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tinent point OF view France had two
rea sons to fear a war. Russia had raised
loan after loan from her generous ally
II was calculated that between three and
four hundred millions had passed from
Paris to st. Petersburg. The scrip was
held not only by the big financial houses,
but by thousands of cautious shopkeepers
and thrifty peasants scattered over the
country. A war which depressed tne
stock would hit France almost as severe
ly as her ally,
Again. there seemed just chance that
france might become involved In strug-
ola which would drive her new friend,
sreat britain, to the assistance Of Japan.
THE workingmen, as we'll as the busi-
ness and commercial classes of France,
are growing more reasonable and less 3.
belltcose, They know that f1ght IN
Witch France and Great Britain were
involved would thsw back ,d hsir a nat tSs
intimate victor They had nothing TO
gain but the fulfilment Of treaty oblisa-
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lAII'Y
FLETCHER ROBINSON,
"A GRAVF PROBI EM WFIICH FACES ENGLISH NATICN $SSS
Literary Partner Of
CONAN DOYLE.

thing but a nuisance to his parents and
their neighbors? Flat dwellers number
their thousands and hundreds of thou-
sands. They are not likely to breed many
sons and daughters ,inderSt the fiat resime.
/ selhshncss grows manifest In the bacte-
lor. Whatever his position, he knows
that he travels the fastest who travels
alone. as Kipling has remarked with poe
tic cynlcisl11. II he be employed In shop
or office, hetnnds that the management
favor his unfettered position among the
richer classes. The destruction Of ideals
in workaday world has destroyed the
mastery Of cupid.
For the bachelor there are chances to
be taken. risks to run. which may result
in fortune. Marriage Is a handicap, q
douttful luxury. So argues the young
man of the twentieth century g,
| Is there a remedy? Not from legisla-
tlon or tricks of the taxes. That is cer-,
4 tain. Was there ever a remedy for lux
| ury or self1shness or ambition2 No ex-
amples occur to the writer. 8
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lions. Who dared to say there would be
any war at all? A bas lie Journalistic
jaime!
Germany was In different case. she has
ever watched her eastern frontier with
alarm Russia is to her the hrst and
strongest handle OF the nutcracker which
with France, might some day crush her
like albert. With her nelghbor she has
sometimes peacefully intrigued Always
has she been extremely respectful and
concliatory. Not that the Germans love
Russians any more than the Russians
admire the Germans But the diplomats
in Berlin knew their business, and sank
their prejudlces.
In, Germany again there was strong
belief that Great Britain was behind a.
pan, accentuating the trouble for her own
ends. II war broke out, there was no
doubt ON whose side the Teuton sympa-
thies would be. But they despised the Jap
anese; they talked of a game Of bluff, The
M,kado and his advisers would never
dare to attack 30 powerful nelshbos.
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I the Increased luxury OF the nation. With
luxury comes dissatisfaction, the envy o.
others. the creation Of sefshness. II we
z had no children we might have plano
& III the cottage. II 1t wasn't for these
bills OF Jack at Oxford we might keep d
carriage. That lie the point Of view.
In the old days the nation learned It's
catechsm and followed that teaching.
10 'learn and labor tr1ilyto do my duty
In that state OF life unto which It has
pleased God to call mo" was an accepted
principle OF life. They even passed their
sumptuary laws, regulating the style OF
dress according to the purse OF each
class, and when public sentiment abol-
ished such grandmotherly Legislation the
people still clad themselves in a manner
Equitable to their station"
we have changed all that. The laborer
must have his black coat and tweed
trousers for Sundays and the old smock
frock has long vanished into the limbo OF
mere curlosities. The wife OF the profess
slonal man must have her furs and
frocks from the same expensive establish-
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rrrF RICHMOND VA s1NDAY,JUNE II

grow and flourish. Agcouple no longer
trot through life hand IN hand It'll death
do us part" In every big town 1 re 'stal
ant lie has commenced; In London IT is
in full swing. There must be amis!s-
tnents, whether you sit In the 7stalls or
upper circle. And with the change IN the
thof7,e-as our grandparents knew and re-
yered it--comes a desire to lessen It's
liabilities to give fewer hostages to for
tune, to avoid the trouble, time and ex-
pen.s OF children.
c.ty life does not aid the increase OF
tho race. The towns are growing larger.
the country populations come drifting In,
,ured by hopes that are often never real
ICED. Years ago 1t was said that FAM
Nv living entirely II, a town died out IN
three generations. This may be no lon
ger true for sanitation has made amaz-
Ing strides since the gloomy prophecy
vas uttered, but at least city bred child.
rem have not the physical advantages OF
those who have learned the joys OF BIRD
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rnent Al the duchess There is q. cease
less t,ever-ending struggle to rise IN a
society whose deity of gold and whose
worship Id lavish display. II may create
acuteness, ambition and hard work. but
1T does not Increase the population.
