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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-12
WOMEN ARE sAyAGEs.

DR.. Max Baff, of Clark College.
Worcester, Massachusetts, and mem
Der of the American Medical Associa-
ton, has come out with statement
that there is little to choose between
present day women and uncivilized
beings. regarding the subject from a
psychological viewpoint. We never
heard of Dr. Batt before and never
want to see him in this world or the
next We don't know what sort of
women he has had under observation;
but as he lives in Worcester the pre-
sumption is that he has formed his
opinion OF the whole body by the
specimens in sight. What we should
like to know before treating the sub
iect seriously is whether his statement
was prepared while Worcester was
laboring under prohibition or after the
bars were opened.
DR.. Baff says that man has out
grown his savage customs of personal
adornment with the progress of civili-
cation, whereas woman has remained
stationary if she has not actually
refrigerated" Not satisfied with this
savage assault. DR.. Baff attempts TO
establish his contention by saying:
Woman delights in feathers stuffed
bodies of dead birds, even to the barn
yard fowls that lack aesthetic sug-
gcstion of the forests and bring to
mind only the butcher shop. She
hangs bits of gold and cleaning stones
on her cars, wears rings, bracelets and
necklaces.
Savage love of gaudy colors is evil
dencc of her lack of advancement
Then, again, she wears her hair long
arranges it in fantastic shapes. made
even more grotesque By artificial
means AS for painting her face that
is something that everybody Knows
"These are the outer symbols OF
her saYagery, but the physical enc
psychological differences between mer
and women are marked. Leaving aside
the differences in size and strength anc
endurance, which are obvious enough
we note that color blindness Is rare
among women just as 1T IS rare among
savages. Like sayages, too, they are
prone to religious hysterla. Women
are more suggeStible than men, and IL
that same way the woman of our age
and time is like the simple savage
To cure the savagery of the woman
DR.. Baff advises that she cut her hair
short like the man and that she wear
fewer clothes. We protest against
both remedies the first because wo-
mans hair is crown Of glory, and the
second because we have seen her now
and then on occasOns when she was
wearing hardly more than enough
clothes TO keep on the right side OF
the law. We have never heard thai
religious enthusiasm was sign %
savagery nor that good eyesisht wa.
any evidence OF lack OF intelligence
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-12
ANOTHER NATION ron FREEDOM.

The Chinese Government has issued a
rescript abolishing the slave trade in
the empire and greatly restricting chat
tel slavery. The Manohu princes arc
to retain their domestic slaves and their
personal retainers. though special lib
critics are conceded to both classes.
Technically speaking, slavery as such
bondage will be termed "servants.''
though their service Is to be lifelong.
The Imperial order further prohibits
the sale of children in times OF fam
inc. and says that no Chinese parent,
in any circumstances. can do more than
bind out his children until they are
twenty-five years OF age.
This is not all that might be desired,
but it is a blow for freedom and cer-
tainly marks an epoch in the progress
of China. It's significance is the great
er in view of the fact that the Celestial
Empire has long hesitated to take this
step and has long approved forms of
slavery which have been unthnkable
in their moral degeneracy. The Cab
met has yielded at length to the spirit
of the times and has given freedom
to the miserable thousands that sat in
bondage.
So gradually has emancipation swept
around the globe in the last century
that men hardly realize the tremendous
advances which have been made since
the days OF the American Revolution.
At that time Frederick the Great fed his
armies on the fruits of serf labor, which
differed in no essential respect from
slavery In France a similar serfdom
ground down the working classes, and
marked the lot of those who were
bound to labor for life. When WILDER
force began his anti-slavery agitation
in England slavery was practically rec
ognized by four-fifths OF the govern
ments of the world, and its extinction
within century and little more seemed
impossible Yet the movement
swept the world: it freed the American
real and nominal in France and Prus-
STA; 1t liberated the serfs in Russia. il
abolished feudalism in Japan; it gave
liberty to millions in North Africa, and
now it has set the Chinese free. With
in twelve decades freedom has come to
oo,o00.0Oo men.
At present slavery is the exception
where then it was the rule. 1t exists
in Turkey in its darkest, most hideous
form. and it is still to be found in
Africa but even in these lands the
new day is breaking. The agitation
which made old King Leopold tremble
will ultimately mean the freedom of
his slaves, and the liberal rule estab-
lished by the Young Turks in the Otto
man Empire will surely open the ha-
rems and set the captives free. So
may it be!
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-12
THE Uses AND ABUSES or ,,NT.

