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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25
AENT MONDAY MoRNING.

EeNt Monday morning, at fifteen
minutes after - o'clock, the How DYE
DO Special Train will leave. the Main
street Station in Richmond bound for
North Carolina 1t will be made IN
OF -FOUR Pullman sleeping cars. two
dining cars. and two baggage cars.
and before 1t returns to Richmond will
travel at least a thousand miles. 1t
viii be loaded with representatives of
all the commercial bodies in this town.
OF many OF the progressive merchants
ana bankers and manufacturers and
capitalists of Richmond. who will take
with them into North Carolina the
Sood wishes OF all the people of this
imperial city set upon these everlasting
hills. Mayor Richardson as the Off
cha! head and spokesman of his people.
VIII he with the Boosters. and will
give dignity that his high official po-
sition viii inpart to al! his u;terances
on this excursion int, the great
empire lying to the South of us,
and nearer to us in situation ana SEN
timent than any other of our neigh
bors.
The Special Train will make friend
~ visits at sixteen of the tiourishinr
towns and cities OF the Old North
State, where the royagers will be re-
oeived with a hearty welcome hy the
men who have built them up ana who
regard this expedition of the business
men of Richmond with great favor
Having completed the run in North
Carolina, the Special Train will move
upon Roanoke, and touching at Lynch
burg, Charlottesville, Orange, Culpeper
and Alexandria, will pause for a night
at the Capital of the Nation. and
thence return TO Richmond
Nothing like 1t was ever at
tempted before The Times Dispatch
has thought that it would be OF the
largest benefit to Richmond If the
Richmond people were better known
20 their neighbors. 1t believes that
there is great deal in the close per-
sonal human touch. and so it will go
down into North Carolina next week
with all Its banners flying and with
the happy prospect of bringing lot
OF good people together.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25
CHEESE AS FooD.

Cheese contains all the essentials of
human food. declares recent bulletin
of the Federal Department Of Agricul-
ture. The common idea that cheese,
even when green or unripened is hard
to digest is not justifiable. The milk
solids in cheese are easily digest.ble.
and constitute IAN almost perfect food"
with the addition of rennet and the
development of Tactic acid in cheese
making. few chemical changes occur.
but these do not transform digestible
solids in milk into indigestible solids
in cheese The digestive disturbances
attributed to peculiarities in the cheese
itself are probably due simply TO over
eating or to the custom of eating
cheese only at the enc of the meal
when one has already had more than
enough food
skim milk cheese, when sold as an
entire milk product is n fraud that is
real injury to the dairy business
nut skim milk cheese. stated and sold
such, is entitled to consideration
~ 'oiioN!i anu alike. /
is digestible 1t has food value.
When made to have an agreeable taste.
II could be sold cheaply to poor folk.
Cottage cheese is another cheap, palat-
| able product, much OF which could be
added to the dietary at great econ
on1y in the total cost of food Indeed
all sorts OF cheeses even the highly
favored and so-called condimental
cheeses, have nigh food value
America has much to learn from the
Continent Many European people cat
to large extent of cheese, either
alone or sprinklcd on vegetables or
cooked with other food. The Italians
have many foods, such as macaroni
with which cheese Is mixed They have
cheese grated and constantly ready as
| favoring very much like our use o.
pepper and salt The Swiss eat
| much cheese, which. with bread, forms
the greater part OF the diet OF this
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25
Daily Queries and AnsUers


