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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-04

Men Of prominence from all over the country,
their own selfish interests 10 claim their time.
are gathered in Richmond this week to lay plans
for u celebration of the hundredth anniversary Of
peace between the United States and Great
Britain. This is the present work of these men
TO celebrate peace. Their real work and more I'M
portant work is to help to make certain another
hundred years and still another and another cen
fury OF peace between the English speaking peo-
pies and between all the peoples of the earth
There can be no nobler purpose than this. There
can be no more important achievement
Commercial progress? What binders it more
than war, which takes the best Of physique and
brain from commerceY
Educational advancement? What binders It
moro aan war. which demands the money which
should be given to education and claims the
young men who should be undertaking their edu-
cation9
Moral Advancement? What sets 1T back more
than war, which Is destructive of the greatest
canon OF moraltty-respect for the life created in
the image of the Giver Of the moral law7
A few-a very. very few~-wars of the past have
been justnable because the gain has been greater
than the loss, but great must be tho gain, and
that gain must be only in the higher things, to
Justify war. and the men who do most to advance
the day OF universal peace are the greatest bene-
factors OF mankind.
These men who are in Richmond today believe
In peace. Else they would not waste time coe-
] L.
peace passionatey or they would not give of their
time and money TO perpetuate It, For themselves
and for their cause they are welcome to Rich.
mond and to Virginia, city and State which
know what war IS.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-04

Chauncy Depew says the American girl Is
not as pretty she fifty years ago. Neither
is Chauncy as young, and therein lies tie
Virginan-Piot.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-04

This is q splendid opportunity for the United
States to show the rest Of the world what pa
tience may accomplish toward the promotion OF
universal peace.-Christian Science Monitor.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-04
" A Regular Penwiper.

with stroke of the pen. Governor Bleai
came near cleaning out the S. c. Pen.-Gree
vile {S. c. News.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-04
Use of the Pardon Power.

Governor Blease, by exercise Of the prerog
alive of pardon, indicates his determination not
to be lonesome in the State of South Carolina
Chicago Tribune.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-04
WILSON'S POLITICAL suREwpNEss.

THURSDAY. DECEMBER 4, 1913.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-04

It is doubtful whether any
gift affords it's recipient more
real pleasure than good book.
Books are easy to buy, easy
to send, and it is easy to select
an appropriate book for each of
your friends.
The Miller & Rhoads Book
Store is ready for Christmas
with magnifcently COM
plete stocks and with helpful
suggestions that will make
choosing easy.
See show windows and visit
the department. Basement.
Evening star., 1913-12-30

her an inextricable part of the mad JOY
of the dance.
And night after night Mccartney fol-
lowed her to the hall, to stand about eye
ing her mournfully, for Nance would hav,
none of him. He was too oddly asso-
ciated in her mind with the cleanliness
of the night skies!
One sultry August night Nances physi-
cal and nervous forces were at their
lowest ebb. She was very tired of it all
the panic. the toll. the troubled con-
science. When the spieler repeated in her
ear the tender, Oft-repeated phrase. u
loves You. Nance does you love ne?" she
lfted her troubled. tired eyes to his and
answered. Yes. 1 love you
All that evening she danced like a
thing not of earth. Her beauty was SC
remarkable that even the devotees of the
hall stared at her in wonder
During the last of the evening poor
drunken Mamie Ryan appeared. She had
trailed about the hall only a short time
her little boy arrived and tried 10 lead
her away. Name was not docile this
time. She staggered to the spieler. who
was dancing with Nance, and threw heI
man threw her off so forcibly that she
fell. At the same time he gave the child
u slap OH the ear.
Beat it outta herer' he shouted I'm
sick O YOU Dustin up the dance.'
The child. though trained in a hard
school, was not entirely hardened &c
blows. His eyes filed and his lips quiv-
cred. Nance. with a little cry. ran to
him and threw her arm about him, while
she put hand on Name Ryan's shoul-
der. The boy, as if that tender arm
about him brought back to- him his birth
right of baby craving for protection, turn
ed his little tired face against Nance ano
sobbed as If his heart must break. Nance
| turned to the spieler.
Don't you ever let me see you hit g
| kid again!' she cried. And don't yor
touch her rough. You helped to make hel
what she is, didn't your?
Then at her own last words she paled
Panic-stricken. wild with terror. like q
prisoner new to the cell, she stared from
Name Ryan to the spieler and to the
! taunting faces about her. Then STANDING
!, a little above the rest she saw rec
head She showed her way through the
! crowd to Mccartney.
Come on" she painted, before ! heal
the music again. When they reached
Evening star., 1913-12-30
THE EVENING STORY.
A Chance in 10th Avenue.
BY HoNoRE wILLsIE.

