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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-09
Faults of the People.

Editor Richmond Virginian:
Sir,-I suppose most of the newspapers read
ers are glad to hear that the mayor of New
Youk city is making an effort to force the
lend seat street car hog out of the way of
the considerate street car patrons, and 1t is
deyoutly hoped that success within a few weeks
may crown the efforts OF New York, and that
every other city government will follow the ex-
ample of the New York mayor, I am not only
"A close observer of the conduct of people riding
on street and steam cars, but notice closely wo-
men and men at their homes, on the streets, in
stores, shops, when alone and in company. as
we can then see them as they are and have a
good chance to size" people up individually and
collectively, and / regret to say that it's an
everyday occurrence that one can see so much
improper selhshness even locally and it is this
extreme selfshness that the END seat street car
hog gets his title. Yet 1 do not at all wish to
be considered harsh towards these conspicuous
street car passengers because i am sure many
of them stop at the end seat thoughtlessly. /
suppose our Jim Crow" car law gives the con-
ductors authority to prevent this street car pas
senger practice though l have never seen nor
heard Of an instance when the conductor exer-
cised his right. / say with reluctance that the
end seat worsh!per in the church Is as OBJ
Iectional as elsewhere, and this hint to the wise
and guilty depressed with the best of feelings)
will be, 1t Is hoped, sufficient to all who may
chance to read.
What say you MI. Editor?
HENRI HARRISON.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-09
VIRGINIA BEACH.

Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
VIRGINIA BEACH. VA. June T.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Korbley and two
daughters, who have beep spending
several weeks at the Waverly cottage,
left Monday for their homo In In
diana.
Mr.. and Mrs. Collins Hill and fam
lily. nave closed the Greenlee cottage,
and returned to their home in Nor
folk.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. B. Seasons and
family. Of Norfolk. Va, are spending
sometime at the Greenwood cottage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cary Weston and lit
tie Miss Cary Weston, who have been
spending the months Of April and
May at the Reid cottage, sailed for
Europe Wednesday.
Miss Lucy Ragland Is spending
sometime in Norfolk with her sister,
Mrs. Sheldon Sergeant.
Miss Elizabeth Leigh, Of Ports
mouth. Va. has the Fairboune cot
tage for the summer.
Vivian Hodgson and Lester Graves.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-09
THE END SEAT o

with the coming Of spring and the open car
begins the war on the end seat hog. Everyone
takes a shot at this supposedly individual, but
really collective nuisance.
Who is the end seat hog? Usually he is the
other fellow. unless 1t is the other fellow talk
ing. and then he Is you. The end seat hog is the
man who has the end seat and won't give 1t up
to the fellow who wants It. When he leaves the
car the man who was calling him a hog takes
the seat and himself becomes the hog. Every
body is the end seat hog.
If this were not true; II 1t were not true that
everybody wants the best seats those who did not
want It would not "cuss" those who had 1t. In
oher words. the end seat hog exists because
everybody is an end seat hog.
Those who talk about the end seat hog are
those who want him to give up the end seat to
them.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-09
sidsr and rsspsas zach other and coming toward

lsadsr and rsaps0t each other and coming toward
harmenis Of purpose.
r Il difaeulA II net impossible, for those
who study history, who review the progress that
has been mads-slow as II may seem when
measured BY years. lisetimes and generations
who look beneath the troubled surface of the
time to the underlying causes; who realize the
enormous increase In the knowledge and power
of man; to doubt chat we are approaching some
thing like what II known in popular phrase as
"the Millennium" We are taught, loosely, that
this means = thousand years OF the reign OF
Christ in the world. We are led into confusion
in this matter. as In many others, by our habit
OF thought. Of counting a year as three hun
.dred and sixty-nve days and a day as twenty
four hours. Either OF these words may mean
periods Of time illimitable to our comprehen-
sion. To him to whom a thousand years are
but as yesterday the thousand years we count
may be the millions of years the astronomers
end scientists fix as the limit OF this worlds
life, when the last man Of all the billions who
have lived and breathed will stand solitary,
looking upon a frozen and unpeopled waste,
awaiting the call which will mark the ANAL end
VI liio On ILLS lOHk DuSy pldueL before tHdt
far or time Of everlasting winter there will be
long and glorious ~fruitage. In human happi.
ness and peace. in the fitting OF humanity for
the next onward step upward, beyond the por-
tails Of death. there will be the fruits OF all the
suffering. the troubles, wars. unrest, horrors,
miseries, progress and thought Of the past ages.
The grand purpose of human life is as near an
approach as is possible for humanity toward
divinity. toward participation in the spirit and
life of the great Creator. For that elimination
we are being fitted and prepared. Toward 1t
we are moving as the long generations preceding
us have felt their way. stumbling through the
darkness toward the far off light, waking from
the long winter of frozen thought, coming
through the Springtime and to the Summer
time from the lawn and the beginning.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-09

