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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-27
Three Women and Puck

twenty-five and no one else has ever
! asked me to marry him. Our love did
! not last long enough for disiilusion-
r,fesft, ana haze had fi, children Ia
wear me aut--or to give ine hold
on the future.
t Am ! rich becaus. was never
4 able to spend. | haze given what /
cnnld. but 1t MAS not The best in me.
s., You have had the grief of your chill
! dren leaving you, but you have also
| had the joys of living for them, work
| ing fdr them. praying for them. /
have done what l could for those
! who were not nay children. but there
IS still a blank here She put a
hand To her heart
arr young because / am still a
chifd~~not woman. | have seen
great joys sh ming afar off--too far
, of to warm me. My nature is I'M
developed, and must ever remain so
do not know what ! might have been.
1 only know that having been born to
great riches. ] remain very poor.
What part have / had In the power,
| the worship the passion, the excite
ment. the pleasures that are yours?"
she asked. turning to the woman who
had not yet spoken. II am not even
beautiful"
And am beautiful--yes. said
the third. fhoughtfully. twisting the
rings on her fingers. But how long
Will 1t last? ! am ten years. young
er than you in years, but already
am driven to visit beauty doctors and
dread the flrst glance at my mirror
| ia the morning, lest 1t should show
me some ineffaceable mark of my
last pleasure-making.
Yes. / have had the worship or
L Iii
school room, but what is all that
now, but dust in the balance? Power
Observation-Disclosures have left
me without heart to enjoy any sim
pie thing; the atmosphere must be
raised to fever heat before | can stir
from duh bondage of boredom.
II have been married twice
without love. My first husband
brought me wealth, the second a
great position. Neither gave me hap
piness. / have lived surrounded by
slaves and fiatterers-I could not ex-
/ ist without them now; but l know
that some day they will fail me. l
/ have lived three Ives and am old be-
fore my time--you complain because
you have never been allowed to grow
up.
/ Il, tee, have no children--for my
one little girl is u playth!ng of the
| world like myself. She must be
schooIed into conformity with the law
that declares she must make a good
| marriage, l have no time for her
her childish. appealing eyes stir my
conscience: and II I let conscience
prick me. now. il would prick me IA
death. You worked and shaved fol
your children She turned to the
first speaker. IT have no need te
sacrifice one pleasure or one within for
the sake Of my soul in the world
You she turned to the second
you have no child Then congratu-
late yourself that there Is one crea.
ture less TO repreach You for your
duties neglected and trust betrayed
And now let us find a fourth ant
play bridge"
What fools these mortal BEL
said Puck, as he flew away out o.
}the window. having heard enough
truth for one day.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-27
FREDERICKSBURG

as.s.s1sse II isiaf1EIcKsR IrRG- VA. OCT FL
Fsr r. Z. Pratt attended the meeting
cir the State Medical Society IN Nor
folk this week
Mr. r. S. Chewing and son, who
have been guests of DIR. George II.
rhewning, have returned to SYRIA
-r-sfre. n. +,
ssss Mr., Mamie s1nieEssens Of Richmond
KS guest of her sister, Miss Sallie
Gravatt.
Miss Lucy G.. Conway. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. g. Il. Conway, OF Caro-
Hire. Is very III with fever st Black
stone Female institute.
Miss Janetta r.. Fitzhugh and Miss
Margaret Shepherd attended the Wo-
mans Suffrage convention In Norfolk
this week.
Mrs Charles e. Tackett has returned
10 this city. after visits TO various
parfs of Virginia.
Mr.. and Mrs N. r, Jsmison, of New
Jersey. are guests Of Mr. and Mrs. c
E+ purrstt in Spotsylvanta county.
Mrs. Mabel Clift Lunsford has re
turned from Richmond. where she ha:
been taking treatment.
Miss Mary f. Kipps, Catherine
Taylor and jamie B. Gordon attended
the Wills Hunter nuptials in Apo
mattox Thursday night.
Rev. J. II. Henderlite ieft Thursday
for Henderson. n. e, where he per.
formed the ceremony In the watkins
lewis marriage
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-27

