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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-21
|HearttoHearts
Talks.
KNOW THYSELr."

One OF the most successful men In
Chicago sat at a small table In the big
dining room OF downtown hotel.
Pointing to this solitary eater, a man
said:
He always lunches alone-says he's
got to have n chance to do some think
ing on the inside and that he has put
over a lot Of things just by taking a
noontime luncheon by himself"
Suggestive. is it not?
The most OF us do our thinking from
the outside In rather than from the in.
side out
That is to say. we are so much In
human contact that our thinking Is
suggested by others rather than auto
suggested-from inside ourselves.
Most OF US are too busy to get ac-
Quainted with ourselves.
And this is especially true OF young
persons.
They live exterpally-in contact with
others. They live in a perpetual round
Of something doing" and Eve minutes
OF real solitude Is torture.
And this is true especially OF city
people.
In the country there is plenty OF soil
tude. A man grows up with himself.
And perhaps that is why, other things
being equal, the country boy succeeds
in the city. He has had q chance TO
know himself.
His thinking has been from the In
side out. The city boys thinking has
been from the outside In.
One of the best possible things that
can happen any human being Is the
regular opportunity Of confronting
himself.
Self communion makes for individ-
uality, personal force.
The old Greek was right when he
said the first thing In importance s.
Know thyself."
A man should live by himself part
OF his time. talk to himself, advise
himself. argue with himself. entertain
himself.
So this successful Chicago man has
discovered that depending upon out
side forces rather than upon inside
forces does not make a man strong.
Young man or young woman, you
should cultivate yourself.
If you are to get on in the world II
must be because Of the forces and the
graces inside yourself.
You can learn much from the world
much that Is necessary to know. but ii
every day you will do some honest, In,
dividual thinking by yourself and OF
yourself and for yourself you will
learn a great deal more
IL you are bored when you are by
yourself you are In a bad way.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-21
rats"
NV dear GIRL

my OSdE girl
Did you know that from a mere
mans standpoint the present STYLE of
using rats" or rolls, to pun out your
hair Is not pretty one?
/ dare not say it is hideous. That
would be personal.
One scarcely wonders, therefore. that
many OF the department stores ana
other places where girls or women are
employed absolutely prohibit the use
OF rats"
One naturally asks:
Why should girl try to disguise
the shape OF her head?
or course If the head is III shaped
there might be some excuse, but really
there is nothing more exquisite than
the usual well shaped head OF a girl
poised on a handsome neck.
And why cover the forehead?
Along with the fashion OF enormous
ly putting out the hair is the further
successful attempt at hiding the fore
head by mass OF hair.
The forehead OF a human being Is
the leading indicative feature Of in.
telligence. It Is the result of the slow
evolution, by thousands OF years and
upward tendency, Of the low brow of
the primitive man.
Why try to hide this noble feature
as If the face were that Of a poodle
dog7
The rat" Is made OF false hair, and
whatever Is false and artificial cannot
be beautiful as nature Ia beautiful.
Besides
The rat is dangerous. A young
girl OF North Bergen, N. J., actually
contracted lsnrosy from her new
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-21

transformation The hair or the roll
bad been taken fom the head OF de,
ceased Chinaman.
Fact!
Ought not the horrible incident be a
warning?
IL is impossible to trace the history
or false hair. And you do NOT know
what germs OF disease you are bind.
Ing up In the midst OF your hair.
Do you not think nature Is the bet
ter judge Of what Is most attractive
In you?
ART may sometimes help some In
identifying your face and figure. but
IT should always be remembered tina,
art Is imitation, and an imitation is
hard to conceal. The made up" won
an runs the risk OF discovery.
Am 1 an old fogy?
Well. so rapidly does fashion change
that when you read this article rats
already may be largely relegated to
the limbo where they belong.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-21
MORE MEDnLING.

