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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-31
DUMB GIRL TALKS
To BIG AUDIENCE
STORM OF APPLAUSE FOLLOWS
LECTURE OF REMARKABLE
HELEN KELLER.

NEW YORK, March 30.--An au-
dfence, hushed and tense. leaned to-
wards the stage of the Forty-eighth
street theatre tonight, straining to
catch every slowly spoken word ut
tered by Helen Keller. who spoke to
them for the first time she has ever
addressed any such large audience.
She spoke of the spIendor of sunsets
and she has never seen IA sunset;
she spoke of the thrill of voices she
has never heard, and the sound of her
voice she could not hear, but
she spoke also of the delights TO be
found in the world of intellect and
imagination, whose whole wide
boundaries are here.
AT first when this young woman
blind and deaf, and dumb, at the age
or Is months, came out and began
10 speak pity brought a lump in the
throat At the attempt at utterance, SO
painfully slow. so like "A little child
but in "A moment that feeling had pass
ed TO give place TO wonder at the ac~
complishment.
But perhaps the most interesting
part of the whole evening came at
the very end, when Mrs. John Macy.
who has taught Miss Keller ever since
n was six years old. asked if there
were any questions. Then Miss KEEL
Ter moved over and placed her hand
on Mrs. Macy's face. so that The
cropping fingers fell over the throat
and across the lips and on the nose
Out of the darkness. a mans voice
asked II 1t is true MS reported that
Miss Keller could play on an organ.
SLOWLY Mrs. Macy repeated the word
while the fingers followed all the ac-
lions OF the muscles and then Miss
keller's face lighted up with a broad
smile. THE only organ I can play"
she said. lis the hand organ"
Her lecture lasted ten minutes. Al
nrst 1t was difficult to understand
more than a word here and there
but IN a little while you began 10 get
whole sentences so that towards the
ehd nearly everything she said was
caught by her hearers. Her voice 10
as a rule fairly deep. but OCCASION
ally 1t auavers into a higher note.
AT the end of her address applause
rocked the house.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-31

trial on an Indictment charging her
with poisoning her husband, Rear
Admiral Joseph G. Eaton, have not
found out where the arsenic was pro-
cured that caused his death.
The pill which Mrs. Eaton one time
showed to James T. Thorn, of Hing
the ONE members of the Eaton
family, and said that had beer found
in the admiral's bed. is again being
talked of. At that time. the accused
widow of the naval office told Mr..
Thorn. she feared ii was some sort OF
a drug, perhaps poison. 1t is learned
now that Mrs. Eaton afterward shows
ed this pill to a Roekland young ma Il
who was studying under Professo
Whitney, of the Harvard Medica !
school. and asked him to have ii
analyZed to ascertain If IL contained
arsenic. This student had been APP
preached by Mrs. Eaton prior to the
adniral's death. She is said to hayo
questioned him regarding Professor
Whitney, the art of a~nalyzing for
poison. and.the certainty with which
poison can be detected In the body of
a dead person.
Now this same medical stuient
says that Mrs. Eaton came to him n
second time also prior to the admirarsl
death, and showed him a pill. HI
said today he could not say anythiutl
about the matter now.
Mrs. Eaton passed the day ~uuieti.J
in Plymouth jail. She did not attensl
tho religious services, but read max.I
azines most OF the time.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-31
MISSING WORK OF
ART DISCOVERED

LONDON. March 3e.-The ml9shj
NaIasquez painting THE Annunusl
ton to the Shepherds" has bel
found by a connoisseur in London. IN
has communicated the news OF AZ
discovery to "A few chosen friends,
wishes TO have his name kept SET
from the public.
The authenticity of the picfur
which fs thickiy coated with dirt III
varnish, is unquestioned. 1t is one a
the finest works Of painters OF I'll
early period. 1t was b~equeathed III
the English painter Standish to Loud
Philippe, who exhibited 1t in 1912 h
the Louvre. where Il remained unit
1858, three years after Louis phiIip,
pes death. 1t was then sold m
Christie's, and bought by the Rev
DR.. Davenport Bromley. for $685.
The subsequent whereabouts az tn
picture liz unknown, but IL is believed
to AVE been in the Ashburton col,
lection. from which 1t was sold pra.
vately at an unknown date.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-31
Beautify the Capital

