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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-23
Mrs. o. Replies.
The virgiuian:

Editor OF The virginian
Sir,-kindly allow me space for a
few words in the little controversy be-
tween Mrs. ID. c'Mrs. b." was evidently
a typographical error and F. p. Par
ham on the subject of woman's suf-
frage. | read Mr.. Parham's courteous
reply TO Mrs. DIS first article with
interest. and was exceedingly sorry that
he should have SO misunderstood the
spirit in which her second article was
written. It was more In raillery, am
sure, than in sarcasm or ridicule that
she met his arguments If she could
have made the same statement viva
voce in her naturally pleasant, bright
manner, l am positive that Mr.. p.
would not have taken the slightest
offense. ] have often heard her dis
cuss the subject, but always In a most
pleasant way, and though a convinced
suffEagist,- she would ~sHpPFe her SEN
timents on the subject rather than in
tentionally offend. And let me assure
Mr.. Parham that we who have known
her long and well can vouch for this:
that she is wholly incapable Of using
any expression to which the most ul-
ira refined could take the slightest ex-
ception.
AS to woman suffrage, if Mr.. p.
could live where II exists he would
need no arguments to convince him
OF It's success--the results show that
for Wyoming. When first went there
to reside was so prejudiced against
the idea of ladies voting that l would
answer very emphatic MOI" when
asked IL I intended to exercise my
right of fran chise. had not been
there long, however. before saw the
good 1t was doing, and felt II a duty
and privilege to aid materially by my
vote (as ! had always tried to do by
my infiuence) In the election of good
men only for Office. in the fight against
the saloon, etc, and for clean gov
eminent generally. We women In our
right of franchise did not neglect our
homes. nor be the least unwomaanIy
nor were We in the eye of the public
any more there than we are to-day
here in Virginia. / have never seer
more devoted mothers. daughters and
sisters nor lovelier homes than there,
A neighbor Of mine, a Southern law
| yer once said to me. in discussion
of the subject. that he, too, had once
had all the prejudice possible against
woman suffrage until he saw how II
had purified politics In his State, and
since he had been its stsunch advo-
! cate.
| In conclusion, let me give an extract
| from a letter pronounced IAN able let
| ter by the editor of one of our popu-
lar monthfies} written hs the super.
intendent OF the Denver public schools
/ In answering the question, do thu
best women Of Colorado vote?" the re-
ply. in part (by the superintendent. 1,
| as follows: .---,
''In those sections of the municipal.
ties of Colorado where home life |!
cherished, and intelligence and virtue
prevail. there Is invariably found tbs
largest proportion OF the woman vote.
We may fairly conclude. therefore
that the best women do vote, as the,
will everywhere when the questions Il
fully understood and equal suffrage ha'
been granted. MRS. II.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-23
COMMIT
DARING ROBBERY
Ransack Baltimore Store i'll Very
Shadow of Police
Station.

BALTIMORE. MD, March IA
robbery that has no equal for dar.
ing In tho annals of police history
here occurred early to-day. With
the lights from the Central Police
Station. which Is situated to the rear.
streaming through the building.
thieves entered the fur and hat es-
ia biishment of Albert Siggand & Son,
500 North Charles street. some time
during the early morning hours and
stole thousands of dollars worth Of
goods
Just how large the loss will be II
Is impossible for the members of the
firm to say at this time, but one OF
those at the place stated that the loss
will foot up into the thousand col-
umn.
That the police knew nothing of
the bold work of the intruders 10 at
tested from the fact that their visit
was first reported to them about $50
O. clock this morning. 1t lis believed
entrance to the building was gained
through the roof. The police are
greatly stirred up and baffied, and .
score OF detectives have been put to
work on the case. but up to noon
there had been no clue to the bold
thieves discovered.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-23
The Return From Elba. -

As all the world knows, Theodore
Roosevelt, ex-President of the United
States Is headed this way. and will
land on American soil on some date
in the early summer. His return to
this country has been heralded In
some quarters as the return from
Elba," a sentiment based on the pre-
sumption that the long absence OF
the Mighty Hunter has enshrined him
in the hearts OF his countrymen, as
did the forced exile of the great Ma
poleon Bonaparte. The theory Is far
fetched. but still 1t is a quantity to be
reckoned with. On this tide 1t Is be-
lieved by many that Colonel Roose-
Welt will be carried triumphantly into
the throes of a campaign. having for
Its object the reelection OF Roose-
Welt TO the presidential chair.--Ashe-
Vile Citizen. --
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-23
When is a Man Old 7