1t Is proposed to cut out the word:
$50 help me God" from the oath Ii
the District OF Columbia courts o.
justice.
Which will provoke opposition.
When the bill is introduced in con
gress It is likely there will be devel
oped n most determined objection.
Theodore Roosevelt tried the temper
OF the people along this line.
He ordered the time honored inscrip
ton I'm God We Trust" omitted frou
some OF the coinage. The storm Of
popular protest compelled him to re
scind the order and restore the motto.
Roosevelts popularity could no
overcome this unpopular order.
And so OF this latter proposal. Il
will be very unpopular
There is no good reason for the elm
iuation OF the solemn observation thai
concludes the usual oath. The oati
itself is not long one. and. although
the declaration IL oftentimes mouthe(
by the court clerks into three sylla
bles. 1t certainly lends a certain so
lemnity to our court procedure.
A little more OF sanctity is sadly
needed In some OF our American
courts. In the reaction against the
cumbrous methods OF English juris
prudence we have gone to the othel
extreme.
Besides. this is not a goddess coun
try.
II is customary nowadays to criticist
the church methods. That may bt
we'll enough. The church is fallable
being made Of fallable people. But
there are millions upon millions OF
devout worshipers who pronounce the
name of deity with reverence and sin
certify.
And there are other people out OF
touch with the church and out OF
sympathy with some Of its methods
who nevertheless are devout believers
in God.
It will be remembered chat France
once tried to go against the deepest
religious instincts OF its people.
The revolution leaders enthroned the
goddess OF Reason" in the person O,
OF the graveyards. death is an eter
nal sheep"
But when the orgies were over the
sacrilegious proceeding became a mere
episode Of history.
$50 help me God" Is coined out OF
the deepest instincts OF the human
beart.
In his hour OF crisis and Of agony
the wickedest man will exclaim, "God
help mer'
No. you can't cut across the grain OF
peoples most sacred feelings and
traditions.
II the concluding part Of the court
oath should be eliminated 1t is safe
to say the demand OF the people will
restore It.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-21
IN COLLEGE AT EIGHTY.

The other day the newspapers were
telling OF a man in Nevada, Ia, who
began the study OF law at the age Of
forty-eight
Having been sent to the state legis-
lature as a farmer. he rapidly forged
TO the front and discovered great gifts
as speaker.
He decided to be a lawyer.
When he comes out OF law school he
will be fifty years OF age. and his
friends are predicting success for him.
But that is only the comparative de-
gree or high undertaking. Here Is
the superlative:
Mrs. A. ID. Winship OF Racine. wis.
aged seventy-eight years. Is studying
in the regular course at Ohio State
university and says she will remain
until she is eighty.
Listen TO her:
Il feel as young as a girl. and why
should not complete my education ?
In my girlhood we did not have the
advantages that girls have now,
though was fairly educated for those
days.
when I am called hence and go to
the next world I do not want to be
placed in the A b O class"
She is specializing in psychology and
literature.
Law at fifty. literature at eighty.
Why notY
What Is human life but a learning
to know and to do? He who quits
learning and applying knowledge is
ready to die.
And what can give greater pleas
ure than a study OF the world and the
people and things OF the world?
Besides
The best way to keep oneself young
Is to keep a young and active mind
and heart. When one no longer takes
pleasure In the people and things
about him he is. in fact. dead already
and walks about merely to save fu-
neral expenses.
Men. like trees. begin to die at the
top.
We are learning more and more that
the mind has q tremendous influence
over the body. II the mind Ia kept
young 1t viii help to keep the body
young.
And
We go into the next world Just as
we leave this one. "As the tree falls.
30 1t neth."
Do you want to enter the A. 90
class in heaven?
Why not at least qualify for the high
school over there?
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-21
WHAT IS A WHITE MANI
A Puzxlina Problem For the Racial In.
vestigator.

vestisator.
Inc chief OF the naturalization I'm.
feau at Washington is Of the opinion
that the average man In the street.
understands distinctly what q "white''
man Is. Apparently some persons can
master a subject without studying II
at ali, while others who have looked
into 1t deeply are not SO Dramatically
certain as the average man in the
street."
For example, the encyclopedias tell
us that mankind was divided by Bin
menbach into five races-namely. Can
casian. Monaghan, Ethiopian, Ameri-
can QndiaD and Malay. The words
caucasian" and "white~ are used
anonymously. This classification was
nrst published in 1871 and must have
been known to our national legislators
when In 1902 they passed the first
naturalization law.
The Caucasian race includes Arabs.
who are certainly no winter than
the Turks, yet Turks, the official saws.
cannot be naturalized because they are
not white"
We are also told by the naturaliza-
ton bureau that the Eindoo is not
white" within the meaning of the
statute. But the encyclopedia says that
II Is a great error to separate the Hin
doc from the Caucasian race. The
Hindoo, 1t thinks, is much nearer the
white" race than the Arab.
10 puzzle the racial investigator still.
further. while everything Is SO clear
TO the average man In the street"
we are told by the encyclopedias that
the original Caucasians-that is. the
inhabitants OF the Caucasus-are no
longer regarded as Caucasians. They
have been thrown out Of the white"
camp and forced to go over to the
Mongol.
Nor Is the enigma any nearer solu-
ton when we are told by the natural
tzation bureau that Asiatics cannot be
naturalized, but that Siberians can,
although Siberians may be anything
from Russians to Mongolians or Mon
Eol-Turco-Tartars.-Boston Globe.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-21
A SUCCESS STORY.

