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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-18
UNCLE SANS TARs
SET LONDON WHO
IN TOUR OFF TOWN THEY TOSS COIN
FROM RUBBER NECK CARS AND
GREAT CROWDS FOLLOW.
HAVE ROYAL GOOD TIME
POLICE ASK THEM TO DEsisT IN
THROWING AWAY MONEY to-
PREVENT RIOT BREAK
ING OUT.

LONDON. Nov. 1S.-Staid old Eng
land suffered rule shock to-day
While ii has always been accepted as
a tradition in the service that moth
ing is too good for the American
seamen,' London is having that fact
driven home with a force that is, to
say the least, embarrassing, Sor the
sailors from the American battIeship
Mississippi have been touring the city.
The Mississippi Is "a lucky" ship
Her boats crews win races and her
scrappers win prize fights with an
uninterrupted success that has be-
come monotonous. The result is that
the ships safes are usually we'll jam
med with coin OF the realm. and when
the liberty party from the big war
ship went ashore yesterday. every
man of them had roll. They steereG
a straight course for. London.
Bands OF them to-day engaged big
rubber neck" motors oars. from The
tops OF which they viewed the sights
of the metropolis and tossed co.Hs to
the street sweepers and the unsm l.
oughfares. Soon crowds of bowling
Deggars were following the vehicles.
Traffic was blocked along Fleet street
and the Strand. and the police 'or
Il time were unable to control the
situation.
1t finally became necessary TO d.
mand that the seamen desist the
police explaining that IL they kept
the thing up actual rieting would
result
Baffled in this mode of fun. .he
seamen begar hiring smaller vehi-
cles The more stylish the outfit tn.y
could find the better they seemed to
like 1t. The city had never seen
anything like II before. and the an
cient American motto, Spending
money like a sailor" has now been
adopted by Londoners as indicating
the acme of extravaganza,
The American sailors are being ac-
corded every hospitality by the III
Gus patriotic societies. and an effort
is being made to make return Tor
the courtesies extended to the British
seamen who participated in the visits
of Prince Louis of Rattenburg and
Admiral Seymour to New York.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-18
ESTRADA CRUsHEs
AMERICANS

WASHINGTO Nov. 1s.--A report
received to-day tells of summary ac-
ton by President Estrada. of Mica
ragua. In crushing the political and
anti-American disturbances which
brok eout at Leon early this week.
DEGREES OF expulsion have been issued
against four owners and editors OF
Liberal newspapers whom Estrada
accuses OF violating public decency.
provoking disorder and beinr directly
responsible for the anti American
riots The men. expelled are NAL
donado Zelaya. Gomez. Barreto and
Ze!don.
The dispatch is from Consul MofYat
at Managua
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-18

Newark, n. j., is engaged post election
exercise in rendering It's saloons polite. In
decent language in tabooed, the saloon goes by
the name of cafe, and the barkeeper becomes a
server. New Jersey may have been wise in
putting a scholar In the Governorship, but it
rooms
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-18

these unlovely ghouls bringing impious hands to
finger the gaping wounds Of sudden death dance
without volition in a sort Of abject trance be-
fore what to them is doom--even in the
moonlight the Bandarlog. step by step, with glib
behring's of terror, danced quakingly to the EN-.
brace of the waiting python.
@Death strikes deep and true, but In kndli-
ness after ALL surely for those who run abjectly
to wiring morbid pleasure from his riddle, con-
tempt should be tinged with pity.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-18
FINED FOR BEATING
HIS STEP.UNCI.E

WASHINGTON. November ls.-Ths
president OF the Washington Humane
Society. Walter G. Hutchins. pleaded
guilty IN the police court to-day to
the charge of assault and was flned
$50 and placed on probation for one
year. Hutchins admitted that he as
sauited his "step-uncle." Robert l..
Keeling. as the result OF a lonr-stand-
ing family quarrel. besides his prom
inence in the humane society, Hutch
ms is well known cIubman and n
prominent IN social affairs.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-18

The Russian Church is said to be very actively
engaged in the effort to gather Count Tolstoi to
It's fold before he dies 1t is difficult to what
good will accrue to the church in taking on his
death bed man who in vigor gave his life to
fighting it.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-18
Implement Men Meet,

