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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10

PARIS, October 2-General Joseph
Joffre, generalissimo of the French
in the great war against Ger
many, is n man of silence He Is al
most unknown. to the public. and few
of his soldiers would recognize him If
he motored by them.
Should France eventually win out
against hor archenemies, the Germans.
1t will not be another victory for Ma
poleon, which was Joffre's fondest
dream.
Round and fat silent and saturnine.
Joffre Is not unlike the great Corsican
in build and characteristics, and he Is
a profound believer in Napoleonic
principles. to strike first. to hit the
enemy in many places at once. and to
veil his movements with strict secrecy.
He. started this war that way. The
French were not successful. The Ger
mans crossed the border. NJ. IIillcrand
has taken charge, and decreed that no
more Napoleonic policies go. Joffre
has been overruled. To-day the French
army. instead of being all along the
border, and In Alaace, Lorraine and else
where. is concentrated to oppose the
main German advance. 81
Joffre believes I'm making war in
silence. Indeed, that has been the
marked difference between this cam
paign and the one of forty-four years
ago. Inen the names OIL generals were
on every tongue! now none knows who
is the the leader In any particular ex-
ploit. When French brigade entered
Mulhausen few days ago the public
was not told who was the brigadier
in command, for fear 1t would prove
valuable information forSthe enemy. {
1t is related OF Joffre that he never
betrays his rank, even to HIS own men
who do not know him. When the
troops were being mobilized at the be-
ginning of this war, the generalissimo
was at a railway station, but without
There were'a group of 5reservists on
the PLATFORM. All were talking volubly
OF going to war.
When do You join?'' one youth
asked Joffre. lA
y have already Joined" was the quiet
answer. ..iS
Where do you come frome" was
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10
SATURDAY. OCTOBER 10. 1914.
THE TIMEs-DIsPATCH and Breakfast
served together with unfniling resu-
iarity I'm the Best Homes of Richmond.
Is your morning program compietc'
Tut, General, Tut!

~ ENERAL COXEY declares that the EN-
NJ peror brought on the war Just to kill
of all the Socialists.
For public man, General Coxey shows. a
small calibre of reasoning.
The Emperor needs all the Socialists he
can induce to enlist. A Socialist can shoot
well as any other sort of man, and eat as
little ratons. The Emperor is now just as
fond Of Socialists as the Gar is Of Jews, all
of which is evident enough to convince any
one but Coxcy. And before this war is over
the Emperor and the Car will have occasion
to lament the growing scarcity of both.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10
Attacking n Wise Measure

AoW entirely disingenuous and essential
ly dishonest was the Republican attack
on the emergency war tax measure is shown
by figures revealing the decreases in customs
receipts for the current fiscal year as com
pared with the same months of last wear.
For July the revenues fell off $4,000, 900; for
August, $11 100000; for September, SO. 600
GOO, and for the first five days of October.
$2,800,000.
1t Is perfectly evident that as the war
progresses-our imports from the countries a T.
fected Will become less and less, as the armies.
demand for fresh supplies of manhood in
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10
For a Cold

HERE is one thing that every man and
woman On earth will do without solicita-
ton That human being does not live who
VIII not tell you what to do for your cold. the
minute you snecze. It's perfectly neighbor-
~ thing to do, Very nice of the person who
does it. and not infSsquently helpful enough
to Offset the nuisance.
We'll, all these various bits of advice on
what to do have been reduced to few sim
pie rules by an authority on such things, and
hey sets them down thus:
/. Think sanely and live morally
. Eat wholesome foods and change
your clothes to suit the temperature.
Avoid contact with persons who
have colds.
4. Avoid crowded or close places
where germs or cold may Turk.
.. IL you take cold. consult healthy
physician at once and follow his advice
Simple enough isn't it? Now, to apply the
test:
/. In this age people Will refuse to
live normally
9. Opinions differ as to what foods
are wholesome. and the temper ature
for which you dress In the morning
may be entirely changed by quitting
time.
8. Then you couldn't ride in a street
4. Nor in an elevator nor sit in an
average office.
5. And Dr. osler once said that cold
will cure itself. and you need no
physician; also no economical person
late to be of any use.
There you are. All these infallible rene
dies and good pieces Of advice boiled down to
five fundamental principles fail to stand up
before the test Of human perverseness OK
pediency, opportunity and necessity. Per-
haps the best advice to give any one in this
changing season is: avoid catching cold IL
you can; and If you do catch cold when you
get we'll remember the one you had and try
not to get another" To which the average
mortal would reply: "Pifle!"
That earthquake shock in the British and
French West Indies was probably caused by
the mobilization of the internal regions
Great chance for the promoters to start
companies TO exploit the mine fields in Euro
pean waters.
Efficiency in war is much like other theo-
rctical efficiency. It's perfect until put into
operation.
Wagnerian music as performed by Zeppelin
bombs is attracting much attention in
Europe.
Returns go to show. that Republican pri-
maries are of secondary political Importance
Europe should send delegation to Mexico
TO preach the beauties of peace.
When 1t comes to ground and lofty neu.
trality, Italy. is in q class bysitself i!s'r.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10
Chats With Virginia Editors


