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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-03
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

Cloudiness prevails in the Northern
States from New England westward to
the Northern Rockies, and prec4pita-
tfon- mostly as snow. has occurred dur
ing the past "a hours, in the same dis
tr,cts. In the interior Southern States
the weather continues clear and rather
cool, and light to killing frosts have
occurred in Northern Florida and in
Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-03
Richmond and Petersburg Electric Raaway

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Streets. Tor Pstsrsburg:
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fDaiiy except Sunday and koiidays.
sCarriss baggage and sxprsss-
ssLimitsd. except Sundays and holidayS
Richmond.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-03
The Weather

RICHMOND. VA, March 3.--Forecast
for Richmond and vicinity: Generally
fair tonight and Saturday.
WASHINGTON, d. c.. Mar. 3.--Fore-
cast for Virginia: Generally fair to-
night and Saturday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-03
Sideline Remarks
on Sport Topics

Those ambitious young athletes
who think cigarette smoking Is ne
cessary part OF the game should look
into the matter little further,
They will find by SO doing that a
dexterity In rolling "a cigarette never
developed a Mathevsou. An attitude
of nochalance on the corner Of a
public street. the while pufffng at a
pill. was never factor in the career
of Ted Coy or any other famous
football warrior.
Glad raiment. trousers with large
cuffs, a cap worn at an angle of 40
degrees, win not make an athlete or
the most ardent youngster.
They may think they look like real
men. genuine sports, but they actual
ly are the worst kind of counterfeit.
That may sound somewhat harsh,
but II is truth.
real athlete cuts out cigarettes
just as firmly as he does unnecessary
LIQUID refreshments, alcoholic or soft
stuff.
Cigarette smoking liz bad for diges-
ton. II has bad effect on the
lungs. A cigarette smoker never has
good wind. In time he win lack
stamina
Every good trainer forbids his men
the privilege Of smoking cigarettes.
fer he knows the injurious effect this
has upon the system.
II the boys wish to create an i'm
Preston that they are athletes, let
them above all things cut out the
cigarette habit.
To smoke a cigarette is a sure sign
one Is not an athlete.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-03
names for the century sprint and high
tuu,U

names for the century sprint and high
jump.
Marshall. the American chess
champion. is now second to Capa-
blanca. the Cuban, who has a clear
gress The Cuban has won four
games and lost one. Marshall. who
is tied with schlechter, has won four,
lost two.
Champion Ad wolgast and young
Mr.. Brown meet In New York Friday
night, playing a sort of return en-
gagement.
They met in a six-round bout in
Philadelphia recently. and Brown
was credited with outpointing the
champion. wolgast claimed he was
not Mt his best. He had been out of
the ring for some time. His left arm.
twice broken. was not to be trusted
fully, he thought but this time he
will be able to do himself Justice.
The boys win box ten rounds this
trip and this should favor woigast
little. but not much. Wolgast is
known 10 have the ability to go a
long distance. but the ten-round route
is familiar TO Brown.
But neither boy compares favor
ably with the crack lightweights of
a few years ago. such as Erne, Cans.
McFadden. Duane, Hawkins. sullivan.
Lavigne, Dobbs, or even Jimmy Britt
and Nelson.
Al least men who have followed
boxing say so. Wolgast Is regarded
az strong. rugged boy. fair boxer,
but who wins by letting his oppo-
nent tire himself out. Brown is a
rugged. awkward lad, with a heavy
left-hand punch.
They appear to be evenly matched
and certainly should give a most in
teresting exhibition.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-03
IN yARIOux CITIES.

observations are for the "a hours
ending at a. d.. Eastern Standard
times1
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-03

For rent In the Richmond yirginian
want ads. will get you a tenant.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-03

FoIIowtng u from EuIpeper:
Mr.. Berry Lee Burgandine, the
pitcher whose success on the slab
Tor the Cuipeper Baseball Associa-
tion made that club the champions
Of Northern Virginia last season, has
signed with Danvilie to take the place
Of Bussey. who has signed with the
Nationals.
'Burgandine is heady player and
~ rood in any position on the team"
Some class there,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-07-07
HAREM SKIRT DEAD.
Paris Misses New Style Of Dress From
Streets.

