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TJIURSDAY, JANUARY 4. KM-.
WHY VIRGINIA >M"ST lti:i <HOl THH
Reform for reform's sake is futile,
It is prolitlcsg to upset existing laws
?nd overthrow presi-ni Institutions
merely for Hie novelty of chuiigc. The
existence of chronic evils ?>r the as?
surance of future benefit alone justify!
radical reforms.
Tax reform in Virginia is justified
by both oi these Standards. There arc^
positive benefits to in- guinrd by lax
reform: there are manifest evils to;
correct. As for the former, a policy]
of constructive luxation will mean!
much to tin future of Virginia. Here
toTorc but laws have aimed to lax all]
property at ;< put rate, regardless ofj
its situs. Us (lutnlnK powoi or its'
churoctcr. Wo have taxed the real es-^
talc thut could not be moved, and the'
stocks and bonds Ihut might .takej
wings, at the same rate and In thej
TAX la A WS,
kam? manner: wo have stood at ihc
boundary 11^10 ,,f iiio Stute and have
met would-be Investors with the us
suruueo thai we would lax them on
every dollar they brought into the
Commonwealth. We have taxed pros?
tet? and placed :t tarlll' on prosperity.j
And ivr have paid the price. ttleh I
men who would like to settle In Vlr-j
gluts have fixed their abode where
taxes were less onerous; even native!
Virginians, with theli wealth invest?
ed in Intangibles, have been driven by
our tax laws to lix their residence litI
Washington, where such propcrt} Is'j
exempt from taxation.
All of this can be corrected and must
be corrected, liy reforming our im-1
just laws, we ?an attract Capital to
the Commonwealth. Increase the gen-'
rial wealth of Virginia und aid in the
future building of the state Prog?
ressive States have tried the experi?
ment, have thrown away the old hut
classification of properly and could
not by any possibility be persuaded to'
return to the old days, Virginia can
do as well.
But there are even greater evils to]
correct than there are benefits to ac?
quire by Ihn reform. The report, of]
the tax commission curries us own
justification of every scientific reform
that might be agitntod. it discloses]
financial conditions which, for Injus?
tice, erudeness nnd absolute Inequality,
have scarcely been equalled since- the:
days when bad tax laws drove the|
Bourbons from Prance. Indeed, It may
truly be said that no foim of lnequal-j
ity in taxation can he imagined andl
no injustice In matters of revenue can
be fancied that will not nnd a parallel]
in actual conditions In Virginia to-day.I
Paramount among the evils which]
Justify and demand tax reform are the!
Inequalities of the present laws, the!
injustice which results from these In -1
equalities, the violation of thu Consti?
tution In the undervaluation of prop-)
crty nnd our unwjldy system of ad-|
ministration.
The inequalities of the present law
are manifold ,anij 'rna?Vlfest There aic
inequalities among counties a:,d cities,
inequalities among the various classes
of taxable property, inequalities among
Individuals?Inequalities of all sorts
and sizes. Th< Constitution requires
that all taxes fhall be equal und unl
lt a vine? n sevviwrney a class within the
postponed. Just then . .
served a warrant on hf!"> laying the
with Cheating an baa admirable. It
house proprietor out of .
taken before the maglstynmond may
congratulated yt-eterday at.?!ty al ,
?.il this afternoon to Jail t>
trln to Easioii.
all
Ask Your Doctor j
Hair falling out? Troubled with dandruff?
Want more hair? An elegant dressing?
Ayer's Hair Vigor:
Sulphur. Glycerin. Quinin. Sodium Chlorid.
Capsicum. Sage. Alcuhol. Water. Perfume.
We believe doctors endorse this, or
we would not put it up.
DOES NOT COLOR
THE HA!R
J. c. Ate? CoMriST. Lowell. Uui,
GOING to BUILD?
Communicate with ua anil wo wll?
cheerfuily Klve you the latctl Idoaa In
Kanitary Plumbing Fixtures, 'etc Wo
carry the largest al d most varied atoclt
ef PLUMBERS' SUPPLIES.
WIcGraw-Yarbrough
WholeMilr I'lumlilng Supplten,
lTi S. Elps bill si., - niehmondi Vn.
