The times dispatch. [volume], January 15, 1912, Image 10

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CUT EMPLOYES
MUST GET WAGES
Ruling by City Attorney Affects
More Than 1,000 on Munici?
pal Pay Roll.
AUDITOR WARREN REVERSED
Salaries Fixed by Ordinance
Have First Call, Regardless
of Everything.
City Auditor Warren was reverted
in an op nion rcriderod on Saturday
by City A'.lotnoy Pollard to C3-Jnc.lt
man John J. Lynch; in which 't la
that ?>\ pay rolls properly audited |
by cotnuiittecs at this ttmo 'are pay- j
i.blo tr?m such f.unds as uro In the .
tieasury, con though the annual op
rtoprtatln ordinance has not yet j
boon drafted. City employes and oftl- j
e.'nls whr>se pay Is tlxcd by ordl'ianco, '
will gel tlie.r pay for the first half of j
January as soon as the Committee .
controlling the department meets and 1
approves pay rolls, and most of the
committees having to do with pay rolls
meet to-day or to-morrow.
Mr. Warren ruled that the appro?
priations made In the budget of 1311
had expired, and were not now subject
to the vouchers of the committees,
?save in payment of bills Incurred dur?
ing 1911. and that the funds would
revert absolutely on February 1, and ,
a cursory reading of the law seemed i
to sustain tills position. Mr. Warren ?
?.hereforr. declined to honor pay roll
vouchers drawn for the first half of ,
January, and there was consternation
among 1.000 or more city employes
-who fa--ed a delay of several weeks
in drawing their wages in the mid?
dle of tho sharpest winter in years.
The budget for 101" will not be re?
ported to the Council by tho Finance
Committee before the middle of Feb?
ruary, and It may bo late in the month
before it Anally receives the signature
of the Mayor and the appropriations
become available.
Have First Call.
Mr. Pollard in effect holds that
while no bills can be paid or expense
Incurred where there Is no specific
appropriation, the city cannot avoid
the payment of fixed salaries whether
specific appropriation has been made
for them or not.
That Is to say, whero the number of
employes and their compensation is
fixed by city ordlnunce, and where the
pay rolls have been properly drawn
and approved by the proper commit?
tee of the Council, the Auditor has
no option, but to honor the vouchers,
muklng payment out of any funds In j
tho treasury not otherwise appro- I
printed. Even before this ruling was |
given, and to m"?t a situation likely;
to arise, a resolution was adopted by
the Council and will come before the
Board "f Aldermen Wednesday rilffht
for concurrence, authorizing tho Au?
ditor to honor pay roll vouchers for
amount? llxed by law.
Meetings scheduled for this week,
st most of which the mid-January pay
rolls will be approved and ordered
paid, as well as bills for work In
rurred in 1911 still payable out of the
balance of laut year's appropriation,
are us follows:
Monday?Committee on Eight, Com?
mittee on Markets. Committee on Poor, j
Committee on Water, each at f. o'clock.
Tuesday?Committee or. StroetS, Com?
mittee on Ordinance, Charter and Re?
form, Committee on Street -Cleaning,
Committee on Finance, all at S o'clock,
and the Committee on Cemeteries, at j
7:30.
Wednesday night?Board of Alder?
men, E o'clock: Committee on Elec?
tricity. S o'clock.
Thursday night?Committee on j
Grounds and Bulldings, S o'clock.
CHURCHES REPORTED
rollce FtniJ^ Thnt Thc> Havre Failed
,H,to.^li.etnvlve Snow,
Reports of the names of residents,
business houses, ehurches and schools
continue to he mad.- by the police for
falling to clean their sidewalks of j
mow and the ice which has formed,
l^ast week Police Justice Crulclifil Id
Imposed fines of ench on those
guilty of this offense, and II Is ex?
pected that scores of cases will be
presented to him to-morrow morn?
ing.
This Is a fine required by city or?
dinance, nnd though there was much
talk by those punished of making a
test case In the higher courts, no such
step has so far been taken.
EXPLOSIVE IN FIRE
Warrant Sn urn Out for VrrcM of
\cgro Who Wna Und.
