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now and then stihc sigh for loved
ones far away 0c hopes alive and
we'll III the land of liberty but TO,
all he KNOWS even now passed on TO
Invariably carried out with the great
est possible zeal and ardor.
Routine Drills All Suspended.
Routine drills arc entirely SUSPEND
cd; aud. except for cleaning ship
cleanliness IN the navy being deemed
no, only akin to. but actually along
side OF and running neck -and-neck
with goodness itsolD. not Il lick OF
avoidablc work Is allowed TO be done
by anybody.
All hands" arc called. TO be sure. on
schedule time: bu; many more men than
usual arc allowed 10 sleep in: and,
after the tinieSt minimum O; tidyinG up,
preparations for the DAYS festivities arc
gotten under way.
There is q varied athletic program
that begins I'm the forenoon, and, after
an hour or so of for dinner at midday.
continues well along toward sunset.
Sailors are taught TO be thorough. So
they go at their potato races and pic
eating contests and tugs OF war an"
jumping contests with tho same fervor
that they show when trying for n thi.-
,ccn-!nch iurrct gun record or stamping.
out u Caribbean revolution. There i.
10 lack al interest. That can be de
pended on. And, when mess call Ia
sounded. they arc tired enough TO stop
skylarking ana hungry enough TO do
full justice to the traditional dinner,
which. in these latter days Of supply
ships and cold storage, Is just as annie
and as tempting In the middle OF ;hc
Mediterranean or In tho Indian Ocean
rs it would be IL the ships were tied
up alongside the cob dock IN BROOKLYN
Navy Yard or swinging lazily TO her
anchors inside OF tho Golden Gate
LuII Always After Dinner.
For while at least, there Is iuil
In the active proceedings after dinner.
Even men who go down TO the goa
III ships" need n little undisturbed rest
after doing justice TO soup and vcSc-
tables and turkey stuffed with oysters
and fruit and pic and such things: but
o'clock, ut the very outside, Mndr
them wide awake agaiI--bo8ing and
climbing and running and playing
around generally as free as a parcel
OF children.
have been completed Cor not unusually
called off 'on account OF darkness
as the baseball people say), aud, after
an carly supper. n stage is rugged ny
on the quarter deck and the crowning
event OF the entire celebration il on
Sometimes ii Is minstrel show, AN
other time a vaudeville performance;
but without exception there is plenty
OF music and ncarmusiC, and no such
entertainment would he complete with
out the inevitable and inimitable cake
walk Some OF the improvised cos
iu'nes are fearfully and Wonderfully
made. But they are striking. and for
the most part very appropriate, while
The projecting and gyratinS OF the
cakcwalkcrs themselves are we'll worth
seeing. The program is n long one.
but interest never laGs for moment
4 .i.... H.
as thorough at play as they arc while
at work.
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CHRISTMAS IN THE. NAVY

Nowhere I'm all the world Is tho
spirit OF Christmas entered into
moro whole-heartedly than on board
the ships OF the United States Navy
writes ltcar-Admiral Samuel McC;owan
III Norman T.. Mack's National Monthly
Observance OF this chief OF all ma
tionhl holidays varies, of course. in
form with the location OF the fleet at
the time.
Into each of the continental home
ports ihcadQuartcrs OF certain indi-
Vidual NcssclS) the hig gray monsters
come dropping In by twos and thrccs
TIL, In New York and Philadelpnin and
Norfolk and Frisco. II looks al
most like naval review According
10 long established custom. they are
there to give tho boys in blue n run
on the beach t"liberty" as thcy call
IL IN the servicc). and every man lack
who liz not actually undergoing nun
ishment Is allowed and encouraged to
take his look at the bright llghts--go
nome on leave or uptown for fun or
anything else he likes az long ns his
money lasts. but away from The shin
in any event This custom applies not
alone to the enlisted men, but to the
othcers ns vol; and, when Christmas
morning dawns In q home port there
arc not likely to be many more per-
sons on board any mnn-o'-war than
the regulations call for In the mini
mum.
The few "shipkeepers' cannot. nm
der such circumstances, make IA very
successful effort toward merriment:
hut what they lack in numbers they
invariably make up IN other ways, ono
OF these ways being the complete sat
isfaction OF the inner man. There arc
turkeys and fruit cakes galore for tho
men AS we'll as the officers and In :.
quiet way ali hands make the best Of
1t, even though they are not lucky
Il fn hn,
MuHtheuis Adorned with Green
In accordance with immemorial
usage. the masthcads are decorated
with green. with a touch OF color also
about the decks: whereas the indi-
vidual decorations of tables forward
Is often elaborate. II not indeed pre-
tentious.
Al that. however, Christmas is al
most a blank In home ports because
of the number of authorized absentees
abroad and ut sea, though, 1T Is al
together different. Every soul on
board from the usually sedatc flag Of
ftcer and the more or less unapproach-
able first lieutenant down TO Jimmy
legs and the ships cook and thu.
messenger hoy, voluntarily constitutes
himself committee OF one to see the
thing through In "old navy" fashion;
and even King Neptune, when he comes
on board on crossing the line" TO
douse every haysced and landlubber
has a formidable rival In the spirit
OF Christmas"
1t matters not much whether the
ship be anchored off Vera Cruz or
blowing through the Pacific Ocean,
moored head and stern In the Grand
Canal or bouncing about In the roar
ing forties' Of Australian waters, the
distance from home and friends rem
ders IL incumbent OH all TO do their
level best to make at least n brave
try for Merry Christmas"
And SO, though one another may
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WAR AND CHRISTIAN DUTY