Tell me about musical pitch. T.
For a long time standards OF musi-
cal pitch. varied greatly. Seeking uni
formity. the French Academy pro-
posed In 1859 it's "diapason normal"
n ,idd, to which the a next above
second. and this was soon adopted in
france, Italy and Germany 1t was
nol until 1899. however, that Ameri-
Fan IAN instrument makers accepted the
areneh pitch. The human voice has
ienales than In males. and Its range
is ABOUT Two octaves, rarely three oc-
taves. The lowest musical sound ever
tn haSa by the human voice seems
bass staYe. and the highest was b,
an octave above the treble. Lucrezia
A1ugari, who sang for Mozart in lT7O
reached c of 2.04S vibrations per sec,
bra t,o ana sang an as low as of 1872 vi
oeing nearly four and n half octaves.
Phonetic Spelling.
Can you give me any information
on the subject OF phonetic spelling?
II possible L would like to know the
origin of IT?
Phonetic spelling is of very ancient
origin. History traces the use of the
ART with defniteness back to the time
OF Cicero. about 10 B. c. The IN
fehtion is sometimes credited to Cice-
70 himself and sometimes To his sec
retary. Tullius Trio. The PHILOSOPHER
seneca Is said to have added much to
us eticiency. Centuries later IL was
used BY the Christian Fathers
Inc first use OF phonetic spelling
as we understand It, was introduced
ny John Willis in 1902. During the
ioiio"ing twenty-five years about ten
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25
THE TARIFF AND SUGAR.

The assertion of the reaners that
the present high prices OF sugar arc
mainly due to the practical prohibit
ton OF the Importation of beet sugar
from Europe by the. clause in the
Payne-Aldrich tariff which REQUIRES
the imposition of countervailing duties
upon bounty-encouragcd sugar seems
TO have some foundation. The value OF
oee' sugar imported from Europe I'M
uer THIS tariff fell. according to Gov
eminent statistics. from $500. aos
worth in 1905 to s4s in 1910. Russia
is said to have a surplus of million
IONS Oh sugar on hand at the present.
we light, therefore. still have chem
sugar but for the benevolent interpo-
s''ion OF the best tariff the country
has ever had"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25
MUSIC IN THE rHE.rERs.

Some five or six years ago David
Belasco concluded to curtail the Or.
chestra in his playhouse. The policy
proved successful. Since then he has
dispensed with it entirely.
This is impossible, of course. in
vaudeville houses or in theaters where
musical comedy and opera are pro-
duced 1t is possible with plays re-
curing no music and most of the
dramas Of the last and present sea
sons can we'll do away with the Or
chestra
After Belasco had been a pioneer in
this matter, Frohman followed his ex-
ample. and ut last Chicago has dropped
into line
There is no doubt but that the or
chestra's playing between the acts
adds certain degree of pleasure. but
after all, ii is a matter of habit, which,
in many instances, delays the perform
ance ana ,lengthcns the time of the
play.
1t has become the fashionable fac
In late years to enjoy light lunch
after the play is over. When a man
lives in a distant suburb and when
he cannot leave the theater until 1880,
1t makes big difference.
There are other reasons advocated
by the theatrical reformcrs for dis
continuing the orchestra. but it is I'M
necessary to discuss Thorn in full 1t
is enough to assert that wherever this
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25

1T must be trying for u girl to fall
in love with an actor. thinks the Bos-
ton Globe. Leaving out the misery
of seeing him make love on the stage
TO other women, there must always
lie at the bottom OF her mind a doubt
whether he may not still be just act
ing when he makes love to her, No
matter how unintentional his plagiar-
ism, line from play that should
turn up in his conversation would
sting her-and the better actor she
knew him to be. the oftener she would
get stung
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25

Srerations which put down should now
put UP. If they owed so much in a
business way they would soll all they
nave oefore they would allow anybody
to say that they had not made good
II would appear therefore. that the
debt of the Presbyterian COMMITTEES
on Foreign Missions is up to the Pres
bytcrians and to such of their we'll
disposed friends and neighbors who
may feel disposed to be neighborly in
matter of such vital Importance. 1t
was with the object of making this
matter very plain to his particular
people thet DR.. Cecil preached to them
yesterday from the test: How much
owcst thou to my Lord" The oues-
ton will be answered next sunday or
the Sunday after. or some other sun
day to he hereafter appointed for the
answer.
OF course. this is not proper sub
ject for the meditations of secular
newspaper; 1t is none of our bust
ness" we know that. but IT has great
deal of human nature in 1t. and con-
Germs millions of people in this and
other lands. one of the cloth. but not
OF the Presbyterian persuasion. though
really of Presbyterian raising, said
Yesterday he believed that all the
churches, or denominations. as you
please We're very much in the same
condition as the Southern Presby-
terians-their activities in mission
work have exceeded their means and
he attributed this situation to the
Laymen's Movement in considerable
measure: from which 1t would seem
that the laymen also have a great
work to do. They have been SO enec-
i've in getting men to promise, that
'hey should make it their special
business now TO make them reform.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25
MORE MISSIONARIES THAN MONEY,


