by any other Massa?
chusetts executive in a quarter of a
century.
These laws were passed by the aid
o, Republican votes, but that detracts
nothing from I he crcdll which must bo
given to Governor Foss, for it shows
that hts recommendations were so w ise
and opportune as to command tsup
j port regardless of parly lines.
Tin- governors who recommend uro
many, but few get the goods. Not by
their recommendations ye shall know
thorn, but by their results
pen iLIKING xox-yoTRRS.
Among the matters which will have
the consideration of the Ohio Consti?
tutional Convention will lie a propo
Bitlon to recognize Hie exorcise of
the voting power as a duty Instead
Of simply a privilege. The penalty
for failure to vote would be the pay?
ment of a poll lax from which all
citizens who fullll that duty would
1 be exempted. II la held by tho author
of the measure that In a country lllto
ours trie functions of voting Is moro ;
Important than the function of pay?
ing a toll tax.
his I? true. Tax-paying Itself is. I
In the lust analysis, dependent upon
the voting of somebody, -n must com?
munities, howovth, the people who j
make the loudest complaint about j
their taxes ate those who rarely go j
to the polls.
In a number of the States the poll
tax constitutes one of the quollttca- '
ttons of the voter, although there are \
students of political affairs who feel i
sure that it has served no good pur?
pose in Its present form and should ;
be donu away with. A poll tux. on
the other hand, enacted as u penalty j
for the non-psrformauce of the plain
duty of the citizen toward the State
would be another thing and would
do more to Insure attendance at the '
polls than the existing tax.
TKACIIUItS AMI II.MTiniACY.
In Hie United States there are fifty |
three Illiterates out of every l.OOf ]
white people; in Germany there ar*|
four. The Germans go to school two
and one-half days to our one. In Ger- i
many the school boards and school |
heads are all graduates, in this coun
try, a man docs not huve to be educat?
ed to run the schools.
In Germany, ,",o per cent, of the.
pupils tlutsli the eight grades. 70 pet
cent, the seven grades and !? I per cent
the six grades. In the United Stute?
tite corresponding figures are 8V, 41
and 58. Germany is far ahead of us;
in education, und yet education Is the
corner-stone of our'republic.
Germany's advanced position in edu
cation Is attributed to the fact that
the teacher's salary there Is largo In
proportion to the cost of living. Con?
sequently, men choose teaching as a
profession, not as a last resort, ot
makeshift. Well-paid teachers and'
well-educated school authorities solve!
the problem In Germany us they would,
solve it In this country.
The Staunton Leader Insists that
Governor .Mann have two thousand
colonels on his staff Instead of on? !
hundred. All right, we won't be
"short" Hbout a thing like that.
Why all this row In Chicago and
New York over the passing of tin
"small steak"? It is an imperishable I
institution in Richmond, and the mal- i
contents had better come on here and i
live In well-toil comfort the rest of I
their lives.
The regents of the University of
Texas will offer free scholarships as
prises to the boys who win out ,n
the corn-growing and hog-raising
competitions. They are the sort of
boys who ought to get scholarships.
Voice of the People
I'ree .school Hook Kooliahneaa.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
sir,?1 wonder If E. w. Kellner, of
llig ant) Springs, whose letter on
"Free School Hooka" you published
this morning, is an ingenious Socialist
using the open und liberal columns
of The Tlmes-Dlspatch to further the
propaganda of his cause?
We might as well turn the State
over to socialism and bo done With
It if we yield to these spacious pleas
f. . "free books. The expenue of the j
free school system ins been :
carried a good deal furthei
than is just to the taxpayers.
If free books," then "free lunches" j
is ctiuully logical. it seems to me !
TI.e Times-1M-patch, as the greatest1
bulwark ot conservatism in Virginia,
should come out honestly and boldly
to the defense of the taxpayer whethei
he i the rich man or the poor man.
'i b.- poor man, by the way, will be the
lust to feel ;nc- pinch ol higher tnxes
for the bi neflt of the fund for free
books for the few paupers in this
Commonwealth.
