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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-30
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nor nag at him. try to lead him 80 that
he will want to do the right, and why
cannot we teachers be treated with some
such confidence and sympathy?
Since writing the above have read
Mr.. Washington's valuable letter, and as
the old darkey would say, I feel mors
heartened." Mr. Editor, do YOU know
that in round numbers the average pay
Of a female teacher In our State Is Sl3
per month; for male teachers. sl6! Out
of this sum is to be paid board, laundry.
physicians fees. drug bills part pay be-
ing deducted for each days stckness),
and to those near and dear to us, sub
scriptions to educational literature. and
last, but not least, a month to be spent
each summer at a normal school, Just
consider tt-all of this out OF s13 per
month I hope am stating this clearly.
Our young girls OF pluck and courage
are going North and West and are study
ing in hospitals. where the above men
toned qualities make them very welcome.
after a service of three years. with board
and $40 per month wages: they go forth
and earn from s75 to $100 per month.
board included. or they study book-keep-
ing and stenography, and readily earn
from $50 to $50 per month.
With normal colleges galore. up-to-dato
and fully equipped. and a salary Of S13
per month, we will have to be satisfied
with very mediocre talent; but give us
living wages as teachers, or make some
provision for US after working days are
over. Then you will find no difficulty in
having our youth trained by capable. enc
thusiastic teachers
A TEACHER.
Richmond, Va, March 18th.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-30
1t,n RtpEAL OF IttE WHARTON LAW


Pm ot,ca, application Of industrial prl1r
ciples has been grasped and used oy s s'lls
i legislature in the repeal Of the Wharton
law The original enactment OF TINS
NO, sure was based upon the belist tnat
without legislative prohibition the insur-
ance companies would band together for'
the destruction Of the insurers It was vas.
honestly believed that the southeastern 1
1'a riff Association would make such ruies
and restrictions as unjustifiably TO nam
rer the insured. Experience of fiery trials 3
which devastated our community, IN.
creasing insurance rates, and the pracTT.
teal denial Of insurance to large interests
because Of the opinion that virginia 1es7
is1ation was adverse to the insurance
business. all contributed to produce the
sentiment and conviction that have ma nap
PLY led to the repeal Of this law. from : NJ
Bristol to Norfolk and from Danvllle 70
Alexandria the State is alive and throo-'
bling with industrial energy. Inc prln-
ciples of success are understood and ap-
Piled as never before, and remarkable
Demonstration Of the increased power OF
comprehension on the part OF the pubic
OF the underlying basis of business IS seen
IN the repeal of the Wharton law Inc
Legislature has tacitly admitted that
community of interest may in some re-
spects take the place Of cut-throat COM
petition without thereby causing damage
to the public.
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Sf5 ...n K 3. & = - fr;,d .rOn rfen
go cry -. =.
was established IN tne Town % D.ann.
senburg, Germany. by Friedrich SFfoebel:
stwcnty-three years later the educational
ideals for which. it stood IS crossed the
water and resulted in the establishment
of the first kindergarten N the 4 Onlteo
States In about the year 1853 81 ST. LOUIS
was the first city to incorporate tno XIII
Sdergarten into the pubic scnooA system zen.
This was done IN 1913 py tne present
United States Commissloner@o OF 61uuca-
ton, DR.. William T. Harris, then super
8intendent OF schools in that city. Io-
day the kindergarten has been intro
$duced into tho public system OF one hum
dred and ninety cities, Baltimofe oelns
the last to fall into $Nno sixteen k1noer-
sEarlens having oeen openeo, tne,e W uunLu
the last Two HonttsA pesioeS LESS
]. u 8
ehnr.hes an upp ,hi1s MI ror5.+e and those
~ s.Vat y ~. seaeS sea
,..,s;,s oe ayro'1al
90 20. 1T ,psne ca,,,.sa
r,,;11-s 1s,,c,, 70 MA ,,ror,t1 moves ,ncon.
z+asta INV tho sfact th.t the l,;nderera rten
4 rneata some vital need Of the child and
IS q necessary nart of his education and
DEVELOPMENT. In what way, hope to
show as briefly and concisely as SO com
prehenslve a subject will allow In the
first place, the kindergarten, more than
any other branch Of education, takes
into account the whole child, his three
fold nature-physical, mental and moral.
Secondly, it stands for Individual atten-
ton, such as is not possible in the over
crowded grades. A sound body developed
by healthful and varied exercise, clear
eager, observant and inventive mind.
shl,llul nngers, an 5lnaependent' help1ul
ana confronted character; Such. or1efy,
are e, the aims OF every true klndergarten.
me ayerase emu ootsLaMs :. .ne iiul-
pure anu sliiipie, o. A4ul e..ls
ol aye 10 70 nluels n.s ilo,,,
sal,- - 49, .eI,ao1,;,+i, 49, ae of civ
WORK OF the scnool nlll she ase % 49, shs
OF seven; IS olSis gap " az
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Millions for Roads.

