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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-02
WORDS OF GREETING
TO@OURs MEMBERS

,riac children's page Will be found IS es.
$peciaIiy interesting today. The opening
sos school last week had The erect ot
somewhat livcrting tho attsi,tion OF tne
club members and lcsscs,-as tile d'mntitly
aof matter sent up, but the departments
5arf,8up 10 Il high standard. This number
or contestants for the bird paint cook
Vas large, the drawings are numerous ana
good. the stories will be found bright
aud clever, and the letters are very IN u
Steresting
who IS awarded special pr'zn Or a y
DISCRETIONARY VOL written lctter3Sand 2
very clever drawing, writes tina 7 he =
#coi,1g 10 Try and lead his class at school !,
this session The editor hopes that y I. az
\ tile club members have begun the SESSION
with this con,mcndable intention. MI the
NJ %. c.. C. members should be leaders
4 inSv-hat they undertake. j,
Replying TO recent inquiries IS TO ,con :,
Stionssa Of membership our cluo the ne
editor desires TO sayathat nny white 20!
& or girl who can read and write, and VINO
&pron2ise.s to contribute the chllurech :
page. IS eligible to membership Negro
children are not eligible. $s5
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school will open soon. l am SO glad
as love to so; have TO walk about one

school will open soon. I am SO glad
as love to go: have TO walk about one
mile to 1t.
also walk out to sunday-chool. have
not missed but one Sunday this summer.
The chinquepins are now ripe and
love to ga Their them.
Louise Kennedy writes such lovely
stories and draws SO nicely. hope when hen
/ become a S large girl q 8 she that
1 TOO will be as clever Love 10 all the
members.
VIRGINIA ELLA sHEPp sdsD.
Logan, Va.
To the Editor: st.l
Dear sir--Enclosed you will find a few
ideas from a soldiers point Of view. u
you happen to meet any ex-soldierz just
ask them whether they arc true or not.
Hoping you will And this good enough for
Your r. D. G. G. PAGE. remain. ours.
IS. r. II,
Highland Springs. Va.
Dear Times. Dispatch--l send you this
drawing and hope will get the prize be-
cause ! tried SO hard and ! have never
taken drawing Lessons Yours truly
BLANCHE KING.
CIT West Grace, st.. Richmond. Va.
Dear Editor-The prize you sent me was
received, and thank you very much for
1t. send you a drawing with this. j
hope 50 much that yiu viii like it.
MARY BROWN ANDERSON.
Flumen, Rockbridge county. Va.
Dear Editor Children's Page--I send you
piece OF poetry. entitled Vacation Time
Is Over have had good mapy Of
my pieces and drawings put IN, but have
never gotten prize. This iK my first
attempt at poetry. | hope II Ia a prize
winner and that you will think II worthy
place on the Children'a Page. remain.
Your friend,
ROBERT W. ALLEN. JE..
81 South Pine ST.. Richmond, Va.
September ~ 1904.
Dear Editor~-I have colored The bird for
this week. ] hope VIII get another
prize. colored this bird Ike the piece
said, but 1t is not exactly Ike VIC have
up here. like the Funny paper no
much. ] like about the Land OF o.
have The book, Wizard 81 0z, \ and hope
10 hear about II. Good.byc
CAREY HATCHER.
September 10, 1904.
Dear Editor.--l have been reading the
r.. D. C. G. page In The fimea-D ispa lci,,
| and like J, very mlich. viii grsa
1 pleasure IN joining, X you VIII please send
me a badge. Enclosed YOU Win find the
hope you win put them m the paper
I Instead OF the waste-h.Nket. i,oie they
4 are eorratt remain
MARIE ELIZABR'rlI iHAHOsE. 8
ala Hinton street
Fe'cttbuyE. Va.
Dear Editor! am a. lillle yisi Ten
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Don't drink It boys, don't drink it,
M Put the tempting glass away.
Twill surely be your ruin, boys.
Il Remember what say. IA 3
Now promise from this moment, boys.
h You'll never drink again; ii
Come out In Gods own sunshine, boys.
And sign the pledge like men. 55
sent5by ABEL DEJARNETTE.
S n a IN Va 5Sf vi Z.
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Letters From
The Children.

