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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-30
THE SANITARY snnrr,

OF far-reaching benefit to the public
institutions of the State and all who
are connected with them will be the
general sanitary survey to be made in
1911 by the State Health Department.
This is not Of mere technical interest,
II bears directly and yitally upon the
Welfare Of considerable proportion or
the population OF Virginia.
IN bringing about this survey the
Health Department was influenced TO
a great degree by the requests Of the
institutions and the statements of cdu-
Gators Another consideration has
been the recent investigation of the
typhoid epidemic at Lexington, which
caused the Virginia Military Institute
and Washington and Lee University
TO close their doors until next month
With the results of this inquiry IN
mind, the Department has wisely and
soundly concluded to study carefully
the sanitary conditions in other col
lege communities. The chief purpose
in such an investigation VIII be to
prevent epldemics of typhoid in the
public institutions of the State.
Sanitary Engineer Messer, of tho
Department will personally visit all
of the State schools and institutions
studying in detail the water supply
The methods OF sewage disposal and
the general arrangements for the
health Of the students or inmates.
No alarm regarding conditions in
the public institutions is felt by Com
missioner Ennion c. Williams. of the
Department, for he states that condi-
tions in most of the Institutions are
well-nigh model. 1t is further
stated that the a1fhofities Of
many Of these institutions wish the
approval Of the state Health Depart.
lnent for their present arrangements
and their future plans.
The sanitary survey WIN prove of
nigh value and real service 10 the
state, and il is heartily commended.
The results Of this investigation WIN
Enable the Department to formulate
lsssfsr1s6tfor the sanitary ordering OF the
lhatiimgions, ana the preventive ma.
ttite,'ef such reforms as VIII follow |
WIZ AlnnlsS Justify me survey. lr we
'aistaise not ths scope of. tbs powers
I Il
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-30


If wurrst comes to wurrst we
won't pay tn tax" said Mr.. Doo1ey.
The time win come in Virginia when
the people will not pay the tax.
Burdens of taxation are not par
ticularly heavy in Virginia, but they
are inequitably distributed The bonds
and chooses in action of the widow and
orphan pay their full rate, assessed at
par value. while the income of many
hourishing business or professional
man does not figure in his sworn tax
returns, A share of stock in bank
is assessed at what it is worth; an
acre of land often at what the as
SCISSOR thinks Will please the owner.
a railroad Is taxed on its gross receipts
and pretty nearly what it's track cost;
the owner of costly personal equip
ments at what he chooses to say he
owns.
10 the extent that it urges the
strictest economy III state affairs, ac-
curate accounting and auditing of pub
lie funds, and equal distribution OF
taxation, the report of the Legisla-
tive Auditing Committee is unques-
tionably most valuable public doou-
ment. Its figures we assume to be cor
rect, since they are based on the state
ments of the State Accountant. and
none save fiscal officer can oontroyert
them If they be incorrect
Mare
longer sufficient. 1t will not do in these
days TO say that "he means we'll but
knows nothing about bookkeeping.
No man is fit to hold office and handle
the funds of tho public unless he can
give strict account of the money which
is under his care as a trust fund. Care
lessness in accounting is inexcusable;
slipshod methods are a crime.
1t is easy to see that unless the ut
most care is practiced the burdens will
before long fall too heavily on those
who are unfortunate enough to he
hsaest. There are many praiseworthv
enterprises, excellent in themselves
which the State cannot aid until she
20" 'iie means. She must be just bel
fore she can be generous; she must
pay her own debts before she can pose
as d philanthropist.
The cutting of salaries Is a small
natter Abolish all the Offices and
The saving would not make mach of
showing
One of the state officials is quoted
as being amused at the condition of
the States finances. He is said to
have treated in humorous vein the fact
that the committee was honest enough |
TO cf1ticise the Legislature, to which
It's members belonged. we have been
unable TO find anything humorous in
the report, and we doubt that the peo-
pie will be asfe. To-. discover anything
eNeruoiatiHsiy'' funny in connection
with it.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-30

