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low he tells it-what happened then that when
the soul of Jones had been summoned from his body,
was commanded that it should pass forthwith into
the body of lower beast, as is the law whenever
one shall have added to his burden of guilt during
any existence
Therefore the soul of Jones, obeying all souls
must obey the command of the great Oversoul,
took its way into the body of pug dog that there
it might expiate the sin of scoring the fouest
of Gods creatures; and the puppy that was Jones
grew and was an altogether lovely puppy the
women who looked upon him proclaimed aloud.
His coat the sickness of good breeding, his
brown eyes were rich with intelligence and, as
have said, his tail cooked up with a long,
sweeping curve, and his nose straight and
slender
And He that stteth in judgment considered how
He should give to the soul of the dog occasion that
it might render atonement for the soul of the man;
wherefore He brought it to pass that woman, i'll
favored beyond all women should cast her eyes
upon Lonesome at time, be it said, for they
set asqunt Now, the Hon. Miss Caruthers of
Harley-st. had passed the age when the love of
sngeth to womans heart, and had reached
years that lavish their belated fondness upon dogs
or cats or parrots or whatever creature lacks the
power protect itself and the Hon. Miss Caruthers
fell straightway into sentimental raptures the
beauty of Jones, and bought him and tied blue
ribbon about his neck and named him Bijou,
for the ZONES " that the Lethe of transmigration
had washed away
| have said that the Hon. Miss Caruthers ill
favored She indeed most hard of feature;
but her heart-ah that soft and tender be-
yond expression and Heaven knows she tried val
iantly to express It'll Perhaps l am not telling this
story with just the local color that the Swami gives
it. There is charm in his speech that fits and
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of the fault that has brought it to be born
again in lower form.
Thus Bijou conscious in subtle way of the
mysterious purpose working toward his redemption,
could he only reach out and lay hold of it. He was
good dog, which is saying great deal; but alasl
his the soul of Jones, not altogether purified
by the waters of oblivion, and he suffered
1t Jones who had turned aside shudderingly
from the sight of ugly women. 1t was Bijou who
could know scarce minute of his waking life that
free from the most demonstrative affection
from the most hideous of females. That he did not
grow1 bite speaks worlds for his chastened spirit
that there is record of any attempt to run away
from his just doom tells of resignation and self
control difficult to conceive of. Two things only
he could not help.
Slowly the days and years passed, agony and
contempt sank deep and deeper into his being.
Oh the night of those years! He clenched his
beautiful flowing tail in self-represson and anguish
and bore his affection right dogfuly; but his tail
told its story far better than this. Day by
day it wrihed itself tighter and tighter until it be-
see it in his descendants; and with
time too came contempt for the folly of womankind
that lavshes its favors upon those who regard
them least, and contempt waxed into cynicism.
and the of Bijou drew in shorter and turned
up more and more scornfully, and the expression
of his face settled into
And Bijou to his portion of death second
time; but not before the connosseurs had marked
him for rarity and to be perpetuated.
WAS his expiation accepted? and whittier jour
neyed the soul next" | asked, when the Swami
had made end of speaking; but he only waved his
delicate hands and shook his head sadly. He says
that he has drawn his knowledge concerning this ira
dition of the pug dogs from the wheezy narrative
of Fido, the oldest and latest patriarch in the
neighborhood Naturally Fido would know nothing
of the future existences of Jones.
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waving tails and slender,

