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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-30
Company For the Bonnet.

Many years ago an elderly couple
lived In Massachusetts town. The
lady had been bereft OF one helpmeet.
and her second husband had twice
been left widower before the pair
were united in the bonds of matrl-
mony. They were beth OF that tenn
permanent which causes its possessor to
be characterized as ''set."
On the wedding day the bride found
In the back entry on conspicuous
nail sunbonnet which had belonged
to her immediate predecessor. She re-
moved Ii to oblivion I'm a closet.
Her newly welded husband made no
comment. but replaced the sunbonnet
on its accustomed nail.
During the next few days the calico
headgear vibrated with more or less
regularity between the closet and the
nail Then there came q day when the
bride approached her husband with a
mans hat In her hand as he was In the
act OF reinstalling the sunbonnet.
eff you have that sunbonnet there. -"
she said firmly. "I shall hang up nv
first husbands hat on the next nall"
She looked at the bridegroom and
met the counterpart OF her own ex-
preston. She hung the hat on the des-
ignated nail. and. although the txc
people lived TO be very old. neither the
hat nor the sunbonnet ever moved
again till the house came into the
hands Of n now owner
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-30

into the woriu YOU nau eyes. nut you
saw NOT You had TO learn how To- see.
You were really blind until your little
brain got The faculty OF observation.
We speak Of schools for the blipd.
All schools are for the blind In a sense.
Schools teach one to see things as
they are. When you started to school
you could see objects clearly enough.
but you saw them individually. You
did not understand how they were re-
lated to each other. You did not see
things as whole until the school
taught You.
Education?
All there Is In education Is In the
faculty OF seeing things as they are.
Add to this the ability to express what
you see and you have all the schools
can teach you.
Open your eyes!
You can educate yourself by observ.
causes.
That is why many who have not had
the advantage of schools have been
able to educate themselves. They have
trained themselves to observe and
think.
Open your eyes Do not go blIndly
through all the world Of beauty. and
OF thought.
Learn how TO see--and what to see.
Ten thousand things worth seeing
are about you. Select those that mp.
peal to you as WORTH your while. See
them as they are.
There Is enough I'm one acre OF pas.
ture lot or Of forest land to keep an
immortal soul busy a thousand years
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-30
OiscouraoiNu.

She stuttered-more especially when
she was nervous.
She was nervous now, because she
felt quite sure the young man meant
to ask her to marry him. and she frm-
ly intended to say no.
1t happened just as she expected.
will you marry meY' he asked.
She had the no on the tip OF her
tongue"
"N-n-n-n-n." she stammered.
'"rry again." he said.
"Nn-n-n-n." she repeated.
Then HIS face suddenly frightened.
"Oh. understand" he said. Its
naturally you want TO sayl My dear
estr'
And she let II go at that.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-30
A GOOD FRAU.

Behind the newspaper stories or the
successful flights OF Count Ferdinand
Zeppelin. the venerable German aero.
naut, Is fine tale of devotion.
1t has been fifty years since the
count gave his life to the invention
of an airship.
He belonged TO distinguished fam
lily of the nobility. was rich. accom-
ptiShed and popular. The cup OF pleas
urc WAS his for the drinking OF it
Ncvcrt hcless-
This man chose the better part. In.
stead of 81 life OF luxury he turned his
back upon society. fitted up labora-
tory and went TO work upon his idea
Fancy what people of his generation
would say of man who would try to
Invent n flying machine! or course
hr WAS pat down as crazy.
Fi!;y Years ago. remember. there
were no practical appliances OF cleo
trichy, no street cars or telephones or
automobiles. The possibility OF wire
less telegraphy had not entered the
conceptions of man. The Morse tele-
graph was still nine days wonder.
pitahle To his Idea.
That a. rich nobleman should give
up the chances OF social career or
service 10 the state or To the army II
or,,rr To tinker on II machlnr was evil
dcn.r la his peers that there was a
screw loose In the mans head.
For plany years, years OF ridlcule
mostly. Zeppelin worked without n
word Of encouragement
Let us take 5ack part OF that state
ment.
AT thirty-one Zeppelin married-he
Is now seventy-one-and for forty years
his wife has been his helper AMI SYM
pathiZer. When his mas hines fell to
the ground she nursed his bruises
and broken bones and conforted him.
And
When the count had spent all his
fortune I'm experiments she sold her
property to help. him. She became
his laboratory assistant. She never
lost faith in her husband
il3uliy. when the aged aeronaut and
his wife had made themselves paupers
in order 10 perfect the invention. the
German government took up the prof.
ect and provided the means for carry
ing IL out
And thus after years Of team work
by husband and wife success came to
them.
Fly? And long distances? And stay
up for hours?
Why. how could the man help but
fly with such frau by the side of
him?
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-30
WHAT'S THE USE!

