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According to the delightful perv-rsily of tatt.
it ha* b**M» rttmi’s trafed that ther- ;s at'
»J1 something in 'in . hsirgi of American dollars
in the Ksichsh > >*\1h In the I’lyrooutn
'district, Ann ; n un t .1.1 has won n signul vt«
■tor}', l ui not, as tin rn:*>nis's have (>■ ci or.
tending, for wild ><> l.itvralistii .m i i Kul»
Instead, tin <:•>,*) r<<1 gold of Vinero a Iwug it ;'s
seat in tlm imprest t • ih* Tory mas. . and tn the
person ol > outs Waldo"! Aster. sen* to l*.»rt la
ment as uni oit. a: ’ in '.c an ar ■ !.« :;il .e is all.
when; to is found on Fifth Averin.
There i- nothing iris F ont the Waldorf As
tor* Instead, the v.-ra. ions ehroni 'e it their
4BCt*try diec-ov;.- that their found* : was a
ire title man with
and other** *-• •
.lOUfe mi Stilt well
Steel traps, .-now
ifisrni the basis -e
she glor and *
the slory o' tnos<
til
P
ti
instin< ‘s, eouimen iaH>
The emblem of tin
muskrat wrong side out
s and hug-harre led rifles
■ fortune iust as behind
S (if tie belted earl lie
» i’ll crude mad' •( «» nu
itfce earth iu order that idleness might become
illustrious The AO'tn tong ago discovered that
secret of success Is in trading with other*
its. and in letting for rent die lands which
Hers win. In New York fit. .. thousand
ents, from palaces and hotels to tin man!,
eters of the poor. ««nd tin ir dividends to
,nd in order that i’lyuiouth’ mav have a
representative in Parliament. All of this
so English that it is in cheeks and monocle,
has remained for an \stor to show the Amer
-;jm way to a patent of nobilitv without tlie in
t of marriage.
.For it must lie that 'la expatriate who has
ht his way to Parliament with American
dollars will b; the same token find Ins name
ip Burke, in ho- Siono Vi/t-ef What the elder
SJtStbr, with ail his country seats and tennis
es to Kings and K!nge*ses. lias failed to ti".
son has accomplished by a stern American
tern e on the justness and privilege of
Itary right. When ultimately the Mouse
fjords shall have been saved in all its ancient
and prerogative. It 1s reasonable to suppose
the great-grand’on of the commercial
US whose business magic < hanged the glossv
to shining gold will get himself Into knee
ta and silk hose, and kneeling amid the awed
with which a Kingly ae; i- greeted, re
hrs the mystic sword tap and ris-* Mr Knight!
At which It were appropriate that nil the peas
■y of the Astor real estate across the sen
uld rise ami send a resounding cheer ac ross
way to the man whom no mistake of Firth.
Horn, no incident of environment nor tradi
of Democracy, could keep nwav from the
ision of the title which h' lci his heart, arid
Which he had set his pursi '
mi; 1'oi.oM i. wii mi .ri i«.i
It would be Interesting, but useless . should
Baldwin, Governor elect of New llamp
e. refuse an invitation to attend the banquet
rwhich Colonel Roosevelt in expecting to speak
l,Hew Haven next week There is vastly tour.
9n for a refusal on Judge MulwinV part, to
With Colonel Roostr’elt. than there was for
Colonel to peremptorily decline to sit at
with Senator Loritv.er, hut it is to be hoped
: the man in this instance will take a broach
of ordinary amenities than the other man
1 in the former. Simple bee ause Colonel Uoo.->
took ithe view tha his position justified a
wh of ordinary etiquette is no reason whv,
k his case, Judge Baldwin should emulate his
llplc.
attack made |,y the ex-l’rrsident, during
campaign, upon the Judge was one of tin*
Indefensible in political hiato y lb ,-pok
the facta in the plain light, of tin printed
rd. He used his prominent position to tin
of injuring Judge Haiwin s reputation ns a
fer and as a rnan. He put in the mouth of
I'dbttlngulshed juris thing- which he never
and could never have said. And, with true
reltian braggadocio, he stuck to the state
; and repeated ii Now. the course of events
these* two men to the position of fellow
as the same dinner. The occasion js one
for a high order of appetite,
plonel Roosevelt inti nates that, lie is in c or
donee with Judge Baldwin, presumable
the purpose of adjusting the difficulties of
[gate situation. Rumors have it that, while
l Colonel has written, the Judge has returned
Htfetars. it is demanded, however, that tin
ent retract, If he does so, it will be
that the unlearhable has begun to
as we think Judge Balw.n would lie
to attepd a dinner simply because a
jj,WhO has slandered him is also invited,
latter from Roosevelt would at this tim
to help along hie somewhat injured
|lP tha country. So far. having cruelly al
to injure the reputation of a man in
»c« of the peonie, he as cruelly refuse,
I Amends. Even after the event, and aft*-.
