The times dispatch. [volume], January 22, 1912, Image 3

About The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914

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Legislative Election Committees
.Will Eegin Public Hcar
ings To-Day.
WHOLE STATE INTERESTED
Breaking Up of Old Political
Associations Indicatctl by
Members' Opinions.
It may b< safely predicted that th<i
Committees on Privileges und Elec?
tions of tlic Senate and the House, of
Delegates will, at the conclusion of
tho hearings on the subject of rear?
ranging the lines of the cougrestion.il
districts of the State, report to tho
houses a committee substitute for tho
Bowman bill, comprising tho views <if
the bodies after listening to the evi?
dence and the argument. The com?
mittees rut her expect to see their bill
amended on the lloor of the House or ;
tho Senate before final passage, but It
will represent the best Judgment of
their members, all things considered.
No man In V'rginla who Is at all
Interested In public affairs is Indifferent
to the redlstrlc.tlnK of congressional
and legislative areas, and this makes :
the matter of absorbing Interest. Some
who desire to be heard arrived in tho !
city last night, and others will be here
to-day. 11 Is needless to say that all
of the ten representatives in Congress
are Interested, and all of them have j
boon notllled of the times of the hear?
ings^ Judges aro solicitous of tho
new alignments of their districts. Statol
Senators prefer either that some of 1
j.their oountles be ?ither taken from
their present locations or placed else?
where. The threatened breaking up
of lifetime political associations be?
cause, of the shift In population causes
concern everywhere.
Will iieatn To-Day.
The committees will begin to hear
this matter at 4 o'clock th.s afternoon.
In the courtroom of the State Corpo- i
jatlon Commission, pursuant to agree
tnoht reached between Chairmen Saxon
W. Holt and Martin Williams. They
will sit Jointly, so that those who de?
sire to prosent their views need no",
appear twice, and so that the Issue
mav be expedited. The committees
will rise at fi o'clock thli evening and
reassemble at 8 o'clock, rising at a
reasonably hour until t o'clock to?
morrow. The samo routine will th'n
be gone through, and to-morrow night
th< committees will rise until Thurs?
day afternoon. On Thursday night the i
hearings as to congressional reappor
tlonment will Anally cease, and the
committees will proceed to the formu?
lation Of their bill. The legislature
district hearings will be held later.
Prediction* ae to the outcome are
premature, yet If public sentiment can
be guaged by expression- of rcprc
nentatlvca of the people in the General
Assembly, certain changes may be
fairly assumed to be probable. Not
that everybody agrees lb them, l-ut
that the members, have votes and pre?
sumably voice the opin'ong of the ma?
jority.
("hrnterllcld in the Fourth.
To begin with, it seems morally cer?
tain that the county of Chesterfield,
which partly surrounds the portion of
Richmond south of the James, w'll be
taken fr"m the Third Congressional
District, and put In the Fourth. The
Third Is loo large, and the fourth is
too small The elimination of CIkv
t- r.lold would make tho dlMrict com?
prise about 202,000 people, or slightly I
more than the average?ubnut as close
to the propel proportion as It Is pos- j
?-:lble to e-e.t. The argument for this
?s that two Congressmen instead o( ?
one Will perforce be at work for Jami :
River improvement, since Chesterfield
frents that stream from the Richmond
line to Its j.inctlon with the Appomal
tbx at Olty Po'nt.
The only objection to this proposl- (
tion Is that the Second District Is also
too large In populat'bn, ai:d the '
only logical and geographica] sever?
ance would come in putting one of its '
counties in the Fouith Taking South-,
ampion from the Second would leave
that district about right, but South?
ampton and Chesterfield would make
the Fourth too large, unlc.-a something
else is taken off. It has been sttg- i
nested that Mecklenburg from the j
Fourth. ;e Well as Halifax from the I
Sixth, be placed together in the Fill II. 1
The latter distric t has to?. few poo- I
pie. It la probable that Halifax will
go to the Fifth, and her people are j
fairly well reconciled to .such an ar- !
rangement if Mecklenburg goes wlthj
them, so that too large a balance of,
power win not vest in the mountain
uo unties.
Other I'rohnble i Image*.
Placing Spotsyivania and Krcdcrlcks
biirg, now In the First District, |n the
Eighth, would about cnuall??i both .n.
tricts. The Bowman bill contemplates
taking Louisa from the Eighth and
putting It In the Seventh. It has been
.suggested that this would eliminate,
the opposition of i:. Lndsay Gorddi
"f Louisa, to Representative C. C Gai
lln. but as tin Bowman measure would
also place Caroline Ir, the Eighth, it
has been jocularly said .'it the Capitol
that to be rid of Mr. Gordon and
at the same time acquire i'r Charles
IT. Grav.itt would be a transition front
the frying pan into the lire, for Mr.