Next Sunday, or the Sunday after,
or some Sunday soon, special col
lection will be lifted in the Presby-
tcrian Churches OF the Southern Cen
eral Assembly to help the Committee
on Foreign Missions out OF the rather
awkward and embarrassing position in
which il has been placed. The Com
mittee, which is the Church in this
case, is in debt to the extent of s12l.-
s7l, II has been running behind for
five years. In 1907 It was short s27.6l3.
In 1908 the debt had increased to $40
6s7; in 1909 the Committee was still
further in debt to the amount OF $50
95l' and this. year the Committee.
which is the. chrrch-aon't forget
that!-is casting about for sial,S71
with which 10 meet its past due obli-
cations. besides enough additional
funds to carry on It's activities in the
foreign field. During this debt-mak.
ing period, the annual receipts OF the
Church for foreign missions has in
creased from $4,000 to $4,000. and.
without explanation, the ordinary bust
ness man would say that the Church
was doing more business than It's
capital would permit; but this is not
SO. as Dr. Cecil explained in a very
satisfactory and business-like way TO
his congregation yesterday
A very large part Of the coa.-,bu
lions made In recent years was made
for SPECIFIC purposes, and could not be
used for the general work in the FOR.
eign held. but under the terms of mo
gifts had 10 be applied 10 the special
purposes for which they were designed
ANY business man, or business lawyer.
Will say that the Committee pursued
g strictly business course in so using
these gifts. Banking on The Churcn
or upon the pledges OF the church
members. which is the same thing, in
q sense. the Committee has gone ahead
with its work, increased its force in
the. Foreign held--it is nearly twice as
great now as ii was hve years ago
and IL cannot be claimed that the Com
mittee in lengthening its cords nd
strengthening its stakes among the
heather was doing anything thar an
ordinary business man would not nave
Gone in the circumstances. Debts OF
honor are always paid. and the sub,
scriptions which are made Tor Church
purposes may be regarded we should
say. as debts Of honor OF the mos.
binding character
When the present Assembly year
began the which is the
church--had on its books pledges
from congregations ana individuals
amounting to more than s8io, 900.
and st looked like good business
for IT TO go ahead with its operations
on the larger and better plans 1t had
drawn. At the close OF the year the
Committee found that of these pledges
$4,000 had not been redeemed. Tho
Committee could not help that; blu, i,
wonid seen that as matter OF com
mon honesty the people ana the con
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25

Mrs. Maggie Reilly, of wilkes. Barre
fennsylvania, was arrested the Other
DAY and fined IS and costs which IN.
Willingly paid, for burning all tn.
good clothes of her husband. which
she heaped up in one of the rooms Of
their house. saturated with coal oil
and set on fire 1t was "durn yer
resort as she admitted when hailed
before Acting Mayor Thomas. and
which she explained by saying that she
guessed She had stopped her husband
gailivaniing about with other women,
az least for time. as he would not
make hit in his working clothes. ;"
Yet some people say that women
would not know what 10 do in politi.
cal emergencies, if they had the right
TO vote. More muscle and long life to
Mrs. Maggie Reilly.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25
SOCIETY IN TEXAS

Society editors in Texas are really
artists-perhaps they might ba c,,1.d
linguistic florists. Out in the MESQUITE
grass and onion fields Of the Lone Star
state are hidden talents that should shine
In better places. For instance. the So
eiety editor of the Coleman Voice
SHOWS decided artistic temperament
in the following soulful description of
social function" in Coleman:
"A most brilliant function to imparr
its pleasing grace to the people of
Coleman was the reception on Tuesday,
when Mesdames Wyman and Wilson
entertained in compliment to Mrs c. +.
Ryan, who is q bride OF a few days.
The affair was most pleasant in theme.
assuming, a s 1t did, the extending of
an introduction TO Mesdames Wyman
and Il. Wilson's friends. who are de-
lighted to number Mrs. Ryan among
their acquaintances. In each apart
ment of the home of Mrs. Wyman the
chosen motif of adornment was highly
attractive and reflected most artistic
taste. Beautiful ferns and La France
roses with pink petals gave soft fra
GRANGE, and a delicate color graced
the par!or. where the heartiest greet
ings of the hostesses were extended.
presenting each guest to the honored.
who stood in line. In the punch rooni
the bridal tone was developed. the
table being banked with fragrant white
roses amid which the sparkling crys-
tai bowl nestled, fern Foliage enhanc-
ing the beauty"
II that isn't a symphony, what is it.?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25
DANGEROUS TO DWELL IN.

