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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-24
LESS SENTIMENT. Monn SCIENCE.

From the foggy swirl of Ignorance.
prejudice. sentiment and gossip that
has cnre!opcd the status and future OF
the Virginia Industrial lIome for Girls
certain main facts begin TO loom clear.
The biggest of these is that Virginia
cannot afford to scatter the younr
women now protected at the Home
broadcast over the state Humanity
asserts this no more vigorously than
does the necessity for preventing the
Increase of feeble minded charges upou
the commonwealth by reproduction
through these potential mothers.
The next main fact in the unpleasant
case Is that we need more science. and
less sentiment IN handling this most
delicate problem. We have had too
much uniformed philanthropy. and
not enough enlightened psychology
Tie problems presented by this type OF
SRI are not such as can be solved BIZ
goodintentions. The methods of the
orphan asylum and the old ladies'
home cannot be used successfully.
board OF ministers and business men
cannot do the work of experts in
mental and moral delinquency They
have neither the training nor expert
once needed.
Nor has The Times Dispatch such
expert knowledge, but 1t does believe
that an essential for the future han
ding OF these girls Is that the feeble
minded he segregated from the normal
girls. and further that there bc loss
ndiscriminatc mixing OF different ages
TO treat feeble minded women and
women who have been morally way
ward, through weakness Of Will or
through the results OF economic or
social Influences, both in the same way
is wrong. The first class is morally
blind; the second has made a mis-
take.
The feeble minded should be cared
for permanently in State colonies The
Legislature should make provision for
the segregation OF these women ac-
cording to the plan begun since the
last Assembly. They can become In
part self-supporting, and thoy will be
removed from tho list OF menaces TO
our social welfare
Tho hayward girls OF normal mind
need different care. They need first
Of all place OF refuge and the up
lifting influence OF good environment.
They can he saved in Il majority OF
cases by Kindness, instruction and
healthful discipline. When they have
been put on the right road. they can
he placed I'm good homes. or provided
with tho means of earning an honest
living, Richmond might we'll consider
tho establishment of such a home for
Its own unfortunatcs. The other class
is rightly n state charge
IT Is not clear how the transfer OF
the Homo to the Florence Crittcnden
Mission workers VIII help Bon Air,
unless the management is such as to
remove the cause Tor complaint. Yct
the case can he settled hopefully If we
stop guessing and talking and do more
thinking.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-24
ON THE SPUR
OFTHE MOMENT
The Villain.
BY ROY x. MOULTON.

The Villain.
The gods up. in the gallery delight
to WELD the hammer
Upon the villain in the good old wcepy
nclodranmcr.
The hero gets the wild applause, the
,r,, hou4ucts and the kisses;
Inc Villains portion is Il bunch OF
loud and angry Kisses
He plays n part in Little Kate. the
Pursucs the maid with ilendiSh sort of
cunning TIL he's caught her,
Ana then he Kisses III her ear: Ma,
. Ia, mo naughty beauty.
You'll wed me or I'll take tho farm, II
is your solemn duty"
The hero, who has had II tip upon the
villains capcrs,
steps in and strikes an attitude and
says Give RE then: papers,
and Nelson bout look sickly:
The villain stabs the hero in the solar
plcNus quickly,
And throws his body over the Cliff In
manner most dramatic.
The while Dronouncing malcdictions
cruel and emphatic.
But when lie gets home from the show
this brave trc-cating villain
Is quite a different person with no plots
and plans for KILN.
lie quailS whenc'er his wife picks up
rolling pin or poker;
In the domestic dock or cards he's
looked on as a Joker.
lie darcs not fire the hired girl or
Or tell the iccman 10 20 to the realm
of constant summer.
though on TIL" stage hc robbed a bank
and got wad of money,
II he can make his wife give him 3
cents at home. it's funny.
Though ~ the matinee he won by plot
Girrs affection.
At home he dnrcs not bat an eye in
any maids direction.
Upon the stage his icuts OF strength
cause him To be admired.
AT home the mere SUGGESTION Of Il
woodpilc makes him tired.
In other words. this bowling fond who
sends stage persons fleeing,
Is nothing more or less than Just q
common human being
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-24
PLEDGES no M, Krpr.

