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Ioned to levy special tax on hats

toned to levy a special tax on hats
and hair.
This latter procedure strikes us MS
bad way Of banlshing the hats. Once
tho good women OF Rome-not those
OF Richmond, God bless then,!--are sure
that they will have to pay duty on
their hats and their rats" there VIII
be a still greater demand for them.
Their ownership will be new token
OF wealth and standing So far as
that Is CONCERNED. however the cru
SADIE need not have begun. mo
big hat will pass of It's own accord. as
thousands have passed before. our
good women will weary OF their bur
den, and tire of straining their necks to
avoid collisions; they will grow weary
of the out-worn novelty and will come
back to earth SO to say. They always
do it. and here in Richmond they do
1t more graciously and more readily
than anywhere else in Chrstendom.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-30
CuRTIss "FLYING SOME,

The Wright brothers will have to
return to the fourth groove and take
a place dangerously close to the wings
after Glenn H. Curtiss's flight yesterday
from Albany to New York. The rival
of the Ohio brothers has the centre of
the stage. and he deserves the spot
light. He has the applause of the
whole country. $4,000 of Don Seitz's
good money and a great deal of free
advertising as solace for the patent
balm for his failure in other contests.
Curtiss was certainly flying some"
as they say in Charlotte. He made the
trip from Albany to New York in two
hours and thirty-two minutes, and
stopped only once on the way. The
Journey was 1877 miles in length. ana
he made 1t In 152 minutes, without a
mlshap and without the least injury
to his motor. The distance from Al
bany to neutrality-suspicious. four
miles-he covered in eighty three min
utes, or at a rate of more than fifty
miles the hour. This is a record of its
kind. and the flight was in every re-
spect the equal of those made by
Bleriot. Paulhan and De Lesseps.
Curtiss must enjoy his fame and his
money while he has them, for some
one will come along in the next few
months and beat his record. These
are the days of the flyers. and every
month witnesses some new conquest
of the air What one does well to-day
another will do better Tomorrow. and
what Curtiss does so excellently, some
body else is sure to excel before his
! laurels have withered.
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the spells Of ONCE were the stakes at
hazard. and Rulkelcy is wise In his
generation 1t would be better for
him to explain that he will leave the
selection OF the doorkecper Of the
Senate gallery until after tho election
In the meantime he could make each
Of the applicants for the position bc-
lieve that he Is Bulkeleys first choice,
friends believe that he would get out
of the way for Mclean in the present
race for the Senate If he could fool
them as readily as he fooled Mclean,
he would again prove his shrewdness
as a practical politician.
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TAXING HAnMoN,s MgAsuRE.

In an open letter addressed to Jud-
son Harmon, OF Ohio. the Hon. William
Jennings Bryan, OF Nebraska, observes:
This is a crisis which will show your
size, Are you ready to have your
measure taken?"
| II we were Governor Harmon. we
should reply: II know 1t. Yes. I am
ready to have my measure taken: but
not by your yardstick"
Instead, however, Governor Harmon
has ISSUED statement" In which,
while admitting that he would prefer
TO have United States Senators elected
by popular vote. he mildly suggests
that Sin Ohio this year the sentiment
among the Democrats has been that
the matter should be left to the mem
bers of the Legislature and their con.
stituents." In concluding his state
ment," Governor Harmon says:
Mr.. Bryan's opinion is always en-
titled to the greatest respect, but am
confident that his long absence has
made him unfamiliar with the present
peculiar condition In Ohio. and that IT
he knew them as they are known here
he would see the good policy OF omit
ing the senatorship from consideration
by the convention"
That looks as II Governor Harmon
would like to say: Please, Mr. Bryan.
/ agree with you: but you do not know
how the Ohio Democrats feel about this
matter. and l think that I should be
guided as far as I may by their wishes
touching the election OF Senator. AZ
ter this year. probably we may be able
to show them that there is a better
way than the way which has always
been followed in this country, since
the foundation of the Government.
Please, Mr.. Bryan, don't think hard
of me-"
! We are disappointed; but I'VE never
loved a tree or flower but what twas
first to fade away" We have count
ed so confidently on Harmon. We
/ hoped so hard that he would take the
party away from the domination of
| Mr.. Bryan. and here we have him say
ing, in effect, please, Mr.. Bryan. Con-
found Mr.. Bryan
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NOT THE ONLY CAUSE.

