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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-12
DR.. cURRIY's WORK
Resolutions Adopted BY State Normal
School Faculty.
Especial to The Times. Dis

fsnecial to The Times. Dispa tch y Il
FAR taS9ii1i 3 VA. April iI1At the.
weekly faculty meeting Of the state
Normal School the following resolutions
were adopted: 81
During the latter part OF the long lilo
OF DR.. ]. Z. NJ \ Curry he felt 10 peculiar
interest In and nearness to our school,
Indeed. TIL It was In his mind and heart
that the thought Of a normal school for
tho girls Of Virginia was born. It was
he who drafted the bill which caused the
General Assembl W OF Virginia at the SEES
sion In 1888 81 to pass an act establishing
the State Female Normal School. DR..
Curry was elected president OF the first
Board of Trus toes. and issued an address
to the public in behalf OF the new SCHOOL.
When. because OF some defect in the law
establishing the school, the State Treas
urer refused to pay the annuity OF $1,000
appropriated for It's organization, DR.
Curry drafted an amended bill, which
subsequently passed, making the funds
available. In the meantime, so that there
might be no delay in opening the 3lnsti-
5tion, DR.. Curry succeeded in securing
donation Of 1900 from the Peabody fund
to DO used for the payment Of teachers
salaries. He also Influenced the eabody
Board OF Trust to give the8i Bchool#an
annuity OF 5000 which was continued
until ten years ago, at which time pr.
Curry visited the school and was so we'll
DleaSGQ WILL ltS WOlh lAAetS S'o y PPt ~
pration was increased to $1,000, which
continues to5the present day.
In October, 1885. he became minister to
Spain, and severed his connection with
the institutions but on his return to this
country, he still manifested the hearth
est interest In the welfare Of the school,
and at his own request was reappolnted
on he board by Governor Mckinney. He
held the position until failing health
forced him to resign. On his last visit
to us ho said In an address to the stu
dents: LII * 4 ~ g q 4!
III desire no greater honor than to have
itinscribed on my tombstone that 4 wrote
tho bill whlcll5provided for the establish
ment OF the State Fernale Normal School
at Farmville, for the education OF the
young women OF the Commonwealth a
We the members Of the faculty Of the
Normal School, gratefully acknowledge
the great debt we owe to this late distin-
gulshed educational statesman.
Therefore, be 1t resolved. That In the
death OF DR. j. j.. M. Curry, this insti-
tuition has sustained the irreparable loss
Of a strong true friend. whose Interest
and encouragement will be sol rely missed;
that we extend to the bereaYed family,
our deepest sympathy In their affliction;
that these resolutions be included s In
the faculty records q copy be sent to
Mrs. Curry and a copy to The Richmond
Times Dispatch. I, ~ .sss II TX q
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-12
SEEKING NATURES
/ FL i I EFFECTS
Landscape Architects at Mas:
sachusetts Institute Plan Ian
ninq Charming Homes
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stf s3..8 fspecial TO Tho Times. Dispntch.)
Il BOSTON, April 11.--D[urlng, me Ias 40
two decades the STEADY ueyeio .t ,ns,, 81
country estates-a development polhteu
fni,ti Nv some observers as the n even ttl 'a
solution OF the problem presented ~ our
{overcrowdcd cities and by d DINERS as a
"a rmral step OF material prosperity ana
thc beginning Of IA new phase OF ~ lnerrar
can OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES given plt.h - ~
new American profession, thht - -, ..n !,
5hnme Ia no longer simple ma ter 81
.r,iann,nr house aud building It IN the
rni,ntry;Eit is becoming yearly more tnu
more the work OF two harmonious put ~ ~
&dependent minds-thc Narch!tect.siwnD 1at,s 2
charge OF the actual buildings. any III -,
Landscape architect. who supsr.I ,aaa net
1,iestIons OF environment, declaes Jus -
( u.here each building shall stand Wl.n
reference to Its neighbors and plo's .pu ~.
5driveways lawns shrubpery. a'lS u ot tiVt
exterior accompa nlmenl :, ~ "a I.