overheard man OF some fifty
years say to his friend:
81 tell you / am tired Of the ever.
lasting grind. But l can't quit. 7
have too many stomachs to fill besides
my own. cannot save much because
OF my family expenses. want a rest.
but | can't afford 1t. I tell you I'm
tired of life, What's the useY'
Ever feel that way?
You have worked hard for a long
time perhaps. and years ago your cas-
ties in Spain toppled over and you are
saying:
whats the user"
Well, you haven't given up the fight.
That's something. And you are bat
Ting along the best you can. That's
all Caesar did. or Charlemagne, or u.
S. Grant That is all any man can do
And-ever think OF it?-you are a
special providence to those who de-
his place.
Moreover, what you do counts as
much in your world as does the bigger
mans work In his world.
do not care what your work is.
whether 1t is practicing law OF sell
ing goods or heaviug white clay out
! OF ditch, you are doing your share
Of the worlds work
Particularly does your work count II
1t be good work. Ii is not the kind
of work. mind you. but how well you
do It. IL the job Is well done, II
the product is well finished, It is worth
to the world all It cost you In effort
and more.
Therefore. keep on
Perhaps you say: "But the work do
for others is not appreciated. get no
thanks for being an Industrial slave.
l cannot do more than is expected OF
me-sometimes not so much. When l
do the expected get no thanks When
l do less ! am blamed. When 1 do
more II is taken for granted 1t Is
hard TO work without appreciation"
So IL is. But
How much thanks did you ever give
your father and mother for what they
did for you? Appreciation came late
to them, possibly after they were
dead. They were paying their debt to
society as you are paying yours.
WHAT'S the use? Everything. You
are worker and not a shirker. You
are doer and not n gutter
Is 1t worth nothing TO you that you
have your own self respect?
Put 1t down deep into your soul that
IL your work is honest work and you
| acquit yourself like n man you are
doing just as much In your sphere rs
the president OF the United States is
doing In his sphere.
And you should not say. "what's
the use?"
You are not a clam. You are a
man.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-30
A NAN AND HIS BABY.

You have heard about 1.-THE man be-
hind the gunT'
Well. more powerful combination
than that is the baby behind the man.
What? Just Il babyI
Just babies. You do not see them
catalogucd by the treasurer of the
United States as part of the national
assets, but they are big assets. No
Fourth of July orator refers to them as
an item In our national resources. but
they are large resources.
In fact. the baby crop is our biggest
and best crop.
That is so not only because of the
infinite worth of the babies them
selves. but on account Of their tire
mendous influence.
You have seen a selfish. careless wo-
man changed into thoughtful. care
full matron 10y her baby. Did you ever
note also what the baby does for it's
father?
Put the responsibilities OF father
hood on a man. IL there is any worth
In him his backbone will immedlat ely
stiffen to his neck.
When the baby comes the thought
less or improvident father begins to
see the realities of life. The future OF
his baby becomes a big concern.
A new incentive has come into the
fathers life. That precious but wee
and helpless mite appeals to him won
derfully. 1t is his own flesh aud blood
and dependent upon him. The sense
OF obligation stirs every drop OF his
manly blood. To account for the new
stir In many a mans life you must
know there is
A baby behind the mani
Every employer will testify that.
other things being equal. the employee
with baby Is steadier worker thar
the man without a baby-more dill.
gent, more anxious to give satisfac.
ton.
And bank officials will tell you that
many n savings account is started
purely on baby's account So far as
be and his wife are concerned. thinks
the father. why I'VE will get along
But baby-that's different
1t is also true that some fathers ar,
led to live better lives morally be
cause OF the baby In the house
The bachelor is not so. He lacks
responsibility and incentive. He lacks
ballast. There is no baby.
And so It Is veritably true that the
worst famine that can come to any
people is a baby famine.
Race suicide" is something more
than q subject to poke fun at. A
dearth Of babies means q dearth OF
manhood. Worse than financial panic
is the calamity OF the home without
the baby.
Men do and dare. they work and
save and strive. they stand upright
and clean, because
"A little child shall lead them"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-30
OPEN YOUR EYES.
How much can you see?

