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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-03

No matter what one may write, say
and think about the emptiness and
hanlelsssness of anonymous letters
II will not prevent even the most sen
sible man from being upset, by such
Il letter informing him of the faith
iessness of the woman he loves. even
IL he has the most profound respect
fer this worna n The fact is wet f're
anonymous letter at least awakens the
mind of Inc iayer to tn.s eerftn.e
problem. What lies hidden behind
the serene forehead OF my beloved?
What do / really know OF her
thoughts
No matter how devoted and sincere
she may appear to you, tho sensible
man knows perfectly well that he does
not know everything about her. One
eo,sl shall always remain mystery
to the other. II is confidence which
ts abdication, voluntary blindness,
This Is what tina infamous et-ef
paper without any sigma ture recalls
TO the mind of the lover. when it says
20 him That woman lies to you-"
II In very seldom that the subject Of
= woman's letter Is it's real object
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-03

which ia selfish. unkind. thoughtleas
or wicked. no matter how you may
prosper here and how In worldly
way, will come upon you In personal
experiences when you return to earth,
as you must return. until the fesson
OF life IL learned. Whatever you are
doing that Ii good and worthy and
unseinsh and kind. whatever means
universal benefit to the race. that, too,
will come and shape your destiny into
harmony and beauty.
Whatever your place in life today.
whatever your position. It has been
made by your own actions here OF In
former life. But this result. which
we call "karma." II given you to
change and alter and shape into beau
tiful ends, II you will
And whatever the selfshness, the
cruelty, the lack of appreciation Of
her responsibilities which charac-
terfxed the old Incarnation Of tho
writer OF the letter given above, she
has certainly made Good Karrna"
for the next by her mental attitude
to life and her patient performance Of
difficult duties.
It II TO be hoped that tho people or
her own race, who are In a position
to be In any way helpful. will AID
this remarkable woman to publish
her works There are large societies
Of successful colored people in Boe-
ton. Washington, Richmond and other
places. wh5 might start sHbserip-
ton list OF names Of those who would
promiae to buy ono or moro copies OF
her book
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-03

1t makes our Creator of all the vast
systems of worlds the absolutely Just
Being, which He cannot be made to
seem by any other process Of reason
| ing.
Our spiritual ego comes from the
Creative Source, all pure Spirit; 1t
/ begins (of its own volition) to take on
forms and with each form there are
desires: and when We have found
there Is no real happiness In forms
! and desires, we return all Spirit to
the Source again. Between each In
earnation, death occurs. death Of the
form body: and we pass into various
planes Of spiritual lire. various heav-
ems. purgatories. or hells. which are
simply the worlds created out OF our
thoughts and actions Then we again
Idle" In these realms. and come back
for another experiment
Christ has finished all his expert
ments. and was indeed ''one with the
Father" as We all VIII be in time.
The following letter but adds one
more small link in the long chain OF
evidence which life has fashioned to
| link my own belief with these eternal
verities. The extract Ii given word
| FOR word and letter by letter as It
was receised. Some personal passa ges
only are omitted:
For about fifteen years have been
d.sirous OF publishing a collection of
| prose and verse. not mat feel In any
! great degrees that they could ever
be considered meritorious. but | have
tasted the crp of human sorrow md
disappointment, ana feel that ought
| to be helpful to others for this very
reason. 1 have called rly collection
Driftwood. because they are just bits
40 -
Of amy own life. '+taa n Nh 4 s3gs' sssss'rss'
II have been. for sthe past seventeen
years. the sole provider for an aged
aunt and two children. have waited
j patiently for the opportunity to use
whatever talent I may possess. While
am colored woman. feel strongly
| that I have by divine direction been
placed among my group OF people
for a specific purpose.
love all things Orient l, and al
though l have experienced privations.
yes, poverty. In all Of its humiliatinE
forrns. stiIl when / and fayself In the
midst OF luxurious surroundings, or
breathing cultured atmosphere.
feel az II II am but renewing the ex-
periences OF some former period. My
children are now able to care for
Themselves, the dear old aunt has
passed into the real life, and now
my thoughts. and energies are CENTER
ed In the publishing OF Driftwood.
Financially ! am utterly hAndi-
capped. for the burdens Of tho years
have left me bare Of any means. but
believe that what I need d the
renewal OF hopeful thoughts.' which
Will eventually bring ths material re-
sults. win you kindly give me your
best thoughts for the need IN my
life!
II love all things Of earth. / am
glad for the beauty and strength OF
the hills and flowers and IN them, ali
I find the creator! M
Happily ] have the priyeleEa az
being keeniy alive to the amusing
side Of life, and have the love of
many friends. and even though al
the years OF my life I have felt
'ionAiy Araid ths multitude. STU you
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-03
APHORISMS
: BY MARCH. PROVOST. Member french Academy.