Should have pa-sed from the situation,
Obstinately to ;he original error. Be
|0 a big man and one who, still holds,
his defeat, the confidence and
<VH section of tha public, Judge
Baldwin should be mugni .niniou- enough Vo oink
hls private res< ulmi lit n Ins public > huruet- r
and because of that eontlcb ;< • and interest. tip'
px-Prosnlent oi th.’ l Tilted Stat * seeuld reali/t
that etoa In 10 not great enough -I** for*' th. pub
lic Jury •" pk.ni■ jtiMit ol • • taW-facwl
slander.
t, \s m<»i si: < i. u'i
Jt is :i very small mallei that the lit;, sirmlld
be asked io < mpensate for lit " lest by its cm
< injure.I in tie. p.-riiTinauei of their du
ties. Su a a n-fill si i ..<* every reason of .list
nos* to support it. It is reasonable anil right,
and there could is- no .osst’de criticism of the'
ppropriation necessary to grant it.
li is a matter of i.notln r sort whin u corn
.lilttvie of t'ouii. il ask- . ;• yiui tit in whatever
amount for injuries . , ■ < « ruing which ii appeal
that 11:e Committee has absolutely no kiiowledK".
li. ig an evidence of a .langerotis l.i\ ' ■ in city
government when all the iity legislative mo
ehlm r> ;s set in n otion to compensate « it v etn
ploy eg for injuries whi'-h the head of the d>
payment by win h tin;, are employed declare,
were to v er i e. eived
in this • ■. quest u of ami t 1 ontes
negligible and the irth rent danger of u d<
ip-li. tivo system gains ... yivo etnpliasir
The n.atti r of the gas works employes injured
stands in mis w.se i lie eouiaiitu e charged
with passing upon thvr . laims bus reportetl
that they were injured and that they should b
eompens,iod for loss of time resulting from such
injurie . Hut it appears that the head of the
department i. whieh they were employed de
elures that there has teen no injury' such as
that upon which the eoinmittoe founds its ar
tlon. Somebody else sn i that the men were in
jured,-but not In tin- n n whivh tie- committee
recoinmending their payment, descrilied In
stead of there having been one accident ;ii the
gas works, it is dee la red tlml there w<-n a series
of small aeridents ntnong g,i„ works employes.
These mishaps, i, is i lam . u. happened to eff
erent men, at diffi rent times, ip ditT-- ent phe a
All that ii would appear the Committee knows
about the mutter is that the. were hurt, some
where. to. somebody, or something. And the
Committee is unite eertitin that they should be
paid. In sueh eireumsuinees it requirt no
esiweial acumen to determine that the next
interest, slated for an accident is the « it", ili
nt cad of the people ii hires to do its wot k
Ail this, you may say, is a trivial matter The
justness of the claims is lest tc titled to by I he
smallness of their amount. There is not the
shadow of reason to suppose that mu attempt is
making in this instance to victimize the iity.
Hut. It is quite apparent that I IS"S such ns these
indicate other possibilities in other cases of more
importance. City money should on no eon-sim-ra
tloti be spent without an exa, t item of charge
ii will pot do-for those having the power to
expend the city funds to take anybody's unveri
fied word. It Ik a tra\ -sty upon the method of
city administration that a i latm should be au
fitted without information of an exact nature
That iri the case of the g is house employes the
error should have been - harmless one is merely
an accident of chance. and not remotely because
the system of b r iuf .s in vogue p. the city was
. such as to guard against improper expenditure.
The most convincing logic i„ that of the oh
jeet lesson, and as such a 1. on this matter ot
payment of a small sum upon absolute want of
knowledge as to what and for what its payment
was recommended should he viualde as showing
t lie possible results of a emit < mint ion of methods
*hi. h, adopted by any financial or cummer, ial
institution, would bring bankruptc y as tie only
possibly outcome Tim size of the city's Imsi
ness is the chiel reason why 'it should lie eon
ducted In a business Ilk' way It is in the ion
dlp't of. the trig bustle a tli.it It., small losses
In come tie great ones
\ loMil \l. \M» COM’ltMiiniiin i.l Mill
i\\ ni.ij,.
The!.' iiiis been not.iti!j^ moit tomi al in : in*
newspaper world than »it-■ attempt on iln j•.i-1
of the Kiohiuoml livening Journal to poet in
its editorial iidumns a- tin tiuanliaii Ante I of
thf ti tup t .line people .m Virginia. while in Us
advertising ioIuiuhh it i inn .uni abets tin- dts
tillerb s anil tinnvi-rifts in their efforts to tit1
fc.ii o tin valut Of laical O. lion in ilrv count left
mill cites lij Ihc nefarious ".mg" trade. Kitfn r
tin' Journal i*. u victim of n fiitirf ),t k of
high in I'm editorial or in its business depart
incuts and sees nothing i ontradh turv in such
a |n i format)1 i or it iia a very poor opinion of
thf reasoning lartilUit. of its readerr anil con
slih-t s tli cm a credulous. uni lit do aft. or it i. utter
ly careless of any sense of n poiisihility for the
imprfM'ioii its rouiKi' iua> multi' ii|ion nnybmh
\ t h m t tin da).- ago 7 • t oo. a inn. if riiif n alp.
publisher! in .in adVfrti .1 nifiit, containing w \
fi at itfins. a commendation ot I- nm h Brand'
Thf mistake in i urri'd in tin- ha-te ol getting copy
to thf prlntfr at .1 lain hour flic standing
rulf in Tin Itri/ttitan office forhlda thf liiseiiion
of any advertisement of intoxicants. morphine,
opium, or coniine preparations. and this ruh
Ik well-known to thf public lint the lourital
in iis editorial columns 1 rltleizeil 7 If I njiiniii
tor this insertion, and tin 11 dee la re I that Ilf
sauie linn won 1<T not advertise with t he .lonrn; 1
hfiausf the Journal dm not talk to suit dealers
in liquors.
