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The .Journal <?f Ecliicjitlon.
Congratulations to tlio \ irginia
Journal of Education 011 the success
ful close of another 11 seal year and
to Editor Everett, who, during his
brief term of office, has worked many I
improvements and made a publica- j
tion which we always read with j
pleasure and profit. We hope for
him and his journal greater success j
in the future. j
A new bridue would bo cheaper In
tin Ionk run than continual expend!- :
ttires for repairs.
Why Not .New Hridfjc Now?
Richmond lias spent $30,000 on
the Free Rridge since 1910, and tlio
condition of the bridge calls for the
expenditure of $510,000 more. In a
few years more jnoney will have to
be poured into the river. Why not
pave that $50,000 by building a new ;
bridge now? It will have to he done; j
it is inevitable, and it can be done
now for $.10,000 less than several
years later. It is certainly worth j
consideration.
Ridicule which takes no account of
facts is easy?and worthless.
Psychological Depression.
The ridicule emanating from some
Irreconcilable sources und heaped
upon the President's statement that
present business depression is large
ly psychological does not take cog
nizance of Mr. Wilson's real meaning,
lie did not mean, of course, that the
depression is imaginary, though it is
upon that construction of his words
that the ridicule is based, lie meant
simply that while the depression is
real it is due to the state of mind
of business. He meant what "Com
merce and Finance," of New York,
meant when it said that to the calam
ity howlers "much of the depression
has been sentimental, a reflex of the
pessimism of the East." In other
words, many men expected depres
sion and acted accordingly. Result:
the depression they expected. The
cure is optimism.
New York Itull Mooseis apparently
attach little importance to the Colonel a
denials.
Caesar Is Sincere.
Though T. R. put away the gov
ernorship three times and called at
tention lo the fact before sailing,
his friends in New York still believe
in the third cup of coffee fable of
Lyman Abbott, and are going ahead
in iheir efforts to nominate liitn**l.Vy.
so doing tbey are not only denying
him credit for sincerity, but are dig
ging his political grave. Should he
be nominated for Governor of New
York and defeated?good night.
Presidency! The Colonel knows
iliat, and for that reason we give
him credit for sincerity in declining
the nomination, even though he was
?-o unfortunate as to call attention
to an earlier event by declining three
times. His friends would he better
friends and better Hull .Moosers if
they would do likewise. For our
part, we hope he will persist in his
refusal. We want him to run for
President in lit 10 .and make Wil
ton's re-election certain.
It ;s difficult to determine whether
t howl over t!if> labor exemption
clause c f tli# t'layton trust bill is
ludicrous f>r pathelb-.
Shifting Responsibility.
The appearance of Samuel (loin
pers at the ("apitol is always the sig
j.al for a great outcry from certain
elements in the country, and what
ever favorable action Congress may
lake in response t'? hi* representa
tions is sure to bring down upon the
heads of the Congressmen charges of
cowardice and to furnish the basis
for gloomy prophecies of the destruc
tion of liberty through the machina
tions of the tyrant labor.
This tendency, always most evi
dent among those who have no fear
of the tyranny of capital, partially
i xpiains the widespread opposition to
the labor sections of the antitrust
bills, recent passed by the House.
]t does not account, however, for an
opposition so overwhelming. It does
not account for the fact that even
ih> staunchest supporters of the ad
ministration hesitate to "give the la
bor clauses of the antitrust hills their
tin qualified support.
The reason for this must be found
elsewhere, and we think it (an he
tound in the uncertainty which sur
rounds the meaning of some of the
clauses, especially that regarding
boycotts. Ceasing to patronize or
employ any party lo disputes between
capii.al and labor and "recommend
i:.g. advising or persuading others: by
peaceful means ho to do" sire declared
legal by the bill. The New York Tri
i me, a Republican newspaper, but
one which declares that thorp Is Ilt
i tie fault to bo round with nianv of
the sections, says of this feature or
| the hill:
I 1 nder this language wp see notldtiK
, to restrain organlze-l labor from de
claring boycotts against those who
venture to <lo business with concerns
. which It has boycotted. If a manufac
turer In Connecticut incurs its enmity
I it can "persuade" Jobbers and retail
, ers who deal in such product as his all
over the country not to buy front him
| <>n pain of seeing themselves put upon
its unfair list. This gives to organ
; ized labor the power to destroy those
[ who will not yield to it. This Is gross
? favoritism.
I 1 he rimes-Dispatch is by no means I
j certain that this interpretation can
| be placed upon the language quoted.