when pug dogs had long waving tails and slender,
delicate
To be exact, Jones lived toward the end of what
is known as THE Century of the Dilettanti (the
eighteenth), and Jones loved beauty: painting and
sculpture and architecture, carved gems and carved
ivory and carved wood, tapestries and laces and
all textures. And Jones loved more than these:
he loved the CLINT of sunlight through Pickering
leaves and the unduation of green meadows and
the voices of clear streams, and he worshped beauty
in that most beautiful of all the works of Cod
woman.
1t is well that man should love such things,
for they are good; but that he should to love
them overmuch-" Ali" murmurs the Swami,
that is not as God would have For there
unsightly things also which he has placed upon
the EARTH and the perfect man must hate nothing,
not sin. In so far transgresses this
precept, thus longer shall his soul linger by the
way, ere it tastes the peace of Nirvana'
l confess that do not agree altogether with the
Swami My sympathies are largely with Jones: only
when his obsession caused him to shun the favored
with obvious loathing, when the sight of them
came to hurt him, to provoke almost hysterical
hate-only then, while l understand, yet l
cannot but feel that his virtue had become
vice. all ungoverned and unreStra1ned virtue
must.
Perhaps, because mine is somewhat tempered by
discretion, shall escape the punishment. The
Swami shakes his head and moves his hands gently
when ask him. Possibly he means Yes, per-
haps mo, or it may be that he cannot say, though
this last | doubt. Surely the penalty Jones paid
was heavy one! as the Swami relates it
For the time came that Jones should die, and
death greeted him before age, which shows, think,
that he was not condemned altogether. What hap
pened then-and the Swami S musical voice murmurs
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beauties all topics,
whereas l only can let
it tell itself in a man
ner doubtless crude and
occidental.
Then it was began
the expiation of Bijou for
the guilt of Jones of
Bijou, powerless to es-
cape the never-ending
endearments, the caress-
es, the never-failing ten
derness of his devoted
mistress.
1t seems, and the
Swami looks dreamily
when he says it, that
though in each condition
the soul forgets those
that are past, yet there
ever is implanted some
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1T was the Swami Sa-
randall who sat at
the feet of the Great
Truth until she surren-
dered herself into his
keeping. The Swami
knows all things: the Sc
crets of the earth and of
the sky and of the great
deeps, and his speech is
with all of Gods Great
ures, high and low, for
God has anointed the tip
of his tongue and the hol-
lows of his ears with the
holy oil of understanding.
That was how the
Swami came to know
about the soul of Jones
and the legend of the
pug dogs.
This particular Jones
died many years ago,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-03
Work OF the Inspectors.

There are two inspectors, who are kept
busy going the rounds examining milk
and reporting TO tho chemist. They also
make regular inspections of cows In and
around Richmond. and in various yt.rta
of the State from which mix sold in this
community IL taken. The inspectors take
samples Of milk every day. They frs,
test the specific GRAVITY OF tho mix with
a little instrument called "Iectomcter,n
which determines then and there whether
or not the milk has been watered. Sam.
pes az milk are each day given to The
chemist. and he mates further test as te
its purity. THE inspectors also look
after fish. fowl. fruits and vegetable
Offered for sale, and use diligence TO sax
that no damaged food Is sold.
In January the inspectors destroyed l5
pounds OF fruit. S3D pounds Of meat am
2,Io0 pounds Of rabbits, They took g
samples OF milk, and found 10 samples
below tho standard In February III.
teta. inspections numbered 55i They e&'
aInincd 2s9 lots of mik. containing il,so'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-03
The Defect in the System.

But no provision Is made for inspecting
the COWS to determine whether or not
they are diseased with tuberculosis, and
such inspection cannot DO made without
further legislation and an additional ap-
preparation. The present ordinance car
rles with 1t an appropriation Of only
$500, all OF which is necessary to pay
the salaries Of tho inspectors. This is
Il serious defect in the law; and 1t should
be remedied as soon as possible. Experts
saw that there is no longer doubt that
tuberculosis in cows may, through milk.
be transmitted to human beings, and the
people of Richmond should take no
chances Of being thus infected With
proper inspection OF cows to see that
they are not diseased, our system would
be complete aud give us as pure an ar
tlcle Of milk as it is possible to obtain
Let us not stop short Of perfect inspec'
tion-of cows as well as Of the milk
taken from them and sold In Richmond
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-03

! gallons. and spilled lots, containing ~
gallons: they reported to the Police Court
- dealers for violation OF tho ordinance.
They destroyed 5000 pounds OF fruit,
| together with various lots OF meat aud
eggs. In March they made 6SS inspec-
lions, examining 32o lots OF milk contain
ing 14,74s gallons, and spilled 2iaots
They destroyed 1870 pounds Of fruit,
Arcs rounds OF pork and beef, 1854 pounds
OF vegetables. 30 dozen crates OF eggs,
and IL barrels of salt behring's. In April
they made COG inspections, and examined
34s lots of milk, containing 1892 gallons,
but found 1t unnecessary to Spill any
milk, as It all came up to the standards
but they destroyed GS75 pounds of fruit
2,s79 pounds of pork and beef, A,beo pounds
of vegetables, and 1916 pounds of fish
In May they condemned and destroyed
1s5,247 pounds Of vegetables, 1,6o5 pounds
of fruit, 0,a5o pounds Of fish, 1893 pounds
of bocf and pork, and $50 pounds OF saul
sage. The chemist examined three sam
ples of ice cream, one sample of spring
wafer anu 81 SdllpISS ~ 'ii'''
AS a result Of this system OF insnec-
ton there Is no doubt that Richmond
is now getting n first class article OF mix,
SO far as richness goes, and reports show
that 1T compares favorably with tho milk
sold in any other city. Tho person VINO
formerly cold watcrcd milk or skinned
milk have either gone out of business or
have mcnded their ways The inspectors
not only look after the milk, but look
after the COWS from which 1t is taken,
and the only defect in the system, SO
far as we can ascertain, Is in tho inspec-
ton OF cows suspected of tuberculosis.
Section of the ordinance provides
that milk obtained from animals fed on
distillery waste. usually called swill, or
upon any substance in state OF putre-
fication or rottenness, or upon any sub
stance OF an unwholesome nature, or milk
that has been exposed to or contaminated
by the emanations, discharges or cXcre-
meats from persons sick with any con-
taeiousE disease, by which the life or
health of any person may be endangered
or milk from tubercular cows, Is hereby
declared to be impure and unwholesome."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-03

