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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-09
Stay-at-Uome Whist Club.

Mrs. c. w. +. Brock entertained the
Stay-at Home Whist club Monday
evening at her home, 2t6 East Frank
lin street. The hostess playins with
Mr. John Tyler, made top score. The
club Will he entertained again next
week by Mrs, Brock,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-09
CANCER CURED AT THE KEEL
LAM HOSPITAL.

The record of the Kel'am Hos
p!tal In without parallel in his
teeY. having cured without the
use Of tbs Knife. Acids, X-Ray or
Ratt,nm. over ninety per cont OF
the many hundreds of sufferers
from Cancer which II has treated
during the past eighteen years.
We want every man and woman
in toe United STA ties to know what
We are doing. kELrtM HOSpI-
TAIL, l6li w. Main St. Rich
mond. VA
Evening star., 1914-10-04

ened with complete annihlation physical and spirit
ual alike by big enough to carry out his
threat, unless l would join him in a cocktail at
six o'clock in the morning, and escaped my doom,
not as a great many readers may think, by ac-
cepting the invitation but only through the timely
Intervention my behalf of the blessed gift of sleep,
which descended suddenly, and without apparent
cause, upon my convivial adversary before he had
time to carry out his amable intentions looking toward
my removal from the face of the earth.
But there have been other times when nothing short
of the sudden appearance of the Good Samaritan him
self has saved me from disaster Two of these instances
1 recall with feelings of gratitude, and record them
here with sincere pleasure since 1t may be that my
willing helpers may read what l have written about
the and learn from the record something of the last
ing quality of my grateful appreciation of their
tesy.
THE first of these incidents occurred in the distant
city of Los Angeles memorable afternoon
when 1 was to all intents and purposes stranded;
for the lack of ready money, but for the want of
transportation necessary to get me from where
the haven where critically needed at that
ment 1t matter of making train or losing
whole chain of profitable engagements arranged in such
sequence that if one lost the others would in all
probability go also
was due to lecture in the beautiful California city
a Wednesday evening, and was to go thence to
Salt Lake City for Friday night lecture. Unfortu
natey for it happened that Tuesday |
booked at Tucson, Arizona, and with strange
carelessness of consequences somebody had thrown
glass of water the tracks of the Southern Pacific
Railroad, and thereby completely demoralzed the
roadbed. l do not wish to libel that useful railway
syste but at that time the casual impression of the
traveller on the Southern Pacific that its rails had
been laid water and ballasted with quicksand
Evening star., 1914-10-04

It should be added in justification of the conditions
that the repressibe Saton Sea, body of water that
has known parentage in the matter of sources, or
real destiny the of utility and accordingly
had been of its periodic rampages, the proper
handling of which had taxed to the uttermost the
ingenuity of the engineers whose shoulders the
responsibility for the line rested 1t was Nature who
to blame, and not the authorities.
At any rate however there such serious delays
on my way from Tucson to Los Angeles that, sched
uled to lecture the latter city at eight Wednes
day evening" did not there until four o'clock
Thursday morning, and even Western audience will
not submit to any such delay that. Thanks to the
quick wit of my principals who stood to lose
siderable stake by my failure to appear another lee
ture arranged for Thursday afternoon at one
o'clock although my train for Salt Lake scheduled
to leave at two-forty-fve. The plan was for me to
take carriage out to the lecture hall, about forty
minutes drive from the center of activity to 60 upon
the platform promptly at o'clock, to condense
talk into hour to leave the platform at two, and
drive hurriedy over to the San Pedro station, and
catch my train with five minutes to spare.
The first part of the program was carried out to the
letter. and at five minutes after two at the
of the hall ready for my drive to the station
But there carriage vehicle of any other known
sort in sight. Through some misunderstanding either
my part that of the local managers, the car
rage that brought out had not waited, and there
was no substitute to be had within reach. What to
do became most embarrassing question. The sue
ceedng dates had been arranged in such way that
if failed to catch that train to Salt Lake City my
whole tour would come down with crash.
Fortunately there rather fine boulevard
ming in front of the hail. temptation to speeders
both in motors and with horsefesh; and my
ayers and 1 standing on the curb, expressing
opinion to the intelligence of hackmen in gen.
eral and ourselves in particular and hopeesy scanning
the horizon search of relief there suddenly emerged
out of the gloom, coming along at rapid pace horse
lover seated in light wagon, and driving big bay
trotter of abilities He striking nothing
poorer than twoforty gait, and as he loomed bigger
and bigger as he drew he looked like runaway
avalanche but he came the idea flashed across my
mind that here my only salvation. I therefore
sprang into the middle of the road, directly in his
path, and waved my violently at him. The
driver drew in his rens with jerk, and man. horse,
buggy, and all came to sliding, grinding stop.
cannot say that his first remark wholly cordial.
what the dash is the matter with your" he roared.
l painted out my explanation how my carriage
had not come, how much depended my catching
my train, and how completely had relied on him.
3Oh. that's it, eh?" he said, amiaby calming down.
Il thought you'd escaped from lunatic asylum
something. Jump in. I can't take you all the way to
Continued page 10
Evening star., 1914-10-04

