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The Washington herald., 1914-04-05
Easter Monday Dance

The tea-dance and card party to be
! given at Rauscher's, April 13, for the
benefit of the Homeopathic Hospital,
promises to be most successful as a
social feature Of the Easter season. Some
of the patronesses are combining sub
stantial aid to their favorite charity
with pleasant opportunity to entertain
friends. Card tables are being reserved
and many groups are already arranged.
Tea will be served at these tables at the
close of the game with a buffet service
later for the dancers.
A committee of young girls has entered
enthusiastically into the arrangements
for dancing and through their efforts
the success of this feature OF the enter
tainment is assured.
Among them are Miss Catherine Nc
Clintock, Miss Constance Gardiner, Miss
Ethel Noyes, Miss Helen Walcott, Miss
Caroline Ogden Jones. Miss Mary Nc
Cawley. Miss Cora Barry. Miss Eleanor
Morgan, Miss Marjorie Edison, Miss
Dasha Allen, Miss Emily Beatty, Miss
Ruth Anderson. Miss Dorothy Gray
Brooks, Miss Mildren Bacon, Miss Dor
othy wyeth, Miss Elizabeth Adams,
Miss Margaret Howard. Miss Wilmer
Michael. Miss Marie Adams. Miss Bir-
ney, the Misses Stone, Miss Laura
Jones, Miss Helen Swormstedt.
An orchestra of ten pieces will furnish
the music for the dance from 5 to z
O'Clock, and one-half hour of this time
will be given to the competitive dancing
for which attractive prizes have been
provided. In compliance with the request
for tea tables a limited number will be
reserved in the ballroom by the commit
tee having this in charge, Mrs. A. Garri-
son McClintock. and Mrs. T. L. Macdon-
aid.
The Misses Selma and Lucille Loeb, OF
Wellesley College, are the house guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Schiffman, of Har-
ward street northwest
The arrival of Mr.. and Mrs. Bellamy
Storer in Rome adds further interest to
the large colony Of Americans In that
capital for Easter and the gay post
Lenten season. Mr.. and Mrs Storer re-
ceived a most cordial welcome from lead
ers Of both Quirenal and Vatican circles.
Mrs. Henry NJ. Hoyt, wife Of the late
Solicitor General of the State Depart
ment. and her schoolgirl daughter, Mrs.
John W. Weeks and Miss Weeks, wife
and daughter of the Senator from Massa-
chusetts; Mrs. Henry w. Palmer and
Miss Ellen Constance Palmer are among
the prominent Washington visitors. In the
diplomatic circle, to which Lieut. and
Mrs. Russell Train will shortly be added.
are, in addition to the Ambassador and
Mrs Thomas Nelson Page and their
daughter, Mrs. Thomas Lindsay. Mme
Coramilas, formerly. Miss Anna Cockrell.
wife OF the Greek Minister. and the
former Miss Constance Hoyt, wife Of
Count Won stumnr. Of the German Em-
bassy.
Mr.. Herbert Dering. Of the British dip
lomatic service, one Of the popular
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The President occupied a box at Keith's
Theater last night and had with him
Miss Helen Woodrow Bones, Miss Flea
nor Wilson and her fance. Secretary
William Gibbs McAdoo. and DR.. Cary
Graysosn. u. s. N.
The British Ambassador and Lady
Sprfng-Rice entertained at a brilliant
dinner last night at the embassy in
Connecticut avenue.
Their guests were the Spanish Ambas-
sador and Mime. de Riano, Senator and
Mrs. Willard salisbury, Senator and
Mrs. ]. Hamilton Lewis Representative
ana Mrs George Fairchild. Judge and
Mrs. ]. w. Alexander, the Solicitor Cen
eraI and Mrs. Davis, Mr.. william Phil
Hps, Third Assistant Secretary OF State;
Mrs. Philip II. Sheridan, Mr.. Eugene 7.
Chamberlain, Commissioner Of Naviga-
tion. Col. and Mrs. Alexander Rodgers,
Mr. Boaz w. Long. Of the Department
OF State; Maj. James A. Logan, tr., q.
8. A.: Mr.. and Mrs. 8. Thurston Ballard,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas T. Gan, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Wilson, the Chief Justice
Of Canada ana Lady Fitzpatrick. Miss
Fitzpatrick, Lieut. Col. F. d. Farquhar,
military secretary to the governor gen
erai of Canada, and Lady Evelyn Far
ouhar, and the Counselor Of the British
EMBASSY ana 1AIs- SoANA-sC Aso4
The Secretary Of state and Mrs. WILL
lam Jennings Bryan were the guests of
honor at a dinner last night given by
Mr.. and Mrs. Truxton Beale at their
home on Lafayette square.
Mr.. Justice and Mrs willis Van De-
vanter entertained at dinner last night
at their residence IN the Avenue Of the
Presidents.
Col. wiIber B. Wilder. U. s. A.. COM
mandant Of Fort Myer, Va. and his
daughter. Miss Sylvia Wilder, were
hosts at dinner last night in honor OF
the Secretary Of War and Mrs. Lindley
NJ Garrison
Among their guests were Maj. Gen
Leonard Wood. U. S. A.: Mrs. J. Borden
Hartman, Col and Mrs. Henry T Allen,
Col and Mrs. Charles McCawley. Miss
Cecilia May, and Capt. Duncan Elliott.
q. s. A.
Nine. Christian Hauge gave q dinner
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Washington after her departure for Eu-
rope.
Mr.. and Mrs Robert N. Harper viii
give q bal-masque on April Il IN compli-
ment to Miss Amparo Martin Rivero,
daughter Of the Cuban Minister to Italy
and Nine Rivero. The marriage Of Miss
Rivero and Mr.. Thomas Russell Rams
dell will take place this spring.
Miss Sara Carr Upton. whose house in
Nineteenth street has been rented for the
past season. will return to Washington
for short stay before going North for
the summer. Miss Upton passed the
early winter in New York. and is now
the guest Of Miss Charlotte Lincoln in
Cincinnati
Mr.. and Mrs. r. d. Shepard are at
their home, 1875 Biltmore street. and will
remain until May. Mrs. Shepard has
written a play which will be presented
in New York the first week in May.
Mrs. Henry Straus is spending some
time in Washington with Mrs. A. NJ.
Baer before returning to her home in
Richmond, Va
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Nine. Christian Hauge gave a dinner
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Mr.. Justice and Mrs. willis Van De-
vanter entertained at dinner last night
at their residence In the Avenue Of the
Presidents.
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The Secretary Of State and Mrs. WILL
lam Jennings Bryan were the guests Of
honor at a dinner last night given by
Mr.. and Mrs. Truxton Beale at their
home on Lafayette square.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-05