OF his State listened with paIpn Van
Buren, lost In the presidential election
ana Jacksons influence had not pre-
vailed, for even Jackson's own state ar
tennessee gave the rival candidate
l2,0oO majority. Later jackson helm
ed Polk secure the presidency Int
Tie venerable eS.,President only lived
three months after the inauguration
Of his candidate
Most of the ex-Prcsidents retired 10
private life. undertaking no business.
Even the two youngest at the age of
retirement, Pierce and Fillmore. never
re-engaged in regular employment
and lived for the most part In seclu-
sion and quiet.
WHAT should be tho attitude of nm
eS-President toward succeeding presi-
dents2 Mr.. Whitclock declares that
Wasllington's attitude towards Adams
should govern: AS far as it Is in my
power to support your administration
and to render it easy, happy and hon
reserve Van Buren,, Pierce and Buch
anap supported Lincolns administra-
ton, although each or them had been
elected by Southern votes.
IF precedent is OF value. an OK.
President may travel or devote HIM
self eSpediently to literature or agri
culture, or to education or philan-
thropy. Assuredly, he is an appro-
PIRATE figure in national celebration.
he may even be n sage adviser in
constitutional convention, certainly an
ornamental member of IT, asserts Mr.
W'hiteiock, who thinks that 1t Is dit-
hcult for an ex-President to com.
back" either professionally or politi-
cally "Gauged by historic tests. an
must expect his public
utterances to be without note of per-
suasion.n
In short Mr. whitelock believes. as
the American people always have be-
lieved, that the ex-President should
hearken to the voice of him who dwelt
once at Monticello: 1T is as much the
duty of President to lay down the
charge of Office as to have borne it
That wise admonltion has
been followed BY most of those who
have filled the Presidential chair, and
the past is the mirror of the future.
lll-starred have been those disobedient
to the lessons of the past
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-30
"QulTE THE nEsT.n

They arc great JOY to all our
family, and want to thank you for
them" says M S. H. in a letter to
the New York Tribune about the car
toonist the Tribune has employed and
the cartoons he draws. II want to
congratulate you on your new cartoon
list, The cartoons are quite the best
in New York" That is the rest of
what an S. H. says. but as there are
quite some few persons who Will
never hear about it unless it is more
widely advertised than In the modest
way his opinions are presented in the
Tribune we cheerfully assist IN
spreading the slad news without in
any way committing ourselves to tho
dietum that the cartoons are quite
the best in New York Macauley, In
The World, and Rogers in Tho Herald
do better work every day, and have
been doing II every day for months
without exciting any special wonder,
because that is their business. we are
willing to admit that there are quite
some who like the Borglum style of
sculpture who might like the Tribune
style of cartoon work but Tor every
day people Rogers and Macapley como
much nearer bringing down the rer-
sinmon than the t'renqhitled impress.
sioHist who Is making me ptibune
look positively giddH
II the Tribune yvilJ hcr,,yi, ,, ., |
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-30

1t was Laurence sterne who wrote
about one hundred and forty years
ago; God temDers the wind to the
shorn lamb; but we have within the
last few days absolute proof that the
proverb does not always hold good,
one particular lamb of somewhat
contentious disposition having been
deprived of part of his fleece 1t is
never safe to say where anything
comes from, so many persons having
acquired or cultivated the habit of
speaking in scriptical form.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-30

The New York World will recollect
that 1t was Dyrcnfortli who made It
rain, sometimes by his explosions. and
over against old Noah we place Dyren-
forth for the contemplation OF rho
World. II it Is not in favor of the
election of United States Senators by
vote, why does it keep on try
ing to make IT rain?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-30
THE poLlcE COMMISSIONERS.


The Police Commissioners are per-
sons of great consequence in this COM
munity. Their responsibility is large.
They are, in sense, the chief guard
lahs of the public safety, and it would
be only right and proper to have them
designated by some special dress
which would diffcrentiate them from
the commonalty City Council should
pass an ordinance requiring them to
wear uniform consistent with their
rank, and we would suggest frock
coats of black broadcloth and black
doeskin trousers, The coat should car
~ two rows Of brass buttons set In
groups of fours and gola epaulettes.
The trousers should have a gold stripe
an inch and 4 half wide running down
the outer seams, The Commissioners
should be required also to carry short
swords at the left side, except in the
case of such Commissioners as may be
left-handed, when the sword should be
worn on the right side, Richmond is
a great big growing town, ana there
is nothing that is so impressive as
little style.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-30
oANr me- roo oanEr1tI.

1t Is never safe for a man to deny
the accuracy OF report published in
a newspaper after the report has been
submitted to him and revised by him
in his own handwriting before 1t has
been published This is one of the first
lessons that man in public life should
learn,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-30


Justice" resident of this city,
states for our decision the following
striking case:
Il have u friend that is confined in
bed very i'll, and from statement /
heard from responsible party his
vicious wife struck him in the pres
ence Of several parties. It's no telling
me horrible treatment he gets when
no one is around. What steps could
take TO prosecute her? Please publish
us the Wife may see it and lessen IN"
This is a shocking example of the
assertion of woman's superiority over
man. but we doubt that anything.
can be done as 1T has been lately held
that husband may beat his wife. and.
as we Relieve in equal rights for all
and special privileges for none, the
wife BY analogy, has a right to beat
her husband, If she smlte him while
he is In bed, then she may be made
amenable 10 the law The Judgment of
the court is. therefore. that in this
case the husband take, and he is here
by ordered to take, his walking cane
and, In conformity to the peace and
dignity of the state, gently but nrmIy
break 1t across his knee.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-30
still, the Virginia waffle. which fur
nlshes Drawn and sinew to 80 many
fine people.

