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MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1912.
SPEAKER BYRD'S RETIREMENT.
The announcement of Mr. Speaker
gtlchard Evelyn Byrd that his poli?
tical service Is at tin end wljl be met
throughout the Commonwealth of vir-1
gtnla with unfeigned regret. The!
TTImey-Dlspatch has not always been i
In accord wlt.1i Mr. Byrd, but it j
recognizes in him a power lor con- j
ytructlve leadership nnd a zealous dc-j
f:|re to sec the old Dominion march j
?.breast of the other States of the
Vnlon In the front Tank of progress.
Not content with the present order.
Mr. Byrd fought vigorously for the
adoption of policies which would en
Jnrge the welfare of the people of
Virginia and endow thorn with cfflcl
*nt government based on progressive j
principles. In his battle for cnllgn-;
tened legislation, he gave no quarter j
to the demagogues who have retard- j
it! the development and the advance-!
me.nt of Virginia by taking the name
?f the people in vain. His was an
Intellectual leadership. He was no
mere passive parliamentarian In the
office of Speaker; he was a real lead?
er of Intelligent Initiative and cease?
less vigor. Often he strove etng'.c
r.ar.ded. but always ably nnd aggres?
sively.
When It takes the measure of the |
Tr.er. who will contend for his other,
The Times-Dispatch realizes all the
f.cre the loss to the Commonwealth
caused by Mr. Byrd's retirement. The
retiretng Speaker was no demagogue;
he realized thnt he wns legislating I
nc't alone for the county of Fredorlclc j
nnd the city of Winchester, but for I ^
the whole of a great State. He Joined,
himself with the forces that strug-;'
pled for better government, and he i
?did not put hlnjoelf In opposition to,
them, like so many of the lesser so
called leaders of the House. With'
might and main, he fought for the1'
equalization of taxation In Virginia,
end to his leadership is due much of
the credit for the creation of the State I
Tax Commission which narrow self
Ishnesa and shirking of duty caused
to be discontinued. He strove for
adequate primary legislation, for far
??ightot educational legislation, and
his vote was generally on the side of
progress. Any measure that pro- :
moted economy and efficiency In gov?
ernment commanded his support at i
once.
The Tlmcs-DlEpatch don not com- ,
mend all of Mr. Byrd's record, but It
r. ntr.ibers him. as tho people of Vir?
ginia will remember him. as a con?
structive leader, a student of govern?
mental progress and a formidable
champion of measures making for tho
public good. As a debater, he was
unmatched In the GenerM Assembly,
n.= a presiding, officer for three tt rms
In the House, his decisions were In?
stantaneous^ . -Impartial and wise; as
a legislator,* he was Informed nnd
t.-onstructlve. He went Into legisla?
tive combat armed as only a rtuoer.l
of government can be armed, and he
put many a bill through tho House by
sheer force of his convincing logic
He realized that his was an oppor?
tunity for leadership, nnd he led. Ho
knew that there were policies that
the State ought to adopt, and he'
sought to have them adopted. Ho
tired his office well and made It more!
than a place of passive honor, nnd In
him the people of Virginia lose aj
Servant' who In many things wrought
Splendidly for their welfare and for,
their progress.
CAPTURING THE CVflOMXIANS.
If there Is any one th'ng that Rich-1
zno'nd spirit car. do better than tin-;
other, surmounting the Insurniount- I
able is that thing. "Everybody's go-!
In, to Richmond'." yelled hundreds or
men and women at the convention of!
the Hardware Association of the Caro-!
Unas at Charleston last week, despite
the fact that that association had re?
corded Itself overwhelmingly against
going to Richmond and had never be?
fore decided to meet without the pale1
o?" the two Carolinas. The Richmond
boosters wrnt to the City by tho Sea
to bring the Carolinians home with'
them next year, and they did. despite
the fact that thf>t was the very thing
the- hardware folks had solemnly re
solved should not be done. The Rich?
mond boosters made such an Impres?
sion on the association that -the iif,>
lutlon against going to Richmond iviv
rescinded, and when General Manager
Dabney, of the Chamber of Commerce,
rpoke by way of invitation, he receiv?
ed the most enthusiastic applause
given during the Convention, accord?
ing to the Charleston News and
Courier.
