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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-06

would bring interesting results in the
way of Information.
hut let no man imagine he can nnu
any plane on earth where without
work and patient waiting and cheer
full perseverance, he can make a sue
cessful venture in filling the soil
Let no ouarrelsome man. who does,
not get along with his fellow work
men anywhere, undertake to be a rel
lowship farmer. For that is position
which requires just what the WORD IN
dieates, good fellowship
Here is one item about these farms
which gives something Of their meth
DDS.
One hundred workers organized and
nav an initial $50 to 800. and % to
So monthly according to the cost OF
land and capitafizatieH4, fer fertF-fnur
months. Most of the initial cash Is foI
the first payment on a farm or NV
to zoo acres within about an hour
committing distance of a great city,
costing from $4,000 to -, 900, agree
ing to make deferred payments Win
interest through period of six years
The portions of initial and monthly
payments not used for land to be usea
for equipment of the farm, including a
Fellowship house and inn, store, irri-
eating system, auto ~truch. nor
stock and tools, the total capitallza
ton OF the farm 10 be from sSs, eaes 10
sso, 600, each member to bear his share
Of tho cost. ultimately Gs3s0 to VOW
per share-three shares the individuai
limit. =,
In spite OF the monopoly or iafia, IN
spite of the trusts and Iand-graopers,
In spite of the graft and dishonesty
everywhere, there is yet chance for
every man and woman who desires TO
get a little home in the country TO 90
So and to make a modest livelihood
il they are really in earnest.
But while thousands OF working
people are complaining of the slavery
OF city toll, there are but few among
the thousand who are willing to give
up the glare and cheap tinsei Of city
streets, the crowds and the noise and
excitement for the quiet and simple
pleasure to be found on an acre OF
ground in the country.
But IL they love their children they
owe il to them to make an effort to-
ward the establishment OF country
home.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-06
SUFFOLK

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SUFFOLK, VA, Oct. 5.-Mrs. ].
n. Williams entertained at charm
ing luncheon Friday in honor OF her
daughter, Miss Jennie Lee Williams,
whose approaching marriage to Mr..
Harry Cross of the firm OF w. s.
Gross C Company, was announced at
the luncheon. The table was deco
rated in pink and yellow. A moss
green basket filed with pink and
yellow roses was the centerpiece and
favors we're yellow baskets filled
with pink ribbons. At the end OF
each rihbon-Was a tiny envelope
sealed with cupids, which enclosed a
card bearing the announcement.
Miss williams Is q graduate of Elon
college and Is an accomplished artist.
Mr.. Cross Is prosperous young bus
mess man. The marriage will occur
this month.
Wednesday, at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. J. G. Wilroy. in Lower
Parish. Miss Grace Copeland Wilroy
became the bride of Amos Pope OF
Drewryville. The home was deco
rated in white and green. Miss Ruth
Wilroy sang Loves Way" The
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-06

ceremony was performed by Rev.
]. S. Cobb. Mr.. and Mrs. Pope will
reside In Drewryville.
Mrs. Nathaniel r. Withers enter
tanned Thursday morning at bridge,
the prize, silk hose, being won BY
Mrs. C. c. Calhoun. Mrs. Withers'
guests we're Mrs. r. s. Boykin, Mrs.
r. l.. Woodward. Mrs. A. r. Myrick.
Mrs. ]. c. Causey, Mrs. NJ. r. With
lers. Mrs. r. w. Withers, Mrs. J. r.
Wfthers, Mrs. Arthur Woolford. Miss
Anna Mory Riddick. Miss Frances
Etheridge Hume. Mrs. S. Z. Everett,
Mrs. c. c. Calhoun aud Mrs. Herbert
West.
Captain J. A. Partillo, II. s. A.,
assigned to military service in Viz
ginia. has concluded visit to Major
w. T. johnson and Captain Joseph
Winstead. --4-
Mrs. c. n. Towers OF Jacksonville,
Fla, who has been the guest OF
Mrs. w. H. Jones. Jr.. left yesterday
for her home.
Mrs. l.. A. Smythe OF Richmond
has concluded visit to Mrs. George
w. Murray.
r Miss Annie Holland OF Holland
Va. Is the guest OF Colonel Il. e.
Holland.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-06

