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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11
Antwerp's Fall Completes Ruin

THE fall OF Antwerp, practically complet-
ing the German subjugation of Belgium.
lends final emphasis to the enormous sacri-
fees this gallant people has made in the de-
Tense Of its national integrity and national
honor. Because it refused to yield to ar
rogance because it insisted that solemn
treaty rights should be respected this garden
spot of Europe has been transformed into
desert.
II was rich in manufactures; it's industries
have been ruined. 1t had n prosperous and
happy agricultural population; in devastated
villages, women and children mourn now for
husbands and fathers cruelty slain Its old
cathedrals, its stately and beautiful public
buildings, its universities and colleges. its
libraries with their unreplaceable treasures
have fallen before the German advance And
still the calculated and unhesitating van
dalism goes steadily oil. as though the very
justice of Belgiums cause inspired in the
oppressors breast new bitterness and ruth
lessness of hatred, a new indifference to the
worlds contempt and scorn
Just little while ago German apologists
in this country were declaring that Bernhard
and Treitschke, principal literary protagon-
lists of the military spirit, did not represent
correctly the temper Of the German people,
nor even of the German ruling classes Both
OF these gentlemen were firmly Of the opinion
that might makes right. They were for
The good old rule, the simple plan
That he shall take who hath the power
And he shall keep who can.
why talk OF founding colonies?" Treit-
schke is reported to have asked LET Is
! take Holland; then we shall have them ready
made" If Germany did not believe these
teachings consciously. in this war she has fol-
lowed them unconsciously
There are able military critics who contend
that, SO far as settling her account with
France and Russia is concerned, Germany
committed great tactical error in the inva-
sion of Belgium. Without going at length
! into their reasoning, let it suffice TO say that
they base it on the theory that relatively
small German army might have kept France
in check along the short Franco G erman
frontier while a crushing blow was being
dealt the slowly mobilizing armies of the
Car. This done, Germany might have waged
| a new offensive campaign in France.
| AT any rate. Belgium was invaded, with
what dreadful consequences humanity now
knows. 1t was weak, it could not protect
itself, treaty that guaranteed it's safety was
a mere scrap of paper and SO it has been
/, destroyed.
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The War viii BE Fully Reported

a THOUGH war correspondents have been
vigorously excluded from the European
battle front and to a large extent have had to
depend on their imaginations for their facts,
the great conflict will be described down to
the smallest detail--when il is over Already
we have been enabled to understand what
the British have been doing through the ad-
mirably graphic reports of General French
and ii is safe to assume that every army has
among its high officers men who can handle
a pen about as well they can handle a
sword. They are making their memoranda,
which will be later amplified into authori-
tative books descriptive of the world s
creates war.
Then. too, there are officers and privates
who in happier times are journalists by pro-
fession. From them there will in due course
come those lively descriptive accounts of cpl
sodes and Impressions that are much dearer
to the general reader than a professional
military study can be-
This is not much comfort for those who
are hungry for news now, who are confronted
by an iron mountain out of which tiny slit
allows laconic official bulletins to issue They
must content themselves with the knowledge
that American newspapers contain more news
of the war than even those OF France and
England, as is admitted by the newspaper
correspondents of those countries in the
United States
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11
a Successful State Fair

THERE have been more numerously at
tended Virginia State Fairs than that
which came to all end last night, but it is
doubtful If any among it's predecessors was
more eloquently illustrative of the agl icul-
tural and Industrial opportunities the Com
monwealth offers. With that accomplish
ment, the management may we'll be content.
The exhibits Of horses, cattle. sheep and
hogs were especially good. and in the poultry
department were new varieties and improve
ments on old favorites. The agricultural
exhibits were of almost uniformly high char
acter. In the section devoted to dairying,
Virginia had opportunity to learn how she
could make the butter and cheese she now
imports
A fair, altogether as creditable to the di-
rectors as it was enjoyable to it's many thous-
ands Of visitors and as it will prove profitable,
it may be permitted to hope, to the people
of the whole State.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11
SUNDAY. OCTOBER II. 1914.
THE TIMEs-DIsPATCH and Brcakfast
arc served together with unfaiiinE regu-
Iarity In the Best Homes of Richmond.
Is your morning program completed
The Crowd That Sees the Game

