Skrf?m? lSapS> Bi^pofrh
Offio*.tU K. Main IM
?Milk llicamoed.MO* Hall stres'
PtUitburg B'J.'rtu.IM) N. Sycamore Street
Lrnrhburg Bure??. . S? Eighth Street
BT MAIL. On* Sis Three One
POsTA'iK PAID Teer Mus Mae. Mo.
Psl.j ?Ith Sunday.MO? U.M II U M
?tally without Sunday.4.0? IM tM .?5
Sunday itllMa only.IM IM M .1?
weekly (Wednesday!. IM M .M ...
Br Ttmea-Dlspstch Carrier PshVoiy Ser?
vice In nehmend (and ?uburt?) and Pe?
tersburg- One Week.
Cally with Funday.- ? rent a
DaU> without Sunday. 10 cents
buaJay only. ? SSOjM
Vntered January tt, hW. at Richmond. Vs.
? a second-clsaa mait.r under a<-t of I'onmM
of Ms-ch 3. lift.
t iTL'RDAI . N- ?\ l ?BEH '.">. !>?-? _
A.\ OPKH %IH W IIIMII, I IUI HU II
MOM?.
T'ii >?!!> school fersten ?rill t.ik< a
lent; .-tip forward srhen, on February
15, the first open air school In Rich?
mond Mill bo opened 0B ,n* roof or
tBO new Maoism School bill Ming. Its
pupils are to be those children who.
by heredity, environment or otherwise,
are of tubercular predisposition, al
though no active cases of consumption
srll] be admitted, since the school will;
rot be in any respect a hospital. Its
function is prev. ntlve rather than
curative. It will be simply a healthy
place for the teaching of the children
whose physical condition is such that
they ? ;.ni:ot remain In a close school?
room for many hours every day with-j
eut tea periling their health.
The City School Board, at Its' meet?
ing Thursday, approved the plan for:
the open air school. The idea was
broached last sptlng- by l>i Mose? D
H?ge, 'hen a member of the School
Board, but nothing was done. Dr.|
Lawrence T. Price, a new member off
the Loard, took up the proposition, andj
with the aid of his colleague. I>r.)
Charles R Robins, prevailed upon the'
School Board to set apart $1,000 for an]
experiment class in the open air.
Charles iL Robinson, architect ot the
new Madisop School building, ha*
off- red without charge to draft the
plans for arranging the roof for open
air school j.uiposes, with t!.- i.-.-ess.uy
Shelter of the latest type. The Rich
mor.d Education Association, intense?
ly Interested in the innovation, will
Supply foi the i.rst school not only the.
.Mi., d .ti.ii.k-. .?r "Eskimo suits."
Hi iassi j to keep teacher and pupils
comfortably warm In the open air. but
also the eggs and milk for the diet!
Seantidexed best fur children below nor- f
mal physical vitality.
KeW York. Chicago. Baltimore. Phil-j
adelahla, Boston and Cleveland and,
other dties have already established
open air schools with marked success,
and the cities named have ordered that
In preparing plans for all new school
IsSllillagl hereafter the roof shall be
a*ranged for open air classes. The ex-:
perience of the cities which have es?
tablished open air schools indicate that
even where there is no predisposition
to tubaroaloals. astonishing results
have been obtained with children who
In close schoolrooms could neither
keep up with their classes nor pass
examinations. In the open air. such
pupils haws had restored to tjiem their j
physical and ssantal vitality.
Tue first open air class will be com?
pose,! of twenty pu;.ils, drawn from all
cf the schjols. They -will be commit?
ted to the cars of a teacher especially
selected for them; individual Instruc?
tion will be given them because they
represent several grades. it |g safe
to say that the first twenty will like
the new st\le cf classroom so -
that they 4*111 neper wish to iro back
Into the heat a-d closeness of Indoor
rooms. Air a:.d s insalae will do for
them what r.o amount of studying ever
could. Mental ar.d physical vigor will
be reclaimed by the healing forces >f
God's outdo rs Rl hmond'a first open
air school Will !? of lr.estiniable val ?
to the school ? hlldren of the city be?
cause Its success will cause many nwro
?f them to be established and blaze
the way for better care cf trie physi?
cally defect Iva in our sehe is.
At sum-in >?. iby** BtPMstn srrv.