Miss Elma Loeb. Of Columbia, Mo-, Is
spending q few days in Washington and
will attend the wedding OF Miss Belle
Schiffman and Mr.. Leo Loeb.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-05

Mime. Dumba, wife of the Ambassador
Of Austria Hungary. win sail from New
helm The Ambassador will accompany
her to New York tomorrow. returning to
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-31
Maybe, They're Afraid.

io me lIuitor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-lames r. Nelson. in Sundav's
issue OF your paper. presented such n
strong case for coeducation ut the Uni
eGGrSiity OF virginia that it would. he
study carefully his communication. Re.
member, please. this gentleman with
uesidcd prejudice against coeducation.
went West and changed his Idea OF the
brother In college classrooms.
sa N.ss ,,sr!, s. SHOW ,quality OF con
degree, which tends to Keep them in
Il bactWa state tboth abstract and
Goncretel. Whatever thoughts we may
nave about woman suffrage. the fact
remains that We shall not be able TO
stem the tide. Votes for Women IL
a growing movement, and tho men of
TO realization thereof
Cnconpromising opponents of WON
nm suffrage. are afraid Of sex hostility,
as result OF giving votes 10 their
wives. sisters, and swcethearts. can
they not see that the longer they de-
lay IN acceding TO the feminine de-
tagonsm is to be aroused?
What has this 10 do with coeduca-
sreat deal When, the women do OBJ
tain the ballot. they will make CO.
eduentio reality. The sooner a
revolution. occurs in our educational
plan. the less likely are we to be az
fectcd with drastic measures in the
future.
! attended n male prep. school i'm a
North Carolina town. Then came a
sharp contrast. Destiny sent me to
Hughes High School. Cincinnati. where
the girls outnumbcred the boys two 10
one. There We're cighty-five in my
class ut graduation and. despite mental
ability. The ranking male stood
twelfth. Think of it, Eleven girls
surpassed us in scholarship. Were they
not entitled 10 equal educational OPP
portunitics?
Cincinnati enjoys the distinction NJ
possessing the only municipal uni
Versity. as part of It's public school
system. From the three high schools
OF the city young ladies and their
masculine classmates proceed upward
along the path OF knowledge At the
University Of Cincinnati, l sat beside
the other sex for three years and can
not recall Il single evil result thore-
from. Unless the young people OF var
ginia. are different from the sons and
daughters Of Ohio, they viii not SUI
fer intellectually or morally through
construction.
CASTOR LICHTENSTEIN
Richmond. Va
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-31