Susan Johnson, colored, yesterday
enused a warrant to be sworn out for
the arrest of C'narl-s Miller, also col?
ored, on a eharg? of disorderly conduct
Sno attempting to blow up her home
at 113 East Byrd Street. It was al
l-.gcd that Miller refused to leave nor
home, but she finally threatened Ulm
vrith arrest, and he decided to go nut,
but not until he had thrown a cart?
ridge of some description Into the tire.
Shortly after he hud gor.e it exploded,
siifrhtly bruising Margaret Panncll,
colored.
Falke Alnrn? nr Vir?'.
A false, alarm of fire last night about
i:30 o'clock carried engine company
No. 3 to Sparks'* Cafe, Tir Bast Broad
Street, Smoke was observed ascend?
ing from the top of the building, and
a citizen, believing that the place was
on fir>'. ran to the engine house and
gave the alarm It was discovered
that the smoke was rattsed by a fire
which had Just been kindled In n
stove.'
About If- damage wn? done about fi
o'clock when a lamp exploded ir. tlio
dwelling of a colorsd family !n i'ren
tlss Street, near Brook Avenue. No
one was hurt.
SAVING^*
RICHMOND
Cold weather hrir.ge distress *..
Improvident people. A little bank
{account furnishes comfort. Occ dol?
lar marts an acrount.
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
FOR POSTAL SAVING F?HDS
RUSSIAN DANCERS DON'T
FANCY OUR TURKEY TROT
That and the Bunny Hug Entirely Too Plebeian
for Volume, Who Describes It Through
an Inter ?reter.
.Mademoiselles Plaiskowletzkala, Kuhli,
Mezkowskula, Scholz und L>o Petite
Jamlt; Monsieurs Jorjanoweki, West,
Markow ski and Vollnlne.
Hc not afraid. Tills is not the Hat
? of a rabid crowd of anarchists liu
I ported from Putorson, N. J., for the
I purpose of annihilating any property
1 interest! In Richmond. Merely a rec
| ord of the register at the Richmond
Hotel. They are. In fact, the Rus?
sian Dancers, directly Imported from
the Metropolitan Opera House, New
York City, and engaged, through spc
i cla! dispensation of the Czar of all
thj Russlas, for a special tour of the
Southern States.
They will bo Been at the Academy
to-night, and. If the Advance notices
sent out are any criterion. Richmond
Is destined to seo un exemplification
of the Terpslchorean art, such us Rich?
mond has never witnessed before.
Seated at a table in the hotel which
they call home during their short so?
journ, the artists managed, through
pantomime and through tho aid of a
friendly interpreter, to tell of ull the
things which they had seen and liked
since their arrival. Flunked by two
such beauties as Mademoiselles Ossl
pova and Schmolz sat Voltnino, the
man who Is more decorated than the
crown prince of Germany. Ho Is the
man" who occupied the proud position
of being one of the throe premier
dancers of Russia, and the man who
was decorated by no less a person
than tho Czar for his power.
"I like Richmond, oh, so much. It
reminds me of Russia." he said, be?
tween sips of dcmltasse. which seem?
ed to toste peculiarly good. "You have
snow here, and we, why we have snow
five months every year in Moscow."
With tho further aid of the Inter?
preter it was found that Vollnlne was
. not enthusiastic about our native
j dunces. Ho thought the Turkey Trot and
the liunny Hug entirely too plebeian
I for him to notice. His opinion was
I that America was entirely too now to
I have a distinctive dance. Over on
? the other side of the Atlantic dancers
( had Imbibed th0 spirit of all of the
' eountrloa. They know the rhythm of
a dunce as well as a poet knowg the
rhythm of yerse. Knowing all of this,
: they muke a sort of conglomerate,
I dance, and present it ns their own of
: feting.
I Tho Russian Dancers are certainly
without an equal In this country. In
['addition to the stars mentioned at
the beginning of this story, there Is a
chorus of thirty people. All of these
take part. Indeed, the dancers do with
the feet what such artists as Curtiso.
i Tetrnzzinl, Melba and the rest do with
the voice. Their dancing is simply
opera sot to music. For Instance, the
f'olka Violette done by Miles. Schmolz
and Monster Vol.nine, Is Strnuss's
music of the Fame name, set to dunce
time.
An interviewer was considerably j
handicapped in talking to tho visitors, i
but he could not help being impressed
with the sincerity of those who will
endeavor to please n Richmond audi?
ence to-night. Tho orchestra is so!
composed that thc wildest rhapsodies
of Russia will mingle with tho more I
plouslng melodies of the Southern
country in such form as to appeal to I
nil In the audience.
