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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-24
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Tho decision % the city Democratic
Committee leaves unchanged the fact
that Richmond must select tho i've
best possible men FOR the Administra-
.4ve Board. il does not lessen one
GOT or little the danger that from
multiplicity OF candidates a divided
vote Of The electorate may choose
those whose ability is not equal to the
grave task OF properly conducting the
affairs OF the city rnc rejection OF
the convention was not accompanied
by any suggestion as to how The wide
spread public determination To gct the
five best men is TO be carried out.
The very eaeerncss of the people TO
choose wisely may fail of its end for
the lack OF somo means OF discrinii-
mating between good and bad material.
and OF centring upon those men
whose records and capacities prove
them tic bost fitted TO hold position
or this untried board and by their CT
forts maize 1t success. Yet the stern
fact remains that something has to
be done 20 get n good board.
The convention plan for the wise
and careful consideration of this mat
ter promised, and we think siill holds,
a solution of this difficulty. We judge
1t unfortunate that its possibilities ala
not seem to the committee the best
way OF securing the end all thought
iul citizens desire. What constitute
tive measure 10 they propose. not for
hamperlnG or II. any way sitting the
Will of tho people, but for assuring
that this will do not fail OF it's wishes
through a scattered vote? The sole
question IS 10 get the best board.
That is the unanimous demand Of
Richmond. AS the choice is to be LEFT
10 tho primary, make the primary a
sure vehicle FOR exercising n rigid dis
elimination, and make 1t mean wise
choice. =
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NEW STATE CHARTERS

Poured House Construction Company
GncD. \.cxandria. Va. william T. Chant
land. president. Highlands. Va; g. c. Lead
Deatcr. treasurer. Alexandria, Va; l.. 9.
Snagler. vice. president aud assis;au; Secrc-
tlry. Highlands, Va: Henry Ecric, secrc-
tary. Washington. ID. O. Capita: Maxi
mum, $4,000: minimum. $3.50. o01cct:
Real estate business.
Norfolk. Va. j. a. Miller. president; G. G.
Sawyer, Vice president: l.. +. Miller, sec
rotary ana trcasurcr-all o. Norfolk. Capt
tai: Maximum. 5000; minimum. s.lO99.
OBJECT. Real estate business
Warsaw Manufacturing Company Inc.),
Warsaw, Va. l.. l.. Lpscomb. president; Il.
Il. Wright. Vco-president. Warsaw. Va. NJ.
c. Wright. Richmond; w. +. Tyler, scc-e-
tary and treasurer, Warsaw, Va. OBJECT:
Canning business.
National Machine Corporation, Suffolk.
Va @. Il. Walton. president. Suffolk. Va;
e. H. Balm. icc-prcsident. Wakefield. Va. (,
j. II. Liliston. secretary and treasurer,
Suffolk. Va. capital: Maximum, $50. 90.
minimum. $1,000. object: Machinery bus
iness and dealers In general supplies.
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-24
AND LIFE GOES ON.

one CLEAN OF JOY has fallen across
the heavy shadow of the Titanic ais
aster. Wedding bells have mingled
with the tolling of the solemn chime
OF grief ana the marriage of an Eng
lish girl who was among the survivors
OF the great wreck shows how Ii.
goes on, taking up the thread II the
future, and how youth seizes its happ!-
ness in the very heart OF tragedy.
There is something human and touch
ing, even comforting. in the picture q.
This young girl, without bridal nnerv.
penniless, and still trembling from,
the passing of the shadow. stan0jIl,.
before the altar almost as gift from
the sea TO the man she loved Her
husband was on his way East when he
learned Of tho sinking OF his treasure
ship, and he spent hours OF desperate
anxiety waiting for news. And when
he found his fears turned into sudden
JOY there was no waiting for trous-
scnu or bridal gifts. They were
simply married in the presence OF the
sisters of the Church.
hut If sorrow joins all men, so do
JOY and youth. and when tile news
OF this wedding reached the hard
pressed women of the relief committee
in New York they found time 10 gath
cr somewhere a new outfit for the
bride. They clothed her. and gave
her Il dover OF 500 from the funds
at their disposal 4 passing minister
lent his automobile for n wedding car,
and at the hotel, in some mysterious
way. the bridal suite was waiting.
There is much that is nnc and hearten-
ing in this little story. 1t has the
fairy tale touch. with an eager public
charity playing the fairy godmother.
And best of all 1t had a happy ending.
humanity is never so crushed by its
losses that ii canno, lend of its beau
tiful and mysterious goodness to make
the dreams of young love come true.
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Lines.