Bring out your social remedies!
They will fail, they will fail, every
one. until each man has his feet some
where upon the soil!
--Danid Grayson.
To Him.
Get an acre and live on II,
Get "a spade and dig.
Get off the backs of the workers.
GET the shirkers OF your back
Get honest.
Get busy.
To Her.
Get a. cottage and make a home of II.
Get a broom and sweep
Get the cook and equal chance,
Get the servant girl free.
Get heart.
Get art.
LittIefied.
Probably no one is so hard to con-
vert. 10 a new idea as is the person
who has been brought UP from IN
fancy on its opposite. I was born and
raised on a farm of about $50 acres.
and saw that 1t was difficult to make
a living on it. Now comes along Conn
rade Littlefieid and proposes to make
a living from one acre. lies crazy
all my childhood acquaintance wouid
have said. and so 7, too. would nave
said then,
But since that time I have done
much reading and thinking. and ex-
perimenting. I have worked worn out.
never-fed soils TO my hearts content.
The hundred acres that were once in
my mind, necessary for living drop
ped to fifty. then to twenty. ten, fve,
and now I am investing in three acres
Of New York Fellowship farm. expect
ing that my family Of three VIII De
able to make a living on IT. In hpe
years more I shall, perhaps, go TO
Littlefield one better. sell two and
half of the three acres, and write
book on zone Acre Too Much.
The average farmer makes use OF
only the top six inches Of the soil. not
knowing the next six inches Is richer
and If he adds another foot he can get
soil that laughs at drought as the
oceans smiles at Old Sol who tries to
dry 1t up. And why feed fertilizer 70
weeds In the herculean effort to push
g. hundred acres from one cradle TO
the grave when cash and labor--ano
brains -concentrated on one acre being
wealth.
So much for the "Farm"-now TOT
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-06

"Of course, 1t was lonely being an
only child. but / never regretted hay-
ing no sisters said young man TO
-H.a-tha other day
expressed my surprise. adding
some commonplace about the happy
family relationship he had missed
"Oh., that Is all very WE'LL" he re-
piled. II like girls very much, and
always enjoy meeting them, and often
nice. but as soon as / get to know
her well enough to be invited to her
home, il Is a different matter.
There seems to be nothing but
quarreling. auarre1ing from morning
TO night, and the girl who 10 as sweet
as sugar when you meet her at "a
dance or picnic is a perfect fiend to
her family. It's terrible disillusion-
ment. and that is why say am bet
ter Off without sisters"
You must be unhappy in Your ex-
perience, for that is far from being
always the way" I replied, and in
stanced some very happily-united
brothers and sisters of my own &C
quaintauce. And don't you think the
boys and young men are very often
quite as much to blame as the girls ?"
"Oh, yes indeed" he admitted
freely. II am often sorry for the
girls i know. to see what bad time
their brothers give them. You will
meet a girl at dance. for instance.
maybe she Is a stranger and not
knowing soul in the room. and her
brother, who has taken her there. will
just leave her in a corner without
taking any more notice.
Il always look out for those girls
and dance with them and find them
some partners. and help them enjoy
themselves. But If knew their
brothers we'll enough / would take
them and give them a rafting good
lecture"
you are quite right" agreed
But still think 1t Is a pity you have
no sisters, for am sure you would
be very good to them. And sisters
depend upon their brothers SO much
more than the men ever realize. A
girl at home has a very dull time II
her brother is selfish and refuses to
take her about"
''And do not know why ii Is at
ALL" he pursued. "They are very pref
mired, and I am sure would give their
brothers no trouble once they got In
the way Of finding them some com
pany and amusement.
..But they must just stick at home
until some other fellow comes along
and md them. and perhaps that may
not happen easily. oh. I can quite
see how bad II is for girl If ner
brother refuses to be bothered with
her company"
So YOU see the blame was fairly APP
portioned.
And is not every word this young
man said full Of truth? -
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Get Little Green Spot to Call Home
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

