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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-07
BIC CROWD HEARS
PASTOR RUSSELL
LECTURES ON BEYOND THE
GRAVE" At COLONIAL THEA
TER ON ANNUAL TRIP.

Pastor Russell. OF the Brooklyn
Tabernacle. lectured at the Colonial
theater yesterday afternoon to a
crowd which packed the theater.
This was Pastor Russeirs annual
pilgrimage tn Richmond ana probably
his most successful He spoke for
about an hour, giving his well known
lecture, Beyond the Grave"
The Russellites. as the followers
of the Brooklyn man are called, were
present in fun force. together with
hundreds of others attracted by
curiosity and the desire to hear for
themselves the teachings of the
founder of the sect.
Pastor Russell outlined clearly the
theory OF the hereafter. which he
holds and breaches. Briefly, the pas
tor does not believe in a hell, hold
ing that the proper Interpretation OF
the word in the Scriptures is the
grave" His own ideas Of life be-
You'd the grave were given at length,
together with the other tenets of the
sect founded by him and of which he
is the head
Pastor Russell win lecture In Pc
tersburg tonight
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-07
CURRENT COMMENT
Sex Jealousy in Business,

Every woman that has gone out into The world
10 carve career or to earn her bread in con-
IldohS hltherto sacred to man has had more or
less experience Of sex jealousy. Men that are
grubbing along will forgive other men success
nut women never man must he high above
the breakers or endowed with uncommon no.
b!itN to view a womans persistent successes in
her chosen work with equanfmty Women able
To support themselves rarely come in contact
with that brutal side of a mans nature re-
served for the women dependent upon his favor
but they quicken the smaller qualities of spite
and jealous hatred
This is natural enough for it is merely an
expression of ~sex fear-the unconscious admis-
sion that the stately fabric of centuries Is
nothing personally to that women are sue
ceedlng brilliantly as doctors, lawyers, authors
Journalists, or as more humble bread winners;
their unfaihng antagonsm means only sort of
dismal prophecy. They believe 1t to be inspired
by disapproval because these women are de-
pieung the home market, deserving their ma
tural sphere" forgetting the millions of old
maids of former days, whom they may have de-
spised but never treated with active disapprovaI
They complain that women 'Crowding men
OUT forgetting that woman can hold a
is inefficient and that many cheerfuy
permitting their wives support them. As
for the women that write books or paint or
model or draw great salaries on the stage, their
success is due entirely to their ability to please
the public and if they often make more money
than men in the same arts that is due not only
to the fact that their gifts May happen to he
more distinguished. but to their persistence in
developing them and to the congenital differ
cnCe in their habits.
Women. unless Of r.ncontroilably hayward
tendencies (Which soon dispose of theml, do not
sit up late drinking waste time at clubs. Indulge
Unfortunately in any vice This natural and easy
abstinence their inheritance from generations OF
domestic women, makes them painstatng and
thorough in all they undertake, gives them an
enormous advantage over men.--(iertrude
Atherton, In Yale Review.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-07
BREAST FED WANTED.