the Norfolk Virgnan- Pilot: 1.-The Columbia
State sympathzes with the newspaper para
graphers of Virginia because hereafter their
humor must be dry. But contemporary
forgets that they have until November l. 1916,
to wet their whistles. and many a merry note
may be sounded before then" Softly, brother.
softly! Let's analyze this cbullition OF SYM
patty Misery you know. loves company.
State It's wet goods bottled and, SO far
as we can discern, it's humor was long ago
canned"
At any rate. white-winged peace hoyers over
the journalistic field In Roanoke. The World
News chants a TIE Deum. of which this OMEN
Ing paragraph Is the Keynote: THE Roanoke
Times has congratulated the World News on
the State wide victory. The World News re-
ceives this courtesy from it's morning con-
temporary with deep appreciation" Nothing
omitted except, GO In peace and sin no more"
Says the weggsh Lindsay in his Charlottes-
vile Progress, published in a town famous
for the quality and quantity of It's fried chick
en-: Won Kluck seems to have very hefty
brood easily kept together and hard to scat
ter 1t may be that II the allies don't look
out his kluck will change to krow" But
the gobble-uns may get him IL lie don't watch
out.
That must be some fair they're having up in
Richmond this week. 1t got coln,n one on
the first page Of Sundays Tee Dee"-Halifas
Gazette. Quite SO. That's the sort of a fair
| 1t Is Now is the time to subscribe.
Some new rules governing the city Coun-
ciS joint meetings are needed is an editorial
comment appearing In the Norfolk Ledger Dis
patch; and farther down the column this looms:
zine spectacle for Norfolk to have to go to
court to compel Aldermen to attend to pub
lie business" Which suggests that now Coun-
ell members may be needed rather than new
rules.
The faith OF the Roanoke Times in the ofi-
cal reports given out from the war offices is
apparently badly shaken The Times, with the
courage of Its convictions ventures to go on
record thus: "One thing about this war may
be predicted safely now. When the final fig
ures are in, 1t Will be found that the official
stories given out by the war Offices contain
more tall, right handed lying and exaggeration
than any war correspondence ever given to the
readers OF afternoon extras by Hearst news-
paper commissioners Probably the most In
teresting feature. OF this prophecy Is the dis
tincton accorded by ,the editor to right Ina nd
ed" lying over left-handed and ambidextrous
lying.
1T was suggested at the beginning of the
present war that not many Irish would Apht
for England says the Alexandria Gazette.
The facts have dsprovcd such bascless assAr
TONS as 1t Is shown that Ireland has sent
more soldiers to the front, in proportion 70
hor population, than England. John Redmond
ana MS colleagues are moving through Ire
land arousing the patriotism Of the people :"
That time In the Emerald Isles history when
the Irish had no cause to fight for dates bac
some
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10
Uncle zach's Philosophy.

De rain fall on de JUS and de unjus', but
sometime de JUS man fine out dat de unjus'
Teller hab' done gone and stole his umbereler.
Dis meks us reckermember dat dc arly bud
cotches de wum.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10
SONGS AND SAWS
why ZIG cor nurnt.