The achievement of the apparently
impossible spells nothing but good for
Richmond. The tiroac-gauged and un
eelflJh spirit of the hardware men In
f-vrrslr.r; themselves and deciding to
come here is wisely appreciated,
and when the Carolinians come
to Richmond the warmth of their
welcome and the cordiality of
the|r reception will Indicate to them
fcon>i measure of the gratitude of Rich
^ Thta will be the most import
ant convention which has met hero In
years. Tho Hardware Association will
be the Mecca for all the hardware men
of Virginia, who will nttor.d the con?
vention to learn of th6 progressive
methods and the advnn.-ed principles
of their organized brethren from the
Carolinas. Tho session hero will bo
beneficial alike to tho visitors and to
the business Intrrcsts of Richmond. It
will result In a splendid Inflowing of
trade from the Tarheel and Palmetto
States, and will establish a commer-j
dal bond of mutual value to the three
States. Such conventions Increase
vastly our trado with our neighbors'
and contribute to the growth of Rich?
mond and the expansion of Its busi?
ness.
IlltOAI) STREET PAVEMENTS. |
The proposal to widen the pave-!
ments on Broad Street in connection
with the construction of the new road-i
way, outlined In a letter printed else?
where on this page, should be carried,
cut. The ? odvantages are manifold;'
and the wprk should bo done while j
the street Is being repaved. Richmond
v 111 not be content until Broad Street
in all respects Is a btautiful. Impres?
sive modern boulevard. The street Is
used more every day for a popular
parado. and is often inconveniently
i rowded. As the city grows, this con?
gestion will Increase until added room
for pedestrians will have to bo secur?
ed. It Is the part of wisdom to pro?
vide for this trnvel now.
As'de from tho benefits of better ,
service and it liner street, this Im- ,
provemrnt. ns Mr. Schmidt points out.
would have a tendency to develop the ,
north side of Broad Street and to cn- i
hnnco property values on both sides.
By bringing the. two parts of the ?
street closer together, tho wider walks
would Influence people to use both!
tildes, ;nnd the. now divided halves
would become a serviceable unit. The'
buildings that will he erected on this; .
thoroughfare will be larger and taller, ,
and will demand a wider passageway] ,
in front of them both for the greater],
volume of travel, and fcr the remoter! ,
ends of attractiveness. Other cities! ]
have already learned of this necessity]]
nnd are malting greater allowances]
for sidewalk space. I ,
According to this stiegest Ion. the use'j
of granolithic walks of seven fret
greater width thnn now employed, will j ,
be an economy In paving the street.i,
The improvement will rcduco the total L
cost of smooth paving the street. I j
Moreover, the piping. conduits nndL
other subsurface utilities can be laid ,
under the wider walks, r.nd so bo rend-? (
ered more accessible frr repair* orj j
connections. Openings made In thei.
pavement can be easily made nnd],
cheaply replaced without injury to the'j
whole surface of the street.
The need of this step has beenjs
shown by previous efforts to have the,
sidewalks widened. The value to the! (
whole community is obvious. Now that 11
the cost of the change will reduce the|(
whole expense of the paving, nnd the
work Is done nt tho fame time with j
no great inconvenience, and at the
same time help In maintaining a per-!
feet street, the Council should take;
advantage of this opportunity to ad'li
the finishing touch to what will he one!'
of the finest retail thoroughfares In
the country.
TUB OPPOBTI MTV OP THE DEMO- I <
CH AT It PAltTV. t
The breaking up of party lines. ! I
the increase of Independent voting, {|
a feeling of protest against the old <
parties (which, more than actual he- ! i
lief In socialism, has Increased pome- 1
what the Socialist vote.', are obvious ?
to every one. The distrust of tho i
men who have long guarird in tho J !
Senate tho special Interests of pro- 11
te'ted Indus tries has hen the prim- J
ary cause of the successful agitation I t
for the popular election of Senators. ] '
Tiie slowly gathering, but inevitable.!'
wave of Indignation which has come j
from every class, freni every pnrt of ]
tho country, against the abuses of |
our high tariff is surely destroying!'
the political party which has made j
Its'"name of recent years a synonym]
of protectionism, nnd it Is as surely ! ,
sweeping Into power the. Democratic
party, which has had the courage at
last to gland for a real downward
revision of the tariff.