The press reports recently carried story of
man OF seventy who offered to matricuiate as stu
dent al the University OF Missouri
n OF course they guyed the old chap, telling him 1t
was never too late to learn and all that but where
the Joke Ii man at seventy is active IN mind and
BODY and has the time, the money and the nciina-
ton why should he not return to college and resume
his studies where he left off some fifty years ago.
Or If he never had college education, why not take
one in the evening OF his lifes What has age to do
with it, After the war between the States closed
many Confederate Veterans were found at the Uni
sersity OF Virginia and other Southern institutions
of learning. Some OF these men were thirty years
4 Of age There is student at the Episcopal Theolog
teal Seminary TODAY who is considerably more than
thirty years Of age; and there wife and two
y children at home. But he is real schoolboy IN
syipor and enthusiasm and one OF the brightest stu
4 dents i'll the body.
Now If a man may 20 to school al thirty five why
not at twice thirty five! What is age anyway! 1t
u is relative thing. 1t the span OF life at the longest
were but forty years, then man would be middle
aged al twenty and positively old al thirty And ii
the average span Of life were one hundred, healthy
man would be III his prime al seventy he Speaker
sof the House OF Representative is now well past
seventy and he has just had the fight OF his life and
he fought we'll There is nothing feeble about him
and but recently he did dance in President aft S
4 presence that was spry as two-year-old
Fl is not pertinent 90 back over history and
a trace out the famous old men who did their best
work after fifty. We have other generations whipped
4 10 death, so to speak We have the best hygiene
and the greatest longevity the world has ever known
Men growing younger every year. as the saying
rocs and it only remains for them to be as young
d fhey are If at sixty or at seventy either, is
~ strong healthy and active man at thirty why
Sahouid he place himself in the old mems list! But
xenefaiiy as soon as a man begins to turn gray he
& begins speak of himself the old man and to
II III people treat him old man. and then he is
III old man He has made his own classification
md settled his own That's one reason why
there is little demand for old men" in business
N because thes act like old men and real old men
10 behind the times. But If a man at sixty or
tenty eighty possesses all the qualifications OF
u young man. he will be taken at his estimate,
IVA If he can do a young man. work he can get and
pld young mans job
% cDursc man cannot be young when he is
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-23
C.. & O. DEVELOPMENT.

The Fredericksburg Star thinks that it is matter
of coneratuation that the Chesapeake * Ohio
Railway has acquired the Hooking Valley road so
say we ALL 1t is an open secret that the Chesapeake
and Ohio will soon acquire road between Gin
cinnat and Chicago and when that is secured IT'S
lines will extend from the Great Lakes to Chesa-
peake Bav. This will give the Chesapeake and Ohio
about 5000 miles OF railroad and make it one OF
the great trunk lines from east to west 1t is only
a matter of time before it will form part OF line
from the Atlantic to the Pacific and the best OF
it is that Virginia will get the cream OF the deal
Richmond and Newport News will derive especial
benefits from Chesapeake and Ohio development.
Friends of the road also gratitied that Presi-
dent George W. Stevens has been elected chief ex-
ccutive officer of the Hooking Valley road. The
popularity OF the Chesapeake and Ohio is due IN
great part to the personality of Mr. Stevens.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-23
ENRAGED PRISONER
SHOOTS TWO GUARDS

WiLMIN GTON. DEL. March a.
Mccullough and Hastings. two guards
At the New Castle county workhouse,
were shot this morning in that pr1s-
on by negro prisoner named Hum
ter. Hastings IL believed TO be IA.
tally wounded, having received bul-
let wound in the abdomen. Tho
guards were taken to the Delaware
hospital here.
Hunter. II is said. hsd q grrdge
against Hastings, and when the late
ter was letting the prisoners out az
their cells for breakfast ana while
in the act Of stopping over. Hunter
snatched the guards revolver from
his pocket and shot him Mccullough
came running up at the sound II the
pistol shot and Hunter Aired at hfnas
Several TRUSTEES and guards oveU
powersd the prisouex.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-23
Confederate Women.

to secure from the next State Legis-
lature an appropriation sufficient for
the erection of more buildings at the
Soldiers Home in Raleigh, a number
of papers are suggesting the advisa-
bility of making the appropriation
sufficient 10 care for. not only the
old soldiers. but their wives as we'll.
IL is certain that VIC have not done
enough for these noble women, and
1t is time that something was being
done II the State is to fulfll its duty
towards them.--Winston Sentinel.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-23
Our State
Contemporaries
Pearls Frost.