Thc coming of the Russian Dancers I
should mean a great deal. The fact I
that they come through special dis?
pensation of the Czar and that they I
have Just closed n successful season
at the Metropolitan Opera House !s
accepted as n guarantee of their ibll- I
ity to pleaso. I
BALDWIN TAKES
EZEKIEL'S PLACE
Appointed by Superintendent
Davis as Director of Settling
Basins.
Superintendent Eugene E. Davis, of
the water works announced yesterday
the appointment of Frank O. Baldwin
as director of the Settling Basins, suc?
ceeding Edwin N. Ezekiel, resigned.
.Mr. Baldwin assumed charge yester- ]
day. going out with Superintendent \
Davis, and under the most difficult
conditions, began the work of purify- |
ing a further supply of Ktchmond i
witter, a Inrgc force of men being'
necessary to break Ice and keep open I
the iuinko to tho basins and the
teeder. eu that tho supply will not be
Interrupted.
Mr. Baldwin, a Rlchmnnder by birth
and education. Is a spec allst in water
purification, having taken special;
courses at the Massachusetts Institute j
of Technology; nsd having been re- :
cently engaged in some experimental
work for manufacturing Interests at
Saltvllle, Vs. I
Since tho reslgnotion of Director
Ezeklc! took effect January 1, a gang
foreman has been In charge at tho
basins, the chemical analyses of water
having been made by City Chemist
Whltfhld, and tho bacteriological I
tests by A. H. Straus, bacteriologist,
of the Board of Health, the City
Chemist's office not being properly
equipped for such examinations.
A full laboratory Is maintained at
the basins and hereafter Mr. Baldwin
will conduct all analyses of water, and
have entire charge of tho operation
of the basins, directing the dully use
of coagulants, and both the intake of
water from the river. Its storage and
treatment, and its delivery to tho
pumping station In ample quantity.
Mr. Baldwin comes to thc depart- (
mcnl highly recommended, and with
both special training and experience
In handling men. His first day's work I
proved to be one of the most difficult
?:i the history of the department, as
ten day- of continuous freezing
weather has made It most difficult to
keep tip the water supply.
PAKTOraCCEEDS
III EilNG LIFE
Man Who Tried Suicide Some
I Time Ago Again Swallows Acid
and Dies in Hospital.
Oliver T. Paxton, Iwchty-eighi years
old. n salesman, who drank a quantity
of carbolic aeld on January 1 in an
effort to end his life, but who rf cov?
ered about four days ago. sue. ceded In
bis dcslra las! night, when he drank
four ounces of the poison and died a
short while after at the City Home
Hospital.
Paxtbn formerly lived with his wife
at 3?S West Main Street, hut two day.
:ii'n !? hted a room in a boarding house
i at II West Clay Street. .Inst h?foro
supper last nighl he complained to a
fellow-hoarder of feeling 111. and re?
tired to his room.
Shortly bet?re S .-.'(lock he was found
lying in an unconscious condition upon
the floor, with the empty four-ounce
vial, which had conrt allied the acid, by
his side.
Dr. M il her, of the City Hospital, in
response to a summons, attempted to
restore the matt, but his condition was
then critical. lie was taken to the
hospital, where physicians worked
over him until o'clock, when ha died
without regaining consciousness.
In the first attempt to end his life
Paxton went to a Main street store
where his wife was employed, and
without a wo.-d of warning swallowed
carbolic acid. He wa.s taken to th;
city Hospital, whbre he recovered and
was discharged several days tigo.
Leaven to Attend PiiMcrat.
W. 13. S. Vaughn was called to High
Point; N. C.| yesterday by a lolegrnui
announcing the death of his father,
.lohn w. Vaughn. The funeral ,-er
vtcea will be held In U'gh Point to?
morrow,
Featherston Aims Blow at Ex
elusive Contracts in Pas?
senger Stations.
In the belief that he has at last
evolved a plan which will effectually I
destroy monopolies In the baggage anil!
passenger transfer business. Senator 11. |
C. Featherston, of Lynchburg, will in- i
troduco a bl.l] to this end In the Logis- j
lature, probably to-day. Its dct'ilis]
were discussed at a conference of com- j
mltlee chairmen of the Travelers Fro- j
teetive Association of America held it |
tho association building ut Third ?ui'J
Main Streets on Saturday night.