Probably every Sunday of every year sermons
are preached about the family and its part in
our social and political organization. The
preachers know they can find nothing more use
full, necessary or interesting to talk about Yet
disintegration and disappearance of the family
continue and 1t is well sometimes for the lay
newspaper TO put the subject before the at
tention of the general laity and the public
Consider how symmetrical. harmonious and
beautiful is the theory and plan of our civiliza
ton. We have, first, the individual unit sup
posed to be a self controlling unit, with his or
her own thoughts life, purposes. Then comes
the family, the intimate aggregation of these
units, then the county. town or city supposed
to have its own rights and powers of self gov
eminent as the family has within the walls and
fences of its own domicile; then the self gov
erning State; then the republic the great general
body combination and power, the common veal
the Commonwealth, organized to maintain the
common defense and general walfare. 1t is
pretty to look at and think about as a tree with
its buds. twigs branches. boughs and trunk, all
combining to make stately and lovely whole
When see the leaves of tree dying out
of season, the twiga breaking off, the boughs
breaking the little branches becoming frai and
brittle, we know there is rot and disease some
thing wrong, in the trunk and at the heart We
know healthy, strong tree makes music from
the ferciest winds that smite upon 1t and that
the leaves of such tree toss and swing in a
gale, holding to their connecting twigs con-
tinuing to do their work of gathering from all
the vicissitudes life strength and beauty for the
tree, Nobody can hear the rustling of a single
leaf stirred by a summer storm. The tens Of
thousands Of leaves rustling together sing softly
and in majestic cadence as thunder reberberates
from the clouds and with their singing answer
the challenge and assault OF the tempest
When wealth accumulates and men decay,
when money combines and families divide quick.
~, when we have great gatherings of dollars and
ostentations displays of what they buy and
no children and family life, we may know
something is wrong at the roots and the heart
The truth is we are becoming socialists un-
consciously, and from Incidence, vanity and love
of vain glory. We deliver our children to the
State, through the public schools to the church.
through the Sunday-schoo to the teachers of
the private schools, the universities and col
leges. TO anybody who will take them off our
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-07

preachers for discussion of religious life in
the rural communities. There will be confer.
ences of cooperation, rural credits, the country
church, better conditions for country women
and upon various other questions relating to
rural life Various questions primarily affect
ing those living in the county districts, but af.
fecting also those living in the cities will be
discussed at Joint meetings of farmers, bust.
ness men. teachers and ministers
Country life and city life are intimately con-
Noted and recognizing this fact clearly, those
having in charge the preparation of the pro-
gram have so arranged it that representatives
OF all classes and all professions will unite
to consider ways and means of increasing the
efhcieney OF each 1t is expected that several
thousand farmers, business and professional
men, teachers and preachers will come together
to cooperate for the betterment of each, which
is the betterment of all.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-07
Fear Bill is I'm Danger.

WASHINGTON. April 6.---The DEM
ocratic members OF the senate finance
committee were In conference for
three hours this afternoon consid-
ering the situation that has arisen
between the president and the MEM
bers of the upper house who are on
posed to his action on the sugar sche-
dule. Chairman Underwood, of the
house ways and means committee, was
present in the early part of the con-
ference. At the conclusion of the
conference. 1t was announced that tho
members OF the finance committee
would confer with the president to-
morrow. Members of the senate gen
eraly are in favor of this segregation
but Chairman Underwood and Presi-
dent Wilson have decided to submit
one bill to congress containing the en-
tire revision program.
Senators who are supporting tina
administration fear the entire revision
program may be jeopardized through
the fight against free sugar and free
wool.
Up to the present time at least flva
Democratic senators are standing out
against the bill carrying free wool ana
ultimate free sugar.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-07
Walter III. Page.

There ia something really exharating about
the appointment of Walter II. Page as am
hassador To Great Britain.
a Southerner who knows the North; literary
who is also practical man of affairs; a
fine public speaker; man imbued with the
spirit of democracy and of this country as
democracy's representative he has all the quail
ties that 1t ought to be necessary for good
ambassador to have Besides he is a Johns
Hopkins man.
. He has not great wealth or, If he has. he
has successfully concealed the fact But If
President Wilson's object was to get the best
man available with whom to test the theory
that II is possible for American ambassador
to one of the great capitals of Europe to live
deCently and to represent his country infiuen-
TALLY upon something like the salary the coun-
try pays him, think he has shown great
sagacity in picking his man.-Baltmore Sun.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-07
THROWS PRECEOENTS
Continued from First Page.)