Ten years ago the majority 81 p.ospse.
tive country householders "ouiu ~! .i.. =
scoffed at tho Idea that expert hsI,sra''t ~
~ = nncs house, and many archltects
,,n,,,d have considered such as ~ ~,
o,Tnnst m insult to their own sKlll. 1he
new profession has become SO l!!lo os,aa =
now however. that man ','.S,a :,
schools and universities have eslhps va -, :
courses for the lFthi'i.Hs II
ep rch,tects and at the Massachusettss y, ~,
s,it,,e oY. Technology IN THIS 3clty--to g! 9
thn f1rst technical school ~ me y cuu',T
trv to add the study oflandsehpe aIs..,.-
ta,tnra 10 that OF structural architecture
many q charming imaginary country
.state ia laid out With all the care tnAt
wn,,id natural lis be devoted 70 real PRO,
blems involving permanent MONIES .u''a
Ne expenditure OF thousands o. dollars, y
';The iandscnpe architect Is newcomer
orIvFonl this side OF the wa ter. proao 2. Ie
apparently dates hack as far a. w ,Gat -,
izatlon Of ancient Egypt, InEtnls e .,nn ~
the very beginning OF Inc creNs, w., ~, =;
great country estates brought I eltln -, ;,
For experts in beautifying mem, U, a y !;
with few great exceptions, ! M ue.tla NV
was supplied at first By civil eng ltleetsss
whose knowledge of the laying out =.
roads. building OF bridges, and gra91ng q
land made them landscapc arcnltecls Juss
80 Ffar as that knowledge went q no w 9
further; or by .hor,lcnlturists, Who nae :
the landscape architects kHo ,,. IA, IA
trees, shrubs and plan o., Withoul !'s
training In the broad principles 81 ar
ranging them to produce the n ,e aas ,
thetic effect, But landscape rchlteetuIe
as a. profession open to a large body o.
young men was only recognized when g
much wider interest IN country homes
|, had discovered an actual Yneed for men
who should cooperate With the reRnlarr
architects In so pla Ing q blllldln y tnA !
the owner, would never 2 & RI w sll
that 1t had been placed dl1ferenflys ~.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-12
tC-O'O'OSO-OOSOOOSS
PRINTERS A|Xl.I0||M|S
AND APH0RISMS,

ltais q question II any trade or pro-
5fession affords the Same latitude In
aphorisMR and parodoxes as chat of tho
art proservative, 1t may prove to be OF
some interest to the uniniated to recount
some OF, them, It would be spresump-
tuous on the part of the writer 10 assume
that all are original. He Is Indebted TO
several followers Of the profession and
covering a wide territory for the collec-
tIon. and he has supplemented them BY a
few which may as yet be OF a purely
local and not general knowledge K
a boy may consciously be devil"
and yet receive a reward In his Sunday
school class 33t
While most people learn to feed but
once. the printers devil.$as a rule. goes
through the process OF learning to feed
twice and sometimes three times.
H He may devote himself asslduously to
tho learning OF the printers trade, and
eventually receive the cognomen Of
'blacksmlth, 5t Is IA
r AS n printer he may have 'quoins" and
his own.
He may have and use furniture,
but still have no dwelling,
And then he may have "caps'' and
"small caps and still have no hea'dgear
to protect him from the leather.
Others may run, but he gets along fast
or by "settlng."
He may make Impressions and fur
nish ''proofs'' without eloquence. and still
iell fhe truth
And then, though others can not stand
and ''set' he, on the other hand can
'set" standing. and do both at one and
the same time,
He also may be nj, adept IN making and
putting away "pi," yet never see nor eat
a pie. 81
He may mingle among his fellows md
carry the form Of a human being, yet be
q rat at the same time,
He may DO a p,st master in handling a
shooting" iron. yet know nothing Of a
gun. cannon or pistol. * Ss.sts (,
! tle may lay his '.forna'' On the bed"
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1T seemed as II the whole Cabinet sat
up and became more vigorous the minute
ho got back. Just in time, by tho way,
to see another bad defeat for his party
In a bye election.
AT ION1E.
Although to his political opponents Mr..
Chamberlin seems rs hard and pcnetrnt-
Ing as the steel screws he makes, the, DO
nestle side OF him is pleasant to look
upon. 1Ilghbury, his famous mansion In
birmingham, ls5sa comfortable, honey"
sort Of place, and tho astute politician
who owns It would rather be there pot
5tering about among his mngni ficent con-
serva tories than be anywhere else In the
world except possibly Downing Street.
whence tho Empire is managed. AS ev-
serybody knows. no Is one Of tho most
as a matter of fact are only ono phase
Of his fondness for horticulture. He
cares even more for his roses.