for by tho board OF visitors OF tho Uni
take into consideration the subject Of Of
the State education in It's entirety. and
bring bring In report wi.,cn shall put be.
the education OF our people.
Such II report for the State of Yer
vember, 1915, the Lesisiat,Se OF on V Sp-
mont empowered the Governor of tho
state to appoint commission to report
whole State.
The Governor appointed commits
sion n, of distinsuished men,-the judge
presi$s%t of the 'esns1E ! re 81 xa5
sm presaans II The W G1e
Railroad: State Auditor Graham. E. H.
PI r. ns: former member OF the State
president of the State Teachers Asso,
citation. and several other distinguished
citizens. This commission invited tho
Carnegie Foundation for tho Advance
ment or Teaching l.. undertake this
study. with such assistance and CO.
operation as might, be thought neces-
universities of Wisconsin, Columbia and
Harvard were engaged. and the first
tributed to the citizens OF Vermont
The report ought to be read by every
ono Interested in the cause OF State
education as q whole. AS the report
says, IT is the first effort on the
part of any State In the Union
TO study It's State system as whole
IRON the elementary school to the uni
Nersity. II starts out with the assump-
tlon that tho educational institutions
IN vermont are not unrelated agencies
but form part of one educational sys,
ten. whether controlled by the State
or not"
This is the striking conclusion OF
these experts:
our profound conviction is that tho
State ought first OF all To face its duty
toward that fundamental education
Whlch involves the interests or all citi-
Zcns, 1t should appropriate no money
whatsoever 10 higher education until
IT'S duty toward the public school has
peen fully met. In our judgment the
cause of higher education in Vermont
would not suffer If II received no state
aid in the future"
Now what Is our answer to the dumb
appeal of $1,000 white children above
the age OF ten who DO not know how TO
read or write? The first duty. cduca
u9nally. of our Legislature IS to rem
cdy this situation--an appalling sit,,a
ton In any State that calls itself demo
cratic Tho $1,000 whito children have
no !oDhy at the Legislature; they can
put no social or political pressure upon
INC Legislators. But the Legislators are
surely not going TO lose sight OF them
ana their imperative needs.
ms present Legislature has d!nlcult
problems before 1t; but none more i'm.
portant than caring for the submerged
clements OF our State that cannot speak
TOT themselves In the Hobbies and com
mlttee-roomS of the Capitol
r. Il. BLACKWELL
tttndolph- Macon College.
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STATE OFFICE nuIr.pINc.

The proposal made by Dr. S r 4
Kent, DELIBERATE from Halifax, that the
state consider the purchase OF suit
able site for an Office building should
NOT 80 unhceded.
Virginia cOn afford to he her own
landlord, and not to pay for tho quar-
tors her servants use. At present the
state rents Offices for the state Board
of Health, the state Banking Bureau
OF the Corporation Commission. the
laboratory OF The Department OF Agri-
culture and for the -Adjutant-Goneral.
to say nothing Of various vaults ana
lofts leased for storage
Not only so, but many Of the offices
Of government are badly crowded In
The present state buildings. The De
parunent Of Public Instruction, in
stead OF being together occupies vari-
GUS scattered oHices in the basement
Of tho Capitol, and even uses the cloak
room of tho House Of Delegates when
The Assembly IS not in session: tho
commissioner OF Labor has but TWO
small rooms: the Department. Of Agrl-
culture occupies unsatisfactory Offices
q room which should be set aside
Hs q shrine; even the Corporation COM
mission. which oc,-*Ifi-s tic entire north
end OF the secof1d ttoi.- OF the capitol
leeds moro room
r. Is poor economy TO rent quarters:
s, IS equally roor economy 70 crowd
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-31
sophs Meet Them on Richmond
College Campus in Fierce
Combat.

