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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-25
PLAN FOR EXHIBIT
IS APPROVED
PLAN ENDORSED
BY REPREsENTATTyE MEET
ING IN CHAMBER OF COM
MERGE.

The Chattanooga plan of manu-
facturers exhibit was adopted at u
meeting held in the Chamber Of Com
merce Tuesday afternoon at o'clock.
The meeting was presided over by Mr..
T. NJ. Darlington. chairman OF the
business enterprise committee. the
members of which Were all present.
The attendance also included num-
Der of the largest manufacturers in
the city. and members of the cham
Der who are thoroughly interested in
every movement that has for its OBJ
iect the betterment Of Richmond and
it's people.
MIR. Darlington explained that the
enterprises had been successfully
worked In Chattanooga when the
manufacturing interests only repre-
sent a capital of $24, 65.0oe---while
In Greater Richmond $35. 073.ioo Is
represented In manufacturers. Mr..
Darlington stated that the Tennessee
city association had membership
of 1000. and no one had ever drop
ped. ont of the organization. and that
a much larger membership should be
secured here. where there were 1,1S2
manufacturers.
Business Manager Dabney explain
ed that the exhibition building was
under the direction Of n manager. who
met the visitors. introduced them to
members of the association, saw that
they were properly recorded In the
register OF the association. and extend
every cyourtesy possible to the stran-
gers visiting the city.
The registry was, OF course, open
to the inspection of all members of
the association, who took the al
dresses for correspondence purposes.
The Chattanooga business houses
were SO thoroughly interested In the
movement that notice Is printed on
their office stationery inviting visitors
to the city to be sure. and cali at the
manufacturers exhibit building ana
inspect the product OF their factories.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-25
TO CONSIDER
PLAYGROUND MEASURE
ORDINANCE COMMITTEE VOTES
TO SEND MATTER BACK TO
COUNCIL.

The ordinance providing for the
creation Of a special playground COM
mission was sent back to Council
Tuesday night BY. the committee on
ordinance. charter and reform. which
declined 10 go into the merits OF the
proposition. At the same time II was
recommended that the measure be
turned over the grounds and build
ings committee for its consideration.
inasmuch az this committee has
charge Of the city Fairgrounds ~
they are now operated.
Mr.. l.. NICK. Judkins. Of the Civic
Improvement League, and number
Of women said TO be members OF the
Federation OF Mothers Clubs were on
hand, but we're not given an oppor-
tunity to talk, ~ the COMMITTEES quick
w passed the matter up.
objection to the creation Of addi-
tIonal boards. thus adding to the al
ready vary clumsy machinery of the
city government II the reason given
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-25
Lectures On EgYpA

Before an audience comDo0o6 lAx9oM
ly of archeologists. histortans go
Biblical students. DR.. Edw1Sd u
Banks delivered an interestinG 0t11-
trated lecture in Richmond C0l1Aun
chapel Tuesday night. dsnsOustrA4i4M
his skill as a lecturer by his Soholaxay
Interpretation Of the signi0oAnco =
the remains Of Egyptian oiv0t1ak31m1
Like the early civilization az 0re9oas
DIR. Banks said the early civalt1nt1111
Of Egypt was Of high order.
New Revenue Locks Here.
A large supply of locks Of -
pattern for sealing up bonded waro~
houses. recently adopted BY the 49,
eminent. has been received ~ -
local Office of the United 6tAteo -
ternal revenue department. K9vmmn
officers say the locks are 20 dsofo
that any tampering with them -
easily be discovered. The locks W1eo
have been in use for . long 49, %
is said. could have been opAnel IA
a skillfui person desiring to 04eEf
the government OF the paynene N
the liquor tax.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-25

Thea~e-goer returning home from
the performance at the Academy OF
Music Tuesday night were delayed
when car No. 922. Broad and Main,
division, Virginia Railway and Power
Company. skidded on the curve at
Eighth and Main streets. causing the
front trucks to leave the tracks and
recruiting In ffteen- minute tte-up.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-25
Wife Tells ptt,ful Tie.

