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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-26
BEASTS AND BABIES.

Walter H. Page, editor of the Worlds Work,
struck very practical note IN his address to the
Teachers. when he pointed out the need of TIE
ply steal care OF the child rs an incident to its
mental equipment Nothing be truer than
that the duty OF this century II to fight disease
and to preserve the race both for the end that
opportunities may tie avaled Of TO the fullest de-
gree and that by the lowering Of the death rate
there may be practically eombatted It lowered
ratio OF births to population. II settled that
civilization checks fecundty. The only recourse
of civilization is to correspondingIy check NOR
tality. In this hope rests the future maintenance
of civilized races and the happiness and pros
perity Of the people who support them.
True as The duty is. especially in the case of
schools, to preserve the health of children by
educating parents In the fight on disease and de-
fects. il seems that the distinguished educator
went little far In Illustration when he stated
that beasts of the jungle In some instances cared
for their Young more effectively than the peo-
pie OF the United States. a baby dies every ten
seconds. according to Dir. Pages statistics, but
what of the parents who give them birth? What
of the heritage of health and stamina-or lack
of (which these weakng ones receiver What
of the system of careful preservation of weak
children by every means Of science. only to have
them pass Oh their weaknesses to others and so
continue the heartrendng endless chain of
human suffering? IL ii 50 much a want of care OF
the child so much ignorance of disease, as u,
want of acceptance by the State of the respon-
sibility 10 bring about the asset OF healthy
birth to every child put into the world to batt,
its tiny way past the dangers Of infancy Free
marriage Is an institution appealing to senti.
ment but sentiment is poor crutch whcl
to rely for the practical betterment of the race
The beast In the jungle IL. of necessity. healthy
If it were not it would not be in the jungle, It,
offspring ibto being strong and vigorous
as the parent The human offspring touched
/ preserved BY science only to transmit to the IT.
/ ture other helpless babes to make the appalling
record OF an infant death with every ten ticks OF
the watch
i OF course this is humanity it is education but
4 it is but the beginning OF dawning sense OF oh
legation which viii eventually successfully fight
disease by raising the to the point where il
will naturally repel instead Of as now in Sc
many cases naturally inviting it
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-26
AND THE SUFFRAGE

15nAl Gibbons, in publicly advising the stu
m 4 woman's college to avoid following
rho desire woman suffrage" exerts u pow
IIJuence In way 10 weaken and destroy it.
~ follow in the steps of those" he said,
have become mannisb in their ways, and
ut Tor place In politics. The place for
IAN Ii In the home. and ! trust YOU viii
S1o 40 your best now. By doing each of
the future to the young man whom yon
m your husband"
4EArdinaf Is a man who stands as the repre-
live OF a great church that has ia the past
emporaI and spiritual empires slip away
N3 control BY reason oil this same spirit OF
~ resistance to the developing thought Of
neni. So far re he advises women that
ES1ace Ia lii the home and their eud in life
1Nny. he expresses the fundamental senti.
E& both right thinking men and right til ink
men But insofar as he tends TO imply
ideal woman Is she who makes the home
}1nitage OF her sympathy, he is out of line
- snrely blossoming sense OF women Of
b1ati0nship TO the world. The day has
nce passed when the woman who wished
Dnr lie fully and well WAS satisfied To live
lame oblivious OF the outside influences
nG on the happiness and usefulness Of
~ and the family. The time has passed
lonan, the mainstay 81 the church, was
With personal attendance on mass The
passed. IN short when woman Was ac-
~ admit herself being set apart in
with the other personal chattels of
n insisting upon such a view, the
III simply making more difficult for
The loyalty and faith of the women
EmAlly inclined, are AT the same time
cAservsnt.
indeed. vastly more to the suffrage
= mere desire on the part OF women
Dositicsr. Perhaps IT is true that the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-26
M|L|T|AMEN WILL
GET DOUBLE PAY
MILITARY BOARD INCREASES
COMPENSATION OF SOL
DIERS-SERvICE MEDALS
TO BE ISSUED.

