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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30
What the Stars Promise for December

" HE December lunation Is one that has
much to do with governments. NUM-
clpal. national and international. The
royal sign Leo rises. which bespeaks prestige
for Washington. the City Hall, and executive
chambers In the east, although the converting
Of Congress and OF various legislatures will
bring all sorts Of initial obstruction. Commit
tees and chairmanships are confronted with
problems that do not right themselves till the
Legislative machinery Is we'll under way. A
new regime must necessarily take time to adj
just itself to incoming developments, and
Jupiter now in the seat of the high and mighty
is its instrument of perfectionment.
But temporarily old Saturn sits rather
ominously in this quarter of the monthly
chart, and the membership Of same will be
depleted by one or more prominent deaths.
or by absence through illness.
The Navy benefits. and the battleship
programme looks very encouraging. Jupiter
ruling, this likewise protects the public
health, except In few instances Of peculiar
hospital cases. A most disturbed condition
surrounds the hospital anil penal branches of
the public service. Investigations will dis
close some interesting cases of corruption IN
these departments
Sudden reactions In the stock market will
mark the period, at times of q panicky
nature. again merely sagging and Oppressive.
Lower quotations Will prove the rule, and
operators would best get under cover
The military branch Of the government is
under cloud. with woeful condition of de.
lay and ineffciency ching thereto Uranus
disturbs diplomatic relationships. as will be
attested by at least one critical instance. The
Mexican situation grows more complex.
There liz succession Of major aspects in
this month OF the nature OF blizzard breeders
in northern ATTITUDES, and Of excessive rains
and freshets In the southern territory. This
will be noted particularly near the 7th and
between the 18th and 23rd. About the 10th
there will also be atmospheric disturbances.
The belligerent Mars occupies the eastern
angle for the Middle States, tending much to
labor troubles near the 85th parallel. At
1anta. Louisville and Cincinnati will feel this.
But schools and educational institutions will
dement,, and unusual dramatic interest is in
y tho Star Company. Great Britain Rights Reese
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14th prominent thespian dies in this
period.
tween this and the 18th. also peculiar rev.
citation in society circles. Market restless
and erratic with marked depression on the
18th.
December 14-Newspapers Will TEEN with
accounts Of official corruption.
December 16l9.-A period OF depression
unexpectedly and as regards the body
polite. The blizzard conditions previously
curtain rings down upon a prominent actress
near the 10Th. This period involves much
excitement In financial circles.
December ga Christmas snow will
make things merry for Santa Claus.
December 26-29.-A building disaster is due
at this time: weather fine and clear.
People born during the following periods
will come under a benefc transit Of Jupiter
improvement in their affairs: 1864 to 1866,
inclusive, Winter of 1863 Summer of 1862
Winter and Spring Of 1870, 1873 and 1874,
Fall of 1881, any time during 1883 and 1893,
Fall Of 1897, and Fall of 1905; likewise for
those born between the 9Th and 18th OF
January. March. May, September or Novem.
Der of any year.
Caution should be the watchword for the
following natives: Fall Of 1861, Spring and
Summer of 1862, the entire year OF 1862
Summer of 1870, Winter Of 1871 and 1877
Summer of 1884, Winter OF 1885, 1891 and
1899, Summer of 1906, Winter of 1907 and
the immediate present.
If born on the oath or 2bth Of January or
April, or on the 9th or 29th of July or
October, crisis in business or domestic
affairs Is imminent, and changes. journeys
initial moves should be avoided
December does not afford very good birth.
day anniversaries especially If near the 7th
(Which indicates bereavement in the coming
year Of life). Losses or litigation may be ex
pected If born near the 10th or 23rd. The
Bird, 9Th, 10TH 21st, 10Th and 31st are birth.
day anniversaries which contain eYcalIant
promises for the coming year Of life. Suicidal
tendencies mark those born about the card
and early marriage is in store for the eligible.
born on the 9Th, 9Th, 12th 21st or 10Th.
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Emperor Charles V, Most Fa.
nous Monarch with the
Hapsburg Lin.