Ia psrnziautntA Each oAndidAts has the inaaisn.
able right y present Ais swa qualifications and
show whsrsin these qualifications are superior
to those Of his opponents. II he can, but further
than this he should not 90. The contest n Be-.
tween Democratic. and. 20 far a. has been
brought to light, consistent able and clean De
~rnocrats. Let each candidate mako his nght o n
the high ground Of personal fitness for ONCE,
leaving It TO The voters to decide the Issue.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-09

The home economies department OF the Wdscon-
sin College Of Agriculture has diagnosed this
business of high living by dissecting a chicken
and fnds that at the prevailing prices of fowl
1t costs the consumer for the edible portion just
seventy-six cents a pound. which Is twice as high
as other meat. We will contend that sea food
will solve the problem. 3
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-09
LettheV irginian Follow You

n you are going away. either to~fhessea-
shore. the mountains or the country, let
THE VIRGIyIAN follow you.
Remember there win be no extra charge
and you win be able to keep up with the
happenings in your home town. All yon
have 70 do is TO call phone Madison 17os
and tell MS where you are going, and your
paper win ne there by the time you are.
Do.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-09

The Pennsylvania legislature has enacted a
law making It a misdemeanor to deceive a pros.
pective purchaser about the physical condition of
a horse. How about a bill providing a penalty
for legislators who deceive their constituents
with ante-election promises?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-09

Meat prices, says a Washington dispatch, are
scheduled to 60 still higher. Thank goodness the
vegetables are getting within reach of the poor
mans pocket, and II the worst comes, the grass
is long and green.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-09

II there are as many surprises at the finish
Of the State campaign as there were at the clos.
ing Of the entries, the results in certain instances
will be as hard to forecast as the verdict of the
average Jury or the score OF a baseball game.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-09

The hats of the city of Richmond delegates are
certainly on straight as regards tax reform. The
idea now is to whip any recalcitrant into line
before the time comes to cast the ballots. Tax
reform Is the paramount issue this time.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-09

It is to be hoped that the council can get to-
gether with other interests on the plan for a
public library. 1t is undoubtedly one of Rich.
mond's greatest needs and for the sake of coming
generations should not be longer deferred.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-09
When is a Dollar
More Than a Dollar?

There is one dollar which passes
into your hands which is worth
very much more than its intrinsic
value-in fact, it is worth the en-
tire value of all accumulation which
elbows it-that is THE DOLLAR
WITH WHICH YOU START to
build a competence.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-09

II Colonel Roosevelt does not hurry up and
spend that six cents the paragraphers will
bankrupt their inventive genius thinking of
bright things- to say about It.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-09

Richmond catches a whin Of the sea since
West Point annexed her as a
Herald. ="
Neither is a suburb Of the other; Richmond
and West Point are coworkers.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-09
Photographers Stunts