Millions for Roads.
The Culpepsr Exponent says:
Ten million dollars would give US a
good system Of roads in Virginia. We
can raise that large amount with very
little additional cost as compared with
the present worthless system. We know
ten million dollars lis a big sum, but Gull
pepper can help raise it and secure 500, o0o
OF the amount to spend on our roads
and not: cost the county over $500 more
annually than is now wasted on high
ways.
Organization IS needed. The conven.
ton formulated a State organizau ton.
Each county is expected to have its local
organization and work in conjunction
with the State association. Let Culpeper
prove in this, as she has in other matters,
the leading spirit. Let us form a good
roads association with at least thou
sand members; men who realize the i'm
portance of improving our highways
and will work together in an effort to
obtain the blessings that result from
good roads.
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4
inessS center of tho town. 1t costs very 9
little moro to give q mo appea.anlees;stto
I. building, and Il q more than worth. ths
difference in the end. The most massive
STRUCTURE can IS produced within attract
S,ys lines; the. highest building can be
! r1vsn sraoef ulness along Win strength.
An artistic facade win transform the
p,ainest box Of : factory building. Right
proportions wiz make 9 verys small house
impressive :s
The Southern passion for the trsle ana 2
the beautiful will yet ind full expression 2
In the nne arts. This characteristic
should be cultivated by ear CHI home bn lll-
#er, by each designer Of q business estaD.
slishment AS a man builds. SO IS h e
Let US have art because We love 4 ana
because It pays 5Ssa
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~ The !new constitut1on also orsatss Q Cor
porat,on Commission, With power TO grant
charters to corporal lions under general
laws to be enacted by the legislature: to
exert general supervision over public
corporations, Including railroad corpora
lions, and TO regulate railroad rates.
M The Times opposed tho creation OF this
commission and Ne still believe that It
viii do more harm than. good. Now that
tt has been created. however. We desire
that st shall be given . fair trial. and
II 1t proves to be good thing We shall
be quite ready to confess It.
The Times IS much Eratifled that tho
new Constitution practically establishes
the great principle Of taxation for which
We have contended day In and day out
since the convention assembled. We be-
iieve that all actual property should Be
taxed once, and once only. Tho new
Constitution applies that principle to the
railroad corporations Of the State. It
proposes to tax them on their physical
property, to tax them on their franchise
and then to relieve their stocks and bonds
from additional taxation.
Last OF all, the convention has agreed
upon a. new suffrage plan, which is not
entirely to our liking nor to the liking
Of majority OF the members. but 1t
seems to be the best compromise that
could be Effected under all the conflict
ing circumstances. and. as has been al
ready stated. The Times accepts it in
the spirit in which It Is given and as
sumes its share Of the odium, If odium
attach to it.
+ Altogether, I'VE believe that the new
Constitution IS the best that the State
has ever had and as good as the repre-
sentative men Of Virginia were capable
Of making, and we believe it will be best
for all concerned for it to be proclaimed
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"Nuch Ado About Nothing"

Why should any Virginian get the idea
into his head that Richmond wants to
.rule Virginia 2" The people of Rich
rnond love Virginia and are always will
ing to do what4they can to advance her
interests. But they are not grasping,
and we know of no ground for the
charge.-Richmond Times
To use a slang expression. when one
gets wheels IN their head' most any
idea IS liable to get in there also. there
fore, the sayings Of an irresponsible indi-
vidual are not worthy a serious COM
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Courier.
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MUNICIPAL. RFATlTV.