September I, 1901,
Editor Of The r. ID. G. c.:
Dear Sir.--I tnltc pleasure III, sending
YOU answer. to IN Hungry spidcr. and
a drawing. AS I've never wo,, ~ pr. zc. IN
the r. y. c. c. \ for answers TO pu azle :.
nor one. for. dra wing snce June. OIL,
thai our puzzle depar t,ncnt Is improving
considerably. School ,ns orened, and nd q. 4 J.
nm going to try TO lead my class. y o.
which am almost certain that am
the younest member. sl& 5-$aii' s35
Since have Joined your cluhs 3 others
iron, out tbs way have become members.
and hope to get some more soon
remember when a spiaert made !,
pretty web on our window l'ke VIC. one me
nre not 50 artistic. II seems. us that one
was. ] have not been so, fortunate g 8
Ito possess q rhoc sra ~ OF n ;.s s,'lt,
able for, your rhEe since lvc. won @, u, 2
s,,cccsa. Il rsfnnin. sf
X lv.AlrrEL III. RERl' DANIEL
.Si U.ittlci Boy Blue.l
Pctersburg Va. /, Il h.
E September IS. 1901. II
Dear Editor. would have writ item be-
fore % thank YOU Tor my, prize but, I
the pencils and an, ever so much obliged
10. you for them: amNvery glad that IA
school has opened n GAIN and am 60 I'M.
patient to settle down In good fashion,
u am In the sixth grammar nj West En-
School. I haven't been away from the
& city this summer. but | have ENJOYED
staying at home. and my chief pleasure
WIS reading The T. D. C.' G. pa Sc. must
close now. m gratefully, $$ isss5t 5
Your member. ss
TIT WI RI 5fIl r. AISYEL LESTER. 81
No. S22 West Main ST. city.
Dear Mr.. Editor--1 will again write
and let you knows1 am rot dead 4 read
& the letters and stories every week. Mr.
Editor. please put your. picture IN the
paper for the benefit OF us ALL School
has begun with us all, and we are so
busy am afraid "oIr page Will lack
attention, but hope not. Enclosed YOU
will find the bird. which hope will not
20 to the WI, ste ha sket. willEtell YOU
allsabcut my trip to the country this
summer Early Monday morning tart
ed we rode In a buggy. and swhen3&we
arrived We began playing. Soon ! t was
+ time for dinner. so we went and dressed
for dinner. After dinner We rode the
horses to water and We played with y
4 little calf. In the afternoon we ha d music.
games and all sorts of Disbursements. We
K had grapes. apples. pears, peaches and
lots of watermslons and canteloupes. I,
spent a week In the country and had n
fine time. Nell. I will close for fear of
K to all the mem hcrs. close. 81 81
33s ls Your friend and member. s5saggl
MILDRED r MARTIN.
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years old, and would like, to join the T.
d. C. e {. Please send MO q badge. II
81 | send a story: please publishit.
MARIE sR.ossOU,
f3s Il + iii !, e a1,Aslcy, Va.
3 Dear Editor,--I wish to- join the r. y.
q. CLUB. III VI an, & rather, late joining.
but all the Same please send me badge.
BY 50 doing you will greatly obnge.
ta5 Il ~ HARRY n r MPKIN. ~
s$5s II n o. E1Ol " Plum St, City.
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Dear Times. Dispatch--l send you this
drawing and I hope will get the prize be-
cause ] tried so hard and have never
taken drawing lessons. Yours truly,
BLANCHE KING.
GIT West Grace, st. Richmond. Va.
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PRIZE WINNERS
FOR LAST WEEK
BIRD PAINT BOOK.
Ellen O'Brlen, Chestnut Hlll.

BEST DRAWING.
Mary Brown Anderson, Fiumen Rock.
bridge, county Va. IT
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h Dear Editor--The prize you sent me vas
received. and thank you very much for
1t. send you drawing with this. !
hope 50 much that yiu will like It.
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DON'T DRINK IT, BOYS.