In the matter of diversity in vital
statistics. India assurcdly takes the
lead. The natives of that weird coun.
try especially those OF the northern
provinces, not only die from unusual
natural causes, the plague, for exam
pie, and famine, but are frequently cut
off by wild animals and poisonous ser
penis.
Dwellers in those blessed lands
which know no jungle tcrrors Will
hardly credit the amazing totals which
the British departmental officers have
made public in this connection. In
1910, according to the statistics, more
than 100000 people were killed by wild
animals and snakes. This is the high
es. record since 1907. The number Of
cattle killed by these creatures of the
jungle was nearly $4,000, a tremen-
dous loss for the native owners, whose
goods and chattcls are small.
OF course, reprisals were made by
the natives. Hunting parties were Of
ten sent out, man-eating tigers were
tracked and trapped, marauding ele-
plants were repealed. 1t was against
the snake that the men OF the rice
fields waged most war. In 1910 the
natives killed more than 10000 ele-
plants, tigers, 1eopards. bears, wolves
and hyonas and nearly 1000 snakes.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25

Employees of Colonel Jacob Aston.
place at Rhineclir. New York, sent
his bride n bouquet of roses on tho
occ- lion OF their wedding. That
bouquet has already cost Colonel Aston
$3.50. and 1t will cost him as much
rext year, and possibly for several
years. Accompanying the roses was
a card bearing the names OF the donors
has given an increase of wages
amounting on the average to $40 the
month AS the Savannah News re-
marks. at is n wise employe who
hands out n bouquet to his employer
opportunely"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25
LIE. Kansas be revered In bright fu.


ture SEes when women rule the world.
In Kansas women have made great
progress toward political supremacy.
There are now forty-nine county SUI
perintendents. nv. county Clerks i've
county treasurers. ten "egisters of
deeds, two probate judges and one
mayor, all women, in the Sunnower
States. All those who hold elective
Office except the one woman mayor.
were elected by the votes of men alone.
Ten years ago there was not a woman
holding elective office in the State.
The question of full! suffrage Is to be
submitted to the voters at the next
election, and 1t is asserted that every
indication points 90 it's adoption.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25

publications appeared. each with new
oharaeteristics. hut the only one that
gained lasting reputation was that
vi Jenny Rich in 1854. During tho
utter part OF tho eighteenth century
some nifty others were introduceu.
isaac and Ben Pitman are TO-DAY rec.
eeh'Zed as the founders of the pres
eht extensive system of phonetic writ
ing. In phonetic writing great
mahy words are indicated by word
aisns' but generally just the conso.
rants are written and the vowel
SOUNDS Indicated by position.
Ten Largest Cities.
a WIN you kindly print lis, OF tho
p peS ,h Ten ell, cities of the United States as
YOU'D also like to know the ponu-
"a Iron and rating of Detroit and Rnf-
ia'o' not included in the above.
Tho population of the ten iarrcst
Gaues In the United States is as fol-
a,S Now York. 4,766Ss3: Chicago
II'ta9.2s5 Philadelphia, 1875. DOS: 81
Louis. 7o2,247 Boston. 67o,5s5: Cleve-
land. 56o.663; Baltimore. 5Ss.9Ss PITS
S SuPs =, oos'goo; Detroit. 1896 Buffalo
lIS,,l5. Detroit and Buffalo are the
ninth and tenth cities in tho United
states IN point OF population
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25

The Hon. r. L. Borden, the hero OF
the hour in Canada. is a very likely
looking man: better looking, in fact,
than Sir Wilfrid Eaurier, whom ne
licked to frazzle in the election on
Thursday. His namc is a good old
North Carolina name. and he doubtless
possesses many of the sturdy virtues
of his kinsmen in the Old North State.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25
Become a Deposition with the
National State and CITY Bank

Your money will be kept in absolute
security.
Payment by check provides indisput-
able receipts in the form Of your returned
cancelled checks.
We offer the services Of a strong, sound
bank to the small as well as the large de-
positor.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25
Grammatical auention.