CWsitten upon seeing tho portrait O. q
Greek Maiden.
No Hweetcr face Ger Eraccd Il page
Than that before me now.
And at the base of Rcauty's shrine
lis mine TO huInbly bow.
Ills not for things that wealth be.
slows.
IT'S no, for Honors voice,
But give me from those Grec!an lips
One smIle-and rejoice.
For ',wcrc as If sweet Nature In
Her rarest moods essaycd
To crown her work in Beauty's
She gave tho Grecian Maid.
such wealth OF beauty in that face,
Such form divinely sweet,
Would ope the door to closed hearts,
o. melt the eyes TO meet.
OF Hclens beauty Homer sang
Through many an epic strain.
But had he seen the Grecian Maid.
Then Helen had been plain.
OF simple beauty she nay boast.
or slightly brunette shade,
For Nature in exquisite mood
Gave best--thc Grcc'an Maid.
FRANK MONROE BEVERLY.
Freezing.
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Tho sunlight Is sinking. and saadow 5
creep
rpon nc marshes pondy deep.
ANA thc frogs arc singing FOR rain:
ana they soiemnly blink, IS they sit
and wink
- And p.99,9siy pray for rain
IN Inc solitude. with II grand prelude
they sing to this refrain:
Yes. yes. yes" the tcnors chaunt.
VII" tunefui catch from their recdy
We need some rain right soon.
And me big Bullfros on his rotten
Bells like sweet bassoon.
S Ihs stsrs ,,, shine OUT; and bats aw.ns
And the sedgcs are sighlng FOR rain.
ana ne nightly voices, with Mo re
For music Is balm for pain.
In tho solitude, with i grand prelude
tAey sing 10 this refrain:
y T,ry: dry! dEy;" the trebles begin.
10 the lutte and soft oboe.
And the BASES boom. In the gathering
"Ah. no all no! ali. no."
With the ,footllghts OF Heaven reflect
ed below
The Orchestra heavos orator!o.
And the chorus is calling for -a.,,
With "A woodrous attack. ana phras
Ing no lack.
They sing it over again.
IN INC solitude. ~ tn Il grand prelude
they sing The same refrain:
You. you! YOU" In harmony sweet
N!th the heavenly hautboys' musical
The snaredrUms rattle ama!n:
IN the solitude, with Il grand prelude
The frogs arc singing for rain
EDMOND FOETAINE
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-24
On the Spur ofthe Moment
By Roy K. Moulton
Nov Ing.

MOVING.
vi course, you must move 1t is
nsainst the rules TO stay more than
year i'm one house nowadays. even
If 1t is perfectly good house and in
a splendid neighborhood. The whole
FAMILY goes out house hunting collec-
lively and individuaIly.
Your wife wants Il colonial house
WIN pillars in front. your daughter
wants one of those new tangled
puhsaiows, and your mothcr-in-law
wants one of those d-fashioncd ones
win ABOUT fourteen gables IN the
ROOF ana tower in one corner You
talk about the house before break
last aud supper and the various
mentors OF your family telephone
you about the house at odd times
curing the day. Renting; agency men
hoiu convention In your Office and
load you down with about fifteen
pounds or door keys. which you lug
around for about three weeks while
your family IS making up it's mind.
finaliy you find house that Is
sort of combination of all the
houses favored, but II is in a poor
nelShborhood. When you get in YOU
find that the wall paper is not right
III any room. the Kitchen pump won't
work. the plumbing is out of order.
the back stairs are too steep, the
Kitchen roof leaks the man next
door owns Il phonograph and triplets
mat cry all night, and the house has
Il black eye because the last family
that lived there didn't pay bills. This
Is liable to occur. no matter what
mouse YOU choose. When YOU get the
house fixed up at your own cXpcusc il
Is time TO move again.
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As they talk for publication.

And with embrace as cold as Arctic
night
Destroy tho thing that ta!n would
face It's wrath
But look. the western sky is slowly
Frightening.
And soon youll see in all its glorious
splcudor
4 simmer sunset, mystic IN It's charm.
The storm. no moro doubly dreaded
demon,
Rolls eastward with a restful murmur-
ing sound
And leaves in me the thought OF
grandcr things
Than God intended man to speak aloud
T.. VI. WALLACE.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-24
WOMEN AND GOOD ROADS.