< I lu*re was a groat difference of opin
ion on the question in I'ongross, and
President Wilson does not so con
strue it. So the matter will be put
iup (o the courts, nut we cannot help
wishing that the House had not
evaded the issue in that way. hut had
clarified the language before adopt
ing the section. It is this confusion
that damns the measure in the minds
of so many, and it is from this prac
tice of passing knotty problems on to
the courts that arises much of the
belior that the judiciary is encroach
ing upon the preserves of the legis
lative branch of the government.
[Shifting responsibility is anything
but commendable, and this the House
of Representatives seems to have
done.
The wise man makes use of his
emotions; in- doesn't let tltem use him.
Don't I hink With Amotions.
| If tliero is one quality more than
any other in which Virginia has led
I the States of the Union it Is in the
j production of men of judicial tem
[ pern meat. Since the era or George
Washington, the "Old Dominion" has
stood like a stone wall of poise and
reason as against the hysteria and
melodrama of other sections.
1 lie impending stTtiggle between
local seli'-govornment and State-wide
j'lat prohibition should present no ex
ception to that invariable rule of
? sanity.
W e know that in every Common
wealth where the principle of local
self-government has been temporarily
obliterated, the end has been accom
plished not bv logic ami testimony,
jbut in a lather of hysteria and pas
jsions inflamed.
Men do not settle their business or
domestic affairs by processes of bit
terness or at the behest of sentimen
talists who come, bearing not proof
but emotional assertions.
No more should they settle flic Is
sue as to whether Virginia is to ac
cept the dubious experiments or other
| States upon sophistry rather than
i argument.
j ^throughout the campaign, let the
irginian in city and country demand
i tacts, not parables.
I If mandatory prohibition has los
jsoiled intemperance in other States,
we want to know it. with places and
figures and dates. Loose statistics
of saloons closed will not do. We
|should demand that proof go below
| the surface to the "blind tigers" thai
| infest communities made "dry"
j against their will; to the "locker
clubs" that make a howling bur-,
jlesque of the spirit of the law; to
"near-beer" saloons that dispense
"real beer."
j On the other hand, if the outside
of the sepulchre has been whitened,
jonly to leave the interior untouched,
? we should know that, too.
; I.et Virginia be solitarily sane
among other States, in that it de
clines to submit a great moral-politi
cal issue, projecting itself into the
bill of rights of every American citi
zen, to (he tost of hypocrisy or the
blinding influence of hysteria.
Let us think with our faculties not
our emotions. Klse we shall be sorrv.
C
Kiclimond should take steps to reduce
tuberculosis among its nocrci citizens.
Antldisea.se Day.
| Governor Ralston, of Indiana, lias
jagreed, at the instance of the Anti
, tuberculosis Society, to call an "Anti
i disease" Day next October in his
State. It would be well if the move
ment spread to every other State and
included all diseases no less than
t uberculosls.
As it now is. virtually all the Com
monwealths observe 'Tuberculosis
Day" in some form. The ceremonials
take the style of sermons, lectures
editorials and articles on tubercu
losis, its prevention and iis treat
ment.
It lite propaganda were broadened
to cover hygiene and the science gen
erally of prevention, ' the results
? would be well worth the while. We
have made headway against tuber
culosis because of educational meth
ods of this nature. it |s true the
! death rate i- not greatly lowered, bin
fewer people contract I he disease,
and there is a wholesome knowledge
:,s to i,s ravages and the wav of
escape
, It typhoid, malaria, pellagra at
least what we know of it IJrlght's
disease, heart disease ami other m;il
jadies prevalent in this country were
discussed from various public forums
?it least once a year in every Slate
the cumulative effect would "be tre
mendous.
Ike great obstacle to the rapid
?;pr. ad of the battle against disease
s ihat science i, j?st learning how
to coui h It- |o? --on> in everyday lan
guage t, rms that are homelv
enough to appeal to the ,na? ln tl,'P
:-treet and the woman in the home
he friend to germs and all man
"f disorders is the technical
phrase tile pompous air or secrecy
with which the profession of medi
cine too often unrounds its works
;.nd the reluctance to "get on all
fours" with the layman.
It these traits are eliminated or
softened and a national "antldisea.se
?a> ' promulgated, we shall have
reason to hope for a quick dwindling
jot the death rate.
j Is lie I 'tiling?
| Political student i generally used
to accept it as ax.k>niatic that Col-J
' onel Roosevelt was about the most
astute politician in (he land, with an
uncanny facility for reading and an
ticipating public sentiment and a
manic knack of finding what would
smite it between the eyes of its
imagination.