Please inform me which of these
sentences is correct; The mai, no, .hes rs.
come yet. or the mail has not came
yet. and why?
The first is correct "ca nea n ~ no r.,
alone In the past tense 1t is never
used with any form of the verb 10
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25
National State and City Bank
49,, RICHMOND, VA.

VIM. II. Palmer, President.
John S. Elicit, Vice-President.
VIM. M. Hill, Vice-President.
]. w. Sinton, Vice-President.
Julien III. Hill, Cashier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
CHINAMAN WRITES TO TAFT.
Veteran of Civil War Wants Citizen.
ship PAPERS Restored.

The only Chinaman who is a veteran
of the civil war has written Presiden,
Taft asking for assistance in having
his citizenship restored so that he ma
vote for one more President before he
dies. He is John A. Hang of 500 Pear
street, in the heart of Chinatown, New
York, where he keeps little cigar
store.
Hang claims that through a techni.
cality his citizenship papers, given tc
him in 1856. were taken from him in
1903 He is an old man now, and
thinks he has been badly treated. His
letter has been referred to the Depart.
ment of Justice. which will communi.
cate with him for further information
He voted for years before his papers
were Cancelled.
Hang enlisted in the navy at the
Brooklyn navy yard in 1867. and servee
under F'arragut at Mobile Bay, and also
or the Albatross. Penguin and Nortt
Carolina. He says his record in tn,
Navy Department will snow that h,
served with distinction and was hon
orably discharged
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
TO CORRECT GRIEVANCES.
Result Of Conference Between Post
master General and Clerks.

There is no authority for the published
announcements that the railway postal
| clerks have won out against the Post
master General in his endeavor to take
up the slack and eQualize and make uni
form the hours OF service of postal clerks
throughout the country. This statement
was made at the department today.
The postal clerks committee, headed by
]. T. Garfield of Syracuse, n. Y, presi-
dent of the Railway Mail Association, and
P. ]. Schardt Of Milwaukee, its vice presi-
dent, talked with Postmaster General
Hitchcock at his Office last evening.
The conference the day before with
Second Assistant Postmaster General
Stewart. General Supt. Grant of the rail-
way mail service. and Assistant General
Supt. Stone, was referred to, and the
grievances Of the clerks were recounted
The Postmaster General assured the visit
ors that they and those they represented
would be dealt with equitably and justly
throughout. He made it clear however
that there was no injustice intended in
equalizing the hours of clerks in the
railway mail service.
Minor grievances which may exist will
be looked into and corrected and hard
ships resulting from orders purporting to
have been given by direction of the Post
master General will be investigated and
made right.
This. 1t is explained at the department,
Is substantially what occurred at the in
terview with the Postmaster General
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-12
TO MAINTAIN FORT McHENRY.
No Intention Of Giving Up That Ar
tillery Post,

The ordering of the 142d Company of
Coast Artillery to the Philippines from
Fort McHenry, Baltimore, is responsible
for the rumor that that historic fort is
to be abandoned by the War Depart
mcnt There is no intention in the War
Department to abandon the post. 1t
long passed its usefulness as a coast
artillery fort. but it is still very
valuable piece of property for the
quartermaster's department. IL is a
good shipping point. there is deep
water before the post 1t will probab bly,
always be maintained quarter
masters depot, or some other sort OF
government reservation. At present the
coast artillery companies stationed at
Fort McHenry cannot drill there. 1t Is
necessary to take the troops seven
miles to Fort Armistead to be drilled.
Fort AfcHenry affords the Coast Artil-
lery troops only quarters in which To
live.