virginia miiitiamcn who went ia
Gettysburg for the 1910 encanrpm ant.
VIII receive twice as much money tor
their services as they mad expected.
This Is due to the fact that ma
Military Board in session In the Gov.
ernor's oiice Friday night decided
TO pay the citixen-soidiery an amount
similar to that allowed by the Fed.
sraa government for field servicea
Inc board also decided to tnuue tn
each command $40 a year for each
man enlisted In the. company. This
VIII go to the commander In . lump
sum and be apportioned for armory
improvements uniforms and other
Things as they are needed.
Better arniories in the smaller
cities and towns was discussed ~
some length. and the COMMANDERS az
the companies In such places were
ordered 10 improve their quarters an
soon as possible
The boara approved the holding Of
camps O. instructions for line and
held officers, such as was held IN
petersburg last summer. and sIx-
gested that IL possible the non-com.
missioned officers should attend these
schools.
Au,utant General Sale was author
ned to accept the deed to the naw
rine range and encampment grounds
AZ virginia Beach az soon az the tito
20 the donated property was found Is
be clear -
service medals of bronze for SIX
years enlistment, silver for nine
years, two silver bars for twelve
years Target silver medal for ffteen
years, gold bar for eighteen years
two gold bars for twenty-one venrs
gold medal for twenty-four vesr.'
ana one gold bar for every SIX years
after that. were ordered made ana
awarded.
conference between General Sale
ana the commanding officers Of All
the organizations In the mAitia WA
ned prior. 10 the board meeting. Tho
general betterment Of the citixen-
soldier was the topic OF discussion.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-26
1sorHAMs IMporExr MAJORITY.

6us figures throw an Illuminating sidelight
~ many reasons why MIR. Roosevelt was not
~ carry New York state fer stimson. The
nefs plans were based chiefly on the sup
II popularity OF his cause in what Is called
6fate", that is. that portion OF the State
1Ig outside of New York City Even had this
Ecensus show that the result. while il would
D have been as emphatic. would have been
eticaliy the same.
kof the astounding fac, is that Greater New
Il: now holds more than htty per cent Of ali
people In the Empire State. OF New Yorks
1e27a.. 4166sS3 are In the City and only t..
eSDS in the State oustide the City. leaving
<prity Of population OF 42o 4s7 in the
tcpoIIs.
Nat is seen of New York is evident, in
&eer or less degree. throughout the country.
drift is still distinctly toward the city.
- which have few large cities suffer in
- statistics in comparison with those in
there are a number of urban communi
Mud sven in such States II IS the munich
nnd not the country that shows the ratio
faaAe. For example, the total increase OF
Mon in New York of 25.4 per cent over the
Tor 1900 is to be divided. 1874 increase
4sity aud per cent for the State.
Ite or which the upstate is still power
ShA Legislature to control the greater and
RerfuI city. Such control irksome
ignorance of city needs and conditions
6ntry vote carried q clear majority. Now
kN city, with its excess population. will
e controlled through Legislature repre-,
= not nearly so many people, evaporation
lm time become acute New York. in n
m different ways. faces future Of govern
ey; but on a fictitious representation from
Sxfstricts Rich, but helpless. great but
I'D, the richest city in the world will still
I'D by people nnschooled In its ways anf
eAant In its management,
o often been said tina, one of the glarins
M of the Federal Constitution was the lael
4lsion for the cities which time and growth
5DEoduced Much as this alleged defect has
70 produce alleged injustice oil account oi
EfNjudice. ii has nevertheless been subject
g3efense that, after all, the majority of the
1na unit was all powerful in Democracy
6tty must yield its pride and self-assurance
matchmaking sentiment In the case Of
&0rk City. however, even this defense has
minority in the country will continue
o1ate for majority in the city.
EsA state of affairs is almost danerous
n1d be such a distinct control and gerry
sof the State by Tammany. for instance
&a6 enable the City, by virtue of Its ina
N population. TO apply its own standards
MARINERS and smailtown inhabitants of The
- districts
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-26
THE QUESTION or THANKSGIVING.

