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people of the United States do not hest
tate to throw their money in any direc-
ton to obtain that which their incllna-
ton directs. SO while we talk of the
high cost of living the statistics show
that we are ready to scatter our bank
notes to the winds and strew our gold
on the ground.
"Self-indulgence IL the custom of the
times. Instead of walking or riding in
street cars hundreds of thousands of
men and women who cannot AFFORD the
luxury ride in taxicahs. It takes no
close observer to note how the taxlcab
habit has grown throughout the coun-
try. chiefly, of course, In the larger
cities.
at Is not alone the rich who buy
automobiles, nor yet the so-called
middle class. but many in the poorer
class insist on owning a car. We en-
gage messenger boys or porters to
carry our packages or light pieces of
baggage rather than perform such
labor ourselves. In barber shops. hotels.
restaurants. in theatres very often. In
sleeping cars. on steamships and in
many other places we throw money to
those who are already being paid for
their services to us.
ut is a natural condition. and one
which seems to be in the blood We
are perpetually engaged In making
money in order to crafty a desire to
get out and throw 1t away. Dinners at
home no longer satisfy hundreds Of
thousands Of Americans, who crave for
and insist on having expensive food
in hotels and restaurants where there is
background OF orchestras. lights and
banks Of palms and ferns. Patrons Of
these establishments. when they settle
their bills, do not pay for the food
consumed alone. but for these extras,
as we'll as for the wages of the walters
and the high rental exacted by land
lords.
''If you are ready to spend your money
you will always find plenty of people
who are more than willing to help you
do so. You cannot expect to eat mil
lions of dollars worth of candy every
twelve months and to get beef for moth
ing pound. nor hope to drink 1920, OO0,-
900 worth of soda water and similar
beverages in one year and then expect
your grocer not to seek to obtain a
larger profit on the products you buy
from him.
I'm a word. II you wish to dance
you must pay the piper; IL you desire to
tango the orchestra must be remuner-
ated. for in this day you will. gener-
ally speaking, get nothing for nothing
although you may often get nothing for
something. AS We are so busily en-
gagged in spending money for things we
do not actually need we frequently do
not get for ourselves the things we do
need. Then complaint is made of the
high cost Of living"
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Of thrift. In England leaders of the
movement expressed a strong hope that
a congress would be held at San Fran
cisco. In Great Britain the movement
is not a new one. for seventy years
ago II was launched by some poor
weavers at Rochdale, England, and 'he
cooperative movement, which is based
on thrift, has now grown to colossal
proportions. Indeed, the movement S
well established on the Continent and
even In India and in Turkey, as we'll as
in other parts OF the civilized world.
An officer of the American Society
for Thrift recently said:
LESS than a year of active work has
shown that a systematic and organized
effort was needed in the United States
to promote thrift. We find that prac-
tlcally there Is so little In the courses
of the public schools that relates d.
rectly to thrift that 1t is not surprising
that the young people have grown
prodigal and extravagant to an extent
not dreamed of by Benjamin Franklin
when he wrote Poor Richard Times
have changed, Of course, but 1t Is evil
dent that standards of conduct have
maxims of Poor Richard were a con-
trolling force in the lives of the Amer
lean people and did much to keep the
heads of the people level for more than
half century.
ut has been suggested by some OF
the authorities in phIlanthropic work
that the congress OF thrift should be
made the climax of a series OF con-
ferences. beginning at the Atlantic
seaboard and going by jumps across the
continent. This would give people the
benefit of the presence of the foreign
thrift delegates and would. 1t is hoped
make the congress itself a more impress
sive argument for the consideration OF
the ways Of thrift.
There Is a growing realization that
the standard of thrift in the United
States must be raised II there is to be
a check on the prodigal spirit OF the
day, as exemplfed by the expenditure
of $40 and often $25 an hour or even
more for lessons in tango dancing
while grocers' and other bills are left
unpaid. 1t is confidently believed that
the congress would accomplish much
in the direction OF bringing the public
to a realization Of the existing condi-
lions.
incidentally, the aspect of inter-
national peace, as a measure of inter-
national thrift. would be an important
topic to be considered by the congress.
