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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-30
GENIusEs IN PRISON.
IIf All Were Liberated, No conviet'

Would nc Left.
The theory on which John Garter was
released from the Minnesota State
prison was that a poet of quality can
be put to better use in the world than
kept behind lock and bar. But II
every convict who has unusual gifts
along specified lines We're pardoned,
the census of prisoners in the United
States would be visibly reduced.
To find in prison men of ten talents
is not unusual. Probably no other
man who ever lived in Connecticut
had so complete a knowledge of the
works of Shakespeare as fellow who
died life convict in the State prison
at Wethersfield a few years ago In
may be found men Of rare intellectual
capacity and attachments Persons
who have mechanical genius oc-
cupy not few prison cells in Amer
lea The granting of patents for in
MENTIONS devised within high and for
bidding gray walls isn't infrequent.
Many convicts have a large fund OF
useful knowledge on special subjects,
and have acquired a mastery Of Inn
portant problems.
But While men Of near genius are
not rare in prison, they are the en-
ception and not the rule. The aver
age felon is person of inferior men
tality Indeed, many Offenders, espe-
cially those convicted of the grosser
forms of crime have stunted minds and
a brain power that is below the aver
age Nowhere may greater variety
OF INTEL ects---from the intellect that Is
IS ;lbnormallv dull---bn found In prison.
The personal equation plays as large
ii part inside grated doors as outside
thenl.--IIartford Times.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-30
CHILD LABOR ToMNIYRoT.

With its usual recklessness, the New
York Sun some weeks ago declared
that all cotton mills in the South
were not labor-helIs and that all child
labor in these mills was not a crime
against a defensnless class. The Sun
probably did not know what it was
talking about at the time. and proba-
bly, trembled the next day, seeing its
remarks in cold type, for fear that ii
might be wrong; but when 1t was at
tackled, in the due course of events. by
some Northern philanthropists, who
screamed their dissent. the sun went
TO work to justify itself BY writing
TO those who knew, and by investigat-
ing the matter seriously, the Sun was
relieved to find itself in the right, and
has proceeded to reatirm its former
position. l declares that instead of
weakening the children employed in
the mills, life under sanitary sur
roundings in some of the mill towns
has really been beneficial to them 1t
even says that some of the men who
own the mills are generous. far sight
ed and liberal, providing schools for
The children, Fairgrounds and amuse-
ment halls. With a final fling of cX-
ultation, the sun consigns its critics
to flames eternal and proceeds to dis
cuss so thrilling topic as ''Decore-
brizing a Party" whatever that may
be.
For once the sun is right, The cot
ton mills are not all bad and their
owners are not all ruthless tyrants
anxious to squeeze the last drop OF
blood from tho children they employ
! There are bad cotton mills in the
South and there are bad mill towns
| Just as there are bad cotton mills and
! bad mill towns in The sacred precincts
of Massachusetts. Men would not be
men II they We're not sometimes
wrong. Yet the fact remains that III
\ many cases the mill towns have been
beneficial 10 the people employed in
4 them. Many OF those who come tc
\ these mills are from d poor agricultur,
al country They have lived all theil
lives on nothing, SO 10 say, and are
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-30
THE TIMES DsPATcH RICHMOND VA SATURDAY APRIL 30 1910

