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TUB m:u m mmii a inr.Aj..
... tc:- ;>i <> 1 mmlfrn thought and
Is 111 \ ;r: :iill is going to lo stlt>
! ;?> .- r. id toy', by ibe eo-i'iilied
. ...fnli.ii :? arriace resolution of cer
J, J.J 1 '.t'll-yillfll In Kichniond
?; laws and tlie niarfi g'
li,ivs re tho twin foundatt<?i.? "J any '
VI:-. I ;i ; - yet 1 he ; !):i: |>
(|-,icst: rs -.f property that are aicii.it
irc i ilirr .-octlor.s have in>t arisen.
. v liv le . m e;>t s -Sal cwr.iM'sl;ip j
r , mi values is nci: leeted <? i
cur-t <?' < '? .iri'ia'aontal individual
ism. and the absence of il >se sharp ;
i: iiist i! c- -.trasts that produce vcm>
latlor.ary !d<..s elsewhere.
' ho i:mv conception of ! .. ralltv Ml
ma.rriago will, if It be followed to a
I ul.jil nr.il ronslstor.t end, be pro
foundly educational. It will open 1s
;e3 of which tl.o present re^lmlon Is
merely a preface. What Is going to
happen when the ret lor of a fashion
able church refuses to sanction tne
union of a wcll-kn^wn couple (realise
t.-.fr man cannot claim absolute health?
Will the marriaue t:>.ls* place under
c'.her auspices'." If so. will this result
in any r???c::.l punishment'.' w ill tlie
i: ore individualistic moral!*-/ of some
\ery good people hr.i occasion for re
buking the clergyman who i. .kes tills
advanced stand' Will the ethics of the
medical profo ?'.< n and of the cleriry
withstand the pressure of what we
niay call social inertia?
If sharp conflict can be avoided, It
will bo strange. It is to be regretted
that tho Issue is somewhat contused
between the ethical Ideal of purity and
the eugenlcal idea cf health. J! there
be any other proof of immorality save
that of disease, what will be the ac
tion of the clergymar ? Moreov< '.s
there not ; chance f " r crave dltfer
ctices in the fact that t tests foi 1
disease are trenerallj bt-bev, <i i;.? t to bi
always absolute '
We ? ;iti s< 've r : - of '.!,??-e ttue.
i- ;v. :i. e. 'i'l.e . .e.t ? : a '
? . le st:i r.< \T . d pur:t ?. ; : d( -.: b: '.
-y one tl s;,r. -. '."i; t! r< :eh fvl
? rr. <-ivihr.r ?b-n l'i ? ? r - - ? ? hm ? be
made withou*. i ;.tile< TV.at the chut n
definite:.??? set up a standard ) ,.s
already been a ,-tr Jr;flt:in
renovating obi ?< nceptioiis <?: morality
Th? pers a1 r o < anr ? d ? c-::p"
being driven t f: e new l ieas by this
-' i' er -,e|)t ? 1 '.-.c ch'j ? <d;'s fit ;th,
I Mil VA \ \ AS ^ >< IIOIll ."
> - far y ? ' tl.-- Navy Da- ,
>? use i ; -ne 1 uehter by I.'.: ef:?.r' to
i e r.stru.'t tVe social h.'e t!: - -
? ailor 1ft our r vy M :>>. people have
jiiiiruled his Innovations ns the blun
derlri'-'s of :i go-.d l.eajj ra'her t! ri
the a-'hiev'merits of a sou: I ? ?
navy i'self object; t b.avlja- some of
its lugs c v.t of-' It !:; 1 ? otvn t a
? i' v nnd ;?;? rM~ \ esprit :e -
Vet the bam" r'>ir! >j1 ih-.- ! of
th -'??? men 1 ? ?':? ? ? ?? '? ? . ? ...
boat wh".e on s<-iviro In ''j-ilf -. '<-s
th: ? -u ? ? , .. , ?
n.alte the navy ir.or'i s.t ? ? ?'-? ? w ,
so-Mal InstlMitiOn f'-r s.verr. r ? :
worth trying It mis;, be ? 1 ? t;..
???) the !. h. to f< a eh I! e en
! -t 1 mar. to fit it, I ;t If It l:c
happy and on the job, why. jet hire
war 1 ile If w :
?.ob: ,*T ;? U Kir-' " M 'il
'?? l.re-.k loose lr. ... ? , ?