Especial TO The Richmond virginian. j
NORFOLK, VA. Nov. 1s.--Late ar.
rival OF the Richmond and Petersburg
delegates caused . pustponement until
this afternoon OF the opening here to-
day Of the second annual convention
OF the Virginia Carolina Retail Inc
plement Machinery and Vehicle Deal-
ers Association. President Berkeley.
Of I4awrenceville. IN his annual r..
port. recommended the formation OF
q mutual benefit fire insurance scheme
whereby members Or the association
will be protected by the association
from loss by fre, instead OF hnyinr
to insure with regular fire Insurance.
underwriters.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-18
After tying Mrs. Tauids to bed he
escaped.
COURT CONTINUES CASES
AGAINST DISTTIxLERY (.(

NORFOLK. VA. November Ia
Judge Waddill to-day continued the
cases against the TidewAter Distiliing
Company for alleged violation Of the
Internal revenue law until the next
term Of court In May. This was done
on request OF Attorney John A.
Lamb. Of Richmond. because Of the
illness Of Frank G. Murphy. former
government gauger and material
witness.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-18
. rsHIP on THE RosrRuM.

I'll correspondent. evidently in the
paRati0n for debate. writes us to
- c&n give him any points. or
~any magazine articles or books
ative side Of the question. Re
~ American order OF eourtshir
- the French.
ximonial bureau. not yet one
= q matters Of the heart No.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-18

According to the Rev. DIR. Anna Shaw the
movement for woman suffrage got rid of good
many undesirable citizens when the election
eliminated the Sycamore Terror and the sage Of
Beverly from future influence in the country.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-18

FREDFRICKSRuRG. VA, Noyem.
Der lS-Mr. b. r. Finney. Southern
secretary Of the Brotherhood Of 81
Andrew. Addressed q large audience
OF Junior and senior Brotherhood
members on Tuesday night n ~.
Georges Parish House. He dsscrtbcd
tho work Of = brotherhood ana fol6
Of the, great advance Il has made n
AL pafts Of The cOuAtsy r $3.50
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-18

Proposed flights over Richmond should bring
forward the public spirited citizen to offer a
prize to the first aviator to accomplish the
passage of the James
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-18

The Kaiser is endeavoring to make German
the universal language. If he presses the point
he will make for himself IA grand international
isolation.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-18

Chauneey Depew says that he is happy. So
the New York Democrats. First evidence
that the recent election ushered in of good
feeling.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-18

where is advice more sought and less regarded.
In no realm Of action does advice run so great
risk of proving disastrous. If taken. But the
resolution opens up large vistas Of thought and
philosophy. One and ALL it touches us where we
live Regretting that are unable on the spur
of the moment to cite him to any magazine, or
to any book treating of the subject apart from Its
psychological results would say to our cor
respondent to be of good cheer to 60 for his argu-
ments to his own heart, to steep himself in no.
mances that end happily ever after. and, hold.
ing fast to the ideals of courtship, to shut hts
eyes and let his dreams prove the interpreter of
his logic So. II he is really young will he
find courtship leading him on through the OBJ
jective desire to the subjective triumph,
AS to the relatively ideal qualities of the
French and the American systems of courtship.
IL depends on the ideal The ideal depends in
surn upon an essentially different temperament,
point of view. The French approach matrimony
with caution; the Americans embrace it with an
almost fatuous impetuosty. To the French mar
IMAGE without money is the extreme of folly: to
the American lover money is an incident CRATE
full when present. but superficial The question
coldly considered is whether the greater risk
obtains under system under which love is
riage. or under under which the burden OF
proving love Is put upon the institution of
matrimony.
In any event the American system provides
what might be called sporting interest in the
most important business OF life The free court.
ship OF self-confidcnt Young men and women re-
suits with us in many tragedies II results, al
so, in many successes In this. as in other in.
cidents OF life. there is "a distinct value fl the
venture personally accepted. considering that
the venture, so far the persons are concerned
obtains in either instance How far the system
of personal responsibility In matrimony has had
its effect in making the American people self
reliant, in making them strong in adversely and
daring In success. is of course problemateal |,
is reasonable 10 suppose. however that the youth
who accepts lightly what may prove heavy
burden is more apt to win way against the
world than one who, eompacent under parental
argument, entrusts himself to marriage as he
might consent to an investment of his patri
mony. AS for the American girl, her Judgment
may be greater and no less than that OF her
French sister She thinks ii is and she, too
reaches through the altar at grasp to re.
sponsible womanhood
At any rate, that appears dull life for man
or woman that does not hold the retrospect oil
the qnalms and auavers. the thrills and tbs
chills, OF the individual courtship Amcrtcatae.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-18
NEW ANGLE On SECTIONAL PREJUDICE.