And best, of all, he cares Immensely
for Mrs. Chamberlain. He told his con-
stituents In Birmingham just before he
left FOR South Africa that she had been OF
more help to him than he could ever
specify. And the first speech he made
upon his return he went out Of his way
to say the same kind of thing again. 1t
was certainly part of the best Of all his
luck that In a visit to Washlngton@hc
should meet and fall in love with the
daughter OF Judge Endicott. at that time
Secretary Of War In tho first Cleveland
Cabinet. He had buried two wives be-
fore, and Miss Endcott was younger
than Austen Chamberlain, son of tho
first Of these ladies' It usedSto be Cos
slipped In Washington that 1t was Austen
who first met and loved Miss Enditott
and that his father cut him out.
Mrs. Chamberlain Is a quiet, thoughtful
little woman, who cares less for society
than society cares Tor her. She could
BIO a great social power If she chose but
instead, the complexion Of her dinners
and entertainments Is chiefly political
Queen Victoria was personally fond Of
her, and manifested her preference In a
good many ways. The present King and
Queen also seem to have genuine adj
mlration FOR her, apart from the political
significance Of her husband.
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accidentally shot himseif In his left hand
two weeks ago. ~ still carrying the btil v
let In the wounded member. Ills physi4'l
elan has been unable to locate the lead
bali bystho Use u d probe. and the voting
man HAS not consented 10 nh operation,
"A lady here several days ngo showed
your correspondent nm tercsting curl.
osity Il, the Form ~ q bottle OF spiders.
It seems that d large old mother spiderr
Ind some time bnrk adopted mn tinoofked
yeast powder bottle for Its place OF resi- :
dence. and the bottle occupy fg N liii +.
frequented corner IN q closet. the nasty
insect held d quet. lunindlsp,ita able posses-
sion. ti Meanwhile, this spider famlly N
creased Immensely /. The bottle was about
III ftiti az II wcll could be at young spid-3
ers-all smaller but therwise every one
OF the great number was exactly like the
mother. WI "a III X
n. Mrs. Turner, wife 9of Rev. 3. +. Turner,
Of King George Courthouse. who returned
some days ago from Richmond where
she had been tirder mcdlcGl treatment
for some time, Id reported as 50 much,
improved as TO be able to- ride out. This
isRvcry gratifying news TO- the King,
George people. with whom Mrs, Turner,
Ii deservcdly very POPULAR, NJ "
Mr.. and Mrs T, ]. Hargest. Of Bleak
Hill, near tnlS pluCC, nave HOllog " 1outIH
tir1orc to spend some days With refat lives.
IA N little child Of Mrs. Burk OF >1go,j
near here. fel from q It's mothers arms
a few days ngo and fractured one Of Is
arms. A "A very short time before q little
son Of Mrs. Burk, , fell In Il he yard and
broke one OF his legs Just below the hips
3 Miss Marie Doherty, OF washington. Is
expected 4 here to-day to spend castor
With her mother. Mrs. Mamie B. Doherty.
S Messrs. Laremore and Fnuntleroy, OF
the United States Gcodetlc Survey. arc
stopping with Mr.. Thomas folsom 1T
Shamrock near horc. while surveying
the Potomac shore in the Vicinity Of
tChntterton. ii # q:
Mr. ~ II. Scott who has been In King
George attending to business since the,
middle $ot last week. has returned to his;
homo in Washington. Y =
n Messrs Johnson and Cogswell, Of.
washington, have Just opened their large
packing house at Wilkinson g, IN the up.
per end OF westmorcland county, and
wifi begin the work Of packing flshsn
once This Is one OF the largest enter
prises OF It's kind on the Potomac River.
b Nearly all the cornfields here are still
unplowed, and are green with grass and
weeds. Tho repeated heavy rains keeps;
the earth so Ssa turated witt, water that
tr'owing and other farm work is out OF
the question. a-L- a. z NV
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-12
THE CRITICS WOULD DO.
Persons Who Watch Skycraper Con-
struction Prone to Give Advice.