comment in that magazine for this
month attracted attention here to-
night, The question arose as TO
whether Secretary of State Bryan had
seen this utterance in Worlds Work.
concerning himself. and whether hav~
ing seen il, he contemplates with sat-
isfaction the naming of Editor Page
to the most important post in the
diplomatic service of which Mr.. Bryan
~ now the director.
Speaking the the cabinet, Worlds
Work says on it's first page:
when we come to the three politi-
cal appointments-well. they are po-
liticai Their choice is legitimate
provided the departments entrusted TO
these gentlemen do not suffer-
And then this remarkable sentence:
The state portfolio the president
must himself hold whenever important
foreign questions come mp"
In view of the fact that all state
ments pertaining TO foreign policy
have thus far in the new administra-
ton appeared from the White House.
there is some disposition to think that
Worlds Work can claim credit for
prophecy. but whether Secretary Of
State Bryan will enjoy having at the
premier post in the diplomatic SER
vice one of the editors of the magazine
in which this prophecy appears is q
question which the onlookers in Wash
ington are asking tonight.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-07

The administration is new-new In two OF its
three departments. 1t is difficult to overdraw
the designation new" though there IS danger
of its becoming bromide. No other word defines
the administration better 1t is new in. the
sense that it has Just begun; it il new in the
sense that those in control are new In public
life: it is new in the sense that new ideals do.
inmate it; It is new in the sense that the public
expects it to do new things and to do old things
in new manner 1t IA new.
Today the first real test OF that administra-
ton begins Mr.. Wilson has been put to several
rather severe tests and has acquitted himself
to the satisfaction even Of the doubling to the
delight of his friends and the surprise and dis
comfture Of his enemies, but his severest test
is to come In caucus and conference the house
and senate have overcome many difficulties and
have avoided many pitfalls, but with them also.
the real test is to come. What has been done
has renewed the confidence of the Democratic
party, has disappointed the Republicans and has
dealt a serious blow to the aspirations OF the
party which is progressive In name as well az
The country is waiting to see how 1t will
pass through the coming ordeal. If it succeeds
the Republican party will be kept on the de-
fensive, the Progressive party will die of lack
Of work to do and the Democratic party will
be given q new tenure OF power.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-07
THE NEW CONGRESS.

The change In government which began more
than two years ago when the Democratic party
tasted the first fruits Of victory achieved at the
polls in two decades and which was made COM
plete last November becomes effective this morn
extraordinary session at the call Of the president
The two houses are Democratic and the chief
executive OF the nation is a Democrat.
But these are not the only changes in gov
eminent The change has been more than one
Of name: there has been q change within the
party which gains control There has been a
change in methods Of procedure; there has been
change in the point Of view
Specifically the extra session of congress
which convenes today bears a relationship to
that which convened twenty years ago at the
cali Of another Democratic president. Then both
houses OF congress were Democratic and then
the purposes for which it was called were the
revision of the tariff and the enactment of sui
table currency laws. There the similarity ends.
Cleveland belonged TO the old school Of Demo
cracy. Wilson belongs to the new. Congress,
especially the upper branch, was controlled by
the old wheel horses Of the party; the present
congress is controlled by the newer clement
The Democratic party elected tariff revision
platform hopeessly split on another big
auestion-the money question. The Republican
party similarly split That question was
paramount and had thrown both parties into
chaotic condition; now the Democratic party. at
least, is united Then the margin Of control in
the senate was small, and there were sufficient
protection Democrats TO defeat tariff revision and
to commit the party to a course of "perfidy and
dishonor," whereas now. unless all signs fail
pledges win be kept The potential party trail
tors apparently are not strong enough in num-
bers. In ability or in determination to defeat
tariff bill, providing reasonable degree of rate
reductions.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-07