The construction OF the new Young
Woman's Christian Association build
ing may have to be suspended unless
those who subscribed to the building
fund complete the payment of their
pledges Richmond cannot afford to
lot this happen. The building il under
way, IL is badly needed, and should he
ready for use by February, 1914. The
money has been pledged. and il should
be forthcoming promptly. The mere
statement of the need should be enough
10 arouse the delinquent subscribers
20 the fact that they arc delinuucnt.
Payments or subscriptions on the
building fund should have been com
pleted by June !, 1913, yet $4,000 re-
mains overdue aud unpaid The Y.
w 9 y. finds itself in the cmbarrass-
ms situation OF having entered into
contracts for work that it is now I'M
able TO pay for. The association acted
In good faith. believing the pledges to
represent available funds. We believe
that ii was justified in this faith, and
that the unpaid subscriptions have
been merely neglected or overlooked.
The time has come. however when
no further delay is possible The OBJ
legations of the association must he
met, and this means that pledges must
be kept In behalf OF the Responsible
members and for the sake of Rich
monds young women ana good name.
The Times Dispatch urges that sub
seribers take prompt steps TO meet
this obligation Work on the new
building must not stop. Send the prom
ised check 10 Mrs. G. T. Walford
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-24
Voice Of the People
an" ia" Protestant EpiscopnI
Conventions f''

l." me Editor OF The Times DisnotcL
tio, noted recently the i,.trodiic
ri9.,o resolutions CONCERNING mar
ueputics Of the General C"nvrntin,, 81
the Protestant Episcopal Churmb co." ~
nTtihG IN New York All those ow
ptaclty stated (for some we're MOI So
= n,'rol cNccpt one. should meet the
c ~ Omc IN question is the refusal of
~ SEulch 10 solemnizc the nurrjarc
y II divorced person who was blame
iGTn,, III ne divorce proceedings.
should be permitted. and the STAT" or
churrh mat Will not allow innocent
parties TO remarrN derives thrn, Of
sacred personal rights ana goes conn.
Yer L" divine justice.
h'lc no one would he SO prcsu,npt-
nous rs To claim ability TO ,.iVe "a
an Time the grounds for divorce, vel
III VIC" OF present conditions i'm this
country nb7o.utc divorce should hc
Hraih,%I ior deity, extreme cruelty,
and imprisonment for long term. ana
separation only for lesser off,nScs |
cannon think that Christ intended his
pfeccpt 10 be a universal commandment
under All conditions OF society and for
recall marriage solcmnizcd sew
cral months ago in Your citN-a mar
rage that, | think. if the facts are
rs stated in the newspaper columns
should be annullcd and the Innocent
party allowed to rcmarry / refer to
the case in which the relatives of a
bride induced her to desert the hus-
band the same day of the ceremony
Let me mention another instance that |
thInk would warrant annulment and
rcmarriagc.
More than half dozen years ago in
the ncighborhood OF my home in Nir-
sinia, wife, mother, elopcd with a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-24
THE VANISHING MINORITY.

TO the earnest Democrat the pres
cnt weakness Of the Republican party
IN Virginia should lie u matter OF deep
conccrn. Domination by the Repub-
leans would be a calamity. hut opposi-
ton is blessing
The party without opposition Is the
PARTY without power; an army which
faces no enemy in the satc ceases to be
vieilant Here in Virginia. us all
thoughtful mon agree. the absence OF
u militant, aggressive minority is
largely responsible FOR the Indifference
OF Democratic voters
Forced 10 no constructive policy TO
Win votes and lacking that spur which
has urged us on IN national politics.
'vc have loitered and we have fingered.
We have wasted opportunities we
should have utilized ana we have de-
voted TO strife within the party tho
energies we should have employed in
united efforts for the public veal
Even those who appreciate these
facts 90 not realize that the weakness
or the minority, now so manifest in
Tho failure TO oppose MIR. Stuart. has
been gradual process. Only those
who Will tabulate tho vote In the
Eubcrnatorial campaigns FOR the last
forty years will understand how surely
The Republicans are vanishing from
Virginia.
Indeed, only once I'm the last forty
years have they failed, ms at this time.
TO nominate an opposition ticket. That
was in 1877, when Holiday was chosen
without a contest. and even then strife
within the Republican ranks rather
,han weakness gave us the election by
default. At other times. to be sure.
tho Republicans have voted for the
nominees OF a passing third party. but
they have always been able to cast
thoIr ballots against us except nj the
time mentioned.
The following table viii make this
plain, the figures being taken from the
Annual Cyclopacdia ana from standard
almanacs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-24
The Dairy or II Bonehcnd.