Tenth avenue Has hot and evil smell
-ns this June night The street was in
.aad confusion Of truck and .horseear
fruit vender and freisht train The tene-
nieats had emptied onto ehe payements
D-ty children padded in street rauck
r..Ee their elders sossfped and .luarreled
o. ihe doorsteps
Nance stopped at the foot OF the long
Fight Of stairs that led to the dancing
. dSIny on the second floor She was
thinking less OF the familiar night view
q hSt.I avenue than of the suspicion that I
Vas s@owinS i her mind that She never
81; going 70 throw or the attack of grip
~ lad 'hrottled l.e. is March T I.
Z .Ei..ened icg % acsuIes, ledge, TO herself
- els night tiie academy. steps
ooiet. lpns.e. 20 aef..c ..t.-s -
sfe esiIated aiisI strain OF music
so.-ide rom abC,,c. THEN Sic quick
eaSl ...se houJld IL the horn. AS she
as-i.~scf - ceuts-fo4~a a greasy admission
Z act sAe could acc that the violin and
'-i..'lse 80 H. .sf:t -~-viir.r- and the floor
IS crowded fhe girl, she stood
tl'e.ty y to door recovering ber breath.
siioaid-red and narrow hipped. square oil
chin apd big of eyes. with clear black
bro.ys and heavy brown hair.
Toe speiler started toward her But q
td41t ~ Ntsiu-I Gtufl win "A moulin. ful
OF ~'fl,%Sing -tnt 'eio ifad been - eing
the girl sith interest Intercepted him
WITHOUT .. word .uf introduction or apol
og- he, S.tzed Nance about tho waist and
they Serc off ia the WiII swing OF the
tSp-s'ep, In an Instant Nance y a.
trxnsagalred
when tac dane was finished ,i., red
hssded man walked with Nance to tn.
open window. she leaned painting
against the easement.
Ny Oamcs Jim McCsrtuey." he said
Give Us yourn
'Napces O.Sh&susa.sS. 4rt,Iie.l. the girl
smiling little. Nance ) smile was very
much worth while and the red-headed
man watched II little wistfuliy until /,
faded. Then he looked AT her red hands
What you do laundry for Why don I
you get tony job like salesiady
Nances eyes swept the red rheaded mar
cooiIy from his anemic face TO his thiI
white hands. why don't you get a joI
like A real man before YOU try 10 give
pointers to a LADY,
The snddeH sensitive color OF the red
headed mary Showed in McCartneys face
lie was scarlet behind his ears. Il cleri
IN drug store down on 10th avenue
he said. "Ain't that good enough FOL
you?"
Nance shrugged her shoulders Il worl
~ washing because il pays best Let:
have beer.
Seated at q l:ttle table in the gallery
Nance slumped weakly Her shoulder
dropped and her face took the tense
strained lines under the bright flush 0
her cheekbones. Mr.. Mccartney shove,
Nance's glass toward her. How Ion;
have you been goin' at the dance hal
pece? he asked at last
"Oh, i learned to dance about a montl
back. Ny dad never would let me. Blu
Evening star., 1913-12-30