Charged with none-support & -
Wife and five-monthS -0ld eo&os
Joseph MansinL nineteen yeaSo e4as
was before Magistrate An4fslr ~
Foley, in Henrico county. 1n1uGqI
and sent on to the grand jury, 49,
the wife declares 1t was neoea1ng5 10E
her to sell her shoes and = An14Hn
on which she had seen sleaD134 IN
order to obtain money With vl
to buy medicine Tor her baby. ~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-25
MAKE COMPLAINT /
AGAINST ROADS
CHARGE TRANSPORTATION CONF
PANIES WITH RASING RATES Z
ON INADEQUATE CIASSI.
EICATTON

WASHINGTON. Jan. cS.-Eleysn
of the largest railroads In the coun-
try were charged with basing their
freight rates on an inadequate claa-
sification In complaint nied with
the Interstate Commerce Commisn3on
to-day by the railroad commission ~
Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. The In-
terstate Commerce CommiMion wna
asked to force railroads to rav1no
their schedules so that numerous "a.
expensive articles on which pro0onx
freight rates are declared to b 1x-
orbitant will be placed In IN a00l~
tional class and given q lower tar14.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-25

Reports for the Year will be read.
plans for the future discussed and
other business transacted at the an
nual meeting Of the Juvenile Protec-
tive Society of Virginia to be held at
s o'clock Thursday night In room s3e.
jefferson hotel.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-25

Start early. Get one OF your friends
TO nominate you now and call on the
contest manager and have him explain
the details to you.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-25
Spend Six Weeks Abroad
Visiting
Great Britain, Holland,
Germany, France,
Switzerland.

Any white teacher female who is present recoe-
teacher in public private school, either State
UNCONVENTIONAL Independent either primary secondary
COLLEGIATE or University eligible receive of these trips
Any nominated be voted for anyone
can nominate teacher who nomination blank out of
Veinan and fills in the of the teacher
residing the First Second Third Fourth
Districts If the school teachers in other
Congressional districts interested kindly write to The
yirenian and the will be carefully considered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-08
The Argus Daily Short Story
An International Episode-By Evelyn Moore.
Copyrighted. ls1I by Associated Literary Press

fatuation! Except for the beautiful
dress the picture would make good
/ scarecrow."
In Jules case the spell was not bro
ken, for his wife died suddenly within
a few months after their union. Jules
was disconsolate. He kept her por-
| trait where he could see ii constantly
and continued to endow it with the
same imaginary beauty. How long
this would have continued no one
knows. for Jules was obliged to make
! his living, and his only way to do that
was by his brush.
/ There has always been a market in
Christian countries for Madonnas with
| the infant Jesus, and Jules Ferrand
determined to paint such picture, tax
/ ing his wife's portrait for the Madon-
ma.
His friends would have been glad
I to persuade him not to make such an
attempt, but none Of them would ven
! ture to displease him or hurt his feel
/ ings by telling him that the Madonna
was not a homely woman and his
/ Clotilde was very homely. But one
OF his chums got round the matter by
telling him that the Virgin Mary was
one Of the poor: that her husband was
| a carpenter, while Jules wife was
! lady and therefore "a very superior
person. He advised Jules to go out
in the country and look for a model
for his Madonna among the rosy
checked lasses who milk cows and
churn butter.
This adroit way Of handling the in
] 49, I'll m
his studio temporarily and removed his
furniture and pictures to his mothers
house in the environs Of Paris. Then
he saIlies forth to find a model for his
picture. and in order that he might
paint her in her natural surroundings
he took with him the implements OF
his art
Jules hunted 4 long while before
finding the model he needed. He was
true artist and when uninfuenced
could choose as an artist His endow-
ment of a homely woman whom be
loved had come from an artistic tenn
permanent. The artist needs a highly
developed Imagination. and Jules in
agination was abnormal.
One day he went into springhouss
for glass OF milk A girl was kneel-
Ing on n little platform over the spring
arranging some pals OF butter. Hear.
ing some one enter. she looked up.
He had found his model
Jules took a studio in the farmhouse,
which belonged to the girls father. and
set up his easel. He made a sketch OF
the girl-her name happened to be that
of the Virgin-in a manger. then went
ON with his picture. He found he need
ed a model for the babe as much as or
more than for the mother. he sue
ceeded in borrowing one, but merely
for posing purposes. 1t was his in
tention to hunt for q model for the
babe as he had hunted for a model for
the Virgin.
Day after day jules painted. trans
ferring the maid to the canvas In
doing so she was passing, so to speak,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-08
New Prisoner of ChiIIon,