What has become of the famous
harem skirt? Is it living or is it dead?
This question seems to be running
through the minds of women through
out the world. The innovation was
hooted whenever it appeared publicly
in the European capitals, and Paris,
which ordinarily becomes accustomed
quickly to the most fantastic apparel
refused to accept it.
The failure of the garment to appear
at the fashionable race courses on
Sunday aroused wide comment. A few
women, seeking to attract attention,
occasionally dare to wear 1t at a roller
rink or in box at the theater, but the
mass OF femininfty avoid It, with the
possible exception Of a few of the
milder models, which 1t is impossible
to distinguish from the conventional
skirt. The harem skirt is not seen on
the streets.
With a view to solving the mystery
as to what has become Of the garment,
a newspaper correspondent visited
several leading costumers and even
firms which tried to launch the skirt
on the market All admitted that things
had not gone well.
1.-The harem skirt" said NJ. Drecoll,
was intended merely as q house gown.
1t was killed by enemies who put out
hideous models, and 1t was doubly
killed by the department stores, which
sold cheap limitations at 80 francs ($6)
each. The worst class Of women tried
to wear 1t, and consequently the better
sort ignored 1t. Occasionally we sell
one for house wear, but really be-
lieve it is dead beyond hope Of resur-
rection.'
MY grandfather made and tried to
launch the harem skirt forty years
ago." said John Worth, "but was un-
successful. Then, as now, the women
did not want it. 1t may be acceptable
to the inmates of Turkish harems, who
recline on cushions all day long and
did not go out save when yelled and
cloaked, but it does not go in the occi-
dent. l consider 1t lfeless for the
present, but believe 1t to be probable
that 1t will be revived, say in two
years, when it may be successful.
Certainly it is practical, If nothing
else"
1T was not intended for street
wear" explained a member of the firm
Of Bechoff, David & Co. "A few fash
ionable women are still wearing 1t in
doors and at receptions. My wife re-
Gently wore 1t at a royal reception in
st. Petersburg and was much compli-
mented. The mass Of women probably
will never adopt it, but 1 believe that
really aristocratic women will continue
to use 1t for ball gowns and house
gowns"
The latest fashion freak is the hoop
sleeve" The hoop Is placed at the
middle of the forearm and it's diameter
is seven inches. The sleeve is drawn
in at the wrist and elbow.-Paris Let
ter
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-07-07
The guide took him

to the men. The guide took him
past the entrance to a large room,
saying that he didn't suppose the pres
ident wanted to go in there as they
were only rebels"
But l do want to go in there" said
Lincoln, land don't you call them 'reb-'
els;' call them 'Johnnies.' 1t sounds
friendlier. Would you want to be call
ed a 'Yank' and neglected because you
did the best you knew?"
A New Yorker at the White House
said to the president that 1t seemed
strange that the president of the Unit
ed States and the president Of the Con-
federate states should have been born
in the same state.
"Oh, l don't know about that"
laughed Mr.. Lincoln. Those Ken
tucky people will tell you that they can
raise most anything in their state and
reckon they're mighty near right"
Some one told Lincoln that a dis
tinguished and aristocratic southern
u
speech as a rail splitter"
WELL" said Mr.. Lincoln, musngly,
Il suppose there Is difference in men.
Some are rail splitters and some are
nation splitters. I think I prefer to
split rails"
Although Lincoln's accomplishment
In the Black Hawk war was hardly
Napoleonic, he was no coward. Some
one said to him as he was departing
for the front: You are not afraid Of
Black Hawk, are you?"
We'll, l guess not" replied the
youthful captain, proudly, I'm no
chicken" Literally he was not, but
in years he wasn't much more than
broiler.
When the civil war was practically
over Mr.. Lincoln responded at once
by an Improvement in health and spir-
its, but he did not want to go to the
theatre on that fatal night, and not
from any presentiment of evil. The
play was Our American Cousin" and
ne udu 5cSu u OHCc. IL WdS IuIlIly
enough and Mr.. Lincoln loved funny
things, but not twice In the same place,
even for company,s sake. He tried to
get out Of going, but Mrs. Lincoln
would not permit it. She had had
troubles Of her own with that theatre
party from outside-Gen. and Mrs.
Grant having been called away at the
last minute-and she did not propose
to have her own husband desert her.
She insisted on his going.
"All right" he said in his meek,
submissive way, when he found re-
sistance was useless. "All right, Mary;
I'll go, but IL don't go down in his
tory as the martyr president I miss
my guess"
He didn't miss his guess, but his lit
tie joke became a world tragedy.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-07-07
WHEN ALLEN PLAYED POKER.
"Private John" Gets the Best Of a
Mississippi Incident.

