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WAR AND BRAIN DEFECTS

The mental anguish. depicted by the
numerous tales OF suicide. madness and
dcsertion among the soldiers, to say
nothing of mental frenzy expressing
Itself In wanton murder. that have
come from across the sea, leads TO n
realization that there have been made
as yet no scientific studies of the effect
of war on the minds of officers and
enlisted men In the army. Fortunately
for our nation. there has been no op-
portunity to study the effect. on a
large body OF men. OF short rations.
loss OF sleep. great emotionalism, ex-
hausting exposure. excessive physical
exertion, inconsistencies. etc, yet these
In combination produce strain that
might we'll prove fatal to the equili-
briun of many mind that In regular
routine would show no weakness. To
be mentally sound In such conditions
is of more importance than to pass
the eycsight test. or to be typhoid
proof.
In the light of modern psychiatry. II
Is rumored that mora than one great
battle has been lost by a general who
was in the early stage OF paresis. and
doubtless dozens OF men who have met
the fate OF deserters had their doom
written In their brains. Although the
mental effects of war strain have not
been studied. our War Department has
been carrying on. under the Surgeon
Generals advice. very interesting In
| quiry concerning the mental status Of
| the army. The studies show that the
| mentally diseased. and those who are
icongenitally or otherwise mentally de-
J fective. form an Important problem In
i armies and nayies.
F, OF all the discharges for disease or
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Rubens's Mansion Stand

THE HAGUE November i5.-The
famous sixteenth century mansion Of
Rubens. the great Flemish painter.
standing in the line OF the German
sweep through Belgium. between Brus-
sells and Antwerp. has suffered little
from the depredations OF war, although
an unknown vandal has defaced some
Of the paintings that cover Its walls.
For weeks 1t had been impossible to
approach the place. and there was
much anxiety as to It's fate.
The Germans had converted this
shrine OF art lovers to the service OF
war, but neither tho house nor the fine
old garden suffered much. The house
Is now used az a pay station for the
German troops. In the garden are
many roughly marked graves of Bel
CLAN and German soldierY One stray
bullet found It's way into the house,
which Is surrounded by heaps of rub
bish and broken bottles. No doubt n
thorough cleaning will transform the
place to the quaint mansion which
Rubens built for his young wife, the
woman who appears in nearly all of
the paintings of his later years, and
the mother of the boy whose baby
face smiles out from so many OF his
canvases. Some civilian souvenir
hunter us declared to he responsible
! for the only Intentional act Of vandal-
ism committed on-the property, which
is now owned by the Belgian Senator
de Becker Remy. The vandala cut the
faces out of some of the pictures that
hung In the house.
During the German advance to Ant
werp, German detachment of fifty
soldiers occupied the mansion. Bel
gian peasant managed to slip through
the German lines and notify the Bel
Tian troops. That night strong de-
{ tachment OF Belgian soldiers surround
cd the house, and after desperate
hsht killed all the occupants. Tho
Germans were buried in the old gar
den. Later the Belgians were forced
! TO abandon the place.
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or eight thousand feet In altitude,
where tho wet, heavy snow clogs his
snowshocs. and where he may have TO
make three or four trips TO haul big
at his destination he may md his
bridge buried under u ten-foot drift
Of heavy snow. which he will spen1
day penetrating. Through delays
and heavy travelling, he may end hill
supplles giving out. end by the t,nc
he has fought his way through snow
storm back to headquarters he may
have been lunching for days on frozen
raw bacon. and sleeping In soddon
blankets undor sheltorins tree.
Throughout the long winter the
ranger Is kept busy with just such
Jobs as these. Ten feet OF snow may
como down from the mountains nnd
self out and take the trail. And he
must keep everlastingly at IL until
tho spring breakup sends him scul-
rying to tho high points to watch for
the curl of smoke that foretells the
coming of the forest fire.
Development OF tho winter work on
tho ranges has removed tho forest
ranger from the patronage" ciassin-
cation In government Jobs. Formerly
congressman were inclined to look TN
the forest ranger place as a desirable
position for some constituent looking
for light outdoor work" That time
has passed. however. for the forest
ranger must submit q medical cersifi-
cate showing that he is able bodied be-
fore he Ia appointed. Aa the Forest
Service puts IL:
Tile must be able bodied and eapa-
BILE OF enduring hardships md OF per-
forming severe labor uQdor trying
conditions: able to take care of him
self and his horses In regions remote
from settlement and supplics; and
must be able to build trails and cabins
and pnck In provisions without assist
ance. He must know something OF
surveying. estimating and scaling lum-
Der. and tn. live stock business: and
In addition TO this ne should have n
general knowledge Of farming ana
T. mi lining"
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external causes, practically spea!ting,
one-fifth are on account OF mental dls-
ease In some form, That is to say out
OF 1862 men discharged In 1919 on nc
count of disability from all causes,
more than 200 were found to be mental
ly diseased or defective during the
year. and these did not Include the re-
tirements for neurasthenia or hysteria,
which. although the patients are not
Insane In the accepted sense. are In
reality mental diseases that Will seri-
ously affect ones efficiency in time of
strain.
or all the mental diseases, II was
found that dementIa parecox was by
far the most frequent form; II averaged
about 30 per cent each year, OF all the
dismissals. The report gives a clear.
concise outline OF the modern concep-
ton of dementia pIaecox. explaining
the way In which II may appear In the
shown any OF the symptoms OF trre-
sponsibility when sheltered by their
parents or friends. but who cannot
get along" when they are required
to speak, act. and even thinlt In pre-
scribed and orderly fashion,.
The sympotms. with the vivid cnse
descriptions that follow. Will AFFORD
the regular army surgeon much insight
into cases that would seem to be mere
ly undisciplined,
TN fact. the text OF this bulletin"
says the Journal OF the American
Medical Association. twill be OF tre-
mcndous social value to every officer,
as well as to any one dealing with
large bodies of men. whether In reform
schools. prisons. factories or mlnes"
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RICHMOND DIsPATcH WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER g. 1914