Among the usual crop of Thanksgiving
contrasts, of a suicide who, exclaimine
that he had nothing TO be thankful for on this
day of Thanksgiving, placed revolver to his
temple and shot himself dead upon the street
Such an act indeed goes far to show that the
deluded individual concerned had scarcely any
cause for Thanksgiving in himself For all that
he was woefully ungratefu for the boon of hay.
ing been permitted to live in strenuous world
until an age when he could be walking around
with loaded weapons on his person He is in.
deed bereft who carries so little In his head Il
were passing strange. indeed, that such head
could hold anything be blown out. To speak
Of such putting bullet through his
brain is obviously the most palpable figure Of
speech If the world were not so tender heart.
ed to Its weakines, the crack of pistol In such
a National festival
What the fool with the pistol did, however
many of us do without pistols, and more efYec
lively in that stab our hearts with though,
instead Of puncturing heads with q bullet.
There is one way to an appreciation of the fact
that there Is that to be thankful for and that il
sense of personal nadequscy Modesty Is q
gift, but a priceless one 1t is a STRAIT. !
point of view that. among thousands of cyclists
the arch mcgaomaniac who runs TO suicide for
self-expression should attain to a certain prom
inenee
The truth is that 10 man can be reasonabl II
thankful for himself. Appreciation of what the
world has done for him rests chiefly upon TIT
reflection of what he has not done for the world
1t is bound up In the admission of something
received for which he has not paid II ea1
never depend on personal worth and who so con
ceives it deludes himself The man who has
nothing to be thankful for simply sets a false
worm. he crawls unnoticed under the dome oil
life exteemng himself and his emotions to b.
set forth upon the skyline defining the world.
1t is trite saying but true one that ths
reason for thanksfulness, coming from without
proceeds from within Only those who lool
abroad can know wherein life has been kind t.
/ them and wherein they have been negligent o
life Perhaps the suicide right when in
world to which he was debtor. he looked within
himself to find wherin he was creditor of ex
! istence That way lies spiritual Insolvency, fol-
which the easy surrender is a deed In bankruptcy
of effort and of courage.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-26

Eek. Governor Montagues statement that foot
ball tends to create false physical standard
would seem to need revision in the light of the
Carolina opponents. and in the recollection OF
the manner in which Yale pluck and brain
overcame the great physical advantage Of both
Princeton and Harvard There is more head
than feet in football.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-26

The attempt 10 charge President TAFT with
fayortlsm for the Ohio River waterway improve
ments 10 the prejudice OF the Mississippi will
not appeal to the country, that heartily approved
his effort to relieve the Rivers and Iiarbors bill
of it's s'pork-harrel" faint.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-26

Uncle Joe Cannon in Washington SAYS that he
paign pledges There is one pledge that they
WIN redeem. at any rate in the retirement OF the
sage OF DanvIle from the Speakers chair
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-26

The indictments against high officials in the III
inois Central seem to show that these princes Of
railroad finance took leaf from the methods
by which soap drummers were formerly accus-
toned to pad their expense accounts.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-26
4 Modern Point OF View,

Old-fashioned garments are naturally I'M
familiar to five-year-old Helen. Recently she
looking at the pictures In somewhat
ancient magazine, and observed AN engraving
Of n woman equipped with far-sprea ding crno-
line.
.Qh. mamma, look" she exclaimed. here's a
foolish lady who's wearing her hat for a skirt
G. =. EvanA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-26
PEOPLES FORUM

As 10 'sstsahaislcntAl EdftOf1NAs
EDITOR OF The NirSinIan:
Your sentimental editorial young women
strangers In Richmond has the true Yankee
ring why is that whenever a pubiicis III
virginia comes in contact with the gibpeIish
einenatinE from the she chips across sae ~ r
der he promptly dscards every tradition anu
every me OF ,nousit a..sal ... - 80
south Southern. Going meet them as they
they preparing for runaways? What business
mas young woman being In Richmond alone
buiicttinE the storms Of life. Have you ana
the Richmond public agreed that there Is fur-
Their need OF the parents protecting theh
females. Have you concluded Yankee style
that there is to be no barrier between the
sexes anad that one standard of morals is Kooo
enough for both That the female Is capable
OF hustling for herself.
What business has the " w c. A. TO be try
ing to induce girls TO leave there home for the
marts of the city. Every man with a SIS
ter should stop and think. Yes, we think. IN
that we would not give you one cent for your
outfit. to prepare for the advent OF the girls
from the country.
Now allow me TO say further and say II
plain.
Three fourths OF the occupants OF the dives
and alleys Of yoor cities country girls that
sentimentalists have induced to leave their
homes. Homes where they needed and
homes where they could be protected. Once
YOU We're confronted with the bad boy problem.
day it is fast becoming the bad girl problem,
The press and pulpit has more to do with this
family Dissertation than any other cause.
Men of the world, gamblers, drinkers. prize
lighters and barkcepers Invariably advise
against IL.
While the other outfit slobber Home
Journal Literature" and the dear female invite
her the moth to the candle, prepare her for
The sacrifice and then try to snatch her from
The scorching. Advise her to stay at home,
II YOU are interested In her at all.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-26