' !s HJ.I-lt Wi:s por. lv t'le,'
'I I ere is the n.anlfest da- -er ,.
making se ( lift- too easy, s > tl at t
hard flgh'-ifig fibre may 1 * w-nlt>-n< :
To maintain ri flghtlng force In whlei
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should n i h
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ible t
pan
prov il from >
let Issue lb ' ...... ;j
Kdu. it. :
1 therei :i d; a v. ; ..? < .
young 7.-.en i .
>f rite-1 It ' ?
fill t : i .'It* a
his four-yet?. r t ; ?
st.ns thr.t hi i ? . ?;
However It
that til" I.IVJ
sible fun<"':'
tious preparat. n ' u r.
would be glat.
tralr.ed n en f.
pendlture on ve.:
They will uphold
hands. They will ?);)?
new maxim.: "In time of j,? . ..
pare for peace."
An esteemed eontemporai;. ^
btructions on "how to move ? - .
open cars are no loug.'-r Sr. ?
Richmond.
Till". I'I'OI'IiE A.\U THIS TAIllKF.
Hack In the thirties there was much
discussion of the tariff in the moun
tains of Tennessee, as thero hail been
long heforo and lias been ever since
"Kurrin'" spellbinders went up inn
and d?>\\ :i dale excoriating tlie taritT
before the mountaineers, yet not con*
des-cndlng to elucidate. (iood moun
tain folk got the Idea that the taritT
was monstrous, iniquitous and out
landish. but beyond that they could
not define the term. One of the moun
taineers who had never seen a train
in 1st;- life, chanced to visit a village
through which the new railroad line
had iu^t penetrated. When nitride ol
his faithful mule, he beheld this
strni>ire contraption, with Its terrible
noise and smoke, bearing down upon
Ihi' village. he whipped up his steed
. nd went yelling through the town.
"J,00k out. look out, hero comes the
tariff!"
Some of the same sort of ill-based
fear ts abroad in the country to-day.
Despite the fact that the measure has
been well considered in every detail,
r.nd that the Sixty-third Oongro?s has
been In extraordinary session for such
a purpose longer*than any of its pre
d<" ? . some of the American pub
lic . mtemplate with Intense alarm the j
in t .ial operation of the new bill. I >0- 1
veto tl 0 fact thr * In th> t rifle p: :
little anxiety has been evidenced, a j
certain amount of public distrust Is
felt.
Th > !Ioii.-i> managers In 'he c?n- !
fe: >? 0 on the Vnderwoo.i 1.111 jester- I
day ??.?'port" 1 that more than fifty ar- '
Holes have been added to the free list.
Yet such a change, like those previ
ously wrought by the bill, can have
little immediate effect. Democrats
familiar with the history of taritT re
vision know that It Is an elementary j
principle In tariff-making that the i
remits of first operation cannot mean j
an Instantaneous reduction In the cost
of living. The effects of legislation of
such importance cannot be ascertained ;
In a few weeks or even In a few |
months. Adjustment requires time.
The ITnderwood-Simmons tariff law
will le 011 trial for some tlmo before
the people. Public doubt ni: y play a
largo part in the situation. ?>uts has
beer, a high tariff country for substan
tially half a century and a country of'
liiuh pr: vs. Dong-e<iablisbod systems
cannot be charged without correspond
ingly creating doubt as to the wisdom
of d- parting frr.r:i the one Kepuhlican
principle of Immutability.
Public confidence shoull be buoyed ,
up by the fact that Hie new measure ts
to |-.e reinforced by an income tax that
should prevent :i deficit, snd by a cur- 1
rer.ey ]jT aimed to prevent the trans
it, t ion of public doubt into panic. The
Democratic administration is entitle:! 1
to the confidence and patriotic sup- t
port of the rom try. The Democratic I
party has faced a douV.ly difficult task ?
in ser king to reduce the burden of
ta' a tier., am! yot to provide ninple
revenue 1"? r 11 public purposes, but it
Is believed that it ha. succeeded.
THIS I) \ l(lllTi:H.S OF 'I'll IS rov
I'lvllCIt \( V.
