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The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-15

One of the most enjoyable entertain
ments of the season was the Graduating
Program in the School of Expression
given on Friday evening at Madison Insti-
tute by Miss Bess Wagers. The chapel
was filled to its utmost capacity and Miss
Wagers was greeted by an appreciative
audience. Her Interpretation of numerous
writers and their varied style showed
great versatility of talent, and called forth
repeated applause. She was assisted by
Miss frankie James who acted her part
with much credit and added greatly to the
pleasure of the evening.
Two numbers on the program are
worthy of especial mention, "The Wonder
full Tar Baby Story" by Joel Chandler
Harris and East Friends" Re Henry; in
both of which Miss Wagers gave evidence
of marked ability.
The music was furnished by Misses
Burnam, Foley, Moore, Whitlock and
Duff, the pupils Miss Thompson, reflected
credit on her instruction.
The program throughout was success
and won new laurels for Miss Anna
Moore and her gifted class.
Mrs. B. L. Middleton was hostess of the
Cecilian Club on Wednesday afternoon, at
which time the following entertaining pro-
gram was rendered:
Roll Call-Ouotations.
Four Hands -Mignon- Thomas
Mrs. Pickles, Mrs. Middleton.
Voice-Celestial Aida-------Ve Verdi
Miss Bright
Piano Gavotte (Mignon) ---T Thomas
Miss White.
Talk-Progress of Art
Miss Bennett
Selection Quaker GirD
Miss Pickles.
Piano Knowest Thou the Land (Mignon)
Transcription by Mrs. Kellogg.
Voice Selected from the French
Miss Caperton.
Paper Rimsky- Korsakoff and The Snow
Maiden
Mrs. A. R. Burnam
Current Events
Miss Higgins.
Valse OPP. az A fiat-------------Ch Chopin
Mrs Hoskinson.
Mrs. Harvey Chenault will entertain the
Club on April q, and the subject will be
"The Symphony"
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-15

Mr.. Bryan, as Secretary of State
under the Wilson administration,
has become silent and non-com-
municative, thereby showing his
extraordinary talents. A wise
head keeps its own counsel.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-15

must grind fine and fast. There
is duty resting on every man
and woman to render efficient
aid to the courts. There is a
duty resting on the courts to dill,
gently inquire into violations of
law and to present offenders at
the bar of justice.
Life, liberty and property, de-
pend for their value on the law.
Law depends fer its strength on
honest, intelligent and efficient
services of public officials, backed
by a healthy, public sentiment.
With good and true men on
guard supported by the intelli-
gence and honor of the people,
moral turpitude will disappear
like mist before a summer sun.
Let the grand jury open its
eyes and look around. On its
shoulders more than on the
shoulders of the court, lies the
responsibility. With diligent in
quiry into the ways of the wicked,
it can find abundance of grist to
keep it continually grinding. The
future life and growth of a city
and county depends largely on
what its grand jury does in bring
ing to the bar of justice those
offenders who have lost all sense
of decency and shame and who
give to the city or county a
name which it does not deserve
but which name it must bear,
unless it speedily repudiates it
and establishes law and order on
a high and exalted plane"
(The White Slave Traffic would
very speedily disappear if the
thoughts contained in the fore
going editorial would sink deep
in the hearts of the people. Men
and women will cease to be bad
when the evil influences which
surround them are removed. The
Club would do well to
look after the immoral influences
which surround the young peo-
Dle-the cheap vaudeville show,
indecent movies, indecent pic
lures in the magazines and daily
papers, indecent dressing. Go to
any basket ball game and you
will see men and women falling
all over themselves to see the
plays made by men less than
half dressed and, who, if they
should appear on the streets in
the same CARDS, would be imme-
1iately arrested for an indecent
exposure of their persons for
not having on more than the pro-
verbal fig leaf. When you look
around YOU and see what modern
life has forced on the people, it
IS little wonder that you find
many, who, in defense of them
selves say, "She was a woman
and ! a man"
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-15
3 B a : !
OUR COMMON PERIL

