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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-25
OBITUARY
James p. Bel

LfNCHBURG, VA. July a.
James F. Bell, aged eighty years. for
sixty Years prominent business man
OF Lynchburg, died this morning
shortly before noon at his home. after
an illness of three years. He was
confined TO his bed three weeks.
Mr.. Bell was a native Of Caroline
county and lived in Fredericksbury,
baltimore and Philadelphia before
coming here in 1859.
He then managed the Lynchhurx
bureau OF the old Richmond Dis
patch. During the war he was field
correspondent OF that paper. return
ing here after the war.
He established the J p. Bell Com
pany. one of the largest publishing
establishments of the State. OF which
he was president at his death
He also established branches in
Roanoke and Richmond. being In
terested in the Bell Book and Station
cry Company. OF Richmond. at the
time OF his death. He was vice.
president OF the Lynchburg National
bank and was the. first president of
the Marshall Lodge fMasonsb hospi-
tai here. known as the Home and Re-
treat
His wife, who was Miss Annie
Adams. Of Fredericksburg. together
with four children by former wife,
survive.
They are Mrs. Louis Bell Mrs.
C. E. Bu.sey and Miss Mamie Bell, OF
Lynchhurg, and r.. o. Bell. of Rich
mond r.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-25
Mrs. Emma Undertake.


Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
RICkSRURGAEA., July "a.
Mrs. Emma Undertake. wife OF J.
Edward Undertake. of this city, died
in Baltimore Saturday morning, aged
30 years, Mrs. Undertake recently
underwent a serious operation here
and recovered sufficiently to 20 to
Baltimore on n visit to her, motbsr
and sisters While there she was
taken suddenly worse and had an
other operation performed, from the
effacts OF which she never recovered
Before her marriage she was Miss
Emma kuethe and her home was in
Baltimore. Mrs, Timheriake was a
woman OF the highest Christian char.
acter and leaves a large circle OF
friends who will mourn their loss
She is survived by her husband and
one daughter. OF this city; her moth
err, three sisters and two brotherA
all of Baltimore.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-25
The
Big Berry Sale
is On.

The cold spring did it.
1t kept a lot of careful men
from changing TO lightweight
clothing and consequently 1t
left us with too heavy a stock of
light goods. SO here 1t goes now,
with a very heavy price reduc-
ton.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-25
Walter Scott P~trpes,


Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
FREDERICKSBURG VA, July ~.
News was received here Saturday Of
the death Of Mr.. Walter Scott Pea
tross. Of Woodmount, Caroline coun.
~. who passed away Friday night
aged 70 years. He had been suffering
from heart trouble for some years.
Mr.. Peatross was born at Aspendale,
Caroline county. and was a brother
OF the late Major n. O. Peatrcss
or Bowling Green. and Mrs. r. ",
Peatross. Of Danville, He served
throughout the Civil War in the ser
vice Of the Confederacy. and was
wounded at Sharpsburg. from when
he suffered the remainder OF his life
He II survived BY three sons
Messrs. Workman Peatross. OF Geor-
Eta; Sam and Mason Pcatross o.
Caroline county. and three daugh.
tiers. Mrs. F. w. IAushton. OF Rich.
nnond. and Misses Lena and MARY
Peatross, Of Caroline county.
Funeral services were held AT
Bethel chureh Sunday. conducted by
Rev. r. j. Pribble.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-25
Samuel Paul Allen

NEWPORT NEWS. VA. July -
samuel Paul Allen. aged 20 years, who
for several years has conducted
grocery store on Chestnut avenue
died last night at his boarding house.
114s Twenty-fourth street shortly af-
ter III o'clock after a brief Illness.
Mr.. Allen was unmarried and n
survived by one brother. who arrived
In the city this morning from his
home In Seahoard, N. C.
He WAS a member of the local ore
der of Elks No. BIS and was very
popular among a large host OF friends.
Although funeral arrangements
have not yet been perfected 1t Is
said that the body will be taken to
Seaboard for burial
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-25