In. the same vein spoke Lord Wear.
dale, Portuguese monarchist, q
Swiss, q Belgian. and former Rou-
manian minister Of State. More re-
serve were French speaker, Senator
Dreyfus and the German Eickhoff,
who both wanted the subject discuss
ed at the coming conference at The
Hague, In order to lay down rules for
the use of aeroplanes and airships.
At last d'Estournells suggested an
amendment resolution, which ex-
pressed his opinion in guarded words,
but which received only thirteen
votes.
Bernaefts resolution was then
adopted, but this does not mean =
wish on the part OF the conference
to forbid the use OF airships and aero
planes in war. and many who voted
for the resolution did SO only be-
cause they think that aerial warfAres
should be regulated. but that 1t u
impossible TO forbid 1t as long a.
other methods of warfare are per.
mitted.
1t was decided that the next meet
Ing should be held az The Hague, in
1918, in the new palace Of peace,
which will then be ready. and an In.
yitatscn to visit America IN 1911: was
received with great enthusiasm,
Skepttcs may esks What GOOD do
these ccnfsrsncss do7 NApv ~ me
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-27
WILLIAMSBURG

WILLIAMSBURG VA Oct. :s.--
Miss Susie Cali has returned TO her
honae In Norfolk after spending few
DAYS with Miss Emily Christian.
AIRS Roberta Caragn. OF Richmond, Is
Visiting her slster. Mrs. T. J. Stubs.
Mrs Lefevre, Miss, AscCurdy and Miss
Esizabeth wysons. u Chariestown, w,
Ma. vino have been she guests of Miss
Emily Christian. have returned TO
ihssr nome
Miss Harriet HAuiins Of " asntng-
tcn, r. c. Is visiting her parents, Dr..
and Mrs. tseorge A. Hankins.
M!ss Mary Ware Gait is spending
several days in Norfolk with relatives
zA4sf e k.-ktta
Mrs. seslt. OF New York city, is the
gnest Of pY. and Mrs. y. j. King.
Mr.. John Daniel. Jr.. and ar William
Ereene. OF Ra~delph- Macon college,
Ashland. visited their aunt, Miss Emma
Lot BARLOW this week.
Mrs Hsrtweif Macon and Mrs. Nancy
johnson are spending ten days at
Miss Virginia Wise has returned
fro-Ya Il two frftffti4a visit TO relatives
IN New York and Boston
Lsttie Miss Margaret Spencer. OF
washingtoa city. is visiting her grand
Father Mr.. ]. F., &, Spencer. al the
Colonial inn
Miss R..beccA Jones has returned 70
Richmond. after spending a week with
hrr parents. Mr.. aud Mrs, Gus Jones
Mrs John s. Daniel, Of Cape Charles
" visiting her sister Alss Emlna Lou
Barlow.
Mr.. aud Mrs. f. II. Saunders have
returned home from n visit OF severa
DAYS 10 the formers parents in Buck
Fngham county
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-27

gether more closely and thus inau-
gurate the era of peace. Why for
bid aerial war. he asked, as long as
we permit war on land and sea?
One might as well forbid the use OF
electricity and wireless telegraphy
IN war. 1t would be well X part, at
least, of the enormously large bud
gets of war were used to promote
the evolution of a means OF trans
portation which may become OF the
greatest importance in time of peace.
Aeroplanes cost only 10000 francs
each, while Dreadnoughts cost 70
millions, Aeroplnnes would become
the means OF defense Of the small and
poor nations. S,o.@.~
These remarks Inet with strong OPP
position. Most effective was speech
ty the English Liberal Mr.. Madi-
son. We have forbidden number
of tho most ugly means OF lighting,
poisoned wells poisoned bullets. bonn
bardment OF hospitals, ct cetra. and
aerial war ought to be forbidden. II
IL OF no use TO say that Aeroplanes
are cheaper when they may destroy
enormous values. IL Paris Ia set
attire by fleet Of aeroplanes 1t II
small consolation that these have been
cheaper. might kill d,Estournelle
with . pistol costing lis francs and
thus do great harm with cheaper
weapon.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-27
The Limitations tournaments and Aerial War
BY P. MUNICH.

rrb. yra.. apa aif5nnI, .,satioo +ha
:,
iiinilati"n OF aihahiehts az the hfa9-
sels conference, was fsAerred 10 d
committee consisting VI 'eprfS0il'a-
ttVes or Inc four in,litaf9 po"ers t.at
NAV" pee'i "a'ihb III ~ 'aNe A"i 70
creased hfiii"ii'el'ts. AheS weie -
.o"i 'teiieo os N~o t,,' .Aoi ~
tia assilaan, 'oE Nei iiis,n 80 u LII
daie. TOT LnBiahu' a,lo Mihuho", iof
Russia' - h7'o''i iviies "as INC ciil , :,
man OF tHe coi'i'hl''ee anu piep"ie''
N"iuiili''us report .iiia 'o Dc
serts mat rue faCc ioi n..i.,ais gu
prsiriacF cannot continue "l1houe
sutAiis IN uie""i"l, ". ,it"',iiooi ait ~
sociai ca.as,lopn ~ nos peen 9a, y
ela' ~" so'u.ioh ~ Inv si"at ""i, ~
wal Jul Va us ~ I'll
DC elaae, ailei me ues.i aee1ol. ol ello1
NOUS -Aaines, Inc iluiis :, " DC
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-27

