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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-03
Daily Queries and A72szx,ers
Shin SuI,s,,,,.

Ship Subsidy. ~
l. What IS meant hy ship subsidy?
Explain II. .. With what should bronze
DC MIXED TO make 1t hold? j. Il.
!. y snip subsidy is peculiarly aid
~ ,r SshipplnS BY public grant.
nc Britlsh government for instance
pays the Cnnard ana White Star lines
o ~, weight for the mail carried, and also
~, nn,SiuiHeS inc Peninsula and Oriental
Company i" Ni"i
inc first direct bounty fin aid of sbinL
ping was granted BY the i.nEljeh rnr-
!, e,r RI, in 1880 to vessels engaEefi in
.nc herring fisheries. with tho obieci
y, 81 encouraging these fisheries III
oou i, ~. laws were modified from timn
In 1867. fcpeaietl
s, 1. was not until $50. however. thai
,,es were paid for mail service
r.i,,t t.at year Samuel Cunard made n
,,i,.a, tet Win the British Board Of Al
liah Dy which he agreed to cs{nb-
I1,o Iortnighty mail service between
liverpool ana Halifax for I, vn MI.
,a nien. Oh $4,000. The New Wori:,
terminal terminal was afterwards cbnn.o'i 49, =, 80
1,oston and ihcnMo New yo,,, nj ~, 10
u.inount OF tho subsidy incrcas ~ ~
.iie 10 time. The subsidies were .,i,n,
mith me twofold purpose or Isl. i,3,si,'
Ing better mail connectious ana ~ ' 81 :
~ aisins rival to tho American Gin
n PCT INES. In 1S4S The United Slate. ,,nr,
!, J., niicnt subsidized the Collins linz 80
S crI ,ilIEairy between the Cunar1 ana ~ =
Inns was severe. ending il ,ia ,aiir
urM or the latter in 1856. 'aii 7
ne American government dron,
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WHEN WE GO no MARS.

Professor Svante August Arrhenius.
OF Sweden, the worlds greatest cos
mogonist, does not agree with Pro-
lessor Percival Lowell, of Harvard.
mat Mars is Inhabited He thinks
that Mars is too cold to support ami
NAL life, but is not sure that there Is
no vegetable lifo on the planet. uo
peileves that the so-callcd canals on
A@ars are nothing but cracks on tbc
surface just like the cracks on Mer
curry
We do not know how importan,
these thinks and believes may be eyon
~ true; but they are Interesting at
least. as any one can think about them
without being suspected Of disloyalty
TO Mr. Bryan and the great principles
he represents or has invented. In our
own world both animal and vegetable
lie has been adjusted 10 conditions OF
temperature. 1t would not be agree
able for T7skimos to live in savannah
for example. and Pleasant stoyall
would not last long or he happy at
Etah. II may he thht in Mars the IN
habitants We're created with fair 70
gard TO their own SURROUNDINGS and
not with regard to The conditions pre
vail'ng, say. at Oyster Bay. where
things are always redhot
occasionally, things have dropnea
upon us from somewhere I'M in the
neighborhood of Mars which have IN.
hbied us to reach the conclusion mai
the Earth is not the only pebble m
inc inc beach the Infinite ocean in which
an ne worlds swim that We are not
really the only creatures made bv ~
Almighty Hand. The things that havn
been dropped on us consist of iron.
ana stone. and stone and iron mixod
ana possibly touch of copper. ycrv
"i"ch IKE our own stone ana copper
ana iron. from which it is not ,nrco.
sonable to infer that Other worIds ,ro
not materially different from our own
iittic planet which could do absol,,to,,.
nothing If u were not part. = WV
s'nall part Of the general scheme al,
things.
" may be that some of us will be
sem zen. TO Mars when we leave this habi-
,a'ion. ana there it may be- we, Shall
n . IRON and steel and oil and copper
'rus's us we have them here, ana
STUMP speaking that win split the
Marian welkin with cries that Inc
peopie are deprived OF representative
soNerhmen' and all The rest of the
dreary mess on which we are fed down
here. Then we shall find whether Pro-
lessor 'Arrhcnins Or Professor .I.owell
is right in his thinking about me
scars on the surface of Mars.
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THE CARDINAL AND THE CON-
NIANDNIENTS

In addressing confirmants in the I'M
ma'culate Conception Catholic Church
at Baltimore on Sunday, Cardinal Glib
bons protested against the amendment
OF the Ten Commandments. what a
horrible thing" said His Emincncc,
10 undertake to lay hands on Gods
commandments? We must moi dare ID
change one iota Of Gods word" Nc
arc glad that the Cardinal has spoken
so clearly and cmphatically upon this
question. 1t may turn out, despite tho
tears OF the separated brethren, that.
after all, the Cardinals Church is the
true repository Of the faith once de-
livercd TO the saints" SOMEBODY'S
ought to be looking nfter It,
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WHY AGAIN..