<.'urlin.
As to the Ninth, where perhaps
most Interest centres it !> likely that
"Gloria,"
"Inner Shrine,"
"Man Higher Up."
"Members of the Family,"
"The Goose Girl," . ?
"Splendid Hazard,"
'and many ? others.
Presbyterian Book Store,
212-214 N. Sixth St.
The Hardman
Is Two Things.
?A never failing and per
fect musical instrument;
?And a real investment.
We are sole agents.
Walter D. Moses & Co.
103 E. Broad St.
] Oldest Music House in Va.
Iantl N. C.
the district will lose alle?, island u
Taxewoll, these comities going into the
Sixth. The taking ? Halifax from ?
the Sixth and putting Into that ?Iis- i
iriet the section of the Ninth, would
tend to remove the centre of political
Influence in the Sixth furtiici to the
west. The political effect would be a
gain of n few hundred >*otes in thu j
Ninth for the Democrats. The Fifth
would be made almost certainly Dem?
ocratic.
The Tenth District is about right j
Jn population as It stands, hut it seems
necessary to add territory to the
Seventh, which ha; only K,6 :i:-: people.
Therefore, some of the Tenth, or
Ixjiii?u iruiii the Klghth, may go into
! ilv section represented by Mr. Hay. ;
The present population by districts
Is as follows: First. 227,144; Second.]
j ::;.'>2r?; Third. 223,921 : Fourth, iv,;.. ?
1!'-1; Fifth. I72.S36; S,xth. 327,974 ;|
Seventh. 1 r,.:j7?_?, (Clghth, 1 59,799 . Ninth,
.acfi.CC?; Tenth, 199,0511, The avcrai
woud be close to 200,000,
TO KEEP IN TOUCH
WITH ALL THE SHIPS
Navy Department Prepares
Plans for Chain of Wire?
less Stations.
[Special to Tin- TImcs-Dlspatch. 1
Washington. January 21.?The Naw
Department lids drawn up plans for a
chain of wireless stations, which will
l-rlnc the department into aerial com?
munication with ail Its ships wnerever]
they may be. from the coast o' West
Africa in Chinese waters. Congress
will be .i>k..i io appropriate Jl.ooa.ooo
to establish this system, which will be
superior to any of the kind now In;
existence In any part of the world, j
I The chain as planned will consist
of seven stations. One already Is un
1 der construction at Arlington, Vn.,
across the Potomac from Washington.
Other* will to- on the Canal Zone, at
San Francisco, at Pearl Harbor Ha?
waii . another on the Island of Cuarr.;
the next on th>- Island of Dur.on. In
tin- Northern Philippines, and tin lust
on Tuttllla Island, one of the American
Sumoan Islands
The Washington station is expected
to cover the entire Atlantic coast, with
a .-.ending radius of 3,000 mllc?. The
station on the Canal Zone will cover
the Caribbean Sea effectively, ocsldoi
being in touch with both Washington
and San Francisco. Prom th- San
Francisco station cotumuiilcati.it. will
be had with Pearl Harber. The Poarij
Harbor station will easily rea;h thC|
Guam station, and the operate.! at j
Ciilam will bo able to talk to the man,
at thi' Luzon BtSllon. From Di.'/.on It
Is proposed to control ali naval ,'essels
In Japanese or Chinese waters The.
station hi th" sacoan Island will cover
the South Pacific This station is
especially desired because there :e now
no cable at Tuttllla Island.
Fach of these stations w.il be equip?
ped with 100-kilowatl generat'ig ap?
paratus, and it is expected will have
a sending and receiving radius of 3,000
ur.lcs.
LEGISLATIVE COMMENTS
By LEWIS H. MACHEN.
REVIEW AND PROSPECT
Considering that a clt ar majority or
the (numbers of both houses of the
Legislature are now at their respective
tasks they have gotten down to busi?
ness with remarkable promptitude. The
early routine ot the session ha? bcvn
of a kind to be disposed ot without
the usual filibustering and sparring tor
position. The tight over the Auditor's
position was by tar the liveliest, ai.d
lett some rather touch; scars, The
Liovernor'a appointments have not oc
< asloiied the long discussions which
have been known in years past. Those
mattet's out ot the way, the real busi?
ness of legislation began without de?
lay, and has. gone forward with lusty
strides.
