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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-01

But it needs that the matter 60 further than
this and take the form of some manner OF pro-
test that will gain official action for the abuse.
Foreigners seeing the uniform of the army put
to the uses of public lackey, are to be excused
if they argue in the people who calmly endure
the insult the lack of patriotism which the insult
itself implies But the point most. calling of
all is not so much that the public Is content
with the affront as that it is so thoughtless as
not even to perceive that it has been given.
Perhaps at the root of this anomaly lies the
fundamental hatred of the American people for a
military government. No doubt the freedom OF
the uniform is explained by the basic fear OF
the army that wears it in time OF peace. 1t
may be that this ugly characteristic is resolved
in raw democracy. But it should be remem-
bered that the army stands for the country. 1t
ought to be recalled that the flag is common
heritage and common remembrance to all the
people Of strong and rich country of the
strong men who by mountain and flood III a
dozen crises held it up against the world. And
ii should cause anything but pleasing reflection
that he emhlems of that national honor which so
many feel and SO few express are Just these
things that are fouted and made ridiculous in
the public place.
1T Is by contrasts, of course. that vices and
failing are best illustrated When in uniform
mad Germany tramp cobber purchased cast
off uniform and by virtue of the awe which 1t
inspired. took charge of a detachment of sol
dlers with which to capture town and loot ITS
treasury, the world laughed long and loud The
national fetish stood exposed in all its tnse trap
pings. The uniform was the man, and men bow
ed before lay figure. But however farcical
was the case of the cobbler of koepenick, is the
method of this country better reflection of the
popular taste and the popular understanding {
Which. after all, is the greater crime to com
init folly out of respect to the uniform, or 10
forget the respect due to all that the uniform
stands for and epitomizes The one, il is true
is farce the other is near to being national
tragedy,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-01
THE FAIR.

Richnaond Is Oh the eve Of an event which
tome to mean the annual taking stock of the
ple of the State. II means the thoughtful
herring Of people from all sections, Of leaders
all lines OF effort, Of people ambitious TO
La. X il the exposition of the new ideas and
methods. 1t is the progressive time for
lniring and absorbing what has been done for
Enrpose OF applying the information gathered
the State and country al large.
v hp State Fair. considered in this light is
3kaxly matter Of pride for all the people
1i1Kinia. 1t is held in. the States netropol-
eity. II reflects Richmond, but il speaks for
inia. It is organized on broad lines, agri.
f1l and mechanical. II seeks to put al the
nnd give to the mind Of earnest men every
advAnced ideas, larger ideals. It shows
- been done, what is possible to do 1t is
fing place in the autumn time for dis
nnd for plan.
~ hope the Fair is its serious intent
rsactical ends. 1t means modern agri-
II means modern object lessons in
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-01
MORE GOOD MUSIC.

All Richmond should welcome the organza-
ton of another musical society of home talent,
TO be devoted 10 the expression of the higher
forms of noble art No Undertaking is in a
sense more unsetsh. and none can do more for
the raising OF Ideal. III community. he news
that at a recent meeting steps were taken to or
game The Musical Art Society. It's first aim
being TO give about Christmas "A production of
Handles Messiah Is III every way pleasant and
be no suggestion of rivalry or friction between
the membership of this new endeavor and that of
the older similar organization, The Wednesday
Club whose choral entertainments have by their
very worth and benefit largely inspired the cree
alton of the new Musical Art Society.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-01
Gambling wheels" at fairs, whether agricul-
tural or chuch, afford at the best but poor sport