Da you know that puck, the fairs
ma tsox- stn, occasionally visits us
la amu.e himself with all kinds 81
t miscellaneous tricks at solemn fttstfttsit-
ty's expense?
Ths other day he few in ~ The
window of pretty West End draw
ing room, where shree women were
sitting drinking afternoon tea lnt'
each of their dainty. egg-sheil CUPS
/ he dropped magic seed, endpWsu
with the property Of making all VIII
tasted II tell the truth for an hour.
And these women who had Known
each other for years, but knew each
other In reality not at ah pesa"
siraightway To make strange rsNeia-
tons to their companions.
you think me q contented ana
happy woman said the oldest, aseu
fifty, Yes, I admit we succeed ia
keeping up appearances very Wen;
never indulge In that contennpttois
habit Of grumbllng In pubic. aha
when visitors come to TINS mouse u
mine they praise me Tor IT'S perfect
order and pleasantness
s.,rhex- don't see the dark years !
have lived through--the struggles and
the sorrows--tae ceaseless, asonizcd
EFFORTS that brought me at last TO TINS
peaceful haven.
any husband III an average man
neither coed Her bad, NJ first | vas
frsnticaiy in love with him, and PIC
tured life as a mooniii romance. Bnt
love waned. and found that my hours
and years must he spent In pam,
ordinary daylight We we're poor ana
had to work hard--lfere was no ro-
nance about that
Children came. many of them !
have done my duty and more thhn my
duty to all. am rewarded by seeing
them To grow into healthy, weii-edu-
Gated. aud hard working members of
society. Bat one after another they
have left ME and the reward seems
small Ia proportion 10 my sufferings
and self sacrifice.
Life ls "A finished book to me now
and its poems have turned to yer,
hating. commonplace prose. / have
done my duty always and its fruit'
are dust and ashes. There is no CLAM
our and no sweetness left.
But / keep UP appearances Now
you''-she turned 10 the woman or
her left--"you are still young. will
all sorts of possibilities hidden In th'
future IL ~ GLADLY would / chang
! places with you You live an indie
pendent life, full of varied interests
our money is YOUR OWN, eaTncu u
your own cfforts~~vou owe notnin;
to a man who remains by your sid
| like IA reproachful ghost OF forgottel
/ dreams You have not brought chil
/ dren into the world only 10 lose them
/ you do not carry about with you
weary. disillnsioned fact that warn
/ off the young and carefree. You ar
/ happier than /.
Indeed >" said the other with
{ sad little smile. II am not Yer
/ young--I am forty, though all bu
I my Oldest friends think me ten year
+, younger than that. But I must 500
! expect to begin to grow old. and wit
! the spectre of a lonely old aga !
my mind. | have to fight hard some
( times to keep it from looking out O
/ my eyes, that people say are :.
! bright
DO you know why I look young
! If have never had any great sni
/ rows I. haze never hsJqaNy great jaE
The man loved died before / WA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-27

delegates vote for Increased amend
nis TITS at home. This 10 true. but
these meetings Of members Of parlfa-
ment are nevertheless important. The
representatives OF the various ma
lions become acquainted and are in
fiuences In favor Of peace, while they
in turn influence their countrymen.
But. aside from this. y preliminary
work IN one at these conferences.
which may be Of great value to the
system OF international rules OF law
which are being built I'M slowly Mt
the conference at Tho Hague.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-27

! The Halifax Inn. s1o~ssor. W. lo.
and lAtnss water. High. coon. eieva-
the Norfolk and w eatern Railroad
Large airy rooms. halls and porchea.
Excellent table. special reduced rates
to summer boardefs.
For infurmAtion address
PROPRIETOR HALIFAX INN.
Hsasten. vlSxanla.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-10-11
DESERTS PROF. | S
Why a Democratic Editor Declares for
President Taft.

