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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-30

hoarse cheerers. the latter will be
reckoning profits.
Nation to Join New York In Weleoms.
For several weeks Uncle Sam has
been getting ready 10 welcome his
wandering boy" New York will be
the ut of entry and New York will
do more than Its share in greeting the
oolonel--he is New Yorker by birth.
you know. and once ran third in a race
for the mayoralty--but New York has
no monopoly OF the enthusiasm. The
reception 20 the returning ex- president
and mighty hunter will be na tional In
its scope and size. Every one OF the
forty Eight states and territories, as
well as Alaska and the outlying is
lands. wifi have it's representatives Ia
line to greet him and assure him that
we are glad to have him with US again
They win tell him with what interest
his fellow citizens have followed his
triumphal course through Europe. how
they have read every line telling how
he hobnobbed with princes and poten-
tates and how they have rejoiced ex-
ceedingiy In the greatest reception
ever accorded abroad to any man OF
any rank or nationality.
mel Roosevelt is expected to Guido in
earnest. sincere enthusiasm that given
to him In Europe. In no sense ~ he a
| citizen of the world" He Is an
| American and Is proud OF II, and he
has lost none of his Amerfcanism dur
! ing his sojourn In Africa and Europe.
| Perhaps that is what endears him most
TO us, The New York reception Will
| be wildly madly, enthusiastically
| American To prove this IT is only
necessary to say that the Irish -Ameri-
cans the Italian Americans, the He
brew Americans. the German -Ameri-
cans and many other sorts of hyphen-
ated Yankees viii take part in 1t. II
Colonel Roosevelt listens to all the
greetings that viii be shouted TO him
on June Is he will hear. besides Eng
fish. more languages and dialects thar
he heard IN Africa and Europe
The reception is to be purely un.
Official and civic and therefore devote
Of official and military features From
/ one viewpoint 1t may be looked upor
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-30

To see what sudden strains oak.
pine, maple and other sorts of wood
will withstand the impact machine
mentioned before In this article was
built in the machine shops OF Purdue
university and sent TO the Wisconsin
forestry laboratory for experiments
Steam heated ovens for drying wood
In order to test the shrinkage, warp
ing tendencies and water content of
different varieties are a part OF the
laboratory equipment. and a room in
which TO conduct seasoning expert
ments has also been set aside In an
other part OF the laboratory tests VIII
be conducted to ascertain the heat
conductivity of different woods to as
sist in the work OF the tests.
Stumps and other portions of the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-30

print paper from materials other than
spruce and hernlock wood win be
demonstrated. The plant IL complete
and able to turn out every grade OF
paper, from the finest correspondence
stationery TO the coarsest wrapping
paper. Every step In the complicated
process. from the breaking OF the
wood into chips for the FIRST treat
rnent by soda and suiphite solutions
10 the final running of the sheets OF
paper through the caiendering rolls to
produce a finished surface. is follow
ed carefully. no that the results OF the
substitution of various woods hitherto
no. used successfully for this purpoge
for tbs usual materials may he noted
At each stage in the process Of manu-
fEeture.
How to make timber last longer by
protecting II with preservatives from
the various borers and fungous
growths which attack wood Is one of
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-30

frises We have been as children be-
reft OF parent. as scholars without an
accustomed kindly mentor, as men
without wise counselor. The African
hint was past: the ports of civilization
had been reached; steamers were max
ing regular sailings to the United
States, Why couldn't our own Roose-
yeat, our only living ex-president,
hurry home at once instead OF making
{ rpeAches 10 interested but slightly
Ncred looking bodies of Europeans
constitutionally unable 10 appreciate
him as he deserved? They could have
sent their diplomas and degrees and
presents by mail. couldn't they?
But it's all over now. The period Of
waiting is almost past. and Miss Co
lurmbia won't have to play Penelope
for her wandering Ulysses much longer.
On June IL the Kaiserin Auguste Vie
i toria will steam into New York harbor
with Roosevelt on the bridge. giving
suggestions to the captain about the
navigation OF the ship. and we can al
70 to bed that niEbt-after reading the
dispatches. Of course-wtth the COM
Portable assurance that the nation Is
safe June 10 viii be great day foi
the throat specialists and the fireworks
makers. The former will be counting
the fat fees received for treatins
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-30

and influence In this country. Its an
nual conventions serve as a clearing
house for the Information and theories
that are the crop OF years filling of
the fields OF education. To II go the
men and women who are shaping the
future life Of the nation. TO exchange
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-30
BY CHARLES N. LURE.