WASHINGTON. April 6.-That the
objection filed by the japanese am
bassador against pending land lcgis-
lation in California, aimed at the
Japanese farmer in the second Of the
kind which the Japanese government
has presented Mt Washington in the
last few months became known here
tonight
1t was learned that in the last DAYS
Of the Taft administration. Secretary
Knox was ca frouied with precisely
me EarFe situation SIS that now before
ltI. Bryan, as secretary Of state. Mr..
Knox acted promptly, however and
HIS action raa the desired effect So
thai the matter never became public
The fact ts that bills almost Identical
with those pending i'm the California
legislature, intended to eliminate -.
Japanese farmer, were presented In
The legislature of the State of wash
'ngton. They died sudden death De-
cause of the action OF the Japanese
ambassador hers Tiscount Chinda.
The ambassador Informed Secretary
Knox that his government could not
regard the enactment Of the proposed
land bills into law, as an act friendly
10 Japan, or consistent with the pro-
visions of the Observation-Disclosures
treaty of 1911. AS in his statement
TO Mr.. Bryan. the other day on tn :.
California UlfiS, tue am naSSau0f a. n
not then make any formal protect
but simply warned the government 4
the United States OF what might II
expected If the legislation were N L
through.
Secretary Knox wrote the governor
of Washington informing him OF the
attitude of the Japanese government.
As q result of this letter from the sec
rotary Of state, the measures which
the Japanese government found often
sive. never became law. and no pub.
Lefty was attached to their legislative
death.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-07
RAILWAY MAGNATE
Continued from First Page.)



The Democratic party has ad-
vanced the proposal, now In the form
Of "A bill before the legislature, that
special election be held in June.
at which the electorate viii be called
upon to vote whether delegates shall
he elected in November to a consti-
tuttonal convention. 1t will be re-
called that the Republican, Demo-
cratic and progressive parties in their
platforms last fall all declared in
favor of submitting to the electorate
the question of the holding of con-
stitutional convention prior to the
time when IL would automatically be
submitted in 1916. 1t was generally
supposed that these platforms meant
the submission of the matter at the
election of 1913, but for some reasons
the Democracy seems to wish to hurry
the matter at an expense which will
not be less than half million dol
lars to the taxpayers Of the localities
The Republicans and progressives in
the legislature have united in opposi-
ton to this proposal on the ground Of
extravagance, and also because IL liz
believed that discussion OF consti-
tutional matters will becloud the great
issue of defeating the Democratic
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-07
COOPERATION OF CITY AND COUNTY,


The important part or rural life conditions
and the improvement of farming methods plays
in national welfare is recognized more fully
today than ever before. We are coming more
and more TO see that what benefits the farmer
benefits the nation and we are learning that
cooperation with him is the embodiment of en-
Tightening selfishness.
We have always regarded him as an import.
ant element of our population just as We have
always regarded the business man, the doctor
and the lawyer and the laborer, but recently
we have become more alive to the fact that he
is not merely one of many groups each having
It's own work to do and the other but slightly
interested therein. Each man for himself"
gave way to each man for all" years ago. but
leach group for itself" has been more tenacious
Of life. 1t is now fast losing its grip
The prominent part to be played in the com
ing Conference for Education in the South, by
the farmers of the various States composing
the conference is indicative of this change in
point OF view. conference of farmers will
be held. There will be conference Of country
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-07

party in the mayoralty election to be
held in New York city.
THE public Is naturally concerned
regarding the relations of Governor
Sulzer with Mr.. Murphy, who is as
sumed to possess certain prerogatives
which are indeterminate. but which
unquestionabiy he has used at various
times.
The people Of the State are amazed
at the governor and cannot under
stand how it was possible that hs
could secure the Democratic nominal
ton. 1t is generally supposed that IL
was done in order to save the East
Side vote of New York from going
20 Mr. Straus"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-07

