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tiful, but wealthy. Just before the time
set for their marriage he received
letter from her asking that settle
ment of all her money and property be
made before their marriage, deciding all
such to her individually, not liable to
any debt contracted by him. or to be
used by him in any way. Well as the
boys would say. this was clincher.
I honestly believe he loved her sim
cerely and for herself alone and that
her wealth had no part in his inten-
ton of making her his wife.
But this seeming lack of confidence in
him and his judgment; this division of
interests In life; this overestimate of
the value of money, was a shock to him
and greatly distressed him. He pondered
over the letter several days before an
swering it. I knew of the reply which
was short and final. 1t ran thus: Il
aver your money had no attraction in
my love for you; but the woman who
is willing to trust herself and fears to
trust her paltry pelf in her husbands
hands, is not the woman that / loved
There is no fear in love; but perfect
love casteth out fear l ask to be re-
leased of my engagement" He soon aft
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come upon good men, and oftener good
women, who are floundertng in the black
mud of ignorance, the while they wave
hands of astonished unbelief in the pres
ence of such a dogma, for instance, as
the following:
Ills well understood
That the good are half bad and the bad
are half good.
All their birds are doves or buzzards.
They live In world of melodrama, every
man being either hero or villain. 1t is
on soil like this that the national epic
produces a national nythos, a saint, hero,
supreme patriot, waamalzer, peacemaller,
demi-god, or arch-dennon-
The breath had not left King Edwards
blood before England's nyth-mal1ers
were busy ON this congenial and holy
task He is TO be the embodiment of
state-oraft, 1a'boring with Promethean an
guish and achieving peace among the ma
tons Some great artist shall arise to
depict his somewhat obese and hirsute
figure, chastened TO divine proportions,
holding back the angry beasts of prey
on the edge of the valley of the sons of
Hinnum, wflfle with royal edict he post
PONIES ar-mageddpnl From all that it
viii be but step TO the dagrna that Ed
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JALF way between forest and city
the suburbanite's place is-not
L out of reach of the city streets,
not overr-un by woodsy things. 1t seems
to me the true place for the larger living
half way between calm and stress, as
we'll geographically as in things that
govern our daily living. Between spirit
and sense. the green growing stuff and
the bitulithic pavement, seems fit
build his house.
Between the great noise and the great
silence there is room in mans day for
Browning. and for Bradstreet too.
Oh my neighbor, you know those poor
souls that eternally wreck your ears
tympans with gable OF stocks. or the
variableness OF consols in London. or the
scarcity of American beachings in Hong
Kong! To them these figures and SYM
bols mean somewhat-perhaps as much as
mean to you the wonder of onion spears,
or the appearance Of peoples IN May. or
the playing OF children. SOME of these
jewellers in urbe are quite sincere folk.
my neighbors. rapturous over their bar
gaining and tables OF values. And they
serve--serve In ways that the loyallest
suburbanite would fail in.
You understand my drift. you suburban
lite? We cannot disregard these towns
folk, for they serve. And those who
serve have made at least one truth
part OF themselves. They concentrate
bacon, butter, beans at one place and
dispense these commodities at market
prices They know in flash yesterdays
bank clearings. knowledge of chickens
is theirs, and apricots, and pairing and
distribution Of the first melons Is with
them fine art The condition Of the
bargainer must at least be respected. for
exchange is perhaps the most ancient In
stitution, antedating civilization. remoter
even than legend. Only, those first bar
gamers in Asia, or wherever man flrst
stood erect, had the forest always facing
them. rnothcrng them. with It's eloquent
appeal. Always 1t broodsd nearby. After
the skins. or the feathers or the arrow
heads, or the wives had been traded for,
dare say that traffic In the 1ungle's
cleared open space had no charm for
those first men, suspect few con-
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I'M PRAISE OF SUBURBS A. Bea11e

rows In absolute confidence 1 would
give you the gst of their arguments.