In the event that Judge GreHory's
orders to Sheriff Kemp are not OBJ
served to the letter Bulah Binford
will be removed to the Chesterfield
Jail SO that all chance Of their COM
munication will be eliminated. The
investigators are determined that the
man and girl shall not exchange mes
sages and the detectives will resort
to almost any extremity to prevent
communication between the prisoners.
Arrangements were made last night,
II was stated. to convey one Of the
prisoners to the Chesterfield jail on
a few seconds notice. -~
Bulah Binford 10 comfortable In
her present cell. and declares she
would prefer remaining there to be-
ing exposed to the public gaze, which
would be her lot II she were liberated
under bond. At the Chesterfield jail
she would not be nearly 30 oomforra-
bic. a. the accommodations for wo-
men prisoners thars are crude ana
designed mainly for negro women.
One OF the most important decf-
sions reached yesterday by the au-
thorities investigating the case was
that in future there shall be syste-
city detectives, private
detectives and Chesterfield county
police cooperating In investiga ton.
no that the bottom Of the mystery
may be reached more quickly and
with more certainty than If each OF
the three departments represented
were pursuing a separate line of IN
quiry.
MIR. Schercr In Charge.
Mr.. (Scherer was requested by the
owen family to take charge of the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-13
Rays OF Optimism


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growing
OF
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badly
of
A of
@The
conditions
to
prevailing As
thinketh doth he Depressed thoughts
I.
decline purchase
goods square yards goods increased
during purchases
of
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-13
Coal Cars Are Better

~ a
~ regardless of whether the balance of the
.
in
exactly
hauling The apples
passenger
car without delay
justified banding mails
suggestion of appears
ncapaGtated be transferred
positions government
O expert knowledge andt training
splendid opportunity
for allowing communications
The North Dakota agricultural station
the
States. fxpsts is especially
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-13
Dorothy Dix v .. s' e.. As .s., ...
They Preach One Thing and Practice Another.

And not woman can find an an
swer to the query She knows she is
just the same woman that she was;
and, for the life of her, she can't see
why the man who was breaking his
neck to get her before marriage is
breaking the speed record in getting
away from her after marriage.
And woman can't understand why
man, who apparently loves his fam
lily and his home, so seldom takes any
active part in making that home hap
Ply or showing his wife any real af-
lection. I've seen men who were fran
tic when their wives were i'll, and who
couldn't get enough doctors and train
ed nurses TO try to save their lives,
yet who never paid their wives a COM
pliment, or showed them a particle OF
tenderness, or gave any indication Of
appreciation or affection
And 1 know plenty of men who are
really devoted to their families who
are as cross as sore-headed bears at
home; who never gss-e either wife or
children a pleasant word, and whose
families draw a sigh of relief when
ever the lord and master shuts the
front door behind him
Gould anything be more incompre-
hensible than the conduct OF these
men, for they work their fingers to
the bone supporting their families, and
then cut themselves off from all the
rewards in love and comradeship that
they would get II they adopted a hui
man instead Of an ogre attitude to-
ward their wives and children? It is
as idiotic as investing your whole cap
ital in government bonds and then
burning the coupons Yet I see SEN
sfble men do this every day.
Another curious thing about men
that women can't understand is that
men never seem to realize that women
are the daughters of men and the sis
tiers OF men, and made OF the same
clay as men, and that they have pre-
cisely the same needs and desires and
are subject to the same temptations.
Men seem to think that women feel
differently from the way they do about
things, and may be trusted to do diff
ferently under certain circumstances.
Which is sometimes a mistake.
"a man thinks he may safely neg
lect his wife and that she won't find
consolation as he would He would
feel degraded to have to ask anybody
for money; but he thinks a woman
enjoys being mendicant. He thinks
that a woman won't get into mischief
if she is idle and lonely.
"And the knowledge of a thousand
tragedies doesn't teach him anything.
Queer, isn't it? and the queerest
thing Of all about man is that he can
be faithless to his wife and yet really
love her and admire her above all 9TH
er women in the world.
That's an emotional triple somer-
sault in the air that the feeble female
intellect probably will never be able
to grasp.
But It's so, nevertheless"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-13
The Herald's
Daily Shsrt Stery

