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MONDAY, MAT 29. 1912.
TUE SPHINX'S KIDOIilS.
Who will be the n< \t president of
these United States? It Is ono of
the charms of life in a democracy of
some ninety millions that by no nppll
tatlon of historic precedent, uctual
Seta o.' the moment, sociological
tnalysls of public sentiment, or care?
ful consideration of the records and
personalities of the aspirants, can
reason achieve foresight enough to
malte any certain prediction In this
matter. The staggering fact 's evi?
dent that no Individual or collective
wisdom In the land is capable of sell?
ing upon the basic convictions und
prejudices of the massed consciousness
of IS.000.000 voters and sorting them
Into a mathematical formula that will
five an answer. The United States
is an experiment In democracy has
reached that amazing status where the
fundamental Instinct of the people in
balk Is going to act In what might
be called a sub-conscious way to sot
tie the next step In our destiny. The
people, who are much derided, or laud
td, or neglected, who are talked about
and appealed to and by the politicians
often looked upon as fools, nrc In
?onie way about to voice the spirit
that moves In them, mysteriously and
full of portent.
This Is a reflection, full of grave
majesty, that Inap'res In a true sense
a feeling of awe. And this is tile
reason that all prophets and states- '
men and seers can only throw a hit
of light here and there on parts of
the whole question. The issue can-,
not ho defined or reduced to rule nny '
more ithan the vital essence of a
single man's life can he defined, l'"or J
modern society has taken on the form'
of a complex and organized life. It
has emotions, convictions, desires and'
motives, so deep and so universal that
they have become too big for the In- ,
tellectunl gias-p of the broadest and
most penetrating minds.
Whether men desire It or not. they
are thrust upon the fact that fn'.th In
the people Is the only faith possible.
The thing has gotten too large to he
guided or directed In any other way!
than by the slow process of education
and spiritual growth. No flood of ^
Fpeerh-maklng. no wide-cast powlng
of campaign documents, no persuasion
of machine patronage, no hot-headed
vituperation or mud-sllnglng. can
check the tremendous processes that
by almost geologic action mold tho
dynamic will of the people who do
constitute the Ibody politic. The
chaotic conditions at present existing
In national politics are certainly un?
precedented, because never before has
this organic structure, with Inst'ncts
acting In mass, been in being. Here?
tofore there has always Leen n de?
fined standard? nf^practical nature by
which the popular mind has been in?
fluenced, and by which Its decisions
could be foretold. The silver Issue,
the tariff issue, the political purifi?
cation Issue have offered tangible sen?
timents, upon which the consciousness
of the nation reacted through the ma?
chinery given It. In ti manner more
or loss 'titelllglblc.
But the paramount issue to-day.
whatever parties or theorists may say.
Is that the people of America desire;
an easier, loftier, finer kind of life.
They desire to find the economic basis
for Sich a life, and they seek the
vision that goes beyond economies.
And in what human and partisan form
this inst'net will take shape Is by
the nature of the aim Indefinable, it
Is beyond politicians, because they are
materialists; It Is beyond theorists, he
cause the American people are emi?
nently practical. I5 ;t It Is not be?
yond the wisdom of tho people to
stumble and toll nearer t;> the goal
because In them dwells the faith and
the determination of n living soul.
TTIE SEAL ?M- Till-; C.-ONI'KlJKnACV.
After fifty years of mystery ;.s tu
Us whereauouts, the' symbol of
eoverelKnty of tin- Confederate States
of America will be restored by open
and patriotic' hands to the most ap?
propriate place for its custod} -the
capital of the nation thai vvoi "The.
most precious relic in existence of
that separate Amcrli
?bid: endured :..-!.:? ?
memories which are so In ting I? Hit
altogether correct estimate fjallldrd
Hunt, of the State Department, to
whose commendable and patriotic
Initiative Is due the locating ? I the
Krcat seal.. The exactness with which
the recovered seal tallies with
descriptions extant makes l-t <?::.:
that the submission ot the. ?<?, | to its
makers In KnKland will amount to
r.othinc more than a further formal
verification of the genuineness of the
Volumes have been written about
the mystery of the prent teal of tho
Confederacy. Perhaps tho most ffon
erelly believed version of Its disposi?
tion won that of James .lones. tlio
i.eBro coachman of President Davis,
who conflojciuly asserted that iff.