Owing to causes beyond the* con- j'
trol of farmers or consumers, the
jirlees of agricultural products have '
been steadily rising. The growth ot !
our cities an 3 our Industrial commun?
ities, the depletion of the farming
population nnd farm labor, nnd the
consequent Increase of demand with- ^
out a corresponding Increase of sup- j
ply of farm products have rauscd h\y>
prices for articles of ordinary con- 1
sumption. In such situations In tho \
l ast It has been argued that high i
prices due to n law of dlrninlshlu;; ',
returns might be compensated for by!
an equal or greater re inction In tho I
prices of manufactured or Imported
goods. This avenue of compensation j
has been ekscd to the American peo- I
pic by a high protective tariff. It h-?? !
shut us off from i< ultimate competl
lion, and enabled combinations, she!- I
Stored behind the tariff, to keep prices!
, at an artificial level,
j After many years of hesitation and
? some lach of courage, the Democratic
Tarty h;;s at leM taken a decisive I
attitude In favor of the reduction of I
tariff duties, unl has found the eoun- !
try unmistakably' behind It. In thei
past. th< .l'vrr leaders of the op-',
position have shielded the tariff and'
i manoeuvred Hie Democratic party
' out of position by securing tho coign
of vantage before the business public
on Important business Issues' stich
an money'. Ho long at; tlu great busi?
ness class could be persuaded that
.the Democrats could noi bo trusted on
{the subject of money, the tariff re?
mained untouched. It makes no dif?
ference to tho results ot the past
I whether the Democratio party was
I right or wrong. The political fact is
that tho opposition made this point to
\ the voter and remained In power. For
: good or for 111. that money question
. has been settled, and tho great now
[ production of gold has burled it for
over. So bo It; let the dead past
; bury its dead.
Now, a new era has dawned for
the Democratic party. While tho op?
position Is torn l>y internecine war,
fighting within their own ranks, the
Democratic party finds ltsolf united,
harmonious, enthusiastic in its be?
lief In success. Its record since It
was given control over the lower
house has been one of masterly
leadership nnd constructive legisla?
tion. The tariff has properly been
made a loading Issue. But In order
to put tho voters of tho great busi?
ness classes solidly behind It, and to
prevent Its being again manoeuvred
out of position, one moro masterly
step must be taken. Can the party
bo trusted to give the country con?
structive les'slatlon on now problems
that have arisen?
The business public lias been for
years writhing and suffering from
panics duo to ah antiquated banking
nnd credit system. While there has
been a prodigious Increase in our ex?
changes of goods and In our foreign
trade, our banking and cred't system,
built fifty years ago. remains practi?
cally unchpnged. Here is a brand
new money problem, entirely discon?
nected with any of the old struggles
uf the past. Can tnc Democratic
party rise to the responsibility? Can [
It be trusted to give the country tho \
most important piece of constructive (
logialat'on demanded by our business j
men since the Civil War: It Is a non- i
partisan Issue. But Is the party In?
telligent enough to see It? The coun?
try is undoubtedly anxious to sec.
Supposedly the jparty wishes votes,
the support of the masses of honest:
merchants, farmers and laborers, who
suffer poignantly from every paroxysm
of credit, followed by prostration ot;
business and loss of employment to
labor.
If tho Democratic party has the
necessary Insight Into this practical
problem, and tho constructive ability
to solve it by suitable legislation, Uj
will take this pne additional step |
tvhlch will prevent the opposition j
from again manoeuvring It out of
">cstih>n on a new monetary question, i
Dr Will it weakly leave the key to
no strategical position unoccuple.t, j
>nly to bo taken up by the enemy?!
it cannot dodge the issue. The busl-]
loss men all over tho country are i
iroused and ask relief. No political
ockcylng will sufllcc. Not to art at
ill. is to dccldo the case against It?
self. To refuse to act is a conten?
tion of Inability to meet an Impera?
tive duty, and tho publli will Judge
accordingly. If the party wishes the
'onnrtonce of the country, shilly-shal?
lying, half-way measures will not do.
It must meet the issue fairly and!
squarely. Strangely enough, U scetr.s
llfflcult for the public men of this j
;ountry to realize that courage Is
l great political n?sot.
With the chance now that It Is
safely Intrenched on the tariff ques-j
lion, to show the country that.lt is'
:ompetent to solve an entirely now |
?urrency and credit problem, the i
democratic party has before It the'
greatest opportunity In fifty years to j
?stahiish itself (Permanently in the
ronfidcr.ee of nn enterprising ami
?>usy nation. More than that, as the
lew era opens. It is the hour to in
1'cate that there Is no North, no t
South, In these affairs of business: i
tnd that the seasoned leaders of the
iouth should again he welcomed to ?
he wise management of the nation
h the highest offices bestowed by a
united people.