Wl.'-n the i 1 !_? st:ia Division of the 1
"" r: 11 ? ?1 D aughters of the Con federacy
11 m.. ; t<. liMnnoti !. its logical and
1 tut. 1 :? ?f. ring pi ?<?<?. th- fact po-- :
?:?<?* unusual Intel est to the people
"? city These noble mothers and
?i;:e: : tj? 1 deseendants of the great
' host have charged themselves '
" >1 ma : pa t riot i<- ta-l:?. a ? d for
;li .<e-t two decades have fulfilled many
? tie purposes for which the orpan- '
1st;? t >n was founded. Much they have 1
<! in--, but much remains to be done.
lie Virginia Da'te!,t< i:?? .re :n in:-'
; ? I part of tie S(>,o)o membership
t ?? gero r:.l body, with its l.':S'Q '
1 tt the Jur; -<i i of r.o ?
n perhaps j'. f theie j:o
? ' ? ' Conf. . ? tlvlty, for '
' < .1 b roll < f |. , 11 leg rounds,
? ?? If conf UI i.-'l the y. ,->t of
'he ' i X '? ???vrn: -:t of' th" i "? n f. .. -
? ? t ? ti - Not alone :r erei-ting
memorials to local troops, hut also in" ,
? " l' hifjtorlc sites, the Virginia ,
Da lis ht?*r 1. : re doing a patriotic work '
W ' II 1 t r ust . '11 b< . : '111 pi- te
?a ' . o'ji.irc .? I c.urhter in at
?' ? ?"1" on t h'? ci,n vt r; t ion v. lib h
? ' htl week V, II be ;?. gr. y
h -1 1 ili ? ? l.i*r
"1 ' of I i: e pr! |j ip 1 I,!:..;.. , { t j,r ;
'' ''at ion I "to It t i -1 - t ,] Instill
' " ?! ? ?lesc.ci. !; nts of Uj. j,. >plc of
the South a proper re: p?*.*t for :,nd
pfifb in their i-lorf mj8 v.: - history, I
v '? V?-Iie|:i1|.,|, ;n |,,. .. fop ?}./?
>f tl II
1 urn-til ' ? 1
th?.|| a; , . : 'J*,,,.
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u< c. ???fully pro . ut. <! c,,. .
1 r ite hislo' iii -.-'i t . . . .
?i<d 1 etiiiilti liiiwt Itli 1 '. ? ? . fi.ji. *
111 :? :l a t e hi: tor. 1 |;< ; i
untouched. i ,, ?r .. .. Jh
with' os. I , I'onfed' . ti } ? ,
d v11 ? t with II.i ? t. it i ,i ? . \ i ,)
1 p? 11 ..iii tin
The Men. al pul.llt in it, , ,t .?j...
In und to t uppoi 1 all - ,11if ? ;?.,
! '?' Ighfei : of t he foul ih : a- 1 . , t .
? 'onfedei ate org.-, nlza t ion ts lor met
iall/.lng the d< id and ah ; n,;.
1 1 ininp th" living who 1 ? * d f -j ...
. ? pie Of I: 1 lit or.I t Ve , ... ..
tu . ?; to- day I o contribute t ?. ? ? ;?
];o 1 of the ll' ine for Need , r, ?>
Woiot II, all oppoi t 11II i t v. ? >,
:-io'iM attract liberal re-.poi o it
' i:t /.ens.
?'???' ' t . ve t ' ir i*-. |(*) ? I- I I 1. '
" ' that the t ????.? dam-1 \>-s v of M,1 ?. ;
? ? ' ' v ? ? ? i ).;? ? . e i;l vi 1. |, it s,1.. ,
a it' 1 'A hilt' the t |. I ?*'*, O :
' " ' 1 ' V.I10 ed : t liorie- ; <?'
' ' ?'? I' 1 < ' ? ii of 1 ta ? ? O/.OO
' trite.
I' 1 '???.'! t"i| t a., t ^t |.*ast 'j' I. of
i.?: W*: I ?: , : w l I tend I hi. I roti jdi
" ??'?? w< Id I f. it 1 id nil.. 1 fi,
' %s 1:1 ' < on,.; 1 1 o 111 Old
, Virglnia-ne\ 11 ti;o.
TICK. CO-Ol'KUATIVM LAUNUHY.
Tho slogan of tho Conference for
Kducatlon In tho South lant April was
"co-operation" In country life. The
principle Imv boon tried out with most
satisfactory results In Fillnioro Coun
ty. Minnesota, whero there Is a uronji
of prouresslvo farmers who have dem
onstrated the practical valuo of the
pica. They have been operating a co
operativo creamery for many years to
their common profit ami the abolition
of tho drudgery of the churn.
