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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-25

7 FOUND Natalie replacing several books; but "The
Almanach de Gotha" still lay open the table. 1
delivered my message.
what he wanted to ask me?"
mo"
"There wasn't anyone but the reporter she went
anxously. "No detective, or Policeman?
mo one but the reporter, replied. Then suddenly,
"Would you mind telling if you had any particular
reason last night for changing your mind about me?"
No. she replied, Il merely came to my senses I'll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-25

rror Of Winthrop's arrest had not mag
nified overnight. The newspapers
came out with blare of headlines,
"Noted Author Arrested, Accused of
Vast Jewel Thefts General Schuyler
Shot, Mrs. Hazard had gone on
Winthrop's bail, and they made a
lot of that, limited at an engagement
between the accused and Laura, en-
deavored to make John Crownin-
shield as counsel significant, tried to
invent a mystery out of a balky
carbureter, admitted that mud
headed detective might have made a
mistake, and fzzled out toward the
end like wet firecracker. The story
had no leg to stand on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-25
Chapter XVIII.

"lHE horror of Winthrops arrest had not mag
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-19
GET OUT. Or TILE Nay

SiXty-onc million, three hundred and
fourteen thousand. FIVE hundred and
eiehty-two dollars and forty three
cents is a heap of money That is
what the banks of Richmond were
worth on the eth of June With de-
posts of s4s.4o3.1ss.so and loans and
investments OF s50,ia4.a19.oo, they are
doing an enormous business and ii is
steadily growing and will continue TO
grow as the town goes ahead. as II
IS going ahead at pace that is max
Ing some of the old souls fairly dizzy.
More building is now in progress in
Richmond than in any other Southern
town. There is work for the diligent
and bread Tor the eater,
Mr. William ID. Richardson protests
against the farce Of newspaper oplp-
Ions" and seems inclined 10 take a
rather gloomy view OF the situation
In Richmond. He also appears to
share in the opinion that the news
pa pers are lacking in moral coura ge."
and tells us to- day abou, some OF hts
Observations about town. which, for
,he,beneft OF the town, We have fniled
to note. One great manufacturing
efta blishnent" has been closed Ii
used TO keep busy about three thou
Island men: but. as we understand, IL
Eas been closed only for time and
got permanently and not because OF
ans local conditions. J hen, as we are
again informed. opportunities for
young men are dinhcuii 70 ind, and
Office assistants are paid small gns.
and occasionally one Is met BY men in
the street who ask for money where
with 70 ruy food ~, and when some
unfortunate IS arrested the humane
society provides employment for Aim
until the dan1a nds Of the law are salts,
fedfssand young women are paid only
from three dollars 10 ten dollars tie
week for their services. Il
we WISH With all our neart thai Ii,
wages OF the women could be mae
twice and three times as much. and
that there shopla be no requests Tor
money wherewith 10 buy. food Is. and
that everybody we're making as much
81 he hhon g,t he was worth. but We
would .suesest Y!ti all modesty, That
tie jeremiah Hex y notAthe lick thu,
counts in tho building up OF a com
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prove sanitary conditions in the coun-
y, SIX columns are devoted to the
question on OF good roads, which is to BIO
voted on this week. in Mccklenburg
county county. j.. W. White. General, Indus
,riai Agent Of the seaboard; Dr.. Logan
waller Page, Director of the United
states ONCE Of Public Roads. and j.
=, f. Pennypacker. Jr.. secretary of tho
American Association for Highway I'm
p'rroo'y''ement. contribute articles on the
subject Of better thoroughfares. while
there is long and strong editorial
comment urging this great reform. II
every county paper devoted this much
space to good roads, instead of trivial
matters. there would be few miles Of
pad roads In the Commonwealth. 1t is
refreshing to soc how this new paper
is starting out with an adequate plant
and. better still. with constructive pur
pose. with progressive ideals, with de-
votion to the common good of the
people it serves.
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Number

This table shows plainly that the
birth rate started to decline as early
as 1900, and the movement has gone on
almost without cessation ever since
Professor Wilcox declares that the de-
crease in the birth rate'in the United
States began about the time the de-
cline in Frances birth rate was first
remarked and the decrease for a cen
fury has been almost as regular and
much more rapid. The difference Is
that the United States started at high
err figures than France did. and this
country has not set sunk to the level
of France. What this nation would
have done in that respect had there
been no immigrants Is food for con-
lecture 5iaH
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nuRR.H FoR GOVERNOR o,NEAL..