j. Holman Buck, the Democratic
editor of the Western Nevada Miner
at Nina, in voicing his allegiance to
the Taft administration, is not sparing
in his criticisms of the actions and
policies of Governor Woodrow vii
son, the Democratic nominee, or of
Roosevelt. Buck is a Democrat of the
old school and readily sees the error
OF his ways g supporting the Demo
cratic nominee for the presidency. In
speaking Of Wilson he has the fol
lowing to say:
"A man utterly untried in the affair."
or government; whose administrator
as 6uVGiIor ol New Jersey has prove.
d lailure ana q farce, Wnose vleWi
have Deen contracted by d lifetlm~
spent ia the marrow Ann or tnt
sGnCol room; whose associations hav.
naturally been the classes rather thai
the masses and whose radical views
and vagaries outriyal those OF Debbs
n Emma Goldman and that no more
represents real Democracy than does
the frothings Of Roosevelt. The is
sues then are Taft. conservatism. the
preservation of the constitution ano
a Iie6 ~IecIuDItCdu lOIIil Ol government,
versus Wilson, socialistic radicalism
end the turning over Of established
form of government to a mobOcracy.
Believing as we do we would be un-
just to ourselves and false to princi-
pies and the public did we not align
ourself with Mr.. Taft and the princi-
pies be represents. We hope that in
the coming fray that he will be vic
torious and shall lend every effort at
our command to bring this about.
Party lines, by the issues promul-
gated. have been swept aside and con-
sentative Democrats. be they true to
themselves ard princinles. will sup
port William Howard Taft for presi-
dent, and rebuke the arroeant DONNA
ton of Rryan and his piratical band
of socialistic agitators."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-10-11
LODGES BULLS EYE SHOTS
Massachusetts Senator States Some
Truths In Few Words.

When Senator Lodge of Massachu
Ohio recently he uttered some truths
in a few words. Here are a few Of the
sentences which ought to be read anc
remembered:
i believe most profoundly that now.
as In the past, the success of the Re
publican party is for the best inter
ests of the people of the United
States"
The Democratic house presented
the WOODEN schedule il a form which
would put an end to the WOODEN manu-
features Of the United States ard
would slaughter the product Of tn,
American sheep raiser"
IF you desire to strike down the
sheep and WOODEN industries Of the
United states, give the Democrats full
power, and you will have it done; If
you do not, the only way to preserve
them is to elect a Republican congress
and a Republican president"
IF the proposed constitutional
changes should be carried into eff
Iect they would completely revolution
lie our system and theory Of govern
ment, as we have known it since the
beginning Of history
"All the progress that has been
made in this country in so years has
been by the Republican party"
The Republican party has always
been the party Of sane and rational
progress under the Constitution"
The Republican party stands for lib
lerty as against license; for order as
against confusion; for loyalty to the
great principles of justice and freedom
which have been handed down to us
from the days of Washington; in one
word, it stands for the constitution
which Marshall interpreted and which
Lincoln saved
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-10-11
IDODGED TARIFF REVISION
Roosevelt, When President, Failed to
Take Any Action.

Once in his life Mr.. Roosevelt al
most expressed an opinion on the
tariff question. In a preliminary draft
of one of his messages to congress
as it came from the printer was this
sentence: In a later message | shall
discuss the tariff" On revising the
proof sheets of his message Mr.. Roose-
welt blue-penciled that line. And he
never came even That near to dis
cussing the question again as long
as he remained in the White House.
And yet the tariff law then on the
statute books vas far more objection
able than the Payne law, which he
is now so vigorously denouncing. Why
didn't Re revise the tariff the way
he now says 1t ought to have been
when he had the power? He says now
he wants to FIX 1t SO that more of
the tariff prize money will go into
the pay envelope Of the workman"
Why didn't he Fix 1t" that way dur
ing the seven and one-half years he
was in the White House?
In other words, in the face of his
record while In Office, is not all the
Third Termer's present talk about the
tariff the most transparent CUFF and
bluff and balderdash?
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Evidence Offered With Proof.

Evidence to the same effect is given
by the Gale Manufacturing company
Of Albion, Mich, which a speciiical.
ly charged by the free trade advocates
with selling goods more cheaply to
Canadian farmers than to American
farmers.
The secretary and general manager
of the company, under date Of August
80, 1912, wrote to the Tariff Reform
club denying the charge and threaten
ing to SUI for damages unless the as.
sertion was promptly retracted. The
firm also wrote to the Republican ma
tional committee as follows:
"Plows, planters, cultivators and
other farm machinery made in the
United States ost 25 per cent. more
in Canada thar in this country. You
can stand on this statement, and if it
is challenged we can produce proof"
The proof mentioned in this letter
consists of letters from retail dealers
throughout Canada quoting the prices
at which the products Of the Michigan
factory are sold to Canadian farmers.
These figures agree substantially with
those given in the government publ.
cation. For instance, a planter which
sells in Detroit for $40 costs $45 in
Windsor, less than a mile away across
the. Detroit river, and a c%ultivator
which sells in Detroit for $50 cannot
be bought in Windsor for less than
's36.
AS soon as free trade statements
are subjected to the cold analysis of
investigation their falsity is shown.
1t is an old proyerb that a lie will
travel seven leagues while truth isg
putting on it's boots. 1t Is important,
therefore, that farmers who have
heard the untruths of the free traders
should promptly learn the real facts in
the case.
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The Kind of a Man He 10.