tural or chuch, afford at the best but poor sport
for gamblers. No members of the profession
that preys the gaming instinct IN tho
human race care for them On the othel
hand they are educational to that instinct by
which the gamblers profit and fatten They
plant IN immature breasts the perverted fas-
cination of chance. They invcgle the young to
dreams of something for nothing. They rouse
in veins. of weak men and susceptible women and
children the gaming fever. They introduce the
drunken fascination of risk At places which
depend for their patronage upon the whole body
of the people, sthey lay in snare the most cor
rupting of influences.
These abuses which have caused the lndlct-
ment against the county fair referred to in a
news report callous to everything except the
interest of fact have been harbored by the fairs
for the sake Of the monies paid by concession
aires. What picture the bare fact does draw
''elbowing' one another 10 crowd the
tables giving them Introduction to of the
most overweening aud degrading of vices Men
yieing with the women for position. Children,
also doubt. Joining i'll the press to taste a
sensation that. once tasted. holds the peril of a
debauched habit,
Even on lower considerations all fairs ought
10 be kept clean OF debasing influences. Even
financially considered, the practice is shorsight-
ed and non-econonlical For the people a
whole virtnous III intent. If sometimes slow
to express III the mass their individual sentl-
ment \ clean fair, with unob lectionabe amuse-
ments. will gain far more in the increased al
tendance Of the healthful minded than it will
lose in attendance of the vicious. Even upon
/ this hasis--without considering the vital mat
ter of official protection for the sake of gain
of practices declared by the State to be Illegal
the gambling machines should be excluded even
| if the stake involved is only nickel. The Law
Of the land on principle declares the act illegal
and the small games of chance recruit the ranks
of the grown-up gamblers with an army of chill
dren, who take their first lessons in gambling al
the five and ten cent wheels Of fortune.
Many of the agricultural fairs of forme,
years were closed and abandoned because they
came to be gambling meets with Agricultural
tackled to the name to give them responsibility. Il
such practices as those referred to IN the above
quotation from the Times Dispatch are allowet
10 become common at the fairs in the State they
will gradually but certainly lose their hold up
on the moral, law-abidng element of our people
and that would mean their ultimate destruction
To insure the. permanence of the fairs. ii /:
vital that they be obetiient to the law and repre-
sentative of the people
The fair. If it amounts TO ANYTHING, is repre-
sentative of the people II can neither he rep
sentative of the people. nor amount to anything
Of value. so long as directly or indirectly il
affords the medium for the practice and salts
faction Of essentially yicous tendencies
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-01
THE COUNTRY AND THE FLAG

II does not need that man should be embued
with any sort of new nationalsm'' that he
should occasion blush at the apparent lack
Of respect which the country, considered as an
entity. ought to hold for itself. Enter any ten,
twenty and thirty cent theatre; go to circus
visit a hotel or cafe, and the chances are that one
will witness the complete degradation Of the ma
tional uniform and the national flag that are not
withstandlng put IN such places to the CONNER
cial use of appealing TO the cheap sentimentalism
of patriotism.
The lady who in tho last act of the musical
comedy wraps herself and her tights in the folds
Of "Old Glory" the while a foundered orchestra
wheezes weary way through the national an
them; the trick rider of the circus, with his fine
horse and cavalry uniform (and the absence of
a shirt under the blouse with the captain ;
shoulder straps the obsequious bell boy with
the itching palm who answers 10 'sfront' in the
large hotel, are all manifestations of strange
sort Of callonsness to pride in the American
people.
Only recently General Funston, having be-
come guest at Kansas City hotel, was shocked
to observe an officers uniform upon domestic
mental. Anywhere and everywhere anyone may
be similarly atfronted with the cool insult that
is all the for the fact that it is not in
tended And the uses to which .sThe Flag" is
put-that same flag that is always able to raise
cheer whenever waved-are as manifold as
disgusting. General Funston surprised the ho-
tel at which he had engaged rooms by leaving
upon sight Of the insult to his rank and calling
Sensitive persons sometimes do the only thing
left them to do and refuse further to look at the
dragging in the mire of the countrys insignia.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-01
WHERE THE kILLDEE CALLS.