Reprinted in response to repeated and
urgent requests)
Whether the doctrine of total
depravity is or is not right, we
know not. A glance at the news
columns of the daily papers, leads
us to the belief that it is not only
a possible doctrine but that it is
a very probable one. From the
records of the metropolitan press,
it seems that the demons of
HE'LL have ovel-powered their
keeper and are at large on the
earth. The whole category of
crime is daily enacted. Murder,
arson and theft, three of the
greatest crimes, are as common
as the noon days sun. 1t is said
that eight thousand murders are
committed in the United States
each year. If this is true, it is
astounding. That it is true, the
records of the country bear testi-
mony.
What is the cause of all this?
Looking deeper than the sur
face, it is clear that the laxity of
moral restraint is responsible. 1t
is an age of irreligiouS liberty.
You observe the abandon in
speech and act. 1t is heard in
every song of the street. 1t sur
rounds us like a foul air with its
Whaling powers. The men are
not occupying the center of the
stage alone for women are in the
lime light, commanding the at
tention of the world by the atroc-
ity of their crimes. The day of
DO as you please" has dawned
and its evening will be long in
coming. Character, based on the
ten commandments, has been UNI,
horsed and in its stead rides the
devil Dare" with whip and spur.
The crown, metaphorically speak
ing, is not for him who over
cometh, but for him who takes it
by stealth.
1T is said that virtue has its
reward; but in this day a man of
commanding integrity finds him
self practically isolated and spok-
en- of in derision by the votaries
of crime. He will elisperse the
average street crowd as quickly
as a skunk.
THE whole world seems to be
a mass of corruption with honor
and integrity merely superficial
spots. OF what value is either
honor or integrity if corruption
sits exalted on the throne? If
those in charge of the admins
tration of the law, allow it to be-
come debased, it is an instrument
of oppression instead of a bull
wark of liberty. If the good peo-
pie cOmminole indiScriminatelv
with the bad, what can be ex-
pected but a lowering of the
morals; a degradation by the
imperceptible but sure infusion of
immortality in the habit; and life
of the pure.
'The remedy for this evil, long
neglected and furnishing every
where, is faithful, strong, expedi-
tious enforcement of law, both
moral and civil. Let there be
more business in religion and
more religion in business. Back
to the good old Puritanfcal days
when Womanhood Was exalted in
the home and manhood, in the
fields of labor. Then and only
then will virtue meet its reward.
Then and only then will the
wicked be scourged and dis
persed.
To accomplish this. the court
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-15
SUsPENDING JUDGMENT


Occasionally, we might say fire.
quently, we read reports of trials
in which convictions are had and
then we see the statement, '.judg-
ment suspended" This is done
by the court trying the case.
This is all wrong. The Consti-
tuition gives the Governor the
sole power to issue pardons, and
the Statute law gives to the board
of Parole Commissioners the
right to suspend sentence after a
certain portion of the sentence
has been served and on certain
terms and conditions. No other
tribunal has the right or power to
suspend judgment" The trial
court has the right to grant a new
trial for certain grounds named
in the law. Any attempt on the
part of a court to suspend judg-
ment" is a usurpation of power,
and lays it liable to indictment
for rnalfeasance in office. Judges
are the conservators of the peace,
the opponents of the law, yand as
such they should obey and en-
force it.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-15
In Society

The Young Ladies Bridge Club met
with Miss Mary Catherine White on Fri
day and were delightfully."- entertained.
The prize, pair of silk hose, was won by
Miss Julia White. Twelve members were
present and at the conclusion of the games.
dainty refreshments were served.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-15

We guarantee quick delivery of every
thing you buy and will appreciate your
orders If you have not tried US give us
call, 232 West Main street, Richmond,
KY. Covington, Thorpe 6 Co. lift
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-15

On account of friction between
Caleb Powers and the Kentucky
Delegation in Congress, Mr..
Powers was sworn in with the
Illinois delegation.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-15

Who wants to be Mayor? An
swering for ourself. we say we
don't"
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-15

A month of Democratic rule
and not a soup house in sight!
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-15

We are looking for new business and
want yon to try us when in need of good
goods. Covington, Thorpe 6 Co. lift
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-15

Look after the ponds or our
side walks, Mr.. Mayor.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-15

Jupiter Pluvius is a generous
old soul-in April.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-15