SEI l RE EXPERT ADVICE.
For the sake of giving tho city a',
~'.enr knowledge of the efficiency of Its
-iehool system, as well as for tho sake !
of juMlco to the Investigated School!
Board and its superintendent. The'.
rimes-Dispatch urges that expert edu?
?vat?rs from other cities be brought
liere to give an expert opinion upon
the present school curriculum This',
matter should be settled once and foi
ill. It should not bo settled upon tho
testimony of Interested parties, t-'tneei
the question has arisen ns to whether
the schools are rendering the best sor-j
vice to tho community. It Is tho part ol j
wisdom to get clear and unbiased evi?
dence upon the matter from those v. ho
by training and experience are qualified j
to speak.
We do not think, nor h.in the evidence
thus far presented to the Council com?
mittee showed, that the subjects taught
III Richmond and the methods used nie
widely different from those recognized
elsewhere us bost BUltOd for training
the average child for modern lit<. But
li is possible that local conditions can
be improved by the Criticism of techni?
cal experts. Whether, these exports
suggest radical changes or r.ot. their
i ommonts will throw light on the
whole situation. They win net a stand?
ard by which our own achievements can!
be measured. Most Important of all, i
they will assure the city of the actual!
facts in the rase. The witnesses here- I
totoro examined have presented no
unanimous opinion as to what defocti
exist in thr- curriculum, if iionc do
eilst, disinterested outsiders can be
rolled upon to announce this fact. II
defects Jo exist, they will be equally
leaoy to proclaim them
.it if about time; for the weather man
to nn.Mitre for Democratic, weather In
the vicinity '.f Washington on March
?I next;
The cruelty of extlnp'.ul'hifig a fly
!i< not half so.gieat ns that which
would ?pure ;i germ-carrying tly to
extinguish a baby.
On the Spur of the Moment
By Roy K. Moulton
Tho New Punier Skirt.
Have you Been the lady hobblo
With a dizzy eort of wobble
Down the thoroughfare attracting.
In a manner nlbst exacting.
Much attention with her latest
Bummer tad, the I'anlor ?klrt?
Have you socn her start and totter
bike paralysis had get hor?
Have you seen' her list and f tagger
In her tight attire so swagger,
Just as though she found thai
walking In the new crcatlor.
hurt?
i
Have you paused to look and wonder
l.cok und wonder how In t'jundor
She Is going Co travel gully
In the crowd that lingers dally
In tho swirling, seething whirlpool
at the bargain counter sale?
How will she, so tightly hoppled.
Keep from being rudely toppled.
Keep from being rushed and shunt?
ed,
Hauled about and dragged and bunt?
ed.
Crushed and trampled In a man?
ner that Would turn n soldier
pale?
It Will bo IVe height Of folly
For her to pursue a trolley.
Making It by Jumps and slipping
And upon her new skirt tripping.
Just as gracefully us any Ironbound
dill pickle keg.
To the crowd 'twill ho d'vertlng,
Though to her quite disconcerting,
When *hc lands upon her Marcel
An aggrieved and battered parcel.
But Its stylish, and she'll wear It
If she has to break n leg.
I'rom the Illckeyvllle Clarion.
Elmer Jones has returned from the
races down to thu city. It took him
only two hours and a half to get down
tl-.ere, but it look him two dnya and a
half to get back. Elmer says Ifs a
wonder? tho ralliyoad companies wouldn't
arrange their ties different. They are
too close together to take one at a
step and too far apart to take two.
Hod Smith and Hank Purdy expect
to go to the circus down to the city.
Hud Hicks expected t<? go with them,
but.he fell off'n the wagon so hiird
lasl week that he won't he able to be
around for thirty days.
Ans? Frlaby says his oatmoblle al?
ways runs fine when he Is In It alone,
but when he Is tryln' t?. show It off
It develops everything from the blind
rtaggers to the whooping cough.
William nilllkjci. our grocer, ha."
rrlve $.",iir, to have a stained glass win?
der put in the church in his memory,
but Grandma Blbblns says that scums
like n waste of money as William's
memory will probably he stained
enough so that folks W'il remember it
without plcterln' it out on a winder.
William weighs In hU hand with every
pound of tea, whli h Is cheaper than
givln' souvenirs.