The pleasure, comfort and health of a
city are all benefited by its cleanliness
If cleaning the streets and CARVING a
f1ouse-to-house sanitary measure are
proper municipal functions, then an ar
chitectural censorship may be established
if the people will it. Perhaps we are not
prepared to go that far, but any rate the
city could go in for necessary sidewalk
regulations. park improvements, the beau
tifying Of public works and good street.
making. It would be a wise thing. to es-
tablish an architectural or building com
mission now, however, in the interests of
the internal safety of buildings, as well
as o. The external acceptability.
A city's beauty has a real commercial
value distinctly traceable in definite re-
turns. a well swept, tastefully built,
busy town or city attracts people and de-
yelops trade. almost In spite OF itself.
Take Paris; the building regulations Of
Paris enforce too much Of uniformity for
American taste, but local Influences
would take care OF that In Richmond.
we have plenty Of sensible architects
and builders here. There are in Rich
mond architects OF education. ability ard
with original and artistic ideas. to whom
should be entrusted the lions share of the
work Of building up the metropolitan
Richmond which Hes before us Ss
& In the haste and hurry Of the bull ding
and rebuilding that SIS going on, let not
art. be forgotten or despised in the hum-
bacst dwelling on tho outskirts or the
largest speculative ructure In the bus
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again on the third day; then go on work
ing miracles, raising the dead and heal
ing the sick; then, perhaps, men may
possibly accept your new religion Here
the astute TalleyTand touched upon the
central truth Of Christianity, the truth
of the cross-through death to life ana
I. if I be lifted up from the earth, Will
draw all men unto me- And, again,
Except a corn Of wheat fall into tine
ground and die, it abideth alone; II II
die, it bringeth forth much fruit
The relation of the public schools to re-
Iigion, and to morals based on religion. IS
a difficult subject, and one that IS IRE
qlently creating disturb
MORALS IN ance. The great body or
THE PUBLIC the people In any Amerl-
SCHOOLS. can State are CHRISTIAN,
and do not want a day
school education that is without religion
Tt is. moreover, becoming more and more
evident to the people that an education
without morals does not preserve charac-
ter. but opens the way ZOE VICE s.iiu
crime. Yet the States have gone SO Tar
as to Weld the instruction or the youts
to q system from which the Blole IS eH-
cluded, and where the len coL 1-1.
trnents NAV not be taught. AT Newport
News q few Hebrews protest against tne
reading of the Lords Prayer. ana insist
that It shall be excluded from AL tne
snnblic schools. From such exclusion 1t
is but a step to the positive incubation
of error. 1t is affirmed by men OF STAND
inp that infldelity is plainly taught IN
hie, school in Philadelphia Surely we
are enjoying religious freedom and the
rights Of conscience at tremendous cost
and with fearful risk. If we cannot have
the Ten Commandments and the LORD
Prayer in our common schools because
Of a few Hebrews and some pestilent
aenostics, we shall be compelled to es-
tablish our own parochial schools for
Christian ducation.-Centrals Presbyteri-
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OUR RELIGIOUS CONTEMPORARIES.