Of course, tip work done so far
has been chiefly that of tip commit?
tees. It seems difficult to get the pub
lb to understand the Importen; oi'.rt
played by committees in the work of
legislation. A large mass of the bills
proposed are drawn by persons un
f a miliar with the work, and must be
gone over line by line and compared
with the Constitution and the existing
law. I.'mier the nreseut Constitution
there are many subjects upon whlcn
tlii- Legislature Is forbidden to enact
special lav.? hi those cases; where it
was one possible to meet a local con?
dition in these respects with a local
bill. It is now necessary to propose a
general statute. As conditions differ
!n the various sections ol the State In
almost every respect. It Is often dilti -
cult, and sometimes Impossible, to
draft a general bill which can pass
muster. The committees endeavor to
adjust differences, reconcile mcon
>-?: wilics und also pass upon the policy
? if th" luoposed law. The recommen?
dations of a committee are very per?
suasive. It Is not unknown that the
lull House or Senate should reject a
committee's advice, but it is unusual.
The average member fir.da It Impos?
sible to study every bin carefully, an 1
no member can have an expert kaowl
edge of all matters upon which he Is
called upon to vote. The committees
gel such knowledge from outaidJn
wiio can be depended upon to appear!
at the public hearings whenever theie!
is any measure of far-reaching import-i
ance pending. In case of doubt, the.!
members stand by the committee's re?
port. For this reason the alveeatC3i
of ovory measure strive strenuously
for tin- committee's approval and its
enemies for their condemnation.
Genoraliy speaking, the House com?
mittees have made greater procress,
with their bills than thnsi. of the Sen?
ate. The Hons.- calendar for Saturday j
contained forty-one bills. Scvcr.il '
have passed the Housi- already, but
tin y have been measures of l <cal ap?
plication or comparatively unimport?
ant.
The big matters now on the House
calendar, and likely io be acted upon
this week, arc the gambling bill, the
tax commission bill, tho primary elec?
tions bill, the woman's college bill, and
the free sfhool book bill. There aro
fundamental differences among mem-:
bcrs of the House on these mattcrj,!
and dome sharp fighting is confidently
expected.
There are a number of bills on the
calendar relating to legal procedure !
which will be tine hone? of contention.
for the lawyers. lloughly speaking,I
there are three classes of lawyers?I
those who wish to change nearly
every statute on the books, those who
do not wish to change any, i thotjf
who think changes ought to lo; fe\V|
and urgently necessary. Most Icglsln-j
tlve bodies contain representatives *.t\
all of these Classes. Some of these |
proposed legal changes. will be dis?
cussed In these columns hereafter. It
Is sulllclent to say now that mat.y of
them are too radical to enjoy any v>ros
pocl of passage. Others aro entirely
reasonable, and some exceedingly de?
sirable.
The House Committee op Elections
will soon be ready with it* report on
the woman's suffrage amendment. An
unfavorable roport is expected.
This week the forces back of tie:
prohibition referendum measure Wlll|
descend upon the Legislature with I
great strength and number*. 1 tip gen-|
eral opinion is that the measure will t
pass the House and fall In the Sonate.I
Perhaps it may not even con... to a;
vote In the Senate. There are ionae
Senators who would shed few tears!
if such should bo the outcome. Sonic i
legislation for the further regulation
of the liquor traffic has at least ai
chance of passage. Propositions to!
increase the license taxes, to close tho
saloons at sunset and to prohie-i
treating In saloonH are pending Tin
first named Is more likely tc g..t
through. The cry of more revenue has
a maclc power. The others do net
seem to awake a responsive chord In.
the average legislator's breast. The'
Antlsalobn Convention Is sure to sug- j
gest a number of other measures along!
similar lines. Thf3e liquor questions!
arc somewhat painful to deal with, I
and the legislators are not only torn I
by conflicting emotions, but by diverse
desires among their constituents.
The Senate calendar, being much ;
shordr than that of the House, is not.
at all congested. That condition, how- |
ever, will arrive at no distant day I
The Senate committee* arc taking their
time now, but they will ko ahead with
spurt this week. The past week did
not witness any thoroughly exciting .
episodes on ire door of either house,
but this week the situation on both j
sides is expected to bristle with In- j
tcrestlng developments.
THE GAMBLING BILL
The bill to prohibit gambling, of
?vi Ich Delegate John W. Stcphensor. is
the patron, I.? the on finished business
for to-day. The Committee on Gen?
eral Laws has reported It with the
recommendation that it do not pats.