Will the white man, of whatever !
financial standing, care to buy hooks i
not only foi other white men's chll- i
dreh, but for hordes of negro chil?
dren to lose, give uwuy. tear up and
squander?
Are we throwing off the oppression 1
ot ih.- predatory rich only to tall into
the clutches of the predatory poor? I
Gome to the defense of * industry, '
providauce, thrift and common sense,
please, ami silence ilil- demagogic
t. Ik of "free" books, that you and 1,
a salaried man, able only by care ami
economy can comfortubiv support my
family, will have to pay for.
... i J- ?- A- M.
Kichmoml. .November I. 1011.
i.me'.s Remonstrance
Darling Grat . 1 know you love me
I love you with love sincere
Then by our love this question answer
Why do you wear so much false hair?
White thy brow as artist's marble
Worthy of a poet's song:
Take thy "kerohlef and brush from n
That hideous coat of poudse blahc.
Bright thine eyes as stars of even:
I see them now with love suffuse:
.Mar not, sweet love, their glorious
splendor?
I Belladoi.na do not use.
I Smooth thy cheeks as those of child- ,
hood ;
\nd fair, no doubt, if fairly seen:
Then why with filthy rouge bedaub
them?
Hloom of health should there be seen.
I l*ress thy lips to mine, my darling;
I Press I thus my lips to thine:
j When next we meet, my heart's fond
treasure,
I Have on thy Hps far less carmine.
SAMUEL S. ZIMMERMAN.
New York.
"Siito!"
To the Editor of The Tlmes-Dlspatch:
Sir.?The landslide came on thr 7th
of September, .lones and Glass went
down under it I for one think Tom
Martin and Claude Swanson are the
greatest statesmen old Virginia ever
hail. aft"r Jones, Glass and n great
many others going all over Virginia
abusing them like they did. and (hen I
1 for them to get 35,000 more votes than
.lones and Glas?-. The people of Old
Virginia know a good thing when they
have it and know how to appreciate
D. S. Elatll wrote the keynote In
Kills letter of the Sth. "Virginia safe In
't-i.. hands of Tom and Claude."
M I. SNODDY.
Central Plains.
Sugcentn I.Ink In Memorial lllchwuv.
To the Editor of The Tlmes-Dlspatcfl:
Sir.-1 have Just received the Official I
announcement of Hie tlrst American
Road Congress?, which meeln In Rich
' moriri November ?*? 23. and I hnve
I torn the Incl-.sc.l page from the leaflet:
"Tim Congress of the United States
! has appropriated $2,000,000 for a me
mortal to Lincoln. The form of tho
memoria* will be tentatively deter- J
mined by a commission, of which the
President of the United States Is chair?
man. Congress having the final deter?
mination In the matter. The Lincoln
Memorial Highway Association Is Book?
ing to have the memorial take thu
form or a Kreut highway rather than
a monument or other structure, and
thus provide not only a titling tribute
to the dead statesman, but also a con
tlnuous utility to thousands of llvinu
Americans. Two routes are suggesieo
for the highway, one from Washing- i
ton to Gettysburg and one from Wash-1
Ington to Richmond. At Rlohmond
the udvocutes ot a Lincoln memorial j
highway will be heard and the Con-|
gress may be expected to make some1
dullnlte action In retard to this Im?
portant matter."
It s< ems to tue that Klchmond should
be on the lob now, and do all tnat It
can to secure the Lincoln memorial
highway. It should be the greatest
tiling that could happen to the State
of V Irglnlu, and let us have the Park
to-Partc Boulavurd constructed as an
illustration of what this road would
run into, for it would necessarily run
that way. If Klchmond Is to do any?
thing in this matter she should act
promptly, and 1 hope that your paper
wlil warm up to the situation.
O. H. K?NSTEN. I
Klchmond.