Do men ask, where is the Christ they
serve? The reply is, He is not here He
is risen. He hath taught them the se-s
cret and the power OF
TILE LESSONS the resurrection from
OF EASTER. the dead, and in that
secret and its conse-
quent power they have found the antidote
of every fear. the cure for every possible
human Ill.
Do men ask what kind of leader they
have. and what assurance Of His trl-A
umph? They reply, Christ being risen
from the Dead detfI no more; death hath
no more dominion over Him. In His
kingdom there is no line Of demarcation
between the quick and the dead, the
Church militant and the Church tri-s
umphant, but that they who believe in
Him all constitute one host, marching
with one leader, and with victory already
assured, because that leader has con-
quered the only hitherto uncomfortable
enemy. -.
DO men ask, how they know all this?
They reply that disciples by the score
have seen Him, have heard Him, have
touched Him, have been assured by every
infallible proof that He has conquered
death and the grave, and that what He
has done He can enable them, His SER
wants and followers, to do.
.IneS6 SredLselIul1lS 1dl0 UUlu VI
these early Christians. had taken pos
session OF them, had saturated their
hearts and minds and lives, and had
made them over again. In view of this
splendid and vitalizing belief. they were
literally new creatures in Christ Jesus.
They had sloughed of the old man;
it, with all its cowardice and unbelief,
was dead and gone, and the secret OF
all the change was, as they themselves
said. that they had known Him and the
power Of His resurrection There it
was. in only single phrase, cast immu-
tably as an Interchangeable part OF the
Christian creed. to stand as a part Of
the power Of His resurrection There
it was, in one His resurrection" Southern
Chmchman.
"A Frenchman named Lepaux Is said to
have invented a new religion called
heophilanthro which was to be M
terpretted. Di-
THE OF vine -love-of-
& THE5RESURRECTIO mana YER
good name, in
deed He had selected what he consider
ed all the best things from Christianity,
Buddhism. Mohammedanism, etc. and
put forth the new creed. But nobody
seemed to want 1t. Bitterly disappointed
he went to his friend Talleyrand and com
planned that the world had not promptly
come over to his new teaching. Said
STalleyrand: - 81 on have some good doc
Ttrines; what you must do now IS to live
them. then boz put to death, and Else!
-
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THE KINDERGARTEN.

No print To-Day IN the Dducauonal De-
partment of The Times an article on the
kindergarten, by Miss Alice N. Parker, of
Richmond. Miss Parker is a practical
teacher and understands the subject of
which she writes. She gives a brief his
tory Of the kindergarten and then pro-
ceeds to point out its advantages In the
educational system. There is one prac-
I teal hint In this article which should
convince every father and mother in the
land that kindergarten has its place in
the education Of children. We refer to
the statement made by Miss Parker that
the practice Of holding objects in the
right hand will make the infant, in the
Grst year, rig1t-handed for life''
One great mistake that so many people
make in the matter Of education is that
its main purpose is the acquisition Of
knowledge. True, that is one purpose OF
education, but it is not the primary pur-
pose, which is training. 'Train up a child
in the way he should go and when he is
old he will not depart from it, There
is the sum and substance and the phil
osorhy of education. But the best train
ing time in life is when the child is young,
and it is the business of the kindergarten
to take the child in hand at this critical
age and give it the benefit of intelligent
training, physical mental and moral
The kindergarten is an instructive play
room. A child is by nature playful and
the natural way of interesting a child is
through this medium. There is no more
effective way, therefore, Of impressins
useful lessons upon little child than in
play. Some folks seem to think that
school life should be made as hard and
as dull as possible. The idea with these
people is that play and study are thor
oughly inconsistent. And so school is
often most distastefu1 to children. Many
of us remember the scfool-room of our
childhood as place Of horror, place
where we were depressed and distressed
where there were many sorrows and few
joys. Now the purpose of the kinder
garten is to make the schoo1-room for
little children as bright, as cheerful and
as agreeable as possible and to make in
struction a matter of pleasure and re-
creation.
In our opinion, the most important les
son which a child learns in the kinder
garten is that of intelligent observation.
II a little child be taught the art Of OBJ
serving accurately and correctly, Of see
ing things as they are presented and hear
ing things as they are said and getting a
clear-cut comprehension OF that which
is seen and spoken and heard, such a
child is apt at any rate, to grow up to
be accurate in statement-in other words.
to be truthful. Many people who have
not been thoroughly trained fall into
the habit of misstating or cxagratinr.
through sheer carelessness and lack Of
training in the direction we have indi-
Gated. We thoroughly agree with Miss
Parker that the kindergarten should be
part and parcel of the public school sys-
TEN. not only in Richmond, but through
out the length and breadth Of the State.
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VIRGINIA TOPICS.
ConYicls and Roads.


