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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19
SOMETHING IN HIS EYE"
Selected by EDWIN MARKHAM

Richard rS 0aliienns In at once an
attic philosopher and poet OF the
ethereal beauty. All his pages have
b golden charm take the following
sable from THE Maker Of RainoowE
sOnca upon a time. toward ths emo
II February. when the snow still feath-
sred In the New York streets and the
wtnd blew cruelty from river to river.
strange hgure made somewhat
storm tossed progress along Forty
SECOND street. walking toward the East
Side. He was tall. distinguished
sxriousiy sad-Iooking man. with long
/, tEA hair growing gray. and CLONES
which. though they had been brushed
flnauy times, stu proclaimed aloud
kAcnd strsat taller.
.As hs walked along he had evil
Hsutfy SOMA trouble with one OF bis
syes, which he rubbed from time 10
time N though d osnder had lodged
there. and al last no held a handker-
shisf to II rs he walked along, But.
whatever the trouble was II did not
Il sem To Interfere with a keen and
kindly vision that noted every object
and character of the thronged street
View and again strangers In that
Mossy and bewilderfng quarter would
FArk direction from him. and he never
fsiled TO stop with an aristocratic.
Dainstaking courtesy and set them on
Their way. Nervous cid women with
bundles at periious crossings FOUND
his arm ready to pilot them safely
60 the ether side There was about
aim a curious gent7eness which, after
d while, did not fail to attract the
attention Of enterprising boys and OBJ
serving beggarw. fer whom as he
walked along, evidently aoreiy trou-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19
KAPPA SIGMAS GIVE
BANQUs r TO STUART

Especial 70 The Richmond virginian.l
ASHLAND. VA. Jan. fS.--Eta
Chapter Of Kappa Sigma fraternity
last night gave = stag banquet In
honor OF its last iniatiat6. Mr.. Rich
ard o. stuart. Of Oklahoma City,
Okla.
The banquet was held At the. Henry
Clay Inn and tho dining room and
table were very tastsfniiy decorated.
Mr.. Edward A. Burgess was toast
master of the occasion and entertain
"a the assembly with many appro-
pirate anecdotes. Many Of those
present responded to toasts. among
whom was Professor H. q. Ellis. Of
Randoiph-Macon college, Professor
Ellis was notified ct hsssrsappointment
IN alumnus adviser Of the chapter, to
wn1ch he responded with vary flttine
address. Many fraternity songs and
yslBs- Addsd greatly - the eccasioa-
Among those present Neres ProfAS-
~ n. q. mix. IosspA r. qn1sh -
u111Aan HuJ3QUQSh n DuH4
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19

ways seems TO them to be somewhere
outside their own homes"
It's mere habit with rnost--a habit
much like the morning rush TO the
train. Many Of them are most excel
lent husbands In all other respect
They are convinced, though. that
woman can and her amusement some
how inside house, but the man must
find his elsewhere. There are two
mistakes: In the first place. IL Is hard
on the wife--especiaily so Ii the afnuse-
ment Ia an expensive one-and in the
second, the husband gets SO habituat-
ed to the amusement that 1t ceases to
amuse him.
"One can contract the amusement
habit as one can contract the drug
hahst. = tseolgref she head of oGe OF
or great eiYtrehss4 ii short efme back.
What | want you young fellows to
do is to be able TO find amusement
without paying extravagantly for tt
wasting money-and losing the faculty
Of enjoying yourselves without some
one else making the fun for you. By
all manner of means go TO places Of
amusement and enjoy yourselves oc-
casionaliy. but don't get so accustom-
ed 10 that kind of thing that home
Or time spent by yourselves will seem
dull. Cultivate your wits to nnd the
way of amusing yourselves"
That is pretty sound advice. But
thousands are at the present time cul-
tivattng just the other habit. A week
or two ago a gentleman who was
dead on" picture palaces. wrote to one
of the papers showing that no fewer
than eleven boys had been recently
brought up before magistrates charged
with petty theft. They had stolen
money In order TO go to picture PAL
aces Now the picture palace is un-
doubted'y one OF the best forms OF
entertainment a boy can go TO But
these youngsters had caught the habit
They had become victims to picture
mania"
The demand for amusement" said
colonial emigration agent recently.
"is, find, one OF the great objections
to emigration with thousands Of
young people, both men and girls. l
am often asked, when / have de-
scribed to some young person that
there 10 wcll-paid employment watt
ing them in some districts. "But what
are the amuse,nents there There arc
thousands, who. It seems, won't go
even for a comfortable home, and
prospects beyond a penny tram ride
from a music hall
So the amusement habit Is a really
serious thing. gentleman, the head
of one Of the great shipping COM
panies. informed that the sea seemed
nowadays to Be losiax it, Attraction
FOR boys
-rhsy inasiHs u nm ~ dun ;.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19