As introduced It provided that it should
be unlawful for any person to bet,
?.v.r.>; or play at any games for monej
? r an) thing of value. 'I he latter clause
liua been eliminated, in deference, it is
.supposed, to the women's euchre ano
whist prizes and to thos< sports who
play poker for matches and buttons.
The original bill made the penalt>
of a violation of th* proposed act a tine
not exceeding $1,000 end Imprisonment
In Jail not exceeding one year. It ha
been amended so us to allow either
punishment, or both. The bill givus
circuit courts concurrent Jurisdiction
with Justices of the peace in the trial
of all cases under the act, and an ap?
peal to the Commonwealth, a;< well as
to the accused, from the decision ot
the Justice to the circuit court. An
amendment is pending to strike out
this whole paragraph, which would be
proper. The Constitution allows ap?
peals to the Commonwealth only in
cases Involving revenue. The bill
maki a no provision for cities where
police justices have superseded justices
of the peace In trials of criminal eases
and in which the corporation courts
have jurisdiction of such matter.-:, and
n?>t ihe circuit courts. It is not easy
to guess how the bill will be construed.
It appears to prohibit only persons
lrom playing for money, yet it may
mean that one cannot bet money on
a game which Is not being played foi
money. Some doubt has .,iso been
expressed ,c to whether the games at
Wife of Massachusetts Governor
MKS. HUGUXU X. i
which one may not bot include base- I
ball, football, tennis, quoits and the'
like.
Waiving all questions concerning
phraseology, the bill proposes a changl !
in the policy of the State on the sub?
ject of gambling. We have laws al- j
ready forbidding betting on horse
races and elections, on faro, keno art'
such games: against playing care
games In public places and against
playing for mouoy wheu more than JJt
Is won or loot In twenty-four hours.
The private playing of cards, chess,
checken and dominoes, etc., etc., for
small slakes has never been a crlnv
in this State. If this bill should be?
come a law. every party of persons wlto
playr.d poker in their own homes, or
! private clubs for 1 cent ante and 5
cents limit would be lawbreakers und
. llab.e to line or Imprisonment, or both.
I It is proposed to make the maximum
I amount won or lost 15. If that Is to be
done. It would bo better to ainend the
Code by making that simple change.
I Ir: 1005 H similar bill passed the
I House. Because il was supposed to
I be aimed at women's card parties it be
i came known m "the pink tea bill.
I and as such excited great opposition
land not a little ridicule. It was kille.:
[ In. tiie Senate by a refusal to take
I up when It was reached oh the calen?
dar. I
[ No doub: in some localities gambling .
j has become a great evil, but as a rulel
lit is because the present law is not
. enforced. The more profitable forms o"
I gambling tire exceedingly ilirncult t< |
break up- The strictly socini playing I
j for f it.all stakes will he likely :?? con-I
I Untie, despite any statute that may h?
passed. This particular measure wil |
J scarcely get by the Senate.
iWATER TRANSPORTATION
PARTIALLY RESUMED
Schedules
Went Ik
first tune '.
tIon has !??
Scbeduloi hi
It
ft!!
normal, r..
.hieb plies
the count;
here during
chants uud
have been .
side world,
ninny year
lluilly Disarranged by
r < "million?rinswlcue
?iineli in Danger
t.. r iv Tlmei-Dlspatch. I
ty. N. i'., January JI.?I'or ttiej
? UV day* waier transports-1
ii resumed In tht? section. |
, been 'mills disarranged, and i
ne dny? bof?r? eoadltlona are'
gasolene :>oat. Itattle Creel, 1
ttwoen tMs port mid Xlnntco. |
:r.t <?: pure, lias je.-a tied up i
:mst eight days, und mcr-1
on umcrs on floanokc lalund ;
apletoly cut otv from the out-'
Ills i.- ih'- lltst tine: in ;> ? 'eat
resident
nidltloti.
id
Tin
et ft
| WhU . :
on th'
(auhclH s '
telh llnet
perleats i
I The gUU I
I the crew
? a nd aboil ?
I !a?t night
? wil* ell--i.l
I leap
man]
boa :.l
night.
noon i
board
in .\ipeinari? houuo t'i
?lido, and thi veaael ?
. le.iavi:- states lit, '.11
?oeled it'.! bight ironi uO
deb ?u? live inches thick
find t!ios?i on board w?
ir ii| .i wreck. They \v<
iljqui InVtk Lighthouse u
Inn.I. and not n niun
?yea during Hi,, bitter ???
reached hero to-dnj
damage, rind with all
Jefferson Hotel Arrivals.