One OF the most progressive bank
ers In this town said yesterday: st is
q reproach to Richmond that the sub
scripiion Of sl5o,ooo TO the stock of
the Northern Neck Railroad should not
have been made in a day. The banks
could each very well afford to take
$1,000 Of the stock without impair
Ing their resources. and committee
should be formed among them to
finance this project. which means so
much to Richmond and the State"
Why don't they do itg What are
they waiting for? Who is holding
them back? Why don't they take the
lead?
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its aid TO the shipping interests for -
uunipcr OIL years Since 1891, however
policy. AT Diff. is>'f'ii = 80 - - 'He
For q more detailed account of Tia
history OF shipping subsidies conaiilt
inc arttclc under that head In Tho Nn,v
International Cyclopedia. also ,rrh.
american Merchant AIarinc.n byJ W Il
Nd YIN. ana Ocean and Inland Water
transportation" By Emory n ,Iobn.
you refer 10 outside usc thoro
p1othing that Will serve the n,,rnosa
'uliaha OH or any bronzing liouid 10,
1000 Tor Interior work You, can ~
anese ana other ingredients mcntioneS
AZ any hrst-class paint store
Dinion,ntic Seniority.
What establishes precedence ~
nloTlly or rank with foreign ronra.a 90
'"''Fes In Washington. D. G.?
rho o,,a INQUIRER.
- atic representatives accreditnS
~ my Eovernment depends unon tha
danii,IIrf. inc presentation or their Gre.
In - a., ambassadors. however. rank
tiary. PlcniPoten-
Carrie Nation.
When did Carrie nation commence
her crusade In Kansas? F. r ~
February !. 1901
Spanish for Oak.
..oS W i.t.s Is Che Spanish word for
=. Roblc W. ~
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OF OF a likeness OF person without that
persons consent. Time. after time it
has mas been been sought TO make this sug-
i sestec doctrine part of the com
mon law. but all efforts, except In
Georgia and New York, have failed.
me ne courts have felt that to admit tho
principle would cause 1t to be carried
SO far that Il would result in very
ABSURD condition OF affairs. If the
principle could be limited to the case
Oh reproduction of photographs. all,
would be well. but the principle can
not be confined to the single case.
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THE VALUE or TEsrINoN,,,s

walt Whitman, according 10 XIy,r
non Tassin in The Roo,,man orst
rec"s'nized in America the advcrtis
hs value of the testimonial when he
printed on the cover of the second eds-
uon OF Leaves / Grass" sentence
rom Emersons letter to him: az rrcet
you at the beginning of a great
career"
The opinions of publishers about
. testimonials are conflicting. yet their
practice seems the same. They all pub.
i'sh testimonials from people glitter
airy Importance, though they admit
that often these have reactlonary
erect in antaeonizing local critics and
occasioning close scrutiny for books
which might not otherwise receive
critical analysis: they assert that
the testimony of public people is
valueiess unless it carries conviction
by pointing out some specific quality.
However waves Of seemingly pointless
testimonial have time and again
struck hook advertising. and probably
Will continue to do So Publishers
agree that testimonial is worthless
unless the man testlfying is known as
an authority on that subject This Is
a backhanded slap at the great
recommended Mr.. Theodore Roosc-
Welt
Book history does offer some strils-
inG examples In which testimonials
played vital part. Tho man who
made David Harum" was Governor
Flower, of New York. He carried IT
about in his pocket and referred TO it
In every conversation. Mrs. Eddy once
Endorsed book-one of the frst
Christian Science novels-and for n
time II had almost as great sale as
the books of Mother Eddy herself.
Senator Bcveridge's book. The Young
Man and the World was boosted n
great deal by the views of Important
people in business, church and social
activities. Perhaps the most notable
instance OF the unmistakable value OF
testimonial" is given by the ''Valor Of
Ignorance" a book explaining our I'M
preparedness for Mexican INVASION.
This was written by a Californian
and exploited in the state where the
subject would appear 10 be most burn
ing--yet IT had mo sale at all until
Lord Roberts took II UP in propa ganda
for English unprcparcdness against
Germany
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President Hobbs. of the National As