Byron makes Downward, the prison
er of Chillon, who had made friend
ship with spiders and come to regard
/ his prison as a home. say that he re-
gained his freedom with a sigh"
Downward was a political prisoner
who had the comfort Of a good con-
science and the consciousness that his
punishment was unjust. Here is a
man, however, who was recently parol-
ed from the Minnesota state peniten-
tiary who has returned of his own &C
cord, although he had a good posi-
toin, because he was afraid to trust
himself and had become attached to
the prison and it's inmates. Unlike
the prisoner OF Chillon, he did not
make friends Of spiders but improved
his opportunity by INDUCING a taste
for horticulture and producing results
which place him in the category with
Wizard Burbank.
He produced several new varieties
of fruit by grating and propagating
and altogether displayed such remark
able talent that a good position was
obtained for him outside OF the prison,
where he had charge of a rich mans
garden and greenhouses with free per
mission to indulge his fancy and pur-
sue his Investigations.
With all this he was unable to es-
cape the haunting memory or hts
crime. that of murder. or overcome a
morbid desire to return to his old
life. so he returned TO prison and ask
ed to be taken in
Human nature is a strange and
many-sided thing. isn't it?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-08
TRANSATLANTIC KIDNEYS.
Surgeon Says II 10 as Simple as q JOB
of PLUMBING.

Surgeon Says II 10 as Simple as q Joh
of Plumbing.
That the trapsplanting of human
kidneys from a dying to living man
is simply Ike a plumbers job is the
declaration OF DR.. A. NJ. ShipIey, pro-
lessor Of surgical pathology at the
University of Maryland. His com
ment follows the statement OF DR..
Maurice H. Richardson OF Harvard
that the day was not far distant when
healthy kidneys might be taken from
persons dying from diseases which did
not affect those organs. stored and
transplanted later to the bodies of
persons dying for the need Of healthy
kidneys.
1.-The transplanting of kidneys" says
DR.. Shipley. would doubtless be pos
sible if one obstacle were overcome,
and that obstacle lies in the mere TT
ting Of the transplanted kidney to the
new body, practically the same diff
Guilty which a plumber might find in
fitting one pipe TO another. Surgeons
know that in the case of animals the
grated kidney has performed its func-
lions for a short time.
The real difficulty lies in Sewing the
small arteries which connect the kid
neys with the circulation system and
permit the discharge from them. At
present it is an Instrumental BILE obsta-
cle"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-08

This is a month of war reminis-
cences of wonderful interest to the
American people. A half century ago
a nation walked down into the shadow
of civil conflict great Lincoln in
voked divine guidance. while across
the seas crowned heads doubted and
withheld sympathy and support A
great republic was trembling Fort
sumter fell, and strong men abandon
cd their families and sweethearts and
assumed the perils and hardships
vhich the pail of solemnity portended
.avertheless, out of that first shot
rat crashed against Fort Sumter's
saiIs there sprang the flame that puri-
ned and ultimately rendered a repub-
lie indissoluble
Generations have come since teo
outbreak of the most terrible war in
all history, and yet battle-scarred he
roes of that struggle linger among the
loved and revered on this sphere to
tell by their own experience OF its hor-
rors. No epoch in history, or at least
in American history, so stirs the emo
lions of people as that which relates
the events which succeeded each other
from Sumter 20 Appomattox.
The thought of celebrating in the
south or elsewhere in the country the
fiftieth anniversary of the fall OF Fort
Sumter has very properly been sban-
doned, but IL is meet and right that
the story should be recalled and re
peated at this time, and hence the in
Cerest that will attach TO the special
feature which appears on another
PAGE OF this issue OF The Argus.
These Of today who know only by
the printed word or by the word OF
mouth Of that momentous tragedy will
find a thrill in the rehearsed story.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-08
slowly and steadily. never turning

