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Schooling the HuuSemni,is

n ONTCLAIR is one of the gems that stsId
4F1 the mosquito-stung crown of New Jer-
sey II is famous for many things all OF
which escape our memory AT the moment but
il will doubtless go down the corridors of
time Respondent as the first centre of culture
on this continent 10 look upon the maid
servant and determine that culture shall be
brought 10 her. All sorts Of culturc-parlor
and hall. pantry and kitchen and dining-room.
upstairs and downstairs. cooking and scrub
bling, busting and polishing-they are to be
made very Admirable Crchtons of maid
servants.
This miracle is to be wrought through the
medium OF Monlclair's equivalent for the old
rcd schoclhouse. which is held in such tender
recoliectlons by so many persons who have
never seen one. The instructors are to no
'he professors Oh mat branch OF occult science
classified as domestic. The curriculum
calls for twenty lessons, for which the charge
considering the benefits 10 be conferred will
be trihing-a few paltry jitneys per lesson
1t is an extensive undertaking not TO men
ton large order. TO transform the average
incompetent maidscrvant into an efficient
household assistant. Perhaps il can be done
in Montclair--in twenty lessons at Il few
kopecks lesson In ENGLAND whore !, &;
said the good servants come from they claim,
that it takes about as long TO make a com
pctent servant as il does TO make a gentle
man, which is three generations and in some
stubborn cases few more
But Montclair has our best wishes for suc.
cess in its adventurous educational cntcrprise
Unpleasant outsiders will not be wanting IN
assert that able handmaidcn are no, the onlv
essential TO properly conducted household
ihey "ii even have the audacty 10 declare
mat as large proportion OF "Missuscs'' Mood
training in their duty girls" do in theirs
Nor will they refrain from alleging that many
maidservant has better manners than ,boe.
they serve. In short, these detcstablo char
acters would have Il that the lady of the
house needs TO go to school quite as much &C
those whom she cmploys
Well, that may be true in--in przcmysl 10,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-28

Correspondence OF Associated Press.1
PARIS. December l6.--The satisfac-
ton with which General Joffre re-
ceIved the military medal recently
shows that even he. who might be re-
Earded as having exhausted all of the
official honors that could be conferred
OF him. when he received the grand
cross OF the Legion OF Honor. values
the little silver medal quite as much
as the common soldier
To receive the military medal it is
necessary to have been cited in dis
patches. to have gone through four
campa igns to have been wounded in
face Of the enemy. or to have accom-
plishcd some signal act of courage or
devotion. OF late years the decora-
ton of the Legion OF Honor has been
considered far more accessible. The
military medal is not exactly n sue
cessor of the medal OF The veterans
instituted in 1881, but it's purpose is
the same. and the qualifications Of the
men upon whom 1t is conferred are in
part the same.
The Legion Of Honor. as Bonaparte
conceived 1t and instituted it. was in
tended to recompensc signal services
in both peace and war. and Napoleon
ILL., thought there should be decora-
tion for military services distinct from
an order like the Legion of Honor,
IT'S not every one who wills that
shall wear this sign of honor" Napo-
leon said when the Legion Of Honor
was established. and his first intention
clearly was to make 1t an incentive to
his men and officers: he himself stated
that the desire to obtain the cross
grew so rapidly that it became n spe-
cies OF fury. beginning with Austerlitz.
For long sine it was only the theat-
rical profession that was excluded from
the Legion of Honor. Napoleon him
self established n precedent OF accord
ing the decoration in recognition OF
important industrial and commercial
achievements by decorating a man who
had built UP an enormous industry In
wallpaper "You compete so viGor-
ously with the English with your wall
paper" he said, "I think you should
be assimilatod with the brave officers
Of my army. for in your way you are
accomplishing tho same thing rs they"
Cnnrobert. who commanded the Sixth
Army Corps in 1870. Is quoted as say
ing to young rihe:nan that he dec
Grated with the military medal on the
field of battle: Now, then. he Is equal
to mo-" with less stripes. though"
replied the decorated man. Just then
both were upset by n shock from the
explosion of a shell You see very
WE'LL" said Canrobert, when he had
gotten TO his feet and shaken the dust
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-28
Hawk. and Destruction of Poultry.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-Feed the birds where the hawks cannot
see them Under banks of brooks and pine
brush are the best places--or you will Just be
batting them for hawks. Hawks have DESTROYED
25 cents worth of poultry for every Individual
In my family besidcs countless missing chicks
II this Is falr average, these pests are costing
Amelia County alone $4,000 year in
poultry.
They won't let quail feed in the snow So
being empty. they freeze by the whole covcy
on cold nights. The hawks terrify quail so the
birds have peculiar scream when attacked
by them, which. once heard. Is not forgotten
We Will never have game In the open until
we get n general State bounty law and
the farmers should see TO it that any future
gun tax Is applied to the destruction of these
pests. instead of being given to game commits
sioners to tell farmers when they can hunt on
their land. CRAIG EGGLESTON
Amelia Courthouse. Va. December IS, 1914
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COneHtoEa.