3sCcioneI Roosevelt" said I, what do
you think about your getting horne
AGAIN."
! "speatins with due regard 60 tire
historical, arehaeoioslo chronological
and moral Significance of what | am
about to say" replied the distinguished
sraveisr. II may reply that look upon
my Homecoming somewhat as my la
snsnfed friend, the late John Hoy,
might have done. You recall Sska* he
said In Little Breeehesr II 10 a
dsrnsd sight better business than geaf-
Inc around the throne'"-F~on an
Imaginary Interview.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-30

'~EE'f III OK iNI T
ence, ability. insight and
foresight Mrs. Young stands
in the very front rank OF the
country's educators. She had
proved her ability In the
public school system of the
city as teacher. principal and
head OF the ctty's normal
school. Her worth as an
educator won recognition
from the late DIR. William r.
Harper, who, despite his
well known antipathy to wo-
man educators in general.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-30

made her professor Of edu-
cation in the big institution
OF which he was president.
the University of Chicago.
Her pedagogical and admin
istrative abilities in various
capacities were therefore
known in the school world (
before the attention of the
outside world was oentercd
on her by the election Of last
August. Forty-seven years N
Of service preceded the election.
Mrs. Young II sixty-five years OLE
She In widow and childless. Sh
was born in Buffalo. where she re
ceived most Of her undergraduate odu
cation. When she was o young gir
her family removed to Chicago, an
she was graduated from one OF tn
city's high schools. She took III
teaching as profession immediatel,
The National Educa tionai associa
ton, which may ask Mrs. Young to be
como its president. ii one Of the biz
gest associations in point Of number
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-30

, ideas. to accept what ts proved good
and reject what IL false. In few other
professions In 30 much earnest care
ful attention paid to the development
Of ideas. the testing Of methods. the
observation OF results Its membership
comprises tho heads OF the schools ana
colleges and universities and the city.
state and national ofiiciais who have
In their care the supervision Of the
educational forces OF the country. II
10 high honor to be called to -
presidsncy Of this body. :
WALTON wII4I4rAl6R
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This Woman May Head Countrys Educators

months. The only other city school
superintendent who receives a salary
as large as that of Mrs. Young Is SUI
perintendent William H Maxwell of
New York city
Chicago has had no cause to be dis
satisfied with Its choice OF a woman to
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-30

IOR some months America has
been looking toward Europe
with eyes that had an unut-
terabie yearn behind the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-30
Governments Forest Prod
~
ucts Laboratory at Wis
cOnsin University.

- HANKS to the efforts of For
rner President Roosevelt.
President Taft. Former Chief
Forester Pinchot and others
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-11
The Light of Day