Support the Veterans.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir.? Recently comments in the vari?
ous papers In Virginia about so many
Confederate Veterans being in county
poorhouses, 1 hope 1 may be pardotieo
lor writing tills letter and saying that
it is "shameful and without exceuse,'
a.-: so elegantly expressed by thu Vir
gliiian-Pllot. in an eultorial of Octo?
ber L'T. 1911. 1 want to refer thu
He.iids of Supervisors of every county
in Virginia to chapter 311, "An act to
authorize the supervisors ot each coun
ty ami the Council of each. nlty to
make a spec'al levy for the support
and malntenaiK.f maimed ami dis?
abled Confederate soldiers or tho needy
and indigent widows of Confederate
soldiers in Uh'lr respective counties
and cities. Approved March 14, 1008,
Acts of Assembly, is s>. pp. 602, mtn.
J wish every member of every Hoard
? ?f Supervisors jn Virginia and every
attorney for the Commonwealth in
Virginia would r?ad the above act and
act accordingly, and remove the vet-;
Clans from the poorhouses. Gloucester
county has hail a special loiy tor old
veterans and widows of old veterans
since the year 1900, and tne plan 1b
working splendidly. 1 ha? a special
act for Gloucester passed In session
IS99-19O0; It worked so well 1 intro?
duce! and had passed lue ac: above
n.smed in 19c*.
I really hupe the press In Virginia
wouio agitate this matter and call
Bpeclal attention to the Act of Ueneral
Assembly of 1908 above cited. 1 know
The 'l lines-Dispatch will move In the
matter. J. N. STUBBS.
.. oods Cross Roa ?.
"The llattle Abbey (So-Called).
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
All',?Several letters have recently
appeared in your columns inquiring the
present stums of the "Battle Abbey'
Iso-called). some of them complaining
of tiie members uf the executive com?
mittee in charge ol the work, others
Intimating that these gentlemen are
so absorbed with their private affairs
that they are neglecting then duties
in this matter, and one ot these In?
quiries asks Where the funds are which
have been contributed for this memo?
rial building, und how these funds
aie Invested or have been used.
It is especially because of these lust
Inquiries that l deem it proper to make
ibis statement: 1 confess that I am
sensitive, perhaps too much so, when
charged with any neglect of any duty
to my old Confederate comrades, und
i .-pi dally so when Inquiries are made
about funds o: which 1 am the custo?
dian, as I am of these. As to the last
named lmiulry. I repeat what I said
publicly a short time ago, viz., that
every dollar of this fund which has'
come to my hands In the ten years that,
1 have been the treasurer is deposited j
to my credit, as treasurer, in two ol
the strongest banks of this city, bear?
ing 3 per cent, interest, which Is cum
pounded . very six months, and that tho j
i.nly expenditures paid out by me have i
l i en paid on vouchers duly approved .
by tin president or chairman of the j
executive committee for actual ex
pchses incurred by member-: of the
board in attending the meetings, In I
paying a small allowance to the acting
secretary for necessary expenses, tor I
advertising for designs and bids fori
the building, and for a part of the '
Iiis of tin architects in accordance
with our contract with them. Cut I I
repeat What 1 said on a former occa- I
sion, that not one cent of this fund
lias ever been paid to me personally for
any expenses Incurred by me in at?
tending meetings, or for any other
purpose or thing whatsoever. I will
add that I have several limes ten?
dered my resignation as treasurer, and
Would be glad to be relieved of the
responsibility which pertains to that
office, I would be glad also to tender
my resignation at any time as a mem?
ber of the board, and to let some one
els.- who thinks he can do bettor In,
my position take my place.
Now, a few words about the delays
and present status of the work: These
wen- fully explained both by Mr. El
lyson, the president, und myself in
communications heretofore published,
and Mr. Ellyson Invited any one who
desired further Information to call on
him for it. The Evening Journal, of
this City, too. has fully explained this
matter, and 1 frequently wonder what
those who are making these Inqutrlej
have done either In the way of work
or contributions to forward tbe erec?
tion of tills memorial.