Davis gave him the seal, made him
dlsfioac of It, and swore Bint to secrecy
I ns to Us final repository. Outside of
the history of tho seal yesterday modo
public for tho first time by The Timcs
Dlspatch, the Jones story hns been
controverted by Burton Harrison, sec?
retary to Mr. Pavls, and by Walter
A. Montgomery. In South Carolina It
Ins been a tradition Hint after tho
last meeting of tho Confederate Cabi?
net In Abbeville, the little town where
the first secession meeting In tho
South was held, mid whero John C.
Calhoun was horn, the Confederate
Secretory of state, Judnh r. Benjamin,
burned a vast mass of official docu?
ments, and, proceeding further South,
dropped tin' great seal into the Sn -
1 vannah Klver. The statement of
Halliard Hunt shows a conclusive
chain of the seal's history and sub
StitUtes fact for fancy. It seems be
yond doubt that Charles C. Jones. Jr.,
the loyal Confederate and able South?
ern historian, knew all about the
seal and believed It to be genuine.
The people of the South will rejoice
that this relic without price has been 1
recovered, to be placed with the other \
memorlnls of the Confederacy. Mya- i
tcry, romance and history surround
the Confederate great seal, nnd here ?
in the former Confederate capital It
will be pr< served and treasured In '
some memorial institution for all time
to come. It Is a visible symbol of a '
now Invisible nation?the mute evl- ;
dencc of n sovereignly that, having
vanished from tho earth and sea, yet
endures in honor and glory In the'
memory of the world.
THE Ml'.im'AI, K1IADI ATI3S.
Richmond and tho South will hnvo!
the pleasure this week of welcoming
into the duties and privileges of real
lil. the graduates of hei two medical
?colleges. There is always a sentiment
of prldo connected with the. careers
and achievements of tiie^,. servants of
the people, who have been trained in
t^tr midst. In a way they constitute
a gift from this community, and from
its physicians and material facilities
for tho betterment of the world. They
have been trained by years of study
and practice and by the example und
association of teacht rs and practi?
tioners grown old In the service, and
now they stand ready to begin a llfe
work that may lit Us results afford a]
grateful recognition of ull they have
received.
No profession has ever had n field]
Jr. which more good could be done, by
tho individual In his daily life, andl
none has ever more nobly responded
t-_ the call. To-day t!t? opportunities!
fei broad and splendid service in the|
medical profession ate. greater than
ever before. Once the doctor was an
isolated man laboring to heal ami |
lulp those who came to him, Xotv lie
i.< a member of a great at my. not only
bent upon healing, but upon the
nobler mission of preventing disease j
and so regulating the physical con-j
dltlons under which man lives that]
his existence may be safer and less'
lavaged by bodily Ills. The social
Ideal of mcdiclno has spread and the
possible services of tho trained health
expert Increased until It must be with
a sense of deep satisfaction that a'
young man enrolls h'msclf in the
cause of lightening the world's burden'
of pain.
Certainly the workman here, If any?
where. Is worthy of his hire, but lt;
is not In riches or fame that the doc- j
tor llnds his true reward. It Is in the
feeling that his generation will bear
his memory in lasting gratitude if by;
devotion and self-sacrifice he protects
It against the Inroads of disease that
blight families and bring grief and
suffering tc his. fellow tn.-n.
RUSSIA QUEERS TUE LOAN.
Of n truth, the r??a<1 of the Chinese]
republic 1? a hard one to travel. Light!
breaks over it to-day only to be ob- j
? scured to-morrow. A little over a I
j week ago came the intelligence that
the situation was exceedingly critical
again, owing to a Hitch in the nego?
tiations for the new loan China was]
seeking. There was danger, we were!
told, that If an agreement satisfactory j
to fill pnrtles was not speedily reach-j
ed, widespread mutiny among the gov?
ernment's uniltid soldiers might i>e ex-1
I peeled, with possible recurrence of'
massacres of the "foreign devils."'
Then came the encouraging news that
the proposed lenders and borrowers
, had gotten together on a most agree-!
.able basis; that $50,000,000 was to be'
advanced to President Yuan immedi?
ately, bud the rest of the sum needed,
some 5200,000,000 or* more, could bal
confidently counted upon later. There?
upon the Chi nose capital, those appre?
hensive of another uprls'hg against
alien residents of the country and an
fri- nils o( the new republic breathed
freer. sSiflH
Now, however, it \s learned thai!
