The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-01-19

load of teachers whom he carried out TO
the Philippines aboard his ship. It is
an interesting and amusing pamphlet.
filled with information an4 the contagious
nor ense of such !; voyage.
Among numerous higher references to
the head of the expedition, The Log says:
Captain w. NJ. Cou1lins, quarternaster
of the Thomas is q native OF Virginia,
of one of the old famnles Of that State.
When the Spanish war broke out he was
engaged in q manufacturing business in
the city of Richmond and was Colonel
ON the Governors staff and quartermas-
ter-SeneraI o. -hc militia OF .--s State.
lie offered his services to the Government
and in June. 1898, was commissioned Cap
tain and tant-Quarter1raster, Y. 5.
V. Upon tho reorganization OF Inc
army. in compliance with new legislation,
III 1861, he was commissioned Captain
and Quarternaster, U. S. A. Captain
Coulling served first on the Meade, then
in refitfing the Grant the Sherman and
the Sheridan Upon the completion of
the latter work he was placed in COM
mand OF the Sheridan, where he served
until transferred to the Thomas, Septen-
Der. 1900. His popularity as q command
er is attested by number Of testimonials
in his possession. Captain uou...ng is
cultivated gentleman. who has enjoyed
the advantages Of much foreign travel.
He is especially familiar with western
Europe"
The Difference Between Manner and
Manners is discovered by Lillian Beu
in Golfers of January 18th, and in the
course of her writings she pays worthy,
if rather inflated, tribute to our mothers
and grandlnothers. The concluding SEN
fences, however, are not at all fiatteriHs
to the present and the rising generation.
manner is dying out and in It's place
we are growing to have nothing but man
ners'' says Miss Belle. THE most
beautiful examples of manner, OF those
men ard women who were to the manor
born lourished in greater numbers III
tho South before the war than any
where in America at any time. Ihcfe
we had the real aristocracy. Tiers
wealth was second and family or mar
7a~ first. and in the South to-day, al
though IMPOVERISHED of worldly :taNu-
no there exists. in shabby gowns ana
mean houses. the remnant OF our GU
aristocfacy. women who scoTn the pres
cnt and who from pride OF race sun
cl;n, @ that motto which modern socle'y
tranlp7cs under foot, 'Noblesse ObliGe'
All those WOMEN VI tiiS $4,000
rr5s:,ed but proud. and with their scofh
or r,,odnrn riches, modern greed, modern
v,11carity and modern prctenslons, lhoSe
-Io~ious women of manner and Firth ana
breeding! Yours, in your day, was INC
,,1I,- socictv worthy the name li1she
America has ever known, yours the only
hospitality worth the acceptance ol tne
proud and self-respcctins. and yours
IS to know that with you dies our ans
rocracv. Your children are not like You;
.rhcv are modern! They are greeaS
they arc bitten by the present, ana 81
-houel you are too proud to aolil1t ~
in Your own soul you hlo" 1li"'
are becoming vulgar. en-
There is much more OF SOU
+aroet in this number. sucl as TIE lauLch-
of tho l,attleship Missouri at New
,oTt News and Frank Morris excellent
indian siory-"A Memorable Day or SUD
So, De.tI, ;, Mr.. Morris mother was
raroIinian, and his hero, karslake, mans
from Raleigh.
Tho "Tdfe of Commssary James Blair.
rol1n6er of the College OF Wllnam an
Mary. written by DAME! Lister NolteS'
.,oe been published by the Johns HOP
Tins press as No. 10, OF Series H. OF me
Tofps Hopkins University studies. 1t Is
!, pamphlet which should be read by an
vircinians and by every Southe m edu-
Gator.
Tho World Almanac and Encyclopedia
for. 1902 is the same excellent handy ref
arance book that it has always been
and more SO. The departments OF infor-
nation have been enlarged to meet the
a,,pansion of events, and the tables OF
statistics, the directory and suide-book
features and even the advertising pages
make it an invaluabl eaddition to the
busy mans desk library.
The NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAG
AZINE for January contains its usual
fund of interesting material. with such
articles as 1.-The New Mexico" by John
w. Foster. ex-secretary of State
Commerce CT Mexico and the United
States, By Hon Q. z. Austin, chief Of
the Bureau of statistics; and on ArgeT?-
tine-Chili Boundary Dispute; with de-
partments on Geographic Notes and Lit
eraturc. and the proceedings of the Ma
tional Geographic Society. There is en-
closed. as a supplement, complete map
Of the Philippines.
The RIDER AND DRIVER OF New
York, the best amateur sporting paper
in America gives plenty of space to the
Virginia hunting field. The meets Of the
Deem Ran Hunt the W2rrenton Hunt
and the Hampton Hunt are regularly
re2orted, the Deep Run particularly well.
The January number of THE AN
NAILS OF THE AMERICAN ACADE-
MY or SOCIAL AND POLITICAL.
SCIENCES contains The following con-
tributons of obvious value. The 18th
mian Canal, in Its Economic Aspects, by
Emory r. Johnson; The lstllmian Canal
Question as Affected by Treaties ana
Concessions by Samuel Pasco: Present
Status and Future Prospect Of American
ShipbuiIding by John Franklin Crowell:
Government Ownership Of Railroads. by
Martin A Knapp; Advisory Councils in
Railway Administration. by 5. II. Meyer:
The Concentration Of Railway Control.
h,, II II NnMcomb: with notices and