you will be treated like a man. AS
soon as 1 can spare four men, l shali
have you blindfolded and shot.
"fhose accursed blues are fighting
well; they do not give way an inch.
"Cudic has fallen" shouted Jef1redon
from the wall you will pay for Gu
dies blood with your life cried Tooln
to the drummer.
Pale as a ghost Jeffredon jumped
down from the wall
What is the natter" cried the
leader. Have you lost your voice!
Are the blues coming back?"
No, no! Our boys have cleared the
street, but"
Butt know Cudic and Jambu,
two of our best men, have fallen"
Yes, and still another!'
who? Prebois?"
mo, not Prebois."
Tell me the truth" gasped the old
man. You are torturing me to death.
II cannot tell you"
Tobin swayed Jeffredon laid his
arm around his shoulder People made
way for four men carrying a stretcher
which they put down before Tobin.
The young man seemed asleep. But
in his white bosom was small round
hole from which the blood was oozing
dyeing his shirt red.
The old leader uncovered his head,
his whole body trembled, and tears
streamed down his cheeks:
MY boy! My poor boyr' he cried.
He threw himself across the stretch
er and covered his boys face with
tears. Jeffredon raised him gently and
whispered into his ear: Enough. Do
not be a woman. The fight may begin
again any moment
Four men picked up the stretcher
and slowly carried it into the church.
Tobin wanted TO follow but the man
who was holding the drummer stopped
him and asked: And am I to drag this
child around with me all day? May l
not have him shot at once?"
Tobin looked into the boys face.
Come forward, my boy"
The boy stepped forward. The old
man looked at him long, then he point
ed TO the jug of wine and said to one
of his men: Il remember he asked for
a drink. Unite his hands. Then give
him something to drink
The boy drank greedily.
DO you feel better now" Tobin
asked.
"of course do. The wine has put
me on my feet again"
IF that is so. you'd better make
use of your feet Go. We have had
enough dead today. You are free
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-13
The Little Drummer
BY Georges D'Esparbes

- LANES were shooting up high
from the strawthatched roofs: bull
- lets were whistling through the
air and rafting against the walls; the
drummer of the republicans was beat
ing his drum furiously to inspire the
troops with fresh courage; women and
cattle were rushing away in wild flight
from the bullets OF the Vendeeans. Il
was victory, absolute victory.
Father Tobin, the leader OF the Ven
Oceans. tired and exhausted with six
hours hard fighting, was leaning
against the wall Of the cemetery to
rest and breathe a little fresh air. His
friend Jeffredon handed him jug OF
wine.
They are emptying the wine casks.
Here is our part. Drink. captain! That
will put you on your feet again. The
wine is good, the village is ours, the
blues are flying, scattered like chaff,
but that little imp of a drummer is
still beating his drum. 1t is due to
him that the fight is still raging In
the narrow lane around the corner.
Then 1 must send my son there to
drive them back. Put the jug away.
1 will drink later"
Tobin whist1ed. handsome fair
haired young man with laughing blue
eyes came hurrying up.
'Oh. Joel, they are still fighting
over there. Get together your com
rades and drive them back"
Proud and full of confidence in his
strength, Joel gathered his friends and
rushed off to the fight gaiIy as If
going to a dance. Long live the
king!"
The drum grew silent Jeffredon had
climbed up on top Of the wall and was
looking towards the lane in which the
fight was raging.
What is happenings"
HE is fighting like a lion, your boy.
never saw anybody as reckless as
he"
Tobin laughed: 81 know just how
he is behaving. for 1 have taught him
so myself"
He tried to look across the wall to
see his son fighting, but one of his
men pulled his sleeve The man was
holding a little ragged boy, whose
hands We're tied behind his back.
.'Tis is the drummer. captain.
caught him behind hedge beating
his drum like mad, to make us believe
he had a whole regiment there"
$50 you are the crazy drummer
shouted Tobin. you fellows do more
harm with your drumsticks than all
them men with their guns. Therefore
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-13
Modern City Government

HASKINS
r Illuminating points
fails stimulating
to begin viii treat of the growth
government" American cities
and and should widely
the
Washington Smaller Cities Features
on.
The Mexican Canadian tariff
treatment French politics planned involving
The ouker Boy military
But military is
and the climate and soil Rio valley
sample of what here in a years
viii backward There
S
The Conservation policy
the national Monopoly
almost as bad monopoly with under
fly time and the efficiency
At Knowles, N M, of Carlsbad
splendid
ing viii transform the plains De
preparing utilize the rich
lands pumping
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-13

