The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-23
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All communications addressed TO this
department must be written in ink and
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Both will be held confidential.
Correspondents will please write the
names Of their places of residence IN
full. Letters go astraY daily because
the address is given merely as City.
There are fortY-five OF these United
Sattes and many cities in each State.
Would you please inform me: 1. Who
was the originator of the American flag?
3. When and where was it first made?
LINDA
1. On June IA. III, Congress enacted
that the national flag should bear thlr-
teen stripes, alternately red and white;
that the Union" should be blue ground
With thir cen white stars upon it. jan
uary 49, 1884, this act was altered by one
providing for fifteen stripes and fifteen
stars. Again, April 4, 1918. the thirteen
stripes were re-established, with twenty
stars on a blue field, one star to be added
fUr every new State.
3 This flag was first used July 4, 1878.
and is still the national standard.
/ am a young man ears VI
age. I am very anxious to study law. |
cannot attend any college, as 1 have to
work every day; the only time have is
in the evening. I know I shall have to
Study very hard; I am willing to do this
if there is any chance Of lettering my con-
G;tion. I am not in my right place at the
work I am doing now.
A CONSTANT READER.
Will some one of the practical lawyers
VIII h reafi0p this M
suggest a line of home study to this
yHung man? Many an eminent jurist has
prepared himself for the bar by studying
In the intervals OF less congenial labor.
Will net such an one lend hand 70
4 youth who would climb the ladder?
I was very much pleased to see the I'M
compromising stand you take on the cues
ton of loveless marriages. Conditions
may be hard to be borne, but how any
woman could advise another to barter
herself away is beyond my comprehension.
cnce heard a young lady remark that
though She would marry for money. she
would mot advise any one else to do the
same. It is strange that while those
who decry a sale to the many, or for a
| coconet. should coolly advise d sale to- the
| individual. Tho selling Of a girl to one
| is as immoral as to an hundred. Reckless
and llnwise marriages are the fountain
head of universal misery and vice. What
can we expect of the children resulting
from a loveless marriage? Nc one has the
right to inflict such an injustice upon
another.
well known writer says: mot one
woman in thousand has the deepes,
and strongest love- If So it is not sur
| prising that the spirit of Mammon should
invade the temple Of love itself If mar
rage be not for sentimental reasons, but
for the upbuilding of noble race there
could be no hope for the loveIess unior,
which carries out neither idea The men
at least present the case as business
proposition, but how any woman pretend
ing to have refined feelings could either
advise or become party to loveless mar
riage is surprising. I am glad you did
not weaken your position. J. F. NJ.
I should stulify myself and contradict
the views expressed freely in speech and
by pen for many years had 1 receded
from my position After lending ear
nest heed to all that Constituents have
written pro and con the commercial union
entered into by one or both parties with
out love. and for gains sake-I stand fast
in the conviction that such q. marriage IS
legalized prostitution
Ugly words! but the act they describe
is more hideous.
am exceedingly fond Of history and
travels, but of the latter especially. L
have been able to find but very few
that were of late edition, and that. of
course, is what I wish. Now, what I
wish is this-that you would kindly give
me the names of sood reliable histories
of the following countries: France, Ger
many, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Austria,
Prussia, Italy and Greece. I should also
like to know Of reliable biographies on
the lives of Frederick the Great. Marie
Antoinette, Peter the Great, Emperor
William I. and Bismarck.
T realize that perhaps am asking too
much. but If it is possible to grant my
request you will be doing me great
favor.
Before I could supply the names and
titles you ask for-and to write 1t down
would reduire an hour of time and coll
umn of space-I should have to so to a
public library with my list in hand. =
should accost the librarian politely ant
ask him to let me have a catalogue.
Then should seat myself at able. PEN
Gil in hand and paper before me, and
make out my list of books and OF authorl-5
ties.
May I suggest that you do this, bring
ing plenty Of time and patience to the
execution OF the laudable task? Believe
that I would be your helper II could
spare the hours needed for the work,
and had the right to devote SO much
space to one correspondent, however in-8
sterestng. s5s
u was born In Paris, France, OF Ital-