There is nothing new In fashion
passage In the Babylonian Talmud as
serts that the robes of the ladies OF
Babylon were 80 tight that they could
walk only with short steps. That
makes the hobblc skirt almost belong
to the palaezoio age.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-30

Tho very latest benefaction of Mr..
Rockefeller waa his gift to the school
teachers Of Pocantico and Sleepy Hol-
low Schools at Christmas. Each ono
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-30

The fee system is graphically shown
up IN cartoon in the Birmingham
Age-Herad in which Alabama. a fair
woman, Is being strangled by horned
human monster, the Ubiquitous fee sys-
tenn. The cartoon applies equally as
well to Virginia.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-30

Three children were in a motor car
on Main Street Yesterday One OF
them, not over ten Years of age was
driving the car, such precocity as this
ought to be discouraged without delay
by the proper authorities.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-30

In passing we simply wish to note
our sympathy with the natural aver
sion of the editor of the Roanoke
Times to the place or condition or es-
tate in which the fire never goes out
and the worm never dies.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-30

The virginian- Pilot seems to think
that there was rather large Christ
mas IN righteous Roanoke because
one Of our contemporaries there came
out on the great day without any edi-
torial articles.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-30

Treason in Norfolk. At great pub
lie dinner given there on Monday the
piece de resistance OF the menu was
Baltimore ham" Where was the
Wanted smithGeld?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-30
received a $40 gold PIECE 1t was one
OF the most appropriatc gifts that MI.
Rockefeller ever made.

few more days, fellows, ard you'll
be grinding again.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-30

By MAIL. ono SIX Throe one
POSTAGE PAID. Year Mos Mos Mo
Daily with sunday......ssoo $500 .15o ,S'
Daily without Sunday. 400 200 100 SO
Sunday edition only..... go 100 go Is
weekly twodncsday)... LOO 80 rs -.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-30

The American hen is on the Job, Last
year she laid seventeen dozen eggs for
every man, woman, and child in the
country.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-30

Entered January e. 1903, at Richmond, Va.
as second.elass matter under act of Con-
rrcss OF March 3. 1879.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-30

BY Times.D!spatch Carrier Delivery Ser
vice in Richmond tand suburbs) and Peters
burg
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-30

asusiness ofnee,...........a,s u. Main Stree.
Eouth hmond...............1io5 Hull Street
Petersburg Bureau....ioe n. sycamore strest
ILynchburg Bureau.........2is Eighth Street
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-30

The melancholy days have come. the
days of turkey hash.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-30

One Week.
Daily with Sunday cents
Daily without Sunday. cents
Sunday oniy............. cents
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-30
THE STATE AND THE TREASURY

FRIDAY, DECEMBER so.. 1910.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
The March lion is dead and burie'
STATE CONTROL OF LIQUOR

From the Washington Post.
 Kansas would have Congress relin- quish to the states so much of its au- thority over interstate commerce as re- lates to the shipments of liquor. This
 is not a new proposition by any means, but the proposed measure is given a new wording that lends it fresh in- terest It Is hoped by it's framers that in its new form the measure overcomes ob bjections urged against others of its
 kind. and which operated against their approval by Congress. The present bill provides that the several states shall l have exclusive jurisdiction over all liquors within their borders, whether
 state or interstate, and before delivery
 to the consignee. This would permit
 local legislation designed to guard
 against the devices to which bootleg
 gers resort to get around the laws.
 Liquors shipped entirely across state would not be suject to state Juris- diction, but upon arriving at the border | or the state or ueStlHdtioH tHcy Wouiu 1 be liable to seizure and confiscation. The most drastic steps could be author l ized to prevent shipments, including
 train searching and house to house in-
 spection.
 l Under such circumstances the car
 riers would find the liquor traffic im- practicable. Of course, this method of supervision invoices changes in state constitutions comparable to what was attempted in Alabama last year. The I people rebelled, and the prohibitionists got a black eye. And this has been the result in other states where the same thing has been tried. Presuma- bly,, however, the advocates of the bill | feel that nothing further than its passage through Congress would be | found necessary. With liquor virtually contraband. common carriers would touch not, taste not"
 | It is characteristic of the prohibition policy that with the introduction of the
 bill announcement is made by represen-
 tatives of the AntiSaloon League of
 America that if Congress does not take
 speedy action on the bill the league will
 appeal to the country to defeat those
 failing to support this Legislation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
Clouds Of Binding Dust