The following is from the Warrenton
Virginian: 4. -
There is a conservative and instructive
article in The Richmond Times on the
subject of the "Use of Convicts on Public
Roads, The article well says:
1.-THE principal object to be attained in
the punishment OF the criminal is the
prevention of crime, both BY reforming
or permanently yfonfining him, and by
lettering others from following his bad
example sslnt the Accomplishment of this
purpose it has come to be a generally
accepted principle that during the infiic-
rtion of punishment, except in capital
cases, the physical health of the prisoner
should not impaired, and that every
thing possible should be done looking to
such an Improvement of his character
as may fit him for better citizenship
Another principle, in no sense out of
harmony with the first, and which in
this connection is worthy of more gen
eral acceptance, is that the prisoner who
has injured a community through the
commission of crime. and whose capture
conviction and punishment have added
heavily to its financial burden, should.
if possible in connection with his pun
ishment, do something to benefit the
community which thus he has injured.
The testimony from the various South
ern States is that the cost of convict
labor per day is from fifteen cents to
forty cents in North Carolina, the cheap
est State, and from seventy-fve cents
to one dollar in Arkansas, where it costs
the most. In Virginia it has been en-
ployed on the roads in small way at
cost of twenty-five cents and fifty cents
per day, which includes costs of peni-
Tertiary guards, cooks and all other ex-
pcnses. This is at less than one-thlrd
the cost of hired labor. Instead Of en-
larging and adjoining the penitentiary we
submit the inmates should be put out in
gangs to work the roads.
The evidence from Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missis-
sippi, North Carolina. South Carolina,
Tennessee and Texas, where the convicts
have been worked on the roads, is that
they can be handled to great advantage
in working the roads. Both in efficiency
and cheapness, it is decidedly superior. to
the ordinary free labor which can be
hired for this work.
Tribute to the Cow.
The editor of the Danville Register
to the COW: u
We are not ashamed to own to a posi-
tive liking for the common COW. When
moderately well kept, her ways are ways
of pleasantness and OF peace. In the
serenity of her movements and easy
pastures, there are soothing suggestions
OF green pastures" and "still waters. y
She is an engineer by instinct, and her
paths from the sunny slopes down to the
shaded brook always strike the easies.
grades. There is something winsome in
the GomplacencyS of her large, soft eyes,
and to study their expression is to expe-
rience a growth Of confidence in her gem
tleness and aniability. From all this it
must be evident that we have nothing in
the world against the COW, especially if
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she is not city bred and an expert gate
opener. We draw the line between the
typical COW and the creature that picks
locks and seems to have been trained Tor
the steeplechase
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-30

st is no wonder that the Man on Horse
back canters into Colonel Watterson,s
waking dreans.-New York Sun.
Does that mean that the Colonel is adj
dicted to nightmare?
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The Good Roads Convention in Rich
mond has set many. OF the State papers
to discussing the subject of road-improve-
ment. That in itself is a good thing ac-
complished.
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slOK HEADACHE CURED

ana It's return prevented by Dr.. Davida
s EIuer pilIs. Best on earth for cons
.tinatfon b,ltousness. indigestion, dys-
nepsia and all stomach and liver troubles
They act mild. pleasant and effective.
.Chldren. as well as EroMn Io!ks take
of Is pills everywhere. OWENS =
MINOR DRUG Co Richmond, We.
Furnish the surprise this week.
-. CHASE-HACKLEY CO. +
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-30

II. Clay Evans has resigned his position
as pension commissioner and the pension
grabbers are happy.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-30

The Easter Number Of The Echo is a
york of art, and Richmond should be
proud Of it. The frontispiece Is a clever
conception by: Shepard. Richmond ar
list; the engraving is by Christopher, and
the printing is by I. NJ Jones & Company.
Better work cannot be done anywhere
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-30

The New York papers ought to be very
happy. They are always spelling for a
fight, and there is something in Gotham
to attack.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-30

The reporters tell Gus that Dr.. Peltier
appeared In the Police Court yesterday
rugged out in the uniform Of Mexico.
In. the name Of : Colonel Watterson. is
the Doctor, trying to Mexicanize us
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-30

sthss ever new, the sver blessed Easter
truth, Oh, that every thing dead and
formal might so. pass out Of our creed,
out OF our life. out Of our hearts today;
He Isl alive DO you believe i? What:
gareI you dreary for. nourner? What
are you waiting for. o worker? What are
you fearing death or. o mar? Lift
your heads and live with Him! SIS Live Live
Kew lives. high lives. lives OF hope and
love and holiness, to which death shall
be nothing but the final breaking away.
OF the last cloud and letting out life into
gits full compile tion.
50 S. May God g1vessus such q blessing on
this new Easter day! ~
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Richmond. Va, March q.