slaughter his men and destroy his property
The explosive mine at sea does Just that
thing. quite as the gallant Emden did with
respect to- merchant ships.
Mr.. Asquith should not try to make flesh
of ono and fish OF the other. They are blood
brothers. If the floating and other mines
depart from tho Emden's practice and de-
stroy other than hostile ships. that fact Is
merely part of this greater truth---that
throughout the world thousands of neutral
human beings are suffering great hardship
and much neutral property has, In effect,
been practically destroyed as by-product of
the war.
1t may seem like the DEVILS logic to plead
the cause Of explosive mines strewn across
the path of commerce. But that is just the
logic which underles serving military
purpose"
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Promised Boom in stop Watches

1T is painful to appear hypercritical of the
City Councils commendable efforts to do
away with the obstruction Of traffic caused
by the parking Of motor cars on Main Street.
but if the ordinance Is passed in the form
in which 1t was approved by the committee,
the ways of Richmonds police force Will be
cast thereafter In very unpleasant places.
The amended ordinance makes II unlaw-
full to keep car standing at the curb
longer than half an hour. Obviously, cars
may stand for that period and. unless human
nature has undergone wonderful transfer
nation in the last day two few automobile
owners will fail to take advantage OF these
thirty minutes Of grace.
1t will be the function of the police to
decide, In the first instance, when the time
has fed. To enforce the ordinance will in
volve considerable additions to the police
roster and the laying-in for departmental
use of SO generous supply of stop watches
that the jeweler who gets the contract ought
TO be happy and prosperous for the rest Of
his life.
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SERVING a Military Purpose"