No one has ever succeeded in maxi
ing much off Of Private" John Allen
Of Mississippi, who Is stumping the
state in the present senatorial fiBh'
against former Governor Vardaman.
says the Montgomery Advertiser. Mr..
Allen is wit, orator and statesman.
The Vardaman supporters accused him
of having been indicted for playing
poker. Instead Of denying it, the for
mer representative got up and said the
story was true. But to lend interest
and merriment to the discussion he
stated that he was indicted for playing
poker with a Vardaman supporter, who
at that time was In the legislature.
We yield this space TO the former rep
resentative's characteristic statement:
well, I am going to tell you the
truth about that. I am very sorry i
played poker. am really ashamed OF
it. 1t is not nice to play poker. Ex-
pressing 1t very mildly, poker is So
cial indiscretion. It happened this
way. One night was down at Jack
son, and my room at the Hotel Ed
wards was right next to the railroad
tracks. I couldn't sleep for the noise
of the trains, so got up and wandered
around the place for while. During
my wanderings stumbled into room
where a poker game was being played,
and 1t was being managed by men,
ber of the legislature, who acted as
Mr.. Vardaman's floor manager during
the caucus. Merely to soothe my
nerves, l sat down and took q hand
with them Some time later / receiv-
ed a summons to appear before the
Kinds county grand jury. They ask
ed me If had played poker in Jack
son, and l had no better sense than to
tell them the truth about 1t. Then
they indicted me on my own evidence.
In this respect, fellow citizens, l differ
radically from Mr.. Vardaman. He was
summoned to appear at the state cap
itol to answer questions involving his
official record and personal honesty.
Instead Of coming forward like man
and telling the truth about 1t, as ola,
and making an effort to defend his
honor, he disputed the authority Of
the man who summoned him. Poker
pla; ing, as l said before, is a social
But, bad as 1t is, it is not
as bad as taking public funds and fall
ing to account for them. In my case
l lost nobody's money but my own. In
Mr.. Vardaman's case public funds
have been lost and no satisfactory ex-
planation Of their whereabouts given"
Now the Vardamanites wish they
hadn't. 1t is not safe to spring the
private record of a man If you happen
to have a skeleton in your own closet.
1t strikes us that Private John" got
the best of this incident.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-07-07
Bread Cast on the Waters.-W

Bread Cast on the Waters.-When
the conductor came TO collect the
young lady's fare she discovered that
she had left her pocketbook at the Of
flee where she works as stenographer.
1t was a predicament not uncommon
with city dwellers, but the rest of the
story as told takes a new and agree
able turn.
why, I'm afraid l haven't any mon-
ey with me-" she said, looking very
much embarrassed.
The conductor said nothing, but
stood there and waited.
Il guess I'll have to get off, said the
girl. Il have left my pocketbook at
the office"
Here, lady," said a boyish voice
coming from across the aisle. Il got
a nickel I'll lend you"
She looked at the boy and took the
nickel. Thank you," she said. I'll
pay you back If you'll give me your
your name"
Don't worry bout that" he replied:
I'm the kid you give the half dollar
to las Christmas when you seen me
sellin' papers down by the Savoy. l
amt forgot you. I'm sellin' papers
there yet"
She smiled at him when he left the
car and he was about the proudest boy
i'm town.-Denver Times.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-07-07

A Swiss Charity Festival.-The an
nual charity festival known as THE
Little Flower" on behalf of sicn and
infirm children, was held a Zurich re-
Gently with extraordinary success
over $4,000 was collected by pretty
girls who sold artificial marguerites
and other flowers.
Although the nominal value of each
flower was about a penny it was sold
for silver, gold, bank notes and even
checks One wealthy professor wrote
out a check for G1,000, which he
handed to an astonished girl, and Sc
lecting a marguerite disappeared. A
tall handsome girl armed with an
empty revolver which she presented TO
her victims, met with great success.
When the 100000 artificial marguer-
ties were sold out in the afternoon the
girls raided the principal shops for
artificial flowers, while others entered
private gardens. The owners of these
allowed them to pluck all the flowers,
which were sold out by night.-London
Daily News.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-07-07

