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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-10
Lvnchburg's Aid rendered.

Especial to The Tlrnes.D!spatch.)
Fl LYN cHBURG, VA. Feb. e.--At q cal;ed
meeting Of the Lynchburg Board Of TrAde
hold at noon to-day, q resolution Wa e
unanimously passed voting sympathy u
tho people OF Baltimore, and making
a contribution OF $500 towards the re.ief
Of thu fire sufferers. The resolution was
ofrered BY Mr.. TN. Terry who, IN DO
Ing 10, made few appropriate remarks.
IT vas seconded by Mr.. William Hurt.
and brief speeches in support Of y we're
made BY Mr. John Q. Dabney ana Mr. Mr..
Robert 8, Oglesby.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-10
ANOTHER FIRE
Baltimore Alarmed by confla-
ton in Lumber Yard.
A snniatad l,ress.l

A(By Associated I'ress,l
BALTIMORE, MD, Feb, baltimore
firemen were called out again to7nlght
by fire which broke out ~ me engine
room of willis b. Gill and Sons, ex-
tensiye lumber yard, beyond Iones's
Falls. The fire, though on territory ads
jacent to the original fire scene was
not In any way a result OF the blg con.
flagration. Three engine companies and
the fire boat Cataract rsspondeo Ana ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-10
Discussed "Pneumonia.''

The Richmond Academy OF Medicine and
Surgery met last night and had an inter.
estinE discussion Of ppeumonia. q disea e.
country this Year., pr. r. II, Terrell led
the discussion which was part eipa ted IN
hy Or, N, ", I'eyseg and others,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-10

1t would he dlf1lcult to call to mind two
atlis ctlons OF greater merit than Richard
Mansfield, who comes to The Academy IN
Gd iied4hneig' next Tuesday, and
vii! be seen In all her Qualntness and
originality Thursday, Friday and satur-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-10
( PRUDENTIAL PROMPT.
Makes q Fine Record in Paying
Baltimore Fire Losses.
rx,Y s ne, aAf,rfMflRE FILED Nniltl.

Especial to rho Tin,cs-D ispAtch)
& TAznWELL, VA, Feb. 0.-The prudsn'
stiai Fire insurance Company. OF Iaso.
well was involved In the disastrous fire
In Baltimore. Their total amount OF II.
surahce III the city is s1t,2bo, and the total
amount IN fire stricken district ls 3s.soo.
Thc probable amount lost Il between 1900
and 5000 "
Tho adjuster. NJ s. Pendlator. is now
III Baitmore, and has boon ordered Ny
General Manager Hurt to .nd1ust al losses
and draw slight draft on the com pany i11
Mi, without discount. The Prudential 10
making d recoru tor prompt Payments.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-10
Hoods Jars0parilld
and Pills

Radically and permanently cure it
strengthen and tone tho stomach and
other digestive organs for the natNfas
performance Of their functions.
Testimonials Of remarkable cures mallea on
,a !, d, = HOOD CO.. Lowell. MAsI.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-10

"The Two Orphans" with Kate Clax-
on il, her original role OF Louise, VIII DO
tlls special attraction NJ tho Acadomy
Saturday, matinee and night, Mss ClaS:
ana and broudened " cons ant repe tilion. rep;
Toscnts very. lofty height Of emotional
dramatic art. The despar, the suffering,
the pileous appeal Of helpless Innocence
against the iron bonds Of coarseness and
bIutallty-these things arc SO realistically
dcEe Few nnor touches can be Imagined
than that before the Church Of St. Sui
pico when the blind girls feeble attempt
cold and misery and dlsuppointment-u
sigh more eloquent than words. 1t Is art
so near perfection that It seems no art
or alls
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-10
Distress
after Eating

Nausea between meals, belching, yom-
ting, flatulcnce, fits Of nervous head
ache, pain in the stomach, are all
symptoms of dyspepsia, and the longer
n IL neglected the harder 1t is to cureit.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-10