Russia has thrown the fat .into tho
lire In tlie matter of the loan, titid
ducered the whole situation. Accord-]
trig 16 L?ondon dispatches, the vice-;
.... nt of tti< Russo-ABlattc Bank,
who "represented his government'' at
the confer? nee of tin financiers propos?
ing to "float" the loan, stipulated,
with thesiipport oftlennany, thatRus-l
pla's special Interests in Mongolia and
.Western China be safeguarded, ana
that political control of money advahe*|
<il to China should lake precedence of
hankers' control. Tina-was n Musco?
vite move at oncti characteristic and!
significant. It was characteristic In Its
arrogance and significant as accen?
tuating the absolute insincerity of
Russia's * pledges regardln(f the terri-i
torlal integrity of China. ? Japaneac
support of Russia's position, more-'
ov< :? Is equally Indlcutive of Japan's
? insincerity 'jh the issue. .
i n? ^Jiiln English of tho Russian
i conditions is a demand for a mortgage
!on Mongolia and Chinese Turkestan.
' In order that she may havo an oxeuttu
for forrdoblr.g by formal annexation
j when t'ne more convenient season ar?
rives. Her attlludo Ms entirely In line
wlt'n tiio financial assistance, eho has
so generously rendered Russia, and
which enabled her to force Great Brit?
ain virtually Into conced'ng Husslun
domination nnd prospective absorption
of the northern part of ancient Iran;
which has secured from Great Britain
'? recognition of Russian right to throw
1 troops Into that division of Persia
! whenever It Is "essential to preserve
j order." What with an especial or
i first mortgage on Mongolia and Chin*
: esc Turkestan, It would hardly prove
; difficult for Russia to discover that It
i was "essential to preserve order" In
; those countries. Tho co'neiding nttl
I tudo of Japan Is no mystery, consider
1 lug Japanese Interests In and ambi?
tions respecting Manchuria. It goes
: to confirm, in fact, the suspicion of a
ilusso-Jnpancse understanding as to
what would be their respective duties
?and territorial reward?in case of
i linos in China that would make in?
tervention obligatory in tho-cause of
civilization, and In case of other "op?
portunity."
H is true that the London dispatches
referred to also Inform us that other
meetings of tho bankers will be held,
after Russia has given further consid?
eration to the matter. Rut In the i
meantime, what? In any event the
outlook for China and the prescrva
tlon of her Integrity is far from bright.1
It Is hardly within the range of pos-'
Slbillty that Russia will recede; that
would be contrary to all her traditions
and methods. It the bankers of the
other powers do not acquiesce there!
will be. it is accepted, the gravest sort!
of danger of an Internal upheaval, that'
will compel armed Interposition, which
may lead to dismemberment, if they!
do acquiesce, and Russia carries herl
point, it will be only a question of
time when Russia will Kelze Mongolia
and Chinese Turkestan out cf hand;
Japan will seek compensation In Man-'
churls, and Great Britain will tin.l that'
it is Imperative for her to gather In
Thibet as another bulwark nf protec-1
lion to her Oriental empire. Further,!
as materially enhancing the menacing
prospect, no one of these powers would
be overmuch grieved should necessity!
for such a triple-cross play and couu-|
ter-match'lng develop.
ADE HOLDS TO IIIS HAT.
This Is certainly to he a year of dls
appolntm >nt for one Of the great pollt
leal parties, hut It cannot equal the
regret felt by the American people at 1
tho refusal of George Ade to run for j
Governor of Indiana. Ills elc-tlon?i
and It would have been sweeping
would have made at leust one llocster \
Governor known to the country, for the
oM-fashl?ned man who recalled the
name of the Governor of Indiana has
been In his mossy tomb lo thosa many i
years.
But this humorist with the funereal j
countenance of an undertaker In a
healthy community refuses to toss'
his Fombrero Into the ring. Mo pre- i
fers the shades of Brock to the lime?
light of Kokoino or whatever the In- J
dtana capital is. He wishes to be nei?
ther Governor nar candidate, but hei
has no objection to being "mentioned."
"During the present rainy spell which
has delayed planting of corn.*' he says, !
"we sit around and mention our friends
for the governorship. It is our prln- ,
clpal Indoor sport. 'Everybody's doln'i
It. doin' it. doln' it.'" Then the fa-]
nious laughsmlth adds.
