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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08
Old World Gossip
by Ia MARoUrsE DE roNTENoY.
. the two little sons OF the late
King Leopold of Belgium, the
younger, upon whom he bestow-

King Leopold of Belgium the
younger, upon whom he bestow-
Cd tho title of Count Ravenstein, and
who is said to have been his favoritc.
has Just died. at the age of seven in
Paris, at 1874 Avenue dcs Champs lclv-
secs. where he lived with his elder
brother and his mother the notorious
Baroness Vaughan, who, when Leopold
was on his dcathbed. contracted with
INN an ccclesiasticaI marriage, that
had no validity In the eyes of Belgian
law The funeral service took place
III inc church of st. Philippe du Rouie
last week, and afterwards the little
BODY was taken out for the burial to
the churchyard OF Arrancourt. the
parish church of the baroness's Cha
team or Balincourt. in the Department
OF the Seinc-etOise. This chateau hns
ocen for sale or lease for some time
past. without finding any ono willing
to take II.
Little Count Ravenstein, who was
afflicted with II terrible stutter. nlso
received coat of arms from his father.
consisting of shield, dargent. I'M
corbeau sable nu vol levc. There was
no suggestion of any of the heraldic
utN'ces OF tho reignins house of Bel
gum on the escutchoon.
When the late King creatoo h,s
young son Count OF Ravcnstcin. he .t
the same time bestowed the dukcdon
OF Tcrvucrcn upon the elder child.
whose Incomplete hand--he was horn
thus-is regarded by many rs a iudr-
Hleht upon Leopold, for his falling to
put an end 20 the atrocious crueltIes
perpetratcd by the rubber farmers Of
inc Congo Free state. under his rule.
thousands of children having their
hahds sliced off. ms II punishment for
me failure of their parents to collect
e'iUVeh rubber TO satisfy the overseers.
ihesc 'ltles were not registered at
h'us3c!3 prior to Leopold's death. Ue
had no authority to bestow tbcm
without the sanction OF his minister's
ana the latter declined to consent 10
INC creation OF any such kcdom, tax
ing the ground that Tcrvucrcn had al :
ways been royal dignity, associated
Win u royal castle. Leopold Quarrclcl
so violently with hls ministers on tho
subject that one of his Prcmiers in
the midst Of Il squnbble about the mat
Yer. dropped dead at his feet of heart
"lseasc. After tho accession of Ilina
albert to his uncle's throne, he eff.
iected compromise with Baroness
Vaughan. by the terms of which tho
'ltie OF Duke of Tervueren was dropped,
ana both boys were created In due
form Counts of Ravcnstein
When Baroness Vaughan year or
SO after Leopolds death married Dur
rieuN an eX-lieutenant of the French
army who had been her general fac
totum, he legally adopted the children
oE falsely declaring himself to be
their father This was rendered pos.
sih!c by the fact that ut the time of
their birth. I'm France. they were reg
istclcd as tho sons of Caroline La
croiN. Baroness Vaughan" and father
nnktown." Caroline has since divorced
Durtieux. but In law he still figures ns
'he Father OF her two boys. although
everybody knows that they arc reolly
the Pffspring OF Leopold. 1t was be-
CAUSE they wcro tho offspring Of Leo
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08
y SURVIVAL OF B,RBAHIs,,.

The state OF civil war that has
ragged in Colorado, Michigan and
West Virginia FOR several months re-
iiects no especial credit on the ma
lions intelligence
The issue involved is less the re-
spective merits OF these industrial
controversies than it is the ignoring
or the rights of tho public and the
continuation OF organized violence
that seems a throw-back TO bar
barism.
Employer and eInploye may vocif-
crate that neither has anything to ar
bitrate. The statement is the product
of prejudice and intolerance on one
side or the other. Ultimately one or
both parties TO disputes OF this nature
compromises or surrenders wholly.
There IS no sound reason why
either or both should wait until they
have worn out the patience or re
sources OF their antagonists before
letting peace take its course.
The wage-hour controversy on the
Eastern railroads a few weeks ago
had iii it all the clements of bitter
ness and irreconcilability So have
similar disputes during the past few
years in Georgia, Texas and Cali
fornia.
Yet in The Eastern dispute clash
was aYcrtcd through the operation of
the broadened Erdman act, provid-
ing mediation. And in the others,
mediation or arbitration was sue
cessfully employed.
The Times-Dispatch does not Cor
get that often The stubbornness and
unreason OF both parties to these M
iortur&te affairs make the resort To
coercion seem the only resort. But
surely the public has rights, and
those rights are violated when indus.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08
TIME FOR STATE no GET nusy