Peary was hit hard when the
House committee asked him for the
proof of his finding the North Pole,
In the face of the charge by a mem
Der of the committee that he had
not made but nine miles q day, when
there were competent witnesses to his
travel, and as soon as he left the
last educated white man he made
twenty-five forty miles -a-day,
looks in-the7 absence of -pfeef-a ST
though the pole was as yet undiscov-
cred, leaving only the question to be
settled as to which is the biggeI
humbug. Cook or Peary-Warrentorl
Virginian.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-23
DEW IS WILLING
TO RETURN MONEY
Says il Board OF Education is
Willing He Will Refund
$3.50. III
JUDGE WHITE PROTESTS
Declares Second Auditor Receives
Compensation for
Services.
JUDGE WHITE PROTESTS

A controversy having arisen over
the payment OF $3.50 to Second Audi.
tor John G.. Dew for negotiating the
sale OF Century bonds TO rrne Mftfer
fund, Judge Dew announced at the
meeting OF the State Board of Edu-
cation Tuesday night and In his Office
Wednesday that he was, and always
has been. ready to return the money
to the board IL 1t so directs.
Protest against the payment of the
$7sO to Judge Dew was made in
vigorous terms by Judge John M.
White, of Charlottesville. shortly after
the board convened Tuesday night.
fIe declared the second auditor re-
ceived compensation from the State
Tor his services and therefore should
not have been paid the $3.50.
Judge Dew explained that he nego-
tiated the sale IF the State bonds
drawing three and q naH per cent
Interest and purchased Charlottesville
| city bonds drawing four and half
| per cent. interest with considerable
skill and with a saving of about SCI
600 In commissions to the Miller
fund. He declared under the will
of Mr.. Miller a commission of one
him, and when he called the boards
attention to this fact the $3.50 was
| paid him.
Governor Makes Motion.
Governor Mann. who presided at
the meeting pat the motion To recon-
slider the boards action IN voting the
$3.50 TO Judge Dew. but none OF the
mem beers yoted-~--~----------.---..
| Those present at the meeting weres
Governor Mann. Superintendent OK
Public Instruction Eggleston. DIR.
Charles w, Kent, OF the University OF
! Virginia; DR.. j. l.. Jarman. OF the
State Female Normal School Profes-
isor 81. NJ. Lynch, OF Winchester. and
| Professor S. r., McGhesney. of Bristol.
Judge White was accompanied by
| DIR. r. j. Fulton. president OF the
Miller school. Judge White had tho
case carefully pseparedr-aa reaa
| his remarks and the Law from a type
written paper. He concluded his
! statements with a request that the
/ board rescind its order by which
Judge Dew was given the $3.50 and
that the money be turned back TO the
Miller fund.
TO Look into <sssss. ==
After the motion To reconsider fha
vote by which the money was allowed
Judge Dew failed for want OF any
ivote whatever. a subcommittee. COM,
posed of Governor Mann, Attorney.
General Williams and Professor
Lynch. was appointed to look into tina
law and facts OF the matter. This
subcommittee VIII report at he next
meeting OF the board. Untii then IL
will not be known whether or not the
board will reverse It's original de-
cision. Judge Dew said Wednesday
that while the money was lawfully
paid to him and he felt that he had
earned 1t, he would return it should
the board decide that he should.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-23
Our ReIa,tons With Canada.