Its no place for children" sug-
gested the visitor.
II should say it's not!" said Ro-
lands mother. GO tell Katie to put
some fresh clothes on you" she said
to her offspring. land don't you leave
the place until l tell you"
Day before yesterday" she said
to Mrs Monroe, Roland and the two
Davis children were putting pistol
cartridges on the street car tracks
and l stopped them.
"A few days ago they found can
of paint and tried to paint the sign
off the icemans wagon while he was
away from it, and John had to pay
the man 81.
1T hasn't been a week since the
children-Roland ncluded-turned
the faucet of an oldtank wagon, and
it left a stream of oil over three blocks
before the driver discovered 1t.
I'm going to the country. The city
is no place for Roland. dallas
News,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-07-07
The Same Old ChiIdren.-In a book

written by Bartholomew Anglicus
about 1860 one Of the most amusing
chapters Is on the children, of his
day OF these he writes: They
dread no perils more than beating
with rod, and they love an apple
more than gold and make more sor-
row and woe for the loss of an apple
than for the loss of a heritage. They
desire all that they see and pray and
ask with voice and hand. They keep
no counsel, but they tell all that they
hear and see. Suddenly they laugh
and suddenly they weep. Always
they cry and jangle and jape; that
unnethe they be still while they sleep
When they be washed of filth, anon
they denle themselves again. When
their mother washeth and combeth
them they kick and sprawl and put
with feet and with hands and with
stand with all their might" All of
which sounds very modern and up
to-date.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-07-07

The Country for Roland.-"What's
that on your clothes?" asked RO-
lands mother, brushing some gray
smears on his little jacket.
That's off the sidewalk" explained
Roland; the new sidewalk in front
of Mr.. Gibson's place. 1t amt dry
yet. and you can take a stick and
write your name in it as e e-easy!"
Mercy me-" walled his mother
Did you write yours?'
Roland nodded.
II spelled it right, too" he said.
The mother looked out of the win
dow and beheld old Mr.. Gibson bend
ing wrathfully over his SCARED ce-
ment walk, and grOaned.
This living in town." she said to
Mrs Monroe who was calling. "Tll
have to move out in the country.
keep telling John that We'll have to-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-07-07

B4 If you would keep out of the un-
dertaker's hands as long as possible,
laugh more.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-07-07

8E A good many decided blondes got
the decision from a druggist.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-07-07

The tramp took it and shuffled away,
but he never came back; neither did he
go to the recruiting office. The. note
was to this effect:
Col. Fielding. The bearer Is anxious
to go to the front and die for his coun-
try. Can't you give him a chance?
A. L."
This story proves that, while some
of the people may be fooled some Of
the time, and some of the people may
be fooled all of the time, all of the
people can't be fooled all of the time.
In his youth Lincoln ran a ferry on
the Ohio river at the mouth of Ander-
son creek. The only passenger for a
whole day was being ferried over, and
to enliven the journey he told the story
of Washington throwing a silver dollar
across the Rappahannock at Freder-
icksburg.
Well" remarked young Abraham
sadly, "he couldn't throw one across
the Ohio at the mouth of Anderson un-
less he was doing more business than
am, or unless he stole it."
Some question has arisen as to Mr..
Lincoln's religious opinions, but this
story may put to rest all doubts about
his position A southern woman who
had come to see Lincoln about her hus-
band, who was confined in a northern
prison because of his 'pernicious poll
tics" mentioned the fact that the pris-
oner was a religious man.
I'm glad to hear that" said Mr..
Lincoln ,cheerfully, and the lady smil-
ed hopefully in response. Then he
went on: Because any man who
wants to disrupt this Union needs all
the religion in sight to save him."
Mr.. Lincoln's love for the soldiers
was we'll known and he was a frequent
visitor at the hospitals in Washington.
A young doctor was showing him
around one afternoon to let him speak
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-15
WANTS GIRLS TO WE'D.
Boss Buffers VIII Provides Bonus
to Encourage MatrimOny.