Why is it the divine mission" Of
the Germans Gas they sec ID TO CON
quer all their enemies and thus to bring
lasting peace" 10 the world, and with
that peace German Kultur?
These questions are answered in an
article headed war Spirit and Chris
tian Religion" written for the Dcutsche
Tngcszcitung by one of Berlin's lead
ing clergymen, whose, name is with
held by the paper The TagcSzeitung
having for its motto For Kaiser and
Empire. for Everything German, for
German Work in city and Country"
Is one of the stanchcst supporters of
the Kaiser and his government. Since
the war began few papers have eXertcd
az much influence upon the public as
this organ. The article in question
follows:
again and again we read that war
like spirit. warlike enthusiasm and
warfare In general are absolutely in
consistent with the spirit and with the
teachings of Christianity. This view
Is superficial lie who has a deeper
comprehension of things must arrive
al "a different conclusion.
According to the Christian view
point, history ia not the work OF acct
dent and chance. nor is 1t the work oil
an individual human being or Of i'm
personal ueVelOpment, nut luis guided
by Him who not only watches over the
fates of individuals, but who also
shapes the uestinics of nations
For those who believe this even
war is the work Of God. without whose
will and consent nothing happens.
What He intends. how the war can be
fitted into His remedial plan we cannot
clearly realize, wo can only guess.
EFT would be arrogant for us to
boast that we can fully understand
the plans OF the Master Of tho World
Yet we may WELL as Bismarck once
said, dimly hear Gods step In the his
tory of the world. Thus we could
guess In these days why God led the
German people into the test of this
war.
~ large proportion Of our nation
had fallen prey to pcrverse softness of
tho brain and senses, to ultra epicu-
roam craving for enjoyment and to
sclfishness and sclf-sufficicncy. \ thor
ouHlI Qualification was necessary.
'"rhis thought, that an evolution had
TO come. was expressed even In those
quarters where men had forgotten to
figure with the Shaper of Dcstinics
But. IL this is correct, If this war is
permitted by God, then warfare is n
duty, n sacred duty which Christian
ration cannot dodge. Truly 1t must
test itself. seriously and deeply test It.
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self whether it has through it's own
and particular guilt causcu this war,
whether IL has criminaily abettcd in
It's outbreak.
We were not greedy for conquest:
we did not violate any country. We
were eyer ready for Cancellation when
there were disputes between the ma
tons. so far did we 20 in our kind
ness. consideration and unseIfshness
in the International relations that we
gave ourselves the appearance OF
weakness.
IIcsItnted to Tnkc TIP Arms.
And when this war was imminent
we hesitatcd 80 long TO take ND the
gauntlet of fcud thrown at our feet
that hesitation became danger. Slowly
and laboriouslv though unwittngly,
this realization is gaining even abroad.
This realization makes the fulf'-
mcnt OF grim war duty easier for lis.
But If We see this duty as such also
from the standpoint Of Christianity
then we are equipped to perform il
seriously and enthusiastically with all
strength and devotion, with strong,
upliftcd spirit Such n duty and such
fulilment are not only consistent With
Christianity, but are demanded by
Christianity.
1.-The most loyal and sinccrcst adher-
ents of the Christian faith have at all
llltlcS DTedcncu anu manifested us nee
cssity, not only with words, but with
deeds as we'll We may we'll recall
Luther. the heroes of 1913, the first
Emperor of our land and snany other
Christian lighters.
at Is true the Christian will always
lcnd to the duty of war n humane
touch and will desist from cruelty. A.
bloody trade Is war, and 1t may be
difficult for many of us to do the
bloody work. Iut il must be done lust
because the issue al stake is not the
work Of man. but q mission with which,
we have been intrusted.
Certainly every Christian in Tic
depths OF his heart longs for peace.
But those who wish to procure for
their country the blessings Of a firm
and lasting peace must necessarily see
to 1t that this peace bears in It the
guarantee of permanence. IT is not
consistent with tho Christian view to
agree to peace AT any price
lE peace Is made prenaturely al,
if IL does not insure for - long don
mite period 10 come. tho peace OF the
world, and il il does not cure the enc.
mics who ruthlcssly started the war
OF all desires for Il new war, VIC do
not further the true. lasting peacc
put we arc responsible il IL new way
Is TO rage among the nations OF the
earth"
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Richmond. December .. 1914.
"observer" of Same Opinion sam.

