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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-23
"REAL" LADY BROOME
DIES ACKNOWLEDGES

Lord Broome: that The woman who
styled herseii Lady Broome in Calitor-
MA had no vcstigc or right 10 that
form OF address and that the only
authentic Lady Broome was the kind
IS old lady WITH The proliNc pen VINO
has jus, died at the age or eighty IN
London
Arnold Harris Mathew. who has jus,
been solemnly accommodated by Pope
Plus, in IA bill bearing his signature IL
the unsuccessful claimant TO the en-
tinct Irish Earldom ana Viscounty OF
landau. owned a hundred years ago by
tie Mathews of Thomnstown. Kilkenny.
When his prctensions were rejected by
the committee Of privileges OF the house
or lords. he consoled himself by secur-
ing conservation as bishop OF the re-
llgious denomination known as Old
Catholics. sect WHICH processes the
same doctrines as the so-called Jan
g I, who were cut on, from the
Roman Catholic Church during he
reign OF Pope Clement Nj. 1t is q
sect which insists on clccting us own
archbishops and bishops, rejects the
doctrine OF infalliblli,y, permits the
marriage OF the clergy and services
In the vernacular. II IS represented in
lioiland BY. an archbishop or the name
OF Gui, at Utrecht. By two bishops, b.
10000 OF the laity. In England tho
SECT SC has only one church, namely, in
don and II the Pontif has gone out Of
his way 10 excommunicate Arnold
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-23
WHAT TUE people LIKE

Now that we are to have public con-
piccs of the city government, II Is time
10 ponder on what the band shalt play.
Shall we have tuneful ragtime or ma
jestic grand opera airs, or mixture
OF both? At any ratio. let the thori
ties In charge Of tho programs take
note of the experience of Nfllw a uls &c
in this respect
Mayor Seidcl and his helpers who
hold the reins in the city hall OF the
city which the stein made famous have
lately had this program problem to
work out. and they didn't guess right
the very first time" They sought to
provide suitable and acceptable music
for tho people, bit thcy were all
wrong when they estimated what the
public taste in music would be.
The first concerts were made up
largely of patriotic airs and of catchy
songs in ragtinlc. Some time later
there was request program and
hundreds Of requests poured in upon
the director OF the band. Ragtiine was
sought in very few OF these requests
There were overwhelming demands Tor
Mendelssohn, Chopin and Wagner.
There is a general movement by
which the level OF musical intelligence
is being elevated everywhere, and II
seems to have manifested Itself In
milwaukee,. II may be that in MIL.
waukee, a S in other cities, large and
small. the people have been surfeited
with raStime aud other forlns of So
called popular music. Al moving
picture shows, in comic operas, at fes-
tivas of all sorts ragtime has been
worked overtime and the people arc
getting tired CT loud noises and mean
ingless melodies. There is nothing
clevatinG in tuncful ballad about
love In the moonlight and forgiven
lovers. nor in nonselsical negro nara
tiycs, The people know that there ex-
lists music that expresses cxquisitcly
he feelings. the hopes the sorrows.
the joys, tho aspirations of the human
sonl--music that elevatcs and inspires.
driving from the mind the cares tina
infest the day and sweeping away the
dust Of the days work IT Isn't al
ways tile man who has the price OF n
box seat nj the opera who appreciates
its music most No class ought to have
q monopoly on good music
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-23

Speaking of eggs, there are no eggs
IKE the truo Virginia eggs, and par
ttcularly like the eggs that are laid
out at Brookland Park by Inghams
mems, as witness the four ounce spccf-
men sent TO this Office yesterday. 1t
is alleged to have been laid by a "ul
hen' al that, from which IL Is in
fcrrcd that 1t is never OH any account
TO be served with nog. This is really
a notable achievement, as the ordl-
nary hens cSg, or the hens ordinary
egg, weighs two ounces; but here as
we have noted Is an egg that weighs
twice as much and looks at least five
times better than tho common egg Of
commerce. The eggs in Texas weigh
on the average one ounce and 1t would
take sixteen OF them to make n pound
but here In Virginia 1t takes ONLY four
eggs of tho First Family sort to bring
down the scales at the sixteen ounces
mark. y State in which the hens Law
eggs four times The size OF tho Texas
cgg Is really the greatest State in
the South. which is to say, the greatest
State III the Union.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-23