The fashionable wife well educated. ac-
complished and admirably dressed as the
dear lady may fbe--has left the silly anti
quated IDEAS OF her grandmother far
behind her. she Will tell you 80 quite
frankly IL you ask her Society is such
A. hard master that she absolutely has no
time for anything Indeed, her lahors are
20 incessant that they awake feelings Of
pity IN the most hardened bachelor 1t
is, OF course, necessary to leave the man
agernent Of the house and OF the nur-
sery--when there is a nursery-to the
servants, Children waste SO much time
and nre distinctly questionable There
fore. let them be avoided by all means.
Less fashionable wives arc actuated by
similar motives. The Preside is no longer
the British ideal. Clubs for both sexes
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we'll say, what cunning little
miter'
But, mana, 1T does not look 50 very
small to me.
Saw. then, what splendid, big fel-
lowlp one size is quite as correct to use
as another when you address baby.
What else shall say. mani
saw "What a remarkable resemblance
ia hears to his father! He has the same
eyes and nose, and the same express
But, mama. the father is alarge and
husky man, Will he not arise and swat
me GOOD and hard II I tell him that ne
looks like wobbly little creature with
no teeth. nor eyebrows. nor mar anu
with only rudlmentary nose. and a
loose-lipped mouth that hangs open like
fly-trap2 fear for my life should
I so Insult handsome and we'll set up
man.
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It would be udicrous-a sort OF suicide,
a national harakili,
Austria, or the German half OF her,
took her opinions from Berlin, In Vienna
the belief in Russian omnlpotence was
even more vivid, Japan would never
dare to fight. There would be no war;
And then the war cloud broke With
the thunderbolt of the attack on Port
Arthur,
A wall arose from the stock markets
They had been left In the dark the gov
ernments had deceived them, For the
rest the Continent remained placid. the
Japanese successes wer ,,or1 m M Rsss,a IN
v,ctories we're prominently displayed.
France was treasured at finding that the
struggle was to be localized. and t !, a.,
ally. Berlin, Paris, Vienna We're quite
certain that tn ,erp sSsro assault mas
Janan would pay dearly for her daring.
Perhap s the Russians had been slow to
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GFPMANY'S "DREAMS OF WORLD POWERS EMILE RoHr1

DESTROYS to accept It, But the Continent
tai press seem to think that It should
and will be tried, AS the Express pointed
out yesterday. there seems email basis
for these rumors, Russia has burnt her
boats in the matter, and must work out
her destiny her own way.
Not even the most pessimistic have pro-
phesied danger to European peace,
That at least, is as 1t should be The
Continent has watched us with a suspic-.
ions eye, and can find no fault in our
neutrality. We have heen Just to both
belgerents. partial to neither. America
has played the neutral game with equal
honesty, Therefore, though our European
neighbors have at last awoko 70 the true
position OF affairs, they are not barking
at our heels nor desugins US with press
denuncla lions. II any one deserves blame
they hold II 10 be Russia herself, VINO
Is being thrashed through her lack o.
organization and bgainA
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/ edge Of the wonderful place he can oc-
cupy In the universe, II he holds to his
Ideals But We must not expect all this
embodiment to come to him at once, and
1--we must not condemn him for not liv-.s
Ing ur to the standards set by the en-.
| frightened few, B8l
rho Influence OF the past Is still upon
him. y a.
The licenses he has so long termed
I"uasculIne privileges" he cannot all at
once abandon. a1g5
When a woman urges one standard Of Y
conduct for both sexes, the man points
with a laugh at the enemic or feminine
type or masc,lInity who alone lives UP
10 her ideal. and asks. do you want me
TO he like hin1?" And the woman Is 4
sllenced.