Woman uses the letter as she uses hef
eyes, her smile, her dress, her words
/ n very distinct and very conscious
purpose which Is very much different
from the normal and apparent one,
Every woman uses the letter, If not
as a mask, at least az veil.
a woman who has never written
at all, or who has never written any
letters that were compromising. has
never loved. And / doubt IL she has
been loved very much.
The letters of mem What iniser-
able and poor literature
When man. even the most super
Tor, tinds himself obliged to write a
few pages to a woman he loves, il is
as If he We're suddenly stricken with
inceTabiiity and utter loss Of mental
power. his mind beconces sterile
'All the letters have received from
you during my absence" sag a wo-
man to her lover, told me that 1t
had annoyed you to write Some
were silly. some, were bright and
witty, some long and some short, gone
correct and some brutal, but no mat
ter what was their tone and style,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-03

| they told Of boredom and enforced
J label. That Is the difference between
| the letters men write and yours. Even
| when We love you no longer, we love
| to write To you. To you men nothing
| but the actual presence seems worth
the effort Of giving up your usual
equanimity."
Lie for lie, mask for mask. betray
al for betrayal. long live Re feminine
letter, which is sincere in one respect
at Ieast--it pleases her sincerely to
lie beautifully and cleverly.
The position of the fashionable sin
neress has some Inconvenience and
Several advantages.
The Inconvenience are the famil-
iarity of certain ill-brel men, the
tongue Iashings of ugly women who
are virtuous by force of necessity.
and in one word the atmosphere OF
contempt in which such a woman
lives.
In return she enjoys many advan
tages
First Of all, she is an object of in
terest, of curiosity, just as is mil
lionaire, or great artist. she has
part to tsi4tp-4n-t fe-e5medy OF the
world. while the night before she was
admitted only as spectator. She is
considered bea Qtlfui, bflsnt anu WHY
and her gowns are admitted to be
marvels OF elegances
The most annoying thing in life is
that when you have some moments of
real happiness you do not realize It
while they last. but only long time
afterwards. when they have passed.
Those who have not suffered from
the feeling OF being homeless and
lonely in the midst OF srowd, with
a moral anguish hidden like a. secret
m9lady 10 not really know what suf-
fesing means.
All that moralists say about con-
science does not prevent 1t from
speaking least loud and clear when
you need its advice most
Yon see. doctnr. e3ary. happiness on
earth Is founded on transaction be-
tween dream and reality"
Jaufre shook his head and replied
not without bitterness:
THAT means my friend, that in
every lasting happiness here below
there is a grain of human coward-
ice"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-03

will understand when say that
am 'giHG III life
What I need Il to be strengthened
mentally; have let 60 my hold
somehow on the hopefuiness OF for.
mer days: / have lost my way, and
80 out OF my heart write to one
who understands. ! have had some
little experiences AZ public speaker.
and while shrink from publicity,
still feel that l have a message.
On. am SO heart hungry Tor men
tai encouragement. need the
strength. and again ask you to give
me your thought sfor my hearts de-
sire.
OLIVE WARD BUSH.
s32 fremont street.
Boston, Mass"
In all probability this woman lived
long ago in Egypt. and occupied some
position Of eminence and liver. which
she misused. Therefore, she waa
sent back. by the answering law OF
justice to learn by personal exper-
fence the worth OF human kindness
and sympathy.
She came in Z humble position, and
was obliged TO care for and aid those
who doubtless in her other life suf-
Tered from her neglect. Possibly
Cleopatra herself may be living in
this lowly form, and by her heart
hungry, and disappointmentS, and
, hardships. developing those tender
and compassionate qualities which
the great cruel queen lacked. For
that is Just the way the law works
Whatever you are doing today
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-03