COneHtORa
Can YOU tell me why the name "Conestoga"
is applied to horse Of little value?
T.. r. WALKER.
1t is not, except locally and by misappre-
henson. Conestoga was the of a tribe
of Indians who when Smith met them. in COS,
were decidedly above the average physically.
They were diminished by till their extlnc-
ton by massacre in 763. The was given
to Pcnnsylvanian village in Lancaster County,
and in that ncghborhood In tho latter part of
the eighteenth century was first bred the heavy
draft horse from cross Of the Flemish cart
horse and the native breed Also in the village
were made the heavy road wagons, which, with
their team of six eight biz horses did the
freighting of the region These wagons were
called "Conestoga wagons and the horses
"Conestogas'' and the only possible trace of
depreciation which the term could indicate would
lie in it's suggestion OF slowness and heavIness
of movement as applied to horse.
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The Voice of the People
A virsinian In Rome on the wnr,

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
STA wealthy client Of J. Thompson Brown
" Co, n native Nirginian, but n long resident
Oh the Eternal city for many years. and in close
touch with the foreign diplomats and the
vatican, In a letter to that firm, under date of
November 2sth. just received. writes:
The war Mt present shows signs of draw
ing to n close but the diplomats tell me IL liz
too violent to continue long. and that it Will
be soon spent by it's force"
contamination devoutly TO be hoped for
ana, cofnibsS from such source may be
significant OF tho opinion Of those nearer the
struggle 1t occurred to worthy of
mention. LEROY +, BROWN
Richmond, December 26, 1914.
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The Bright Side of Life

More Less Important.
Can git off to-day, boss?"
What for?"
"A weddin'"
''Do you have to goo'
I'D like to. sir--Fm the bridegroom."-Cornell
Widow
Household Cares.
Why is it that you can never stay anywhere
very long,"
II have to go home and empty the drip pa n
under the rcfrigera tor,"-Providence Tribune
How lie Caught Her.
That old fellow over there got his wife
through advertisng"
What! For a wife@'
mo; advertising money TO loan"-Boston
Transcript :, :.
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Mighty short Time.

l-NS" WOFlu.l
South Carolina expects that Governor
Blease Will leave the prisons just about
empty by January l. The experience
of sister state, Massa chusetts. Is that
half the prisoners return. The new
Governor of South Carolina may tell
the Governor of North Carolina that 1t
is a mighty short time between rear
rests t
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-28

except rarely. the faces OF the enemy, and
always being In ignorance OF the issue OF the
9 hghting along the far flung battle line
Sieses In the open have taken the place OF
encounters that could be decided in a day. or
TWO days at the most. and the casualties In their
volume are Supplying Yet the terrible ordeal
does not shake the soul Of the soldier The
red badge OF courage" is ms conspicuous as
evcr-New York Sun
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-28
DesDernfc,

ttc--tholly l.tebrane is horribly Respondent
these days. He has been disappointed in love.
and says he is going to end 1t all
Shc--What s he thinking OF DOING
iic--tve never understood his cXnct plan. but
! salhcr ne intends to smoke four really strong
himself the wrist
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-28
SONGS AND SAWS
Don't Worry About 1t.

Perhaps You cannot understand
some hfShbrow's views on love and lore,
or how to free land cnslavcd,
or iift the burden OF the poor:
Perhaps you strive, but quite In vain,
TO grasp his plan for raising pelf---
But don't let that cause you much pain;
He doesn't understand himself
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-28
The German Menace to Shipping