I would teach you to be on demo-
cratic terms with children-to talk with
them on new and comradely terms. You
perceptive ones might grow wise after
a time If you had ears to hear. Con-
fabbing with 6-year-old "matey' this
morning of bugs and snakes I won
this bit of natural history, which
pass on for you:
Cooper thnakes aint bad tell you
bother 'um. But of you max 'um mad
theyull thpit In yore eye. Onth Their
wuz a cooper thnake oud thpit frum
here ter Georgia"
And whatever bitterness of heart this
nasty spell of weather may have en-
gendered in the hearts of the grown
ups. mud pies, mud cookies. mud cakes
have been plentiful in the remote sub
urbs. Today watched some wee hands
kneading mud into circular shape.
and on all the circle round appeared
little fork prints to make believe 1t
was pie. In lieu of cream Of icing
1t was garnshed with Bermuda grass.
And concluded that If the joy of work
lay In the working, and not in the
reward as the good Carlyle insisted,
surely mud pie is just as important
In the scheme of things as pate de FOL
graS
Between the great silence and the
great noise" said. But after all there
are really no silences anywhere; and
/ am unable to conceive silence as ex-
listing anywhere under the blue dome.
Last week the writer went far out to
friends camp. not In quest of silence,
but In quest OF comrading. Friends
were there and the myriad rhythmic
voices of the nlght-woodsy creatures
that put us to silence on our walk
through the brush. And l wondered
what their wild musical clamor meant
wondered II their gable was not
important as yours and mine in the
big chorae of tones. But l have got
beyond the suburbs, eh?
Well in some future paper, If 1 can
bring myself to a mood of dissertation
and irreverence, I'll talk with you about
that big outdoors l felt myself a stran-
ger In.
But they welcomed me; I pledge my
word, all those night voices gave me
welcome and my friends, too.
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INORDINATE LOVE OF MONEY-By J.

root of all evils; but that the love
of it does induce men to go into and
commit all kinds of evil Is this not
true?
Look around you, read the daily re-
ports of horrible murders comrnitted
to OBJ tain money. Look at men in high
positions degrading themselves by de-
falcation, thefts; disgracing and break
ing the hearts of their families, filing
our prisons, wearing the stripes and
Joining the bowling chain gangs, or
committing suicide; all for the love of
money.
When the craze for money becomes
a passion it becomes indeed a curse,
and turns to filthy luc--e lin the hands
of it's possessor.
This love of gain Induced the thief,
Judas Iscariot, to seek tho enemies of
Christ and say, what will we give
me and l will deliver Him unto you?"
and for 80 pieces of silver he sold tha
blessed Lord.
The rich young ruler, running and
kneeling to Jesus, asked Him. what
shall I do that I may inherit eternal
ife?' Jesus said: Thou knowest the
commandments; do not commit adultery,
do not kill do not steah do not bear
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never would have heard of "conserva-
ton If the tariff had not been rcbbing
the people in city, town, village, ham
let and farm from ocean to ocean.
AS for Taft, he is a sincere, honest,
able man who has lived in the court
room, In the war department, and as
Satrap in the Philippines. He knows
nothing of the tariff. How could he?
lie never heard of it until the stand
patters revised, the graft up Let
him understand 1t as 1t Is and he will
smite it hip and thigh, for Taft is as
brave as he is honest. He is an able
and strong man and by all odds the
best President the republican party has
given us.
Here is an act of Taft worthy of
Andrew Jack son or Grover Cleveland.
Congress ordered an expenditure OF
$500, 900 to enable the Attorney General
to prosecute violators of the antitrust
laws, but the House of Representatives
was guilty OF the unspeakable wrong
OF providing that none of the money
was to be devoted to the prosecution
of a labor organization that violated
the law, which is to say that organized
labor Is a pretorian In this country
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but a single issue since reconstruction,
and that the tariff-honesa and consti-
tutiona1 taxation Hundreds of millions
for revenue, not one cent for monopely.