Is the Colonel falling in his politi
cal acumen? Are his wireless aerials
fogged? It looks that wav. Here
1,0 is attacking Wilson for the tariff
and currency laws, placing the brand
of inofliclency on them and proclaim
ing how much better he could have
tinkered with both.
The Colonel was In oflice seven
years Except for the last four
months of his administration, he en
joyed undisputed control of his party
m ( ongress and convention, lie was
cordially hated in both branches, but
he retained authority, whether jam
ming through Taft or getting some
pot bit of legislation onactcd.
Now, then, during his seven years
tenure the Colonel's activity, as re
gards tariff and currency, was con
lined to meek submission to the
stand-pat element he now is so round
ly denouncing. He couldn't be led
up vigorous policies with a bat
u rj of tugs. Why? Because he
knew both subjects were loaded to
the guards with mischief, lie thun
dered a good deal about trust evils
but a microscopic search fails to re
veal any constructive legislation he
placed on the statute books.
These facts considered, does the'
tolone, imagine the American of fair ?
intelligence is going to buy the politi
Jrr,<'kS hR is regard
nig tarnr and currency? Hardlv'
li s underestimate of "the national
mind leads us to fear his proverbial
11J-M1- sagaclty is booming down
the River of Doubt."
veil the Colonel has difficulty in
finding weak apota in Wllaon'a armor.
Opium.
America's sudden realization of
the fact that the drug evil has a grip
upon the people of the country that
??alls for prompt action makes timely
stor>" entitled, "A Modern Opium- ?
hater, appearing in one of the cur- '
rent magazines, in that storv, which >
is based on fact, a Chinese denkeeper
is quoted as follows:
...I0',' 110 HUH. Kvery man allee-tlmo \
vm. ?, Kvorv "lleesamo
s'nnl?! "lie tlnn'. Stuoke two Unto
smok,. the time. tlien smoke nlletInto!
< lilneman, wlilte man, chokq.n.y (no- ;
Kin) n1 loesamo. No can quit. Blmebv '
>??u file you quit. Itlmoby maybe vol,
1.ink.-- no more money, no more fllend
bollow money, no ran stealem monev.
maybe you quit one. two davs Blrnebv
maybe you to Jail, no pot fllend I
011 hop. no Kot inoncv glvem i
policeman eatchem hop, you quit You
got money, no Jail, you no quit. 1 1
heap sahe. I'lmeby you see
Few people realize the rapid I
spread ot the evil in this country,
and many find it difllcult, if not im
possible. to believe that it is worse
in this country than In China, long
held up as the drug-ridden nation of
the earth.
All there Is to be said about the tolls
question has been said, according to
the Philadelphia Public I .editor. Had
it made that remark a few weeks j
0.11 Her. it would have been just as
? nithful and would have had the fur-1
ther satisfaction of beating everybody,'
else to It.
Rockefeller won more notoriety than |
fame by his declaration that. "There is
nothing to arbitrate." but advocates of
redemption of treaty pledges are 011 ;
different ground. There Is nothing to
arbitrate.
I"> hmond was the hottest city in the ?
country one day last month, but we'
eould have stood several douree. more
of heat In exchange for the cooling
breezes vouchsafed ever since to the I
ploasuntost city in the world.
Have .vii:i ordered your new man of:
Mrazi) yet??Columbia State of I'ridav I
?I line ? ?
Have you ordere,| your new man of
? iax.il yet??Tlines-Dlspatch of Fridav !
J u ne 5. ' ,
Congratulations.
"Investors in the New Haven and !
their money were soon parted." snys i
tbe Washington Herald, leaving it to
others to work out the syllogism for
1 bemselves.
What others think of the "new
thought" leaders is not what they think
??!' themselves, assuming, for the sake
of the paragraph, that thov think
at all.
"Small colleges best.-" says Champ
? lark, .lust what every small college!
says, in its annual efforts to rope in
students and endowments so that it
can grow larger.
It vould be the Irony of fate should
Villa !><? killed in the last battle of the
revolution, but. at that, it might be 11 |
good fate for Mexico.
A New Jersey court has derided that
a man need pa\ no street car fare un
b s!? he i? provided with a seat. How
are vou going to work that on a pay
as yon enter ear?