One of the best suggestions that has been
made for a long time is that laid before Presf-
dent Wilson recently by John PurraV Mitchell,
president of the board Of aldermen Of New York
city, Lieutenant-Go Governor David Ii Walsh. of
Massachusetts, and Henry Bruere, representing
the bureau of municipal research Their pro-
position. in brief, contemplate making the ma
tional capital "a model city in the matter of adj
ministrative efficiency.
our admittedly greatest defect IL me admin
istration of our cities. The demand for NUM-
cipal reform has been insistent for years, and
though there has been a response III some cities
by the adoption of improved methods and more
efficient forms of government, even the most ad-
vanced Of our municipalities is still Tar below
the standard which ought To be attained. The
value of the general suggestion which Mr.. Will
sons visitors made lies in the fact that, while
it's application would be local, Its example and
influence would be nationwide. Washington Is
the special ward and care of the government, as
we'll as the capital of the country and the un-
dertaking which Is proposed IS not only wholly
consistent with the governments responsibility
but would be so conspicuous ard 80 thoroughly
advertised that Its success would force itself up
on the attention and imitation of all progressive
communities.
AS the first step in the execution Of this pro-
posai the committees suggests "a survey or
complete analysis of the district government,
which would take in every department of ad-
rninistration, paying special attention 10 the
higher Offices and to the police department"
and including every detail of social conditions,
present organization, methods and results. This
analysis would afford a basis for Il program of
constructive reform, would supply the plans for
building up a model municipal administration
of the most efficient and scientific kind, which
would enable Washington to realize an ideal it
ought to attain by virtue of its national char
acter. and which would make it a shining and
inspiring example to every othef city in the
United States.
This strikes us as a splendid idea, and If
efficiency in administration is accompanied by
an intelligent and aesthetic scheme. which will
preserve and develop, under competent artistic
supervision. WashingtonIs possibilities for SPLEEN
did architectural advancement ana appropriate
environment, We may effect a union OF the prac-
tical and the beautiful on a scale and in a
Sun.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-31

is seldom heard In these days of coddiing Of
prisoners and sympathy for their crimes. but
which Is as true as the eternal ~verities. After
declaring that the convicted trust president acted
'outrageously in the conduct of the company's
business the San says:
1t may be the one action condones the other.
AS stole rulers have sent their own sons to
death, 1t might be wise for the government to
and splendid a thing is Justice; To say to this
man, Your merits are many and appeal to me,
but justice must be done though feelings are
Then Patterson's punishment. like Max
l~irnilian's execution. might become Il never-for-
gotten example.
Punishment is not for vengeance, neither is
1t primarily for the reform of the prisoner.
1t sounds well to say that when a mans heart
is changed he should be freed and sent back to
society to make a good citizen. but. even IL we
could know when his heart has changed, this
statement Ia not true. 1t is beautiful, but SUI
%perficiai. That man, except In extraordinary
circumstances, should be made to serve out his
sentence or suffer the extreme penalty of his
crime even though he repent, in order that his
fate may be a warning to others, in order that
prospective criminals may know that they can
not lay to their souls the JUNCTION that they may
violate law and by repentance escape punish
ment; in order that they may know that If
they sin they must bear the consequence: in
order that they may clearly see that uprightnesa
and obedience to law is not only right. but the
best policy.
Punishment is for the protection of society,
not only against the man who has attacked it
and may do SO again given the opportunity,
but against the man who may attack 1T If not
held in check by fear of the law.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-31
CLAIMS CAN MAKE
INFANTS IMMUNE
FRIEDMAN SAYS IN THIS WAY rffS
SERUM WILL WIPE oUr
WHITE: PLAGUE.

NEW YORK, March so.-Dr. Fried
mann took advantage OF his inactivitx
today To impress upon those W no carad
-na Attta the feeiat In his work which ~
considers the most vital, That Ia tAa
property or his tuberculosis culture. by
which with Its use he claims to he apf0
TO make the coming generation ansr N M
from the white plague
DIR. Friedman fears his work III 7
haen misunderstood III the ira preaSh +
has gone abroad that hts chief 3
Is To cure those already suffering frSa
consumption and other forms of tutsr
e%ulosis. a create part Of his setrh
has been in perfecting the culture tn
he says viii iHnfauni9e the coming zen !
GRAFTON.
The specialist from Berlin became
very enthusiastic when he talks A104
the value Of his preparation. To nav
horn habies. He tells of the 35u w1fs]
ne treated in Berlin before they ~
three days old. This happened eigf1e
months or more aEo. and In that an
he, says there haze. beea NO. d1r4lo]
r1enIS of disease or any uiserfor /
fects from the Injections. Ia
Those who talked with Tr. FrtS Il \
mann got the Impression thai III IN
were to follow his ~tncfinatinus he wen y
devote his entire attention to this M
munizing of infants. THAT. he sayaI]
is the only sure means OF Kidding nm
world of the white plague.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-31
Where the Fault Lies.