Fredericksburg,
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set' Oh. pa pa!'..Sexclain,ed Allsc brig tenine
sup,IS.sI do wish ne could find sister Ynu
know I have always wished for an Older
sister and to think that / have ono we
could onlEafind her. a, a5a
al guess the reader would like to know
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SPECIAL.
3Vattel Gilbert Daniel, Petersburg, Va.
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Sent by ARTHUR EVANS,
ISIS f. Broad ST.. Richmond, Va.
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Dear Edl'of,-,l an q l'llls ya len
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-09
THE NEW srENoeRAPHER.

I have a new stenographer-she came to work
to-day,
She told me that she wrote the Graham sys-
TEN.
Two hundreds a word a minute seemed to her,
she said. like play,
And word for word, at that-she never missed
'em.
I gave her some dictation-a letter to man.
And this, Us remember 1t, was how the letter
Dear Sir: have your favor, and in reply would
state
That accept the offer of yours of recent date.
I wish to say, however, that under no condition
Can afford to think of your free lance PROPOSE
I shall begin tomorrow to turn the matter out,
The copy will be ready by August 10th about.
Material Of this nature should not be rushed I'M
duly.
Thanking you for your favor, am yours very
She took it down in shorthand with apparent ease
and grace, ts
She didn't call me back all in furry.
Thought I, "At last have girl worth keeping
round the place. /" :,
Then said: 'tNow, write It out-you needn''
hurry"
The Remington abe tackled-now and then sh'
And after thirty minutes this is what sh,
handed me:
.Deer sir, have the Fever, and in a Pile sit
And accept the Offer as you have reasoed 1T.
I wish to see, however, that under any condition
can / for to think Of free lunch propsishun?
u Shal be In tomorrow To, turn the mothe
out.
The cap will be red and will cost $40 about
Materlul of this nation should not rust N Doole
Thinking you have the Feever i am Yours YER
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-09
THE MAGAZINE SAMPLER

DemoraIized Police Force.-"The Po-
liceman as Lawbreaker," by Hoyt King
of the Municipal Voters league of Chica-
go, in The World To-day for May, is
vivid setting forth of the decentralization
of the police force of great city.
Among victims Of police persecution
there is a feeling of abject hopelessness,
says Mr.. King. This fear of police pow
er is illustrated by the story of Carrie
Bird, told to the council committee. =
Her evidence seemed to show that the
collection Of protection money from the
various districts of prostitution was let
out to certain saloonkeepers, who were
practically kings Of their little allotted
territories"
A notable feature of the magazine is
the grouping of seventeen pictures in col
or illustrating various points of interest
in connection with the Siberian railway
and the Russo-Japanese war. This issue is
one of the finest in color effects yet pro-
duced, forty Of the lis pictures having
tint plates. There are several beautiful
portraits of children among these. Bust
ness men will be attracted by Hayes
Robbins account of the formation and
successful results of the employers as
sociations for resisting elements
by labor unions.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-09
NEWS OF TIE BOOK WORLD
ProbIem-lt is Built Upon the Publicity
Idea-Some Rhymes by Robert RexdaIe.

H. c. Richie in his book, Trusts Versus
the Public Welfare, has a solution of the
trust problem to Offer; or at least to sug-
gest. He believes the most efficacious
means to protect the people from the des-
potism of combinations would be to re-
quire them to file sworn statements with
the Interstate commerce commission Civ
ing the names and residence Of their Of
fcers and directors their authorized cap
ital stock and the amount of preferred and
common stock issued and the issue of
bonds, If any authorized; the par value
per share Of the stocks and bonds issued
and rate of interest they call for; the
names and location of the merged COM
panies and partnerships; the cash valua
ton Of their tangible assets, and the
terms on which they were acquired, and
whether payment was made in cash or
preferred and common stock, or part cash
and part stocks and bonds'' These and
other particulars he would have the Of
ficers swear to. He adds that unless
trusts are deprived of their power to op-
press and extort, reduction of duties to an
extent that will prevent them from ex-
acting prices for their goods is inevitable,
their Unsuitable greed makes it necessary"
Rhymes OF Robert RexdaIe is the modest
title Of a little book of graceful verses by
Robert Rexdale. His skill in versifcation
may be judged from the following, en-
titled "Unattained,'' originally published
in Leslie's Magazines:
That day of days, long long ago,
Its memory gilds the years. .
When DER two lives a golden light
Shone thru the mist of tears.
The minstrel sang flames gift is mine
Forever and for aye" r-...
Youths blissful dream o'erbrimmed the heart,
And babe it's wild unrest depart;
That far-off summer day, ....
Ere life was old and gray.
That day Of days. long, long ago, H.. .....
| How bright its glories CLEAN,
| Tho heart hath drifted far from heart,
| Like leaves upon the stream. ga. ~.
The heather blooms gay again,
| The lark sings just as clear,
But ali! the dream of youth is flown, .-
The minstrel sleeps unloved. unknown;
| K No homage greets his ear, V'ff.
| No garlands deck his bier. t-.. ~ g.: Z y
y> ~ ..-. The Uneasy Chair.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-09