IN my case after hfteen hours
without food, and been sud-
denly relieved by the wholly
chance appearance, at the
tail end of the train, drop
ping seemingly out of the
mysterious regions of No
where, of en- Italian driv-
ing a wagonload of bananas
across the track, just as
the train was starting along
on another interminably
foodless stretch; an Italian
who with remarkably quick
with response to the lure
of a new, shining silver dol
lar tossed into his wagon
-heaved a bunch of his
stock large enough to feed
an orphan asylum on to the
back platform.
/ have even been threat
Evening star., 1914-10-04

there is any man in this wide world
who doubts the beauty and heart sig
ni6cance of the Parable of the Good
Samaritan, he need only 60 out upon
the lecture platform to have his eyes
opened. l know of no workers in the
whole field of human effort this side of
tramphood itself who need more often
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-04-30
USE DOCS AS BLANKETS.
How French Knife Grinders Keep
Warm While at Work.

Every visitor to one Of the great
Paris stores will have noticed counters
covered with table cutlery of the char
acteristic French pattern-broad, curry
ed blades and horn or black bone ham
dies, excellent steel and very cheap.
Almost all this is made at Theirs and
by hand. But there is no external
sign of manufacture, and traveller
might pass through the town without
suspecting a great industry.
The swift flowing Durolle supplies
power at the bottom of deep and
narrow gorge, on the steep side OF
which the apparently sleepy town is
built At one story below street level
we came to the FORCES of the chief
firm Here. with extraordinary quick
ness and skill the knives are hand
forged - blade. hilt and tang = from
steel bar, then tempered one by one,
and two stories lower down, at river
level, in a long, dark. damp cellar, they
are ground, and it is the method or
this process, unique so far as | know.
that makes the industry of Theirs
worth a moments description.
The river turns a score of emery
wheels about a yard in diameter, and
above each Of these is q narrow. slop-
ing platform six feet long and two
wide Along each of these. fat and
face downward, lay a grinder, man or
woman, grasping blade by the two
ends and pressing it by the whole
weight Of the body against the re-
yolying wheel lust below The long
row OF stretched out bodies gave q
grim impression of something be
tween a field hospital and mortuary
The foreman assured us that it was
much easier work thus to press
against the wheel by ones weight than
to sit and press by the force Of ones
arms. But to lie thus almost motion
less all day long in a dank cellar. fal
below the ground level, is about as
dreary and unhealthy way for hu
man being to pass his life as can bt
imagined The place itself cannot bt
warmed, but to keep at least little
, heat in their bodies and stave of
rheumatism as long as possible thu
| grinders have adopted the extraordi
nary expedient of training dogs to lii
! all day upon them-dogs of all sort
and sizes. There they lay, curled VI
on the backs Of their owners thighs
living hot bottles.-Sir Henry Norman
| in Scribners.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-04-30
George Ado on Matrimony.

George AIDE. discussing matrimory
in an after dinner speech at the Chi
cago Athletic club, said:
wharfage has the effect of giving a
man a sweIled head.
"Many Il time looking ut this hus-
band or that. l say to myself:
"'Ah, if that man were only as wise
as he thinks his wife thinks he is.'''
Meeting the Supply.
Mrs. Helter-Tommie. don't YOU
think you've had enough chocolates,
Tommie-Nn, mother. There are two
left.-Life.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-04-30
Get to the cause.
Scotland Neck People Are Learning the Way.