the Fellowship" This is the pith of
the whole thing. Solitary confinement
to hundred acres doesn't appeal to
any of us.
Ten neighbors on hundred acres
will at least allow more latitude In the
choice of associates, and most OF us
expect to find close to a hundred per
cent of our neighbors congenial.
Heaven isn't reached by single
bound, but We build the ladder by
which we rise"
Fellowship farm Is the first round in
the ladder. Few US get on that and
build the others.
EDWIN W. WHEAT.
Will your children be able to remem-
Der a home in years to come?
Not il you have spent your life In
moving from fiat to fiat, tenement to
tenement Or house to house every
year.
Unless your children have known a
little green spot in the county a place
where a tree grows and thu grass is
under their feet, and the winds of the
wide world blow about them, can you
be said to have bestowed home memo
ries upon them? Cooperative farms
are beginning to be a great and won
derful influence in the land.
In Reading. Pa. Los Angeles, Cal,
and Westwood, Mass. there are or
CARNATIONS which make cooperative
little farms possible for people of lin
tied means, who are willing to work
and wait until the limited means turn
into positive competence.
Bolton Hall. New York City. has
experimental personally with an acre
of ground, aIld-has- proven what it
will do toward giving a man inde-
pendence. "A man who works, loving
Iy and willingly. to turn an acre into
the greatest possible profit"
The Joseph FEELS Fun society. OF Gin
cinnati, Ohio. has a ton of statistics
regarding what can be done with an
acre, or quarter Of an acre. 1t would
be well Tor every poor man living
on starvation wages and wearing his
life away in a crowded city to write
to the chairman of the Joseph Fels
committee, Cincinnati, Ohio. for furth-
err information.
letter sent to the Cooperative
Farm association, Westwood. Mass, or
Reading, Pa, or Los Angeles, Cal.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-06
WAvERLY

Especial to the Richmond Virginian)
WAVERLY. VA, Oct. mir. and
Mrs. L. NJ. Hancock spent yesterday
lin Richmond.
Mrs. III, A. Gray, Mrs, v. G. John
son and Miss Grace w. West have
returned from few days visit to
Norfolk.
Mrs. virgie Parham of Petersburg
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. c. e.
Smith, on Copperhaunk avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. f. Ship returned
home this week, after a months visit
to friends and relatives in Durham,
IN. c.
p. Fleetwood and Clare Battams
have returned home, after two
weeks visit to friends in Delaware
and Maryland.
Miss Ruth Spratley Of Waverly is
on q visit to friends in Newport News.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. ID. West and
daughter were guests Of their friends
In Waverly q few days ago.
Homer Ross and sister, Miss Fan
ME, Of Brownsville, Pa. are guests
of Mrs. B. Z. Cobb, on West Main
street.
Mrs. George B. Burt and daughter,
Mary, have returned to their homes
In Waverly, after spending the sum-
neE With relatives in Bowling Green.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-06
THE ONLY CHILD

I Whether the brothers or sisters are
to blame. or both, or the parents and
general family influences, / know not;
the fact remains that home life, which
might be so happy, is In the majority
of cases far from ideal.
You will find it generally causes sur
prise IL sister expresses deep affec-
ton for her brother. or vice versa. And
to find man paying his sister the
little attentions in public that he would
devote to any other woman--whether
his wife or mere chance acquaint-
ance--is most rare.
Perhaps il Is no wonder that girl
In the privacy of her home takes the
chance of paying back all the lit
tie sights and injuries and neglects
which she has suffered abroad from
her menfolk without the least chance
Of retaliation. finding herself obliged
to smile and look pleasant" all the
while for the sake OF the family credit
One can scarcely blame her. and
vet the pity of IL. For such be.
havior on her part debars all i'm
provement on the part OF her brother.
And sometimes. again, the fault is
hers throughout. There are many
men who have pinned all their lives
for just the sort of compromising
they might receive from a sympa-
thetic sister.
lie is 'oniy my brother" says the
girl contemptuously, and makes that
the excuse for letting him see aer
In careless disarray. and wicked
tempers. and THE sulks," and all
those unhappy and unhappy max
ing moods which every member of an
average housekeeping family knows
only too well.
So the man is driven to seek
feminine comradeship outside the
home circle, in way which often
would never occur did a healthy,
good tempered, give and take conf
dence exist between brothers and
sisters
And apart from the personal aspect.
how the influence OF a happy home
spreads, How lonely outsiders" love
to be welcomed within the magic
circle. and feel its restful and in
vigorating charm,
There are too few such homes. and
yet they might be many. And each
one of them inspires in the heart
Of some solitary pilgrim the longing
to build just such another; while
every unhappy home is fruitful
source of the jeers and gibes against
family life which are becoming all
too common nowadays
Brothers and sisters who read this.
will you not determine to do your
share towards creating the whole
some, happy atmosphere which should
envelop every home in the world?
Do not let the old metaphor Of
the family Preside" fall into
desuetude, Keep your own hearth
fire burning brightly, and 1t will ir-
radiate more lives than you know.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-06
LOUIS MANN COMING IN
.sELEyATING A HUSBAND