The growth of the cooperative move
ment, bringing producer and consumer
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on the ponies they became as slow as a
Broadway surface car: IL he tipped his
tongue to genuine maple syrup II imme-
diately degenerated into glucose molas-
SEES; II he bought a sure thing Panama
hat the chances were that 1t would be
linoleum imitation before he could
get home with it. Even moonshine
whiskey apparently lost its stimulating
power when taken by him with intent
to fortify himself against the discour-
agements Of life.
II took my first peep Of daylight In
the little town Of kilgore, Ia, longer
ago than care to relate or remember"
he said, land in doing this made the
great mistake OF my life. Even the
town where 1 was born never pros
pered, never fulfilled the promise Of its
youth.
Away back as early as I can re-
member citizens Of the community made
grade for the railroad into the town.
1t was splendid bed for a railroad.
reaching a region that apparently was
destined for enterprise and progress,
but for some reason the cuts and fills
constructed at great cost of toll and
money were allowed to become over
grown with weeds vines and briars.
THE railroads went to other towns,
other cities sprang up and fourished
and the little town Of Kilgore fell more
and more into decay. One night the
Missouri River on rampage cut in
and around the town. leaving the store
and blacksmith shop about three miles
from the landing. The next night It
took new tantrum. running the main
channel through the main street Of the
village.
ut shifted again afterward. and Kill
gore is only a sand bar and IA memory
now. Where once the land agent reared
his guide board pOinting to town lots faE
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TAVE the American people be-
come a nation of prodlgals and
= spendthrifts?

TAVE the American people be-
come a nation of prodlgals and
- spendthrifts?
1t has been the custom OF
many Americans in bewaling the high
cost Of living to place the blame on
the trusts, the tariff or some other
agency. OF late, however, there has
come into public notice a body known
as the American Society for Thrift,
which Individually and collectively de-
clares that the high cost of living is
not so much chargeable TO trusts or
other agencies as to the 'prodigal and
spendthrift spirit which has seized the
people of this country, generally speak
ing.
SO serious in the opinion OF the men,
bers Of this society has the situation
become that a measure Is about to be
introduced in Congress. to be known
as the Clapp bill. directing President
Wilson to invite foreign nations to par
ticipate In an International Congress
Of Thrift to be held at San Francisco
next year during the Panama Pacific
Exposition, for the people of other
countries than the United States have
also developed a spirit of prodigality.
Cicero, in earlier days, said. Men
know not how great a revenue is fru-
gality." In later times. Bismarck, the
Iron Chancellor. declared that Saving
goes before security, happiness and
good citizenship" The members of the
Society for Thrift believe that these
sayings still hold good to-day.
1.-THE plain fact of The matter" said
one Of the promoters of the movement.
sis that extravaganza has become al
most more than a national habit among
u.s. Self-indulgence. the natural child
of extravaganza. has walked hand in
hand with our readiness to spend
money, "A readiness which has become
an obsesslon with many in their craze
to Guido their ncighbors. These people
crave Injuries which they are we'll
aware are far beyond their means, but
which they persist in obtaining be-
cause of their personal vanity or a
desire to impress others. no matter IL
bankruptcy or some other form OF
financial difficulty follows.
'And not only has this spirit grown
tremendously in late years but it is
fast increasing. We are money
spending mad peop.e. We accumulate
money and we throw 1t away. An ex-
pert says that We are now spending
the tremendous sum of $4,000, 900
yearly for chewing gum alone. When
one considers the great number of per-
sons seen in daily life who have the
gum chewing habit and note the tre-
mendous amount OF costly advertising
resorted to by chewing gum manufac-
turers this estimate seems not i'm
probable.
"For soda water and other non-in-
toxicating drinks our hill in the United
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Why Is a Hobo? Question Is
Answered by Real Hoboes
w THY Is a hobo?
\A/ Philosophers and philan-
w thropists lawmakers, states


\A/ Philosophers and philan-
" thropists. lawmakers, states
men and preachers failed to
answer the question.