K ARL II. Won WIEGAND. a correspondent
who evidently is in the confidence of
the German staff to remarkable degree has
sent over an interview with Grand Admiral
Won Tirpitz. Minister of Marine, containing
a most remarkable statement. This is that
the largest of the German submarines have
been out as long as fourteen days at a time
and have sailed all around the British Isles
The world knows some of the things these
under-the-water battlers have done, but has
heretofore learned little Of the maximum
cruising radius; and the admirals threat that
Germany may decide to begin submarine war
against all merchant marine. with the object
Of cutting OFF England's food supply, is not
at all pleasant to contemplate.
Significant, especially as it was examined
and passed by the general staff before publ
cation, is the interview in its forecast of Ger
many's naval policy. OF the admiral's state
ment that England's domination OF the sea
was founded on piracy and must fall. there
will be conflicting views, all Of the layman
variety, for the most expert navigator is be-
ginning with the B G Of his profession as
applied 10 war, in this gigantic struggle
But when the admiral declares that Germany
may, and probably will. undertake the utter
destruction OF the merchant marine. he says
something which should strike with dread
the intelligence of all civilization.
That Germany, in attacking the English
coast recently. intended to spread terror
throughout Britain is generally believed
That the submarine raids had principally the
same object may be believed as we'll One
way to attack the enemy is first to weaken
his arms by terrifying. And Admiral Won
Tirpitz's statement to Germanys extreme
intentions toward the merchant marine may
be with the same purpose 1t will be re-
mcmbered that the German ambassador to
this country recently talked wildly of Ger
manys right to attack the Canadian coast
and that his talk attributed by many to
desire TO brighten the people Of the United
/ States by covert threat, at a time when
anti-Gcrman sentiment was running high
All these things have their psychological eff
feet, to a greater less degree according
TO the temperament OF those against whom
they are directed.
Precisely what the German admiral hints
at so darkly was told in fiction form only a
few weeks age by Sir A. Conan Doyle who
pictured the German submarine fleet actually
destroying England's merchant ships and
winning the war by process Of starvation
1t may be--who knows?-that the German
admiral read the story and accepted the sug-
gcstion as at least a good press agent idea
Or ii may be that Doyle, with the acute
sensing of Sherlock Holmes, snatched the adj
miral's secret thoughts from the air and
turned them into copy
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Queries and Answers
nriscOpc.

Please tell me what a spinthariscope is do
not find the word In my dictionary.
MRS. f. l.. C.
All the larger books of date give It.
It is made OF pntharis,' a spark, and scope"
from the verb, to see. and is a contrivance to
exhibit the activity of radium. II consists of a
particle of radium mounted in front Of huoros-
cent screen and covered with n magnifyinE
glass, which shows flashes produced by the
bonn bardment of the screen by the radiuin rays
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-28
Volunteer Nurses.

Can you tell me whom apply for appoint-
ment In the Red Cross nurse In the Isu-
ropean war? MRS. r. l. n
You get information from Secretary
Charles l.. Magec Room 341, War Department
Washington. d. c., but the general impression
Is that no more nurses are desired at present.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-28
The Silver Lining.

Stubbs--There's one blessing, anyhow i'm con-
nection with this Belgian situation
HrubDs-l'll be the goat. What's the answer?
OF Belgans imported from the Bowery murder
some alleged musical Instruments for the bcncnt
of the stricken fatherland
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-28
Chats With Virginia Editors

Editor Goodman, of the West Point News
wants 1t understood that he Is n patient man
out that there are times In the life of a country
editor when patience ceases to be n vir,ue
hehce ne announces that there are too many
subscribers on the 'deucedly dilatory" list and
TO these extends an invitation to come across
with what they the editor He sets forth
mat there are few first-cass country weeklies
ana ne wants 1t clearly understood that he {.
running one or the few He concludes his argu-
ment Tor the plaintiff thus: we don't want your
money to keep. We want 1t to spend II ve
had half OF the sum due us. we would buy new
machinery, and start feature, adding to
the value and attractveness OF the paper TO
YOU. There's no getting around an argument
like that
Editor Pendleton comments in his Marion
American: "Murdcrous peace continues to grow
i'll Mexico. Between them Carranza villa and
Gutierrez are reported to have put to death 40
prominent men of their country within the past
month The murderers call their victims polit-
ical Offenders The term political offender" In
Mexico applies to all possible candidates for
the presidency of the republic and aspiring lib
orators.
Says the Covington Virginian: Editor George
Greene, of the Clifton Forge Review, announces
the celebration of birthday last Saturday but
he doesn't give his age, AS Is said to be
no older than he feels. imagine Brother
Greene. whose good nature has a Statewide
reputation, must still be right smart of kit
ten The inference is that George isn't so YER
Ezra Pike, who is on hike from the Cracker
state to Washington. stopped In Amherst
long enough TO explain to Editor Harding San
ders that his mission is present President
Wilson with bale of cotton. The Amherst
News prints picture of Ezra, whose appear
ancc would be much improved IL he converted
his cotton bale into a few shirts.
Editor Lindsay. of the Charlottesville Prog
ress. thinks DIR. Butler OF Columbia University
should be promoted to the Roosevelt class. maxi
ing the student body of the class two, and thus
doubling the regular attendance. Says
Progress: "Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler. presi-
dent of Columbia University, has aroused indig-
nation we'll expressed by the Baltimore Sun, by
a statement made in recent speech, in which
he characterized the present administration as
a political barbarism tempered by rhetoric'"
Verify. the eternal fitness of things disre-
gardcd when the name of merry old St. Nick
was borrowed fasten n misanthrope.
EFT is reported that tho clock makers in Con-
necticut working overtime. Maybe they are
getting ready for strike says the Bristol
Herald Courier. Which looks like setting the
alarm when there is no occasion to get up early
There is not reason to think the hands
crossed.
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Riverside Drive.