For the Quick preparation OF delicious
drink, for MAKING Chocolate Icing or for
f1avorlno Ice Cream, Lowney's always
;Ready,,,s SWEET CHOCOLATE POW.
DER has no equal The full chocolate
quality and properties are preoent, IN.
adutcrated and unlmpalred.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-10
Il CORNER 81 GERMAN AND LIBERTY STREETS FIRE STARTED

tha other night. For lhat renson-for
tho reason that every man who has seen
the comedy is a walking adyertisem mon =
Friday, matinee and night, holds promise
OF drawing two OF the best houses OF
tho season, Certainly II deserves ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-03

The cutlery IS OF iron, and the spoone C
nothing better than German silver. and
the majority of tin. In point OF equip
ment the place Is no better than the tea
cent hash" houses, but each customer,
represents an income of not less than 81
each noon. The place is SO expensive
that it is virtually but a rich mans
lunch club. ~
At another place, a saloon restaurant
on Fifth avenue, the prices are so high
that the attention of strangers are called
to them before they are served, so that
there may be no chance of a dispute over
them after the meal has been eaten. So
limited is the patronage at this place
that the proprietor's wife does practi-
cally all of the cooking, and when the
patronage gets larger than she can care
for, prices are raised so as to stop part
of it.
Chinese restaurants are becoming
more and more popular every day. One
establishment on Clark street serves
chop-sooy to more than 500 patrons
every noon. In numbers these estab-
lishments are growing rapidly, there
being at the present time more than a
dozen in the city that are coming money
for their celestial proprietors.
Small French restaurants are we'll
patronized. They are especially popu-
lar with the bohemian classes, including
actors, artists, writer's and musicians.
One little affair kept by Partisan
mother and daughter in Clark street
basement feeds between Is and 100 peo-
pie every noon at 50-cent table d. hote
luncheon.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-03

Washington as resembling Lincoln
somewhat not only in personal appear
ance, but also in the homely quality of
their minds One is known as "Uncle
Shelby" the other as Uncle Joe," just
as Lincoln was known Familiarity as
"Uncle Abe" And as Justice Harlan,
recently remarked, when a public man
is known universally as Uncle" that
is a pretty sure sign he is close to the
hearts of the people and has the quail
ties that the people like.
AS for Hit, he is one of the most in
teresting of all the men in congress,
and he has long been recognized as one
of the very ablest. He has been chair
man of the foreign affairs committee
in the house for a great many years, and
it has fallen to him to prepare the re-
publican side of almost every diplomatic
question which has been the subject of
partisan controversy during that time,
as, for instance. in the Hawaiian and
Cuban matters just before the war with
Spain. He has had longer and more
varied diplomatic experience than al
most any other man in public life, hav-
ing served as secretary of legation and
assistant secretary of state up to the
time he was elected to congress, while
before that he was associated with Lin
coin, first as the stenographer who re-
ported the Lincoln-D Douglass debates,
and second as one of the official staff
at the white house during and after the
civil war.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-03
The Dinner Pail Brigade.

Large as is the army of restaurant
patrons in the business district of Chi
cago at noon. it is small when compared
with the dinner pail host that flock to
the factories and other places of labor
Some of the larger manufacturing estab-
lishments have builded around them set
Elements of workers, and the men living
near by go home for their lunch, but the
greater part of the factory workers must
carry their lunches. So, also, must the
men employed in the building trades, the
transfers and the Office men of the fac
tories that are located beyond the reach
of restaurants.
Judging from the figures of workers
given by the United States census it is
safe estimate to say that not less than
100000 dinner pals or lunch boxes must
be filled in Chicago every morning. Al
together it represents an army of work.
ers greater than the army of soldiers
with which Japan has won her victories
over Russia. 1t is food for peace army
that is turning out billion dollars
worth of manufactured products each
year.
WRIGHT A. PATTERSON
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-03