4fttE StfuCtlOnA CTOI1et 10 SIV6 FUVICe. {g2sitft
There is always enough interest about
the construction of a colossal skyscraper
to hold all day q large gallery OF ou-
lockers. Over &at the corner or State
and Madison Streets, where the steel
franc OF great mercantile building Is
rising, and on Monroe Street, where the
steel skeleton Of tho First National
Bank building Is growing with mushroom
epsed, scores Of curious people crowd the
side walks all day long watching the pro.
grcss made by tho workmen. II
1t Is rare moment when some Of these
onlookers are not telling others how the
workmen should go about 1t to do8thetr
work In a better way, "
Haven't those fellows got sense enough
to know that can't set that beam unless
they get 1t leyel?" said one critic as he
watched a half-dozen wori1men tugglns
at great piece Of steel on the Monroe
Street structure. The words were hardly
out OF his mouth before the beam slipped
neatly into place. The critic was silent
after that. st
Tho same day ono of the powerful der-
rlclts holstcd one of tho heavy pillars
high In the air. 1t requires the greatest
skill to set one OF these. and everything
must be ARRANGED to n nicely. The high
pillar was lowered until 1t was within
six inches Of Its resting place.
why don't they get 1t ,strnight2'
asked ono man. ~
"Wel it looks to me like any school
boy would have more sense than to do q
thing that way said another. 5,',.
"rhat won't 60 In there in q thousand
years unless they swing tho derrick
around !" said another ONO men never
He didn't finish his criticisms The pill
lar was lowered slowly into lts$place,
and then the workmen scattered like rats
across the steel Orders. The critics
walked away, but others came to take
their places. And SO It goes on all
day.-Chicago Chronicle,
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yet be compelled to sleep on the tloor.SS
sls He also Is In closer touch with things IN
the armament, and Is far more privl-
legged individual than the astronomer. ! g
latter may gaze at the stars" through
his telescope, while the printer handles
them with impunity. 5 stl ~
May use "dagger" or double dagger.
without shedding blood or beipg ARRESTED '''
for carrying dangerous 4 wea pons s.
He NAV show others a type louise yet
he unable to sec 1T for himself. {. 4gl
Others may go through ''space, yet ne
ca n perform the same thing and, IN a alcu.'
ton. break 1t. II
Most people shun the "deadboard. yet
tho printerEis continually pulling from IN
1T. vi IS NJ HI 3a2 " "a
some are compelled to be everlastlngly
on the ''lockup' yet never 80 to prison.
Iris machine may give q beautiful
squirt" yet be entirely useless ', as as u
gsquirtgun.tsI v, a III,
He may assemble several bands vet
not know a drum from q Jews ha rp.s4s L
His I'm outhpiece" may leak. yet O ma ma
cninst Is required to fix II.
He may DO ever so good a Christian. yet
be compelled to put things IN the neil r''l'
box !, 4. $, \,
yet be out OF sorts. 5s558 !. isS I,
He may feel the need OF coal and Wood.
yet have allarge supply OF F.sticK I' ! !. .
While others have no need 81 q 3i'rru ~ g
when asleep, the printer al ways mas St IE
handy. & ~ ...,,.. +.
Others may drive with beautifully var !, !,
nished wood cutters, yet nc y y sht ~ ~
with any old lead cut
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hell i'm too many minds have place along
side the fairy tale, when education is uni
versal and superstition infinitesimal, I'm an
age when the fierce lust for money is eat
ing all men and women, this remarkable
man has taken possession of the bodies and
souls of 5000 people and inspired them with
sufficient religious enthusiasm TO make i'm
mense sacrifices in order to accompany him
on a Journey of 1000 miles in the hope OF
making converts TO their belief. This is an
achievement even greater than Brigham
Youngs, for Young, great man as he, too,
was, pandered to his followers sensual
natures, whereas Dowie deprives his dis
ciples of all the pleasures of the flesh and
imposes on their minds a difficult and irk-
some discipline
"By their fruits shall We know them"
said Jesus, and Dowie points to his as evil
dence of his claim that he is prophet sent
of God. However that may be, the fact re-
mains that by some means this one man
has assumed and maintains a commanding
position in which he is absolute master of
thousands and thousands of human beings
of average intelligence.
Nor can it be truly said that he does not
use his great power wisely and well. The
Dowieites are unanimous in asserting that,
though they gave up all to their leader,
they have lost nothing, but, on the con-
trary, have prospered materially. Besides
this, their physical health has been bene-
fitted and they have gained peace of mind.
Absolutely secure in their faith, they do
not like so many of us, feel in this turmoil
of the world as il they were passengers in
n ship without a captain or rudder. at the
mercy of the winds and waves of fate.