Arguing tr.at tr.t lialk.ta crisis p-v
S?t.ts str-.a Hungary's gri tt
portunlty to bind to he.- the glues,
with whom ?V must live, to enhance
Iser p-egtige and strengthen her Irtu
anr? with ti r "*ers. :?t. ! ?-.'serve her
awn beat intei its :- get rs ? -.. t. ?
der. >=:
aus Aaatru-Hangsrlan stat?*mar ar.o
teil? us what h- w .".1 1^ Ii? would
?ays that contemporary. It outlining his
poll:?. !????:-. 1;. r'-t ?' .- r
Aaatiia-Hurg<iry * ? ?.-?eir
Was a com? - _ - ? -.;:
Ing ker commerce free access ?e the
Aeg-rr. by a - 'Iway rnj : f--.m
f'sk ib to her frontier Qtven that, be
would h?v* \ itrta-tlung r> Permit
Servla ara M---.t? ? f% to pari
the Kar.jak of Xov1t?s?r betwe. n
t'.' . Montenegro ta'e ?? ? *.?
? ISO of S-utarl nr. I t r- .-' rt arc - ?
St. Cnder this >.?rar.g r?rt '.. e
aettefv M?-r.t< r.esjre. since aer ares
WeuM he doubled, ans at the *id>
tlw.e fro $rr**r s task In t*e -natfr ..r
sMCtMssg Bad pacifying sr. i er : \' pop >
SsTJori waadji Bet bo tsapsas, upon s?r
l -wie t ? - : -? - .- - ' i t "e Kj
tit - '?;?. f rvlg would not ?e-k
?he sea r.rj tke AlrtaC'. but at SaJor. 4
Aa far tereece. Use so agisss WSflld he
far her to have t-e Aegean !?
Bad ??' ' ? - t ,-r lr Epi- i
mmm m Tswsaaly. While to Bulgaria
w-sjftd fall Ttra-- ?? 1 ndarles tr
be ?Jelem.Jr.ed b--.we?n te- and Per
na.
T>e A*r.n- ' the ftp* efator ?
??s'evenar: Mould anlve b> sreoct
tag Alhenls. ebr. our 'ootemporary
apt'v *?? ? ;.? . l ? ?
h suoxs out .?ke aa is
' land in a flood" Into an autonomous
' state. Heco*nIsing- that It would be
sseafaeas for Greece. Hervia am! Monte?
negro to attempt to subdue i< people
' whom hoth the Roman ano 11??* TVrk
. had failed to runjui r, and believing
'j tht't th? Ha Ik an powers, r.am-d >voul<a
1 j fonif to sec tin- matter In that light,
he would gr.int the Albanians "Inde
??. nd? r;,-e." but under suzerainty?not
T .rkish suzeialntv, however Me would
. a rye lhat In view of the changes In
geegTSghssgl relations of has all?es to
Albania and the ff<-ogiaphical situation
of Austria-Hungary, the dual saosp
arehy would be the segseal and most
? arable suzerain to select. otner
"?i. st.or.< as to tho status of the newly
( rrested autonomous state, er principal
1 Ity, and the ntNliege to be granted to
1 outside i owen, he would leave for sst
' tlensenl to the *lual realm and its ally.
' Italy.
I "or the I'. si he would acquiesce
In a plan for coav?;tlng C'osstanll
? ?!?!? and i limited cestttct adjacent
into a "free ,-ity or pi itieipaht \ jruarati
I teed by a contract between the great
powers iind ruled either by a senate1
or, better still, hj some neiifa! prince j
from a Northern royal family " It Is,
? \ Bedingty latereatlag te fallow tue
program of the Spectator's supabaitlti*j
ous statesman with the aid of ? map. It
would he Infinitely more Interesting, j
how ever if he should, and In i" rson.!
lead Auslris-Ilungary to appreciation
of lo r opportunity, and to be -nming.
after the apprehension she has
i lused, the a biter of the Balkan is- j
- io with the result of Insgrlng the
peace of T-.urope. The wheel of events
has. at the critical moment of Its full,
turn, brought about much more im
probable things.
t'wayisE IMI 1 Will i>*tRV. J
The dispatch employed by the Com-;
mon Council last night In approving]
the bid of the Richmond and Henries!
fusil way fnr a Hght and power frati- !
,<hlse was discreditable aid wholly dts- j
resrardful of the Interests of the people1
of Richmond. The T'nies-i'isrjatoh re- 1
grets exceedingly that no desire to;
protect the w-lfare of the city was
evidenced by the lower branch ?f the
City Council. The franchise approved
last nie-ht Is not in the proper or !n j
the l?cst form; It promises no lower,
rates, and it promises no service save
In a congested manufacturing section.
