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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-14
POLICEMAN AS BIG BROTHER.
:. NJ. Sheldon Would Have Force
Made Ip of Educated PennIe


MILWAUKEE,. WIS. March IA
policeman should be missionary, and
educated men and women are none
too good for the work according to
Charles NJ, sheldon of Topeka. Kan,
who delivered an address here. Mr..
Sheldon urged college men and col
lege women to fit themselves for this
kind of work. He is touring the coun-
try to hold conferences with college
men on civic righteousness.
IF they would let me pick the po-
licemen and policewomen--for half
of them would be women--I would
guarantee to reduce crime one-half
within five years he said. The po-
liceman should be a big brother. and
the policewoman a big sister to every
one. The policeman is the greatest
of mixers, He should be man who
studies conditions among the people,
free from dishonesty and graft, and a
Christian"
MIR. Sheldon said 1t did not require
a college graduate to direct traffic,
but that such duties We're only small
part Of what an officer ought TO 90.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-14
REIGN OF SEX"
World Seemingly Occupied With
Study of Diseases,

America has opened wide eyes up
on sex The new modes and the new
dances accentuate the change. Sto-
~ teilers and dramatists and illus
traitors are at last permitted to freely
!ndu sc the senses--some honestly.
some In the interests of what they
think art; some ethically. in the cause
of what seems to them the twentieth
century morality: others hypocriti-
cally. with SLY side chances. masking
them now as disinterested artists.
now as the false prophets or virtue
enlightened. In the schools physiol-
illogical instruction Ia at last COM
ing to occupy the place 1t ought to
hold, and Is more frankly presented
than ever In the squeamish past.
The chief danger Is excessive self
consciousness on the part of teacher
and taught, and the invitation of the
enemy through giving him a dispro-
portionate share OF thought 1t 10
the eighteenth century restaged. with
many fiImy Pamelas and Clarissas
reincarnate {vulgarizedl. and an In
lection of nineteenth century science.
but no vigorous Joseph Andrews, no
male Tom Jones. to correct the bal
ance. Some of the churches exude
socialism. some others give Off =
sickly smell Of Imitation. The world
Is TOO muCn occupied, by MINI VI
reaction. with the study Of dis
eases. and the abnormal generally;
prisons and convicts and harlotfy
fill many minds to the exclusion of
farms and workshops and simple
health.
For almost the first time there Is
talk of creating in this republic
democracy instead of paradise for
the already arrived. As usual there
Is at the same time a development of
individualsm: and a president. who
as university don. thirty years aga
wrote a textbook on the usurpatlons
OF congressional government, die
tates to caucus and congress the par
ty program and the peoples cause.
For the first time taxation of the TOO
rich rather than the too poor is IN
prospect. A modest beginning Is
promised In America In the form Of
the income tax, and the single-tax
idea lis spreading everywhere
idea Ia spreading. where In Henry
Georges day. II met with stou,st
opposition. Inheritances are taxed
in conservative Britain on scale
never dreamed OF here, and xi,voa,-
600 is collected in death duties from
an estate Of only $S,aoo,ooe. In the
world of labor the older "burgeois"
labor organization completes with the
new revolutionary one--inspired py
European agitators The mass or
dough Is very full Of yeast--hutt, at
the dawning OF the new year, who
despairs Of the ioaf?--Colliers
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-14
NEWS OF PETERSBURG
virstnina Bare Building.

city. All those present when the po-
lice were called in We're summoned to
appear in Police court this morning
Pearl Denning, a white woman, was
charged with running disordcrly
house and " as fined $50 and sent anced
to thirty days in Jail. from which de-
cision she appealed to the Hastings
court.
The young man charged with as
saulting the other woman was fined
500 Such cases in the Police court
of Petersburg are very rare and Gre
ated considerable talk and comment
on the streets
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-14
AN -EX-PRESIDENT'S
WORT OF WISDOM

