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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-30
WAR OF Resolutions.

The convention of orangemen of Ulster at
Belfast saturday to protest against home rule
for ireland may not have been mere sound
of heated talk of armed resistance jusSifes the
belief that it did not signify civil war to pre-
vent the dissolution OF the union. A war
OF conventions, covenants, resolutions and
oratory .is already on. but war OF bioodshsd. it
wound appear from Saturdays assembly, Will
never begin in Ulster.
Mr.. Bonar Law, the Unionist leader, he OF
the fiery language and jingoistic spirit. not
present contenting himself with writing let
ter to the effect that the Union party is ready
to support the FISHERMEN. As his party is chiefly
& marty Of opposition 10 the Liberal and Ma
tionalist parties of home rule. this letter might
as well have remained unwritten II It was In.
tended to convey information. II intended to
inspire to armed resistance it will have the
same effect as a concoction of milk ana water
would have in creating Dutch courage. Sir Ed
ward Carson, the first to sign. gave only faint
intimation of war and according to the cabied
reports the mass OF orangemen were them
selves rather afraid even OF small riot.
The tumult and the shouting was noticeably
devoid Of warlke yeffs and those captains and
kings who attended have departed. the English
portion OF them probably laughing in their
sleeves. II begins to look If the Unionists
are merely using the fishermen for effect
on the house Of ioIas Ines nave nc intention
of backing Ulster In any steps it may take to
eefeat home rule' even to the point Of armed
resistance as the unionist leader Is credited
with having declared Stirring up lister and
soaring England into the fear Of riyil APP
psrantls is merely enc method employed by tho
Enionist leaders % defeat the bill. Orange
men IN Belfast chAsr TIA picture cf king VII
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-30
yusGINIA,s GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY.

Virginia people would do we'll TO consider
IS r1ou1Iy the proposition that Is to be put be
4 - them this week to raise $4,000 to ensure
Al Il rredltable exhibit on the part of the State
ri me big AGRICULTURAL show that is be held
saS New York city In November. The appeal
b S6r fansis should meet with ready response
sEJld certainly the enterprising gentlemen who
4S2Sx3 undertaken the work should meet little
fxoaabie III securing the amount necessary. A
SSTstAet flts in neatly with our needs that pro-
Sxfaes publicity for agricultural possibilities
Mxnd this exhibition, IL would appear offers "A
TIRE amount OF that valuable asset
Il M have much valuable land in Virginia now
B &ctng 10 waste Tor want Of euitivafors TO
safijlsTa Of unproiitabIe farms IN New England.
n DIV Instance the opportunities this State pre-
III would seem like easy living in comparison
n Sath me arduo,,s existence they. endure among
@fhxir WORKOUT fields To immigrants even more
81 a1Jurinx would the attractions Of yirgfnia's soil
h Appear Tor many of the newcomers in fact
ssx..s Il az the, from europe trained TO in
Rke1ssaxe farming strained to extracting a live
Il 1iI,pod from soil that is far less productive
aYrafe ,hese outsiders acquainted with our pos
7 3ihsiIties and make us acquainted with THESE
8sEsAay citizens certainly II is worth serious
s6s6sfd@ratsoa Z s'sss,,;ssa ,.zsse.. -
! SIt il doubtful whether any plan now in the
Asindx Of yirginia's people holds as maeh
Srosnixe FOR the states progress as thnse which
SSSlswi with the reclamation Of idle farming
sterrstory They held che solution Of the cost
u living problem. They will add 10 our popu-
4 Y1tfun the very element now lack 10 balance
q nro6nction and consumption Industrial en-.
s8terprfse comes To Virginia without encourage
s..e,.s h4esnS. Of the advantages 1t offers which
sueuk for themselves Bur Virginia spres
SnS<ds more farming population and the adj
Ssx mt 4es offered in that line are greater THAI
asoss. held cut TO manufacturing enterprises
4 IN fant there is not a state In the Union that
Il s.frefS the varieties Of soil and climate nor
zs,e That offers the farmer better opportunities
I'M become. independently wealthy. The Twins,
\ brcAthsnr examples Of what may he accom-
u piished are on every hand Think OF a new
se,uuer clearing s. .eee single Of alfalfa
- thai wasn't the only crop he made
81 We believe il would be great mistake
\ fcr Virginia to pass UP the opportunity offered
8 NJ ke an attractive exhibit Of its resources
u 81 the Forthcoming American Land and irri-
SS1xfon Exposition. We have the iand--the
ssaax.af fertile in the werld-we need The farmers
~. ,work IL Let's bring the manless land and
4he l4ndiess man together.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-30
A Though For Today.