A leading ~agitator contends that four hours a
day is long enough for any man TO work. He'd
better not tell that to his wife.-Cleveland
Leader.
Part of a great cityis greatness depends upon
mops, scrubhing brushes, garden hose, brooms,
rakes, soap, elbow grease and bonfires.-Chi-
cago News.
Now we WELD the bamboo with a free hand"
says an exchange. So do we. But what are you
doing with your Misunderstanding or beating
ugs?-Clevelan Plain Dealer.
The election in Mexico is set for October 26th.
This affords all the time needed for smuggling
in the necessary arms and
land Leader.
Some of the baseball teams have already at
tanned a philosophic state OF mind in which they
can hardly feel annoyance at a mere drubbing.-
Chicago News.
1t Is said that 500 Portuguese and Russians
are now arriving in California from Hawaii every
week. Apparently they are ready to take any
land which the Japanese may be compelled to
vacate.-Providence Journal.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-09

- In. ENGLAND the hand that rocks the cradle Ia
also the hand that rocks the windows.-Portland
Express.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-09

Ninety-seven Princeton seniors boast that they
have never been kissed, thus freshly illustrating
that q college education does not always really
educate.-Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
1t demonstrates only that a college education
doesn't make truthtellers OF Its graduates.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-09
The American
Bank
Of Richmond, Virginia,

VI RICHMOND, Virginia,
sees silver dollars and paper dol
lars every day by the hundred, but
we never fail to appreciate the fact
when a man or woman MAKES A
START, however small that start
may be. It generally leads SOME
WHERE. Let rs help it lead to
SECURITY AND SERVICE.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-11
Their Married Life a'R ssss ass o.4 zr1as aa 71ss p

post. "Oh. isn't this the street Baizac
and Zola wrote so much about? Dear.
| don't you remember the dens Of the
underworld they pictured here?"
The rambling cobblestone street. not
unlike an illustrator from Balzac
novel, was in some places SO narrow
that the street venders had to push
their carts up on the sidewalk to let
them pass.
Just below here on the left" the
guide pointed down the street, you
VIII see q butcher shop with a
gilded horses head. At that shop they
sell only horse meat. BY the law
they must have that red awning and
the horses head over the door. There
are many shops Of this kind In the
poorer sections of Paris"
"Oh. how awful" murmured Helen.
who had heard that the poor of Paris
ate horse meat. but had never thought
1t true.
The chauffeur slowed up as they
pdSoSa liic uiiiBS iitLi6 SAioP VITA -
gilded horses head glittering In the
sun. But inside it was so dark that
Helen caught only glimpse of the
sawdust floor and carcass hanging
by the door.
Was 1t some old cab horse whose
driver had beaten and starved it past
usefulness that had been taken out
and killed, and now its poor old body
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-11

! ier's window Helen had picked up one
of the Touring Paris" leaflets and
found that a car left from there at
1890. returning about l.
But it took all OF Helen's powers
Of persuasion before Warren at
length grumblingly bought the tick
cts. Eight francs each, "including
all expenses. admission fees. etc." ac-
cording to the pink Ieaflet, in which
the advantages of the trip were glow
ingIy set forth
AS II was now 20 minutes after 10,
they had but few moments to wait.
When they went out to take the car
they found only two others in the
party Instead OF the big rubber
neck wagon" a regular touring car
was to be used. and the guide took
his seat by the chauffeur without the
offensive horn
You see 1t isn't at all like a sight
seeing car" exclaimed Helen. joy
fully settling herself in the back
seat. which they had alone.
"Umph, this isn't so bad admitted
Warren. reluctantly. IF that fellow
don't talk us to death"
But little later they turned into a
section that was as yet "unimproved, :
with quaint. narrow streets and curl
Gus old shops.
The Rue st. jacques" exclaimed
Helen. reading the name on lamp
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-11

such names as Chopin. Rossini,
Daudet, Moliere. Fontaine. Balzac
and Rosa Bonheur.
But to Helen even. more interesting
than the names was the strange
character of the monuments them
selves. Many were built in the form
of vaults with grated iron doors
through which could be seen the OBJ
jects within.
There was usually a little altar, or
perhaps only a stone shelf. on which
was cruciflx, candles artificial
flowers, wreaths and images. Some
times a piece of yellowed. miIdewed
lace covered the altar, and there was
often stone bench on which to
kneel. Tn a few vaults there were
fresh flowers. showing almost daily
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-11