Whatever else a former chief ex-
ecutive of the United States may busy
himself with. he does well on occa-
sion, to give the people the benefit
of such conclusions as he has formed
from his experience in public af-
fairs. In the current issue of Les
lies Weekly the Honorable William
H. Taft fulfills his duty worthily.
The Signs of the Times" presenting
his ripe judgment on the conditions
and problems of the times. The
words of so sane political sage de-
serve the consideration of every
citizen. A realer who is fond of hu-
NOR will delight in Homer .Croy In
terviews Himself while the sober
business man will peruse with inter-
est THE Mess the Muck Raker Has
Made" by Earle Welborn. Can the
Lost Titanic Be Raised q written by
A. Frederick Collins. with striking
Illustration by Frederick r. Rohver,
describes a Western engineers unique
scheme of recovering that great YES
sci. Minna Irving contributes a
clever poem. Dove of Peace's Sad
Plight" THE Old Fan Says" by
Ed A. Goewey. Illustrated by "Zim,"
In the World of Womankind." by
Kate Epson Clark; and "Motorist $
column Dy IL. W. oiduSoA, dPPNaA
to wide circles of readers. AN Ep-
idemic of Dance Madness Is a
unique page of pictures. Other feat
ures of the art gallery OF the issue
dgtin"ifflm MANI C))))I,ar
comprise the cover design "The Tan
go" drawn by Gordon Grant; "On
With the Dance" a cartoon by Il.
w kemb.e, the usual pages of news
pictures. portraits OF people talked
about, and the fascinating drawings
from the old files or Les
lies Weekly Jasper" speaks hope
fully of the future stock market and
adequately and reliably to
numerous Inquiries concerning secur-
tiles dealt In on the stock exchange.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-14
EXPLANATION Is WANTED.
Werner Wants TO Know Why Arrests
Were Not Heuurfet

Chief of Police Werner viii today
begin investigation looking to the rea.
son why the arrest Of the two girls
who stole over 81 900 worth OF even
ing gowns. waists. suits and other APP
pareI from Broad street merchants, BY
officers OF the Juvenile court had no,
been reported TO him and why officers
Of that court refused To provide the
police with the details of the affair for
the department. records,
Detectives had been searching for the
girls several days and yesterday dis
covered that they had been arrested
and placed in an institution by juye-
rils court officials.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-14
BUILD SCHOOL IN A WEEK
DunbroOke Citizens Undismayed by
Fire, Make Record.

TAPPAHANNOCK, VA, March IS.
The citizens OF Dunbrooke, this
county. have not been dismayed by
the loss OF their school
TIE loss of their fine high school build
ing, which was destroyed by fire as
reported in The Virginian of last
Wednesday. In an incredibly short
time the patrons OF the school got
together. and in less than week
constructed four room school build
ing. fully adequate to the present
needs. The school Is already in full
operation,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-14
HOUSE. is RAIDED
AFTER BEATING-UP

PETERSBURG, VA. March Ia
A house in the red light district was
rajded by the police on Tuesday night
after a row had occurred and one Of
the inmates had been severely beaten
by weii-known young man of the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-14

owing TO bad weather or other causes.
When trying to locate another
ship while going slow in fog the In
dication OF the direction finder viii
show by a steadily increasing strength
of signal If the other ship is APP
preaching bit might leave doubt al
to whether II was approaching on the
port bow or everhauling on the star
board quarter. A wireless query as
To her course, addressed to the other
ship, however, would remove the
doubt at once.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-14
RAISES GAS MEN's PAX.
Mayor Also Signs Ordinance Giving
$500 for Reserve Bank.

Employees Of the gas department.
employed in outside work, yesterday
received a raise of pay by virtue OF
ordinances recently passed by the
council and which were yesterday
signed by Mayor Ainslie.
The mayo also signed ordinances
allowing the citizens committee on
regional reserve bank, $500 TO aiG in
the campai"n for bringing the Sbank
TO Richmond
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-14
DEATHS

BASS-Died. at Grace hospital. Friday.
at $40 o'clock A. NJ. WILLIAM F..
BASS, in the ifty-sixth year OF his
age He leaves wife and three
children to mourn their loss.
His remains will be taken to Lun-
enburg county for interment SAT-
URDAY, the 18th.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-14
PLANS PROSPERITY BOOM.
Governor Walsh 10 Call Conference of
Massachusetts Mayors.

i BOSTON, MASS, March 1o.--Coy-
ernor Walsh announced that ne would
~caH a prosperity conference OF the
mayors Of cities and the selectmen Of
sfowns of the State to discuss plans
for commercial development Of the
various communities.
His statement was made at a meet
Ing of the New England ASSOCIATION
of commercial executives, which later,
~at his request, appointed a committee
Mof six to confer with him on the
proposition next Tuesday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-14