Famous Single Comb Rhode Island Reds
of the Red Velvet strain. Eggs, S1.50 per
Is; also Stock in season. David Deather-
age, lbs 7th St, Richmond, Ky. 4-1yr
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-15

Oh, that everybody could have
the sweet, lovable disposition of
a candidate!
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-15

The teachers of the Christian church
were charmingly entertained on Tuesday
evening by Mrs. Joe Chenault at her home
on the Summit. On account of the bad
weather a number of the members were
absent but what was lacking in quantity,
was made up for in quality, and the
hours were pleasantly and proftably spent.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-04-15
. 9 . 9 . 8

OUR SLOGAN: Reduce our taxes.
OUR AIM: To bring about a reform
in our administration of public af-
fairs, to the end that the people may
obtain relief in reduction of their
tax burden.
WE will give you a paper all the time
which every mernber of the family
can read with pleasure and profit.
OUR HELPERS: Every person who
speaks kindly of us to his neighbors.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-02-09

Sec ., less than a mile north Of the
station at Loyelmd seems to bc near
The middle of very broad flat syn
cline i'm which the rocks are practical
ly lcroL
Work was done in the eastern
parts only of TIPS 3, 4, and 3 s., 16
w. Few exposures are present in
this territory and but little geologic
information is available regarding
the structure. The character of the
topography suggests a general dip
toward the west from east Of the mid
die of r. 4 but this evidence taken
alone is of very little value.
According to the present incom-
plete data it Is suggested that the
first wells in TIPS 3, 4, and s., RS
- ana 16 W, should be located in
some parts Of the high. smooth pralr-
lie country south Of the "breaks' in
r. ( S.. r.. Is w Also it Is suggested
that any producer who may be in
clined to wildcat in the Quanah dis
trict should locate on the old town
site of Quanah or in the west half OF
Sec. 81, +. s, X. 10 w.
In offering these suggestions for
the use of drillers in choosing loca-
tions for test wells. the geologists are
assuming that the formations contain
ing the oil-bearing sands in the Flee
ira, Burkburnett and Petrolia fields
Of northern Texas underlie adjacent
portions of oklahoma This assump-
ton is warranted To some extent at
least by the evident continuity of the
outcropping beds from one district
to the other 1t has been assumed
that the formations containing the
oil sands in Northern Texas also con
tain the same or similar oil bearing
beds in Southern Oklahoma. 1t is
quite certain that the general struc-
tural conditions are similar in tho
areas. and on the whole there seems
TO be no reason, determinable i'm adj
vance Of drilling, why portions Of
Southern Oklahoma do not contain |
pools Of oil and gas Of comemrclal |
size. One object Of the governmental
examinations is to give the drillei |
some aid in choosing locations for
Tests. The tests must be made before !
The question of the occurrence of OF |
may actually be settled. The location !
as good places for Wild
eating are based almost wholly on !,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-02-09


pools are found IN other areas, Secs
/ y, = 10 and II are probably some
/ what more promising than the ada
/ cent ones. A small round hill in the
/ NV. = Sec, II Is capped by thick
riay-llme conglomerate that is pro-
oabIy 40 iet higher at this place than
AT lhe northern edge OF Devol one
mile to the southwest 1T is also about
70 rect higher than at an exposure
near the northeast corner of sec. s,
hut ITS altitude at intervening points
Is not known. This clay-lime con
fiom"rate bed dips about 10 feet in
me llrSt a miles to the north from
me northwest corner of Sec. s, and
from that point dips about 80 feet
more IN the next ] = miles northWard
To the dry mole in thc NV. a Sec. 2S,
!. s. K. l3 W. 1t seems very pro-
PAM" mat II this well had been To-
Gated one mile further to the south
east 1t would have been on the axis
OF me anucline which plunges stceply
toward the north. So far as structure
Is concerned the location Of this dry
hole is very unfavorablo. and it should
not be considered fair test for this
vicinity I'm fact II is thought that
test wells located in the SW u Of
Sec 33. or on, or near the high hill
I'M the southwest corner of Sec, 35
T., S. II. 10 W. in the NE a or
the NV. q Of Secs. 8 and . respect
fully r. 4 $, R. 13 W., will perhaps,
have as good chance of developing
oil or gas as.any part of this territory.
North of Deep Red Run rock cX-
posurcs are meagor If test well is
contemplated p r. s.. r. 13 W..
north of Deep Bod Rum it might as
venture bee placed u the Nj of See.
. or adjaccu, territory To the north
east.
IN Tps and :. r.. "A w. the |
structural feature isa .hish' |
vaguely outlined by exposures ON Bic /
Gm. and Liu. Blue erecI,s and ON .
streams uuwme north into Decd RED .
Run Spirit lowell lines ta th,a. nut- /
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-02-09

