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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-05
DEMOCRACY TOR TIT TTTrFT

The election period is over ana political par
ktes straightea on; oace more ia The tvo.year
I stretch tor the presidential election goal two
years hence. Democracy is Ip tae lead with the
conadenee Of tie country placed ia her once
more TIE future eFars caf Nth ever widening
adsan;ages
The great legislative program mapped ont by
The party leaaers ara brought 70 successful issue
~ Presideat Wilson's leadership has been ap-
proved by The nation This means for the years
that before a. charging opportunity tor
service and national eadeavor Despite the
opposite os tn Republican and murwump
press. amo1s shom is to be numbered hence
fcrth the Richmond T.n7es Dispatch, which while
possng Democratic rejoices In giving aid and
c0zfu-t 10 Republicans. the nation al large has
Shown al unaistasAble preference for tie prin-
cipies OF Democracy, and viyh good and safe ma
5orities in House and Senate the party enters on
Another period Of activity for the country
The era q legislation that has been insurri-
rated iii fife United States has unfortunately
\ been foreed into unnecessarily close contact with
Foreign troubles that have reacted dsastrously
On the interests that have been of greatest mo-
Ment Ii serving The country. The mist and
xmoke of battle have served TO obscure in some
measure that which Democracy has achieved
5 but the next two years arc confidently trusted
B ID bring forth sucb conclusive evidence Of the
a great work of the party during It's four years
4 of power that another period Of free govern
ment will be granted II under the guidance Of
\ Woodrow Wilson.
AN II Is well that longer time must be devoted
u Ia campaigns for office. One beneht of th
stressful conditions has been that less time ha
1 been devoted TO campaigns for position and mor'
4 to campaigns for laws. And In many instances
the faithfufnass of Democrats to duty th'
Z cause of defeat 10 men who would otherwise
Y have probably been returned man In ofiic
4 and busy has far less time TO campaign thar
one ont of Office and idle and surely the Re
Il pnblicans have had plethora of the latter clas
b In the past Two years
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-05

friends were invited. Mrs Kate
Langley Bosher gave charming lee
lture on Russia. which was followed by
a series OF tableaux. suggestive OF tho
early history Of Virginia- Those pos
ing were: Mrs. Shepherd. a. Poca-
hontas; Miss Julia Guilbcrt, - Evelyn
Byrd: Miss Florin Guilbert and Paul
Hatcher in the Mipuet: Miss Virginia
Potts. as the old black nanny,
and Miss Byrd Sydnor. ~ Dixie
Mrs. James Howison entertained the
Morning Bridge Club on Tuesday. Mrs.
Hugh Russell making the highest
score.
Miss Elsie Cardwell has returned
from Newport News.
Misses Ruth Blakey and Sarah Card
well will leave next week for the an.
nual U. D. c. convention in Swan
nah. Ga.
John Tyler. Of Richmond, spent
Tuesday with his brother. Henry
Tyler. At Gwathmey.
Miss Elisabeth Jones. who has been
the guest OF Miss Jennie Gledd. has re-
turned to her home In Danville.
Al the Young WomAn's Literary
club this afternoon Miss Blarton win
rcd ! Paper on Municipal Control
|olN fuhlic NsilttteM. n Wills Nlsa MINI
snes4tA WA tznAn 4il1 lelA thA ~ ~
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-05
A READER.
Work of the Rural School.

Editor Vrginian:
Sr-President j. u. Eggleston has told the
bankers, the farmers and every other body OF
men who have been placed within the sound of
his voice that the training of Johnny and his
father. and of Mary and her mother. to double
or ouadruple production will be of benefit
TO them If they are to be the victims for just
that much more exploitation by the land specu-
lstor the commission merchant the middle man,
the corporation the individual whose pur-
nose is 20 make money out OF The labors and
the Increased efficiency of Johnny and his father,
and of Mary ard her mother.
President Eggleston usually goes step farther
than this and often adds: IF Johnny and
Mary and their parents do not own the land,
there is not a State in the Union that protects
Them from exploitation by landowners are
not landusers and there is not State in the
Union that does not tax the industry of these
parents and their children for the sake Of the
man who owns the land, but does not himself
use it
These are gospel truths put IN such way
that they provoke thought. And nothing
can resist the power OF idea with real man
hind It, so this modern vocational education
must needs carry 1t the thought that in
creased production in any line Of industry, be
it farming or printing, or merchandising, BENEFITS
primarily the of the land.
The papers are weighed down with platitudes
a bout teaching trade to the pocr boy, in order
to help him earn . living, but what We really
need to know is that the rich boy shall be taught
how TO earn living, and more, that he shall
actually earn his way through the world.
Barrels of good printers ink has been spread
over immense rolls of paper publishing the
point that our farmer boys should learn to pro-
duce more and more per acre. Our corn club
boys our canning club girls, our pig and poultry
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-05
What Do We Mean By Is
Carat Fine