These companies, according to Sena?
tor Feiitherston, prosecute their bun.
ness and increase the burden upon the
traveling public. through contracts .
with the railway linos. They exist In
nearly all cl?en of any size. A suit]
affecting the situation In Richmond is i
now pending In the Federal courts.
"Tho railroads,'? said Senator Fe.ith- j
crstbh yesterday, "sell to Individuals
and companies the exclusive right to
sol.rlt transfer business on their plat?
forms and their trains. The traveler
who allghis, for Instance, In Lynch
burg at one station and desires to go'
somewhere in the ctty or to the oth.T
station, finds but one man on tho plat
form. This man charges llfty cents far
the delivery of the trunk of the traveler
to tha other station. Jtiot beyond tne :
Station grounds there is another trnns
for man who will perform the same
service for twenty-live cents, but only
the local people know it. He Is not
pirinitted to go on the station prop-i
erty, since his rival has gained that
exclusive right. He Is not even allowed!
to pay a similar sum for a like privilege |
and to give such bond as the railroad
company may require. J submit H Is
not fair to add to the cost of trans?
portation to thus enrich a private buslr
8s and at the same time, ndd to tho
receipts of the railroad company I
tliru'.igh the snle of the privilege."'
Senator Featherston's hill would re-I
quire nil railroad companies to adm l
on an equal footing all persons applv- I
lug to solicit this business so a- to
mak. it competitive. Bach such pers -n
would be required to conform to the
rules and pay the fees prescribed ?>>?
tho companies themselves, but auch I
rules and fees must be submitted to
and approved by the Stute Corporation!
Commission, whose business R would
be to see thnt they are not unr< ison
nble and discriminatory. By rOqul-'kng
bond to Indemnify tho public In ensr:-:
of loss or breakage of baggage, the
railroad companies could see to It that
their patrons are protected, this bet.g
I the Argument advanced by them fo_
' the making of these contracts.
Such :i law. in the opinion of Ihc
Lynch burg Senator, would continue to
eliminate Irresponsible drivers ?na
j fully take care of the interest 01 :he
I public, while giving the advantage <>r
I competition In the business.
FIRS! BAPTIST
HAD GOOD YEAR
Membership Grows Even When
Congregation Lives Far Away
From Church.
COMMENDED BY THE PASTOR
Dr. McDaniel Gratified by Record
Which Shows Great Interest
in Work.
Contrary to tho usual history Ot
down town churches which decreaso In
membership and find It harded and
harder to Bupport their activities re?
ports submitted to the annual meeting
of the Congregation of tho First Bap?
tist Church yesterday showed an actual
Increase In the membership, now 1,244.
and a gratifying condition In the vari?
ous departments.
The meeting was held In the main
church auditorium yesterday afternoon
at 3:30 o'clock, and was well attended, J
notwithstanding tho Inclemency ot the
weather. Reports of tho officers and!
Committees of the church and of the
various church aoclelles were read and
approved. A report from Itcv. George
Green, a missionary supported by this
church at Ogbomoso, West Africa,
showed forty-one baptisms at his
station during the year .lust closed. The
church clerk reported the present mom.
berahlp of tho First Baptist as 1.2-14.
The superintendent of the Sunday
School made an excellent report, of tue
work of tho your, showing an enrol?
ment of S21, not counting tho llomu
Departments, with an average attend?
ance of 496 every Sunday for the en?
tire yoar, with additions to the mem- ?
bershlp of the church from the Sunday '
school of sixty-three during mil.
All Did Good Work.
The Dorcas Society reported an ox
pondlture In relief work for the poor
of $233.90. Tho Austin Bible Class re?
ported similar expenditures amounting
to $112.07. Tho Men's League Showed
an expenditure of $119.50 for the Main
Street Mission Sunday school, Boy's
Brigade and otner activities of the
league. The Woman's Guild showed aj
total collected for the year of S24S.93.
Tho Comniltteo on Retreat for the sick
reported on the work done In mat
hospital during the past year. The!
Baptist Young People's Union also pre-j
s'nted a report of good attendance and |
progress. The women of the Stato Mis?
sion circle with a membership of ninety
reported $929.82 raised during ths
year.