Like the loyal Democrat the editor OF
the Virginian-Pilot is, he is not inclined
to admit that the over supply of gold Is
responsible for high prices. and he
fears we have been led to that opn-
ion by the advocates of protection.
sponsible for high prices when, as he
thinks, the money market shows no
signs of uneasiness, and when the
prices of commodities are higher in
this country than they are In terri
tory Immediately adjoining us.
Our friend need not be disturbed.
We arc alive to the wiles OF the enc
my and know how readily they Will
blame high prices on anything but
the tariff. In this case. they are par
ticularly cunning because there is
less we very much mistake the signs
of the times, there is an oversupply
of gold. not only in America. but all
over the world. Those symptoms of
oVer-abunddnt Sold winch nave been
familiar since the days of Adam Smith
are witnessed in every land Com
modities are higher. the world over,
than they have been for years. and
this can only be the case where there
is more gold than tho industries and
commerce of the world can absorb.
Yet there are other reasons back OF
this.--reasons which prove the truth
of all that our contemporary says
about prices in adjoining countries.
but which likewise disprove what he
says about the gold supply. We are
paying more than Canada is paying
for commodities. to be sure. but Can
ada is paying more than it ever paid
before. 1t is suffering from an over
supply of gold and we are suffering
from the same cause and from tho
robbery of protective tarirr. The
latter is the worse of the two.
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THE BIG HAT DOOMED.

The saddest news, to womankind at
least, that has flashed across the cable
since King Edward died. came yester-
day in the reports that big hats have
been banned in London. Now that the
nation has put on mourning, the wo-
keepers were not prepared for such a
tremendous demand for large black
hats. and consequently cannot supply
what every woman wants. In sheer
desperation. the women have chosen
to follow the fashion of mourning
rather than the fashion Of dress, and
are now venturing into Hyde Park
with small black turbans that seem
sadly out of place after the umbrella
creations of the winter.
1t appears, too. that other nations
are engaging in fight against the
monster hats that threatens the ban
ishment of this millinery. The
French clergy Is weary Of surveying
half-acre of hats from It's pulpit with
out seeing mans face between. and
is denounctng the inflated millinery in
round terms. In Italy the reformers
are attacking not only the great hats,
but the great coiffures that go with
them. OF course, here in Richmond
every woman has enough hair-real
hair-to meet the demands of any hat,
great or small. but 1t appears that the
unfortunate daughters of Rome, in
their determination to fill bushel hat
with hair, have been using what does
not belong to them, Graves have been
looted and corpses have been shaved
before they were cold to meet the de-
mands of the day. A vigorous protest
has been made against the whole bust
ness. and Parliament has been petit
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WHEN WAR SHALL BE NO MOI


Herbert Maxim, who has made all
sorts OF discriminating weapons, has
been dipping into the future, and has
been dreaming of a day when his own
artillery shall be impotent Old ways
are passing, he. says, and old methods
of warfare are dying out, Before am
other generation forts shall be silent.
boundary lines shall be of no moro
Importance in war, even the Dread
noughts, for which taxpayers are
bleeding. shall be drawn ashore as use.
less and worthless.
The flying machine. according TO
Maxim, is to bring about this grea,
change in the ways of warfare, and is
10 hasten the day when war shall be
no more. The aeroplane and The dirigl-
hle. sent by an enemy over hostile
countries, will make the problem OF
defense altogether different and will
carry the battles OF the nations into
the skies. High above the earth motor
driven soldiers Will do their fighting
or viii, hurl their explosives TO tbs
ground, defYng nature and achieving
tho Impossible
Allowing for Mr.. Maxim's vivid i'm
agination. the world may we'll pray
mat his dream may come true ON
hope of peace is in the very awfulnesi
Of war. When genius shall have in
vented new Aging machines. and wher
high power explosives and long rang
guns shall have made war destruction
then the nations must cease from bat
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COOP LUCK, MIR. cARpENrEr.