James Eads How. known throughout
the land as king OF the hoboes," who
has devoted more time than any other
living man to a study Of the victim Of
wanderlust, believes that what the hobo
wants is an opportunity to toll.
The hoboes themselves often boast at
meetings of the Brotherhood Welfare
Association that they have builded the
great railways that belt the continent,
upon the right of way of which they
may not stray; that they have buildcd
the cities and caused the desert to
bloom in a country where handout is
given more and more grudgingly as the
years pass.
Citizens generally. who speak with
out having given the subject careful
study, are disposed to assume that 1t
is rest. and not work, that the hobo
clamors for.
Why is a hobo?
Meet the hobo face to face and ask
him why. II you have with you a bit
Of tobacco, the ''makin's" or maybe a
swallow of something stimulating he'll
tell you story, when he's in the mood.
AS preface to what the hobo himself
says about the reason why he is. it
may be stated that the ancient ira
dition that the hobo is always out TO do
his fellow man is an error. One hobo
quoted this motto to me:
DO all the good you can
BY all the means you can
In all the ways you can
To all the people you can
AS long as ever YOU can.
He added that he lived up to his sent-
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Teach gardening as a means Of thrift.

leg and chopped away my fingers. l
never got on right since and here l am.
Could We give me the price of bed?"
The breath Of another vagabond car
ried into the balmy air the odor Of bar
rel house whiskey when he asked for a
dime with which to buy a bowl Of soup.
past middle age.
But why" said his prospective bene-
factor, sis a hobo?"
Telling a long story the mendicant
said in effect that he was overtaken
by an avalanche in the Rocky Noun
tains in a spring following a winter
of deep snow. His partner. who had
tramped the hills with him In search
of gold. was caught beneath a falling
pine and pinned to earth. The weight
OF tons was upon him and 1t was more
than a hundred miles over perilous
trails to the nearest camp where as
sistance might be obtained.
"And my partner begged and begged
me to kill him, to shoot him in the head
and save him from the days and days
OF suffering before him" the mendicant
said.
When the partner died the man fled
from the scene with a burden upon
him.
That's his reason why.
youthful hobo scantlly attired gazed
into the dying embers of a fire on a
vacant lot on the East Side on a chilly
night.
II had a good home. a good educa-
ton, a good start" he said.
"Then why hobo?"
Booze"
Bill Stanford on the Bowery told the
champion hard luck story-the story
Of man who ever since infancy had
got the worst OF 1t. II he touched gold
hac hra ha oh cd 10 paxy
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In the proposed international con-
gress of thrift It IL intended that the
more thrifty nations of Europe shall
tell prodlgal America about thrift. 81
mon w. Straus. president OF the Amer
lean Society for Thrift, who Is a banker
in Chicago, recently returned from Eu-
rope. where he went for the purpose OF
studying the thrift movement and the
subject Of individual thrift. While
there he conferred with the leaders of
the movement in several countries.
Mr.. Straus found that much the same
prodigal spirit exists in Germany as in
the United States, while not quite so
much has been done to foster the spirit
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ments about as well as the average man
did to his high ideals.
vagabond with a peg leg who was
soliciting aims a night or two ago gave
his answer to the question. why is a
hobo?" when he pointed to the vacant
spaces between his thumb and little
finger. struck his peg leg against a
lamppost and said in "A somewhat
cracked voice that he was a driver on
the Elm Creek and Kimball mail route
in South Dakota in the winter OF 1888.
In language that was somewhat OBJ
scure he explained that he was on the
route on January ~ of that year. when
the most destructive blizzard ever known
swept over the country from Manitoba
to the prairies of Nebraska. There
were more than 100 lives lost in the
storm in the Dakotas. The blizzard
took its toll of school children in Min
nesota, and as far south as Nebraska
strong men were unable to endure the
suffocating, drifting snow and the bit
ing wind.
II was using a sled for a mail wagon
and for the conveyance of an occasional
passenger the day the big storm struck"
the peg legged mail carrier said II had
a young woman school teacher for a
passenger when the storm overlook us.