When their wives wore relieved
from this work, the Fillmore County
farmers, with u very excellent sort
of chivalry, planned the removal of
the drudgery of wash-day. They built
an addition to the creamery and put
a steam laundry plant in it. They
struck out at llrst blow tho expense
ordinarily entailed in collection and
delivery of the washing. Tho dally
trips of the farm wagon or auto truck
to the creamery eliminate that cost.
About 7f>0 farm washings are done
each month at this laundry, and the
monthly cost to each family averages
It is thought that there is an
actual economy t<> each family through
tho elimination of tho expense of a
washing plant in each home.
The great saving comes, however, in
the release of women and girls of the
farm from one of the factors that has
tended t<> dissatisfy them with farm
life. They have more time to make
their homes attractive: they have more
time for social life. f>-r home, church,
sc hool and community activities. Per
haps the similar abolition of tub and
churn In all farm communities would
,Io much toward solving the much
mooted problem of moro leisure for
the farm woman, a question of Just as
much importance in Virginia as an>
where else.
THIS I'KOPl.r.'S QI'IIST TEMl'KU.
Art these United States come to the
close ol tlie year 1013 and Thanksgiv
ing looms not far off. it should be n
source of pride to every patriot that
tho nation has given almost dally evi
dence C.f s.'nity, courage and energy.
Wo seem to have passed beyond the
era of hysteria and muckraking. There
is little desiro to look on the black side
of our life, or to make costly sacrifices
to our own lack of confidence in the
country and its policies.
Itusiness has demonstrated that it
can keep going in the face of threat
ened change. The business men of
America have resolutely refused to be
stampeded b> fancied evils They have
?i {.tended to business. They have faced
the tariff changes, the renovation of
the currency system, and much other
vital legislation. confidently and un
afraid There has been much more
talk of panic among the legislators
t'l.an among tl-e business men. Amer
ican trade has been carried on in
"normous volume. Voicing these ideas,
the Philadelphia Public ledger says:
?1 or,r ago American business men con
qu. red the Ir rivals. Now they have
conquered all fear of their own pol
iticians."
W> w? r.cler if th- truo interpreta
tion of this sere nit y Is not In the dis
covery that the politicians may some
time? net like Statesmen and repre
sent tho i- ople, and that the people j
lire Ju?t ms mu'h interested In a pros
;,r.rnus country as anybody else? The
ilea that the people are madly trying
to tear down the financial fabric of
their nation is Very silly. I
We Imagine this common sense pol
l,.v of tToing -he d Is not confined to |
,?u-s ai< : . The 1 armor seems
..ult'e . ..mfo ? In the West he
i'ndured ?- and Hoods and came
through smllitf-' I'ifst and last, it
has been a strenuous year. l.ut the
11 u i e t e r temp'-. of the people lia*
j, .,: ?.,i r i on'- season does not t=j>ell
? nl:, a country so fundamentally
,-1,-h a: th! All of us are learning
that beec use we need to remedy spe
i, .-..is is no i. ason for a general
a minor operation on a finger;
i< not < ause paralysis.
j; , -:t ,,f this give and-t.-'l e temper j
is the conception that for a generation
\ ? the great secret 'if our giants
? finance The-/ liave all been "bulls
in ih' f' t.tire of the> United States."
They always prepared for the progress
ifter the .slump. Now this wisdom is I
?' a- h .:. l- others, and faith in the coun- '
j-. essential fairness and honesty, i
us along w ith courage and!
nope. I
'! ? ,. I'.r pul ! ? s of New Voi k, ill
.j vm ion i. hied, r.-.th-r rush'd
%v th- . h? ? ; ? d I >lstriet. At <
Whit in: n a "our in \t Oov- ]
? Just at 1 : < New Vork lias I
,, <. , v i i i i then- I no sen. .
in hulln r t :1- II. . rk? t
e.,u:it J>( n ?!?? MtriH i.h, a very oh-!
erva nt P til lawyer. visiting the!
I d? <?, ; . . t ? l',eai?) ill
I ?... ir.iier "Jl; v/ Y O r / th'-v a v,
? \V i i a' you worth?*; lr Philadcl*
j, 'Wl . ' is yoiir origin?': In ?'h;
? v.': .it 1*. your bus.l; ? s-<?' and
... i'.. : ton, 'What do you . now Won
;,.r .. i,, rr >.<? would bo as! ed, "What'll
you lave'"
< 1 j.'h bad for t aseball.