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-AcccTding to the adagc Whom a shot
fired into crowd is followed by an outcry
some one is struck and the repeated RESPONSES
to "Obscrvcrs' letters in The Times Dispatch
are an encouraging proof that they have
reached the mark. Respect for newspaper space
prevents an invariablc reply, but she answers
them mentally and while silent. is unconvinced
A still more gratifying experience is that of
having them quoted to her by strangers In sup
port in antisuffrage principles.
In the last OF these letters she was unwit-
tngly guilty Of the impropriety of suggestion
10 the leader in Virginia of the great REFORM
but since 1t has been graciousfy received she
urges Its adoption as q speedy method (should
1t be unnccompanied by intmdation) of par
TALLY acquanting herself with the breadth and
strength of the opposition in Richmond to
woman's suffrage. She withdraw her
statement that this method twith ntimida tion)
has already been tried. 1t rests upon too au-
thoritative Il basis for that: but she can under
stand that tho president of the suffrage league
while indirectly responsible for the tactics of
her subordnatcs. is not always aware of them
IF she could only see. what Is so clear TO
anttsuhragists, that this movement, for which
she stands sponsor in Virginia. Is opposed to
Gods unalterahle will, expressed both in tho
Old and New Test aments. and interpreted by the
law, which recognizes the as the head OF
the family, and by the church. now nearly 1000
years old, which cXacts from the woman a
promise of obedience, she would abandon this
worse than useless campaign and turn her encr-
giles into those channels cut for women by their
Maker. OBSERVER.
Richmond, December IA. 1914.
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The Voice of the People
Mud and the Ncnr-side stop.


Sir-I heartily commend the letter from Mr.
Kennedy In your issue OF to day as regards the
nearby stopping OF the street cars. 1t Is evil
dent that no member OF the Administrative
Board or officer Of the street railway company
has to get on or off the an unpavcd
street.
live on Floyd Avenue OF the most used
thorouEhfares OF the West End. and | find IL
impossible to get Of the cars in bad
weather owing to the horrible condition of this
street. Yesterday / made two attempts TO board
Westhampton car at two different points.
but was compelled to walk six blocks to Robin
Street
AS above stated. Floyd Avenue is one OF the
most used thoroughfarcs in the West End and
If ever shovel broom has been used on
it, II is beyond the ken Of any living thereon
In summer we have dust from an inch To three
inches deep. and In winter mud impassable and
Richmond is hning citizens for unclea nliness,
Where the Justice? would suggest to the
railway to give us cars opening front and rear
and then we could get on and off crossing5
T. T.. O'KEEFFE
Richmond, December Q, 1914
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Baltimore's Special Relief Fund