When tile neighbors got up a dinner
party out ut Mr.. lliGgins's place in the
country, they said to me: "Sou furnish
tho automobile ana we will take care
OF all the rest OF the expense"
That looked fair enough. ana so :,
loaded seven neiEhbors into my old
second hand almostmobilc and we
I started Tor MIR. lliggins's place. which
was seventeen miles up country. On
me way out blow out tire and
broke the belt TO my radiator fan
also lost both license tags
The dinner party was n wonderful
success. one of my neighbors took
a chickcn-one chicken for eight per
sons, ten. of course. counting Mr. and
Mrs. Higgins. our charming host aut-
hostess. who were not expecting us
until the following week and didn't
have any OF those fashioned farm
catablcs on hand. Another neighbor
furnished cake and another two
loaVes of bread and a dab Of salad. one
neighbor took quart of oysters as
figured 1T out afterwards that no
one beside myself had expended more
than - cents for tho evenings en-
t"rtainment l. OF course. was tho
Angora Of Tho occasion. My expense
was partially AS follows:
RepairinG tire ..........s s 90
RopairinE radiator faS . m
New Incense tags ..... - 90
I"an TO pull MS ont of the mud : 90
bhinaSihG farmers COW by COLI
=. sion ......................... % %
S;ic"c '...'' .'...-........ 90
~ go ''.''''. ................ -
Total ............... S45-95
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-24
THEN AND NOW IN TAXATION.

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-24

place that will be hard To I'll. for he
N humorous way. showed plainly
the relations that should exist between
the white and colorcd man OF the
South. As Il racontcur, rs a lecturer.
so pleased the people. both North ana
South. that II is said that the late Mark
Twain remarked. after hearing them.
that Polk Miller and his quartet were
the only original things left In Amer
lea"
The writer knew him. and offers this
simple tribute to one "ho. while life
lasted. did SO much to keep alive the
best traditions Of his native State.
j. NJ BELL.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-24
Tribute TO Polk Miller.

Eo the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
:. Sir,--ln the death Of Polk Miller
sons. devoted To his native State lie
Tor many years had before large au-
dicnces IN the North, as well us the
Jokes and stories that were the real
folk lore OF the Old Dominion. Loyal
70 the best traditions OF the old South
he was IN spirit and action true to the
new South. lis kindly spirit and genial
manner cndcared him to thousands
line.
As southern educator he occupied a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-24
Polk Miller snng nj Pine Cu,np.

To the Editor OF The Tines Dispatch:
Slr,-Among the many people who
VIII miss the late Polk Miller, must
Every Christmas he would come to pine
camp with his quartet and give an
entertainments without cost TO the So
cicty FOR the patients there.
Ihc happiness he gave those poor
suffering people cannot be expressed
IN mere words.
AN OFFICER OF PINE CAMP
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-24
Ninyo's urI,icc.

why has the street railway company
not yet started service over the new
bridge? QUESTION
1t has not yet been possible 10 ar
tcrs to be settled. OF which tho person
outside can have no adequate inforina-
ton The general intention of III.
street railway people here has always
been TO give the best possible service
and YOU viii appreciate tho results OF
TINS intention If YOU VIII compare tho
richmond lines with those IN other
cities and listen 10 the comments favor
able to our street railways made by
me BaItimorean or the philadelphia
who has lately visited Richmond
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-24

Dr. Gildersleeve the greatest Grecian
OF them all, is ciGhty-two years old
and planning work for another halt
century. His one-time colleague at
Johns Hopkins, DR.. Oslcr, had better
change tie age-lin,tt for cuthanasia.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-24
Queries and Answers


Please tell me where tho Hall OF
iinmortalized" there MRS. q
on University Heights. In New York
City Washington. Lincoln. Webster.
Franklin. Grant. Marshall, Jefferson.
Emerson. Longfellow. Fulton. Irving
Edwards. Morse, Farragut, CLAY Iiaw
Audubon Mann, Bocchcr, Kent story.
John Adams. Charming. Gilbert stew
art: Asa Gray. Harriet Beccher stowe
Holmes. Poe. Roger Williams Cooper
Phillips BROOKS. bryant, Frances VII
laTd. Jackson, Bancroft. Motley. These
are the immortals up to the date OF the
last list We know.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-24
ItciiEiOus.

