The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-02

For the present. Roll up the man of
Europe"
Better Plumbing
THE. members OF the Potomac States As
ISOLATION Of Plumbers, Gashtters and
Stcamhtters are performing practical public
service in insisting upon stricter regulations
AS to plumbing in their respective jurisdic-
tons In their recent convention in Rich
mond. they cxcorated the lax laws prevailing
IN this State in Maryland and in tho District
of Columbia. and called for reform
Perhaps the leading keynote OF our day
Is inc demand for better sanitation and
hygiene 1t expresses itself in meat and milk
inspection. in garbage laws. in analysis Of
drinking water, and in screening A very
important part Of this propa ganda is a syste-
matte effort to insure better plumbing and TO
pass laws that will strengthen the hands OF
the community as against careless plumbers,
or those willing to take chance with
cheap work
Typhoid fever is one of the leading conse-
quences OF poor plumbing. It's origin is not
always easily traced. Sometimes whole
families will be infected before suspicion is
aroused and these families will infect others
far away. with whom they arc brought into
contact
IL may cost little moro. in the beginning,
TO sec that plumbing is as nearly sanitary
tNCTe
Two gains-not only will tho plumbing give
better and more enduring service. but it will
cut down tho death rate. These two ends
uhqucstonably arc worth seeking Or.
sanizcd effort in the District in Virginia and
i'll Maryland will be of substantial avail.
The Charleston News and Courier points to
Franz Josef as an example Of an old man who
disproves the Oser theory II seems To rs
that II is not so much a case of Franz doing
things as of having them done to him
This thing OF Ormsby MclIarg switching
back and forth between the G.. o. r. and the
Bull Moose camps is getting disuuietine
some OF these days he may pine for variety
and turn Democrat
There is mercy which is weakness. even
treason, against the common good" quotes
me baltimore Evening Sun from George
Eliot The lesson is yet 10 be learned in
France-and in this country
commissioner OF Prisons Davis will NOT
give out news of Becky Edesons condition.
What prohteth IT an l. ". w to hunger strike
If she lose the attention of the world?
In the case OF general European war il
is the masses in Europe who would suffer
and the mass of consumers in this country
They always pay
Know thyself' was urged upon man many
centuries ago. but even to-day there arc mil.
lions who have got only so far az 10 think
they do.
If he lived to-day. General Sherman would
have to strengthen his vocabulary before he
could describe general European war
II there must be war. the amalgamated
order of rroofreaders demand that il be a
war between English speaking nations
II Europe had stopped TO think that war
would send all those tourists home proba blv
she never would have kicked up such a muss
When We have to trust "the bear that
walks like man to preserve peace the case
is almost hopeless.
The one joke in the whole European i'm
broglo is the news that the Dutch army is
mobilizing.
Besides being a nuisance. the presidency
OF Mexico is a procession.
The only mon Villa seems to be willing 10
grant amnesty to arc lIuerta and his party
Servia would do we'll TO swap some of her
valor for modcum Of discretion
1t is time for China to send missionaries TO
Europe.
The dove OF peace is casting longing ewes
toward Mexico.
The European mbrogio ought to give i'm
petus TO the Sec America First" movement.
And no future Caspar will know what
twas all about -
The Philadelphia Inquirer will never for
give lIucrta for rcsgning
The wooful pndjammers are irving 10
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