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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13
SHAMELESS.

Senator Kenyon, of Iowa, is lost to all sense
CT self-respect Boldly he writes himself down
us crook swapping his fingers at public scorn
and contempt with the nonchalance of Cole
Blease. According to the Washington cor
respondent of the Kansas City Star he said:
Senator Kenyon does not take the plans
to rehabiiitate the party seriously; he couldn't
even remember what they were. He declared
that as for himself he was still Republican
and intends to vote for La Toilette four years
from now, but that he isn't going to spend
airy more time for the present worrying about
tie reorganization of the Republican party"
Whether he made this announcement be-
fore Colonel Roosevelt made his statement that
no honest man could be Republican the cor
respondent does not say, but for the Iowa
senator's reputation 1t is to be hoped that he
did. II SO. he can recall his statement or
denounce the correspondents report of 1t as
false and thus save himself. If he made il
after the colonel's pronunciamento his case is
he peless He is a crook and glores in it.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13
FRIDAY, DECEMBER Is. 1914.
RESTS WITH THE MAYOR.

1t remains with Mayor Ainslie to say
whether or not the Richmond and Henrico
Railway company shall be granted an cleo
trio light and power franchise. Both branches
OF the City Council, after long. patient and
painstaking consideration. have twice voted
to grant the franchise and permit competition
here in these important public utilities. Large
Iy signed petitions have indicated strong SEN
tment on the part of the people in favor Of
allowing the competition.
Mayor Ainslies responsibility is great. but
he may be relied upon to meet 1t like the
courageous man he is. The one supreme ques-
ticn with him should be. and we have no
doubt will be- whether the best and highest
interests OF the citizens of Richmond and the
community as a whole Will be advanced by
granting the franchise or vetoeing the or
dinance The fact that both branches OF the
Council have twice approved the new COM
pany's application. after a thorough investi-
CATION and long and mature consideration, will
doubtless have much weight with the mayor.
il is both natural and proper that 1t should.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13
FULLER MAY HAVE
BEEN SUCCESSFUL
MYSTERY OF WHEREABOUTS OF
MRS. BOVINE AND YOUNG
MOTT GROWS DEEPER.

NEW YORK, Dec. II The mys
terry CT the wherea' q Of Mrs
Frances Hewitt BOVINE, fascinating
young comic opera actress, and Jor-
dan l.. Mott. Jr.. who began an
'around-the-w world elopement' last
Nay, took on deeper complexion
of uncertainty today, when 1t was
learned that the formers husband,
Walter BOVINE, had hurriedly left his
estate at Millington. n. j.. and de-
rarted for the West
A young woman friend of Mrs.
Bovine declared positively today that
the young woman was in this city two
months ago.
Il met Mrs, Bovine two months ago
in Long Island City" said this young
woman. Mrs Bovine was plainly
annoyed when she realized that had
recognized her She was reluctant TO
peak CT her affairs
II asked her If she had left young
Mott, and she said she had. Where.
she wouldn't say, but she gave me
the impression that he was in this
country. She told me she expected to
so out West. but would not tell me
what she intended doing out there.
From the tone of her converse
ton / gained the impression that she
and Mott had parted company by rnu-
tual consent. If ! were asked TO haz-
ard guess as to her whereabouts,
would say that she Is either in Fort
Wayne, Ind. where dwells an init
mate friend OF hers. Mrs. Robert
Crer shaw. or Cranshaw, or that she
Is on the Pacific coast singing under
IN assumed name In some theatrical
production. She Is possessed of
splendid voice, ard could easily Sc
euro employment"
When told of the hurried deoar-
'ure fer the West of Walter Bovine,
the young woman said:
MI Bovine was in Flushing and
Lorg Island City some weeks ago.
seeking a clue to his wife. He wants
% forgive and forget He has prob
n ;ly received some inkling Of where
find his wife, and has left to join
her."
The attitude OF Hector Fuller. war
CORE pei dent. who was sent arounH
he world on a premise of $4,000
from Motifs father II he would separ-
ate the couple, would lead one to be-
,'ieve that he had been successful.
Father arrived TN Francisco on We'd
resday, on the Pacific Mail steamship
Persia. Ho refused absolutely to dis
cues the ca-e. which would seem to
Indicate that he had earned the s25,-
00e reward which carries with 1t an
litigation to maintain strictest ST.
lenee
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13
MAKE THEM WORTH MORE.