DID YOU never, in walking in the
! fields, come across a large fiat
IL stone, which had lain, nobody
knows how long, just where you found
IL, with the grass forming little hedge.
as il were, all round it, close to its
edges? And have you not. in obedience
to kind OF feeling that told you it had
been lying there long enough. insinuared
your stick or your foot or your fingers
under its edges and turned 1t over as
housewife turns a cake when she says
to herself, IT'S done brown enough by
What an odd revelation and what an
unforeseen and unpleasant surprise to a
small community, the very existence of
which you have not suspected until the
sudden dismay and scattering among
its members produced by your turning
the old stone overl
Blades Of grass fiattened down color
less, matted together, as If they had
been bleacbed or ironed; hideous crawl
ing creatures, some of them coleopterous
or horny shelled-turtle bugs one wants
TO call them; some of them softer but
cunnlngly spread out and compressed
Ike Lepine watches mature never loses
crack or crevice. mind you or a
joint in a tavern bedstead but she al
ways has one of her fat-pattern live
umekeepers to slide INTO it,; black,
glossy crickets. with their long filaments
sticking out like the Whips of four-horse
stagecoac ches; motionless, sluglike crea
tures-larvae. perhaps-more horrible in
their PUPPY stiffness than even in the in
fernal wriggle of maturity
But no sooner is the stone turned and
the wholesome light of day let upon this
compressed and blinded community of
creeping things than all of them that
enjoy the luxury of legs-and some of
them haze good maay-rush round
wildly. butting each other and everv-
thing in their way and end in a general
stampede for underground retreats from
the region poisoned by sunshine
Next year you will find the grass
growing tall and green where the Stone
lay. the ground-bird builds her nest
where the beetle had his hole; the dam
delcn and the buttercup are growing
there. and the broad fans o. insect
angels open and shut over their golden
disks. as the rhythmic waves of bliss
full consciousness puisate through their
glorified being.-Holmes.
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poorhouse rather than ever see a new
city again. 1t was nothing but one
night stands, and trains at o'clock in
the morning, and dirty country opera
houses, and cheap food. and billiards
without the money to buy furs with.
When the season was over 1 went
home as fast as I could go; l never
wanted to leave typewriting again.
But when I thought 1t out I decided
there was more ahead for me on the
stage; would go back. Pretty soon
added. IF 1 can get back l think I
saw every manager in New York; 1t
was a poor season and nothing was
doing. I couldn't act. anyway. and
there were more chorus girls out of
jobs than flies on fiypaper. l didn't
have any strenuous experiences not
one wicked millionaire offered to be
my angel. When you're on the back
row of the chorus and too tired to
think. you don't have to bother much
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ute here and there with an acquaint-
ance. and then driven on home 10 milk
the cows. feed the chickens and do the
regular round of evening chores, just as
they had done hundreds OF times before.
And tonight the waters of the cove
barely rippled and no one but the
woman steod upon the rocks which but
few hours before had resOunded TO
the tread OF many feet
And what was the significance OF Il
al that impressed the woman VINO
many times before had marveIed at
the strangeness OF Iife2
One lives in a community and takes
part IN its life and doings. Perhaps this
part may be OF small Importance, and
perhaps OF very great. but a part Il is
and a place there is for every one OF
US. even though It sometimes be but
a small niche. But OF those whose in
fiuence and Importance is much greater
than others we often think. What
would we do without them If they were
taken from us?"
We even try to imagine how things
would go on if they were gone. but
we find it a hopeless task 1t seems.
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@nfessLQns.Qf Actress