Amos Hunks, our pf.pular livery,
feed and sales stablea proprietor, al?
so undertaking and folding chairs for
funerals, says since the advent of the
Oatmoblle his livery business is just
about ruined, and he has to depend
on the funerals for .1 livin'. But there
I? one sweetly soUmn thought and
that is that so long as the oatmobiles
keep busy tho undertakln* business
will be good.
Personal,
Voung Man?We l.nvc read your let?
ter carefuily, and noted >our coin
plaint. No. we do not think that you
are egotistical. We think it is a case
of Inflammatory self-consciousness
You can't Interest the young lady In]
you while you talk about yourself.;
Talk about h- r. you "chump.
Percy?We wouldn't advise you to]
get married on 16 a week, hut you
might try it. You can get along the
first week rr two all right If you
have $1.">0 saved up In the bank.
G, T. R.? \ legislature Is so called
because It (iocs about everything hut
legislate.
Subscribe! ? A person of an analy?
tical turn o: mind may lie a gentleman,
a scholar and a philanthropist, but he
never has many close friends.
Voice of the People ?
Woman's Influence.
To the Eciltor of The Tlmes-Dlspatch:
Fir,?In your I'.iper of June S was
a letter from Emma 1* Coy. It Is
about the same lot of beautiful senti?
ments we have been reading lately
of the "unnoticed power behind the
throne."
1 would like for Emma E. Guy to i
explain n few things that always
puzzle me when I rend a letter of that
kind.
If the women of any class of people
hnve not Just r.s much time to read
tr-.f papers and inform themselves of
their country'.- needs r.s the men. then
there must be something very wrong
with the men Would not It be better
for the men to i-hare some of those
"heavy responsll illtles?" What do you
say!
That picture of Coriolanns and.
his mother Is very touching, but that
is j-isit one son thnt heard the prayfrj
<M Iiis inothei . nee; How many sons j
can you And now that are break?
ing the hearts of mothers; of husbands
that haw wrecked the happiness of
wife and r. en? Whiskey Is the
cause more than six- times out of ten;
and that Is llcensod, made and sold bv j
man! When "woman's Influence"]
there? ]
Y.-.u speak of -home" ns if It wai
the abode ol woman only Has thai
n an no pla< ere? Ought the wo- ]
man reign supreme? And by reign
Ing you seem lo imply that she must
ri live t. ..? .Vherever you see a red
header Itepui ncan tner's talk o' a
dark hOIS,
THE THIN RED LINE OJ?'~B$$t^yr?
By John T. MoCut?fateon.
CCcvjrhrott 1943: By John T. MoOntoheooJ rs.w.<w.vVj
do nil the work. What Is wotn.m'J
work, anyway? Where does it start
;or stop? The best answer I have
ever Kotten Is that "She must do that
which man docs not want to do" There
are numbers of cases of wlserc the
husband does not tell the wife any?
thing about his business, because he
does not think It Is a woman's work,
lie dies, and she Is left with no
more Idea of business than a baby.
Sometimes she weathers tho Storni:
sometimes she does not. Was that
. husband right?
1 a'm not married: perhaps I never
will lie. Where am 1 to reign queen?
In some school room at a starvation
wage? Women cannot be principals
J of the high sebools, because they can?
not manage the boys. Will you no
| tlce tho woman's Influence there?
Home? Yes! Hut let It be n Place
I for father, mother, brother and Slater.
You say that "many a mother has.
jafter years' of untiring devotion anil
patient discipline, trained her son to
noble manhood." Will you tell me
where was that hoy's father all those
j years? Did he have no right or pleas?
ure In the son that was being trained?
: When Jones Introduces his noble son
? to friend Brown he does not sny.
"This Is Mrs. Jones's son, but "This
1? my son." Why Is that?
When noble son Is out In the world
,nnd married will he leave the train*
, Ing of his son entirely to his wife?
Has he no more responsibility In the
welfare of his family than to help pro?
vide food, clothes nnd shelter for
them? Does the husband owe no
.duty to the wife; the son no duty to
the mother? To my notion, you are
taking the man's responsibilities and
; giving them to the woman. Of course
, she would bo heavily burdened, poor
thing:
If you will Inquire Into the matter,
il am sure you will find that the suf
'fragtsts do not have the making of
the styles. And I have noticed that
the majority of women who go to the
extreme In styles would look at yon
with holy horror if you mention the
subject of voting to them. If you
[will look back at the old styles of any
1 generation you will find some lust ns
ugly and ridiculous as any wo have
now.