To answer these Inquiries in the
shortest space possible: Whilst i know
there have been unusual delays about
this matter, yet 1 alllarm that these
delays have been absolutely unavoid?
able. ? as far as the members of the
executive committee are concerned. II
was necessary to obtain a lot llrst, and
wo had great difficulty and much Ume
was consumed in effecting this. As
soon as we hud obtained the lot, xe
iv. nt to work at once to advertise for
designs. As soon as these designs
came in one was selected and the arch
itccts notified and instructed to at once
prepare plans and specifications for a
building not to exceed in cost $150,000,
tho amount authorized, by the board to
Im- expended for that purpose. As soon
as we received those plans and speeiti
catioil we advertised for bids to erect
the building. When these bids enmo
j In, I be lowest was $65,000 or $70,001
in excess of Hie amount authorized to
be expended by us and several thou?
sand dollars in excess of the whole
amount we had in bank. It then be
came necessary to get ihe architects
to so modify their design and reduce
the expenses of the erection of ttio
building as to make u smaller and less
expensive structure. These things the
architects tire now doing, and havP
promised to let us have Ihe plans and
Specifications by about the llrst of De?
cember. We are pressing them almoat
dally lo complete these designs at the
earliest practicable moment. Mr. El?
lyson has been to Philadelphia, where
the arehltefcts reside, two or three times
recently to sec them and to see whim
we could get these modllied plans and
specifications, As soon as we can get
these, we will advertise again for bids,
and hope lo begin the erecUon of the
building certainly by the first of the
coming year. In a word, the members
of the committee have done everything
that they could do to advance tills
Work; have cheerfully given their time
and services to thai end, and have loft
i **no stone unturned" to have the build?
ing completed in Hie shot test period It
wuh possible for them to do so. '
GEORGE L. CHRISTIAN.
I Richmond*
Daily Queries and Answers
Pinland.
Where <:un 1 rind any printed matter
uu (he Industrial and political Ute
of the women oC Finland V M. I*
See "Finland Women t? tho Front."
In Itcview of ltuvlews, April, 1907, and
"Woman Suffrage in Finland," In Out?
look, September, 1907.
Vote on SajTraice.
What wan the vote on woman's suf?
frages In California, In November. 190tS?
C. U.
1 10,355 for and 137,093 against.
Jurors.
How are Jurors selected In Cali?
fornia'.' is ihe method the same In all
cities, large or small? What are the
<lualillcations? Q. B.
The selection Is made by tho su
perlod Judge of the county, and where
there Is more than one judge, by the
judges. The names selected arc those
of persons suitable and competent to
serve as jurors, who are assessed on
the lust preceding assessment roll of
the county, or ot the city and coun?
ty, and In making such selection the
Judges take only the names of those
who are not exempt from serving, who
are In the possession of their facul?
ties and not Infirm or decrepit, ol fair
character and approved Integrity und
j of sound Judgment. The names are
placed in a box, which Is sealed and
Placed in charge of the county clerk, i
When the Jurors, grand or petty, are I
required, the names are drawn from I
the box by the county clerk In th* j
presence Of the judgu or Judges. The
law is general.
Harmonica.
What Is the difference between the i
musical Instruments called "harmonica" I
and "harmonlcon"? Who 'nvented the
harmonica? S. B.
The harmonica Is n musical instru?
ment Invented by Benjamin Franklin,
the sound of which Is produced from
glasses In the shape of a cup or half
globe by being rubbed with the fingers.
The harmonlcon Is a small, flat, wind
instrument. In which the notes are
i roduced by the vibration of free me?
tallic reeds.
SlKhtK.
What sorl of sights are used by
American marksmen on their rifles?
D. A .
tJlope, D(.rp and telescopic, for off.
hand shoot, and at military matches
tho open .m.i peep, and Borne times' a
form of the telescopic. *
I'orl ncnl.
