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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01
RICHMoND's BUDGET.

Few announcements could bring the progress
OF Richmond more clearly to the mind than
the budget for 1914 which has been reported to
the council by the finance committee. Over
three and one half million dollars are appro-
priated in the budget and the items show that
Richmond is spending money in keeping abreast
of the times and is well In the lead of the
progressive cities OF the South
The budget. as 1t WAS presented to the council,
did not of course, meet the approval of all the
representatives OF the city. Disagreement as to
various items expected and will be threshed
out AZ whole, however the finance committee
is to be congratulated on It's work. The defects
are not glaring and be rectihed.
The items for education, recreation, public
health, and charities and corrections show that
Richmond is taking good care Of its people, and
that no reasonable expense Is spared to make
Richmond the best city in Virginia. The heavier
items of general government maintenance and
improvement show the work being done for the
bettermcnt of the city
The preparation of the budget was tremen-
dous work and the finance committee has done
1t well.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01

college 4 work big enough and broad enough
and important enough to enlist the devoted and
untiring sforts Of all Of our medical men DR..
s. c. Mitchell. the very best man in the country
for the responsible position. is the president OF
cur MEDICAL college And he is president In fact
There need be no fear Of even talk about DIR.
Johnston or anybody else dominating our college.
There will be no domination. DR.. Mitchell is
leader and he seeks and desires to have the
cooperation. sympathy and support OF every
physician In the city and State He has
vision. broad. noble vision for Richmond her
medical school, her medical men and her hos
pitfalls. Let all hold up his hands and help.
Gentlemen. this is no time for the airing of
personal jealousies or personal animosities. 1t
Is time for all TO work and TO work together.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01
COUNCIL TO CONSIDER
BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS
Turn Loose Much Money for Street and Other improvements
Before Middle Of February.

Richmond has many things to be
grateful for In the work OF the coun-
Gil committee on finance, as shown in
the annual budget, which will be dis
cussed by the common council to-
morrow night.
A sum equal to more than half the
amount named In the budget of the
finance committee OF the State legis-
lature Is appropriated by the city
finance committee, which shows what
great city Richmond has become.
Besides improvements to many of
the city Institutions and parks, one
Of the matters Of general interest ia
that relative to the many needed i'm
provements to the streets. A SUM Ia
specifically named for the further paw
Ing of Broad street, from Third west
wardly. This work has teen urged by
the merchants OF that thoroughfare
for two years. Now they see tho re-
suit OF the earnest I1bors OF the Re-
tail Merchants association and others,
as well as that OF many private
citizens who have to use Broad street.
Grace street will. also be improved
westwardly from Ryland street, and
$s50.0o0 is appropriated In a lump
sum for further street Improvements.
This money Is to be used in the
discretion of the administrative board.
Under the annexation plan, the South
side gets $4,000. In addition to what
ever else the board may choose to
place on that side of tho river.
The public schools fare mighty well.
The city attorney il directed to get
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01

possession Of property for the pro-
posed new cambridge school, and .
sufficient sum il appropriated TO place
the old building In habitable condi-
ton during tho interval before the
new school can be completed.
The health department will got q
new smallpox hospital and the West
End citizens succeeded in having re-
pairs provided for at the Byrd park
rathskeller.
Anticipating the transfer Of the use
OF the Virginia hospital to tho city
for q period. Of not more than ten
years. tho budget provides funds for
repairs and expenses amounting to
$4,000.
Tho Improvement OF streets viii
add much to property valuations
throughout the city. ana In many IN.
stances will conduce 20 private build
ing.
The sum mentioned in the budget
practically covers tho estimated In
como for the year. There will doubt
less be some revision. but 1t 10 prob
able the greater amount mentioned
In the report from the finance COM
mittee will be agreed upon.
The common council viii consider
the ordinance tomorrow night. Then
II will go to the board OF aldermen on
February 10th. after which the mayor
will take II in hand.
1t Is hoped by council the ordinance
will become a law before February
18th, which will set record.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01
THE BETH HOLM
AND ITS HISTORY