St. Louis. Sept. 15.-The will of
Col. Edward Butler, the former Demo-
cratic chieftain of this city, who. be-
ginning his business career as a black
smith, amassed an estate of approxi-
mately $5.OOo,O0O, filed for probate,
provides bonuses in addition to other
bequests for seven persons if they
marry.
Each of his four granddaughter
shall receive $4,000 additional to
other sums willed them if they marry.
Two widowed daughters-in-law each
shall receive $2.4OO for life if they
remarry. The husband of a deceased
daughter of Buffers is to receive a
like annuity if he remarries. The re-
mainder of the estate is to be divided
between the widow of Colonel Butler
and their children. The Will contains
no bequests to charities.
James Butler. a son, is directed to
carry on the business conducted by
him and to direct the theaters in st.
Louis and Kansas City and the Cen
tury hotel in the latter city. He shall
receive for this one-half of the profits,
the remainder to go to the estate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-15
MAINE GOES WET BY 1874.
According to the Official Returns to
the Secretary of State

Portland, Me, Sept. 15.-An apparent
majority of 134 votes for repeal of the
liquor prohibitory amendment of the
Maine election is announced in an Of
ficial statement issued by Secretary of
State Cyrus W. Davis, as the outcome
of Mondays election. The secretary's
report is based on signed returns from
town clerks.
Certain discrepancies which indicate
errors by town officials in returning the
vote are not taken into account in the
secretary's report, as the law requires
the secretary of state simply to tabu-
late the figures al received. These dis
crepancies are declared by leaders OF
the anti-repeal side to be sufficient to
change the result to a dry majority.
Only the canvass of the vote by the
governor and council later can adjust
any discrepancies that may exist Press
returns compiled in this city indicate d
dry majority of 356. taking into ac-
count the alleged discrepancies in town
clerks reports.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-15

administration. y
Two years ago the president started
from Beverly on his first continental
trip after entering the White House.
He had been six months in Office and
the Payne-Aldrich tariff law had been
five weeks on the statute book On
that trip he delivered his famous ad-
dress at Winona, Mimi, a defense of
that law, on which most of the criti-
cism of the administrations tariff
policy has been based.
On the list for the present journey
the president has set down "the tariff
and "the tariff board as two subjects
for set addresses. His vetoes of the
wool bill, the cotton bill and the farm
ers' free list bill have not been set
aside for separate speeches, but that
they will be dealt with in the two gen
eral addresses is highly probable.
The tariff may prove after all the
leading topic, although that is not the
presidents PLAN Other subjects in
clude reciprocity, conservation the
peace treaties, marriage and divorce,
the trust problem, financial reform the
Panama canal, reform in judicial pro-
cedure, Alaska and the government
departments. The president contem-
plates spending most of his speaking
subjects.
To Visit Twenty-Four States.
The swing will be about $4,000 miles
in length. Twenty-four states will be
visited and in Is the president will
speak In Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa,
Missouri Montana, Idaho California
Oregon, Washington. South Dakota,
Minnesota and Wisconsin he will spend
many of his busiest days. These states
are labeled 'insurgent'' by those who
keep the political books
New York, Colorado, Wyoming. Utah.
Illinois and Pennsylvania will not be
sighted. but in those states the presi-
dent will not have to work so hard The
same political bookkeepers credit them
to the progressive" wing of the Re
been called Taft insurgent," will get
a lot of the presidents attention.
The trip begins in Boston Syracuse,
N. Y, is the first stop. Washington
will see the windup on November 1.
Secretary c. D. FIilles, Major A. w.
Butt, DR. Thomas L. Rhoades, the
presidents physician, two stenog-
raphers, three secret service men and
nine newspaper reporters will accom-
panv the president.
The train will run as a special much
of the time. It viii consist of three
Pullman sleeping cars. a dining car. a
baggage car and a day coach. The
president viii do little more work pre-
pairing for the trip. Today is his 54th
birthday and he planned to spend the
day quietly on the golf links at
Myopsa and at Parramatta He will
start for Boston by motor about
o'clock. Mrs. Taft probably will go with
him to Boston. but will return to Bev-
erly. She expects to remain in Beverly
through October.
On the eve of the presidents de-
parture John Barrett, director general
of the Pan-American union. who attend
ed the ground breaking ceremonies of
the Panama exposition at San Diego
and Travelled up the Pacific coast.
brought him cheerful news. Mr. Bar
rett told the president that the Pacific
coast was intensely interested in his
visit: that it did not consider it a po-
liitica1 pilgrimage and that everywhere
he had stopped the people were anxious
to see Mr.. Taft once more.