! The legal prohibition of an act Is
solely upon the grounds of its evil ef-
| feet upon society, and not at all upon
| the grounds OF the inherent evil OF the
act itself
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-14

ITO tax stimulants for the sole pur-
pose of making them more difficult to
be obtained Is a measure differing only
in degree from their entire prohibition.
and would be justifiable only II that
were NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Stuart M.ll.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-14

THE present high efficiency of the
American navy is due to temperance
on the part OF its sailors. ninety five
per cent OF whom abstain from the use
of liquors. "-RearA dmiral Albert Ross,
June IL. 1910.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-14

whenever you have blind pigs, you
have blind officers. and when yoa have
blind officer. he Is taking something
to keep his eyes closed
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-14

"For every real drunkard there are
fifty others suffering from the effect
Of alcohol"--George Harley NJ. D.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-14

Alcohol causes the guards to sleep
nj their posts until mans enemy, dis
ease. has gained Its foothold. IS. G.
Stuart. NJ. u, Kansas medical college
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-14

Beer makes people stupid, iazy ard
incap pa BILE fieifi.--rh rahtrah rahr sh ar
I ssnapa Ie."-~Prince Bismarck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-12

'arity Of the coy cottage type of dwell
ing commonly designated as the
bungalow word of East Indian
0rigin-and the extent to which build
ings of this class are being multiplied
all over the country. This type of
house-built either wholly one-story or
with few rooms directly under the
roof In what would otherwise be the
attic-is such as to lend itself to a
great variety of treatment and arrange
ment, these features, however, being
governed altogether by the individual
tastes and requirements of the pros
pective occupants.
A very attractive, cosy and well-ar-
ranged six-room cottage home of the
type referred to is illustrated in the
half-tone perspective view herewith
and the accompanying fioor-plan The
width of the house is 81 feet; its length
81 feet. The basement extends under
The entire house, and there is an attic.
The rooms are all well lighted, the
ehree bedrooms. each Of which has ca
pacious closet of its own, are arranged
along one side OF the house, the other
side being devoted to the waking &C
tivities of domestic life. The front
porch is sufficiently large 30 provide a
shaded outdoor gathering place for the
.smily In fine weather. The front door
opens into a vestibule. from which,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-12
WINTER FLOWING
SAVES MUCH WORK
Freezing and Thawing viii Pull
verize Soil to Bottom-Ma-
nuTe Is Also Essential.

Sod ground plowed any time when
the weather permits will be well rot
ted and can be prepared for seeding
as soon as the ground Is in condition
TO work in the early spring. Oats al
barley seeded early, the ground being
thoroughly mellow and fine, will near
ly always yield a profitable crop Of
heavy grain and good straw. II there
is a thin crust of frozen soil or even
a light fall OF snow on the ground
when it is plowed It viii work 10 in
jury, but will rather be a benefit. Sod
land may be plowed when wet in the
late fall and early winter months, the
freezing and thawing during the win
ter will pulverize the ground clear
to the bottom. giving fine mellow
soil for planting in the spring. Heavy
sod should be plowed fully six inches
in depth. 1t requires a stout, we'll
trained team and a good plowman to
DO good work. Most of the large farm
ers are using the three-horse sulky
plow These plows are easy to han
die. More ground can be plowed in
a day. The draught is easier on the
horses and plowman. For potatoes
and truck crops manure first from
the stables and corn straw spread on
top Of the sod and then plowed IN
der will make deep mellow and fair
~ rich land. This is the method fol
lowed by most of our large truck
farmers and 1t is a good one. For
fine seeds, such as onions, beets and
most of the roots the ground must not
only be deep, well filled with rotted
manure, but there must be generous
dressing Of fine, rich manure to spread
on top Of the ground and well mixed
with the top soil with spring tooth
harrow and the ground made fine and
level with the smoothing harrow. The
smaller and choicer vegetables are
llostly grown by gardeners. This
method gives a mellow seed bed, one
that will hold the light summer rains
necessary for rapid growth and early
maturity of the crop planted. Truck
ers nearly always have one-third of
their land seeded to clover or rye and
vetch to pillow down TO green manure.
Gardeners, on the other hand, use
large quantities OF manure, follow
close planting and all ground under
crop both winter and summer, This
is known as full cropping"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-12
FOR THE cHILDRENS LUNCH
BASKET.

