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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-03
GREAT DIVIDE COMING
HERE AT CHEAP PRICES
Raneys African Hunt Returns Academy abod Plays at
the Vaudeville Housewife Woman Comes Later in Week

The price paid to see the Weber
fields show would have carried FIVE
people to see Charlie Grapewin, who
handed out one of the most enter
tanning bunch of laughs seen in Rich
mond for many week
Between Showers proved q good
one, and suited the infectious nun1or
of Charlie Grapewin, his wife. Anna
Chance, and the others in the cast
1t really appealed TO many as a show
which should have played at higher
prices.
Those who saw both weberfelds
and Grapewin declared they would
rather have sat through between
Showers than Hockey Pokey."
This week we are promised some
attractive things
In the first place, '1The Great Di-
vide" comes to the Bijou for the
week This play is one of the elias
siest on the American stage, and APP
pears here for the first time at popu-
lar prices. This engagement III fol-
lowing up the policy set by Manager
McNfvin at the beginning OF the sea-
son--high-clas shows at popular
prices.
Paul j. Rainey returns to the Acad-
envy with his animal pictures These
pictures will run four nights and four
matinees.
On Friday and Saturday THE Wo-
man" will be shown at the Academy
under BeIasco management.
Manager Meanley hands out am
other of those delightful little musi-
cal melangues, In Whose Little Girl
Are Yous" with William Morris and
Grace Thurston in the leads, and
bunch of chorus beauties.
Not to be outdone, Manager Lyons
offers a thrilling, sensational. dra-
matte playlet, entitled Ella" in adj
dition to number of other high-ciass
stunts
And Manager Toney comes forward
with a great scene spectacle. entitled
THE Golden Dragon" so that all the
show shops this week have their plays.
At the Superior theatre a canned
drama called Tears of Blood" Will
be presented today.
Archie Steiner, who has for years
represented New York papers in Rich
mond, and who is known as the cir
cuIation manager here for the New
York American, will present a series
of moving pictures at the Academy on
February IL to 18th.
The pictures will represent busy
scenes In connection with the hand
ling of a newspaper in transit from
the press room to the train, and from
the train to the delivery wagons and
the carriers A scene representing
the arrival of carload of papers at
Elba station. with the hurry and tho
hustle incidental to its distribution,
will prove interesting to ichmonders.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-03
HANK O'DAY HAS
NOT YET SIGNED

CINCINNATI. Feb. 2.--"Hank"
O'Day is not yet an umpire In the Ma
tional league, as he refused the con-
tract offered to him by President
Lynch. He gave as his reason that
he was not ready to decide the matter.
and was not at all certain that he was
going gack to the pad and mask
There is a strong possibility that he
may go TO the American league under
Ban johnson. with whom he was an
umpire when Ban was president of
the Western league.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-03
NEW DIAMOND FOR
ROANOKE TIGERS

ROANOKE. VA, Feb. a = con-
tract has been let to Andrew Thorpe.
an expert gardener, for improving the
ball grounds by raising. Abe diamond
ten inches at tile pitchers' box. allow
ing the proper slope to base lines, and
TO sod the entire diamond and out
field In big league fashion.
The diagram of the grounds has
been carefully designed by Mr.. Smith,
the engineer In charge, and there Is
no doubt that Roanoke will have the
best baseball diamond and ontfield in
the South.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-03
JAMESTOWN SPRING
MEET TO BE BIG AFFAIR

/ NORFOLK. VA. Feb. Bob
Levy. manager OF the jamestown
Jockey club track, arrived In Norfolk
yesterday. He had visited New York.
New Orleans and Charleston during
the past two months and declares
there is no place like Norfolk.
He says the spring meeting OF the
Jamestown track, which opens April
LIST to continue fifteen racing days.
win be big one. He expects larger
number Of horses to be entered Tor
the local melting than are now at
Charleston. There are quite a num-
ber OF horses spending the winter at
the jamestown track none OF which
will race at Charleston.
In the lot are sixteen owned by Har-
ny Payne whitney. including several
two-ycar-olds just brought dawn from
the Whitney breeding farm.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-03

