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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-30
ESME HOWARD GETS
RANK OF MINISTER

20, ca opposition agains, the cabi.
m ny, OF Vienna and ot pesth, that hi3t
~. WIS repeatedly applied FOR. On
graf irhc III s.i,,, ne Vas persona non
, ,hne uncut by the fact that. al
,, In ", he knew French very Vel. y.t
i'inn ~ ,,pv SNOW German or iiunga-
iIto touch with the lower clergy. OF II,
n ,IHt himself with popular scntI-
, ,,..,s ~ austria and Hungary, as en-
re MAS convinced. too. tina, lie Nh
S,aIrSlhE out the Views or thcS Ijolv
rn ..,n' ana Of his Secretary OF State in
combating by every means in NJ
rover all that snvorcd in any ,v.,,'',,f
modernism 49, ~
ING Vatican. on he other hand. d.
A, ,n...n recall the prince. unless the
,us sh government would recall tx
hhbassauor 10 the vatican. CoiI,l, NicG
J H. SHccacn. who had incurred the
i roi,,,r,,; 81 me papacy iirsi. by
tainthchts OF his intimate friend and
oiifas uc, me Austrian. arib4 ssador
- the Qu'rinai under whose roof rs
Was accustomed 10 meet Italian st!,tcs
men ana diGn!tarius ~ tho co,i1., ~
hihE victor Emmanuel, ana also BE.
1850 count Szccscn had been ,infor-
tuHa tc enough to secure the admission
~ ~, lehnesc professor to tho rri.
Nste mass Of the Pore. wh,, turned III,
~ pc q profcsscd unbclieycr ana q nm
'iau spat out the sacr,tl water vyin,n
,iu net been personally acquaintc,i
matn iie professor. ana tal merely
recommended him III the ordinnry
,,snfsr ~ routine. YET was held bv
sHo authorities At the Vatican IL ia
.'spohsiDle for the sHcTiltgc Iii fartlt
from thenccforth his position tilrra
ptchfhc most UNPLEASANT As soon n;
yer II vacancy occurred through III,
uch'h OF Count "kudi' * hcVcnh,Illcr
~ l'arlS, ne was imnicdaicIH transfer
Ien - the post OF manifestation 10
Irahce. whnrcupon the Vatican lostHno
III Eclnonte 4.
But the Austrian government. II,
view Of the trouble which thu urinr,'
had caused BY siding NTH tn, noli,iei,j
opposition. declined 10 make the ciis-
toinary request for his cardiilal's fiat
tHh mus, Tor the first time III genera 81
.i2ns, mas q iapal nuncio loft Vienna.
N'thout receiving this token uf an
Pr"FA OF his own }sovorciEn, and that
~ me one 10 whom he Was accr.dited
NJ the Pope has decided 10 Hold nU
r"hsistorF this year, in view or tic
'HGt 'hhl II ~ the Iortlcth nnnivcrsarv
81 ms loss Of the temporal sovcrnigutl,t
~ INC lioly Sec, Prince Granite iii
hoimontc Viii have 10 wait another
WE'VE months before ne receives, not
ht the hands Of the Austrian t.mpcrot
but At those Of piux X himself, the
rcd hat. and aprpintmcn, 10 The S;icre,l.
College In the meantime ii is SAID
mat ne is retiring to Naples to sDcnI4
several months there With his aged and
widowed mother. whose health is OK
ocedingly frail. Il
tCopyriSht 1911. Is the Rrcntyooo
Company
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newspapers, not merely as historical
resources. but as an essential element
In studying and comprohcnding con
temporary life. ut is oftcn tho habit
among half educated and among over
educated people," said Prof. Perry. ITO
decry newspapers as injurious to the
cultivation of literary taste. Our cull-
uren arc solemnly warned in school and
college, against newspaper English, but
who bids them beware Of breakfast
table English, playground English ee-
partment store English. afternoon tea
English, pulpit English? I should
hazard the opinion" concluded Prof
Perry. that tho average editorial
column In tho New York Sun. for OK
ample, is better written than the
average page In the Atlantic Monthly
and that the English of both the Sun
and the Atlantic Monthly is better
written than that Of the average book
sent to those Journals for review
rms estimate of Prof. Perry is we'll
worth considering. because he speaks
with authority. being regarded rightly
the best man Harvard has In English
literature. His reputation has been
greatly enhanced throughout tho coun-
try by such lectures as he delivered
on the Thomas Foundation at Rich
mond College two years ago, and by
other lectures that he has delivered at
the University of Virginia
We arc pleased. OF course, that he
should have spoken with such apprc-
citation OF the literary value Of news
paper work and OF its historical value.
Journalism Is not literature regarded
as literature, but Journalism Of the
better sort is better literature In fact
than masses Of tho stuff that masque-
rades under this title. When it is con-
sidered that the daily newspaper is ,nc
work OF many hands, that it is always
made up In hurry, It Is not to be
wondered at that the lenses should oc-
casionally get twisted, that the num-
bers do not always agree with lac
verbs that the periods sometimes lack
rhetorical polish and that the exact
words do not always come with the
ideas, that there are early mails to be
caught and cranky machines to be
considered and bad proof reading. II is
paper OF the better sort should possess
so line literary sense in its construc-
ton
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TIE DAILY NEWSPAPER.