Dr. Hardness, city health officer, is none too emphatic when he says the prevailing dust nuisance is "the cause of many cases of illness" while it does no small damage to merchandise and other property.
 He calls for cooperation in an ef- fort to keep the principal streets well sprinkled until rains come. This CO., operation should be general. The city should do it's utmost, putting double shifts on it's sprinkling carts and cit izens in dusty streets should use to the remotest foot all available garden hose. If on top of those efforts the street car company would work it's sprinklers until it's cars no longer start whirling clouds of dust along its tracks the big task could be accomplished Surely general appeal for help in this matter would not go unheeded.
 The spirit of cooperation would in this case be an appeal to each one's humanity as well as patriotism. In the words of pr. Hardness, "the clouds of binding dust fill our streets" and no one can estimate the damage done damage to nostrils. throats and no doubt to lungs, to say nothing of the damage done to property. The evil is pervading and toward evening clouds of dust fill the air shutting out even the rays of the sun.
 In a city of over 100000 people the dust nuisance certainly can be con- quered. It is conquered in other cities and it can be here if the city and all citizens and the street car company will voluntarily pull together for the good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
Drawing the Color Line In Disease

The negroes nearly monopolize the smallpox cases in this city. while the whites to an equal extent have the cases of measles. Each side has 95 per cent of it's favorite diseases. This presents the color line in a new light, or at any rate in new field Both are eruptive diseases, and yet the negroes are es rule immune in the matter of measles while the whites reject almost to man smallpox. Out of 40 cases of smallpox reported last month few ineed were among the whiles; out of 192 cases of measles in February only five were found in negro families.
 No one seems to know why nature draws the color line in this mysterious manner. There is nothing select or aris- tocratic about measles, nor is smallpox and respeeter of persons. It is as diff cult to say which race gets the better of the division as it is to say how it comes about. Dr. Hardness statistics are, as all know, trustworthy and that is all there is to be said about it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
FALSE TEETH TRAGEDY
They stuck la Throat of Engiishman
 and Throttied Him

From the New York Press
 Numerous people, we believe, have swallowed their false teeth, and few perhaps been throttled by them. But the latter occurrence Is so rare as to deserve passing notice. At Highbridge, in Eng land a man was found dead in the high way, presenting all the marks of as- phixia. His body lay near the top of hill The autopsy disclosed plate of false teeth wedged tightly in his throat across the opening into the lungs. They so completely blocked the passage that no air whatever could pass and ap- peared to have been held In place by the suction of the lungs.
 A medical witness offered the explana- ton that the man was walking up the hill breathing heavily. In some way the plate was loosened and drawn forci- bly, into the throat by deep breath.' It happened to fall in such q position as immediately to become tightly wedged, so that the victim was entirely unable to dislodge It. No one being about-it probably would not have made any diff ference if there had been, because he could not call out or even explain what had happened--he was choked to death just as effectually as If he had been garroted or drowned.
 If such accidents were common 1t might be desirable to wear false teeth on chain-as eyeglasses are worn-brought out of the corner of the mouth and fastened to the ear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
FIRELIGHT PICTURES
the pes Moines Capital.

From the Des Moines Capital.
 "Firelight pictures are the most re- cent novelty In photography and A. A. Bramson, Des Moines photographic is inventor of the process which produces them. After more than a years labor on the idea MT. Bramson has perfected the finish ard day or two ago he re- ceived a copyright of the idea and an- nounced his discovery.
 The photograph is taken in the usual way, the subject being posed before q fireplace reading book, for instance. The finish brings out crimson tints which resemble almost perfectly the light thrown cut from real fire- place.
 The inventor says his idea Is simple one and the cost of producing the pic- ture is the same as for any picture. The finish can be used on any pho tograph with surprising and pleasing effect. MT. Bramson has on display a number of studies which have been deemed by critics to be beautiful,
 MT. Bramson says that he obtained his idea for the firelight pictures. while witnessing performance about a year ago at one of the local vaudeville houses. One act contained a fireplaca scene in which man sat and looked Into the fire and meditated with nc light but that from the fireplace play ing upon his features.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-01
WHY STORIES ARE REJECTED

by any great masters of the craft, past or present. Particularly avoid studying men with freaky styles They have suc-, ceeded despite it. and not because of it. Get a story with love interest in it. Mention that the girl Is pretty. but make her a real girl. You know all girls are not artists, or intellectual genuses, or scrubwomen, or chorus broilers, as you might imagine by reading some of the short fiction of the day. Some of them are just pretty girls.
 "Then, with the girl well in the fore ground and entering upon the scene near the beginning of the first paragraph, tell what you have to tell, rapidly, clearly, simply in way that will make the char acters seem real. Then send it to a magazine in which you have read just such story And if, after a few tries, you don't sell the tale, don't blame the editor. Write another.
 There are only two reasons for short story being completely rejected in this day and generation. Either it is not good story, good from a magazine view. point, or else 1t has not been the rounds. For when the editor sends you his re- erets they are real. He wants good short stories as much as the writer wants to sell them. And he cannot get enough"