Governor O'Neal of Alabama, has
found himself. At the recent Com
mcncement of the Alabama Polytechnic
institute AT Auburn he spoke with
uncommon force against the fads with
} which the dema gogues seek to deceive
The people, not for the public benefit.
but for their own selfish and unworthy
designs. At Montgomery last Monday.
when he threw the first shovelful of
earth al the beginning OF the new
north wing of the State Capitol Build
Ing alabama has been growing SO
rapidly during the last ten years that
1t has been found absolutely necessary
TO build a larger barn for the housinr
Of the State GovernmenO, he again de-
clared himself In no uncertain terms
against the follies of the day. II was
not an occasion on which he felt that
he could go into discussion Of local
and sectional and partisan politics. but
1t was an occasion on which timely
warning could be given of the menace
to our institutions involved in the So
called remedies for passing evils.
This is what Governor o'Neal said. ana
II is worth repeating and worth telling
by one TO another throughout this
land:
This is not an occasion for any
politics. This building has been con-
secrated by the lives OF great and good
men But should we not look toward
the fact that the Jewel principle of
our Republic is N the Federal Govern
ments defining and limiting liberty
through three coordinate powers?
Men nave now begun to saw that
our Government is antiquated, to cry
out that the men who founded 1t had
no confidence in the people TO that
say no All liberty must be recu-
lated by law. You cannot create a
pure Democratic Government without
limit or control No Government found
cd upon majority rule without
written constitution has lasted more
than a genera ton i
Recall, initiative and referendum
the direct election of Senators-while
shall not enter ut this time into any
discussion of these innovations, let me
pause long enough TO call Your atten-
ton to the fact that these changes are
Fadical intrusions upon the principles
upon which our Government is found
ed. - tH MI
Let us renew our faith In the old
PRINCIPLES Of the Constitution and the
Declare ton of Independence Let this
building become the seat OF Govern
ment founded upon the original prin-
lclples of democracy. seeking It's in
spiration from the people according to
the theory OF the Constitutions"
We should have liked 1t better had
Governor oNeal gone into full dis
cnssion Of these innovations" but he
said enough to show where he stands,
and where the people should stand il
they would preserve this Government
from a complete surrender to the
emnirics of this day" Radical intru
sions upon the principles upon which
our Government is founded" are, mani
testify, intrusions which should be re-
sisted by all who have any serious
concern for fshe welfare Of The country
and the true liberty and independence
of its people.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-19

mnnity like Richmond Our business
and pleasure is to proclaim the ad-
vantages Of Richmond as a city 10 live
In and a city to work for and a city
thae Will compare most favorably WITH
! other communities similarly situated
IN the South or elsewhere in this coun-
try In our opinion, optimism is the
best ism and the bright side is In
Fariably the best side. We would
rather DO a booster than knocker,
, a helper than hnderer
We could fill this page, probab bly,, with
stories of the defective and dependent
and unfortunate; but that would not
help them or help to improve the oppor-
tanities of the employed or increase
their wages We could tell stories
mat would melt the heart of the sym
pathetic. but that would not make the
manufacturing establishment that has
closed down temporarily resume IT'S
operations or increase the wages of
those who are now working for less
'han they ought to have. We could
meet two men in. the streets almos,
any day who would like to get little
money to buy food" but that would
not prove anything In particular. ex !.
eent that they We're hungry. or maybe.
thirsty Suppose we should exagger-
ate the condition which our CORE
snondent empha sizes what earthly
good would it do to anybody? Would
~ open the manufacturing establish
ment? Would it increase the wages
OK ~ young women or put more bread
In the mouths of the men asking for
money with which TO buy food.
The world is passing the knock
ers by 1t is too busy to hear
their complaints. and. after awhile,
they ais will cheer up and come to
the conclusion that If everything is
not exactly IS they would like. things
are doing well on the whole. 1t is so
much better TO sing song of pros
Perity than It is to sit with jeremiah
in the ashes--we suppose Jeremiah
sat in the ashes. as that appears to
have been the custom in his day-and
cry aloud that wages are low and
that now and then an dler asks for
bit OF money wherewith to buy food.
Most OF the people hereabouts are liv-
ing on the hill-tops; it is so much
nicer up there than it is down in the
valleys. where the mists gather and
frequently the sun does not appear
until long after he has been shining
higher up where the air is pure and
sweet '.
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TIE nnEAn rnlrsr.