"Naturalists say the shrimp is ab
solutely dumb." flow many people we
know who lack just one quality of the
shrimp'
If (iener.il Miles has any considera
tion for a busy man's time, lie will
enter the Ananias club at once without
waiting to be sent.
r.'ie statesman who hesitates !s lost.
New York Sun.
At a ball he Is lost If he can't hesi- ;
tate
?1"! n l.ind Is proving that he can !
'? just as silent in the t'nited States'
? - in Mexico.
\ !? Huerta tottered another millionth
? ?f an In h > cMerday.
Will the Colonel discover Hie Gulf
?' 1 ream on his voyage across?
Speech may bo silver, but Rattle
Hob's is only plated.
Dead men tell no tales, but they
usually leave a Mellon behind.
>
-
ltr.V. (>lOOIKiK W. KBMl'Ull.
One day as the Apostle Paul was
passing along the streets of Jerusalem. |
thu sun shono upon him, and, all tin- ;
consciously to lilm, the"shadow he cast. '
first on this couch and then on that, |
and at once mourning was turned to j
rejoicing, groans ceased and ihe bod- j
ridden wore again strong- This may I
seem a little strange to us, and yet I
not so strange when we realize that j
in a true sense the same thing Is hap- |
polling nearly every day. A real might
streams forth from every one of us. j
Steadily we each one wield the sceptre
of an ever-unconscious energy. which
must prove either a blessing or a I
blight.
Hvcry one exerts an influence, quiet, j
but real, unconscious, but certain? j
every one casts a shadow of some kind.
The poisoned garment of Hercules
clung no closer to him than does the
shadow of influence to every one of
us, wherever we go. In a certain ceme- j
ter.v upon a little white stone, which ,
marked the resting place of a young j
girl, may be seen this inscription: "A
child, of whom her playmates said: ;
"It was easier to lie good when she j
was with us.'" Think what a shadow j
of blessing her ever-present influence j
must have been! After all, it Is not
what we have, hut what we are, that
gives force to character. We think
entirely too much of what we are
going to do and entirely too little [
of what we are going to be. "Out of
the abundance of the heart the mouth
speaketh." What we are within governs ,
largely what we are without. The
hidden essence of character we carry j
with lis, will always reveal Itself In
some way, and others must feel its in- '
fltience to a greater of less degree.
nn'oitTAMK or
i \c?\s(mi s i \n,r i:\ri:
I know we think and talk much
about influence, but In our thinking ?
and talking-, we nearly always leave |
out our silent, unconscious influence, i
which, after all, Is the most important j
and mighty we exert. There are two
pood reasons for making: this state
ment. viz.: It Is constant and It is also
unending. A man may speak but once ;
in a day: he lives every moment of ,
the day! The little things we say and
do, tell more widely and radically on
the souls of men than some of our
more demonstrative actions. A young j
netn once said to nv that the 1111- j
conscious Influence of his older j
brother was largely responsible for
his desire to become a Christian and
live the Christian life. The clock j
strikes at Intervals, hut the ticking
imomentary- we hear the one. we [
do not notice the other, and yet the 1
li.iur-stroke conies not if the ticking j
f ills. l,ife Is made up of the constant, j
e ? ie 11 v pa "sing moments and not the .
sudden strikes!
I
"The smallest bark on life's tumultuous j
ocean
Will leave a track behind forever
more :
The lightest wave of Influence set in
motion i
(Extends and widens to the eternal
shore."
"Oh,- that my influence could be
gathered up and burled with me," said j
a man. who had misspent his life; but |
It could not be It will continue to !
live long after he Is dead and gone. |
nnspovsinn.iTV von
i:i*ri:cT ox o'riir.ns
Another thought?and a most solemn
and serious one it is. too. We are re
sponsible to Clod for our unconscious I
influence! If our character and in- i
fluence are bad. they are bail from
choice. "Ve will not conic unto Me
that ye may have life." My friend,
any "will not" leave us responsible for
what after that we are. We cannot i
be zeros and count for nothing in this !
life. "He that knoweth to do good
and doeth it not, to that man it is
k li." To i'o nothing is to do evil. ,
< ?h. how many "do-nothing's" there are -
in thi* world, and the world is poorer
because of their existence, too!
"I'd rather be a could-he.
If I could not be an are;
For a could-he is a may-be.
With a chance 'if touching par.
I'd rather be a has-been
Than a might have-been, by far:
For a might-have-been has never been.
Hut a has was once an are!"