digestive troubles than ordinary dogs The constant
snuffing noise made by most bulldogs Is result of
the malformation OF the Jaws and head The poor
dog is badly off a child with adenoids.
All these facts of great interest and importance
to eugenic science. They show that defect may
follows the hereditary Of development in
dogs as in 1t Is much easier study dogs. be-
they do not live long and 1t is easier
to control their actions.
Then the experience Of King Alfonso Ia very in
teresting as showing how far marriage with wife
of fine physique is likely to eliminate grave defects
from the fathers heredity. The results cannot be
garded as altogether happy Nevertheless, Professor
G. B. Davenport, OF the Carnegie Institution. would
claim that the results strongly confirm his rule that
the marriage of detectives with normal leads
to gradual elimination Of the defects. He would
probably regard Afonso's three normal children out
of FIVE victory for eugenic science.
One of the most important points Of dispute in
eugertc science is involved here There is much dis
agreement among eugenists to how the science
should be applied in regulating marriages. Some hold
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30

that should aim merely increase the proportion
OF normal persons by preventing the very unfit from
reproducing themselves. Others hold that eugenics
should aim to create higher types OF humanity by
mating the finest specimens of men and
with one another. In the project Of the New York
scientists announced in these columns object Is
TO create fine types Of humanity by mating perfect
and women.
All who feel that they have beauty, talent and other
hne qualities urged to transmit them pos
terity and save them to the world They asked
to do 30 under the vgilant of science
conditions that will be extremely instructive to the
whole world.
All readers of this page-any any
who would like to be selected the husband or the
wife In the eugenlc marriage may send In photo.
graph with name and address and brief description
Of their condition Of health and such facts as
tney may desire to state. This should be mailed to
EUGENlc MARRIAGE,
p o. BOX FOB
NEW YORK CITY
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30

The Chart of the Heavens for December as Il
dicated for New York City and Vicinity Simil.
Charts Were Made for Atlanta, Georgia, an
San Francisco, California, in Preparing Th
Nationwide Forecast.
Pacific squadron, II called into active service,
will give good account Of itself. A State
or municipal executive will go to his last
account
Events to be looked for or about certain
dates follows: 7
December THE death OF legislator or
diplomat; unpleasant obstacles in the latter
respect. Moon at pergee the equator
brings greatly lowered temperature, with
severe snow storms between this and the
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NEW YORK CITY.

evidence. The latter extends all the way
from Chicago to New Orleans and adjacent
territory.
Saturn rises on the western coast tenn
porarily obstructive to public movements
and will produce some difficulties in the
Worlds Fair preparations. The money inter
tests are jeopardized for that locality. and
populations OF serious nature will come to the
surface. Health is much benefited and the
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
A GREAT DEFENSE


The great advocate-let us call him
Mr.. McSweeney-w defending man
IN a murder case. The case looked
hopeless and McSweeney submitted no
evidence for the defense. says London
Opinion. SO the public prosecutor.
believing that conviction was assured,
ended with just a few perfunctory
remarks.
Then, in a quiet, conversational
tone, the famous McSweeney began to
talk to the jury. He made no mem
tion Of the murder He just de-
scribed in vivid colors a pretty coun-
try cottage hung with honeysuckle. q
young wife preparing supper, and the
rosy youngsters waiting at the gate
to greet their father on his return
home for the evening meal. Suddenly
McSweeney stopped. He drew him
self up to his full height. Then.
striking a table with his fist. he cried
in a voice that thrilled every bosom:
Gentlemen. you must send him
back home to them!''
A red faced juror choked and blurt-
ed out: by George, sir, well do IT."
McSweeney witho<zt another word.
sat down and ten minutes later the
jury brought in a verdict OF acquittaL
The prisoner wept as he shook his.
counseps hand. mo other man on
earth could have saved me as you
have done. Mr.. McSweney," he
sobbed. II amt got no wife or fam
lily, sir
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
LESSONS BY THE DEPART
MENT STORES