"Th<> suggestion that 1 might, under
certain unforeseen conditions, i> iconic
a candidate lias brought mirth and
laughter Into many homes lr.tfly sad?
dened by the Internal dissensions of
our party. It has caused tto inconve
lltoncj to friends and has not alarmed
others, it will permit the biographer
to say in my obituary notice: "In 1912
he was mentioned for the governor'
ship." . . . With this hind explanation
I shall retire to the storm cellar."
It Is unwell for Indiana that Ade
takes his candidacy'08 a Jokwhen so
many would like to consider It seri?
ously. There Is no reason at ail why
a humorist should not make a capital
Governor. The joker Is not unknowi."
to American government. The reck
who fathered "Peek's Bad Boy" was a
Governor; Boo Taylor, of Tennessee,
was a Governor, and there have been
many other humorists who ably and
wisely administered the ofllce of Gov?
ernor. Perhaps we should be better off
if we hud John Kcndrlck Bangs as
Governor Of Massachusetts, Ade as the
lloosier Executive, and Peter Kinley
1'untie carrying out the common sense
views of Mr. Martin Dooley In the man?
sion at Albany. But if Ade won t run,
Abe Martin Is our candidate'.
New York has Just order, d 160
stepless street-cars" for hobbled
lad'<s. Now the invention of a "step
less train'' to be worn by these same
ladles in the evening would 1? ap?
preciated.
Theoiloro Itooscvelt tried 10 reform ]
tli<- spelling bi tho country, nnrl now
he if ovhlently trying to reform the
arithmetic too, Judging l>y the way
lie ciUculutoi! his dolcgaios,
if baseball gets much more pugllls-1
tic it might he ?eil to go back to the
old name of "-rounds."
Tho net _ earnings or tin Pullman]
Company Inal year are said to I?.;1
al out $12,000,000?about one-fourth of
what the porters (jot lit tips.
"The neutral stand taken by the
Congressional Record in thu cam?
paign has caused it to lose the confi?
dence of its oldest subscribers," says
the Emporla Gazette.
Are there any state imon In tho;
United Hintes who do no* DClloVe that
j they r'ostimble Lincoln?
Dr. Wllcy'u kid ought to bo named
Uensoate.
A prima donna the other day struck
i:ii Impresario with tho score of "ltl;;o
', lfctto" With sucf) force that he doubt?
less disagrees with the lino from tiint
opera describing woman os, a "feather
In the wind,"
On the Spur of the Moment
By Roy K. Moulton
A Latter Day Honinncc.
J Tho gns was turned low In tho
; conservatory and the strains of or?
chestra music floated !:> from the ad
j joining ballroom. Clarice, tho nill
' llonaire pork packer's daughter, was
j a dream thul night, and Harold know
! that tho psychological moment had
. arrived. Tenderly be leaned over the
divan and whispered in her shell-like
: ear. (She had two ears, but ho Used
I only one) "Darling, will you be
' mine?"
I "Are you sure thnt you can keep
me in the manner to which I have
been accustomed?" she asked coyly,
yet sadly.
; "It's a pipe," he replied.
"Can you afford to let me have an
egg for brcukfust every other Sundny
morhlhg?" j
, "Yes."
'Can we have roast beef at least
'once a month?"
"Probably."
"Then take me, Harold, for I am
your'n."
And he took her. b it he had lied
to her most shamefully.
Tb? Hero.
I'd like to be a hero and drive an
aeroplane, j
Providing I was certain I could come
down again
And find my bonos all fastened each j
In Its proper plate
And have the girls all ^azln" In rap?
ture on my face.
It's great to ho a hi ro If you can
turn the trick,
Tfs great to bo an Idol, If you can
make it stick.
nut then again, provldln' there Is
the slightest doubt
About tho proposition you'll havo to
count ine out.
I'd rather be an unknown, alive and
klckln', too,
Than the most famed dead hero this
old world ever knew.
I'm worth more to my family with
my neck safe and sound.
I.n others 'win the laurcla, I'll stay
right on the ground.
Autoraoblllsts.
Oh touring car, to you i sing,
Vou surely are a wondrous thing. j
Before you start. I grasp your crank
And give It such a vicious yank
That It fl'es hack and deftly wrecks
The region of my soi:ir plex.
Then 1 get mad and yank some more
And all 1 get Is just a snore.
A sort of rumbling puffing sound
That seems to come out of the
ground.
Then you give one discordant snort.