If a man could perish alone in his
iniquity, then ihi.- moral suicide of tm
goitliness were not quite su terrible. If
his influence could be "gathered up and
buried with him." his wickedness would,
perhaps, not seem <|iiite so bad. Hut.
alas! Moral suicide is never with an
unshared poison cup! "No man livetli
unto himself and no man dieth unto
himself." It is also .inst as true that
no man sinneth unto himself. As an
absolute proof of this, visit the home
of a drunkard, a thief, a murderer!
im i.i r.\< i: dhi'kmis
?>\ M\|) III'
Now for a personal
My friend what kind of
al e you ? x? rting in the
answer will largely depend upon what
kind of a life you are living. Are
joli for Christ or against Mini'.' Ta
liemjr exerted for the
? ty and the advnnce
;> i ? i t \, or for the ex
i's kingdom on earth?
i.irn i.i\i:i>
application
an influence
world? The
your influence
uplift of humai
tilc It 1 of I '11 ! t s I ;
tension or Satai
Noli may not be able, like the Apostle
I'eter, to Ileal the sick in the I em pie.
but you can most assuredly "cast heal
ing shadows " in the sir. ?! i Mi what
ever heart or home, the shallow of a
real Christian may fall; in "'. liatever
company he may move, his very coin
ing should bring a smile of pleasure?
a manifest blessing should beam In his
face. I'rom every such life there goes
out an unconscious influence, .which is
a savor of life unto life i<> dying men.
The world has been made better by
his having lived in It!
Why not live such a life before men
that this could be truly said of you
after yoti have answered the final sum
mons? You can do it if you really
want to. Ke assured of this. God has
promised to give you tho strength, the
wisdom and the guidance necessary
for the simple asking. Taliu Him at
Mis word! Put Him to tlio test!
You'll not bo disappointed. "My graco
is sufficient for you." "Ask and ye shall
receive!" Blessed promise! Lay hold
of it:
Wayside Chats With
Old Virginia Editors
"The Republicans are the calamity
howlers now," says the Northern Neck
News, "and that with as littlo reason
as men ever had to assume the role."
Oh. there's reason enough; the Repub
licans are out and want to get In.
"It has been left to (the present ad
ministration," says the Fredericksburg
Journal, "to frame an entirely new ex
planation for business depressions."
?'f course, the Journal doesn't know
tii.il Ihe present administration did not
frame the "psychological" explanation,
and that the explanation is not ne,w.
It doesn't know, of course, that it has
been given many, many times before, and
by business men who recognize the
part the state of mind plays In nil
panics and depressions. There may be
other causes, but always th?*re Is the
psychological cause, and at the present
time it dominates.
The Radford Itecord quotas The
Times-Dispatch editorial urging at
tendance on the conference of Virginia
educators to be held in Richmond June
HO. and, adding Its own approval, de
clares that "if every community does
its part" tho movement will l>e suc
cessful.
The South Boston News also indorses
the conference strongly, and goes to
tho heart of the matter when li says
that "we have one of the best school
systems in the country, but there
is room for material Improvement."
The News Is not one of those news
papers which sees insult to Virginia
in every suggestion that things might
be made better.
Says the Hanover Herald: "The '
Times-Dispatch says: 'Regarding the
Judiciousness of Mr. Wilson's choice of
Bryan, aside from the political feature, I
there may be room for dispassionate ;
debate. We have never been quite sure j
that the President could not have made
a better selection.' A 11111 ?? bit self
conscious'.'" Come again; we don't get
you, Steve.
"Ashland needs a new school build- .
ing." says the Hanover Progress. '
Then Ashland should ?et It, especial- 1
ly if, as th?- Progress says, th<- present
school building "is a disgrace to the !
'school board and the splendid corps of .
teachers." I
Says the Lunenburg Call: "In its is
sue of last Sunday the Richmond
Titnts-Dispatch had the following
item:
" 'The Lunenburg Call writes of
"The Failure of Mediation." If it had
waited awhile before writing that It
would not have written It.'
"The Times-Dispatch Is in error.
The article on 'Mediation' was an edi
torial from the Richmond Journal, and
was published a* such, being properly
credited to the Journal. If the editor |
of Tho Times-Dispatch had taken the I
trouble to read as many as a dozen !
lines of the article he commented upon, .
there would have been no comment." I
Oh. well, as the little boy would say, 1
"what's the use of getting mad. We i
didn't mean nothing."
"This Is a good town." says the Clare- !
mont Herald, and then preaches this
sermon: "Let us get all the good out
of it we can. Tho way to >;et the good
out of land Is to improve it. The way i
to get tho good out of a town is to 1
develop It. It is a poor farm that ?
is all pasture, it ought to be worked. !