On that issue we very nearly won in 1880.
We cd win In 1884 and 1856 We barely
missed In 1SSS, we swept the county on
it - 1S3s and 1892.
Then we threw 1t away for the i'm
possible Reputation of 1s to l. We had
the disgTaceful war with Spain, I'm
periaHsrn, the octopus chase and what
net All thts was nuts to that match
less krrave, the G. O. P, that cared not
a rap what happened, SO 1t did not hap
pen to the tariff.
Theodore Roosevelt was President more
than seven years. He was agreed with
John c. Carlisle on the tariff, IL one can
put trust in his writings On the rob-
Der tariff, all the seven years he was
President he was mute as a fish.
But he made a harmless crusade against
tho railroads and that took the minds
OF the people off the tariff. AS for tho
roads, / make no doubt that they did
some enormous things to the injury Of
the public that they served and that
supported them, but to strive balance,
the roads have done good to the people to
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God and mammon." Luke is, IL. They
that will be rich fall into temptation
and a snare, and into many foolish and
hurtful lusts, which drown men in de-
struction and perdition," Timothy 6, Q.
but seek We first the kingdom of
God and His righteousness. and all
these things shall be added unto YOU"
This proves that we are not taught
that the rich cannot be saved; but that
they who trust In riches and human
power will be lost.
Wealth Is not necessarily inconsistent
with piety, but its possessor should
make 1t secondary to Christian love and
duty.
There is and for ages has been. an
almost universal opinion among men
that the rich are blessed above other
mortals. In this estimate of riches,
however, there are some who would
question the truth of such an asser-
tion and there are many who would
tell you that their money had never
made them happy.
l once knew a young clergyman,
fine man of magnetic manners, who
was engaged to be married to young
lady of pleasing appearance; not beau
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false witness, defraud not, honor thy
father and mother" and the young man
said: All these have observed from my
youth"
Then Jesus beholdng him loved him,
and said unto him. One thing thou lack
est: CO. thy way, sell whatsoever thou
hast and give to the poor, and thou
shalt have treasures in heaven But he
was sad at that saying, iand went away
grieved; for he had great POSSESSIONS"
Then our Saviour said: How hardly
shall they that have riches enter into the
Kingdom of God, and the disciples were
astonshed at His words
The Master teacheth them: children,
how hard 1t is for them that trust In
riches to enter into the Kingdom of God.
1t is easier for camel to go through the
eye of a needle than for a rich man to
enter into the Kingdom of God
And they were astonished out of all
measure, saying among themselves, Who,
then, can be saved?
And Jesus, looking upon them, saith.
with men 1t is impossible, but not with
God: for with God all things are pos-
sible."
Christ was teaching his disciples not to
put their trust in riches.
The rich young ruler felt that not even
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, ghouls, who. for a few marks. sold the
skeleton to some medical colege7 Or was
| II soma admirer ., nto.art,. 49,.
- ''
''iat hao the poor frame re-
moved TO place of more honorable re-
pose? Dead men tell no tales" and
Mozart is silent.
On Decemher , 1919 .,o f.,,.,,,. ,,.
- i'i'' ''e famous MAR
sinai Ney' VINO mad achieved such splen-
DOR OF reputation In the Napoeonic wars,
stood in the garden of the Luxembourg
palace before a s'death-souad, with load
ed muskets ua had hoan oa,,s.s .
traitor IN his oo,,ntr,. 80 ~ s.7'.e,
ment of France had oo.ao5, 80 =.
