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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
On the Spur of the
Moment
The Dinry of n nonchcnd.
BY Roy K. Moulton

L sometimes think that [ was horn
u generation too early. and no doubt
oNeIN man who has Il fa ~lily coming
up labors under the sam. impression
Last night ] went with my dauEh ter
~ ~ summer resort hotel to watch the
cancers They have a hop or. perhaps
IL should be called II hop, skip and
1ump at this hotel every night My
niamshtcr has just reached the long
!eSScd age, the age which is just be-
tween braids and light skirts. She got
ne, me out onto the ballroom floor in less
s s,me =, Than it takes Woodrow Wilson to
sLnash a precedent which, | believe is
something under a second and n half
,, nhdnt danced since tho days of
when people danced on their feet in
stead OF their shoulder blades
had taken about nine steps with
correct imitation OF an klahoma
cyclone and swept of from my feet.
| was rolled into the fringe OF spec
.ators and landed with my head in
.he lap OF an ancient dowagcr who
looked rs though some kind old gen
tieinah had recently died and left her
What hit me" asked of my daugh-
repsdd' %%S @" We s ai r 1ry asan she
We tried again. and in about
minute and half some young repre-
sentative OF the beef trust landed on
me and struck me right between the
dining-room and the kitchen with
his head or his shoulder, 1t happened
landed In the dog house. better known
as the bass Viol
That was the Trot," said my
daughter, as | was picking myself
up and trying TO find out whether all
OF my working parts were properly
out Of tho way. grandpa" roared
an elephantine young summer re-
s0rter who was sailing by on his
elbows and shoulder blades with Il
young woman's head clinched under
his arm.
That is The Tarantula Glide"
dancers are doing it now
20 they light clean breaks or hit
in the clinches: asked.
y youns football player in duck
the shoulder and sent me reeling
through the door and ont into the
cold, cruel world. He and his girl
Were. turning back handsprings She
had her chin hooked onto his shoulder
ana was gazing far. far away like q
eng duck III the moonlight. and he
mad both arms wrapped around her
been broken short of Dynamite.
That's the Frisco" said my
daughter
saw every hold from hammer
lock to half-Nelson. and saw
Barnum Il Bailey look like Il couple
OF plkcrs. l saw everything from the
trained seal wieclc to the grizzly bear
mug. and was knocked down fifteen
times before | could impress upon my
daughter the fact that am an old man
with squeakN Joints, who can't get over
the iioor more than forty miles AN hour,
even on high with the throttle wide
open
"lr YOU stay at this resort YOU
nave got TO learn these dances" said
an old fogy here"
We back home
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09

confessed that he had abused his tole-
graph privilege.
The incident reminds us tha, free
kilograms are among the many perQui-
sites enjoyed by our Representatives
in Washington. The nations telegraph
hill on this ono ledger is estimated At
$4,000 annually. The messages are
supposed to concern only the public
business. Besides this privilege tho
Congressman has tho postal frank, by
which he is enabled to send tons OF
political literature free through Tie
mails. This abuse is responsible for
the postal deficit, and has swollen 10
enormous proportions. The Congress
man. under the head of Stationery" is
also entitled to any or all OF long list
or things, including settler, scissors.
pcckct-knivcs. and about any other
small article that may be procui Cd in
The corner drug store. The Congress-
man also gets 10 cents per mile mile
age. Several congressman living far
from the capital draw much more in
mileage than they do in salary.
In many shops in New Orleans * is
customary to give a purchaser not only
what he buys. but something else be-
side. The extra article is known as
lagniappe" 1t does seem that Uncle
Sam is giving lagniappe for the ser
Wees of his lawmakers.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
WrnppinE GnrbnEc.