II*1 is a poor farmer who is content !
to make what nature may send. lie !
is a poor citizen who is willing to let .
the town shift for Itself. taking only I
such beneilts as conic without the ex- I
pendlture of energy or labor. The '
man who Is satisfied to harvest mere
ly what comes up will have to live
on a diet of weeds," And don't for
get to hoost. Prosperity is "psycho
logical," too.
THE PUBLIC PULSE
ICditorlal Expressions from I.tadlng
l.ocni Option.
The Public I.? dger firmly believes
that the best interests of the State ;
would bo subserved by a properly I
drawn local option measuro allowing ?
tho people of a county to ,decide [
whether or not they wish licensed sa- >
loons, but the temperance question ,
must be handled with discretion and
conservatism. The prohibition hysteria !
which swept over the Southern States
lias not accomplished its purpose, has
been :i fruitful cause of a malignant, i
narrow, unrelenting partisanship, has j
divided communities in States affected, ,
to their serious detriment, nnd in ad
dition has woefully failed of enforce- j
inert, causing a disrespect for law, j
which always accompanies the non
enforcement of a statute, and a la
mentable and deplorable undermining ;
of confidence in courts and public of- j
ficials. i
I
The Hobby-It bier.
When Louis Napoleon w;ts seeking to
attract the attention of Prance in or-I
der that he might secure Ihe power he |
coveted, he rode a horse up and down
the principal thoroughfares of Paris. |
And so he became known as the Man
on Horseback. Many an ambitious :
person rides his hobbles In the public
view long enough to catch tho eye of j
the crowd. But there are times when i
even a hobby will throw the rider.
Troy i N. V.) Record.
Poor (iforRc!
As if the militant suffragettes were!
not bad tnuugh with th< ir hysterical !
outbreaks at royal receptions undj
Hi . at.-, to kidnap one of his children, j
poor King Oeorge now has a card scan- !
dai on his hands, wherein a distin
guished member of bis household Is ac
?used of cheating at poker. And then
there's Ulster's threatened civil war.
not to speak of tho ructions raised
by Lioyd Oeorge and other radical re
formers. L'neasy must lie the head
that wears the crown of King of the
Fnited Kingdoms of Oreat Britain and
Ireland and of the British Dominion:;
Beyond the Seas, Defender of the Faith
and ICinperor of India, not to speak of
h few dozen other titles. He evidently
has no soft Job.?Philadelphia Record.
Tlie TnllNliinn.
lie that loves the hills and streams,
He that loves the woodland way.
Shall not lose his hold on dreams,
Shall not wander far astray.
lie that takes h'.s joy of life
From the simple things of toll.
Shall not count his tasks a strife.
Shall he brother of the soil.
He that knows tho splendid charm
Of the common things of earth
Shall be saved from sin and harm.
Shall be dowered with deathless
mirth. ?Baltimore Sun.
Consul Julius D. Drehor advises that
members of tho Toronto Board of
Trade will make fraternal visits this
year to several American cities. A
trip has boon arranged during the
second week In June to Niagara Falls,
Buffalo, Detroit and Cleveland.
RESOLUTE
VAN IT IE
DEFIANCE
On?s of the Dajr> n??.?t Cartoon*.
?I'roru th* Philadelphia P'iMlo I?rrtKor.
THE CHURCHES AGAINST WAR
I). Mr ml In th?' Ilontou Advertiser, February litt,
"War Inconsistent with the Hellgion
of Jesus Christ" wan lli?? tltlo of th?*
famous pamphlet by David Ixjw Dodge,
the New York merchant, who in An
Kiiht, IS15. nrganizi'd the New York
Peace Society, the first peace society In
the world; and every member of that
first peace society was a member of
tho Christian Church?that Indeed be
ing a condition of rnemhership at the
bi ginning, as earlier it was a condition
nf voting in Massachusetts. In Christ
mas wi'-.'k of the rami) year, the Massa
chusetts Peace Society was organized
in l>r. < "hannlng's study In Boston,
under thw leadership of N'oah Worces
ter. both of these men so illustrious
In the rarly history of the peace move
ment beinK Unitarian ministers. Mr.