William 11 ending*, on. Baltimore: .Mr.
and Mis. K. M. I'uiiduiis-in. Itoanoko;
j James c Wumls, Ronnuke; ,1 antes it.
I Batts. Itounoke; Robert M. Hughe*,
j Norfolk; c. SI. Dlllard. Norfolk: .1, It.
j Hughes. Baltimore; M. (I. Wheeler,
! Wlnslcd, Conn.; II. c. Wheel, r, Win
! sled, Conn.; .i. H. Hawkins. Virginia;
L>. C. Steele. Norfolk; II It. Ilebhtn.
Boston; Mr. und Mrs. L>. \\". Janvftn.
New York: Rev. William A. Tool.C. Bul
, timore; Mr. and Mrs. Charles' A. Kink,
j Baltimore; Mr and Mrs. William A.
I Muntiger, New York; ||. C. Miller,
I New York; .Mr. and .Mrs. C. R. llydu
| man. New York; I". 15. Bailey. Chi:
icago; W. T. Brown, Winstbn-Salem:
I Kr?nk Buckel, Chicago; !,. R. Brown,
LyndhUurg; W. A. ReSuer, Virginia:
W. II. Mono. N'ow York- f i IM.l.llel.
Chicuyu.
Here's the Fourth Prize
Jingle in the last week "Vel?
vet Kind Ice Cream" Jingle
Contest. The fifth prize
will appear TO-MORROW.
There's an Ice Cream?pare and appetizing,
That has surpassed the rest
Whose QUALITY has done the advertising,
Tis the "VELVET KIND"?the best.
By LEONORA SPURLM,
Gilbert Hotel, City.
PURITY !CE CREAM CORPORATION. | Jeffcrson
and
Cary
Streets
The City Market?A
Sociological llmtitution
B Y JAMES R. HANNA. Mayor of Dos Moinet. Iowa.
-\ city market Ik a sociologiesI insti?
tution. It is Intimately related to the
whole Industrial and economic problem
of city life, it deeply affects not only
the industrial and commercial pros?
perity of the business and manufactur?
ing Interests, but also the economic
and social well-being of the people at
large.
A cheap market has the effect of a
r-iisc in wages. For that reason It
means a great deal, both to wage
earner and to the employer of labor.
When the cost of the real necessaries
Of life Is low, laborers can afford to |
work for comparatively low wages.
They cannot afford to work for ordi?
nary wages when the cc..?( of living Is
extraordinarily high.
Neither can manufacturers and oth?
er employers of labor make up tula
high cost of living by paying unduly
'.;k'i wages, especially when compet?
ing manufacturer^ in other cities have
better conditions. The well-fed, con?
tented workman Is a better Investment |
for his employer than one who is un?
der-fed and discontented. It was not
until the manufacturing and commer?
cial interests In Des Molnes began to
understand this fact, that we were
finally able to start the city market,
although the subject hid long been
agitated among the people at large.
Finally a market filled with an
abundance of cheap and Wholesome
food has a still deeper-seated socio?
logical value. It Is the observation of
??lose students of these matters that
the whole character, the moral and
physical well-being of a people, inti?
mately depends upon a well balanced
and sufficient food supply. A real slum
district cannot exist alongside of a
free, open market. Japan Is deliber?
ately planning to add to the stature of
her peonlo by a careful attention to
the character and variety of their
food. The great variety, the whole?
some condition, and the generous
quantities of food-stuffs at low prices,
naturally offered on a market. If It Is
carefully guarded against the Shy
locks. Is guaranty of better social and
physical conditions among the penpi?.
Two factors had been at work In
Des Molnes forcing living expense.* to
a high point. First was the general
advance In cost of living, which ap?
plied here as elsewhere, resulting from
the Increased cost of many of the com?
mon necessities of life.
Then, too. Des Molnes has within
a few years passed from a straggling
country town to something of a city.
A few years ago she readily drew from:
the immediate country side all need?
ed farm produce at country prices. |
Hesldes these two forces which con
Spired to increase the cost of living in
Des MoincE. U was strongly asserted
by many that there .was at work a
food trust consisting of the retail gro?
cers, wholesale, grocers. commission
men, the creameries, the butter and
'if houses, and the peddlers.