-
Biiss Perry Professor Of English
Literature in Harvard University and
formerly Editor of the Atlantic Month
~, places Il very high estimate not only
upon the historic value OF the avcrag
daily newspaper but upon its literary
merit as We'll lie rescnts The common
criticism Of superficial observers that
the daily newspaper is poorly written.
In g recent lecture on libraries and
the Community Prof. Perry spok @
with fine appreciation OF the IcngIish
Of the daily newspaper. which he said
Is often OF II higher standard than tina t
OF the books, and that ii is OF a lar
better quality than the speech of cycrv.
daJ life. iac praised very highly the
daily newspaper as historical source
ana charged librarians to beware or
dlsrcsardinS its value as an essential
cement III the study of contemporary
NE Indeed. the newspaper. if properly
conducted and fairly REPRESENTATIVE Of
The community Of which ii is a large
part, is the most trustworthy source
Of information as to the movo-
nicnts Of the day in ali matters
ahec'lng The life Of the people
"a map Of busy life" upon which ie
spread out every day the history OF
the world generally and Of the lituc
world IN which the newspaper revoivcs
upon its owl, axis ana wnnjn is ov,
particular orbit. The great deeds tha
| are done, The passions ana prejudices
OF the hour. the events, big and Little.
mat stand out from day to day. The
temper of the people. The waves of
/ thought by which they are controlled
Ris'o rF, written currcnte calamo. is the
Office and work of the daily press
! Not only do the newspapers possess
Instinct historical merit but in the-i,
! criticism of the literary adventures o,
! the makers of books they often ais
cover gems of purcst ray serene tina,
'hishl otherwise have been thrown out
I upon he dump by them literary lei
i"rs,' who hold TO the standard mar
some older Judges have set ..luc az
inert assessors of the IIal! OF Fame ;,
said Prof. Perry, found out In. ONO,
day what any competent j;nitor of !;
plbiic ..prary could haze told them 70,
the past fifty years--namcly. tia,
Edgar Allen Poe was famous iii,
librarian should he l1ccn-c eyed enough
to see tha, MIR Dooiey's' wit is a.
flashing and his satire as tronchant a.
Was Mr. samuel Rutlcr's. or Georg,
canning's or James russell Lowcn s
TIC odyssey and Don Quixotc' an,
On Elias arc on the accredited list o
romance or adventure. 1t is ~
librarians task to perceive that II.
literary canon could accept those storc
nnd at the same time reject liucklc
berry Finn
I In lrof- -pcrry's opinion the idea
! CO. library viii know how to utilz
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+ L
Oregon. 60; Ohio. 11a; Tennessee. 90
Texas. 100: Virginia. 100: Now York
100; Kentucky. 100: California, 100: Col.
orado. 100; South Carolina, 1874: Wash
ington. %; West Virginia, Sc: Illinois
1913; Indiana. 100; Iowa. los.
These figures. the Globe says
illustrate the Individuality OF the
Commonwealthe." No rule has been
observed. but In the newer Stutos there
IS decided tendency toward small
Assemblies and the possibility Of rotten
noroughs. The smaller the Legislature.
tho shorter Its session. Fewer bills are
introduced. there are fewer men who
take up hours talking for buncombe."
a small Legislature is very hard TO
corrupt, as the Delaware Assembly
showed in the notorious Addicks case.
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CUTLERY REFORM.