NEW ANGLE ON SECTIONAL PREJUDICE.
Chauncey Depew, making virtue Of necessity,
finds himself happy and philosophic at the result
Of the election which will definitely retire him
from the United States Senate. Had the Roose-
welt Republicans Carried New York, it is doubt.
full whether they would have SO far stultiied
their pretensions as 10 again re-eelct the one
time Peach. So that it is perhaps with ii
sense of humiliation escaped that the post.
prandial Senator now chooses to consider his re-
turn private life the result of political change
What Depew says is scarcely ever of particular
weight. and his forced cheerfulness at his sew.
enty-seven years and his prospect of rest from
Senatorial duties may be taken with only 80
much interest as is aroused BY passinglt SUE.
cessfui hlufr. When he came to a discussion OF
his probable successor. however. he suggested a
defect in the relations OF public life that is de-
serving of attention in the country generally
The need said he, was not for any particular
man as a New York Senator. but for the one who
could best meet the peculiar conditions that
added
Hatred Of this State il very intense and when
all other subjects fail the Western orator can
always fail back the iniquiiy of the business
interests that are concentrated here.
Passing over the fact that this hatred has been
greatly intensified by the character and attitude
of the gilt and presumptuous Senators from the
Empire State. there is much truth in the Depew
indictment. 1t matters little that men like De.
pew, himself coming to the Senate as scarcely
more than the representatives of particular cor.
representative entity in the country That fact
is not sufficient to justify the prejudice existing
against a great state and i,s greater interests,
Indeed it has resulted only in exaggeration and
not as the cause OF the anmus. II may be ir.
ritating to Senator'S from other parts of the
country to suffer the patronizing proyincialism
of the New Yorker in Congress but such of.
fensiyeness does not excuse explain the evil
dent desire to fight New York and matters in
which IL is peculiarly concerned, because 1t is
New York, Unfortunately. despite the Senators
and not account OF them, the country at
large. as represented at Washington, has time
and again given evidence Of spirit that can.
not be characterized as other than. enviou>
What the Western and. sometimes, the Southern
Senator processes to despise he coyets. What
the rural audience acclaims as crime and in.
justice on the part Of wall Street" is not In.
frequently merely the material superiority of
that ill-defned locality. The demagogue who in.
Weighs against the business interests and the
system. in nine cases out OF ten has no other
object in view than the easy one OF catering TO
an already wellformed desire for SANDER to graf
ify spite 1t is true. as Depew suggests, that
New York. moro than any other State. needs .
The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-12-11

Ing plum pudding would be goodH'
We'll have lemon snow or something
light and cooling. and save the plum
pudding for New Years. I'm going To
make individual pies and Katherine
can be of chopped apples ana raisinS
with crusts OF split pilot biscuit"
"Dlcky's and mine VIII be mostly
apples. too, and only yours and father s
full strength cried Lesley with such
nn air OF triumphant shrewdness that
Hester could not help laughing.
I'VE must make one big ono for Mar
tina's family and get out tribes ready
for them" she declared. you're going
to give your doll things TO Maria. aren
your And Frederick has mendcd up
his sled for the boys l have a box OF
old clothes for my contribution. 1 shall
have to rip and sponge them or mend
up the available garments, for ] dcspise
giving away anything that's ragged or
dirty"
How I wish we were rich, mother,
and didn't have To scrimp and save and
do our own work and make cheap pres
ents"' exclaimed Lesley suddenly.
breaking of her thread with rescntful
emphasis.
This was such an unexpected speech
that IL was half n minute before Hes
ter was ready with reply.
I'VE are rich. dear, In my sense OF
the word" she said at last. because
we live well within our resources, even
though our scale OF living doesn't In
clude some pleasant and desirable
things. The only really poor people
and many of them pass for rich-ere
those who are on the verge OF financial,
nervous or spiritual bankruptcy
The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-12-11