y.
and conjcctural or imaginable data his
fertile Invention yields him ad lib. Incse
+ two things admirably adapt him for the
sort Of book he Is fond Of writing; and
he has In addition the further qualilica-
tion--this OF course, for any sort of writ
ing-of a cool, lucid and orderly style
Accurately enough for all practical pur-
poses, "a Modern Utopia describes Itself
in its title. 1t Is In the authors own
words, the story Of the adventure Of his
soul among. Utoplan Inquiries assuming
to be not so much a complete and systc-
matte account OF an ideal happy world,
as setting forth OF what the confessedly
fragmentary philosophers that have come
to the writer In his researches into things
Utopian and his incident meditations. 40
write a book Of this sort requires very
special gifts, and Is far from being an
easy task. An intimate knowledge of the
machinery of all modern civilization must
be associated with the critical and edi-
torial spirit Of the true philosopher. There
are few men aliycd, we will hazard the
opinion, SO well endowed as Mr.. Wells for
treating this subject with resultant inter-
est and value. "a Modern Utopiai is NOT
merely Interesting; 1t. is, beyond this,
highly instructive and suggestive. Tho
reader of II Is privileged to sec old things
with q new eye-the alert eye Of MR.
Wells. A thread of nara tive Is accorded
to the work by the Introduction OF two
people, pair OF strays from this world
who suddenly find themselves transported
to the planet Of the modern Utopia.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-03
Richnond's Pure Food Law.

The Pure Food ordinance of Richmond
was adopted only about a year ago, ADD
has not been in practical operation so
long as that, but there has been a very
decided improvement in food supplies,
especially in the quality Of milk, since
the ordinance went into effect. The or
= dinance provides in general terms FIJI the
creation Of the office of inspector of
milk and food supplies, together with
two assistants, one OF whom shall be
practical chemist 1t further provides
that no person shall, within or without
the city of Richmond, maintain or keep
stable or dairy farm for the purpose
of producing milk to be sold within the
city; nor shall any person within tho
limits of police jurisdiction of the city
outside Of the free public markets, keep
a room, STALL store or other place where
meat. butter, fish, fruit or vegetables,
intended for human food, is sold, without
obtaining a permit from the inspector
of milk and food supplies. Applications
for such permit must be made in writ
ing, in which it shall be stipulated that
the Inspector may, from time TO time,
Inspect such place or premises and the
milk or food exposed to sale thereafter
and also that the applicant will conform
to the requirements of the ordinance
This removes all question as to whether
or not the inspector may visit such places
and examine the food there offered for
sale.
The ordinance makes it unlawful for
any person to offer for sale In Rich
mond as pure milk any milk from which
the cream, or any part thereof, has been
removed, or which has been watered,
adulterated or changed in any respect
by tho addition of water or other sub
stance. sklrrmed milk may be sold, but
it must not masquerade rs cream -
The vessel from which it is taken must
be plainly labeled SKINNED milk and
no SKINNED milk containing less than Q
per cent. Of milk solids, exclusive Of but
ter fats is permitted 10 be sold. 1t is
further provided that no person shall
sell adultcrated or unwholcsome milk,
or milk which is produced from COW
y kept In crowded or unhealthy condi-
ton or fed on any impure food. Any
milk containing less thnp y per cent.
of milk solids or less than 0 per cent. OF
milk solids. exclusive of butter fats. Is
deemed adulte .ato,l, and whenever the
inspector finds in the possession Of nny
vendor adutcrated milk, he Is required
under the ordinance to condemn the
same and pour II uron the ground, and
report the offender to the police justice
The beard of health Is required to pub.
lish the name and place of business OF
every person convicted of ceiling adul
teratcd milk, publication to be made II
two daily newspapers tor five times con
secutlvey.
The ordinance also makes ample pro
vision for the protection of consumers
against the sale of butter, fish, birds o
fowl, fruit or vegetables that do no
bear inspection, and any person VIC
lating the ordinance in any partcua
subjects himself to fine and his licens
may also be revoked.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-03
Hatless w omen
in the Churches.