Editor OF the Virginian:
Sir,-I have read Speaker Richard E. Byrd
on the senate OF Virginia. The fault is, that the
State Democratic party. has no platform and
every public man is a free lance in politics.
Let the proper authority call a Democratic
State convention and frame 81 platform and elect
State officers and members of house of dele
gates this fall, and the senators will be bound
by platform when legislation is asked for.
My dear frfend-Speaker Byrd-has not ex-
pressed his opinion about the calling of a Demo-
cratic State convention, nor have | seen the
opinion of a single candidate from governor to
house of delegates on the question.
What is the matter?
Candidates, speak out, yes or no.
I am a candidate for the nomination at the
coming primary for the house Of delegates from
Gloucester county, and ] am for a convention.
and say in advance. I wish a State conventio~
to frame a platform for me and ] am standing
on ii. ] am a Democrat and ] want Democrats
to instruct me on the great Issues.
j. N. S1@uBBS.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-31
A STATES HELP STATE.

Not an expense, but an investment" lis the
slogan of the advocates OF a fifty million dol
lar bond issue for roads In Florida.
Yes, you read 1t right the first time. It's
fifty million dollars. Commenting on the sum
which is to be used to give Florida the best
system of highways in the country the Saturday
Even&ng Post says that fifty million dollars at
a crack for good roads would make any Northern
State sit up and rub its eyes" The best of it
is that the bond issue will probably carry. Any
way. it has been demonstrated that there are
men in Florida a.tn a vision and that the State
shows a DISPOSITION to stand on It's own bottom
instead OF running to Washington for help.
is a States rights State and apparently
1t is also a States help State, which is but
another way of putting the sam proposition.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-31
DEMOCRATIC?

me New York A6an threatens to frevfve the
nssion over the meaning of the trim Demo
III when II says that a graduated income
not Democratic. The Sun aJds also that
not Americana but what is american is
@di1Hcult OF discovery than What is Demo
md we viii leave 1t to thf Sun to define
A16ing. At least. it probably knows what
By the word. If others do not.
people will hold. however. that they are
LILY acquainted ~ith the meaning of the
emocratic' to decidJ whether a graduated
MIN democratic or (aristocratic, nemocra.
s.g3epuhiican.
tduated iaasemetf fax is that form of taxa
Stncpne whichl increases the proportionate
S51fn6e@11ENAd with the increases in the income
fRi711ued hy the taxpayer.
people, we take 1t will deny that one
~ I'VE dollars a day can spare one~twentieth
His Income more easily than one earning one
6tak y day. That Is to say, that q single man
S&xnx 1ave dollars daily can give to the support
hxe government twenty-five cents and feel the
IA less than one making one dollar a day
4zgives Eve cents. A man with an income of
thousand per year will not miss $500 as
q - . maj making $4,000 annually viii
Az 500. S>for the reason that the two
Mays his one hundred dol
housand dollar maf>~sNs ssoo ont ~ wnat
N spends FOR pleasure INA dantoa
h1riself necessities to pay M. tho othor
lnnies himself pleasure.
n that democratic or Democratie.N
pow the meaning OF the term. It lis N.o
and II liz Republican. for the RepubYN
(ertx has ever stood for the taxation of povertv
1d the exemption OF wealth, using the same
(1gFtipnate figures which are. OF course. arbi.
Income tax which exacts from the two
nd dollar man only s25 and the ten tbou.
EAdollar man s575 taxes. luxury and pleas.
I'D both instances, and necessities TO a very
4I extent In either. Is that not democratic
Democrats, II it is not. then We do not
1cw the meaning OF the terms.
SIha Democratic party thinks it Democratic
81 Sfhe people who voted the Democratic ticket
Ink III Democratic.
$k14 that comes very near making 1t American.
American Ia meant what the American
fhink.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-31
HEYf, THE SUFFERING.