? t hi a good weapon for the foot
baller.
? ? ? 'air t' Isfa' ' ion at tho fa* t
i i t i.;, me it li till a popula i
i ?: . < >!<i I Join I it Ion lli" Tide
r I ..?<,</? i 11 goes on tu oba<"i vo
i ? ' ? i,unli ? fo11'h have their
; ? jr t a w? 11 as the ret t opoll
? . c in an air of It doin In
that does not cxiKt In
? i ()<?? aie t?.?- works of
i,,. I < iu<\ Hi t 'le tli'! i o ij n
? Ada in and )?'.>.<? ainoiu;
. f ',v. ? not in a tene
? li'c.i :ni'l n.-ii. to Ii\e close
I r i j i 1 11, l.i <?,. t lit) the 11 ? h.
? ? t !,?? pica Mir 'Mt of I he
? . .i.' iii>.11 liin olhcru galoi<?
V- ). ? I,-, i.f th? faying of h
. . ? l-1 r . ? I ! 11 t r,'i 11| I ee pa Mtlllien
: < i , |;ijn Tidewatnr
<? i ? ' ? .. i.f, i. iiiting aud prae.
thli.g law.
ON THE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
By ROY K. MOULTON.
The Army,
Army llfo is simply grand, so a mnn
would understand,
Judging from tlio pictures tliat tlioy
send from Washington.
Advertising: is immense, posters stucK
upon (lie fence
Get the youngster to believing that
it's only fun.
Soldiers do just as they please; live a
life of perfect ease.
Get a lot of travel that does not
cost them a cent.
Naught to do but sleep and eat. Joy
of living is complete;
Not a moment's worry over cloth
ing, food and rent.
Propositions look all right, army
doesn't even light;
Uncle Sam has got no scrap with any
foreign power,
Soldiers simply loaf a lot with no
chance of getting shot,
laying in their hammocks reading
novels by the hour.
lloeing taters 011 the farm loses all
its old-time charm.
Pill Jones packs ills satchel and ho
hikes out for the town.
Horny handed son of toil leaves tho
old parental soil.
Hound for ease and freedom and
perhaps In time renown.
Hill, with other raw recruits, had to
black the captain's boots.
Curry horses, scour tho pans, net
as chambermaid.
Drill all day with all his might, do
guard duty late at night?
That's the way in times of peace
the army name is played.
There's 110 loafing 'neath tho trees;
hard to Hint those liourtt of ease
That tho artist pictured in tho
pester on tho fence.
There is not a chance to shirk, army
life is much liko work,
Same as any other walk of llfo In
that ono sense.
. The Diary of n Honrhrnd.
When tlioy threw open the doors ot
the new cafo in our town 1 fell for it
tfce tamo as tho rest. It Is a nifty
place, and It cost a quarter to walk by
011 the sidewalk and smell the cook
ing.
When I sat down at the tablo tho
chocolate soldier i?i charge luinded me
a French menu. There is always
something strange to my about a
Preach menu in the hands of a Sene
gambian. I don't believe he knew any
thing more about it than I did.
I couldn't call off tho bill of eats
any better than he could. 1 asked him |
about several of the dishes, and he j
expressed deep, dense ignorance.
Finally I selected nine dishes that
looked good to me. Tho colored |
man said he thought 1 had made a
uood selection, and, after being gone
three-quarters of an hour, he wheeled :
my order into the cafe on a tea cart, j
It was then that I discovered that
everything I had ordered was potatoes.
There were potatoes in nine different
styles of French cooking. 1 have only
one thing to say In favor of tho col
orcd person. He didn't hang around
waiting for a tip.
ordered was potatoes. There were
1 haven't had the heart to look a
potato in the face since, and I am tak
ing my meals at a one-armed restaur
ant where one can order what he
wants.
Mans of the Tliurn.
There are times when it seeiys as .
though the lire ot the dramatic critic
must l>e one long round of disappoint- :
incuts and wasted time. Seventy-five
failures in New York last season.
Knglish police stations have beon !
equipped wlt'i nilllard rooms and shoot- j
ing galleile.* Knglish policemen must i
have some recompense for fighting ,
suffragets.
Ac ordinir to statistics, there are j
17.'""Mi.10 old bachelors and old maids 1
in this country. Old General Apathy
has evidently got Cupid's Job.
