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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-07
That Home for Girls,

Nothing could be further from anv
thought of ours than to even seem
ingly suggest n lack of accord with
every proposition that has for its OBJ
jeff- the -betteFHaeHt- of mankind We
would be the last to check any impulse
of philanthropy, or to offer a word of
caution in contributing to any cause
designed for the moral uplift OF the
unfortunate class of humanity that an
peals to the public for protection.
There are occasions, however, when
frank discussion of proposed move
ments can only result In a better and
broader understanding of them and
POSSIBLY result In the pursuance of a
wiser course. We are free to confess
mat the proposition to establish in
'lrginia an institution for girls and
women by private subscription and
state aid ~ a matter that should have
erious reflection and very carefully
repaired plans.
There can be no question as TO the
Ugh motives and lofty sentiments of
shase To whom the proposition appeals.
'ut TO create such a home along the
mes OF the State refermatory for
oys may well invoke very serious
Consideration. The Daily Press of
Newport News In referring to the agi :
An hayward and incorrigrble girls
'etween the ages of eight and eighteen
wears viii be placed in the home and
VIII be educated and trained in do
nestlc work and given the benefit of
hFlstith teaching AT present this
state has no such home for girls and
me hayward ones must either be sent
to Jail or remain at large"
There Is wide range in the con-
temptation of an institution to whose
care IS committed all WayWard and
lhcorrigtble girls between the wears of
eight and eighteen" There are dis
functions to he drawn and Nnes OF
divergence followed that suggest al
most insurmountable objections in the
characterization and colonization of
girls ranging from eight to eighteen
years under the latitudinous designa-
tons of hayward and incorrigible.
Inc sagacity of plan may well be
challenged that takes girl child of
eight years and assigns to her tho
questionable decency of food and shell
ter under roof that harbors for
reformation women upon whose lives
deeper blight has fallen. What
child OF eight, be she wilful and
perverse and the unfortunate Off :
spring of irresponsible and incompe-
tche pdicttts, deserves to be the vic
tim of such misguided philanthropy
upon the part of Christian people?
IL Is stated that lat present this
state has no such home for girls and
hayward ones must be sent to iail or
remain at large" We rather incline
To the opinion that the State is to he
congratulated upon having no one
institution that shelters children of
etght Years along with women whose
nVes demand the most rigid correc-
tive Influences.
We do not doubt that this PROPOSE
ton embodies the germs of highest
philanthropy. and springs from altru-
lstc motives that are precious in the
sight OF heaven. but it seems to US to
lack that fine discrimination that is
made possible by the earnest work Of
disinterested sociologists, and to carry
with 1t too precipitate inclination
to garb In the ruddy livery Of shame
what should he brands plucked from
the burning. Norfolk Ledger Dis
patch
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-07
No Race Suicide Here.


mere is no town the size of EN-
poria that can bring to the front
such an array of babies and small
chiiuren. One of the most thoroughly
ENJOYABLE sights to behold each after
noon Is the panorama of faces that
appear to boil forth from the doors Of
the Greenesville county high school
mere Will be seen the youth of the
community playing tag with the s,,,,.l !,
TOT OF vigorous build as they wend
their way homeward.
~ mas been said that a good child
IS worth a million, and while EN-
poria does not lay claim as possessing
altogether perfect children If she
could convert into gold her value in
youth the wealth of Croesus would
pale into insignificance besides the
unlimited amount of money Emporia
could produce.
One thing that strikes the outside
ana the local close observer so forci-
ply Is the health of the children of
this community. You see no pale.
dwarfed. or anemic bodies. upon
each cheek is the glow of a thousand
red blood corpuscies. and in each eve
the acute intelligence of a healthy.
normal brain. All are active and
steaming with the energy of am
piious leaders which some day must
play a part in the general welfare
of Emporia.
There is no race suicide here. We
want none,-North Emporia Indepen-
dent.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-07
Chose the Wrong Time.