- e-nnlr- earns the right tn freedom
and To life who daily is compelled to
conquer them.-R. Wagner
DO you depend on yourself, they
real you. for success In life--and not
only success. but enjoynent--or do
you depend on superficial and ex-
traneous attractions to make yourself
prominent and POPULAR
There Is nothing igHeb4e In Itself
in the desire 10 'sshine''-lt Is part
of ambition, q proof of ensrgy and
vitality, and almost inseparabe from
strong individuality of character.
But many OF US, especially when We
are votfng--attach too much weight to
such things as moneS, social standing,
influence, dress and other exterior adj
vantages as aids towards cur ad-
vancernent in life.
We have not sufficient confidence In
our personal powers; perhaps through
humility. perhaps through seif-con-
sciousness, perhaps through unduly
sensitive pride or-yet more
Of cur friends and acquaintance. we
allow ourselves to think that the
world values us wholly on account of
our accidental surroundings and not
for our inward qualities or true selves
at ALI
what tremendous amount of
pleasure some people allow them
selves 10 lose. merely because they
cannot afford 10 dress as we'll as their
neighbors or entertain as laytshly'
Why should loss of money mean loss
Of everything that makes life worth
living, when we all acknowledge that
the things which are best worth haN-
ing are those without money and
without pride2"
WHY should We forego holiday
because we cannot afford to travel
first class. and neglect to invite friends
10 the house because We cannot give
them expensive wines and hot-house
grapes for dinner
why should YOU Lady D., refuse
that longed-for invitation? simply
hetanse y14iz scorned L. be seen in the
same gown twice at the same house
party
And why should YOU, Mrs, s..
stay at home on sunday instead ct
going TO church. in spite Of an uncom-
fortably rielIing conscience, and the
Wears reiterated appeals2
Merely because your coat is shabby
and your bonnet old and you care more
for your neighbours fancied comments
than for your souls good, Surely
church is the last place in which to
think Of appearance
A large number Of self-importan'
people would suffer a shock. amag-
inc If they were suddenly made tc
realize how much their importanc,
depends upon the furniture OF tbeil
| lives~-by which | mean their mate
ria surroundings Of any kind. TN.
EIess yas eaai learn t@@' estimate lRs
| ana it's incidents at their proper art
relative values. you will never affair
to self knowledge. self-felianee, ans
that fine self pride which wins tn
respect and reliance-and attention
or others.
! You will never gain success or hap
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-30

it is humor. wit. of the most unrnistakable
kind. Theodore Roosevelt has added the one
thing that made him miss perfection BY a hairs
breadth, Says he
Now Mr. Wilson has an entire right to
he has entire right, IL he thinks it in good
taste. to indulge in the personalities about me
in which he has recently INDUCED, but he has
no right to misquote me-
: II that will not make the veriest misanthrope
laugh MoIiere's creation was an optimist by
comparison with that modern exponent of the
cult
Theodore Roosevelt reproving another for the
use of personalities. The Frenchman's favorite
expression On observing humorous incident or
listening to absurdity would be overworked
here.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-30
YOURSELF OR YOUR FURNITURE
By MARY CHAMPION