None is more Interested IN securing
good roads than woman is. Farmers
wives supply the best antidotc for
farmers hostility to the good roads
movement. Farmers. as well as all
other citizens. should he interested in
securing better highways often, how
ever they light against supplying any
OF the money for highway i,nprova-
mcnt. Perhaps they do not see the
need and the value of good roads rs
kcenly AS their good wives do. The
loneliness OF country life often bears
severely on the women Of the farm, as
is shown by the fact that there Is
startliugly large percentage OF farmers
wives who go insane. Poor roads keep
the family AT home at times when there
i little work 10 be done at home
This point was brought out at tho Wo-
mans Good Roads Contention Lately
held in Chicago. In tho interest of q
larger. frccr, fairor life for women OF
tn" farms. hishway Improvement vas
demanded. If the women Of Virginia
become rightly aroused on the subiect
OF better highways they win prove an
Important factor in removing the CHIEF
obstacle to the good roads movement
the hostility OF the men at home In
time like this. movements which
mean additional taxation require strict
scrutiny. but money spent cp good
roads is economically spent 1t in
grasses the value of farm land, because
it increases the value of farm products
since it makes the market for them
moro accessib!c. The difference be
tween had roads and good roads is the
difference between nuisance ana a
! sound Investment
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-24
From the ulcke,,l.le clarion.

Mrs. Ez. Perkins says she doesn't
know what in tunket is the matter
with her husband. ana she is some
worried about him He is always
taken seriously i'll about this time in
the spring and he doesn't get out of
bed until after the harVcStin' is over
IN the fall. 1t seems to be ch.onicaI
with him. and the funny part oil It IS
he always feels first rate in the win
ter when there IS no farm work to do.
Elmer Jones says there is some
women he has :un across that he
certainly can't see through. We'll. bv
gravy, II he Kin see through any OF
'cm lie is Il dandy.
Miss Euphremia Perkins. our poet
when she sits down and tries TO
write she can think Of nothing
Well. most OF tho magazine short
stories Just now are written on that
same subject.
There is q lot Of charm in femlninity
AROUND the house unless perhaps
It Teller has. got five or six unmarried
daughters. in which case the novelty
of the thing kind of wears Off.
Ii Amt any more disgraccful to
wear a pair a. pants that is patched
than il is to wear a pair that amt
paid fer.
Rev. Hudnutt says the law OF com
pcnsatlon is one that can't be violated
by human hein'. Hank Tumms has
owed us for five bushels of oats for
fifteen years, and we have always sus-
pectcd that Hank wasn't exactly
human.
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pie and exports foodstufrs In addition.
Save for what may be termed n few
small show spots that tho independence
coeer'e exploit SO picturcsquely and
eloquently. the tillags of the islands.
which. bear IN mind. number 3.141. is
primitive to the last degrees. Tho live
stock consists of water buffalo. the
roads are few and bad IN most of the
group. where roads exist at all, and
the average of living. outside OF few
favored localities. is on the border
line OF starvation.
Apart from the commercial interests.
which dictate our holding on to the
Philippines. and asida from their stratc-
sic value To us III their relation 10 the
Panama Canal and our expanding Pa
cinc trade that must follow the COM
plc,ion OF that work. there IS IN what
ever progress that has been made since
We took over the possession am unan-
swcrable argument against relinqush-
ing it. That argument consists in
the indisputabie evidence that rclin-
Quishment could but mean educational,
economic. civic and moral rctrogrcs-
sion from the point TO which our occu
patton has advanced these, ana inter-
nal political strife; opportunity for
giving full vent in physical conflict
TO racial and religious antagonism, and
finally chaos. The last condition of
the natives would be worse than their
first condition, as it obtained under
the "cruel Spanish yok and abar-
doument Of the task we had UNDER
taken would in the end prove far more
cruel than the ruthless corrupt Span
ish rule we substitute
Having put our hand to ,he pillow
and driven it thus far. to uurn back
would be to shirk = solemn moral obli-
cation we took before all the world !
and he staggering blow to our ma
tonal prestige. In its consequence IS
TO the natives and 10 civilization. II
would be parallcled only by British !
evacuation of India and the leaving OF
the diverse peoples of that land to |
work out their own destruction through |
constant racial and religious warfare
In a welter OF blood.
Sentiment. government doctrine. |
1ltruIs,ic platform pledges. none the /
less. the independence proposition is 4
utterly academic, not to say absurd.
'crforce of our every responsibility III
Connection with the matter, our Phil
ppinc policy now and for the future is
summed up in ga ira" we shall ana
must go on
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-24