Goldberg, the cartoonist. has recently
drawn very amusing set cf pictures
under the heading Eating Becoming a
Complicated Science" This is a MIA
on the number OF knives. forks and
spoons used at dinners these lays. Ono
picture shows three people ut a table.
each looking at the other so as to
try to find out what implement OF The
ePlcure to take hold OF first This Is
iish'iy described ms "a critical mo-
ment in every mans life" Another
cartoon shows a man with two or
three dozen Instruments over his
shoulder. y friend asks him Arc you
going TO crack u safe or commit m,,r-
dcr?' and the reply is Were going
70 nave asparagus for dinner" third
picture shows man with a most be-
wildered expression looking over q set
OF dining tools by his plato, saying.
Excuse me for being so rude. but Vol,
forgot to give me set of directions. ;,
In does seem that we are going Ia
extremes in cutlery for dinners. rads
and fashions cause constant changes
in this direction, and only n close
student of etiquette can keep pace with
the evolution of the jagged fragment
OF stone with which our ancestors Of
that first four hundred crcuted by the
survival of the fittcst ate bear steaks
and ichthyosaurus pattics. Thc number
OIL dining tools required seems to in
crease with the years. ana make inuci,
truth cling to the saying, "Nowaday
you have to he a plumber or a me-
cnanical engineer to enjoy Il neal
In Texas, the people carry their din
ing implements in a sort OF hollow
wooden tube, which has top that is
screwed down so as to make the outht
portable.
We are living these days in too
complicated fashion. There are
thousands who are ready to rise In In
surScncy and bring about cutlery re-
FORM IT may be atavism. but we are
surely drifting back to the plain knife
and fork primcval, without allied ANA
auxiliary forces OF silver 10 the right
OF us and to the left OF us
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photography" Tho resolutions speak
| Of him as IL friend" OF those who thus
| boar testimony to his usefulness.
Judge Christian added in an inter-
| view his sense of personal friendship
| Tor tho deceased. and said that the
| meeting at which the resolutions Wee
adopted appeared to him one or tho
most creditablc ever lleld by the Bar
Association. 1t is we'll to remember
that for dozen tales. Of race conflict
that reach us from tho South thcro arc
10000 daily acts of mutual Kindness
between the races. and in this TACT
and in such action as that by the Rich
mond Bar lies the hope OF peaceful
solution for the problem looming so
large In the eyes OF men both North
and South.
les, ten to ten thousand is about the
right ratio. The white mans inhuman-
ity 10 the black man and the black
mans inhumunty to tho white man
get into type, but the kindly recipro-
cal acts shown by one race to tho
other pass unnoticed. Tho southern
man OF real breeding recognizes the
good qualities and the ability Of tho
black man. and gladly acknowledges
1t.
Brown. ii would have been better.
Disnihed, courteous. kind TO all, the
colorcd assistant in the Virginia Law
Library was Il model whom all men
white and black, might well follow.
He was not the sensitive pcssimist
that Du Bots Is; he would have taken
little interest in what William Lloyd
Garrison. OF Boston. would say; nc
would not have greeted with any
warmth William Monroe Trotter.
Brown was Il lawyer, taking pride in
what he did, helpful. but not vain ana
puffed up, respected by all who knew
him. With all their faculties ana
plants the Northern universities can
teach The colored youth nothing half
SO valuable as that which Brown might
have taught them.
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1lQlzy Queries Qad ANSWERS
Addross all column 20 Oor rdsn
No mathematical be golyod no
COINS OF stamps valued and deaiera b sisen
shoes. per pair, SAP; Mexican seranos
(ShawlS) 500 s go @'i'Ss

(shov,sI stnni' @o6' Mc*lcan serapcs
Hummer.
What banner or standard or cuuiy.
1 anr 70. LOT q nag did the Jews have be-
aore the fail OF Jerusalem? Cannot>
''iu anything on that in history
They had what Is called noes" I,
signal raised on some special occasion
ana deScl' military standard ia
uesisnate u large division of an army.
n,iu oth." a small one. In an en-.
oua,mTpmcnt, which was about three
fliies square. the occupants, living il,
families. did moi occupy as much room
aS so many soldiers would have occu-
nied. The standard (degcn, a ylit
eIilHE emblem on a pole marked thc
g r,p, and the ensign (oth). the family.
ancIe wero four standards for each
camp OF three tribes. according 10 trn.
clifton tho four cherubic forms H.
Hon. tho OK. the man and Tho coyin
or instance the lion was the cmblcm
OF judah, the OK that OF cphra I'm nnd
'ne man and tho eagle that Of Ezekiel.
Saw.
Is there any foundation for the old
saying that the moon snoils ;, sau,o >"
The London Notes and Queries sa,.s
one cannot help thInkint: that !, s,I
! pcFsttion so universal had In IT'S origin
some connection with solar worshin
nma vas s s}n,ggested perhaps BY ,ha
poses when subjected to tho solar IRA
~. As me beneficent rays or the su.. NJ
lack tempered iron exposed IN tha,n
so inc rays Of the moon (tnnlc,iccni
Us nsual) would draw the temper IRON,
~ IRON or steel implement, wbosc ,Isa
, ,n,ness depends entirely upon It's tenn.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-30
LEGISLATIVE SIZES.