II costs the State of Virginia three
times rs much to disbursc its school
funds in the counties as il pays in
salaries to school superintendent.
1t cost the State in 1872 more
than s100,GG3 TO pay for disburse-
ment. The county superintendent
received a little more than $4,000
for supervision.
Treasurers of the counties receive
in commissions for handling the
money TO be expended on public
schools three times as much as su-
perintcndents OF the counties re-
ceived for supervising the, whole
school system. =. :.
The salaries paid the supcrinten
dents are the whole remuneration re-
ceived by them from the State The
commissions paid the treasurcrs for
paying them and the teachers is but
one source of revenue TO them
If a factory owner learned that the
paymaster received three times as
much for the performance OF cor
tain duty as the superintendent of
that factory received for his whole
time and work, that factory owner
would get busy.
II Is time for the State of Virginia
To get busy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08

try is semiparalyzod for months at n
time, often ut points far away from
the seat of the trouble. 1t also Is
true that these conflicts leave scars
that complicate future relations be-
tween capital and labor.
Sentiment In our own country as
we'll as abroad is reaching the con-
clusion that way must he found out
of these entanglcmcnts devoid OF
bloodshed and interference with bust
ness. The employer or laboring
man who closes his ears to reason
will, within the next few years, find
himself an auachronism in our eco
nomic and ethical scheme.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08
Voice of the People
Rosemary Library

TO the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-Many OF us who love the old library
NJ Fourth aud Franklin Streets are saddened
Ut inc thought of It's passing into oblivion,
pretentious free public library of Richmond
! venture to suggest that while we walt lin
dehniteIyl for the consumnat ton of this
great desire It might be practicable 10 build
q library In stones throw" of tho presen,
Rosemary Library. the west side OF
Fourth Street between Grace and franklin
streets. This lot might be available for q
building OF three or four apartments above
the main floor used Il library called thn
Rosemary. and TO serve as f branch of the
large library much talked OF, hut as vet
seemingly or "snch stuff dreams arc inadc
or. In many OF the large cities throughout
the country there are branches OF the large
libraries dotted about and used By those TO
whom they are most accessible. Certainly
the above location would he unsurna sse1
Tor tho masses. Business people. especially
women. and those who walk. would hail II
with delight. For the rich. automobiles an
initiate distance. 1t matters little to them
where "a library is located. he II In the West
End twhcre II Is not much needed since
the fine Arents Library has bccn establish
edl or In the heart OF the ci;y--thnt Is in
olf Richmond AS tho books already in tho
Rosemary Library would be nucleus a
much smaller amount of money would have
TO he expended to Nil the shelves Besides
the apartments. being centrally located
would yield fine revenue as a proftabIe
investment for the care and upkeep of the
library. This seems something tangible and
perhaps more feasible than a greater under
taking jus; now. Like old Threadneedi.
Street. In London, ii would preserve the old
meInb-anCe."
Richmond. May Z, 1914
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08
The Bright Side
Act Natural.

Act Natural.
When you haven't any dough,
Look peevish.
When you trip and stub your toe.
Use vigorous language.
BardS write verses every day
On the keep a-snilinY lay,
But when things don't como your why
Act ugly about 1t.
When the weather isn't good.
Abuse the authorities.
When you're In L worried mood.
Snap at everybody.
Let the others smile and grin;
But when you've unluclky been,
There's some satisfaction in
Kicking like blazes.
kansas City Journal
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08
T. II. AIDS DEMOCRACY.