How much can You see?
Your oculist will tell you that you
can see bu 30 per cent OF the things
at which you look.
But. according to Rusixin, unless you
are genius you cannot see even that
much.
Ruskin says that for every hundred
men who hear only one can speak.
for every hundred who can speak only
one can think and for every hundred
who can think only one can see.
Which is Ruskin's way OF saying
that most people are blind to the
beauties OF nature and art all about
them.
How much do you see?
Your eyes may be good and yet you
may see bnt little. Yon really see
with your braln-your minds eye"
Your eyes are the more Instruments.
the means 10 the end. The faculty of
observation Is In your brain.
You were born blind
Ever think OF that? When you came
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-30
THE BREAK IN THE GAME.
Bassbssi Almost as Much Psyehoios-
zeal As Athletic


zeal as Athletic.
Nearly every baseball game Is won
and lost .on one playa play that
comes at the psychological instant.
Among the, players who do not study
psychology the crucial moment Is
known as 1.-THE break" a phenomenon
which no'one has analysed and which
the players themselves do not under.
stand Twenty men on the bench are
watching closely and intently every
move OF the pitcher. every swing of
his arm. The tide OF battle rises, Gibbs.
and then suddenly at the start of
some inning something happens. What
IT is no one outside the psychic sphere
OF influence ever will understand. but
the silent. tight Tipped. watchful. alert
fellows on the bench see something
or feel something. and the mysterious
''break" has come.
Zone ball.'' The players on the
bench suddenly stifsen and prepare for
action.
Two ballsr' Two players jump for
bats and begin swinging them; the
coachers. who have yelled only be.
cause 1t was their duty. suddenly be.
gin raging. screaming and paving the
dirt. and the manager. who has ap.
peared half asleep. makes trumpet
OF his hands and leads his men, bawl.
Ing loud orders and wild taunts.
The spectators do not understand
anything has happened. Other batters
have Ind two balls called many times.
and II looks the same to the spectator
who is beyond the mysterious "break"
sphere. In two more moments the
players bench Is madhouse. with
twenty men shouting. screaming, or.
dering. moving. Three ballsr' and n
mailman rushes out TO the deck"
-Four balls!' and the spectators ioin
the players In the demonstration. The
madness Is spreading Crack-a base
hit, hunt. wild throw; another
base lift. screams. shouts, impreca.
tons. roar OF frantic applause. n
final long 6y. The manager reaches
for his glove, spits into 1t and says
quietly, -Four runs-we've got EN-"
The break" is over. and the players
bench Is again the quietest part OF
the grounds. The surge Of enthusi.
asm. confidence and noise subsidies
and the game Is won.
Baseball is almost as much psyche
logical as athletic. Why one team can
beat stronger one regularly and losr
to weaker with the same regularity.
why one batter can hit one pltche,
and Is helpless before another, why
one pitcher is effective against
strong team and at the mercy OF an.
other that cannot bat half as hard
are psychological problems.-Americap
Magazine.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-30
OPEN THE WINDOW