TO the Editor OF The Times Dispatch
Sill am very glad To know tho
garbage question IS being agitated. Wo
came here from Wheeling last fall ana
as this Is our first summer in Rich
mond, tho way the garbage Is handled
Is very annoying TO us. began wrap
ping my garbage in papers. rs ! mad
been doing but ii seemed to incense
the garbage man. lie would pull out
all the papers he could get hold OF and
throw them over the yard / went out
and spoke to him about II, and he said,
Keep papers out Of the garbage"
He is very ugly man and growls
and grumblcs at everything, throws
the can and lid around so can hardly
make the lid go on the can again.
! would like to wrap the garbage II
could, as l think II Is the only way.
MRS. v T.. DEPUE.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
MIRACLE WORKERS. IN CONVEN-
'TION

The gathering in conclave OF some
10000 doctors III London this week Is
an inspiring event. None could be
more significant of tho modern spirit
of conserving human life. ana we can
think of no meeting that holds moro
hopo for tho race of men. The mass
of scientific knowledge and advanced
medicine represented there is n tribute
to the civilization we have attained,
and presages greater triumphs over
disease in the future. This meeting
shows how universal is the battle for
better bodies. 1t sends fresh courage
through the whole world
one operation performed for the first
time in England Thursday. by an Amer
lean, Or. Albee. of New York. shows
what strides the healing profession has
made in the last few decades Before
the most eminent surgeons of Europe
this American genius accomplished
what few years ago would have been
miracle. He shaved off a piece of
a fOur-ycar-old boys shin bone. and
used ii rs splint TO plate a section
OF two or more vertcbrae in the spine
THIS is one OF the new methods OF
treating certain forms of tuberculosis
Another American. of whom there
are coo at the conference gave an ac-
count of the rcsuscitation of life in
the heart ana way OF repairing the
heart and blood vessels. These splen-
did achievements in tho handling of
organs and tissues. always regarded
as irsusceptible of removal or regcne-
alton. is n token of the vista opened
by This convention. 1t is not too much
TO say that men may hope, not to con-
qucr death, but to win longer and hap
pier life by the perfection of modern
surgery and pathology.
In the more delicate field where phy-
steal ailments merge into spiritual
ones, 1t is noted that the Americans
are represented by 200 men-rnore than
from a.y other nation. Whether this
rejects on the nerve wearing speed of
our life or not, 1t certainly indicates
wide and hopeful interest in the in
tangible evils OF nerve and soul that
have ruined rs many lives as has purely
physical disease There are signs hero
that in the future VIC may expect our
bodies to be kept healthy ana our vital
energy unimpaired through n longer
span Of years than we have yet
dreamed.
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
Khymc of tho Merry Muckrnkcr.

Let The rich and the, rascally quake;
Let en- shake in their shoes, for I'm
airing my views
At ten cents a word. for your sake,
Dear People: I'm watchful. awake.
And searching the sewer for newer
and newer
Alarming disclosures to make,
disclosures and money to make)
I'm the man with the merry muck rake;
From the trail I'm not easy to shake
/ have followed each clue; In the com
ing Make Glue"
Look out for my Big Bellyachc
Entitled housekeeping a Steak"-
To capture these facts I've crawlcd
through the cracks.
And hid in the grass like n snake.
ooh. amt 1 clever young snake?)
I'm the man with the merry muck rake;
By the cities more feared than earth
quake
I've a true nose for graft" beyond
all OF my craft.
And scandal lies thick in my wake.
found one honest man by Diogenes'
plan,
n Indn i may be his is mistage.
have proven all virtue a FAKE"
In somebody's" next June. maybe;
You'll q Remedy" nnd: my own make.
Something pleasant and easy to take.
1t viii temper thc wind TO the shorn
lamb and skinned.
Just try IT, dear Lamb. for my sake!
cit might as well be for my sake.)
I'm the man with the merry muck rake;
Last TO come for my slice of the cake.
l am he who believes all the Sena-
tors thieves.
I've contracted to roast them and bake
Dear Public. I'm paid for your sake,
In the "Cosmopolousc" to do up the
House"
When I'm through with the Senator's
wake.
Great sport. this attending wake)
CHORUS.
While the world applauds us,
Merry Muckrake knights.
We will work our wonders
In the calcium lights
While IL pays to print us
Well be paid to write:
'Twould not do to stint us
In the peoples sight.
While the trusting Public
Reads us and believes.
We shall come rejoicing.
Bringing in the thieves.
THOMAS LOMAX HUNTER.
King George. Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09