Tho report of the church treasurer
showed the financial condition for the'
past year to have been better than
during 1910. Tho expenses were less,
and the collections more than in the
previous year, a grand total of J3.<,
17r,.50 having passed through the hands
of the treasurer.
Mnnj Live I'Sr Away.
The tlowcr committee expended 141
in flowers for the pulpit, the (lower.1/
being distributed lo the sick of the con?
gregation each Sunday nlsht aftei the
services. The church mlsblonury foi
Richmond told of her visits to the
poor of the citv and her excellent woik
was highly commended by several
speakers.
Rev. George W. McDaniel, D. D..
pastor. In a letter to his congregation
commended the officers of the cnurch
and all workers who had so well per?
formed the duties assigned to them
He reported ll? additions lo the chinch
last year. In his letter the pastor
touched up":i the fact that a large
number of the members live a great
distance from the church, Dr. McDaniel
living seven miles, while the Superin?
tendent of the Sunday School and UiO
Assistant Superintendent each live more
than four miles, and commented on lln
fact that not withstanding these condi?
tions the work uf the church Is forging
ahead each year, being one of the feu
down town churches which had not
experienced a falling off In membership.
tirnvp Avenue Baptist.
At the annual meeting of the con?
gregation of (Irot'e Avenue Baptist
Church yesterday afternoon, a total
number of members of 704 was re?
ported, an increase of seventy for the
past year. Superintendent J. R. Wood,
of the Sunday school, reported the
largest Sunday school in the history
of the congregation, with an enrol?
ment of 710. on n December Sunday
there were 602 In actual attendance.
The church also has the largest Baroea
and Phllathoa classes in the city.
Financial reports showed the congre?
gation out of debt, and with every
prospect for an increasingly useful
work.
The pastor, Rev. TV. C- Jones, was
heartily congratulated on the suc
j ccssfuj reports presented.
Arrested for Ansault.
I.uther Edwards was arrested yes?
lerdny and taken to tho First Police.
Station, where he was charged with
assaulting Lucy Martin. Mo will be
given a hearing this morning in Po?
lice Court.
is the cry of Hie hour which few of us really appreciate. But
men who know, having studied the question at length, say
that our farmers in the United States arc now raising a bushel
less per acre than they did forty years ago. At this rate, unless
our methods are improved, another decade or two will see our
country reduced to the necessity of importing a material portion
of our food supplies. Virginia is above all an agricultural
State, and rhc
OK RICHMOND, VIRGINIA,
wants to see her in the very forefront in holding up the agri?
cultural record of the country. It is the very heart of the
wealth of the nation. Let us have more practical
education in colleges, leading to the more systematic develop?
ment of our acres and making it more lucrative for our young
men to go
BACK TO THE FARM
BIG QUESTIONS
BEFORE BOARD
AJdcrmcn to Pass on Important
Matters at Meeting Wednes?
day Night.
MORE LIBRARY OFFERS
Understood That Other Citiz :is
Will Co-Operate in Erecting
Public Institution.
The meeting of the Board of Alder?
men on Wednesday night will bo of un?
usual Interest and Importance. Front
the lowor branch among other papers,
come the resolutions Inviting Woodrow
Wilson to address tho Council and
citizens of Richmond, and the resolu?
tion providing for a special cominittoo
to consider tho offer of Thomas J.
Todd and report on tho feasibility of
establishing n great public circulating
library In Richmond. From the Street
Committee will como a form of
franchise to be advertised In the man?
ner prescribed by law, the effect being
to permit the sale of the Seven Pines
lino by the Virginia Railway and
Power Company to the Richmond, Cr
banna and Peninsula Hull road Com?
pany. In addition, to tho original pro?
position, tho new compuny now guar?
antees the sale of school, labor and
general tickets, at "tho rates in vogue
In Richmond, good between Rich?
mond and Seven PlneB. thus giving to
the residents along the line every I
facility they now enjoy, except trans- j
fers to the city lines of the Virgin.a
Railway and Power Company, and what
Is of more Interest to the people oi
Richmond, desirous of seeing the new
road built, the new company has
boldly ottered to post a bond In the !
sum of JDO.OftO with some reputable
surety company conditioned on the com?
pletion of the new line to Ui banna
within five years.
Make Liberal Ounrnntces.