There is but little peace or COM
for the man or woman with a bad
back. The distress begins in early
morning -keeps up throughout the
day. It's hard to get out of bed,
it's torture to stoop or straighten.
Plasters and liniments may relieve,
but cannot cure if the cause is in
s;de-the kidneys. When suffering
s., use Doan's Kidney Pills, the test
ed and proven kidney remedy, used
in kidney troubles for over SO years.
Doan's Kidney Pills are recommend
ed by thousands for just such cases.
Proof Of their effectiveness in the
testimony of this Scotland Neck
resident:
Mrs. E. N. Nelson, Eighth ano
Roanoke Sts., Scotland Neck, N. c..
says: Il have no hesitation in rec
ommending Doan's Kidney Pills, a:
l know them to be remedy Of mer
it in cases of kidney trouble. I go
my supply at E. T. Whitehead Coz
Drug Store, and they relieved me O.
backache and lameness in my loins.
Price SOC at all dealers. Don
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the sam
that Mrs. Nelson had. Foster-Mil
burn Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-17
CHRISTMAS REVELRY

figure everywhere dominant IN the eelebra
ton Of Christmas In the middle ages was that OF
the Lord Of MiEule. also called the Master OF
Merry Dispora. In Scotland this same master
Of the revels WIS known aa tile Abbot Of unrea
son while In France hia title was very much the
Ahbas 6tutorum-or Abbot Of Fools.
Tie king. the great lords Of his realm and other
important pcr5nnages must needs appoint such
a leader and organizer Of their Christmas festivi
ties. In Scotland, previous TO the Reformation
the monasterics used TO elect such functionary.
but IN 1853 law was passed for the suppression
of the Abbot af Enreas0n. along with all the
other bnrieaqne and fantastic features OF tn,
Christmas celebration
The barous and knights kept open house nj
Christmas time for a fortnight Reyery reiEned
throughout this period and on Christmas day the
grand f"aat given by the feuda chieftain to his
Hsnds and retaiGers, took place Tlth great pomp
aud naEniltccHrc The hoars head was hrst and
foremost On thu hoard, and It's entrance to the
b3Hqnnilug room was heraldcd by a great blare
OF Joyful trumrcts Horne on a rdld Or silver
platter by the server at the head of procession
Of nohles knights and ladies'. the foremost dish
Of the feast made the round OF the hall to merry
mlhstrelsy When II was finally given its plaee
rosemary and Say we're spread around II, a pippin
was placed on its tusk and a mammoth pot nj
mustard clnse al hand
The boars head was put down BY act Of parla.
mfnt IN the tire Of the commonwealth and after
that although Il was officially freed OF the ban II
nefeF qulte recovered its former place as a part
Of the Christmas feast
Iha peaeock dish was next in Importance To
me boarH head This bird sometimes appeared
at The board with all its feathers on and its beak
EHled' its skin having been removed before cook.
ms and carefully readiusted after 1t was ready
FOR the table
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-17

French doll laYs, Take me by the hahh anu
will walk with you" and she does.
For the little children a woUlly sheep used 10
be delightful toy in the latter part Of the last
century, and when dogs and bears that would
actually walk were found on Christmas morning
there WAS howl Of delighted admiration Now
there are lambs and dogs Of life size and ponies
as biz "a the real ones and all sorts Of large ami
raals with the coats Ike the natural animal They
b walk and maEo about and act their parts per
iectiy
Whatever father and mother have is duplicated
for the children besides the Thousand and one
things that are devised especially for their amuae
ment All through the year the ingenious folk
are working overtime IN all the toy shops OF the
world to turn Ult the load for Santa Claus to
carry to the fortunate children who look for him
Christmas eve 1911
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-17
llMan Is lnnocentUrtil
! Proven Guilty
By D. A. HEDEMAN. Indianapolis Ind.