Has th. railed States or other na?
tions recognized Portugal as a repub?
lic? A. N.
All nations have
Wireless Telephony.
Where can I find tiny literature on
the discovery and progress ot wireless
telephony'.' C. K.
_eo "Development of Wireless Tele?
phony," by It. A. Messenden, In an?
nual report, 1908, of the Smlthsonlun
lnstltutivii. to be found in the refer?
ence room of the public library In
Hayes Street.
Immigrant Inspector.
What is the lowest and tho highest
salary paid to an Immigrant inspec?
tor? A. V.
From ?1,380 to $1,400 a year.
Means
Are blackeyed beans used for any
purport* other than food. B.? E.
Some persons use them for decora?
tive purposes.
War PreMdenta.
Who were the Presidents of the
United States that participated in
wars'.' X. V, Z.
Revolutionary War, Washington.
Monroe and Jackson; the War of 1S1_'
1816, Jackson, William Henry Harri?
son. Tyler, Taylor and lluchanan,
black Hawk War of 183;', Lincoln;
Mexican War of 1846. Taylor, Pierce
and Grant; Civil War.. Lincoln, Grant,
Hayes, Oarflcld, Arthur. Benjamin liar,
rison ami McKinley; War with Spain,
1*118, Roosevelt. These Presidents par?
ticipated, some In the sense of direct?
ing the movements of the army as
commander-ln-chlel and others by ac?
tual participation on the Held.
Mute nnd Female,
What 1? the proportion of mule* and
females In the population of the United
States'.' It. P. G.
The (lg tires, by sex, have not yet
been given by the Census Bureau.
ii,-mi. Penalty.
Which States have abolished 11 '?
death penalty? H. M B.
.Maine. Michigan. Wisconsin and
Rhoff island. Colorado and Idaho
abolished such punishment, but after
several years restored It.
StnnillnK of Lending N'nvlet?.
Will you kindly suite the standing
of the leading navies? S. L N
In March. 1011. the standing of the
leading navies of the world In m.idetn
warships was as follows: Battleships'
and armored cruisers?Great Britain
ninety-four, aggregating :.335.730 tons:
United Stales, forty-two. aggregating
,".7l.7'i!> ton.-,, prance, forty-ones aggre?
gating i".7.44i teas; German; thirty
six. aggregating ll.'.Kl tons Pro?
tected cruisers-Great Britain, thlrty
nlne. total inn,470 ton?; Germnnv.
thirty-two total 113,586 tons. Japan,
eleven. 16.313 tons; United Stites, ten.
total 33,98? Ions; Prance, four, total
1R.I62 tons. Torpedo craft?France,
?*3 Great Britain. 2ft*.; Russia. 1541
Germany,? 106; Japan. 81; United states.
65.
STORY OF CONVERSION
AT LEAST PREMATURE
Ill L.\ MAIliUlM-; DE FONTKNOY.
THE llorlei ourrtnl to the effect
Ihut Coiisuelo, Duchess of Marl
borough, daughter uf W. K.
Vandcrbllt, hus become a con-'
yert to Human Catholicism, art, to ttav
tie least, premature. What is true. 1
however. Is 1114.1 sue has Interested her-I
sell In certain Roman Catholic churl-1
ties, and that matters have reached
such a point that she Is being opposed
and obstructed In her philanthropic
work by the ultra-Protestant element. I
on accoU,lt ?f heI. an0KtM, RoTO,n , a,h.
ollc leanings, and t.-, hclng lu conse?
quence thereof defended nnd champion?
ed l>y the Roman Catholic clergy and
jMty in England, us well a? by the
Ca 1 hollo press,
As an Illustration of this. 1 mav
"lenilon .that one of the pet chan?
ties of the duchess, and one to which
she devotes much of her time, ns well
as a very large amount of money. Is
the building, starting and mainten?
ance of lodging- .-louses f0- women, on
identically the Bame system .1" 'he
Mills' hotels In New York, and the
Lord Rowton lodging houses for men
In London, and quite as undenomena
tional. There is nothing else of the
kind in England, at any rate for wo?