THE crowd that watches each afternoon. in
front Of The Times Dispatch Building,
the electrically reported progress of the
worlds series game embraces all sorts and
conditions Of men. The butcher, the baker
and the candlestick maker are there, and the
banker, the lawyer and the physician we'll.
The great American game is the great Ameri-
can game largely because it is one of the
most democratic Of all athletic forms.
The crowd is not over-pre1udiced, either.
There are stanch partisans of the Braves and
the Athletics, but all cheer Justify when a
good play is flashed on the board. They
preserve the decences of the occasion, too.
for there was mighty little exultation when
the Athletics suffered their second defeat.
In effect. it was like the exhortation to the
American sailors at Santiago: Don't cheer,
boys; the poor fellows are dying"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11
Obstetrics and Pedagogy

HE highest court in the Empire State has
decided that the board of education of
New York City was within its rights in
dropping for neglect Of duty" teacher who
had absented herself for year lin order to
bear child" The Judgment has been re-
cefved variously. There are those who hold
that the Court OF Appeals seriously erred,
send there are others who maintain that a
mother With an infant child Is not likely to
u he as competent teacher as one not so
blessed.
In Virginia we have not yet been faced
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11
The Presidents Vacation

A NY one who thinks that being Presi-
~ dent of the United States is sinecure
may be treasured that Woodrow Wilson is
earning his wage. The announcement comes
from Washington that he is planning no vaca-
ton this year, but will remain OH the Job.
looking after questions growing out of the
European situation, and possibly with an eye
on Mexico
When one considers the tremendous re-
sponsibilities of such an executive position
the endless round of things of moment that
must demand his daytime thought and dis
turb his slumbers, the burden Of official and
! social calls and visits, his is truly task not
to be coveted by the man who loves comfort
and leisure. He has been chained to wheel
that revolves' swiftly, with tariff reconstruc-
ton, hnancia planning, Mexican troubles and
incidental European trials all added to what,
in normal times would have been full DAYS
work every day, in connection with routine
executive functions. And in the midst of all
this trouble and trial. he has lost his help
mate, to still further test his endurance
1t is splendid exhibition of nerve and
strength. But one might wish. just the same.
that the President would reconsider the mat
ter of vacation and take the rest he must so
sorey need.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11
Removing the wc.d.

TO the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-As Richmond Is to entertain some on
the most prominent financers in the United
States. and special efforts have, been made
by the municipality and many citizens to
prepare Tor this event, would 1t not be possible
Tor the owners OF vacant lots OH Monument
Avenue and the Boulevard to take some steps
to remove the summer growth OF weeds?
Many of these lots, am informed are
owned by local bankers, yet they are allowed
to grow up In a most disgraccful way, and are
uttered with old bottles and all manner OF evil
smelling waste, offensive to the eye and smell
of every visitor who is taken through our best
residential sections. II public spirit Will not
induce these owners of vacant lots to act
perhaps some pressure from the Health Depart
mcnt might help. CT w
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11
Wants Car. Better Marked.