'hs IN II, except. possibly. as Il Clifton
forse correspondent has wickedly sug-
gested. complete blanlSeting Of the
excitement the Colonel might have
caused by his tour through the south
ma 1t not been for the mobilization
OF the army in Texas and that was
worth q great deal
Iherc is one rather funny thing in
me Sccretary's letter TO the Fort
Worth invincibles: 1T is fortunate for
our country. and for the peace OF tho
"or'o' that disposition is shown by
ltose WHO are reckless OF The general
welfare Of mankind to stimulate. by
false statements and evil suggestions
distrus' and jcalousies between ma
lions Such things have in former
times brought on wars, but believe
that there is stronger corrective
now In public opinion than has ever
heretofore existed and that they Viii
nc lmpotcnt now where hitherto they
Eavo been effective" For example. we
should say. the offer OF the Fort Worth
Grays! Public opinion nowadays tanes
It's cue from the newspapers and mag
a@ines. They must make a market for
their wares. bother the crises that in
voive tho welfare of our common coun,
Try. Just think of 1t: y war with
ieAlco would enable them to sell hun
oredS OF thousands of extra copies,
We arc delighted that the Secretary
OF war has smootled the wrlnkled
front OF Fort Worth at least. ana hope
that 1t will all turn out for the best
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-23
FORGET THE "pEAsT.,.

Charles T. Dole, an eminent citizen
OF Boston, is leading tho opposition
against the proposal to erect sa5.ooo
Statue to Benjamin e. Butler on Bos-
ION Common. There has been offered
IN the General Court of Massachusetts
bill providing for such a statue
Referring to this proposed action, Mr..
dole, who is a massachusetts man OF
Massachusetts, born In Back Bay and
bred on Goldfish and samp SAYS in thu
Boston Globe:
1T Is difficult to imagine what
puolic interests OF art and beauty,
or or exalted civic virtue, or
disintercstcd patriotism, or even OF
notable military achievement. will be
served through this generous appropri-
alton of the public money. Your
readers see plenty Of reasons why tho
commonwealth of Massa chusetts should
not set UP this proposed memorial TO
stand for ages before tho State House
IT IS diiiicult TO take such u proposition
seriously"
Mr.. Dole is right. There was no
more contemplate and despicable a
figure III the whole War Between the
States than Beast Butler" who in :
suited women and encouraged theft and
outrage to such an extent that to this
day he is held in dlssraccful memory
by the people of his own State, as Well
as by the Southern people. Within the
memory OF men, Ben Butler was this
only Governor Of Massachusetts whom
Harvard refused to honor with an LII
p degree. The viest criminal in the
Massachusetts peniten;iary is more
deserving of honor than this
fiend and monster. a memorial TO But
Ter would commemorate vice, rapine.
bSrbarism and bestiai saturnalia,
masked as patriotism.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-23

fredericksburg is about to take a
careful inventory of Itself. search out
faults and weak places and repair its
municipal fences. Some days ago Bust.
ness Manager Dahney, OF the Rich
mond Chamber of Commerce, went 10
that fine old city and delivered an ad :
dress of counsel to the citizens. his
theme being city development through
board OF trade or similar organiza-
ton. The result OF his efforts and
the work of leading men Of Frcdericks-
burg Is that something Will be done
TO make Fredericksburg bigger and
buster, though it is mo mean clty''
now At meeting tho other night,
Q. OConor Goolrick. a member of the
House Of Delegates, though disclnim-
ing criticism of the present city gov
eriment, said: Government by coun-
Gil Is antigua ted and never has been
a success. The counclmen cannot
give their time TO the business of tho
city What this city ought to have IS
a commission form Of government
unuuestionably, that sort OF govern
fnent would achieve tho aspirations OF
those who would have Frederick burg
take giant strides in growth
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-23
SHOOTING UP TIL, .TExAs.r

