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be the next bridegroom of the party, was
the POSTMASTER of the evening and ac-
quilted himself admirably.
Secretary Taft, who responded to pleas
ant Memories had an agreeable topic,
which ne handled delightfully."-. His remarks
were prefaced by the entire company sing
ing For He's jolly Good Fellow"
Secretary Taft's Speech.
The Secretary said, in part:
Men are fortunate by reason of their
names. Some men Introduce great bills in
Congress, not knowing the Importance to
be attached and the bills bear their names.
To me has come a similar good fortune
This party Will never be forgotten, and just
because I happened for time to superin-
tend the payment of expenses such as We're
incurred-and 1 beg to assure any inVesti-
eating committee that they were very rea-
sonable-it has fallen to my lot TO have the
name such as you have heard it.
During my entire association with this
party / never made a prepared speech nut
once and that was after > o'clock in the
morning, to gentlemen who did NOT under
stand the purport of what was saying.
This party has accomplished much. The
evidence of which has been seen around the
world. and that we are also going to make
another match. The matrimonial results,
we hope. have not yet ended
Der of the judiciary to these islands-Repre-
sentative Gilbert of Indiana. ! speak with
seriousness and emphasis when | say that
getting into the service a man Of his force
IS real gain for those islands.
This evening the beautiful decorations
and the suggestion of the ocean trip, tTopi-
cal verdure and all those things that go TO
remind us of the trip made every one here
for a time thoughtful 1t produced a quiet
orientalism. To me 1t seems to result In
coming again into those things that remind
us of that trip from San Francisco to Yo-
kohama. when we felt that the trip was
much too short. and that two weeks more
would have been delightful
After reference to the reception given
by the Mikado of Japan he paid a pretty
tribute to Miss Alice Roosevelt He pre-
dcted that the next quarter of century
would see great results in the Philippines
by reason Of the American presence there.
Miss Boardman's Toast.
Miss Mabel Boardman responded to the
toast The ladies'" and after referring to
the oriental custom that ordained that wo-
man should be seen and not heard asked
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task, and its realization was far beyond
even the most sanguine expectations.
The big ball room was the scene of oper-
atiOns. The side walls were transformed
into jungle groves, with canvas scenery in
the background and arrangement of
lights behind 1t, that made a glowing sun
rise on one side of the room and a magnifi-
cent sunset on the other
When the guests entered from the point
of assembling the curtain was lifted that
they might embark on the Manchuria.
Passing over her decks they stepped down
the gangplank, with q curtain scenery be
quiet ocean and a bit of old Japan ahead.
Passing over half circle bridge, realistic
in color and shape and suspended above
stream in cherry blossom grove, the COM
pany confronted a tropical jungle of great
proportions. in which "A massive caribou eX-
hibitcd the motive power of the east. With
in this jungle was the orchestra.
Table Immense Oval
The dinner table was an immense oval,
the center of which was surmounted by a
Filipino shack, built of bamboo and covered
with a semblance of straw mats. Under its
pitched roof were articles of domestic and
ornamental use among the natives
Clear down the oval the center of the
table represented the Island of Luzon, its
mountains, hills and forests worked out in
appropriate fashion, and It's smiling valleys
gay with tiny blossoms amid tropical
verdure. A map was carefully followed,
and with models of huts, bridges, figures
and other interesting addenda the picture
realized needed but little imagination for
its completion.
Each guest received souvenir photo
graph, made from snapshots taken by
member of the party on the trip. The menu
cards were bound in jute ana tied with
hemp and had illustrations by Mr.. c. x.
Bergman. Tie menu was an itinerary, as
follows:
Chicago. $50 pm. Cheyenne. $50 pm;
San Francisco, . pm; Honolulu. $50 pm;
Toxic, 10 pm: Manila, 1919 pm; JoiO. II
pm; Canton, II 30 pm. Washington, ll:4J
pm.
There were also corsage clusters of roses
for the ladies and a gardeuia boutOnniere
for the men. The walters were dressed in
japanese and Chinese costumes. One OF
the sweets was served In a cocoanut shell.
Beyond the table was a painted section of
the Chinese wall and next to that "A we'd
ding bower. under which was placed the
white satin prie-dieu, the history of which
began at the recent White House wedding.
Representative Sherley, who is likely TO
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the company. on behalf of the ladies. to
drink to cabelleros on The girl That
you left behind YOU
The Trip and the Trippers.
In response to the toast. The Trip and
the Trippers" Senator Murphy j. Foster
said he had selected his subject, in the first
place. for the reason that it was such a
big one it could neither get away from him
nor he from it. He would, therefore, he
said, be relieved of the criticisms directed
at these post-prandal efforts that the
speaker touched on every matter but the
subject assigned him. And there was an
other reason. peculiarly personally to him
self. That was when he was first thrown
into the whirlpool OF public life at the
capital many Courtesies of an official ana
social character were rendered him, and he
thought he discovered. at least in the es-
TEEN of some of the charming persons he
met on these occasions. that he was severe
ly lacking In some of the qualifications that
go to make up a successful debutante.
Conspicuous among his other falings, ne
had little or no experience in foreign travel,
and when the well-traveled personages of
low and high degree discussed their CONT
mental tours he felt his utter incapacity to
be either Instructive or entertaining, and a
feeling of unutterable chagrin would over
power if not absolutely paralyze him
What He Could Tell Them.
But since returning from the Taft trip
he said. he felt freely qualified to enter
the lists with the best-traveled man Or
woman I'm the world and he had mapped
ouc in his own mind an offensive and de-
fensive campaign, TO be at all times used
when foreign travel should be the subject
OF discussion He would match deed FOR
deed place for place. country for country
and people for people and when others
speak of their trips through England,
France, Italy, etc, he could tell them OF
the wonders of the Hawaiian Islands, the
glories Of Japan the sunrise land; the
beauties of the flowery kingdom, and the
marvels OF the archipelago of the Pacif1c.
When they tell him of getting a glimpse
of royalty in thej personages of King Ed
ward or Emperor William he could tell
them of having wlned and dined and
shaken hands with a live mikado and
when they tell him of moving in the at
mosphere that has been made almost sa-
cred by the breath Of queens and princesses
OF the royal blood. he could tell them how
he and the whole party "kow towed' be-
fore the empress and the princess of the
royal blood Of the Japanese empire While
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20
Interesting Street Sprinkling
Figures.