I hereditary. but more largely matter
of nervous temperament in the posses
sor. 1t Is probably duo to n very Itee,
sensibility of external Impressions
and finds n useful ally in too active
: Imagination. The shy person sees
I himself in thousand awkward pre-
dicamonts. ana bears Il burden of tim
orous anticipation that makes life q
torment. "Sins may be forgiven
dinidcncc this sermon might find a
text. but shyncss has no forgiveness IN
heaven or earth" But that the victim
has realler fears than those OF his
own mind is proved by the occasional
paralysis of movement and speech. The
case is given of an exceedingly shy
man, who replied to a toast at n din
her in his honor by repeating his
speech in pantomimc only, without ut
terinG a single word. Sta,rmering
ana flushing are other concomitants
of what seems almost Il discusc-a dis
ease in the true sense.
Great mon and small arc subject to
Garrick and turbulent spirit like
Byron being slaves of their fears. Sir
Isaac Newton was so ,norbidly timor-
Gus that he dreaded the publication of
his discoveries lest it mean larger
list of acquaintances. Ii seems Ger
tain that one factor In this weakness
is kind of exaggerated cgo-a man
oulks so large In his own eyes that he
is afraid to open his mouth lest he
dislodSc the universe from its centre
Ana probably tho best remedy is. not
drink which has often stimulated shy
genius into rudy self confidence, but
the rough and tumble education OF
contact with men in life. Among his
fellows the shy man learns that his
sins OF speech or action are not so
great in Importance as to damn him
one way or the other.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-24

The operation was successful, but
he died from The shock"
"A friend did come and I did trust
him lost my friend ana his Gus
tom"
The brave fire ladies soon had the
angry clements under control"
There are three doctors on the
case and the patient is doing as well
80 could be expected under the circum-
stances"
Would YOU Ike to have your pack
age sent or Will you take it with YOU?
that furnace,
anyhow"
Sorry We haven't got that. madam.
but mere Is something just as good"
sugar in your coffee. sir?
Yes. ! Will call around some day
and take You out for ride--iust as
soon as 1T warns up Il little. Pretty
cold now, You know
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-24
A Summer storm

Far away in western misty skies
Is seen a cloud of origin unknown.
It's surely moving slowly on to us
With ever lowering brow ana blacken-
ing van;
AS surely is il spreading slowly round
And casting on this Digmy earth a pail
AS black as curse Of God or wicked
man.
Too soon with nerce and all convulsive
force
VIII 4, descend and hood with mighty
The armament; and tear and rend this
God
Accused earth with power unseen:
And as an untamed lion ices from man
So does it with leaps and bounds en-
compass
Round its victims in its deadly grip,
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Farewell Titanic.

Down in the bowels Of the deep blaze
Tests the Titanic. giant was she.
Though buiit to ply from shore to
she touched but one. and will touch
no more.
on that dark and dismal night.
When captain ana crew Thought all
was 7 ght,
Somewhere hidden in the path she
y giant iceberg suddenly arose.
Md before the crow had time to act
fhe Gallant ship on the iceberg;
Terrible must have been the scene.
To hear the women and children
To hear the agonizimg sroans
OF women and children so far from
home,
Little eNpecting when they went to
10 lind a grave in the DrIny deep.
But God. the ruler Of the sea and sky,
Bids US ever 10 be ready TO die
lie says death comes as II thief at
night.
And what file says is always right.
OF passengers and crew but Few were
saved
Hundreds found a watcry grave.
SO long as ships the ocean ride.
CataStrophes such as >thcsc Will he.
And when no catastrophe. then no sea.
j. NJ. NORMAN.
Barton Heights
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Irresistible Impulses.

10 ask man how much his suit
To take suitcase when going into
IL dry country.
TO throw the alarm clock out OF
the window.
TO long for the piece o; beefstcak
that has the round bono in it,
TO eat muslSmelon the old fash
Toned way. like playing a mouth or
gan.
To eat about three more pancakes
than you can stand
To acquire sudden headache
when invited to dress-up dinner
party
10 look at the cards on the nowers
at a funeral.
TO speak about the trip YOU took TO
Europe.
To walk off with the grip full Of
hotel stationery.
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c L IIt 4.