TIP TO yesterday morning Baltimore had
~ contributed, in response to the appeal
of the Federated Charities through the Balti-
more Sun, nearly $4,000 for the relief of
the unemployed of that city. This is spe-
cial fund, entirely distinct from those regu-
larry raised and that being raised
usual this year for the support of organized
charity. It is fund to meet special need,
which exists in Richmond just 1t does
in Baltimore. In proportion to population,
it is as great here. probably, as it Is there.
We are very determined that Baltimore shall
not surpass us in business aggressiveness, in
industrial development, in financial initiative
and enterprise. Are we willing that it shall
display a more tender and generous sensi-
bilitv TO the cries OF the suffering?
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Half-Fares for Night School Pupils

THERE would seem TO be no Just reason
1 why pupils of night schools should not
have the same privilege of half-fare rates
on the street railway lines enjoyed by
those who attend sessions in the daytime
II there is difference Of need, 1t is prob
ably on the side of the night school pupils,
who presumably are at work for living and
are making special and commendable efforts
10 enlarge their education.
Communities owe a special duty TO those
young citizens who manifest determination
10 complete, under difficulties, their life
equipment. Certainly the plea the School
Board makes TO the Streets Committee of
the Council that this matter of half-fares
for night scnool pupils be considered when
the new strect:'railway franchise is being
framed Will be backed by public sentiment
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DO Your Christmas Shipping Early.

POSTMASTER THORNTON's appeal to the
nublic, asking consideration be shown
postal employees in the sending of Christmas
presents deserves q generous response
The American people have become so i'm
pressed by the essential justice and sanity
OF the plea that they do their Christmas
shopping early that most of the old-tim
horror that made the joyous holiday a day
OF dread and suffering to countless thou
sands ol store employees have disappeared
We are still little careless. however about
She manner in which and time at which we
do our Christmas shipping
The postal regulations permit packages to
hear he inscription: Not TO Be Opencd
BEFORE Christmas" Send your presents now
ana decrease ay that much the worry and
haste and danger Of loss that are yet neces-
sary incidents OF tho handling Of Christmas
mail
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appropriation limited the cost to $926,O00 each.
Mr. Daniels has bids for the six ut an average
or $4,000 The Cramp yard gets one. ana ono
VIII DC puilt by the government Mt tho Mare
Island yard, whose estimate was only $s26 1000
but tho navy yards have no overhead charges or
prohts to cover. They have not generally
ceeded In doing work cheaper than private
contractors. and the Mare Island yard may not.
but IT Will get the building of vessel this
estimate, and this will be the first torpedo boat
DESTROYER built In navy yard.-Philadelphia
Record
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Suffrage and Prohibition i'm Congress

suffrage ana IronlDItlon In Congress
THEY are not without sardonic humor who
nave ordained that Congress shall vote
on constitutional amendments granting the
vote to women and providing Federal prohi-
billion OF the manufacture and sale OF in
toXicat!ng beverages For years the lcgis-
iators have sidestepped these questions but
IN inc near future the goats will be sepa-
rated from the sheep, and many a patriot
who likes TO DO in Congress and would fain
be returned to that excellent club will mass
sleepess nights, impaled on the horns of
double dilemma
There are many men, even in States that
are suffrage and prohibition, who may have
conscientious scruples against either or both
me weight OF responsible opinion Is that
the right TO vote should only be & ,nted bv
the individual States-ccrtainly that is the
southern vicw--and many jealous prohibi
uonists who are willing enough to take from
municipalities the right TO control the liouor
traffic are unwilling that II should be given
over TO the national government They
don't enjoy The prospect Of an ever-present
army Of Federal employees enforcing the
prohibition law
But congressman will have to vote af.
hrmaflVely or negatively on both questions
Nor viii they be better OFF if they absent
themselves. for then they will have the ill
will Of two parties OF pros" and two sets of
ANTS" 1t is .tear-excting spectacle AT
Ibis expansive season, when even a member
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'or i!iand OF tho Southside Sentinel Ur-
banna, Is evidently Of the opinion thar tho ao,;,
oidht invent the raincoat. He SAYS: eft has
always been source OF wonder to us why Chris
.'an men and women, who never stay away from
business or worldly pleasure on account OF had
weather, seem to think II serious menace 10
health to go to church in tho rain. Would It
be proper TO separate Christian people into good
and bad weather classes" wc toLa Z. o.,
granted mat the long. arid stretch ahead of
November, 1916, will Interfere with "busi
ness or worldly pleasures" in the Urbanna
ncighborhood
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The LATEST study.

