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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-29
WHEN N<NNIAs MEETS NNANI\S.

Hitherto the Colonel has had a corner ON the
privilege Of selecting members of the Ananias
Club Candidates for membership were COM
him before being admitted to membership in
that famous aggregation of mgglers with
veraci,y
But at tAia iuncture tha Colonel finds his
authority disputed Another ana d very rorml-
dabe committee on credentials has come for
ward to contest the sometime privilege Of Mr.
Roosevelt 10 assume the position Of national
chief Judge Of liars This iuterlopcf is none other
than the New York Etentno Post Aud the
laugh comes when the POST has nominated and
elected by aeclamation Theodore Roosevelt to
the celebrated club of which he is the famous
founder and Of whose membership ne
has been the sole arbiter
The Colonel hurts a few choice aud eharac-
teristic Rooseyeltian honquets at the Post lie
declares that the Posi- has uttered "a charac-
1erlstically and peculiarly infamous falsehood"
and has also been guilty Of "un unpardonabla
piece Of moral obliquity." In reply to the Posts
assertion that he had nominated that Very res
peetable paper for membership in the Ananias
Club he replies that 1t is imposs BILE put
one in {. club Of which he is. already charter
member"
The Post comes back in it's own polished
aud classic style. demonstrating that i, is
foeman worthy Of the redoubtable ,Colones
steel Though the language Of the Post is better
suited to the usaseR of Dolite society and
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-29

busy every hour In the day. The only way to
reform tough boy is to keep his mind and
his hands at useful labor healthfu play all
day, so that when night comes he goes quickly
and healthily to sleep, He has no time night
or day to be bad and. after while. he for
gets To he bad
This is humane, practical and successful
wherever tried.
AS long as there is poverty there Will be
crime, as long as there are giaring inconsistent
cies and social inequalities; as long there
exists great gulf between class and class in
the community. as long the whole monstrons
catalogue of Industrial and social iniusticeS arc
suffered to remain. there VIII be iaWlessness.
one kind Of theft breeds another kind of
theft. One kind of violence is met with an
other kind OF violence But this much can
do: substitute reform for punishment.
We have learned that the child who goes
wrong IL a victim OF bad and imperfect social
conditions. Instead of Furnishing him for what
We did we give him what he really never
had before-a chance to BE- good,
LOUIS l.. PARHAM.
December 20 1911
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-29
PROBATION FOR INIRRlArJ.~.

Probation for the drunkard vho deserv es
the chance OF reformation ana confinement To-
the hab.tual iuebriate VINO has mad tue chance
Of reformation aitd has demonstrated that he is
Incapable Of self-oontroJ This appears 10 MS
as most excellent program both fJf the b#ae-
fl Of socierx large and TIA 4f.-4-t-l }s'ft-
self n the state Board Of ChaflD a- and Cor
ree,ions viii add to their reQues: TIA the pro
baton system for drunks be extended to ali
cities OF over 5000 inhabitants tba lurther re
ques. that an inebrate asylum be established
for the treatment and reclamation OF chronic
DRINKS We think it will have suggested rro-
vision that will bear excellent results.
That there are many men yielding to the de
mand for alcoholic spirits who nigh be re
claimed If they should understand that repeat
ed Iapses would result N forcbe confinement
and treatment cannot be doubted The ndi-
yidaal with a chronic thirst who travels the
thirst route 10 hahitual drunkenness might De
informed by tho court that if he proves him
self sufficiently strong 20 master the habit rs
a sufficient peripI Of probation he may retain
his liberty otherwise it is the drunk asylum
Tor him with this certain loss OF liberty aud
portending disgrace staring him ii the lace a
strong motive for reformation would he sup
piled and the capacity Of self mastery might
be developed
II is apparent mat some adequate enactment
should be devised Tor the control Of the chronic
druukard The present laws set Tor the regG-
laton Of drunkenness do not regulate They
are utterly inadequate and each year demon
strates their failure IL the crowds Of dr0nks
that ar" arrested again and again TOR The same
oifense, Society should be protected from the
and perpetual menace. II ne eannot restrain
his craving for stmulant and cannot maintain
the mental pose AMI that quality ot character
that make him Il self respecting and wealth
producing citizen II he cannot master pro
pensity thai makes him often pauper or =
treatment will in some cases ct least, de
liver him from the curse 10 which he has fallen
a victim
The establishment eli such an institution is
clearly the obligation Ell the state that by It's
license system contributes 10 the creation 81
The dfunkara. 1t is 2 clear moral principle
that the State that authorizes by legal enactment
the institutions that DEGRADE ANA dauin men
should establish places OF refuge whore the
men who have been destroyed may find the
chance n recovery
OF course, as long as We license the saloon
VIC shall have TO open the asylum but this Ia
simple justice Let's have enough institutions
10 provide for the drunkards We create
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-29
PEOPLES FORUM