craters in a volcano. We opened in
New Jersey after six weeks of rehears-
ing (without pay. of course; living on
borrowed money!, and l got some nice
press notices at the bottom of the
column next day. was making thirty
a week. and 1 thought l was rich All
the big salaries go to the big people; L
have never earned more than SIS week
in my life.
After two weeks we went TO New
York, and, heaven be thanked we had
run of nine weeks. When we went
into the provinces it was to the big
towns. and l was spared the one-nignt
stands that year. The show was a big
hit; it ran for three seasons, and | kept
my part by some chance when almost
all the cast but the star was changed.
When the run ended the manager knew
who 1 was. at least. and l got another
part without trouble.
| have never had trouble but once
since then. That was in 1907, when
people thought the hard times were
coming again. l was married by that
time; my husband was for years the
leading man for a well-known star, and
/ usually got in his companies 1t isn't
true that actors and actresses can't be
happily married. but it is hard when
you don't see much of each other. l
hadn't been playing with him for two
years, our 6-year-old boy was in board
ing school in the country. and 1 was
lonely. 1 lost my part, my husband
wrote me that his was in danger. and
7 Il
sore. l had used all my money and
almost all his. poor boy, and was Just
desperate. Then great manager-you'd
know his name if I told it-came to me
with an offer: If I would sign a con-
tract for ten years, he'd star Neon
Broadway. But he couldn't look out for
John. 1t meant fame and fortune-and
losing my husband. There are all sorts
of temptations on the stage as every
where. but 1 was too hard-worked and
then too much in love with my husband
to care fer the allurements of lobster
palaces and ermine. But this was diff
ferent.
1 remember / had my things all
packed up to leave my boarding house;
/ couldn't afford to stay in 1t any more.
I had the letter all written to him. to
say yes" and I was trying to make
I'D my mind to seal the envelope. Just
then there was a step outside and the
door opened l thought it was he, and
1 had the letter in my hand to give him.
But 1t was my husband-Johnb He gave
one look around and then he took me in
his arms and let me cry. He had come
back to New York, and there were fat
parts for both of us In a show opening
the next month. We have never played
apart since.
AS I said, am not anybody great yet;
/ have not half the talent of my hus-
band But I've made good, and It's
great old life better tnan all its dis
comforts and hardships. I'm glad I'm
an actress; and If had daughter with
talent and strength. mental and physical
and moral. and Johns and my pull TO
help her along. she should be one, too-
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TT is so seldom that the lay public
gets any real idea of the life be-
hind the footlights We are either
angels or devils TO the average play
goer, and not one of US seems to
care about putting the dear public"
right. The actresses who write auto
biographies have great deal to say
about kings and queens and other
famous people, and very little about
grease paint and one-night stands;
and the actresses who get into the
press because of other things are
often disgraces to the profession and
their life stories horribly sordid and
degrading
That is why 1 should like to give,
d plain, straightforward account of
my stage experiences 1 think / am
an average example of the fairly sue
cessful actress. l shall never be an
Ellen Terry or a sarah Bernhardt; but
I get good parts every season in
Broadway shows. I have acted in the
support of some of the best players
of these times, and if I get the at
tention of one Of the big managers I
may have my own electric signs yet
Let me tell you about the thirteen
years 1 have spent amusing the
people.
In 1897, when 1 first went on the
stage. 1 was % years old 1 had
high-school education, and for four
years | had been a stenographer, at
hrst for a theatrical supply house
and then a public stenographer with
Office room in big building. Through
my old employers 1 got lots of
theatrical business. circus stuff. bill
posting lists, etc, and a good MANY
stage people were regular customers
of mine. One day our church society
gave a comic opera-very amateurish.
of course, but 1 made most of the
people I knew buy tickets After the
performance, one man, the manager
of a local theater, came up to me-
You dance and sing too well for this
sort of stuff" he said, Chuck that
typewriting and I'll get you a job"
1 talked it over at home, my people
were willing to let me do whatever I
wanted, and I started out 1 never
was crazy to go on the stage-I Just
liked it. In fact, I'd never been very
much of a playgoer. Well, what got
was a chance to stand on the back
row OF the chorus in show a friend
of my mans was putting out, and to
sing second soprano in some eight
songs. I had a speaking part. too. 1t
was to step out with two other girls
and say, I'VE know! and then again.
I'VE always thought So" Heavy work
there wasn't it?
I got SIS a week and my travelling
expenses; that did not include sleep-
ers, of course, nor any other extras.
Our costumes were provided. but we
had to find our own shoes, stockings
and gloves. Eighteen dollars looked
sick about two days after the ghost
walked, / can tell you. We stayed in
town three weeks, and then we started
on the road.
Don't talk to me about travelinei
BY the time we reached the other end
OF the continent I wanted to live in a
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about temptations" That came
later.
Well, I went back home, and one OF
my theatrical friends got me another
job. This time it was real acting in a
second-rate stock company that played
rehashed plays made famous by we'll
known actors. was given a chance to1
play ingenue parts, and for some un-
known reason 1 made good. It was
mighty fine training. everything from
Barrie to Sardou; but the only time I
had to myself was from / to 8 in the
morning, for we changed plays every
week, with matinees every day (and two
on holidays), and rehearsal was called
every morning at 10 o'clock. When May
came I was offered a position with an
other stock company in a country town,
but instead 1 spent two months on my
back. very neatly caught by the typhoid
fever.
In the fall, Just as | was sitting up
from man in New York. Still a third
of nv kind theatrical friends (and how
good friends they are | never can say
fully had recommended me for the in
genae's part in a new comedy. Would
/ come TO New York and see him7
did go, and by some miracle I got the
tob--it wasn't looks, for my hair was
cut short and my eyes looked like
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6TT OW well she talksr exclaimed
Angelica. as the modish audi
ence filed out through the sa-
cred doors of the Minerva Club and
drifted homeward by chatting twos and
threes.
Not wisely. but too we'll" amended
Marcia. as they fell into step and
turned to cross the square. IF she
would only call spade a spade once
in a while, it would be so refreshing.
One does tire of so many agricultural
implements"
But her vocabulary" began An
gelica, weakly.
Vocabulary" shifted Marcia. yes,
and grammar, and construction, and
even hint of style If you choose. And
1t all goes excellently well in a
such as we've just heard. But-do you
happen TO know her at all intimately?"
No" admitted Angelica.
Il thought not" said Marcia. well.
private life that verbal heavy artillery Is
awfully cumbersome. She Doesn't know
1t. poor thing, for her mind is all keyed
up to literary standpoint. and She
really believes all she says. Instead
Of seeing herself as others see her, she
calmly takes it for granted that others
see her as she sees herself She's a
widow, you know, with a little country
cousin to help with the houseworlk, and
they keep a light house in several
tiny rooms in an unfashionable neigh
borhood. But when she takes leave OF
the hostess at some club function, she
usually remarks, in her large even tone,
that she's sorry to hurry home but
we dine at seven. you know You
have visions of buffers coming In with
trays, even If you do happen to know
that little Lizzie Is just taking the pork
and beans out OF the oven.''
II know what you mean, now that
you mention IT. laughed Angelica.
Last week I was talking with her.
after a committee meeting. and idly
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HElQYAP24fqBLEPY,