We often hear people in speaking
of their watches say. 1T is an IS
carat case" Others speak of IA
carat watches, or o. carat or solid
gold rings.
When you see the marks on a
watch case, or the inside of gold
| ring they read 18-K or lax. or what
ever number of carats the maker
wishes to indicate. A piece OF gold
| 1ewelry marked Is X or Is carats
means that 1t is three -fourths pure
lgold. In arranging this basis OF mark
| ing things made OF gold, absolutely
pure gold Is called "a carats. Then
| If two. six or ten twenty-fourths OF
alloy has been added. the amount OF
| the alloy Is deducted from twenty
| four, and the result is either %. IS
or IA carats fine. and so on. On or
binary articles made by jewelers. the
amount ofpure gold used Is seldom
over g carats. or three -fourths. We'd
| ding rings land these are considered
solid gold) are generally made ~
carats fine, that Is, there are only
two twenty fourth parts OF alloy In
them.
What Causes Dimples?
/ A dimple is dent or depression
in the skin on part OF the body
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-05

where the flesh il soft The fibreA
which lay in the tissue under the
outside skin help to hold the akin
firm. These fibres which are, OF
course, small run In all directions.
and are Of different lengths Now
and then these fibres will just hap
pen to grow short in one spot or thu
other and pull the skin in. forming
q little depression. but producing .
very pleasing effect
Did you know?
That the silk worm in weaving his
cocoon, makes sixty-five motions OF
his head a minute; that he has to
make 100000 motions Of these fig
ure eight motions before he II
through with his job, and that on tho
average "a silk cocoon contains 1000
yards of silk?
The story I'm Yard Of silk In
the Book OF Wonders, shows you that
the silk worm Is one of the greatest
workers in the world and that man
has never been able to uphold the
work of the worm. Get this book to-
day. See the coupon on another pAko
for particulars.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-05
ON RsINgNt. y MILLION DOLLARS.

million dollars was assigned Virginia s
share of the great cotton pool that Is being
g Horned 10 finance the surplus cotton crop.
IN relative terms Virginia has raised not
only this million in phenomenal time. but a
4 good deal more, fer her proportional share
was less than the million. And not content
viii oyersubscrihiug the amount assigned her.
Virginia has really outdistanced herself, Other
states in The South are great cotton raising
states. bat Virginia, while raising almost none
I oil this product. is entering in the suhscrip-
I lion as largely as great cotton raising States.
This is as it should be. for Richmond Is now
The banking center Tor Sarge number of
states More than this she will have to bear
Ne burden of West Virginias failure to raise
over thirty thousand dollars
y The cotton States themselves are entering to
4 ne extent Of twenty-five million dollars. and
\ Individual cotton growers are not only being
1 henefted by the pool. but are themselves par
kicipating in it
a More than this. large number Of North
I'm States are sending money into the South
\ which win come back TO Virginia in pay
4 nncnt Of debts owing Richmond concerns, so
q that in reality the Virginia million is merely
( n aid TO Virginia industry itself
Is This is an achievement of which Virginia
n ehonld BE- proud. The larger portion, by far
Es3Ae larger portion OF this amount raised
- the CITY os Richmond. And for this cne
Neity should he even prouder than the State.
FNnt OF a total OF million dollars at least
#Nemr-ifths subscribed by Richmond firms
The Significance Of this achievement. is
@nspai 1t shows the pronaptnees with which
&klchmond citizens seize the chance to fulnll
hateser- ealIs Gnay- be made upon them 1t
i 6cws that Richmond alive to the
seaf movements Of the day and are active
II PARTICIPANTS in every great national movement.
means that the growth Of Richmond as a
ut financial center is not only assured but
continuous and phenomenal. Aud more than
else 1t fully and amply justihee the wisdom
locating in Richmond the Federal Reserve
Snk for the Fifth Regional Reserve District
mds this itself hut the recognition lr,
le In charge Of locating the bank that the
- would not justify any other location !;
rocognstion OF what only the wilfully
6 Aid not then see must and IN the
nosincreaxtn<iY aA4uittAA U thnas who
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-05
Pilkinton, Va.
Prohibition Anvil
The Prohibition Program.