The best stand by for any lunch is
the sandwich, which may be varied ad
infnitum. They may be made of
white, brown, graham, rye, whole
wheat, raisin, or nut breads.
For the little child who needs just
lunch, one or two graham crackers,
one or two bread and jelly sand
wiches, a small apple and a slice OF
sponge cake will make a good meal.
Cheese, fish and eggs in various
forms or combinations may be used
A bit of chicken, lamb or beef roast,
light desserts leaving out rich pastries
and greasy, highly seasoned foods,
tea and coffee.
Baked Apples.-Wash and core tart
apples, plunge in a kettle of boiling
water, drain and let cold water run
over. Place in a pan in a hot oven
and bake until tender. Then the skin
may be easily removed before serv-
Ing. Sprinkle with sugar and serve
with sugar and cream.
Rice Cooked in Milk.-Wash a
fourth OF cupful of rice, add it to a
cup and fourth Of milk heated in a
double boiler; stir the rice in with
fork and let it cook 20 minutes. Add
a tablespoonful Of sugar, salt to taste,
and cook 20 minutes longer or until
the milk is all absorbed. Serve warm
with thin cream and sugar.
Never teach a child to like coffee
or tea by warming the milk with
those beverages. When child re-
fuses to drink its milk, give it straws
TO drink through, and serve the milk
IN pretty cup or mug. Clear broth
or cruel may be served this way, also.
A child has a natural craving for
sweets, and this should be satisfied
with good pure sugar in some form
A sandwich with butter and brown
sugar or Scraped maple sugar is al
ways well liked.
When the tiny tot goes TO kindergar-
ten with his lunch basket, give him
just enough to break his fast, and not
enough to keep him from enjoying a
good meal at noon.
Rice cooked in milk in the oven is
very simple. easy desert, and one
good for the little people. Add quar-
ter Of a cap Of rice to a quart of milk,
handful q raisins. pinch of salt and
sugar to taste. Bake until thick
Serve with a bit of butter and grated
nutmeg, creamed with sugar. If so
desired.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-12

through a door lat the left, we enter
the CHEEKY living room with its large
bay window at the front end. Four
small easement windows also admit
light over the library bookcase or 9th
er furnishings that may be ranged
along the side of the room. The living
room opens directly into the dining
room through an opening flanked by
two columns. At one end of the dining
room, another bay window admits
ample sunshine, and enlarges the view
to be had from the inside: at the 9th
eT end, doors open into the front and
middle bedrooms. Connection between
dining room and kitchen is through the
pantry, which is lighted by window
and provided with a shelvcd cupboard
or buffet for china, glassware, etc. A
small hallway leads directly from the
dining room to the bathroom on the
middle line of the house at the rear
This hallway has a linen closet, and
opens on the right into the rear bed
room. and the left into the kitchen. A
rear porch off the kitchen gives access
to and from the back yard.
The cost of building such a house as
this would range in different localities
from S2,20O to $500.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-12

pensiye clothing. The more expensive
home will come later If you first
make good" by adjusting your de-
mands to your abilities, and exercising
patience. In the meantime, remember
that you are saving the landlords prof
IT. You are also reaping the "unearned
Increment of increased valuation on
your property, and it is fact that in
any live, growing city or town the ap-
probation in value of property will
more than offset depreciation and cost
OF upkeep on the improvements there
on. Then, again, there is the great
satisfaction and pride of being under
your own roof which cannot be sold
over your head, and the delight of be.
ing able to potter around and fix
things up according to your own fancy,
knowing all the while that everything
added in the way of convenience or
Improvement is so much added in dol.
lars and cents to the value Of the
property
That this is no dream is strikingly
demonstrated by the prevailing popu.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-12

ductiveness of these to the greatest
extent possible is agriculture itself,
and though it is practically feeding
the civilized world, 1t is nevertheless
contrary to the long esta blished natur-
al order OF things.
Probably not per cent of the diff
ferent kinds Of insects that inhabit a
farm are injurious, while many times
as many are the farmers friends, be
cause they are engaged IN destroying
the pestiferous ones. In fact, the two
prime elements in restraining Insects
are their natural enemies and urfavor-
able weather 1t must be remem-
bered, however, that weather affects
both friends and foes. Probably many
outbreaks of insects are not due to
weather conditions especially favor
able to the pests but rather to those
conditions fatal to their natural enc
mics; relieved Of the restrain exer-
cised by their enemies, the species at
once develop in myriads and destroy
the crops of the farmer.
Farmers have aggravated the situa-
tor by leaving uncultivated fields
These areas may be the margins of
such fields, along fences or roadsides.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-12