There would have been a special
fitness OF course, In shooting up the
BattleShip Texas on account Of lis
name, but we are really glad that the
authorities ut Washington called the
boat the san Marcos when the great
guns Of the Battlcship New Hampshire
opened upon her Tuesday morning.
The weather was ideal and the san
Marcos" was perfectly harmless with
her crew OF guinea pigs ana chickens.
The attacking vessel steamed back ana
hour, and with every discharge Of her
0broadsidcs slowercd the unresisting
ship with it's iron hail or splashed /,
all over with water NOBODY was al
lowed 10 approach the San Marcos.
lest some spy might attempt 10 learn
the resisting power Of the arrnor plates
Of the vessel, or other information that
could be communicated to the Japan
csc or to some other potential enemy.
y Gordon Of fourteen American ba,-
'lcships and cruisers We're anchored
all around the san Marcos for a
distance OF ten miles ana The Battle
ship New Hampshire is reported 10
nave done some remarkable target
,practce Nobody knows exactly what
became OF the guinea pigs and chic
kens, but they had not been killed af-
ter tho first three shots Thev NAV
have been drowned later. as The san
Marcos" was reported from on board
l,.1 1rTr,}n Ina1 &c, r;,oL,,,u a., -.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-23
IfNLIrsr ECnNnMY

In the opinion Of the Norfolk Land
mark. some of the efforts Of the pres
ent Administration to cut down ex-
penses are really ludicrous,'' and it
seems that such Is the case
In certain department there has
lately been pruning Of clerical sal.
aries TO the extent OF $4,000 This
result WAS generally satisfactory to
the powers that be.
However It Is said that the wife Of
the Cabinet officer presiding over this
department. soon aftcrward expressed
4 wish for private elevator, In which
she might 80 TO her husbands private
Office without going az all others have
had TO go since the building was erect
cd Perhaps she did not wish to risk
riding in the same elevator IS the :'vul-
sar poor" Economy was mentioned
when tho matter was taken up, but it
was passed over, and the private ele-
vaior Al a cost of $4,000. was ordered
put IN IA once.
In the meantime, perhaps, some OF
the clerks whose salaries were cut
have had TO move farther out into the
suburbs and are lunching in five cent
restaurants. It's q rare wind that
doesn't make the undcr-dog shivcr
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-23
ECONOMY II nAIl,no.pIyC.

More than 500 men have been laid
or in the Norfolk and western Rail-
Way shops Al Roanoke. Several rca-
sons arc given for this action-thc ap-
preach Of the time when the annual
contracts must be renewed With the
labor unions, and the recent decision
of The United States Supreme Court
In the freight rate cases. Many of the
men who have been dismissed are SAID
10 have been with tho railroad COM
pany for twenty years or more. The
railroad authorities have made no
statement about the matter
If Il shall turn ont that the decision
OF the rate cases has caused this re-
dnctlon in the working force Of this
railroad and that the reduction was
really necessary, 1t would look as If
some provision should be made By d
paternnl commission for the relief OF
the unemployed Probably the ship
pers' combine will take care OF their
victims. If all the railroads in the
country would do now what the Nor
folk and Western is said to have done.
the railroads ought TO save a good
deal Of money. Probably this is one
OF the remedial measures Brandeis
would adopt but ii Is a bad thing for
the service and the country
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-23

or earthquakes In Ear distant lands.
and 1T speaks well FOR the humanity OF
the American people that no call has
ever been made upon them, 70 which
they have not Responded with spion-
did liberality. Here is a case at home
which needs all the money ana all the
moral help that can DC given, The
Society in Richmond is now trying 10
increase its store so that 1t may he
the better able to take care of the poo-
PIE dependent upon II for succor
An arrangement has been made with
Mary Garden for Il concert at the City
Auditorium on "Wednesday evening
April 8 when she will sing. as doubt
less She has never sung before. with
all her heart iii her wonderful voice
for tho benefit OF tho poor people at
Pine camp" Everybody knows who
Mary Garden is She was born in
Scotland but she was caught very
young and brought TO this country.
where She grew UP 10 be a thorough
going American Less ihan four years
ago she made her debut lii Massenct's
Hes''''iiul "oih' hals, anu mere, as
III Paris, where She sang for one
hundred nights, the musical and nrt
world went Wild With enthusiasm over
this beautiful creature with tho mar
velous voice She Will sins in Rch-
inond for tho tuberculosis patients. and
1t Is hoped for her music as we'll as
for the cause Tint she will sing TO the
greatest audience that has ever been
gathered in the town OF Richmond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-23