beautiful carving done with a jack
knife by a man who never had any
instruction
Hester nodded assent, adding pres
entity Lesley has set her heart on o
Topographic outfit. and ] shall SEQ that
she has It, for she needs that sort OF
training, and too much sowing Is bad
for a girl OF her age. Even Katherine
begins 10 want to be making things
and I shnll get her q crochet hook and
some bright colored worsteds."
III tell thee. wife, we'll have our
/ daughter bred
In bookerio. cookerle, needle, thimble
thread"
quoted Mr.. Mayo teasingly.
" Let her be taught 10 shun all delud-
ing;
To roast. to toast. to make a pudding
To knit. to spin. to sew. to make"
"She shall not She shall be trained
In philosophy and the higher mathe-
matics" protested Hester IN mock In
dignatlon.
What are we going TO have for
Christmas dinner. mothcr?" Lesley
asked the next morning, as she bastod
the frllls on q chafing-dish apron for
Julie Fenard.
Roast ducks and mince pie for the
main dishes. l think. A goose Is really
the orthodox bird. but ducks are less
expensive and more generally satisfac-
tory"
Are ducks stuIed just the Same as
turkcys2' pursued Lesley, who had
skinned chestnuts for the capacious
craw OF the Thanksgiving bird.
"No. just read this over aloud, for
I've almost forgotten what / do use.
returned her mother. producing a writ
ten slip from the cupboard.
Lesley took 1t and read as follows:
Stuning for Roast Ducks.-To one
pint or two cups OF mashed potatoes
seasoned as for the table. add one cur
OF fine bread crumbs. one cup OF fresh
country sausage fried lightly and
broken up with a fork. one beaten egg
half an onion grated and half a tea
spoon OF powdered gage or other sea-
soning TO taste. Before stufflng the
birds rub them inside and out with a
cut lemon; put the dressing In lightly.
Yes. that's very good Ducks arc
fat and rich flavored. and need sour
relishes for an adjunct-currant sauce
or some sour jelly. and either tart apple
sauce or apples cut in rings and fried
In the superfluous fat"
katherine IS too little 10 cat mlnce
pie. isn't she7 We ought To have
something else for dessert-a nice blaz-
The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-12-11

for this purpose. but rather to make
! one OF soft, tinted cover papers In
| tones which Will harmonlzc with inc
| prints. II Will be cheaper TO do TINS
and the results will be far more salts
| factory Do not make Nil OF the prints
on one kind OF printing paper. but
| choose a medium for each which IN
| tone and texture Will best bring out
| the good qualities OF the negative. The
prints should not be pasted down. but
| made TO lie flat and then just hung
| from the top by pasting along the edge
| Each print should be given n title,
printed below II in neat lettering. and
| the whole book might bear the legend,
"GlimpseS OF Home" on the cover
Thousands Of men are now employed
Is travelling SnleSmcn, a tedious. lone
some occupation. but one which pays
we'll, How the man who makes long
trips and does not often get home TO
his family would delight to have n col
lection OF prints as has just been de-
scribed constantly with himl Statesmen
usually have correspondence to attend
10 and daily orders to forward, so that
the pictures might be put To a more
practical use If presented In the form
of a calendar. 1t should not be large,
however, for space In a salesman =
grip or trunk is usually limited three
and onc-quarter by four and onc-quar-
ter or four by five prints can be used
easily. one for each month. which is
TO be represented by a sheet Of cover
stock about seven and one-half by ten.
on which the print is to bc mounted
For black prints. such az gaslight, plat
mum or MATTE surface printing-out
paper. the sheets should be a soft, neu-
| trail gray. for sepia prints the delicate
rhododendron or deeper brown shades
of cover stock are suitable. Any good
stationcr can supply the calendar
| leaves for each month In a variety Of
sizes and Coors. so that the mounts
may be matched. Both the cnlendar
! leaves and the prints should be hung
The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-12-11

