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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-17
Voice Of the People
4 Milton Learning TO Play


To the Editor of Tn Times Dispatch:
Sir.-It is all right to have nurses,
surgeons, ambulances and hospitals
stationed at the bottom of tbs precI-
picA ready 10 patch UP the broken
bones OF those who fall from above:
but common sense rail at the top
of the Cliff. to prevent people from fall
ing off, is a good Thing. TOO. The Rich
mond Education Ass ociatlon recon
mends that the CITY School Board
equip Il thoroughly modern school for
tuDercular children. Good. The soon
n the better. Othor up4to-datc cities
nave them. Why not Richmond? The
least we can undertake. for the city's
children is TO cure The curse of con
sumption, which civilization has caused
ana cultivated.
The Virginia Health Bulletin. No.
io-li. on Fresh Air In Prevention
and Cure gives four pictures Of fresh
air schools, advancing a step each time
In showing the common sense use of
fresh air ms "a prov ntlve of disease.
Tia Illustrations are sick children
lying on cots, warmly wrapped. in a
Chicago open-n!r school; anemic chill
dren easy prey for consumption. sepa =
rated from tho well children ana
placed In an open-a,r school; well chill
dren studying ont ~ doors in an open
air school Of tho United Charities of
Chicago; ana wsN children working
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-17
On the Spur of the Moment
By Roy K. Moulton


There amt no man so poor that no
Gun get lot of mail from the pat
eh' medicine concerns.
iioo Feters says there amt no datc
Oh 'he calendar that comes around so
, ana SO often as the first OF the
.noi,'n. 1t seems as though when he
am Just paid his rent he is lust eoin,
~ seems as though Noah Webster
curing the course of his literary
Work' used almost every WORD I'm mo
English language.
some tellers can get rich on 81 n
Week' while others die poor on 500 -
week. 1t all depends on whether thcv
run an automobile.
Ihey are advertisin' a green hoes
race for the county fair. ana i.arn
iiisgins has bought a can of paint ana
10 ohahsih the color ot his sorrcl
mare SO she Kin qualify
since Elmer Sphinx has been writin.
rove letters to Miss Pansy Tibbitts he
Is 'h'hKlh' some Of eoin' TO corre-
spohdence school for year or two in
o'av' TO improve i'll that limo.
the noislest thing I'm the world &c
an o!d-tashioned 2-cent piece when il
u dropped in the collection platter.
J. Egbert Peavey jumped out'n he'd
sudden the other night in his now
striped pajamas and scared burriar
to death.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-17
MAN WANTED.

"Wanted-Physician sanitary cng!
ncer or other person experienced il
this field to MI the job of chairman
of the Boston Health Commission: sal
airy to start with. $4,000: more may bt
expected. Apply John +. Fitzgerald
Mayor. Boston, Mass"
This is The commercially practical
ana modern method which one of tho
I greatest American cities uses to Sc
! cure a new head for its Health Board
1 the ad. being inserted in the city's
! official publication. This is the best
! possible way TO get the right man
for the place. Cities can get results
by advertising just as merchants and
. employers can do
The municipalities of Gormany arc
the most efficient and the most pro-
Srcssive III the world When va
cancy is created in the office of bur-
Sonaster. position corresponding to
our mayor. the place is filed through
advertising. The best man is selected
from the list of applicants, and is al
ways man who has served acceptably
as burgomaster In some other CITY or
municipality. He Is promoted from one
city TO another, ana the more efficient
lie is. the greater and the more i'm
portant his job. His political afriilia-
tons are not considered in choosing
him' the chief requirement being ad-
ministrative ability. In such way
the right place finds tho right man.
The principle followed by Boston is
both right and reasonable. Eniciency
knows no geography; ability knows
no boundaries. The best man for
the job Is what is wanted.
and in getting him the city
should disregard utterly tho barriers
which sentiment and sect,onalism have
builded. Richmond, for example,
ought to be able to employ in her
service experts from other cities and
other States. Suppose that Richmond
needed Ave frst-class administrators
for her Administrative Board. who
could not be found within her city
limits. then Richmond would have 10
allow her vast business to be admin
istered by five mediocre and incom-
pctent men. all because OF an invisi-
bic line. Geography has nothing to
do with securing experts In service.
If we import engines to run our
plants. why can We not import engi-
necrs?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-17
GOOD nooKs ron cuILDnEN.