The value OF the gift lies not in Its money
cost, but in the spirit in which 1t Is given.
There are few so material even in this material
Is IL among us who would not feel a more
pleasurable glow within him at the receipt
of a gift breathing of love and friendship,
however small the gift. than on receiving a
more costly present sent through force Of
habit or because the donor felt compelled to
send 1t? If there be any such for him. Christ
mas is name and name only. 1t Is a
season of added expense and OF added worries;
a season whose approach is dreaded and whose
end is welcomed. Christmas means nothing
more to him.
To those others who see in 1t time for
pausing In the busy whrl to remember and
enjoy being remembered it is indeed symbolic
OF the birth of the God of Love.
The few who give because they must and
not because they wish to give may find some
balm for their shriveed souls by simple act.
costing little. The many who give because
they rejoice in giving and in receiving may
add to their Joy by the same means. Those
who send a present without love may place on
the packages few Red Cross seals, knowing
that thereby they have contributed to the
health and happiness of some unfortunate
They have done their duty by sending the
gift and they have helped others to whom
they are not compelled to give The bitter
ness OF spirit Is assuaged by the thought that
Il few cents have gone to unknown un-
fortunate from an unknown donor. Those
who remember their friends and give because
they Joy in that remembrance will add to their
cup OF happiness until it ruEneth over. In
deeds they will make answer In the spirit
o. the Master to the query: WHO is my
neighbour"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13

down rules OF health difficult OF obediencs will
gain few hearers, but to direct the seeker
after happiness and health along the priu-
rose path guarantees an enthusiastic audience
SO these rules laid down by Sir George nave
been received with acclaim:
Don't think about your health.
Enjoy yourself as much possible.
Ignore dietary tables.
Eat whenever you feel inclined.
Learn by experience what suits you.
Be happy.
Look on the bright side of things.
These are good rules and they are received
because they appear easy but In fact they are
difficult to obey. They are attractive because
1t leaves to each man the privilege of inter-
II not interpreted Alright they are useless,
Every high liver will accept them and RTE
ur to call Sir George blessed, but having ac-
cepted them and applied them according to
hir own notions he will find that they have
increased his dyspepsia.
1t matters not how the first be taken; 1T
IS only necessary to follow it. The second
is a good rule IL taken rightly; danger IL
not. The third Is debatable; the expediency
of accepting 1t depending upon circumstances,
Even Sir George would not advise q Welsh
rarebit for victim of typhoid fever. Eat
when you feel inclined" good rule but
impossible to follow In this day of high prices
Learn by experience what suits you" but
do not attempt to gain experience on a
mixture of Ice cream and oysters "Be happy
but know that guzzling intoxicants do not con-
stitute happiness. Look on the bright side
of things" Accept this one unqualfedly,
The prescription is a good one as a whole,
but many of us need to know the directions
for taking, for after all the efficacy of the
medicine depends on how and when used.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13

Are the Balkan allies to be denied the spoils
of just that the mighty thrones which
watched the Turk slaughter and plumber may
share? asks William Watson, the satirical
poet of England, singing:
Tomorrow who shall dare deny
The heroes their reward
And snatch from under Victory's eve
The harvest of the sword?
Not ourselves a second time.
Could dye our hands with such a crime
The speeches of the English statesmen ring
true, and it would seem that Great Britain
echoes the sentiment of her poet, but will
Germany prove as magnanimous? viii Ger.
many insist that servia be not deprived of
what she has won by the sword?
Where were the great ones of the earth,
Kaiser and Gar and King?
Sn all thanks to them for this glad birth
Whereat the daystars sing!
The little lands. with hearts OF flame,
Have put the mighty thrones to shame"
They were standing quietly by while Bull
garia and Montenegro and Servia and Greece
drove the Wolf of the East back toward Asia.
The least they who shirked the task can do
is to guarantee to those who took it up the
reward of their efforts
William Watson sprang into fame in this
country some time ago by his publication of
his famous verses satirizing in caustic words
well-known woman of England, but he was
known in his own country before that His
powers OF poetic vituperaton were as great
sixteen years ago as recently. His Purple
East" written in 1896, berated Great Britain
for her heedlessness to the call for help from
the Christians Of Turkey, the whips lashes
being scorpions. The extracts quoted above
are from his second poem on the subject re-
Gently published in the Nation For betray-
ing unhappy people the poet dashed his
native country in the following verses:
Winter at Armenia's doc~
snarls Ike wolf; and still the sword and
Sleep net: thou only sleepest; and the same
Cry unto heaven ascends heretofore.
staurched Yet runs;
And Ger the earth there sounds no trumpet
tone
To shake the ignoble torpor OF thy sons
But with Indifferent eyes thew watch and see
Heifs regent sitting yonder, propped by
thee
Abdul the Damned. on his Internal throne"
The panther Of the desert, matched with
rs pit,fui beside their lust and hate
Fire and the plague wind are compass tomato,
And soft the deaflest fangs of ravenng seas.
cup
OF crime yet full? Doth devildom still lack
Some concentrating crown that hold back
The scourge. and in christs borders give them
room?
How long shall they be borne Q England7
Up
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13
HAS REAL THEATER
FOR SMART SET
MRS. BRADLEY ENTERTAIyH
WASHINGTON SOCIETY IN
BRILLIANT STYLE.