Her mother died in
1912, and she at once took her mothers
place as the head Of the presidents
household, thus becoming the youngest
woman who ever presided over the
white house, except Mrs. Cleveland.
She was noted then for her beauty and
wit, and her career as mistress of the
white house was brilliant. She was
greatly admired by the great men who
in the middle of the last century gave
distinction to the political and social
life of Washington.
Just before her father was elected vice
president she had married James A.
Semple, wealthy planter with large
estates in Virginia. When Tyler sue
ceeded to the presidency on the death
of Harrison she came to Washington
with him for the first time.
Tyler appointed Semple paymaster
in the navy, and after Tyler left the
white house Mrs. Semple lived quietly
on her husbands plantation until the
outbreak of the civil war, when he re-
signed from the United States navy and
became paymaster in the confederate
navy.
The close of the war left the Samples
impoverished, and Mrs. Semple, leaving
her husband at home, went to Baltimore,
where she conducted a school for girls.
After her husbands death in the late
'70's Mrs. Semple, then about 60 years
Of age, came to Washington to pass her
last days in the Louise Home.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-03
Feeding the Minority.

While it is the minority who eat ex-
pensive lunches, yet it is the ninori-
ty that bring the average price of
lunches up to a considerable figure,
and the average is steadily increasing.
Five years ago the high-priced res
taurant was unknown in Chicago. save
to the wealthy few. Then they were
as exclusive as the clubs, Restaurants
such as Delmonico's, Martins, Rector's,
and others of the same class in New
York were unknown in Chicago. St..
Hubert's chop house catered to a lin
tied number of epicures. Two or three
other places of a similar character strug-
gled along as best they could in an ef-
fort to make ends meet. Kinsley's, Rec
tors Chicago establishment, the Boston
Oyster house, and one or two others
filled the demand for after theater SUD-
pers, but the prices were mild in COM
parison to what New York pays, and
there was no comparison in point of
service.
Where ten years ago there were less
than half dozen passable restaurants,
there are to-day 20 good ones, charging
high prices, with practically unlimited
menus in point of variety, and excellent
service. Nor does this 20 include the
grill rooms of the hotels like the Aud
itorium, the Stratford, the Wellington.
and others, that are even more expensive
tnan the highest priced restaurants.
So great has grown the demand for ex-
pensive and elaborate service that Rec
tor has closed the establishment he has
operated in Chicago for years in order
to rae the old building and erect upon
its site new structure, which, when
completed, will contain what is expected
to be the finest restaurant on the Amer
lean continent. Such a demand is an
indication of the extravaganza of the
age.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-03

Japan contains 1865 square miles,
hence it is a little larger than Califor-
MIA, and more than three times as
large as New York. If the southwest
ern part of Japan proper were placed
on the Mexican border near San An
tonic, Tex, the country of the mikado
would stretch northeastward till Yezo
would almost touch the Strait of Mack
mac, and the Kurile islands would pro-
ject into Hudson bay, the ATTITUDES
corresponding very nearly. Formosa
would then lie off the southern part
of Lower California Korea, with an
area of $4,000 square miles, is almost
exactly of the same size as Kansas.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-03
The Odd Corners,

Another class of eating place that
helps to bring the general average of the
cost OF lunch up to considerable figure
are the little places that cater to the ex-
elusive few with quality of viands rather
than elegance of service. Many of these
places will not feed more than so people
in day, but their charges are such that
even so small number of patrons rep
resents a profit.
A little place of this kind on Madison
street is patronized by the financial mag
mates Of La Sale street. They eat from
pine tables, unprotected by table linen
Of any kind. The dishes are of the
cheapest quality, cracked and broken.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-03

The Louise Home who founded the
principal bank of Washington, and who
among other benefactions presented
Daniel Webster with the handsome
house. since known as the Corcoran
house. and now occupied by Chauncey
M. Depew.
At the close of the war he was perhaps
the wealthiest man in the country of
southern proclivities, and those who had
been left destitute by the four years
fighting came to him in droves for re-
lief Most of the cases were pitiful.
There were scores of women delicately
bred and used to a life of comfort who
suddenly found themselves widowed
and helpless, with poverty staring them
in the face. Corcoran took pity on them.
He planned such a charity as had never
been conceived before. He established
a home which should be open only to
women of the south, of gentle birth, and
that home, named in memory Of his
wife, 1.-The Louise Home" is still main
tanned through his endowment for the
purposes which he had in mind.
1T is spacious building, surrounded
by ample grounds, in part of the city
where land has trebled and quadrupled
in value since Corcoran's day, in the
very midst of the fashionable residence
section of the city. Among the inmates
may be found relatives of almost every
eminent southern statesman or soldier,
who spend the days in gossipfng among
themselves about the brave days of old.
LOUIS A. COOLIDGE.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-03
Where the Women Eat.