the structure or the dip of the rocks,
and the probable height Of the oil
sands here as compared with their
height where they are productive in
the Burkburnett, Electra and Petrol
la fields. 1t should be remembered
that the areas suggested for tests
may no be all that are favorable for
tests in the region, but they are he
more apparent ones brought to notice
during the course of the field work.
The ACTUAL difference in elevation Of
the probable oil sands at various
points in this area can be determined
only after further study of the field
notes.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-02-09

TOPEKA. Kan, Feb. S.-A bin TO
provide tho initiative and referendum
iu Kansas passed the state senate to-
day by a vote of 81 TO G. \ similar
hil. passed the lower house Of the leg
ialature last week.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-02-09

FOR sALE-COMMERCIAL. OIL
and gas lease in Sections one and
twelve, Township Nineteen. range
six. Payne County. Oklahoma.--F. w. :
Fischer oklahoma' City. (adv.D
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-02-09
iiIl.NiN AND COTTON COUNTIES
COVERED N EXAMINATION
oi SOt rHERN STRATA.
WOULD Decrease FAILURES
Nua.c-t Favorable Places r,r Wild.
eating Ia Oklahoma Iicm ld-
lacrnt a. l.lccua

ploratou u Tium.n ana roft,u
counties of Southern OE.bnu, .v.,.
mad. accordance with "a co-.p,..,
u.r mr utom,ut between tha i-pit.i
States Geological Survey and tbo DI.
uAomu Geological SURVEY. In ord.r
w sec whether I'M .uuu. az rb. .r.,.
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-07
Baby Mclean's Birthday Party Breaks All Records

nABY Vincent Walsh McLean's $10.-
p 900 birthday party. given the other
day at the Walsh home in Washing
ton, broke all records for gorgeous
and ingenious entertainments.
Gifts came in hundred lots, and in
hundred lots they continued to come
for several days. The greater number
are yet to be opened for the inspection
of the youthful recipient and pair OF
secretaries will be required to get the
notes Of thanks OF in proper time.
The one best gift of the whole col.
lection, however, is the snow burro
which came as a gift from Mrs. Nc.
Lean to her only son. The burro has
long pedigree and shaggy coat and
a perfect disposition. He arrived sew.
eral days ago, December 18, being the
natal day of Baby Vincent, whose
birthday fete was brought forward q
few days to bring 1t in closer touch
with the Christmas season.
A giant white bull moose, white as
snow and terrlfyingly natural. shares
the place Of honor with the burro In
the affections of the young heir. This
also was a gift from Mrs. Mclean and
it, appearance for the first time Great.
ed 4 great sensation.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-07
Y. NJ. C. A. Puts Ban on All Suggestive Songs

r. HIS notice was posted the other
/ day at the Y. NJ. C. A. rooms and
dormitory here:
Members of the Y. NJ c. A. and
visitors to the Association building
will please refrain from playing or
singing music Of the following kind
in or about the buildings: 'Hitchy
koo,' Row, Row. Row. 'Everybody's
Doing It, When l Get You Alone To-
night
"Such songs are suggestive and not
at all in keeping with the ideals of
the Association"
The notice appeared on the bulletin
boards throughout the Y. M. C. A. dor
mitory as we'll as on the announce
ment boards in the Associations gym
nasium, pool room. bowling alleys.
turkish baths, reading rooms and bar.
Der shops.
THE ruling was made" said Secre-
tary Cooper, mot because any one has
made himself Objectionable by per.
forming these questionable sr>:sr, b1t
merely to insure that the policy and
moral conditions of the young man
shall be carried out in this detail as in
others. For many years have noticed
a steady lowering in the moral tone
Of the average popular song. Former
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-07
tl1Eneo,cTS