Truss Department
In charge of an c-:<i>crt male and female
fitter. Lowest prices i:i city. ?
MEN OF TASTE NATURALLY
COJVfE TO
Greentrees lor Go
Broad at Seventh.
cat nti\
U* HIb1
j lands may net htm 8 por cent, the year;
j Ills stock will net htm more than I
I per cent.: but he must pay at the same
j rate. Thus It happens that a 4 per
? CCnt. Investment In Itlchmoml nets the
j holder only 3.25 per cent., though his
j lands, assessed at 70 per cent, of their
j market value, may yield him S.2S per
I cent.
Even within (he samr county and
' within tho same class of property, In?
vestigation bus disclosed conditions
? which ate the essence of inequality.
I For Instance, within Smyth county, or
I Brunswick county, or Norfolk county,
i some citizens are paying on an assess
I incni almost twice as great as that of
j their neighbors In other parts of the
same county;
The Injustice ol this is palpable. The
prime dut\ of tie- Stale is to deal Just?
ly with all Its citizens; equality be?
fore the law i.? tin- fundamental thc-i
u'ry oi the American constitutional sys?
tem. But it is violated In V irginia. In
mittle s of taxation, >o an oxtcnt that'
make:; tlie lover of justice sick at
heart. We have every thins but equal?
ity in taxation!
This inequality is only possible be?
cause of undervaluation For u rea?
son to be discussed in a later paper,
in- county or the city is practically hit
to say what il will pay to (lie sjtute.
If it wants lo do its part towaid the
support of government, so well and
good; if it wants io rob the Stale and
thiow it.- burden on another locality,
tin- Stan- stands quietly by and per
mils it. .
IS very localltj In Virginia, through
local officers, values Its property and
everj locality undervalues It. There is
not ii county or city in Virginia Which
assessed lands or property, us a whole,
lit thi "fair market value" prescribed
by the Constitution Isolated instances
of full valuation arid of ovcr-yal?atloii
there arc; but uniform full valuation
is lucking. As a proof of this may be
cited the single fact that the roul
value of Und? in the .State is conser?
vatively estimated to be $897,649,711,
but thei-e lands are assessed at only
$ I77.07S.76S.
finally tin-re is nn unwieldy, com?
plicated und ponderous lax rod,;, riif-j
Heult to administer, difficult to under-]
stand. Bvery citizen should know the|
tax laws c.f Ins State and should he
able to say how he Is paying and for
j what he Is paying. But how many
eltlzenu of Itlchinond arc there?men
I who have been paying taxes for years
?who understand even the essentials
of the system under which they pay'.'
The fault is not witlt them, but with
i the system.
Hut in truth it la unjust to call our
' hodge-podge of tax laws a system.
These laws were not made: they must
I hnve "just happened." In other days,
when new revenue was needed, new
laws were devised; it mattered little
I whether they conformed to the othcr
laws or not. If they yielded revenue,
i that was sufficient. The result of this
arrangement Is that our present code
contains laws .,1 almost every stripe
and species Known to man. There Is
a land lax- and a property tax. an In?
come tax and an Inheritance tux, a
writ tax and a notarial stamp tax, a
voc.ittonal tux and a poll tax. there
are more than llt'ly license taxes, some
I.of which have been on the statutes for'
more than a hundred years. Our cor?
poration taxes are equally ns conglom-l
crate. There are earnings taxes andl
properly taxes, taxes on miles of poles
utcd by telephone companies and taxes
on lines operated. Who can under?
stand all of these laws? Who can ex?
pert from ihem a coherent, Just ad
inlnitt ation'.'
UlieiiUal in operation and In theory,
then, getting inequality and foster-i
ins undervaluation, discriminating!
agulnsl some citizens and favoring'
certain classes of property, our tax
laws need reform If ever a code did.
Into this tangled maze and through
this crooked labyrinth, ihe tax com?
mission lias made us way and has
presented to the General Assembly a|
plan Of reform which strikes at the
root of Ihe evils. What this plan may
be expected to do. and wherein it will
improve present conditions, will be act
j forth in a series of articles prepared
especially for The Timea-Dlapatoh by
Ijr. Douglas s. freeman, the technical
member of the tax commission.