The implication was ilia' the Journal was so
much more pronounced against the Honor truffle
than Tin l . yinuin that the stores which ml
vertise liquors would not use it.-, advert i si ns
columns. 1 he comical and contradictory thing
Is that despite this editorial dc lwu^Iion, tin
advertising columns of the Journal piJnf regular
Iv the picture of tile Inspector of Stititij Brook
Oistilli r.v. along side a imllh of whiskey which
he pronounces "pure." and other liquor adver
tisements also.
And more coni leal stilt in (he ver> same tapm
of the paper in which ii was declared in the
editorial columns that the firm in question will
not advertise In the Journal because of die
satisfaction with its view's on the liquor ques
tion, there appeared In the aovertisinK columns
at; advertisement from too vet" firm" Comicali
absurd is it not? that, so. h 1.lietlon ehouh
exist In the columns of the Guardian Angel!'
In an Issue of a few days later the Journal de
1 !areil that "as to the liquor question this paper
stands where Governor Mann stood the last time
he was heard imbliclv. for the prineliile of Local
1 Option.”
This i* misleading. ami is a a contradictory a*
half truths always arc. (iovcnior Mann in •»
letter mid reused to Ko\ li. I*. Atkina ami B. T.
Iiudmiu. on June 17th. !'jolt, declared that, while
lx lieviug Unit tin* loial option inethtxl is cal
■ ulated to produce jienuatient n'aulta, yet ii
Hit ia-giaUiture passed a bill giving the pcoph
lie- right to vote on the question of State-wide
m oiiibitiou lie would si„n the bill, and further
more declaring that .1 local option citation
should lie held in ati\ oinniunitv lit which he
litcd he would voti ‘ dry.'' and furthermore «le
ciaiing that if mi < leeliou should be held on the
question 111 Mate-wide i ’i oitil.it ion lie would vote
"dry”.
1 In Journal was compelled in l'."1!1 to declare
its position 011 the Liquor yuestion and Slid pus
■lively that in any cIce .pm held on the question
■ ! Maic-wide Prohibition i( would be against
State wide Prohibition. Oovernor Mann declar
ed Unit lie would toic for State-wide Prohibition
M. or h an election. And yet the Journal HOW de
ll;.Is that P stands wh te Covernor Maun stood
tim last ttnie he was heard front, liow comically
rout rail ictoiw ;' The Ulchniond Kveiiing Journal
standing 1- 1I11 Covernor Mann on .tnv ejuirtioli,
and cap. ■eially on tic liquor question! Hut per
■ t'es since it has beep .old In the liquor people
ilit; its position is not satisfactory to thini.
it will contradict itx-df gain and will now work
for Stall-w'idt Prohibitum to spite tile liquor
men.
Tin Journals latest eiiort is its sorrow over
if' failure of I h- 1 > 1 ;nti m n to prinl the speech
"I ilou Carter tiias- 0:1 the subject of Prohibi
tion. The Journal works itself into quite an
alarming state, as it lisiouraes upon tin fact
tiiat /A- 1 ii'iuihn 1 luia not published an: ex
tract front this speech and lias not complimented
Mr (lias.-. And when the Journal discovered
that evening in the first edition of 271 c \ i <nniaii
a \c,y full rt poll of tin speech it added a P. m
to lis- editorial, stating that 77m l irtmumi had
published on the h<fk page about a column (>T
Mr I1IHFB Speech. Mils Was rtUBUStftlllK. II
u r- calculated to produce tin- impression that
ilii speech had been printed in ail ohxtvr purl,
o! the palter, when frankness anti fairness won 1<1
have r-.ii< 1 lliat Tin I irtiuiiun had published on
the editorial page of the paper a very lengthy
report of Mr. (Hass' sp-vcli (in fact about as
lunch as appeared in Mr. (Hass' own paper, lie
N'ewsi, And frankness would have led the
Journal to say llie next day that In the regular
edition of Tin i,/pi,1,0, tha; day, a leading edi
torial quoted a strong paragraph from Mr. Glass
speet h and < indorsed it
Hut tli Comical thing in conneciion well this
incident is that while the Journal was proles
mg sin h solicitude, le t the "temperann I tr
fit ninn" should not publish Mr. Glass' speech, it
actually ferggt (, ?> to puolish tlie speech or any
extracts from It in its own columns! How could
the Guardian Angel of the Temperance people
who had hem deprived of their rights by the by
pori itieal h i fin a inn, tail to print in full this
great speech ori the evils of the liquor traffic'.'
Can it b" possible that after all its auxin;, for
tic publication of this speech, it. was umertnin
what the "Inspector of the "Sunny Brook Hi
tiller' " would think, if be should see this ...
in tin* very next column to the picture of him
self and his "I’ure" whiskey? That would be
eotnieally eontradieton would it not?
In tiie issue of D< reinoer the 17th the .lute mil
p even more eoinicai to.in usual. And on, mn
almost hear the flapping and see the shallow o',
the dually wings ot tin ir guardian angel as ii
endeavors to shield the temperance people ol
Virginia from the artful devices of tin: suin r
intendent of tin1 Antl-Sdloon League I no retire
lion i intended upon ,hc Inherent nature ol
tin Angel, Inn had company has left some aoot
• and smut on the original ivhiteneis of it wings).