Dodge's pamphlet was prepared for the
press in 1M2. three year* before be
founded the New York Piece Society;
and on Christinas I>ay. 1M4. one y*-.'u
before the organization of the Massa
chusett} Peace Society, Noah Worcester
published In Boston his "Solemn Re
view of the Custom of War." These
two noteworthy pKinphlotx, by the New
York Christian merchant and tlic Bos
ton Christian minister, were the most
luflueutial ami memorable documents
In the t.arlv history of the peace move
ment in this country; anil the two so
cieties for which they prepared the
way were the cradles of an agitation
which his swept around the world,
establishing' innumerable pence socle
ties everywhere, with the result that
at last we have come to the era of
Hague Peace Conferences, made up of
the representatives of all nations, en
gaged In the definite and Just political
organization of the world.
This distinctly reiiglous orlgrln of the.
organized p. ace movement and its pro
nounced identification with the churches
come Impressively to mind as another
New York man of business, so Kreat a
leader of the peace movement as An
drew Cariitvle, founds and endows In
David Low Dodge's own city, almost
on the centennial of the founding of
that historic first peace society, the
Church Peace Union, composed of rep
resentatives of all the leading rellgl
Voxe off A? Peoipfe
Scott, llleken' et ak.
T'? the Editor of The Times-D:snatch :
Sir. Vou ask u..J answer the uueetlon:
? Why .Unit Sc.?tt *o youth'." You are right
in -a;. Ins thin th<? and rritdlni; is ir.e
best. 1! i.ne unit.* >?vfrn! veurs?s.iv. until
middle-age -l>el?re dului; It; but I Would
like to usk a question. Whv limit your
second reading to Scott? I have read many
of Dickens's work* a seronil time. and the
Inimitable "Pickwick" has received several
readings. and each time to the accompani
ment of renewed delight. In i>oyhooil I
read them nil. and later, like many other
people, began to look upon them h- l.ook*
lor the youth; but now. at fifty year- of
age. 1 "truly turn for relief liark to my
first love." after trying many of the more
modern romancer?. I would not denre
clate these, especially .is they have enali'.ed
me to appreciate boyhood friends so inuvh
more, but i love the other*.
LOVER OK OLD BOOK.H.
Richmond. Va.. June C. U"M.
Dust Thou Art.
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir.?In this morning's paper I notice the
sentence. "Purl thou art. lo dust returnest.
was not spoken of the soul.' Please tell me
where It conuM from. I.Ike evervbodv eloe
In Richmond. 1 sign myself DUSTY.
Richmond. Va.. June ;t. 19U
I For the purposes of his "Psalm of Life."
Mr. Longfellow takes It from the nineteenth '
verse of the third chapter of Genesis, and
mars It iu the taking. In io-nesls ihe form
Is nil right. Ciod closes Ills renroof and
sentence of Adam: "l'or dust thou art. and
unto dust shall thou return." Mr. Lonir- |
fellow makes the form 'Must thou art. to ,
ilusi relurnest." and savs that this was not
spoken of t!.e soul. Tne form as he gives
It Is one of direct address: "thou" and "art"
ami "returnest" are all second person, ami ,
the form could not possibly be spoken of
anything. When you say, John, shut the '
door." you do not speak of John: vou speak
lo him. and .Mr. Longfellow ought to have
known enough of Engiish grammar to s ly
"was not spoken to the soul." ?Lditor.)
"The Cliv Club."
To the Editor of The Tlmes-Dlsnateh:
Sir.?If "B. N a." or any one else Is in- !
tere-iid in knowing something about "Cltv '
?'lul>." If they will call at my olTlce. So 3 il j
Mutual Building, 1 will take Ihe time to ex- !
plain. I really prefer to not get In Ihe
papers. S. B. L.
Boss ltnle al Palm.vrn.
To Ihe Editor of The Times-Dispatch:
Sir.?He as lenient as possible with those
resolutions you Inserted May 31, for It Is
the co-nmon citizens against boss rule In j
our county. J. S*. JAMES.
Palmer, Va.. June 1. 1914. I
Tolincco and I'sreliolngv.
To the Editor of The Tlmes-Dlsnateh:
Sir.?Is the Injury to the tobacco crop due
to the drought or to psychology?
. . FARMER.
Dinwiddle. \a? June t. 1911.
Lynchburg's Library.
To the Editor of The Tlmes-Dlsnateh:
Sir Comparison* are odious when lliey
are not comparisons. Lynchburg hue a pub- I
lie library, but not n municipal library. J
The Mill City was fortunate enough to have i
a citizen who wanted to do something big :
for the community. The library at Lynch- I
burg was donated, and was not erected by I
the city. FAIR I'LAY.