So long n-j people continue to look 1
upon hay fever as a luxury instead or I
a disease, it will never make much
headway in this country.
There is -o much hot air in ron
fr 1 ? that the tempera turn In Wash
ington will probably not cool off until
along in January.
George Ade, who has been 11 broad,
says Chicago is like Merlin. Doubtless
he means that I'erlin is like '"hleago.
Duke \bruzl has won a prize as n
tar.go dancer, but his partner was not
.Miss Kathcrine Klkins.
A CliniiKP.
n^fnre I married her she was
Most pensive, I'll allow.
Hut she's not pensive any more,
She is ex-pensive now.
Ileal siniHfiN in Kinc George.
To tb- Kdlt.,! of The Times-Dispatch; !
Sir, I lefui ?? reading the editorial,
"?'ity Sunsets," which appeared in a;
recent i. -u- <>f your paper, as a result
'>f cogitating upon the autumnal |
scr-nes in our rural section, where the ;
horizon is so large ami unbounded, my !
iie.t: I had been stirred; but, when I ?
read your editorial, why, these stirrings
of t h? heart <???111?I no longer be sup- !
pres .? d. I'll jus.t have to tell you that |
u< have tlo- 1 ? <t) thing in King George j
: -in ets. Why. man. a sight of scarlet j
1 e. 1 v? .- falling ai 01 us, scampering j
s' 1 u'! 1 <d and ripening cornfields will ,
w-av a bewitching spell over you that i
yon <a 11 * 1 ),? I p.
: , v.* I.ave the real thing in King '
Gioiue when you come to scenes that)
really stii the heart and lire the imagi- !
i ition of the pot 1 If >011 doubt the I
trut itfulne.MS of this remark take a |
t ? ?.j 1 in our woods or t;e( aboard a ?
?ilea i.'iei e.li ? 1 on the I'otomac or Klip- '
l?ali 11110' * I ? and take your seat on the
1. ? ii lif'i feast *.our eyes. If there is |
ai poetry in . 011 it won't be long be
s'oie o>i will fei I the charm of the;
j sit 'iai ion. it is true that there is
Abe Martin
1
Whenever wn see n fat loafer we
wonder uliAl system bo's usin'. Th'
peiiei-i ibin that refused t' waive his
irlciii \ isterday remains In a very
I critical condition. 1
PUTTING THE GLOVES ON WITH THE LADIES.
By John T. McCutcheon.
[CopyrlffMt 1018: By John T. MoCutebson.]
dash of melancholy about those au
tumn scenes, for the harvest time is
here, an<l Damu Nature is putting r,n
scarlet robes preparatory to the slum
bor of winter, and the sighing winds
have ii dirgelike sound and the music
of the birds has a funeral note that
prophesies the reign of the Ice king,
but the charm <>f the season is un
mlstaka ble.
We would not decry "City Sunsets,"
but we <ln emphasize country sunsets.
J' lid tsay to your poetic editor that we
have the real thing in King George.
"The poetic ey? in line frenz\ rolling"
may have a lar^f sweep over our
woods, across our meadows, over our
fields and rivers and hills, until on" is
i-atiuted with tin* fulness of the pic
ture. Our rural population and our
rustic homes make a line background
to the picture, for man and beast and
fowl and home seem to be aglow with
the spirit of this glorious harvest
ftason. The industrious farmer and
the stirring housewife and the sun-'
tanned, happy children, oblivious of.
cate under the bracing temperature,
seem to take on new life.
The country lad, whose rolllckHom*
pranks are harmless and whose uppe- I
tite- tor fruit and such things as j
chinquapins and chestnuts is In untnis- i
tukable evidence la the autumn season,
and in King George he flourishes, and
so does the sportsman, whose fowling
piece awakes the echoes over hills
and dales. Maybe the editor was a
eountrv lad once, and if so, why you
know "the charm of rural life and
know what a fine place the country is
In which to raise boys. Any man who
could write that editorial, "City Sun
sets." must have once lived in the
country. K. P. 1'AKllAM.
King George, Ya.
Tin* Ilrond Street XulMftnce.