AS a business institution the Amer
lean department. store leads the
world, and in Philadelphia it reaches
its highest efficiency, the Ledger of
that city thinks, and it proceeds to
say: Many of the best ideas in its
development originated here, and to-
day the men in command are set
ting the pace for their contempo-
raries in other cities.
Philadelphia stores are enjoying
the greatest trade they have ever
known in the summer. Much Of
this has been created by foresight
and publicity. The department store
man of today looks far ahead. He
acknowledges no dull seasons. Peo-
pie work in all sorts OF weather; the
money is flowing in August as well
as in December, and in his view there
is no reason why customers should
not parade his ample aisles and buy
at his comfortable counters whether
the mercury stands at 80 or 90.
To degree it is matter of in
vitation-of attraction. SO the de-
partment store schedule is as steady
as railroad time table, and it hits
hours and opportunities with a pre-
cision that approaches genius. This
means thought, preparation, ventur-
ing, cooperation and all the ele-
ments that enter modern merohan-
dising.
Thus the department store is a
lesson to all business, steady go
ing ahead and keeping awake all the
year.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
MEN OF SCOTLAND YARD
WATCH OVER MINISTERS
Guard Members of British
Cabinet Against Attacks
of Militant Suffragettes

LONDON. Aug. 3o.-walking down
Whitehall recently could be, seen the
shadowing of ministers IN operation.
Mr.. Asquith was on his way from the
house to Downing street. Only a few
heads In the crowd of pedestrians
We're turned as he passed. But there
were three very alert observers. They
were young men In lounge suits and
straw hats. They might have been
mistaken for country cousins AS Mr..
Asquith sauntered along they kept
about 40 or SO yards behind him. A
curious signaling with hands drew my
attention. Mr.. Asouith was on the
east side. just in front of the duke of
Buccleuch's house. He had paused for
break in the motor traffic. Two OF
the young men slackened their PAGES
and signaled to the third, who was
behind
Mr.. Asquith stepped on to the road
way. At the same moment the third
was also off the curb and he and the
minister kept step across the street.
The other two followed at discreet
distance. Then, as Mr.. Asquith stepped
into Downing street. the three fore
gathered, gave signals to other straw
hated comrades stationed near, and
quickly lost themselves in the throng.
The whole thing was carried out so
unobtrusively that one marvelec at
the effectiveness and the simplicity
of this latest device of Scotland Yard
to circumvent suffragist and other
plots, for, of course, the young men
were old in detective experience.
Three other ministers have "shad-
ows''-Mr. McKenna. Mr.. Lloyd George
and Mr.. Churchill. The four are fol-
lowed wherever they go, Mr.. Asquith
is Inclined TO be resentful. and conse-
quently the detectives keep we'll In
the background. One or two of his
colleagues are also sensitive. I may
add that the strangers gallery. in the
house of commons and every approach
to the house are controlled in these
days by plain clothes men," Even
at the entrance Of the press gallery
the glare of the eye of Scotland Yard
is felt. The old stagers do not worry,
| they have grown accustomed to the
vigilance; but the visitor who is told
Of how he is being watched IS apt to
| become nervous and talk at random
about the lost liberty or the subject.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
MARRIAGE MAKES MAN LONG LIVED

When Lord Bacon made his famous
characterization of the things which
go to make man well rounded and
complete he omitted something Of Inn
portance. In the light OF latter day
sciences he should have added to
Reading rnaketh full man, con-
ference ready man and writing an
exact man." the phrase. and mar
riage maketh the long lived man"
For here we have the scientists tell
ing US that married men live much
longer than bachelors. and not only
telling us so, but proving it by fig
ures.
Prof. Walter f. Wilcox of Cornell
university first made this momentous
discovery and announced 1t few
days ago. Now comes DIR. G. ST. Clair
Drake OF the Chicago health depart
ment and tells us that he has been
studying the figures and finds that
the death rate of Chicago bachelors
is just 291s per cent higher than that
of the married men. The bachelor
death rate is 1913 per thousand.
against the married mems 1873. In
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
A LESSON IN TEAM WORK

When several hundred men Of all
occupations in any community rally
shoulder to shoulder to put in two
days working on the roads, they do
more than improve a highway, in
the opinion of the St. Louis Repub-
lie; they vitalize the civic spirit,
they become better citizens and bet
ter neighbors.
They shake off and forget for the
time the petty and undemocratic
class distinctions which ordinarily
separate them, and each learns that
the other, whom perhaps he thought
"snob" or a negligible nobody, is
in fact a human being, like himself,
and very decent fellow, once you
get to know him.
Moreover, when a man has ben,
his back and blistered his hands do
ing actual labor on the public roads,
he will know better the importance
Of such work, and will be reader to
meet his tax Obligations for it.
Finally, it is a safe bet that among
the tens Of thousands Of business
men, a dozen or score or half a
hundred in each county who put in
two good roads" days on the high
ways, good many will realize the
wisdom of having roads built the
way costly building is built, Oh
modern railroad-by skilled hand.
working to a plan prepared by ex-
pert road engineers.
Governor Majors idea will, above
all, stimulate public interest in the
subject, and hasten the day wher
American farmersRwilI cease hauling
their crops to market over the poor
| est roads in any civilized country.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
rHE UNMARRIED MEN