Editor The Nirginan:
Sir.--rhc modern discovery that child is
never criminal bat merely delinquent; the adj
mission that he needs, not punishment much
and sympathy, has completely changed
our ideal Of the reform school and the
rcctfoua institutions.
The underlying principle OF all correctional
institutions is the assertion that what the de-
linqaent needs Is not repentance, but develop
meut; not regeneration. but enlightment and
direction. They need mental awakening
and education, self respect and entirely new
point of view. a.
ON a farm near Cleveland. Ohio. home for
incurrigible boys grew from a sympathetic
farmers interest in street boy, taken from
the Juvenile court on probation. to a large and
successful school sustained by the city.
The boys kept busy every day in the year.
sunday included but Sunday il is only at
play, for the superintendent has found that the
only way 10 deal with boys In TO keep them
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-29

will fail to observe that the paper strongly urges
the. Colones immediate election to the noted
club. the formation of which is generally con
coded 10 be one Of the masterpieces of his unu-
suai genius
The Evening Post will not handy epithets
with Mr. Roosevelt, nor say what is charac-
t"ristie Ia him. 1t merely reasserts what il
set forth at length yesterday that there Is no
truth in his charge that Is suppressed or omitted
a single word OF the sta tement which he die
tdted To- its reporcr."
The whole rumpuss was precipitated by the
revelations and charges concerning Mr.. Roose-
velts connection with the Hartman donation
I" the campaign fund of the Republican party
and the whole transaction reveals what hot
time there will be in the old club when Teddy
taxes his seat and participates in the proceed
InEa
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-29

merry war has been started over the
Peace Dinner in New York The Colonel has
refused TO appear and is saving some things IN
in lis in'mita5le and militant manner about
the affair aud Mayor Gaynor has declined an in
vitation to be present because John Temple
Graves. the Hearst editor. will be the toast
master, And so it goes We ali want peace
except when there is IA chance TO get into a
ROY" Peace for the other fellow is a fine nro-
gram Even Marse Henry Watterson is
preaching the doctrine of peace
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-29
DON'T BELIEVE FUGITIVE
is HIDING IN HE,NRICO

Reports that Reuben T. Hill. furi-
tive cashier Of the defunct True Re.
formers Bank. is in hiding in Hem
rico county. appear to be without
foundation. AT any rate, the au-
thorities who have been searching for
Hill have been able to find no trace
Of him there. 1t is said that the
police Of Richmond recently made A
motor. trip through the county in
quest OF Hill, but failed to get any
trace OF him
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-29

Our esteemed contemporary the Newport
News Tlme$-Herad says; According 10 a
press dispatch printed in the Richmond Iir-
ginton, Georgia had wet Christmas in spite
81 prohibition. Thanks TO the partnership
Of the National government which permits the
LIQUOR dealers OF one state TO defy and over
throw the Will OF the majority OF the voters of
another
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-29

big mob in New York chased a street car
ere" clear 10 the car barns because the ear
had struck little boy and fractured his skull!
We have chased ourselves and our only
proyoeation the desire to catch it, Bet
the conductor didn't laugh at that New York
mob like they have laughed at our discomfi-
ture as we pursued the elusive platform.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-29