This is short story or success about
John n. Smythe. merchant prince OF
Chicago.
Success stories are all alike.
The bloom and flower OF great pros
perity nearly always grow out of tn,
rich muck OF poverty and narrow con
didons. That is why success stories
are usually alike.
The steady progress OF a success
ful man is from beneath upward.
When Mr.. Smythe died a few weeks
ago he left a monument to his success
full iaborS In the largest concern of It's
kind In the world.
He built the big store for $3.50.
That is all the money Mr.. Smytbt
had when he started his business In 9
little hole In the wall on the west sido
And that $3.50 he had saved a dim:
at time.
Compelled to 60 to work at the age
or thirteen In order to support a wild
owed mother and younger children.
there is no gloss Of romance on this
tale OF sordid poverty and small saw
ings and short dinners.
Romance and modern business sell
dom go together.
Smythe was the pioneer In Chicago
OF the household instailment business.
Not out OF philanthropy. but as a pure
~ business proposition, he put the
credit Of the poor man on q par with
the cash OF the rich man and thus en-.
abied tens OF thousands OF families to
start housekeeping.
He bad competitors.
But many OF his would be competi-
tors tried to practice sharp methods.
They charged all the traffic would bear.
Some Of them lied and cheated and de-
cetved.
These merchants could not prosper
alongside Smythe's honest methods.
one price TO all and big newspaper ad-
vertising. his establishment soon be-
came synonym for fair dealing, hus-
tie and achievement.
The proprietor became a several
times millionaire. The Irish bow who
started on $3.50. saved In dimes, grew
rich on his expressed motto that hon.
esty Is the best policy.
And that Is the only real success.
MT. Smythe did good with his mon
ey. giving to charity and helping
young men. His private life was ex-
emplary, and his home was everything
to him.
But you say no American boy can
DO what John NJ. Smythe did.
Yes. he can-if he will pay the price.
The price OF such success is hard
work. study OF business conditions, de-
votion to details. honesty, q cheerful
spirit and liberal advertising.
The young man OF today NAV not
make so much money as did the Chi
caGo merchant. but be will succeed.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-21
AN ARCTIC TRAGEDY.
Tho Body That Was Seen Floating In
the Icy Water


On Aug. so we arrived at Rudolf &C.
land. the most northern OF the Franz
Josef group and simply a mass OF ice
and high glaciers. where we had plan
ned To spend the winter. While cru,s-
ing near Northbrooke island / saw one
day from the crows nest'' q singular
dark body just awash on the surface
of the water. As we came nearer and
nearer L was possessed by q rather
unusual desire to know what this
dark mass was. Putting up my glass;
es, gave the order for dead slow ~
and we passed the object closely on
the starboard side. 1 saw clearly that
1t was the body of a man clothed i'm a
great skin coat, with the usual hood.
and with mittens on the hands. The
face was not discernible, but it dawn
ed on me suddenly that this might be
the remains of the Swedish baIloonist
Andree. who had been lost in the arc
tic about two years before, or perhaps
one OF the men who had been lost In
the Abruzzi expedition.
L was about to stop the steamship
and procure the body when it occur
red to me that to take q corpse on
board would destroy the good spirit
and courage of the members OF the
polar party, for there is a general su-
persdtion among sailors that a ship is
doomed when a dead body is on board.
The first officer and myself were the
only ones who witnessed this CHASTITY
spectacle. and neither mentioned the
TACT, fearing that the discovery would
cast shadow over the entire party.
We have both always believed that
this was the body of Andree. and |
have often regretted that it had not
been IN my power to give him decent
burial.-Captain Edwin Coffin OF the
ztegler Polar Expedition in National
Magazine
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-21
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic
-ssassaEac RAILWAY 90.
Piankatank River lin.

