The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-11

would suffer such q spectacle, as a stcp
beyond the tolerance OF allowing two
women accused of shooting a New
Yorker to be exhibited In vaudeville
show, wouN convict itself of a totally
depraVed curiosity. This poor creature
says she wants to lead a different life
and asks for sympathy. 1t should not
be withheld from her, but the way sh.
has chosen will not win It. There are
some things that even New York draws
the line against. The Mayor suppresse d
pIhe Girl With the Whoopipg Cough"
but Beulah Binford threatens worse
indecency.-New York Press
The Wages of SIN.
In the cramped courtroom of an old
Virginia courthouse late Friday eve
ming. with the oncomlng darkness chal-
lenSed only by the yellow light of a
few oil lamps. q Judge who had heard
the word guilty" from the lips OF
twelve men. turned his face on young
man seated before him and said:
AS young man you had a respect
able family name. devoted friends; you
were relieved in large measure from
the struggle for a decent existence;
you knew no poverty. Youth, health.
long life were before you. and the fu-
ture had no evil foreboding. Life was
yours to enjoy. 1t Is sad that disap-
pointment. modification and shame
should come to you. sir. and to your
family.
BY the operation OF the law your
life Is forfeited to the community in
which you live and whose laws you
have outraged. The Judgment Of this
court Is that you be transferred TO the
State Penitenuary. and that between
sunrise and sunset on Friday. November
-, your life be taken In the manner
prescribed by lazy: and may God have
mercy ou your soul. SIR"
BY the workings OF that divine law
OF compensation. these fateful words
have gone out to every nook and cor
ner OF this land, to counterfeit, in some
measure. tho sltms Of lust that has
oozed it's way into every channel OF
publicity during the course Of tho muir
der trial thus ended
God grant they may be read. marked.
learned and inwardly Ngested by the
millions who see them-as deeply pom
dered by those who may not need the
warning as by those who must say,
aB they read them: "But for the grace
OF God. there go T."
As men count chances, Henry Clay
Beatte. Jr.. had far more and better
chances than are held by the average
youth born or reared in this land.
But the greatest chance ne Lad. the
chance to be pure. was not different
from that which Is held by every boy
born into a decent family.
That is one OF the few equal oppor.
tunities which life offers. Unfortu-
nately. 1t takes q sentence OF death
such as echoed around the world Fri
day evening to bring us 70 a realization
OF its supreme place.
good or for evil. They may help or
hinder humanity. But they lie at the
base Of the mighty mountain Of charac-
ter like worthless pebbles. for character
is Gods own seal.
And purity of thought and action is
one of the fundamentals OF character.
For the wages OF sin Is death" The
ages have proved that this law cannot
be evaded. Some men may seem to
defy II successfully. but 1t is only q
seeming. Could the books OF their
true .ives be spread open We would gee
written across many a page q record
OF inner torments wor5e than death.
Still stands at the gate OF Eden the
angel with the flaming sword. II Is the
glare OF that God-lifted blade which
causes little old Chesterfield Courthouse
to stand out against the horizon of
world interest for the moment-Phil-
adelphia North American.
The Conviction of Beattie.
The prompt return of q verdict OF
guilty in the Beatue trial gave an