piness, or wisdom, or goodness. ill
TIL. si-eisfsF to se,ta4-4 extent X
guish between the false and tho TIL
between reality and It's artificiaf
corations--between substance III
shadow.
Or rather, until you know IN a
world of difference that sepafn
your innate, spiritual, thinking. f&&t
ing self from the veneer that inc&4
It. Sa
| know d brilliantly clever an
charming womap who would uave2E
have risen to her present posfti0n c4a
influence had she not found out. a.
most by accident, that her soul 49,
in slavery to conventional triviaIitteN
and determined TO break her bon{IS|
there and then.
IL happened that owing to vartoue
| misfortunes she was at one time r&@$
duced to absolute poverty, felt TIM
more acuteiy because she had alway1l
been used to luxury and refinemeE1ts
and TO finding herself the center 0EI
attraction in her small social cif&R
Gle
! After the eslamities which chai119;
! ed her surroundings. she became Mi
most morbid. shutting herself away
I from her friends, and refusing to gfx6]
/ them credit for wishing 10 aae her
now that she could no longer meet
them on equal terms
! Equal terms: In what respect waA|
she no longer their equal? These
Of you who have treated an acquaIr~a
lance with contempt on account 021
| her unmerited losses and misfortunexs|
ask yourselves that,
/ Well, one day the woman OF whom
! / am speaking. received an Invita-
1 ton from friend whom she had.
not seen for years owing to his pres
I longed absence abroad
! She was on the point of refusing
/ it--with good reason. YOU say, for.
her only wearable costume had that
| day been spoiled by the careless spin
| ing of cup of coffee in chexp
! restaurant She could not so much
as AFFORD TO send 1t To the cleaner
even had there been time.
Then her pride rose up Ia arms.
Why should she deny herself great
pleasure Why should she disappoint
her friend and tacitIy accuse him ~
caring more fer her dress than hers
! self
! she accented the Invitation and 81
her brave. determined unconsciou8-.
ness of the ali-too-visible signs ec
her poverty, forbade him to notes
them. ~
II proved To be one OF the hap~
pfsst days or her life, eventually -b1s4
hes chief reward WAS gained from tif4
discovery Of how her spirit. and wit.
and air of queenly Independence could
triumph over the greatest of material
drawbac ks--and how great han9iI-'
cap some defect in ones dress MAY
be only fastidious. sensitive, and
itndiseiplined woman knows:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-30
r is TO LAUGH.

IA Sfane Dopuiar impression Of Colonel Reese
ss1isik Has done him grave injustice. over
6asfnr ambition insincerity and even false
~ have been charged against him by his
Ssnsies and than half believed by many
m. friends. who have been gradually falling
&SrAy from hin, for that reason Violations
NM law, contempt for the federal con-
ass1ion tatuae to friends sahservience- to
1&caal interests-these also have been laid
+ h4s door and believed by some and renudlated
0fhers His own actun that who is Me-
8fir me- il against me has been accepted by
I " vast majority of the American people and
x6rn are few who not strongly for him
rkrongiy against him. As regards the Third
Sl1ner most people are idoiaters or bitter
Me-. With minority dwelling IN the twiiight
& IN one thing however, friend and foe,
{xSlAfer and agnostic. have agreed with una
Slfy Against the charge Of being wofulIy
1Sanw IN hutnor there has been to de.
Y Aim Heavy sarcasm he has attempted
GiouAily ana sneers have been no strangers
lIps but he has seldom more closely
fuached wit, hunfor or sarcasm. At others
foS thundered he has hurled the lie, he has
\. hut not often has he given vent to a
II laugh at them and seldom has he
&16 with them. The usual campaign
III his little jokes and pleasantries have
Sn sprung for insincerity would be de-.
M once Everyone would know THAI
3Foke Roosevelt had no connection with
M been the popular belief in the past
seemed justified BY past history
bit that the impression il = miss
10S ma that there i mere hnp,or In
ma been believed Ii proven by an
his Il Atlanta SATURDAY., The
iNssd Win satire ana " directed n
Suts Severthelsss and Notwithstanding
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-30
PUBLIC WARNED OF
DIPHTfIE.RIA INCREASE

With diphtheria once more on thu
increase. DIR. G. c. Hudson, OF the
city health department. has lssne6'
warning urging careful attention toI
all throat disorders of children. DE-
Hudson recommends immediate cons
suitatfon with a physician NhemI
throat disorders manifest themselveo@
as frequently infectious types OF thu
disease are mistaken for minor s8$
fections.
Fourteen cases are now under sum
VIGILANCE by the department, two
these being laryngeal diphthcria, On
NEST malignant type OF the disea4
Only one death has been reported
this season, and the cases are feWU
than for the same period last yAea
In September. 1911. twenty-five CO.
were under surveillance.
Hhe first reported school case wlf
discovered in Madison school
week. The class was dismissed
once. and the room fumigated III
closed for the rest of the week. a.
diphtheria record for the sunMs3
was: April, cases. May. s caN3
July, Z; August, IL: September, 14s
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-30