W. AR is madness. and. therefore. one
w should not perhaps. be at all sur
Drsed when the reasoning of one of the com
batants defes the comprehension of noncom-
Blatant minds. Addressing the House of
Commons, Premier Asquith deplored the lay
ing of mines by the Germans. because the
destruction of merchant vessels serves no
military purpose. II Is true that the British
statesman lays particular emphasis on the
destruction of neutral shipping. but what he
has chiefly in mind must be the sinking of
British merchantmen.
And yet the British press and public have
been both loud and generous in their praise
Of the Emden, although that departed Ger
man warship won her fame as q destroyer
OF merchant ships II is not alleged that the
destruction of these ships served no military
end; 1t was right and proper and praise
worthy for the Emden's captain to send every
British cargo or passenger boat he could find
TO the bottom of the sea.
That and nothing more Is the purpose of
German marine mine-laying. The mine can
not be supposed to differentiate between neu-
trail and enemy. 1t is no respecter OF ma
tionalities. Its function is TO destroy, and
that Junction 1t performs when and where It
can. II is clear that in war the first and
most important purpose OF all men and
things is to serve the sacred military pur-
pose Of INJECTING damage on the enemy
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Cash Value of Public Health

THAT the Common Council will accept and
approve the action OF the Committee
on Finance providing emergency appropria-
tions of $4,780 for the relief of Pine Camp.
is taken as assured. The situation has been
stated so plainly, the need Is SO real and 80
exigent, that the passage OF the appropriat-
ing measures Is awaited with confidence.
There Is equal confidence that the Board
of Aldermen and Mayor Ainslie will adopt
the same view of the matter. and that Pima
Camp will be taken care OF for the remainder
Of the city's fiscal year.
II ought not to be too much to hope that
in that interim the stand Richmond should
take in the fight against tuberculosis Will
receive the earnest consideration of every
responsible member of the city government.
Pine Camp is 1ust'a beginning 1t makes
no provision for the reception and care OF
negro lndigents suffering from tuberculosis,
who often are greater menace to the gen.
eral health of the city than are similar suf-
ferers among the white race.
No expenditure a city can make offers more
solid, substantial return. reducible in many
cases to actual dollars and cents, than the
expenditures for public health wisely
directed. adequately manned and generously
supported Health Department Is not only of
the largest possible public utility, increas-
ing the average efficiency and the average
earning power in great measure, but 1t Is
also one of the best of all municipal ad-
vertisements. A low death rate, relative
freedom from epidemics OF proved capacity
to deal with them reduction to a figure COM
patble with municipal self-respect OF the
mortality from such filth diseases as typhoid
| fever, all attractive to prospective in
vestors and prospective citizens alike.
! Clean streets, as matter of course, are
| q part of the health code. Dust and filth
| swept through open windows into homes
filling the noses and lungs of those who
walk abroad, are menace as we'll as nuis-
ance. Active warfare against disease, mod
T! ern sanitary regulations, improvement In
housing conditions are necessary elements In
Il modern city's progress. Not only do they
| prevent suffering and promote happiness.
! but they have an actual, visible fnancia
value. They pay cash profit OH the in
vcStment.
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History of "Marseillaise"

A soldier. who was by way of being
nm amateur poet and musician. wrote
and composed ",rhe Marscitlaise," the
great national anthem Of France. In s.
night. says Pearson's Weekly.
Rouget do Lisle was his name. ava
he was captain In the engineers,
and II was In April, 1892. that he was
inspired to write the song. which
brought him fame in a flash.
France had declared war against
Austria and De Lisle had volunteered.
for service in her army. But France
though she was In arms against ~.
Europe at the time. had no great ma
tionai song. no HYMN epitomizlng he.
hopes and fears. The Mavor OF Strass
burS. who. on the eve of the campaif
entertained to dinner as many OF til
volunt GERS as his slender larder woul,
allow. spoke of this want of n srGgt
war song.
One of the volunteers turned to l..
Lisle on tho mayors words Come.
you are poet and n musician; cant
yo,, write a songT' he asked
The young engineer shook his head.
but his comrades--perhaps to natte..
him, or perhaps because they renllS-
had some belief In him-prensed the
matter. And so. at last, promising to
see what he could do. De Lisje took
his violin and shut himself up in II
| top room.
All through that night he wooad
words and music, and by O'clock In
the morning. too excted to be tired,
he rushed into the room OF the friend
who had first made the suggestion that
he should try to do something"
'Listen!" he cried listen to this,
and tell me what you think"
And there and then, lii bedroom, OF
the house OF the Mayor of StrasSburg,
i with the sun OF spring morning
cleaning in at the window. De Ltsle
+! first played Tho Observation-Disclosures
/ The Chant of War OF the Army as
he then called tito listener,
The name "Nfarseillaise" came
through the Parislans first hearing tho
song sung by tho volunteers OF Mar
settles. s.
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WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER a. 1914
THE TIMEs-pisPATCH sna breakfast
ere served Together with unfailinE rcEu-
Inrity In the Hest Homes Of Hicbm"nd.
ls your morning pragrnm rompieses
Helm Belgium !
THIS Is Belgian Badge Day.