hIed with his eye, he did not fail to
find pennies and kind words.
AT last he had become 60 noticeable
for these oddities Of behavior that as
he went along he had collected quite
an escort of miscellaneous individuals,
ragged children with pale, pgecocious
faces. voluble old Irishwomen with
bedra ggied pettfcoats. sturdy heggars
on clutches. and sprinkling OF go
called respectable people, curiousiy
lowering on the skirts Of the strange
crowd.
From some of these last came at
length unkindiy comments. The man
was evidently crazy-more probably he
was drunk. But II was plainly evil
dent that he had something the matter
with his eye.
AT last n kindly individual sug-
restsd that he should go TO a drug
store and get the drug clerk to look
at his eye, To this the stranger as
seated. and, accompanied by his mot
lev escort, he entered a drug store
and put himself into the hands OF the
clerk, while the crowd thronsed the
door md glared through the windows,
wondering what was the matter with
tho eccentric gentleman, who. after
ALL was very free With his pence and
E1U 80 KHAG tbh&bN. n pof4S@ii1ai'
dill not, Of course. fail to elbow him
self into the store to Inquire what
was the matter
Meanwhile the drug clerk proceeded
to fft mp the strangers eyel'8 In a
professional manner. searching for the
extra nous particle OF pain.
"At last he found something and
made strange announcement The
something In the strangers eye was
PITY"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19

will imagine they have done their duty
Wien they have paid the interest. NO
matter rev you turn and twist H.
vii; be tina reliable customers who pay
tor the less reliable ones through high
err prices. You may say that there Is
no pleasure In this when you pay
everybody their dues and for that reA-
st.n are always hard up though you
escape the earthquakes.
Still nothing Is more useless than
preaching against tho tendencies OF
tho times There u nothing to %
done-people want these conditions
and I am told that the department
stores. too. are quite well satisfied
with the long credit systems As 1t In
creased the sales and holds the cue
toners. So everything really ought 70
be in tip-tou order. since everybody
who turn up with their tedious nslrss.
There il one class Of people. how
ever, wfo arr suffering under this lack
Of ecuuurnic sensa Of duty. These are
the sr.ail tradespeople. tailors and
,nsners, and especially the poor hrsss-
makers and miliiners, who are also
patroniaeo by people used to sx.rrva-
gance in moments when they to&liss
That they must DO sosasthing In the
way Of cutting down sxrenses.
You occasionally hear words Ike
these: ~Oh. I have discovered . nssd-
eat lrt,.s dressmAker In m out Vt the
ray place In the subrtbs she 10 ex-
cs tdingiy smart and chic Shs will
made you an evening gown for nsxt
to nothing. I will give you her ad-
dress, II you want it,
And the other soc1eey lady = AsliSht-
"a. Hes car takas ~ y tAe litt3s
street. In the suburb and . weelg iatss
Ahe looks chaTunln9 n hsr Asw eeNn
1Alsh - sese - y 1elAlaA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19
ny SIR FORTUNE TREE