M&&1eSday afternoon the citizens of Richmond
= N3c1nity will have the opportunity 10 aid the
S3G&ffnx of the terrible catastrophe which has
9en y1sited upon the people of Ohio and other
~3ddic Western cities. A performance will be
ren III the Colonial theater and the proceeds
6&k to Governor Cox, of Ohio, for use in the
esastated districts. Mayor Ainsiie has en-.
EMMUed the plan and will take charge of the
kr4oceedss
HAH TSrgtHsrn takes this occasion to urge all
people in Richmond to attend this perfor.
8M1Qnee- These who cannot attend can purchase
|pe1ts. nevertheless. and thus help in a humane
nensA. The performance viii be a f~rst-class one
nd All who are present will enjoy an after
1oprss entertainment well worth the price of
3nissfon while they are at the same time help.
M t0 relieve suffering and hunger and disease.
4etx pleasure will be intensified by the thought
6ak through them some homeless person is
SeB u roof To cover his head: some hungry
11adsi N given food: some sick woman Is given
E1D14cine and attention
sN4hfs md other funds for the relief of the
6x<4ckHn people of Ohio should be proportionate
nv me financial status of Richmond. For our
D Nkn sake. for the sake o fthe people who have
~ III at one stroke, for humanity's sake, the
31lcniaI theater should be crowded Wednesday
2llnsnoon.
Money should also be raised In other ways.
SednssdAy night prayer meetings in the church
xMixht be devoted to providing means for Civ
1gfs4aIly bread to the hungry. Merchants In the
aY might send provisions. Charitable asso-
] &MxAaMA 80 - 80 $50 81
n this purpose. In many ways Richmond can
NJ The brother toward those In distress. i
The yirgfHian takes pleasure in acknowledge
ne the receipt Of several donations and takes
61s 0ccassNon to repeat that it viii rers9ve and
orward to rfusAr sources any others bhat may
i left at this ONCE.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-31
PEOPLES FORUM


II Not Drunk With Wine Wherein Is EXCESS"
Editor of The Virginian:
sir,-Thls is an article which will interest
your readers. and I hope you will publish the
same.
The above quotation Of Scripture is often
used by the advocates of fermented wine In sup
port of the wine drinking habit in moderation,
have reference to the kind and not the quantity.
The whole sentence, Ephesians SIS, reads,
And be not drunk with wine wherein is ex-
cess; but be filled with the Spirit"
The word drunk has the sense of being filled,
and the word excess may be translated riot"
hence we have be not filled with wine wherein
is riot, but be filled with the Spirit. The excess
is not in the drinking, but in the wine itself, the
kind of wine 1t is; and therefore, instead of the
above quotation meaning the use of wine mod
1t warns us against the use of tt at all.
WsIhat kind of wine-"wherein there is riot
Sexess);' evidently referring to fermented or
intoxNSkng wine. 1t stimulates the passions;
iemeht $&pders il Asotia. Shameful licantious-
ness ~ N@~creates characterization, hence
a aneines > 'e rs1SS Of the Bible renders it, riot
word could more 6&inly denote the pernicious
principle of wine khsSn as alcohol. THAT de-
Bible on y the Ss" w dosS s 81 Stand fa alone tns IN sss
Proverbs 20: l, Wine is a nhecker. strong drink
Is raging and whosoever is deesived thereby is
not wise" 1t is "a mocker' BECAUSE OF the
alconol it contains, And Proverbs %: 10. 20.
ne not among wine bibbers, among rfotous eat
ears or mesh" a rehuke to many OF the modern
panauets' wine suppers. punch bowls, saloons
and other like places, And Proverbs 80: 81, 81,
LOOK not then upon the wine when ii is red,
"hrh ~ slpetn It's color in the cup, when IT
moNetn itself Alright. At he last IL biteth like
q serpent and stingeth like an adder. thine eyes
SHAH behold strange women, and thine heart at
tacn perverse things" How truly are these
scriptures verified in the lives. experience and
OF nlankindt The reader will rec.
ognize the above Scriptures to be Divine COM
nnands, not TO be among wine bihbers, nor even
10 look upon the "mocker, or riot kind of wine:
ana said Scriptures do not favor the moderate
use, but total abstinence of that kind OF wine:
and IN spite OF that Divine teaching, we find
inat the trnocker" kind of wine tn the kind in
general use among The people, in banauets, wine
punch bowls. private side boards and
pthsr places; and many teachers, even some
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-31
The Come