These Interests naturally feared and
opposed the public marketing and for
a long time hail the sympathy of other
business Interests, on the ground of
mutual protection, and for a long time
defeated the undertaking. Finally,
however, manufacturers and other
business interests employing labor be?
gan to feel the necessity of easier
Ihtng conditions for labor, else they
could not meet the competition from
other cities where better conditions
exist. The newspaper,* jolnod In the
crusade, and what had long been ad?
vocated in certain quarters, but had
as long mysteriously failed of material?
ization, sprang Into existence full
grown.
The first day of the public, market
In Des MOItiei there were twenty-four
wagons, thronged with eager buyers.
Since that time the average dally at?
tendance Is from lit' to ve?
hicles, ranging from the low carl
drawn by a donkey to the costly tour?
ing car. The people of all classes
turn out In thousands, and It is no
doubt this spirit of co-operation that
contributes so largely to the success
of the undertaking.
There was ?'? feeling before the mar?
ket wa*. Inaugurated that the house?
wives would not leave their customary
duties to Journey perhaps miles to the
market. However, within a very short
lime the demand was much greater
than the supply, and any one who has
any vegetables or produce for sale
now is glad to bring them to the mar?
ket place.
The public market should In the long
run prove a benefit to the merchants
at well as to the public at large. Cheap
produce on the market leaves the put
chaser with more money to spend for
the staple articles of food and cloth?
ing to be had only at the store*.
Bvery precaution must he taken to
keep tiie market for the producer and
the eonsumor. Natural Interests hos?
tile to the market vrlll make every <>f
fort to undermine it. but our ordi?
nance takes every possible jirecaution
to forestall stich an outcome. Old
market cities, which have allowed the
commission men or combines to gain
control of the markets, are sending
representatives to Des Mollies' to learn
how we are able to preserve competi?
tion.
Reductions of from 20 to SO per cent,
in price? have been recorded since the
opening of the market In Des Molnes.
The Clever Womaii
BY THE GENTLEWOMAN
An able woman writer has been
lamenting lately man's dislike of fe?
minine intellectuality and his predilec?
tion for the "ordinary woman.' ltut Is
tills true of men collectively? It Is
undoubtedly correct, ns regard:; a very
large number of .the male sex. The
average man in an "ordinary" person
and he is consequently attracted '?>'
I'oreciift: for Yirglraln?t'nlr and
moderate temperature Monday and
Tuesdii? i liKht to modernte ?est wind*.
I'or Vorth f'HrolInn?l'nlr ??einher
und iiioderHte tei?perafore ?londry mid
Tuesday; in in. variable ?lud*?.
Special local lintM for Yesterday.
12 noon temperature .
1'. M. temperature .
Maximum temperature tip to S
l", M. 17 I
Minimum tetrnpcrature up to Si I
I'. M. 37
Mean temperature. ?T
Normal temperature. :;s .
Dctleiencj In temperature . lj
Deficiency In tcmpornturo since
March 1 . 313
Accum, dellciency in temperature I
since .Inmiary 1. 249 I
Kitlclencj m rainfall since March
Ac- ii'u.'de>h iency' in' rainfall' -inc.' ' J
Inen I Observation s l\ >l. Vealvriliiy.
Temperature . .is I
'? [timidity. ::<;
Wind- direction .S. \V.
Wind ?vol-.oil v .' 5 I
Weariier -."..'..Clear
t'o.vuiTiu.x.s t\ MiiMiit ta\ f crnr.sf. I
(At i". M. Unstern Standard TImu.l
Pint:?. Tlier, II. T. LIT. Wonther. '
Ashoviiie .... ::s i; ??; clear
A tlanta ..... II ?"??> ::?-' Clour '
Atlantic City, ::i 12 21 Clear
Itoston . 3u 31 -Clear
UuiTnlo . 22 v.: i i Cloudy .}
Calgary . hi I'.i T.\ v, cloudy"!
Charleston .. iti ::> Clear |
fhl tagb . -I" "?-' -( Cloudy
i ?etivor . ? 11 Bu :;" I', cloudy
11111111)1 . I II -1 i 'lear !
Matt er,is" -:s IS 3fi Cle.lr
Havre . "?'. 10 3? <"l.-ar i
.Inwkson, Ihi.: 50 tin i<; ciaar
Kniisa? City., 10 II 2<! Clear
r.oulsvillc, . . ::? n> is Clear *
Mcatghmery.. ,VJ r?s ::.; ,-|e-n- ;
Nc.v d.leaii.-, .1 Si; p; clear
New folk. .. ::? .:? 22 CI.-.ii
Sol-folk . 10 II Clear '
Oklahoma ... it is Clear '
Pittsburgh .. 211 is 22 r. cloudy
Italelgh . ti Uli Clinr
Si. Loui* .... ig -M ciliar
SI. Caul . . . . I I Is i f. cloii.K J
San I'Ynn'cisvo .ts 61 ,10 Cloutiy '
Savannah ... is >??> in Clear I
Spokane . -'fi 3?l Cloudy '
Tampa . ?".?; 62 Cloudv I
Watrhngton. . i ,t | a,-; ?>(! Clear
Wln iip-ir ... -2 -2 -II Clou.iv I
Wyt?evtlir. .. ;::? ::?; uK'.if' !