Quite the most appropriate thing
about the ceremonies at old ST. Johns
Yesterday was The unveillng of the tab
let commemorative OF Patrick Henry
and his speech by one OF his fair de
scendants, who, standing In the same
pew from which her iilustrious auccs-
tor delivered his appeal to arms for
liberty. unveiled the tablet to his name
and fame. Everybody was pleased at
the graceful manner In which this was
done The Henry quality OF cool self
possession before an assembled multi
tudc still lives
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-23
"riIE WORST DntG r,ENn !,

China is generally supposed TO con
sumo more opium than any other coun-
try Hamilton Wright, the Federal
opium commissioner, says, however,
that The people OF the United states
consume more dope" than China or
any other nation. This country uses
100000 pounds annually Not one nun
dredth part Of this is prescribed BY
physicians or legally dispensed by
druggists.
Tie sale OF hypodermic syringcs and
needles is ''alarmingly large ana the
sale OF habit-forming drugs, opium and
is derivatives, is equally great There
IS tremendous profit in the sale or this
orng and tho Instruments used in con
ncction With II. The law seems in
ADEQUATE to prevent the consumption
OF opium
In New York there is proposition
to prohibit the sale of Instruments for
the injection of opiatcs without the
prescription OF licensed ply stefan.
THIS and many other preventive meas
ures must be adopted before the opium
curse can be lifted from the shoulders
OF tls nation
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-23

rho iowa State Senate defeated on
Tuesday. after an exciting debate. a
resolution providing for woman sur
frase In that state. Tho Senate cham
Der was crowded with women when
tho vote was taken, ana it was most
encouraging vote after all. as tho anti
suffrage people won by n very narrow
squeak the vote standing u to 81
against Four votes would have chang
ed the result and tho women Will gain
that many votes before the fight is
renewed or know tho reason why. BY
george! the work goes bravcly on.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-23
MAuny AND THE nAIL Or r,nn,.

Nirginians VIII be interested in the
following editorial article concerning
Commodore Maury, which appeared
lately in the Nashville American:
The legislative committee which is
10 recommend Tie names OF two Ten
nesseans TO stand a the famous sons
OF The Volunteer state in the National
liali Of Fame Will be embarrassed by
the wealth OF material from which to
make choice. Soldiers, statesmen. Dip.
lomats, pionoers-T ennessec can fur
nish them in abundance. as she has
done to her sister States in the past
The name which heads this article
IS one that should be carefully consid-
cred il the committee fulils the pur-
pose foi which il was created. ] f the
objection be that Commodore Maury
was not native Tcnnessean, the reply
IS that neither was Andrew Jackson
nor John Sewer nor Robertson, and
yet what Tcnncsscan would permit
these giants TO DO claimed Ivy another
| Common wealth?
corinodorc Maury- gave his life work
10 the world. lie Vas the bcncfactor
OF manknd for al time. Ills dscov-
Eriles IN oceanosraphy and the practi-
Sal application he made Of them have
pecil. ana viii continue to be, second
Only t" he compass and the chronom-
"icr as tho acaman's safeguard and
pathfinder, The list OF his contribi
ti"nS to science is too long to rccitc,
| hut II is written imperisllably in tile
! history OF his country, and no man re-
i Cuts II without the thought that
Aaury was Tonnesscan
Patriot lie was, too as was Robert
! J.: Ice ANA hundreds Of others who
| doh@d their uniforms as United States
! S3idtrrS and sailors when the Civil
! War heSan and cast their votes with
7 INC South There was no hesitation on
tie part OF these men; duty called.
/ and they snrang to obey. Maury's
1 statue should end place beside those
/ "i the other illustrious men Of this
(. section, which their proud fellow cit
i%rns arc erecting in the National
! lhpltal Tor the world 10 gaze upon.
Like Gotnclia OF old, the South can
| proudly poirt Q them ana say:i"'rhcso
! are my Jewels, ana not tho least scln-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-23
Oalky Queries and ANSWERS
- ADDRESS all communications for Query Editor
no mathematical M
coins or stamps valued and be Given