To the Kditor of The Times-Dispatch:
?Sir.? 1 wish to say, through your
paper, that there is one thing allowed
In the city of Richmond which seems
to be one of the most insulting that
could be handed a man. Recently one
evening 1 walked down Rroad Street to
a theatre with a young lady at a time
when the streets were very much trav
eled, and on my return, between 3 and
ill o'clock, 1 had the misfortune of
seeing several men and boys on the
corners and in the street attempt to
attract the attention of the young lady
with whom 1 was walking. This girl
was a person who would rebuke any
such disrespect In the rnoHt omphalic
manner if it were possible for her to
ilo so. This party was on the street
with me in a perfectly dignified man
ner. offering no invitation for flirta
tions whatever, when we were whis
tled at by some of these men and boys,
one making remarks and a dozen or
two staring at us as If tho curtain of
some stage was rolling away.
This party whom 1 accompanied
ilown the street told me she could
scarcely go out on lJroad Street during
the late afternoon or evening and get
by without trying to bo attracted by
men and boys.
With all respect to fun and pleasure,
being a young man myself, f think
that this is a manner of pleasure that
should bo struck with such force that
would land a man where no such at
tractions would tempt his appetite. It
is an extremely bad reputation for a.
city to have any such tilings on the
street where any one passing can ob
serve them. 1 believe In as much fun
and ploasure as any young man, but
when it. comes to the place that a man
can't go down the street without some
t>ne endeavoring to set him off the
street and then see some other person
walk away with his company it Is get
ting to be a shame on old Adam's pos
lerity. While there Is no way of com
pletely ridding tho streets of this nuis
nnee. It seems that there might her a
remedy for some of It. Tf the police
force is unable to detent It all In such
manner as to thin It out, then give the
girls authority to do tho arresting, and
such authority as will bring some of it
to pass. II. HENLEY.
Richmond.
Queries and Answers
Sin.
What Is the penalty for sin?
C. R. C.
Under tho Rlblo code, the wages of
sin is death. Under human codes "sin"
is differentiated from regicide to petty
larceny, and the effort Is made to suit
tho punishment to the crime.
Home-Made linking Powder*.
In Jiome-mado baking powders, I
used lump starch In pla'ce of corn
starch. Is it likoly to be injurious?
V. D. WILLIS.
No. The rollned corn starch is made
under cleaner conditions, and would
bo bettor for your purpose, but flour
to give body to tho cream tartar and
the soda is better than either.
Z==NEW
JSOUTH.R]
NABBED FOR SPEEDING
Three It Ichmniiderw 'auil I'lvr Suuih- ,
Nldrrn Hummoiiril l?y )tni;Utralr.
j Klght pcr.Hons?four mi totnohil ists
and four motorcyclists -were sum
rnonc'l yesterday to appear !>? Mag
istrate S. G. Cowmi, of Hoi Air. to
answer to the charge of exceeding the
speed limit. County Olllcer Klinn, who)
swore out the warrant*, tool; thf num
bers of the < ars on the Midlothian
| Turnpike on Sunday.
< Warrants issued by Map 1strnt<?
' t.owan were served on .1 T Allen, i;
II Gunst and A. \V. .Maynard venter - '
day afternoon by Uete tive S? i'him tits
\\ tley and K<*llain. As .owners ot the
ea i s, they were hailed for their ap
peaiuticu before Magistrate Cowan Hum
morning.
Warrants were served hy the i.oli. !
of the Third Station on .1 II M< !
Of sou Kverett .Street. eli!in;?d with
tunning' his autoinoldle at an c.xre.i
o, ,'0?r.nt0 and K K Itovi.-, of
.ill \\<m Kiev, nth Street; Clinton Mor
rlssett. of SOO Senuiics Avenue, and
Henry Holt, of 3<H Kast Thirteenth
Street, the latter trio being cliHreid
with speeding; on their motorcycles.
ARE AFTER VOTERS
llti.iliieMN Mfii to Discuss 11rulwtrntInn
(Icirxtioii ill >lecIi 111; J'ri.ln*.
| A meeting of the South Hlchmond
land < hestt-rfleld Huslness Mens \sso
clation will he held on Kridav night
at ^ o'clock In Fraternal Hail. The
regular meeting last month was omit
ted, and this session is expected to ho
a most important one. iin? ,,f the
.principal matters to ho taken up is!
that of Increasing the vote on the i
fouthside. A committee will prohahlv I
I be appointed to see that those tdiuible '
I to vote will pay their poll taxes ami '
; register in time for the primary next
j spring:. ' ,
j The committees appointed at tho Inst '
meeting: to investigate the street car
j service 011 the Soulhslde and to work
for a new school will make their re
; port. 1'rof. R. 10. Smith, principal of
1 owhatan and Bainbridge Schools, was
chairman of the school committee,
oilier important questions will be din
cussed, and President Toney expects a I
large attendance. 1
-\red Klrc l.seniies.