A few months ago a little Polish
girl at Erie, Pa. wrote this letter to
President Taft:
Dear Mr.. President:-Myself and
little brother are cold and hungry.
Mother is in Jail. We are without food
and wood. Dear Mr.. President. can't
you help u.s.?
What did the president do? Excuse
himself on the ground Of Official dig.
nifty, or pre-occupation? No. He an.
swered the letter with his own hand.
enclosing a crisp bill; telegraphed the
authorities at Erie, who investigated
the case, and before shutdown re-
turned the mother to her sorrowins
children.
By the way, did you ever read or
hear OF Colonel Roosevelt doing .
gentle, kindly. tenderhearted thing
like that1
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PROF. WILSON'S ANTAGONIST TO
ORGANIZED LABOR Is A MAT.
TER OF RECORD.
REMEMBER THE SOUP HOUSES
The Dark Times Of Democracy Still
Fresh In tho Memory Of the
WorkInomen Who Had Moth
Ing to Eat and No Place
to Sleep.
PROF. WILSON ON LABOR.

Labor Is standardized by
trades unions and this 10 the
standard to which Il Is made to
CONFORM. need not
point out how economically dis
astrous such a regulation Of la
Dor Is. 1t ls SO improbable to
the employer that In some
trades II will presently not be
worth while to attempt any
thing at all. Our eco
nomic supremacy may be lost
because the country grows more
and more full Of Improbable
servants."-From an address by
Prof. Wilson to the graduating
class Of Princeton university,
June 80. 1909.
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Farmers viii Not Forget.

And farmers have not forgotten
that during the period which brought
such untold disaster to labor they
themselves were neither prosperous
happy. They worked hard and
raised big crops, but their marlke.
was gone because their customers
could not buy.
The candidate and the party whose
policy puts labor out OF q lob robs
iths farmer of his profit Just as trul,
as If the blow were aimed at him
direct.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-10-11
ARE NOT 'BUNCOED'
BUY FARM IMPLEMENTS CHEAP
Err THAN CANADIAN FARMERS.
CAMPAIGN LIE IS NAILED
Investigation by State Department
Gives Facts and Figures, and
Michigan Manufacturing Firm
Adds Evidence.

Farmers Buncced by the High
Tariff" Is the title of a publication in
dustriously circulated among farmers
by the Tariff Reform bureau of New
York, a free trade annex Of the Demo
cratic party.
1t asserts that American-made farm
implements are sold in Canada at a
lower price than they are obtainable
by American farmers. The purpose
OF the statement is to prove that the
american farmers are made to suffer
through the operation of the protect
I've tariff laws.
The statement Is false. Plows,
planters, c~ultivatCrs and other farm
implements made in the United States
cost twenty-five per cent. more in
Canada than in this country.
The free trade advocates who try
to mislead the American farmer do
not know, apparently, that there is a
so-called anti-dumping law in Canada
whereby an American manufacturer
cannot sell in that country at a lower
price thar at home.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-10-11
Official Facts and Figures.

In addition to this, they are also
States government, through it's board
of trade relations in the state de.
partment, has made a thorough inves.
LEGATION which disproves the false as.
sertion. 1t issued under late of May
16, 1910, a document entitled Com.
parison of Prices Of Agricultural I'm.
plements in Canada and the United
States" which shows that Canadian
farmers pay more for American farm
machinery than is paid by the Ameri.
can farmers. Here are some of the
figures:
l4-inch, stecl-beam walking p~low-price
in North Dakota, So; price in Manitoba.
$o5. =
l4-inch sulky pillow with lift-price in
Ohio, $40; price in ontario, s55.
lG-inch North Dakota sulky ~plow-prics
in North Dakota; So, price in Manitoba,
$50.
17-tooth spring tooth harrow-price ir
Ohio and Michigan, Sit; price In Ontario,
s22.
S-foot, 16-inch disk ~harrow-price in
North Dakota, s3S; price in Manitoba, SIS.
%10-foot, 20 single disk Kentucky drill
price in North Dakota, SIPS; price ir
Manitoba, $40.
Riding cultivator, portable ~axle-price
in Ohio and Michigan. SIS; price in On.
tario, $3S.
Hay loader, rake b~ar-prlce in Ohio ans
Michigan, $50; price in Ontario, $40.
First grade farm w~sgon-price in North
Dakota, sos; price In Manitoba, $lo5.