w ASHINGTON.-The collapse Of
" the Bachelors" Washington's IA
nous cotillon club, which for the last
twenty years has established the
standing Of the successive crop Of
smart society, has been followed by
the establishment of the "Benedicts"
and at last Washington winter time
smart set has undergone the long
threatened pruning. The Bachelors,
according to some reports. fell Of its
own weight" In other words, too
many who could not muster all the re-
quirements were admitted to member
ship and one by one the "swagger'
element withdrew. The detection be-
gan several seasons ago when Major
Charles McCawley. U. S. NJ. c., who
throughout the Roosevelt regime was
the Beau Brummel Of Washington.
gave up his membership. George How
ard, son of Lady Howard Of England
and kin to the ultra-aristocratic Riggs
connection, resigned about the same
time. Gist Blair, one of the most elig-
Idle bachelors in the country, came q
close third, but these lapses were
made up by the younger army and
navy set.
Last year things got worse and even
the lances of criticism assaulted the
bachelors. whose dances careful moth
ers considered a bit too blase for the
debutantes whose coming-out hereto
fore had not been considered properly
accomplished unless they appeared
at least at the Bachelors three yearly
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-07

energy to philanthropy. it seems to
me that can't admire him suftici-
emily"
It's awfully dear and sweet of you"
declared Mrs. Merriwid. and l would
mt want to shock you by intimating
that Mr. Balm was a benevolent boob
or sympathetic simp. but there are
such persons. dearie, nevertheless. I
like to see a mans eyes bedimmed
with a kindly dew Of pity as we'll as
the next lady, and j think it's perfect
ly lovely to burn with righteous indig-
nation and melt with generous SYM
pathy. but it gives me a pain amount
ming and burning and melting is at
long range. The trouble with Mr..
Balm is he's too far-sighted, and he
couldn't see deplorable condition
close by to save his swan,like neck,
unless he looked at 1t through the
wrong end of telescope"
Il like people Of wide sympathies."
remarked Aunt Jane.
I'D sooner see them all WOOL" Mrs.
Merrlwid retorted; there's too much
shoddy in these extra breadths.
never did have a good ear for long
distance calls and dearie, when I'm
Writhing beneath the French heel Of q
tyrannical Swedish cook or grooming
under the pitiless extortion of my
dressmaker and being snubbed by the
automobile and winter golf caste, l
need sympathy myself and lots of it.
If my husband were stopping the en-
tire stock on INDECENT Igorrotes and
homeless Hottentots, know Id feel
hurt and want to throw things that
hurt a little worse"
THAT seems to me very selfish
point OF view, Melissa" commented
Aunt Jane.
Il wouldn't wonder" admitted Mrs.
Merriwid. Still, If he had any SYM
pathy or help to spare, ! wouldn't dis
courage him from applying it to few
worthy objects this side of midas
coral strand. There are few chill
dren being sacrificed to the Sacred
Cotton Bale down south that might
be saved by little concentrated phil
snthropy, and the minotaurs Of the
sweat shops and factories are claim
ing an occasional girl victim in our
free and happy land-not to 60 any
farther. If Mr.. Balm would burn and
melt and get weepy over a few thou
sand expressions and body and soul
starvations in the United States-and
then take of his shipper and his frock
coat and black necktie and get busy,
1 might be stronger for him."
Mrs. Merriwid's color had heighten-
ed and she spoke with unusual earn
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-07
RACES VERY MUCH MIXED
Spot in New York That Might With
Much Truth Be Described as
Cosmopolitan.

The nationalities get bit confused
down Washington square way. Fifth
avenue ends a little abruptly at the
Washington Arch and the naughty
Americanism Of the beautiful colonial
doorways on the north side of the
square stares into hodge-podge OF
races whose Americanism has barely
begun to be made" There is French
church on the south side Of the square,
and settlement kindergarten whose
pupils are Italians and Slavs and Rus.
sian Jews. A Norwegian artist has
a very wonderful studio on the same
side, and next door to him live
sturdy American from San Francisco
whose fiat is sometimes shared by
friend who is half Indian. There are
Irish policemen on the corners, but the
order to keep off the grass" read
''Conservate Erbi" in the square. And
Of this mixture Of nationalities the