The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-11
FEMALE PROBLEM
TROUBLES PAGES
Young Employees of Legislature
Hold Amusing Biennial
Session.

| Many members and visitors OF both
sexes gathered In the hall OF the House
OF Delegates yesterday afternoon to
attend the biennial session OF the
House of Pages These youthful at
taehes of the Legislature meet at each
session. elect officers and go through
with form of business which is, to
say the least, highly creditable to
ithe'r powers of observation Not only
I do they concoct and pass or defeat
| many bills. but their sense of humor
Is simply shown by tho Jokes they
! perpetrate on members. SO apropos as
| to Indicate they understand the situa-
! ton pretty we'll
Leo a. DENT. OF Salem. was rc-elect.
/: cd Speaker. having been unanimously
chosen by the Democratic caucus" on
Tuesday Jerry White was elected
clerk. and Wilson Smith. reading
clerk. The Speaker promptly appoint
Cd his standing committees.
| Girls become Pages.
Dut the female problems which at
tack males OF all ages proved upper
. most. motion was made that the
pages for the House be young girls
in the hall. and the boys caught on
!rspturously. The following girls were
duly elected: Miss Nellie Gordon. OF
Richmond; Miss Helen c. Evans. of
Caroline: Miss Edith MoGatt. of Lou
doun. ana Misses Marian and Dorothy
Evans. of Carolina. They soon entered
into the spirit of the affair, and obey
ed the commands of the pages with
alacrity. They are tho subject Of
many resolutions. and Speaker Denit
despairing said toward the close of
the session that hereafter all pages
for the House should be male. But he
Immediately redeemed himself BY say
Ing that lie meant the girls were be-
in6 overWorked by the members, In
being summoned when there was moth
Ing 10 be done.
Again the female question came up
In the form or various suffrage propo-
sitions. y resolution that IN q few
years the law will make the women
equals to tho men," was defeated by
to S. Then the following bill was
unanimously passed: That It shall
be unlawful for any one to advocate
equal Suffrage In this State for ono
hundred years., and then only In the
forest alone"
Wnnt Female SOLDIERS.
Another which was adopted was:
That ell surragettes appear at the
army recruiting station for the purpose
OF oniiSting in the regular service.
This act is compulsory and shall ba In
iorce from its passage"
But the boys were not ererEe TO fe-
Hlale charms, fer they passed this:
! That II shall be unlawful for any ner-
son except the pages 10 talk to tho
'adias on the floor gallery or the
House Of Delegates. Any one caught
'ioiatins this &C. shall be liable TO
s%pulsion."
u The liquor question was speedily set
lied by this: The Governor of Vir-
sinia shall throw the State wide quas-
iion in the ocean. thereby saving the
state from further annoyance" This
Tas offered by ]. W. Burress.
Henry c. Land got thIs through: The
sale OF cigarettes TO men over forty
one years OF age Is prohibited, as being
injurious to old men,"
The same author put In bill Ito per-
nit the gentleman from Richmond to
keep his foots on the desk" This wus
vigorously objected TO on the ground
that the aforesaid member has inflicted
such scratches on HE desk as you can't
slide on IT,"
y mathematical problem. addressed
10 air. Smith. of King and Queen. wac
ruled out by the Speaker bcrauss II
was too complicated
Double Salaries.
A bill Introduced by the Speaker
caused much approval. 1t provides
that salaries of the pages shall BIO
incrcas I'd TO doGble that paid the mem.
bers. since their work is twice as la.
borious" Calling the gentleman from
Henrico" to the chair, Speaker Dent
took the floor. saying this was a most
Important measure. 1t was passed.
The following personal jokes were
introduced and carried:
That the hour OF o'clock be made
n n frnp
the gentleman from Northampton" the
author of the antitreating bill.
THAT all of Hugh A. Whites bills be
passed by until the close of the .sslon."
MIR. White Got another one, which read.
That there are four sections OF the
Codc which have not yet he IN amended
by Hugh A. While"
Members Taken or.
Here are some more:
. Resolved. That Colonel HARDWOOD is
hereby invited to take all the pages In
his auto for ride Monday evening,
February r."
THAT the gentleman from Prince
William he requested TO cease smash
Ing his desk while speaking, as desks
is expansive"
"a bill TO forbid the gentleman from
Warren from staying away from his
room after A. NJ. in the morning, hls
duties being SO arduous"
ITO authorize the member from Cul.
pepper TO take lessons In oratory from
!, Cicero"
THAT barrel of Alb amarle pippin.
be presented the pages by the two dis.
guished gentlemen from Albemarle.
Pages Is always hungry"
THAT Mr.. Moseley. of Brunswick. pre-
sent TO this body a portion OF Bruins
! wick stsw.'
THAT it shall be unlawful FOR any
one to go 10 sleep In this hall except
the pages"
That Mr.. Stebbins the gentleman
from Halifax, inform the House II he
has had his clothes that were press 81
delivered or shall he call for them"
Patron, Mr.. Banks.
'PeTmitting the sun to shine most