?II.VI fit UK M.M l\li.
.lautiary 22. ::?).. I
Hit:H TIDU,
Sou rises.... 7:22 Morning, . i . ?.Ba
iJun sots. 5:21 lOvenlng_ 0:01
th?: average woman, who is also an
"ordinary" person. On the other hand,
men who are "out Of iho ordinary." ns
the phrase goes, are often attracted by
women of exceptional mental ctiuiP'
mentr. George Sand may be cited, as
nn Instance, of a woman, who, though
not possessed of any remarkable per?
sona] beauty, yet exercised an extra?
ordinary fascination ocer the distin?
guished men of her day ami genera?
tion. The majority of the women
who reigned oxer the French .salons
were women of brains, and to their
gatherings flocked most of the celc
brated men of their period. Like at?
tracts like, deep calls unto deep, and
shallow unto shallow. ICven Shelley,
llie wild ami the wayward. Instilled his
slight from poor frivolous Harriet, say?
ing: "Every out who knows me must
know that' the partner of my lifo
should he une who can feol j>oatry and
understand philosophy."
OX course, Hodge, the rustic, would
not comprehend sucli a point of view*
He would ho "skeered to death" by
any suggestion of Intellect or original?
ity in the women of his ac<itia.lntancn.
lake .Mr. Kipling, he probably con?
ceives or thorn as beings whvo hava
nothing to do with Intelligence, Ideali?
ty, reason or any abstract quality;
whatsoever.
Tub fact of the mattor is, that learn?
ed women are too often confused with,
clever women, and It is the former
who usually meet with masculine dis?
approval?and feminine also for that
matter. Learning and cleverness may
often go together, but the terms ain
by no means synonymous. A woman's
brain may be a store or lumber-room
of borrowed facts, packed closely to?
gether, but she. may, nevertheless have
no power whatever of original think?
ing. She cannot receive an idea, pon?
der It In her mind, and give It baclc
to the world in a now and illuminated
form. Sho has no power of abstract
thought. A woman of this type in
usually pompously heavy In conversa?
tion, anxious to display her own la?
boriously acqulrod knowledge and
eager, whenever, possible, to cxpoao
others' lack of it.
La Fontaine, who loved a woman
with Intellect, probably had such a
woman in mind when he said: "It Is
not u good quality in woman to bo
learned, and a very bad one to wish to
appear so." All men, gentle and sim?
ple, ignorant and learned, show a de?
cided aversion to the feminine pedant.
But this i? an entirely different mat?
ter from the intellect which captivates,
the Intellect Willah Includes not only
"book lore." but also an understand?
ing of the human soul, which docs not
#eal the lips of others, but opens their
hearts, which Is not arid and scholas?
tic, but vivid and receptive. "Are
there not women," said Bmorson, "who
fill our vase with vine and roses to the
brim?who unloose our tongues and
we sPeak, who anoint our eyes and we:
sue," and assuredly he did not refer
to the women who were either stupid
or "ordinary."
RICHMOND ORGANISTS
PLAY AT THE UNIVERSITY
(Special to The Times-Dispatch. >
Charlottesvlllc, Va,, January '2i.?
The second public organ recital of t'hii
nldwlnted series at the University ut
Virginia was given litis afternoon in
"abcll Hall by Ernest H. Cosby,
?rganlal at the Socond Baptist Church,
Richmond. The largo auditorium <>C
"abell Hall was crowded with students
tnd visitors.
The first concert of the scries Wmsj
riven last Sunday, by another well
known Itlc.hmond organist, Hen J.
Ootter, choirmaster and organist at
the Monumental Kptscopal Church. Tho
recital next Sunday will be siveti by,
William Jones, of Norfolk.
Prot C- Alphonso Smith has return?
ed from a visit to the University of
South Carolina, where on January iJ
6u delivered an address on "Our
Heritage or Idealism." The occasion
was Founder's Day and the celebra?
tion of the 107th anniversary of than
university.