The selection of Walter II. Page. of Garden
City. as ambassador TO England is well re-
ceved in England, and it is apparent. that the
welcome extended to President Wilson's envoy
will duplicate the warm reception accorded the
late Whitelaw Reid, 1t is possible that the
literary bond still plays important part in
the selection of ambassadors to England. From
the time Of James Russell Lowell to the present
literature or the law has been represented in
the embassy in London. distinguished line
IT was too and there is no reason to believe
that the new appointee will not measure up
10 the best traditions of American diplomacy.
The paramount issue that viii come for
discussion between Great Britain and the United
States during Mr. Pages incumbenGy will he
concerned with the question of Panama tolls II
is to be hoped that President Wilson. Secretary
Bryan and Ambassador Page will support the
American contention in this grave international
robem.--Brookiyn Times
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-07

dictionaries. On the tariff, the chief question to
be considered, most OF them are in perfect ac-
cord with campaign promises and the admins
tration. The ways and means the banking and
currency, the foreign affairs the insular affairs,
judiciary and other important committees are
headed by members of "the old guard" In the
senate, on the other hand, a new member is
the party leader and new members head many
of the important committees Moreover they
are in the majority on most OF the other com
mlttees, However. the conservatives, or older
senators, hold many ohairmanships OF import
aDce. among them being appropriations, rules,
finance and foreign relations
In the White House too the old order has
changed. President Wilson is the first college
professor, who became nationally known as
SUCH the LIST academician, as his enemies call
him. the first theoretical statesman and publicist
to become president OF the United States There
have been others nominated and elected who
had not therefore been known to the nation.
but most Of them had more experience in poll
tics than Mr. Wilson and had acquired more
han Statewide fame as political leaders
The cabinet differs from other cabinets In its
.-~~uri So~on of its members are men of the
Wilson type-writers, teachers and theorists
chiefly, who have not had experience in public
affairs, None of them is a practical" man, in
the commonly accepted meaning of the word
But one of them has been known long to public
life and not more than one or two others have
been in government service before their appoint
meut
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-07

The congress converting today has many other
points Of difference from that of twenty years
ago, and many points of difference besides being
Democratic from any congress that has convened
since that time. For the first time tho hoary
rule of seniority has been challenged and chal-
Ienged successfully. It was not disregarded com
petely, but it dsregarded sufficiently to
place the new men in a position of power aud
influence. il not to give them control The new
men in both houses outnumber the old The men
who have won their spurs in other sessions of
congress are few. The men who have been in
public view as members Of congress for years can
be counted on the fingers of the hand. The
transfer Of power to the Democrats has been
accomplished at the expense Of many traditions.
The new congress is new in fact as we'll as In
name. Moreover. for the first time in years, for
the first time since many of us can remember,
there arc three distinct parties represented
when the Progressives met the other day and
organized they formed the first third party in
congress since the days Of the Populsts and
the first cohesive third part organization in sew
erai decades.
adopted amendment giving it additional
power--that granting authority to levy an In
come and another providing for the popular
election Of senators. These two amendments
are the first to become operative since the War
Between the states 1t is a coincidence that
the country goes through period Of years
without amending its organic Law and when
# does take action 1t does it by wholesale.
The first twelve amendments we're adopted
within comparatively short period of time.
Then came about half century without change,
followed by the adoption Of three amendments.
Now after another half century two additional
amendments become effective Two others are
being urged one Of which has been consider
ed by congress but prospects of passage are not
favorable at this time. The income tax amend.
ment Is the one with which the extra session
of congress will have TO deal Twice congress
has levied an income tax, one of the acts be
coming effective and the other being declared UNI
constitutional, This will be the third time
congress Will deal effectually with this ques.
ton bat it will be the first time that it will
act under expressed constitutional right
While the congress is in control to greater
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-07

Think right, live right is the latest advice
tor those who would attain length of days and
is the only one yet given that is worth any.
thing
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-07

Richmond Flies Shipped Abroad, stated a
headline and the baseball fan wanted to know
at once if-they were foul flies, pop flies, infieId
flies or flies to the outfeld
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-07
FOR SALE
Ginter Park Residences

Eight $1,000.
Nine (new) brick fheart Park, 10000
Nine (new) brick, Chamberlayne avenue $4,000
Eighroom tnew) Very attractive ss,5oo
Five-room COTTAGE lot 100x25o.
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