Fifteen dollars q week Is the amount
O. friend of mine allows himself 10
spend In which he calls enjoyment.
lie has not q large income. but he
can sfYord TO throw that money away
without doing himself much damage.
have as times suggested to him that
really hs might employ some of the
money better. but he says:
my dear fellow. what's the good 7"
and he knows others who spend more.
AZ he was good enough to invite me
TO join him one night in an evenings
enjoyment at his club, went--just to
see what II was like. Wild horses
won't drag me there again. 1t was
quite q comfortable place, but the
demon Of dullness seemed 10 have
pitched his tsnt there My friend
showed me. over every nonk and cram
NY of the premises There was some
thing wrong with almost everyone OF
them, according TO him. Then ne
whispered comments to me respecting
she other persons present. and In
YosmnEd me what bores and aosuroft1es
they were They were all remarkably
solemn. In the smoking-roorn. In the
card room. In the hiliiard-room, every
BODY had a kind of funeral solemnity
about them. The frat laugh ! had
during the night was when was part
tng with my friend at his gate.
"we've had jolly evening"" he said.
and, thank goodness. he mistook my
laugh for an answer.
whats wrong with him. is. OF
course, that he imagines ne 10 enjoy
inr himself when he is not. l Won
der how many thousands there are
In tho world who feel sure they must
he entoyinx themselves when they are
simply being bored to death, They find
life a poor business--''aiways the same
kind OF thing. sir Fortune. the same
dreary rcund"--yet they spend four or
rivs hours a day in what they Imagine
must be amusement. They cannot
make out how II 10 that life Is 'aIl
the same
wonder how many wives there are
IN Britain whose lives are not quite
% happy - they might b because
their husbands have contracted q mis-
taken amusement habit, Tho gentle
man, after dinner Of an evening. s,roils
or somewhere IN order to get Ht-
lie amusement" It seems a. natural
for him 70 % 20 A. II II for some
hushands 10 drop on to sleep In an
armchair. That no might ret rs en-
4oyabls an evening or even = more
enyoyabie one at home never enters
His head.
IT 10 vondsrful how many Britons.
Jnssce said Max O'Rell married to the
fSnoU& delightful wives and with chill
N. "a. u th6y think OF getting an
bn1Ags annusemsnt start mp fpr their
II - Gveroeata. Amuaensnt NJ
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19
Made a Thief BY Bad Company
By wINIFRED BLACK.

She sat before me the other day
the wife Of the THIEF She had
come to ask mercy for her husband,
who had been caught stealing
She was young and she was pretty.
and her black eyes shone from under
hu1 OF late design. and she wore q
coat OF flne cloth, and the shoes on
her small feet were good, and the
gloves On her little hands were not
cheap.
''Yeu sse." said the wife Of the
thief. ITS. this way was away and
he got lonesome and wanted me TO
come home. and he was out of work,
and he got into bad company. and he
IN not strong-minded, and they made
him think II was all right And that's
how he got into troublc-bad COM
pany-fhat's the whole thing. I hope
you WON'T prosecute him."
What was your husbands bust
ness?" said tn the wife OF the
Thief
"Hoekkeever"
What does he get q month";
"Yffsy dollars" said the thiefa
wife.
"You make your own ciothes?''
The thiefs wife swept her modish
dress with the tail of her dark eye and
laughed little. like a mischievous
child,
who, me ?" she said. II can't sew. 50
you do your own washing, then7"
The Thief's wife looked down at her
little white, useless hands. She look
ed as II she didn't know whether to
laugh or frown. She chose to laugh.
why. no." she said ~ never did
that kind Of work"
How do you get on with the cook
ing? Tou do that. of course"
The thiers wife looked down at her
and what n dimple she had. TO be sure.
That amt so hard" she said.
There's a dsIicatessen store and ]
get everything. or almost everything,
from there. I don't know how to
cook"
Fifty dollars a month the thief
made. and his wife does not cock,
can't sew, and would not wash for
anything. and she says he Ia in
trouble because he got into bad COM
pany. didn't saw word to the
thiers wife about the company.
/ went to see the thief. He was
locked up---as a thief should he, He
eat on tho edge of his cot and he
locked as II he had been crying, and
he told me shout the trouble.
II host ny job" said the thief, and
ray wife went feHae -eH visit. II
had 70 give up the fiat and I couldn't
pay my room rent, and owed the
laundry people, and the deficatessen
man was after me, and / went into
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19

=. -.
The dress mas been naoe oy ousy
hands. and II has cost much trouble
"a - ,o~.thsr III. csesssary cash for
- u~,. a. -.
.fainn'nss ana s"~ 'As
promised day IL brought By the ~,
tie dress MAKER hefsel WAC couiu
carry . baby no more carefully than
this first costly dress she mas MADE
II Is wrapped in layers OF white tis-
sue paper. and the bill pinned on Tne
lady IL pleased with II. when sns pua
II on IL ats exceediugly well. But TO
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19
Fork Union Military Academy
Fork Union. Va