That there is meat trust and an
ice trust is matter of common know
ledge. but little has been said about
is bread trust. but the undisputed
/ fact is that twenty-one baking con-
Germs in seventeen cities have COM
bncd In corporate known as The
General Baking Company" It's capt.
talization is $4,000, 900. 1t is possible
that this is not trust, but it is an
important consolidation which clearly
expects to profit BY the new order of
things. II it is not a monopoly, it is
non-neglisibe economic factor
The cities in which this company
will operate are: New York, Boston.
ST. Louis, Washington, Buffalo, Pitts
burg, Rochester, Toledo, Detroit, Prov
idence, New Orleans, Philadelphia,
Newark, Jersey City, Cleveland, Wheel
ing and Canton, o. Most of these cities
are East of the mississippi River, but
such important places as Chicago, Bal
timore, Richmond, Cincinnati. Hart
ford. Springfield, Spartanburg and At
lanta either We're purposely not in
cluded or refused 10 join
The employment of modern meth
DDS OF manufacturing, the bringing
about of economies in buying materials
and the maintenance of clean bakeries
are among the advantages the pro-
motors are seeking. This is Just what
the people who are effcctinr cotton
mill mergers are after Tho holders
OF bonds Will get per cent. while
the preferred stock Will earn per
cent, and the common stock, what is
left. if anything, after paving interest
on the bonds and the preferred stock
The great question is whether the peo-
rle will get better bread at the pres
ent price or even lower cost. That
| seems unlikely. III,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-19

The Columbus Enquirer Sun says
that Diaz will not come to Richmond
because he will never go to any place
where hot tamaies are not to. be had at
all times, day or night Then Rich
mona is the place for him. Not only
fiery hot tamaies, but delicious chill
con cerne is served in our cafcs-and
they are all cafes here. not restaurants
and when the connoisseur of Spanish
and Cuban dishes, Governor Coleman
La Paloma Blease, was here last fall
he is said to have pronounced the Rich
mond hot tamale the real ambrosial
thing.
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coils, and mountains of hair taken
from the dead bodies Of Cinnamon

30. VI N
Science Is not omniscient. A San
Francisco scientist told Leo Sanders in
that city that it was imp ossiblo for a.
man to eat siSty-four eggs in six
minutes On the strength of that as
surance Sanders made a bet of 500
with Abe Shapiro. who is owner OF a
butchershop. and who is the employer
OF Nick Veltz. who might be called a
Phi. D., magma cum laude. in gastron-
omy. Shapiro backed Nick to put
away the ffty-four eggs in six minutes
lose or pay all. Without wink. Nick
did the job. adding in cup of coffee
and a lobster sandwich. He is known
as the champion egg eater of the Paci-
hc coast, and is prepared to meet all
Corners.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-19
Daily Queries and Ansuers
American Flag.

American Flag. a
g., me following directions for maxi
Ing f 1he nat national flag have been kidd
ster U. S. N. of Richmond: 20
t4en ~e eI9 GID stripes long, thir-
s ssen dqs e.s stripes wide. The union Cor
~ ~ sear In the union Cor SHELBY for
,,a The top stripe is red These proper
the United States Navy. 49, -
Government Wash.
,n What is the latest formula for
such as is used on lighthouses. etc, > :
Take fresh Roscndaie cement ss I t NJ.
n nix With dnq frs e l ne sand one part.
gives gray or granite color. n =
NJ, Mnite color Is desired use lime with
g snt he eeme y, and sand. Mix we'll to-
,resh water, then follow immediatei.
NJ inc cement wash. This prevents
the Waii from absorbing the water OF
70 SCI. The wash must be we'll 5tirre1
curing the application Make the mis-
anpjied Hi niSN as can be conveniently
Horselcas CnrrInEc.
rio Mno built the. first horseless car.
IA, a patent for SUCH carriage e, Mas :; & Is.
land IN 1919. bu. the first vori.i56 !,
G eeSt OF horselesa carriage was nv.
t IhusnoI h IN France in ITO. 1t was 4
carries St ,.Ma steam carriage which
Two miles an hour I''1s SO SO VI
The Ides
What is the origin of "the ;da... l.
ior Instance, the "Ides OF March, 80
AIDES ides is from the Etruscan "iduo1" !
llN rue skeat is OF the opinion that
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-19
AUTOMOBILES Fon pnuMMERs.