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
energies from the South American
jungle long enough TO plunge deeply
into the jungle of his own tangled
thoughts and to enmesh himself in
the maze of his own words. With
characteristic contempt for accurate
statement and fully sustaining his
reputation for inconsistency and inn
pulsiveness. he hastily launches into
an attack upon the administration S
stand for the redemption of national
pledges, and scores Secretary Bryan
with assertions wherein truth and
sense are offered up as vain sacri-
flee on the altar OF forceful express
sion.
That Colonel Roosevelt should bit
terly resent the language of the Col
ombian treaty is natural. Even the
rhinocerian character Of Mr.. Roose-
velt's moral cpidermis is not to be
expected to prove impervious to tacit
admission that the United States did
not act with an eye single to right
eousness when it took the Panama
Canal" But 1t is strange to hear, even
from the lips of this strange tumble
of Inconsistencies, perfervid plea
for tolls exemption follow hard upon
the self-evident statement that I'VE
must never make promises we don't
keep" 1t is strange to hear even Mr..
Roosevelt denounce President Wilson
and Secretary Bryan for urging the
nation to keep its sworn word and
iustifying his denunciation OH the
ground that political parties should
keep their pledges. If he cannot per-
ceive the difference between plank
in political party platform adopted
in the confusion OF convention,
without debate and without even the
knowledge of most of those voting,
and promise made by representa-
tivcs of the people of the United
States TO the world in Cong cess as
sembled, and after long, open and
free discussion, the Brazilian Jungle
is an open field in comparison with
the impenctrable density of the pre-
JUDGES choking the Rooscveltian
mind.
Plainly, Mr.. Roosevelt expects to
make the Panama tolls question a
ISSUE. Do ne IL. Inc
Times Dispatch believes the Under
wood tariff law the best passed by
Congress in fifty years and more, and
it believes it Is approved by the peo-
pie. we consider the new cur
rency system one OF the greatest
pieces of constructive legislation
enacted within the memory OF two
generations, and that that too, is ap-
proved by the voters. We believe
President Wilson has won the conf
dence and trust OF the nation. But
VIC know OF no issue which we would
prefer to make paramount In the
coming campaign than that of sub
sidy to shipping versus national hon
or. We almost begrudge the Repub-
1can party the few members who
voted with the administration to re-
peal the tolls exemption clause Of the
Panama Canal act. and we will be
under eternal obligations to those
who voted against it and to Colonel
Roosevelt. If they will but commit
the tactical blunder of forcing that
Issue to the front in the congressionaI
campaign soon to open 1t is a pitv
II is Impossible to make il the sole
issue
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08
Returns Thanks

To tho Editor Of Tho Times Dispatch:
Sir.-I wish 10 return thanks to the teach
ers who responded to the call for putting
flags Ia their schools TO aid in the building
low:
Miss Belle Moncure. Miss Nellie Corbin
Marye, Miss virginia lienshaw. Miss Martha
Fettit. Miss jamie Wor;ham Miss Julian
Lake. Miss n. l.. Workman. Miss Grace Dab.
nny. Miss Mary l.. Brooks Miss Fannie
Faulkner. Miss Belle Scott, Miss Eva smith
Miss Florence Ryland. Miss Lucy Pcrcifull,
III. w. Davis. q n (
{.rOston YIN - -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08
RICHMOND NOT ONE.

Nine States in the Union have no
compulsory education law All nine
States are in the South.
nifty in the State of Virginia may
enact this progressive legislation.
Three cities and one county have
taken advantage of the act. Rich
mond is not one of them
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08
And Then IL Wns.

Rabelais, Balzac. De Maupassant and
large group of tho old time writer's
OF broad stuff regarded with glooning
brows the newcomer
Say growled RabeIafs. You were
one OF the people who are writing the
worlds present crop OF stories, poems
to tell you that until your success
showed us how far we fell short OF
being truly wicked In our work. hell
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08

The Baltimore Sun Expresses tho ho-
lief that the railroads have convinced
90 per cent of the people of the country.
I mat their net income must be in
creased. Isn't il placing rather high
value on Senator La Toilette to init
mate that he is per cent OF Tho peo-
pie Of the country?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08
Tho NIaahee.

They've talked quito a lot OF the
masher;
The shrift that they give him Is short
There's nothing much holder or brashcr;
They hale him with JOY TO tho court
Tho which is quito right, 1 am GER
tain.
And still 1t looks sometimes to me
That they're drawing too friendly a
curtain
On the work of the little masheo.
Her hat brim's little too f1aring.
Her skirt hens Il little too tight.
Her glance is n little too daring,
She's powdered little too white.
Her lips are little too rosy
Her laugh is little too loud;
Her walk is n little too posey,
AS she strolls through tho thick OF
the crowd.
You can count her each block by tho
dozen,
She's ''nico"-Just as mice" as can be.
She may be your sister or cousin,
She's not? Well, you watch her and
gee.
Now L haven't much use for the
masher.
And still 1t looks sometimes to mo
That his rashness Is made n lot rashnr
BY tho work Of tho little masbee
Miriam Tcichner. In Younpstown
Telegram.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08
Striving to DO Right.

