The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-24
Chinese to the Rescue,

Chinese to the Rescue,
! Most people will be sensitive to the
L pathos OF the movement In the Chinese
quarter to raise mon fol. the Aoppresseea
obvious enough. They havo had In too
many instances like treatment Massa-
he anf sates than m Russ but
they have occurred and tho Chinese nave
been the VICTIMS OF them, to our grel az.
among the lower classes lower in intel
ligence and humanity-of Americans 10
ward 3 the Chinese Very different, from
the basis Of the Russian peasants hatred
OF the Jews. In the onoLcase as III the
other race prejudice and difference OF, re.
ligion are pleaded as explana tons; but
both cases it is laFgsy sahaHsyyh e es
will work harder live or. less. and lay
up moneyswhere ma tivesiwill not a counts
for more Of the spite and $cruelty shown
f mittedls rev tsess Times
|:Richard Henrysstoddard.
Richard 1 Henry Stoddard y has passed
| away, full of RS ! nd qhonors. the Fl,
honors have nothing IN them !, 2 oi re e TN
career Is ended. .ssTtiey consis simply OF
the poet wreath land trihnle ssprin ng y
ers 81. and friends. & Mrs stoddard y ever won
worldly distinction; sl,is was the life of
the.man Of letters who srejoices !. n the t.s
an Of phs III thaR nsni any
fate could bestow He had, begun ll asol,
an iron foundry, he had held minor Offices g
think i of him asad dedicated Is the MUSES.
throughout his long iii His \ home was
a bookish, place.dnl = W a1,.sd ne
kaxistent that might; also be called book
Sish ifsit were not for he almost, romantic
5atmosphere created by their tender ab p.
died the house seemed to him an empty
shell: he gave his treasures to the All.
thor,s Club. and he waited With impa,-
,tience for the final summons.---lNew1 ork
Tribune.
When 6 orman Comes Home.
Avery clever man Is Mr.. German. of
Marylaridr He has yielded to a desire.
to see foreign ports: He escapes possible
era ar gIdden a WithdraWa beyond the
protecting ocean. Gle leaves the Demo.
cratic pa persfto guess at his views aDouL
n neIItlc sfa compllcations in Maryland to
Ia He Viii remain abroad until he thinks It
Come HON e.-Hartford courant,
Miss GouId's Work.
That Miss Helen Miller Gould should
be honored with stained glass win
dow In an important charitable institu-
ton which Is doing a work OF great USE
ffulness will strike no one asSanapproprl-
ate Miss Gould's work cfnnot possibly
have TOO Beautiful a recognition. The
window which Mrs. Russell Sage has
pla cod in the American Female Guard
/ Ian Society's Home In the Bronx does not
in.thesleast seek to magnify Miss Gould's
name but rather to attach to- the In
stitution the distinctly religious and pro-
tectiYe significance nfsa sacred story IT,
is hut incidentally q tribute to Miss
Could
In her Astounding benevolence Miss
broad and helpful charity. Her sworksin
this fledfls the more deserving offrecoG-l
milton becauselit Is work and not merely
hold the purse strings open, Service must
For every Helen Gould that arises
among our vastly rich people Ia let US
hope that Mrs. Sage may be found to
celebrate her charity with some symbol
of beauty.-NeW York Mall and EiXpress
Engineering Not Scientific.
How far engineering. In Its various
.antly demonstrated by some recent dis
closures. The government has resource
to the best ability, but at the recent trial
for the battleship the new. Maine, the
decks were so "buckled" under the firing
would have been speedily brown out of
or the guns that the ship In battle
action, even II she had not totally coll