What do your children read? Prob
ably good many modern parents do
not know. They trust such things,
along with large part of training
In manners and morals, to the schools
or other social agencies and are quite
willing TO be relieved of the duty of
selecting good literature for youth
and encouraging a love for It, That
the best results in character building
through reading are not being attained
is the opinion of those who ought to
know-thc booksellers. In an address
before the booksellers convention n
big publisher Of juvenile litcrature de-
cimed that much OF the fiction for
children sold in the United States was
either worthless or dangerous.
According To this expert, many Of
these books dlstort facts, throw a
false glamor of sentiment over rcali-
ty ana so do not teach youn; people
to think sincerely and clearly; in oth-
crs. the children are always right,
while their parents arc always wrong:
In s9ine. the hero wins mis- point by
( lying or smart trickery; in some. no
'espcct is paid 10 learning and teach
ers are made butt for rihicule: some
encourage cruel and thoughtless mis-
chief. and in large majority bad
English works it's silent demoraliza-
ton. lie POINTS ont tho lact tina;
thinking booksellers cannot work ON
1 tsc principle that "it Is noieor ,,, g,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-17
Caught ON the rI,.

Some of the women viii evidently
not be satisfied until their skirts are
so tight uat they have to put them
on with shoe horn.
An expert in genealogy states that
Rockefeller descended from noble
stock but he does not say how far.
Strange to say. the history of the
sugar trust is not the sweetest story
ever told.
1t Is alleged that the las; Republic
can state convention IN Mississippi
was held on the back platform of a
street car, Some day there may be
enough Republicans III that State to
charter whole car.
And, then again. perhaps Senator
Bailey, In declaring that he will not
be candidate, is one OF the few who
recognize the psychological moment
when they meet it face to face.
Western man wrote a poem to
the Governor and was saved from ex-
ecution. In some States they would
hang man for the poetry alone
The piune crop is reported $1,000
coo pounds short this year and IL
this is so life in the boarding house
should begin to be worth living.
Mr.. Wickersham set out to blow
up tho powder trust. and the public is
still waiting to hear tho explosion.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-17
The Loss of Titanic.

1t was midnight on the deep. but no
storm was raging there.
Und!sturbed were their sleep. but soon
awoke in despair.
Could this bc-ali seemed we'll on
waters OF tho Atlantic,
Listen! as misfortune tell. the great
grief OF the Titanic.
1t was midnight on the sea. sailing
eastward to the shore.
Their hear,s we're hiled with giee. but
death sailed on before
Ihink-loved ones sailing. on. blue
waters of the Atlantic.
Waiting for the coming dawn, on that
majestic Titanic.
Hark! hear the Captains voice. wo
men. children appeared:
Then loving wives made thesr choice
bold, heroic as they feared:
Sad to think OF such fateB. lives are
helpless and frantic:
Their last hope gonc-doom awaits the
first voyage of Titanic.
Listen TO their mournful cries. when
no human arm could save:
Look TO Him above the skies, ere you
fill tho Watery grave.
was on the Atlantic:
They Ea@cd upon eternity. on that
mighty Titanic.
The band played swectly on, Nearer
My God. TO Thee;
To think OF that fatal morn brings Il
fresh to memory.
They have gone. dear hearts of ours, in
briny waters OF the deep,
Where never bloom Sweetest flowers
whore their loved ones can but
weep.
That sweet hymn deserves its nlace
when we near our earthly life.
And TO trust Him for His grace IS
enough to Danish htrifc.
Some saved NV this nymn.
upon the Atlantic,
And we bear our pain within Of the
loss of Titanic
HERBERT DUVALIA
Clifton Zorro
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-17

Gently received real and sub.;ant al
Endorsement; by the vote OF the people
at tn polls. This has been made
manifest by authorizing the levy OF a
TAX not 10 exceed cwo-tenths OF mill
on each dollar OF the assessed valua-
ton OF all property in any one gear
MI Haynes is at present In Rich
rond making a similar survey of this
city. Our citizens ar gladly cooper
at!ns with him that they may reap
tho full beneht Of his wise and expert
counsel in his enon, TO show us how
We may sub stitute fresh air for con
sumption. W. w. GILLETTE.
Richmond
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-17
KETTLE cnITICrzEs THE por