You couldn't see n bit further than you
can see into stone pavement. and it
was singing cold.
Course l had to take care Of my pas
senger. ! just cut the traces, permit
ting the broncos to go free. Then
turned the sled over us. but of course
had to give the schoolma'am the best
Of the division Of the robes and blankets.
I'VE were held prisoners by the storm
for exactly twenty hours. When
the settlers found us they sent me over
to the Crow Creek Indian agency, where
the Government doctors sawed of my
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into closer touch. with a consequent re-
duction Of the cost Of living, would be
another.
1.-THE importance of encouraging gar
dening as a means OF teaching the
value OF the vegetable garden to house
ho'ds contending with the high cost of
living has been impressed upon the
American Society for Thrift. President
Straus not long ago offered prizes ag-
Gregating $50 in gold to children OF
the Chicago schools for the best mar
ratlves concerning gardening as a
means of thrift. United States Com
missioner Of Education Claxton has
fixed upon the sum Of 500, 900. 900 a year
as his estimate OF the value to the pupils
OF the public schools OF the United
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States has in a single year amounted to
1926, 900 900. As far back even as 1905
the craze for spending money was upon
us, for in that year We spent in excess
CT $50, 900 900 for automobiles, and this
at time when the automobile industry
was still in its infancy. Since then this
single item has reached into the hun
dreds of millions.
an the twelve months of 1905, TOO,
the people OF the United States ate
candy and confectionery that cost $751;
100000, money enough to build string
Of inland waterways up and down the
Atlantic seaboard. The value of da-
monds, rings, watches, gold chains,
necklaces, pendants and similar articles
purchased has amounted to more than
twice the cost of constructing the Pan
anna Canal.
in 1908, before the wave of prohibit
tion had advanced to its present point,
the sum of sl,675,S2S197 was expended
in this country for Intoxicating drinks
Of which amount s63s,l7OS64 was spent
for whIskcy and other distilled spirits,
imported and domestic. while the bill
for beer and other malt liquors was
|slS'O23,2S7. Three years before that
date we spent 1891 900, 900 for cigars,
cigarettes chewing tobacco and snuff
IN twelve months, For other non
\ AeceSSaries our expenditures were
equally large in proportion.
While it is quite true that the pro-
auction OF these commodities gave en-
ployment to hundreds of thousands of
persons. yet 1t simply proves that the
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-10
.b|NFO ORD RONORED
BY CONF ERENCE
Vireinian Chosen President of
Big Branch Of Education
Association,

j. II. Binford. executive secretary OF
the state Co-Operative Education As
sociation. has been honored by tho
election president OF the RurnI
school Supervisors Association. the
most important branch Of tho Confer
cncc for Education IN the South which
is now In progress IN Louisville. XIV
In company with large party OF Vir-
ginia educators. Mr.. B.ntord IL In
Louisville attending the sessions Of the
conferences: Tho position 10 which he
has been chosen is one of the most I'm
portant In the gift Of tho convention
When the educators convened. the as
ISOLATION was called to order by United
states Commissioners of Education 2. 2.
ClaXton.
The election OF Mt B!ntord 20 th,.
office adds another scalp to the string
OF honors won by NirRinians in this
great convention. DR. s. G. Mitchell
president OF the Medical College OF
Virginia, IL acting presdent Of the
conference on Education In the south
and presided at the sessions in Louis
willie.
jackson Davis. state supervisor or
rural colored schools, has taken q
prominent part In tho conference and
has read papers In company with other
men in tho Virginia delegation. Dr.
=. a. &. Chandler, superintendent OF
Richmond schools. md Mrs. b. g. Mum
ford. OF the Co-Operative Education Az
sociation. are among the Richmond
delegation in the conference.
The Conference on Education In tho
South met In Richmond last year end
drow several thousand delegates.
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CnmpbrlI-IIo,,nrd

Especial 10 The Times Dispatch.