Thousands of women shoppers take
luncheons at the department store res
taurants every day The grill and tea
rooms at Fields occupy one entire floor
stretching from Washington to Ran
dolph street, and ir it 1900 people can
be served at one time. 1t is crowded to
it's full capacity every noon, and so
cents is comparatively small check.
All of the big department stores have
restaurants of the same style, though
on more modest scale so far as size is
concerned.
Many of the department stores con-
duct restaurants specially for their en-
ployes, and in them the employees can
secure excellent lunches for very small
price. More than 1000 people are fed
in Fields employees restaurant each
day.
For the women who work in the bust
ness district the lunch problem has been
solved by the establishment of women's
lunch clubs. The first of these was or
ganized as charity, but it now needs no
assistance from it's wealthy sponsors,
for it is entirely self-supporting.
There are some Is of these lunch clubs
in the city into which the girls pay a
small monthly fee, usually, 25 ce4ts, for
their membership, anI this gives them
the benefit not only of the cheap prices
which the clubs are able to make, but
the privilege of the rest rooms as we'll.
At these clubs all expenses are cut to
the minimum. They are run upon the
cafeteria plan, where each girl takes her
plate to the center and is served. thus
saving the employment of walters. The
charge for items is in pennies rather
than nickles and dimes, and the check
paid at the cashiers desk is quite as
likely to. be 16 as Is cents.
The MONDAY Rest is probably the
largest of these clubs, and has a. men,
bership of more than $500. The total
membership of these MONDAY lunch
clubs for women will run close to 5000.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-03

have fallen to him by the score, and it
has been simply out of the question for
him to decline them.
Taft is nothing if not obliging, he en-
joys companionship, and for one of his
temperament it was fatal So he has
succumbed to the inevitable and has
abandoned Washington altogether for
awhile to see if a complete divorce from
the place will do him any good It is
high time.
More public men have been killed by
the social game in Washington than by
hard work. Too many dinners proved
fatal to Blaine, Reed, Hobart and dozens
OF others who might be named All
three of those men were favorite diners
out, and from their position as we'll as
their personal accomplishments were
constantly in demand All three of
them would doubtless be alive to-day had
they been permitted to conf1ne them
selves to their public duties in Wash
ington without the distractions of al
most nightly dinners.
It is getting to be the practice now
among those who are the targets of con-
dnuous invitations to devote as little
time as possible to each affair to eat
sparingly and to drink, if possible, not
at all. But even with these precau-
tons the society game is a great drain
on the vitality of public man who
comes to it with the WEAKNESS and wor-
ries of his day at the capitol or the de-
partment
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-03

For several years Germany made an
attempt to bring Bavaria and Wurtem-
burg into the imperial post and sup
press their stamps, but this was not
successful until 1902, when Wurtem-
burg agreed to suppress. her stamps
and use the German, but objected to
the word "Reichsposte" Imperial
POST, inasmuch as the kingdom still
retained control of it's royal postal
system, and, in fact, still uses royal
postage stamps. Accordingly new
set was issued bearing the legend
"Deutsches Reich German Empire),
but Bavaria has still refused to come
into the fold.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-03

which he has been
condemned ev err
since he c a m e
h ON e from the
Philippines. He
reached Washing
ton in the last week
of January nd
from that time to
the present there
has hardly been a
night that he has
not been claimed
for some function
at which he was
the principal social
attraction. Recep-
tiOnS and dinners
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-03