The wisdom of the outsider Is {
Wonderful thing. Ii is superhumar
because ii is all head and no heart
Listen to what the amiablc Pail Mall
Gazette Of London says editoriallv
about our presidential campaign:
The two candidates have covered
each other so thickly with mud that
! the American people may be comnelIcd
for their own dignity to find some 9th
! er occupant of the White House. Th.
/ dog fight as it has come to be called
! is "a spectacle too lamentable to nmusc
! even the distant detached onlooker.
! HnElishmen viii not forget the respect
! due to the head of Il great friendly
nation, but the manners OF this con
test are not making it easy TO remem-
ber."
There is no correction to be made
of this estimate of the present un-
pleassntness except that 1t is not n
dog fight. 1T is a game" wherein some
body is going to get sluggcd over the
ropes. 1t is democracy with its hat
in the ring. Its coat Off its manners
discarded and it's dignity gone visit
ing. 1t is lunch-coun,er exhibition
of the appetite for several cups of COT
Zee 1t is bitter, reckless struggle
for personal vindication 1t is too
iamentable for laughter and too ride
ulous for tears.
NO wonder the distant ana detached
onieoker preserves with difficulty any
respect for the Office of chief maEis-
trate IN country that settles it's no.
Iiticai destinies on the same principle
that street gamins decide their quar-
rels. And it is amazing to consider n
possible winner of this fight Offering
himself as an ambassador of peace
to warning nations. or as o pretendcr
after international honor among the
countries OF the world. The tempera-
ment of the average American may
enable him to regain n mysterious re-
spect for his President, but 1t should
not be surprising that less volatile peo-
pies may hereafter laugh up their
sleeves when the dignity OF ninety
million voices Itself in loud demands
for serious consideration. Does it
ever enter the heads of tho sweaty
sladiators that the character of the
United states is suffering from their
antics?
Yet often the blnckness of the kettle
is only darker than the inRinoss of
the pot. To us. as distant spectators.
it is not without lamentableness that
Il great friendly nation is compelled TO
feed its rebcllious women by force
through tube. 1t is very lamenta-
bic that this nation cannot regulate
It's merchant marine to safeguard life
on the ocean. We can imagine a tight
little island converted into a mud pud-
die II It's citizens had to elect king
instead of inheriting him To the on
locker human life is often very
lamentable spectacle. But the large
charity with which history is endowed
may enable posterity to find in both
the onlooker and the onlooked, some
thing of divinity struggling upward
along these queer and devious paths.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-17

the same instinct for noble literature
that they have for Jam! 1t is u good
thing that the booksellers arc waking
up to their responsibilities. but it will
be far better when parents who are
solicitous about pure food and fresh
air also learn to furnish pure food OF
the spirit for the restless. plastic minds
of childhood.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-17
Drowned I'm railing River.

Especial 10 The Timcs-DIspatch.1
Brookneal, Va. May 16.-.Joe Dris-
coll. who lived about three miles from
this place. was drowned Sunday morn
ing while attempting to swim across
Failing River to reach his home. Eff
forts TO recover the body have been
unsuccessful. Mr.. Driscoll was about
thirty eight years old. He leaves 6.
mother and sister
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-17

a. Percy Osborn, the young New
YORK lawyer who has been appointed
guardian for Ava Alice Murial Astor.
Is fine type of the millionaire and
ei''bman. who goes in for business and
works as hard as any man. \ thor.
oushsoirs sport, an expert whip. he
was scholarly star in the Harvard law
school and genuine d mocrat Of an
ar!stocrat whom everybody liked.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-17

This is tho latest problem offered
TO a world whimsically infested with
two sexes: Can n man VINO has TO
shave complete his toilet in shorter
time than woman who has to do
her ha!r? a correspondent Of the New
York Times. who signs herself with
painful veracity "a Serious Sister"
presents the feminist side OF the
case thus bitterly: Rare indeed is
the woman VINO has not sat. ready 10
depart, patient witness of n specta-
Gle that nils her either with terror
or amusement. according to her tenn
permanent. while the masculine member
OF the household affords her an opDor-
tnnity OF charging hcr vocabulary
and her knowledge OF human nature
at the sa'no time" Why a serious
mind should find fault with anytime,
mat can furnish n rare emotion like
terror, or beautiful luxury like
amusement, while charging the vocal
u!ary and broadening the view. Is dif-
hcnit TO grasp. But until the hairless
aSeb reached, we commend her 10 IN
mercies Of the twins, science and ar,
For science may perfect the safety
razor TO the point whore 1t will make
shaving safe for the bystander and
art may find a method of making tho
plastic sculpture Of the pufred and
waved couture an instantaneous pro
cess.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-17