A romantic interest attaches to a
quaint old building in the Mile End
road. which Is at length to be rebuilt
and modernized. The Beth Holm
blouse of the Sick) Is link with
the very beginnings OF Anglo-Jewry
1t is bound up with the story Of
the Resettlement, and with the moving
his historic intercession with Oliver
Cromwell. At the rear OF the old
building, which was erected in 1892.
fronting a site used as burial place
since 1855, there lie the remains
OF many of the founders OF the first
Jewish community in England. arts.
ltocratic Jews from Spain and Portugal,
who were driven hither by the dread
activity Of the Inquisition. The estab-
nshment OF their congregation has
been traced back to 1850. when a
handful OF Mariana refugees. OUT
wardiy Christians, but Jews at heart.
were wont to attend mass in the chap
ell OF the Portuguese ambassador,
himself a Crypto-Jew. 1t would not
be out Of place TO hazard that this
chapel" in the Portuguese embassy
representa- the first Jewish place OF
| worship to be established In Eng
lang since the expulsion In 1890.
How the little congregation grew In
| Importance, migrating from time to
time from smaller to larger places
! of worship. Is a matter Of Anglo
Jewish history. The old synagogue In
| Bevis Marks. erected in 1901. still
remains standing. Its bi-centenary
celebrations having been held with
great ceremony. But here. in this
old-world building. in prosaic Mile
| End. Is the only existing link with the
beginnings Of the once-important
Spanish and Portugueste Jewish COM
munity Of London.
The First Jewish Hospital.
| OF late years the building has been
utilized for the reception OF the sick
and inflrm poor OF the community,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01
BETTER SCHOOLS.

The announcement of Chairman Weaver Of the
house finance committee that the appropriation
for public schools will be increased 100000 is
which education Is built and improvement is
needed No amount of higher edwation will
make up for the lack of primary education. The
foundation must be laid first, and unless 1t is
properly laid In education. In everything else
the structure will be faulty.
The need for more schools and better schools
throughout Virginia is great, and what funds the
general assembly appropriates for public schools
is money well appropriated
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01
FIGHT ON DIR. JOHNSTON.

The fight being made DR.. George Ben
Johnston by trio Of local physicians can only
sbeAdeplored Whatever the motive back of the
attack may be the move is most unfortunate
and. untimely Its only effect can be TO arouse
the.fghting blood of the eminent Richmond sur.
xeon, and stir the resentment OF his friends
at a time when the united efforts of the entire
medical fraternity should be addressed to bring.
ing to fruition the plans for great central
medical college and ample hospital facilities in
Richmond.
DR. Johnston Is recognized as one Of the great
surgeons and physicians OF the country. With
the late Or. Hunter Mcclure he shared the dis.
tinction in public opinion OF being one OF Rich.
mond's two most skilled surgeons. man OF
strong impulses and exceptional mental vigor he
has been recognized as leader in his noble
profession. Though man of the highest cour
age, he is withal gentle and sympathetic as
a woman And he is as earnest and jealous as
he is brave. In the recent consolidation of the
two medical colleges in Richmond Dr. Johnston
took the most active interest: in the plan To
also bring TO the greater medical college here
the medical department Of the University OF
Virginia and thps make Richmond a really great
medical center, he has been an influential fac.
tor and no other man has been more earnest OF
influential than he in working out and bringing
TO pass the plan for bringing the City hospital
into close proximity 10 the college.
There has been real union between our two
local medical colleges union OF spirit and oil
puYpose al well as of faculties and of st,aep,
Y bodies There is great work ahead for tbs
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01
HIS WORK WILL DONE.