n ntes, any person signing negotiable
JUST as II no had signed his real manic
me whole matter depends on how liza
assumed name liz used. for what MIR
Pose and with what effect If you vii,
800 your Gaze moro fully, we shall
g., ps Eiau 70 try TO give YOU q decision
oliye OH ms n Cosmetic.
Vii you kindly state In your
query Column, whether olive OIL il a
600 SKIN nourlsher or feeder? II
, ,. can you give q recipe which is
,.[.ss to a tender skin, which
Olive Of! is generally considered as
good nourishmcnt for the BODY and is
used rs a skin food
W can recommend no recipe. Con
snit a physician or pharmacist about
Please answer the following nucs-
tons for me: Which should ! wear 10
q nome wedding, which is TO take place
alter . and before g o'clock r. NJ q
tuxedo or a fun dress? I prefer the.
Iu%edo. II ! should wear n Tuxedo
tblacll. or whitc). and should wear
white kid gloves with q Tuxedo?
You should wear 8 dress suit. as on
such an occasion "A Tuxedo is really
not propcr. II you wear a Tuxedo
wear with 1t black vest. Gloves are
unnecessary. unless YOU arc Il prin-
which case white glovos only are per
missiblc
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-23

BAILEY pats houston on the back be-
cause there was not a single person
arrested In that town on St Patrick
Day for drunkenness That was re-
markable. to be sure; but 1t is not too
much to expect even III Houston that
AT least one day In three hundred and
sixt@-nvc might pass without some
body getting drunk
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-23

tillant or precious Is the name and
ian'e OF Matthew Fontaine Maury.
Tennessee would honor herself in
honoring the memory of "Tic Path
Under of the Seas" A virginian born.
Maury spent many years in tho volun-
tcer state, received a large part OF his
education there, and was identified with
the people of that State in many ways
Ills statue should be in the National
Hall of Fame
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-23
"rIlE PRESENT CRISIS

we are AZ peace with all the world
is the assurance given by Secretary Of
War Dickinson to the Fort Worth
Confederate Grays," who wrote to him
about q week ago offering their SER
vices for duty as United States sol
dicrs on the McXlcan border, or III
any other capacity as volunieer in
the present crisis involving the Vel
fare Of cur common country" But. as
theN say down in North Caroline
carolina, Carolina, iIcaven's blessings
attend hcr'-Ithcrc ain't no crisis
The President is for peace, he has no
notion Of going To war with any coun-
try on nny prctcXt, lie "will not per
nit. 50 far as nc can prevent, our
GoVernneht TO become involved In hos. :
liliues with amy other government, r
and even IL there should be- war, in
pursuance Of A fixed policy of the
present Administration. ana OF ali tho
civilized governments Of the world
resort would he had not TO arms but
10 arbitration SO the Fort Worth
Confederate Grays need not give them
selves any concern about the welfare
OF our common country. but so about
Their regular business just as IL there
were no crises in sight.
II ~. ~ we have said from tic day
ihat the lrst troops wore dispa,chct
70 lie. Mexican frontier. there is no,h-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-23

Assumed Name.
Is m assumed name leettimatec II
not. what is tho penalty? And state
your opinion on any one that does so.
JNO. +. SQUIBBS.
An assumed name Is not legitimate
in this State. a change OF name with
cut court proce edings Is not lawful
and, therefore, an assumed name Is
not lawful SO far ns we know. there
Is no penalty for simply using an as
sumcd name Under the Virginia stat
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-23

lars. 1t was n liberal gift. and 1t was
made simply for the sake OF humanity
and with the hopo that It would
be instrumental in saving human life
The Chinese don't forget such things,
and do not fight their friends
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-23

One Of these days. probably, those
Chnks will be wanting to fight rs;
but VIC can't help that, and I wish
you would take this check and send
1t to them for the relief Of their
starving people" That is what a very
fine German citizen said yesterday as
he handed the editor Of The Times
Dispatch check for ono hundrcd dol
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-23

Rumors are afoat In Washington to
the effect that Secretary of State Knox
is 70 retire; that Attorney General
Wickcrsham Is to take his place that
Ex-senator Carter, of Montana, one O.:
the Tame ducks is to become Attor-
hey-General Perish the thought
Who ever said or thought that Carter
IS an able lawyer? He Is not the man
for the place; only vivid imaginatio
could picture him as general counsel
for the United States.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-23

The Orange Observer her very self
will deliver an address before the Vir-
sinia State Press Association at Nat
ural Bridge this summer. Whether
the subject will be historical or lit
crary we know not but disserta ton
on tho strength Of tho Orange onion
and the effect of the New National
ism" on the Orange waffle would be
hailed with delight.