1t is true that more than one Southern city :,
in the search for population has gone hunt
for territory suggestive of every round expend-
ed and every gunner tight. 1t is true that this
type Of places maintain under technical form
Of municipal government all manner and shape
of diversified industries There are farms and
streams, quiet hooks and running brooks, far
flung stretches of open country wherein may be
heard the merry horn Of the wide-strnng hunt.
All these things are true, and in one place known
to fame red fox started from his lair under
the post-office was chased for ten good hours
within the corporate boundaries of a town of
thirty thousand souls At the same time it
ought to be remembered that these peculiarities
express certain sort of laudable ambition and
we regret that in the closely populated city of
Richmond we should see in a local publication
this ribald paragraph concerning other Southern
cities of enterprise, ambition and spacious ideas,
and magnificent distances:
There is no water to speak of III A.
lanta nor in Birmingham, but there are
waving fields of grain. where the agri-
culturist peacefully plies his avocation
Of sowing or reaping, far from the mad
ding crowds ignoble strife. There are
mighty forests within the boundary
lines of those cities, where the wild
beasts wander at WILL There are
mountains and valleys, purling brooks
and green meadows. There is sage
brush in those vast solitudes. where
the festive killdec hears no sound when
he calls to his mate"
Fine as this is, graphic as it may be in de-
scriptive power. well within the bounds of a
modest poetic license, We do not think the ref
erence TO the klldce was kind. How is Bir-
mingham to be held responsible for the untoward
demise Of his mateI Why should Atlanta be
inferentiallv charged up with the grief of some
lonesome killdee- calling like lost soul Where,
in fact. does this melancholy bird come properly
into the mise en- scene2 Such an expose has
the look of rivalv that spares not. 1t suggests
jealousy that nowhere resides in this commun-
ity. If ont of mistaken enthusiasm the kill
dee in question was imported and left in the
wastes cruelty deprived of his solace and help
meet, worse things than that have been done for
the sake of population. In our own compact city.
let continue to sit tight, develop suburbs,
and under no consideration ourselves invade the
habitat Of the killdee with mounted police, auto
mobile patrols, and the noisy hum of street traf-
fc ploughing a way by field and scar to break
the wistful soitudes. Let that be for others.
And let us be charitable, even if it be impossible
TO be sympathetic.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-01

After the way things in general have been NOV
ing in New York, the efforts of the speed artists
of the Vanderbilt cup race must seem fiat, stale
and Improbable.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-01

A headline states the sunkehows that it has
pneumonia. Does this phenomenon indicate that
the long predicted cold has at last been contract
ed by old Sol!
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-01

in the Illinois Legislature voted for Senator
Lorimer without first learning the market quo
tations.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-01

In view of the speaking at Bristol ON October
8, aviator tombstone must look to his laurels at
the Richmond State Fair.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-01

If the bird-man at the Fair flies to Petersburg
another time record of the sixties will be ire
trievably smashed.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-01

New York Democracy in Nominating Jehff A.
Dix, from ''up the State, as Governor declined
10 permit its political enemies to get away with
all the outstanding virtue.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-01
Messrs. Young and Maynard furnish pal-
plating modern reincarnation of the famous
Kilkenny cats.

Renewed talk Of an electric line between Rich
mond and Washington shows the drift toward .
clear necessity of the early future.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-01
GAMBLING N FAIRS.

UiM three hands playing oAMe
SINE time and fakers and side-Show
managers shouting 10 attract patronage.
the people entered into general merry
making, and u'o,nen as ,reH as men,
iron and lost money rapidly at the
gaming tubes. 4 some Of the games
If chnnce mon,en eiboued each other
array Il, order Ia try their tach riM the
{ahers.
Women again clamored for room
around the gaming tables 10 play al
The mheets Of fortune and dice bores
and Mriring business ~as done By all
{aLers aud shom managers The mum
ber of fahers on the grounds was The
largest IN many gears. Special dis
patches in the Times Dispatch from
Virginia county fair.
From the above il would appear that fail
in the State have not yet Learned
he lesson that they will have TO learn, SOONER
n later that gatherings OF this description can
lot hope 10 foster essentially vicious practices
Times change and sentiment changes with them
j,rsi now the better sentiment is .contending tina
he question Of the prevention of vice is the
question Of the prevention of the example or sug
,estion Of vice. 1t is looking to the salvation Of
he innocent, rather than to the reformation Of
he guilty. Above ALL this new sentiment il
pitched upon the principle that there shall b.
40 public OF quasi-public endorsement and en-
enlargement OF vicious tendencies.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-01