WASHINGTON, Dec. f2.-Mrs. Ed.
son Bradley the society Belasco. who
IS conducting a merry Thespian war
with Preston Gibson, the millionaire
playwright. played her trump card to-
night when she entertained the Four
Hundred a; the opening of her hum
Oh d-thcaSand- dollar tneater attached
to her Dupont cireie home.
All social Washington was there,
even MT Gibson himself and society
gasped when IL viewed the magnificent
setting Mrs.sBradIey had arranged for
the concert. given for the benefit Of
the Association of Works OF Mercy,
a fayor.te charity. Instead OF q gold
and while theater. az had been fore
cast, the guests found themselves In
a hail literally lined with rare old
wocd from an Eiizabethan manor
house. purchased by Mrs. Bradley.
The great hall with its deep window
embrasures. wainscoting. massive
beams, and even the candeiabra have
been copied and made over In the
wood
The embrasures of the windows are
the boxes, while the walls are hung
with priceless tapestries of the eIev-
erth century. and In the windows are
original Rubens and Van Dyck panes.
A feature of the hall Is a massive
mantel OF Cara marble from an Ital-
ian palace. The focus of the sheater
is exactly like real one, and q
promenade lobby Is one of the feat.
ures.
Among the guesis tonight were Mr..
and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mr..
ard Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry w Taft and william Nell
son Cromwell. who with other guests
came over from the White House
cabinet dinner to view the new society
playhouse.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13
LITTLE CAROLINIAN
WEBS TALL GIRL

ST. LOUIS. MO-. Dec. IA ro-
nance OF circus sidesh wv reached
It's climax in st. Louis today. when
Jack c. w. Barnett. OF Roxboro, N.
C.. twenty-one years old. thirty eight
inches high, and weighing thtrty-four
pounds. got license to marry Miss
Dorothy David Warfieid. Of st. Louis
nineteen years old. about Ave feet
eight inches in height, and Weighing
$50 pounds.
Mrs. H l. Morris. seven feet four
inches tall. and weighiny 1875 pounds,
will be matron Of honor.
Barnett had to be lifted up on .
high stool wher he war called on to
sign the application for license.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13