DID Robert lngersoll at the close OF
his life, accept orthodox religion? DID
he deny the doctrine of future life?
pa he ever publicly defy God To strike
him dead T. w /
did. The rest Of your letter asks us
our views Oh certain religious ques-
lions. These need not be stated, on
me Wcll-k noWn ground that all sen
Siblc persons entertain the same opin-
ION on all these matters. and that no
opinion Is.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-24
Confcdcrntc pcn,ion.

Please tell mo whom to apply to foi
Information about a pension FOR 3
widow of Il Confederate veteran
Building. Richmond. Va
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-24
Champion TypIEt.

II Miss \ won typewriter spec,
championship In 1912 and in 1918 woul,
1t be proper to call her "a new cham
pion'2 : H. s.
No
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-24

VIC don't care how many cups OF
coffee, Mo gives r, r. But Rio had
better watch out he doesn't put II little
"t' in her name.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-24

Is the owner ~ a dog responsible Tor
damage which tho animal does tn iur-
Keys and chickens in the neighborhood
would IT not be POSSIBLE 10 arrange
on a large scale for bounty on hawk
scalps? Kidding. the country OF the
hawk would go far TO give success To
pou!trY-raiSing. MRS G.; w
He is. and proper damages may he
recovered by suit. y fine thing, so far
az wo see. But We arc not much in
ciined TO sit on the jury which con
dennis all hawks to death withou,
larger information than we now pos
seSS on the subject. We too well re
call the worlds applause OF Uncle
Ioby's attitude towards the fly and
our own early admiration of the value
Of this cnterprising insect az a scav-
enEer TO be dead certain that his pres
ent, lack of popularity is we'll deserved.
anG we have noted that about the time
that one school Of philosophers has sue
cceded in Inducing the farmers to ex-
terminate the cross-cyed jay bird over
some considerable region, another has
discovered that jas. bird music is the
one thing which viii keep a mule in a
pleasant frame of mind, and wen are.
conscqucntly. wary of advising any
Wholesale disturbance of natures or
der, lest worse thing befall.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-24

u they do anything At ali TO the
roads IN Hanover County 1t will be Inn
moving them.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-24

simpson.
story, Simpson" by Elinor Mordaunt?
+. NJ. DAVIS
Simpson is Il retired business man.
who. in the prime of life, organizes
bachelor club, which leases a fine old
English estate, where, with the pro
verbal ONcrcontldeHco of the uninforin-
ed, the members nourish "A hope never
vet realized In this vale OF tears-that
they may be safe from women. One
by one the unfortunates fall to tho
superior wiies OF the universal con
aucTor, until Simpson alone is left
me stSry closes with his peculiarly
ignoninous downfall.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-24

Home for Epiicptics.
TO whom should write for inforrna
ton about home for epileptics in Vir-
ginia? READER
The State Board of Health Capt. O
Building Richmond Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-24

Some men would golf 81 the caddy
j I'D 10 carry a stove.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-24

Nj: hut it's good 4 Gil back T. work
an rested up AFTER u vacation Eighty
one per cont % tn pleasure trims are
taken with borrowed suit cases
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-11-15
OUTRUNS STORK
Martlnsburg Woman Figures in
Great Case in Maryland
Town.