about as SORRY a set" of people as
can be found. When they arc brought
to some OF the MILL towns, they arc
given better homes than they ever
had; their surroundings are bettered
In every way. and they are stronger,
healthier and happier than they were
in their former homes. The children
are educated as they would never he
educated otherwise; they are trained
for usefulness in the world, and they
learn trade where otherwise they
would be scratching g. living from
barren acres. OF course, this is not
always the case, or even generally the
case: but 1t is the case SO often that
a general condemnation of the mill
towns is absurd on it's face.
We are not advocates of child Ia
Dor, and we do not believe that the
State should throw down the bars and
permit all manufacturers to employ
children, without restriction on the
hours of labor but we are quite will
ing to agree with the Sun, in this in
stance, that much of tho child labor
talk is tommyrot and that many Of the
children should thank Heaven that
they ever came to live in the mill
towns
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-30
Ehrnr Allan Poe.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-According TO the opinion of
certain Richmond minister, eN
pressed in the course of a sermon, re
port of which appeared recently Ia
The Times Dispatch, Edgar Allan Poe's
failure TO be the greatest American
poet is due to mis- lack of faith" This
laurel wreath upon the brow Of the
singer of New Engiand-Longfello
because this bard sang of hope. faith
and cheerfuinesE" In spite OF the so-
called lack OF faith" OF this ill-starred
Southern genius, the consensus OF criu-
cal literary world opinion has placed
the imprint of primacy upon the works
of Edgar Allan Poe. Americas greatest
achievement in literature. The manner
in which this country and Europe, as
whole, responded to the hundredth
birth is Significant of the eH-
allied literary position of Poe in
America and abroad. While he is
denied the dubious distinction of cleo
ton 10 Gotham's Hall of Fame-the
home OF the provncially famous and
illustrious obscure-he holds place
forever among the limited immortals
of the world His immortal lines We're
not encumbered with sectional preiu-
dices nor reflected the coloring Of local
environment. If his philosophy was
songs We're not set TO the music-of
utilitarian morality. His faith was toe
broad for the doctrines of orthodox
and his soul-lit eyes look beyond
creeds. fIe stands pre- eminent. unique
incomparab lc--cothed in the original
ity of his own genius.
j. p. GARLAND. JR.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-30

ordinary feminine listeners OF de-
bate, there Is separate AMI smaller
gallery in tho corner divided from tho
other b. a wall and which Is reached
namely. from the private residence of
the Speaker In the Palace OF West
minister. During the many weeks when
the bigger ladies' gallery was closed.
frasettcs, who had pokcd banners
from between the bars. hurled peti-
tions on the heads OF the members be-
low and reT!led them from the gall
lery with every sort Of abuse known W,
to the feminine vocabulary. the small
or gallery, known as that OF the
Speaker, or. 10 put IL more correctly
that of the Speakers wife, remained
open. The question was then raised
as to whe ether the authorities had any
right to leave this open, while closing
all access TO the larger ladies gallery.
Whereupon 1t was explained that the
Speakers gallery in question was viz
=tnaily part and parcel of tho Speakers
private apartments and as mucn un-
der the control OF his wife. as her own
drawing room in the palace.
The Speakers Wife. however holds
this corner of the grilled gallery. sub
which are almost prescriptye rights.
Thus. the Prime Minister'S wife is en-
titled to a place there, and it was from
this gallery that the late Mrs. Glad.
stone watched over the Grand OLD
Man night after night for many years.
with the most touching devotion.
How little the existence of this gall
lery is known is shown by tho ract that
in the London Illustrated papers,
which might be supposed to be more
correctly Informed, Mrs. Gladstone was
always portrayed. pictoriaily and in
print, as watching her husband from
the bigger ladies' gallery. which she
rarely IL ever entered. Foreign roy
al ladies and also the Queen and the
princeSses Of the reigning house When
they attend debates in tho House OF
Commons, invariably listen TO them
from the private gallery--not of Mr..
Speaker. but of Mrs. Speaker
Copyright 1910. by the Brentwood
C'onnanv
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-30
OF COURSE THE COLONEL KNOWS

People used to think that Barge knew
mails for many years and he was sup
posed to have mastered their anatomy
When he finished a statue of a sleep.
ing lion or trumpeting elephant PEG.
pie thought that the thing was done
and that the animals in real life were
exactly as they were in Barye's statue
On the strength of this Barge was held
up as a model of the painstaking ar.
fist, and his methods of studying wilc
aninlals were always cited by art teach:
ers in telling their pupils of cxactior
of their chosen calling.
This is all changed now. Barge i.
done for, The Colonel has puncturec
his balloon and ruined his reputation
The Colonel says Barge did not know
what he was doing and did not do what
he did Alright. His lions are not like
the lions the Colonel saw. or. at least,
not Ike lions as the Colonel saw them.
Barye's elephants walk badly and
tramp where they should pace. He is
all wrong, says the Colonel, and should
no longer have the respect of decent
people.
We are sorry for Baryc but there
is nothing left to do but to throw him
overheard If the Colonel says he is
wrong, he is wrong. There can be no
disputins the fact that the Colonel is
the greatest naturalist in the world.
lie has seen lions and he has been up
a tree--a big one and a safe one--when
the elephants came crashing by. If
he says that Barye did not do it right,
the only thing left to do is to tear down
Barye's statues and let the Colonel
make some new ones. lie can do it
lie can do anything
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-30
THE CUTTING or TIE JEWEL
BY THE GRINDING OF THE STONE
have met a lot OF people