Can YOU tell me whether the route of the new
Riverside Drive has yet been announced?
+. r. BROWN.
The laying OF this drive Is in the hands
OF Colonel c. p. L. Hurgwyn, who has not yet
made his plans public.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-28
They Misncd II

nose ahclcnts were a lucky bunch
Far. far above our scorning-
They never had their water pipes
Burst on n Sunday morning.
THE TATTLER
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The I'esnimist Says.

Well, we've had white Christmas all right
ana when the thaw comes we probably will have
Il yellow or black New Year, according to the
local constitution of the mud.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-28
The Doctors Friend.


Appendicitis probably has helped the
doctors more than any other recent dis
covery. -,
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Villas Greatest Conquest

NNE OF the remarkable aspects of the sit
~ uation in Mexico is the change in the
public estimate Of Francisco Villa. A year
ago he was thought OF. in his own country and
in this. as bloodthrsty bandit who had
revealed remarkable military talent but
who was still bandit just the same
That view has been altered by the conduct
of the man himself He has converted, most
remarkable of all, the Americans resident in
Mexico, who had been his sternest and most
relentless critics. One OF them, writing to
the New York Sun. under date of December
., says that Villa has become one of the big
men OF the world in the sense that he is sure
of himself and understands his destiny
And this correspondent goes on:
Practically everything north of Puebla
is for Villa. and public opinion, which
has been in his favor long time
is beginning 10 crystallize actively for
him | hope he Will have Tampco very
shortly, that the smelling industry
can get a start, ana then the miners will
look fora chance get busy TIL.
mines al Zacualpan have not been
molcstcd. and those in charge Of them
who left could have remained there
with perfect safety.
In a way. this conquest OF public opinion
is more remarkable achievement than any
feat of arms accomplished by Villa in the
field.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-28

''It is reported that tho clock makers in Con-
ncctcut working overtime. Maybe they
getting ready for strike says the Bristol
Herald Courier. Which looks like setting the
alarm when there is no occasion to get up early.
There is to think the hands
crossed
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-28
No international Inv Now.

(Ncw Eepublic)
War has turned the international
lawyer into distinguished member OF
tho unemployed. &tls So: 5S<.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-28

The one who got the penny calendar hest
'atcd a long time between calling the sender
Spug OF cheap skate
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-28

Soldiers in the trenches probably hung
up haversacks instead Of hosiery Stockings
are too scarce and valuable to risk when Old
Nick rather than Saint Nick is likely to pass
that way.
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Helping some.

officer Col dfee t. These
improvements certainly are
great. If the motormen
would stop ringing their
bells and automobiles Quit
sounding their horns. fell
low might have chance to
get n little comfortable rest.
Al the worst, however, can
not see them.
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Published every day in the ycnr by The Times
Dispatch PublishlnR Company. Inc. Address nil
communications 10 THE TINlES-DISpATCH
Tin,es-Dispntch U,Ildinc. 10 South Tenth Street
Ricbmond, &c,
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Does any one seriously believe that eithe
s!de OF the big conflict really expects to II,
terry crush the other side?
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we acquire a taste for war Just as we ac-
cure a taste for olives, both being, ut first,
very bitter
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Entered january -, 1905, Mt Richmond. W..
tccond -cluss matter under act of Cons-ess of
March 3, 1879.
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congressman probably are spending Christ
mas thinking of the presents they are likely
TO get from their constituents for their votes
ior or against the national prohibition amend
mcnt
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The Austrians are trying TO raise the siege
on fr%chiysl, and now will be resumed tina;
wraI.glc as to how it's pronounced
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Government is out with a warning agains,
d couhterlcit ~ note Just circulating. But
almost any kind of Il note would be welcome
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-28

Newark baby swallowed a dime, and her
,aher spent 80 on a doctor TO get it back
Net loss, $500
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Clouds
of Dust
Distinctive

dust clouds tell very clear story. The dust
thrown up by infantry, for example, hangs In
low, thick cloud. The longer the cloud, the
more the underneath 1t. and a scout can,
by this means. make a fairly accurate guess OF
the number of men on the march Cavalry on
the march sends up dust cloud that is much
higher and thinner than that Of infantry. The
most distinctive Of these dust clouds, however,
is that made by wagons and heavy guns The
dust rises In little groups OF clouds quite differ
ent from the long clouds Of cavalry and infan-
try. So even when unable to see the actual
of the dust, q tell many miles
away what kind of force is passing along a:
road.-I.ondon Answers.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-28

THE TIMES, Founded. Observation-Disclosures 1883
TIIE DISPATCH. Founded. Observation-Disclosures 1850
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Current Editorial Comment

An army on the march along
dry roads naturally throws up
very heavy dust clouds. To those
who haven't been trained. one
dust cloud looks very much like