MST IT IIB AN ANNIJAI, I5VKNT.
?? people of Itichmond proved T ? ? ?
1 ,-ltln
?lud?.?;11 lhe> w'i' participate
v and enthusiastically in any
l28noSn*;RUon ?? ?,v,c ?Plrlt. They
:; P. M. . Uie occasion, and they will
Maximum , Kngerly they seized the
Minimum to honor their city und to
p. M. beliel In us present
Mean tompei
Normal letup. Its sroat future. Tliat
Deficiency In ought to he allowed to
Deficiency In <
.Maroh 1, 191Xcr>' in sonic sort
Accum, excess ition, and The Times
sine- .January ? ,
nnlnfall last tweffl annually hereafter
bcilcioncy hi ralnipart to express the1
Accum de?c?mvyi P?P?? Thal 0,10
January 1 .dedicated to this
TV*n"^!m.reV',,k'" .lU p*?ou8h to ask.
Humidity .mlvorssrles whicn
Weather .he recollection of
: Rainfall last twclv Uinrf, |fj nQ c|ty
CONDITIONS I n Iy express anew the,
(At . r M Basuena to Richmond.
V1 C.Q. T o,rvh year such & day.
. A ?hl vlllc ??? 3 I ... .
i Atlanta ... If w'.?' ^e required to
Vtliiittic City, r, f0rm of celebration.
Buffnla . ..... Kroat meetings of the
.r> .acre might be annual
i Chicago'",l'Ill?ratlnB and repro
[ Denver - events In the city's hie
fjqiycatdn ": CAUld 1)0 parades, with
j Halteras -renting great happenings
?l,ivrn ( cSiich events could be cr.'e
.kicktion
Kansas. Captain John .Smith's advent,
? l-""lBV William Byrds establishment
? ..lontp
i Now city, the removal of the. capital
!j||?*pr.will4amsliurg io this city, the
I O.VllnS of the city by lienedlcl
I Old, Ihr incorporation of Richmond,
the various epoch-marking conventions
that met here and live In history.
Patrick. J-lenry.'* _ sueo-^u, ^reaj
scenes of the Confederacy enacted here,
the burning <>f the city In '66, Und
many other historical events, tho com
uiclitoratlou of which would stir the
Civic pride of the people. This Is mere?
ly u suggestion; the celebration might
take one of many forms. ,
The enthusiasm shown Tuesday night
Aill be shown again Just so often as
there ars opportunities afforded. Such
-?-pirlt ought to bo kept right tip to
the tup of our civic reservoir, and al?
low cd to overflow at least once a year.
??Ki?;iiTi.\i; noil."
Itobley Dunglison Bviins, known bet?
ter to Americans und to the world us
"Fighting Hob.'' crossed the bur yes?
terday, lie died In Washington after
a brief illness, closing a long career
of militant service to the nation he
loved so well. lie was a native of
I'loyd county. Vlrginlu, though he
never idchtlcd himself with his mother
Slate. Kor forty-live years he wore
the uniform of the navy, lighting both
in the War Between the States and In
the Spanish-American War. In the
period of strained relations between
the United States and Chile he was In
command of the Vorktown. earning for
himself by his actions at the llmo his
popular sobriquet. "Fighting Hob." By
l hose of ibis generation he is best re?
membered as a striking and warlike
iigtire in the battle of Santiago, when
he commanded the Iowa and took a
mighty part In that sen light. Later
he came prominently into the public
eyes as comiunnder-ln-chicf of the At
lantle Fleet on Us lovir of the world.
He rose to the rank of rear-admiral
and enjoyed the place of a popular
naval hero. Game to the very mouth
of the guns, a born battler, he lived
the life of a "llrst-elass lighting man."
exemplifying thut rugged couritgi' and
thai unshakable grit which America
? xpects of her sea captains, a unique
iijure has passed and well may the'
nation's ilag fly at half-mast.