Csosszs an administration marked by most
s~cade6 progress in the state along all lines
srsss Aesc w several Al the most trying problems
with zhlch ary Virginia executive Of resent years
ssas had 70 deal Gov Mann reilres with abe con
srsousness Of having done bis full duty and hav
las rendered RS state the most Efficient service
SrsendId indeed and deserved the tribute
RAID the retiring governor yesterday by Delegate
we4veT. WHO. in closing his address presenting
Governor and Mrs. Mann with a handsome set
Of silverware as a token OF esteem from the
general assembly, declared that the coming his
torsan in writing the chapter of yirginia's his
toy made by Governor Mann would sum it up
In. the two words, duty performed,
Governor Mann has done his work we'll
His administration. notable in many respects,
has been a successful one, There has been
marked development especially in agriculture
and education. in both of which the governor
has taken the deepest interest; the finances Of the
State have been we'll managed, the public insti-
tutfons have been brought to high degree Of
efficiency and the majesty Of the law has been
upheld at all costs Maintaining the dignity
of his high Office and yet nanifesting the deepest
sympathy with the people in the solution of all
their problems the outgoing executive has set
a worthy example for those called TO the high
Office which he SO worthily flied
The deep interest felt by Governor Mann in
the moral uplife OF the people shown in
the readiness with which all through his ad
ADMINISTRATION he would lay aside affairs OF State
and give his presence and influence to cele
brations OF churches. sunday-schools. schools
and societies working for betterment OF society
The devotion of Governor and Mrs. Mann t.
the cause of religion and to all branches o
church and charitable work has been potentia
influence for good In the State.
The real strength of Governor Manns char
acter his supreme sense OF justice and right
has been shown in the frmness with which h.
has stood for the enforcement of the law. Few
executives in one term have had more reall.
trying problems to deal with. or have had the
fortitude more seriously tested The appeal
made TO the governor in the Beatte case. ant
In the case of the Aliens in both of which hu
mans sympathy and public sentiment ran hgl
in tine State, were calculated to make stron
man waver. hut Governor Mann, moved h
WIS with sympathy for the violators OF tn
law and those whom their deeds affected wa
clear in his conviction that the law should b
respected and insisted that the offenders pa.
the penalties which the broken law imposed
Unmoved by the harsh criticism which he knew
would come, he discharged his duty withou
Hinching.
OF Virginia good governor. and he well de
serves the respect, confidence and good wshe
Nrhich today are his.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01

but In its earlier days T. served the
purpose OF a hospital for lying-in
women, and a dispensary for the neces-
sitous poor That 1t was the first Jew
ish hospital in London there Is no
doubt. 1t is hoped that In the work
OF renovation the necessity Of intro
ducing some semhlance Of order into
the historic Gods acre in the rear will
not be lost sight OF The ground is,
Of course. no longer used as a place OF
fnterment, but there Is feeling that,
with littel care. 1t may be pnssthla
ITO make decipherable some at least
that lie entanEled amid q profusioa
Of weeds.
Unfortunately. very little of the ear.
" history Of the ground 10 available.
although the untiring researches Of
the Haham, the Rev. DIR. M. Caster,
have done much to elucidate many
perplexing problems In the early his
tory OF the community OF which he IL
the present chief rabbi. Sentiment
has undoubtedly played a great part
| in the retention OF the present build
ing. Some were for matchmaking tho
homo with another existing institution,
| but Ii has long been trait Of the
Spanish and Portuguese Jews to resist
all attempts to merge their individual
| ly with that OF the numerically larger
/
aim.
! Jewiah ExcIusivcncse.
| Isaac Disraeli. the eminent Ettera-
teur, described this exciusivenese fairly
accurately IN his Genius of Juda-
ISM" and indicated the superiority
Of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews
over the immigrants who fiocked to
! England In the seventeenth century
from Germany. Poland. and Barbary
The Sephardim, he said. could
never drop their national character
!stics. They were remarkable for their
haughtiness. their high sense of honor,
and their stately manners" The Por-
tuguese grandees. he tells US, shrank
Every intercourse was forbidden, and
the naughty Lusitanian Jew would
have returned to the fires of Lisbon
ere he condescended to an intermar-
riagasw the Jew OF Alsace or War
saw"
Although those Indifferent days have
long passed. and both communities ara
on the friendship terms. tntermar-
rying freely, helping each others char
tiles, and joining hands in promot-
ing the communal veal. nothing win
induce them TO give up their old her
itaKe as pioneers. And 80 they remain
pronunciation Of their own. a liturgy
Of surprising beauty. and a svna-
gogue which Is delight to the anti
quarian. and an ever fresh appeal to
the sentiment OF the Sephardim. That
is why the quaint old edifice in Mile
End Is to be overhauled, for such
landmarks as these are all too few
and well repay preservation.--I1on-
don Telegraph.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01
Roanoke College
To Meet RIM. in
Debate April 3
INTERCOLLEGIATE DEBATING
COUNCIL is FORMED AT
ROANOKE
DEBATING