Fork Union. va
Roth academic and military depart
ments are doing high-grace work At
smaller expense than any other pre-
paratorv school known. Our certid-
cate admits to many universities and
colleges without examination.
Second half session opens February
1. 1918 No charge for January tuition
full half session
1t Is the testimony Of all unbiased
observers that our students ms ke most
rapid improvements intellectually,
tory school In virginia equipped by
United states war Department. Army
OfYcsf IN charge Military Department
pisciplfns mild. bnt wise and arm.
For catalogue or information. ID
Arss, -.rrA.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19

want 10 get things cheaper by going
70 the Ill worker. II is your plain
duty inv silably to pay on delivery,
To economic wisely Is an art, which,
In tho sea Of demands which sur
round US In perhaps the most essen
tial to our welfare. To some people
II comes easily. while others ana II
i'm possible 70 learn IL. To get the full
t>nefit OF II you must use your brain
rs we'll a. your heart. and under no
circumsta nces must your heart be left
out Of It.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19


ods ffome
of
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19
). Quinn Eggieston. Edward A. Bu

CESS. Albert A. Bailey. 7. Herndons
Brown. Roy Smith. Clinton NJ. Wood-
house, Clearance M. Pitt. F. carlton
Thomas. Spencer r. McMaster. Ralph
l. Fishburne. r, Elgar Smith. HIATT
ings b. Hopkins, T. d. Newell. IRE
Howard r. Masters. Eugene 8. Wti.
liams, @. Thomas Mcdowell. Richar6
o. Stuart
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19

All trains Of the Norfolk ana westerN
Railway use tho splendid new unSoN
Depot at Norfolk.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19
SPECIAL
For This Saturday
Herring Roe"
&c A CAN
BROPHY

Before ~ o'clock call Madison ISL.
Stall Is. First Market After IL o'clock
call Monroe s5e, North Eighteenth
street Prompt delivery.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19

6xoeet hall size Administer Rugs, at $IIe0
46xo6 -feet hall size Administer Rugs ...,,. 5000
Splendid OF Oriental Rugs in beautiful colors
and patterns, Offered this week at Special Prices.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19

The manufacturers prices for 1918 have been advanced to
shipments safeguard the interests of trade and avoid
opened beautiful coos and artistic in design beyond
exf2feet room sire Brussels Rugs good grade $15oo
oxf2-feet Brussels Ru9s quality $3.50
oxl2-feet size Wilton Rugs. patterns
oxf2feet Administer Rugs, 1885, $40 and $20 90
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19
Window Shades

We make window shades fit any size windows OF Opaque,
DupIex and KINGS Scotch Holland mounted on Hart
horns Improved Patent Rollers We carry stock OF Best
Grade Lnoleums, in newest patterns tor the Kitchen
Our will take measures satisfactory service ana
prompt delivery assured -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-19
New Rugs at Old Prices

had place lar orders and take early
hevond former
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-03
Test Your Seed Cksts,

National Crop improvements SsYvies.l
Every grower OF oats sho aid test his
seed before sowing. A v,,ry simple
way to test seed for gerndnation is
TO take two tin plates. one slightly
smaller than the other. cut cCtton dan.
mel pads TO At the inner side OF the
plate, soak pads in water and squeexs
out surplus moisture; put the pad
upon the larger plate and connt 100
oat seeds and scatter over the pad |;
place another wet pad over the seed
and inVert the smaller plate as a
cover to prevent evaporation. Add a
little water when the pad becomes
somewhat dry, but be careful not to
use too much water. Keep In tenn
perature OF from IA to 80 degrees F.
At the end OF six or seven days, count
your sprouted seeds.
II doesn't pay to sow,oAss whAoh will
set test % par cent
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-03
PREPARING SEED BED.
A Woil Prepared Seed Bed 10 Neees
sary--oIsk Land Two or Three
Times--A Mellow Surface Of
About Three nches-Piowina
Not Necessary.
(ey r. A. Moore, Wisconsin Coliepe,of
Aerieutnre.)