You imply that the ballot box r.^fl'
to be "absterged of Its Impurity."
How did It got so Impure? Was It
women's Influence? Then how ran you
expert any better of them In the fu?
ture? Again. If It was not the wo
tnnn. how do you think she can remedy
an evil which she knows nothing
about? The papers are full of the
corrupt dealings of political men. from I
the county officers up. Are they all
old bachelor.', and are their mothers |
dead? Where, oh. where Is that "wo- j
man's Influence"?
BESSIE GOODMAN
Cumberland.
Widen nroad Street Pevcments.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir.?The City Council has appro?
priated |50,000 nnd approved a con?
tract at $2.."il per square yard tor lay?
ing smooth pavement In the roadbed of
Broad Street, west of Tenth Street. It
is estimated that with this appropria?
tion the smooth pavement can be laid
from Tenth to Third and Broad Streets, j
Several years ago W. T. Dahnry. bus?
iness manager of the Hichmon.1 Cham- j
bcr of Commerce, advocated widening
the sidewalks on Broad Street. This
was not acted upon favorably at that
time, possibly for the reason that It
would have Incurred a very great ex?
pense to the city. The City Council
should now act promptly and favorably
on the widening of the sidewalks on
Broad Street for the following reasons:
It would greatly Improve the ap
penrance of the street, which has be?
come a great premenr.de at dnv and
night, and particularly the south side
or Broad Street at certain hours of the
day is very congested.
Business houses that are being erect?
ed on Broad Street are larger, tailor
and more Inmoelng than those hereto?
fore existing, and would be set off by
wider sidewalks. As nn example of
tlio Improvement in appearance wider
sidewalks would make. I direct your
attention to' our City Hall. The pave?
ments In front of the east and west
side of the City Hall building arc very
w.lde as compared to the pavements on
Broad nnd Capitol Streets. Although
the Cnpltol and Broad Street sides of
the building are larger by 100 per cent.,
the east and west sides of the building
are very much more Imposing on ac?
count of the very much wider sidewalk.
By widening tho sidewalks on both
sides of Broad Street, say about seven
fe. i. making them In all about twenty
live feet wide, it would have the ten?
dency of bringing both the north and
south side of Broad Street nearer to?
gether, nnd with tho smooth paving In
the roadbed, ladles and other pedes?
trians who object so strenuously to
walking neross tho Irregular cobble?
stones would be attracted by the .smooth
paving ani the nearness of tho oppo?
site sidewalk to the north side of Broad
Street. This would have tho tendency
of dividing the crowd between the two
sides of Broad Street, In addition to
bringing many other people on Broad
Street on account of Its beauty and
spacious sidewalks. If this would bo
true, and for other very apparent rea-.
sons, largo merchants would consider
the north aide of Brond Street as a good
location for their business houses and
would locnte there. At present the dif?
ference In the valuation of the north
and south side of Broad Street is about
In tho ratio of two to five... If lai go
and more nubstantlal business hounos
were to locate on tho north aido ot
Sroad Street it would gradually have
the tendency of Increasing' tho valua?
tion on the north Bide of liroud Street.
This, of course, would Inure to the ben?
efit of the cliy by way of Increased lax
receipts on the enhanced values ol the
properly.
Aside from any other reason, from
the standpoint of economy, the City
Council should seriously consider the
advantage of widening the sidewalks,
it will he necessary before laying the
unooth paving in the roadbed to le?
set all the curbstones. The curb?
stones could, without any extra ex?
pense, be set seven feet further In
the roadbed. Then the cost of the
granolithic pavement within the seven
teet would b? about (1.26 per yard,
a* compared to the price of J.'.Si per
yard for the smooth paving In the
roadbed, or a total of approximately
J'..."><jy saving In the seven blocks, or
about enough to pay tor smooth pav?
ing another block.
