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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-21
Fighting for Peace

u ING LUDWIG of Bavaria is out with a
IN statement that the war will be long
shat it will continue until by fighting Ger
many has assured herself of a lasting peace.
George Bernard Shaw declares that this is a
war against war, and that in the economies OF
human affairs 1t is necessary for this bloody
conflict to go on until the whole world is
shocked into permanent peace by the horrors
OF slaughter One eminent student OF his
tory after another has said about the same
thing in his own way. until the very satisfac-
tory conclusion is reached that perhaps 1t Is
true, after all
Possibly this fight for peace this deadly
combat in the interest of brotherly love. is
headed toward humiliation. If that be true,
then there is no question that war will make
for peace. In the last condition OF the bat
Ting nations perhaps that peace Will show
great fields covered with dead, the last bugle
blown, the last gun fired-the world peaceful
because none stand to fight.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-21
Taking Arms against Diphtheri.

wv HEN, In discussing Virginias Distress
w ing mortality rate In cases Of dph-
iberia, the State Board OF Health declares
that lit is little short of criminal to let chill
dren die when prompt administration of anti
toxin will save them,"sthe hoard rather under
states than overstates the fact. 1t Is Grim
inal. unless for some adequate reason a sup
ply OF the serum cannot be obtained
One purpose Of the bulletin just issued is
to reiterate that large stocks OF the diph-
iberia antitoxln are kept at the Offices of the
Board OF Health In Richmond. and that depots
have been established at convenient points
throughout the State. Regulations are hon
ored promptly either from the central office
or the district depots. This information de-
serves the widest publicity from the State
press.
The discovery OF this antitoxin has robbed
diphtheria of most OF its worst terrors for
the educated and progressive physician. It
is not specific, but when used promptly and
skfully it Is almost always effective. Cases
of diphtheria, that before the antitoxin had
been given to the world would certainly have
been fatal yield readily to the treatment
The diphtheria death rate has been enormous
ly reduced.
Physicians in the counties where morta lity
from the disease has been greatest, owe it to
their patients to apprise themselves Of the
situation Of the nearest antitoxin depot so
that when the necessity arises they will be
able to obtain supply short notice. In
malignant cases Of diphtheria the time when
II Is too late to act often comes quickly
Members OF the profession who fail to arm
themselves against this scourge OF childhood
accept burden Of fearful responsibility
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-21

IT can't hurt the town. II '"bawlins OUT could
hurt or destroy r town, the whole OF this
country would resemble :he reeion of the Dead
Sea and ancient Jericho The most criticized.
cehsurtd and condemned town ia :he Uniscd
StAtts Ii ChicaSo--anl loo:l atsthc blamed thing
IN" New Orleans ma. declared IN his hired
nal! that his town contains more Knockers in
proportion to population than amy oshcr city
but he didn't mean - bn br;tgxinr. The FAC:
IL that Knockers builders. and they are
Mound TO mako OF. New Orleans something mo-e
than a stately pleasure dome before they get
through with It, What would St Louis have
been. what would 81. Louis be. without. its
devoted guild who WELD the hanmns.--St.
Louis Post Dispatch
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Too Much Love

THERE is such thing as loving bit too
much.
James w. Mcneil. of Philadelphia, at
tempted year ago to end his life so that
his daughter might have the benefit Of his
$4,000 life insurance. He failed Now he
is behind the bars because he embezzled from
poor clients. 80 that my daughter might
finish her education at Bryn Mawr." AS he
was being led to his cell. the man asked:
Who wouldn't steal for girl like my
Orpha?"
OF course. AIcNeils criminal streak is a
criminal streak, Orpha no Orpha. The
strictly honest man who really loved his
child would love her too much to leave her
the heritage of thief'e daughter. No man
who really loves, stains the names Of those
upon whom he would lavish his affections
McNel's story is too thin. There lies in it
not the slightest excuse Even admitting his
complete delusion in charity, the case Is not
materially changed.
Doubtless ii is true, said so often as
10 have passed into the language as an apb or
ism, that rs per cent of men in prison arc
there because OF some woman--but not be-
cause OF love for some woman. Love doesn't
work that way. And even with love--real
love. pure love--there is always the emotional
danger of there being too much Of it. There
is red lantern hanging over the switch
where emotions branch off into Hatred and
Love. TO him who ever is tempted: stop.
Look and Listen
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-21