supper through dozens OF versions
Miss Lucy Long" 'old Aunt Sally"
Zip Coon" Aim Along. Joscy." all
kick up their heels and mix real negro
dialect with strange sounds never
heard on land or sea.
The corruptions of true negro songs
are as interesting M the originals. In
many cases only tho refrain is from
the darby mythology. mterminablo
verses have been swung behind the
stirring beat OF these folk lyrics Here
a patriotic verse lmps after bit of
cheap parody Local hits and political
propaganda are hopelessly jumblcd. 1t
is not strange that ante bellum senti-
ment toward tho South was tangled
They had parodicd the heart out of
our songs.
The fact remains that these were real
negro songs in many cases, and not the
patter ground out for Broadway and
Fortysecond Street. There Is no dis
putting the genuineness OF Walk jaw
bone. Jenny. como along in come Sally
wild the bootoes on" or of Wen dance
all night, tin broad daylight, and go
home wild de gals in tho mornin'."
Ring do Hoop and Blow de Horn" Is
q name taken from true local customs.
"Sich Gctt!n' Upstairs You Never DID
See" and Come Day. Go Day. God
Send sunday" are authentic in spirit.
They smack Of the soil We close with
as fine bit OF real folk lore as ever
found record in Homer:
DE squirrel has a bushy tail,
Stumpy grows de hair,
De old coon's tail IS ringoi all round
DE possum's tail is bare
DO come along, old Sandy.
Do come along, Q, do
O. what aid Uncle Gabriel say
Q, Kitty. can't you come along. too %
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09

polite. Not having much time. they
fail. How can this be remedicd?
to install system at the public
schools. Get rid OF one OF the minor
studies and Instruct the children in
shall we allow the name "a Virgin
IAN, to be but an educated person In
glna chivalry" at an end? las vir-
ginla sunk so low that her children"
are only III TO be money makers? If
not. let the school board install no :
lIteness' as branch Of study. or. bet
ter still. let the good mothers find time
and give their children more home
training" y VIRGINIAN
Richmond, July 20
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
Voice Of the eople


TO the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Your editorials on park for o.. the ' coiored
race, and | would ask space to urge
the city to have this park and pro-
hibit them monopoliZing our beautiful
parks In the centrc Of the city. Where
can " respectable party OF white people
go on sunday afternoons for bit OF
rest and recreation that every seat is
not filled with colored people, At
CANDLES Hill. for instance. could not
the keeper be authorized to see that
the upper row Of seats is reserved for
white people and the lower row for tho
there ut all?
l hope all the committees in Rich
mond VIII not he able to abolish tho
plan for n park for the colorcd race
BY your interesting editorials con-
tinue to agitate this question until We
shall see the negroes in their own park
with officers there to preserve order, IL
necessary. Incidentally. give us n con-
cert at CANDLES lIill once in IA while.
and build stand for the musicians to
sit on. SUBSCRIBER.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
Teach Manners nj schoo,.

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-Somc days since | read in tho
columns OF your paper letter from
some gentleman, In which he stated
that children often left their manners
at home" You will find that children
generally display better manners when
visiting than at home. what is the
cause Of this? Lack OF training?
The good mothers have their hands
full, but strive TO make their children
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
F L | E S /!

Horse manure Is the principal
hnfchinE place for fies.
IL Gun be made sterile with conl
DIR! loan by mixing thoroughly.
IIorscmcn, stnblcmcn. owners OF
horse> and sanitary inspectors, pay
attentions. Cut this out
Let 1913 he HyIcss year
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09

We heard OF a man in this town
hours MI OF that time he had only
one pair and that was a pair OF
SuSpcndcrS.
Any man who says his car cranks
easily is n liar. No car cranks
easily.
Professor Taft gifts to Washington
was President.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
VACATIONS IN THE OPEN,

