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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-05
BASEBALL ETHICS.

Probably the most nearly universal
emotion felt by the American people
in times of peace is the interest in the
worlds championship baseball series.
The country for the next week will be
tingling with eagerness to know the
result Of the contest between the
Giants and the Red SoX. Whatever
arouses such vital interest must re-
feet in many ways the spirit OF the
land, and it is worth while noting
how practical ministers are taking ad-
vantage of the hero worship in every
youth to impress the sound lessons OF
baseball ethics.
In New York a minister preached a
Sermon, You're Out" to an audience
composed of boys and FIVE members OF
Mugsy McGraw's fighting Giants. Be-
fore a mems society of a st. Louis
church, Bob" Harmon. the winning
pitcher on the Cardinals. of that city.
gave q lecture on his art. One Of the
lessons Of his discourse concerns the
10 StdI1u prosperity. SLEW -
his opinion. the Athletics lost the PEN
nant this year because they were too
fortunate financially last fall.
In contrast to the old view of the
rowdy ball player who drank and lived
as a sport is the attitude of the New
York clergyman. He says: Few men
have as much influence in morals by
their example as baseball men, No
honest player need be ashamed Of his
business. He must see t. it that the
game is not dragged down by CONNER
cialism, gambling, crookedness or bad
living"
There are finer things to be sought
than the physical virtues of baseball
but If the sport and the players teach
sound lessons Of cleanliness and cour-
are. its hold on the heart Of vigorous
people is not difficult to explain.
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remember spot that IL shady ano
Where earth with its gorgeous beauty
The green hills and valleys and nouns
tains grand
Speak of God and His angels as you
stand
In Old Virginia.
The sun shines more fair, the moon
gives more light.
The stars in the ornament are sranoef
at night.
where all 10 SO peaeefui-'tis there you
can rest
From SORROW and care in this dear
peaceful nest,
In Old Virginia
The birds lift in rapture their voices
A. they All seem to say: "'Tis the
garden OF love.
This garden of Joy. where love reigns
v,u aon't want to wake. but just
dream and dream
In Old Virginia &,
I've wandered away to = far distant
No more % mins'e with that happy
Where beauty and love all around you
can see. ,,v.
Take me back and again let me Nv
In Old virginia
Washington
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WANTED"

What people want Is an illuminating
comment upon their social and politl-
cal condition. The want column" of a
newspaper Is a better source for his
torical data than most speeches by
statesmen. From it a stray Marian
might gain much valuable insight into
our civilization. not otherwise to be
obtained. Consider the human interest
and light upon the ferment in modern
Britain in these want ads. picked at
random from Scotch and English
papers.
A graduate of a, university wants
boys to tutor. He guarantees himself to
be an "agnostic and vegetarian" Could
anything be in sharper contraa to the
Victorian age than this painful effort
to convince up-to-date parents that
their sons will come under no con-
terminating medieval influences? He
believes in nothing except food fad.
His students will have no faith save
in the emciency Of cereals. They will
have no solid Drawn in their bodies
or minds. AS a proof OF the topsy-
turvy spiritual conditions OF England,
seeking in a thousand cults surcease
from its own unrest. this advertise
ment is ! classic.
For those who believe that most OF
this unrest is due to poverty there Is
a queer morsel of evidence in the offer
Of an established firm to give high
est possible prices for old false teeth
Since most old false teeth must be the
gruesome relics Of death. it needs the
pinch of terrible poverty to make the
scant gold in such souvenirs matter
of barter. Life that demands the saw
ing of old false teeth is admirably
calculated to raise a generation OF
vezetarians who cannot chew and ag-
nostics submerged in squalor until
they see no ray Of light.
The struggle of women to enter All
professions is not legend. Two tail
maids" want places as servants, and
add as a recomme ndation that they
can carve and valet" Valetins
might have been judged so peculiarly
a masculine profession as to have been
free from feminine competition. but
here is evidence that the male Wallets
can form no union against their sis
,ers. 1t is dificult to explain this
otherwise. unless it be that feminist
movement among the classes had leo
certain enfranchised ladies to call their
maids by the douehtier title OF val
cts" Perhaps American wants may
be equally Informative. but none couid
a.,ict an era more graphically.
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demonstrate the comparative futiiity
and positive detriment OF such al.
nistration--recent history speaks an
too plainly. Witness the constant
playing Tor partisan advantage. the
incessant shifting Of responsibilities.
the perpetual evasions. which nave
served only to maintain turmoil anu
uncertainty at a time when dennite
ness. above all things. was most 10
be desired. Such situation invar,-
ably invited demagcgic proposals
which would never be countsaanced
IL there existed q possibility OF their
being effective. Moreover IL is q
patent fact that Mr.. Taft has forfeited
the authority which ordinarily per-
tains to his great Office Never beiore
have a Presidents vetoes been over
ridden so casually or PRESIDENTS
most solemn admonitions been treated
so nonchalantly by Congress.
There is much more Of the same line
Of argument conclusive Of the TACT
that should Mr.. Taft be reelected ne
would be impotent Of accomplishment
The above. however, which cannot De
sainsayed. ought to be. all other con-
sideration apart. all sufncient to de-
termine the result against Mr.. TAFT
and in favor Of Woodrow Wilson. from
the simple view point Of the economic
and business interests. which are so
dependent upon tranquility and dem
niteness The article answers con-
vincingly. comprehensively. and In de-
tail the question why Wilson," II
the American people would be true TO
the traditions and the principles OF
the Republic. politically. and loyal Ito
the fundamental national doctrine OF
the greatest good to the greatest
number.
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sUIzER.