Ice or frozen over and tho open sea
son." The breakup OF the ice usually
occurs about the middle Of May, after
which the river Is open to transporta-
ton for five or six months. or a little
longer. The breakup Is not only an
event of great economic significance to
the inhabitants In the interior OF
Alaska, but II presents features OF
great dramatic interest as we'll. One
who has not Witnessed It,, according to
the authors OF tho survey report, can
hardly imagine the impfessiveness OF
the spectacle. From bank to bank the
surface of the river is Il solid mass OF
huge moving ice cakes, which arc con-
stantiy grinding and dsintegratinS
with an awc-lnspiring exhibition OF re-
sistless force.
The freezc-up is less spectacular.
With the increasing cold of the au-
tunn slush Ice forms in the river,
and AS the cold becomes more intense
the Ice increases in volume until final
ly 1t is sufficient to bridge the entire
stream. This means the termination
OF navigation on the Yukon until the
following May.
The Geological Surveys MEASURE
mentB OF stream TOW near Eagle were
made during the winter at q point
about two miles above the town, where
the river Is 1000 feet wide, by cutting
holes through the ice at intervals Of
III! leet anu HlaklnE SonndlnSS. In
this way the exposed section OF the
river was determined, and the velocity
OF tho stream ut each hole was de-
termined by a Price current meter
During the period OF break up dis
charge measurements, were made by
means OF Ice floats. In the open season
tho flow was determined by the same
method as. on any large river.
The maximum discharge mea sured in
1911 was on May %. when the volume
vas $4,000 secondfeet The width or
the water surface at the measuring sec.
ton was 1855 feet, and the greatest
depth OF tho river was ISL feet. The
average surface velocity was SIS miles
an hour .a.r 10. ~
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-21
The People .na the rra.cb,,..

10 the Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
Sill have been waiting patiently for some
days to see II the people OF Richmond are
asleep, AS far as the extension of the street
asked TO give away the absolute control OF her
streets and the privilege OF selling private
lighting by electricity. First OF all the fron
chss extension should not be considered a day
further than tho life now given IL by the present
franchise because street railway traffic NAV be
electric lighting should be extended by the CITY
just as is done by Gas and Water Depart
ments. The corporation wants to get twenry
years extension Of franchise FOR practicary
nothinS--or rather for Issuing probably 1000 or
5000 " ork ingnen' tickets between 6. and A NJ
tickets twice day at the same rate--a very
liberal compensation for n privilege for which
the city should command several hundred ;hou
sand dollars per annum!
had almost overlooked the fact that they ara
willing TO give the city several viaducts.-Inost
OF them soon ready for the junk piie-and park
on the Southside for the city to spend several
hundred thousand dollars upon to make 81
attractive These latter thrown in to prove
the corporations exceeding liberality!
The next day after the conpany's liberal (o)
proposal was published the chairman OF
Council Committee on Streets stated that he
had not studied the franchise. but he had no
objection 10 granting il il the rights of the city
We're protected. This is significant.
We don't want the Business Mems Club or tho
Chamber of Commerce to make the mistake OF
deciding this for us, but let us have citizens
meetings all over the city, and thoroughly sift
this matter and make public sentiment felt So
Council Let's make mp and get these meetings
going and protect the city we all love so we'll
WIDE AWAKE.
Richmond, Va, November 10, 1914.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-21