AS i walked downtown TO my Office
a distance OF two miles, very early
one morning observed the windows
OF the houses OH the route.
How many OF these windows, do you
suppose. were open to admit fresh air?
Just twol
And those two windows were open
only from the bottom.
Do you wonder tuberculosis Is kill
ing one person OF every dozen7
Windows were made to be opened.
Else why have windows2 General
usage seems to indicate popular be-
lief that these openings should be
closed SO rs TO carefully exclude all
air
BE careful OF drafts" says pop
ular superstition. But how can there
be fresh air without some current
Air not In motion is dead air. Live
people should drink live air.
Well Informed physicians Will tell
you that colds nine times out OF fen
are caused not by drafts. but by
infection.
And infection?
That is caused by foul air breathed
over and over until II Is dead-poison-
Gus. Especially will you catch cold" in
the stuffy. overheated rooms-churches
and other public places-where the air
is laden with exhalations from many
lungs and Precipitation from many
pores.
Protest against closed windows In
public buildings. A house. like a man,
must breathe through Its lungs and
pores-its windows and ventilators.
Keep the windows OF your house
open.
And be careful always that you
first open them from the top!
When window is opened only at
the bottom you let In the fresh, cold
air. which. being heavier than the foul
or heated air from your lungs, goes
downward. The foul air goes upward.
1t cannot escape except there is an
opening somewhere near the ceiling.
Get the fresh air habit.
II some one calls you crank for
insisting on open windows, let him.
A reputation for crankiness Is prefer
able 10 being poisoned.
Don't be afraid OF the fresh air. 1t
is your next best friend.
The ideal sleeping place. of course.
Is out Of doors. Sleep In the open or
In tent IL you CT 10 so, but II not
open the W.T. top and bottom!
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-30
FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS.

II. II. Rogers. Standard Oil magnate
left fortune OF S50.000000.
Can man honestly accumulate in
n single lifetime $50.0OO.0OO?
Passing by such a natural inquiry
1t is worth while to ask. Ought not O
portion Of this mans vast estate. &C
cumulated from the people, 10 be re
turned to the people?
Ex-PreSident Roosevelt thought sr
ana recommended a federal Inherit
ance tax graduated according to the
size of the estate.
Is there any good reason In morals
or policy why the government which
gave Rogers opportunity and protec-
ton should not impose heavy tax
upon so much wealth?
In this respect We are behind every
civilized government. It IS rightly
held that beyond a reasonable limit
a rich man holds his property In trust
for society.
In France. for instance, under the
Inheritance tax the state would tax
Rogers estate 1915 per cent, or 80 OOO,-
600.
Many Of the states In the Union have
inheritance tax laws. Wisconsin, per-
haps, imposes the highest tax Had
Rogers died in that state his estate
would have paid $4,0O0,O0O.
II each state levied such a tax upon
inheritances and the government sup
plemented this by a like tax, the sum
would still be less than that collected
in France.
AS It is. the general government.
whose Interstate laws made Rogers
millions possible, gets nothing.
Moreover. the heirs do not need the
money and the government does.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-30
Bee Signals.

In an article on bees and ants by
CASTOR Bouwer I'm the Revue Hebdo.
madaire the writer contends that these
Insects carry on conversation among
themselves and that. while this IS
done by means OF their feelers, they
are not entirely dependent upon them
"A whole colony" says Mr.. Bouwer.
in an ant house or beehive often
responds instantly to a signal which
may have been given without contact.
1t is Interesting to see an ant laborer
for whom burden IS too heavy go to
fellow. make sign or give GER
tain touch with his feeler aud then
see the second insect Join the first In
lifting or moving the object"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-30
Sitenced Him

The young man In the BARRIERS chair
had been annoyed by suggestions OF
the white coated artist. although he
had said clearly enough when he sat
down that he wanted only hair cut
and shampoo Singeing. facial mas
sage and hair tonics had been offered
vainly.
Finally the barber perpetrated what
Is with BARRIERS the browning insult.
Passing his hand over the young mans
face. he said contemptuously:
Shave yourself. don't your"
Sure" said the young man. Don't
your
And there was silence.-Washingto
Post.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-30
The Wounded In Battle.