WITHIN himself to control who Is the wo-f,
3mar,'s ideal. 1t is the man who feels
himself the universe and knows himself
to be the divine spirit capable @of con-
ltrolline 1t. That Is the man the future
will give the earth. & f 81 Il, III
To-day we have the weakly man only
perhaps living the absolutely orderly lie, \
But we have the strong man STRUGGLING
toward It,
L
makes d new effort, we should not be
too bitter in our denunclatton He IS ii
| like the babe who Is taking his first
| lettering steps. and woman-who Y for
centuries has been taught the necessity
and the possibility of sself-control--ts his
nllrse and mother. There Is certain
foundation for the idea that the woman
who is unfaithful Is more desperate , than
! the unfaithful man. She violates more
flaws OF society and defies more converl-
| tons OF the world than mar does by
4 tho Same act. ID NJ XIII ~
Therefore, 1t Indicates a more reckless
/ condition of mind, or a more explosive
and anarchistc nature. The sin IS ~
4 greater but the offense against estab-
/ llshd rules Is greater. There is no sex sex " =
| sin. IA
Yet no one of us. however liberal, and
| no viewer universal Our standard, could
| truthful say we would not feel great ter
anguish and despair over the misstep OF
| daughter of twenty than over he mis-
step OF. n son of the same age. We,
are all inoculated to as8greaterit or less
degree with the traditions and beliefs
| 81 mast ages and we have all more or
| less resrect for the conventions OF the
I world.
We feel that man who takes back an
| erring wife Is a nobler being than the
wife who takes back an erring husband.
Not because God makes distinction
| between the two. but because one mas
defied more customs than the other
1t really indicates a higher development
Of llberallty and broad-minded IN q
/ man to take such a stand than II REQUIRES
! for a woman. SHE has centuries OF IN
herited ideas, and all understanding Of
| the worlds complacent attitude toward
errlnG man to sustain her, while the man
LIS going against all established, customs
! and cutting a pathway through tan-i
gled forest of prejudice 5
We are all CROPPING in the dark. but
We are all coming slowly out into the
light.
charity and patience.
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and she will always think You We're
brute for not enjoying hearing her OFT
springs walls. When a baby. cries. always
say to the mother, do not try to stop
him, for 1t is really a pleasure to listen
to child that has such an acute must
cal ear. and 1t always cries on the Key
Instead of caterwauling like other IN
fants. J,
But mama, what shall / say II the
mother tries to make the child behaye2
That will not happen my son. so there
is no use in preparing for such a re-
mote contingency
What else shall say to the papy,
Ask, HAS he any tooflkins?"
Has he, mama?
No, no baby Of that age has
What else shall ask mama?
Ask, "Has he any itty pootsles?
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Have no fear, my child. on that score score
for instead OF considering your remarks
libelous he will be so flattered that he
will take you out and buy you candy.
What queer tastes parents have. mama,
II they like to look like things like that Z
But what else shall say when want
to mako good? CA
You must approach the baby and say,
what a wonderfully Intelligent face. I
never saw so much expression on baby $
countenance before. It's really remark
able!"
But, mama, the baby has face that
looks like a Brie cheese and has Just
as much expression in 1t. Will not the
parents suspect that I am jollying them
Oh, no, my child. They would know
that 1t was falsehood If YOU said It
about anybody elses baby. but they Will
20 home and quote your opinion as that
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Is 1t surprising mama, that tho baby
should have feet?
Not at all, my child, Allfbabies have
them.
why then mama, should ask these
fool questions?
1t is part Of the baby catechisn1, my
child. and shows that You take the
proper interest In It.
Suppose mama, a perfectly truthful
person should meet baby. What would
he say?
He wouldn't say, my child.
Is 1t advantageous to know what to
say, mama. when one meets baby?
Oh. very. my child. It Is the man
capital of many politicians. and the rea-
son they go to Congress, 1t also enables
doctors to ride in automobiles, and
preachers to be able to hold down fat
Jobs. When you are grown man II
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rs ~
10 him without losing his dignity, IS q
question which causes much heartburn
md sorrow in the world. No one is
,,,,.,ter advocate OF one standard OF CON
; duct for married men and women than
y 4hes writer of these words. believe IN
setting standards. and striving toward
,hun, hut | believe. too, In using COM
,nn,, sense and looking facts fully IN
ire face as we journey Upward.