OF course were Kidding our friend, The
Richmond Virginiane more or less, in asking
those questions to its attitude towards further
legislation on the subject of prohibition But
we desired. in all seriousness, to clear up the
situation and let the general public understand
hat the An.i-Saloon League would not stand
pat on the enactment upon which the people
voted in the last election.
There is doubt that many were misled.
Many who Void for prohibition understood
that they were voting particular measure
that would be the law in Virginia after Novem-
Der |, 1916. But they now understand. IL they
have read the rejoinder in The Firginian. that
so far from any settlement of the question and
he end OF agitation, the fighting has only just
begun When the General Assembly again meets
lin regular session, DR.. Cannon and the other
emissaries of the Anti-Saloon League will be
again in the ring, and the probability LIS that
the prohibition question will absorb more than
ever of the time and attention OF the Legisla-
tive body OF the State--Newport News Daily
Press.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-05
THE DAILY PRESS KIDDING,

In another column today we reproduce the
last from the Daily Press on the recent election.
Al least suppose It is the last. In the
present instance we have only to say that there
Is but one sentence in the last" to which
we would call special attention. it reads: "The
probability is that the prohibition question will
absorb more than ever of the time and atten.
ton of the Legislature OF the State"
This may may not be the case. 1t will be
the case If there is any such obstruction to the
manifest desire of a thirty thousand majority of
Virginia voters as was in evidence in the .ast
Virginia Senate to the proposal that Virginia
be allowed TO vote on the question. 1t will not
be the. case II the will of the people in oppo-
sition TO the liquor traffic is followed.
And now having clarified the atmosphere
to Its own satisfaction 1t may be that the Press
is fully satisfied OF the extent to which The Vir-
gtnan and the temperance leaders of Virginia
will "hoodwink" the State
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-05
ASHLAND

Ashland. Va, Nov. 4.-The Ashland
Music Club held its first meeting OF
the season in the Parish House on
Monday morning. The president. Mrs
/ Lasher. acted as hostess and read a
charming paper. entitled. Music As a
/ business" The program was as fol-
lows:
/. Duo--Waltz (MospowskD, Misses
Denzellc Hunt and NJ Wightman.
2. Song-"Dinna Turn" {Weld)
Mrs. Shepherd.
8. Chorus-"A Red, Red Rose
| (Hastings). Club Choir.
4. Paper--"Music AS a Business"
Mrs. LAsher.
! S. Piano Solo--Siegfrieds Funeral
March, Miss Lee Goodwin.
| s. Vocal Duet--"Skies of the Sum-
mer Night" toriginal setting by Miss
Goodwin), Mrs. Ballard and Mrs.
Howe. =
Z. Duo---'Invitation to the Dance
fWebber), Madames Blackwell and
Lasher.
On Tuesday afternoon the Ashland
lWoman's Club celebrated virginia
Day" with . charming entertAinHn4nA.
Ito which the Young WomaAsa 9n4
.IsaniaF xAtRsAxx C1uhn a1 ~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-05