I, No. the wisest Dcr the worst can
eisa,e that the Democrats could have
nominated for the gorvernorship Of
Eew York Is William Sglzer. Hc
could 70; have been named 10 he had
not been acceptable 20 Boss Murphy.
and yet ne!ther Richard Croker nor
Murphy was strong enough 20 deprive
Air, OF bis seat H. Congress had eth
~S Of these po~erfuI machine Icasers
desired 10 DC 60. sulzer has been an
Independent CossEessmsa tn his own
ntssr.ct and more thaa once angered
fsnmsay b. his Independents. he
ms the Only Democrat who refused
- Join fhe combination of New Yorl
CITY censres<ren In their support o.
Upesker csnno='s Interpretation o.
sne rules o. the House Of R.presen
eassves BY which Cannon was re;aine,
. power by Democrats and Resub
Asesn support
ssissrs Legislative record has IN
susssseessse popular appeal III
ls>msa the cengressssnai resossfso
~ sbs Greet election % GATED state
osusssss ~ ne Dsspss; - frsosl u
4sese.3 sssoos go Ssls; - frames q
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QUERlEs&
ANSWERS


PrrseS<0eial RagAts.
r, .eems that Mr.. TAFT tneenos 70
save certain serviceabls frsenos "
nl.cine ali fourth-cIass pOstmasten
vr,.r the civil service" rules 20 iut-
ni.h them shelter when the senss"es
comes. Will Mr.. Wilson De oooao "
this acfion2
For the most part. civil service.
IKE the pension appropriation mas
been n gam Two can play az
ZANE ana Mr.. wHsou u provioeo
Wiz, quite perspicacity snougs 20 -
through Mr.. Taft. thick a. shat ee"..e
man Is. A President could exerS
n. general prerogative which woosv
nina his successor, nor can Conetess
i've to one President power (exceps u
cevfain directions like ths making OF
coosr.cts. etc, 60 do things wmsco
successor msy not undo he ny reas
lard. Mr.. wilson v not IN the ieass
20 h, snflucnced by the plank IN tnS
shipwreck- and the ~save VINO can
which your fat friend" may Ssviss
for the comfort and sustensnce Of pa
,rsc4s 20 vhom Q vote has long been
hoa,A ana ,cAeing. sd as the pros
p<cs b. most Of thess gentlemen are
doomed. and one .sopes. when they ay
Asvu ehs unspeakable burdens Of thess
present Jobs and get the chance %
~ m p~sce. that the old cry Of Lssia
rsvulry. O. Socsm Wossosseus. may svv'y
ana they give place % better men
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r. .h. Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
sir.-In Fridays editorisl on George
yanderbilt's 5000 acres Of forest land
in North Carolina you make very
misleading statement about single
takers" You say that the big dividehn
on this timber land investment VIII
arouse the single takers" and yop
saw ~ is an "unearned increment
Error No. Money made by skinful
growing and protecting from ffre OF
mountain timber 10 the most usefui
kind of production for the Eood OF
the whole people, and the DIVIDEND
made on IL is not an unearned mere
ment At all The increase In the COM
munity value Of the land and the in
crease in stump value u the timber
IL an unearned Increment. but tne
twenty years growth Of wood 10
crop. just like corn or apples.
Error No. z-Single takers do not
ever look with alarm on big dividends
made In legitimate production OF
wealth" (the things needed By the
community. But Single taxer DO
fear land monopoly IN all its many
phases Il 10 likely that this timber
land, which you say paid 30 per cent
In twenty years. II assessed for taxa
ton at one-fourth OF its real value
Let Mr. Vanderbilt make ~ large .
dividend n he can. but see that the
taxes are high enough TO recoup the
Community interest" In II to be spent
In public service. Mr.. Vanderbilt II
doing good work: let others do the
same for our m ountain timber. and
the growing army % single takers
won't object, provided that the land
pays It's Just tax for public service
PIEDMONT"
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On the Spur Of the
Moment.
By Roy K. Moultou.