X0CI II Sout
until two-weil be back be-
~ fore them" pleaded Helen
you know wouldn't go alone! Dear.
do comet"
mot on your lifei I can see all
want of Paris without sitting bumped
UP on one Of those rubber neck
wagons"
~oh. I know you can-and you
know Paris so well already. But I've
never been here before. and I'd get so
much from this trip
yes, and be beloved at by that
guy with the horn!"
Mono. wen sit way back on the
last seat and you could tell me about
the places. I'm sure you know as
much as any of these guides
To this artful fattery of his knowl-
edge of Paris Warren was not imper-
vious. Helen saw her advantage and
pressed It.
Look, dear. look at all the places
they go to-" turning over the pink
leaflet which gave long list of the
points OF interest" visited And It's
so hot this morning-we couldn't
walk around much anyway"
They were now st the American
Express company. where Warren had
stopped to cash some checks and get
his mail While he was at the cash
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-11

the carts which brought the con-
demned to the scaffold. No spot
in the world has witnessed such
terrible tragedies"
Helen glanced around the now
peaceful. sunlit courtyard with It's
crumbling moss grown fountain. 1t
was hard to picture this as the scene
of such frightful carnage.
They crossed the courtyard and
found the car waiting at the other
entrance. From there 1t was only a
short ride to Notre Dame, where they
spent half an hour wandering through
vaulted aisles, impressive with their
wonderful stained glass windows and
carved images.
In the sacristy they were shown.
some ancient relics. the Crown of
Thorns, a nail from the Cross, the
coronation mantle OF Napoleon ], the
blood stained robe or Thomas
Beckett, and the crucifx ciasped by
Louis XVI as he was guiIlotined.
WORSE AND WORSE
"A cheerful itinerary they've laid
out for u.s." grumbled Warren as they
again climbed into the car. $50 far
we've seen only horrors. But I guess
that's what the rubber neckers want"
The car next drew up before the
impressive gates Of the Pere-L -Lachaise
cemetery-the most famous In Paris
.For the love of Mikel If they're
not going to take us through a grave
yard now!''
gravel path. pausing every now and
then to read the lines on some con-
spicuous monument. 1t was
strangely interesting to come across
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-11

hung UP there to be sold by the
pound2
Helen had sudden feeling of re-
vulsion and hatred for all things
French. From her first day in Paris
her heart had ached for the wretched
looking, overworked cab horses. And
was this the fate still in store for
them7
WARREN COMPLAINS
Now, for heavens sake don't start
harpIng on that!" growied Warren at
Helcn's fierce denunciation. III they
eat horsemeat over here-they eat it.
that's all. What good will your tear
Ing the air dor"
They passed many points of interest
which Helen looked at unseeingiy be-
fore she could wrest her mind from
the picture of the dingy shop with It's
strange awning and gilded horses
head
At the palais de justice they all
left the car and the guide took them
through the conciergerie. the famous
prison of the French revolution.
Nice cheerful place" commented
Warren when they entered the dun
geon OF Marie Antoinetts, dark.
damp cell, without light or air.
Equally black and grewsome were
the cells in which Robespierre and
Nine du Barry had been imprisoned
before their execution. Outside in the
courtyard was the site OF the guillo-
tine. Helen paused to read a small
tablet which marked the place.
Through this court passed all
the victims OF the reign OF ter
ror. Every day were lined UP
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-11

visits, but in many the dust and cob
webs showed they had not been en-
tered for years.
Yes. we saw enough horrors to
last for some time grunted Warren.
This whole route was mapped out
to satisfy the tourists morbid curios
ity. Nine people out of ten would
rather see the blood stained robe of
some poor devil than view a master
piece of art"
But, dear. some OF it was very in
teresting," protested Helen.
'Interesting2 Well, If you're in
terested in grewsome relics. all right.
But when / take morning off for
an outingATd choose something a
little more enIivening than dungeons
and graveyards."
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-11
Part II Tomorrow
-
NO WONDER

DO you play any instrument. Mr..
Jimp7"
Yes: I'm a cornetist-"
And your sister,"
shes a pianist"
"Does your mother play?"
She's a zitherist-"
'.And your father7"
He's a pessimist."
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-11
Rv MABEL HERBERT URNER

x<DUT If your appointment isn't
~ until two-weil be back be-
~ fore them" pleaded Helen
The daily sentinel., 1913-11-25
Miss Shadow Hostess.