The Boston Globe has made a very
Interesting comparison of the sizes Of
the various State Legislatures New
twenty ono members and a House with
aiXir. This gives that State q joint
vote Of eighty one. Nevada has
twenty Senators and forty-ninc mem
bers of the lower branch, with sixty
nina votes in Joint assembly. These
are smaller than all Of the other States
on Joint ballot. excepting Delaware.
which has total OF iifty-two votes.
and Utah. with total of sixty three.
There are bu, seventeen Senator's in
Delaware. and but eighteen in Utah.
In majority Of the States the Sen
ate membership is between thirty and
fifty, In Oregon, Vermont and West
Virginia there are thirty members In
Alabama. Arkansas, Colorado and Con
necticut the number OF Senator's is
thirty-hvc In California, Massa cllu-
sets. Kansas and Virginia there are
forty members. IN Iowa, Indiana,
| icnhSNivania and North Carolina there
are fifty Senator's. Minnesota. with
SIXTY three, has the largest Senate.
New England leads all the coun-
Try in House membership The
| New hampshire House contains $50
members This is greatly in excess of
any other state. Massachusetts has
40 representatives.. Vermont has 2iG
connecticut has 2a6 Maine has ISL.
ana Rhode Island is limited TO 100.
ish"ie Island is the only New England
state 'iat5is anywhere near the States
81 me West in the moderate size Of
It's General Assembly.
| me Houses in some OF the States
! contain the following membership:
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Hnisinr ,CifIn chnrn.r

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-Our legal friends IN this city
have recently signed an agreement
pindinE themselves to make the FOL
lowing charges for the examination d
titles Of real estate. TO go into effect
Oh February !:
Il On the valuation of 81 1000. the sum
OF $40, and on every additional $1,000
or traction Of same the sum OF 81
time, has been on the valuation OF
$1,000. for the sum Of $40. and on every
additional $1,000, or fraction OF same
the sum of ST.
Tho writer would like to ask thcs.
legal gentlemen on what grounds they
make this extra charge. II is. OF course
true that as time goes on3the links in
the title chain increase. but 1t IS also
true that the title OF nearly every niece
of real estate has been examined ana
the previous abstract Or abstracts arc
pIrocurahle, necessitatng scarcely any
thing more than a veriffca ton of same
The work Of finding liens ana taNes
Is no more than formerly. Again. OH,
n valuable piece Of real estate the
charges will mount very rapidly
character Is almost certain to have a
perfect title. and one which can be
examined with comparative ease
It is supposed that professional
ethics require our friends to combine
on these charges. OF which, so far as
the writer can learn, no notice has
been given the man In the street; but
II would not be out of place for these
disciples OF Blackstone to explain their
position TO q deeply Interested public
THE MAN. n THE STREET.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-30

The Chattanooga Times expresses
the hope that the ghost Of Carmack.
having presided at the election of
Capt. Hooper to be Governor ana Lea 10
be senator, will be laid from this time
on and be permitted to rest alone in
the admiring memory Of his friends. :.
But the Times Will understand, OF
course, that ghosts have queer way
OF moving about when people arc on.
o nights who ought to be ut home
BESIDES 1t Will be many Il year before
the pcenlc Of Tennessee will forget the
deep damnation OF Carmack's taking
off
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-30

Word comes from Washington thai
the Treasury Department has deter
mined to assess countcrvailing duties
on all Scotch and Irish whiskeys i'm
ported into this country from Grea,
Britain. The effect OF this order Will
he 10 add nine cents a gallon to the
duty already imposed, which Will bring
into tho Treasury about Sl25,OeO tho
year. Trade in Scotch and Irish
whiskcys now amounts in the United
States To about s2,5O0,o0o annually.
This will he sad news for Houston and
other temperance communities.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-30
THE GREAT QUESTIONS