OF course. It is Boston medical
man who says that soon our houses
VIII be htte' with electrical apparatus
to keep the air fun of high Frequency
waves that will cure rheumatism.
headache and the other thousand nat
ural shocks that flesh is heir to. This
savant must have overlooked tho high
tension conditions that exist in good
many houses now. and prove produc-
ave only OF spoiled tempers and
nerves
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-17

manufacturing campaign issues long
enough to pass tho Pepper bill. the
object OF which appeals to the patriot.
ism and to the good Judgment of the
American people
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-17
d. G. Cummings Critically HI.

Especial to Tao Times D spatchl
Bristol. Va. May 16.-State Senator
David C. Cummings. who represented
Bristol. Washington and Smyth
counties in the last Virginia Senate.
is critically i'll at his homo at Abing-
don. and fears are expressed that he
may not survive. He is about fifty
years of age. lie has been Ill for
only 4 few days.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-17
bruce Home changes Hands.

Especial to The Timcs-Dispatch
Wytheville. Va. May &c. S. Bruce
has sold his handsome residence on
Fourth Avenue to Hon. S. S. simmer
man. The trade was contaminated this
afternoon. the price being S13,5o0.
Possession will be given on October
15.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-17

"Tum tc-tum. te-tum. te-tum.
Keep on pluggin',
Tum te-tum, te:tum, te-tum.
Keep on pluggin',
Tum te-tum, te-tum, te-tum;
Tum te-tum. tc-tum. te-tum;
Tum te-tum, tc-tum te-tum;
Keep on pluggin'."
1t is as easy as purloining corfec-
tionery from baby. and SO long as
the magazine editors like II, its no
body clsc's business.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-17

Don't pledge yourself to vote for
any candidate for tho Administrative
Board yet
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-17

Political pledges made in January
should be worth nothing In June.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-17

TAFT and Roosevelt are both making
eyes and saying. 20 you oh'ol"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-17
All, Here We Arc Again.

tion that the cheer-up poem has APP
peared in now guisc. Every news
paper bard in these" United States
has taken u crack at it some time or
other. This time it is called Keep
Agoin'."
This is the way 1t starts:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-17

Jupiter Pluvius must be the only
rrrson in the world VINO really hates
basc5an
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-17

Where IS this old-fashioned man who
took IL witlIcut water?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-17

This poem has been known at vari-
GUS times as TRY Again." Wear a
smile" Don't Give Up" "BucKle In
Push Ahead" Don't Say Die" Fight
1t Out etc. etc 1t is the greatest
money making poem ever written. as
IL has been sold to magazines at least
three or four times a month for the
past twenty years, always with a new
title and few new words. II almost
writes itself. All YOU have to do is to
sit down at the Typewriter and pound
thusWse:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-17

9onnds Very much Ike The descrlp-
lions the OLD Confois give Of that
nfty-year-old apple brandy that was
passed around In spoonfuis at re-
cent reunion somewhere near. Ifous
tom
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-17
his is the way 1T starts:

when you think you're down and
out
Keep a-goin'.
Take the benefit OF the doubt.
Keen a-EOin'"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-17

An apostrophe to New Jersey apple.
jack was delivered the other day nv
Senator MARITIME:
ut is righ in aroma, delicious as nm
iHioNichnt promoting health, hanpl-
ness and long eNity. Why, Mr. Pres.
ueht' atter a couple Of drinks OF New
Jersey applejnck they would NOT bo
able 10 detect the colors In rain.
bow"
Sounds very much like the descrlp-
New-York tribune., 1912-02-04
POPULATION ALL MEN.