! have met lot OF people
on my journey here below.
Who were always discontinued
Gr,n,blins bout their lot OF Voc.
Never seem 10 know the blessing
That trial might secretc,
or in passing take lesson
From the begsar on the street.
But they fancied that the roses
Should be grown without thorn
That il, ought to rain a midnight
And be pleasant in the morn.
And they never stop to listen
or TO reason out. alone.
That jewel owes its luster
To the grinding of tho stone,
with tho humble and the lowly
With the aged and the youth.
with the saint and with the sinner.
For the evil or the truth
with the monarch and tho noble.
With the naughty and the proud,
With the beauty. or the woman
Who must battle in the crowd
There is but 70 learn by labor
And BY facing every day
What there is ot Joy or sorfo"
That may como our troubled way,
That the light in every struggle
That a tempting gate has thrnWn
Is tho cutting Of the jewel
BY the grinding of the stohe'
II IN inc. SDul OIL tNS's #
Hidden deep from even tneIn'
Lies a buried treasure, wai'ins'
That will be precious gem
II We will but delve and md u
Meath the surface of the Gay,
And will throw the dust ana ashes
And the lust of earth away,
Cherish it and keep Y tla"less.
TIL the wondrous Master HANG,
with It's skill OF love and patience
That wo cannot undofs}aHu'
Shall have ground and GU, IVY
And returned " for our oM"
And it sparkles like the JeWe'
BY tho grinding OF the stone
II a duty be unpleasant,
IT'S duty still to do
And the false that Is suecesslu'
Is but passing, while the true
That has failed 10 win It's mission
Shall but know. tho noble enas
When the battle shall be over
And the, victor @comprehends.
FOR tho coward knows MS measure
And he hates himself the most
Ana tho bragsard is as empty
AS the echo OF his boast,
But to they who arc conraseous
Shall the honor vet DC h'loMi
AS tl,e lustre TO the .1ewel
by the grinding Of me s.D',s p,rr +
Riohmond April e, 1910
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-30
",1r.. speaker,sy Gallery.

Queen Alexandra, when she visita
the House of Commons. as she did with
her daughter, Princess Victoria, Just
before leaving England for her cruise
in the Mediterranean, does not occupy
a place In the gallery from which women
of the exalted rank hear the debates
The occasion Of the Queens presenr'
at the House was the maiden sneech
of tho Hon. Nell Primrose Lord Rose
hery's Younger son, whom she, has
known from early childhood and who
has always been particular faNorite
OF hers CorparativelY few people are
aware that behind the cagework or
"grille'' which conceals from view the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-30

cast some doubt on the authenticity Of
tho Plymouth Rock. In an address be-
fore 5000 school teachers in Boston or,
Thursday night President Lowell spoke
of plans for the entertainment of Pres
idcnt Taft and other visitors who will
attend the meeting OF the National Ed
rcational Association in Boston during
July. He must have found his subject
rather heavy or his hearers rather stu
pid, for he was doubtless trying to be
funny when he said that if the COM
mittec only showed the guests the Ply
mouth Rock. which probably was not
The Rock at all. the whole affair would
be a failure These We're extenuating
circumstances, doubtless, but President
Lowell ought to have had better sense.
lie ought to have known that if there
Is one thing in the world moro sacred
than the old State House and more in.
violate than the memory of William
Lloyd Garrison, that one thing is the
Plymouth Rock.
New England has gone through many
revolutions in Its time. and as it has
grown more cosmopolitan--or rather
nearer cosmopolitan--it has shed many
of It's traditions; but its people hold
fast to Plymouth Rock, and would nc
moro say that the Pilgrims did no,
land on Plymouth Rock than they
| would doubt that Harvard College i.
the greatest institution of learning ir
the world or that Margaret Fuller was
the greatest woman history over
saw. Times may change and Boston
may forget that other men lived ir
America besides Samuel Adams. New
men may be born. and Bunker Hill
may not be termed the greatest battle
in the history of tho world. Modern
day notions may prevail. and Shaw's
negro regiment may not always be hello
/ up as the mirror of chivalry. Many
/ things may happen, but nothing car
| OF Massachusetts that that old rock
at Plymouth had no more to do witt
/ the Pilgrim fathers than milestone
on Hudson River. President Lowell
ought to have known this and he
| should have kept his tongue between
| his teeth. Now that he has spoken out
| the hereto might as we'll resign as
president of Harvard. He can neve,
I eyes of New England.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-30
should Cubn he Annexcd.