We can understand why mint Is used
in Juleps. because there is no other
julep in the world but the mint julep.
and there is no other mint julep but
the mint julep of Richmond; but we
should like 10 know why lamb is served
with mint sauce? 1t spoils both the
mint and the lamb, II, howbeit. ii be
lamb. We can understand why the
lamb in Houston, Texas should he
treated in this way, as it is known
TO he generally of the genus capricor-
nus. and, as a rule. very capricornus at
that; but why should lamb In Rich
mond be served with anything 10 hide
( It's own delicious taste? Hot tamales
chili-con-csrne. essence of mint or any
thing else that would disguise the
meats OF Texas is always in order as
q preventive; hut here in grand old
Virginia, where the grazing Is always
good and the lambs arc never goats
AT IS an offence 10 serve them eHcepl
AN their own. juice, or an JUS, ls tbs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-12

The Columbia State notes the death
of a Mrs. Bunion" so-and-so several
days ago. That was probably meant
for Bunyan, and the assistant editor
ought to have caught it in proof. 1t
must be said, however, that they have
some very funny names in South Caro-
lima. There is u post-ofice in that
state called "Catarrh." and there used
TO be another that was called Pole
Cat" now changed to Montmorenci. and
another called Frog Level" now going
under tho assumed name of Prosper
ity. This is the first time, we be-
lieve. that any lady was ever called
"Bunion."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-12

ana character. We know that up ir
Boston 1t often happens that chidre.
are required to wear spectacles By tn.
tline they are weaned; but we have
supposed that In some cases at least
this optical innrmitS was hereditary
the progenitors having exhausted. the
natural lenses by too careful scrutiny
of their business affairs and by count
ing the profits on sundry cargocs OF
rum sent to heather lands and on the
colored people. sold to comfortably
placed planters in the garden part of
the country. 1t is also worth noting,
perhaps, tha.'ithc eyes of the average
New England boy are equally good rs
the eyes of the average New England
girl.
1t Is true that the women wear
ornaments of gold and silver and
so do the men. The women hang these
things about their necks and In their
ears; but the men wear them in equally
conspicuous fashion across their fronts.
a chain in each pocket of their waist
coats and often with a much longer
and more SNOWY chain running the
circumference OF the diaphragm to
the hip pocket. Instead of the laces
and soft things with which the women
enhance their beauty, the men run. to
weskits. wearing oftentimes patterns
that u well-reared Virginia Indian
would have scorned to wear because
all the sauaws in his tribe would have
thought him mollycoddle. Then there
is the matter of endurance. We have
always heard that the women in New
England were the main workers in
that part of the country and that the
men were born tired. We have also
heard that great numbers of the men
up there are now living on what really
belongs to their wives.
However all this may be, DR.. Baff
is considering the question from the
psychological point of view. and he
ought to discuss 1t in a psychological
spirit 1t was old Ben Harrison who
declared that a cheap coat makes a
cheap man; but. after all, 1T is not
the outside OF the platter which should
most be regarded. and by this test
must the comparative savagery OF the
men and the women be Judged. Who
the mobs in this country
men or women? Who commit the
crimes against person and property
men or women? Who support. the
or women? 1t Is not
the clothes. or the paint and powder
and perfume, but what the mem and
women do that must be taken into any
sincere study of the problem. But
what's the use Of bothering about DR..
Ban?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-12