A moro liberal guarantee the city
could hardly ask, especially as the pro?
position also specifics that surveys
must begin within ninety days, uctual
construction In nine months, and be at
all times pushed to tue satisfaction of
tho City Engineer, the road to be coro- |
pleied across the Pamunkey River In j
two years, and to l.'rbaimn in five ;
years. It is Indicative of the new sup- j
port which .has been secured and of I
the absolute conildence of the promoters
of their ability to carry out the enter- <
prise, that they liavo voluntarily offered
such o bond as an answer to the chargo I
that the proposition w as not bona tide. '
but was a mere trick to get out of
the giving of transfers and school and
labor tickets on an unprofitable branch
line. It Is now believed that every'
objection has been met, and that tho
amendment to the franchise will pass
both branches of the Council by an |
overwhelming vote.
The .New I'ubllc Clbrnry.
In accordance with the suggestion of
Mayor Richardson the offer of Mr. |
Tndd to donate $15.000 toward a site
for a public library, provided the city ,
will erect and maintain such an in-j
stltutlon. will be referred to a special '
committee of live to Inquire into the
whole matter and report whether such
a plan Is now practicable, and It to
what would be tho cott of a suitable
building, and what would bo the after
cost of upkeep and maintenance. There
are rumors of otho: gifts similar to
that of Mr. Todd, provided a compre?
hensive plan is presented for n build
nig that will be an ornament to the
city, and for Its maintenance In a way j
that will render It of the g.-entest use
to the people of the community. Poo- |
pie who travel say Richmond is tho |
only city of Its size without a public
library, and since the city has practb al?
ly every public utility save a public
library and a public hospital, and Is |
well supplied -with private hospitals
which do much charity work, thus to a
larg? extent meeting that demand, there
is little doubt but that it a de?
mand Is expressed, the city will pro?
vide an adequate library. A member of :
tho Finance Committee is quoted as,!
saying that the city is fully able to
do it. If the citizens really want ft?
that when there was a demsnd a high
school was erected?when there was n
demand a Blues' nrrnory was erected?
und when there Is a demand on the
part of the citizens a library will ?
erected.
TWO K?RT WHEN
RANGE EXPLODED
Sudden Thawing of Frozen Pipes
Caused Injuries in Lassiter
Home.
Tho three-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Lassiter, of 22-A South I
Addison Street, and her grandmother
wore severely bruised and scalded early
yesterday morning, when a kitchen
range exploded, caused by the sudden
thawing of the frozen water-back
?when a lire was kindled.
The child was taken to the City
Hospital, where treatment was ren?
dered by Dr. Watts, who hud gone to
the scene of the accident in the ambu?
lance, ami Dr. 11tili-her. One hand
was badly cut, while she was burned
und scalded about the head und neck.
She was returned to her home yester?
day afternoon.
The woman was treated at homo.
Roth will recover, it was said.
This explosion was one of the thron
reported yesterday. In euch instance
(Ires In tho kitchen ranges had been
lighted, and ? few minutes Inter the
explosion followed, all doing consid?
erable damage.
That In the home of Policeman W.
D. ("Rex") Qrliiln, wenty-thlrd and
Vehablo Street, practically wrecked
the kitchen.
Mrs. C. L. Crbwdor narrowly missed
serious Injury when her range blow?
up In tlie sumo fashion, shattering
windows and tearing the stove to
atoms.
Cuba, Jamaica, Ilaytl, Panama Canal
South and Central America.
Tours and Cruises
RICHMOND TRANSFER CO.,
809 E. Main Street, Richmond, Va.
Gans-Rady Company's
CLEARANCE SALE OFFER
Continues This Morning
Suits, Overcoats and Raincoats Worth Up to $28.00
At $16.00 Each
?, a.? _j
SILENCE MAY BE GOLDEN, BUT
INTERVIEW ME, SAYS NISH
Fearfully Misunderstood, Mrs. Skillit Endeavors
fcr First lime to Het herself Right in the
Eyes c f the Olcest Families in c aptivity.