(By r. A. Moore, Wisconsin coiieps'of
Aerieuitnre.)
National Crop Improvement ssrvice.l
A carefully prepared seed bed has
been one Of the most neglected fea-
lures In connection with the produc-
ton OF oats. II is very common
practice to see an end-gate seeder at
work In fields where the corn stalks
still remain standing on the ground.
AS matter OF fact, most of the
preparation Of the seed bed has been
very largely done after the oats have
been sown. Such practices will have
to be done away with before we can
expect the average yield of oats to be
materially Increased. The preparation
OF the seed bed by no means receives
the attention THAI It should in connec-
ton with all our grains. but especially
Ia It deficient with our oats.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-03

President Wilson has ordered
all government offices closed the
entire Sunday in each week. He
refuses TO accept free passes to
anything and pays his own way
to shows; he orders the yacht
usually kept for the president to
be turned into service, and when
he wishes to take a sail he will
pay for it. He has ordered all
wines and liquors out of the
White House. When Champ
Clark was elected Speaker he re-
fused to accept the government
automobile kept for the Speaker,
saying it was an unnecessary ex-
pense to the government. The
Missouri Legislature magnani-
mously offered Gov. Major a
$4,000 automobile and Gov. Ma
jor will just as magnanimously
turn the offer down. Surely we
are coming back to the simple life
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-03
TALKING THE ELECTRIC.
Mr.. Houseman Wants Connection
With Mexico Line.

A few days ago this Columbia
Tribune contained the article:
DR.. III. +. Mikel, of Columbia,
recently received letter from j.
ID. Houseman, general manager of
number of traction companies
and who also has a scheme con
Meeting his lines with the Mexico.
Santa Fe & Perry road.
Mr.. Houseman says in his letter
that one of the principal reasons
why interurban projects fail is
because experienced and reliable
railroad men have not been in
charge.
Mr.. Houseman says further: 81
do not wish to knock any pro-
ject that others see fit to promote
but | do feel conscientiously that
nnited effort on the part of the
people of Columbia with those of
Hereford, Mexico and Fulton,
would accomplish a great deal
more for the interest of their com
munity than could be accomplish
ed by projecting the line of
Moberly, which would undoubt-
edly cost twice as much per mile
as the road to Mexico and Here
ford"
Concluding his letter Mr..
Houseman says: @In matters of
this kind | feel that while it is
discouraging to a certain extent,
yet it is absolutely necessary to
give plenty of time to verify
statements that I make and to
this end will abide my time. ;"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-03
FERTilHiRG OATS.
BY A. L. Stone, Experiment Station
Wisconsin Agricultural College.

National Crop Improvement sesvfcal
Oats do best on soils that are not
too fertile and the direct application
OF fertilizers Ia generally insdvfsable
as liable TO produce lodging of the
grain and consequent loss. Where
oats are grown in rotation following
corn which has been well MANFRED.
there is no need of manuring the oats
themselves as enough plant food will
be available for the oats after the
corn has been removed Rotation
alone will not add fertility. On soils
too poor to raise good crops of oats,
the application Of barnyard manure
at the rate OF ten To twenty-five loads
per acre should be used, or where ma
nure is not available, whatever ele-
ments the soil lacks should be fur
nished.
Commercial fertilizers may best be
applied with a fertilizer attachment
to the grain drill and at the time o
sowing the grain.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-03

The Message ever since its es-
tablishment has been in receipt of
"Our Dumb Animals" a recog-
nized magazine in this country of
the humane people, both for chill
dren and grown-ups, ".who speak
for those who cannot speak for
themselves. 4" The "Band of
Mercy" recently organized in
Room No. 10 of the North Side
School is a good work well begun
and should be followed by Bands
of Mercy in other classes at
school as well as by Sunday
school classes in the various
churches. Kindness is the key
note of the whole organization.
To read the magazine is to become
broadened in sympathy.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-03
WANT ITEMS.

Eggs for Sale.-Full blood Buff
Orpingtons. $1.00 per setting.
j. d. Greer.
Seed Corn. - Reid s Yellow
Dent. Apply to w. Il. Thompson
& Son, Laddonia, Mo.
Seed Corn for Sale.--White and
Yellow Dent. Also Indian Run
ner duck eggs, Is for $1.00. j. T.
Swift, Mexico, Mo-, RID Z. 4w
Seed Corn for sale:-Fancy
Selected Boone County White,
pure bred, at $1.75 per bushel.
P. T. Bruce, Thompson, Mo-, r. l.
31W. Chance phone. 4w
For Sales. c. Buff Orping-
ton and r. G. r. /. Reds. $1.00 a
setting or $500 hundred.
Mrs. Geo. l.. Dean,
R. l, Box 6S, Phone 3F.4.
For Sale. A Bronze gobbler and
Plymouth Rock roosters. Mrs. +.
j. Harris, r. z; Phone 10F11.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-03
Message Friends.

The following have subscribed
or or renewed for the Message
he past few days:
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