fast in Its embrace. Rocky Mountain griz-
rley's hug will seem pieasurabe as that OF
ones hearts desire in comparison and the
steel bands of cask as threads.
II know that there have been all sorts
OF criss-crosses but there is not going to be
any trouble Why, 1t would be downright
stupidity to start trouble in the present state
of things. and those who expect it are to be
fooled and badly fooled. too
So said President Elect Wilson. when his
attention Was called to the prediction of the
Republican press that Bryan and Wilson will
DE at cross-purposes soon after the inaugu-
States.
Those who expect trouble, says Mr. Wilson,
will be badly fooled. And the probabilities
are that they will be- The Republican party
leaders have put off reorganization this
expectation. The Progressive party places its
hope for the future here. The Democratic
party has won a sweeping victory and II will
make good If internal dissensions do not pre-
vent. On a conflict between Bryan and Will
sen dependence is placed by those who hope
for these factional differences. Republicans
are loudly prophesying that Bryan will prove
the rock on which win split the Democratic
ship and are openly warning Wilson against
him.
The enemy warns his foe against one OF
It's generals! Such warning would be laughed
at during state OF war. Had the Northern
press warned the Confederacy against Lee
during the War Between the States 1t would
have become the laughing stock of the world.
Serious statements in the Washington news
papers in the years of '61-s5 that General
Jackson would be the source of dissenson and
that President Davis should renounce him
would have been no more foolish than a warn
ing from such newspaper as the Philadelphia
Public Ledger today to President Wilson to
beware of Bryan.
The whole thing would be ridiculous we're
lt not for the fact that there is within the
Democratic party number of leaders who
see At to join in the chorus. They see destrue-
ton for the party unless Jonah be thrown over
board. Consequently Mr.. Wilson is deluded with
warnings from certain class of Democrats
telling him to drop Mr. Bryan. He Will ruin
the party, they declare. with beautiful una
nimity, and Mr. Wilson reads these communi-
cations and turns to others. double in number
telling him that he will wreck the party il he
does not make MIR. Bryan his chief adviser
After reading the Republican newspaper COM
nent the letters for and against Mr.. Bryan
the president-elect. turns to the correspon-
dents and tells them that those who wan
trouble will be fooled. Enemies of Mr.. Bryan
can take that not too cryptic remark and di
gest II. Those OF them who are wise will
rightly interpret its meaning and when Mr.
Wilson becomes president they will not b.
disappointed that he should listen to Mr.
Bryan gladly and to others gladly and still
others not so gladly and then his owl
Judgment.
Those who persist in deuding themselves
with the hope that Mr.. Bryan will be sen
packing back to Nebraska will keep on arount
the corner and get caught In the grip of thu
grim figure waiting for them
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13

Tempest OF God. and sweep them to their
dcoml"
There we're more like these, but England
refused to arise and 1t was left to the Balkan
states to sweep the Moslems to their doom.
This achievement the poet commentaries
In his recent poem. ''Moonset and Sunrise" be-
ginning:
The forts OF midnight fall at last.
The ancient. oaleful powers
Yield up with countenance aghast.
Their dragon guarded lowers
Henceforth, their might dust being trod,
It's easier to believe In God
His manner of expressing his scorn that
"the great ones OF the earth, Kaiser and Gear
and King" should have left the task to the
little lands with hearts afame," we have seen
and also his challenge to England to aid
sratching from them the fruits of victory.
The poem ends thus;
For now the hour of dreams Is past;
The gbbering ghosts depart;
And Man L. unashamed at last
To have human heart
And, 10 the doors of dawn ajar,
And in the East again STAR
Enough. IL hands that heretofore
Labored to bar His road,
Delay henceforth nevermore
The chartoteers of God
Who halt and slumber but anon,
With burning wheels. drive laundering on"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13

More than 10000 volumes and pamphlets
have been added to the Library of congress
during the present year. according to the re-
port submitted to congress. The total num-
Der has now passed the two million mark OF
the new volumes $1,000 were the results of
copyrights. gifts, transfers and exchanges.
The report notes an important collection OF
Judaica comprising 10000 volumes given by
Jacob H. schif. An interesting feature of
the report is the recommendation of the libra
rian for larger division for the blind.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13

Not until the year 2o01, says the statisti-
cian can be shown any such combination OF
numerals, expressing the day and the month
and the year by the same figures, as yester-
day, the twelfth day of the twelfth month OF
the year 1912, A D. The first day of January,
2001, may be expressed, as I'll, but
after the tweifth~year is passed in any century
one figure may stand for the day, the month
and the year until the next century begins.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13
GERMANY TO THE FRONT.