66TO MY mind" said the third
woman, "the most incompre-
- hensible thing about man is
his contradictory attitude toward Wo-
man.
The main reason that there is so
much domestic discord is because we
women never know what men really
want US to be and to do; for they
preach one doctrine and practice an
other; and the more we try 20 live up
to their ideal, the farther we fall
from it.
For example, take the matter OF
dress. There is no subject in which
men are so fond of discoursing as up
on the folly and the extravagance OF
women's fashions They tell US that
we ruin our health by high heels, ana
tight corsets, and now-necked frocks,
and how foolish we are not to wear
loose garments that hang from the
shoulders and broad flat shoes.
But would a girl ever have beau,
or catch a husband. who would ATTIRE
herself in this manner? Never IN the
world Observe any ballroom, and you
will see that the maiden about whom
men are standing six deep has on the
most foolish and frivolous clothes tnat
money will buy.
Il
dress according TO her husbands the
cries and he will be ashamed to De
seen out with her, and demand 10
know why she makes a trump or ner-
self 1 know, for I have tried 1t, ana
that was how 1t worked out.
another thing 1 can't understand
about men is that the poorer Wife q
woman is the better her husband
seems to love her. 1t is the selIlsh'
vain, silly parasitic wife, who makes
her husband work himself to death to
supply her with money, who gets all
the cakes and ale of matrimony
'eThat kind of a woman appears to be
always adored by her husband and
looked UP TO by him. whereas the wire
who is Industrious and economical
and tries to do her duty, is seldom
appreciated
"A man certainly wants a good wo-
man for a wife, and yet the better wife
she is the more apt she is to lose him.
Her virtues are her undoing-
"Still another mystery of the mas
culine temperament is why men marry
for a home, and then are frantic TO
get away from it. Probably the man
who is always inventing excuses to
stay away from home at night. or VINO
nuts on his hat the minute dinner Is
over and goes to the club, would say
by way of excuse that his wife does
not interest him, that she bores him
stiff.
That's an excuse that should not
count; for every wife represents her
husbands taste in women.
''She is the one particular woman
that he picked out Of the whole. world
for a life companion, and there's moth
ing stranger than why he should tire
of the same qualities in his wife that
he found so fascinating and alluring
in her when she was a girl.
Believe me, there are millions OF
lonely wives who sit up and ask them
selves that question, and why their
husbands should have married them,
If they were going to weary of them
so soon.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-13
Married Life the Second Year
By Mabel Herbert Urner 4s..i!: Mother

curls. and the rouge and powder pain
fully obvious.
Then the stage was darkened and
colored calcium lights thrown upon
her while she sang a coon song and
danced a cake walk with a high silk
hat and cane.
'Bayne and Burns" trick bicycIfsts,
came next The work of one OF them.
which was really good, difficult and
daring feats with the wheel was
spoiled by the other. who, dressed as
a clown. received more applause from
merely tumbling off than the other did
for his most skilful work
An Insrie Youth
Howard BIynn," an inane youth.
with blond hair. a light flannel suit,
red tie. ed-banded straw hat, cane
and a general air Of being fetching"
minced out and sang Il Wish Had
Sweetheart" while he languidly Twill
ed his cane.
Wouldn't you like 10 slap himT"
whispered Helen. viciously-
Why, my dearl" exclaimed her
mother.
''Oh, well. If there's anything I can't
tolerate it IS these simpering. affected
youths. who come out jauntily attired
and yOw1 about love They'd be all
TlSIlI as DSlOOyS or WdlleES- DAl 70
have TO sit here and be entertained
by an inanity like thatl'
Here, TO Helen's relief Mr.. Howard
Blynn. with q finel whirl Of his cane,
waltzed off Che stage. A mild applause
called him back, but 1t was not strong
enough to justify more than elaborate
bows, which showed the careful, mid
die parting OF his blond hair over an
empty head.
The Carro]le Sisters" musical trio.
came next. They played on various in
struments-bells. bottles, glasses, fans
and parasols. The idea was not the
excellence Of the music, but the freak
ish objects from which it could be
produced.
Lillian Dell" followed with imita-
tions Of well-knOwn actors. selecting
those that had some mannerism OF
speech or gesture which she carica-
tured with more vigor than art
1t was after II before the curtain
fell on the last number.
We'll, what did you think Of the
SHOVE" demanded Warren as they
walked to the subway.
Mrs. Allen murmured politely that
she had enjoyed it very much" But
Helen said nothing at ALL
"Give Ne VaudeviIIer' He Said.
'sOh. Helen's always down on vaude-
Vile" said Warren. Shed rather go
to one of these problem psychological
plays where the people dawdle about
the stage and do a lot of talking and
do nothing else. I'll take vaudeville
every time The turns tonight may
not have been up to the mark-but
they usually have ripping good BILL
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-13
1AYears Ago To-
From The Herald OF d9V
This Date 1897