Not one item-nor one word-in
or volume of advertising for
this sale should be passed over
hastily. Each one bears an
emphatic message to YOU OF ex-
fvaordinary values giving
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-03
We Start Monday a New Career of Energy

gratitude and
Its agreeable
~ uedginef line Of r1ia g'ng The
and and that prepared
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-03
The Greatest Retailing Event in the Histor,

This sale is intended Business Builder not prot
yale-evne that will reward the faithful and bring thouse
statement make in advertisements will more than
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-22

sumfnoning witnesses from Penn
sylvania that state might as well
move its capitol to Washington.
All its politicians will be there.
Myrtle, Miss.-Posses are pur-
suing 8 men who tried to wreck
Frisco Limited by piling ties on
track near here last night. Be
lieved same men who held up Q.
& c. at Hattiesburg. Limited was
late and freight ran into ties.
Minneapolis. = William Jen-
nings Bryan addressed Methodist
General Conference on "The
Price of a Soul" Wouldn't talk
politics.
South Bend, Ind.-Indiana De-
partment, G. A. R., began second
day of its 33rd annual encamp-
ment today with l 500 delegates
registered and 5000 additional
visitors in city.
Fort Wayne, Ind.-Captain AL
Ian H. Dougall, one of the best
known veterans in Indiana, died
at the home of his son-in-law,
Senator Stephen B. Fleming, to-
day.
Washington Senator Cum
minis, Iowa, has submitted favor
able report on Works 6-year-
single term for our presidents
measure.
Indianapolis. Dental
Association says laws ought to
give better definition of just what
dentistry is.
The last gentleman we heard
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-22

Columbus, O.-From completes
returns it is quite evident that
the Mother of Presidents was
real peeved yesterday and sent
one of her children to bed with
out supper.
Washington.-Taft is back
home. He looks i'll. There is
growing conviction here that
March 4. 1913, will be moving day
at the White House.
New York.-Coroner Feinberg
wants law making baseball bats
deadly weapons.
Now look what the gentle Ty-
rus has been and gone. and done.
Middletown, N. Y.-Frank
Meyers stole flowers from graves.
10 months.
London.-"The result of the
Ohio primary is the finish of the
judicial mind in demagogic poll
itics. The sooner it is retired
from the dog fight the BETTER
Editorial in today's Pail Mall Ga
zette.
Yes, indeed, our English cous-
ms are enjoying the presidential
situation very much, James.
Westheld, MaSs.-Dr. R. D.
Earle, veterinary, who kills 800
dogs every year, has invented
electric chair for them, so they
will not suffer"
London.-Wives and mothers
picketed Garston Hobbin factor
les to prevent husbands and sons
o6ino on strike. kent EN- on the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-02-18
SPRANC ON A LIMOUSINE,
Fifth Avenue Crowd Thought He Was
Bandit, but Police Say Drunk.

A handsome limousine with the light
inside revealing two fashionably gowned
women was turning slowly around from
Fifty-ninth street into Fifth avenue,
bound northward, last night when the
passing crowd saw man leap of west
bound Fifty ninth street trolley and make
a mad dash for the machine. He jumped
on the running board and the or owd
gasped for a second then men ran toward
the machine to tear him on.
Another holdup." some one shouted,
and the crowd got thicker and ran faster
out into the roadway.
The women in the machine screamed.
The chauffeur put on full speed and the
machine shot ahead at a terrific pace. II
was in front OF the Metropolitan Club
in a fash and in a sudden swing to one
side threw OF the boarder like Q bag OF
mail shot on a transcontinental flyer.
He rolled over and over and landed In
the gutter. The machine sped up the
avenue.
Policemen Fitzpatrick and Sheehan
were on top OF the man in minute, imme-
diately to discover that they had not
found taxicab bandit. The circus per-
former had been a patient in the New
York Orthopedio Hospital at I2e East
Fifty ninth street with a bad knee. the
police learned, and evidently wanted ex :
at first. but the police Of the East Sixty
seventh street station found that he was
Alexander Nordgren of 34S Atlantic ave
nue.. Brooklyn, He was locked I'D On a
charge OF intoxication and disorderly con
duct.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-02-18
$4,000 FOR MENTAL HYGIENE.
Gift VIII Finance National Movement "a
Aid the Insane.