ne Ralelgh Times copies an editorial
from the Times Dlspatchof a few, days
ago, In which this paper commented ap-1
p PR on the request OF Rev j.: A..
Thomas, that women should leave their
hats and Eonnets at home when attending
his church (Laurcl Street MethodisD on
hot summer nights The Raleigh paper
adds: II
Raleigh also has a minister who takes
Issue with st. Paul. Rev. G. Massce.
pastor OF the Baptist Tabernacle, at tho
service last Sunday morning asked the
ladies TO please remove their hats. The
a great majority of the ladies present,
aud of came their hats, but there yere
just few stubborn ones who sazed at tho
preacher with a Acknowledgement look.
and those in the rear OF these got no
relief 81 49,
I'VE think that there should be a COM
promise with the Indies. II they will re-
move their hcadgcar during the summer
and winter. they should be allowed to
keep their hats on Easter Sunday"
The Greensboro Record has this to say
At n church in Richmond few nights
since. the ladies were invited to remove
their hats on he ground that this would
operate to their comfort. besides giving
every one n chance to see the preacher.
It Is q matter OF course for ladies to
remove their hatA in theater and It
does look. as II the same thing might rs
wei De uOuG IN II uICu. NE lcAOiiii
( will surely come somc time and the
sooner the better. #
The Charlotte Chronicle, not disposed
to give Richmond OF Virginia credit for
originating good thing, also copies the
Times Dispatch article. and says:
,But the reformi did not begin in
Richmond 1t had It's beginning in Spar
tansburg, s. c.. few weeks ago. and
was nnugurated by the women thcm-
selves, who voted TO take OFF their hats
In church. not 1t the night service dur
Ing the warm season. but day ana night
in NIL seasons"
The Chronicle liz In error. THE re-
form" was really born In Danyille One
hot. sultry Wednesday night several
years ago. eight or ten hatless and bon-
netless women. Of their own accord.
made their appearance in astbody in tho
lecture-room OF the First Ra ptlst Church
in DanvDe and ATTENDED the prayer
maeting Service bnrrheaded. The pas
tor fRev. DR., Thames) commended them
saying they looked 50 comfortable with
out headgear and seemed to enjoy thu
service 80 much better than when bur-
dened with hats. he horsd they would
keen I'm the fashion they had TINT night
set and they did keen 1t ,ln--lintil thew
bought now lata when they promptly
returned to The ST. Paul rule
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-03
THE / LATEST BOOKS
UNDER BRIEF REVIEW.
- 90 -e-e-e-o--o-o-o-

MRS. DARRELL-By Foxcroft Davis.
Pp., All. s16O The Macmillan Co.,
New York
Why this story should bear the l i!.
1t does appears on its face q rather d'i.i.
cult question. "Nrs. Darrell seems apt
enough for six chapters, III Which she
figures as the unmstaknble heroine, but
thereafter that charming young WidoW
is SO completely ousted from the lime
I light that the casual reader IS leit Ill
q state OF real rcrplexity. The cxplai p
tion Of tho queer construction OF tilc
book Is, however, simple OF explana-
ton. Not long ago there appeared In q
magazine novelette, entitled odd Clav-
erings Daughter" which was appropri-
ately named and not impcrfecty CON
structed. TO this book six new chapters,
dealing exclusively with one who WIS
distinctly minor character IN the orig
inal story, have been preflxed; ana the
heterogeneous composite Is now pupllsni-.
ed under the caption Of Mrs. Darrell.
From the literary point of view the
result OF this strange craftsmanship Is
unfortunate, the joiners work being poor
enough to obtr,ido disagreeably on the
readers mind. From the ethical stand
point, the process, though not Wltoin-
mon, strikes us as equally questionable,
and we trust that no reader of 'Old
Claverings Daughter will invest IN
'Mrs. Darrell" on the hypothesis that
he is getting book as brand new as
the name.
The story deals for the most part
with Washington society, though the
atmosphere that would be distinctly char
acteristic Of Washington is, on the whole
rather lacking. as
Y Mr.. Davis writes cleyerly, however,
and his book Is readable. He makes
his characters convincing.
A MODERN UTOPIA. BY H. g. Wells.
PIP. 1893! $3.50 net. Charles Scribner's
Sons, New York: Bell Richmond.
AS an imaginative writer on things
scientifc, political and economic, Mr.
Wells occupies place altogether unique.
He enjoys possession Of tho unusual COM
bination OF a. Students knowledge and a
most active and versatile fancy. Actual
data he has in abundance from his books
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-03
More June Magazines.