Theodore Bilho down at Zazoo City, Mississip
pi is still trying to put somebody in the bilbo for
Senatorial bribery The whole thing seems es.
peeially appropriate to Yazoo City.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-26

Second baptist Church. Franklin and
Adams streets.-Worship at IL A. NJ.
and r. NJ. Preaching by Rev w X
Cullom, d. D.. OF Wake Forest College.
There will be special musical pro-
gram at the evening service. the quar-
tette choir being augmented by addi-
tional voices and delightful program
arranged. Sunday school will have a
special Thanksgiving service at 40
A. NJ
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-26

Mayor Gaynor. in insisting poteness from
city officials TO the public. shows that he Is a
man who can recognize in others a virtue he
does not himself possess.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-26

There is sort of grim humor In the fact that
Gallagher. Mayor Gaynor's would-be assassin,
has been indicted for an attempt to kin Big
Bill Edwards. who so nearly killed him.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-26
ANXIOUS INQUIRER.
..They Are Neither Brute Nor Human.

They Are Neither Brute Nor Human
Edgar Allan Poe finally admitted to the
Hall OF Fame Very justly characterized those
being that needessly and furiously clash gongs
and bells and tom-toms in the iacerated ears
of mankind as neither brute nor human
they are ghouls," Ghouls they are, but there
are worse ghouls In modern world. We
familiar with the cheap souvenir hurrers
that foray AT every banquet and upon pvary
newly comm isstoned ship Of war for spoons and
forks and napkins. and with those that chip or
pieces from the furniture al the homes CT the
great masters OF ms all and from the tomhs
and monument that gratitude pride has
reared to the memory Of our benefactors. These
are cheap and mean enough but 1t appears
that we have souvenir hunters that worse
than these.
AT the aviation meet" at Denver. Ralph
Johnstone who held the worlds record for
height attempted. in moment Of exhiliration,
one OF his most daring feats. the spiral gll,.
He began the descent from altitude OF about
800 feet, sweeping to earth in rather narrow
spirala, and. because OF some accident to his
aeropane. was hurled to earth like wounded
bird. Like Ascanor he lay dead In his har-
ness'--the wings and plumes of his fegned bird
folded over his body the panache OF his great
achievement waving above his crushed frame
and inextinEufshable spirit
1t would seem that Americans--that the peo
pie OF any land or OF any civilization---woulu
have stood afar. awed by the magnificent hero
ism OF the man. rapt into admiration by his
splendid daring. shocked by the sudden turn
Of chance that hurled him. like Icarus to un-
timely death. But the only sentiment that
seems To have been shown by the spectators
OF the death OF tombstone was that of the
possible value Of souvenirs Of the awful catas-
uophe We quote the report of the Associated
Press:
scarcely had tombstone hit the ground be-
fore morbid men and women swarmed over the
wreckage fighting with each other for souye-
Mrs. One OF the broken wooden stays had
gone almost through Johnstone's body Before
doctors or police could reach the scene one man
had torn this splinter from the body and run
away, carrying his trophy with the aviator,s
blood still dripping from It's ends. Frantic
Ia . frsv HI
body and tough for the very gloves that had
protected his hands from the cold
The question naturally suggests itself: Would
any other American community exhibit such
ghoulishness in 70 gruesome manner? We
do not know. but are. too much ashamed
to answer, for We have In view similar exhi-
bittons OF morbid curiosity. Another question
suggests itself: DO these brave and undeterred
souvenir hunters ever exhibit their CORY tro-
pixies; and do their guests friends applaud
them for their zeal and bravery,
The incident Ia level with the exploit
OF an Indian brave that PUSHES In and tears the
scalp from the head OF his fallen enemy-co-
lumbia State.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-26