Without protecting the ric'nts of the
people. the Common Council has
recorded Itself 1n favor of granting j
for nothltisr to the Richmond arid Hen-i
r'co Hallway an asset of vast value'
to the people. Without debate, It was
put through; without a word in reply!
(0 the serious criticism as to the pro
priety and legality of the proposed
franchise, ht was sent up bo trie Board j
of Aldermen. I
The favorable action of the Common ;
Council 1s no reason for favorable ac- :
tion by the Roard of Aldermen., The
latter body, out of the duty it owes
to the people, ought to reject all bids
and require the creation of a model
franchise for the fuller protection of
the city's welfare. Th?. Board of Al
Sermon should protect the interests of
tho people and refuse to concur in the |
action of the lower body.
THE INEVITABLE.
The disastrous and deplorable w recks
which have befallen the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad I
duting the- past few weeks are t~e
logical outcome of the policy of that
transportation company. In other'
words, they are. the inevitable result
OS the attempt of President Mellen
to secure a monopoly of the New
England transportation Industry. Ac-1
tive and potential steara railroad com- ;
Petitors, trolley lines and steamship
companies have been acquired during
the past decade on the baiiis of In?
flate! values The surplus earnings
? >f the parent company, which has
one of the most proritaoie transporta?
tion fields in the world, have been ah
sorbed by th- dividend and Interest
requirements of the enormous increase
. n stocks and boniis nsSBJed to secure
ojitrol of the properties of present
and prospective competitors. If the ;
New Haven had been content la man
-K and develop efficiently Its own
properties it weald now have one of
1-st and most profitable railroad
Sertles in the enuaCry. As it Is. it
wed Its ? a si pascal and that
of its subsidiaries to get) -iorat* in
?':.?? cPort to carry ot.t Its policy of
'???fii'ir ip N.-w England. The last
*!??> in th. perfection ?f th s gigantic
railroad monopoly has onlv h??n made
M ? the p?-r few days by
' ? . 'at th- Grand
id ah tndotW 1 work or. Its
N? s England extension As a cons?-- i
? fence, tie traal and ladaatrial de-'
"I New Eng band witi be'
f I tty th. \?sa
H iv? ;i i.i. ?. ihx recourse of the busi?
ness n.n ..? B-rst .n and other rltles
lo th~ rwarts and th. Isterstate Com- I
m' r?-e Commissint meets * with aar- '
%s 'Mm
i Msjsnjsain? nin p.a. same a t>
i issn ? nun.
T*' bandrvd sr.! t^ c:m., are row J
????tt'-'. ?v rnrr- ?i . . T'-.ev langei
from Hn-*ellie. Alabama at! Ilar,' -
ton. Ulis SM wl?h lens that. 1
pee.pl? each, to aVotpl ? wtth rr.ow
than l*?..<>n? sf |^..; ^ ... ;fgaae mn4
N. w <>rVau* with nssri ? :.n m third i
?f a million
The la'ST t?ie r'u rhe better the'
? ~ ? I * : n ? ; srwrh ft !? a
MstSSJ l.?a-1 tip->^ a gareraj prlnMj e
t..at r???or?'t- :. ?* i ssaSsMglli' B
-.f p. a?t a ' g.-i-r ?1
as real g- . r .nt of asane
' ' '** '?'?' - ' '?' 1? flsed sn<1
'*'* '.? way mm sra
hsve r?\'-i-.f. ^,ause
the r. ipr.r.SMlIt-, v Ta. f ?rn ?
mission aw: ...a;., ..^ t<) ,. .tfK/Ti.
e?'e and ?*p?rt kp' w sskys at the head
?1 ell tbt depa.-tt.i.:? The cemmls
j "ton plan Substitut?? expert knowledge
for bosslsm.
' THE LITTLE MAI* WHO H Ol l.B MH
TAXI*.
; A Japanese otliclal now In this coun?
try assorts that the Sunrise Kingdom
' Is encouraging large Importations and
consumption of American beef In the
hope and expectation that by eating
meat the natives of Japan will Increase
in stature.
The expectation will be slow of
realization, if, indeed, it can ever be
realized. The vegetarians will deny
the value of such cure for the lack
of inches. They will counsel the Japs
! to stick to their i ice and not to wan?
der into now dietary lields.
The main Interest in this statement
Is la the fact thai it gtVSS a new antcle
from which to consider Japanese ambi?
tions and aspirations. It is illumitiat
lag as to the Jap s estimate of himself.