men; and the duchess has brought i
Into existence and launched a move?
ment for the establishment of houses
of this kind for women, not only In
London, but also in the other big
cities, one would have Imagined that
an undenomenatlonal philanthropy of
this kind would have met with the
same kind of universal approval that
the late D. O. Mills received in New
York, and that I,ord Rowton obtained
In England. But somehow or other
the ultra-Protestant element have mis
taken the object of this charity, huvt
taken alarm, and are opposing the
duchess, tooth and nail. When quite
recdhtly the duchess induced th?
Housing Committee at Liverpool to ac?
cept her proposals in connection with
the foundation of a woman's lodging
house, the municipality of Liverpool,
which had been asked to grant not
only the necessary license, but also
certain facilities, such as had been
granted In some other towns, refused,
j on the ground that It was after all
essentially a Roman catholic chanty,
and that the principal benoltclarlea
I thereof would be poor Roman ?.'athollc
women. The Duchess of Marlborough's
experiences at Liverpool have been
similar to those which fell to her In a
few other towns and cities; nnd thus
she Is Unding herself to such a de?
gree, put forward by her adversaries
as the promoter and moving sjilrlt of
charities denounced as essentially Ro?
man catholic, that the impression has
1 become general that she Is now a con
I vert to Roman Catholicism,
i It may no recalled In this connec
: tlon that there was always a very gen
I eral belief at one time to the effect
I that rlie litte Duchess of Marlborough,
' the American stepmother of tue pros
j ent duke, had been converted to Ho
I man Catholicism, during the lifetime
Of her lirst husband. Louts Hammers
! ley. In New York, by Monslgnor Capel.
i who died last week in San Francisco.
and who was portrayed by Lord Bea
I consfleld, "under the transparent
? pseudonym of Monslgnor "Catcsby." In
i his famous novel "Lothalr." That
I Hammersley entertained some susplc
? Inn of tjie kind, la shown by the clause
In his will, In which he expressly
' stipulated thai his widow, a daughter
I of Commodore Cicero Price, of the
i Pnited Slates navy, should be exclud
i e<j from any benefit under the terms
of his will, and should lose her life
Interest In his property, in the event
of her adhering to the Church of
Rome.
If there is one foreign ambassador
I more than any other of his colleagues
I at Washington who suggests by his
manner ancl appearance the word re
I pose, and an aversion to nil unneces?
sary exertion and labor. It Is Baron
Ileiigelmuller von Hengervar, the rep
I resentntlve of Kmperor Francis ,f03cph
In the Pnited Stutes. Some years ago
the bnron was raised by his sovereign
to the Hungarian House of Lords. He
did not. however, have an opportunity
to take his seat at the so-called Table
of Magnates at Pesth uptll when re.
cently at home on leave of absence.
And now comes the news, to the amaze?
ment of his friends, that he has Joined
the Labor party In the upper chamber
of the Magyar national legislature.
?While there Is a Labor party In that
chamber. Baron Ilengnlmuller Is about
I one of the last men whom people here
would have considered as likely to be?
come a member thereof; nnd one can?
not i-ptlte conceive of him in the act of
hobnobbing With the Labor leaders of
this country. Messrs. C-ifimpers, Dobs.
I etc. Seriously speaking-, however, the
'.bnron, who conceals under the most
1phlegmatic manner the most nmazlng
Industry, has devoted <in little time
and sagacity to the study of the econ?
omic . problems of the United States,
ana lias learned ana aijttstca much
which ho believes may be ot use to Ilia
native laud. It is wtth tne ouject ol
turning incae notions Which no has
Imblded here to goou account in hi*
own country, that he has Identlned
himself -.etta the i^bor party of Ilm
gary, ol which he will in all probabiii
ty eventually become the most import?
ant factor.