The theory that should be regarded until proved
guilty doubt right But the With which he proved
doer varies directly with the strength OF his defense
The poor with scany afford best cheap and
usually inefficient lawyer.
The state has the best the locality afford to present the poecn
ton The rich man. with his haozn able lawyers always
vent or at least temper justice until il lis unIecognzabe
How much just would be the defender the equal of
the pcuo-equa es-n education power duty
His call TO free the innocent client wo1d be Just much he service
OF the people that Of the prosecutor to convict the guilty
Too often the state represents only rownng authority when she
should bea blind dispenser Of justice.
We making such glorious strides toward the climax Of civilization
and justice that the public dndereected paid and trusted by tho
Ieope-should soon be a reality everywhere.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-17
Experiments On Dumb
Animals Are Cuel
BEN ARGYLE. Cxzn.i. Ciss

hartl and cra 10 other poo h harmless dumb which
among which life through choe Of the-s
and have only their warm, sensitive bodies. ~
Do take advantage Of these defens harmless beings cut
up alive naic diseases them, them with medicines and
Otherwise torture he thereby find for diseases and
gain the knowledge possible, of helping kind
Can ANYTHING be unjust: Are parents who hzh and
unreasonable TO uphold such bbarm really worthy possessing
chldreus
All creatures liable 10 diseases Nature and Furnishes those
who violate her laws Who blame for of aonzs Why
not trace them back their cause: Who adurate and ebam foeas
Who arfcaly color candies fruits and many Of necessi2
No doubt Of the stomach and intestnes kidney
troubles and many other of ailments the result of parang
unnatural and poisonous foods which put by individuals
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-17
Swell Headedness Is
Not Sef-Con6dence'
By J.c. WOODS. S. P.d. Miaa.

wizard not at fault In this particular he devoted himself
fully seeing that the young did not develop this fault and his
asduy rewarded the story goes when the became Of
his valued aids
Therein lies large lesson te young starting life All of the
oyerofcousns Of indicating lenpro-
cds from exaggerated egon the yernauar swell hea1edne
These little might become big time if the abnormal growth
of their bumps Of f-esteem did stunt their other growth
We this in public Office private employ in social life
everywhere There symptoms Of the disease One Of the
prevalent the aogang ones self Of hghoundng esusuay
not warranted by the position Of the xou thereoand there
many other manifestations
Selfnfdnce excellent but swell headedness not efcondence
Rather mptounes and the world quick and keen precptate
the undong of these who unconsciouy riding for fall
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-17
Immigrants Are Slow
in Leaning English
By ROBERT T. CHAPMAN. New Yort

without much enthusiasm for learning go there for two hours
night four nights week The rest of the time they or are
asocang with their any event. free from obligation to
try to speak English.
1T not surprising if of them drift back their accustomed
tongue The moment they released from school that progress
is slow
Almost anyone would do the same in their case
1t doubtful if Americans could show great progress in four
months toward becoming erate in foreign spending eight
hours week at and spending the rest of the time with English persons
Experience with foreigners large city abroad indicates much
greater apn at picking up strange language than Americans
and that the greater number of them here do pick up
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-17

pflRatl0na that were
undergone by all the
families living In the
colonies At that dime
When soldiers we're
starving at Valley
Forge there was III.
tie thought III their
homes for Christmas
merrymnkinE and tit
tie to do IL with
After the war theirs
we're Htill lran years.
hHt By tlis opening
of the uinetecntii
century peace aud
plenty smiled upon
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-17
Providing Pensions
for the Old People
ByALEc kNoWLToN. Sydney. Aus.

week. but it will support existence land living not COSTLY
10 get this relief must be ~ age and have no pop
er or income whatever Besides this help given by the
over sixteen who unable to labor by chronic sickness
or accident injury if the unfortunate be INDECENT circumstances
There poor rates workhou in the state and no large class
Of hoboes you call them.
Our nearest approach the hobo wandering nerowel WIN
styled sunowner for the reason that he usually puts in an appear
anee at some station anch just about sundown with plausible tale
of long days tramp story that hardly ever fails TO get him food and
lodging for the night.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-17