A gift OF $50. 900 was announced at the
fourth annual meeting OF the National
Committee for Mental Hy giene. held yes
terday afternoon at tho Hotel Manhattan.
The money is Immediately available.
The donor. who has requested that no
public mention of his name be made at
present, has promised another gift Of
$50 600 toward q permanent endowment
fund as soon as $500, 900 has been raised.
This gift makes possible the active in
auguration OF a national movement for
mental hygiene, the first, SO far as known,
undertaken in any country. IL will take
the form OF a systematic effort to improve
conditions affecting the insane as we'll ss
the education of the sane on the subject
of mental disorders. their known causes,
prevention and cure.
The work provided for by the gift 10
to be started at once in the form of a
survey OF the national field. to be made
by a special subcommittee OF which DR..
William l.. Russell. superintendent OF
Bloomingdale Hospital. is chairman. DR..
Thomas W. Salmon OF the United States
Public Health ami Marine Hospital Ser
vice. who has been granted a leave OF
of the active work OF the survey. The
National Committee for Mental Hygiene
has opened an Office in the Germania
Life Insurance Building. 50 Union Square
The officers elected at the meeting are
President. DR.. Lewellys F. Barker Of
Johns Hopkins University; vice. -presi-
dents-Dr. William H. Welch of Johns
Hopkins medical school. DR.. Charles p.
Bancroft. superintendent Of the New
Hampshire State Hospital. Concord. N
H.; treasurer, Otto T. Barnard, president
of the New York Trust Company; chair
man Of the executive committee. DR..
George Blumer. dean OF the Yale medica,
school; chairman Of the finance COM
mittee, Prof. Russell H. Chittenden.
director OF Sheffield Scientific School OF
Yale University; secretary Clifford W.
Beers.
The chief object OF the national COM
mittee, after it shall have collected the
facts, is to coordinate all work for mental
health and the treatment Of mental dis
orders throughout the country. 1t aims
to make its headquarters clearing house
for the prosecution OF this work
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-02-18
NERO CARRIED RESCUE LINE.
Police Deg Swan to Ferry Launch Help
.. less ON Floating Ice.

Nero. q Newfoundland dog. who makes
his home with the police Of Harbor Squad
b. carried a line to the Morrisania yester-
day afternoon when that 80 foot gaso-
lene launch was stuck in the Joe of North
Brother Island. The Morrisania plies
as a ferry between the lSsth street pier
She ran her nose high on an ice foe soon
after leaving the island. There were
seven passengers aboard. including Mrs.
Charles Bittorf, wife Of the steward Of the
Morrisania Yacht Club on South Brother
Island, and her two children. Alfred and
Robert.
With her prov tipped up and oanting
to the wash Of the tide tho boat drifted
rapidly up the river. Capt. Gustave
Gustavsen footed his whistle vigorously
and other craft took up the alarm. Lieut..
Mott put out from the lar nding Of Harbor
Squad B at the foot of East l20th street
with a police launch containing three
policemen and Nero. The ice had hedged
around the foe in which the Morrisania
was stuck and the police launch could
not edge her way through. A light line
was tied to Nero and he went overheard
with a splash.
Now and then he struck an ice cake
which would bear his weight and clam
bered up on 1t. but most Of the way he
had to swim. II took him about fifteen
minutes to make the two or three hundred
feet to the stranded launch. By that
shsy Sere wb. fne east o end Of
himself the men ON the Morrsania hauled
aboard heavier line and the two crews
began to pull themselves together. the
police hacking passage through the ice
with axes and boathooks as they came. ,
the Morrisania it was not hard Job to
haul her OF the ice. She was towed to
the pier at l3sth street and her pas sengers
went home with kind words for Nero.
Besides Mrs. Bittorf and her children
the passengers were: ". s Kemp. 554
East Hist street; Charles Bryant. 4 Peek-
man avenue; Charles Kaiser. GOT East
i3sth street. ard William Water OF 5i2
East 1s3d street, The Bronx.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-02-18
NO CLAIM FROM MISS CAMERON.
Hawley Estate Lawyers Have Not Heard
From Her or Her Attorney,