The Oyster.
Who's Travelled from his distant shore
Arriving in our midst once more?
The same old friend we knew Of yore-
The oyster.
Who's served In all the swell cafes
Cooked in q multitude of ways
For which old u Consumer pays?
The oyster.
Who has the patience Of . saint?
Who never speaks or makes complaint
Or utters protest. mild or faint?
The oyster.
Who plays the star part in the stew
At socials all the season through.
Alone. with no comrade in view?
The oyster.
No pride Of ancestry has he
And no hopes Of posterity:
Who gives his young life willingly
The oyster.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-05

Upon request from several more or
less constant readers. we have taken
a careful view OF the present political
situation, reading editorial remarks by
papers of all political compilations. A
comprehensive resume of what We have
learned on the subject is as follows:
Taft is certain to be reelected and
there Is no possibility of his being de-
feated providing, Of course, he gets
more votes than Woodrow Wilson and
Roosevelt combined. The Bull Moose
movement is on the blink and will en-
tirely die out before election day. but
at the same time 1t is gaining strength
repidly and Mr.. Roosevelt will be elect
ed by q larger majority than he got
when he ran against Parker.
Woodrow Wilson hasn't got look
in as the Democratic party s worse OF
than 1t has been in years, but not
withstanding this, Wilson will get a
substantial majority over both Taft
and Roosevelt and will ride to victory
on the shoulders Of 100000 patriotic
voters Taft is much worried about
the outcome, but is sure that he will
be elected. He IL SO unconcerned that
he spends all Of his time playing Soif.
but, at the same time, he 10 so uneasy
that he never takes his ear away from
the long distance telephone. Woodrow
Wilson is certain Of his election, but
expresses grave doubts Theodore
Roosevelt is considerably worried, but
gives out the informtion each morning
that his election IL certain. He 10 GER
tain Of election. but IL doubtful.
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WHY WILSON,