When Crock meets Greek It means
war, but when Rats meet "Sophs'
on college campus at the hour when
ghosts begin to turn 1t means what
General Sherman said war is. And
everybody who lives anywhere within
speaking and hearing distance Of the
Richmond College campus will agree
with General Sherman.
Tho Rats" and tho "Sophs" met last
night, and when the meeting was over
there wero signs that great deal had
been doing. and tho lavish use OF linl-
ment. plasters. and other things after
wards indicated that the meeting had
been anything but an entente cor
dale"
Tho underclnss men had their an
nual banquet at Murphy's Hotel and
when they arrived ut the hosiery they
found everybody present but the presi-
dent of the class. Repeated roll calls
failed to elicit response from him
and then n happy thought struck one
OF the Rats" Ne remembered hav-
ing seen a number OF sophomores
scurrying about the campus. and no
both Justly and rightly imagined that
they had something to do with the
absence of the president.
Calling on his comrades for contri-
buttons, he obtained the price OF Il
taxi, and hied him back to tho campus.
He arrived just in time. The presi-
dcnt was climbing out OF n window
~ iHcsilS OF rope IaSDlOneu from
sheets. Broken glass behind him and
faint sounds of suffering about him
showed the means of his escape The
soDhomores had kidnapped him, taken
him TO an upper room In one OF the
dormitories. locked him in and placed
guards about the building. The pres
ident, being a man OF forceful turn of
mind and more forceful fists, smashed
through his window, and then smashed
tho heads of tho guards when they
rushed him to prevent his escape He
laid about him like Samson among
the PhillsfiHes, and his fists proved AZ
effective ia the proverbial jaw bone.
He made the taxi, with other sopho-
mores in hot pursuit and was whisked
10 the banqueting hall. where his plate
and serviette were still awaiting his
hungry coming.
SO far, so good. The banquet was
enjoyed and brave words were said
ss to tho punishment that. would be
dealt out to the sophomorcs should
they try any OF their Mexican tricks.
rendering that in numbers thore :,
strength, and that tho presence OF an
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-31
TOBACCO CROP IS
BEST IN HISTORY
Commissioner Koiner's Annual
Report Puts It's Value to State
at 22,OOO,OOO.

The 1913 year book OF the State Dc
partnent OF Agriculture, containing
the annual report OF Commissioner {;
w. koiner, and 200 pages illustrated
Yesterday. 1t is not only tho most
pretentious hand book OF Virginla.s
agricultural resources yet published.
but gives evidence OF the highest state
OF prosperity known in Virginia since
the close OF tho war on the colo-ed
cover OF the year book is printed this
remarkable statement OF agricultural
values In Virginia:
In 1900. Ss2a.ooo,ooo: in 1918, s75o.-
100000.
Tho most remarkable feature OF 1919
In Virginia from AN agricultural stand
point was the tobacco crop. says Mr.
koiner's annual report. IL was the
largest In the history OF the State The
states tobacco crop was worth s22
100000 and ranked next to the corn
crop in value. II is grown in about
one fourth OF the counties, and has
doubled the value OF land in bright
tobacco sections In few years
More Fnrm Owners.
The DISAPPEARANCE of the tenant to
give place TO tile farm owner in Vir-
ginia is regarded as extremely propi-
tious. While the percentage OF shift
ing farm tenants has been increasing.
in other Southern States. Virginia has
been steadily turning it's farm lands
into the ownership OF the men who
work them. Only 20 per cent OF farm
crs In Virginia nre tenants. while IN
some Southern states the percentage
runs high as 90
The most prosperous States arc
those that have large number OF
small fasmers.' says the commissioner.
men who havo n stake in the land.
our economic, social and civil indie
pcndonce must be built upon land own
crship. civilization and Il powerful pa
triotism is founded in the home own
ing, homo loving ana home defending
attachment. Land ownership by tho
few is land orphanage Tor tho many.
No State or county can hold It's popu
lation under such conditions"
The department printed and dis
tribnted more than 100000 bulletins
on farm subjects to Virginia farmers
during the year. 1t also had marked
success with it's farmers institutes and
special trains.
Mr., Koiner closes his report with the
recommendation for n single building.
OF generous proportions, 10 house the
agricultural horticultural. mineral and
forestry, food and dairy departments
OF the State government
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-31
TIE CITY nrnCET.