From Her or Her Attorney.
Although a report was current yester.
day that Miss Margaret Cameron, house.
keeper for Edwin Hawley. had returned
to Mr.. Hawley's home. at 10 East SiS-
tieth street. yesterday. it was denied at
the house that she was there. Servants
said that she had not been in the Sixtieth.
street house since she disappeared dsv
or two after it was learned that Edwin
Hawiey had died intestate.
At that time there was q conference of
the prospective heirs at law at the Office
OF StaIchfield d Levy and Miss Cameron
appeared. Some OF the heirs had been
quoted in the newspapers as having said
that Miss Cameron would be taken care
OF in the disposition of the estate; Others
sad s she wouldn't get ANYTHING: When
Mics Cameron left the lawyers Offices she
wouldn't say what the result Of the con-
ference as TO her was. but IL was vident
that she was not pleased. She has not
been heard from since by Stanc hfield 4
Levy, who want to see whether IL is true
that she has found a will or has deeds
to the Hawley homo on Sixtieth str eet
and to his country estate at Babylon, as
has been reported.
A story to the effect that Edwin Hawlev
had sworn OF his taxes in New York
county and was resident OF Suffolk
county, where his country home was, and
that therefore his estate could not he
administered in this county, brought this
response yesterday from John B. Stanch-
field:
There is nothing in the story at all
Mr.. Hawley was on Il Sheriffs jury not
long ago. which could not have been
had he not been a legal resident here
He has always said he was a resident Of
this town, and have other reasons be-
sides his word to know that his residence
was here"
Mr.. Stanchfield said that he has not
had any word lately from Miss Cameron.
and has not heard from any ATTORNEY
representing himself as her counsel.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-02-18
TWO WOMEN HELD Up
At THIRD AVE. BRIDGE
Four Italians With RevOlve RS
Knocked Them Down and
Took Mrs. Nelson's Purse.
MEN CAUGHT AFTER CHASE
Detectives Shot to Stop. Them--Attack
at Foot Of Bridge Stars
Was Brutal.

Two women were held up by four high
waymen at the foot Of the stairs leadin &
to the Third avenue bridge at Third ave-
nue. and i30th street at e:30 O'Clock last
night. Revolvers were held to their
faces and both women were knocked
down. One OF them was robbed Of q
purse and both were left lying on the
stairway.
The women were Rose Nelson. wife OF
John Nelson. travelling salesman, who
lives at eie East lSeth street. and her
niece. Miss Mary Wollitt OF 2i4 West
l27th street. They were on their way
to Mrs. Nelson's home. As they started
to climb the stairs four men, who they are
sure were Italians. came up behind them.
Two showed revolvers into the faces Of the
women and ordered them not to scream
At almost the same instant the women
were knocked down by blows on the back
Of the head.
Mrs. Nelson was carrying n purse in
her hand. One of the men snatched this
from her and found only a gold bracelet
and % in cash. The four men cursed the
women for not having more money with
them and as the women got TO their feet
two of the men struck them in the face
with their fists. knocking them back TO
the steps. The men then ran away.
Passersby found the women and they
were assisted to the East i2eth street
police station and turned over to the
matron. who bathed their bruises. Act
ing Capt. Tunney. in charge Of the de-
seotives in the precinct. turned out sev-
eral men and dozen policemen in uni
form joined in the work
Two OF the detectives, Thompson
and Bryan. few minutes later picked up
four men at l24th street and Lexington
avenue. The men turned from Lexing-
ton avenue into 116th street and then
went east. turning up Third avenue.
At 10th street they saw the detectives
following them and started to run. The
detectives stopped them with bullets sent
over their heads and took them to the
station house. There Mrs. Nelson and
her niece identified the four as the men
who had attacked them.
The prisoners said they were Tony
Rosso. 81. of $50 East 10sth street; Tony
Marino. 2s. OF sos East iOoth street; John
Trinato, 81. of $50 East iesth street. and
Tony Gelorumo. 20 years old. Of 1882 First
avenue. No revolvers were found on the
prisoners, nor was the money or the
bracelet found. The four were locked
up on charges Of assault and robbery.