admiring her capable way of clearing
up the desk and setting things to rights.
She tore up a handful of papers, OBJ
serving pleasantly that it was remark
able TO what an extent the sIinn,hation
Of the superhuous aided one In the
restoration of an orderly environment
That same day our eolored cook had
said, Tt counts heap. when you're
reddin' UP, to get the things you don't
want out of the way I remember
thinking that Betsy had rather the
tuicier way OF stating the truth"
Exactly. Mrs. Blairs rooms are
always apartments; her hash is In
yartaoly 'croquettes,' and poor Lizzie
is my maid, when she's out OF hear
ing. I heard her excustng herself,
when calling at Mrs. RObihsOn's, say
ing she really must tear herself away.
as she was giving little tea late that
down from the Berkshires for a few
days Now my people came from Mrs
BIa1rs town, so / know all about IL
cousin keeps the general store at the
Corners. and his wife was fairest OF
the rural maids in the next township.
The remaining guest at the little tea
was Aunt Eliza, from Ohio. who Ives
around the corner from Mrs Blair. So.
when / heard the impressive an
nouncement. 1 could just see them all
assembled, at 5 o'clock: Cousin Eben.
his lean face, long neck and GrOocine
black Tuuss-tash' set OF by his low
celuloid collar, trying 20 fold up his
long legs in one corner OF the little
sitting rOOn1-I mean living room. his
plump little wife sitting Up very
straight, uncomfortable in her new
one-piece gown and pUfTs. and striv-
ing 10 keep up with Mrs. Blafr's vO-
c2bulary; Aunt Eliza bustling - late.
because she d had 70 peel the DOta-
toes and leave them ready before shs
came, to save time Well now all this
IS emtnently good and respectable.
and every one Of those people is in
teresting If one hears the truth about
them. But somehow Mrs Blair simply
can't get at things as they are. or
tell a thing Just the way II happens"
I suppose" mUsed Angelica. that
she's what the boys call a good buffer
Hardly that" objected Marcia a
buffer does st deliberately, and Mrs.
Blair doesn't. It's all real to her. Ever
read The Gilded Age? Wei. think
Mrs. Blair must be a dis-ant relatlve
OF Colonel Sellers"
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&IIhEE Il r. WN,5A11ENGGz VA /

And speed them with unworthy
prayers.
I will not dream IN vain despair.
The steps Of progress wait for me;
The puny leverage of hair
The planets impulse well may spare,
A drop OF dew the tided sea.
The loss. If loss there be, is mine:
And yet not mine If understood;
For one shall grasp and one resign,
One drink lfe's rue, and one its wine.
And God shall make the balance
good.
o power to do! Q bafled will.
Q prayer and action! We are one.
Who may not strive may yet fulfill
The harder task of standing still,
And good but wished with God is
doneit
John Greenleaf Whittier