The prodigal son had returned.
Lets go out and kill the fatted
calf at once" he said
Hold on" put in dad "we'ye
agreed not TO butcher any meat until
the unions drop the boycott"
Whereupon the prodigal son went
out to tarry while longer. Kansas
City Times
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-07
A. Saxetcign Isen,e.lx

A Philadelphia woman was ordered
by the doctor to put some Ice In a
bag and bind 1t on the temples of her
sick boy. on inaniring after his pa
tient the next day he was informed.
-'Oh. Tommy's better. but the mice
are dead. kansas City Times.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-07
Avoiding the Worst

Host tgiving party)--I suppose one
of us ought to ask your cousin to
sing.
Hostess-She never does anything I
ask her.-Boston Transcript
Host--Oh, then, you ask her.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-07
NOTHING SERIOUS.
Training the Servant

IfaIhlnk the Servant
Is Your new girl getting so that
sne can understand English ?" asked
the caller.
No. replied young Mrs. Keen
mouse, but am learning Hungarian
rapidly. Newark News.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-07
Good or Bad,

The Man-oh. welf one woman is
just as good as another. If not better.
the Woman--And one man is just
as bad as another, IL not worse.--If-
Illustrated Bits
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-07

The Richmond virginian. the new
est newspaper venture in the Old Do
minion, made it's first appearance Sat
urday morning, and IL well begun is
half done. success seemingly is as
sured for Managing Editor s. B.
Woodfn and Business Manager Sam
uel w, Meek. The initial number
contains sixteen pages and shows EVIL
dence of a splendid editorial organi-
cation. The advertising columns dis
close the faith OF the Richmond mer-
chants in the enterprise, their patron
age being most Observation-Disclosures
News.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-07
Our State
Contemporaries

For our part we earnestly oppose
the legaIizing of primaries. as pro-
vfded for in bill recently intro
duced by Speaker Byrd. We can see
no reason why the State of Virginia
should pay the cost attending the
selection of candidate by any party.
The election expenses now are heavy
enough and this law would mean that
the expenses would be doubled. The
cost Of the selection OF Office holders
Is properly an expense to the State.
but when 1t comes to the point where
the State should defray the cost of
selecting a party's nominee the mat
ter IL being carried too far.
There are a number of people In
the State who are neither Democrats
nor Republicans, there are some
Prohibitionists, Socialists and what
not. As a matter of abstract justice
1t Is wrong to compel these people
to pay their proportionate part of a
party primary. However great a hard
ship II may be on the candidate seek
ing office. yet because this Is true,
IT constitutes no reason why the ex-
pense should be saddled on the State.
Emporia Messenger.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-07

contemporary remarks that some Congressman
are small enough to frank themselves through the
the mails. But they are not frank enough
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-07

The Peary family is still cashing in Mrs Peary
has just sold some Of her husbands Arctic meteors
for $4,000 A brilliant transaction
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-07

President Taft says that the tariff must not be
whltewashed 1t cannot be- There is not enough
whtewash to cover M its sins.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-07
Virginia Press on
The Virginian
Ncnt. Clenn and Ne,rsx

Neat, Clean and Newsy.
The first issue of the new Rich
'mond paper The virginian, which has
been received at this office came yes
terday, and we hasten to acknowledge
the addition to our list of daily visi-
tors. The names at the head of the
editorial page are those OF Samuel w:
Meek. business manager. and s. b.
Woodfin. managing editor. Both of
these gentlemen have had long and
successful experience in the news
paper business in their particular de-
partments, and both have the best
wishes of all who have ever had pro-
fessional or personal dealings with
them The new paper could have
made no better choice OF expert di-
rectors. The Richmond virginian is
neat. clean and newsy In appearance.
and its entry into the field makes an in
teresting situation at the State capt.
tai,--Norfolk Landmark
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-07
Fiction and Fact.

III In Thomas Nelson Pages most recent book
John MARVEL, Assistant one of the characters
III NiTgInan who has removed a large city Of the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-07

Exactly 100 arrests in Richmond on Saturday,
mostly DRINKS.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-07
EDITORIAL
The Jailnen.