Why do not more average citizens 70
camping in tho summer? We do not
mean camping on n luxurious scale in
the mountains. after using yard of
railroad tickets and spending n years
income We mean just camping under
the trees in the open near Richmond,
who're n dime or so will cover the trans
portation. Vacations ourht not TO be
reserved for the rich They need them
less than any other class.
on tho James. In Hcnrico Chester
field and tho near counties arc hundreds
OF places whore u family or moderate
means might put up couple of tents,
rent an old cabin. or throw UP n shack
The rental Of tent or so would not
lie very great. the food question is not
hard to solve. and the other expenses
arc cut to nothing Even the furni-
turc that seems such = necessity In n
city house can he abolished in the open.
y bench. n campstool n log arc good
enough whom hard work, plenty Of fun.
and long hours Of solid sleep make
resting easy anywhere
we know lots Of housewives who. ono,
they got used TO It, would find rest and
recreation in a camp. They would lie
freed from worry about servants. Thev
would not have 10 keen house with such
deadly presidency If things rot dirty.
why thoy could let the rain clean M.
Then think OF what 1t would mean to
children. Fairgrounds are wen enough.
but they can never take the place Of
simple. natural Joyous days in tho
fields and woods. on the health basis.
alone, the summer camp for a family
would he worth all the money spent.
There are mighty few real ills in a
camp, and tho doctors bill gets mighty
small.
This is not n dream. The plan is
perfectly simple, and would appeal 10
men and women once they got started.
For the starting is the hard thinq We
get 100 used 10 a house and a telephone
and IN ice man TO leave them easily
end set up household affairs under the
trees We wish some society for the
propagation Of the camp spirit could
/ be formed Hair the families in Rich
Imond could live comfortably and whole
! somely in camps during the hot
weather. and save money. too but il
iahes energy, nerve and Imagination 90
break the conventions and get back to
nature even as far as Falling creek.
/ Governor Lee Cruce, upon rcassun
ing the powers of his Office In Okla.
/ hOmn INSTANTLY revoked four ,,,rlJ,,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
To n I.nssie.

All. little queen, come back to me,
Board Mem'ry's ship and roam Loves
sea.
May Cupid DO the piloteer
And my fond heart the harbor, dear.
She needs my cry--her bark sets sail,
Not all tho fates can aught avail.
Nor storm on land. nor wind on sea
w. Fl. NJ.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
A Grape Juice BANQUET I'm Louisn.

TIC ANNUAL DlnQUOt OF thD StOCK-
holders OF tho Bank OF Louisa was
given Saturday. July 80 After the
with families and friends at the hotel,
whore the proprietor was waiting for
them with ono OF his famous dinners.
with not only homo products, but sea
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09

ItIVI" You gINc your uNSWCr.
Before YOU have been won,
Look him up In Bradstreet,
Look him up in Dun.
Marry one for love? Sure.
All young ladies' do.
But while YOU are adding Il,
Get tho booGlc. too.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
Aburr Doesn't Win.

George W Koiner is returned to the
commissiouership OF agriculture after
the most intense personal assault of
the contest. his most prominent OPP
poneut being Governor Mann himself
No one can say in the light of events
whether his election is n ratification
OF the mcthCi in which he has admin
istered his trust or a population OF his
assai!nnts Richmond Times Dispatch.
There have been many campaigns
OF abuse In the history OF Virginia
politics. but we cannot recall that
any candidate conducting such n cam
pa4gn within the party organization has
won out over the object OF his vitupcr-
alton.
There arc two reasons for this: VIZ
CinIpns as a whole do not like that
mcthor. and their syInpathies naturally
go TO the candidate attacked.
The second reason Is that they con-
struc abuse OF an opponent an cle-
ment OF weakness on the part Of tho
aPgressor They say that n man
should ask for support upon his own
merit. rather than upon the dement's
Of his opponent as he sees them.
Abuse never pays--Ncwport News
Press.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
QUERIES &
ANSWERS
Prince Henry.

Prince Henry.
the visit of Prince Henry to this sGpn-
Aoput 2 as good n6a anyxhers IN A.
Log Admiral Evans was chief escort
to the prince during tho visit
Please tell me Wh 9 is tho relprssgsn
Arthur ]. Clare. Ills tile tt is consul n
Socialists.
TO inform us when and where the last
convention of the Socialist; pa I. was
May l6. 1912, Mt indianapolis, Ind.
Samuel Patterson Christian.
Can y9n TEL me Wnether h samuel ne n Fat
mond and moved West before the war.
is still living or not? u-,111,,,s
rose TO the rank OF lieutenant colonel,
serving through the war. mainly In
Houston Texas, about four years ago.
Your best chance to fill in the details
Of his career is to write the Confed-
ter of inquiry to he published in that
attract the attention OF persons who
can furnish many facts about Colonel
Christian.
Poems. Etc, Wanted.
There is request for copy OF the
verses written by the veteran actor,
Joseph Jefferson, Immortality" Also
for the verses beginning 1T is not so
much what you say. dear as the man
ner In which you say It," and "A lit
tie bird. l am shut In from the fields
Of air" Lines on the window pane at
Brandon" and the chorus to Garry me
back TO Old Virginia"
No little aid and pleasure might be
intcrchangcd among the readers Of tho
Query Column If requests such as those
were generally successful. There Is,
commonly, not space to publish what Is
wanted, but we are always pleased to
forward copies sent In answer to such
requests
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09