death ue ,yas 80 Ia 80 III, I'm "
was in linz and ho,ono .,.n ,-,l IN. sauaa ,
tho love a. 49, ls ~. e, s,oou
tho Trench naon,a 49, 10 a ",'o.ii
Nanoleon NJ, NJ. 80 1 -. 49, ~
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rano,.t eo,,on,oa. a., - as'tus
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tho enclosure n,an co., tt,e go, eo , =,
into grave "a saw ao,' .r.e 'oni. ioNeieo
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m HE sundry civil appropriation Just
enacted has a provision to take
\ out of the public treasury $780,
600 and bestow it upon tile republican
party as campaign DOODLE for the pres
idential election of 1912. Tt provides
that a commission be raised to In
vestigate and report on the facts as
to wages paid to labor in foreign coun-
|tries and in the United States. There
lis no suggestion that the inquiry shall
be stretched to ascertain the profits
Iof capital at home and abroad That
is the last thing the tariff monopoly
would willingly make known.
When 1t was suggested that DEM
ocrat or two be put on the commits
sion it was rejected by a strict party
vote, and that makes 1T manifest that
|the report, possibly already prepared
will be a thoroughly partisan docu-
ment designed to persuade the people
that all material blessing descends to
them from a monopoly tariff that abo1-
lshes supply and demand and puts the
consumer at the mercy of the pro-
hucer of manufactured articles and the
owner of the output Of the mines.
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OK n ONEY is the root of all evil''
MI has been frequently quoted
Nv In n,v nrasepco n q sertottlre

M has been frequently quoted
w in my presence as scripture
and I have as frequently corrected the
quotation as entirely erroneous. The
Bible says no such thing.
What does it say? See Timothy CLIO.
sFor the love of money is the root of
all evils l. e., all kinds of evils. (which
while some were coveting after, they
erred from the faith and pierced them
selves through with many Sorrows.
Paul was here exhorting Timothy in
teaching those who would be followers
of Christ Jesus and he denounces COW
eteousness and love of money as one
of the prevailing and dominant vices.
Faul does not denounce am honest pos
session of money or property; but IL
Is the craving for and unlawful eff
forts to obtain 1t that he condemns.
He warns Timothy OF "perverse dis
outings of men of corrupt minds and
destitute of the truth supposing that
gain is goodness; from such withdraw
thyself"
He does not say that money is the
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It is an additional hypocrisy and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-29
MADE GLADSTONE
c RY PECCAV|
----------------,
Baron Hcngelmullcr Persuaded
English Premier to Apollo
gize to Austria.
DISH Of ROYAL SCANDAL
Claimant to Throne OF Luxem-
burg Lays Bare Ugly Fam
lily Secrets.
DISH OF ROYAL SCANDAL

by ia MARQUIsE DE FO.rENOY.
DARON HENGELNIULLlL;'.S i'm
X pending succession to the post OF
- dean of the diplomatic corps at
Washington, rendered vacant by
the transfer of Baron Mayor dcs
Hl !, to the post OF ambassador OF
Italy at Constantinople, serves to re-
eali The clever part which he. played
N ~, bringing about public apology by
Gladstone for an attack which he
had made upon Austria in connection
with the latter's alleged policy OF
expansion in the Balkans. Gladstone
while in opposition, had In the course
Of public speech made use OF the
words hands Off" towards Austria. in
q fierce denunciation OF her methods
or statecraft and diplomacy When. af-
Ter the Liberal victory of 1880, he be-
came Premier. the necessity arose Of
lions between him. and the Austrian
ambassador in London, Count Karolyi
who had naturally ceased all inter-
course with the Grand Old Man after
his historic outburst.
Gladstone was not an easy man to
convince that he was in tho wrong.