Few will bd disposed TO criticize the
result OF the work ~ tho Finance Com
Inittec. which has reported the budget
for 1919 TO the Council, No one. prob
ably. VIII be entirely satisfied but
most of us viii be prepared to com
mend the work In its entirety and to
give the committee due credit for the
careful work and study t has given
to framing It.
The appropriations recommended total
n little moro than tncy dld last year
but not more IN proportion to the
greater size ana needs OF the city
There cah be BROUGHT no genera,
charge Of extravagance.
Keeping IN MIND the CONDITION OF tho
finances OF the city, oven those whose
disposition i, is 20 spend rother thar.
10 save. ma who hold tho view that It
IS not the function OF government to
clear n largo surplus. can find 10 evi-
deuce of ponury or false economy IN
Tho total recommended for appropria-
ton. The committee wisely steered
course between the two extremes
There may no found items which are
too large, ana thore may be found
cases in which the appropriations were
TOO small Could the committee have
so framed n budget that every in
dividual item met with universal an
prevail, the committee would Nave per-
formed n miracle. Somebody IS certain
10 he dissatisfied with something. and
when the Council takes UP the budget
Tor consideration some amendments
probably win and should be made. But
tho committee has done its work we'll
and 1T IS not probable that the Coun-
c.l viii find any great number Of
changes Of Importance TO make.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-31
BACK FROM BALTIMORE

Detective Gordon p. Smith returned
from Baltimore last night with Philip
T. Moselcy and Arthur r. Snyder, who
are alleged 10 have bambooZlcd several
Richmond merchants out Of varying
amounts of money by worthless checks.
and lodged them In the First Police
Station. The men returned without
requisition papers. Four warrants
were written against them and it is
expected that other merchants will
come forward with complaints, for
Captain Mcmahon believes that the two
men worked on tbe wholesale plan
during the few weelts they were In
Richmond. The warrants charge them
with obtaining money by worthless
checks from L.. c. Haydn. Il. G.. Rike.,
j.. Il. Dellinger and s. a. Anhtole.
On his desk Captain Mcmahon has.
an advertising pamphlet, issued in the
name of a prominent druggist and
containing a list of the most prominent
physicians in town, which, 1t is said,
the two men had published at their
own cost. This, 1t is believed. was
part OF n scheme to obtain money by
false prctenses. He has also two
checks, signed by Moseloy, to be used
as further evidence against the two
men.
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Voice of the People


10 the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
week YOU say: THE demand for a CO.
ordinate college for women should be
met with two things: a college for
women and ordination"
Do YOU really believe that what the
Ice lng6 . for women? DO YOU think that
cate the University OF Nirginia? for
mat IS what it would ultimately come
10, whether YOU have the college nj the
university or elsewhere. 1t IS neon
cciNablc to ME that any one looking
at the educational needs of our State
could say that the State should at this
iime launch college for women.
The supcrintcndent of education tells
us mat there are In Virginia $1,000
white children above the age of Ten
years who can neither read nor write
Many OF our country schools do not
even have full hve-months' session.
anu We pay our teachers less than the
lowest class of manual laborcrs--so
iittIe, in fact, that the best class OF
teachers, that our schools are turning
out VIII not teach in these country
schools. our State Is ranked among
the very lowest in the country in tho
matter OF illiteracy.
Under such circumstances. to propose
the building OF great womans col :
iege is another illustration OF the point
reorganization In our educational work.
All of our educational enterprises
nave been undertaken exactly In this
ton needs or thinks IL needs an cdli-
Gational institution, and il goes to the
| Legislature, brings social and politi-
cal influences to bear on the Legislators,
and gets what 1t asks for. Thus it has
come to pass, as you say:
| we have four normal schools for
women, with practically the same
course; we have four State colleges for
men. giving similar academic degrees
| We have three schools where technical
! training In engineering Is given. The
| result IL that Virginia spends. perhaps.
more thar IL necessary to meet the de,
mands of our student class, yet fails
70 give any ono OF the colleges that
financial support II needs TO do work
OF tho highest order"
In this statement YOU have put your
nnger on the weak spot in our system
Tho surprising folly of it---whcn Won
consider what a State system of cduca
ton ought to he.
You arc eminently right, therefore.