The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-12


them for a kind invitation and a pleas
ant, perhaps very costly, entertain :
tnent. They make Visits 10 friends and
~ xb, nome, ana never write a line Of
u u, on. They so to q luncheon at
which some girl Is making her bow to
Inc "92rsd. and f they consider her
Dy gown. and leave early, and fail to
recognize her mother on the street
s,is, "a, Gay; They accept jewelry and
' aHast OF having twenty cravat stick
pms and I'VE class rings" and show
1 me- Same nae aeiieaGy Of feeling about
going with them to theatres and a rnr
lGy-rides and to boating parties and
az sorts OF places without the ghost
~ ~ "a a {, cnsperon, or even letting their
mnpm they arc. or when they will
probably return. They make eneage-
m r1,Ia !and break them without the
uvel to dance. drive. play tennie. go
eousi =, skate skate, mate or marry with
They are eaf re Isl 1a and insncerity
e,roonlstick. They are as helpless. ~
iinoy are extrava CANT. Their ono idea
- 70 nave good time" and thew
non TSn care pin who pays the piper.
n,hey delight TO see their pictures in
me me newspapers. and themselves. their
! srri ped In fulsome terms They are all
.or brass band. limelight. circus.and-
' !, va s. publ.eityIthey have absolute
d. 40 ioen mat all this is the apotheo-
ma the distinction that stamps The
ady. the gentleman-an unadvertised
Is, ~ perfectly visible. hallmark 70 those
i ne. Notoriety Is the end and aim
y tneir lives-to have "swagger" oner,
.ioaRs and swell" dresses. and enter
o ",M,meh IN which friendliness and
- az !. only that they shall be talked
.tnout, They. can't have so much as q
~i;hon unG n n o. violeis out OF season
slow them OFT in public. instead OF en-.
,oslng them in private: nor a hand
1 1ow t pant that Is not set IN the win
motto ToutE 81 me sca street Montaigne'.
.iIousseaux are public property: MAJ.
,iaEes a speetacle. Divorces are the
. .here no fes VT OF such training. Is
ne y I, ome-training OF this class Of our
sifls? 4 training without any "senaa
o. Of r,r nuty.' such as is the animsting
eh i work. daily reading OF IT,.
hlpde-the chart and compass OF Chris.
as the law OF life with relaxation nniS
a. an episode In iO without unseIfisb
a an., 70 the family and 70 friends
are ere 90 w yse poor poor breeds women who
suxery community in which they exist.
lore ana more we are getting a class
..oa 11fop aed ~ Ia,I this country who have
enre, traditions; and the senersi W.
round US reflects this fact, seriousiv
>, oinE k are strong and beautiful alons
. IRE h1ighess lines: their own lines
hat Is weak and unlovely along eyerv
eHer. ana tne same thing may be said
he man nalion y rs IS a fortunate thing for
get a living and to eschew nonsense
ma waste Of time. money and heaith
2 a,. oraer ;. 70 do so. We shall have to
n lIn h.. and make great efforts to to- Ee-
ialn lost ground In training our chill
.sen n we are to keep the precious
. 1haaieage lett us by our ancestors. And
vas right We have got 20 berin
ZONE In order to get rid OF the vef-v
i uayg ev,I5 ,aat to thoughtful people
Roman ' catholie our urs nation For as
recently. Rome had prestige. no1yer
C ~e. I, IN aii, civiiization--.but it had not
on Of ; lS,ianity. That in the Legislature
shouid know where to look in the Ri.
DE for the Decalogue that any hody
G o. PUPILS 10 men holding the highest Of
er. is a thing that In Washington,s or
even Jackson's day would have been
as a., impossible as it is disgraceful. When
shin Mi eh hHca, up as people family wor
inns, tine Tor It." and grace before meat.
because 1t took three minutes to thank
d Inc t t Of Mercies three times a
aay Tor the blessings and luxuries ~
vast continent and the nourishment
or ourselves and our families. and
enmrcn work and churchgoing for the
o rrent iuiotic reason. since In these the
s E re lest interests Of time and eternity
ere pound up. for us all, we made a
great. yes. fatal mistake that cannot
i be too goon T ret The Ieyty the
n 49, .he rampant materialism.
me me decay OF home life and parental
and marital authority, tho setting Of
money getting and pleasure-seckinc
i hnaya az ether pursuits the general
US TO quote Carlyle) are distinctly to
De pc traced to 1t. Grave perils ali OF
l zafim, Tor any nation, Christian civili-
do tons ton res th5 I Ron very different foun
the Lords Prayer. the Ten Command
ments and Christian homes; ali OF
t I is,ssz make the Christian state-God,s
them, to attempt to build on the
quicksands OF this world and the wills:
. .an whins. notions OF that human
s Sanar me iso,l people Of this country and
simply fatal It spells shipwreck! II
IS quite as stupid as 1t Is foolish and
wicked. The law has been laid down
LIZ III given II is our own
fault If we 10 not obediently. sensibIv
and era tefuily follow 1t, as our fore
Good Manners
Address. like dress, IN to q cerbain
point is an important factor in the
sum OF Q ra Itfe and mans success. And
The Israelites and the Observation-Disclosures
required every young man TO rise IN
ana given his seat to lady and to
the O ged In Athena eyery No., 1,aI,, -
With his head bent, as sign Of mod
est respect for superiors in age or.
station. They made wav for all their
elders. as we'll as for personages. and
were respectfully silent In any com.
pony Of men. In medieval times no
prince, even, sat at table with his
father unless distinguished bv5 mis-
valor. He was not allowed to see. nor
TO hear, much less take mart In any
grave family or state councils in any
ancient or European country TIL he
mad assumed tho toga virilis. and be-
como man, FREQ from tutelagc. and no