With an asumption of great caution, which is
comb-ally contradictory of the rest of tut edi
torial, it <lei lares that., t oncoming tin assertion
that if . the S iporlntendent of the le ague "is
allied with the 'organization', he c allied with
in*' liquor interests. we hiivt* notning to sav.
if other* wish to draw that conclusion they art1
welcome. and wo will not sui they wrong,
"Itilo carefully refraining front .1 -111 i.k that
they at'o right.” Otto is forcibly reminded of an
oh! town gossip win* wont from lionto lions*’,
i tid tloi i itoil that site had heard its ass itod that
the preacher was patronizing tlm diatn-shop,
for In- was seen to walk in that dt a lion every
day. She would not s,n that tin' :i--;iion was
w rong, hut sin would carefully refrai’ front as
sorting that it was right, lor Bone [arsons did
say that the street which pa.-sed the .tloon, was
Ihe shortosi way to his study at the ohuroh. Mat
if he did nut want to so into tin- saloon, why
• lid lie i,(it go throe squares out of h: way. and
g" down a muddy alloy to g- t to his study?
The chain of evidence presented hy the Guard
tan Angel to prove that the Silperit; :. dent o'
•he Anti Saloon League is in alliance uitli the
liquor interests is of a similar nat'i ■ He is
declared to have been in alliance . the "nut
idtine- iccituse in-* worked for tic- tion of
lodge Mann for i inventor This t . non se
<Ulitlie- There Weie only two cam'.j ■ «te« for
i iovt-runr Judge \laiia ilcchtred tin. ju any
fan al Option elect ion lie would \<d. y " ami
tlpif in a State wiih I’rohiiiition • • , foil it
w ould vote "dry .- Tic opposing < annulate de
clared that :u any given Local Option election
his course would be determined by t in iistaneea
ami ill a Stute-vvidi election in- ild vote
"v- et t'ertain.lv it was natural to ; pose that
the Superintendent of tit- Anti Salm : Leugue
would favor the candidate, who dei kited that lie
would vote "dry -, and the fact that the "mu
t him- is saiii to have voted for the .. man Is
no proof of an alliance between tin . \: t i-Saiooii
League Superintendent and the "n. i. n,,"_ Ii
wottid certainly have appeared as cot,:; ailictory
as llie .lomitalK various dc-vioi:. twist mgs anti
turnings, for the Superintendent i Anti
Saloon League of Virginia to liav- worked for
a man who had declared lit- would to-- •■wet"
timl‘ t- eertain local conditions. ;tttil ;,<> ’.velv so,
in a Slate-wide i h-otlon. What s-c ,t UI’, a|.
liance would tie Journal have ,ded oi
Mnag'ic'd under such condition.’.'
Tin only proof presented that tie- s p.,-rintend
<■ nt of the Anti Saloon League is now . alliance
with the "machine" .ml thcrefort [t|, (jin
"liquor interests" is (lie attitude o, t,, paper.
'/'In Uii'll moiifi \ iiiiinhm. on the ttlon of
eailiiig a special session of General \“s, uibly to
legit li/e the primary next Hummer, ,( on ttie
question of tailing a Slate Convi to pass
iijiolt the liquor question. And In ,use ttnj
iltmroiiin Angel has attributed such mives as
a reason for the position of Th- It, .
thuum, without any regard to tie guments
t: i\t it for 77ie Vir{limnin'H pOBiti'm Thr |',>
<iuiiiin is showing how comical and > ■ uiietorv
the Journal Is m its discussions of tt,0 iiqm,r
quest ion.
Vecording to this reasoning tin limes-Dis
jiatch and New-Leader are both to la underlined
for neither of them are now calling v .. special
«-ssiott of the General Assembly h d'-ed the
idea ha-* practically been abandoned nv nearly
all tin papers of any weight and intlu- a, jn h,,.
State.
Concerning the Convention Thr l •)■,/,,luln ex.
pressed its opinion In yesterdays is mu- and if
the attitude of Th> Vlrt/inion indicates an al
1 iance with the "machine" what dm s he ttdi
link of tiie Lynchburg News indh at. * The
pa|ier.s which i.rt* booking tiie Convi rtj,,n ,n„st
persistently ate ' opposed to S'ate u ,‘e pro
hibition. and carry liquor advertising
As long as the Journal continues the effort to
pose as the Guardian Angel of the temperance
people and at the same time to proclaim the
virtues of Sunny Brook Whiskey, the public
need not b* surprised at any comically coutra
1:i ccef,,... . : .
dletory stunts which are executed iu Ha columns,
tor guardian angels and Sunny itrook Whiskey
are likely to contend the one against the other,
and produce contradictory results. It Is some
what of a Itr. Jckyll and .Mr. Hyde performance.
I’. S. If the Journal Intends to continue to ikjmc
as the Guardian Angel of the Temperance peo
pie of Virginia* it should familiarize itself with
facts and not betray Its foreign raising by sued
blunders us appeared In its editorial of the 7th
on "Lynchburg’s lxu-aP Option Election." Jin
one paragraph it refers "to the campaign of two
years ugo," and In the next paragraph It ex
presses its pleasure that, "four years Intervene
between election, instead of two as heretofore."
Keaily this is unpardonable contradictory ig
norance in a Guardian Angel. It surely ought to
know better than contradict itself in the same
editorial, and it ought to know that the law
was not changed. This exhibition of tangled ig
norance will not havo a tendency to cause the
I'craperanee people to trust themselves very con
lidentlv to its yearning, shall we say, pathetic
guidance and litre.
If tlio President had been the ex-Presidcnt.
Attorney General Wickersham would never have
dared to keep waiting in an ante-room tlie only
man in dhe world who can catch a wolf with
ills bare hands and (trove it by the contributing
editor ol tin- world's most authoritative high
broiy magazine.
It would simplify the task of those members
of Congress who will vote to reject the confirma
tion of Supreme Court Judges supposed to hold
objectionable views of the law if.pll applicants
were required to write advance opinions on
cases of importance.