One single snort and then stop short.
And then I havo to crank again
Till every muscle Is In pain.
And In an hour, or thereabout,
f find the batteries are out.
1 get some now ones, put 'em In
And with a glnd, contente,] grin
1 hear your engine start to throb
And off wo go, yes. sire". Bob.
I brag about you to my friends.
But long before our journey ends
They're next to both of us. all right.
The way you act Is sure a fright.
When I'm alone, you bur nthe road.
Hut not when I have got a load.
Your tires give out, you pant and
wheeze
You run so slow you make no breeze.
You amble on by (Its rind starts.
It seems as though ca.. h of your parts
Has got an ailment of its own.
My friends converse In whispered
tone.
When finally you give out flat.
Ten Hilles from home as quirk as scat.
Your engine gasps and then runs
down.
My friends and 1 hike back to town.
Oh. touring car, to you I sing,
You vicious and ungrateful thing.
Voice of the People
Mr. lioMiii's Objection*.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,?i have no Idea of taking a??y
Part In the controversy now going
on between iho Richmond City Electric
Hallway Company and the Henrlco
County El.ctrio K til-.eay Company, but
Mr. Northrop has put out some doc?
trines of political economy that I dis
pent from ho radically that 1 ask space
enough to stntc some of my obicc
tions to them.
Mr. North top's doctrines, In my
opinion, would overthrow our civiliza?
tion and produce a condition of chaos,
putting the human race "back exactly
Where It was when It heprnn to level
forests instead of living In them for
shelter and protection.
lie boldly avers the doctrine that
th'< day of competition Is over, and
that hereafter progress shall not bo
what free individual" efforts shall make
It. but whal powei shall order oi
forbid. The world has been going on
for n number of years, that cannot
"?<? gucsstd at by even the wisest of
nun. nnd In all that time the rule
of existence has bei n the survival oi
lh.? stronger.!, and under that rule
man has developed from (I will not
nay more than) a very Inconsiderable
creature compared to 'what he is to?
day, and in all that time he has lived
under a condition ??!' things which Is
briefly Btimmed i ?:. In ti<e pithy ex -
privslon. "Competition Is the life of
trade" Surely t.'. hand Is to be light?
ly laid upon the fabric that that
eours,, has built up; still If the WCS'ltl
las been going wrong for these eons
on eons, thai i- no renson why it
should rOntlnui ? ? :., wrong,'and Mr.
Northrop Is pcrf<?;tly Justified ?n
making his contri >ution to setting :t
tight.
Some forty-odd years ago Charles
Darwin brought orwnrd the theory
that ul'. we have .., life that is worth
living for is ii,. result of unending
struggle or mnt, with man; that 'n
that struggle thi strongest surv.'.vea
and r<ts the prize, the weaker per
Abe Martin
A ginlal feller [.. ?iiu? i,n0|i on his
orders. Anybuddy that survived th'
days o- th', Jersey waist hnlnt glttln'
, excited o'er light slUrtB an' transpar?
ent hosiery.
THE GREAT SPRING TAKE-OFF.
By John T. McCutcheon.
tCop?right: 1012: By John T. MoCutohton.]
Ishcs. hut leaves the racr improved
hy consisting of the victors In tho
recent struggle. He called his theory j
"evolution." and from the time he
brought It forward It has been ap?
pealing more and more strongly to the
reason of mankind. Ills theory 's
nothing but another form of saying
that men must be left perfectly free
to compete with each other In har?
ness. This may occasionally produce
wrecks and great destruction, Just as
the enforcement of the criminal law
produces such scenes as were wit?
nessed in Rlcheson's cell when his fate
was announced to him. or the heart?
rending appeals \~> us of old 'Floyd
Allen and his faithful wife, clasped
In each other's arms and weeping over
his fate. But we are r.ot to falter
in enforcing the criminal law because
it occasionally presents to us these
distressing pictures. Nor are we to
Interfere with the principle of perfect?
ly free competition because It some?
times wrecks a business and converts
peace and happiness Into ruin and
decay Tne law of life Is the cremt?
est good to the greatest number, and
I hat law's executive ngency ?s the
principe of competition, which leaves
everything open to be struggled for
by mankind.
The principle Mr. Northrop would
introduce is one that leads the cltUen
Insensibly to rest unon power for hi*
support. Competition puts all men
upon their mettle and keeps every one I
st rst|?Ving at all times IC do his'best.