one does not nave TO tie familiar with the
Inside workings of the great news agencies to
detect poorly disguised effort TO force the
nomination of the ex-Presdent. Theodore
Roosevelt Regardless Of his political leanings
il must b. apparent 10 the rank and file OF
the American ma lion that such a Genouenent
would lie nothing short Of national calamity,
since the man and his views totally at
variance with all that makes tor peace and
prosperity. Ills egutisric eceentrcities. his mat
nral iInpnist' ene4s and. withai, his Undesirable
cpnceit undoubtedly make him the least desra-
bic OF all tho presidential possibilities, be they
Republican or Democratic
The American people have had enough u
Theodore Roosevelt and they have no desire to
see him again "enthrUEed at the White House
his record there is such to arouse the most
dire msgivings 10 his future actions should
an III wind blow him again into governmental
alters. He lis Not u TO be trusted. His
very attitude AT the present time when he pre-
tends to be unwilling accept another nom
nation is one that should arouse suspicion
Whilo apparently avowins that ne VIII not be
Il candidate he IS secretly encouraging his
friends TO push him into the political lime
light His open denuncation OF President Taft
one" RooseVeits protege, is the outward sign
Of the hidden forces that working toword
the Presidents undoing and the advancement
OF Rooscvetts personal ambitions. The history
OF this country, political otherwise shows
Instance of President publicly ie-
noltnG the "reisntng executive did
the hurried exit OF Mr.. Roosevelt from New
York City the other day when President Taft
was scheduled TO speak at several places in
the metropolis Nor there any records to
show that ak President on the public plat
form and in private letters, denounced and
derided the ruling force of the nation as Mr.
Roosevelt has done
The United States does not want Roose,-a,t
and while there is Mt this moment any
great prospect for the election wear Of
any Republican candidate we have no donh,
result In the greatest Democratic tffuniph the
country has ever known.Asheviile citizen.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-29

The man who stole eight turkeys from an
orphange in Lynchburg at Christmas time
should be ashamed to look at his own shadow
Hos meaner than tile proverbal mean man OF
childish fancy who would steal cent off a
dead mans eye"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-29

senator La Toilette has started upon whlrl-
wind tour of several States in the Middle West
He has been in the whrlwind business for a
GOOD many years If our memory serves us
right and many of his foes have been forced
to seek the storm cellar
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-29

II the liquor advertisements on the third
and tenth pages OF the Nees Leader had been
transferred to the editorial page readers
'ght have seen al a glance the joker in the
editorial against prohibition that appeared in
the same issue
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-29

It's wonder that the pretty Baltimore gin
who went the street with sprig OF mistle-
toe in her hat did NOT precptate riot among
the men-~eager to accept the invitation.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-29

Congressman Slemp says that Virginia Re-
publicans are for Taft. Sure Most all of them
hold Office under him and the rest are related
to the oificeholders
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-29

Senator La Toilette certainly handed those
Ohio folks a warm line Of talk in his Cleveland
speech And. by the way. there were FIVE
thousand men who applauded what he said
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-29

The Baltimore American has an editorial on
They cannot hurt Taft" We incline to the
opinion that this is true He has gotten be-
yond this point
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-29

Straw ballots often found to he as un-
reliable as straw stacks in a wind storm.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-29

The Baltimore Clearing House has inau-
gurated campaign for cleaner money, SO
tar AS We are concerned We will take anything
In THAT line that comes our way
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-29
Pensions as a Campaign Issue.

In recent debates in Congress it WAS as
ed that during the campaign of 191o United
State Senators went through certain sharply
contested districts throwing their whole weight
tor or against the respective candidates ON
the uension issue alone 1t WAS urged in s.dvo-
cacy of that lie had Introduced u
dollar "a day pension bill: while against an
other ii charged that his Whole course mad
been one consistent effort fool the soldier
Elsewhere districts were Hooded with letters
and circulars enanatlng directly from the or
ganization of pension applicants. advocating or
opposing candidates this issue and this issue
alone Statements to this effect made openly
in course Of debate met With no denial Mem
bers of Congress who had been defeated for
re-e election attributed that result 10 these cir
culars.- Charles Francis Adams Current
Worlds Work
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-12
THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE FEBRUARY L. 1911