Louis Mann, who is shortly to be
seen here in his newest success, "Ele-
waiting Husband" in which he has
been appearing for six months in
New York at four theaters in success
sion, has a sense of humor of the
stage quite as acute as that he dis
plays to his audiences. 1t is well
known that Mr.. Mann has an ambi-
ton to play Shyloek, and at his own
expense he is fond of telling the fol-
lowing story of a conversation he
overheard at the conclusion OF
trial performance he once gave in
this notable role, After his perform
ance he heard some old stage car
penters discussing the various play
ers of Shylock they had seen in their
day. well" said one Of them, you
may talk Of Irving and Booth, and
now Mann, but give me Fetchter's
Shylock. He was done in twenty
minuts sooner than any of EN-. /"
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dia. hoping to awaken the minds of the
ueopIe there to the evils of child mar
riage.
At first the effort seemed almost
HOMELESS. for only few of the edu-
Gated and progressive men were IN
terested in her ideas: but with the
assistance OF another, American, Miss
Carrie Tenant she kept on In her
work
Every year the movement has grown.
and In a letter just received, Mrs. Wal
lace says; IAN India is waking up
to all the modern Ideas OF progress.
Every time one OF lndia's great men,
its educated, rich and powerful men,
speaks on these subjects, 1t makes
profound impression on the masses.
India has the foolish custom of many
other Oriental countries, of spending
much money on ceremonies supposed
to better the condition OF dead ances-
tors.
And it usese extravagant sums In
marriage ceremonies for its girls;
girls OF FIVE Or ten years Of age oft
times. Children OF that age do not
usually live with their husbands; but
the expense of the wedding Is no less
because OF that fact. Girls Of ten fire.
quently do become actual wives. how
ever. and actual mothers at twelve and
thirteen.
And the infants born Of these early
marriages are weakly, and many die
early: and that is why India has de-
generated as a nation in the last few
centuries.
The evils which are entaiied by these
child marriages are too innumerable
to mention. Only education can do
away with the custom. which origi-
~ -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-06
India Awakens to the Evil of Child Marriage

heavier, as he Is generally member
Of the joint family. To an outsider
it may seem just otherwise. but that
is not go. BY marrying you create
certain necessities which had no exs
istence before.
And as marriage among US is
closely followed by childbirth, our
needs and requirements increase
steadily; incomes, however. remaining
the same. Children born Of imma-
ture parents are subject to frequent
attacks OF diseases which tell severe-
ly upon the shattered health of the
giTl-mother, who has got to nurse
them: and 1t so happens that doctors
monthly bills are hardly covered by
the monthly salary of the bread
winner of the family, who has no
capital to fall back upon, and so
runs into debt.
Now, the gloom of poverty hangs
upon the family and the early-mar-
ried youth, compelled to seek means
for supplementing the income OF the
family. In our country there is hard
ly any occupation for a half-educated
youth in the technical or Industrial
sphere. He hac no money to start
with on trading venture. Conse-
In some Office on poor monthly
pittance.
Thus you see how our young mon
are taken away from their books -
early and compelled to hug the tram
mels Of service. There. in the dark
cell of his office--the grave OF his
aspirations -- fearfully overworked.
the young enthusiast IL doomed 10
pass the rest Of his days In endless
misery and gloom"
Only q few years ago no man In
India would have dared make such 4
speech and so defy and accuse ira
dition. There 10 hope for India. now
its thinking men are awake. and
4 few OF its women. All win awaken
IN time
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-06
ny ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