Indians. stage coaches, due,s and muir
der trials. all the dreadful horrors that
q small boy dotes on. thrills and other
things that would make a Jesse James
Romance sound like . Sunday school tale
Mrs John +. Raker of California, wife
or Representative Raker, knows al about
them
From this auspicious beginning the gen
tic reader is not 10 picture Mrs. Raker
a an aged woman. who barely escaped
being eaten by fhe wolves in pioneer
days On the contrary. she is z pretty
woman. whose youthfulncss of counte-
nance is emphasized by the contrast Of
prsmaturely gray hair, But She IS one
of Few. II not the only person one meets
at " "ashingtons conventional afternoon
teas and evening receptions who knows
the thrilling lie OF the frontier as most
casterners know their cafes ana drawins
rooms.
i .Kps.. born. u. S4ssas,ssiIs.s Gal- :. Airs
Paker SAYS Nov. SilsanIilIe is named
for the first white culld porn in its bor-
ders-.-It is little town IN the northern
Cart or California. in IasSen county M
mother and father went there as pio-
neers- Before they net each had made
the trip TO California across the plains
- " Sails. iHio MdS 81 lidt taHlV q
eix-nonth. journey. To-day my mother
makes II in less than six days. She car
ell many a thrilling tale Of trouble with
tie Indians and OF hardships encoun-
tered By men and women who were pio-
neers at Susanviile when northern Cali
fornia was ain unexpIofed country. To-
DAY she rides on. electric trolIeys. uses
the telephone and votes for the President
OF the United states.
My father began the practice of law
~ SuSanville. continued Mrs. Raker
when he was still in his twenties. My
Evening star., 1913-12-30

mother assisted him at his office, which
was just half a block from our home,
and overlooked the back yard in which
We children played
AI this time no profession man
could follow on tine frontier was half
80 thrilling as thai Of law. There Were
great feuds and quarrels over water
rights, for instance, that hsesf to- be
settled. These feuds We're. hetween the
most powerful men. the leaders al
Wa5s. # the new country. There We're
many murder thrills in our courthouse
1T SusanyilIe. Eminent JawH'ers' from
Los Angeles San Francisco ard - scra-
mento came to our town to argue
practice was very large. was always
engaged in them. too. Whenever there
was 70 be great argument by an
eminent lawyer at such a trai ply
brought from school to sit IN the
courthouse and listen. We heard law
morning. noon aud night at home. My
own mother read law under my father
of ability and was admitted to prac-
<tice before the<rSupf essf<- reSstIrt. t.- she
necessarily gave up her -practfcS whea
her husband went on the bench.
AS Q child ! often travelled by stage
coach or BY private team. We always
went 70 San Francisco, Sacramento or
Los Angeles. BY way of Reno. New.
This was because no one attempted to
cross the Sierras by stage We thought
nothing of driving a>hundred q miles to
Reno and taking the train there.
The life in the west. 1t is wonder
fsl II offers more to both men and
women than do the crowded cities of
the east
Mrs. Raker is corresponding secre-
rary OF the Congressional Club and re-
coTding secretary of the Woman-s Ma
tional Democratic League. She knows
every nook and Granny of her beloved
native state, and has visited every
point of national interest in America.
Evening star., 1913-12-30

the street she seized McCartney's arm
Come on to Father O'Neft, QUICK.
want you to marry me while you can.
In the glare of the street light Mozart
ney's face was illuminated WIN 'Hs ny
, that made it beautiful "Acusnla, ne
said, huskily. I've been carrying II :
cense in me pocket this weary time wait
in for the day. l knew 1t would nave 70
be done quick"
Nance seemed not to hear him, ana
she made not a sound until the priest
door was opening to them. Then llttie
sob broke from her white lips. Wnen
they emerged short time after mozart
ney led her down the steps very tenderly
She seemed hardly to know what hau
happened.
But when her lover started to han
horse car she said:
Lets go sit in the ferry park.
On bench in the open circle near the
ferries Nance spent the first hours OF
her honeymoon crying. She knew what
she had renounced. She knew that the
joy of the dance which to her spelled
highest ecstasy and freedom. which 10th
avenue refuses to its children uncon-
taminated by the spieler's kind, was to
be hers 10 more. She knew that she had
given to the spieler the passionate beauty
of a girls first love, which can never be
replaced.
For a time Mccartney did not speak.
He tucked his handkerchief into the
girls trembling fingers and sat rigid
with pain. Then of a sudden he took
Nances hands from her face and pulled
her head back on his shoulder.
Look up, sweetheart: look up he
said The sky Is right over 10th avenue
as well as Everywhere else. You were
never meant for the spieler. You II make
our own happiness for us right here on
10th avenue. OH. my girl think how
your dad and your svate mother can be
belavin in you now. Look up, acushla!
And Nance looked up to the sky. There
were depth beyond depths that caught
the girls fancy-the promise of new
life. Nance smiled. Her smile was sc
sweet so tender. She rose, with new
| look of strength in her face, and gave
Mccartney her hand.
Come on. jim; you're a good boy,
she said; Tets go home"
(THE END.)
Evening star., 1913-12-30


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Evening star., 1913-12-30

after he died. about year ago, | was
crazy lonesome. and started in with
some of the girls. It's the only place a
girl can 20 to have fun evenings"
THE spielers stuck on YOU amt he?
He's peach. I'd like to have a spieler
stuck on any girl Il liIed." McCartney>s
Evening star., 1913-12-30

1t pays to read the want columns of
The Star. Hundreds of situations are
filed through them.
Evening star., 1913-12-30
MOVING, PACKING & STORAGE.