no man can ever write at length about
the horse without quoting Aristotle.
Aristotle dissccted the dead body Of
horse. lle then fastened the skeIe-
ton together. preserving all of It's ar
Hculations.
Tho native Villagers stood around
and watched him: and when tho skele-
/, ton was all fastened together with Tn.
aid Of thongs the Villagers chuckled and
gursIed In glee and sa!d I've knew
they could never do &C."
The merry villagers thought that
Aristotlc and Alexander were cndeav-
oring TO make n horse. and they we're
overlooked to see that Aristotle was not
able TO clothe the bones with flesh, pu,
the skin on the horse. saddle him
and ride him down the street That was
one or Aristotle.
The next man to write hook on tn.
horse Was Leonardo da Einci
Among other things Leonardo did
was TO paint picture Of his lady
love, the Mona Lisa. which picture was
stolen from the Louvre. Leonardo got
the trifling sum OF $4,000 for the pic
turo. 1t Is now worth 100000. =
But the fellow who stole 1t offered
1t for 800 and got "pinched" for at
tempting TO sell a "snide" painting
Leonardo attributed much OF his bub-
bling. perennial Joy In life to HIS close
association with the horse. He was a
horseback rider from childhood until
his eighty fourth yeur, when death.
through accident. claimed him, and he
went out with n smile and n wave OF
the hand, nrst intiInat ting, with broken
breath, that if .hcrn were no horses in
Paradise hc did not care to go there.
Some one asked Henry Thoreau what
he did when he wanted to turn his
canoe. ana Henry replied:
81 just carry the idea i'm my mind
| mo
goes just where ! want II to-
The fellow tried the trick and, very
naturally. upset in some very damp
water--this because he did not have
tho caroe instinct.
Any man with the horse instinct soon
comes TO n perfec, understanding with
one Of there high-bred horses, and the
horse knows where to go and how fast
1t is great thing to feel that you
arc bigger than tho elements. And
horse of the right kind helps YOU TO
hyDnotiEe yourself. into the belief that
you are n paEt or all you SOC and hear
and feel.
No man can have melancholia WIN
loves horse and Is understood by one
You shake Oft your troubles and send
your cares dying into the wanton
winds when yon ride horseback.
have ridden horees since ! wore
trousers buttoncd to calico waist
In my childhood could go gu, To
tho barn in tho night and nnd. saddle
and bride my particular horse that
my father wanted.
Ny father was country doctor and
used TO ride much nights. Sometimes
] rode with him--frst behind him, then
in front OF him---and then got horse
OF my own.
The other day a man came along
here from New York City and asked
All Babi this question: Us Mr.. Hub
bard giving many lectures this ynar?"
And the old man replied: Good
Lord. How can he go or giving lee
lures? Don't YOU know that his best
saddle mare has colt?"
And 1t is sol have to stay home and
look after the baby.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-21
THE TIMEs-DIsPATCH and breakfast
ARE scrvcd together with unfaflinE reEu-
iartty In the Hest Homes of Richmond.
u your morning program compietef
"The Burlington Hawkeye Man"

THE death of Robert ]. Burdette e1-
l tinguishes one OF the lights that had
frightened American journalism. In the last
years of his life he had abandoned the tripod
for the pulpit but yet It does not seem very
long ago that the sayings OF 1.-THE Burlington
Hawkeye Man" were on many lips and cheer
ing many saddened hearts.
Incorrgible optimist that he was. he saw
always the better side. There was nothing
biting or cruel in the wit and humor that
dropped SO easily from his pen. He could
puncture sham in a way that would make
even it's perpctrator grin The world was a
happier place while he lived in it--and that
is pretty good eptaph, after all.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-21
The Voice of the People
RELIEF for Conf,d,r.,, ,yo,,

10 me Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
.Str,-~No organization OF women can better
reallXe the suffering across the water than Inc
daughters OF the .Confederacy. and gladly and
"iinnsE give or their time and money to this
MIDST are those old men and women Veterans
OF 81 and 80 that call to YOU. Test YOU forget !"
inc ernef committee of the Virginia Division
is helping 80 old women. Tho winter is before
us. The calls for aid for the sufferers OF Error.
are uppeFmost IN our minds, and while generors
response should be given them, remember ,be..
women who suffar.
For this reason the Richmond Chapter VIII
give the cotton ball decided before the Rcd
Cross ball or aid for Belgium had been CON
sidered. but postponed because 1t was not wished
who wishes TO help orr own who sufr.rei an5
are still suffering. from the desolation and
destruction OF our own will uphold the
relief committee OF the Richmond Chapter We
ask freewfll Offering from individuals to make
our cotton ball success
MRS \. V. RANDOLPH
Chairman Relief Committee.
Richmond Va. November 1e. 1914
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HORSE SENSE and SUCCESS HINTS
BY Ebert HUBBARD