A ! sthe Oldest son OF his father,
who worked in a merchants Office in
Calcutta on monthly salary of SO
rupees. and lived In a rented house at
Kalighat. k passed the entrance ex-
animation In the first division and got
a scholarships. He was admitted into
ting Presidency college; and went on
very well.
One day his fathers mother urged
on his father to get him married, as
sine must see the face of her grand :
daughter-in-law before her final de-
parture for Benares. AS mother also
joined in the prayer. AS father at
last agreed, and A was married 20
a girl of ten while he was only six
teen years Of age. and got a hand
some tiowry,
Within q year Of the marriage,
when the wife was eleven, she gave
birth to daughter: and at the age
OF thirteen she was mother of three
children.
The parents of a wife are expected
to bestow handsome presents on the
parents Of the husband; and this wife
received insults and GOODNESS and dis
agreeable treatment because her pa
rents were not able to do this. And
the young husband failed In his ex-
aminations through his home worries,
and lost his health besides.
Nevertheless, his bigoted grand
mother urged the early marriage OF
his brother. and a similar condition
followed.
Raj Bahadur Chandra Chose. one
OF midas brilliant men. related these
stories in lecture. and continued az
follows:
TT Is indeed the highest f0ffy 10
marry before you are competent to
take care OF yourself and your family.
Economically speaking. early mar
riage Is a great blunder. For as soon
as Ynli get married you take many
great responsibilities on your should
ers. With the Hindu the burden y
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-06

tic musical comedietta, Morning Re-
Elections" Midgley was one Of tbs
featured performers in the produc-
ton Of the Drury Lane spectacle The
White Cat" by klaw g. Erlanger.
Fashion plate artists, Guy Samsel
and Edith Reilly. will offer one of the
high-elaSs features of vaudeville,
their splendid vocal work being en-
phasized by the elegant wardrobe dis
played by both performers.
Comedy cleverness requiring excep-
tionai talent and distinct versatility
Will be the contribution Of Ed Car
ney and Fred Wagntr, character sing
ers
Acrobatic featS combined with pam
tomlme comedy will be the Offering
OF the Wood brothers.
Photopiays endorsed by the Ma
tionaf Board of Censorship will round
out the program to be offered each
afternoon at o'clock and twice At
night, at 1880 and . O'Clock.
Returns from the worlds baseball
series between Boston and New York
will be read from the stage each
afternoon, starting Tuesday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-06
.'Baby Mine" Again.

EbAUt &fiut AEdin
''Baby Mine" returns TO the Acad-
envy this week for q three-days' stay.
The company was seen here last
week, and whatever else may be said
OF the play Ii causes gale of laugh
ter. Here is what two Richmond
writers wrote about it.
1.-THE farce is billed as the funniest
piay ever written and playgoers
who saw the performance last night
Are OF the same opinion. From the
nrst FIVE minutes after the curtain
rose until it. was rung down on the
closing scene the audience was kept
Iii an uproar. Baby Nine is riot
~ fun and laughter from start to
/ dnish."
Margaret Mayo's funny four-act
farce. Baby Mine kept two audi
ences in a continual ripple of merri-
sment that ranged from smiles to con-
sh1sions yesterday afternoon and
SWight at the Academy OF Music. The
spdAy Ii not stranger to Richmond,
1bHt deter from the interest In it.
Elk h - screamingly funny now as 1t
agna last season. The lines are SO
,13ogsriy constructed that the actors.
Tho are only human. cannot but
onfer completely into the spirit Of
~ farce. and their perception OF the
abilities OF the situations are
npjets.
s 81 s1haetergoers viii recall the In
N10as plot. A young wife, In order
V Win back the affections OF her
Nlnand. resorts to heroic measures.
a !. - - = =
E1 young married friends. A series
a4eurd mistakes. In which . coun-
- hahx Ag1rsg. Lad to comph-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-06
At the EmYrre.

At the Empire.
Preparations have been made at the
Empire for the entertainment of great
crowds during fair week. crowds anx-
ious TO view tho newest and most
beautiful Of local theaters, and, ac-
cordingly, an extra bill of vaudeville
features Will be provided
Woolforn's educated animals have
been listed as the star feature. Wood
ford Is the greatest American trainer
sssf Jungle tnhabitanss. Ills troupe in
cludes a dog, pony and four mon
keys. and viii introduce Oscar. the
man monkey. the star OF all trained
Simians, on the stage today. Oscar
has appeared once in this city before,
when the ape was a sensational fea-
ture of bill at the Colonial, nearly
two years ago. The engagement should
Fprove one of the most attractive ever
shown at the Empire.
One Of the greatest musical comedy
stars of the past two score years will
present himself In the person of Sager
Midgley. His company offers the nus
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-06
At the Colonial.

Fair week at the Colonial means
an extra good entertainment.
As principal feature will be Offer
ed Belle Hathaway and her troupe Of
twelve trained Simians, famous In the
vaudeville world Tor their cieyeruAaQ