TO the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-That Richmond has every right to be
proud Of its street car service is shown by the
excellent management of the crowds to and
from the Virginia state Fair Grounds As n
stranger In town. however, let me suggest one
Improvement The should be moro clearly
marked. so that a stranger may be able TO tell
them apart. With several lines running over
the same tracks, ono Is often put to much
Inconvenience by being unable to decipher
dingy signs which serve only partly to Indicate
where the is going COuNTRYMAN
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11
The "Hettcr Bable. contest.n

To the Editor OF The Times Dispa tch:
Sir,--Ths letter Is explanatory of the
Better Babies Contest" conducted Thy the
Federation of Mothers Clubs and Parent :
Teacher Associations Mt the State Fair.
This Is an educational campaign along
scient,hc lines. The mothers of Tomorrow NAV
know as much about raising children as the
agriculturists now know about cattle and corn.
The better babies movement is practical
eugenics, and has come to stay. 1t is becoming
nation wide. for the conservation of the
children makes better "grown-ups"
Babies entered into the health. contest are
examined and scored like stock and the baby
who comes nearer the 100 per cent Is the blue
ribbon winner. When baby fails TO score as
well as 1t should, the STAFF of examining
physicians tells the parents, why. The mother
then tries to bring her baby up to the required
standard before the next contest comes around
through this means the mothers Will become
so interested In race Improvement they will
be ready to begin with the next baby even
before 1t Is born -
Through this movement for better babies
medical science can use the tabulated returns
from different portions or the country, and thus
give parents OF the future definite data to- go
ny in the building up of better race. BABY
raising VIII no longer be, experimental and
accidental; parents will know as much about
ms important human industry as they now
know about cattle raising and crops. 5
r}ss MRS. w. NJ ADAMS. .
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11
Current Editorial Comment

Taking the country as a whole
Little Hope what the chances Of the Pro.
for the gressiVes IN the senatorial con :
uron..,.,,.o tests this fall? In twenty one
rs o' of the thirty-two States holding
elections. they have, according to
the latest tabulation, candidates, while seven of
the remaining eleven Southern States In
which not even the Republicans have thought II
worth while to name men,. The outlook cannot be
called bright in any quarter. Although the
pennsylvania Progressives maintaining that
a vote for Palmer Is vote for Penrose and
those Of Illinois that a vote for Sherman Is "a
vote for Sullivan the independents in these
States Will be well advised to vote for the
old party opponents OF the two bosses They
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11
The Voice Of the People

Letters to the Editor should not be over
80 words In length, and the name and ad-
dress OF the writer must accompany each
communication, not necessarily for pubIica5
tion, but ms an evidence of good faith. Write
on one aide of the paper. and IncIose stnmpa
II nnnnHcript In to be returned. Partisan
letters concerning the European war will not
he published.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11
a Fighter,

You may not like the Kaiser,
Nor ausht for which he stands;
You may not like his methods
OF crushing helpless lands;
You may not like his army,
Nor wish II any luck
But you'll have to hand It to him
That he scores In old Won Kluck
Now there's the sort OF soldier
That we all can understand,
Who knows bis work ana docs 1t
with firm and ruthless hand;
He has energy and daring;
He has brains and strength and pluck
y very proper man-at -arms
Is this General ron Kluck.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11

inevitably have the best chance OF winning In
California Francis j. Heney has a strong follow
the old Republican vote as to elect the Demo-
cratic nominee, ex-Mayor Phelan. of San
Iowa. Indiana and Connecticut the Progressive
candidacy Is looked upon merely strengthen
luteiy guaranteeing It In Utah the Demo-
,cratlc5Progressive fusion candidate. j. H.
MUgS s m The are
states they have been able to bring their party
Into the field: but 1t is altogether improbable
Democrats to forty-threc Repubcans-wlll DO
altered by the choice Of Progressive Senator's
There is more work coming
for Makers makers The precedent OF the
~ Mans London Times In changing the
"a ''"p' spelling Of Servia to Serbia"
concession Mo the popular
sentiment of that country Is likely to be inhu-
entail The Serbs arc sensitive as to tho
common spelling account OF Its possible
reference to "servus." and as they are In effect
allies of the English the Times agrees to grant
ball rolling, there is saying how far the
demand for reform of geographical spelling may
10 Petrograd. but the change was not reversion
to local usage. Not few cities have what
instance Rasusa Is known to Ragusans by it's
local, designation, which is Dubrovnlt. To the
Serbs and croats Ragusa Is Dubrovnik. and
'Ragusa Is concession to foreigners OIL
Roman antecedcnts-Boston Transcript
Develop this sentiment of
made nationalstic business loyalty
In and the manufacturers Will
..,,u resolve. and act the rcsolu-
'e'N" tion. to make the label Made
- in America" stand for the best
that skill; and capital produce 1t will
make them strive to establish standard that
will carry instant conviction both at home and
abroad. 1t will make them resolve that Made
In America shall henccforth be to Americans
and to foreign nations what Made In Germany"
has come to mean to Germans and German
trade connections. The idea Is to put behind
tho great forces OF industry and trade extension
the steady and powerful influence of national
pride. based on solid national achievement. 1t
is to have Americans, consumers we'll as
producers. believe thoroughly in the superior
excellence of their own products with solid
grounds for such belief. II Is to provide trade |
both at home and abroad, with the Irresistible
argument that comes from merit. sincerity and
patriotic observation-disclosures Herald
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11
Queries and Answers
Monroe Burial PIncc.