AUW FOR A CITY LIURAItV.
if there were no other evidence of the
desire of the people of Richmond for a
free public library, the enthusiastic
greeting accorded by ?,0?0 citizens on
Tuesday night at the City Auditorium
to Mayor Richardson's announcement
that an unnamed donor hud offered
116,000 as the nucleus for the establish?
ment of such an Institution was enough
tu warrant the creation of such a res?
ervoir of public guidance and Instruc?
tion it was learned yesterday that
this generous benefactor is Thomas J.
Todd, who will give the amount men?
tioned us a part of the price of a suit?
able site for the public library. On
good authority. It was stated yeatculay
that a second philanthropic friend of
the city would soon announce an addi?
tional large subscription.
There is no institution so urgently
in eded by Richmond as a great free
public library. For that reason it Is
to be hoped that at last a movement
has been started for the erection of a
suitable building and Its endowment
with sufficient funds to operate It on uj
broad and comprehensive scale. For
years the city bus been crlt'cized for
not having a fre public library, where
its citizens might go lor Instruction and
study, for mental recreation and men?
tal cultivation. In other large clues
there ate such free libraries, and they
are mly called "universities; for the peo?
ple." There, with negllglblt restric?
tions, the cltlztns go for profitable
reading; there school students Und ref?
erence books and the Inspiring litera?
ture of the world; there the youth is
encouraged and the aged comforted;
there the worklr.ginan spends IiIb eve?
ning hours in Instructive reading;
there men "road up" on their trades
or professions, there tbe citizen's out?
look Is broadened, his niiuu stored and
informed?and the more Intelligent thu
citizen, the greater tho city.
There need be no attempt at a re?
vival of the Carnegie offer. The city
of Richmond has nn annual budget of
J;;,00(',u'jO, and can well afford to build
?nd maintain a great public library for
Its people. Tho money is In hand, and
ail thnt is needed Is nn overwhelming
popular demand for a free public
library. To-day the city la building
two schools, tttoh costing tloO.OuO, jind
Is preparing to spend another $luu,0u0
for a now armory. A city needs schools
land armories, but it should not be with?
out u public library. If thu Council lb
made to see that the people demand a
n library, the library will be given.
Tile best plan is for the city to build
this library and to operate It entirely,
without any sitings liod to Its main
I tenance or operation.
Who make up the two great clause!
In this community demanding and
needing urgently a free public library?
The school pupils and the working poo
] pie of Richmond. The library facili?
ties hers for aohool students are rldlo
I ulous; euch libraries us they have are
email and inefficient, totally Inade?
quate to the needs of the pupiiu. A
! great deal of reference and reee'aroh
I work has to be done by school pupils,
and yet there Is a very narrow field In
which this can be done. If a oily
library le ostabllshed, Its uz? by the
school children would alone justify Its
erection. The working people of Rich?
mond need a library, because in a ma?
jority of oaseg they cannot afford pri?
vate libraries and have access to no
(free libraries, because there are none.
[The worklnfrman In Richmond could, in
a free public library, secure a lTfTi'-ral
education, could through it become
self-educated. Warklngmon in shop":
and In technical lines could there gain
I the technical knowledge they desire,
ard every boy. no matter how poor,
'could, by use of the llbrnty. Increase
; his efficiency, and enlarge his- chance
Of suit ass in life. The people of Rich?
mond are fearfully handicapped by this
lack of library facilities, and they cap
I by demanding a tree public library,
j Home may say that Richmond already
j has the Virginia State Library. Tru?i?
i but that does not occupy the broHd
j sphere of a public library. The Statu
j Library gathers books for rosoaroh, for
legislative reference, not for popular
instruction or popular culture. If a
j public library were established there
i could be effective co-operation between
It and the State Library, Just as there
has been brought about In Buitimore.
! where the circulating library and the
I research library work together sue
I uossfully. There will be no eonilict
' between the two llbrurles here, und one
will be a help to tho other.
There will probub'ly be differences as
to a suitable site.. The Institution
I might be centrally located In the resi?
dence, section, or it might occupy half
of the Ford Hotel lot. now owned by
the city, mid as yet unoccupied by city
buildings. It might be feasible to take
half of that lot and put tho public
library there.