What shall we do with our jail convicts?
MI The last report of the State Board of Charities
md Corrections shows that in October of last year
1here 427 white males and ooS colored males
H3n the city and county prisons, besides 81 white
females and 22o coored females
These nearly, il not quite all short-term con-
sSicts and. therefore, not subject to road duty.
They were kept in ideness at the expense Of the
State and ailful OF idle prisoners is ideal
devil workshop. 1t is as often has been said,
sa model school for crime The hardened criminals
arc the professors and the younger set the pupils,
who. in the nature of the case, are apt learners.
And graduate from that school is past the hope Of
redemption. We speak of punitive system as
"retormatory The term applied to the Viz
gnia jail is travesty. Every such institution is a
hatchery of crime, where the criminal instinct is
developed, where the person having such in
stinct is taught how to give it action. Ii is shame
upon US people that should be making the
common Jail part of our educational system.
SO much for the moral aspect, As for the practical
SIDE, we are paying out large sums of money each
year to support the Jail convicts, when might
make them A SOURCE Of profit.
Says the report of the State Board of Charities
and Corrections
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-07

Does the meat boycott apply to the ground hog,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-07
The V. p. |. Inquiry.

The Nirgnan has assurances that the postpone
ment OF the V. F. L. investigation for no selfish
purpose. But appearances otherwise and now
that question has been raised the inquiry should
begin soon and end if possible, before the General
Assembly adjourns.
If this course is pursued, there will be no occasion
Tor a legislative investigation.
The report of the Welfare Committee appointed
by the Alumni to investigate conditions the nsti
tutc has now been made public and emphasizes the
Importance of speedy investigation by the Board
OF Visitors. The Alumni Committee seems to have
directed its inquiry especially at President Bar
ringer and various charges made against him
and bis administrations some Of which are serious
and Others almost trivial. But they are specific
and we can see no sufficient reason why the presi-
dent should require month more to prepare his
reply Indeed, we should think that he would in
slst upon speedy trial and opportunity to alb
solve himself. unquestionably the Board OF Wis
itors Is the proper tribunal to make the inquiry
Our point is we repeat, that the inquiry should be
made and the facts laid bare while the General
Assembly is in session. Moreover. it seems to us
that 1t would not be improper but in all respects
desirable, that the General Assembly appoint a
committee from its membership TO sit with the
Board OF Visitors while the investigation progresses
1t is always dangerous in this day of publicity for
any man to make pretense to knowledge which
he does not really possess. We took long chance
on Uncle" Remus the other day and got stuup
we are now informed by the esteemed Greensboro
News that Uncle Remus did not fail to record
that Brer Rabbit fond of his dram and his ter
hacker
contemporary remarks that some Congressman
are small enough to frank themselves through the
the mails But they not frank enough
The Peary family is still cashing in Mrs. Peary
has just sold some OF her husband Arctic neteors
for $4,000. A brilliant transactions
President Taft says that the tariff must not be
whtewashed 1t cannot be- There is not enough
whtewash to cover M its sins, .........
Exactly 100 arrests in Richmond on Saturday
mostly DRINKS.
Does the meat boycott apply to the ground hog?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-07

During the period OF operation OF the road
forces from August. 1906. to August, 1900, ,o63
prisoners have been worked in the camps. OF
this number 1915 taken from filty-one
lails in the State and 'S53 feons were sent from
aH the penltcntiary to the roads. Their labor has
aggregated a total Of 2o6o44 ten-hour working
days, al a cost OF about seventy cents per work
ing day per to the State as shown by an
nual report OF 1908, The fees received, due, and
approximated for the keep OF jail prisoners in
q the camps will amount to about S4o,ooooo
s for the period worked. These fees when col
iected become part OF the road fund and are eX-
pended Tor the maintenance and operation OF
the road camps. But for the provision OF law
A which authorizes the working OF prisoners from
\ the lais, this amount would have been collected
y from the Auditor by the various jacrs of the
l~z State from which prisoners were taken to the
roads. In other words expenditure OF
81 100000 by the State to maintain in idleness
& this small portion OF its Jail population who
have under the road law abored on our public
highways to the extent Of 1880 ten-hour days.
s Had efforts to secure Jail prisoners from the va
rlous Jaiis been more productive Of results, these
u figures would be largely increased, although
q they are sufficient they stand to convince
d one Of the wisdom Of this law
a Why should not all the Jail convicts be SO EN-
IF,ieyed-in working the roads in preparing ma
steral 1.-The reply is it would pay to press tn
khorf-term prisoners into service In reply TO tina
1Spiy, ~ Has peeil suggested that the majority
such convicts could be made available by givin
them an indetermnate sentence, leaving it to tn
discretion OF the Penientiary Board how long the,
should be retained in the public service. Such
system We believe, would be both economical and re
4aTmatefs. Take an habitual drunkard for OK
ample III what degree is he benefited by Jail sen
tence Of thirty or sixty days. Such punish
,ment serves merely to whet his appetite and en-
large his thirst When he is released he beat
s1t Tor the nearest saloon he has the pric
ot drink and it will mot nc long before he is agar
III. and d. and candidate for the 'rclormatory
What he needs is healthfu work in the open durin
the day and refreshing sheep in clean camp a
might. 1t is So with nearly all the short-tcrm Jail
men We commend the suggestion above noted t
The 1enrrai Assembly
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-07