The proposition mooted in Congress
to abandon the wise arrangement by
which the United States and Canads
have materially abstained from tn.
construction or maintenance of wal.
vessels on the Great Lakes ought to
perish in this utterance. Those wa
tiers are formally dedicated to the
uses OF peace. So they should remain
forever open to the uses Of CONNER
cha land uncrippled intercourse. 4
vast trade has been built UP as q con-
sequence of the mutual advantage
derived from mutual security. THE
trade would be greater II Ii were I'M
crippled by antagonistic tariffs The
true interest of both countries lies.
not In the building OF fighting crafts
for which there Is no need. but In
the pulling down OF the custom
houses that check the free inflow and
outflow OF commodities. The neu-
tralization of the lakes ought never
to be Observation-Disclosures Ga
*<a
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-23
M,ssissinpPs New Senate,

Colonel Leroy Percy, who Is on his
way from Mississippi to assume the
seat in the United States Senate to
which Vardaman aspired, and which
Senator Gordon now occupies ad In
term. is likely to be a notable acces-
sion to that body. He is the Mtssissip-
plan whom Mr.. Roosevelt described as
the finest man he had met in the
South He In scholar. thinker and
a man of affairs. mighty hunter and
a dead game sport--New York Ameri-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-23

In spite et the high food prices. our
national baby crop promises to be q
record breaker. BASED ON figures COM
piled by a Boston economist, its value
for 1s1e will be S4,SS7, 0oe. eco. These
figures represent. approximately. of
course, the economic value to the
United States based on potential pro-
ductive capacity OF 2.5e0.000 babies
which II la calculated will constitute
this years crop. This makes each STA
pound youngster worth about $2.lis,
or 1882 a pound.
While New York State can lay claim
to producing one tenth of the last
years baby crop, 1t can not wear the
laurels for the greatest increase per
1,uo0 population North Dakota heads
that list. with 365 births and New
Hampshire ends y, with IFS. The fig
ures show that the West Is the hest
country for the baby. as 1t is for the
corn crop.-E'rosn the New York Amer
lean.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-23
THE PEOPLES FORUM

All letters sent for publication
in The Peoples Forum" OF The
virainian" shouid be concise ana.
as far az possible, kept within 3VV
words.
No attention will be paid to
anonymous letters, but names and
addresses signed ~ an evidences OF
good faith viii not be printed II re-
quest Is made that they be omitted.
The freest discussion of topics OF
public interest 10 invited, with the
understanding, of course. that
publication Of letter Is not TO be
taken necessarily as approved by
the editor of the writer's views.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-23

The Free Lance sees bright future tor Fred
ercksburg With the building of the new Gould
line between Richmond, Fredericksburg and Wash
ington says our optimistic contemporary, which
will possibly touch Manassas or Warrenton- thus
opening up a splendid territory; with prospects tor
a river boat of the Maryland, Delaware and Vir-
gina Railroad Company the Rappahannock,
with the erection OF new manufacturing plants,
such as the shirt factory and the Peden plant; new
buildings like the postoffice, the R. +. q T. station
and the Normal School, there seems no reason why
enough new settlers should be attracted here to
bring our population up to ten thousand in the
next year or two and thus make Fredericksburg a
city of the first-cass.
Good news Fredericksburg is already first
class city in everything but numbers
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-23
Back to Blacksburg.
plant.

Another investigation has begun at the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute at Blacksburg This time, we
hope. the Board will make complete job of it.
The inquiry should not stop at an investigation
into the charges against Barringer. What's the
matter with the V. p IL That's what the public
wants to know. There is something wrong, some
where What is ii? Where is it? Let this jury
of inquisition go to the bottom of the trouble and
give their conclusion to the public.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-23
The Reporters r.nvey.

When earth's last paper Is printed. and
the forms and the metal In cold.
When the newest scandal IL ancient,
and tha latest extra ts seldy---
We shall loaf-~and. Lord, how we need
it!--with nothing at all to do
TIL the boss of the perfect paper shall
call us to work anew.
And then we shall work as wed like to-
each on his own machine.
And the truth shall be In our copy and
nothing shall intervene,
We shall write real stories about them
bsggar and millionaire
For an editor keen and fearless. pa
per that's on the square.
We shall work in a rush and q hurry
for that Is the goodiy game,
But We shall not dig In the gutter for
stories OF flth and shame
And the copy readers above US shall
leave our features" alone.
And the stories that I'LL the columns
We shall recognize ~ our own.
We shall have no fool asstg nmsnts, nc
10 cTuat missions Of pain.
To torture the hrok en- hearted or black
en- the sinners stain:
We shall scoop and be sceoped a-pfen-
~. we shail love the furry and
noise.
We shall fight with the business oftice
and fuss with the copy boys
But eSah-ex iis shall be human, and
each of us shall he free
To write the thing az he sees 1t fox
the paper that ought to be-
Burton Bradley. In Puck.)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-23