In an article under the interrogatory
caption Roosevelt. or the Repuolic?
which is a most comprehensive and
forceful argument for the election OF
Woodrow, the North American Reviews
current number. quotes this deciara-
ton OF the Bourbon Pretender:'
My person is nothing. My principle
is everything. France w!l see the end
Of all trials as soon as she Will under
stand this. / am the pilot who alone
is able to lead the vessel into the port.
France cannot perish, for our Saviour
still loves His Frenchmen, and II God
has decreec the salvation OF a nation
He sees 10 il that the sceptor of JUS
riCe is placed in such hands only as
are strong enough 10 carry IT.
In comment the article continues:
The feisned self -sbnegation, the cool
assumption OF divine designation, the
insistence upon personal possession OF
the sceptor OF justice, the very words
uttered by the Comte de Chambord IN
1873 are those OF Roosevelt to-day.
He is nothing: his principle is
everything: he is the pilot who alone
can guide the ship: TO his strong hands
and to no orders must be consigned
the sceptor Of social justice. to the
end that the dying nation shall be
saved"
that, as must be clear 20 all men who
have intellisently followed the less
sacrilegious in letter. perhaps. but
| equally SO in spirit. utterances and
I claims OF Colonel Roosevelt since he
/ found il convenient to forget his COM
! r1itnent against the third term. and
! who have grasped the meaning OK my
/ Policies" But this is not the end
/ OF the North american Reviews pill
/ !orinS Of Colonel Roosevelt. by com.
I parsons and aaslogy. IL asks:
I Can IL lie within the range OF POS
I s.5i!!ty that the intelligent Americas
\ people will STaa, the appeal which ths
! ignorant French pcassDtry rejected
I with Scorng InCFedUlous OF danger as
, We may ,oe. are W. willing 70 take -
\ much as a chance 90 inviting s'rus
. gle for the very life Of the Repueli'
! at the instigation Of an American
Boulaurer who. urcontent with honor,
4 cqIal TO thos. conferred upon til.
Father OF His Country. stretches forti
eager hands for the glory OF Dia;
or = Caesar and shouts continually
II they want IN. sword. then se VII
r give them the swoTdr-
) Obviously pertinent and vita
questions these. The excerpts We hsv
] given. should 10 any thoughtful mind
! sEopls with any man who has tn
slightest regard for the conservstio
and the perpctuatioa Of our !nstifu
lions. cr.ctpaIiy dispose OF the issu
Q % choice between Woodrow wiisc
X and Colonel Roosevelt
81 s to a.. issue % choice betwec
6. Mr. Taft and woodrow Wilson sh
: article zsks -Is :, were possible .
i re.sIect Mr. Taft. What would be IN
81 use, Then 80 ssds:
tn. Incoming House Of Represents
b. tives will surely he Democratic. IN
tire Senate viii just ss surely be ant
. Eepseiiesn. Mr. Tsfi's eont;ssAnoe .
"a once then could only Involve pro
81 lcngat.on os the government divide
alAinst .ssslf. which hae bees "a
baao - the eoustry during ths %
vi toe yeasA We ssgumses 70 sss6sa |
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great and increasing galaxy OF the
worlds best minds and hearts.
Chief among the potential agencies
that have valiantiy contributed TO the
general intelligent pebble awakening
on this question 50 vitality concerning
the welfare Of our basic instituoons.
the churdh the horse and the school.
10 the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union. II Is world wide in its extent
superbIy organized ana equipped. sane
and effective in its methods. ana
blessing to humanity.
Richmond
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To the Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-rn response TO q request for
suggestions a. TO . Virginia State
flower. I venture TO make few re-
marks.
The rhodeudron has already been
adopted by West Virginia. which has
perhaps a better claim 60 u than vir-
xinia has. The fact that another state
has adopted Tower should not neces-
sariIy debar Virginia from adopting
the same flower, but when the states
are contiguOus the case seems different
The kalmsa % much more widely dis
IsemSnssed than the rhcdendron; but
IL n equally abundant In other States
In fact. 70 % hardly pcssfeie tc name
any Ncwer that 70 more cheroctertseic
OF virginia than % some other state
Ire would seem. then. that the best
course 10 pursue would be TO chocse
some flower which beafe the name
~ the state. Abost seventy flowers.
trees. etc, are called vsrgioSeNuS ~
vireiuscus. these sdtectives esing In
the apprcpySafe gender. Among tire
sssrsrsive Yycwers shus NAMED are the
Following: T. Kostesesskys Sirxinsca.
60 be excluded because. NOT 70 menico
! its name. q is virtually scnfines 60
the coast. 2. Rosa ViS4snsans: -
sbupAsut species 81 the wstd rcee. eus
there are fourteen other epceyee. IN
lcluAsae che sweet0Y5er % eg!sntsne
SRSss RubjGsnosel- 3. C1ayso!se VIE
lgInsca (SVrtng Deesty); TO Iaecn'
scJcvcuS sa1 I1uSssd " its heo!sol =
JC5e1ssio ViSgsa5asa. IL Wsu-kusws
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-05

wild clematis, often called Virgins
Bower II is somewhat woody. per-
ennsai with cream-colored flowers.
which are followed by beautiful
plumous expansion Of the pistils. II II
a vine. and runs, over bushes and
the branches Of trees. Sometimes these
vines are thi rty or forty feet long, COW
cred with flowers. Sprays OF this vine
make q beautiful decoration for ladies'
hair. Having considered all the facts
In the case. ! nominate the Clematao
MILTON W. HUMPHREYS
University Of Virginia, Sept. 81. 1919.
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Ts-NisAt.

Bend lou. o dusky Night
And give my spirit rest
Hold me to your deep breast
And put old cares to flight
Give back the lost delight
That once my soul possessed,
When peace was loceliest
Bend low. o dnsky Night
And promise. dusky Night.
The folk across the way
VIII no piano play
And put all sleep 20 flight;
Their racket IL fright:
That there ell not hold sway
Some amateur Calce
To MARBLE all the night.
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Judging by the usual number OF
freak election bets that are being re-
corded. the mental tone Of this 'coun-
try isn't Improving SO very much, az
ter all.
The blues" is a form Of insanity
says Q noted scientist There must be
a lot of insanity lurking in certain
political circles just now.
1t seems as though. according to
some OF the predictions. those cam
paign managers should really be man
aging the weather bureau.
II IL now said there are germs In
soap, which will serve ~ fne excuse
for the small boy who hates II. any
how.
Boston doctor says the American race
10 becoming flat-footed. That prob
ably comes from standing up in street
cars.
II Detective Burns keeps on. tho
agent.
Fashion journals say the skirts will
be tighter next year Impossible.
Almost time to put on the heavy
Schedule KS.
Lillian Russelrs latest husband II
suffering the consequences Of marry
ing a beauty specialist He has been
obliged to take up bag punching ana
regular gymnasium work.
A Cleve and lineinan was shocked
nifty feet in the air. but 1t Is quite
possible to stay on the sidewalk and
be shocked nowadays II one looks at
the fall styles.
The Populist national convention
was held in a hotel parlor. 1t will soo3
be possible to hold t on the back plat
form Of q street car.
German scientist has invented an
aeroplane that will stay stationary n
the air. But II il does, how can 1t ever
get anywhere?
But Jane Adams cannot support T.
RS simplifisd spelling PLANK until she
removes that extra "a" from her name.
One New York burglar always wears
rubber gloves He is probably not
taking any chances with tainted
money.
An agonomist is a man who is an ex-
pert in crops A pessinlist is man
who tries to raise them.
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Tha, outrageous flasher, Exon
gresham >. Adam Bede. OF Minnesota
who has been soIIow!as ~ Reosevsls
ard showing him up on hts swing
around IN. circuit referyea % the Bull
Moose's canvass 90 st vitvs dance
on q rassime pissscvm.- 10 TheoSore
the . asceaas 70 IN. throne. Dess VIII
lost Eis head BY ,mpsrtsl edicG
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40 MORE DUMMY DIRECTORS.