stlpCIlDE- tdTS Va I5ipNN.
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William Vaughn Moody's greatest
and most successful play. in which
Margaret Anytime and Henry Miller
reached their pinnacle OF fame, The
Great Divide" is to be the offering at
the Bijou theatre week beginning to-
night and will be presented by the
Phfllips-Shaw company, under the di-
rection of Rowland and Clifford, and
as this is the first time this famed
drama of the mighty West has been
presented IN this city at popular
prices, it should prove a magnet to
the lovers of all that Is true, pure
and noble in genuine American plays
with American ideals.
Albert Phillips, as Steve Client, the
drunken cowboy who barters with
Ruth Jordan for the possession of
her body, is said to give to that char
acter delineation co-equaI with the
originator of the role, and the tram
sition OF his personality from the
brute of man who fears neither his
God or man. to the gentle considerate
husband and father, through the
gentle influence and love of a woman,
viii be found master stroke of
stage art.
Miss Leila Shaw, as Ruth Jordan.
who, under the most distracting cir
cumstances. is forced into marriage
with Steve Client so as to protect her
honor from two drunken Mexican ruff
fans, Is said to give to her characteri-
zation an Interpretation which shows
her to have been a keen student of
woman's ways
A clever cast In said to be part
of this presentation. chosen for their
personal qualifications and ability in
depicting with true .Americanism and
naturalness the roles so carefully
drawn by the author.
The scenic investure is the original
massive production which aided In
making the run of this play at DAILY $
theatre, New York, so successful. and
the electric effects during the noun
tain scenes of the second act are pro-
nounced marvels of stage art.
Reference to the amusements of
last week must be made with bated
breath, Hundreds of theatregoers,
after saving their shekels to buy stock
in the Weberfields show went broke
the remainder OF the week. and some
of the good shows suffered accord
ingly, while the stockholders. or at
least the local ones, went around with
the thought that they had been bun
coed good and hard.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-03
Pop SHAFFER
SIGNS TW|RLER

NORFOLK, VA, Feb. 1.-THE sign
ing of another mound artist was an
nounced yesterday by Pop" Snaffer.
The latest addition to the Tar twirl-
ing stan la Howard SAKE. a big right
handler from the kewanee club. OF
the Central association.
Sake really comes in exchange for
Monk" Walters, the Washington
sandIotter. who stumbled around Nor
folk right garden the latter part OF
last season. Walters was traded for
Carter. 800 hitting Ty chaser, but
Carter failed to respond to Shafrer's
letters and could not be located by
the Kewanee club. So Sake was Of
fered In exchange for Walters, Sake
won 10 games and lost ~ last sea
son with kewanee, which finished
second In the Central association race.
He liz something OF a hefty hitsmath,
ciouting the ball at a .2Ti clip in rs
games.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-03
Events Of the Week

Monday.
Duckpins-Palace vs. News-Lead-
err. at Palace
volley Ball--Y NJ c. A.
Basket Bali-High School Junior
league, Y. Nj. G. A.
Indoor Baseball--Y NJ. C. A.
.Bowling-Candy Kids VS.. c, Sc o.,
Tuesday.
Tenpins-Jacobs 4 Levy VS., Han
overs Palace alleys
r. A. A. F. meeting in afternoon
in Times-Dispatch building.
. "wednesday.
patch, Palace alleys.
Folley Ball---Y. NJ. c.. A.
Indoor Baseball--Y. MI. c. A.
Thursday.
Tenpins--Battle Axe VS.. Regal. Pal
ace alleys
Basketbar NJ. e. 4. - :. ~ se 81
Friday.
Observation-Disclosures VS.. Virginians.
Noliey Ball---Y. NJ G. A.
Basketball-Y. NJ. c. A VS.. John
Marshall.
The biggest factor in the improves
ment of the 1913 Reds" said Presi-
dent Herman the other day. won't
be the pitching staff nor the catch;ng,
but the sudden brace will % taken
along thu infleld; ali the Way from
third to first. Only close ubservers
who have been watching the Reds for
the last II ~ seasons can realize what
a difference the injection of Tinker
will make IN the speed NJ that snfield
and consequently in the. saving ct
games fro14l a defensive point OF view. q
Pitcher Harry McIntire will 80
South with the Cincinnati Reds an
their spring training trip. If he
shows he is In good pitching cen
dition he will be placed on the Gin
cinnati payroll.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-03
Georgetown Athletes Train.