A popular actress has given up successful
vaudeville career for motherhood and the
home.
Don't let's talk about ART she said she
prepared for her final appearances. What's
and baby. Applause is mine today; tonlor'
row II goes to somebody else. But my home
and my baby are mine indeed. and they are
the things worth while in life.
wise head and true heart
The woman who has home and baby
has her career cut out for her by the Almighty
She has the true gold, and can well afford
to give up for IL the glittering tinsei.
1t must seem fine to talented woman to
be able to sway the feelings Of vast audiences
with her song But 1t must be infinitely finer
for her 10 soothe her own little one TO sleep
with lullaby
nipples and roars Of applause must be
sweet Eut the Iispings Of wonars own
child be immeasurably sweeter
True. there is place the stage and in bus
mess and in the professions for women Hun
dreds Of thousands Of them in this country
are making good in public life. teachers,
photographers, nurses. clerks, actresses doctors
and lawyers And none would bar or
hinder them. They faithfully and efficient
Iiy performing noble service to humanity.
But few of them have home and babies
The woman who hos these and properly
cherishes them need have no envy of her more
strenuous and seemingly more brilliant sisters.
/ Here is the jewel Of great price.-She may
think sometimes that life If dun and drudging,
But do the others far oftener perhaps than
she. So alas. do all of as
But II there is anything that. more than
sets us in tune with the infinite, and gives
us foretaste of heaven. ii is that little corner
In Gods creation we call home.
The woman with a ribhoned and scented
dog Rugged to her heart may imagine she
knows love.
The la the childless mansion may
think she knows wealth.
The woman who has no cares may think she
knows happiness.
But the woman in her own home with her
,wn child at her breast, knows them better
Than all the others do.
The home may be humble, hut it is her
home.
The child may be a cares bot it is her
child.
And ia all the ages since created
'or motherhood woman nature has not changed
n this respect one whit.
one of the greatest crimes possible against
mankind il committed when a home is broken
up by outside forces. Lives torn loose from
accustomed moorngs. and without chart or
compass, are set HTrift EPpu unknown
t',ru+1 SEA- The Is hlsck with r0tting hunks
broken in the sundering of family ties and tbs
crushing OF the holy Influences of home
Pensacola Journal.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-30
PREVENTING ACCIDENTS
BY Ebert HUBBARD

Copyright, 1912, International News
Servlce.l
Every great calamity mas its re-
compense. The law Of compensation
never rests Nature, however, does
not consider the individual; her SO
liaitnde is for the race.
The White Star line Is expendins
a million dollars to lit the Olympic
with cross bulkg1eads, size bunkers
and lifeboats to carry every person
Cn the ship.
Now behold the Laekawanna rail-
road issuing an imperative order to
all Of it's employees who are engaged
directly or Indirectly with the run
ming Of trainS that none of them
shall use strong drink in any way
nor shall ne visit q saloon or any
place where strong drink is sold
this on penalty of instant dismissal
1t seems that the engineer Of the
train that recently ran into another
standing still claims that he did not
imbibe spirituous liquors. but he adj
mitted that he had visited a saloon
on the day previous to the catas-
trophe.
The block system in use on the
I.aclSawanna hiss a cautionary signal
that precedes the block arm which
warns the engineer 10 stop. The en-
gineer ran past the cautionary signal
and the stalled train was only two
hundred feet beyond the stop. block.
This distance did not give opportunity
for the trains behind to avoid the
collision.
Having missed the cautionary sig
nal. even If the engineer had seen
the block, he would not have had
time 10 have stopped and avoided
the collision, running rs he Was at
siNty-iive miles an hour. In any
event. he ran past the ffagman, wN1o
was mile back
The engineers plea that he was
mending the injector on the engine is
not regarded as sufficient excuse for
running at a rapid rate without being
on the lookout for signals No en-
gineer has the right to tinker his en-
CINE and omit observation of the block
system.
The I.ackawanna accident must be
charged UP 10 that long list of fatali-
ties ana tragedies Tor which the de-
mon rum is responsible. The engin-
Ger was not intoxicated his mind.
however. was evidently befuddied and
dulled by the use of intoxicants.
In this new order issued by the
Lac kaWaniaa d Zig stride Ys taken to
the front In the direction of sobFiety.
Liquor never makes good man a
better man, and II often makes IA bad
man worse.
Some years ago the Northwestern
riiroad Issued an order identical to
that which the Lackawanna has just
now issued: and an interview with
Martin Hughitt, president of the
Northwestern, AYERS that after five
ffx~x.
order against the use of strong drink
or the visiting or lettering around
places where strong drink is sold, he
sees no reason why the rule should
be changed or altered in ANY " T-
In this connection il is encouraging
to see that the National Association Of
Automobile Chauffenrs al their re-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-30
CURRENT COMMENT
wants /. Real Pr,m.ry Law,