The Council Of the National Econom
ic League, which is composed OF some
thing like 500 university president
professors, judges. lawyers. bankers
merchants, manufacturers, editors and
others who help in the shaping of pub
lie opinion, has been voting OH the SC
lection Of subjects for consideration By
the League in the coming year. Two
ballots have lcen taken. the first bring
ing up ftyfour general subjects suG-
gcstcd by members OF the Council
OF these topics, but eleven had sum-
Client votes to SO on the second ballot
From the second balloting two sub
jccts were chosen as the most impor-
tant of all those submitted They
were:
Direct legislation. including direct
primary nomina lions, direct election OF
United states Senator's. initiative, ref
crcndum and recall.
Incfllciency and delay Of the courts
i'll the administration Of justice.
The first subject received 66.5 pcr
cent. Of all the votes cast, and the sec
ond 4S5 per cent. Other topics on the
second ballot were. in the order named:
Regulation and control of corporations,
Capitalization OF power in Tie Federal
Government. conservation Of natural
resources. the tariff, the public school
system. efficiency and economy in Fed
ci'al. state and municipal administra-
ton, corporation influence in politics
taxation. relation between employers
and worl1mcn
In the membership of the League
National Council there arc represented
all classes. interests, opinions and pol
icies. The vote OF the Council is
therefore, significant in showing the
trend OF public sentiment. In the view
of the Council, direct legislation must
have the right Of way over all other
proncscd reforms. IT may be that the
attitude Of this body is indicative OF
the national attitude on great Dues
lions.
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Richmond. Va. has all-night cars.
says tho savannah Press. while Al
lanta hasn't Really. it would seem
that Richmond has more people 10 hol,,
than has Atlanta" Not seems" con
temporary, but has! Not only has
isichmond more people, but it has bet
ter pcoplc. more money, more enter
prise of substantial sort. less foolish
ness and better time and Il bigger
time generally than Atlanta mas ever
known.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-30

When the Orange Observer takes us
to task about anything. We feel that
we should like to have some one CRY
out in our behalf as did some lad at
the recent suffra gist meeting In New
York. Three men were being carried
about by a sunragist "oratorcss" as
specimens" OF what the species Of
male voters Is. They were held in
custody by this woman, until some lad
cried out "Scoundreless. release those
men" So when tho Observer denies
that the onion is its favorite flower
on account of Sentimental" reasons
we need somebody to speak out for us.
The Observer admits. though, that the
onion is "homely eatablc," which
proves that our contemporary eats the
delicious fruit Of the earth If it do
not choose it as a faYoritc flower
However,, VIC arc glad to know that
the brassica oleracea Is dear to the
heart Of the Observer, whether or not
1t he affected by plasmodiophora bras
sicac. 1t is just as we'll.
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NOT ALONE.

For the benefit of the District OF
Columbia Commissioners be IL said that
the papers OF Virginia are not alone
III their protests against the proposed
placing of Il refornlatory near the
home OF Washington. Out or the MANY
utteranccs which we have seen in
newspapers Of other states. We repro
ducc that which appears in the Chi
SO Record Herald:
The commissioners OF the District
or Columbia have purchased site in
Virginia for criminal reforlnalo tory
ana have asked Congress for authority
70 build. With what seems II curious
tendency TO alfront patriotic sentiment
ana general propriety, they have To-
Gated within three miles of Mount Yer
non and the tomb of Washington
This threatened action has naturaliv
stirred up the association that has re-
stored and maintained WASHINGTON s
nome and tomb as a national Shrine
The protest Of the association against
the plan as national 'diShonor to our
country Will naturally be supported bv
the sympathy OF good and patriotic
citizens"
Yes, II is an affront TO patriotism.
Those who have In their discretion the
decision of this matter err greatly when
they oppose the tide Of public opinion
In them there appears to be no revcr-
ence, no patriotic sentiment no sense
Of the fitness of things 1t is hoped
That people all oyer the nation ana
newspapers everywhere Will indicate to
Inc Commissioners their dlspleasurc
at the contemplated action
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TIE MnLEMiii ,ND rus Mot>-

Ths eos'oii licraId is nothing. If no.,
CONSERVATIVES What it SAYS about Tie
rage question is almost barome,r.c Of
the feeling II the North as 10 the
Son'h IN iis relations 70 The black
man Very hopcful. therefore. is the
following EDITORIAL article from our
contcnrorary
Edward $. Brown, a colorod man OF
Hichmond Va, who died a few DAYS
since after forty years service as
ianslor ana assistan, in the state La "
Library, was honorcd blythe bar Asso-
Iriation Of that city in a Sc, or roso-
lntion6 EXPRESSING The warm appre.
citation felt by the bench ana bar for
his faithful and Intelligent WORK and
ms "oXiraoEdinary knowledge OF leSal