The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-16
CURRENT COMMENT
Courtesy in ti,c Home

Courtesy In the Home.
f-9he source of unhapptness in family Is
the lack Of courtesy between it's members Be-
cause they are in daily contact. they are just
own folks" and carelessness in conduct follows.
This breeds indifference and leads to quarrels.
The omission OF thank you. or please or
good morning or good night" has been the
rift within the Lutte" and it has caused unhap-
piness and wrecked the lives of more than
few married people.
This indifference carelessness leads to
disregard OF the feelings and wishes Of others
and things done that would have been
avoided had affection been kept warm by care
full thought and the little gracious attentions
that count for SO much.
Real harm comes from not=rightiy- under
standing one another in famiiy--from the
lack OF ready and warm sympathy "A great
help to this understanding and sympathy Is in
according to ones own family all those pleasing
courteous attentions that one offers to friend
or guest or stranger. OF Importance TO
them. much more 80 is 1t to ones own family
1t costs but little effort and thought and
soon 1t becomes habitual.
The good influence that courtesy exerts upon
children and the happiness it adds to the home
cannot be estimated. Practieing it will make
life more pleasing to all you know and to your
self we!l--Milwaukee Journal.
Where tho Law 10 Impotcnt.
Pennsylvania attorney general has been
forced to the extreme step of asking a change
of venue in the Coatesve lynching cases.
Through one OF his deputies he will take the
unprecedented action OF asking the Supreme
Court to order the remaining trials to be held
elsewhere than in Chester county. where the
notorious OHenSe t0Ok pace
He makes allegation of unfairness or in
competence on the part of two judges who have
presided in the trials thus far held. On. the
contrary, he says these officials have done
everything in their power to effect justice. but
the race prejudice that exists in every class OF
society has not only prevented conviction
heretofore, he says, but would, he Is confident
bring about the removal Of both 3uFists from
the bench II 1t were possible to accomplish such
the trs nss pas no to the
| evidence. and every defendant who admitted
| completely in the lynching have been acquitted
Six men have been arraigned and every one
of them has gone Free with the evident APP
prevail of the entire community
The condition is fairly appalling Justice
becomes a Kissing and byword where such
circumstances exist. What influence can be
held responsible for this utter disrespect for
| settling revelation has been made for many
years than its occurrence Mob rule Is
shown In its worst form in Chester county by
the enforced application of the Commonwealth
that the venue be changed from the locality
of the crime because public opinion there pre-
Guides due legal process Have We more
Chester counties in the United States? VINO
can say?-Detrot Free Press.
to Alaska Affords tsrandest Views.
NO country in the world affords more beau-
tiful scenery than does own and while the
lands of the North and West of US may not
/ be particularly inviting at this season, can
than to Alaska said c. H. Holland. at the
Hotel Ponchartran. Mr.. Holland spent many
years IN Alaska as an engineer anu p.opecaoi.
The boat trip from Vancouver Is the most
delightful that imagine. The steamers
that ply from there to Skagway are the best
| that operate the coast. and it take about
! four days to make the trip. The Straits OF
Georgia and other fnets are truly wonderful
and as the steamer cuts through the water
the land rises to height of 1000 more
! fee, sheer bluff One never grows tired
of looking at the scenery
"Once in Alaska, the tourist will md the
Yukon the most wonderful of rivers, for IL is
navigable 1900 miles, which is a greater dis
lance than any other stream Boats OF the
| Mississippi river style ply the waters.
! Alaska continues to turn out goid IN great
quantities.. and understand that there has been
another strike and the prospectors have beer
hurying to the SCENE. Aside from It's minera
| wealth, it is becoming great summer resort
| as each year finds the steamers doing bet
| ter business. and having been in many parts
| of the world suggest that trip In Au-
gust Is superior to any Of which I know for
the midnight Is something that will cling
| to memory for all times.'-Detroit Free Press.