ass. When, the "London peace conference meets
tomorrow the discussion of the terms OF peace
between Turkey and the Balkan allies will be
second In Importance to the settlement of the
question injected into the conference by the
greedy and selfish attitude OF Austria Hun
gary Upon the settlement OF this question
hangs the fate OF Europe. Diplomacy OF the
highest order, patriotism OF the best kind
ssatesmanship of the broadcast range on the
part OF the representatives of the powers of
Europe is needed to preserve the peace OF
! continent
The exercise of any of these qualities on
the part OF the Austrians cannot be hoped
for. 1t is to be expected that they will reach
ont after whatever they get with safety
to themselves and apparently the only way
In deal with them Is to WELD the big stick.
Force only they recognize and threats
alone will give them pause 1t viii be useless
70 appeal to them for the preservation of peace;
II will be useless for the Servian representa-
tive to give logical presentment of his ma
tion's case fiat declaration should be
made to Austria that she has forfeited all
rights of consideration and that she will be
given only what Is necessary to the preser-
walton OF peace. She has elected to use threats
to gain her ends and she must be contented
with what her threats can bring her and
no more. Unless this attitude is taken by the
other powers there Is grave danger OF uni
yersal war To give her more would arouse
servia, and servia and Austria at war would
mean Russia and Austria at and this
To those having interest at stake. ex-
cept the interest of those who deprecate war.
1t would seem that Austria has absolutely no
rights in the matter that anyone is COM
PEELED to respect. Servia and her allies de-
feated Turkey; Austria wants part of the
booty That's the case of Austria In nut
shell.
Austria has long coveted seaport on the
Adriatic. but had been unable to secure 1t
because the territory was controlled by Tur-
key. She could gobbie Bosnia and Herzego-
vina, while the other powers looked on in
4 impotent rage, but to seize a Turkish port
meant war with the Moslem and that war the
European bully was not prepared to risk.
Comes the despsed little Balkan states and
\ whip the dreaded Turk to FRAGILE and i'm
mediateiy the bully gets busy What she
could not take from Turkey she would snatch
j from Servia. Naturally servia objects and
appeals to her ally. Russia. Thereupon. the
/ bully begins to squeal for help from Germany.
Germany. Austria and Italy form the triple
alliance and Russia is part of the triple en-
n tente. England and France being the other
members. IT takes pessmstic magma
4 ton to continental unless Austria
n aLd Servia are appeased.
III fiat declaration from Germany that she
q viii not aid her ally In degrading and
Il that she interprets the terms of the alliance
e to mean that she shall aid only In case her
y ally Is attacked would have SOLDERING effect
II ~ the would-be land-grabber. and 1t is the
attitude Of Germany at the conference that
u may make for peace war
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13

United States Commissioner OF Education
r. P. Claxton protests against too frequent
change in rural teachers. The average teacher
does not stay in place long enough 10
get acquainted with his pupils, he thinks. His
protest would seem to be one we'll taken. bur
the remedy he does not supply.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13
SIR GEORGES LONGEVITY RULES.

Sir George Birdwood has sprung into fame
over night by the simple process OF advising
people to do that which they wish to co. at
the same time promising them a reward. Those
who point out the road to happiness the
re ugh path OF service and sacrifice have their
trouble for their pains and those who lay
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13

Just as the Democrats had cleared the decks
for action on the tariff and the currency Great
Britain insisted on intrudng the canal tolls
upon their attention. Is she ally of the
Elephant or the Bull Moose?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13
COMING DrsApporNrMENTs.

ss Around the corner there awaits bitter dis
I'm stands there patiently biding its time and
Aen that time comes 1t is going to grip q
3innnhsr al plotting politicians and hold them
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13

I'VE will now need a new word of neuter
gender to designate those who serve upon
jures," says the Portland (Oregon) Telegram
Almost any old cuss word will fit some of the
members of present day juries.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13

Protection VS. Rot reads advertisement
in the Charleston Netcs and Courier. That's real
internal dissension.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13
propriate.

Those New Jersey bandits who threatened
70 kill Wilson came as near to accomplishing
their object as will those who are threatening
10 kill Bryan.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13

London suffragettes are trying to attract
ttention by calling out the fire department.
The use of the false alarm is peculiarly ap-
propriate
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13

A Kansas woman who is collecting alimony
from three men says marriage is not failure
What do the three men think about it?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13
Poek Suggestions for Men.

Between Two Thieves by
Richard Dehan ........s1 .A0
A Wall of Men, by Margaret
McCarter ............... 1.S3
The Lady Doc, by Caroline
Lockhart ................... LIS
Conner ...........'.......,.. I25
Smoke Beiiew, by Jack London I.3J
The Man In the Open, by Roger
Pecock ....... I.35
The Mountain Divide, by Frank
Spearman .................. i.:5
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-13

A touch of winter Is pleasant. but no one
wants the Knockout kind like they have In
Norfolk.