The resignation of Private Secretary
Carpenter is to be regretted He is a
fine fellow. of large capacity and
great industry. He is not Dan Lamont,
because there was never but one Dan
Lamont, and he could not stand as
much punishment as Loeb. because he
is not physically as fit as Loeb; but he
has done his work we'll, and upon en-
tering the diplomatic service, fol
which he is we'll equipped, he deserves
the thanks and congratulations of the
country for his patience under many
Affections and his admirable conduct
In a most embarrassing and thsnkless
position.
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WRITTEN on rHE WALL.

Commander Peary wrote his name on
the wall of the Savage Club. in London,
Saturday night. when a dinner was
given in his honor. hansen, Scott and
Shackleton had previously written their
names on the wall, and Peary is in
the only Original Discoverer of tho
North Pole. is not there. Perhaps he
will write it when he gets back from
Etah.
This is d strange way of doing
Nearly every boy in the United States
has at one time or another written his
name on the wall: but we did not know
that it was habit of the scientists
to do the same thing. AT Heidelburg
the keeper of the students club de-
lights to show visitors the name of the
great Bismarck cut into the table from
which he used to drink lager beer, and
many beautiful sycamore tree in our
own country has been spoiled with
the names of silly young folk who
have carved their names in the bark
oftentimes inclosed in heart shaped
design, and there forever to confuse
them when things do not turn out ex-
actly as they expected in their first
excess of emotion. We are delighted,
however, that Commander Peary has
been recognized in this way by the
Savage Club.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-30

Even Cone Johnson could be good on
a day like yesterday in Richmond.
They don't have anything like 1t in
Texas; but that is no reason why Cone
should not make his fight to the end.
II he shall be turned down in his race
for Governor of the Lone Star State,
and we do not see how that Is posi-
BILE, In view of the powerful support
he is receiving from the Houston Post,
we do not care for him In Richmond;
but he can go back to his native home
in North Carolina and welcome.
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THE nonL wrnvL IN GEORGIA..


The State Entomologist Of Georgia
predicts that within three years the
boil weevil will invade Georgia. and
The Constitution, protesting against
even temporary laxity of res,ric-
tions" in the quarantine against tho
dreaded insect, fears that the farmers
of Georgia have not been properly
aroused to the seriousness of men
ace so slightly removed" Making nor
NAL crops for so many years with
the casual Intervention of only the
ordinary insect foes our contempor-
airy feels that sit is difficult for them
to mentally visualize condition that
will revolutionize the conditions now
controlling the production of cotton"
In line with tho consensus of scien-
tifc opinion that cultural methods
offer the most hopeful manner OF com
batting this predatory insect" the
radical Introduction of diversihcation
as will not only minimize the ravages
of the approaching evil, but as we'll
buttress the Souths wealth making
capacity in dozen other directions"
That seems to be sound. even If 1t Is
not quite clear. Nothing could be
clear in the CONSTITUTIONS waste Of
words.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-30

The Chicago Tribune Is wasting Its
money in telegraph tolls. The other
day it printed a dispatch from Cleve-
land saying that the Republican con-
vention in his home district had failed
to endorse Dick for re-election to the
United States Senate: but what differ
ence does that make? Who is Dick.
anyhow Besides, the Tribune ought
to wait until Lorimer gets through
with 1t. Newspapers, like freight cars,
can be overloaded.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-30

Why is it that the singers in 50
many choirs will not sing the words
or the anthems and the hymns so that
the audience and the worshippers can
hear what they are singing about?
An occasional rejoice rejoice in the
Lord" or whatever it is. would be
understandable if the singers would
only make it clear what particular
thing they would like to rejoice"
about.
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"BELoNGs TO CONNECTICUT"