Too long Richmond has been .without
this great public institution. From It
would How countless Influences for the
good of the city; because of It the city
would have a more capable, a more In?
telligent, a more cultured citizenship;
by means of It those who most need
instruction and education would at?
tain their goal. Let every citizen say
to himself: 'Ms this n good thing?'' and
if he thinks It Is, let him urge Its ne?
cessity upon his friends, his ro-ltibor
crs end his representatives ? in the City
Council. The golden opportunity Is
here; let everybody join in a movement j
for a first-class free library for the
city. tVe can afford It: let us have il. |
I convict f.Alton CHEAPER.
Tli- difference In tho cost of road
uuiklng by free and convict labor on
1 the roads Is J1.500 per mile. Tb.it is
tho reduction and the saving' brought
about when convicts are substituted on
tho" public roads for free labor.
An absolute reduction in tho cost of
maintenance of convict labor on the
public roads resulted in diminishing
the cost of construction o! tho average
mile during 1911. Tho cost of convict
labor during that year, according to
the annual report of State Highway
Commissioner P. St. Jiiiicn Wilson. Just
made public, was f.O.CT cents per ten
hour working day. In 1910 the cost
was ?6.71 cents, and in 190y it was 72
cents per day.
According to Commissioner Wilson,
tho demand for convict labor has been
far in excess of the available supply.
This has been due to the limited ap?
propriation made for maintenance of
the convict road force and to the num?
ber of m?n wiio could be used in this
way. ??With a sufficient number of
men and.tiie meam- for tholr support,"
says the same authority, "available
employment can readily be found for
several times the nurr.V,?r of convicts
now cngag2d in road work."
In another section of Commlfslon
er Wilson'? report it Is recommended
that one or more permanent rock quar?
ries be established for furnishing road
material to those counties which have
no road building rock. This Is an
(?nilnently practical suggestion, and
provides a solution for the question:
What shall bf done with the life pris?
oners and thotc wiiom It would be un?
safe to put on the roads? In rock
quarries these men oould be watched
closely and ye: mad-e to do their share
In road building by digging road ma?
terial.
The Harrlsonburg Tlmos (Republi?
can) announce: that former State Sen?
ator George B Keezoll, "for the first
time within tree past twenty-five years,
Is n private citizen out and out " Not
so fast, prithee, the "Tall Sycamore"
is a fuU-flc-dgr 1 member of the Vir?
ginia Pish Con.mission, "with all the
rights, titles a::d emoluments thereto
appertaining."
Virginia Is I avlng a little Italian
war till her Own. Those, barricaded
receivers at Smlthfleld are getting an
idea as to what ihe Turks have been
stacking up again t,'and no doubt they
arc entirely too e'.ose to "the fine Ital
j lari hand" to be comfortablo.
Voice of the People
The Grateful Incurable*.
To the; Ktlltor of The Tirhes-Dlspntc.i:
Sir,?Tho patients of the Virginia
Home for Incurables, under the "Voice
01 the People," desire to express our
sincere thanks to the many kind
friends of the institution who remem?
bered us and contributed bo royally
and bountifully to our welfare dnrlnK
the Christmas holidays; some of them
?ending barrels of apples and others
sending quantities of .substantial pro?
visions, while many others broug'.it
Or sent fruits, lee cream and cake and
various other delicacies.
W'c want thi ni to know that our
hearts were made glad by their kind
remoinbrance of each and every one
of us, and that wo appreciate thedr
klhdnoss.
Especially do we want to express
ONE BY ONE ANCIENT LANDMARKS GO
By John T. McCutcheon.
[Copyright: 1012: Br John T. Mo?u?h?oo.]
our heartfelt thanks to Mrs. Murphy?
ttu noble and generous hearted wife
of Colonel John Murphy. for t'.ie i
sumptuous and bouutitul dlnnur on1
Christmas Day, consisting of turkey,
with all the accesspries, whoh was
thoroughly enjoyed by alt.