1t has been testified that several slow coaches
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-08-25
BEReA COLLEGE
FALL TERM OPENS SEPT. Ia

The students who return to Berea
this Fall will see great improvements
in many lines.
Howard Hall has been remodeled.
Steam heat and electric light have
been installed and the building refit-
ted thruout.
Pearsons Hall will be open and is
one of the finest dormitories in the
state.
The largest fall term attendance
the college has ever seen is expected,
and those who are planning to enter
should arrange at once and select
their room.
President Frost will be here for
the opening day and will have a
message for every student that none
should miss hearing.
Several teachers of the college have
been abroad this year and will come
back full of good things to tell their
pupils.
1t is expected that this will be the
best year in the history of the col
lege.
For list of expenses and other in
formation, see advertisement in an
other column. or address VIII Z.
Gamble, Secretary.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-08-25
Cedar Lodge, La Pointe,
Madeline Island, Wis.
A.. ION

Cedar Lodge, La Pointe,
Madeline Island, Wis.
Aug. s. 1910.
The Citizen which has just arrived
contained such interesting articles
from DIR. Robertson and MIR. Francis
Clark that I'm tempted to see II i
cannot break into print" and tell
our Normal students, as well as any
other friends who may care to know,
something of our experience during
this vacation.
We reached here the sixth OF last
month and thus far have enjoyed
every minute of our stay. Madeline
Island is IA miles long and three
and one half wide, is the largest of
the Apostle group. and has some
historical interest. Father Marquette
once had his home here where he is
said to have built catholic church
which stood until few years ago
when 1t was destroyed by fire. 1t
COubdihCQ q idiO Otu PahheAh6 "
puted to be by Rubens, but it also
was burned.
Cedar Lodge, the cottage we occupy
is owned by two Nebraska friends
who asked US to share it with them
this summer, and we expect them
to join us tomorrow. 1t stands on a
high bluff sixty feet from the waters
of Lake Superior. and we never weary
of watching the passing boats.
The living room is eighteen by
twenty-four feet. has long, low win
dows on three sides, a great fire
place in which often burns drift
wood fire. walls covered with birch
bark. and everything very artis-
tic. Our room is just above.
the same size. and opens ON bal
cony which Mr.. Dinsmore has con-
verted into a study. spending most
of the morning working on his
new book.
The nearest houses In sight are at
CONTINUED on fifth page.)
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-08-25
BOX SUPPER

The Box supper given at the Berea
Baptist Church Tuesday night by the
Baraca and Philathea classes of that
church for the benefit OF the new
Sunday School Building Fund, was
great success. The attendance was
large and everybody had a splendid
time. About SIS was realized.
The prize for the finest box, a
gold locket and chain, was won by
Miss Jessie Smith. A box of can
dy was awarded Miss Hilda WEIGH
for having the box that brought the
highest price. Her box was sold for
1915.
In the Cake Contest, Miss Ruby
Smith was voted the most popular girl
Miss Viola Bicknell was her nearest
competitor.
The Baraca and Philathea classes
desire to thank the public for their
generous support and cooperation.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-08-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Senator Cores Chsrges-Roosevelt
Not Wanted-End of Niearauguan
war-Russia and Italy Smitten
with ChoIers-Insurgsnts In Golden
State.