Special attention IL being given by
the French military authorities to the
questions OF succoring the wounded
on battiefelds when night comes on
after great battle. 1t has been prac-
ticaiiy determined that the ambulance
corps men shall wear little incandes-
cent glow lamps In their hats. Each
man Is to carry little primary bat
terry In his pocket for the production
Of the current. The wounded In need
OF succor will look out for the little
moving lights and II possible drag
themselves toward them.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-30
Aroused Her currently Aft.r All

"" Sur'osUy NfteF MI
Don't want any," said q housekeep
er from her second story window to /:
street vender whose covered wagon
was standing few steps away anS
who had just pulled the bell.
Don't want any whatr grufny asked
the vender. who hadn't had even a
chance to tell what his wares were.
What have you gotY' asked the
housekeeper. whose curiosity was get.
ting the better OF her annoyance.
"Oh, never mind. You don't want
any. Git up, Bobr
Now. wonder what that eYasper-
ating man Is selling. anyhow she ex-
Claimed as the wagon disappeared
around the corner.-Exchange.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-30
Why Men Wear Trousers.

No living man OF this age ever de-
liberately chose to adopt trousers"
He was forced into them and all other
eccentricities OF dress by woman. In
the very earliest sartorial experience
or every man he L. swathed In queer
bundle OF incOherent bandages by n
woman. Later she puts him into cute
little dresses SD that the neighbors
can't tell him from his little sister.
Still later she cuts Off his curls and
puts him Into hnickerbockerS, and he
puts on long pants" when she gives
the word and not before. That Is all
that man has Ia DO or ever had to do
with wearing trousers. Woman forced
him into them ia the first place. and
now he Is afraid IL wear anything else
Tor fear OF :nakins II sensation.-Provi-
dence Journal
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-30
Heart toHeart
Talks.
THE IDEAL HUSBAND.
BY EDWIN A..NYE.
When all this sad earth needs
Is Just the art OF being kind.


Is Just the art OF being kind
fort through inquiries addressed to
the young women of his congregation
20 discover the sort OF husband these
girls desire.
The replies are significant.
What is the chief quality OF the
man, do you suppose. these young wo-
men insist upon I'm their ideal hus-
band?
Good looks?
Not one Indeed, some of these SEN
sible girls actually object to a hand
some husband as one too apt to have
"affinities."
Wealth?
Scarcely one of them names money
requirement. Some expressly stated a
preference for poor young man that
they might have the pleasure OF help
ing him up in the world.
Occupation?
Neither occupation nor position In So
ciety cuts any figure in the selection OF
n desirable husband. ANY honest en-
ployment would suffice.
What. then. think you did these 10C
modern girls, ranging from eighteen to
twenty-five years. insist upon as the
one desirable trait In the man OF their
choice?
Pathetic insistence-
Every young woman put into her re
quirement- that she wished, above all
things, to marry A MAN WHO
XUn1TTn RE KIND To HERf
That's all.
The husband might be plain of fea-
ture. rich or poor, millionaire or Ia
borer, but-he must be kind.
And here is the distinctly feminine
viewpoint, view often misunder-
stood by men.
Says the mystified husband who has
domestic difficulty: do / not provide
for her? Am not neat and clean?
never touched her in anger. What
more does she wanty'
What more does she want? TEN
DERNESS, SYMPATHY. She is built
that way.
The real woman OF today doesn't
mind burdens If there is a husbands
sympathy. She gladly makes sacri
fees If he shows appreciation.
tell you. Mr.. Man. the things yoU
may account as trivial-a touch Of
Kindness, shy caress, grateful lool
these are all in all TO your wife.
1t is SO easy to make a woman
happy.
All she asks In return for giving yo,
the best that is In her Is just kindness
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-30
Respect For Old Aue.

Jonas. did you beat that rug accord,
In to orders!"
mo. S'nanthy: I just didn't"
"Didn'tI WHAT'S the reason. I'd like
TO know
Cause. S'manthy. when got II
'ut on the line there an saw how
irittered an feeble Il was ! didn't
have the heart Ia lambaste 1t. know
] have shortage of virtues. S'manthy
bur ] want YOU To know that respect
for old age isn't one OF 'em."-Boston
Courier
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-30
Tn. New German Naval ovn,.

1t Is claimed that the eleven inch
guns. OF which the new German battle
ships will have a main armament OF
sixteen each. have such great power
and endurance as to be equal or even
superior TO the twelve inch guns of
other nations and that the sixteen
eieven-inch guns of the new ships Will
be more than equal to the ten twelve
inch guns OF the British Dreadnought.