VI. cannot yet expect all mon to I've
+ SO ali the rules which govern the lives
or good women.
we cannot expect a. fires hman az Col
leso TO obtain his graduation papers tne
first year.
We cannot expect men who have only
an The last century begun 10 pc ashathea
Of the license which the world and SO
ciety have always given theH' 70 70 ' WhaN
es aise and prudent a pathway as NO
man has been taught to walk.
i, Is still a new and novel Idea TO man
+b,t he1possess n will equal 10 his pas
si.ns and nppetites and that an eXer-
,,se OF this will ia expected OF him II
he would take his place among the net
/. Tor order OF human beings In the march
OF progression
one hundred years ago men considered
occasional drunkenness no disgrace
an. hundred years ago the favorites
re slijngs ruled the courts OF the ~orin.
Z cardinals and prime n1inaters po"'e a 70
them, and queens were opllSeh 20 e.' -
to them
To-day kings hide their amour1. ana
4 ,ncn az ali stations ire ashamed OF
E drunkenness
THAT shows progress In the masculine
4 nSn
- Re too rs pid All evolution IS SLOW.
Man ia still evolving from the animal.
3tha higher human order. For a song
,,eriod 81 time he believed woman 70 De
IN girferior creature, without temPera-
n ,r,s,,t and without mentality. She was
.in,r,v tho mother of the species, and
j she was made TO do his viii. "a lanshea
\ nj her idea OF mutual loyaitS,5 lor ny
I, e1;eyed woman had nothing to resist OF
an,.o, and any weakness on her part
.pss an indication of utter deoraSitS,
,shi,a continual digressions or his part
we're only evidences of his larger needs
s,a rights. All men believed this CEN
tury OF two ago.
h,any men argue in the same manner
4o.dov. But slowly and surely an
ferent ideal of noble manhood. dliter-
I en-. understanding OF complete ~o'''a'l-
4 Rood. is gaining ground -,
n There was an era when polygamy was
universal and respected, II we believe
IN, Old Testament is literal history
To-day all advanced races are fighting
/ against polygamy. That men conceal
ami hide polygamous conditions IN thelr
lives is an evidence OF the progress OF
the human race since Bible days.
Tdi,cation and science are working TO
i ,napeF a higher creature OF man than he
has ever been. In.place OF theories or
sentiment facts are forced upon him.
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.Bv BELLE B.LI IT..

y y 4 = 4 u, 1 a
YOU know how to hand out a nice line OF
baby talk to mothers you will assuredly
become rich and famous. .
is that the way President Roosa srr4t
became so great. mama?
OH yes, my child, he Is the champion ft M ION
infant conversat!onalist OF our country
II is estimated that he has kissed IL
.761. 1886 babies, and that he has told 49,
6a3 mothers that their darling baby boy
reminded him so much of the early pic.
lures OF George Washington, and ne
never lets n chance of sending an auto
graph letter to twins get past him.
I shall try to remember your advice.
mama.
Do so, my child. but in case You should
forget it. always remember to say when
you meet a. mother with an intant,
$3.50 ~ BELLE BLITz.
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OF an Individual OF great intelligence
and unusual discernment, and unimpeach-
able veracity.
Shall say anything else, mama?
Yes you should say: THE shape of his
head is exactly like Napoleon's."
But. is 1t. mama?
Heavens. my child. how should know
never saw Napoleon, neither did his
mother. but she will invite us to dinner
to hear you say 1t over again.
Has the lady softening OF the brain,
mama, that she is thus easily be-
guiled?
She Is sane on other subjects, my child
but all mothers have matted milk inter
lects about their own children.
Hank mama. how the baby screams.
why doesn't his mott'r choke him off,
Oh. hush, my child, for If the mother
hears you she will never forgive YOU
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Eolomon learned by sad experience that
1t was not wise for a man to give his
strength to woman.
