The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-18
nd Children First Thank God for Men OF America
HONOR'S LAW HIGHER
THAN THE LAW OFIIFE
Self-Sacrlflce Of American Men Oh Board Sink
ing Titanic Places Them in Front Ranks OF
Worlds Knighthood for All Time

I 'SiS up the horror
81 IT all. Imagination was busy paint.
-ns scenes away out on the ice 1ici,
u iae ocean, until even astnattor
srew weary and succumbsd Grad
| lallE the situation narrowed down I,
"ailihS Wait" was the single
'honsht that remained. Over and owe;
again the duli-eycd watchers an.
9fohcAed the desks. Isn't there an.
'onSf mans? Just one?" they pleaded
word of ii"pc Eases Pain.
/ not yet replied phc company's
de;nend was too great for them 10
aesr no reqncs, too impossible for
:hem to answer. Up and down the
! printed lists went their pencils. II the
| wanted name WAS not there a word
OF nope, an expression Of sympathy,
eaSed the pain OF the anxious ones.
| over in one corner a pathetic dsurc
ioi woman in black stood. Obvious
! OF the crowd. She had been standing,
there no one knew how many hours
Go and sac JUS once more" Snc
would murmur 10 her husband. and he.
Knowing fun well tie once would
go on through the day, patiently com
piled.
I'm waiting for news Of my mother"
she soooed tears streaming down her
face In an unquenchable stream.
rather died 1--WE weeks ago. Mother
sold her little home and was on her
way here to spend the rest Of her days
with me. She missed tho boat She was
10 tako and came OH the-the-lhe-"
But the fatal mama stuck in her
throat 90 and see Just once more"
she whispered.
The wife of D capitalist whose name
Is not in the list Of survivors burst
into the Office to-day in n state border
dering on hysteria- why don't th..y
send more boats? Can't YOU get word
from any Of the rcscuers? Can't you
near from tho Firginian? How does It
happen that some men are saved? Why
wasn't my husband saved If others
wera?"
Patient clerks bore with her. know
ing the demands and rccita,ions were
but the outpourings of grief. They did
not dare explain that the Nirginian
found only drift of wreekaEc-ell
that remained of the Titanic
tall. well-dressed msr stopped
quickly up to the desk He handed the
clerk slip of paper.
is her name on the l!st?" he said,
simply. The pencil bsgan its slow jour
ney down the page. Hope stood tense.
one pasa passed and no tidings. Slow
" the pencil travelled down the second
page. II hcsltated before IL name. The
Gripped the desks edge Slowly the
pencils resumed its journey. Tn. last
page held only n hRlf-dozcn names.
Hers was not among them. Shadows
under the mans eyes dcepcned. Age
crept ovar his face like Il grey mist
as he watched the relentless Journey OF
the PENCIL I'll wait over there" he
said. pointing TO q nearby pillar.
There Is a strange feature about 1t
In e. lat, -i.
scngcrs. Being mostly foreigners, the
real extent Of the disaster has not yet
penetrated 20 relatives. When i, does.
emotion Will reach its highest point,
Tor these people have not yet learned to
keep their sorrow from the world.
Honor Tcmpcrs Pain.
Everywhere the honor OF men is tenn
pairing the pain of loss. If there is
man among them all who fought his
way 10 life at the sacrifice OF woman or
child, it were better for him that he
were dead, far beneath the ice field of
the north. for the faces or all honor
able people Will be forever turned
against him. Reports prove that
wealth counted for nausht ont there
in tile night of terror. Millionaire and
worker said THAR last good-bys and
went out into the valley. Those who
went TO man the ships boats battled
alike through the ice foes, whether
their hands were trained TO leisure or
toll.
All day the stream has ehhcd and
flowed through the Offices Of the White
star Line All day cameras clicked !;
reporters strov, to catch any minutest
detail: novelists and writer's of all
phases OF literature listened for the
heart throh Of real life. stranger far
than the heart throb OF Action
sigh, hope. a tear, but OVER all
the blessed assurance that honor wears
the laurel with Its Willows. The Law OF
tic high seas, Women and children
''rst' has been held sacred By tho men
OF America