water which covers rich soil. Such a
tract was the famous Dismal Swamps
Of southern Virginia, now producing
enormous crops under scientific drain
age. Minnesota's big swamp Is now
almost inaccessible, but a system OF
state bitches would convert 1t into the
most inviting soil for the farmer, and
it would be bought from the state
by actual settlers as fast as the water
receded. Some day one Of the gar
den spots Of America will bloom about
the Rainy river and it's tributaries.
Is there any good reason why this day
should be postponed indefinitely?
AS fast as the state secures swamp
land patents, there ought to be sur
veys made under the direction Of the
states drainage engineer, to deter
mine the cost Of turning these swamp
tracts into agricultural lands. This
would be fruitful subject for the
next legislature to work on, and to
begin with, the state drainage COM
mission ought to be provided with
funds enough to do the work that
lies right. at it's hand.
What would we think of farmer
with section of wild land and a bank
account, who would only break ter
acres a year because it took too much
time and money?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-09
AT THE THEATERS
BIIou-"Why Girls Leave Home"


Risky in spots, but not spicy; necessar-
lily overdrawn and straining for the sensa-
tional; logical, so far as sequence Is con-
cerned, but poorly written, why Girls
Leave Home at the Bijou this week is
the sort of play that bristles with moral
loudly voiced.
It is decidedly mellow, with an occa-
sional intermission Of acceptable comedy.
1t deals with a problem and there is lit
tie beating around the bush. The audi
ence Is made to sit up and take notice of
a few things. The wineroom question is
canvassed with rather startling directness.
The story is of wilful girl, begu1led
the world. A hot-headed, elder brother, a
sweetheart mother and a sister take
hand in the game and complicate the sit
uation by misunderstanding
! Then the author takes an act off to
bring the girl up-to-date, the story at that
point having the earmarks Of the contin-
ued-in-o ur-next type, and to stack up
some exquisite agony for the anemic re-
former, should he, in pursuit Of his mis-
sion, seek a few pointers from stageland
The thread is picked up in the fifth act
and held taut until just before the curtain
It takes just about five minutes to prevent
suicide, free three law-abiding citizens
and clap two depraved persons, man and
woman, into two of the prison cells lately
vacated. And everybody, save only the
two depraved persons, lives happily ever
after. tNs
John Webster as Dan Sherwood, the
hot-headed brother, is out Of his element
He ought to be in better company, an6
the cast, on the whole, is not so bai
either, but the other members of the com
pany suffer in comparison.
Robert Smiley, as Joseph White, ant
Oscar Briggs as Sam Stone, are quite sat
isfactory in the roles of the man of thu
world and the sweetheart respectively
Ellen Boyer as the girl, has tendenc,
to lapse into the evolutionary manner O.
the amateur When she gets away from
lit, her work ispleasing..> Gene Gauntier
as Minnie, the girls sister, and Walter B
Gilbert, as Johnny ~Hobbins, Minnie's suit
or, supply the comedy. Walter Gilbert a
times mars his work by exaggeration.
| r-. F. H. Manning
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-09
Have Your Farm Vaccinated.