y wide utility for the automobile in
new field is predicted by one of the
motor car ma gaines. The coming phase
of development will be that of utiliza-
ton in selling goods The automobile
it is expected will become a means OF
transported ton for commercial travel
ers and their samples. even their mer-
chandise These cxpecta tions are
based on facts and figures resulting
from three months trip from New
York through the Mohawk Valley and
New England
Assuming that hustling salesman
can do as much effective work in three
months with motor car as in six
months by train. the expenses of the
former trip are found to he little more
than one-half of the latter-Sl, 200 as
compared with $4,000. Economies In
salary and on hotel bills account for
most Of the difference. though wa gon
hire and buggy hire are also ellmi-
mated On the other hand, there is a
large garage account. for repairs,
washing and storage.
y great advantage is that the COM
mercial man in. the automobile becomes
independent Of trains and railway con
nections. He can make his towns
on his own time table and without I'M
profitable waits at functions. He can
see more customers within a given
time and can bring the actual goods to
their notice His practical emciency
is almost doubled" says the Chicago
Record Herald. But he must add to
his talents as salesman those of the
chauffeur and the mechanician. and
sometimes even those OF the porter
He must be 'roadwise and weather.
wise
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-19
THEIR SILVER WEDDING DAY.

The heart OF the American people is
in Washington to-day. This is the
Silver Wedding Day of the President
and Mrs. Taft Thousands have been
invited to the feast: but there are
other thousands, hundreds of thou
over the world who will wish then,
long life and every blessing it is pos
siblc for a good God to bestow; good
health for Mrs. Taft and increasing
honors and usefulness for her illus
trlous spouse
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-19
Not satisfied with the SITUATION.

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir'-Some editors are supposed to
divide much OF their time between
extending courtesies to wealthy pros
pectors and to brushing cobwebs from
neglected walls: occasionally they de
part from this exhilarating occupation
and engage in batting an en- President
or the like. punctuatir>- the inside col :
umns with comments on complaining
correspondents. It is said that In GER
fa In matters they lack moral courage.
for ugly facts as to certain homo af-
fairs or conditions arc overlooked or
ignored. N
OF late ,you, have printed much on
the remarkable prosperity of Rich.
mond, the stability of its financial IN
stitutions, etc, etc. yet have been SIN
grlerly silent on the idleness of at
lishment. which used to keep busy 3, :.
600 or more men: then you have an
parentiy. overlooked the fact that op-
portunities for young men in need OF
employment are very difficult to find
Now. assert. and believe that can
prove. that aside from the demand
for laborers }(mostly hod -carriers and
mortar mixers there IS little demand
in Richmond for artisans and expert
mechanics and no demand for office
a IS Sta IS Further; while most Of tho
which are fair, the pay for onice men
Is ridiculously small: young women
are paid from So to $40 weekly, and
boys and youths from about Sc to Sic
"eehiy. II one nus pun he may
secure a comfortable position; other
wise, when out of work he can beg
on the streets (only to-day two men,
one on Broad near Murnhy's. another
near the post office, stopped me and
chase foodD II
Meanwhile. Il you have been so I'm :
fortunate as TO have been locked UP for
wronSdoing, there is a humane society
which Will provide employment gainst
I he time when the demands OF law
are sattafed. One is tempted to laugh
at the farce OF ltlall---ncwspapcr opin-
fonS--wero not life so serious 66s
WM. d. tRTCHARDSON.sa
Z ich I,r 1 : I, 80 -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-19
WANT MIR. BRYAN TO KEEP QUIET