GEORGETOWN, D. c. Feb. q
Owing to the extreme cold weather
yesterday Coach Jimmy Muliigan, of
the Georgetown track team. did not
put his athletes through a stiff course
OF sprouts, and the interclass meet
will be held at some future date.
Eight or ten of the Hilltop quar-
ter-miiers stretched their legs on the
cinder path. The squad included
Gallagher, Horter, Terwilliger, Ma
honey. Young, Chapman, Hamilton
and Van Dyne.
The Georgetown relay team, which
runs against Holy Cross in Boston
next Saturday night. will likely be
Captain Eller. Gallagher, Harter and
Terwiiliger.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-03

While in Kansas City recently Tink-
er. took an interest in a moving pic
ture fheater along with Kid Nichols,
the former National league star slab
man, whose home is in Kansas City.
The business looked good enough to
Joe to invite investment, and he In
tends to return to Kansas City this
week to complete final details OF the
Il
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-03

Orvie Overall, once star pitcher
for the Cubs, is playing ball in Cali
fornia to get in shape to return TO
the major leagues Overall tells the
all-belicving baseball public that he
has discovered new curve. His
statement is backed up by that OF
Catcher Jack Bliss. and he says the
Jump" which the veteran puts on
the sphere In remarkable.
Manager McGraw. of the Giants.
says of Shortstop Milton Stock: The
youHgster IL ore OF tine BEST prospects
i ever looked over. He is fass as
chain lightning. He IL faster in get
ting down 10 first base than any right
handler In the National league, faster
than Arthur Shafer. though he does
not know how TO use ms speed as
well as the Californian" McGraw
said he had chance to sell Stock
for $1,000 early last summer, but
turned down the offer. McGraw pro-
cured him in the draft for s750
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-03

Outnelder Bill Jackson. the big Mo-
bile recruit, touted ms second BiIl
LAhges has sent In his signed New
York contract.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-03

Pitcher Babe Adams was The first
Pirate to sign up for 1918. His con-
tract was received on January 2lst
from his home In Mount Moriah. Mo
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-03

Claude Cooper. the fast young out
fielder who will have a trial with
McGraw this spring. was drafted from
Fort Worth, of the Texas league, by
the Boston Nationals, and McGrsw
bought him from that club.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-03
Amdseinents Tonight.

Academy--Rainey's African Hunt
Bitou--The Great Divide.
Empire-"Whose Little Girl Are
Your
Colonial "Zila" and other fea-
lures.
Lubin--James Rodney and others.
uperior-"Tears of Blood"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-23

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The Washington times., 1913-10-12
PENALIZING MOTHERHOOD.

The New York city Board of Education has de-
cided no school teacher shall become a, mother-and
remain school teacher 1t announced its decision
by dismissing from service Mrs. Peixotto, formerly
principal of school in the Bronx because she has
become mother.
What business has school teacher, whose duty
it is to study guide teach and for little children
to have children of her own? Hasn't she her hands
full teaching somebody elses children?
What business has any woman, who earns her
own living or helps earn an income for the home, to
aspire to motherhood? The last session of the Penn
sylvana legislature saw powerful lobby of rich en-
ployers of labor fighting the provisions which
compelled them to give leave of absence of two
months TO every woman worker who passes through
materny-a month prior to her travail and month
after it,
No married woman, who is an expectant mother,
should be at work. No, justly not! Neither should
any little children be at work any DID, totering
women; nor should there be any sweat shops, nor
breaker boys nor thin sckly girls in textile mills.
There should be social industrial injustice
But there is.
But families in such circumstances that the wife
has to be helpmate, must put aside all hope of having
chdren-at least such is the case in so far the
New York Board of Education is concerned.
And then, forsooth, having children of her own
renders woman unfit to teach and guide children.
Such is modern philosophy Mothers of today are
wholly unfit to raise children. All other mammals
fight to rear their offspring but the of today
who would be smart turns her babies over to the
nurse as soon as they are born.
From the nurse they graduate to the governess,
then to the kindergarten, then to the school teacher
then TO the chaperon. OF course, in this process
they may miss connection somewhere and begin to
CAD the streets ard go to questionable dance halls
frequent saloons stand around tough resorts-but
that is the fault of the mothers proxy.
So we have the family that is financially able to
rear children shunting that job off on one else,
and find the family that really wants to under
take the holy task of having and rearing children
forbidden to do so upon penalty of losing essen
tial part OF their income.
Between the two, the office of motherhood is be-
ing severely penazed-a penalty the next generation
will pay with compound interest.
The Washington times., 1913-10-12
THE VOLTURNO'S LESSONS.