]<'lre escapes are badly needed in the !
Oak Grove School, it is said, there he- '
ing no exits except the stairs in case
ot fire. A committee from the Oak i
Grove Citizens' Association will con
fer with tho Manchester District School ?
Board in regard to this matter. The 1
board will also be requested to have !
the doors of the building changed'
They now swing: to the inside, which 1
Is against the lire regulation?.
MIkh Tyler tiel.n ijtl.riOO.
A jury yesterday awarded damages ,
in the sum of $1,500 to the plaintiff in
the suit of Miss Mamie M. Tyler against !
the Virginia Hallway and Power Com
pany, in Hustings Court. Part II. I
Through her attorney, Hon is O. Wen- i
denburg, Miss Tyler asked a verdict, j
of ?fi,000 for alleged injuries she sus- '
tallied when thrown to tho ground '
National State
RICHMOND,
Establish
Capital
Surplus and Undivide
OFFIC
WM. H. PALMER, President.
JOHN S. ELLETT, Vii
h WM. M. HILL
T. W. <
S O F jc>
lCHMONDv
while alighting from a car at Seventh
and liroad Streets
Addrran ( urd? L>ln( rl liu t rd.
Model address cards, tilled out in the
proper form, with the name ami ad
'ir'-s* of the recipient, weru distributed
In tho public schools of the Southslde
jeuterday at the request of Superin
tendent 1*. J!. L.loy<i, of Manchester
1'ostal Station.
'I'n ItreorU Kurnl Itoutea.
During October and November a
record will be kept at Manchester 1'os
tal .Station of ail 111:1:! collected and
delivered ?ti the rural routes. A re
port will also ho made of all fourth
t lass matter handled, Including parcel
post mall. It Is desired t<> learn how
ih?- business compares in different
parts of the country.
I'lrat Service* llcld.
Services were held for the first timo
in the new iiranch's Church on Sun
day. Kev. o. O. l)cltz. the pastor,
preached the opening sermon Tho
building has just been completed, and
is one of the handsomest houtes of wor
ship in Chesterfield County. The old
church, loented near the new build
ing. Is heiug raaed. Services have been
held In it foi the past seventy-fl v?
years. It started with a membership
of twelve people, and now has nearly
?JO0 names on its register.
Chfutrr lliiMine.HH Mm .Meet,
'I "no first meeting of the Business
Mens Association of Chester will be
held to-niKht at S o'clock In Graves's
Hall. Questions of interest to tho wel
fare of the village will he taken up.
An election of officers will also be held.
Every one interested in the growth of
the community is Invited to be present.
I'rrMoniil ami fienernl.
J. T. Willard and family, of 217 East
Twelfth Street, and H. S. Walker, left
yesterday for Mecklenburg County,
where they will visit Mr. Willard's
father.
A regular meeting of Manchester
Dodge, Xo. S43, Fraternal Order of
Klk.s, will be held on Thursday night
in Clks' Home.
Miss Ennid and Miss Delgh, of tho
Southside, have returned home from
the mountains, where they have been
visiting since June.
Revival servleta hegan 011 Sunday in
West End Methodist Cliurch. Rev.
Charles Tinsloy Thrift, the pastor, will
preach every night this week.
After a very successful series of
meetings, the evangelistic services in
Central Methodist Church closed on
Sunday.
fives <0 .lolius Hopkins.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch. 1
Dexington, Va., September 21?.?Dr.
John 1 lolllday Datane, who had been
head professor of history at Washing
ton and Dee University for eleven
years, left to-day for Baltimore, where
he will become tho head of the history
department at Johns Hopkins Univer
sity. I>r. Datane Is recognized as an
authority on American history and In
ternational law, and his ability ami
success as a teacher are marked. Or.
C. Chilton Plerson, of Vale, who has
been Instructor in that institution for
several years, will occupy the chair
of history at Washington and Lee.
and City Bank
, VIRGINIA.
led 1870,
.... $1,000,000
d Profits, 700,000
:ers.
cc-Prcsident.
,, Vicc-Presidcnt.
S1NTON, Vicc-Prcsident.
JULIEN II. IIILL, Cashier,
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