President Hobbs. of the National AS
ISOLATION of Cotton Manufacturers,
says that OF the l.5Oo,ooOO 900 inhabi-
tants ofthc world. only 100000 900 arc
completely clothed. while 75o,o60.oOD
are partly clothed and 25O.Ooo,oOo are
practically not clothed at all If all
were well clothed, argues Mr. Hobbs,
a crop OF 4o.ooO,ooo bales OF cotton
would be consumed instead OF about
17,0oo,oo' bales each year. The CLOTH
ing problem is controlled in part by
climate and in part by social advance.
and the tendency Is TO use more cotton
as civilization progresses.
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The next day the wind is very
high, or any day when only The most
vagrant Of air currents are blowing.
il Is hoped that Mayor David Crockett
Richardson. The garden in chief or
the health. happiness and comfort of
the people OF Richmond Will 20 out TO
Wosihumpton. not for the sole purpose
Of seeing that thriving suburb. but
mainly for the purpose of seeing for
himself what an offence to the good
looks Of our own town Is the dumping
ground in The ncighborhood OF Floyd
Avenue and the Boulevard. the latter
OF which is The thing that We all like
to show 10 our visitors a S one of the
finest drives in the South TO have
the scenery" blurred by clouds Of
scraps of paper blown about by every
wind, after tho manner Of many of the
eminent political leaders Of tho day
not only look Very bad hut reflect
also as the Mayor viii Immediately
perceive upon the artistic sense Of his
public as we'll as upon the efficiency
Of those who hnvo been entrusted with
the care Of tho affairs OF the conmu-
nifty, The Mayor will thank us, we
are sire. for calling his attention 10
this blot upon our city's fair escutch-
con, and Will proceed without further
ceremony or appeal to have the situa-
ton remedcd M
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.
Mr.. Hoyt says about tho Presidents
speech on reciprocity with Canada.
He spoke Very frankly, very posi-
lively. very plainly. and the signin-
cant thing about IT to the writer OF
this was the Very candor and direct
ness of his utterance, and the fact that
his words were accepted at their face
value by his hearers" Mr.. Hoyt says.
further:
Ills topic-reciprocity with Canada
lis one very interesting to tho news
papers from their own business stand :
point: it Is the belief OF the best
posted newspaper managers that the
ratification OF the reciprocity agree
rncnt will break the back of the print
paper trust and bring about consid-
cradle reduction in the price OF the
raw material. white paper, from which
the newspaper is manufactured. News
papers OF all parties. for their own
bencht, realize the Importance OF the
pending agreement"
So they do, SO they DO; but the re-
auction In the cost of paper will not he
reduced only on tho paper on which
the newspapers are printed. 1t will
likewise affect tho price of paper on
which books for the school children
of the country arc printed. the price
OF paper in which ones purchases in
the stores are wrapped the writing
paper on which tho people write let
ters' the iedGers in winch me bankers
Keep their accounts and even in the
price OF The paper tape with which
the stock Nsts are leo INTO INC ma
chine. Witn that disposition Whlch
Is ever present IN human nature oi
attrinutlnE motives 70 others' ~ mas
ncen suggested that the heWsPapcr
press OF me country IS alrhoS' soiiuiS
ahgnca Will MI i"it on 'iiis issuc
because OF me advantage theF "ouiu
derive from cheaper paper $50 La. az
W. can go 'Nere No'i' ~ ,'' !I'" i''''t'
CT l''ii'i"' IN me newSp'ipcrs '''Nihs eii'lt
eoefsc' ai'u ioi ein' purp ose' even IL
- ~" - ."S an 49, "o''u tio''
! go, 49,,
80 -
- : -
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Magnus W..Alexander, of tho General
Electric Company, has given to the
twentieth Century Club Of Boston the
results of his Investigations into what
the living wage in Massachusetts Is.
lie accepts tho figure of $500. a year.
or sl1.5O tho week, as sufficient for
the support of an average working
mans family of five persons-fathcr
mother and three children under four
teen. RE showed, by tabulated set
OF statistics of wages in Massachusetts,
that the averages inHvarlous indus
tries range from sl5.2s down 10 about
80 weekly. tie lowest WACO being In
tho textile Industries.
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VOCATIONAL pUnI.Ic scnool.s.