In a Philadelphia family recently the engage
mcnt OF a daughter announced. a friend
ling was met at the door by the colorcd maid,
who announccd:
Nom; Miss Alice amt at home dis aft'noon--
she's gone down de class"
What class?" inquired the visitor.
You know, Miss Alice is gw!no to be mailed
in do FAIL. explained the maid. "an' she's takin'
a cou'se In domestic silence."-Life.
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Chats With Virginia Editors

over In one of the western counties hard b
the old Kaintuck' line where tho srou. a.,
mes on me wings OF winter and In the spring
''''e inc trailing arbutus early tangles itself
er inc 1oothiis OF the ruggedly picturesque
'umoeriands. there survives an old -fs shionad
eoitor' who still writes it Xmas" nor cares ,
whoop In Hades for your changing newspaper
styles. ' P'pei
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ana now Arizona gets into the limelisht with
49,. .i.eh Jaw advertising pays is the com
ment OF the Chase City Progress Rut Arizon
is SO deep In limestone cactus plains and irri-
cation schemes that antialien law isn't really
necessary ''
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me STOCK Exchange is opened wide,
me bulls and bears at work again.
And all the little woolly lambs
Are urged TO frolic in the pen.
IheE'n frolic for n gladstone hour
And then alas! will find that they
Are wearing somewhat lighter coats
Than when they started off thar ,.,
THE TATTI ,ER
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-16

Entered January ri, 1905, at Richusond. Va.
March g.. 1870.
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SONGS AND SAWS
The Imposnible.

The ImposSble.
You can stand the man who drinks
Tolerate the who thinks
lie is just tho very wisest OF tho wise;
You can grin and boar the bore
Whoso dull stories con of wore
fou never thought entitled to n prize;
You can stand the misanthrope
who's forgotten how to hope
Ihat for happiness no has single chance
But tho seasons perfect pest,
Deadlier far than all the rest
Is tho lad who wants to show you how to dance.
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Gentle Hem

- Gentle ncminder.
lle-Havc you decided what Won win vo,r
at the next german? " 'a'
--Ihat depends somewhat on tho flowers
.hat are sent me. have n perfectly dear Gown
thh'' with dozen Jack roses would bo i,,st
too sweet for anything " '"''
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Published every day I'm the by Tho Timea-
Dispatch Publishing Company. Inc. Address NIL
communications THE TIMES-DISPATCII,
Timcs-Dispntch Building. 10 South Tenth Street,
RickmoRd, Va,
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AlmOst Good.
n secret? ''" NecP
Stubhs-Wen, not exactly, but she can keen
it going. ' van Necp
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Play DuIl.

Teacher-If batted ball travels twenty
eight and onc-half feet in a second how far
will 1t go in three and ne-half seconds?
Boy-It depends on the outncldcrs ma'am-
Puck.
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The Bright Side of Life
Her Tnn1f.

Yes, tried the experiment Of a office girl
instead Of an office boy. She didn't whistle or
smoke, but she failed to please the Office force"
"Why that
she could never learn to go out and get
the correct scorc."--Kansas City Journal
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CTOudcd AmbftiOn
citizen childlike and green
once swore that his street should be clean;
M So he started work
N "a With the zeal of Turk,
* ~ And for dust he could hard
ID ly he
GNGN\ But he found that his plan
u NJ wouldn't do.
nA| (Which made him EXCESSIVE
w n ~ bluc).
For the dust was so thick
NJ, That with shovel and pick
" "arciy could cut his way through.
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Any woman can dress In ten minutes If
given an hour TO fix her hair says the elf
Ton Forge Review. Is that meant as an arcu-
ment FOR the hair that isn't hers?
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I'VE don't know whether Georgia needs diff
ferent Judges not but do know that she
needs different brand Of justice" the Peters
burg Index Appeal says thus leaving 1t to
Georgia to judge her Justice for herself
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Says the Clinch Valley News. OF Tazewell:
Something said in last issue of this pa
per about the sidewalk In front Of Mrs
O'Kccne's property, and this side. AS a mat
tor of fact, there is sidewalk there" In
that event there isn't place for either side
to stand leg Of argument upon