Also we want to mention that our
hearts go out In gratitude to iho over:
thoughtful and kind-hearted women
composing the board of managers, who
gave us n beautiful Christmas tree en?
tertainment <'ii Tuesday evening, the
tree being beautifully decorated and
literally loaded down with protty buu
kets ot delicious fruits, confectioneries
and presents for each one of us, the
various gifts being distributed by
"Santu Claus," In his unique, and hu?
morous manner, the rolo being played
by Reginald Walker, who was at hid
best
Vor all of the blessings and hap
nln< bs which has come to us at this
season, wti would give all the glory
and praise to JMm whoee birtVi wo
commemorate and whOBO advent
brought "Ponce on earth; good will to?
ward men." PATIENT.
Home for Incurables, January 1.
Prohibition.
To the Editor of The Tlmee-Ulspatch:
Sir.?Rip Van Winkle would never
have known that he was out of date
had he not waked up. The most char?
itable construction that can be placed
upon the prohibition views of some
people is that they have, not waked up
to what is going on; are behind the
times and don'i know It.
A story l.s told of a boy who caught
a box full of bumblebees ami curried
them to school In Ills oocket, intending
to let them out and have some fun.
Somehow the lid got off and the bees
were having a stinging good time In
his pocket. While crouched down to
prevent so much activity the teacher
said: "freorge Slocura, sit up there and
go to work." "I can't, cause somethin'
goln' on down there you don't know
nothln' about." Something 1? going
on In this twentieth century that some
people "don't know nothln' about." Wo
are not talking temperance to-day as
we did a century ago. Prohibition of
the liquor traffic If supported on purely
scientific grounds, and deals with ai
dangerous. nurcotlcV habit-forming'
drug called alcohol, placed by advanced I
scholarship In the samo category with
cocaine, opium, sulphonnl and ' other
like drugs, and with them has been
ruled out of the lift of proper bever?
ages. ?
As a law prohibition is justly subject
to no more criticism than Is the pro?
hibition of any other drug with whtnh
alcohol Is classed, to which latter pol?
icy everybody subscribes except the
miserable Slave to the drug or the man
who Is. Interested In its sale.
Substitute cocaine or opium for ol
COhol. and then notice how quickly the
staple argument against prohibition of
the liquor traffic resolves Itself Into a
reductio ad absurdum."
Prohibition of coralno and opium is
a cardinal .dofrina of the paternalistic
theory and scheme of government
which proposes to regulato the mornis
manners and opinions of the people
by act of assembly. Prohibition of |
these drugR levies blackmail and. re?
lying on the spy system, has every?
where substituted corrupt Indulgence
Tor honest taxation.
Prohibition of cooalno and opium hue
adulterated drink, has extinguished
revenue, ban fostefed smuggling; and
by prostituting law brought it Into
contempt; and last', but not least, pro?
hibition of these drugs does not pro?
hibit and hau nowhere expelled their
use or Honnlbly reduced Intemperance
in the same.
In the rural district, which, because
of its Isolation, ran have no adequate
police protection, prohibition of co?
caine and opium rnav be made effec?
tual, and the. "dens" and ('Joints," voted
out by a united public, sentiment, may
be kept out.
But In tho village or town which
has nmple niCRris of mntntatnlnp; or?
der, where the public sentiment is di?
vided, the attempt of pnrt of tho people,
representing the majority, to prohibit
their use to the other part, represent?
ing Hie minority, is not only adverse to
the spirit of our free institutions, but
futile In purpose, bringing the law into
violation and discredit. This la espe?
cially true where the village or town
has been coerced by tho residue of the
countv. which is able to compel their
prohibition for ?Helf. but which can?
not police the town.
The disparity in th(e regard between
the law and contempt for the law in?
creases with the slzo of tho communi?
ty until It attalnB the numbers enti?
tling It to bo called a city, where
nil efforts at their prohibition become
preposterous and recoil upon them
selves and the people.
The experience Nf every people who
has tried th?> drastic method of forc?
ing people by law to think as they]
think and to do as (hoy do, has con-'
firmed this statement at once of fact,
of logic and of ethical principle, from
Maine to Alabama, from Texas to Kan.
ras.
Where conditions of public sentiment
for the law prohibiting o.oenlno and
opium do not prevail, the attempt 's
not only futile, but also brings law
Into odium and defilement, sowing the
dragon's tenth of proscription and in?
tolerance, bitterness' and reprisal, to
tho defeat of true religion and real
morality. K. o. TAYTXVR.