The sewera that have recently hern
put in Broad Stieet are located with?
in the seven feet that It Is pro?
posed to widen the sidewalks. Or, In
other words, the present sewers would
t>e under the sidewalk neur the curb,
so that In the future, when It becomes
necessary to repair the sewer or make
Connections to the sewer to new
buildings, only a small section of the
granolithic pavement will be destroy?
ed in order to reach the Hewer, which
tun be replaced at a cost not ex?
ceeding J1.J5 per yard, and In many
cases one or two yards would he s:!
tiilcnt to remove, and this granolithic
pavement can be replaced as good ai
the original pavement, and would not
leave Irregular surface; whereas, should
the city not widen the sidewalks, 't
would be necessary to remove the
smooth paving, which costs $2.61 a
yard, against 11.26 for the granolithic
sidewalk, and In a very few eases
would It be possible tO r. place the
smooth paving so as not to leave
irregular surface- in the roadbed. I
understand that additional conduits
for electric cables will have to be
placed In Broad ritreel In the very
near future. These conduits couid
be placed within the proposed exten?
sion of seven feet in the sidewalk, and
would lie eiifiy of access, as in the
ease with the sewer. If U 'is possd
ble to lay tile smooth paving In Broad
Street and provide for ail underground
I work under the sidewalk, way should
noi tlie city take up this question and
act on it promptly, so that the smooth
paving could he laid in Broad Street
t and not he disturbed. The constant
digging up of our streets for va
rJoul reasons has done more harm
to the streets Bnd cost more In the
maintenance of the roadbed than the
actual traffic.
The business organizations and prop?
erty-owners of the city, and particu?
larly of Broad Street, should use their
best endeavors to present this mat?
ter to the city government, and to
urge upon .t tlie careful considera?
tion of the advantages of widening the
Sidewalks on Broad Street before the
smooth paving Is laid. This should
be done at once, as the contract for
the paving has practically been let
und the present city government re?
tires from office on September l. nnd
this question should be considered and
acted upon by It. In order to accom?
plish this, it will be necessarv that
some united action be taken at once,
and if possible a committee from the
various business organizations should
appear before the Strfct Committee
on .Monday night. June IT.
Respect fullv,
WM. C. SCHMIDT.
Regulate Motorists.
To the Editor of The Times - Dispatch:
Sir,?I nave just read with inter?
est sour editorial in to-day's Times
Dlspatch. "A Rural Solomon." and 1
marvel at your inconsistency. You sav
that reckless automobile driving is a
peril which the law curbs with little
success, and advocate jailing all vio?
lators, without discrimination as to
their social or financial position.
la It possible that you have desert?
ed your old plea of "regulation"? Why
not" regulate the motorists? We can?
not interfere with their personal lib?
erty. Make our laws read that one
motorist cannot lawfully kill more
than ten pedestrians, and as a penal?
ty for exceeding the allotted number
revoke his license. Also have a Clause
In the law fining any motorist who
inuires or kills n person between the
hours of G A. M. and .1 P. M . but
the remaining hours are for him to
speed as he chooses, and thereby in?
sure h's personal liberty.
Our officers should at once repeal
the nntlspeed laws and put laws on
our statute hooks that will not be
violated, as we cannot afford to make
criminals of honest nnd Influential Cit?
izens, who will speed their machines,
and regulation Is the only remedy,
and We will have to have our regula?
tion laws so that our citizens can
be killed lawfully. Also Impose a
high license so the state can have
a "revenue salve" for our politicians
to rub on the voters after refusing
them a vote on the speed question.
T. C. HARDY.
Church Road. Ya.
The DnuurhtcrM of Britain.
To the Editor of The Tlmes-Dlspatchi
Sir.?A number of women of Brit?
ish birth, resident in this country,
have formed ?n incorporated society
entitled "The Imperial Order, Daugh?
ters of the Empire (British) in the
T'nlted Stot?-<; of America."
The object of tills organization, as
set forth In Its constitution. Is "to
stimulate social und intellectual 'ti
tercoursc, good fellowship and philan?
thropy among women of British birth "
The order has the Indorsement of
the British ambassador at Washing?
ton and of the consul-general 'n New
York, and it Is already established
in five States with a steadily Increas?
ing membership.
It Is now desired to give greater
publicity to the existence of the so?
ciety in order to extend ltu sphere of
usefulness throughout the wholo
country.
The motive for this action at tho
present time Is to obtain the aid of
all British people In the Unitod Status
for the. establishment of o permanent
homo for nged and neody British men
and women, resident in their m'dst.
Thero ?re already applicants for
nntrance to suoh a homo, and the need
of those and their like, who have In
many Instances outlived their fr'ends
and rolatlvo? in tho Alsts?*, r.?.??? ?*
the empire from whence they came is
pressing and u win hu always with
The order Is now miking an earn?
est appeal for a fund of tlvO.000 with
which to purchase a property suUablu
lor thu home and to negh, us part al
endowment.