ROANOKE COLLEGE, SALEM.
VA, Jan. 3l.-The Demosthenian and
Ciceronian literary societies Of Roa-
noke college have recently organized
an intercollegiate debating council
composed of four representatives OF
each society. The officers of this
organization are: Theodore Bachelor,
president: II. l.. Weeb, vice-president;
Jno. l.. Yost, secretary and treasurer;
and DR.. j. G. Randall. faculty repre-
sentative.
The first intercollegiate debate OF
the current session will be with Ran
dolph Macon college at Salem, April
3rd. Representatives of the two col
leges have selected the question.
Resolved, That the PHILIPPINE Is
lands should be given complete inde-
pendence within eight years. RAN
dolph- Macon will defend the affirma-
| tive and Roanoke the negative.
At a meeting Of the Y. M. G. A.
Tuesday evening In the association
hall the following officers we're elect
ed for the ensuing half term OF the
scholastic year: G. A. Linn, Pomaria,
s. c., president; J. c. Brown, Rural
Retreat. vice-president; Fred Broad.
Salisbury, N. c.. secretary; and F. s.
Tavenner, Woodstock. treasurer.
Ithaca Trio Entertains.
The Ithaca Conservatory Entertain
ment Trio presented an entertainment
OF high order In the town hall Friday
evening under the auspicies OF the Y.
M. c. A. The program consisted OF
monologues. representations. scenes
from modern classic plays in costume,
and variety of musical numbers.
Rev. Il. r. McCauley. d. D., pastor
OF the First Lutheran church OF Nor
folk, has accepted an invitation to de-
liver the annual address before the
Y. M. C. A. February 22nd. The ad-
dress will be presented In College
church.
President Morehead has been
chosen ~ one Of the principal speak
era of the LAyman's Missionary con-
vention Of tho United Synod Of the
South to be held In Columbia, 8. G.,
February 18th to 18th.
DR.. g. A. L. Kolmer, class Of 1907.
for several years member of the
State board Of health, was q visitor
at the college last week. DR.. Kolmer
u arranging to locate In Salem for the
practice OF hts profession.
The Collegiate German club will
givo IT. mtdWintar german In tlse
skating rink 4hlTsdax evening. Feb
t,aaxy Ut. !. .s 4. vs.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01

Moody's magazine for January has solved the
problem to which nearly everybody has given
attention and failed to arrive at a solution. The
editor has clearly and definitely described the
reason for the high cost of living. 1t is won.
derful solution. This is It:
1.-THE index numbers In table v show plainly
why wages are advancing. 1t Is because the cost
OF food and clothing has advanced more rapidly
than anything else. The laborer must live"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01
VAIN ATTEMPTS AT DEFINITION.

life" says Luke McLuke, in the Cincinnati
Inquirer, ''is a cocktail in which the bitter is
blended with the sweet, and woman is the
cherry" Some of them olves-Boston
Transcript.
Some OF them the pungent bitter-sweet
decoction itself the fruit trimmings being only
ornamental accessories 49, Norfolk Virginian-
Pilot. =
And the beauty of 1t is that one can take his
pick green, or gold, or ruby red and, like cock
tails there's always trouble when You mix them.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01
A PAPER FOR THE HOME
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CLEAN AND FAIR.


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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01

The Chicago Municipal Voters league. in its
annual report on the Chicago board Of aldermen.
declared that there are nine good" aldermen
In that body. Now whoever heard of Chicago
alderman who was good" Chicago is improy-
ing.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01

A Kansas doctor has discovered that the skin
of an egg does just we'll In skin grating
cases as real skin In which case 1t would be
best TO postpone the grating operation until
summer. 1t would be too expensive at this
season OF the year.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01
PEOPLES FORUM