Not long ago + saw a man scarcely
forty years OF age who had been a par
a1ytic for more than ten years. Wine
and woman, absolute indulgence In
every dssipated impulse had laid him
low in tho morning OF life. He had
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regard himself as something high than
a beast or bird. Since he has more mo-
brain, greater reasoning powers and q
larger outlook in the universe. he ''l ght
to realize that he is expected to take q
higher stand morally, and set a loftier
standard for himself. He respects the
ANNA! he Isl but knows the angel IN
him should control.
in time he will come to- a full l knoWl s.
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.cATTLE RETURNING FROM WoRk."---TRoYoN.

while the lazy the settng
full before much story OF m
anina wer being.
Ioyns landscapes where tne
galleries. highly priced
brngcon prices
Ton August 8 1870 and died At pals afen
famous pictures are au
the oresto
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blood and nerves. The science OF right
thinking, too, is beginning to be under
stood by men. They are learning what
can be done by concentration of the
mental powers to control the body and
Its appetites. They are finding out what hat
increased powers they possess for
achievement in the world Of endeayor
when thew conserve their vital forces
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believed IN mans Unborn right to priv
leges" OF action mot allowed by nature
to woman. He had believed In the me-
cesslty for self-indulgence which is
taught by so many physicians
But woman has entered the medical
arena. and she is teaching different
philosophy. Correct science is teaching
the effect OF excuses on mans brain.
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and do not waste them IN self-indulg-
ence. sF5
II Men who openly maintain the right 70
excuses OF all kinds used to argue that
woman need only look to the animal
kingdom to be convinced OF mans great great
er needs and privileges.
n is occurring to some Of the better
class OF men to-day that man should
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France and Austria
have played the light comedy
parts in the tragedy Of the Far
East. Had
| G 6
[9lllE
Ruulun

ny tIle ~ 4ltSu's 80 '''T''f'7''
to those nations. They were Journalistic
cally and officially misinformed. Where
the truth was so carefully concealed y
is not to be wondered at that they should
have passed through various stages OF
disbelief absurd prophecy and sudden as
tonishment.
When the January cloud gathered over
Korea the Continent disregarded the signs
OF war weather. The stock markets re-
Elected the optimism OF the press the
people were at one with the cheerful
statements OF their Government. over
the alarming kilograms published IN the
British and American papers they be,
came virtuously indignant. The Anglo
saxons are endeavorlng to stir up q war,
they said. The peace Of, the world was
lnenaced by this peridious pair,
It Is not difficult to understand the Cons
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Approach fearlessly. my child. ~ IN, -
not so ferocous ms it seems and VIII
teach you what to say. Now, are you
ready?
Yes, mama. !,
Say. What a booful habyklns!
But mama that sounds silly. 80.
Well, say What a darling itsy-p'tsy
tootsie-wootsie'
But mama, 1 do not know what those
words mean. ,,..y.
Then say. What precious 1ittle
sngell''
But, mama, I did not know that anseis
were lobster colored. and had sucn 1ouu
voices,
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long indebted to Constant lroyn ~ m
IN DIG way u
make Doth eln
Whatever
the merits OF ne
The sunlight and the shadow and the coo ana oe
OF Cattle ron1
Tired ana aea aer
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q Z Il b 4 H ~. &
and speeches the case has been consider lEi
ed from the wholly religious, the. abstract ltrs. 7
moral and the national point OF view view
U Vt 4. interesting to note the conclusion
- uh,ch these special p!saders have ar
rived
The falling birth rate has peep SUD
1ect that for the last few years mas as peep
cd out In correspondence colun rSin' ana y, IN
The pages OF tho more serious reviews,
But the British public shut their, eyes;
II was not a pleasant topic; also u had
taar the Ia ss OF many gibes at ollr
T french NJ neighbors. The stationary popl,-
in,son across the channel has, Indeed.
long been denounced as a. proof Of d /, :,
GRAFTON and national decay ,,; = Ah ma ne
nan Empire and the decadence Of Attn.
ems. The public we're rather pleased ,.se,l
than otherwise humping their BRUSH
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tTsT what a woman may over
look in a mans allegiance to
her and retain her self-respect.
lust what man may over
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HATS that mama?
That Is a baby. my chic.
/ should like to speak 70 y.
mama, but do not know what
to say. Besides, 1t fr1ghtehs
..I41, ita farrih la. roar. ..l,
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GREAT many people have had
\ their say since the Bishop OF
! Ripot, called public attention to
the falling birth rate. In CORE.