IttCMBSO XCAsK IS SUBJECT
OK SBHMOX IN LY.VClIllLltS,
Lynchburg, Va., January 21.?Several
hundred people were turned away from
the First Baptist Church here to-night,
when the pastor, Dr. \V. H. Hamilton,
preached from the theme, "The Con?
fession of a Minister-Murderer." the
Klein son case being the basis for tho
sermon, ltleheson formerly worshiped
at this church, and the theme brought)
out an unusually large crowd. Dr.
Hamilton used the quotation. "Tho
wages of sin is death," as fSs text,
and the trend of his effort was one al!
sympathy for the former minister,
rather than condemnation.
Tina F?rt Must G?
BY ADA PATTERSON
In du wake ui the woman's move
ment has come an appalling shadow
She is acquiring freedom of action and
Independence of thought, but of w*liai
use arc these since she has lost the
contiiitOH old privilege of changing her
mind V
"i've changed my mind" used to bo
.in excuse as valid as the accepted
"I meant to. but I forgot." Once the
child who pleaded Inat he bad meant
lo do something hut forgot was p.u'
? lone.I. Now ho, after being told chat
forgetting Is In Itself a serious fault,
is spanked i>y way of emphasis. Once
It was enough for a woman to say to
the man she has promised to many,
"I've changed my mind." He might
complain ol a broken heart, lie might
even .jump in the river or senri a btil
lol into the cranial chamber whore
lodged waat he called u brain. Or ho
'.night he more philosophical and send
a wedding present to her wl'?ti she
man led some one else. Hut lb' never
presumed to criticize her action. She
had chuhged ho. tiivnl. Thai was
enough. Il|a not to wonder why. His
but to get over it or die. In these
iinchlvalrotiM days there is still change,
but tic face about 1? in man's at?
titude toward woman's mental waver?
ings; Twice within a month women
who have changed their minds about
marrying a man have been sued for
breach of promise. Love letters Were
read an.; love tokens spread before
bored juries or business uien. The
actual money value In dollars :iud
cents of heart thnob's and bent iiclios
was carefully calculated \^ lawyers
vvi|o constituted themselves expert*.
It was j severe ant i-clitii.iN lu toe
parly of the llrst purl w*io had been
accustomed lb being mUiressed us ?
darling and the party of the second'
part who answered to "precious one."
The mull wlio brought llrsl suit
loVt, nut through any uivnalc notions
about a woman's privilege* of cn
dig ?Jier mind as often us nho powdprod
her none," but as the Jur.v afterwards ;
. oiitiib d lo the world, for the *"1? and j
Hluiple reason that in iho ??mu*hy
I. tier*," ail the defendant- lawyer
characterized his clt-m's love letters,
silo had nude no promise ot fhurviagCj
The second suit :uis been brought, su
the plaintiff declares, not because he
tvunts any incre mercenary account?
ing with flic rich girl who lias just
Jilted lilm. Perish the thought. Ho
jays he wants to get her Into court,
where he cull look Into her eyes, and
rosume ihc hypnotism of love! Grant?
ed this opportunity, lie says he can
win her hack. The girl nas not been
heard from excopl through her law?
yer; who declares thial she is doing at
Ins) what her former llancoe wishes
she had done before. She !.-, "standing
I ??.?t." IVhnl -he will do when the ard?
ent wooer, not deaf to the Jingle of
coin, the other r.i,|e contends, gar.es
Into her eyes, Is still .1 matter for con?
jecture. If .she renews her vows tho
lover says he will lie (mite content to
marry her. if hot, there must bo it
change in the balance of her father's:
large nucounl at the bunk.
Do you sec l ie goal to which this its
(ending, girls? If yon muriner a half
smothered "Yes" on the shoulder of it
brown cheviot overcoat, the sequel
? rn.iy 1"- not the marriage altar, but a
I court of law. A seaside flirtation; Jurt
for fun. may not pass into the noth?
ingness you expect, but may be what
! lawyers ponderously describe as "thfl
I question Involved In thi<- litigation,
l your honor." You hav..- ho assurance
that after being "the sweetest girl in
I the world" you will not have soon a
!different status, that of "defendant in
I the suit."
K?r the first time In taa ages of h<if
sex development, It is cruelly assumed
that a woman means what .?he says.
! Since men have become so ungailant
as to ask the aid of the courts in
their wooing, courtship has lost Its
; subtle tics. Lovomaklng hum itence
j forth be done with businesslike direct-'
.lies* The pastlmi of ages !s dlsap
j peariug. T'.v- fllrf -nost go.
Children Cry
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