But for the wireless telegraph, summoning. aid
from all directions until halfscore of vessels were
gathered about her. the Volturnos disaster would
suredly have been vastly costly in life than it
was. The fact that all the rescuing ships sent out
their leboas and that of them failed to gather
in some members of the Volturno's company, makes
clear that the loss would have been much greater if it
had mot been possible to draw together such flock
of rescuers.
There are lessons in this affair of the Volturno
only less impressive than those of the Titanic. The
Titanic, an "unsinkable' ship, went down by the
head in incredibly short space after her collision
The weather was clear and the sea CLASSY smooth
The Volturno was lost under very different cond-
tions. A terrific gale blowing, lifeboats could
not be launched, the sea was fearfuly rough. For
many hours, with impoent rescuers gathered around
them, the crew and passengers of the fated ship
fought the fire, and apparently their own magnificent
fight responsible for saving their lives. The gale
at last went down.. and then for the first time
factor in coping with great maritime disaster, the
experiment of pouring oil on the troubled waters
undertaken with complete success. The Standard
Oil tank ship Narragansett was among those that had
answered the distress signal Her captain, doubtless
after conference by wireless with the other COM
manders gathered about, undertook the task Of oil
ing the seas; pumping out the contents of his great
tanks while his vessel made a complete circuit of
the burning steamer. 1t is declared that this had
immediate effect in smoothing the waters, so that
lifeboats could live, and the work of carrying away
the survivors of the Volturno was taken up.
The heroism that marked the Titanic tragedy ap-
pears to have characterized this latest horror of the
sea- Men of three or four nations, in vessels flying
as many flags appeared in the company of eager res
cuers, and all did everything that was possible in tine
circumstances.
The Washington times., 1913-10-12

should feel that they asked to pay high price
for the privilege of merely exchanging prop for
another. But the other hand, the great banks &C
customed to be leaned upon, TO act the prop, in
times of stress, just as naturally feel some willing
ness to be relieved of that function, even as in the
case of Mr.. Vanderp, TO pay something for the re-
lief. At the bottom, country and city banks want
the general relief, but they inevitably view the
problem from different angles
Not only the testimony of Mr.. Vanderlip, but the
excellent spirit in which it received by the COM
mtee, constitutes ground for confidence that in the
end currency is going to be reported that
while not perfect, will be long step forward. Like
wise, hearing Or reading of the daily testimony be-
fore the Senate committee will convince, we think,
any fair person that the business in hand should not
be hurried. The committee is acting in good faith.
1t is learning ltnodestly confesses that has much
to learn, and this looks we'll for the currency BILL
The Washington times., 1913-10-12
THE BANKERS AND THE BILL.

Frank A. Vanderlip, president of the National City
Bank, was on the whole the most instructive and H.
Illuminating witness thus far heard before the Senate
Banking Committee. The most earnest seeker after
evidence of Money Trust conspiracy, either to
pass or to defeat currency legislation to further any
ulteror purpose in it, would have found difficulty in
making case against him. while the members of the
committee were all delighted with the fairness and
frankness he displayed.
Mr.. Vanderlp favored legislation for mobilization
OF reserves and elasticity of the currency two pur-
poses indeed, that almost everybody nowadays seems
agreed upon. Moreover he believed the essentials
of the bills plan to be generally good He wanted
some changes in it; but if he wanted to msIead the
committee into doing something that would inure to
the special benefit of the big banks he was certainly
skillful in concealing his motive He said frankly
that he believed the legislation would take S5OOOO-
900 of deposits away from his bank, and then he
added that that was not enough to make him oppose
it; he favored il. Moreover, his explanation first,
of why the measure would take deposits from his in
stitution and second of why he considered good
measure despite that fact SO complete so direct
and SO entirely in line with what currency reformers
are generally coming to believe that it quite won the
confidence of his hearers.
This measure is plainly enough going TO take a
considerable percentage of capital away from the
country banks, and considerable percentage of both
capital and deposits away from the great city banks
The country banks appear most concerned about it,
because many of them express doubt whether the
privileges of currency issue, rediscount and added
stability will be of sufficient value to compensate
them for their less Of active capital 1t is not un-
natural that the smaller banks accustomed to lean
on the larger ones for emergency money supplies,
The Washington times., 1913-10-12
THE LYNX-EYED CHAIRMAN.