( L . u
Editor of The Dispatch:
Sir,-Having read with care and interest
your articles on street sprinkling. as ono
OF the necessary factors to health, !
submit the following estimated statement
OF cost of new equipment and operating
expenses for seven months Of the year.
May to November, inclusive. TO be o"aed
and operated by the city authorities. me
calculation is based on ton sprlnklers
aItwo horse) furnishing basis for the units
and from which the calculations can DC
made FOR as many sprinklers as may
bo needed for the purpose OF thoroughly
laying the dust.
These figures I believe are full cost as
or this date and In setting the plan IN
oncration it Will probably be found that
the cost will be somewhat reduced.
EQUIPMENT.
10 wagons........ .'...'.',.'.' so'oU
90 mules. ........'.'..'' 800. NV.
10 sets harness.. ,..,.., ........'.'.''.'a, soo
Add for extra stable shed II NEEDED ,l.V'o
OPERATING EXPENSES PER MONTH
% mules feed. .....,,.,..5@.. ....$zZo4
Shooting .,..,..........,.S4 I..,......,...2o s
10 drivers. ....,...,....f .,.'..'..'.' 0aV
Repairs. ~. i....,.., ...,..,.........lo
Mathematician, 500. i.''.'.,''' ~
T. !. -'l5es,rg - .aGGFea Z
1916 ~
For seven. months. ...,,.,., ,..,..,... *'Vlo
% wagons would cost to operate ,$ll ,SW
FOR six months 10 wagons....,. ....'.s 800
Or ,varons. ....,......,...,,.10,l 4O
! The district to be covered should in
cnda all the mai nthorouglfares, east
and vest say Cary to Leigh Streets In
elusive and such other streets IN the
wider portions OF the city, east ana west
/ ends, as are thicky settled involving a
large amount of vehicle ira tflo. Also all
cross streets north and south to a point
covering the lhrgest wheelnge.
D, = f. A. BARRIER
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20
1.oue-Ma king in Church.