That neither the newspaper or the people OF
Viz gifHia-@eFe- feblesd@bs the action of the
last general assembly in enacting make-shtft
unsatisfactory and botched up primary Law is
evident from comments which continue to b.
made. The latest one follows:
Fifth district Democrats broke into real
spontaneous applause when Chairman Carter
declared with much feeling that he is sick and
tired of misunderstanding Register. And the
people of virginia tired OF the kind Of
primaries that people who think like Mr.. Car
ter insist upon giving them. real primary
law is easily drawn, but the Virginia general
assembly refused to pass one last winter.
Isichmond sNirginaan
The virginian is right. The people of the
State not emily tired of such primaries, but
they thoroughly disgusted with the action
IF The last assembly in defeating such primary
bills those offered by Speaker Byrd and Sen
-aiaE-GraYafI= and giving the panple In lieu OF
nsary law as we haxe. The people askes,
for bread and given a stone, but after
all the people, are supreme and we believe thar
those of Virginia are going TO force the next
general assembly, with or unwilling. To enact
q real primary Law, which will make fraud
and unfair dealing impossible thereafter. The
people have 1t in their power 10 do this. All
tnat Is necessary Is concentration Of effort
and purpose on their part and resolve thar
man shall be elected To either branch of
the general assembly who belongs to the re-
dictionary class opposing a progressive policy
in reference to the primary. The Tnen who are
either openly secretly fighting the enactment
u proper law will answer for their acts with
their political heads unless all signs faiL-Fred-
ericksbuTg Free Lance.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-30
ASA FOR DETAILS OF
RIcHMOND,S PA

on the eve of it's boosting ton
through Maryland, Virginia and Ia
Carolinas, the trade expansion burea
of the Philadelphia Merchants An
Manufacturers association has writ
ten asking the Richmond chamber
commerce for some details Of 81
booster operations. President r. T.
Darlington has received letter fras
Secretary e. W. SumffiGrffeid. OF H.
Philadelphia organization. REQUESTING
information along this line, which H.
been cheerfully given.
The Philadelphfana are expected
arrive in Richmond about N0vemn@
10th. and Governor Mann. 1AS4
Ainslie and President Carringt0u H.
join in welcoming the Quaker
excurs' onists. Mayor Biankcnburgs
Philadelphia. will accompany
boosters as far as this city II. :ssa
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-30

cent convention demanded a pledges
OF total abstinence from every nten3$
Der. So far as / know, no trade
union has ever asked for any sue1
pledge from its members, although
the American Brotherhood of Locf&
motive Engineers has bylaw whic11
prohibits engineers from drinking
when ON duty.
A motion has now been made ~
one of the members of the Brother4
hood of Locomotive Engineers de-
handing a pledge OF total abstinencrf
from each member. The subject H
being Agitated. and it lis quite likHIN
that IT will be passed n
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-30
TO HONOR THE HoosIER poEr.

libraries and literary clubs throughout thu
country. 1t is fitting that this tribute should be
paid to the Hoosier poet while he is alive
rather than to pile laurels upon his bier Riley's
poetry Is appealing to the minds of old and
young alike His song is that OF the optimist.
Whether his verse is couched in the homely
dialect OF the Hoosier dressed In the rhythmic
imagery so fancifuiiy woven by his brain, 1t
liz always joyous and happy. He sees the good
and lnot the evil in his fellow man. He is
truly the peoples poet and deserving of all
the garlands that may be laid at his feet.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-30

liam and the battle flag of the Boyne. while
the leaders Of the party opposing home rule
remain at home to devise other means Of de-
laying and. II possible Of defeating the home
rule bill. Nothing is further from their thoughts
than armed resistance and enthusiasin for Blood
shed seems TO have materially siackened even
within the bosoms Of their tools In Ulster.