The recent ruling Of the Comptroller
Of the Currency to the effect that q
ma iority Of the directors OF country
hanks shall be present when . bank
examiner scrutinizes the assets OF such
institutions, insures greater sound
ness in banking manaeemet- When
,hi. order was FIRST issued II was
found TO De impossible OF execution
because Of nonresident directors. The
Comptroller. therefore. practicaoiy
forced a denomination I'm the boards
of directors OF many banks by insist
ing tina, At least . majority OF the
directors should live in the community
in which banks which they serve are
located. and should be immed'ateiy
available when the unaunounced visits
Of bank examiners occur. This new
method Of procedure vii. therefore
to a large extent eiipinate the evil
OF dummy directors. 1t viii also nave
the benencisl effect o. compelling bank
directors 20 have q detailed knoWsedgs
Of transactions. ana viii thus enable
bank examiners to form a more IN
teIlisen. Judgment relative 70 tn<
asset. o. the SMALLER banks.
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Hereafter W. J. Bryan ought TO COW
or the world series ana " Coes wrsss
% the conventions Thevs 9sghs b
some hsps q esssssaassy - ssss go
NsaasssA
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To the Editor Of The TImes-Dispatch:
Sir.-I notice in your paper that
J. J. Owen carried two ears Of corn
to your city measuring nine and nins
and q half inches in diameter and
Twelve inches long. The dry spell hit
us a whack. too. but nothing like this.
We have some pumpkins that will
probably come up TO this measure We
are keeping Tor the Farmvtlle Fair.
". c. BRADSHAW
Green Bay.
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There Is solid truth Ia the statement
tia, IL 70 better TO dollar for wilson
than TO hoIIsr for hin-
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1912-08-23

.They led him to the bruised n lnJur-
bro,e OF the hill ed would be heal
ed, and that .'the acceptable year o.
the Lord" would be proclaimed.
a%Dsiiycrance 20 the Captives."
This part of the message might aave
been applied in part to themselves.
Were they not captives. bound by the
letters of sin, the letters and chains OF
heredity, sickness. imperfect1on ana
death? Were not they actually olind
also. as respected the eyes OF their I'M
derstanding? Evidently the time mad
not arrived for them to receive the
blessing Of the amounting of their eyes
of understanding. We're they not all
bruised by the fall-mentally, morally
and physically!
But the work that Jesus was OH
was merely the proclamation OF these
things, with a few examples of heal
ing. etc. The real time for Him TO
accomplish the deliverance OF the cap
tiyes. the liberating of the sin-bruised,
and the giving of sight to the blind. be-
longed to the Messianic Kingdom time.
What Jesus was doing was merely
a foreshadowing of the great things
to be accomplished f~uture-'fn the
Times of Restitution of all things
which God hath spoken by all His Holy
Prophets."-Acts Iii. 1921.
Proelaimins "the Acceptable Year"
This brief expression. SO little under
stood. pointed out the special work OF
Jesus, far more important than the
miracles. The term. acceptable year"
or acceptable time. refers to this Cos
pel Age of more than $500 years.
No opportunity had been granted 10
the past to become dead with Jesus, TO
walk in His steps. The proclamation
of this opportunity waited until Jesus
had made His own conservation. and
all who accepted His Message and be-
came His followers did SO under this
Invitation or proclamation 1t was the
privilege of becoming the sons Of God
by d begetting Of the spirtt-John !, ID.