{ Harper's for June Is chiefly notable as
containing Tho opening installnent q q
new novel by Booth Tarkingtoni "The
Conquest of Canaan Ia the title of this
serial, and u Is illustrated by l4ucius
gHitclicock, Shorter fiction Is contributed
Ely Marie Manning, Abby Mcclure Roach,
Margaret Cameron, Arthur Coltan, Jan-
4nette Lee, Marie Van Worst. and Annie
Hamilton Donnell, DR. G, ". saleeby
writes ono of Ills popular yet authorlta-
tive scientific articles, dealing In this
issue with '"rhe Problem OF Conscious
ness, Professor Lounsburg. Of Yale;
discusses Mrho Standard Of Usage, md
Charles Johnson Post describes an expe-
ditton into Peru under The caption.
pr. ArthurT. Haadiey Writes Of g Mental
Types and Their Recognition In Our
Schools on which theme the conclusions
of the Yale president are interesting.
Poetry L. by Robert Gilbert Welsh. John
Vance, CLANCY, Herbert s. Weber and
Ernest Rhys.
The June Century is5 distinct!yely gotten
zip with an eye on Memorial Day, and
the Civil War figures largely In ITS Gnn-
tents. Thomas NJ sen'n,,c e. loads Gff with
Sally and the Enem9:"s Ar'n Rates q
AZ Stonl wall Jackson. GouyerneurE Nor
sris contributes a wartime story IN ''lMtss
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-03
MISUNDERSTANDING.

Miss Lena 1silhank and Mr. w, Lawrence
Perkins, OF Henrlco county. Va, were married
Thursday night by Rev, W, a, Laughon, at
hts home In this city.
The bride and groom are seventeen and
eighteen years of at,e, respectively We're A0r
compaiied by ~ few specia al fiiet d. a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-03

= 1 SIS 81 n
post-helIum story win wartime at-
mospnere III IN the 5Nirs:.llt. 4,oos.,5 .ne
Scene beng laid in the Confederate Mus
cum OF Ilchmond; Harry StillWcll Ed
wards. a negro dialecl story, whose
bali Gardiner Memorial ,juy Story
called "Join Edwards friends" and
some recoIlcctions OF Jubul Early.
An extremely interesting contribution IS
Prcss,I By the president Of the organi-
cation. Melville y. Stone. who DESCRIBES
this month, "News-Gathcring as q Bust
Gilbert III Gr r. d az 81 }es
Weather Bureau in saving life and prop
erty, in "Our. Heralds OF Storm and
Flood and Richard char Mhitteng continues nue.
ra raj dealing this time with Bos, Am-
broise and Choyering. VIZ
a timely article In the new Bookloyers
Is that on "rhe Modern Battleship,n H.
Illustrated with many photographs. Sam
uel whitaker Pennypacker Is written up
az .The Governor Now Most in the Pub
lie Eye and Harold Bolce' the Bookiov,
series Of Interviews under the title Of
otter ilmn'' papers of contemporary interest
81 S,re h9Y sssnce pses
dence Of an Old Canal" and Romantic.
Rothenburg," There Is also q series OF
full-page portraits Of some son, OF the n rnhs
regular Regular department, ',The Best New
Th1ngs From tho World OF Print" con-
clldes the Issue, VI
8rdItoriaMy the Burlington magazine for May
treats Of the Reform OF Municinal Architec-
tufe. the Boston Museum. Private Enterprise
srecial articles by we'll known art authorities
and connosseurs are full and varied. Decidedly
one Of the most Interesting and valuable !s \
bernhard slckert's account Of the Pres
Raphaeli!e and lmpressonist Here a!es ~ =.
on English silver Of the Charles IL period is
various pieces from the colleetion Of the Duke
OF another we'll prepared and illuminating
article By "; u, solon, Dir. ~, Martins de- y
scription OF tho lie of a seventeenth century &
Dutci, artist is also worthy Of special note, AZ
is Edward Hutton' appreciation Of the nFather
The lnasfery list Of current exhibitions, to-
gether with the regular departments, Nigel
5ianeous Notes, Letters to the EDITOR
Blbiiosraphy, Recent Art Publications, round
out q full and moro than ordinarily Instructive
pmbur.-