mo the names Of these raisers?
x. Y. u.
We cannot print the names OF any
dealers in this column.
Normal school Teachers.
Is there any truth In what havs
pteen Informed on good authority to
be the facts2 1t is this. am inform-
ed that In the cities OF Lynchburg and
richmond, In this state. the public
school authorities elect and support
white girl graduates Of the state Fee
male Normal School to positions in tho
negro schools of these respective
towns and that such work Is now be-
ing ing done in both places. am IN
soh,l,eo' iuTtnerm,ore, that in high
snorlties has elected State Femais
normal graduate as principal of ne
gro high school in that town, and
n rires ,,iouga yonng in years, she is at
and larger negro boys. This school is
under the supervision OF Professor II.
=. GLASS, who. L suppose, could give
you any information on this subject.
am aware That In some private negro
schools In Virginia the faculty con
slsts OF Northern women teachers. who
regard themselves as missionaries in
u, :, such work, but ] have never
h Slow, TO my own knowledge an in
stance where such work is done in Vir-
sinla ny her own graduates The
thought is SO revolving 10 me that
] VIII refrain from commenting on IL
intil ! Know such to be. the real facts
! wish you would kindly answer this
inquiry from the best information you
can obtain through the columns of
your paper. a READER.
II is.true that graduates OF tho State
Normal School teach in the negro
schools. The School Board, generally
speaking. takes great care In choosing
a young woman who Is to do this
work. The plan may not be model
one. but 1t is n well-establlshed GUS
tom. There lis movement on foot, az
you doubtless know, TO have negro
teachers for negro schools, but thi3
VIII not be possible until the negroes
present.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-12

prudential reasons. AS rule, we
know just about how far we can go
in such mattcrs and we should never
think of advising anybody about any
thing that does not especially concern
ua We must say. however, at ven
ture, that the setting apart of one day
in the year as the ford's Day strikes
MS as the wholly proper thing to be
done in Anderson. South Carolina.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-12
A "DANn FOR THE LORD

1t takes either a bold newspaper to
say what the Anderson Is. c. Daily
Mail said the other day about Special
Days in the Churches" or a sensible
community, in which such things can
be said without bringing down upon
its head much ha~d swearing, of a
righteous sort, of course. This is what
the Mail said:
"A few Sundays ago we had Tuber-
culosis Day in the churches. The
preachers talked to the people about
the danger OF tuberculosis and how to
combat the disease.
And yesterday was Mothers Day.
The preachers told the people that
| they ought TO love and honor their
| mothers
we suppose we may next have Pei
lagra Day and Fathers Day ana vari-
Gus and sundry other days.
Would it not be Il good idea for
| tho churches, before this thing of spe-
cal days goes TOO far to set apart one
| Sunday in the year as the Lords DAY,
upon which day the preachers and
people might mite In the worship and
praise OF God?
ITO do this, ii seems to us, would
| be entirely appropriate. And IL this
| were done some people who do not
| now attend church regularly mieht be
found IN The sanctuary on that day
we might say that there seems to be
a good deal in that view of the gem
@|lesrS Ss14 sAbsseeli but va, shall not Tor
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-12

Mayor Barrett of Augusta, Georgia.
IS said TO have visited Savannah the
other day ito get some pointers on
how to make even Augusta a little
better and brighter city than it is
But Mayor Barrett went to goats
house for wool; he ought to have come
10 Richmond, and we would suggest
that he put himself in communication
Immediately with Mayor Richardson, OF
Richmond. Surely. Augusta. does not
Want to be in the class with Savannah.
bat real city, a city as is a city.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-12
ron pnouInIrloN IN SPOTS.