Richmond. Va.. June 6. 191-1.
During 1911 Germany turned out
lf?,fi"4.00ft tons of pip; iron. The out
put of the United States in the same
year was 24,082,000 tons, but tho
United Kingdom, tho third important
factor in the world's production, which
twenty-live years ngo put out twice
us much as did Germany and was un
surpassed by that country until as late
as 1903, Is credited with only 10,033,
000 tone.
our bodies of tho country, t<? rally tho
moral anil religious forces of *h<) coun
try and of tin; world to thu morn
earnest promotion of the r:iu?i', In tb?
11n111 of the close Identification of ili>
peace movement at tlio b? ginnlr u- with
religion and tlie churches. this founda
tion becolilos (ioiililv iiuti'ftDitlij',
Tho now organization Is surely Im
perative. Tlie present *? :11 of war
and armnnp nts In Intolerable In such a
civilization as we have achieved. In
dustry, economy and Intelligent polities
all condemn It. Lint especially <1 It
stand condemned by every principle of
morality and religion, and the world
lia.s a r 1 nJit to auk tho chut dies t?> br'.r.g
their Influence more definitely to beat
In behalf of nobler and more rational
policies. They have not led oh they
ought. Tho new Church I'eace Union
should be the means of waking them
up to their duty In the war against
war, and the Importance of organizing
and concentrating their efforts. When
all the criticisms have been made upon
the churches. It remains true that they
constitute the greatest moral reservoir
for social influence which we possess;
and it Is easy to make accusations
against them which are not home out
by the facts. Henry I >. Lloyd used to
aay in his later years that his most
radical impeachments of industrial
wrongs and demands for industrial re
form < found no more numerous or
earnest responses than from ministers
In the churches; and it Is undoubted! ??
true that however Just and necessary
many strictures are, no other d i
furnishes so many stanch peace ad
enters. It would be shameful lnde.
If this were not so. Dr. Hale used i >
say that every modern church should
have a committee on International Juh
tlce among lt"< regular standing com
mittees; and Christians remember at
least on Christmas, ,f they do not re.
member responsibly at some other
times, that their religion was heralded
at the beginning as the inauguration
of an era of peace on earth and &o?,d
will among men. The Hebrew prophets
indeed preached the high cause long
before. A church which Is not a peace
society is faithless to Its charter.
The Bright Side
Junt llefnre the Wedding.
The bride:
"1 wonder if Tom's mother will like me,
<?r If she will poke fun at all I <io;
I wonder If the nice things she will sec,
About me that her son professes tol
I wonderl"
Tho bride's mother;
"I wonder if at home he'll nightly stay,
And If he will continue to adore her;
I wonder If she'll manage him the way
I have her dear old doling dad he
fore her! I wonder!"
The bridegroom;
"1 wonder if Jeanne's mother will turn
out
To he a ma-ln-law to conjure fear;
I wonder If she'll often be about,
And If she'll always be so sweet and
dear! I wonderl"
Tho bridegroom's mother:
"1 wonder If Tom's wife knows how
to cook,
And if she'll think I'm very queer
and prim;
l wonder how her house is going to
look.
And if she's really good enough for
him! I wonder!"
The fathers (In chorus):
?'We wonder how much money it will
t a k it
To keep them going for a year or
t w o;
We wonder If those kids will really
make
A fortune, as they're planning now
to do! We wonder!"
?Llda Keck Wiggins, in Judge.
Would Come Out on Top of Mule.
"Why don't you get rid of that
m ule?"
"Well, sub." answered Krastus
Plnkley, "1 hates to give in. it i
was to trade dat mule off he'd regard
il as a personal victory, lie's been
try In' fob de Ins' six weeks to get rid
o' inc."?Washington Star.
Whnt Wn* I,nek lug.
"I say, old boy, have you got suf
ficient conlblence to lend me live hob?'*
"Oh yes, old chap, I've got the con
fidence; but I haven't got the live bob."
?Taller.
The I'lnce Tliey Fill.
"The poets perform a great mission
In this world."
"They certainly do. If It wasn't for
them (he magazine editors would havo
an awful time tilling In small spaces
at the boltom of pages."?Defrolt Free
Press.
The making of glazed tiles or
"azulcjos" is the only ancient Yalen
clan Industry which has retained its
Importance through centuries tip to
the present day. These wall and floor
tiles enter Into the construction of
nearly every modern building through
out the region, and tho local consump
tion alone is sufficient to lieop fac
tories running.