Says the report of the State Board of Charities
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-18
WASHINGT0N'S GOVERNOR
TO PROTECT DELEGATES

SEATTLE, Wash. July 17.-Gov. NJ e.
Hay today declared that unless he re-
ccived positive assurance that the Wash
ington delegation would he accorderd fair
and courteous treatment hc would de-
cline to appoint representatives to repre-.
sent this state TO the National Conser-
walton congress, TO be held In st. Paul
this summer
Governor Hay said that last year Fed
eral Judge Cornelius H. Hanford who
was appointed n delegate TO the congress
which met In Seattle. received dIscourte-
Gus treatment from the other delegates
because he read paper criticising the
conservation policy advocated by the con
gross. and expressed himself as favor
nbe to less stringent regulations.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-18
CRIPPEN STILL
ELUDES PURSUIT
Continued from Page One.

NNuhlHpth llOtl aye oEc.
cent residence OF DR.. Hawley II. Crippen
In which the mutilated body of a woman
was found carly last week, was visited
today by thousands OF Londoners All
day long the house was the center of at
traction for great crowds OF curious, in
terested in the digging operations of the
police. which have been renewed In the
nope OF finding some further clew TO the
crime.
Friends OF Mrs. Crlppen, known under
the stage name of Belle Elnore are con-
Vinced that the body which is now await
Ing the coroner's inquest will prove TO
be that OF the missing singer. The ma
ture OF the report OF the physicians who
nave made An examination OF the body
mas not been disclosed, but II is an
nounced they are convinced from nm ex-
animation OF the dead womnns heart that
she did not suffer from disease OF that
organ.
During the latter part of the week
there has been a remarkable series OF
murders In London, Newcastle and Gro
mer, and In every case the murderer has
escaped. According TO the published
Lenove. who Is believed to have been Dr.
Crippen's companion when he dsap-
peared from his home, In n hurried visit
TO her on July 3. professed the greatest
anxiety over the possibility that she was
not Crlppens legal wife.
After the announcement OF the death
OF Belle Elmore, DR.. Crippen introduced
the Levene woman rs his wife, altough
there has been no proof forthcoming so
far that marriage took place. The sis
ter says Crlppen Informed Ethel LcneVe
that he had Just discovered that Belle
posed to go TO America to clear up tho
matter.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-18
DANTE METHODS
REVIVED IN IDAHO