At the recent meeting of the teach
crs in this city, Frank W. Duke. man
ager of the Virginia Mechanics Insti-
tntc. spoke interestingly and inform
ingly of the comparatively new cduca-
tional plan for vocational training
that is 10 say. training auxiliary TO the
public schools. by which, first. aptitude
and ability OF n pupil is ascertalned
and. second. lie is equipped for that
practical life work for which he is
best suited. The plan has been fol-
lowed with great success wherever 1t
has been tried. and now Chicago is
thinking of Installing vocational train
ing as part of It's public school sys-
tenn
The Chicago Record Herald points
out that In Germany continuation
schools or "Fortbildungsschul
flourish in several States. The Oldest
We're established in Saxony, in 1873.
These schools afford instruction OF
both general and technical nature to
boys who have left school to go to
work at the age of fourteen. and such
boys are required TO attend the schools
Tor three years. The Continuation"
schools are notably successful in Ger.
Qany Their success is based largely
on the close cooperation between cdu-
cational authorities and the various in
dustrics in which the boys are employ
cd
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COMES man n cruz.

- costs q good deal 70 run for Mayor
81 ch'faso. Professor Charles L. AIer-
ram has reported that he spent
"1'2"l.So' and that his receipts
amounted 10 slse.iclG5. lie had some
very good backing. men and women
M"o conid afford TO lose but II is a
10 reflection upon our American ways
.i'' only those who have money Of
.ne'r own they can afford to spend. or
VINO have friends with big pocket.
books they arc willing, for ann reason
70 = 'epi''e IN The interest Of their can.
a.a"te' can afford to run for Nigh
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-03
LAcKL,sTING IrEADACuE ocunEs.

General Warnings against the use/of
headache cures" havc boon common
IN The last few years Dir. Harvey w.
Wiley. chief of The Government Bureau
OF Chemistry at Washing Ton, Is now
sending out more specific warnings
through the blacklist which he is pub
iishing- In this list. no names twenty
four cparations--illegcd headache
"curcs"-w which have been shown in
court to be in violation OF the Federal
Food and Drug Act. rho manufac-
Jurors Of hcsc products have been
convicted and fined.
several disrouraging facts lie on
the surface Of The report asserts The
Chicago Record Herald. First. tho
manufacture OF these nostrums is
widely distributed in all sections.
second. The fines generally imposed arc
too small-oftcn hut s25. sometimes
only $40. Third. 1t Il n discouraging
fact that so maay preparations bearing
absurd names and descriptions AMI
often carrying III their names promlses
portions ~ lmptsiihlc Off fp.ilimcnt
Should have won (parcral patronage,
The trouble Is i,hot tho public Will
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Wi:clrnoclrY AND ruE r,,3ss

l2diior flames 4. -Hoyt. Of the Go.
'hTnfhia Record. was in New York last
Hffk and mas been writing to his IN.
iailisent readers about s9mc IL Tho
'ltinRa he saw and heard when he was
n ING great Metropolis lie has not
iad ne whole story, Of course. ana
7ig;'qnlarIy has he failed 10 give an
.tqso9nlt m boy much he enjoyed "The
fl2ncer'.8 onea'of isciatcos dninties,
'dTirss. That howeyc,l X beside o,r
| sgfht pnifpofe whieA.iJ 10 note Mat
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-03

Some visitor To Winchester tho otses
day was astonished 20 ind what his
toric city he was in. Not only has
Winchester Colonial and Revolutionary
history, but II that visitor had ever
read John Esten Cookies "IIilt to IIilti
he would have discovered that Will
chester figured very largely on the
map about half century ago.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-03
GRAND orER4 oNcE 4 y..,n

There were four performances of
Grand Opera in Atlanta last week
which Noted 61.6iS. The house Thurs
day night was worth $4,000; FRIDAY
night, sls.a45: Saturday matinee. SIS
zoo. and Saturday night. slS.s0O. The
total receipts from The five perform
anccs given last year were $4,000 or
the S6l.6io received this year, The
Metropolitan Opera Company vii, get
- per cent. or. Approximately, S46.234.
and the gross share Of the Music Fes-
uvnl Association win be about sl5,3l1
After all the expenses arc paid Tho
Association will have about ssooo
10 It's credit. Tho success OF tho Won.
lures Atlanta has made in grand oper,
encourages those who took Inc rlsl,
10 believe that there will be a gram,
opera season in that progressive town
every year and year aftcr year. II wn.,
q considerable risk for thcm 10 t,,lsc.
and, like so many OF tho thinrs H,
ianta has done, II turned into moncv
and money mal;cs the grand oncrn
mare so. It Is estimated that Al ,c,s,
twenty -fyc hundred people from nc,,.
by cities and communities attended tbc
performances in atlanta last week "a
that The enterprise possessed /, ycrv
distinct educational yaiuc. ana wos
worthy Of support for thnt II for no
Other reason.
ke.t.f
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not heed the warnings Of those who
know what these cures" are made of
and what effect they will have. In
some cases the cure" Is really more
dangerous than tho ailment
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-03