The boy stood on the burning roof.
Whence all but him had fled
He had to see tho baseball score
And learn who was ahead.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10
HON fIe I.nat m

Marys lamb, as you've heard tell,
Would go where Mary went.
And when some stocks she'd buy or sell
He'd spend his last red cent.
Marys lamb. as you'll recall
Once had fleece white as snow,
But hadn't any fleece at all
When Wall Street let him go.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10
Looking to the millennium.

II am delighted that the Committee on Tax
Revision Is making excellent progress with its
work." said the Prominent Citizen land hope
Its labors will result in such changes that
tax-dodging Will cease to be measure of
eyes of the community. as we'll as in the eyes
of the law
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10
The Pessfmint sny.,

Don't believe the man who stops you on
the street and tells YOU how we'll you are
looking. Probably he wants to borrow money
or get you to indorse his note.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10
A Matter of Sentiment

!. "A woman's devotion Is wonderful thing"
said the sentimentalist. mo doubt Of it,"
replied Mr.. Meckton. Where Henrietta place.
her affection her admiration Is unquestionng
The only reason she objects to muzsling our
bulldog Is that she thinks the muzzle will spoil
his facial pression."-Washngton Star.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10

Look Upward.
The SUMS shining,
The sky's clear
No repining
Anywhere.
Tons O. gladness.
Pecks O. fun;
We've got sadness
On the run.
: We keep cheerful;
We don't cry
Heaye a fearful,
Mournful sigh.
Not a bit. sir;
We just smile.
Troubles fit. sir.
After while.
THE TATTL
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10
The strcn,,ous Life.

mister?
Mster-what! a big able-bodied man like
you begging?
cadgcr-wen, yer got to be big an strong
ter beg these days wivout getting hurt.-sydncy
Bulletin.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10
Our OpuIent Help.

Applicant-Tm afraid, num- Il can't take tho
place.
Lady of the House-But the wages are liberal
and the work is not%lard =
Applican.-Thats all right, num- but you
haven't any garage for me runabout.-Boston
Transcript
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10
Providing the Essentisla.

He-So you're going to start boarding
house, Got everything ready?
she-PracticalH have laid in generou.
supply OF prunes and toothpicks
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10
Our Eorctrn poI,ex

Our Foreign Policy.
Kindly explain the bad features OF Presi.
dent Wilson's foreign policy to which Colonel
Roosevelt and some papers alude.
INQUIRER.
To point out to you such features you would
have to engage who can see them
himself We cannot.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10
Not Hnd pInn

why does Wombat speak so frequently about
his wife? He praises her In the most cx-
travagant terms. She may be a nice woman
but why drag her into the conversation all the
time?'
ITS "A little idea of his in case she has a
dictagraph stuck around.'--Courier- journal
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10

villa, In the hour OF Constitu-
Villas tionalist triumph DECLARED that
Course he would maintain himself as a
Approved free moral agent for the good
of the poems. Is villa at this
time inspired by such motives?
Is he endeavoring to force Carranza bnck into
the line OF agrarian reform7 Opinion is in the
affirmative. Expressions among washington
officials are known to be favorable TO the
principle which apparently underles his revolt
or COURSE there has been official expression
But II Is true that Villas course has enlisted
the sympathy OF a great portion OF the Ameri-
can public. He Is firm in his demand that the
military chss-which in essence Is the landed
class-share authority with the civilians who
stood with the Constitutionaiista.. and these
civilians are declared to be in favor of enablinE
the poems to obtain the land which has long
been denied them.-Indianapolis News.
Near at home, we are told a.
: Business phase OF the war which has NOT
Spies Are attracted general attention has
actiya proved a source of annoyance to
American shippers and pro-
ducers. and has caused them to
take precautions which, under other conditions.
would not be considered necessary. There is
ample evidence. in the minds Of q number Of
business houses, that every large nation
engaged In the great war has organized a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10
Two Books

Two Books
Are Tourgee's Fools Errand" and William
L. ROYALS reply to it now ainicult to get?
The former is common enough. The latter
is rarely to be had. Your bookseller can get
both for you.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10
The Bright Side Of Life
Not n DipIon,,t.