Mr. Northrop'? principle is the easy
chair of the lazy man. Competition
will" not allow a lazy man to ex'St
if it c^n get at hint to destroy hint.
As for tin notion that tho City
Council must protect Invested capital
trotyl the perils of competition, that
Is repugnant to every principle of
evolution?survival of the fittest. in
the general contest of every man
struggling for the price. Invested cat>'
tal must look out for itself. It should
have thoyght before it became in?
vested of t'ne possibility that the Coun?
cil might charter r'vals; but. having,
with Its eyes open, established 'ts
status. It Is not now to escape tin
perils that were plainly set before
It at the outset by weak appeals to
sympathy and iVy. Let It brace tin.
as :,:\ other -contestants must do. and
look for Hs safety In its own efforts
and not In the protecting hand of
power.
In conclusion. I will say, may com?
petition, which has been the rule from
tin- I cglnnlng of time, continue to be
the viw ?{ nfc
WILLIAM I , ROY ALU
N. B. M.
Richmond. May 18, 1012.
Maps nt SufTmglsts.
TO the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,?The suffragettes of V'rgln'a
seem to be laboring under the Impres.
slon that there exists a most perni?
cious discrimination In the wages pa',1
men and women, favoring man. Con?
ceding this to he a real condition.
What is the evil? In View of the toot
that the responsibility devolves upon
the man of supporting one wife nml
rearing and educating from one to u i
dozen children, it Is but right that
the means should justify the ohd, and
that the wage problem should be ad?
justed on a pro-rata basis, according
to the average married man's natural
encumbrances (the bachelor, of course,
being considered n nonentity and not
a mlnotatir, as some of our modern
female gladiators, who use thole
tongues ns sword.% are pleased to
term them). for instance, the man
whose family consists of a wife and
six children i not counting the inother
ln-law) should have at least seven
tlmi s im much 'ncome as the woman
who has no one to support but her?
self. Then, if this man has to support
n wife and six children on $100 per
month, doesn't It sound equally -is
feasible thai *thc woman should be
satisfied with her over proportion of
$11 per month? Bui Is she satisfied?
If you are in any doubt about It, just ,
mention this conclusion to one of the
coquettish hobble skirts, and "f you
live through the vortex of Ironical j
eruption which will Immediately eman I
ate from the nowhere Into everywhere,
you will forever after know her sen-,
liinents on this and many other po'ntsl
The writer knows whereof bespeaks
realise experience Is a wonderful '"
vention). having recently had the very
great privilege of meeting n most
charming lady from Rulaskl, whom he
had not se n for eighteen years, Their
renewed acquaintance was the result
of his calling one evening, wll'ch to
him was a most enjoyable occasion.
l-ith one slight exception. While it
Is always a pleasure to meet our nlmn
maters after a long separation, and to
talk over youthful reminiscences, still
no mnn lUtes the idea of being out?
witted In an argument, especially by
ft genuine stiff ragefte.
It did not take long somehow to
disclose the fact that he was lust
single and she was not, so they soon
"drapt" that subj"et. But anyhow
they found many Interesting topics to
discuss, and all seemed to be going
well, and they were both improving,
on short acquaintance. Tho trend of
conversation pretty soon shifted fron.
Virginia to Reno, .. Nov., fand that
looked encournglng to him!). They
came on back by Snlt I^ike citv, ami
viewed the conditions there fpollt'
, cally. of rDurse), and It was at, this
po'nt they d'scovcrid that their pol'
lies differed, and?(fee whir.!?In a few
minutes they ha<i circumnavigated the
rntlre political world, end |l wu?.i
proven conclusively, beyond the shall?
ow of a doubt (In her estimation) that
the one salvation for the nation was
the ballot for woman. |
This twentieth century femalt fever i
for the ballot can in no wise be hc- ,
credited to her superior intellect, ex- \
traordlltary erudition or the evolution
of the age. but is merely the out J
growth of the anarchy of dreams, and'
the restless elements of opinion?. ;
which throughout every region of de?
bate moid themselves eternally, like1
th- billowy sands of the desert. Into
towering columns, eoar upward 10 i
g'ddy altitude, then stalk about for n
minute, all aglow with Aery color, ind
Anally nnmold and disllmn with a
collapse ns sudden as the motions of
that eddying breeze under which their
vaporous architecture had arisen.