Every Mug lias its price. The English love of
American gold carries with it the obligation ol
accepting the young Astor as an Englishman, it
is quite evident that some people will do any
thing for money.
The waterways conventions generally result in
the blowing off of enough compressed air to
deepen the channel of every trout stream that
is ambitious to become a coaling station.
it is remarkable (ha- an Astor should over
have permitted himself to be elected to a body
named the House of Commons.
The decision in the Rallinger case was tit
least not one of those things which take the
country by surprise.
Jack Abernathy had rather give up Ins job
than to have it salt! that he got cold feet.
Some of those men who were injured b\ t :t;
gas may have blown it out.
PEOPLE’S FORUM
* iilit'U Uor (iftHTiutr.
Kdltor Kp iitin.ud Virginian:
Sir,-- i'nii uiii permit an •‘t.Hd i ,>u
■ niteties, and who at the sarn>. time i* a ,,ne
mulft farmer, t.. civ.' the public his .stiniat.
• ■I a certain prominent citizen, still of Ke h
nii'h but also of Muvamin, espeeiall.v as h"
would do so without tile least Inclination to
tie Iriililloim,
The ll..n, ,1 Alston i 'a bell, since his pur
' liase of the “J'olnt of i ork" farm at the
.iunetion tiie Hlvanr.a ami Janos Hivir has
km Zealously and eft. . tlvel) ro-i.pi rate,) with
"hr ■ ■ aoltiK citizens in eiTi.ris t.» em oarage an
Interest in ..nr publlt enterprises, sneh as .-du
«all"tia.l. agricultural. and the annual rallies
"f the ("oniederate soldiers that In has, with
ont tiie least political ambition, «... rfti- as the
urii. r himws, s,t our p* .pi., t., regarding him
js a stror.it n ib. material possibility.
Highly Hlm.i'ril and us. .1 t" the b.-st social
environments, his many pubic ado!. .
this countv in the interests mentioned have
n. eii etinra. t. rizcl hi that prio-Ueal good sense,
■haste Jnngni.gc and miseliibh puldie spirit,
whieii r adili stamp him the thoroughbred
\ itvmia s.-nUfmiin possessing e\erj .umiifiea
torn for tile pehltmn to which hit, friends her.
would eb.nl. him. Having already iri the
Senate and in other positions render, d Ii -
elate vaiuabi, services, and lie having been
l r< quenllv in ard *.i. tlo* |i.ditieal hustings m
address. s mat ked l>> dace- purity el style, ra n
■ uiture. lie.ilom form the aria id the d< rim
gogne. ami I nan the too . .onnion use of . ar..
••r Indelicate armed.des, should lie become tie
standard bearer of th- Virginia ih rimcra. > in
I '■> 1 "nr young men ami maidens, t..., eouid
follow nun in tiie canvass for valuable inlor
mation ell ) ill b i le quest a .pw Witlmut tile i as'
apprehension of a slmek lo rt lined i.i.-te
W t. y
rot 1; Union, i>.mi>er ...
Mr. l>ri\ol Vindicated.
Pliil.tdi Iphinns must «**.•! gratithd i,; th
prompt ' liKili atiun of j. Armstrong (irrx. is
'iaini to hold tin- rw ord fur high living. i ><s
pute ”f tdis daring young aviator s re m d was
based 0)1011 a fine drawn theory about the mln
»>*«• variations or the barograph needie owing
to thi mill-mi' of altitude uyuii that wonder
fully tli-lltHe mathematical Instrument
Mr. J >roStd is an aviator lrom chop. ... Ho is
impelled l.y a pur.- spirit of sport In attempting
fears of high Hying w lie re death ma-. no in
forfeit of the gano. A'o man was ever loss
tinged with t-oriimoridallMm than he. So much
cannot ho said for either American or foreign'
aviators of prominence who might easily it, ,
named a* looking greedily to the cash r, turns
of the risks they run In Onir perilous per
l' irmani’es.
Knvy. a moat unsportsmanlike renliment.
ot ins to have I', i-n l , hind the protest id the
Aero i'lull oi Ainerii u. That Mr. In-evel. in
tin- oxen iso of his right to private judgment
in a matter where In was an export, should
lift's disagreed with the Aero I'lub oi Amen, a
in regard t-> the contest for a flight around tin j
Statue of Idhert.c could ortty 1 e a pretense lor
tie animus that has been shown m ttiiK pro ^
test.
Ooveinm.nt experts testing the instruments
la th- I luted States lit bora lories at Washing
ton hate found a variation of 7.: feet from
the re orel of fd'To as originally made to. tin
; barograph. This leaves .Mr. I>ri-xel'« actual as- !
eetil at lika7 feet, of is:: fe.-t higher Ilian the
Praia us record oi tin- lll-fsued Uulpti John
stone. 1<7 I 1 feet.
Ill the fai e of this finding what can the Aer >
Clut) of America do. hut accept the report ot
th.- official experts? The public will eeroilnlv
do so. Any hesitation of the national organi
tlott would react egaiu.-t it In the popular es
timatfon. Meativvhll, fcljejUptions are dm- t-,i
Mr. ltrexel and the Aero t'luh of Pennsyivauia
which has ha' kmi him so loyally. — Philadelphia
Press.
.Self-.Voting Strikebreaker*.
Tvv , women ntet in u groi i ry store a few days I
ag" ami vvltile waiting on another customer a;
clerk heard this dialogue.' ' I las Tommy gone '
hack to work?” “No. he'll not go, he says, till ,
tin- company gives In. Has your hoy gori
hack?'' "Sure—he was off this morning early.”!