slowly and steadily, never turning
back.
ct did not meet him until eleven
years after he had made his first Will
From that time I can speak authorita-
lively as to the movement OF his mind
He wrote 20 me declaring that the
practical solution OF the great political
problem was the union with America.
brought about by a commercial war
for the purpose of securing a CONNER
ciaI union and the adoption Of the
principles OF the American constftu-
ton as the basis of the reunited Eng
hsh speaking world.
Again and again Mr.. Rhodes re-
turned to his dominant conception
until at last his theory that the su-
premacy OF the world must be placed
In the hands Of the English speaking
race assumed almost the character OF
a religious dogma
I'm the year 1891 he talked TO me for
three hours concerning his claims. his
plans. his hopes and his ideas After
he had been discoursing in his usual
vehement fashion as to what might be
done II the republic and the empire
were united In a fraternal union /
said TO him:
"I agree with every word that you
say, but go further. 1 say that If
were convinced that IL would be i'm
possible to secure the union of the
English speaking race on any othe-
terms than that the states under the
British flag should apply for union as
states Of the American republic
would be prepared to take that STEP
HE stopped in his walk, for he was
pacing the room backward and for
ward as he talked, and said sharply:
Say that again
81 repeated slowly and with en-
phasis the declaration had just made.
He stopped for q minute and then
said. Upon my word, Stead, 1 agree
with you
From that moment the ideal of
English speaking reunion, even If 1t
could only be obtained by the merging
Of the British empire in the United
States. assumed its natural and final
place as the center Of his political as
pirations. The Rhodesian ideal, there
fore. was the promotion Of racial unity
on the basis OF the principles embodied
in the American constitution"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-08

81 HAVE IT." BE SAID EXULTISGLY.
per appear to be simply a love spat,
and the more trouble a man has to get
q woman back TO a good humor or
a woman has to pacify a man, the
more violent the reaction, the more i'm
FASHIONED the kisses"
And after marriage7"
"Ah. that is different The spell has
been broken"
Jules Ferrand married Clotilde De
mours- During the courtship he paint
ed her portrait. He was careful to
put her likeness upon the canvas just
as she was. Not for the world would
be have one feature different from its
original.
When at last the portrait was fin
ished and he exh- bited il to his friends
every one said. What a speaking ike
nessg' But no one said. How beau
tfulr'
The painter stood by while they
made their comments. but he was too
much enraptured In contemplating the
features of the woman he loved to
notice the omission As soon as those
who saw the picture had passed they
in an undertone: What IL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-08
SCHOOL, FOR SERVANTS.

New Jersey Women Plan Course of In
struetion In Hope of Solving Problem.
Mrs. Edmund B. Osborne, wife of
the state chairman of the New Jersey
Progressive league, and other pfomi-
nent women are interested in a move
ment to solve the servant girl prob
lem.
The plan proposed is to provide bet
ter servants by establishing training
and cooking schools, where girls will
be taught every branch of homework
and the organizing of classes for prac-
teal instruction to housewives.
Under the system that will be pro-
posed at the meeting servants will be
classified and upon graduation will
receive diplomas that Will define their
qualifications.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-08
Tariff Wars.

Young John Bigelow-he is only
e3-has the correct idea as to where
arbitration is most needed. He thinks
the first thing to arbitrate would be
the tariff war now raging between
us and the whole commercial world"
Hostile tariffs are war measures sure
enough, and the resulting injuries are
worldwide. Industries are the bread
Of the nations, and war upon indus
tries hurts those who assail them by
leyying tribute as well as those who
pay. Indeed, paradoxical as 1t may
seem, the nation that levies the tri-
butte pays more of it than does the
intended victim We agree with John
Bigelow in his recomm that
the court of arbitration should be ask
ed to decide what penalties should
be imposed on the congress which
made the last tariff revision and on
the president who signed it,; though
the young nonogenarian said it with q
merry twinkle in his eye.
With Mr.. Mann of Illinois as the
minority leader in congress, the re-
publican opposition viii be marked by
all the fiery enthusiasm of a cold po-
tatO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-08

Rock Islands new municipal commits
sion will be in full swing next Monday.
The members having assigned them
selves TO various departments, the max
ing Of appointments will be the next
important duty. and then will come the
first echoes of disappointment and dis
satisfaction This is unavoidable, but
If the selections are based, as has been
promised, solely upon the standard Of
efficiency with result that men above
reproach are appointed. there will be
no reasonable ground for complaint.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-08
Open Air schools Increase.