ca. schedule in effect May End. 1900
N Steainer leaves Pier Light Street vh.r.
DaL.more. every Sunday and Wedneaisx
weatner permitting. for treeport and intayy,'
in9ulate landlngs, as follows:
leave baltimore B p m, Mia on ~
SS5mpsons 2:45. Tipers 3. BlackWeus ss.o'
FlSeton 4, limbs 4:10. Reedville s:ao Haras.css
q; na-veys o:l5. Grace Point s:lO Byrdton 20
y, Niinarnock $3.50, Ocran Sl5 Jackson,s Co.
IL, cricket Hill ll:30. Calls lI:S 800.
Iitcnstt- IL; 10 p. m. Leaves Ruarks an n ~
warren use lao, Conrads @ Green Potnt s.Is
otampers ESQ. Blands s. arrive Freannr, 100
returning steamer caves Freenort e. = ~
unore and informed late landings aver r,sa-
follows: Po'itunE, m
Leave Freeport q. m. Blands I'm stsr,r...
10y, Green Point 7:45. Conrads g &ar~hrr.s
S;oV. huarks S45, Fitchetts 10 CaiIis So.Sc
Sricket II IL iO;45. Jacksons Creek II.a1 0c,.nos
4 y. IN hiimarnock lao. Grace Point La
nSSrqron = hardings Paryeys 3.IS FiaatSs
a: ~ IIInos o. Reedville $780, Mia g. Rlact WsIi
ooo, Ilpers SIMPSONS 7:I5, arrive IN RATS;
more early next morning.
IT'S time table shows the tfmes st x~l,.s
s.eainers may De expected 20 arrive AT IA A..
part from the several wharyes but fhsir ~
rlVaI or departure at the times rtated 4. rct
suaranteed, nor does the Company hold itssH
responsiple Tor any delay or any conseouenc1.
Freight received at Baltimore for .ho,.
points on SAILING days until $3.50 D. m.
WiLLARD THOMSON. Gen. Man.oar
~ ~. w. DOwNEY. Agent. baltimore.
Gen. Freight and PASSENGER Agsn.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-21
LOVE SPEECHES VERSUS DEEDS.


do you love your wife? II YOU do.
then do not fail to tel her so. Let no
day go by without some word of af-
fiction"
Thus do the advisory writer's admon-
ish the married man.
Which is very well, but
Here is a Minneapolis woman who
has sued her husband for divorce be-
cause he spends his time making love
to her instead of working to support
her.
In her complaint this woman saws
her husband kisses her until she is
sick Of his attentions. He calls her all
manner OF pet pames, but does moth
ing to help her.
Doubtless she thinks with the old
saying that fine words butter no pnrs-
nips"
For this husband not o&ly fails to
butter the parsnips, but compels her
TO hustle about to get the parsnips.
The wife is right.
Protestations Of love with nothing
to back them up are ike the cracking
Of thorns under the pot-noise without
significance.
Love is of account only In action.
Love is proved by deeds. 1t must
do as well as say. Words may satisfy
heart hunger for awhile, but in the
meantime the stomach may grow hum
cry. and as between heart and stom-
ach the former can stand the longer
siege Of poverty.
Even the novelist, who is expert in
love conversation. is under compulsion
to get move on bis lover that he may
verify the soft talk.
The husband who really loves his
wife will strive with all his might to
save her from hardships and to give
her all the comforts and as many of
the luxuries OF life as he may be able
to secure.
Love is another word for sacrifice.
Love means self denial.
The husband who loves his wife will
be not only affectionate, but helpful.
Love is unselfish. 1t does not take,
but gives.
There are plenty OF husbands who
are short on words. In speech they
are naturally undemonstrative. They
are not given to expression. But they
are genuinely in love with their wives.
In fact. most men are built that way.
Romantic love discourses are well
enough in their way. but unless back
ed up by actual effort and real I'M
seltishness they are "as sounding brass
or tinkling cymbai."
A man may be as reticent OF love
speeches as Miles Standish. but con-
slant in devotion to the day OF his
death.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-21
MODERN HERons