STORE iOCR FURNITURE. PIANOS ETC
at WESCHI4ERS s. $50 r. ave NV Rs;es
reasonable. Estimates cheerfuIy given. Phens
1883
PAChlnS Phone NJ s0l0. MOVING.
kREIG'S EMPRESS. 1895 n ST NV
Large padced vans. Experienced mes.
Get our estimstc.
SHIPPING STORAGE
PADDED VANS. 81 AND IS LOAD
Phones Main 1915-I9l6.
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300 NEW YORK AVE. NV
Packlng Shipping Storage. 50 van load
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-03-22

event in the history of the race-the
miscarriage of Haman's plan to exter.
minsee tke Hebrew race while they
were under the rule of the Persian
King Ahasuerus. 1t is celebrated OF
lines similar to those of the Christ
mas season.
While Jews are not commanded in
bhe Pentateucf to observe. the Feast OF
Purim, as the giving Of the law was
about one thousand years before the
occurrences set forth in the Book of
Esther, the children of Israel iormu.
lated a law which they Incorporated
with the others for the observance of
the anniversary of this pbzfl interpo-
sition of Jehovah to gave the race from
annihiliation.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-03-22

The much talked about benches were
placed in he House of Representatives
yesterday, in lieu of the desks and re-
volving chairs which were removed
immediately after Congress adjourned
on March a. The new seating arrange
ment was approved by Speake" Clark
and The other members who were al
The Capitol when the carpenter had
completed their work. With the ben
ches in place there is seating capac-
ity for $50 persons, this cong to
more than the membership Of tGe new
House. During the installation work
Yesterday several members entered the
hall and gave The seats trial. 1t was
agreed by all that they will be a grea:
improvement over the old plan.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-03-22

Alienists yesterday examined the
jrst "crank" Of the Wilson admins
ration. The man gave his name as
DR.. Charles A. Schwab. of Dallas:
Texas. He is being detained IN the
Washington asylum, in which instltu-
ion he was placed Tuesday when ar
,ested by Secret Service men on his
arrival in Washington. The man sad
he was on his way to the White
house to be sworn in as President and
lie had in his possession number OF
written messages purporting to have
been sent to him by Chief Justice
White, of the Supreme Court. 1t is
believed that he wrote them himself.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-03-22

At a Corporation Court of the City
of Alexandria, continued and held at
the Court House of said City on
Wednesday, March 10Th, 1913
Present Hon. Louis c. Barley,
Judge.
Anderson Ross.
VS.. In Chancery.
Upon the application Of the COM
plainant, stating specifically the last
known place of abode of defendant,
and process having been issued and
returned of the Sergeant's, showing
the defendant not being found within
the jurisdiction of the Court the court
on this 10Th day of March, 1913, doth
grant the following order of publ
cation:
The object Of this suit is to obtain
for the complainant, a divorce from
the bond of matrimony from the de-
sendant, on the ground Of wllful de-
sertion and abandonment. and Tor
general relief, and an affidavit
having been made an field that the
defendant, Anderson Ross Is not a
resident of the State of Virginia,
it is ordered that he doa apper here
within fifteen days after due publlca-
zion. and do what is necessary to
protect his interests in this suit.
And it is further ordered that a
copy Of said order Of publication be
published once a week for FOUR sue
.essive weeks in the Alexandria Ga
zette, a newspaper published in the
lily of Alexandria, Virginia, that a
,opy be posted at the front door OF
he court house of said city on OF
before the next succeeding rule day
.fter this order is entered and that q;
.opv of ordar of said publication shall
De sent by. registered mail by the
ClerIl Of this Court, addressed to the
said nonresident defendant at Rock
lille, Maryland, his last known place
If abode.
NEWELL S. GREENAWAY, Clerk.
SAMUEL G.. BRENT, P. @.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-03-22
PROBLEMS FOR METHoDIsTs.
Wamon Suffrage in Church and
Change of Name.