The following. is from Mondays
Hagerstown Mail:
No matter how fast the Baldwin
taxi may skim along there are other
events that fly almost as fast. The
race between the stork and the Bald.
win taxi driven by Chauffeur Bike
was won by the latter, There was a
hurry call for number OF s. Can.
non avenue at O'clock Sunday eve
ming Cabman Bike got II and hast
ened to the spot. Two elderly wom-
en- and young girl entered the cab
and the direction was given as Bell
yue. The cab started out and raced
through Oak Hill and turned into
Pennsylvania avenue at full speed
But the stork was not far behlad. It
Is supposed that il took an unfair
advantage by short cutting across
the fields. Anyhow the young girl
began to fall into distressing COLI
dition at the l. s. Kahn place. The
friends made he ra sort of bed and
laid one of the seats across from
front to back and there the girl was
made comfortable an da cry went to
the driver for more speed The cab
turned into Bellevue Lane at top
speed and the stork must have f1own
out the pike, missing the turn, for
it did not come back for an hou-,
when 1t presented little baby girl,
weeping and waiting loudly. The re-
port that the babe was born in tie
cab and named Baldwin Taxi Pom
ton, Is therefore denied 1t Is more
to BE named Miss Bellevue Ponton.
The mother is Miss Elizabeth Pom
ton, of Martinsburg, and she had been
boarding with Mrs. Meyers on S. Can
10 nayenue, Fearing her confne
ment in the house, Mrs. Meyers corr
snltea the Bellevue authorities and
they said, bring her out II vas then
the stork got next and made nc
thrilling neck and neck race il lost
Mother and child are doing nicely
today and the stork is sort OF illen
The young mother Is much einrar
lasAed over the incident and refuses
70 discuss IT,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-11-15
FAMILY AVOIDS
SERIOUS SICKNESS
By Being Constantly Supplied With
Thedford's BIack-Draaght.

McDuff, Va.-"I suffered for several
years" says Mrs. ] B. Whitaker. oil
This place, with sick headache, and
stomach trouble.
Ten years ago friend fold me to try
Thedford's Black Draught, which | did,
and found it to be the best family medi-
cine for young and old.
keep Black Draught Oh hand all the
time now, and when my children feel
little bad, they ask me for dose, and It
does them more good than any medicine
they ever tried.
We never have long spell of sick
ness in our family, since we commenced
using Black Draught.
Thedford's Black Draught is purely
vegetable, and has been found to regu-
late weak stomachs, aid digestion, re-
lieve indigestion, collie, wind, nausea,
headache, sick stomach, and similar
symptoms.
1t has been in constant use for more
than 10 years, and has benefited more
than million people.
Your druggist sells and recommends
Black Draught. Price only 25c. Get a
package to-day. N. c. ia
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-11-15
Unclaimed Letters

Mr.. Joseph Popp, Mr.. Earl Smith,
Mr. VIM. Broden, Mrs. B. Carl, Agge-
lima Scott, Domenico Mllantoni, Duba
Karol, Master Chas. Dixon. Mr.. Geo.
Decker, MIR, S, M. Dean Mr. Fred
Daley, Mrs. Charles Daughtery, Miss
Rose Farm, r. M. Gross, Mrs. Thos.
S. Clifford Mr. Frank Hardin, Mr..
chas +. Miller, Mr. Justed Jett, Mrs
Jennie Jefferson, Mr.. John Doll Kane,
Mr.. Ezzie Williams, Mr.. Clarence
Snyder. Mr. William League, Mrs.
Daisy Morris, Fairwood Mooney Mr..
G. W. Brown. MT Noel Petit, Miss
Bessie Riley, Mr. NJ Schwartz, Mr..
John G. Stewart, Mr. Francis Thomp-
sdn.
Foreign Mr. Haiab, john Mr..
Gieuseppe Critelli. Mile Cimosa.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1913-11-15

dittieuA. but was handled BY the
singers In thoroughly capable man.
ner
The third act was the occasion for
some charming songs, III Only Had
Sweetheart" hy Miss TrimbIe.
"The White Dawn by Miss Jones'.
Drifting" hy Ross T.. Amos and i
duet that was enthusiastically re,
eelyed. SING BY Mrs, Ware and Mr.
Amos, The dialogue between these
two talented stars was well done and
caused amusement and lat7hter Two
Irish sailors from the ship ED. Rey.
nolds and George smithl are search-
ing With a squad Of marines for
smith ana Rolfe now enter and their
song. ~Since ! Fell IN Love With
Mary was very nicely sung. Their
talk With smith describing What had
happened ia jamestown during his
Absence, was eapitally done, as Wen
as their acting later with the Chief
P0whatan.
The chief and the tribe meet the
sailors. have mutual understanding
and smoke the pipe OF peace, Powha
tan consents TO the marriage OF Fo
eahonias aud Rolfe, and Of Laughing
Star to Smith aud all ends merrilS
with 8ne chorus descriptive Of
smoking the pipe Of peace and Of
friendship
Not a hitch marred the perform
ance ana the show moved along with
snap and spirit and was worth look
ing at II will be repeated tonight
and big crowd is expected, as every
one was highly pleased with the
show last night.