passed. At the same time the session
failed to come up to the average Of In.
crease in appropriations which, since
the beginning Of the government al
most, has characterized each succeed
ing session of congress; for there is a
stated law of increase following some
>Yhat the growth of the country in pop
:ulation, no matter what party happens
to be in control.
This record is due partly to the or
ganization of the house, and partly to
the understanding which has prevailed
between the leaders of the house and
senate. There has never been congress
where less friction developed between
the two branches or where the respec-
tive leaders knew better as time went on
wnat was likely to happen. There has
Deen little partisan bitterness, the only
SPIRITED debate in the house being be-
tween Cochran and Dalzell, which turned
chiefly on personal issues.
Ut course, what gave the session its
opportunity for work was the special
session which President Roosevelt called
for November. That enabled congress
to dispose of a great amount of routine
IN orgaTzation, which usually delays
the beginning of the=work of legislation
for over month. 1t is estimated that
the special session of three weeks, COM
Ing as 1t did, was worth at least six
weeks of work accomplished
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-03
One Hundred Thousand Persons Pat
ronize the Restaurants of tho
Business Section Every Day
Popular Eating Places.
Popular Places.

ChicagO.-1t is safe estimate to say
that not less than $35, 900 is spent for
lunch every week day in that little
section of Chicago called the downtown
district. That section is less than one
mile square, but within it there are
easily 100000 people to be fed each
noon, ard this number does not in
clude the strangers that may be in the
city, which would easily add another
10000.
What to eat for lunch, where to eat
it and what to pay for it, is problem
that must be solved by this 100000
people each week day. The majority
of the hungry solve the where to eat
it, by patronizing the bakery lunch
ROOMS, where, perched on a stool at a
long counter, they spend an average of
20 cents each for rolls, pie, cakes,
sandwiches and other items to be
found on the varied menus of these
places.
One State street lunch room feeds
more than 5000 people between the
hours OF II and two every week day.
At this place IL minutes is the average
time taken by each customer to eat,
and the average check paid is about
20 cents. From IL TO one the patrons
will be lined up two or three deep be-
hind each stool waiting their turn at
the board. The corporation that owns
this lunch room, runs nearly a dozen
others like it, though on a smaller
scale, and feed altogether not less
than $4,000 people each noon. Numer-
Gus lunch room companies will feed as
many more.
The class that looks for quantity at
a small price patronize the numerous
hash" houses where so-called "full
meals" are served for ten cents, con-
sisting of questionable meat, stews,
vegetables, day-old bread, chickory for
coffee, and a slice of indigestable pie.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-03
WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
Land Of No Pumps.

A vivid idea of the lack of the sim
plest applications of practical science
in at least some parts of China is
given by United States Consul Gracey
at Fuchau. In all that city, with it's
million Inhabitants, he says, there is
not single pump, nor even a wind
lass, or any other mechanical contri-
vance for raising water from the wells.
Anybody who wants water must bring
his own pail and rope and draw it up:
Water brought from the river is cac-
ried on mems shoulders. There Is no
such thing as system of pipes. The
lamps in use are also of the crudesi
sort. The whole of southern Chin4,
says Mr.. Gracey, needs pumps, a pub
lie water supply system and lamps
Youths COMPANION. =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-03

A unique record of engine-driving Is
reported. Robert Maybank, who has
had close on to fifty-two years service
on the London & Southwestern rail-
way, has travelled on his engine during
this period about 100000 miles, and
has never once been late for duty. He
was fireman on the train which, in
1863. conveyed the king, then prince
of Wales, from Windsor to Waterloo
to meet his bride. During the whole of
his long service he has never had an
accident to a train under his charge.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-06-03

The latest bulletin from the Agricul-
tura1 department on the work of the
boil weevil in 1903 is not in the least
encouraging. A careful study of the
pest, made under the direction Of Mr.:
w. D. Hunter, in charge of the en-
tomological bureau, shows that the
boil weevil is destined to cause a seri-
Gus rise in the price of cotton unless
some effective plan can be devised for
it's determination But therein lies
the difficulty. The boil weevil
lives in the fruit >of the plant, and is
too we'll protected from application OF
Doisons.