OF the total adult population OF
the United States seventeen mil
lions are unmarried. The alarm of
Mr.. E. E. Rittenhouse of the con-
servation commission OF the Equit-
able, at present analyzing marital
conditions here at home, seems to
the New York Times TO be justified
His report brings us to the realiza-
ton that 80 out of every 100 men
more than 20 years OF age in the
United States-almost two-hfths-
are unmarried, and, what is still
more terrifying, the spinsters are in
the lead BIZ about 6 per cent, while
n London they outnumber the
bachelors by more than p per cent.
In addition, we have the disquiet-
ing mortality figures from Prof. w.
| L. Wilcox OF Cornell university,
showing an amazingly high death
rate for the unmarried For in
stance, the death rate for unmar-
ried men between the ages Of 80
and SO is 1i9 per cent greater than
that for married men Of the same
age, and 81 per cent greater in the
case OF unmarried women between
The arreS of IN and 20
The United States census for 1910
discourages pessimistic speculation,
for there has been a small but grad
nal increase in the percentage of
married persons in this country since
1890. But it does not follow that
the next census will record the same
upward curve. The late Prof Viii
liam Graham Sumner expressed dis
quieting doubts about the future of
marriage, when in his ''Folkways"
he said:
1T is idle to imagine that our
mores about marriage have reached
their final stage. That
those who are now satisfied will
alone control the changes which the
future will bring to the mores. 1t is
not difficult to make marriage such
that men will refuse it. Women
have revolted against it in the past
! TT is not beyond imagination that
they might do so again
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
LOVE LETTERS

Many sensitive people are shocked
at the idea Of publishing personal let
ters. particularly those that have
passed between lovers. or course.
when correspondence brings In the
names of persons still living in a way
disagreeable to them or their rela-
tiyes there is no excuse for publishing
1t. After many years have elapsed
and the parties concerned have gone.
there seems to be no indiscretion in
giving to the world even the ex-
pressions of intimate affection and
confidence such as are in the love
letters of the Hawthornes or the
Brownings or of Keats and Fanny
Brawne.
The love letter OF General George
E. Pickett, which was published in
the Herald the other day, could have
nothing but the best influence on its
readers 1t is a human document,
breathing the true love and devotion
Of a hero What picture 1t gives Of
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
PROVING THAT soRROwS ARE
RELATIVE

Mrs. Flint, who always has an eye
and ear for childish troubles, stopped
one day on her way to a luncheon of
her college class because she saw a
stout little boy who was standing
near the curb and crying loudly. She
undertook to comfort the distressed
youngster-
She bent down, patted the tow col
ored head. gazed into the tear stained
face, and made as if to wipe away the
traces of grief.
why, what is the matter, my dear
child7' asked she solicitously-
'M-my b-brother's got vacation
and--and l haven'tr' he roared-
What shamei" said the woman
Then you don't go to the same
school?"
mo, ma'am.' came from the little
boy in a fresh burst of sorrow, II
d-don't go TO school an-anywhere
yeti"-New York Evening Post.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
FRANCIS JOSEPH