AS between an alienist and Mrs Martin. on
trial as to her sanity, the controversy OF who
has exaggerated ego is apt to prove a dead fall
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-26

The people Of the Third Presbyterian
church will have the pleasure of hear
Ing their late pastor DR. X. Is. Eggles-
ton, at both services to- morrow. He
win be in the city for few days "a the
guest of MIR. Edwin Peasants. 112
South Third street. DIR. Eggleston has
been holding series of meetings in
Hanover county during the week. as
sisting the pastor of the Samuel Davies
church.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-26

Editor of The Virginian:
Sr.--For the present the question of the
colonel seems 10 be settled. But there are
other questions which more important
which are unsettled. One Of them is how the
producer is to get his fair and just proportion
from tho proceeds Of his marketing and not
allow the middle man to get il all. Here Is a
case In point which will illustrate my meaning.
The other day / got check for s1s.s7 for 10
barrels OF apples, which l shipped to Rich
mond. When l hauled the apples to the
station. an apple buyer offered me $500 per
bring more In Richmond and declined the
effer. From the same pick and pack l sent
two barrels to other parties. one wrote they
are lust fine the other the apples are splen-
did and so nicely packed Yet report from
Richmond was SO many barrels bad, some In
different, some others better. Now as the
market goes these days / would not have rated
any Of these apples strictly No. l. But they
were sound good aapples. and ] have not q
doubt that the Richmond consumers paid So
cents FOR every peck Of them. that Is the con-
sumner paid $500 for them. and I got $685.
out of which I must pay 40 cents apiece for
the thirteen barrels. pay % cents per barrel
for picking and packing and haul them to
the depot, That is. ! get the munfcient sum
Of ~ cents per barrel for my apples, to say
ncidentals; the railroad got s3.2S and the
middle men, who open the barrels, got s2.4s
per barrel. Dlscouraging' Well. rather.
Here is another little incident. | have been
diekering for month six weeks trying to
sell some lockwood Finally ] have gotten a
Philadelphia house 10 offer six cents per pound
FOR it. +. O. E. at my station, put up in nifty
pound crates which. of course, ! must make,
after buying the lumber. suppose after / have
furnished the crates and paid for the cutting
and packing II will net me or Ia cents per
pound. At my request friend OF mine stepped
into the office OF these buyers in Philadelphia
and asked what price she could buy a fifty
pound crate of lockwood, and the reply was
$3.50. In other words the grower who has
all the labor and worry gets cents, and the
j wholesale gets Is cents. only 500 per
cent. on his Investment. and that article
In which there is just about much loss as
there would he in pig IRON He sits in his Office
and writes two or three letters and the trick Is
donei Such things do not make country people
happy! And there ought to he method
by which to rectify this outrageous equity, Who
knows any remedy
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-26

At Broad Street Methodist church,
corner Tenth and Broad streets. at II
A. N. the installation OF stewards and
sermon on Methodist Discipline. At
r. M. the subject will be The Prodi-
gals Elder Brother" The public cor
daily invited To these services.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-26

Marshall Street Christian church
AZ this church Tomorrow Rev. Georgia
w. kemper will preach two special
sermons In the morning his subject
VII De "A Great Debt and How To
Pay IT," and In the evening. Five
Reasons Why Am . Christian.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-26

At Centenary Methodist church Rev.
]. ". Latham. u. D.. will preach at II
A. M, and F. NJ. Morning subject. "A
Prosperous Church, evening subject,
us There a Future Life" (first of a
series OF sermons on Questions Con-
corning the Future Life').
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-26

At Laurel Street Methodist church.
Preaching at II A. NJ. and at s r. M.
by the pastor. Rev. DIR. James IA
Moss.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-26

First Baptist Church.---The pastor
Rev. George w Mcdaniel, D. n, vii
preach at both services. il A. NJ and
& r. NJ.