food also After the regular courses
were served liquid refreshments, the
bryan Wilson" beverage OF the vim
tase Of 1912. was brought on BE a
stoctholder and YOU VIII find out more
about these dinners. After dinner
speeches were INDUCED in for an hour
or SO. Some eight or ten responded in
short and appropriate remarks, Tho
ladies' were called on. but none respond
ed. Every one seemed TO enjoy him
self judging from the laughter and
applause given the spcakcrs.-Ccntral
Nirginian,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09

Governor Lee Cruce, upon rcassum-
Ing the powers Of his Office In Okla.
homo. Instantly revoked four pardons
issued by Acting Governor McAlcster.
The Texas courts have held that a
pardon once issued by Governor can
not be revoked. according to tho
Houston Post.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09

SOrinlisfs.
To settle dispute be good enough
TO inform us when and where the last
convention OF the Socialist party was
held. L. AND r
May 16. 1912, at Indianapolis. Ind.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09

Please tell me who is tho represent
tativc OF the United Statos Mt Blue
fields. r. X. HARTER-
Arthur ]. Clare His title is consul
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-09
Poems. Etc, Wanted.

National State and City Bank
invites yuu to open an account either
subject to check or at So interest
in its Savings Department. -.
CAplIAL and SURPLUS SL6000Qn0o
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
SMITH AND BELL
IN CLASH OVER
PATRONAGE
Representative Scores Senator
for Interference" in Gaines
Vile PoStoHiCe Row.

WASHINGTON, July 11.-Follow-
ing the confirmation of Mrs. II. w. J.
Hams appointment as postmaster
at Gainesville. Thomas NJ. Bell. Rep
resentative from the Ninth District,
has made a statement bitterly Criti-
cising Senator Hoke Smith for the
defeat of A. S. Hardy. He openly
charges that the defeat of the man
he recommended for the place is di
rectly the result OF intense feeling
against anti Smith men.
Mrs. Ham succeeds Mrs. Helen d.
Longstreet, who lost her position, II
is said, through her activities for
Roosevelt in the last presidential
campaign.
There seems to be an invisible, Sc
cret influence operating in Washing
ton to the exclusion of anti-Smith-
Wilson people" reads the statement.
IF loyal Democrats are to be dis
qualified because of their pre- conven-
ton view. it is high time the people
should know the facts and be given
an opportunity at the polls to prevent
the wrecking Of the Democratic par
ty, which for so many years has held
the South together"
Congressman Bell charges that Sen
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
OBITUARY..

w. T. Preston, aged twenty -four, died
Thursday night at the family resi-
dence, 124 West Pine Street. Flu
neral services were held at the res
idence Friday morning at 10 o'clock,
interment being in Atlanta Park.
John S. TribbIe. aged thirty one. died
Thursday night at the family resi-
dence on Campbellton Road. Flu
neral services will be held at the
residence at 10 O'Clock Saturday
morning and interment will be at
South Bend Cemetery. A wife,
three children. six brothers and one
sister survive him.
w. D. Short, aged thirty-one, died
early Friday morning at the resi-
dence Of his father, 2. P. Short,
Church and Spring Streets. East
Point. Funeral services will be
conducted from the residence sat
urday afternoon at 2 o'clock. In
terment in Westview. The Junior
order of United American Me
chanics will have charge of the fu-
neral The deceased is survived by
his wife, two small children, father
and mother, Mr. and Mrs. e. P.
Short; five brothers, II. E. H. NJ,
D. n, E. T. and Wingfield Short,
and three sisters, Miss Mary and
Elsie Short, of East Point, and Mrs.
I. r, Cheney, of Jacksonville, Fla.