Director Scientific Temperance Fcdora
U.PJ1, Bj>8t?Ti, .Maps. ' , 1
La Marquise de Fontenoy
OUKT FftA_NCLS KUTZOW, who Is
sailing tor the United .Stales, at
the end of next week, with the
countess, for the purpose ot Ju
ltvcring a series of lectures oh the his?
tory of the Czechs, beginning at B0.1
ton. and including In his lecturing
Itinerary, Harvard. Yale. Princeton,
Pennsylvania, New York, and Chicago.
Ill which latter place he l.i scheduled
to deliver an address on Washington's
birthday, Is the recognized historian of
the Kingdom of Bohemia, and an ex?
pert on everything connected there?
with. He has ree.oived degrees. Hon?
oris Cause, from the Universities of Ox?
ford, Cambridge, and from ail ?oru of
kindred iiiMUtutious on the Continent;
while Prague, the capital of Dohomla,
lias inscribed his name upon Its civic
rolls as "Ehrenb?rger" (Citizen of
Honor). He is the head of onft of the
great houses of Bohemia, where Ills an?
cestors have bsen settled slnco they
were created Counts of the Holy Roman
Empire, early In the seventeenth cen?
tury, though the founder of the fam?
ily, to whom he traces back his de?
scent In an unbroken male line, was
the- Seigneur or "Dominus" Johannes
of Lutzow. who nourished In Mecklen?
burg in 1287.
Count Prancls Lutzow. who mu.lt not
be confounded with his only brotlior,
Henry, so long Austrian ambassador
in Borne, if, like, him, the son of an
English mother, a sister of Sir Prancls
tieymour, so long master of the cere?
monies at tho court of dt. James. The
two brothers are not on the best of
terms, and when it was proposed at onu
time to send Count Henry Lutzow u-s
ambassador to London, whore Count
Prancls, who lives there half the year
in Deanery Struut, Muyfair. loudly de?
nounced the project as a piece of dis?
creditable Intrigue, designed to insult
and injure Mia In the eye.- of English
itooioty, and to punish htm for the im?
portant part which he had taken In the
Nationalist movement In Bohemia.
In order to understand this, it must
be explained that Count Francis has no
relations, official or otherwise, with the
Austrian embassy In London, und that
.: Henry l.mzow had come to London
as ambassador, English socloty would
av- been IPiutda to the spectacle of
the envoy of a great power closing his
doofs against his only brother, but
more particularly against his sister
in-law.
Francis Lutzow himself wa.j formerly
In the diplomatic service of Austria,
and was attached for a considerable
time to tho embassy in London, as one
of its sooi-etarlus. As such, ho was a
welcome guest. Indeed almost a mem?
ber of the fdjnlly, of his chief, the am?
bassador. But things changed when
hn married Anua von Born-iinann. tho
exceedingly wealthy daughter . of a
Mecklenburg diplomat. .She did not
?lnd grace In the eyes of Count Dcym,
then Kmpcror Francis Joseph's envoy,
nor in those of Couhbasa Deym. and in
1890 English society was startled by
the ttows that Count Francis hud chal?
lenged the agod ambassador to a duel,
for declining to Invite Countess I.utzow
lo the entertainments, ofllclal and oth?
erwise, given at the Austrian Embassy,
also for his refusal to include her name
among his lists furnished to tho lord
chamberlain, of distinguished Aus
trlans. and Hungarlnns, ofllclal and oth?
erwise, whom ho desired to be invited
to court. The duet. 1 may add, took
place in Austria, without much dam?
age to rtlthcr side; but created no end
of a stir.