or neglected patches, which, on &C
count of their stony soil, or perhaps
through other causes, remain unculti.
waited and neglected year after year
Neglected Usage orange hedges, with
the usual equally neglected grass land
along either side, form most attractive
places for the chinch bug tc pass the
winter, and in the west destructive
outbreaks Of this pest have been
traced directly to them. In the east
outbreaks of the army worm are fire.,
quently to be traced directly to the
densely grassy roadside. fence row or
neglected orchard. The writer has
seen whole fields Of spring-sown oats
destroyed by caterpillars of a small
moth that Matched from eggs depos-
tied in the neglected ground along a
fence. In most studies Of the out.
breaks Of insects pests. it has been
found that these invariably originated
in neglected patches In cultivated
fields or else in the waste lands in the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-12

During the winter, while oranges
and grapefruit are abundant, is the
time to make our marmalade.
Grape Fruit MarmaIade.-Wash and
wipe three each Of grape fruit, or
anges and lemons. Throw away the
thick end pieces and cut the remain
der into very thin slices Reject all
the fiber and thick tissue. and for
each measure OF fruit allow three of
water. Put into a kettle and stand
well covered for "a hours. Then put
on to the range and cook one hour
then add an equal measure Of sugar,
allowing a little more for good meas
ure. After the boiling point has been
reached allow the marmalade to sim
mer until it jells. Pour into glasses
and seal with paraffine
Fresh Cocoanut Cake.-Cream two
tablespoonfuls OF butter, add one cup
OF light brown sugar. Beat in one whole
egg and one yolk add three-fourths OF
a cup of milk alternately with two
cupfuls of -four mixed with two tea
spoonfuls OF baking powder. Pour
into a square tin and bake in a mod
crate oven. When cool, cover with
the following icing Boil together a
cup of brown sugar with a third OF a
cup of water until the strip will spin
a thread. Have ready a we'll beaten
egg white, and add this strip by Ia
blespooafuls, beating all the while.
Spread on the cake and sprinkle
thickly with freshly grated cocoanut.
Apple kuchen-Sift two cupfuls OF
-four with one-half teaspoonful OF salt,
two teaspoonfuls of sugar and two
teaspoonfuls of baking powder Cut
into this four tablespoonfuls OF short
ening; add a beaten egg and three
fourths of a cup of milk Put this into
a well creased pan and place baking
apples, pared and cored and cut IN
eighths overlapping over the top.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-12
Didn't Platter the Bishon

Bishop Mcdowell has recovered
from his recent Illness sufficiently
to receive his friends and entertain
them with a story now and then.
Some Years ago the bishop was pre-
siding over conference in the south.
At the close Of the session an old
negro nanny. who had been an in.
terested listener throughout the pro
ceedings, approached the bishop to
congratulate him.
Abs done attended continues hyah
since befo the wah," she said. Abs
seen Bishop Simpson an Bishop Fowl.
er an Bishop Merrill, but All nevah
saw no bishop who could preside lax
you
Bishop Mcdowell thanked her for
the the compliment and was about to
turn away.
But, added the old negress. Am
getting on in years now; Abs pretty
old, an All speckt ma Judgment amt
as good as it once was Chicago In.
ter Ocean.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-12
Tell X to Luke McLuke

The hustle, popular with the women
and the jokesters Of the '7Os, has re
turned to Pittsburg 1t moved down
Fifth avenue this afternoon attached
to very pretty young woman who
said she was Miss Collingwood. When
the girl and the hustle turned into the
avenue from Smithfleld street there
was a gasp from the crowd and in
quiries Of What is it?" Elderly per
sons paused to inform the multitude
that it was a hustle
BY the time the young woman had
travelled a block, Pittsburghs busiest
thoroughfare was filed from curb tc
curb with a crowd.
Two policemen finally took Miss Col
lingwood in tow and led her into o
banking house. Later she and her
hustle we're whisked away in motor
earn. Y. Times