The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-04

{, venture to wager that not twenty-five
| per cent. OF the houses In any section
| OF tho city have their numbers SO clearly
| displayed that he who runs may reac
| without trouble and of those who have
| numbers probably not more than five
| per cent, have them so arranged that
| they are dlscernible In the evening. Once
| In while pedestrian will strike some
house under lamp post where the rays
are tenderly thrown on some modest, re-
firing figures, but few are the bold, out
spoken legends proclaiming the location
OF No. 4iA or any other number.
IN my search for a subject for an
ordinance, 1t Is strange that some MEM
Der of the Council has not yet been
struck by this condition. and the matter
is respectfully called to the attention OF
some city father. The expense of putt
ting on numbers of sufficient size to be
legible, yet not necessarily so large as
to be inartistic. would not be great, and
those modest householders who are now
hiding their lights under bushels should
be induced to let the numbers shine forth
before men In order that the wayfarer
may know where he is att
Fortunate in One Thing.
II think Richmond should feel herself
very fortunate in one thing. even II she
does not have everything any other large
city has, or claims to have, said a prom
trent resident of the Man of the Streets
neighborhood. i am taking paper from
Baytimore because OF the fact that I
lived there for several years about ten
years ago. In the paper 1 noticed that
Rev. DR.. Robert P. Kerr formerly Of
this city. made a suggestion that among
other means of beautifying the Queen OF
the Chesapeake would be the planting OF
trees (sugar naples are among the best)
along the residence streets; that he knew
~ city not ECO miles from Baltimore
obviously meaning Richmond-wherc the
city authorities conducted in the suburbs
In one of the parks. nursery of shade
trees, which furnished trees to be plant
ed in front of any residence If the owner
agree to have the trees boxed and pro-
tected; that this not cost the city
any great sum and accomplished Won
ders in identifying the streets and fur
nishing shade for man and beast; and
that in this connection law should be
enacted and enforced against tying horses
to shade trees, because city horse, getting
little or no green food. would eat the
bark off tree and wound 1t, some-
times fatally and for life.
Thus Richmond has been so we'll
spoken of as regards one thing, and let
us all do all we can to beautify our own
city"
The Tyrannical Rooster.
Boosters, 1t is well know. often call
up hens. and give them morsels of food
that they have found. Farmers assert
that ROSTERS only DO this out OF selfish
motives-only do it when they fear the
morsels are dangerous. poisonous or dis
tasteful" said another observing friend
of the Man of the Street.
During the late holidays we had as
our guests several cousins from Motto
way c6tIllty, who told this story: 1t was
a rainy day and outside the window some
fowls We're scratching. One of the cous-
ms threw the fowls n few bread pellets.
and of these the cock took the lions
share. Then the cousin made couple
of soap pellets and threw them forth.
The rooster. rushing up with a greedy