When ehe trudged In through the
snow eurly yesterday with u fresh pall
of milk. Mrs. Nllh Skilllt romurked to I
Larklu, her firstborn, that It would
make fine punch for tho colonel, who
wan expected home In tho afternoon
from Ueno. Shu adjusted tbe Ju'L'Ot at
her neck?for Nlsh positively refuses
to milk tho Skilllt cows without a
jabot?and her hair was roached back j
mid there was a happy auille on hei I
face. All of tho little Kkllllts were j
told to forget the cold weather and ,
take a bath, for a lot of friends would
drop In during the afternoon, and :
everything had lo be clean. Including !
the Sk'llits. Meanwhile, the big cook
Btovo was turning out food with the i
regularity of a brick-making machine,
and there were flowers on the tables i
and a few left-over Christinas gar- j
lands swinging In the windows. By |
and by the houso was fit. Everybody i
In Hennerrackor who paid to get Into
the Social Register had been Inv'ted to'
meet the colonel and his gooJ wife '
between the hours of 3 and 6 P. M. .
Everything had been arranged with
BOmc degree of skill, and it was a mat?
ter of some grntltlratlon to Mrs. Skilllt
to find an hour ahead of t'me that she
was ready to go to the baL
lllll Falls to Appear.
But there wus no show after all.
Lark ill got back from the train ahead
of the first arrivals with the dlntress
lng news that his father had not ar?
rived. However, tho invited friends,
'til-Inn hungry, arrived promptly, ate,
look<-<l around, criticized and then
sniffed their way out. They could not
put ? n the show when the leading man
was drunk.
Later In the ufternoon, when a re- ;
porter who knows the SkiII1 ts quite
Well drove Into IIennerrack<-r to Inter?
view Bill, there was no Bill to be In?
terviewed, hut Nlsh Insisted that he
come In and warm himself, while the
little Bkllllts stood about, tearfully,
and asked for news of papa.
"Do you know," said Nlsh to tho
reporter, who sat on tho edge of un
Ice cream frcez.-r, "I am tempted to
be Interviewed myself? So many harr.h
and cruel things have been printed
about me that I am afraid I nm fear?
fully misunderstood. 1 think It would
be J tint perfectly lovely to be Inter?
viewed, without ever letting Willie
know about It. If you will, I'll sll
over thuro and not say a word."
Fortunately for tin: visitor. Fox
Skilllt, who Is going ftn ten. wanted
some more cream, and n more com- j
fortablc seat was provided.
Nlah Deserlbrs llrr Gown.
"Now," said Nlsh. "to bo properly in- I
tor viewed my gown should br first de?
scribed. You take thlr. down, only
don't let It appear that I gave you the
dope?' mean the points. You might
say that It was a creation that must
he defined ns a gown with Imported
tacked on to the train and a stupen?
dous mind, with tlowers, chiffon and
.satin. Bits of untlque lace were scat?
tered In promiscuous and cureless In?
attention lo the whole, anywhere t
all around the Skirt, with a festooning
of flowers above it thai put to shame
the garlands of all the Creek maidens
dancing In all the spring pictures
known to artists. True, the flowers
ubed thus In the most approved fashion
direct from the great capitals of gowns,
had done duty on more t'lan one sum?
mer bonnet and hung slightly at half
mast, but a rose Is a rose, and chiffon
cofered the whole. The color war?
cloth of gold and the. roses had been
pink All sorts of ruehlngs of satin
tilled ir the neck and swung at perilous
angles 'rom the waist in the ba'-k.
T whole was topped with a hat of
blaca felt, following directly tho pat?
tern given in the latest woman's
magazine for .tho making of a Nor?
mandy bonne at home out of one's
husband's cast '-ft headpiece. Willow
illumes nung hu.fway dow the back,
and a big gold beoMe of gigantic pro?
portions caught the piece of inosqUlto
netting that covered Mrs. Skllllt's:
beautiful face. It was r. d^ess. called by
the initiated and up-to date?some
gown. !
"Quite pretty, oh. Bo?" she remarked. .
for in the art of being interviewed
Nlsh was getting along. "Now go Phcad
and ask any questions you want *nd
I will answer. You won't tind me in
unwilling witness. Mr. KkillU has been
In the public eye long enough, but you j
can't expect the sun to shine on one |
man a'l tho lime.
Some of Her Idcns.
"Tell you about myself and the
kids'.' Well, there are ten children,
and Isn't It a shame that there Isn't
one little girl who iuld become a
great toe-dancer? Of course, Larkln
is often girlish, but that doesn't hit
the spot. I think Tandy, who Is twelve.