There is womanless republic on a
peninsula south of Macedonia, In Greece,
where 10000 men live. studying and pray
ing constantly, and where policemen guard
the course to keep out women pilgrims and
other persons who would make undesirable
guests. Professor Caspal Reno Gregory,
theologian of the University of Leipzig,
student of biblical manuscripts. who To-
Gated in Kansas City recently at the Fine
Arts institute, told OF this most unique of
all countries
'.The place is Mount Athos, classic penin-
sula of Akte, the easternmost OF three little
peninsulas below Macedonia" Professor
Gregory explained. ut Is called Mount of
the Twenty Monasteries, and was used in
ancient times as a signalling station to Asia
Minor. 1t is real republic There are
10 600 monks there who govern themselves
without interference from Turkey or any
other country. There are, however, no
government buildings, no president or other
THE only police force is composed of
men who patrol the coast 10 keep out
women and men who have no permit 10
enter this most exclusive OF countries. Only
those who have a letter of permission from
the Greek patriarch in constantinople are
allowed 10 enter the holy place. The holder
Of the letter must present ,sIs !, ,h HSrses' the
some reports have IL. Professor Gregory
said, that this republic was formed in the
ninth century. II Is said that the foot of
woman has not touched the soll or the place
for centuries All the monks represent the
Creek Catholic Church. They work the
soil some but live chiefly upon contribu-
tions from pilgrims. ProoaDIS tne greatest
collection OF biblical manuscripts Is In the
monasterIes Of this republie.-kansas City
Star. ...-..--------------------
New-York tribune., 1912-02-04
STRANGE BEDS.

| Habit conceals all sorts of abslrdities. il
makes one ache to see an illustration of a
japanese sleeping block, hollowei out just
enough to permit Of the neck being adjust.
| ed thereto. The Germans notion of night
repose does not come much nearer our idea
OF comfort There are many Ill made and
unsatisfactory beds (from the American
point of view to be found in the Kaiser
! dominions.
German beds, almost without exception,
are single-so much so, indeed, that the
occupant II he attempts to devIate an inch
or two from his position, fiIds himself
sprawling on the floor. The sheets bed
blankets, etc, are made just to fit the beds,
and are never wide enough to tuck in.
They are seldom more than an inch or two
wider than the mattress, and it requires
the skill and experience of an acrobat,
especially in the case of foreigner. TO
Keep the bedclothes evenly balanced over
one.
Many of the German hotels use the
french pillow which is about half the size
OF the mattress and stuffed out so hard
and plump that about the only benefit the
tired traveller gets from Ii Is to have II
serve as a rest for his back while he sleeps
In sitting position. The majority of pill
lows found in Germany, however, are
wedge-sllaped, Of the same material as the
mattress, and come to a point near the
he sleeps rests on an inclined plane, and
looks like a body on one OF the narrow
planks at the Morgue i'm Paris with a
sheet thrown over it.-HaTper's Weekly.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-04
AMNEsTIEs OF RARE OCCURRENCE

Amnesties are few and far between.
especially those which restore TO the
benefited the rights of citizenship. Ma
poleon III granted an amnesty TO all po-
litical offenders at the close of his VIC
torious campaign in Italy in 1883, and
his uncle, the first Emperor of the
French, issued a similar amnesty after
his return from Elba. The present
French Republic on the recommendation
Of Gambetta, issued in January, 1879.
an amnesty in favor Of the 2.245 men
and women sentenced TO various forms
of penal servitude for their participation
| in the Commune insurrectiOn of 1871,
one Of the persons thus benefited being
Camille Barrere, to-day French Ambas-
sador TO Rome.
England has enacted four amnesties
namely, at the time of the Stuart res
toration, in 1861, and after the two
Jacobite rebellions, in 1115 and 1145,
and again in 1908 TO the Beers. En-
peror Francis Joseph granted an am
nesty in 1867 TO all those concerned IN
the Hungarian insurrection of 1919, one
Of its leaders, Count julius Andrassy,
who had escaped the gallows only by
fight. subsequently being appointed by
him to the Chancellorshlp of the Dual
Empire.
Here in the United States amnesties
were granted in 1860 and again in 1871
to all those concerned In the Confederate
struggle against the Union. And, thanks
to this, Confederate statesmen and SOL
diers have developed into stanch cham
pions of Uncle Sam, and have achieved
distinction by the brilliancy of their SER
vices to the United States. 1t was the
amnesty, in TACT, that rendered It pos
sible for President Mckinley to intrust
the command of the cavalry in the brief
but successful war with Spain to that
gallant ex-Confederate general, Joe"
Wheeler. EX-AITACHE