The advocates OF the sentimental
proposition to vlndicate the Denver ma
,iomal Democratic platform by accord
Ing the Filipino complete Independence
after period OF probation of eight
years. although comparatively few and
far between, so far as we have been
able 10 observe, are already diligently
engaged !n scattering statistics IN sup
port OF their cause. They are present
ms glowing pictures of the phonome-
nal progress" the Islands hava made
under our benchcent ovcrlordship. Not
only have there been rapid strides in
sanitation. education. agriculture and
industries and marked increase IN i'm
portatons and expectations, 1t Is
exultantly acclaimed, but, as q crown
ing evidence OF assimilation oc our
civilization, Il is cited. and dwclt upon
with emphasis, that the natives have
nlready caught the baseball fever.
This might be most confounding to
tho doubling Thomases were there not
a reverse OF. the nicture; were 1t not
1hat tho :actr and the figures of the
Independence enthusiasts are tnc thin
nest sort OF veneer spread over mos,
negligible area OF Philippine surface
zrs-s II not that numerous other com
plex buy ignored factors enter into the
question. which involve grave duty 10
ourselves. our wards. the wotld's civil
Hation end humanity. Tho other side
sDd Tho axDosu,-a Of tlc uustahIe fni,.-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-24
NOW OWNED BY CITY
nnck Property Passed Formally TO Munici.
pal Control.

City Attorney Pollard served. formal notice
Yesterday on George w. Rogers, chairman
OF the Council Committee on Improvement t
east OF Seventeenth street had passed to
the ownership of the City of Richmond
pursuant to recent instructions OF the Coun-
eli. The price having been 10000 paid in
Richmond ci.y bonds.
Nj Rogers has asked proposals on tenn
porary repairs to the lock gates. so that
The Dock. which has long been closed to
traffic, may again be put into use Later u
careful survey will be made and more OK :
tensivc improvements Will be projected
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-24
Voice of the People
Amcricn', Heroic Men.

I" the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-So much praise and honor is
due our American mon who gave their
lives $" nobiy on the Inflated Titanic
That tn" women and children might
i've thus insuiing to themselves a
monument ia our hearts that shall be
iadcicSs ana eternal, aHc in days to
come make the way swecter for our
ieet. The nobiest hearts are ever the
tehdcfcSt. Tor mat is the response
that nobility gives 10 tenderness
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-24
Building Permits.

building and repair permits were issued
yesterday rs follows:
Davis Brothers GncD to erect a two
story brick tenement, four dwellings. Oh tho
cast side OF Allen Avenue between Floyd
and Grove Avenues, to ccst SEQ
Davis Brothers Gnc.), to erect a two
story brick tenement eight dwellings, on
the north side OF FLOYD Avenue between
Vine Street and Allen Avenue. TO cost
S2i.0e0
Mrs. G. Z. Dorsam. to repair brick
dwelling. :O0a Hanover Avenue. to cost. 500.
u. s IIerrick to repair n frame dwelling
in rear OF eio-oi: North Eighth Street, to
cost SIC, 3
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Truly they met their Waterloo. ana
stood bravely by their heritage. May
the women of America be ever worthy
of their highest faith, ana may God.
our rather, who is the Comforter.
soothe the aching hearts OF the widow
and the fatherlcss, giving them Ills
tendcrcst blessing.
ELLEN l.. LACY.
Blackstone
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-24

Uncle simpson Pepper says eating
with knife may not be good table
manners but /, generally means n
GOOD appetite gained by honest work.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-24
Government, Ownership of railways.

from q VOL informed SOURCE haa
come this list OF countries in which
the railways are partly or wholly
owned und operated by the govern
mcut: belgium. France. Switzerland.
Austria, Turkey, Russia, Italy Scryia.
Bulgaria, Denmark
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-24

With the college debating season In
fun swing speedy solution OF the
questions that are worrying the world
may be cXpected
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QUERIES &
ANSWERS
Rosemary Iibrnry.

Please publish foc mo tho terms on
which books may be got ~ the Rose
mary Library. MISS +. II
Membership dues Of 81 a year .ut.
tie one to borrow booRs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-24

Can you tell nc how ! may acquire
enough magnetism TO enable me to
hEpnotizc others? G. :. BEVERLY.
frankly. We cannot
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hich Loved Him Best" at tn
-Nh"mhf! is one o. tn most evenly
""i"ncou AN enjoyable reels % tn
ScN7oh' cept iii flm is spotted III tn
more emotional scenes. TIL Teller
that's ailus compiainin' about n dogs
lie IL generally setter.