In fact, there has never been an Eng
lish statesman with such blind be-
lief in his own infallibility. Yet. by
dint of personal persuasion. which in
Guided number of long and most
interesting tete-a-tetes between Baron
Hengelmuller. then first secretary of
INC Austrian embassy in London, and
Gladstone, the latter gave public
expression OF his regret for his attack
upon Austria in the memorable hands
or speech, withdrew the expression,
and explained that his uttcrances on
That occasion were based on wrong
information and misapprchension Bar
on Hengelmuller, now Austrian am
bassador att Washington. is perhaps
the. only living man who can boast
OF having induced the Grand Old Man
TO utter public .'peccavi." and his
story about the matter, which ! pre-
sumo will be included in his memoirs.
the present policy of Austria in the
Balkans. should prove extremely inter
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something, a certain charm. which we
shall not try to define, and this is
more the fruit OF inheritance than of
training. 1t is the spirit OF the olden
days, lingering beyond Its time. II we
want that spirit preserved. we would
do we'll to instill It into some school
of learning. We must make 1t the
ideal and the tradition OF college
which will stamp the fine spirit OF Vir-
ginia womanhood upon our girls from
generation unto generation.
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creeds and castles, and that what will
be relished by one. VIII offend another.
In fact. the Office of the late Sir VIII
liam WylIie. and that which Sir james
Dunlop Smith has now taken up in
London, is ono of the utmost difficulty.
calling for no end of tact, diplomacy.
and above all. a profound knowledge
OF Indian life and conditions. These
Sir James may be said to possess. the
best proof thereof being furnished by
the fact that for the past five years
he has been acting as private secre-
tary to Lord Mimic. The position OF
private secretary to the Viccroy OF In
dla Is one of great authority and in
nucnce, since IT is virtually that of
the alter ego of the governor general.
II is very highly paid and has been
held by such men as the Earl Of Cro-
mer General ("Chinese'D Gordon and
Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace.
Sir James is a soldier by profession,
and while his entire career has been
spent in India, ii has been almost
purely administrative and political. To
quired must be added that which he
has Inherited from his father. George
Smith. whose name is familiar through
out the missionary world as the sccre-
tary and executive officer of the Indian
missions of the U. f. Church Of Scot
land. Sir James's wife also comes
from what may be described as 81
Scotch Indian family. since her father.
the late Sir Charles Aitchson. was
one OF the most distinguished Indian
administrators.
Copyright. 1910. by The brentwood
Company
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and Marriage.

Kindly tell me In your column when
is 1t necessary for II young man TO
ask for tho hand OF a young lady in
marriage. and should they walt until
the consent of the parents had been
given before setting the date?
a CONSTANT READER.
All the books and all the sages can
not give you a fixed rule about ask
ing for "A young lady's hand. There
is such a thing as the psychological
moment when the state OF minds OF
both parties, their emotions and their
surroundings presage success to the
lover. You must find out for your
self. Generally speaking, when the
young lady's choice for you seems
marked. when she had rather be with
you than any one else. when what the
poets call the love light shines in
her eyes, then is the time to speak.
IL you propose TO formally ask the
consent of the young lady's parents
1t Is proper not TO set the date. 1T
least publicly, until that consent lis
given. Modern usage. however. leaves
all Of this In the hands of the young
people. They appear 20 do pretty much
as they please
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Young Love.
FOrevvarncd.
THE r1rILEss PAnAGRArmEKs.

horWS that .1;,.s Major a., Hemphil has gone 70
the Mecllenburg Declaration probably
will adopt as their battle cry, "on to Rich
mond .'--Washington Herald
The Russian lieutenant who has made a
trial ride of 2,i03 miles without change
of horses may expect a letter of congratu-
lation from the African junslc-NewSAYorl
World.
Party harmony is doubtless desirable. as
Mr.. TAFT has repeatedly declared, but it
seems to demand some things that it
doesn't happen TO have just at present.
Providence Evening Tribune.
Baltimore policeman has had a woman
arrested for trying to bride him Perhaps
this will be understood when 1t is known
that she offered him Sl.-Charleston News
and Courier.
At the sight OF twenty American women
at the Kaiser's court conservative Germans
shook their heads. We'll, turning heads is
one of the principal industries of the Amer
lean girl.-Chicago Post.
With all the insurgents Out of the Repub-
lican party it Will be dead easy to beat
Atlanta Constitution.
EGGS have dropped . cents, but the drop
was not enough TO break them-New York
Tribune.