Several months ago Major Charles
e, Hooks. a member of General Haw-
ley's regiment, died. He was a door
keeper on tho gallery floor of the
Senate at Washington. Hawley was
for many years United States Senator
of North Carolina, and he was very
good Senator, In spite of his politics.
Major Hooks. as we have noted,
fought with Hawley on the wrong
side; but he fought. and there was a
good deal of merit In that. He is
dead now, and tho place he filled at
Washington is vacant It is worth
sl.l4o the year and Ia practically for
life, 1t belongs, we are told by the
Washington correspondent of the
Hartford courant. to Connecticut,
and Connecticut man could have it
If Bulkeley would say the word" Bulke-
ley is a candidate for reelection to
the Senate, having forgotten all about
his pledges not to be candidate for
another term, and 1t looks as If
Bulkeley is holding the appointment
back for political purposes.
The little lob In WASHINGTON Is the
sort of pie" that might help some
in his campaign for continuance of
his services in the Senate. There are
so many of his constituents. however.
who would take ii, that he probably
feels some delicacy in choosing
among them IT is said by the poet
that hell hath no fury like a
woman scorned." but that was befors
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-30

PRESIDENT Taft will attend Decoration
Day ceremonies in New York to-day,
and will probably pay his own railroad
fare, He will witness the march Of
the veterans past the Soldiers and
sailors Monument on Riverside Drive;
nut the chances are that he will not
repeat the speech he made about Gem
eral Grant at that point about two
years ago It was one OF the hest
speeches. however, that he ever. made,
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HOW ABOUT THE FIGHT.

The great fight is but little more
than month off, and its approach is
raising to fever heat the sporting
blood of devotees of the ring from
Melbourne to Liverpool. Scarcely a
day passes but the Sporting Ed
itor Of this paper is asked for his con-
fidential opinion as to the outcome oC
the fight, and oven those OF us whose
pursuits lie In less militant fields of
journalism are besieged with INQUIRIES
as to the chances of the two men, the
probable length of the fight and the
prospect that the fight will be framed
up" before the gong sounds.
The impression seems to be prevail
ing that the negro Johnson is gaining
in strength, while Jeffries. the ex-
champion. is not measuring up to the
requirements. The news which comes
| from the latter's camp gives perhaps
an over-cheerful picture of the situa-
ton, though 1t intimates what many
suspect When aroused and really in
terested in a sparring match, Jefries
! is his old-time self; at other times he
lis sluggish and takes more delight in
foot races and swimming than in the
4 eHercise,of the squared circle The me-
gro is gaining every day. He is in
4 ms prime, while Jcftries, apparently,
las beginning to so down grade. He
has plenty of STEAM" as the sports
men call it; is anxious to night. is con-
hdent and is beginning to train haro
Jeffries has had his battles. and has
won his name as a hrniser; the negro
has still TO chow. by a stir tight with
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-30

tie PEACE congresses may do much,
and international arbitration Will do
more, but universal fear will do still
more to stop the senseless how OF
blood.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-30

There was never more beautiful
day. since the difficulty in the Garden
or Eden. than yesterday in Richmond.
bright sunshine. cool air, gentle
zephyrs, lovely women, manly men,
appetizinS churches filled with devout
worshippers--"a days march nearer
home"
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Our National Flag.
Please give me some facts regarding
the various forms of the national flag.