Mistress--Why have you put two
hot-water bottles In my bed, Bridget?
BridSet-Sure. mum. wan OF thin
was leaking, and / don't know which,
SO put both In 10 make sure.-Punch
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08
whnt Else Could Tb.x M,

The wise ones continue to d.ro
whiskey as Il euro for snake bitea 49,
.Icre seems to be little disposition on
tho part of the camper to leave h,s
vial OF snake-bite medicine behind =.
st. Louis Republic.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08
PreXcnfinn of ChiII.

To the Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-1 attach II rather amusing Chinese adj
vsrt,sement. rceoommended FOR the prevention
or chiils cnbroideries, etc. which will pos
This prevention of Chills' clause was evil
IDENTIFY taken from an advertisement used by
an American firm which does n large bust
ness in China. Something else OF interest to
your paper Is that Hunter Mann, nephew OF
Ex-Governor Mann, of Virginia. will leave
China on May s. having resigned his position
hero TO take up a position with his father
ih-!aW. MIS-. Mann VIII, OF course. accom-
pany him. T. c. KIRTLEY
The advertisement follows:
YUAN SUNG 4 CO.,
Dealer In thcfoo PonHee silk For
6cntlcmcn's suits and Ladies' dresses Rec
Commended for the Prevention OF Chills and
cry table Cloth
PRICES VERY MODERATE.
Made In Shan.ung. etc, otc., ETC.
CHEFOO. CHINA.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08

To lie Expected.
The man whom fame has brought into
tho Glare
without resentment must accept his
lot
The spotlight shows him as a mark so
fair
That everybody wants to take a shot
--WashingtOn Star
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08

At Jnunty Angle.
1ie-Seventy- five dollars for n spring
hat! It's a sin!
She-Never mind, dearest. Tho sin
VIII be on my head.-Chicago Record
Herald
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08

'Remcmhcr tho regional bank" nd =
Eiscs the Bentstown Bard In the Bal
tiinoro sun. and adds: "and let's keen
awake" baltimore will never forget
tho regional bank. OF that we arc
sure. but It must first wake up before
81; can Keep awake.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08
Queries and Answers
NrnAQ He'd.


have q brass he'd with satin finish.
and should he glad to know what Will
furnished. MRS r.
The satin finish" is a coating de-
signed to protect the metal from oxida-
ton. This finish may be removed by
the use OF the ordinary brass polish to
ne got at almost any housefurnishing
shop or hardware store. You are quite
| likely to find that the metal will tar
nish very quickly after the removal Of
the "fnish" and need to be repolished
often enough to keep your maid in
terested in the Job
Amendments to Constitutions
Please state dates of ratification Of
the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments to the Constitution of the
United states and give the names of
the authors. STX
The thirteenth amendment was "rati
! fed ut thirty-two different dates by
thirty-two different States, and much
The amendments were declared i'm
force" December is, 1865: July 20. 1sss:
March. 30. 1870. in the order in which
you give them The work OF shaping
many persons that the result may not
be called the accomplishment of any
one.
Please toll ME where in Alaska tho
coal fields bearing high grade coal lie.
NJ. l.. MASON.
me Two such fields known to US are,
one in the Boring River country. about
twenty-five miles from Controller Bay.
and containing some fifty square miles:
tho other about 200 miles north OF Sew
ard. and close to Resurrection Bay.
This latter covers about eighty square
miles. and tho two contain fabulous
amounts OF anthracite and high grade
bituminouS coal.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08
Take. o Take Those Erin. A..