I4 iassafls ssffg Il HEE tnf NoFst " si for
s"sHf Christmas Eas denounced 81 4 DefuleoBs
alstaf sH4 5Hy rAItd daring ~ mink n az much
10 = plum pudding an that day would make him
sell ilabif 70 reprint by the Authorities Aii slgHg
fhe stern and rfkDgHnd sDaHI the only Christmas
tfefs In ths days ~ he Puritan domination we're
'hqse tbai nature bad planted there and had
sl1f4sd 10 december with nsscy snoa. The lfsE
burned brightly m tbs open Aeafthz, bit there
waA ng thFltaiidi ~ the good saint NJ LsseeHd The
ehifhhef when fLp ambefs had burned low A.
faf ns fis children knew Christmas Was Just Ike
Hhy other day In The calendar Eyan after the
PhHfab reaction against the forms and customs
u TIE Old church had spent Itself N some eEtsnt
His Children u fhh Seventeenth century Efill sI
pHeiHd no gifts 10 honor " tbs birthday II Chris,
IN heH Amsterdam ihe OUTLOOK Bas a litils bet
fer Fgf the children. The If9iiandffs had brought
with ihrH theif n Nicholas, and hia birthday
Bas o"lsbfsted l9yqusly BY young and bid Just
before Christmas, bll this day Was kept. 100. by
the Protestant Dutch o. heartily ar b. any Cafho
Hes ~ f9Hfhfi they had not many real toys ar
Ne EnIa iifm today bat IN the SHOES that The H.
~ ii9ilHHdefs set bY The hrfplaee iH lhe shining
kilfhnhs Whifh VAS also The living room, were
home made sweets and cakes and home made
fltth Many ~ tlesf were Vt a useful character
such ~ hand knit eHps and mfteHs. but nov and
men aAllftH Iioltandrr would carve d model of
a H1hi such be that Bhfh had brought them 10
HrH hmAlofdan Gf miniature chest of drawers
@ha pte fan fancy The recipients showing these
Hlib pride % tba auHieriuE little indian boys
RHh tfiH When th'y faHe III be- oa tasms at sut
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-17

In tune with the modern
idea of healing, not punish
ing, or at least not tortur-
ing, criminals, comes the
idea (already partly devel-
oped) in some states of a
public defender.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-17

The government Of nv
state, New South Wales,
grants pensions to needy
old people who have resided
in the country continuously
for 25 years.
The amount is small, $3.50
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-17
ONE

There never was a woman who didn't rat
about her neiEhburs" growled Mr. Gahb
Oh yes there was" replied Mrs Gahb
That's right commented Mr. Gabb Il forgot
about Eve
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-17
LINGUISTIC DIFFICULTY.

Frenchman-This impertinent Yankee sapped
my face
Wife~Nell why don't YOU do somethingP
FrenchnRn-llnw can II ! don't know how to
talk Enellsh-Le Rira
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-17

II is related Of James J.
Hill that be had in his en-
ploy a promising young man
for whom he predicted q
bright future, if-if he did
not "get a swelled head"
The acnmen of the railroad
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-17

II has always been a prob
lem how TO get the immi-
grant coming to this coun-
try to speak English.
Non English speaking
foreigners, in many cases
going to evening school
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-17
A FAMILY JAR.

Providence Intended me for a leader of fash.
ion"
Providence Intended you for n fool"
Well whether Providence did or not you got
me" g.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-17
/ an hittrr,'7 egr.usei I,

I an bitterly opposed t,
Tivissaon No good o. able
Minded Fersaa oould te 50
deserved as to belisEa that
for the lore and sympathy
Of ourselves or our 0ifsgring
ne are justified in tsing %
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-17

Christmas stocking as
at one time yet there
Is nothing that quite
takes their place In the
affections Of a real girl
And what stu nm In g
dolls they are today
Dolls that represent
every phase Of life.
from baby dolls with
their complete iayettes
~ perfectly grown-up
dolls with elaborate
wardrobes and trunks
10 pack them away in
The handsonest and
newest dolls come from
a German studio. No
two are alike. and they
are real portrait dolls
Of .sorth of Europe chill
dren IN quaint costume.
These lovely dolls cost
,lf. but Santa Claus
never courts the cost
when he Is going some
place. An aliurtn g
a
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-17

an automobile until the aeroplans.
which he expects 70 have ready soon.
ID perfected IN any case. be carries
automobiles of varying sizes for boys
who long To run their own cars. How
be ever gets them into the house la
mystery. for some Of the delivery
wagons ard other machines are large
enough 10 accommodate good-sized
boy.
There are SO many things for girls
nowadays that dolls do not occupy
quite az important place In the
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-17

VEN fEs b1Ns eblia of mai has
more ia blE Christmas s'0esiBF
iBaH itie DfgEBefpgs ehttd
gffsHed ~ IL tEs first sfltgry
N Hsi'f occupation gf thls eQBn
IN tlasf blys and gitIs who
eza hardly thlas u agytbIug ues
M which ~ aEk The generous
saint caH hardly c0Geeiyf u he
bsreHeaf ~ thpxs Early thrst
Mak holidays