should Cubn lie Annexed:
We are to debate the following ques-
ton soon. and would greatly appre.
ciate 1t II YOU would give me few
points on the Affirmative side of same:
"Resolvcd. That Cuba should be an
nexed to the United States" Would
Ike TO know also whore ! can get
reading matter which bears upon the
same subject. READER.
You can get all necessary literature
on this topic by addressing Hon II, r.
McIlwaine state Librarian. Richmond,
Va. IL you belong TO school. you
may he able to get the books by mail
from the State Library. Some of the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-30
Church Entertainment.

a number of ladies' in this neigh
borhood want to get up church en-
tertainment, and requested that !
write You to send them the words to
THE Bonnie Blue. Flag. r. Fl. II.
We cannot print the words TO this
song in this column. You can find
them in any collection of Southern
songs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-30

most important reasons for the an.
nexation OF Cuba are the addition to
this country OF large sugar and to-
bacco producing section, the control
of the approaches to the Panama
Canal tho settlement of all pending
low feehlc government In Cuba.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-30
Caring for the Feeble-Minded.

tnrlng Tor inc feeDie-hinueH.
WHAT should be done with person
who is so unfortunate as not to have
mind enough to do any work or put
on his own clothes. The one I have
In mind is now twenty-three years OF
age. j am told that the county poor
house is not the place for him. and
they will not take him at the asylum
for the insane; so what is TO become
of him? b.
The state makes no provision for tho
protection of this class OF unfortu-
mates If necessary funds can be Sc
cured II would be we'll to provide for
his permanent Keeping in some insti-
tuition for tho feeble minded, many OF
Of tho country If the man is pau
per. the county can be compelled to
care for him at the uimshouse, though
this. of course is sad alternative.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-30

No Such Word.
Is there such a word as respected. and
give its meaning? p. y. !.
There is no such word as respected.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-30
Timek.nisnntch Premium cnntest.

Please give me the list OF premiums
you can still furnish for the house
hold premium coupons. READER.
This question was answered in The
Times-Dlspatch OF April is. copies OF
which can be secured at the business
Office.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-30

4: There was great disturbance at
tho Joint annual dinner of the Assoc
ciatcd press and the American News
naner publishers Association In New
York Thursday night. It was made oy
Tom Williams. the publisher OF
Hearst's New York Evening journal
lit was caused by Mayor Gaynors
speech on THE Press in Its Relation
to public officials"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-30

of the Associated Press at the INVITA-
tion OF which the Mayor was prasehs
as the chief guest of honor. Repre-
hensible, however. as Mayor GaShor
plain speaking may have been on TINS
account, the conduct of Mr.. Willlhhs
wss far worse in the circumstances. 1t
being an accepted rule OF decent SO
ciety that as long as ono Is a. guest
he is under the protection of his most
lie need not be Invited to call again,
hut So lonr as he is in the house he
should certainly be secure against IN
suit or abuse from any member OF
the family Whether the Indignation
of Mr.. Williams was wholly sincere or
only of the Sunday colored supplement-
order we do not know; but his dem
onstration was thoroughly yellow and
altogether disgraceful; indeed. the
whole scene was a roproach to the
American press.
What will Mr.. Hearst do about 1t?
The charge made by Mayor Gaynor
lacks nothing in the way of clearness.
1t is positive and direct, and If 1T
cannot be disproved it will condemn,
as it ought, Mr.. Hearst in the opinion
of all honest men. We do not believe
for a moment that Mr.. Hearst person
ally cut out the date line of the
Cohalan draft or that he directed that
1t be cut out--that was too clumsy a
bit of sharp practice to have long es-
capped discovery; but somebody in his
shop evidently made up this miserable
case against Gaynor, and 1t is Mr..
Hearst's duty now to deny RESPONSE
bility for the deception and to help
in putting the stripes on his agent or
agents who may be responsible for
1t.
1t was explained yesterday by
Hearsts New York American that the
date of the warrant, or draft, in the
original was stamped in light blue
ink and did not appear when photo
graphed. The New York Times print
ed yesterday a reproduction OF the
warrant in which the date line appears
clearly. 1t also prints a reproduction
of the voucher as 1t appeared in the
Hearst paper from which the date was
omitted. Isn't it strange that the date
line should appear in the Times pho
| tosraph and not in the American pho
tograph? Some very clear explana-
tons are due from Mr.. Hearst; in the
meantime, our congratulations t.
Mayor Gaynor for being brave enough
! to speak out like man.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-30