Editor EIrginian:
sr.--I have given this letter rather un-
pleasant title. but ! 10 not know of any better
name for some of the scenes and their results
that ! witnessed last Halloween. There Is
hardly an occasion TO mention it, L expect, for
who in Richmond is not familiar with them?
We all know that from year to year the hood
lums have been taking advantage of the privilege
of parading the streets with masks, doing untold
damage to property and terrorizing peaceful
people. until the occasion has come to be one to
be dreaded.
1t is an astonishment to me that such con-
ditious allowed to exist without any inter-
ference the part Of the police
In many neighborhoods depredations were
committed that at any time ought to be good
reasons for arrest.
) That boys and girls should enjoy innocent
fun no one viii dispute, and great deal of en-
foyment and merriment be had of this
quaint celebration without detriment or annoy
ance others.
question very much the propriety of dresS-
ling girls as boys, or boys as girls and letting
hem run wild in the streets under masks, min
Cling with strangers whom they think are friends
and with friends whom they think are strangers.
Under cover OF masks the most wanton
destruction of porch furniture and fences. and,
as to the latter. no one knows what condition
they will be in after the Halloween torments
are through with 1t.
| With the police overlooking it and the news
papers conniVing at 1t, il has come to pass tnas
there ought to he uprising against this IN
tolerable nuisance, Let be done with II at
once and for ever and let every citizen demand
that it be stopped
/ The most aggravatng thing about 1t Ia that.
under cover Of masks and other DISCUSSES, boys
visit spite on neighbors and even torment peace
full friends. l. personally. witnessed a party
wrench a quarter OF the pictets off poor
widows fence. and take these same pickets and
lcommit the most outrageous depredatons
an hatieya bow girl can
lin1ulge in such riot without faint of hood
iumsm clinging to them afterwards The IN
fluence of such revelry must be destructive OF
all the finer sentiments and no one can par
ucipate in It and not suffer moral degradation
Two things would suggest; Since the wear
Ing of DISCUSSES is used for protection against
recognition while the wearer is engaged in un-
lawful acts let parents forbid the purchase OF
masks, require their sons and daughters &c
STAY at home. Also let every householder stan
ready to protect his home. by force, If neces
sary, and so restore the occasion to its proper
land legitimate mode of celebration in their owT
homes or in some other inoffensive and harm
less manner.
i A READER.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-05
THE VIRGINIA RESULT.

Virginia's delegation in Congress stands as
before the election. A noble fight by Democrats
against almost hopeless odds in the Ninth us
trict serves to detract not one whit from the
standing of the candidate and the workers be
cause defeat greeted their efforts which deserved
10 have been crowned with success. Candidate
r. Tate Irvine has gained in friends and stand
ing by the canvass.
The nine good Democrats" whose party the
Supreme tn Virginia held was drunk with
power and careless o: consequence" have been
returned, Is was more Enthusiastically evident af-
ter than before the supremes bolt would be
the case 1t is cause for graduation that such
utterances are not taken seriously by Virginia
Democrats.
1t Is particularly gratifying that Hon. Hal. D.
Flood. despite stronger opposition than the rest,
was reelected by his constituents to carry the
work In Congress fer which the President him
self has declared him so capable ii is certain
that Mr. Flood has served HIS State and his
nation as well the Tenth Virginia District.
His work deserved the endorsement it received.
The large majority given him in his home county
must have been source Of much qualification
to him SO expressing the confidence OF the peo-
pie who know him best In his integrity and
ability to serve them. And for the other repre-.
sentatlves there is also cause for congratulatou,
Virginia. 10 less than the nation, and even
more than several States and localities. has ex
pressed unqualified approval of-the party in
power and the President's administration.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-05
Keep After the Liquor Traffic

Editor Nirginian
sir--The liquor traffic is the go and we
must keep ii going. ! wish to call the atten-
ton of the preachers and laymen and the good
women Of the county to this fact, that although
have grand and glorious victory, we
must not lay aside armor and cease the
agitation of this liquor problem until we are
entirely rid of the traffic We must continue
fifth Sunday meetings On November 20.
1914 let have a meeting in every community
wherever ii is possible fer two or three churches
to assemble together. Any assistance can give
as to arrangement OF program, write me and
ii Will be gladly given. l appeal especially to
the preachers in and out of the county who
have churches in the county &c help me in
pushing forward this work.
You~s truly,
w T. SHELTON.
President of Anti-Saloon League,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-05