THIS i3 Belgian Badge Day.
Generous Richmond will have oppor-
tunity, as II goes about it's accustomed bust
ness, to answer the most piteous cry OF
human suffering that this generation has
heard 1t Is cry that cannot fall of re-
sponse-that must not fail--despite the fact
that we face here at home a winter of want
and need among the host Of the city's un-
employed. Richmond will take care of its
own. but II will help Belgium as we'll.
That war-stricken land is PROSTATE. i'm
potent to relieve its own necessities. Misery
is SO universal that assistance cannot be too
great. President Alderman said on Mon
day, In his address to students of the Univcr-
sity of Virginia. that Belgium preferred
ruin to shameless bargain II Is for
this country, alone in it's neutrality among
all the worlds great nations to show \that
1t retains its appreciation of such daunt-
less couraEs and unf1inchng sacrifice.
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SONGS AND SAWS

Remembert
rvc message Of good will,
Reader dear:
Just word or two to spill
In your ear
When you dine Thanksgiving Day
Don't forget. 1 beg and pray,
That morning cold and gray
VIII appear
or the turkey eat your need
1t comes high
And for two years moro you mood
Not be dry;
On the salad and entree
Give your appetite full play.
But be warned and keep away
From mlnce pie!
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Reducing Unemployment, in Richmond

wv I'rH the unemployed of Richmond esti-
wv mated at from 10000 to 10000 and
the coolest of the winter months drawing
near. there Is sound economics, as well as
the most helpful form Of benevolence. in the
plan to appropriate $4,000 of city funds
for the relief OF this situation.
The thought is beginning on January l, to
employ 700 laborers OH improvements, but
perhaps 1t would not be unwise to raise this
number to 1000. If 100000 of the pro-
posed appropriation is to be paid to labor
and $4,000 used in the purchase of neces-
sary tools, equipment and material 1000
men could be worked five days week, at
50 day, for ten weeks This would pro-
vide $40 weekly for that many families until
the middle Of March. by which time 1t may be
assumed that business will have revived and
the worst of existing evils will have passed
away.
OF course. the men who are to have oppor-
tunity to relieve their own necessities by their
own toll should be wisely selected. They
should be capable, in The first place. OF doing
days manual labor: for If they are not.
II were vastly better to help them in some
other way. First opportunity should be
allowed married men and heads of families
dependent on their earning power, for their
need. obviously. is greatest. There should
or Of any one who does not remember and
heed the exhortatlon that "in the sweat Of
thy brow thou shalt eat bread"
So pr emised, the plan Is excellent In the
annexed territory and within the old city
limits there Is work that ought to be done,
and that may well be done now as later.
BY helping the unemployed and relieving
suffering, the city really will be helping
itself.
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The Army of the Dead.

! dreamed that overhead
saw In twilight gray
The Army Of tho Dead
Marching upon Its way,
So still and passionless,
With faces so serene.
That scarcely could one guess
Such men In war had been.
No rark or hurt they bore,
Nor smoke nor bloody stain;
Nor suffered any more
Famine. fatigue or pain;
Nor any lust OF hate
Now fingered In their eyes
Who have fulfilled their fate,
Have lost all enmities.
a new and greater pride
Who once fought face to face.
That ghost1y armys plan
So qucnched the pride OF race
That foes marched side by side
Knows but one race, one rod
All nations there are man
And the one King is God!
No longer. OH their ears
The hugle's summons falls;
Beyond these tangled spheres
The Archansers trumpet cnils;
And by that trumpet leo
Far up the exalted sky
The Army Of the Dead
BARRY PAIN
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1919 Tho expansion OF our overseas trade prom.
ises to break all records this year. and the
presence OF thebig fleet In the port OF Seattle Mt
the present time Is an indication or the growth
of our trade. Germany and Austria arc about tho
only large countries OF the world with which we
have not direct trade now. and the war alone
Is responsible for the cutting Off OF ths lines to
Germany.--seattle Post-1ntelligoncer.
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Chats With Virginia Editors