Senator LaFollette is likely to have with
Governor Davisdon of Wisconsin for the Senate.
Mr. Davisdon has been Governor three times and
he thinks that public sentiment would hardly back
him for another Hence his determination to try
for the Senate 1t is said that the friends OF La
Toilette would be glad to sec the Governor become
candidate and on the other hand it is stated that
nothing would please Davidson we'll as to supplant
LaFollette But LaFollette is pretty hard to sup
Dlant
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-23
be 80 pleasant that It win always be
home" In Raleigh.
home" in Raleigh.--Raleigh Times.
Canada and Us,


We cannot enter into tariff reci-
procity with Canada, because in
place of reciprocity provisions our
tariff has only n 25 per cent. boycott
or club where INSTRUMENTATION
treatment is not accorded us. Can
ada declines to be dubbed. She
would suffer from tariff war, but
less so than the United States, be-
cause, for one thing, we sell her
twice as, much as she sells us. and
the upbuilding OF her industries which
our no-reciprocity policies have fos-
tered all along would advance faster
than eyAr. Then, too, Canada buys
from US mainly manufactures, which
she can get elsewhere. whereas we
buy from her mainly raw materials
important to our industries. In tariff
negotiations Canada thus possesses
over us the same advantage which
we possess over Europe.-Chariott
Observer.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-23

truly old. OF course he cannot be young when ne
has lost his virility But man of average physique
will take care of his health and preserve his youthful
spirit he will not be old fifty or even at SIXTY,
and it is possible for him to be vigorous at eighty.
1t is largely matter OF attention.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-23
A Real President.

Mr.. Taft will have the sincere SYM
pathy OF the American people in his
brave and thus far successful effort to
be a real president when so many I'M
derlings. deputies. proxies and pretend
ers are claiming to exercise his powers
and prerogatives.--New York World
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-23

$50 you got new hard luck story"
said Meandering Mike.
Yep" answered Flooding Pete. II
cook me tip from desc historical nov
ais. Dis one is founded on fact. -
Washington Star.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-23
IN PUBLIC LIFE.


Senator Hepburn should try ordinary
red pepper. which is better for ones
health than out-and out fire eating
Atlanta Constitution.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-23

Mr.. Garfield is going through the
two horse circus performance of riding
against the administration in Wash
ington and riding with it in Ohio
Washington Post.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-23
Whsre poss k1a stanaa

His friends will not hesitate to con-
clude that Governor Eberhart met the
county option issue with frank dipio-
macy. The others will be equally
prompt in asserting that he "ducked"
st. Paul Dispatch.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-23
sansthina Of a Joke.

The Chicago Tribune's poll Of the
Illinois editors on Cannon seems to
have been done in Picllwickian sense.
st Louis Times.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-23

Consul, Jr the trained chimpanzee of ma
tiona fame has just died in Texas of pneumonia.
During his distinguished career, he earned $751;
900. We have known men who have worked
harder and earned less
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-23

Oh, she was bowling sufYragette
and she could talk some, too. you bet
She lost her voice. but do not fret
she's still the same old suffrage-yet.
Philadelphia Star.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-23
The Old Standby

Now. let our hopes anew be fired,
The frugal mind this comfort CLEANS
NO wicked trust has yet consptred
To raise the cost of pork and beans.
-~Washington Star.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-23
On the Public Garden POND

Toni can't teach that Wilson girl
% skate; it's no use frying.
Dick-But why does she persist In
wanting to learn
Tom--Qh. she thinks she feiis so
gracefuiiy.--Eoston Transcript
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-23

Haven't we met somewhere before,
ar. Branderson?"
Yes, was your third husbands best
man."-Chicago Record Herald.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-23
NOTHING SERIOUS.
Must Get Busy

Must Get Busy.
The Britons sharpened UP their axes
And did some very clever hewing,
So now the lords must pay their taxes
Or something painful will be doing.
Chicago News
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-23

President Taft is trying to make up with the news
paper men. All right. The boys of forgiving
spirit, but it is always best for public man not
to fall out with them.