When the Baltimore Conference of
the Southern Methodist church con-
venes in Staunton, Va, on March &c,
there will be two questions of vital
Importance brought up for soma def
mite action and an ultimatum reached
if possible. These two questions are
votes for women and the much-talk
ed change of it's name. The votes
for women, or the suffrage propose
ton, as it is generally known is the
same which number Of other denom-
nations putt in to effect some year ago
and which in many cases gives the
woman the equal right to vote in
church elections and to have all the
other prerogatives the same as the
male members of the church, and
which right has never been accorded
the woman of the Southern Methodist
Church. It is claimed in their church
circles that the women who are act
i've in the missionary movement and
other church affairs are anxious for
chance at the ballot of the church.
The question Of dropping the word
South is being bitterly opposed by
many Of the churches and in a recent
issue of the California Christian Adj
vocate, which is a Northern rie.hod-
list organ, the following article ap-
peared:
''The Methodist Episcopal Church
South is submitting 20 vote of the
annual conference the question of
changing the name of the Method
list Episcopal Church in America. The
question of dropping the word South
IS the real question at issue.Tre name
of the Methodist Episcopal church Il
thus practically assumed by the
Methodist Episcopal Church South. 1t
is not likely that the local churches
would ad dthe words Tin ATnerica).
To all intents and purposes, therefore,
the Methodist Episcopal Church
South proposes to assume the name
of another church. The ethics, what
ever might be said of the eXpediency
of changing the name, would be es-
sentially changed. The cardinal :
points of the compassionate, south,
east and west-may, of course, be
changed by vote of the conferences
of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South, but we doubt whether the vote
of the conferences would change the
Ten Commandments or any ore OF
them. Some old saying has it that
whatsoever appropriates the purse Of
another appropriates trash, bat the
case does not apply to these who
appropriate the name, the good name
of a sister church"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-03-22
EASTER SUNDAY.

Twas Easter Sunday. The full bios
somed trees
Filled all the air with fragrance and
with joy.
Tomorrow will be Easter Sunday,
and while all the trees may not be IN
bloom, the indications, at present, are
for a bright and pleasant day, al
though it falls this year on the ides of
March.
Like Christmas, the spirit of Easter
enters into people of all creeds in
every Christian nation. Unfortunately
''the faith once delivered to the
saints" has been split up into about
one hundred and fifty different denomi-
nations, some of which adhere tc
church calendars, while others repudi-
l2tc all the so-called hoiy days OF the
year save the first day of the week.
Yet when the day celebrating the re-
surrection of the Great Author Of the
Faith comes around, the season ami
mates all with the hopes set before
them in the most vital event in the
life of the Great Teacher, and upon
which hinges the faith of all VINO call
upon the Holy One of Israel.
While the celebration of Easter is
not commanded by the New Tesla
meat, many earnest and sincere people
from time immemorial have realized
the obligation to commemorate the an
niversary of an event which means SO
much to people of all creeds.
The Christian Church is composed of
many millions of souls, which have
come out Of every nation and tongue.
Some have been born with certain
predictions which ARE difficult Of Grad
ication and under such conditions, j;
is hunSsn impossibifity to get all &c
speak the same thing.
A few centuries ago misguided mer
allowed their religious differences tc
generate bad blood and at time:
serious conflicts We're caused by relig-
ious disputes. Both sides quoted The
Bible to substantiate their claims, bu
they seemed to have avoided passages
which might have brought about bet.
ter feeling between the belligerents.
A few extracts, well-known (oI
should bel to all can be read will
profit:
"Who art thou that judgeth anothe
mans servant? 10 his own master h
standeth or falleth.
"One man esteemeth one day abov
another; another esteemeth every da,
alike. Let every man be fully per
suaded in his own mind.
"He that regardeth the day, regard
ct hlr unto the Lord; ana ne that re
ygardeth not the day to the Lord he dot
rot regard it. He that eateth, eatet
to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks
and he that eateth not, to the Lord h
eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
The Jewish Feast of Purim wi
ALSO be celebrated tomorrow nigh
This is known as the Feast of Esthe
and is a joyous season among lsrae
ties, as it commentaries thrillin