These creatures are born with In?
herent privilege of discursiveness, and
i have no scruples whatever about step?
ping aside from their would-be, self
imposed political dull, s. nnd 'n the
same neglectful manlier (which Is so
Characteristic of mort of those woo
are enamored with the riu.il BijT
frage fad) they will participate with
e?iual zeal in the next peculiar folly
which happens to be Inaugurated.
Man and woman are tempor?r: heirs
to this world and tire placed here In
the old ship Of state to enjoy reclpro
cal love and frtcndsh'p. It was lira I
ordained that tho noblest sphere of
woman should hi that Of mother, and
hav ?? knowledge; the man a father, and
1 have superior wisdom nnd power; the
; functions of the mother to teach and
l?e a rudder; the father to move and
be an oar or sail. Hut the-., suf-;
tragettea want to annul the old code
and make an amendment whereas they!
can run the whole sh'p. or sink. The)
ev.ti defy St. Paul to en:.- back hero
and write any more of his sentiments!
concerning women1 (I Cor. xlv. 311. So i
In this dilemma, what must we do'?i
Her.- la the solution: Elect Woodrow
I Wilson President of the United States.
This will sot the ship to going right1
and keep the nation from shipwreck.
And In conclusion, this (to woman);
"With all their faults. I want one i
Still." FLU VAN N A.
1 Ashland.
The Cadets nt Newmarket,
"Sleeping, but glorious.
Dead in Fame's portal,
load, but victorious:
"Dead, but Immortal."?
?James IJarron Hope.
She came in the early morning,
when the sun gave his tlrst kl.ss to
the tops of the trees which shadow.-.I
their graves, her arms filled with
blooms all fire and snow?liowers such
ns grew In the old-time gardens of t!i i
land they had loved and died for. I
They were none of her kindred, and i
many summers had waked joyously
and many winters grown drear and :
hoary since they had been laid to I
rest, but her tears fell upon tho i
gras? green above them.
"Why do you cry, mother?" ask-(I
the child clinging to her gown.
"Because of the young lives cut]
Rhort," she said, "for they were but ',
boys?Loys?and for the mothers that
lost them, and for the cause they died |
for?for that was lost, ton." |
"And why do you bring the white |
flowers?" i
"They stand ns emblems of tltit
cause."
"And why do you lay there the rod I
blooms?"
"Because the flowers' fiery hearts I
burn like their young valor nnd like ]
the blood "f battles ami the wine of j
remembrance,"
.IANT.Y HOPR MARK.
Lexington, Vn.-, May 16, 1807.
Unearned Wealth,
Who Is so lost as he whom Fortune;
takes
To her cold heart? Convention Slay
eth soon
Ills very Soul, nnd fairest Friendship
makes
A mockery of what Is llfo's best
boon.
EDMOND FONTAINE.
CharlTtlesvllle. January 'JO. 1900.
ASHLAND NEWS NOTES
( Special to The Times-Dispatch.1
Ashland. Y:i? May 19.?Major Fred
I Smith, of Capo Colony, South Africa,
was the recent guest of Professor and
Mrs. It. B. Smlthcy. Mr. Smith U the
I son of the late Governor William
Smith, popularly known as "Extra
j Hilly," and left Virginia soon after
the Civil War. and this I his first
I visit to his old home.
The Ashland Choral Club, COmpOSOd
of forty members, which has been
I doing such faithful wotk under tho
efficient leadership of J, O. Sale, wjth
I Mrs. Willinm McGIll Lasher ns nc
companist, during the past winter,
sang Stalner's "Crucltlxlon" In Ran
dolpti-Macon Chapel Friday night.
Richard Solnsbury, of Richmond, di?
rected It, and A. W. -Mr.rtlnsteln nr.d
F, E. Tucker, of Richmond, sang the
[solo parts. Tho singers are hlghl)
praised for their splendid rendition or
i the music.
About MO was collected here Thurs
? 'lny by tho women in charge of --Reil
Day' for the Home fot Incurables.
j Captain H F. Hand spent a few days
i wltli his wife ut the Henry Clay inn
: last week.
1 Miss Herta Washington, of Caroline
I county, is the guest of Mrs. Janus
I Cox.
I Mr. and .Mrs. John Foster .leckson.
j of Richmond, are spending the week
[ end with Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Shop
! herd.
Miss Margaret Cln.wr.lng is vis'llis
I her cousin, Mrs. W. I.. Foy.