have always read that President Monroe
buried in the Marble Cemetery" in Now
York City, and that this burial place was on
the Bowcry Yet you lately stated in reply
to correspondent that the burial place was
on Second Street. Who Is in error?
RICHARD r WILSON.
There is Marble Cemetery you suggest,
in the block bounded by the Bowery. Second
Avenue. Second Street and Third Street. II
is long unused burial place. built round
with tenements and surrounded by brick wall
about twenty feet high The other Marble
Cemetery. Second Street. between First
and Second Avenues, was created in 1892 by
Robert Lenox and his associates and it was
there that President Monroe first inferred.
The Identity OF the names of the two spots
has probably given rise to confusion.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11
SONGS AND SAWS
SIN in the Limelfrht.

t"Mary. Garden says she has quit the operate
stage and offered her services ms Red eros.
nurse. She is uncertain whet Their she will eve,
sing In public again."-News MOTEL
: Mary Mary. quite contrary, ~,
That plan will win you fame.
IT'S peach--thats all--you have tho call
In the old press agent game. Ca,
As Red Cross nurse you may rehcarse
New triumphs of tho stage.
In an opera new that will put on view 6
The biggest war of the age.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11

Yale won from the University OF Virginia
eleven, but was fully convinced that II had
not been playing pihgpong.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11
Thc rcnsimI.t lsnys,

We'll. ] could have told YOU so. This Bender
was the pitcher that goes too oft to the we'll
The last time lac fell In and was yanked out.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11

Further, commenting upon suggestion tina [
he imbibc some OF the optimism of Editor Ben
Fisher, of the Eastern Shore Herald, the ag-
grieVed editor Of the Review still pursues us,
crying: And this last comment of The Times
pispatch calls to mind the fellow who once
said that he lived on the last block of the
worst street in his community; that the farther
one went the meaner the people and
that he lived in the last house. Just think, Of
our contemporary placing before our eyes the
happy condition OF Brother Fisher with the
finest fish sailed up, M oysters all about him
sweet potatoes in abundance, hogs fattentne
in the pen, and chickens strutting about the
barnyard IL was trick. OF course,
Brother Fisher is happy. He would be a poor
Fisher indeed who would not sing all the
day long under similar conditions. and 1t is
real cruel in The Times Dispatch to make suc;,
not to mention the tatcrs. II may not> be
long way from Clifton Forge to Eastville
when one looks upon map of Virginia but
let the editor of The Times Dispatch try TO
walk II once and we will wager that he would
baik at the task, notwithstanding the good
things to eat mt the other end Of the tourney;
But while admitting that Brother Fisher has
reason TO sing and be happy. we confess that
we are contented with our lot. and politely de-
cline to he grouchy. When the chestnuts an
PIES tomatoes cabbage and other good things
that abound In this end OF the State give out
we may HE away to Eastville and. while en-
joying the delights of that town and section
have the Eastvillc editor join us I'm the glad
refrain the old maid sang she walked down
tho aisle with her future intended:
" This is the hour | long have sought
And mourned because found it not.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11
Chats With Virginia Editors