New York, Nov. 8, 1914
Editor Virginian:
At the closing session Of recent conven-
ton. the American Bankers Association passed
unanimous vote OF thanks to ''the press of
Richmond" TOR It's generous treatment of our
convention. during stay in your city.
desire to emphasize the statement that the
press OF Richmond were unusually generous.
in fact do not believe we have ever received
In any city such full and good reports Of the
convention received In Richmond.
AaA- AA.AanAllx. vish - 1xDreAS my thAnlrn
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-05

MANY called. but few are chosen" or as
Mrs. Wigs Sunday School Class said: MANY
are cold but few frozen" However there
are several who will cool their heels after being
frozen out Tuesday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-05

Maurice Maeterlink suggests that the Allies
retaliate for the destruction OF Belgian cities
by devastating German municipalities. The chief
obstacle to which suggestion seems to be the lack
Of cities
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-05

Your Uncle Joe also qualities as discoverer
Ponce de Leon searched Florida for the foun-
tain OF perpetual youth, but the boss finds 1t In
Danvie, Illinois
And there F4eed in the Tenth after all.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-05

There have been times. says The Richmond
Virginian, when an advocate of prohibition
risked his political future by making known
his conviction The Virginian adds that that
day Is past. People indeed now welded
Ito the prohibition idea of handling the problem
of intoxicantss that they wondering why
they were 50 long reaching solution of 1t.
The declaration of medical men, that there is
no use for liquor that cannot be met Just as
we'll or better by something else eliminated the
last claim for consideration that the wet goods
had.-Raleigh News and Observer.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-05
Rejjoinders

The News and Observer thinks Turkey vii,
get in in time for Observation-Disclosures
News.
We'd rather have Il done than in.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-05

| Vote for Meeker Dyer and Hamilton. They
| should be elected as a step toward the reduction
of the brutal Democratic majority--St. Louis
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-05
THURSDAY

even now see the light unwillingiy,
Richmond business men and bankers de-
serve much credit and hearty congratulations
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-05
VERSE OF THE DAY
A Broken Lutte.

/ am the thing round which the aureole
OF music hung, like empty bowl
Reft of the living wine that was its soul!
Lo. / am the rose that red,
Its fragrance gone its glowing petals she'd
am the body with the spirit fed!
And yet above me like an unseen flame
The raptured mystic worshipers acclaim,
Hovers melody that none may name.
Impalpahle to anojnted ears,
Yet he who hath true divnation hears
Harmonies chorded with the swinging spheres
For naught of loveliness can vanish quite,
But fingers us, be it sound sight
One with the whole with the infinite
Clinton Scollard in Smart Set.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-05

The Republican Times and the pseudo-Demo
cratic Times Dispatch seem to have cherished
similar sentiments.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-05

Love Came.
Love came with song
The mad. merry sprite, like the light OF bright
summer day
Broke in on my gloom, and his arrow drove
Sorrow away:
"Oh. welcome'' cried 7: AT my door / i'm
plore you to stay
But he laughed, and was gone.
Love came with tear
Wing broken and weary his bow dragging slow
at his feet;
Voice tuneless and old--all the thrill hushed
and still that was sweet:
Yet cried my sad heart "Oh stay Love, pray.
/ entreat."
So Love bideth here.
Katherine Athcrton Grimes.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-05

for this consideration. we'll as the thanks OF
the association.
Yours very truly,
FRED Il. FARNSWARTH.
General Secretary.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-05

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-05

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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-11-15
Mending Broken Bones with Rugs

one for large bones, the other for small
ones. This is accomplished by having the
strands that run the long way of the rug
made up of separate fibers while those run
ming across the fabric are made of one
long continuous strand which is alternately
woven over and under the long parallel
strands.
In applying the catgut rug to broken
bone the rug is of course first carefully
sterilized. Then the bone ends are ex-
posed, the muscles gently separated from
them and the rug introduced around the
bone. Great care has to be taken in do
ing this not to injure or displace the
bones delicate membrane.
When the surgeon is sure that the line
of fracture is at the exact centre of the
rug he begins tying the two opposite
free ends Of each of the longitudinal
strands o catgut Should it seem desir-
able to make them splint still stronger the
ends remaining are quie long enough to
wind and to tie again beore cutting off
AS soon as the rug is in place the limb
is put In plaster cast and kept there for
three or four weeks