What a figure this for the imagination,
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and the little colored silk threads sprinkled
IL are not part of the paper They
are merely glued on. and you can pick them
of with a pin Whenever you can PICK
threads off n bill like that it's a counterfeit
BILL
well. as I had never kept any bank
note long enough TO take a good look at
il. this impressed deeply. / went. up
stairs and got out two tens and 1--WE j
had. and went to work with pin. i picked
threads out of all of them. / was Just
scared blue. | expected the officers OF the
law TO call me every minute j went back
To that treasury man and begged him To
take my counterfeit bills and destroy them
properly or send them 10 the department..
He didn't want to take the responsibility,
he said. but finally he consented. and L
breathed easy. / hated TO lose the money.
but loss of money nothing compared
TO life sentence for completely in counter
feiting, and / thought I'd got off easy. The
treasury man went away Saturday after
noon, just before the weekend men came.
He Just simply vanished. Charley came up
that evening and / told him all about what
a narrow escape I'd had. Narrow escape!
Why, Charley says. L ought TO thank my
lucky stars the counterfeit expert didn't tell
NE my trunk was contraband, and my best
hat likely to blow up with me under IL
Men are so unfeelng. If man Will let
his wife &C off all unprotected for the
whole summer. ne ought 10 sympathize with
her when villains defraud her, and anyway
every other woman in that hotel gave up
money, too
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CHARTERED 1914

the original drawing. another colors IL.
another paints in raised spiotcnes which
when finished constitute the decoration or
the gown, another sketches in the lace.
while still another finishes out the picture
with bit of landscape calculated 10 give IL
atmosphere.
Then at the two windows kneel girls who
are busily engaged all day long I'm tracing
copies of the original drawn by the girl
I'm the front room. II the sun shines, that
is good: il brings the lines out better for the
eyes, but If the day Is gray the facing 10
more difficult and hard on the eyes. The
arms too constantly raised up TO the light
in the drawing room, soon tire. But COM
pared with the drudgery OF machine work
il is play.
While the girl who paints the water-color
heads is at work at this place-she works
there only when orders are scarce and she
must-all sketches are finished i'm the second
room without the head No pr0fane hand
is allowed to approach the task set apart
for her.
Figures arc sketched and painted in old
rose, in mauve ana I'm blue, but no face
adorns them. This Is left for the fingers
of the genuine artist.
When the gown is quite finished the
coloring laid on. the decorations touched
up with high lights and the bit OF land
scape added. then Is the picture forwarded
10 this girl who sits in a nook OF her own
by the front window, where the light IS
best painting heads. some with dreamy
eyes. blue. black and brown; some with
saucy look. and some calm, as bents the
splendor OF the gowns 10 which they are
attached but all very beautiful,
And the girl does IL contentediy. too. for
she has learned sense III this pedestal IL
not one of the highest she Is set upon il.
She Is praised. and she has learned by ex-
perience more or less bitter that IL Is better
10 do work that Is praised and paid for,
IL IL does seem TO partake OF the every da "
work OF the work-a-day world. than 10 cit
in her studio and starNe.
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CITY NEWS NOTES.

The Priscilla Circle will be entertained
Thursday afternoon by Mrs. A. Stratford,
at her home in Morton Place.
The Laues' Auxiliary of Railway Postal
Clerks will meet at 7:30 tomorrow evening
with Mrs. C. j. Bohnstadt 1922 Fletcher
avenue
The Ladies' Missionary Society of the
meeting in the church parlors Thursday
afternoon at 2:30.
The pupils and friends of the Indian
apolis Piano-forte College will be given
a reception at the home of Director J. NJ
DUNCAN, 2228 Broadway, Friday night,
Oct. %.
Mrs. j. z. HILL of the Mayfiower Church
will read her paper, The Little Green God"
at the regular meeting of the missionary
society of the First Presbyterian Church
Wednesday afternoon at 2:3O o'clock.
The German class taught by Professor
Scherer at the Y. w. c. A. will meet for the
present on Thursday evenings. The class
has read Der Bibliothekar," "Das Mad
chen Won Treppi'' and Marion" in addi-
tions. A large class is expected this WIN
ter and much interest is felt in the sue
cess and advance made by the good use
of one hour week. Those who are inter-
ested in the study of German are cor
daily invited TO join the class.
Work has been begun on the Indianapolis.
Danville az Rockford traction line between
Indianapolis and Danville. The contract for
the grading and the concrete abutments for
the bridges was let last week to William
Love & Co, of this city. who will begin the
work tomorrow. The grading will be begun
indianapolis. The surveying of the right
of way has just been completed. The COM
pany expects TO have the line completed and
in operation by the first of next August