Polish for Vici shoes.
Please recommend polish which IL
good for Wei kid shoes to keep them
soft and from cracking.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-30
Voice Of the People

Commnnicnttour must not con-
tain more thRE SEQ wordE.
When this limit Is exceeded let
tcrp will be returned.
No anouy communicntions
viii be accepted.
writer's sddre-s, must accompany
every communication.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-30

We cannot recommend any particu.
lar polish In this column. Most Of
those sold By reputable dealers may
be safely used on Wei shoes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-30

Whether or not Mayor Gaynor
bettered the instructions" of the in
Nitauon committee; whether or not the
occasion selected for the exposure and
accumulation of Mr., Hearst was wen
CHOSEN, there is room to question. but
there can be no question OF the Mayors
courage in presenting one ofthe sever
est indictments ever brought against a
newspaper man in this country,
Throughout the confusion made by
Mr., Williams Gaynor appeared to be
tile coolest and most self possessed man
~ the room II was brave thing for
8hin 10 do, however much he may be
csnaured for abusing tho hospitality Of
his hosts. Mr., Hearst being member
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-02
REHIES ar TONEi NI,ND.
a.irI Taken From surf Preit, Far Gsn~
and Wan s.n - LIFE saver = Tu.sI-

Consy Island saw Two resc'ie- ~ persons
caught IN the unusually heavy undertow
that mad" bathing dangerous yesterday
Lena GTo--man 81 al Sackman street
Brooklyn. went beyond her depth IN front
81 BaIner'- bathing place ai the foot ~
West FIFTH street and was ssiz ed with
cramps Thomas Riley a life guard. got
her back 20 the beach. He and DR.
- Pensky ~ the CoDey Island Hospital
worked over her for an hour and restored
her to consciousness She Was taken 10
the hospital and II was Aaid there that she
will have To- remain for ~ least two days
The other rescue WAS that Of William
Cocker 81 - Attorney street. who was
drs gged ou' 10 the surf by James Miller
a member Of the United States Volunteer
Iife saving Corps. Miller anGWsred
I Oksrs call Tor help when the latter was
about ~ feet from shore Joker ~ a
large man and Miller weighs only about
III pounds AZ soon a. the life saver got
10 him Cocker grabbed him around III.
neck and struggle enSued. Miller
finally got his man to the beach and re-
vivsd hum Cocker was taken To- the
Dr"amlnnd emergency hospital for treat
fueut
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-02
NJ RfED ~ ~ VIZ TtR
s-'rn Wen suKhi in an Nalanrh- when
the EasleRIng I~t Go.

WHITE PtAtNs Aug An sutomati -
dumping car - -. construction depart
m"nt IT The New Nnra w..i chester and
RN-ton Railroad iImaai ~ track a.
Rocky I"i. the a-'a's e Nathaniel =
Reynal TO-DAY and seven employees were
cauEh' undo Eu avalanche ~ r,ck- and
sa-'h and wera badly injured SIX ~
hem W--- 'aS~n - n. Whit Plains Hoe
ui'al ~ aThularcA- and u - fra -ed thar
: fn- II them Will do The w,rsu hut
n" John RaEau julius Hoty Joseph Con
dora G"nnoca Amp-1-i. Lang CA'1lin
and frank Calf
4 string - DE- cas- fully loaded was
hacked on 1y-- = deep CIT The seven
men Ssre ~ top - nn- - the cars whom
N" hook ct q aud IN" ca jump-d the
track turning IT. IoAd - ths sd. ~ the
'racs tn" men we've thrown thirty fee.
down tn" emhankm-nt sud were covered
with dirt and s'nu..-