He has done saaB) !>lkT things in the
WOrsd, and demonstrated himself biy,
la many ways, but physically BS is a
' small man In the eyes of other peoples,
' and they dwell on that phase too much
to suit him. He wishes no longer to
be called a little man. although he has
often been called "a great little man."(
Perhaps the Japanese will tind a nie-,
thod of making themselves tall, but Is
the result desired worth the prlce?j
The task of raising their average
statot?' several Inches is the most
nivtantic that they can undertake. It
would mean a social and economic'
revolution. Nations might by a slow,
process produce bigger men. but na?
tional eugenics is an unborn science.
Can a nation answer the question of
Him who laid down the law for all
nations in all age?, "Which of you by
taking: thought can add one cubit unto^
his stature?"
A CHAMPION IN HIS CLASS.
The champion henpecked husband, ?
according to the Washington Hera-id,
lives in Chicago. Hie title to the belt
Is established by his reply to his wife's
suit for divorce. Ho Is a lawyer, and
goes into painful detail. If he has
neglected to mention anything it was
because he was in a constant state of i
Intimidation.
According to the affidavit, she tor- i
tured lilm by using on him a hammer, |
a pair of scissors, a plate, s section
of >ras hose,' a small gas stove, her
shoes, lus razor, a butcher's knife and j
several pieces of light furniture.
How about woman's inhumanity to .
man?
i
SEVEN ? AIS OK REDl ( l\G THE
COST OK LI\ ING.
Prank W. Blackmar. dean of the Unl
versity of Kansas, in an address to
the Kansas Agricultural and Industrial
Congress, gave these seven ways of,
cutting the high cost of living:
"Let the government check the de?
cline la the purchasing power of gold
!>y taking, automatically, seigniorage
of the bullion that is behind the dollar,
thus leaving the value of the dollar
stable, and allowing the weight to
rise or fall in correspondence with the
rise and fall of average prices. j
"Induce, if possible, more people to I
engage in the production of raw ma-1
tatiaL
"Introduce scientific. Intensive agri-;
culture In order to double the produc-.
tion per acre.
? Revise the tariff by a sclentlfio
treatment which will eliminate present
evils. j
"Prevent as far as possible organiza?
tions from advancing prices arbitrar?
ily. Place a maximum limit to prices,
if necessary.
"Introduce simpler and less expen?
sive methods of bringing the commod?
ity to the consumer.
"Finally, educate people In the prin?
ciples and h;,bit of true economy, thus
doing away with extravagance and
waste."
The last rule Is the best, although It
will never be enforced. It restates
James J. Hill's epigram that what's to
blame Is not the hlph cost of living.
but the cost of high living. False
standards, fixed by false social pride,J
have had more to do with Increasing
the cost of living than anything else.
The small boy now has to have two or
three new suits a year, when one suitl
made out of papa's pantaloons of yes-'
teryear would do.
Henry Watterson suggests In the i
Jxiulsvill? Courier-Journal that the
piace for Mr. Bryan is the ambassa?
dorship to Great Britain, adding: j
"Not long aftt r ?ieneral Jackson
had been seated in the Chief Maitis-,
tracy he was agvtsed that John Kan
?loinli of Roan.'ke w-.as likely to com?
In.'k to "ongr. .-s and to make himself
troublesome. *?ld Hickory put on his
thinking cap. The "gentleman from
Roajsstte" was still . a;ia1 ie of raising
as much }.-1 lo ft e p'i>.are i. MS
well ?* t as say as Mr. Bryan!?and the
JlfsTSOBlaa talent for ladies and com.
rnon sense, wiiieh supplemented the
Jacksonian genno- for fighting, came
t .e rescue. Next day Mr. Itandoiph
?as appointed minister to Russia.'*
v. doubt ??:d Man Watterson and a
- od Tiny other Champ ?"larkttes
??? "lid like to see Mr. Bryan g> a lot
farther than Hnglsnd or Russia
"Thomas Nelson Page Is a-rone '
those rr.entloped as the next a.nbas- '
sad-.r st the c- urt of James. Woo d
he b? credited to Tork Harbor or j
: 1"" Is the Impertinent inouh r
of tv- Boston Trn-?-rt|?t. It's bid
. no ._-r. -bst O'irc'.i i? clalml-g Wo ? 1
-o? Wtiaoa a* "j "e rg;* man." !? -r
for Mali? to appropriate our smbassa
1or!sl t'mber ta elmolv -outlandish"
j The prolific parent of peppery pars
g .?:?* in the Columbia Mtate observe* {
>*. -^avlnar iempet Brother Harford's,
"1 jkaepearwan roiree ?1 th? gran* old 1
yeOterWeght. w? ere In pool-j
? tr. state s'itbo-i'4'ively t.iat Othel.|
. wa? the guy that put the moan tn
j I" M>mos-" As It loathed to aa. Tag?