To take caro- of myself, and then
produce a little surplus for the bencft
OF the world is my ambition.
we are strong says Emerson.
ture"
find that when | go In partner
ship with a good horse keep my
nerves from getting outside OF my
clothes.
A horse helps you 10 forget It." A
does not pour into your ear sad
says Walt Whitman: ~ think ]
could turn ana live with animals"
have ridden horseback almost
daily for the last forty years. And
enjoy horseback riding to-day more
than ever before.
i have never been sick a day In my
life: and have never lost n meal ex-
cept through inability OF access
The man who keeps his at-ensth
and good cheer In this country will
never be out OF job. And OF work
have always had a plenty.
God has certainly been good TO me-
think have had as much fun and
as many laughs M any man OF my
years in the wide world.
II know what pleasure IL, for T
have done good work." said Robert
One of tho principal reasons why
have been able to do good work is
because have always kept on close
chuminy terms with at least one good
horse.
Alfred Russell Wallace says that
civilization had Ito rise in. the dc
mestication of animals; that where
men dome sticattd the horse, tho OK,
the camel. the elephant, civilization
thrivcd and man evolved hut that in
countries where man had nothing In
the way OF domestic animals except
tame wolt-that is. the doR-there was
20 evolution.
The centnur, that tabled combine
ton OF man and horse. had rs
Use IN the din, ages when man arst
.aiHri q Wild horse
Some boob---for. boobs have always
abounded-saw a man on horseback,
and no wax so amazed that he told
the whole boob family that he had
seen man with the body OF a horse.
And, being hoods. they believed t.
\ man on horseback was pretty
nearly invincible until the invention
Of Eunpowder: and. the first use OF
cunpo~der was to scare horses. The
idea of the eSplosion hearing rock
or an iron ball was q later idea.
Ny opinion now is that II we are
going to reserve our vigor. our cour-
aGe, our enjoyment, We will have to
he on good" tsrms with Mother Earth
and close UP to EquuB caballuE.
The two greatest men the world has
ever seen were horsemen. both. Aris-
totle was the worlds first schooimas-
ter and the worlds first scientist. He
taught achool out OF doors, and all OF
his pupils were taught TO ride horse
back.
Aristotle was the tutor OF AIexan-
der the Great. He taught Alexander
to ride the wild horse Bucephalus. and
Aristotle sat OH the top rail Of the
corral and watched his pupil turn the
trick.
Aristotle wrote book of a thou
sand pages on tho horse. lie said all
there was TO say on the subject, and
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-21
Chats With Virginia Editors

says the Petersburg Index-Appeal: NO.
tte was no German or Russian French
neid marshal In Petersburg yesterday. The
ngure which You the streets was C,n
tain Ragland. in the full uniform. brass braid
ana all OF the Chief OF the Police Department OF
the city OF Petersburg Yes he really did ,ool,
scrunpnous. Now watch for stampede OF
the camera men from the film factories tn Pc
tersburg. ~
INC Lynchburg Advance nomnates Theodore
roosevelt for President OF Mexico. The Adj
vance says: What Mexico needs is Th.odo.
Roosevelt. AS the United States ,pnaors 80
be staggering along without his services q
would be an eScellent thing IL he would GO
down there and set things straight SURELY
the man who took Panama wouId bav. M
difficulty In taking a President's chair wb,cb
mas been announced as deserted by the ncum-
DENT IN Wow OF tho fact that army officers
OF high rank have frequently expressed tho
opinion that the Mexican republic can h.
ruled only With club, it would be quite in ac :
cord with the eternal fitness of things should
Roosevelt, by some freak of Destiny be found
throwing his hat into the ring in the Land OF
the Aztecs.
The latest quandary OF the presiding genius
OF the Halifax Gazette is thu. announced BY
editor Lacy: international compi,ca tions
again! II We're in Richmond ThanksuiyIne
night, we won't know whether to go see n
Russian dance or a Jap play billiards" BY way
or kindly suggestion, II the man from Halifax
iahs IN Win the 1ootball fans, who celebrate
victory or Danish tho memory of defeat after
the game, II will make no nevcrtnlnd 10 hin,
The Harriaonburg News Record. in an edi-
torial on 'Ireiand's Faithful Sons" refers TO
John Redman, famous Irish member Of Parlia-
ment." Isn't that likely TO incl,e Redmond to
take to the wArpath?
Corfhston is going In strong for clubs. The
Nirgnian. of that town, reviewing the achieve
Inents of tho Boys Corn Club. the Girls Cam
ming Club. the Housewives Club and the Farm
ers' Club in a long editorial, congratulates and
con,mands them all. According to tho Virgin
ian. all OF the clubs enumerated are flourish
ing. Editor Beirne. who knows all about clubs
omits to mentlon the mems social ciubs Of Gov
ington, which excites the apprehension that
their condition is still so critical that the men
have to sit up nights with them.
Discussing the movement to consolidate New
port News and the Peninsula towns that are
hard by its gates. the Newport News Daily
Press gives estimate OF the population 10 he
merged under the contem pla ted incorporat ton
saying: The city OF Hampton Roads would
begin business with population Of sO0o0'
Looks as II it will be difficult to ascer-
tain whether Newport News Is across the
Roads from Norfolk or Norfolk across the Roads
from Newport News.
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SONGS AND SAWS
BE GaretuI:

Little scraps OF paper
Flying DER the street, 81
Little piles ofsw'cepings
TO make tho thing complete.
Little ragrapI brcezes
/, busy az can be-
But careful. friend. that you don, add
More conipleXity.
Little scraps of paper.
Come no one knows whence;
The dust. no doubt, will teach us,
y proper penitance-- =,
But be mighty wary
When trash you throw about sr,
For great big cop will nab YOU
lf YOU don't watch out!
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-21
Naval Strength.

Please tell me how the United STATES ranks a.
naval powerl and how many battleships she
has. LAWRENCE j. DELPAPA.
In total number OF officers and men. third: in
totai: np?1ber OF vessels of all sorts. fourth In
States has $50 vessels Of oil classes There arc
thirty-ntne Tbattleships,, counting the modern"
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PuxEl~d Again.

There are some things about this war that
SIMPLY cannot understand" said the Pron,i n Mt
Cltlnen For tnstance why should Germany
hesitate to appropriate the money and supplies
this country Is sending over for the RELIEF or
the belBlans, when 1t had no scruples against
seizing the fortunes that individual BeIS!a ms
had made for themselves"
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With Limitations.

She-Uo YOU admire ruddy
compilations?
He--n6t nil of them. Some
OF the shades OF rudy com
pieSion fashionable this fall
seem To me to carry coed
thing too far.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-21
Ontnla~rh-

Sapphira--What makes you dependent?
Ananias--l have just been reading the war
correspondence In the Asbestos Herald, and !
Feel like a rank and unframed amateur
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Queries and Answers
riverside Drive.

Please give the route OF the proposed riversid
drive. MRS. IT, MORRISON
1t has not yet been determined
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-21

II any city has a few clean streets lying
around loose, Father Byrd has a well-know1
reputation for hospitality.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-21
Fair Warninn

In Celia's eyes deep mischief lies
Eehind their look OF panied surprise
Match out We MARKS for Cupid's darts.
She doesn't care rap for hearts.
THE TATTLER.
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Pigtails
Stir Up
Trouble

inc extremes or fashion. Press and pulpit have
deploreG the passing OF the "oiG IA ihioned' girl
Now makes his bow In the very centre Of the
spotlight Professor f. NJ Jack, principal of
have gone on 4: strike because his criticism
OF one OF the young ladies, which her Indignant
associates resented to the extent Of marching
ous in n body and hiring lawyer. No charge
against the Young womau's style OF dress was
naiie The heinous crime alleged against her
Was that she her hair down her baci, in
Two braids. as a lure to her schoolboy friends!
The trouble with this pedRgogue. we fear is
that he doesn't know old Fashioned girl
when he sees one. Time Eas when ali the girls
wore their hair In two ''plgtails." and one who
had appeared in a schoolroorn rnarcelle- waved
like rrima donna would have created a .ensa
ton. AS for being lure" for the boys come
to think OF IT, the pigtail was "a lure and
temptation--i: tempted one to give i. good
hard yank when the teacher WASH, booking
BOSTON TRANSCRIPT
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-21

II takes six months hard training to turf
a strong man into q soldier. And one secon
TO turn him into something else
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virginia Nensnnnern.

Please give address OF a newspaper in Halifax
and Pittsylvanla and in DanvilIe.
T.. Q. WHITESIDE
The Halifax Gazette. South Boston, Va!; the
Pittsylvana Tribune. Chatham. Va, the Danville
Register.
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A. Whc SeIaetton

Grubbs---How do you like my new umbrella
Stubhs-Ftne. nne! You seem to have pick et
up something good
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Current Editorial Comment

During the past Ave years or
so Tho subject of tho dress OF tho
up-to-date. modern high school
siri has furnished a topic for, the
reformer and busy-body. Size has
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-21

Exports still going up--and Republican
hopes still going down.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-21
The P.r.imiat Saw,

Another good thing gone wrong. We could
not