Ik it a scab, he is?” “No—but If in- stayed i
home he'd have t<> run errands, carry up coal,1
take out the baby, carry his father's lunch to*
the works and do other things lie said work
ing. for the company was (kin next to that.” i
Wlfen they were leal ing the story Tommy's !
mother said, with a knowing wink ‘T guess |
TomT be back to work tomorrow.' The ;
women ware the mothers of striking "A. |». t." |
boy*.—New York Tribune. 1
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CHURCH HILL NEWS
<»vin linn* lnirnd«tl for IhU column uiny t»c left In person nt the
Church Hill lliiuk, or 'phoned lo Mudlaon 73Sr.l
A quiet but pretty marriage took
bluet- last f»v* ning at tile I'nion Sta»
tb>n iMiraotuige, \vh«'u Miss Ida Belle
Hawley in'ramr the bride of Mr.
.diaries B. M<.nis. Rev. K. II. i’«Hm
ivh.s the oilh dating minister. Tim
I'l'klt- wore a handsome going-away
£«*u n «i blue cloth, nitu hilt ami
Shoes to match. carried a hou
piei oi Brides ros.s. Immediately
• hir the ceremony Mr. and Mrs.
Morris left for Washington and ou»er
Northern points. Returning, they wbl
i e at hoim to th* ir friends after De
’mher Id at 2011 Kast Broad street.
The Kev. and Mrs. J. B Dixon, of
:h'« Methodist Institute. win have as
heir gut «t.s this week ttv latter's ‘fa
• her and mother. Bishop and Mrs.
’oihiis Denny. Mrs. Denny will speak
»t Dark Place KrtyQny afternoon on
‘The Work in Brazil. ‘ aim i.- espe
hilly desirous of meeting the lao.es
l>! the various missionary bocieUes
• hronghout the c'it>.
The congregation of l.eigh Street
hutch will tender their pastor and
us wife. Kev. and Mrs. .1. J. Wicker,
t reception in the basement of the
hureh Thursday. Deeemh. r S, at S
• (1m< k. a delightful musical program
las he on prepared, and light refresh
ments will he served. It is exported
hat man} will avail themselves • *f thl*
‘pportnnity t.» meet th- ir pastor and
lis v»ile socially. Kev, and Mrs. Wick
•r are d--mi< ih d at M.'s North Tw * nty
Iflh street.
Henrico Bodge >f Mason-. N'i>. 13 0.
met Tuesday night in th- lodge hall on
Vwentj-fifth sir* - t and elected the
• dh.ujng officers, who will serve for
k» ensuing v«-ar: Krank T. Bates.
Jr. worshipful muster; .John V. I*iin
ii!u:t"ii, senior warden; li. B, Brown,
h-nior warden: \\ M William.?.
lreasurer. Biareuc* i: Hughes, soc
r*'i.iry. B. 1.. Williams, senior deacon;
>> . ir K. Hord. .lunior «1« icon. Fh B
Jarrii-on, chaplain; George Pitt, strw
inl. and I. < ». Phillips. tiler.
Th*- s• "\ ie* s at I’oeon Station Med
ia ‘-.lav e\*idng wt-r* unusually beau
tiful and in I pro*' i\ * . Hex. K li. po*t?
el'ios*- as tin- basis his remarks Ba
le'- of Daniel, pr»*achin« a forcible and
stirring sermon. This was followed
■ the r* n«!i11, r of tie cantata “Dstn
n l " 1 *v the large i huriw ihoir. under
ta- di nation of Professor Schoodker,
which was greatly e; j *. \ ed
A ver amusing entertainment lakes
place Thursday eveniu-.: o the home of
Mr.®. W. M. !tickers, 4b> North Twenty
seventh street. Thi - will be a “ghost
party ’ tor tin- benefit of tin jr-mu
BLc.im Blub All the young ladies at
lending wHl la costumed ns ghosts
r.ml will ! • auctioned off to th* highest
bidder Th«* services «-f a well-known
v. ir have been engaged ns auctioneer
•ub much fun is anticipated. Kach
f litiemau Will h* # Xpert*-.} to take hlf»
chest partner, thus secured, Into sup
L*r. which will 1< served free of
• drug An enjov,,h|* • ■ ■ -g s es
sored all who attend.
The Bndles' Aid Soviet} of 1 ace-dug
Me norml church 1« holding u s d* of
fancy In tne-taado articles and home
made randy in the*, t '-munt-nw♦ alth
Bank for the remainder of tills we-k.
They soli* it the patronage of their con
gregation and friends.
The K* {oirng Birch.- of the Woman’s
foreign H is-u. nary Society of Si.
«imn* s church mo-N Thursday at 1
••‘clock with Mrs. <b->r,;- Wulford. "-. Ox
1 - Br-»a l street. Th-- b-- k on ‘ K <
1 • a. ' vvh k h lias ♦engaged tin , inie’s
att'M,tion ‘dm* early fall, will he r.ii
hsln-d at this meeting. Mr-. Wills. ,m
Atkins*.n and Miss Alice \Y.di'«-rd be
ing th*- readers A so* lal hour will foB
lev. th* program. The Y*em. Ladles
I’oreign Missionary Society will meet
ith Mis* \ii« «- Walforti this evening
at x o'clock.
Mrs \\ Me I )aui*'l. --t Newport News,
i the guest of in r friend Miss Bottle
Thaeker
Mr« .J 1, lb *! '- e. e:ite fciek in
la r h-" * on 1 Led Mm shall street.