. 'a g,y who fit fb??never gntnd
j wr.at-fn Orbelbs.
?-"
Kees-tSh eveavatloti tnlo Wikjon
r ? .- r >w going e>e. In al" our
liorar'.ea. and the t xhumatloa of Wil?
son ar.cevforg Is pas-slag reiaarkabla
On the Spur of the Moment
By Roy K. Moukon
Lsasrsagc.
I love to hear the brakeman yell la
hia peculiar tongue.
So loudly that it seem- as 1f he
wants to split a lung,
j I cannot understand him but I Uke
to figure out
; What he is trying: to oonvey when
he conies to shout:
I
| "HickeyvHiejunotion changeherefor
alltralns esst andwesttwentymlnutes
for refrcshmenta"
i It's entertainment rich for me to try
and understand
The language of the candy J>oy,
wliu s ill w ays right on hand,
i In theatrees ta sell Iiis wares. It al?
ways shakes nie smile
To hear him warble Joyfully as he
walks down the aisle:
"Choc-liiteereanisaridbon-boiis, sal
te.ipeHiiutschew--inggum and sal-ted
almonds."
{ The waitress In the lilok Hotel has
language all her own.
i There's anger in her voice and
there's defiance in her tone.
.She pokes her back hair deftly and
she shifts her chewing-gum,
An' then she rattles off her speech
and makes her language hum:
"Koast bee?fand browngravy. roast
porkandap--plesuuce short ?ribswlth
brownedpotatoes custardpie, teacoffee
ormilk "
According to I aele Vbner.
A teller always knows a du mod
sijiht more at twenty than he does at
thirty.
it is a long lane that has no house
with g mortgage on It to pay for an
oatmohlla
The difference between the costly
oatmoblles and the cheap ones is
mainly the price.
When I see a feller who carries his
handkerchief In his sleeves, I always
wonder a here he trims hats.
The West Hickeyvllle intelligencer
was forced to suspend publication last
week bekuz somebody had stolen the
editor's shears- *
There are more greenhorns In the
big cities than there are In the
country.
A German scientist has invented a
milk which he says is just as good as;
thai given by the cow, and probably it I
is a good deal better than that given:
by the well pump
But it will be a long time before the
new Presldsnt will be able to find a
Secretary of the Navy with a niftier
middle name than has George von Leu
gerke Meyer,
A star uall player must spend about
all Ms salary trying to live up to the
automobiles thai arc presented to him
by au admiring public.
A feller who is paying alimony to
two or threw ex-wives can be pardon?
ed for indulging in a bit of pessimism
occasionally.
Miss Pansy Tibbttts got into her
tiplit skirt the other day and couldn't
get out. and they had to cut it up the
back from the hem to the waistband.
There are tun? s when, even a lodge
button doesn't guarantee you that a
feller is going to give you a square
deal.
Many a feller Is Judged by the cigars
that are named after hlm.
Hank Tumms and Hod Peters are
such hitter enemies that they vote dif?
ferent tickets every four years Just to
knock each other out
There are a lot of book critics in
this country- who couldn't get one of
their own published on a bet.
It takes a man a long time to get
rich by saving cigar coupona
There are Just about as many home?
ly women aa there are homely men In
this country, but the former are better
hands at concealtn' the fact.
There is only one thing more un?
reliable, than boardln' house hash, and
that Is boardin' house gossip.
The trouble with a good many ball
players is that they do too much bat?
ting at night and not enough In the
daytime.
Now that there Is a war In the Bal?
kans, everything seems to be running
about as usual.
The piece of pie which Is added onto
the end of the meal is what causes
dyspepsia
Hank Tumms says he believes In
divorce, but he daasent say it when
his wife is around, or be might loss
his meal ticket.
Voice of the People
t'crlesfastleal Politics.
To the Kditor of The Tlmes-I?lspatch: .
Sir.?.1 id>rlng by the nilenee of the
daily papers, the general publ'e takes .
little notice, and manifests less In?
terest, in an agitation now absorbing
?lenominulional journalism, namely, the
movement toward federation of the
churches This movement appears to
so Sjsil popular in the North than
?n thv South, the la'ter section thus '
in?licating a conservatism aa pro?
nounced In relig'oun matters aa in
secular. Three l?a?llng denominations
in Canada have '-derated Into one, and
the recent union sf the Northern Preh
l.;.terl:n And Cumberland Churches
marks a very great. a verv unespected,
advance 'n ecclesiastic*] liberalism. In?
asmuch as doctr'nai differences bc
tw en those two rhurrhes were sup?
posed to he Irreconcilable. Mutual
(-'?ncess'ons have, however, made union
possible, with no morf friction of ad
Itasrasesrt than ssMasal be espected.
while yet a minority element of ultra- ?
co^s.-rvatism magnifies matters of In
d<fTer?ncc to th- sue and dlsfnity of .
ess* nil*'* ?