Count Dcyrn gave, as cause for his at?
titude towards Countess Lutzow. the
.act that she did not possess all those
nobiliary quartering.1), and the number
of noble anor-stors and ancestresses,
paternal and maternal, which are
rigorously exacted of every Austrian
woman, be she Austrian by birth, or
by marriage, as a sine qua non for
iresentntlon at the court of Vienna:
that since she had become an Austrian
by Iver marriage to Count Francis Lut?
zow, and wus barred from the court of
Vienna, he could not, tis Austrian am
I baaaador, countenance or endorse, her
appearance at the eourt of sti Jamev,
I lo which he was accredited, and that,
moreover, a& his sovereign'., personal
will .id olllclal representative In
..ondoil, he could not and should not
I rc required to Invite to the embassy
lady whom his Emperor and Empress
nad refuaad to rc.dve. These were the
ofllclal reasons given by the ambas
sador regarding his attitude towards
the Lutzow.-. though it was known that
liter* were others, i'ranels. however,
round Hutu extremely unpalatable.
Il?nce the duel, mid although he still
retains hU place on the Austrian dlplo
tatle list, as a retired Secretary Of
Embassy, and also atlll hold* his tllu
lur rank of Imperial churnbcrlaln. Wlljch
he holds by right of ancestry, his for?
mer connection with the Austrian em
bassy In London has long been com?
pletely severed.
1 have mentioned above that tip
runuis LUlxuivs pass half their tlnto
In England, where the cuuiit used to
follow the Hounds. Identifying himself
?Ith tlie celebrated pytchley hunt, and
ikewlie itgured on the English turt,
with John Uftwson, of Newmarket, uo
his trainer, But the remainder of tiie
year la bpenl by them at tnclr castle
.11 Bohemia, known a? Zainpuch. which
was purchased by the countess, after
her marriage, and Is her own particular
property. The present castle is In re?
ality a former monastery', dating from
the fifteenth century. It is situated at
the base of the hill, on the craat of
which still towel s thu rulns-of the foi
. iisne oi /.ainpach, which was de?
stroyed by Emperor Onarltos IV. when
a. ..et out on his memorable expedition
to suppress the robber barons who
terrorized the northeastern districts of
Bohemia. Prominent among them was
John, of Smoyho, known to the Bohe?
mians as "Panelr" (the Map in Armor)
from his custom of always appearing
armed cap-a-pie. The Ilrst of these
rubber ba-rons to be attacked by the
Emperor was this partloular ''Panelr.''
whom In former days ho had Invested
with a golden chain, as a tofcen of fa?
vor, and In recognition of his ?crvlces
on the battlefield. It was not until af?
ter a long siege that the Emperor man?
aged to lake Ihe Castle of Zainpach,
and to capture Baron "Panelr," whom
he caused lo be hung from the battle?
ments, placing the iiouso himself, with
his own hands, urotind the man's neck,
remarking that he could bestow hem?
pen collars of Infamy when the noces.
ally arose, tust as well as golden col
:arh oi honor, Tlie story uf Panelr Is
one o! the national legends of Bohemia,
with the merit of being a true one, and
nls glftanilo two-handed sword Is still
pnsserved In the parish Church of
/..uiipacli. where his remains were ulti?
mately interred.
Of course tiie mint of the old cattle
are haunted. But tliu present chateau,
that ii to say, the old Jesuit tnoniitury
of the fifteenth century, has Its own
banshees, some of them doubtless born
of the legend,; of tho district, handed
down from the. time wboii the monks
*? tie engaged in restoring the Roman
Catholic Church in Bohemiu, and forc?
ing the. people, not always bv the gen?
tlest means, to revert from their Pro?
testantism to the faith of their fathers,
t'he particular ghost of the chateau,
and the one for whom Count and Count?
ess Lutzow vouch Ib that of a youiiK
monk, of noble birth, who by way of
punishment, fur a love intrigue, Is said
,o have been bricked up In a wall of
hat Is now the library. Every night,
at midnight, the. ghost is sold to come
out of the wall, and pace up and down
the long gallery for about an hour. It
Is alloged lo have appeared repeatedly
to the count and countess, to English
guest staying at Die chateau, some of
?a.iin professed lo have, heard th"
sound of sandaled foot-steps, while
some years ago a sarvant hanged him?
self after declaring, absolutely terror
St Micken, that he hud seen the spectre
monk, whose?
Form you may trice.
But not his face,
'Tis covered by his eowl.
Rut his ey.?s may bo seen
Through tho foldB between.
And they seem as a parted soul.
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