The Woman's Missionary So, i ->
Heigh Strec-t chur- h w ill heed their
monthly m* . ting Thursday, !•* u-mli.-r
•N- -'B » o'* lo« k. in th*- iude-s parlor of
the chur« h.
•'I'N P‘ ‘‘ 'h n-| -*f North ThiMy
Second SI I t -d. W ho has la en pu t, sn k
• "*' Hu- p't -T thre*- a i - s si j ft i ring
with an abscess of the throat, is aha
i“ he out again
Mr. .Jano s Burdett*-. of Kant Broad
dre. t. left Tuesday f*>r Bharlottesv id.*
and Staunton on a h -ire-s nip.
Mr. Binwood 1’gg-- ton is unit* >n k
in his home. 3.00! l a t Marshall sir- -i.
Mr. Kd. Bit harimin. *>f North Thir
!>-third stretd. left on Tuesday r.*r
\Yshiligt* >ii to vp'-nd several da\s
Mrs. U. N. Wild ho r* of ;:b: |-;at»t
Broad street, who has been quite ‘“lek
with grip, is improving.
Mi>s Minnie c'ovmr i'haup of Bhln.
boraxo J’ark, has returned from a
week end visit to Mrs. Sam Mallory,
f Meadow Station.
Mr. .J. B. Dickerson, Sr. *,f ?nif,
Bast Marshall street, is c\tr.-undy ill
In his homo and grave fears are en
tertained f'-r his recovery
Highland Park
Mrs. l.ulher It. Phillips and little
rinuvhtcr lire liottn again, after tt pleas
ant visit to relatives at t 'oncord. .V t’.
The Home Mission and Sunbeam Ho
riety of tile Metllodi-d , hurt'll will lie’;l
a I 'bn-tuias salt n|i Friday frutti : ’■
10 !’ M. at tin home of Mrs. U II.
!'i rgusson, on First avenue.
The X'orthsidc l.odge of .Masons will
law a ealitd meeting on Friday even
ing, US tiny will bate work in the
third decree.
The tirst quarterly conference of the
now t’onferenei year wa- held at the
Methodist i litTeh Monday *wetting.
Mrs. Fred If. Kvci.s-u returned Sun
day evi ning from a short visit to New
New . i >ld point and Norfolk.
Mrs t; [.. Satl* rw bite, of Fourth
avenue, who was operated on some
time ago at the \ irglnta hospital,
and hits been very III. Is some bet
ter.
The Woman's Missionary Union of
Xorih.-ide Baptist ehureh will meet
Thursday afternoon at 4 o'eloek at
the homo of Mrs. S. II. Temple man.
Ail citizens contemplating lighting
their residences with electricity will
have to furnish u certificate of in
spection before the current tan be
turned on. This certificate cun !><•
dituined h\ applying to Mr. Apper
«on, of tlte Southeastern Tariff As
sociation.
The I.allies' Aid Society of the ,
Baptist church will hold a Xmas
«ale of ftany articles December 11*.
_’U and H l at the store of Mr. A. F.
Hong ort Fifth street.
Mrs. U. \V. Harry is spending this
■vei k at her mother's home in l'rince
.o-orge county.
Despite the Inclement weather,
tuite a goodly number of ladles of
he Foreign Missionary-Society of the
Methodist church met Tuesday alter- j
noon at the home of Mrs. W. A. ,
Beard, on Fourth avenue. After de- i
volional exercises and routine bust*
... ■eV.v i -.V! ^ "V i. > ’■ . k -f-ii
i ness hail ba n transni ted. the society
had the pleasure el hearing an In
teresting talk by their district sec
retary, Airs. W. It. .Newell, of llich
mend.
i tie town cutinell met in regular
session .Monday evening. A lurge
ameiint of miriness was transacted,
led i.nly routine, Init that pertain
ing to the installation of a new wa
ter system, which the council, with
the afcMt.taniP or the engineer, Col.
1'■ IS. Itiirgwyri, propose to give
to our citizens just as soon ns they
possibly can. The council decided
to erect a lOd.iMdi-gallon stefd wa
ter tank mid a f.O-horsepower oll
btirnlng engine to lie used to drive a
ou-gnllon per minute pump
tut tie Pauline Kleanor .Miller, of
'I.', fifth avenue. celebrated her
•sixth birthday g.n Monday afternoon
trow 11 to 5 o'clock. The following
guests were Invited: Virginia Smith,
tllizubeih Paulk tier. Marlon Reynolds.
1 lorolhy Key nobis, Hilda lnukhurdt.
Jean l'es. Cecelia iirlmtn. Allen Car
roll. Klizaheth Harrison. Katherine
Carroll, Kthel Hedd. Julia McClure,
Katherine Williams. Shelton Smith,
Chris Quarles, l.elia frames Wood -
ward, Inez I.ixt Virginia t.lee and
Virginia Terrell, After playing games
the i hlldreu gathered around the ta
bl» In the dining room, where re
fresh tm nt- were served. The center
pi- , was i miniature snow scetia
and mu< h pleasure was occasioned by
the pulling o! favors from the huge
'snowball in tin ..liter or the table,
l.ittio Paulin, was the recipient of
many pretty pres rfts from her little*
friends.
following is the roll of honor of
the Highland Park School:
first tirade -Grace Shepherd, Ma
rion keynoh# Klsle Miller, Julia
M.Clur* Alarm i Macdonald, Ktlza
beth I :iu Ik tier. Her truth Crowder,
Prattles P.e.idles. Ualldolph Kudin,
Hugh <In sham, Gordon Clarke, llar
r Kurkert. Ueurgo H.ihlke.