Tho Legislature of Pennsylvania
has been In session i've months. but
has accomplished nothing of import
ance tits now consolidating. the 1ucy,-,
ton ofiraisIng thc6pay Of It's mcmbcis,
from $1,000 to $4,000 tho year That's,
Just like a Leglsleearo. N
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wIcKElssuAM AND WILSON.


i3l eNa ara II tr,,tb 4 law ,idde,, No.
tip,c. and this tendency is encouraged
rand stimulated by those who seek pop
4 uiar favor hy pointing 10 easy rein
/ ..rhcTc e r,,ch ,tiamoro,s ,,ayoc,,,,
4 OF measures 10 limit tho powers OF
those charged with the administration
~ ,i.... ~. =
DC Tie lS,hlic in tile conduct of lis
+ Operations.
ihe ldeA ihai busy. prosperous.
or''.5,ninist ~. III; 80,
i sentA tives chosen from among thc ,leo-
ple for the pnnposo Is one that is AS
~ - Il, nv .lli re
"Thcy l.imorica,s rcprCsentatiy:e
q bodies may moi yield at once 10 a spas
mo-, mr. dff,ii'ialiy si,nnia,sd enc
..oil !. ny urt ~ one par'icusar class
ali cther elasscs, impatient reformers
DESTROYS q securing The prestige oil
, ,h.,,. success IN the advocacy OF
80 system ii law can he dayiscd nh
viii Automatically work good All
laws must be administered by human
can ONLY Il, ssc,r, -. i",,',,m
aG,ne an1 mon9r nna HiEnaty to ths
@ q more saiHe 'han thousand
t.EGectlvc noyern,1e,,t chnnnt i.
conducted through the spasmodic III
T aerNentlon O popular npris'nes 1cn
for the conduct OF public affairs 81
tr rst i nre DC con'mi5s'9ned MS IN
sru lS',',' sublected TO constant
turned out branded as unfaithtm SER
n va, ST., g a moments notice for tom
33 ~, is,iiM n.ii"ruiar aets the grea
u i,y.d thn 49, ,,ais,s ~ IS 20
$loml when the individual citizen must mus
enjoy in order that he may Justly pros
The Press., 1911-04-26
INSURANCE MAPS.
Handy Guides For Underwriters In
 Fixing Premium Rates.

Handy Guides For Underwriters In Fixing Premium Rates.
 Many persons must have noticed when making application for fire in- surance that it is the practice of the underwater to examine certain maps before he will fix the rate of premium or accept risk on the property of fered. His lithographic surveys mark ed off in diagrams of red and yellow and other colors are always in evil dence, sometimes bound securely in casions laid conveniently in piles of loose sheets for handy reference.
 Few persons realize, however, that these maps contain all the information which the underwater desires to know about the building he is asked to in- sure and that in most instances more matters are explained to him by single glance than the applicant could make even though he be the owner of the property.
 As matter of fact the details set forth are most explicit. The map maker has managed by colors, charac- ters and signs to give full description of the construction, equipment and Oc- cupation of the building, everything which over fifty years of this sort of surveying has proved to be of any pos sible interest to the insurance man. It Is so complete, for instance, that an agent in New York city can readily form good idea of the character of risk situated in some town in Missouri or California, or, vice versa, agents in towns in these western states can like wise tell the character of risk fin New York city.-Cassier's Magazine.
The Press., 1911-04-26
Makina Up an Actor. ]

In making up an amateur actor should remember that as little paint as possible should be used, for, while 1t is easy to disguise by a thick mask of pigment, the heavier the makeup the more difficult it is to convey sensitive emotional variations by the changing expression of the face. If 1t is possi- ble to arrange ones own hair in a way suitable to the character so much the better, for, though it may in no way seem more real than a wig, 1t will prove infinitely more comfortable.
 When the 7 IT looks as much like the part as he possibly can without the aid of artificial disguise he begins to apply nose paste, paint and powder, obliter- ating one characteristic and accentuat- ing another, painting the eyebrows out and redrawing them, changing the col or of the skin, putting shadows around the eyes and sinister lines running from the nostrils. He adds a roughly shaped beard or mustache of crape hair if the character demands it,. HarDer'S Weekly