1t is hard to realize that the En-
oeror Francis Joseph is only So
wears old. says the New York Mail.
Who is there that can remember the
time when he was not emperor OF
Austria? He mounted the Austrian
throne in ls4S, when James K. Polk
was president of the United States.
He had been on that throne II years
when. in villa Franca," in 1889,
James Russell Lowell wrote those
scorching lines
Louis Napoleon is not Fate.
Francis Joseph is not Time;
There's One hath swifter feet
4 than Crime
I Participating at Villa Franco IN
the restriction Of the full triumph
at that time-of Italian nationality,
Francis Joseph was destined to live
to see not only Lombardy but We
Meta pass out forever from under the
Hapsburg yoke. But he also lived
TO see the greater part of the land
of the Serbs pass beneath it. VIII
he also live to see Bosnia, Here
govina and Croatia joined to the Ser
Wan kingdom? Perhaps. Stranger
things than that have happened even
in his own history and experience.
Francis Joseph has sanctioned
many political infamies. He has also
endured great personal nlisfortunes-
To few men has there fallen more
terrible portion of tragical bereave-
ments. And with all his tyrannies,
which seemed to be imposed upon
him by political circumstances, he
has been d strangely well disposed
and benevolent monarch. And now
all the world wants him to live and
reign on, for his passing away may
mean chaos in eastern Europe.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31

the hour when she died were set
down in the letter and they tailed
with the notes in the young mans
diary. All due allowance for the
differences of time between Paris and
New York were made, and the fig
ures resulting were identically alike"
We take this story from cor
respondent of the New York Sun
who wants to know if the case was
one Of telepathy, and who says that
to him it looked something like it,
indeed 1t is interesting. anyway,
and no doubt it will lead to the re-
cital of many similar experiences.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31

those anxious hours before the battle!
What yearning solicitude for his
brave men. already exhausted by "the
long, wearying march from Cham
bersburg, through dust and heat be-
yond compare" What an outlook
over the insurmountable difficulties
between our line and that Of the
Yankees--the steep hills, the tiers Of
artillery, the fences, the heavy skir-
lnish line"
The touch OF humor in 1t when he
tells his promised wife Of old Lewis
ring. the solemn possibility that he
may never see her again, the little
words of affection here and there
the prayer. the farewell--all breathe
the spirit of true man. 1t Is impos-
sible to read that letter so years
after it was written in such stress of
anguish without the tears yelling up
into the heart, IL not into the eyes.
Such love letters make the world
sweeter and richer for their undying
nce.--Philadelphia Record.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31
HOW ADVERTISING PAYS

A Cincinnati soap company, long
conspicuous for its liberal and per-
sistent advertising, has issued its an
nual statement, which is given by the
Cleveland Leader. showing gross
sales Of S55,ol3,7o6 and net profits
of $3,S13,l1l The net profits were
about 7 per cent of the sales.
The soap business, of course, is
wide open to the most vigorous COM
petition. The number Of manufac-
turers is large and their rivalry is
keen and untiring The market is
one of the freest and broadest
known in trade. There is no possible
suspicion of monopoly, unfair ad-
vantages Of any kind, or the favor
of the government.
Such profits and such volume of
business, in the face of unlimited
competition, prove excellent mer-
chandise, but most of all they afford
the most conclusive evidence pos
sible of the value of advertising
Nothing else could make the market
for the quality of the soap manu-
factured to hold
Many rivals have tried in vain to
take away this soap gold mine. They
may have offered equal or possibly
better quality. They have brought
into action every resource of good
business men supplied with ample
capital But against all possible
competition and attacks bonanza
built upon advertising and fortified
by advertisements has continued to
be increasingly productive.
In the face of these facts can any
reasonable man deny that advertis-
ing, we'll done and supported by
good merchandise, is one Of the
greatest forces of modern business?
Can it be questioned that the news
paper "ad'' is veritable wizard and
comes as near as anything can TO
being the alchemist's long sought
magic agent for turning cheaper sub
stances into gold?
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-31

other words, the married man has a
four to three chance of long life over
the bachelor, and that is considerable
And the young men OF Chicago
seem to have hearkened unto the ad-
vice of the scientists. for at the SAINT
time that Doctor brakes figures were
announced. L. G. Legner. local mar
riage license clerk, tells us that all
previous records for June weddings
have been smashed. For the first 81
days of the month there were $3.50
marriages. which beats the entire
June record for 1911, which up to this
year was the highest.
But. after all. 1t may not have been
the scientists nor mans desire for
long life that caused all these mar
riages. No doubt there are some
coldly calculating men who would get
married for the purpose of prolonging
life but we suspect that bright eyes.
pink cheeks, a shapely form and a
sprightly air are moro effective mat
rimonial agents than all the scien-
lists In the world and will continue
to be until the end Of time-Chicago
Inter Ocean.