Second tirade Katherine Carroll,
Ala I .finer, Hugh Clippen, I a nil b;
lira> Thelma Glide, Mlise K* s*. Alyr
t '■ An ore. Inin Tiller. Hor,,thj War
ren. i.amar Williams. Florence Wood
ward.
> rur.l Iira.il—Hunter Headlcs,
George Pl.-ree Margaret Anderson,
il'eljri t'rowder. Kiizsl.eth Harrison.
Virginia Knox, Grace Reynold*. Jrma
Til . r. Gru< i T k. r, Horn thy Wil
liams.
I "Uitli Grade—Virginia Quarles,
Helen Ki< hards* s*. Judimn Harry. An
drew it..h'ed. r Kdgar Crawley, Nel
lie Hrunkeuhod.
fifth Grade- Jai.cz Dunn, Ray
Houbles, Thomas KufTlli. Rosa Hud
son, Annie I,... Howe, If.deu Kudin,
Ad. la Id e Tiller.
Sixth Hrad..—Norma Palmore, Isa
bt I Thomas
Sex . nth «trail*—Kindi n Harrison,
i a rnsrd Ch* at ham
i A Grade--Gorge Ku’oank. Mar
gm fit. I.uhlke Hobble Tip k. HatPo
H" >■ Kiitl- Haxis. lteb.-n Wilder,
J.-uniK tte Quarles.
- A tirade Alary M I inwall. An
nie Allan, Hath ilowriian,
A tirade—tflaniln Huffman,
Prank Yarbrough.
l A and 1: tirades—Lena Gary.
I’airmount
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1 h. chairman of the Christmas er>
ti nmnm-nt committee would like f„r
all no i hildren t • meet her at
th. iiuptiHl - fir. 1-rbiav. evening at
1 o'cti* k.
Mr. John tinrj. vho has been very
?nk at lus horn.- lor the past teu
ha's, is slightly improved.
Th- regular meeting of the Citi
zens v\ ssot iat i-m "'111 he jlclli at the
i .i -- in Hint s- lie I I 'r oa.i night, AU
memhi rs ..f the n*sot lattoti are enr
iii stly requested to attend.
Mrs. Kdvtard itooile, of Lynchburg,
is the guest of her sister Mrs. Walter
Hugh s. on Twenty-second street.
The regular ehoir rehearsal will )>»
hehl at the home of Mrs Simps-m
i' ..' tor, .No. iiioj I'airmonm avenue,
on Friday night. t'> practice t tie
t'hristmas mush.
Mr. ami Mrs. Terr;., of Hates'ilie,
are spending the week with Mrs.
Hurtles on Maddox Hill,
The regular meeting of the Baptist
Voting I'-ople's I'nion will he held at
the ih-ireh Thursdu) night at x
- " k. Mr A. >S. Clayton will be the
M" ;klT.
Th" i la t»t i s t Association of Rich
m nil urul Southsldr will meet vvlih
th.. Baptist eongregatlon Sunday af
ternoon from :!:Sn until fi o'clock.
Mr Kay Hobson has returned from
H.wiov.-r. where he accompanied sunn
friends on a bunting trip They were
' ■ I ' sneer;sful, and bagged itu-n rab
bits and many birds.
The regular meeting ->f Ideal Coun*
' :l " as held at the town hall Tuesday
night, after win. h one eandldate was
initiated. This eouneil is growing and
Iml. bv the lirst of the year to get
Ir: all of their i andidates. On Tues
day i i'h! ne t they w ill have the nom
Inalloii of offleers All members are
tino-d t-i tie present
The Junior Onh r 1'nlted American
M'■ .-Viatries will inert in their hall to
night (Thursday>. and a large attend
a 111■ i1 Is hoped for.
Barton Heights
The ladles" Aid Society of tile Rap
tist ehureh will hold a Christmas sale
. t the home ■>' Mrs. C. C. Broaddus,
1 dO-l lainh avenue, nest Friday, begin
ring nt :: T) o'clnek. Almost anything
s-italic for a fhiistmas gift may Vic
lutmd ;-i Hie Me.
Mr. and Mrs. 1.. M t.ci*. both of
whom have been absent from home for
tei days. Mr. l.ee visiting in Salem and
Mrs. l/e visiting her sister. Mrs. On
to. of Sussex county, will return
home Wednesday.
Mr. 1,other CoghlH and family, of
West Virginia, tire visiting his parents,
Mr and Mrs T’. H. Coglllll. No. 72#
tlri. nwooil avenue.
Mrs. A. W. Maddox, the wife of
Professor Maddox, of the State Nor
mal School at Farmvllle, is the guest of
Mrs. C. It. Kuyk, at No, 512 Motitelro
a venue.
.Mils Juliette Anderson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Hi At. Anderson, formerly
of Churli Hill, hut now residing In Bar
ton Heights, has accepted the posi
tion hi’ orgaai t of the Baptist church.
The. Radies’ Auxiliary Society of
epiphany church will hold a meeting
Thursday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. H. B. Taylor, No. 71» Virginia
uvenue, and pack a Christmas box,
•which they will send to some mission
station In the mountains of Virginia.
Miss OUndTS Mnrtenstein wBl lea vs
next week for Chicago and Quincy, ,
111., where she will spend ssvsraJ wsefcg
visiting relatives.
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