Lynchburg, Va. April "a wedding
OF much interest In Virginia was soi-
emn!Zcd tonight al the home OF MIR.
ana Mrs Nolnty l.. Howard in RAN
dolph- Macon Heights when their
fourth daughter. Miss Louise Eiwood
Howard. became the wife OF Judge
Preston White Campbell, OF Abingdon.
who was recently appointed to preside
over the Twenty Virginia Circuit
IN" ceremony WAS performed by Rev
w 7. Williams, pastor of Floyd Street
Pres ytcrian Church. who was assist
cd BY Rev. Wallace T. Palmer, pastor
OF Westminster Presbyterian Church
The home was beautifully decorated
for the occasion.
Miss Elizabeth Howard was maid,
ana Mrs. I. =. Murrell, rnatron of
honor. these being sisters of the bride.
while her nieces, little Misses Fannie
Ford and Blanche Murrell, were the
ribbon girls
James Trigg. OF Abingdon. was the
best man. and the bridesmaids were
Misses julia Howard, another sister
OF the bride: katherine Stuart OF
abingdon: Ellen Le'Noir. Of Knoxvilie.
Tenn, and ELLA ritman. Of Williams
burg, Va. The Erooinsucu were r p
TriEg, OF Abingdon. Harris Findlcy
OF Roanoke: ~. c. Aston. OF Meadow
View. and John d. Cox. Jr.. Of Lynch
burg.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-10
COOKING METHODS
CAUSE OF CANCER
Amount Of Meat Consumed
Something to Do With Preva-
lence, Says DR.. William Mayo.

New York. April, "a statement by
Dr. william J. Mayo that the prevail
cnce of cancer perhaps is traceable TO
present methods OF cooking was to the
layincn one Of tho salient opinions In
a maze OF technical discussions at tho
opening to-day of the American Surgi-
cal Associations annual convention
Or. Mayo Is 4 delegate from Roches-
ter. Mimi. and president OF the assoc
citation. He explained that cancer Of
the stomach formed n third Of all
cancer cases among civilized peoples
Dir. Mayo said that tho amount Of
meat consumed undoubtedly had some
thing 10 do with the prevalence of
cancer. lie explained then other kinds
OF cancer, among them the peculiar
form which attacks the mouths Of the
natives Of India. brought on by an irri-
ta'ion due TO chewing betel nuts
During discussion about the advisa-
bilit% OF operating for appendicitis,
DIR. James y. Moore. OF Minneapolis
said that he felt that the removal Of
the appendix was IAN Interference with
the designs Of the Lord"
Or. a c. Gerster, New York sur
geon, replied that If this were true. all
surgery would have to be regarded as
an interference with Providencc
The present convention is prelimin-
airy 10 the International Congress OF
surgeons, which will meet here on Mon
day with representatives from all ,arts
of the United States and most of tho
European countries
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HAS NOT DECIDED

state Senator J.. O. Wendcnburg said
last night that hc had not as yet mad g
uY his mind whether he will enter the
race for Congress from this district in
opposition to Representative Andrew
jackson Montague. Mr.. Wcndcnburg
has had the matter under considora-
ton for some time. and said ycStcr-
day that a number OF friends had urged
him To run. During the sessions OF
the General Assembly his name was
several times mentioned rs a possible
candidate, and when tho district com
mlttee met to arrange for the primary
II asccrtaincd both from Senator Wen
dcnburg and Congressman Montague
that an early date for tho primary
Wendenburg rather indicated that he
would not run. He said yesterday that
while strongly urged TO run. ne dis
liked to give up tho active practice OF
his profession.
The party committee for the Third
Congressional District met March 30.
and ordered primary for June l6
Notices of candidacy must he sent to
Chairman f. l.. G. Scott by noon on
April IL
Mr. WendenburC is n widely known
attorney. former COMMUNICATIVE
attorney OF Henrico County. and Is
now serving his first term In tho state
senate. Congressman Montague Is q
former Governor OF the State and Is
one OF the most prominent men In pub
lie life in Virginia. He Is serving his
first term in the House OF Representn-
tiNeS.