Making love is God-glven right Love
making comes as natural to men ana
women as does diving to duck. a.!
the world loves lover, but a very small
$rortion Of the world ndmires the loYes
that makes love In church,
Love making in church is not only an.
moving, but tho practice shows ,dec1eleu
lack OF good manners. One often seea
love. sick youths and maidcns on the rea!
benches passing notes or writing Toys
sick sentences in the back OF hSmn
hooks, while the minister Is endeavorlna
to get lis congregation Interested IN wha'
he is saying. Love making ~ church y
thorn in the side OF the preacher..
rs II Is thorn in the sqes OF ing
",d,torn who are at church for the pur'
nose 81 listening to the Word as u
e r,vcn by the preacher In the pulpit
Love making in church may be attrac,
t,,,a to those drectely Interested. pu.
:, oortn,nlv is most nerve-wrecking 70
those who sit nearby and listen 10 wv
sIlly eIggles Of the lovers
We beiIeye in counting, but we are un'
a,tarably opposed to counting In church,
,raarn are 100 many other places so mucf'
nave desirable in which TO court and
make love. GO ahead, young men and
vo,,ne women, and make love, Make Iowa
from sun UP until sun down, but fof
goodness sake don't use the church pew
as your place for love making. You may
md probably will, keep others away from
church, Roanoke Times.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20
Merely y, Joking.

Hot crtlosm.--"Oh, don't say that"
protested Mrs. Locuttc when her hus-
band commented on her new; evening
gown. Don't ever say. pretty new
dress; shy new gown. You misun-.
adcrstood me- replied her husband,
quietly. II said It was "a pretty nude.
dress. - Philadelphia Press.
A Costly Allment.---"H ow's your wife.
Rlinks?' ..,Her3 head troubles her good
dcal.' Neuralgia NO; she wants q
new hnt"---AnsWers.
The JIItee.-'T hear Mrs. Galley was
quite beauty IN her youth. Yes: my
uncle was going 70 marry her. but sho
clipped" "Ah and Tilted your unc|e?"i
s"Jilted him out OF his fec, yes. My uncle
was her NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Press.
And Put a Different Face on the Hair.
Stella: II thought you said you would
never marry man with red hair.
May; u thoughtaI wouldn't at the time,
but he afterwards proposed. ,..-Detroit
Free Press.
A knock.-Mrs. Doan (hoastfuly):.
"Mrs. Carney, the wolfe OF the rich gro
cer, called on mo to-day" Mrs. Nolan:
well weH, dye moind thot now. us
n shame fur Carney { be maxim his
wolfe. collect his bad bills. '-Phlladelphla
Ledger n
ELEGANT Manners nice young
man took me out TO dinner last night
such a wcllsmannered man. D'you know.
when the coffee come and ed poured
il IN is saucer, instead OF blowing on
II like a common person. G fanneQ u
with is 'nt."---Punch.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20
Good Roads for Amherst.

AS already mentioned in our news
columns the board Of supervisors OF Am
herst county have gone on record In
favor Of Issuing $4,000 Of county bonds
subject to the, approval Of the voters
to be used in macadnmizinE the ROAD
from Lynchburg to Amherst Courthouse
and Elon
In discussing the proposition the New
Era says that 1t Is claimed that with
State n,d when the county spends 81 It
will get s. In work, so that by spend
ing $4,000 It will get $4,000 for road
Improvement. It is fifteen miles from
Amherst to Lynchburg and ten miles
from Lynchburg to Elon. making twenty
five miles of contemplated work. It
Is estimated that 1t will cost something
like 5000 mile to macedamze the road,
making a total cost of S12oooo, leaving
$1,000 for additional work.
According to this estimate Amherst Will
get more than forty miles OF inacada-
mized roads at cost to the county OF
$4,000 THE assessed values of real es-
tate in the county of Amherst is In the
neighborhood OF 100000. How much
Will the land OF Amherst be enhanced IN
value by the construction Of forty miles
OF good n,acadamized road. we should
say at a rough guess that 1t would be
at least twenty-five per cent, and event.
unlly as much as fifty per cent, but
suppose we take the most conservative
view possible. and put the enhancement
at five per cent. Amherst would stu be
$40, 900 to the good in actual values to
say nothing Of the convenience to the
general public. Is It not a perfectly
plain proposition that road building Of
the right sort is a first class invest
ment for every county?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20
Moving Forward.