Knicker-Is your wife's mother diplomat?
Bocke r--No. she doesn't go home after She
has said the wrong thing.-New York Sun.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10
v aIUuI,l,

Valuable.
Zones has stopped talking OF his new safety
razor. Guess IL won't work.
Yes, 1t WILL. He's selling it to hospitals
Tor kin-grafting Observation-Disclosures
Ledger
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10

system of espionage In New York City. and
other ports for the purpose OF Keeping the
belligercnt governments Informed as to charac-
ter and quality OF materials bought for abroad.
how they are shipped. what ls their destination
and other details which may be Interesting.
Under cover there is being bought in the United
States thousands of tons of steel. thousands of
tons OF wire, cnrSoes OF foodsturs and other
material which may be absolute or conditional
contraband destined for use either by the armies
at war or by the peoples affected. Business
houses have beep visited by individuals. more
or less plausiblcN Offering TO sell. Offering to
buy representing alleged news and trade papers,
asking queer Questions and altogether reveal
Ing that the nations OF Europe consider the
United States large factor among neutrals.
cautious. They do not care to expose their
sales to possible seizure outside OF the three
mile limit. AT the same time they are extracting
considerable amusement from the situation and
are entirely neutral in their treatment Of those
mercial
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10

When 1t comes to ground and lofty neu-
trality, Italy is in class by itself.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10

Returns go to show. that Republican PR
maries are of secondary political Importance
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10
Queries and Answers
. Date.

Date.
Please tell me what day OF the week was
october I'd Of last year. MISS ID. c. NJ
Thursday
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10

Wagneran music as performed by Zeppeli,
bombs is attracting much attention ii
Europe.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10

A. n. Talley, VI. ID.
Can you inform me whether A. ~ Talley,
M. d., was ever president of the Confederat to
Medical Service? a. L. T.
He president of the Army Medical Board
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10

That must be some fair they're having up in
Richmond this week. 1t got COLUMN one on
the first page of Sundays Tee Dee"-HalifaS
Gazette. Quite SO. That's the sort of a fair
it Is. Now is the time to subscribe
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10

Europe should send delegation to Mexico
TO preach the beauties of peace
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10

Efficiency in war is much like other theo
rctical efficiency. It's perfect until put into
operation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10

Great chance for the promoters to start
companies to exploit the mine fields in Euro
pean waters
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10

To other considerations for
Monticello the purchase Of Monticello by
as Home Sf the government Is added
p,a,,,at the argument of it's usefulness
o as "a Virginia home Of the
Presidents" Certainly there
could be no more appropriate selection on the
score of dignity, accessibility and, historical
associations. But the essential value OF
Monticello Is the personal memorial Of a
great President of the past, the home of Thomas
Jefferson. 1t is not only OF the choicest
examples of the domestic architecture ,of the
period. but next to Mount Vernon 1T enshrines
more great memories than any other private
dwelling In the land The home of the man who.
as President, party leader. philosopher architect
and agriculturist, exhibited versatility OF
talent without parallel In American public
life, unless 1t be Franklin, Is necessarily a
priceless legacy-Ncw York World.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10

That earthquake shock in the British an
French West Indies was probably caused b,
the mobilization of the internal regions.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10
Current Editorial Comment

villa, In the hour OF Constitu-
tionalist triumph, declared that
ne would maintain himself as a
free moral agent" for the good
of the nenna I. XII. -.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-10
War News Fifty Years Ago

Considerable activity Is on about Fort Harri-
son, down the river from Richmond. The fight
ing still goes with various changes, first in
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-10
LITTLE Boobies PA