to that paper for the purpose OF injur-
ing President George c. Parkinson. is
an occurrences so rare as to command
| special notice And the course OF Mr..
| George d. Casio In publicly aclsnowl-
| edging his sin against the man he had
injured. Is so honorable and manly as
TO call forth admiration Flo has indeed
| given the other contributors to that
sheet an example worthy of emulation.
Life would be moro pleasant and moro
true, II men and women. generally
would follow the rule implied In the
truism: ITO err is human. to forgive
is divine"
The Tribune, under its present man.
asement, for reasons we'll known here.
has made 1t practice to print ali kinds
OF slanders concerning prominent men
in the church. with such headlines as
malice In each case may have suggested (:
at the same time. just to emDhasize Its
paruality and unfairness, Il carefully
refrains from giving publicity to any
thing that might reflect upon the char
II has become a depository for the saw
ory products OF petty spite. malice, cha
grin and bigotry The unrellability OF
its anti-"Mormon' vaporings Is, how
that no one cares to refute them any
more 1t is taken for granted. even
among The Tribune readers, that they
are falsehoods, Mr.. Casto's confession
only confirms this general impression Ho
was misled in his statements concerning
the man he attacked, and tho paper.
without investigation. or effort to ascer-
tain the truth. printed his stuff under
blazing headlines bristling with anti
Mormon sentiment.
Anti"Mormonism'' has nothing but
falsehood for n foundation. That has
been proved again and again, before com
Dctent tribunals. and whenever It ap-
pears before an impartial court. Its case
Is lost for IL has none. The Prophet
Joseph was repeatedly accused and nc
quilted. so the church. IL may hold
doctrines that appear strange to the
world, but that is no crime In this coun-
try. When IL comes TO test OF the
fruits of the tree. they are good. In
sacrifice: loyalty, cndurance-,such are
the fruits. Let the tree be Judged by
them. and not by an occasional dry
branch.
AS for President George C. Parkinson.
he Is honored by all who know him, as
every trust. and diligently and unseliisn-
ly laboring for the interests with which
he is Identified lie has not deemed II
necessary to take notice OF the stories
printed, we'll knowing that the attacks,
as far as The Tribune was concerned
were intended against the church. not
against him
Ecclesiastical Court Ordered.
Tho ecclcsiastical court is, as said
above, scheduled to meet here today.
There is tense interest over the light
expected 10 be shed on the events of
years past pertaining to the Oneida ir
rigation district and of month past
in relation TO the bogus Casio ICON.
fessiop,' obtained by coercion. And
the investigation by committee of
three apostles of the Mormon church
is next in order.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-18
WHY THEY FAIL
MOST PILE REMEDIES MISS THE
CAUSE OF PILES.

Disagreeable treatment with oint-
ments or suppositories usually fails to
cure piles and cutting them off won It
remove the cause. Such treatment only
moderates the outside effects OF the
disease and fails TO remedy the inside
cause. The up TO date doctors now use
internal medicine TO free the circulation
in the lower bowel, and so remove the
disease.
and only guaranteed din internal @ nile oHe cure cure
in the form of blets-cures any kind
of piles. Sold by Schramm-J ohnson.
Five Stores 81 for large box Dr.
Lconhardt Co., Station b, Buffalo,
n Y
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-18
UTAH BISHOP GIVES ADVICE
Continued from Page One.

history and sec If they cannot discover
that the so-called divine revelation au-
thorlZlng polygamy was mistake" Ia
be rectitied by renunciation
Says Bishop Spaldlng in introducing
bis statement for his Mormon friends.
Produce moral and intellectual confu-
sion. Faith without works is dead and
n dead faith In one direction weakens
faith In other directions. That connic,
between practice and belief Is Il serious
one many saints frankly admit"
The writer was speaking OF Ii to a
prominent member of one OF the eight
Mormon colonies In Old Mexico. He said
when John Taylor. the third Mormon
president. was arranging for the purcha So
of land In Mexico. he told the authorit O
frankly about our practice as to family
life; They said they understood the SIT
uation and that they would not interfere
with the practice OF polygamy. and they
never have. When the manifesto was
Issued we thought at first 1t applied only
10 Utah. The result is that the young
people are sadly perplcXed and confused.
1T seems to them like this Wen be
damned II we do and damned If we
don't. -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-18

The Isis is running q new comedy flrn
entitled IAN Advertisement Answered.
tnat is Yeritable scream, Other high
class films In the bill are "The sheriff,
and "A Hunting Story
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-18
MADE RECORD RUN
ON THE SANTA FE ROAD

A resident OF Utah. a former railroad
engineer, G. z. Barth OF Mosida. Utah
county. holds the record for fast running
on the Santa Fe railroad, as also for all
western roads. Mr.. Barth used TO pull
the California limited, the Santa Fe s
crack train. He had brought the limited
into Dodge City and went to his room
and had slept TWO hours when he was
called 10 take q special train Of six pr-
vate cars. His orders were TO shake 'em
and he did. and when the speed indica-
Tors In the cars showed a speed of eighty
five miles an hour IL was TOO swift 10,
the people who wanted TO ride fast and
there was slow down 10 fifty miles per
hour to enable breakfast to be served
When Newton WAS reached the l53 miles
had been covered in lS6 minutes. A re-
marknble run.