Richmond Is smovng-,indoubtc NOV.
| Ing, Echoes Of The Tines-Disph tens
campaign for adequately sprinkled streets
arc beginning to reverberate In all sorts
of places, and the public demand Tor re-
| licf from the dust%nulsance Is gaining IN
! sls,ence with each passing Gay, me
! Committee on Charter, Ordinance And Re-
form. hns now fallen IN behind the moves
ment and given It substantial push for-
ward
AT It's meeting on friday night. tho co,',-
1nittce passed, nj, ordinance requiring
street railway companies henceforwafd 70
sprinkle all streets upon which the'r
fines are laid. on It's part the city rel'n-'
uulshes It's present charge Of three cents cent?.
per loo gallons, which Is entirely as II
should be; and REQUIRES the Passenger
and Power Company to operate lts spriil ''
lers every day from the first OF April 10
the end of December and upon such oa .
during January, February and March Us
may be designated by the city cns'reef' :
This ordinance Is now to 60 before the
Council backed by the committees recon- recon
mendaton, and with the strong pfesunp p
ton that It will DO passed. IL - plat pun
that II inaugurates an iinportnnl stcp
forward In the question OF proper stre et
,san'inklng. d'oesibly ri some 1utuie
time 1t may DO advisable to REQUIRE me ne
traction company to install sprinKlers
with q wider reach than tho small AFFAIRS
now in ,,se but for the present the case
may we'll be rested with the Requirements
OF the proposed ordinance.
AS for the question Of general street s.e
sprlnkling on the part Of, the city, a, iett '
printed in. another column Of to--day's
Times -Dlspntch gives some further iig-
ures Of interest. The writer's estimates
may be regarded probably In every case.
as 'outside." Thus, he places me cose
Of wagons at yvu cach--a price " men
could certainly be greatly dls 80 a3 oy
buying in tttyerSI1e, allows, wv: -
the price Of mule, and $50 as the 1nont month";
Nv hire of driver. lie finds that twenty
wagons with full. equipment could pc m
stalled for s17,700, and operated lot seven seven
months Of the yearat:a total! cost OIL ell
$40. Twenty wagons, ass The Time s-l''s-
patclf.polnted dit yesterday. wotild cover yer
a large part OF the city every day B ina1'
cd by the daily service Of the Virginia
Passenger and Power Company they
would make Richmond, UNIQUE s t1''
an admirably sprinklcd city. l5
The Council is again urged to note
at what a very reasonable expense this
devoutly to be desired onsumr ma on may
be effected. sa,..T Il s.;g ID. lt,as H.
meantime lit ,is, highly gratifying to
note thatuthe movement for c teater'f anu
healthier streets is already definitely IN IN
day way.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20
Decreasing Labor; Increasing
Land Values.

Tho Halifax Gazette thinks it remark
able that the price OF farming lands In
that county should Increase In value in
the face of a scarcity of farm labor, but
SAYS that such Is the fact.
.Withn the last few years" says our
contemporary. there has been very
marked advance, not only for farm
lands suitable for the growing Of fine
tobacco, but for grazing purposes as well.
Not only arc the lands In the county In
creasing In value, but in the town lots
are In demand and each year shows an
advance over the previous one.
There IL nothing remarkable In this
Statement, The farmers are doing their
own work with the aid OF understanding
machinery aud arc making more net
money than they did when they depend
ed upon the hhiftless labor at their com
mand In these days every industry Is
valued rs lis earning capacity and the
moro agricultural lands earn the more
valuable they become.
Nor is there anything remark able In the
enhancement of values Of town lots. Az
ricnlture lies at the nsis OF all wealth.
and when the farmers OF Halifax arc
| prosperous the town will prosper nccord'
| ingly. The Increase in the value Of town
| lots in Halifax county Is a natural and
logical consequences Of tho enhanrenl
| Of farming property. 54 9g
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20
A Roland for An Oliver.

The other day a citizen of Norfolk, in
spirit OF fun, sent to a friend IN Rich
t1,ond clipping showing that tho bank
clearlngs OF this city had Increased over
10 per cent over the same week OF 1905,
whereas the increase in Richmond for
tho same week had been comparatively
small. The resourceful Ricl,monder
promptly sent back n clipping which con-
tanned the statement Of Mr.. Hnverstck,
of Washington. that Norfolk has no
dirticst streets OF any city IN the county
< In which there Is q Federal building,
with the exception Of Montgomery, Ala.
z Roland for an Oliver. we must con-
fess.-Norfolk Landmark.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20
A Little Question OF Good English