/ Tha Inn wlliint,, .Tnnninps I3rynr
made > .neecb 10 Tie farmers eonven.
! tion at st 1onis last Saturday nigh,
an "1bn Farmer IN Business. I'm Society
and N potitics" we do not know
what he said about business or society
| hut no seems 10 have dweIt upon the
noI,t,oal side of his subject IN good
form aevotinr MANY words and some
thought TO n discussion of the saloon
In poli,ics-not the farmer in the sa-
loon. but the saloon I'm notifies, gcner-
ally. and. specifically. in the politics of
Nebraska He declared that he would
do all in his power to drive the saloon
ont of the politics OF his state He
shall not take part In the question as
1t may present itself IN any other sec
ton, as the question presents itself DIFF
ferently in different States, but If he
have his way the saloons will be driven
out of Nebraska In his opinion "the
saloon is a nuisance, and his fight SIS
not against the individual who uses
liquor but against the saloon where
it is sold Why? If there were no
individuals using liquor there would
be no saloons selling It. II Mr.. Bryan
will destroy the demand there will be
no supply He can understand this,
and IL he will influence the drinking
men of Nebraska to quit drinking the
saloons Will get out without being
forced ont
Mr.. Bryan criticized the newspapers
for opening their advertising columns
70 liauor announcements and SAD that
Il newspapers ala not carry SO many
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-12

The local Grand Army Post of Prince
ton. Indiana, has started movement
To build a monument at that place TO
the soldiers at cost of $4,000. They
should find little difficulty in raising
the money. il they would take it out
of the pensions they are drawing for
Saving the Union.'
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-12
Pronunciation Of Hinwnthn. Etc.

What Is your authority for putting
an RI sound in the accented syllables
of Hiawatha and mater, as in Query
Column OF May s.? Fl. L. O.
Mr.. Longfellow always pronounced
Hiawatha as we gave 1t in this col.
umn. The pronunciation OF mater is
now generally taught as the correct
Latin pronunciation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-12
A RELIGIOUS EPOCH IN ENGLAND.

days old. but it has already been
marked by one most significant de-
velopment The insult to all Catholics.
which is contained in the traditional
oath of the British monarch, is to be
changed, and England's King, for the
first time since the days of James
H., is to swear his allegiance to God
and the Church of England without
haunting any other faith.
This change. so epoch making in its
character. has come about through the
efforts of John Redmond. the patriotic
| leader of the Irish in the House OF
Commons. Recalling the willingness
expressed by the Government in a
recent debate to modify the terms OF
the coronation oath, Mr.. Redmond has
called on Premier Asquith to do so
and the Premier has drafted a bill
which Will have the desired effect
The King is still to swear that he
adheres to the tenets OF the Church
of England, and that he does not be-
lieve in ransubstantiation; but he is
no longer to swear that the Catholic
creed is idolatrous, and he is not to
make any reference to the Pope of
Rome
If this bill pass-as ii surely will
it will remove one of the blights on
the good name of the English people
and one of the last remnants of
bigotry. The Church of England re-
mains the Established Church, and will
probably so remain for many years.
This may seem doubtful wisdom to
many liberal men. trained in Amer
lean ideas of religious liberty, but
where a. majority of the English peo-
pie wish such a Church, their will is
supreme over any theory of govern
cent and should not be criticised.
The old coronation oath. however
went much further than was necessary
to maintain the Church. 1t put the
ban of heresy on the creed of the
Church of Rome and denounced as
idolatrous beliefs which are sacred in
the eyes of men as good as those who
shape England's destiny. At the
least, this was useless in a day OF
religious liberty. and it was insult.
ing at time when the rights of every
man TO think for himself is recognized
as fundamental principle of society
The revised coronation oath will Sc.
cure England against the presence or
the throne of any other than a com.
municant of the Church of England but
it viii set for England something ever
more desirable-broad liberation, good
viii among all brothers. and recog.
milton OF those rights which are near
est and dearest to the hearts of many
millions of good British subjects.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-12
Mortgage on Property,

a is a resident OF North Carolina.
and holds mortgage against a party
in Virginia. Has the commissioner of
the revenue In Virginia right to make
a pay taxes on this mortgage in this
State? OF course. a has to lis, this
mortgage in his own State.
1882 NJ. G.
l. This is a much disputed point The
reasoning in this case is AZ follows:
The property Is In Virginia and the
man who holds tho mortgage derives
money from this property As such he
is subject to taxation in Virginia. This
is the case regardless of the residence
of the man who owns the mortgage
q March 26
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-12