WANT MIR. BRYAN To KEEP QUIET.
Now comes the New York Times
with the stale charge that Mr.. Bryan
has been trying TO dictate to the
Democratic party. and with the adj
vice that 1T would be we'll for him to
accept as best he can this reflection
unon his wholly disinterested service
to the party and the country. conclud-
ing with this feu de joic--we believe
that is what it is called when the fire.
works close down at coney Island:
The party really is tired of him
and OF his notions and methods and
temper and pretenslons, and the more
ne insists on forcing them upon the
party the more thoroughly he will be
rejected He has had his turn. II has
| lasted long time. and though he did
his best with it. he is failure. The
urc will be noted
That is q nice thing to say about
Our Candidate to he sure. The party
tired OF him and of his notions and
methods and temper and pretensions,"
indeed To use a Rowery term. there
are no flics on his temper" II IS al
| ways sweet and reasonable and at
tractive His motions have worked
themselves into the platforms of both
parties, and he has made absolutely
no .pretensions." There is no pretence
about him. Anybody who will look
al him and study him can see with
the naked eye that he is exactly what
he Is. II is true that he has well Ugh
:u'neG the Democratic party. tina, he
ilH $ succeeded in Keeping 1t out OF
Power for hfteen years through his
/ i.cti eds, and, regarded from a c5n,-
| RECTAL Point of view--the view tia /,
should find much favor among his
irreseni critics In New York-lt cannot
HE said with truth that he is a fail
nre, Keep Mr. Bryan quiet? Can
/ the Mind be kept from blowing where
~ lis,eth? Can the tides he da mmco
/ where they flow? Can the sun be
halted in his course? Can life and ill.,
( criy and the pursuit of happiness he
stayed hy the hand or pen of any Of
the opposition press? II even we who
ore nearest and dearest TO this heir
7 81 the ages cannot hook this leviathan
cf voice, how much less can the enemy.
+ me newspapers which represent the
u predatory Interests, snuff out this ligh,
OF orr eyes, this hope OF the future?
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Jennie Jarvis was locked up at the
West la5th Street Station in New York
the other night, charged with stealing
a number Of articles from Mrs. Thomas
L. James. the cash and dresses. jew
eiry and lingerie totalling sl6s In
value" We are sorry for Jennie, of
course; but we are far sorrier for The
Sun. Shades of Charles A Dana and
William NJ Laffan that The Sun should
have lived long enough 10 have done a
think like that; aTotalling," indeed.
That sort of outrage against our noble
tongue should have been left to old
Mel Stone.
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THE BIRTH RATE DECLINE.

Professor Wilcox. Of Cornell Uni
verslty. chief statistlcian for tho census
Of 1900. says that it is wrong to say
that the birth rate did not begin to de-
cline until 1850. In the absence of
proper statistics. Professor Wilcox has
made up table of the number of
women between the ages OF 16 and A
and the number of children under five
years of age. as follows:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-19

Many really nice girls wear high
heeled shoes in ignorance of how aw-
fully bad such shoes are. Justice How
ard, Of the New York Supreme Court
told Of the wickedness of such shoes
in his court the other day" High-heel-
cd shoes are as heathenish as rings In
the nose, or tattooing," he said "suc.,
shoes are as barbnrous, as torlurIng
and as destructive OF health as tho
Chinese wooden shoes. Both make I'M
gairnly and deformed feet. China is
proud OF one kind of reformed feet
and we are proud of the other" The
> udsc did not send any one to jail for
wearing high-heeled shoes, but he said
ina ma he was sorry indeed that he could
not DO 1t He probably likewise re-
s ife3 that he cannot inGaroerate wo-
men who load Up theft heads with
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-19

One of the features provided for the
entertainment of President TAFT when
he goes to indianapolis on July Fourth
is head-end collision between two
railroad locomotives at the State Fair
Grounds That will be nothing new to
Mr. Taft. That Is what he has been
doing With the Progressives almost
every day for the last SIX months. or
SO. with the result that he has almost
put the Progressivcs out of the run
ming.