We give them the gravy sed Bert
You know, the wise stuff Zing, ziug,
zowie! We shoot it right at them.
Gags and sidewalk patter and few
parodies that l rote myself sed Bert
Say. when We get thru feeding them
PAROLES to the audience we Jest
knock them rite out of thare chairs
Talk about sure FIRE stuff, he sed.
Why. peepul, last week we followed
Lillian Russell on the bill and they
went wild over us. Any other act
than ours wud have died the death
OF a dog cumming rite after Russell.
but we got bigger hand than she
got. We done six bows, he sed.
Do you play in any OF the picture
houses2 Ma asked him.
What? Us? Pictures? Say, easy
with the whip, sed Bert, Nothing but
the big time for us. believe me. Mar
tin Beck thinks so much OF us that
he asked us to spend the Winter at
his summer home, and as | was
saying TO Keith the other day, Paul
says |. we have earned a Vacashun,
but hate to lay off when the peepul
all oaver the country are crying for
US
II must be a grand life. sed IA.
He was looking at Bert kind Of steddy
& trying not to lam what do yov
do with yure thousand week?
oh. we amt quite worked up to .
thousand Yet, sed Bert. but YOU did
ent cum FAR from the hgser OBJ
we save II. You ought to see tho
swell summer home We have got at
Winterville. Me and my pal 20 there
every summer. We are working or.
a play there now and Maine Elliott
told us tnat she would play in II II
we would give it 10 Der. But Maine
IS getting along In yeers a littel. so
we may not let her have II.
That is the way Bert talked all the
oevninE. He dident give IA chanst
TO say a word. or Ma eether
What do you think OF sisters son?
sed Ma after he had went.
II IL a good thing he went. sed Pa,
was jeat going TO call a COP
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-10
TO-DAY'S INSTALLMENT.

NO, Mr.. Ingraham-I didn't have q
comfortable, sheltered life-but a
hard, bleak girlhood-and a heart
that longed that beauty-and didn't
know the price. Often we are far
along a road before we know where
1t leads-and when we know we go
on, because we are afraid to- turn
back, as there will be no welcome il
we do-so we go on to see what is
waiting round the Corner-and we
pay-we pay for all we didn't know
I'm paying-but l don't complaint
only pay"
1t might have been pathos-but in
the quiet way she said it Nevil In
graham found life's deep tragic force
and so it seemed truly pathetic ia
him to see such a woman as Mrs
Oliver going on her way down the
path on which she had stumbled.
''No-you don't complain. | can-see
that it is a sort of satisfaction to you
that you do pay. You believe in a
quid pro quo" said Ingraham, judi
cially.
Then why do you blame mes
cried the woman.
I'm not. I'm appealing to you-to
Your generosity You have the in
stinct for charm-for perfection-and
that's what makes you so dangerous
Mr.. Ingraham!"
"Yes-even now and here-where
you don't mean to bel am worried
about my brother-in-law He and my
sister have quarreled-and he seems
to have lost his head a bit-you mean
no karm-but Tom is in a state just
now to draw comparisons--to want
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-10
Up to Date Jokes

The principal grocer of a small
country town was chatting with sew
erM customers when a discussion
arose as to the wonderful sense OF
touch the blind have.
Here comes old blind Henry Per
kins now" said the grocer. Wen
test him"
lie took a scoopful of sugar and eX-
tended it to the old man.
Feel this. Henry" he said. and
tell us what it is"
The blind man put his hand in the
scoop, passed its contents through his
fingers and said in Il firm, confident
tone, sand
Lord Henry Bentinck once hap
pened to attend a church on a week
day festival. when the interior WIS
decorated with flowers and ever
greens, while very few worshipe's
were present After the service the
parson said to Lord Henry:
May | ask what you thought Of
the service
Plenty of cover. but very little
game WAS the witty reply
\ butcher whose business had been
steadily declining, owing chiefly TO
rival having set up on the opposite
side of the street. contded TO his min.
lister that he saw nothing for 1t but
to close his shop and leave the town
The clergy man suggested that per-
haps he had not made serious efforts
tu retain the trade, but the butcher re-
Piled that he haA done all he knew.
without success
but" said the minister. HAY. Won
tried the effect Of pTaycr"'
No. he had not thought Of trying
| prayer, but he would do SO before put
| ting UP the shutters
\ week elapsed, when The minister
CHANGING TO pass the butchers shop
! found him radiant with delight
Well the cleric asked "did Won
| try the power Of prayer"
"Oh, yes" was the reply. land J wish
| had tried il before. | prayed the
very night you left me. and on the fol-
lowing morning the fellow across the
street broke his neck