The whole controversy- lllustrstes '
Abe Martin
'<??.-. prosperity around weuM he
rtgba if ther wnxr.'t ?o many w
na ea'l?V st th' Seeons table ff War
as anything like s war-time photo?
graph it mast be Herrn. sssnua
THE SETTINO STAR.
By John T. McCutchcon.
the -world-old conflict between con?
servatism and liberal'.sir., each decry?
ing the other, as they are always used
to do, and each unable to recognize
the function of the other in human
progress. ReaJing a long drawn out
debate with as much pstlence as pos?
sible, which recently filled the leading
columns of a religious weekly. I have
been struck with the half-v?ew logic,
the scarecrow declamstion. which even
learned champions of the two schools
employ in tbv discussion of a topic
that ought to be lifted to a very much
higher philosophical plane. One would
Imagine that each party, respectively,
expected that the world would either
be set forward, or set back, by the
decision of a congress of preachers.
Ther-i was a time, perhaps long, long
ago. when such momentous results
might follow synodlca! deliverances,
but that time has passe-!, never to re?
turn.. The church, ecclesiastically con?
sidered, has come to be as fractional
'n its moral Influence upon the world
as It Is fractional in Its external or
Pir.iation. and the subronsclousness
of the world awaits with growing im?
patience the disappearance of a frac
tional'sm and factlonal'sm which had
Us beginnings In ha'r-splittlng dog?
matics, about which It is now next to
Impossible either to enlighten or to
lnrerest anybody, and owes its perse?
verance more to denominational hsrsd
itythan to anything else.
TTie church, as such, hag less Influ?
ence in the world, but the truth, of
which It Is yet considered to be the
divinely appointed conservator, has
more Influence In the world than ever
before. Dogmatists and sectaries have
done all they could do, and are even
now doing all they can do to weaken
that Influence, but It persists In spite
of them, and this fact stands Itke an
impregnable wall of evidence that the
Christian religion ban Almighty God
behind it. .No human system either of
moral philosophy or of religion could
possible survive an equal amount of
narrowness and folly upon the part of
its votaries. But the church survives
because the truth upon which It Is
founded?which it so often Interprets
as a mere charter of partlsanry. which
it so greatly obscures by Its Ignorant
dogmatics?Is nevertheless divine, end
as fundamentally essential to human
happlnes? and human progress as the
whole system of natural law. That
truth is moral and spiritual first, and
Intellectual only incidentally, for it
can be realised without being analyzed,
and bursts with all its unexampled
splerrlor upon the inner experience of
the humblest map. who would only be
hopefully confused by the definitions
of the trained theologian.
Xo one is greatly disturbed by any
ephemeral or accidental controversy
who realises that ideas and moral
forces are essentially evolutionary in
their mode of action. Men are merely
infinitesimals and atoms In this irre?
sistible stream of Inevitable evolu?
tion, but this particular infinitesimal
Imagines that he can hold it back, the
other particular atom that he can set
it forward, and so they pull and haul
at each other while the current of the
ages carries them all along together.
This pulling and hauling, this anx'ety
and agitation. Is good for the atoms
'??ecaus- it develops them into the best
possible atoms, the moot virile, the
most potential, snd It ought not to be
regretted by anyone. It would be dif?
ficult to find anything more un
phUonophlcal than the recent plaint of
a church editor thnt the discussion of
federation .had disturbed the pesos and
quiet of the church. Tour radical has
no more use'ul mission than to disturb
that pesce of slumber, that outet of
stagnation, and yoar conservative ful?
fils his divine mission whea by re?
sistance he makes peace impossible.