Please give me some facts regarding
the various forms of the national flag.
A CITIZEN.
The official flag of the United States
held. arranged in six rows--the first.
third. fourth and sixth rows having
eight stars each, and the other two
rows seven stars each. The garrison
nag of the army Is made OF bunting,
thirty-six feet fly and twenty feet
per quarter next the staff is the field
OF union" OF stars equal to the num-
Der of States on blue field. over one
third length OF the flag, extending to
the lower edge Of the fourth red stripe
twenty feet by ten feet. and the re-
cruiting flag nine feet nine Inches by
four feet four Inches. The "American
Jack is the union" or blue field of
the flag. The revenue marine service
scribed to consist of sixteen perpen-
dicular stripes, alternate red and white.
the union of the ensign bearing the
arms of the United States in dark blue
on white field" The, sixteen stripes
which had been admitted to the Union
at that time, and no change has been
made since. Prior to 1871 1t bore an
eagle In the union of the pennant.
teen blue stars in a white field; but
the eagle and stars are still retained
in the flag. June IA, the anniversary
OF the adoption of the flag, Is cele-
brated as Flag Day in large part OF
the Union.
Note Not Valid.
by citizen of North Carolina In 1908.
He has failed to nav interest on this
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-30
lect 1t. VIII you please tell me wheth.
er or not the note Is still good?

The note is not valid longer than
threo years, unless 1t was secured un-
der soal, In which case 1t Is good for
ten years.
Labor Laws.
labor laws Of the Various States. and
especially of the. eight-hour laws.
about this law In Iowa. viii YOU
please tell me whether or not Iowa
has such a law? A READER.
Ihe only eight.hour law on the stat.
tho work on the public roads.
DcfaclnE Bank Note.
is It lawful to burn or deface a
bank note of the government. II not.
A SUBSCRIBER
certainly burn 1t up, but X you tam
per with 1t or in any wisel change its
figures You are liable to arrest for
counterfeiting.
Authors Club.
Is there an authors association or
club in Richmond? If so. kindly give
me the names OF It's officers. S. b.
There is no club in Richmond ak
clusively for authors
Repairs Charged to Landlord.
rent house: the house has been
in very bad repair for long tine, and
the landlord refuses to do anything
to improve its condition. but through
my persistence and the aid OF tho
Board of Health he has done a little
When he repaired the bathroom tho
man cut a hole through the ceiling and
through the roof: consequently. when
II rains the water comes into the bath
room and goes through the floor into
tho dining groom below. Then again
the flush leaks; 1t never was in good
order. and naturally our water bill
is increased. Whose place lis 1t to
have things put In proper order? I
have already notified the landlord. and
very unwisely he doesn't see the neces-
sity OF looking after his own inter
ests. Am I allowed to have these
Things repaired-and they sadly need
it--and charge up to the landlord, or
should / pay for having them done
and see him for the amount?
A. READER.
We doubt that you have right to
have these repairs made and charge
to the landlord. This will depend upon
the terms of your original lease. In
the circumstances we do not think
you would be Justified In making re-
pairs yourself The best thing to do
Is to terminate your lease as soon
as possible and go somewhere else.
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Daily Queries and Ansuers
Address all communications column Query Editor
Tincs-spatch NomathennatLcaI problems will
stamps valued and dealers mar be Given.
Dny CclcbrntIon.

Plense give mo the correct date for
midsummer day, which. think. Ia an
old feast day on the calendar. When
Is II celebrated? A READER.
Midsummer day is feast OF the
nativity OF John the Baptist and is
now celebrated June "a. In the days
day.
Day Of Birth.
I was born March is, 1890. Will you
please tell me what day OF the week 1t
was? ANXIOUS
Sunday.
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nay Of Blrth,
North ana south America.

TO settle n bet, will you please tell
me whether North America Is larger
than South America or not2 M. T.
South America Is larger, its area
being 6,S3I000 square miles, while the
area of North America is 6,446, 900
square miles.
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The note is not valid longer than
three years, unless 1t was secured UNI
der soal, In which case 1t Is good for
ten years.
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Lnbor Laws.
DefaclnE n Bnnk Note.
Authors, Club.

AnthOrH Club.
1s there an authors association or
club in Richmond? If so, kindly give
me the names OF It's officers. S. B.
There Is no club in Richmond ak
clusively for authors.
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Note Not valid.

have a note which was given me
by citizen of North Carolina in 1908.
He has failed to pay interest on this
note. and I have been unable to col