are are mon who will not buy a seat ticket,
they are content to buy "admission'' or
standing room tickets and see an act or
Two. Many OF these would not 20 TO n
Show otherwise.
Mrs Leslie Carter, after nine weeks of
most profitable business I'm this CITY be-
Slns ncr road tour Monday week in Phial-
uelphla Where her engagement was for
Two weeks. Mrs. Carter has certainly
come back. Her new play by Rupert
hughes. Two Women" is admirably
aoapted for tho display OF that emotional
aaC.'ng ao,. which has kept her in prominence
principal players I'm Mrs. Carter's support
are E j. Ratclife, Harrison Hunter
brandon Hurst Harry G. Carlton Helen
day. wi
Frohman Has Pti'..>s Play.
David Graham Philips's relatives will
IN conjunction with others, select a man
20 write the last act or his play White
magic, which is based on his story OF
,il 1hat name which has already been pub
Three finished acts Of the plav arc in
,tuc possession of Charles Frohman who
happened 10 receive them at the r,jn,;te
that he was reading an account OF the
aealh OF the author. Accompanying the
manuscript was n note from Mr. Phillips
70 the effect that he would complete. fhe
last act soon. '''
Mt Phillips Intended 60 abandon novel
WrltlnE ana become 2. PLAYWRIGHT Soon
atter W mite Magic appeared he wrote
IT. rrohinan that he intended to devote
ms Tine In the immediate future 10 wit
Ing plays.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-12
THARJES FROHMAN. interviewed
in New York, has given some in
" teresting views Of ''Chantccler :"

a 4 ilAlAlJIJc j Nun !" AN, lUleT lCWCt
in New York, has given some in
" teresting views Of "Chantccler
in which Miss Maude Adams i:
now appearing
'The soul of 'Chantecler' or of any
great play that will live. unlike the sou
of man, can be defined in ono sen
tence.' he said. "The actual being
that it has. this life breath, is its great
idea, the reason of its existence, and
the sentence that contains ii is this
Every one Of us must do unto deatt
the work that God has given us to do
however often it is crushed, we mus,
keep alive our faith in the days task
it may not bring the dawn or make the
world go round. but If still we go OF
working faithfully other workers that
come after us. sl~ned to that task
10 the same discouragements, will And
the task easier TO do; others that come
after them will find it still easier, and
in the end, as Chantecler says, there
Will be no more night, by which he
disaster and encouragement for the
worker to contend WITH
That idea did not originate en-
tirelv with Rostand''
"I quite agree with you to certain
extent, But no other writer has eluci
dated the idea with the same beauty
and clarity. The great difference be
tween Rostand and the other writers
is this: Tolstoy, Ruskin, Morris and
the others urge MS to go on with the
work we have in hand for our owr
Rostand enlarges the idea and pleads
with US, through the chief character OF
his play. to continue our daily task, our
song TO the sun, because each task
faithfully performed makes it easier
for the fellow who comes after us
Everything in the play is subordinated
TO that idea-even love. supposed to he
the most necessary ingredient of al
pays. But the old-time love plays are
passing away
"Do YOU mean to say that the drama
Of the future will sidestep love?'
Not entirely, but in the main it will
he a different kind of love. From now
on we will have plays dealing with
broth rly love, plays with a sense of
responsibility to the race And, speak
ing Of the plays of the future, Chant
ecler' might well be made tho subject
of deep study by every ambitious play
wright. Since I first saw the play |
have directed budding dramtists to
study the elements in the piece which
enables il to grip It's audiences. What
is the first of these elements7 Pity. Pity
is one of the greatest emotions vou can
evoke in the theater The shock that
Chantecler receives when he discovers,
like many another captain Of industry,
that his work does not rule the world
Immediately provokes the sympathy of
the audience. You pity him because
his faith has been so great and his
downfall and disillusionment so ter,
rifle
"And the pity is changed to admir-
alton when he accepts defeat so grace
fully
"I was coming to that very point
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-12