Although tho immediate object ot
our letter Is to direct public attention
to thU philanthropic undertaking, ami
Us need for financial assistance, the
general pood woik of ths order In
arouilng fellow-sympathy, mutual In?
terest and co-operation among Us
members should not pass unnoticed
S al meetings, where distinguished
v.sitors from other parts of me em?
pire may be welcomed and entertained,
jtave already been urrunged and will.
:t is hoped, form an Important fea?
ture.
Hitherto the phllanthioptc work of
tho ordei has been lor the most part
carried on Unobtrusively, although last
yeai ,ai sums Of money were de?
voted by chapters und members Indi?
vidually to assist their fellow-coun?
trymen in temporary straits. Buch
quiet work, which can be accomplish?
ed more efficiently through the inttm
mcntullty of the soi.ict\. is go'ng ji,
consta ntly,
Tho intellectual stimulus and awak?
ening, however, due 10 tho "iron
sharpening iron" of mutual Inter?
course, Is by no means the leust Im?
portant part of the work. Lectures
j are given, papers read, debates held.
; in addition to the social meetings, as
j Part of the usuul routine. In these
i ordinary social meetings moinbera di?
1 cover ? mutual" friends In distant parts
I of the world and renew the memoriei
j of former days in delightful fetro
' spect.
This Is a very Inadequate account
I Of a useful and truly benevolent or
i ganizatlon, which is now ardently dc
j slrous of becoming more widely known
[in order that it may Increase 'ts use?
fulness by uniting more closely those
! wlia are already Joined by the Strong
i tL.'j of race fttud kindred, and also that
at lhi? particular juncture It may ob?
tain all possible help in the establish?
ment of tlie much-needed home.
Messrs. Brown Brothers & Co.
Bankers. 53 Wall Street, New York
j City, have kindly consented to act :U
! treasurer anil to receive all COhtrlou
I Mona to the special fund for the Brit
, Ish home. All check?, donations and
subscriptions ?hould be sent to them,
j made out In the name of "The Imperial
Order, Daughters of the Empire.'
I We make thle statement with en?
tire confidence In th..- generous sup
: port which we know that thin long
I needed homo f'<r needy nnd aged Brit
? Ish men and women will receive from
many of your reader.", esperlally tho'e
who are connected hv the strong t*cs
,.f blood and friendship with the great
empire which holds such a cher'ehed
place In our hearts.
Thanking you 'or the courtesy which
admits us to your columns, I rema'n,
B. JOSEPHINE M LAN'OSTAFF.
Brooklyn. president.
\ QUERIES &
! ANSWERS
Ansplcioaa.
Will you be goo.l enough to give the
reason why our word "auspicious" has
the meaning we give It'.'
E. T. HUNT.
There Is no reason. Auspices were
presages deduced from those omens in
which the old Roman had more or less
confidence. Omens, the flight of birds,
the behavior of cattle, the blasting of
a tree by lightning, the appearing of
an object on the rlffht or on the left
and Innumerable others were Interpre?
ted by the harusplcp or augur, worthy
progenitor of our min i reader and
pslmtst. it is likely that this paltry
thlif commonly found his account In
; prophesying wh'it Isaiah en'.ls "smooth
thing:'." and so, by post-classieai times,
the Latin adjective (whence ours) had
grown to mean "fortunate," "lucVy,"
although auspices were In general ciulto
as likely to be unfavorable as not. Tho
term "ominous" hn* strayed In ixactly
the opposite direction. There Is no
reason why an omen should be bad
rather than good, yet In the English
usp and that of Latin writers not long
after Cicero's time, the adjective is
almost always employed in the senro
"of evil omen." as one sometimes says,
"ominous of a bad sign."
CnrnlHliInc; Wages,
Is it lawful to garnish the wages of
a person In Virginia If he Is getting
not more than $50 a month? SI.
It Is not.
An Adder-.?.
Win you publish for mc the address
of John D. Rockefeller?
NAULAKLA.
4 West Fifty-fourth Street, New'
York City.
Mnrrlnge In Virginia.
Must one be married in the same
county In which license Is obtained?
Must license be granted In homo county
of brlcio? How old must hrldo bo to
enable license to Issue without parents'
consent? How are the laws In the.
District of Columbia?
CONSTANT READER.
No. No. Twenty-one. Question isj
too general.
National State and
City iBank
ntchmnnri, Vlrclnln,
Solicits Tour Account
Capital, *i.ooo.ooa Hat-pins, ?igoo.ooq,
Beat by Test for forty years,