Why don't the monument builders in
North Carolina erect a monument to
"Cld Joe" in old Guilford? They will
do 1t some time in the future why
nct do it now. so that their most dis
tiHguished son can see what it will
lodk like? Tompkins Will please give
attention.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-12

/ per cent. Of the taxes, not counting
] licenses and the taxes on public serV-
4 ice corporation, most OF which Is
| properly accounted in the tax returns
| Of the cities. If this be fair pre-
| sentation OF the case, actual condi-
| lions certainly show that the cities
! arc yielding much larger proportion
| counties are. The Auditors Report
| for the year ending September, 1909,
showed that the total taxes from the
counties, as listed on the blanks which
every citizen must I'll out, amounted
to $t,753,4e7T2, while the revenue from
the cities was s105S,902.01, or about
forty per cent Of the total. This is
ten per cent. more than what we have
estimated to be the cities proper part
OF the taxes, based on population.
An examination of the various tax
schedules will show that the cities
bear their full part Of the taxes on all
classes of property whether real or
personal The counties, for instance,
paid SS4S141,s1 real estate taxes in
1909 and the cities paid s596,597.73.
On tangible personal property. the
counties paid s211,26e.13, while the
cities paid s67,6So.S7. On intangible
property, which tho Courier thinks is
improperly returned in the cities, the
counties paid s157,4S9.A4, while the
cities paid slia206.S1, or almost fifty
per cent. of the total. Allowing that
in this particular case there is much
more intangible property per capita in
the cities than in the counties, 1t
would still seem reasonable to con-
clude that the cities are bearing their
proper part of this tax.
These figures need no comment and
they are not adduced in any desire to
tax lodging. They do not pay the
taxes they should and we know 1t;
but the counties are even worse Of
The cities should be made to
pay their part Of the taxes, thirty per
cent. of the whole, but the counties
should be required by law to pay their
part and not to think they are justi
fed in lodging because the cities pay
forty per cent. of the whole where
they are properly chargeable with
hardly moro than thirty per cent.
There is such a thing as expecting too
much, even of Virginia cities.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-12
Times-DIspn,ch Premium conte.t.

II seems from Yesterdays Queries
and Answers that YOU still receive pre
MUM coupons. If so. / would like
to know II you have in stock any. OF
the large mission clocks? J. ". r.
Coupons are no longer received for
premiums
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-12
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BlTTERS

and 'notlcc the quick Improvement in your
general health. 1t tones and invigorates
the entire system and prevents Loss of
Appetite, Heartburn, Headache, Indi-
,Gestion. Gostiyeness and Malaria.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-12
TAXES IN CITIES AND COUNTIES.

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TAXES IN CITIES AND COUNTIES.
! There is no doubt in. the mind of the
Blackstone Courier that taxes in yir-
| ginia are most unequally assessed. II
| has admitted as much many times and
has been numbered among the leaders
in the fight for better tax laws. 1t
| does not conceal or attempt TO con
ceal the gross tax lodging in some of
the counties and ii does not hesitate
i for a moment to confess that the laws
are being evaded. that assessments are
being made at ridiculously low figures
and that the spirit Of the law is being
violated
The Courier is not, however inclined
TO admit that the city newspapers
which have been bewaling the iniqui-
ties of our present tax code have any
right to criticise the counties I'll
| thinks that the city dailies should
mend their own fences and seek to get
correct assessments in the cities be-
fore they begin TO abuse the counties.
The Courier proceeds in this fash
ion in its reference to the city news-
papers:
They can see the inequalities of
real assessments. horses, cattle and
bon. sd, e, u9'G ~. ~ saAa.iosl' pue
the tax lodging engaged in bv the city
people: And to what an alarming ex-
tent ten does ms go? What proportion of
pronertv Of the ,@her o citv r petSort
are returned by the holders Of these?
Why don't some Of our city pa
pers who are 50 an%ious to do a
eb,nery 70 Work to sbe sys ,neir MA ma,
Questions? There is a bis. field and
bigger results We Of the country
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-12

Speaker Cannon was seventy.four
years old last Saturday. He was born
IN North Carolina.