You can talk about ruffies and oI1-
fashioned bustles
Or rave about Etons 30 cute.
But when l go wooing you'll find me
pursuing
Tho girl in a tailor-made suit.
(The girl In plain tailored suit.
You can bet she's together in nil kinds
OF weather;
She's trim from her hat to her boot.
She's not scmidressed, but with com
mon sense blessed,
The girl In .ailor-made suit,
(Thc girl In her last years spring
suit.)
milwaukee, Journal.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08
YUAN SUNG q 20

Protestants of the United States gave
$l6,39S,000 to foreign missions in 1913.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08

pold that King Albert granted them
the dignlties OF Counts OF Ravenstein.
1t may be recalled that King Leopold
was wont always to use the name OF
Count Ravenstein when travelling about
incognito.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08

Miss. Cora Dow. OF Cincinnati. owns
Twelve drug stores in that city. =.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08

The Columbia state threatens TO give
= ea!uie OF twenty-one wafies. Sa-
lutes are supposed to be given with
blank cartridges. not with bullets.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08

For every 1000 males employed in
New Jersey there are ZIG females.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08

Hucrta's Position Desperate--IIcad
line
but iiucrta just dotes on desperate
positions so long as II doesn't take tho
form OF n shortage in tho cellar
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08

Colonel Roosevelt talks like man
covered With boils. Rolls all over. as
usual
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08

We dare senator Lippitt TO go down
there aud tell 1T 70 Villas face.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08

That editor who called Huerta "thc
Cole Blease Of Mexico" complimontod
both Of them
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08

If the Lynchburg Advance and the
Danville Bee don't let Detective Burns
alone he Will get real peevcd and fire
n communication ut them. That's what
we got for telling him to put up or
shut up And with II all, no did
neither.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08

old proverbs revised: Truth is rarer
than fiction.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08

I, was a cold day for Cole.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08

Judging from references to the new
steps mediation (has taken?) some peo-
pie must regard it as the latest dance
movement" says the Norfolk Ledger
Dispatch. Probably a variation of the
hesitation waltz.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08

Billy Sunday objects to preaching
In small cities. which causes tho Pc
tersburg 1ndex-Appeal to remark: yet
BIZ says he is In revival work for the
good lie can do, not for money or
glory Well. can't he do more good
In largo cities than In small ones nm
less they happen to DO Petersburg or
Norfolk?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08

Will youthful Brother Greene of tho
Clifton Forge Review, object TO taking
space in this column of "Old Virginia"
Editors long enough to smy LA Toilette
is mistaken? And Will he mind IL We
doubt his word. La Toilette Is never
mistaken He tells us so himself.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-08

The Staunton Leader is n little too
hard on our one time friend. tho city
OF Baltimore. Quoting the Washing
ton Herald rs saying that you must
give New Orleans credit for making
bigger noise over losing regional
bank than any other town In the coun-
try" it remarks that this liz another
defeat for Baltimore, which again takes
second place"
Cheyenne record., 1914-03-26
SPORT.

In fifteen-round bout at Paris. Joe
Jeanette, the American heavyweight
pugilist, won the decision over George
Carpenter, the French champion, on
points.
Edward w. Gardner OF New York
won the national amateur 1872 billiard
championship at New York by defeat
ing Morris D. Brown of Brooklyn in
the playoff of the tie for first place in
the annual tournament by 400 to 1856
in fifty-nine innings.
The Colorado university baseball
team defeated the University Of Dali
las squad at Dallas, Tex, by score Of
21 to Z. Bad weather worked a de-
cided hardship on players and spec
tators as we'll, and had a tendency to
slow down the speed Of the collegians.
The Federal league has spent so far
in its campaign the sum of $2,500,000.
according to figures given out at Chi
cago by President Gilmore. The ex-
penditures include rental Of ground
for playing fields. money spent for
stands and buildings, and advance sal.
aries given to ball players.
Cheyenne record., 1914-03-26
The Noisy Moves Again.


Ezra Pound, the Philadelphia poet,
whose work has thrilled London, said
the other day of Alfred Noyes, his
British rival:
"Noyes declares that my torch OF
diluted Browningism, after feeble
splutter, has gone out. Now, in re-
venge, let me tell you story about
Noyes and Swinburne.
Some time after Rossetti's death
Noyes wrote long memorial poem.
He was SO proud of this poem that he
waylaid Swinburne one morning on
Putney common and insisted on read
ing it to him. S.
"Swinburne tired to escape, but
Noyes bawled the whole 80 stanzas
into his poor deaf ear. Then, at the
end, he said, with a complacent smile:
"'There, sir, is my poem on Ros-
setti What do you think of it?'
1T would be BETTER Swinburne an
swered, If fou had died and Rossetti
had written the poem.'"