with the suggestion Of great variety af-
ter all for each varies with the ideals
and dreams OF the woman by which 1T
is woven who is putting her Individual
lty into a gown for that climactic
point of her lfe-her wedding.
Red is the colors loved by the Bul-
garians and few dresses there arc not
enriched by its brightness. Their dyes
are all their own and the red runs TO
a dark dullncss infringing on Il Grim.
son that American dycrs have taken
plenty Of time to puzzle over and de
cided the color cannot be exactly
matched outside the mountain fastness.
es of the little state itself. +. C. Whit.
ney found il necessary 10 bring extra
costumes and even skeius of silk and
wool from their home land TO make
repairs on costumes torn by the lively
representation Of the peasant dances in
MS opera.
Antoinette Kopctzky, prima donna OF
.'The Chocolate Soldier, wears Il
dress she herself brought from BuI.
garia which was made by one of the
peasant women for her own wedding
gown and had taken every possible
hour of the long winter seasons FOR
more than four wears 10 make. Fash.
ioned in basket weave pattern IN
which the squares vary from the size
OF pinhcad TO more than two inches
i'm width, it is of the dark crimsonlr9
red interviewer with small golden and
black flowers arranged in star shaped
forms and no needle has ever been used
in its making.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-12
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broidcdy along exactly the same iJeas
hef parents used 10 the tenth century
back and even farther into the misty
'paSi-is Bulgaria
Would TIC American man ard WON.
an would submit 10 such ciict without
struggle that wculd make new politi.
cal parties?
p, BIT .natinraI dress must bc worn in
Bulgaria. for It's ruler as we'll 2g tbc
rulers on tic ether little Balkan states.
,,ooiis far ahead and must keep no the
oars between his subjects aud til, hun.
9rY tiger nations tliat wait around him
always longing for ihc chance 10 de.
your Russia, Austria and snave old
turkey stand st his rates with eiisicn.
ing eyes and wait. so for that reason
thc fervent nationalism OF the pconlc
must be kept flaming. and what secins
eNtraFagant theatrlcalism of dress in
these DAYS when what is known rs Eu.
ropean dress is encroaching on most of
the world. keeps the Bulgarians alive
to the individuality of the state by The
expression in the very jackets of the
men and the skirts and marvellous en-.
broldery of the women II is in tone
with The mInstrelsy of their single.
stringed fddles and everpresent readi
ness for war.
\ collection of real Bulgarian cos
TUNES such as are worn IN "The Choco-
late Soldier sweep upon the vision
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-12

current season. AZ the dinner given re-
Gently by the hackers OF the New theater
Il was limited that. though the insttu-
tlon known as the New theater would
continue. the actual place OF its per-
formances might be changed.
Still More Thearters.
Three new theaters are to be erected
in this city, one in Harlem and two in
Brooklyn. Those planned for Brooklyn
are TO be in a section where there are
already ten good-payInG theaters. The
three new ones will raise the number OF
theaters in this city to 1l5
The Ancient Order Of Hibernians has
completed arrangements for erecting a
theater on its property at Fifth avenue
and ll6th street and leasing il for sew
entyfvo years at the gross rental Of
81. 500, 900. The lessee Is 10 be the Kcss-
ley Lyric Theater company The organ
ization bought the plot, which measures
loo. 1lxi10, as a site for a clubhouse. The
plan was abandoned, however.
The partly finished Clinton ,heater in
Albany. y. Y. recently was sold at pub
lie auction for $50, 425. 1t is announced
that the theater VIII be completed. Ne
10 out-of-town theatrical interests.
Can't Sell Standing Room
The fire department intends TO enforce
the law which forbids people to stand in
thcaters of which there are 1l0 In this
city. Each manager has received from
the department the following notce.
Your attention is invited TO the de-
cision OF the New York supreme court.
appellate term. in the case OF the Fire
Commissioner VS.. Manager of the Dewey
theatcr. which covers the question of
staudees In all theaters.
Under this decision the presence Of
any standees in the aisles or passage
ways of any theater is a violation OF
law"
The law declares that persons shall not
stand in the aisles Of n theater. and has
been generally observed. But the in
terpretation of the appellate division is
that all the space back OF the rows of
seats is an aisle within the meaning Of
the law.
A theater Is doN.rihed as a place of
amusement. having 500 or more fixed
seats.
Velvet Worth While,
The managers may appeal from the
decision. II beaten. they may build seats
in the spaces now used as foycrs and
for standing room patrons. Standing
room receipts are not to he sneeZed at.
manager informs me that they are
good for 500 a performance In thester
with heavy run Of patronage. As New
York theaters Will average 320 perform
ances a year-eight n week, forty weeks
in n year-the aggregate OF standing
room receipts can be guessed at. There