DEFRAUDING THE INDIANs:-
The Congressional committee appoint
cd TO investigate the charges OF Sen
ator Gore OF Oklahoma Is In ses-
sion and after examining many wit
nesses has laid bare an extensive
scheme for defrauding the Indians.
The committee does not find, however
any ground for believing that Sem
ator Curtiss and Vice President sher-
man were in anyway connected with
the scheme.
ROOSEVELT AGAIN SNUBBED:-
At the instance OF his friends Mr..
Roosevelt allowed his name to he
used In connection with the temper
airy chairmanshlp of the New York
State Republican Convention. to meet
in Saratoga in September. He simp-
ly said that he would act II chosen.
and his announcement was hailed az
a harbinger OF harmony between the
Insurgents and Stand-patters But the
rejoicing was Of short duration. for
the committee, composed mainly OF
the so called "old Guard" promptly
met and chose Vice President Sher-
man instead, and CONSERVATION reigns
MAYOR GAYNOR:-The physicians
in attendance upon Mayor Gaynor re-
port that he has passed the danger
point and will now soon be well. He
is TO go TO the Adirondacks for COM
plete recovery. IL seems that the
wouldbe assassin only succeeded In
kicking the mayor up stairs.
ONE BY ONE:-Under the lash Of
public sentiment and in the hope OF
personal favor from their constitu-
ants one after another OF the hitherto
Stand-pat congressman are announc-
ing that they will not vote for Mr.
Cannon for the Speakership II they
are elected this fall. Congressman
Longworth OF Cincinnati, Mr.. Roose-
velts son-in-law, has just enlighten-
ed the public In this regard.
WAR NEARING END:-Reports
which seem to be authentic have
been received from Nicarauga to the
effect that the Revolutionists are at
last successful and the war is soon
TO end. City after city has fallen Lee
fore them and their victorious armies
are now at the gates of the capital.
Managua. The brother of the Revolu-
tionary general. Estrada. is declared
President, It Is reported.
CHOLERA IN RUSSIA AND ITALY:
The world is just now realizing the
extent Of the ravages of cholera In
Russia and Italy. The outbreak is
comparatively recent in Italy and con-
fined to the southwest portion OF
the peninsula, but the disease is
wide spread In Russia. The number
OF cases reported in the later coun-
try to date is 112.9S5 with 50,.s7
deaths. In Italy the king and queen
are going to the infected district to
have personal direction OF the work
OF prevention and cure.
PATTERSoN'S OPPONENT:-The
Republican Convention which was in
-. Continued on last page.l
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-08-25
On Board r. NJ. S. "Adriatic."
August is. 1910.


August is. 1910.
Dear Friends OF The Citizen:
Your pilgrims are returning. We
embarked at Southampton at IL a. m.
Aug. 10, and found that the $50 men
who shovel coal into the great boil
ers OF the Adrlatic had struck. Some
how we got out into the harbor and
boat came alongside with 100 poor
wretches who had been picked up to
take their places. II soon appeared
that they could not keep the engines
up 10 their best work. We touched
the coast OF France and the next
day. ireland. where so more stokes
came abroad.
Ten Irish women also came aboard
with baskets Of Irish lace and other
fancy articles for sale.
Then came two days thru cold fog.
but on Sunday we were able TO have
service In the cabin, and / preach
I'd for the first time In many months,
using a text which / have often used
In Kentucky. and which seemed TO
be equally effective here.
The steamer carries about 500 work
ers-stokers, deck hands, stewards,
etc.-and 450 first class passengers,
700 second class passengers. and ZOO
third class passengers. all very conf
Portable and well fed.
II is wonderful to think OF the
varied interests which have brought
these $500 passengers together Cor
this voyage. We have not been very
forward to get acquainted. but have
yet made some acquaintances who
illustrate the nature of the company.
Here are two ladies who knew Dean
Dinsmore at Columbia University,
and two who knew Mrs. Frost years
ago in Wisconsin. Six ministers met
10 arrange our worship ON Sunday--a
Baptist from California, returning
from the Worlds Missionary Confer
ence in Edinburgh. a Methodist from
Nova Scotia. and another from Wis
consIn. a Congregationalist from Chi
cago, and myself. a plain Christian
from Kentucky
The passengers have amused them
selves in many ways. There is IL
brary and an orchestra on board.
Sports were organized ON deck and
Cleveland will be able to show the
Berea students some new stunts that
he has learned here. Twice there was
tug OF war" between England and
America, one by men and one by
women, the Americans winning both
times, and showing themselves rath-
er unsportsmanlike In the way they
boosted over 1t. AS matter of
fact the people who pulled for Ameri-
ca were mostly American citizens
who had been naturalized. but who
were native swedes. English. Irish
and Scotch.
There are many of these foreign
born Americans on the steamer, who
have prospered In the United States
and have been back to visit their
home lands. They all say that they
come back loving America more than
Continued on fourth page)
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