Editor Of The virginian:
Stiff granted the franchise Will womer
cease to vote in large numbers AFTER the novelty
has worn off?
| We can argue from history" that they VIII
| be Likely to keep up their interest.
So far careful sitting OF Information from
all available reliable sources has failed to dis
close any Iessening OF interest in the States OF
America or the countries OF the old world
| where women have had equal or partial suffrage
the longest.
In wyoming, the pioneer suffrage State OF
America, from so 20 80 per cent vote after
having had equal suffrage for forty-five years,
as territory State
In Colorado II Is estimated by State and
county officials that from rs to IS per cent
of the eligible women cast their votes
AS the keeping of polling records Is not re-
auired and there much discussion as to the
percenetage OF women voting in Colorado, the
legislature declared by almost unanimous vote
that women voted "as generally as men, Col
orado honored IT'S women with the voting privi-
iege in 1896.
The commissioner of the State bureau OF
statistics OF Utah wrote in 1912 that women
vote in large larger numbers than men
his estimate being from IS to 80 per cent OF
those eligible. Despite the fact that 1t is not
as easy for women to get to the polls in Idaho
as 1t will be in Virginia when women vote. from
rs to SIS per cent of eligible women voters ex-
press their views matters of public policy
by raeanr of the ballot
Idaho and Utah have had equal suffrage
since S96.
In Washington from IS to e5 per cent OF
eligible vote and vote with will. as
witnessed by the recall Of two mayors on strictly
moral ,non-poltical issues.
But Washington, California, Kansas. Oregon
Arizona, Alaska and Illinois equal
suffrage States and can't be used to prove the
point that women have kept up their interest
in government after the novelty has worn off
Kansas women, however, may be said to have
prove ntheir abiding interest in public affairs
by the number of years that they have shown
their high appreciation of the school and NUM-
cipal franchise The former was granted ir
1861. the latter in 1887
wouldn't it be delightful, almost too good
to be true, to be able to have all the and
protection and confidence that the women ir
Kansas and Idaho and Utah have and still &c
be living in dear, sweet old Virginia
A. w. o.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01
CURRENT COMMENT
Equitable Taxation win Help.

After copying a recent Dispatch editorial, in
expression of opinion to the great value of
the small farmer and the need for more of his
kind. tho esteemed State Journal, which keeps
alert to help the State agriculturally industrial
ly and politically, when the latter means good
government and not mere emotions, the out
come OF partisan feeling. thus comments:
We'll said, and now we hope The Dispatch will
take up the question of how to encourage the
people TO small farms 1t Is not the
large farm in actual cultivation that hurts. 1t Is
the large unused tracts of land held for a rise
that keeps the small farmer from multiplying.
Tax unused land at its sale price, and do not tax
improvements that man makes, and the small
farmers will Join the 'back-to LAND move
ment in droves."
We know of better way to encourage the
people to secure small farms than the sugges-
ton, advocacy. set forth by The Journal.
This. plus rural credit. will do big things. In
fact, will solve the question. Rich farm land,
II held for speculation. should be taxed COM
mensurate with its value. Levy such. and when
rural credit Is obstinable man will have abso-
lutely no excuse for allowing his land to remain
idle. If he wants 1t to remain In such state.
then he should not object to paying taxes at
Its real value. For him not to pay such is wrong
any way one may look at 1t. 1t Is allowing him
to reap reward from something upon which
he Is paying no tax. thus depriving all the people
of fair returns IN taxes, as welt as keeping the
State from greater development by withhold
Ing from cultivation, from wealth production,
an important factor in the agricultural sphere
OF the State 1t Is equivalent to locking money
In a safety deposit vault and paying no taxes on
such. 1t Is also not right to make a man pay
taxes on a small home, which he keeps a mat
ter of necessity to shelter him and his fanlils; I.
ard yet rllow man to hold rich farming lands
practically free from taxation because he
manages to have a small valuation set the
tax books, while he places value many times
greater upon 1t as matter OF speculation. Ad-
just these things and the small farmer will be
given chance Wilmington Evening Dispatch.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01
Editor OF The Virginian:

Editor OF The virginian
Sir,-The enabling act, az / understand. Is
a special dispensaton by which may express
views the vital subject Everybody
knows that whiskey Is our greatest curse.
move that we make a law that henceforth and
forever more whiskey he made sold
and that chief magistrate Woodrow Wilson
cast the vote by reclamation. China has stopped
the opium curse, from which immense reve-
nue. was derived. Are we worse heathens thar
the Chinese? China is no longer, but America
the heather nation.
]. B. LADD
Brook Hill. Va