'I am not come.** said tbe Master In
that wisdom which separates Him from
all men. "T am not come to send peace
on the earth, bat a sword." Jesus of
Xasareth was not a conservative, <
Church federation la not a funda?
mental question, although even the
most uncompromising conservatives
will admit that church frartlonailsm
Is essentially abnormal. The Ideal is
a universal brotherhood, not founded
upon the ghiftiasr sand af mutual
I omsTOfnlses. but upon the solid rock
of epir'rnsl unity. We observe two
most significant phenomena?-on the
one hand the waning of the dogmatist,
on the other bond the steady growth
of spiritual unity T#t patience have
her perfect work." No amount af
shouting win cheep the one. or ad
vai.ee the other A new era evidently
arisen, but 1t asks ?he consent ?r guld
a oca of no man. nor anv set of men.
nnr sny school of thought, nor any
s-stem of philosophy, nor sny sect of
I religion. Zealous futilities neither
i block It aar be?p it forward, bat It
a man will he may bathe his eau! In
the splendor of Its sunrise, and p?
|fleet more and wore of Its glory upon
I Ms times snd upon h*a gen erat'on
savannah. V?
gas ras i *ls> eg the A Mrs rasa.
Te the F.dlt' r of The T:m?e-rr>spatch:
SHy,? 1? there not another side to
the Allen rase which may be SSsanii I
sad pressed without being either
s atorMd sentimentalist or wanting to
set aside the action of the courts" Tea
srgwe In veur editorials that because
Ike courts -trial and review?-have
listen* l patientiv watched the evi?
dence and come te a judicial der'?1 on.
I;KNJ \MTN r MOOfcfAW
Richmond to Expand Again
How many American towns, especial?
ly In the South and West, would let,
45.000 people, who might be annexed ?
' by a very considerable extension of
olty limits, remain on the outside?)
Riohmond has been perhaps the only
one. and now the Richmond Chamber ?
. of Commerce has started a movement i
for an extension along these lines. It !
feels assured that the City Council Is 1
favorably inclined toward the plan. |
, which would annex such Immediately
adjacent territory as Swans bom. Wood
. land Heights. ilontrose Heights. Cheet
, nut Hill. Hlghlsnd Park. Barton
i Heights and (Unter Park. According
' to an estimate made by The Times
' Dispatch. Richmond would then have a
total area of about fifteen square miles,
I of which one would be water. Bir
| mlngham haa forty and Atlanta twen
i ty-flve. It is declared that this action
; would give Richmond a present popula
I tion of about 200.000 and a popula
I tion in the 1920 census of about 225,000.
Federal census figures show that Rich?
mond is st present the most densely
populated city In the United States,
with the possible exception of Pater
son. N. J In consequents? of this con?
dition. It Is complained, rents are
excessive and constitute the csty's one
serious handicap. Besides, growth aas
been almost entirely In oae direction,
and It is hoped that a general ex?
tension of the limits would decrease
this tendency and thereby relieve a
downtown problem now becoming
acute. The street car company on low?
er iiain Street Is regularly almost
swamped at certain hours of the day.
because nearly everybody Is going in
the same direction. Capitol Square. th?
civic centre, radiates only one way.
Within recent years Richmond has
twice expanded her limits, but with
extreme conservatism each time. She
la clearly entitled to larger limits.
They should benefit her in many ways
and we hope that she will throw them
out on every side.?-Charlotte Observer.
that there the matter must end; that
?there ia nothing left but the putting
. to death of these men. Suppose we
'all agree?as most men do?that the
courts were shut up to this one course
and the conviction of these men was
Inevitable?Is there no room for
leniency and clemency on the part of
the 'Krvernor for these" misguided peo?
ple? Will not the ends of justice be
subserved If they are given their life
and not their liberty? As one who
has spent years with these people as
minister and otherwise. I cannot but
think that if the true cond'tion and
situation were known to you that you
would say. while the courts have done
only their duty, snd what they had
to do. that the Governor now haa.a
. har.ee for clemency which he would
honor his office by using,
j We stood appalled?you and I?
along with every other right-thinking
man at the horrible deed?the worst,
perhaps. In the annals of the courts?
but we have been taught reverence
, for the courts and respect for the
law from our fathers* knee; wo drank
It with our mothers' milk. It is not
i concelvsbie. Mr. Editor, that you in I
your r'ght mind could have done such
a thing. But these people have had
no such training as yours, and the
clemenc- Is asked for them on dlf
. ferent grounds and by a different
i standagd from yours. They have aot i
had your training. Theirs has been
a life of Isolation and separation?
away from the busy marts of men,
brought up under the one thought and
Idea that their rights, real or Imagined,
must bo maintained. Then, might It
not bo host for these misguided people '
und those left behind, who are sought
; to be benefited by the law's course. ?
to be shown the merciful side of the ?