Curious how typographical errors persist in
creeping into the best regulated editorial col
umns. This appears in the Newport News Times
Herald: The population of Richmond was
greatly reduced yesterday. Most OF the folks
went to the fair It's "a show we'll worth see
Ing" For ''population read "pocketbook"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11
An UnI,elieycr Nor

She-Do you believe In mental telepathy:
r He--Not to-day Last night had n mentall
telcpathic message that the other fellow wa
holding weaker hand than mine. That huncl
was cold and cruel fake.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11
Them Was the Happy Day.

Them Was the Happy Days.
Old Adam was lucky hound
His days were filled with rest;
1t is a cinch Eve never found .
y blond hair his vest.
Cincinnati Enquirer
Old Adam was lucky hound
He never slung a Mt,
For Eve she never walked around
III skirt that had a slit
Los Angeles Express.
Old Adam was lucky hound,
Eve took the leaf he brought her.
Nor howled she wasn't Worth bcgowned-
She knew she hadn't oughter
THE TATTLER
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11
Verse. wanted.

verses Wanted.
Please publish The Sons OF Martha"
a. H. L.
Please publish the verses beginning
Out of the pit. that covers
Black rs the night from pole to pole.
u. thank whatever Gods there be
For my unconquerablc SOUL"
'ia' L. T.. r.
VIII some reader kindly send COPY: This
the Office library. We ask readers for copies
of poems wanted because have not time 10
make copy from the books, and these may not
be sent to the composng-room. The service is
mutual among the readers, and who is
considerate enough to copy thing for some
one else one day may next day find himself
In need OF similar service.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11
UncIc Anch'. Philosoph.

Dis yer worl worl' Ell trubbel enyhow
Er man wucks and wucks and wucks and l,
he ole age all he got to show for It is COIN
OH he hans and er hump In he back.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11

Develop this sentiment of
nationalistic business loyalty
and the manufacturers Will
resolve. and act on tho rcsolu-
tion. to make the label. MADE
In AmericA" stand for the hest
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11

The Farmville Herald remains sitting up
with the corpse of the recent election Under
the caption. None But Prohibitionists Need
Apply the fear is expressed that, the prohi-
bitionsts Will bar from office every man who
did not vote for Statewide prohibitions" The
Herald concludes: I'VE have often been called
to task for defending the good old Democratic
doctrine. to the victors belong the spoils, and
IT the 'drys can still do 'wets up, then
let them do It,. Only make the fight clean. full
and fair and the devil take the fellow that's
left In the race" Brother ]. L. Hart who di-
reefs the destinies of the Farmville Herald is
evidently determined to have II known that he
is an unreconstructed wet" Possibly lie fears
his identity may be confused with that other
hart referred 10 in the psalm. "As the hart
panteth after the water springs" etc.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11

Editor George Green. OF the Clifton Forge
Review. chats back at with a three quar-
ters-of-a column pastoral prose poem. rebuking
us merely because inquired of him what
prompted his sombre reflection. to-wit: There
arc times when every is a deep-dyed viii
lain In his thoughts" And he explains: "Wc
hasten to say. i'll reply to esteemed con-
temporary. that the makeup man put one over
on us when he slipped the words quoted above
In the editorial columns of the Review for We
can honestly that such thoughts never &C.
curl cd to us. and disown them as our own.
Happy over last months victory and filed with
delightful anticipations over proposed visit
TO the state Fair, there's song In our
heart, and. like the fellow in Arkansas who
was accepted by his best girl when he pro-
posed to her. we look up to the sun and
moon and the stars and exclaim, Lord. We Amt
got nothin' agin nobody"