Viscount Dlllon'u only son and heir,
Harry Lee union, formerly an cm. ? r
Of tho Hille liriiaue, urtcrej no di
fence In tho suit for divorce brought
agains.i hint i,y als wiie. me daught?
er or a surgeon of Crawl.y, in sus
SOX, and the marriage, which was it
no time a happy one, and which re?
sulted in the husoand leaving bis wife
three years ago. ha- now come to an
end. There Is only a little girl, now
four years old, born to the union, and,
' It is prububle that as soon as ever the
decree is made ubsolute. Harry Leu
I Dillon will marry again: tins time a
j woman of his own world, and thus
; prevent the vlscounty and estates from
I going to his cousin, Artaur Lee Dillon
of the Travellers' Out.. In th* event
of his marrying again, however, he
Will be obliged to .1 ?, .1 n.d o ii the Roman
Catholic Church, to which he became
a convert some years ago. since It
docs not recognize or tolerate divorce.
iu> father. Lord union, is the sev?
enteenth viscount of his line, has been
a frequent visitor to Hie United States,
and among the treasures of his an?
cestral home at Dltcbley Park, in Ox?
fordshire, are a number of Hint Im?
plements, found on the site of the
Virginia town which takes its name
of Dltchlr-y from his country seat. It
wa5 while visiting Dltchley, Va some
thirty-odd years ago, that he made
the acquaintance of the Canadian girl.
Miss Julia Stanton, who became hU
wife. He has royal blood In his
veins, for among his ancestors is Lady
Lltchfleldj the Illegitimate daughter if
Charles IS, She w-ns Indeed one of the
i former c'latelaincs of Dltchley Park.
I where all the Merrle Monarch's coh
\ ddentlal correspondence with her Is
[still preserved, In an antique, brass.
' bound chest. A number o_f English
sovereigns have been entertained at
Dltchley Park, notably Queen Eliza?
beth, and the grand panelling of the
i billiard room is still adorned with sev?
eral heads of red deer, shot In 160S
and 1610. by James I., and by bis son
Henry, Prince of Wales. In Dltchley
Park. James was so pleased with
Dltchley. and with its owner, then Sii
Theobald Dillon, that he bestowed up?
on him the Irish Vlscounty of Dillon, of
Costeilo-OalTen, in County Mayo. Lord
j Dillon, however, although his peerage
Is Irish, Is so wholly and entirely an
I Englishman, that he has never been
elected as one of the representative
peers of Ireland, and consequently has
no seat in the House of Lords.' Vet he
would prove a useful member thereof.
may be gathered from the fact thai
he is president o? the Society of Anti?
quaries, and of the National Portrait
Gallery, a trustee of the British Mus?
eum, a former officer ot the army, and
I curator of the armory of the Tower
I of London. In fact, lie Is the greatest
I authority on ancient armor now living.
and Inaugurated his term of ofllce at
! the Tower of London. Vy reorganizing
j the entire collection there, eliminating
I therefrom a most extraordinary
j quantity of shams* Thus, he relieved
from Hie collection the headsman's
axe. long shown as having done duty
at the execution of Queen Anne Bo
leyn, proving It lo be a swindle, Sinei
Anne was beheaded by n sword, and
not with an nxe. And then he look the
armor suits one by one, and demon?
strated that the familiar lay figures
were most ridiculously arrayed in
pieces of armor manufactured in dif?
ferent centuries, and at different
epoch*, anil thai the weapons described
as- having been spoils of the Spanish
Armada, could never have figured as
part of the fleet of King Philip of
is'paln. By the time, however, that he
had completed his work of reorganiza?
tion, the collection nresented a very
different appearnnee. While many
familiar fentures were missing, hav?
ing been consigned to the. scrap heap
as frauds, even more Magrant than that
of Queen Anne Boleyn'S axe. the exhi?
bition of armor in the Tower of Lon?
don has the merit to-day of being ab?
solutely correct, and In every sense
of the word authentic.
(Copyright, 1911, by the BrcnUvond
Company.)
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