fectlon by starting them overnight in q
double boiler: when she used a sauce
pan she avoided waste by setting II in
tho sink, tightly covered, for five min
utes. before taking up the porridge.
Breakfast foods were darlnGly mixed,
the white and brown granulnted wheat
preparations. for instance. forming an
excellent combination, Baked apples,
rruncs, oranges. chopped figs or dates.
added 10 the cereal. furnished fruit, and
for drink the children had milk, barley
coffee or cocoa shells
Hester seldom embroidered centre
piece. but she never lacked for q living
one. flowers In their season and in tho
winter months n growing fern. Il globe
filled with squaw vines or glass bowl
containing miniature rockcry, among
whose pebbles and moss hepaticas, Wo-
lets ond goldthread bloomed. and
splcenWorts uncurled their fairy fronds
Every fall. too, she collected box OF
autumn foliage-glowlng maple leaves.
sprays OF sumach and crimson black
berry vines, all pressed and tightly
woxed with warm iron. Airy maiden
hair and blanched lady ferns were also
gathered and preserved. and surpris-
ingly pretty decorative effects were
produced with these simple materials
Hester. having margin OF resources
put much wilt and love into the family
festivals that are go dear In the re-
membrance. The young folks were al
lowed to choose their own birthday
celebrations as far as possible. and
Frederick. whose anniversary fell on
the eighteenth. proposed this year To
Invite three OF tho fellows" TO sup
per, and have candy pull I'm the even
ing. Hester called TO mind a fcw good
games. planned spread that could be
made ready betimcs. ana put on an
old red silk dross which her son con.
sidcred the height OF elegance Wher
the boys appeared they wero set 10
hunting for nuts 10 crack" the nuts
being walnut shells containing riddles
and conundrums. glued together iu
pairs and ingeniously hidden whore dis
cov.ry was least likely.
These nuts. with tho guessing in.
volyed and subsequent award oi
prizes. kept the party busy until sup,
per was announced
The simple menu consisted Of rabbit
pic-Fredcrlck had recently gone ON his
frst rabbit hunt and brought home a
squirrel-with Haratogas. caramcIcd
sweet potatoes and currant ielly. col.
cry and walnut salad and a spicy LOAF
OF date cake iccd with maple sugar anc
cnclrcled with a wreath OF red mapi,
The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-12-11
A MODEL
HOUSEWIFE
How the Christmas Dinner
and Holiday Festivities
Were Managed in
Her Menage
A PARTY AND A DINNER.

NABITH tho coming OF December tho
NV Mayos settled into tho winter rou-
Wv tine, In which the alarm clock.
the school bell. the ash sitter and
tho snow shovel played prominent
parts. There were special interests
too. proper 10 the month-thc question
OF presents. OF holiday obserYancea and
that general oVerhauling OF account
books and weighing OF relative values
by which we chasten our spirits at the
close OF the year. Hester was a good
economist and planned her expcndi-
tures carefully. but she made II q car
dinal principle TO leave herself a mar
gin-some spare change or time, money
and strength. available Tor contingen-
cics; for. as she sold, don't mind
counting tho quarters, but hate u
count every quartcr" BY giving VI
this margin and stretching hcr re-
sources TO the utmost, she might have
held her own in a somewhat fashion
able circle which had shown Itself ready
TO welcome hor: Hester was very
human and sometimes lonSed for th'
eayeties that wcrc just out OF reach
but she was too sensible TO sacrifice
tho margin which meant freedom anc
safety Possessing to tho full wom
ans taste for pretty things" she pre-
ferred simple clothes and plain furnish
ings to a prevailing impression tina
mother was too busy TO plan oelatcf
Christmas gift or 10 welcome fellow
N he came along In.
This is. perhaps. the place 10 say
word about accounts Hester kept her
Hcrupulously. balancing her book ever.
The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-12-11

in turn. the general motive. 90 to
speak. Of the dinner developed When
the soup appeared. served in gold
banded plates. II bore on its surface q
single star cut from red pimento, as
tho first suggestion of Christmas. The
eHtree sounded stlll clearer note, the
red and gold ramekins in which II was
served resting on their saucers. sur
rounded by wreaths OF par * ??
Piled, or whittier it tended. Although
IL was, OF course. In the skillfully man.
aged color transition that the unique
charm OF the dinner lay, the menu will
perhaps be of interest as one which is
appropriate to the season without in
any way infringing upon the tradi-
tional dinner of Christmas day. 1t is
given below. With the recipe for the
roast pig. and others which may not
be familiar:
Grapefruit cocktail
Cream of asparagus soup
Olives. celery, salted nuts
Sweetbreads la Newburg, In ramekins
Roast pig with German forcemeat.
Drowned sweet potatoes, tart
apple sauce in jelly cups
Endlve and celery salad
Biscuit gioce
Nut waters and small cakes
Coffee