!: The Hon. Ben Johnson, the alert for
projects to loot the public treasury and rivet the
shackles on this people, has discovered that the me-
mortal bridge between Washington and Arlington
ought not to be built because there is real estate
project behind it.
Mr.. Johnson is splendid chairman of the Dis
trct Committee, in that he is gifted with perceptions
that enable him to so many things that so many
other folks can't see.
3 But he would be even more satisfactory as a
District chairman if he would develop bit more ca
pacity to see the things that other people see, and
good deal less of genius for seeing things that other
people don't see, because they aren't there.
The Washington times., 1913-10-12
FOR THE HONOR OF BASEBALL.

1t is good thing that the Athletics won the base
ball game yesterday. There were tens of thousands
of people who would never have been convinced that
victory for the Giants quite on the square.
They would have calculated-they did calculate
that the worlds series played for gate receipts
not for the championship primarily. They figured
that seven games would produce lot more gate re-
cepts than FIVE; therefore, there would, in good
business be seven games, and the sucker public
would bite.
For the honor of baseball, such sordid anticpa-
tons have lacked realization. There are yet Some
people who insist that Mack ought to have won in
four games straight; but there few who believe
there was jobbery.
The championship has gone to the best team, to
the best league, to the manager vino represented gen.
tiY as against rowdyism That is about where It
belongs.
The Washington times., 1913-10-12
Proves Up Homestead
In His Eightieth Year

SEATTLE. Oct. 12.-Taking up a
homestead at the age Of seventy-four
and finally proving upon it at the age
of eighty, is the achievement Of vsa-
erable Isaac B. Cooper, who new
has a clear title to a home in the
Horse Heaven" country. He lived
alone on the ranch all the while he
was proving up. His new home over
looks the rich Yakima valley and,
when a great irrigation canal project
now building is finished, his eighty
acres will be worth a fortune.
Cooper came to the State Of Wash
ington in 1906 and lived first at
North Yakima. In the spring Of 1907
one of his daughters filed on a home
stead in the Horse Heaven" country.
a few miles south of Prosser. shortly
afteTward the aged man made entry
on an eighty-acre tract on the brink
of the Horse Heaven" hills, OVER
looking the great Yakima valley.
The Washington times., 1913-10-12
HUERTA'S LATEST MOVE.

Huerta seems determined that Mexico shall occupy
the center of the international stage. His latest COUP
the jaiing Of large percentage of the chamber of
deputies membership, was spectacular as to focus
the attention of the whole world. Until the eyewit-
nesses shall have had opportunity to tell their stories
freed from the vigilance of censors who edit all tee-
graphic dispatches we will not know just what hap
pened or the reasons therefor From the information
already permitted to come through to this country
and the fact that it has jeen permitted to come
through is the best evidence of its accuracy-t would
appear that the provisional President of Mexico has
been guilty of a hgh-handed outrage that can only
result in putting off further the day of the American
Governments recognition of the new order in Mex
.ico. Born in bloodshed, the Huerta regime seems
ftottering through anarchy to ing1orious finish.
The Washington times., 1913-10-12
Action Is Delayed
On Pay Of Printers

No action regarding the manner of
payments to plate printers assistants
at the Bureau OF Engraving and Print
ing Is likely until further conferences
have been held by Treasury officdalS
The plate printers are opposed to any
change in methods, declaring that they
see in it the first step toward wage re-
duction for the plate printers.
The present proposal contemplates tbs
payment Of assistants salaries direct,
instead OF through the plate printers.
The difference is merely in-the matter
nt keeping the rolls, of payments are
made, in fact. direct to the girls. but
their per diem Is carried as an allow
ance to the plate printers.