The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-11
Wayside Chats With
Old Virginia Editors

We nave new brother IN our
midst" His birth Is announced In
Ledger Dispatch. which first saw tho
light Thursday, May Z. 1914 And "a
very attractive looking youngstcr IL
is The Lcdgcr-Dispntch In week.
-. though with It's first cry II am
nounccs tho fact that lis lungs arc
slrong ana that expectations of rapid
development into daily are conf
IDENTITY entertained. "Timo will tell
In this matter" 1t concludes It's salu-
iatory, AT any rate, every effort Will
be made 20 strengthen this paper from
failure, and. as friends havo pointed
out We Will receive sufficient support
To enable us to develop upon such lines
LEFTY to Danville." a worthy ambi-
tion. Welcome into the fold. little
brother.
Commenting upon tho surprise ex-
pressed IN this column that It's readers
should do the almost unhcard-ot thing
of praising the home pnper. tho Hous-
ton Record Advertiser, the lucky ncvs-
paper IN question, remarks: Several
moro letters az praise have boon re-
ccived since last week. which cause
Us Ia assert, as we have many times,
thn; talifaX people arc the best on
earth" Either they nre or Tho Record
Advertiser Is an exceptionally good
newspaper. Our opinion Is that the
phenomenon Is due partly TO the char
ac;or OF tho people and partly TO tho
excellence of tho paper.
mo man ia Interesting until nc is
thirty-fvo. declares n wise young girl
IN her bridal Interview. We plead
guilty TO tho soft impeachment OF
hayinGG reached thnt age Thus the
Nor!oia NirSinian-pllot. There IS no
merit in a partial confession.
Arguing against too frequent change
IN schoolhoohs. tho Lnwrcnccville
Times makes tho point that the mon
and women who made this country
great learned reading, writing ana
arithmetic out OF the plain books that
they had at their command at that
time" They also lived In log cabins
some OF thcm-but they were not great
because ~ II. They also managed to
live and grow grent without tclc-
phones ana tolcgraphy. They also
rode In stage coaches instead OF on
limited trains. They wcrc not Crcat
because or these things or because
they wcrc satisfied with them. They
were great because thoy were dissa.-
,sAcd with them.
Surely tho Newport News rrcss Is
not acrious IN THIS: IT. IS an interest
Ing coincldc 60 that Colonel Rooeo-
Welt w!ll arrive In the United states
on tho day thnt tho y " G media
tors al down at Niagara Falls. We.
therefore. have pleasure In uom,rat-
Ing Colonel Roosevelt to rrprcsont tho
United states In tho conference for
rcNco. He Is Just tho man for tho
place. and President Wilson could not
make a better selection" II !s true
Npl oil II
ono nnn-rrnc,icallv cvcrvthinr-.to
end the -Japnncac War but he
was working 10 hIs own ends. in his
own way, Cor hir own glory. There
was and could he no politics involved
The question was rurrly International.
Tho srr"srut crisis involves this cour-
try. and opinions OF President Wilson
and COlonc, Roosevelt on tho issues
and crincinlrs involved arc as wide
apart na tho polce Wa can conceive
of no worse selection than COLONEL
Roosevelt under the circumstances.
The Orange Observer. whose cdi-
trcss IS Miss Bertha Robinson. historian
Of thc Virginia Press Associations gives
tho following outline 81 the program
OF IN" Alexandria meeting. The Nir-
E!n!a prcs1 Association will hold ,ts
twortv-siXth annual meeting In Alex
audrla on Tuesday. "Wednesday ana
ihursdaN. juno ~. - and - com
wrrc'rr tho Hrst morning at 10 o'clock.
Mayor Fisher. az that citv. has an
pointcd II committee 20 ARRANGE for
THO entertainment OF tho members
M elaborate program has boon pre-
nn-cd which wiil include ~ trim to
NJ. Vernon, - grand BANQUET to NC
given by tho citizens Of Alexandria,
au "ntcr'alurr"rt rendered nv tho Ma
tional Press Cluh. ~ WASHINGTON q
visit; to President Wilson ana . trip
down tho Potomac river Addresses
wlll lac delivered by Nicc-Prs silcnt II.
y Marshall md Secretary OF tho Navy