The Kingdom Come.
lf all the preacher would take one year
To practice what they preach;
If all the teachers would lift by deeds
Rather than much-learned speech;
IT all true Christians whatever name1
Would seek for one year to reach
The helping hand to brother man
There would be no more need to teach.
For Gods kingdom would come and His viii
be done
On earth as it is in heaven:
And the love that would rise to His home n fhe
skies
Would bring the Saviour. the Lord Christ,
down
To walk as of old In country and town
A king with a royal, love-won crown
To rule in the hearts and homes of men
TIL heaven and earth in His love would blend.
Then the questions OF heaven when? and
Where?
Wilfve been answered forever and every
where.
NELLIE q PrrE
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-31
Help The Flood
Sufferers

We wish to help the stricken
thousands in the flooded districts
by organizing and managing a pub
lie relief fund to go to the proper
authorities.
We know that. there are thou
sands of our citizens. safe in plenty
and prosperity who will hear the
call for aid sent yesterday by the
Governor of Ohio to the outside
Eprld. Answer and help relieve
the suffering of those in this most
disastrous catastrophe. Send money
or check with your name and adj
dress and the same will be acknow-
lodged in this space. Please mark
plainly on envelope "FOR RELIEF
FUND" and address
The American National Bank
Of Richmond, Virginia.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-31
COMMENT
"God Made Flies"

When Or. Humphrey, of the Hackensack
board of health, referred to the fact that fly
time was coming and suggested that prepare
lions be made to swat them, one of his cod
evidently a fatalist, remarked;
God made flies as well as other things and
go flies viii exist to the end of time no matter
how much they be swatted. There are too
many fool ordinances now, and they are driy-
Ing people out of town"
Apparently our army doctors flew in the face
OF the creator when they wiped out the stego-
nYia mosquito on the isthmus and rendered
possible the building of the Panama canal
Boston Globe.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-31
Notice 10 Outlaws,

Governor Mann's refusal 10 salve the Aliens
from the extreme penalty OF the aaw witt make
every court in Virginia safer and increase re-
Epeot for the law. 1t lis fun notice that out
faNry VIII not be tolerated and CRIMINALS. no
matter how dangerous or powerful, eanuot defy
this NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. sun
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-31

Ohlo's governor nnds himself with RESPONSE
biiities even higher and more urgent than those
associated with politics and social reform
Washington Star.
The duties of n newspaper reporter do re-
quire a lot of time for performance, but 1t must
be said of the governor that he does very
well.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-31

What has become of that Roosevelt party who
used to figure somewhat in the public prints a
few months agoe-Alexandria Gazette.
Fighting hard with the Ohio floods for a
place on the front page, but losing again.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-31

In Mexico do they speak of a candidate as
eonspiring to Office?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-31
4IE PURPOSE or PUNISHMENT.

3xME PURPOSE OF PUNISHMENT.
lgSfnE the suggestion that John II. Pat.
Sfhs National Cash Register Company,
hecause of his admirable behavior
o1Ie IA Dayton. the Baltimore San
1fktns the meaning and put
asstan ef the law which
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-31

A Richmond paper referred to Governor Tyler
as seventy years old. He will not be seventy for
four years.-Gouthwest Times.
Most people are not seventy for more than
one year.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-31

Colonel Roosevelt speaks of the "lunatic
fringe" of reformers. The colonel Ia finding
himself at last.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-31
The New Treasurv nenartment.

1@@I&t y XXI
Naturally the South, and Georgia In ~particu-
lar, rs more than interested In tho national treas
ury department.
The selection of Mr.. William G.. McAdoo for
secretary or the treasury first attracted atten-
ton in that direction, to which has been added
quite a considerable pleasant interest through
the announcement that Mr.. John SHELTON VIII
hams was appointed assistant secretary of the
treasury.
Neither of them are Georgians in the matter
OF their appointment, yet there is a sort of per-
sonal interest here in both these selections.
MIR, McAdoo is known to more men as a New
Yorker, because of the fact that he came into
more than a national prominence by construct
ing there the tunnel other people had dreamed
or but never undertaken. He Was born In
Georgia in 1853, and educated in Tennessee at
the State university.
Mr.. John Shelton Williams is more a man
OF TINS part of the South, by interest and
achievement rather than by birth. Besides be-
ing a Southern Democrat Of great ability, he
is a hnaneter of wide experience in big enter
prtses which lie largely through the Southern
part of the country. More than any other mans.
perhaps his name is linked with the building
and development of the Seaboard Air Line rail-
way, and lately he has taken over the presi
dency of the Georgia and Florida railroad, from
Augusta, Ga. to Madison, Fla. in which he was
previously largely Interested. Mr.. Williams IL
one OF the Seaboard's captain Of finance
Augusta Chronicle.