Miss Myrtle Shadow was a popular
hostess asst evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs j II. Lee with Sensington as
the mode of enjoyment and informality
the key to u general good time. The
young ladies found more mirth than
industry with their needles and the
minutes spun by merrily until 1t was
announced that Sawyers ice cream and
oyster establishment awaited them.
They journeyed to that location and
enjoyed many delicate preparations
that had been made especially for them
and those who bid their hostess a happy
good night with assurances OF having
had good time Were; Misses Glynn
and Lenore Steele, Margaret and Flea
nor Cole. Gladys Adams. Gladys Cur
rie. Dorothy Ottman. Carolyn Derry
berry. Irene Vols and Ethel Black
well.
The daily sentinel., 1913-11-25
How to Have a Cake Party.

Fannie Merritt Farmer, cookery
editor of Woman's Home Compan-
ion, publishes an article in the De-
comber issue of that periodical enti-
tied "a cake Party for Christmas
Week." in which she gives q number
of recepies for making cake, and de-
scribes, as follows, the way to get
up cake party:
ION each card of invitation was
the simple request, Please represent
some kind of cake As the guests
entered the parlor each was given a
tally card to which a pencil was at
tached, on which to write her guess
es as to what kind of cakes her near
neighbors represented. and lively
hour or more was spent in the guess
ing.
This is the way the various cakes
were represented: cup suspended
from the belt, cup cake; wings fas-
tened to back, angel cake; wearing
yellow cotton gown, yellow cake:
wearing very short dress skirt,
short cake; wearing much silver jew
elry, silver cake; wearing much gold
jewelry. gold cake: names of polite
ians pinned on dress, election cake:
small vials of cinnamon, Glove and
nutmeg suspended on ribbons from
brooch, spice cake; wearing many
ribbons, ribbon cake: wearing mitts,
hermits; placard with letters NJ o
and pictures of little girls, molasses
cake: toy hen in nest worn as hair
ornament, layer cake; yeast cakes
strung and worn as n necklace. raisin
cake; pacard with Staff. clef, and
do, then n necklace of nuts meant
that wearer represented doughnuts."
The daily sentinel., 1913-11-25
Two Deiightfui Little Books.

Two little books particularly desir-
able for Christmas remembrances have
Just bcen issued by Geo. III. Doran Il
company. ono OF them is ''rhe Lady OF
the Lighthouse" by Helen s. Wood
ruff This is Christmas story of ex-
traordinary sweetness and appeal. The
author has very generously donated her
royalty proceeds for the aid OF the work
among the blind The other book is
one OF the most charming and touching
little stories that has been written In
years 1, is The Three Godfathers, .
by Peter b. Kyne II is n story with
scenes laid on the plains of Arizona.
Both OF these little books are bound
and illustrated in a lovely manner.
The daily sentinel., 1913-11-25
.LORY URGES BIBLE STUDY
(ContInued from PAGE l

The committee consists of Ira NJ.
De Long, Boulder; Superintendent
Kiteley, Longmont. and Professor
Moles, Denver.
1t is considered by many Of the
teachers that the prejudices of many
regarding the Introduction of cleo
tive Bible study in the schools will be
overcome.
1t will be urged to give regular
high school credits to pupils who
make advances in their study of the
book, although the course is not to
be taught within the school build
ings.
The association will elect a new
president of the convention, and sew
eral names are being mentioned.
Among them are C. A. Lory. head of
the State Agricultural college. Mr..
Lory is strong advocate of Bible
study.