The milk trust OF Chicago has raised
the price OF milk from to cents per
quart. alleging the high price of feed
and the greater demands of the dairy.
men.
which sounds plausible, but
II you buy milk by the pint the
price Is 8 cents per pint or 10 cents
per quart.
That means that the poor OF the city.
who are the least able to buy. must
pay more for milk than the rich.
The tenement folk do not buy milk
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-21
Bcbbv's Ouastiors

Small Bobby-Papa. why can a man
run faster than a boy?
Papa-Because he is bigger, my boy.
Small Bobby (after bordering for a
few moments)-Wen, II that's the rea-
son. why don't the hind wheels Of a
wagon run faster than the from,
wheels?-Chicago News.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-21
SHOPPING FOR LADIEs-

save travelling expenses and have your
Sssnopping done by Mrs. j. p. Meanley.
a SO4 YAK ST.. Baltimore. She 10 In
close .oach with the best stores and can
IN all lines. II costs them notbin . arsss
samples sent upon request.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-21
came THING Now.

"You know woman was once the
bead Of the family" she said.
past tense" replied her husband meek
ly.-PhiladelphIa Ledger.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-21
CHESAPEAKE STEAMSHIP IN
"CHESAPEAKE LINEn

ELEGANT PAssENGER STEAMERS .Cor..
| UMBIA" AND augusta.
For Old Point Comfort and Norfo,l v.
STEAMERS leave Baltimore daily tercs az
SSunaayl at $50 p. m, and arrive Ola Po,pt
O3mIort at a. m. and Norfolk at 71O a =,
s mnesH connection is made with the Rail Lines
"YORK RIVER LINE.n
ELEGANT PASSENGER STEAMER .Ar-
bAMTA" For WEST POINT anS
steamers leave Baltimore Tuesday Th,r.
gay ana saturday at p. m. and arrive We
ro S al $50 q. m and Richmond &C $50 \ N
steamers call at gloucester Point ssl...
ants. Clay Bank and Almonds.
sTEAMSRs LEAVE BALTIMORE FROM
I. PIERsl ASsls LIeHy ST. WHARF.
through tickets to ali points NAV Ia "A.
cured; baggage checked and staterco,rs
served served from the City Ticket Ofnces, iiS &. Bal
S q iS 81, AhTH UR w. ROBSON agent lee
f. Baltimore St. or the General Offces ~ 49,, -.
and Lee St., Baltimore, Nd. Asns
REUBEN FOSTER. RI nuro>x
o General Manager. Gen. Psssengar -.
L. ID. MCDANIEL. Ass't Gen' PssS. Aeent-
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-21

by the quart. They must always USy
in small Quantities-c3 al by the scus-
tlefui or the bushei and milk by the
pint.
And because OF their poverty these
poor OF Chicago must pay 20 PER
CENT MORE for Their milk than the
rich or well to do
Do you wonder the poor Of the cities
lose hope?
The poor families have babies. They
have more babies than the rich. The
equation is like this:
More babies-less money.
Less money-higher price
Babies must have milk. Their little
stomachs will not digest or assimilate
more substantial food.
Milk is a necessity where there is a
baby. And the men who manage the
milk trust know that Without milk
the babies will dietrich babies and
poor babies alike.
II the milk is impure the babies will
die. and thousands do die on that ac-
count. Ii there is not enough milk
die.
4 ue Lullh truSI KNOWS tndI tnOuS0OQS
of poor mothers almost starve the fam
lily to pay for baby's funeral. 1hey
know as long as there is a penny in
the house baby will get its milk. If
there is no money the mother will go
TO the pawnbroker up 1T the corner.
Now
Investigation shows the farmers are
getting no more money for their milk
than before the raise. The trust is
not only squeezing al extra cent out
Of the consumer. but it is COMING
CENTS EXTRA on THE QUART
OUT OF THE MOTHER LOVE FOR
THE BABY.
Could there be a mea ner thing?
The New Testament. which teaches
love, contains few curses but 1t has
one especially reserved for the spoil
ers Of babyhood.
1t says In substance that he who of
tends one OF these little ones would
better tie n stone about his neck and
drown himself in the depths Of the sea.
1t is an appropriate curse.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-21

therefore, if kidney
trouble is permitted to
continue, serious re-
suits are most likely
to follow. Your other
organs may need at
tention, but your kid
neys most, because
they do most and
should have attention
first. Therefore, when