Have you had your farm VACCINE
ated? If not, you should proceed to
have it done at once.
Science has done a great deal for
the farmer. It has killed the bugs
and worms that prey on his crops; it
has treated his animals when sick and
saved their lives; it has experimental
with seeds and raised the quality and
quantity Of their yield; it has done a
great many things to help him achieve
success. The latest service Of spe-
cial interest of which we have heard
is noted in the National Geographic
Magazine, where it is hoWn that the
process Of inoculating sterile ground
and making it bring forth the fruit in
abundance is an easy task. Inocula-
ton to prevent smallpox, diphtheria,
rabies, etc., we know about, but It is
quite as mysterious as the incubation
of old WORKOUT soils to make them
fertile. 8
Certain germs make for fertility Of
the soil. They are collected or gener-
ated by the department of agriculture,
according to this veracious authority,
and sent by mail in a small package
about like a yeast cake. The cake is
said to contain millions of dried
germs. 1t is thrown into a barrel of
pure water and turns it milky white.
Seeds of grain and grasses are washed
with this water and when planted are
said to produce wonderful results
!, OF ic o&oc 4
soil. The land is really treated to an
incubation and cured of it's disease OF
barrenness. Have your farm vacci-
mated and get rich from the big crops
you will raise.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-09
STORY OF A wINNEHAeo BANKER
Nebraska State Journal.

In Winnebago, Mimi, lives a banker
who failed for a big bunch Of money. At
first the creditors of the bank were panic
stricken but the old man called them all
together after the doors Of the bank were
fast shut and gave them a talk to the
effect that he had been doing business in
that part of the state about forty years;
that he had always taken greater pride
in being known as an honest man than
in having the reputation of being nearly
as well fixed as Albert Luke Ward. Then
he assured them, on his honor as man.
if they would let him open the bank and
continue to do business at the old stand,
he would in due time pay every depositor
and every stakeholder the last dollar his
due. Put the bank in the hands Of a
receiver" he said, land he will mosey
along in half-hearted way, drawing a
large salary and paying small dividends,
until final settlement is made at big sac
rifice to all concerned except the receiv-
err BY an almost unanimous vote they
decided that the old man might go on
with the business, and now they are glad
they did it, for in the past nine months
he has reduced the Indebtedness Of the
bank s273,378, and he bids fair to clear UP
every dollar before the end Of the year.
The name Of this man is David Secor, and
the earth has but few of his kind.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-09
DAILY ANIMAL STORY FOR CHILDREN
SPOT, THE WILDCAT KILLER.

You must never go near the big cedar
tree, down by the branch, for terrible
chicken eater lives there, and his name
is wildcat
but I will go there-I'll go there and
kill him. said little Spot, putting out his
feathers and ruffling his wings at
Mother Prairie Hen.
mo, no, my son; he killed your father,
and he has killed all Of our kindred Take
my advice and do not go near the thicket
where he lives.
But little Spotty had plan in his
head; he watched the wildcat in the
thicket till one day he saw him drag
home a wild turkey and eat it. Now
said Spotty to himself, ''the wildcat will
be so full of turkey that he will not want
to eat me- So he strutted out into the
open, and offered to dance for the wild
cat. The animal lay looking at him, half
asleep and very much pleased, till Spotty
began kicking up the dust and gravel
with his sharp little claws. ,s
ooh! Oh!' screamed the wildcat. tive
got great gravel in my eye
Never mind" said Spotty I'm fine
hand to pick out gravels.- Hold still. Keep
your eyes open. Now, don't move, and
I'll have it out in a minute"
Then Spotty the wildcat killer stabbed
the great, bright eye-stabbed straight
thru into the brain-with his sharp little
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-09
Socialism and Christianity.

10 the Editor OF The Journal g&-s - q
i Ighavs grown to love The j o I'm a |
for its editorial earnestness, but in many
instances your policy. is still blinded by
the old conception. of individualism. which
to-day is fast losing Its place in our
world, and you seem frightened by the
lowering clouds Of celectivism
We are nearing time when such man.
ner Of dealing can not prevail, and then,
If the socialist is wrong, time and evolu-
ton will determines. This one thing I
know: Socialism is roofing deep in the
hearts Of the people.
I am a minister of the gospel Of Christ,
dealing with humanity's poorest and low
est, and also the well-to-do, but to see
how the masses Of our people under the
present system Of government are living
has set me to thinking on other lines
than mere so-called, religion. In conclu-
sion, can say with that noble woman
Frances E. Willard, Socialism is Gods
way out Of the wilderness and into the
promised land. It is the very marrow and
fatness-o of Christ's gospel. It is Christian
ity applied" -Aldus A. Smith.
Pastor M. e. Church.
TJarvev NJ n