The foundation for the New Juarez
public school has been completed.
J. c. Hall. of Kansas City, No.. i'm
ported 5000 head of cattle from Juarez
yesterday.
The school treasurer is again pay
ing off all warrants and the teachers
are happy.
Francisco Membila has decided to
Jesus Arrolos lot ga, San Elizario sur
vey, for 500.
The Juarez jail commissioners have
decided to erect the new jail on the
site of the old bull ring
Charles J. Holman Of Denver, and
Col Sewell, of New York, are being
entertained by collector Charles Davis.
The Santa Fe has let a contract to
r. d. Hall. of Deming. n. NJ, for
changing the line of the Silver City
branch between Whitewater and Sill
yer City.
Judge Beckham has secured from
the United States circuit court per-
mission to dispose Of all interests Of
the FL Paso National bank and close
up the affairs of that institution.
Fire, said to have been caused by
lighted cigaret. damaged Van Patterns
corral Turning the corner of FL Paso
street, one of the horses attached to
the hose wagon struck pile of rocks
and fell. sustaining injuries.
The county commissioners met to-
day and the feasibility Of heating the
courthouse with steam was discussed.
Several bills and the salary lists were
approved The court also ordered the
redemption Of $4,000 courthouse and
jail bonds
Joseph Magoffin was elected mayor
today and all of the other Democrats.
but one, were elected as councilmen.
The victorious ones are: ]. B. w. Bur-
ton, A NJ. Robinson. John Drummer,
Democrats, and Ed. c. Scott, Republic
can. The other candidates We're:
George Look, Democrat and s. G.
White, E. F. ]. Mccarthy and W. H.
Long. Republicans. while John
O'Keefe was the Republican nominee
for mayor,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-13

bSvV ELL, that's the best could
AA/ do" Warren threw a
w small theater ticket en-
velope in Helen's lap
"Oh, Observation-Disclosures
Couldn't get thing for the play
you wanted-house sold out Anyway
a good vaudeville show is a darned
sight better than most of these plays"
"Oh. but Warren, this is the only
time we have taken mother to the the
alter, and I did want her to see some
thing good"
Take them or leave them. You
don't have to 60"
you know 1 wouldn't waste the
tickets now you've bought them Wen
go. of course, only I'm afraid mother
will be disappointed"
well, if you're going. see that
you're ready on time. 1 don't intend
to be late and drag everybody out OF
their seats to let us pass"
1t was just 8 when they started. and
they reached the theater several mo-
ments before the curtain rose.
Here. mother. you sit on this side;
I think you can see better
Mrs. Allen, who for may years had
not been to the theater. except to the
one-night stands in Carterstown's
deringly. The rich hangings and gild-
ed decorations seemed to her very
lavish and beautiful.
The Perennial TrampS.
A uniformed boy came out, placed
a large black-lettered placard, Buck
ley & Williamson" on an easel at the
side of the stage. Then the curtain
rose on two proverbial tramps with
their stale jokes and boisterous an
tics
Helen felt more than ever resentful
at Warren that her mother should
have been brought to a vaudeville
show instead of one Of the many
charming plays they might have seem
Here one of the tramps, having been
tumbled out of a wheelbarrow by the
other, took from his pocket a little
whiskbroom and busted himself off.
amid the laughter of the gallery. Hell
en- wondered how this antiquated alb
surdity could still pass for humor.
After 10 minutes more of noisy horse
play, their turn ended with loud ap-
plause
The uniformed boy again appeared
and changed the placard announcement
to Mile. Ellyse" The orchestra struck
up a lively popular air and the cur
tain rose on an empty stage hung with
dark red curtains. From out of the
wings dashed a young woman with a
long lace coat and an immense plume
covered hat
After the first song she threw off
the coat and hat, and appeared in a
spangled red and black ballet skirt.
with bodice so low it was hardly
more than shoulder straps Her hair
was bleached and tortured into many
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-13
UNcIwEA Waits Denatured Poem

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all
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