Isw? that while the crime cannot for
I a moment bo condoned, the criminal
win bo deprived of his liberty snd
given his life, and that because he
lacked the chance to learn to make the '
nice distinctions which ;enr training
and mttch education have taught more
highly favored than he to make? The
courts mint overate the law; the Oov
ernor may show clemency, as he has '
>so frequently done,
j Cannot Mercy lend her oar. then, to
'these misguided people, snd out of ten?
der pity for their isolat'on from the
rest of the world and their Ignorance
of the best that is In the world, give
them the poor privilege of living the
rest of their natural lives behtnd
,prl****a> bars* All over this land to?
day the courts, through their grand
Juries, are giving fhe "tag dodger"
another day In court, and saying that
If he will make report ho will not
, be prosecuted. The courts sro yield
ling to the aide of leniency and mercy,
and you are commending them. "This."
as I see It Ton ought to have done
and not left the other undone
JOST AH ft fTTJ.18.
(The West Blue Ridge Mountain
Mission. Taacey.
' To the editor of The Tlmes-ntspatcb:
I Sir.?Tour usually observant erase of
. humor haa overlooked a "good one"
that agssarsd In your new* columns
'? the other day. la aa Interview with
: Mass Mary Johnston, who there ra
i jotced In the great progress of woman
' suffrage la Virginia. Starting three
'? years ago with nineteen, we have now
' I.eOS meto hers of the Equal Suffrage
' League.'* Mies Johnston. In effect.
. stated.
That's at the rata of til 1-1 per aa.
i Btrsa, virtually without oppooltlna.
The lilt census credits Virginia
With J.CSI.J12 pepalatlon. one-fifth of
whom, or 412.?*#. are presumably ava?
tars was?an. A taajortty of 412.see
would bo about 2??.<'O0 At the?to the
suffrage leader very gratifying pro?
gress of ISS 1-1 si-fr ?glste a year. It
shoe Id bo over SOS years before a ma?
jority of the women of Virginia win
be willing to reproach Providence fof
establishing distinctions betweoa the
' the clamor and claims of this 1.000 out
of all reason? Isn't It rather like?
not the tall trying; to was; the doc?
the flea on the hair on the tall of the
dog trying to wag the dog?
MALE ANTI
Richmond.
I atverslry Law Mcs sad the star Ks
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch.
Sir.?In view of the fact that this
wet-k's bar examination may arouse
diacussion of the standlnga of the
BSTSTSj State institutions, the follow?
ing extract from an article in the Vir?
ginia Law Register of October may be
of interest:
"In our editorial In the September
laaue of the Law Register, entitled
The Recent Bar Examination.' we took
our statistics as to the number who
passed from The Richmond Times
Dispatch, but as It has since been
determined that those figures were
erroneous snd likely to work an In?
justice to these Institutions, we wish
to rectify the error here. Washing?
ton and Lee was not 'disappointed in
seven degree men.' for only six grad?
uates from that institution failed In
the case of the University of Virginia
our statement that a class of thirty
six took the examination and twelve
failed, was likewise erroneous. As a
matter of fact, twenty-nine took the
i exam nation from the University of
Virginia and only one degree man
failed, and of the twenty-one under?
graduates who stood the examination
fourteen passed and one of them heed?
ed the list with a nearly perfect mark.
In other words, not only did not twelvs
graduates from the University of Vir?
ginia fall, but tbs whole number of
fall urea was only eight, of whom only
one held s degree at last finals "
The comparatively small number of
University of Virginia men taking the
examination was due to most of the
graduates living outside of tbs State.
Nine of the ten highest msrks were
from the University of Virginia_
Portsmouth. ATTORKkTT.
Cast Hear the Msatr.
To the Editor of The Tiroes-Dispatch:
Sir.?I'll be one of a thousand whs
will agree not to go Into the Aiadamr
of Music until the management or the
city authorities grants as the right of
hearing the musical features of as en?
tertainment.
Did anybody hoar any of the musia
Wednesday night? N
?res* rp ska Talhxag ?aast.
To the E* for of The TTmes-tHspates:
slr.?Can the papers do anything ta
break op the talking habit la first -
class plsoea of amusement?
Can the asenagement at the Acsssmv
do anything to put a big stop to this
at ones?
! V> ben on* goes there to enjoy the
, music and the dancing he expects to
; enjoy both How about Wednesday
sight? Rsa
fviwwl State asdfy Ban
kr* rtes ytM to open MestcsMjpt^rtssfr
Bsbfcct fo check or mi 3X ?ituij,
in its SaWtnjjs D*?tsrtsnsaat -
CAPITAL ?*. SlWWSMOOJOm
PUT THIS LAsTSX Ott TOOK GOOD*