The Norfoik Ledger Dispatch expresses this
apprehension: 1T looks as II Colonel Roose-
welt might have struck a sunken mine" The
fear is obviously founded upon the belief that
Teethodore the bellwether OF the Ruil-Con herd
took to the River of Doubt and submerged him.
SELF below the coming tower line when tho re-
turns were coming In.
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Chauce for the .Jlpcoc..


az am pleased by at least one recent develop
ment" said the Prominent Citizen Nov that
United States troops have withdrawn from
Mexico there Is nothing to prevent jingoes
and frc-eaters from going down there and
settling matters TO their satisfaction. And
they ought to find the Mexican atmosphere
highly congenial."
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Prosres. of Culture.

War CorreSpondent--How
does tho battle seem to be
going?
Omcer-I can't mako out
exactly. but from this dis
lance II appears that the ar
tillery and fire brigadcs of
our friend, the enemy. will
soon have added a few
cathcdrals, town halls and
are galleries to their collec-
ton.
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Patriotism.

Gruobs-What does Congressman Porkbarrel
mean by his statement that he will stick to the
country through thick and thin?
Stubbs-He means that no matter how thick
the nations bank roll may be at the start II is
bound to be whole lot thinner when he gets
through sticking It,
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Editor opie. OF the stanton Leader. discusses
the question In column-lrngth editorial under
the caption. Our Trouble with Turkey" Never
mind, brother! Breakfast after Thanksgiving
Day will settle turkeys hash In our, most ex-
elusive boarding houses.
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The Norfolk virginian- Pilot observes: Great
Britain, 1t is reported. has offered to buy all our
colo storage eggs" Indications point TO another
stampede OF English actors to America
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Need for nexi.ian.

weed Tor WevfNfOn.
war Is game. some experts say,
That nations play outside tho law,
And happenings we View to-day
Do prove the rules are somewhat raw.
THE TATTLER.
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Real Neutrality.

you VIII wear at the Thanksgiving game?
She-Not definitely, but have been trying
to arrange O pleasing combination of both sets
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The Bright Side Of Life
lind the Habit.

What makes Jack keep Shaping himself on
the back OF his ncck?" He spent his vacation
at New Jersey summer resort and he can't get
rid OF the habit."--.St Louis Post Dispatch.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-25

After taking inventory Of the gubernatorial
timber~in sight mentioning by name Richa rd
Evelyn Byrd. J. Taylor Elyson and John Gar
land Pollard Editor Bill Eads OF the Wise
County News announces himself neutral The
sage philosopher and poet OF Southwest Virginia
likewise desires IL explicitly understood that he
is feminist" Mr.. Pollard whom he supported for
Attorney General
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Z Germany is building a Zeppelin every three
weeks. And England. according to report, is
having three fits every night.
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An English peer lef, the battle trent tc
visit his tailor in London. Now make Joke.
about what women would do If they wer,
5oldiers.
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Appropriate.

ApDr0printe.
a wealthy but misery baronet was ceIe bratcd
for having a magnihcently decorated dining
room, while his viands very few. cele-
Grated wit invited to dine certain
occasion. and the host asked him II he didn't
think the room elegant
YES" was the reply, but II Is not quite TO
my taste"
"And what change would you maker" asked
the host.
WELL" answered the wit. 'lf this were my
house. you know I would have" looking at the
ceiling. less gliding and" here hi glanced
furtvely at tho table. more carving."--Tit- Bits
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Formerly when man died leaving large
estate his heirs assumed decent air Of grief
Now they get ready to fight the State nher
lance tax.