Is the smartest. You know lust sum?
mer he got me to make him a barrel
of lemonudc. which he was selling at
a p'cn'c, and a real nice gentleman
fja c by and bought iwo glasses, which
he drank: 'My Utile man," ho said,
'how ran you sell two glasses for 5
cents while the boy over there sells It
for 10 cents a glass?' 'I cut the rule,'
said Tandy, 'because a dog jumped In
mine.' It inn de trie proud of my hoy.
"Pleuse don't make nie say anything
foolish. Bill dons that, and 1 want
to be regarded as a sensible little wo
man. I lovo this domcstio lifo. 1
love to wait on my children. I love
music. And do you know that conn,
?When 1 Walk I Always Walk With
Bllllc,' In the grandest ?! over heard?
When you play It and let the ullcgro
cross the crescendo on the pianissimo
you get the soft cooing of a dove. You
follow me? Oh, yes, 1 am crazy about
the theatre, although Mr. Sklllit
doesn't fancy It. If you tnuut know,
I think the greatest living actress.
If wc consider nil the line points. Is
Honlta. Somebody offered my husband
a big salary If ho would take mo with
him on the vuudovlllc stage, but my
husband said no, that he didn't want
people to see me In green tlghte, with
pa'nt all over my face.
Why She Married Illll.
"While I have been married for moro
than twenty ?five years I have never
had any quarrels with Willie. I am
never jealous, 1 don't get mad If he
has a platonic affinity; I never re?
proach him for drinking; I never frown
when he swears, and I never say any?
thing when he comes home lato at
night half ahot. And I will say this:
1 will never desert him, 1 don't care
how low he might fall. I will stick
by him to the very last, which le more
than you can say for some wives In
this town.
"No, 1 won't tell yoq why they named
me Niah. Of course, I hod much at?
tention when a young girl. I married
Mr. Sk lilt because 1 liked the Ran?
dolph In his name. I thought It would
be so nice to call him Runny, but Ha
kidded me so I had to quit It. Oh.
yes. there have heen quite a few
changes since my girlhood days. For
Instance, when Mr. Skilllt used t'.
come by to take mo to the gcrmans 1
always hud to enrry it chaperon. Now?
adays the chaperon Is extinct: the glrlt
go for the men In their limousines,
and I know a young man. who Is neat,
but not gaudy, who was taken 10 3
grizzly bear dance the other night by
two girls In a taxlcab. I'll admit that
I urn liberal minded and broad, but
these new fangled society wrinkles
give me u pain. The womo- turkey
trot uround und I don't sec bow In
the world they could ever become s'if
frngettes If they over peeped In the
looking-glass. The only time I ever
made false step was when I Joined,
but you know I quit to please my dear
husband.
Some Philosopher.
"Plense don't ask the anything about
r- ferendutn and recall, for I despise
Trh. I would rather talk of life, my
hrshand and my boys. When Tandy
had the hydrophobia I didn't curl up
and weep; I took t as It came, for tf
It hadn't beer, that It would have been
something else Some of these davi
my hoys will be marrying; I want
them to be happy; I want to see every?
body happy, and I want to see tho
goose hang high I want to see the
old fashions come back: I want to see
life as It Is painted In Mr. Buck
Royall'a hook. I don't want to sc*
p"opl(. He except when truth locks like
trouble. I don't want to see any prohi?
bition, because prohibition drives a man
to drink. I want to sea all these peo?
ple v. ho use the brond 'n' and who havt
a narrow m'nd put In jail. I war.t to
hear the birds sing. I want to so,, thu
butterflies around and no tiles around
the butter, and I want a better line, of
credit. -Maybe I won't see all of this
In n day, hut when 1 have BUI here
ngHln I nm going to cuddle up a lit?
tle closer to lovey mine and sec the
lovellght In his eyes. There isn't
anybody like B'll In all thlH world.
The dashing cavalier, bless his old
heart. I'm proud of him?proud of
his ancestors?proud of that ancient
Uncage which dips back to the par.la
of IS73. And 1 don't know what in
the world I could ever do without
Bill. But if the fates should ever be
so cruel as to take him away, belle.*e
me, Bo, I will he some widow."
jifl The roof niade of II
I G. M. Co.'s "Pearl" 1
I Roofing Tin does ffl
I Gordon Metal Co.
Richmond, Va.
Richmond's bank deposits in?
creased from $16,711,841.04 in
1902, to $42,523,326.83 in 1912.
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