Miss Conde RrMges leave,! Wedries
. day for Galvaston, Tex., to spend tnreo
! months with her aunt. Mr*. Moll e It.
I Rosonburg.
, Miss Elolte Robinson, of Richmond.
, has returned home, after ,t visit to
j Miss Martha Hughes.
, The announcement has teen tnsdo
j that Professor I. F. Lewis, of it.t .
i dolph-Macon College, has been sec :..
? i,y the Johns Hopkins University, of
'Baltimore, to give a ? pcc:ui coufsu In
I bacteriology at that Institution rie .t
i eprlng. Thefc course will last ten
Weeks, and has been so arranged that
: the work In biology nt Randolph
I Macon win not be interfered with.
Miss Louise Miller has gone to
I Pittsburgh. l?a.', to visit friends for
I two weeks.
Mrs. Haiti.- Hunn. of Gordonsvllle,
; Is visiting relative:; h ? re.
j Miss Helen Hcrrlnk has returned to
! her home t Westhampton, after a
visit to Mrs. Fisher Ragland.
Dr, S. C Hatcher Is away for sev?
eral days on business.
Miss Antic Mary.- went with a party
of friends to Jamestown on Saturday.
Mrs. Saiiie Penn Gregory and her
granddaughter, Miss Sura Card well,
celebrated their birthday on .Saturday
In the home of W. I >. Cardweil. Mrs.
i Gregory was at home to her friends
in the afternoon from I to 7. Among
those who called wer.- Mr. und Mrs.
C. I'. Card well, Mrs. Gcorgo Haw, Mrs.
I Keith Taylor, Mrs. Mortal!. Mrs. Bal
1 lard. Mr. nnd Mrs. 1 nerton Howard,
i Mr. and Mrs. Edward Winston, of Han
! ov. r; Mesdamea II. C. Scott. R. H.
; Blackwell, J. a Hughes. Blakey, Fleet.
, Mr. and Mrs. William Shelton; Miss, :!
Ethel Howard, Anne Herndon, Mary
I Haw. Rattle ami I.ivy Leak.-.
' In the evening Miss Sara Card well
entertained her friends, ami her guests
; Included Misses Kaih.rine Kent, Page
Nixon. Louise Miller, Martha Hughes,
..argie Hiker, Mamie Duncan, Ethel
; Howard, Clarke Hoofnagle, Ruth
, Blakey, Sara and Elise Cardwell;
Messrs. Kussel Scott, Frank Haue,
Charles Stebblna, Luther Hartsook,
Walter Sydnor, John VYlghtman, An?
drew Kills. Edward Goodwin, Henry
Ellis, Alien Chencry, Campbell Tuck
< r, Charles Truman, of Richmond.
j PROFESSUR GREBS RE-I3*UECTI5D.
! Will lie Superintendent or Durham City
Schools Another Vcnr.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Durham, N. <"., May 10.?At a meet?
ing of the City Graded School Hoard
yesterday Professor G. .1 Green was
1 unanimously re-elected superintendent
j of the city schools. The other officers
I elected were General J. s carr, chair?
man; W. II. Hogers, auditor; M. II.
Jones, secretary. Tho toachers will be
elected at the June meeting.
Tin- county Democratic primaries to
eleol delegates to the county Demo?
cratic convention on Saturday next
were held throughout the county und
j In this city yeaterday afternoon. All
Indications point to the fact that the
mn'ority of the delegates selected are
Underwood men. it Is not Improbable
that the Pemorrats of this county will
send a delegation to the State conven?
tion favorable to Underwood, und per?
haps Instructed for him. The fight was
between the Alabamian and Woodrow
Wilson, the other two prominent can?
didates coming in for only a small
portion of the precinct preference.
The Board of City Aldermen will
hold their mldmonth meeting to-mor?
row evening, t is apw generally un?
derstood that at this meeting tho
Board wdll be presented with 0 potl
. tion asking for the enforcement of the
curfew law In this city. ThU act'nn
Is backed by a great many people.
Including the ministers and the police.
\ Complaint Is made that too many lads
roam the streets at night, bang'ng
around the moving picture shows, beg?
ging for tin- price of ndmlsslon. and
Infesting the drug stores._
National State and
City Bank
Richmond. Virginia,
Solicits Your Account.
I Cuul tub*1.000,000, Surplus, $000,000?