The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-08
Sociological.

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BOOKER wASHINGToN'S COURTESY
Prof. Booker T. Washington. on hear
ing OF objection to his speaking at the
Gainesville. Fla. teachers meeting on
account Of his color wired Gainesyilleis
Mayor his willingness to cancel the en-
gagement.
CITIES NOT so BAD.
The New York State mortality bulle-
tin for 1902 shows that city mortality IS
not SO much greater than rural as Is
generally supposed.
CHEAP COAL IN CHICAGO.
The distribution Of bituminous Goa! az
cost price by Chicago authorities, half
ton to each person, has relieved the
poor OF that city.
FOR SANITARY BARBER SHOPS.
Representatives OF $4,000 organized bar.
bers urged the New York State Legs
lature to pass the bill tntrod uced LOT .
state Barber Commission and compul-
sory7 sanitation of BARRIERS shops ana
implements. @
TO DEPoSE CLARA BARTON.
The Executive Committee OF the Red
Cross Society has protested to Congress
q oainst7 the administration OF Clara bar
Ton Ito president and against the re-
cently adopted bylaws making her, ell
cible to life tenure. In response 70 = -
ident Roosevelt's suggestion, MISS pa =
ton made public the fact that ne ano
Sah,ret' could no longer act as ADVISERS
- Htha Red Cross She said her rela tlons
Nth the society had been nasrepIes 'ss' - -
ed.
BEGGARs GET So "A DAY.
nentamin c. Marsh. a student at at u the
University Of Pennsylvania, a NJ. az ~.
a gent for the Society of Organ1zeoSSl la'
i.s drr,ne two months disguise as
rsr,,ar street beggar in Philadelphla',
fo,nd that many beggars receive as r 1l's1
as IS a day. 1t is possible 70 N.Y. W q.
the various charity shelters free ior I.
wear or more. Mr. Marsh advocates . tile
..work test as the only guard as ans
fraud.
CARDINAL GIBBONS ON DIVORCE.
Preaching at Baltimore last Sunday
Cardinal Gibbons said that divorce was
social scourge more bhsntins anu
more destructive Of family lie than
Mormonlsm
RICHES A MISFORTUNE
Addressing an audience of newsboys at
Boston. President Eliot, of Harvard. SAID
that It was terrible misfortune to pc
born rich, as 1t left no incentive TOT
work. He told them that an almost
sure way to succeed was to be ready to
volunteer to do something beyond their
real drty and that work was the founda-.
ton Of all the joy and happiness In the
world.
A NEGRO WARNS NEGROES.
The negro editor Of the Norfolk News,
John e. Dickerson, objected IN his jan
nary 31st issue to President Roosevelt's
action in pamperlng a few leaders OF his
race to the detrlment of the masses He
also warned his fellow negroes against
accepting the Presidents invitations,
saying: :'Let the negro look to 1t that,
when he bursts the bonds OF ignorance,
he does not enmesh himself with the
far worse letters of false pride and emp
ty vanity.
COAL FAMINE CHARITIES.
a report on the fuel shortage from
charitable organizations Of twenty-five
large cities shows that the cities which
provided distributing centres for coal III
small quantities We're much more sue
cessful in relieving the situation than
those which relied on public appropria-
ton. The suffering was most severe
where the poorer classes We're accus-
toned to anthracite and had no knowl-
edge OF substitutes. There was an I'M
iprecedented employment of the poor and
little IL any Increase In the demand for
charitable relief.
ALARMING DECREASE IN .3
BIRTHRATE,
George r. shrady. Of the New York
Medical Record" declares that the de-
crease in the blrthrate among American
mothers is alarming and that decreas-
Ing population will soon be the result, as
In France to-day, The demands of So
ciety and uor life in flats where baby
Is moro unwecome than q dog,n are
given as reasons Our Anglo-saxon pru-
derry. DR., Shrardy says. stands in the
way of any general campaig n OF educa-
ton on the subject.
NEW YORIS's CHILD LABOR,
Superintendent MAXWELL OF New York
City, said that while child labor was
killing the whole white race of the South,
1t was even worse In New York proper
t!onately than In South Carolina. Ho
told or instances where little children
were compelled to work two hours be,
fore school and afterwards from to
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BENJAMIN KIDD ON TRUSTS.
Benjamin Kidd. the sociological writer,
said at London on his return from tho
United States that "the trusts OF to-day
We're tho revival In Industrial life OF OK,
actly the same spirit that created abso-
Ilntsm In the States" and that It was
$''as vital to the interests Of humanity and
progress that financial absolutsm should
voo !.