Tho following is taken from the
editorial columns Of the ever-esteemed
Atlanta Journal
Hon. John Wesley Gaines sprung fine
ethical question on the House of Repre-
senta,lves the other day. why do we
sit here" he cried like a lot of towards
and raise everybody clses {sic) salary
and not our own?'l6 7f.s,t c.sf lsls
a writer uses The parenthetical sic
when he quotes another mans errors and
wants to let the public know tina, he.
| for his part is quite aware OF such
| errors and washes his hands OF them.
| In this case, evidently. The Journn! man
desires 10 have It understood that Some
| body clscs Is a combination that he
f! personally will not stand for
Yet the phraseais as good as the gold
OF Ophir. The old form Somebody
else Is an obsolete AFFAIR, no longer
sanctioned by the best usage, So says
for example, the late Fitzedwhrd Hall
the English ph.loogist, and one Of the
greatest authorities on The use of English
| words that ever lived The newer anG
better form Is rarely found before 1910
but since that time has steadily ganet
in favor. Dickens, Thackery and Geors,
Eliot used IT freely
Plainly Everybody else" has. as th'
grammarans put It, unitary meaning
1t IL virtually single word. and quit,
properly forms It's possessiye case b,
the ordinary suffiN. With all due respec
to The journal, ''cyerybodys else salary
would he hideous verbal monstroslt
with which , no self-respecting write
should have anything to do II the Ior
:, john Wesley Gaines had been betraye
into usine,it we could never nave bh c
him our unrestrained admiration again
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20
Who is Responsible, Oppenhimer
or Stratton?

~ STATIONS confession has made a
profound impression on the News Leader Leader
and the Journal as we'll as on The Titnes-
Dispatch, There Is no need to rchearse
the incident. What concerns the people
OF Richmond, however. is the light that
1T casts on the personnel, management
and general fitness OF the Board or
Health. SO far Tho Times-Dispatch mas
scrupulously RETAINED from any ha alrfslh1
| criticism of Dr.. w. r. Oppcnhlmer, pres
ident Of the Board of Health.
II has been necessary to point out the
exceedingly careless and incompetent
spirit which has characterized the man
nscment OF that department. But these
conditions unpleasant and distressing as
they we're, could not lie wholly chargeaple
TO DR.. Oppenhimer. for he could nave
done more had he been given more
means.
But there Is n vast difference between
DR.. Oppcnhimer's failure to- get larger
appropriation and his connivancc IN ana
actual approval Of plot to turn loose
on the community WOMAN tii's wv"
diphtheria in a contagious form.
The News Leader Is right n saying
that Dr.. oppenhimer had no alterna-
tive but to Loyalty and cordially sup
uor1 Dr. Levy--if he was compctcnt--and
if not. have him removed. DR.. Cppenhimer
did neither,
He laughed at the joke even though
the humor of the situation was not as
he saw it. The public. however, sees moro
of culpabIlity than wtticism in this whole
incident, and the question keeps rising:
Is DIR. Strpttopn1he city physician. really
as bla1ncwoithy,d or half as dangerous
az DR.. Oppenhmcr the president Of the
Board OF IIcnlth2
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20

pitais have not sufficiently large stans,
and as a rule the members are not pa,u
enough for the quality Of work reaslreu'
that there Should be separate ihs'l'u y
ton for epleptic patients and no epilepti' =.
should be allowed to enter any other Stase
hospitals, that the State should care ft 1o ~
The insant patients without conpelnrIsaf'-.
tlon. ,gEs,
These several propositions are seli-eYl-
dent. II Is unwise, in1practlcable ana ao'
solutely lndefensble for the state to I'M
dertnke to conduct an institution for inc
care or the Insane without o sufficient
Number Of competent officials. Money
saved by such stlnting is not economy ny
but t,iggardly pnrslnlony.
FOR many years past Tho Times-Dis'
rutch has done what It could to ASSIST
Or. W. +. Drewry In his noble ettor'
to scEgrepate tho eplleptics in q separate
and distinct colony. These unfortunates
are not insane. When free from con-
vulsions they are rational and thor, mem
tai suffering Is greater than thnt OF Ing
persons who have lost their wits. Ih ,4,
deserve our tenderest nsiderntlon. They hey
should not lie compelled To associate with Y II
the insane. They should have nome OF
their cwn, where they, can pleasantly ana
l1ofitubly occupy their time and nd where err
they will find among. their associates Is: !
that fellow feeling which makes ts won y, l'
1rous kind. It would be. not only hu-l
name, hut economical for the state 20
establish separate institution for the
care OF eplleptlcs. #
When tho Legislature was last IN IN ses-
sion Tho Times. Dispatch !jolned With Sthe
culpeper Exponent ard other newspa p 'e'
in advocating measure to relieve IN
sane patients Of cost5iof maintenance ~
the state hospitals. The investigation az
williamsburg has demonstrated that r. the lt
State has actually been making aSgplrofllt y.
on the maintenance of paid pa TENTS Ihe
whole system is wrong In principle andtl
vicious iii practice. Patients who have
property and pay taxes for the support
OF the hospitals are certainly as much
entitled as pa,lpers to free reatmentsand