Since Jan. I. 1907. 65 open all
schools for children afflicted with OF
predisposed to tuberculosis have been
established in IS cities. according to
an announcement made in a bulletin
issued today by the National Associa.
ton Tor the Study and the Prevention
Of tuberculosis
The first open air school in the Unit
ed States was established on Jan. /.
1897, by the board of education Of
Providence, r. !, as the instance Of
Or. Allen A. Stone. The next school
was established IL May OF the same
year ~ PittsbUrs, a third one al Bos-
ton in July, 1908. and the fourth ST
Bellevue hospital in New York in De-
cember, 1905. During the year 1909
10 schools in five different cities were
opened; in 1910. I6 schools in u cit
ses were opened; and 5 schools in 5
cities have been opened 10 April /,
ISL. While definite provision has been
made for 81 more schools in six cit
les. Many cities are considering the
question and viii act during the com
ing year
New York city now has in operation
y open air schools and classes, and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-08
ENGLAND AMERICAN STATE
Cecil Rhodes Favored a World
Republic.

Cecil Rhodes Favored World
Republic.
". T. Stead recently published a
statement TO the effect that Cecil
Rhodes said if the Anglo-Amerfcan
union could not be obtained otherwise
than by applying for admission as
states federated with the American
Union he would apply"
This aroused the interest of Andrew
Carnegie, who wrote to Stead for par
uculars. In response the English edi-
tor made the significant assertion that
Rhodes was ready TO have England
and all her colonies apply for admis-
sion SIS states in the American Union.
Says Stead:
Mr.. Carnegie's inquiry suggests the
possibility that other readers may be
glad of a reminder as to the attitude
Of Cecil Rhodes in relation TO the great
question which has once more been
brought prominently to the front by
the reciprocity agreement between
Canada and the United States.
The statement to which Mr.. Carne-
gle refers was made to me personally
at the office OF the Review Of Reviews.
Mowbrsy House, in 1891. 1t repre-
sented the ultimate stage in the evo-
luton of Mr.. Rhodes mind on the sub
tect in question.
when Mr.. Rhodes was a Young
man without penny in his pocket he
drew up a will leaving any money
that he might hereafter acquire for
the attainment Of his ideals. His idea
was the formation Of a kind of secu-
Lar church which should have its mem
berS in every part Of the British en-
pire working with one object and one
idea and especially advocating the
closer union OF England and her colo
nies. crushing all disloyalty and every
movement for the severance of our
empire.
''Hence in his viii he defined, among
other objects Of the secret society. the
ultimate recovery of the United States
Of America as an integral part Of the
British empire, the Inauguration Of a
system OF colonial representation in
the imperial paris ment which may
tend TO weld together the 6isjointed
members OF the empire and finally the
OF so greet a power as to
hereafter render wars impossible ana
promote the best interests OF human |
ity'
That was what we may call his
jumping of point before he adequate |
" realized that the United States had |
by fits growth. its power and its COM |
pactness become the predominant part |
ner Of the English speaking race |
From this crude undergra duate's idea |
OF the recovery of the United States |
TO the recognition Of the fact that II |
might be necessary TO merge the Brit |
ish empire in the United States is a |
long stage, but Rhodes traversed 1t
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-08

'They say" said Nine. Gaulladet.
shat Jules Ferrand is to marry Clo-
tide Demours"
What" exclaimed Nine. Tournier,
THAT ideal artist! Is he going to
marry that homelp girl?''
'Homely! He thinks her beautiful"
"How can. he?"
Don't you know that Cupid is a
little wizard? He can make a hOInely
woman look beautiful to the man who
loves her, and vice versa. He can en-
dow vicious person with every vir-
tue, he can make an outburst OF tenn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-08

Theater Ticket Taker at Ninety seven.
As jovial as any who called at his
home in the afternoon to help him
celebrate his ninety-seventh birthday
anniversary was james G. Russell. the
Oldest veteran of the civil war in Ne
braska. He still holds the position of
ticket taker at the Oliver theater, lin
coin, which he has had for many
years. and went to work as usual after
the days fun was over. Mr. Russell
used TO be a circus man before the
war. After the war he settled at
Brownsville, Neb., and has lived in
Lincoln for thirty years
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-08

Even the republicans admit that
Champ Clark is about the finest look
ing man who has occupied the speaker
ship. Uncle Joe" is not an Apollo;
Henderson and Crisp were good look
ing. but hardly of so intellectual an
appearance as the present speaker;
Reed did not look nearly so dissipated
as Sargent's portrait suggests. but he
was not beautiful Blaine was q hand
some man. but Colfax would never
have, taken a prize at a beauty show
Way back before the war, Banks was
notable for his personal pulchritude.