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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-02
RICH PAIR TOILED on HONEYMOON

After n sociological honeymoon Of
eight weeks in Rochester,. N. Y. liv-
ing I'm a cheap lodging-house and ekinG
out an existence by doing odd jobs.
wealthy Stuart Chase and his bride
have returned to Boston.
The honeymoon was suggested by
Mrs. Chase. formerly Miss Margaret
Hatfield, daughter of ex-Mayor Charles
L. Hatfield. of Newton. Mas.., former
chairman Of tho Republican State Com
mittee.
lcge in 1909. While Mt college she was
Interested in various musical and
dramatic societies, and has been prom
inent in the AFFAIRS OF The Players. n
Newton amateur dramatic society.
She is talented musician.
For some time Mrs. Chase has been
interested In settlement work, and Is
an active sufrragist She is q mem
Der of the Brae Burn Country Club
and other social organizations.
Mr.. Chase is graduate of Masaa-
chusetts Institute of Technology and
OF Harvard. class OF 1910. He Is an
expert accountant, member of the
Brae Burn Country Club. and noted
as a hockey player.
Sought New Viewpoint of Life.
Tic story OF their strange honey
moon was told by Mrs. Chase.
said, land after vacation In the
Canadian woods, We gtopped off at
Rochester. on our way home. In order
TO try out rather novel experiment
as the second phase of our honey
moon.
The purpose Of the experiment was
twofold
First, and primarily, we were very
DESTROYS of getting down to the eco
nomic fundamentals OF lifo as an In
PRODUCTION to our married life. we
wished to find out exactly what were
and what were not the necessary fac
tors OF a happy and useful existence.
We desired, IL II were possible, to ac-
qure point of view of life which
had never been ours
Secondly, we wished to investigate
the facts of Unemployment and the
working and living conditions of the
average American fanily--that is TO
say. the family whose income varies
from 5000 to $1,000 year.
I'VE knew too much Of the bitter
facts OF the economic struggle 10 en-
terrain any ideas of social upIift, or
work among the poor The poor do
not need help rs much as they need
opportunity to help themselves. This
was no Summing expedition. Roches-
ter was chosen because we had no
personal friends in that city.
Kent House Ia Cheap Room.
our first thought. OF course, was
place in which to live. A boarding
house served us for the first two
weeks, while the remaining six weeks
were spent in single room, designed
for light housekeeping, with gas
stove in the corner and dishes thrown
in--nll for the princely sum OF $3.50
IL week
I'm the same lodgings were n car
penter. a roofer. machinist and their
families, Il farmer who was looking
for work and several very doubtful
characters besides.
The light housekeeping provided
nuraberless illuminating experiences
Our room was mado the hiding place
OF bottle of morphine, OF which drug
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The Coal Strike Commission

y RESIDENT WILSON'S appointment Of
l commission charged with the duty Of
endeavoring to adjust the differences be-
tween Colorado's coal operators and miners
is not so hopeless of successful result as it
may appear at first glance. 1t is quite true
that the operators have rejected absolutely
all appeals for compromise that have been
made by the President himself, but that is
not conclusive that in the future they will
be equally adamant
The commission has no power to force
arbitration. of course, 1t may rely only on
the enormous losses now being suffered by
both sides to the controversy and the evident
desire of both to convince the public OF the
justice of their respective causes to bring
about more reflective and less unrelenting
attitude So fur as the miners are con-
cerned, they have agreed already to submit
to arbitration, and when the operators are
presented with an opportunity to lay their
position before an unprecedented tribunal,
they also may fall into line.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-02
.BERNHARDTs SECRET MISSION

In the early summer of last year
General Friedrich Won. Bernhardi, the
military authority, crossed the United
States. says the Toronto Globe. He
came by way of the Pacific. His COM
ing was unheralded. His speeches were
unreported His going was unchron-
icled. No American newspaper played
of Germans in the world to-day. His
new book, Germany and the Next
War;" was published early in 1912,
while he was on this world tour. a
copy of it reached him by mail at
Singapore. In the United States ho
was tho guest of the German consuls.
On Monday of this week the editor
OF the Globo met with DR.. David Starr
Jordan, and ms he is a distinguished
Californian. the chancellor of Leland
Stanford University, and great stu
dent OF international problems, the
fact of Bernhardi's mission to America
was mentioned. DIR. Jordnn's answer
was In substance as follows:
II met Won Bernhard IN San Fran
cisco and heard him give an address
on May 26. 1913, just al was leaving
for Europe, Germany, tho Balkans and
Australia. The invitation was from
the German consul In San Francisco.
It was on the official paper of tho
.consul's office. The gathering was
GoHiposeo " apou. oVo personn, All
Germans except. one other American
and myself. The consul presided, and
tho meeting was semioflcial, but pri-
vate. SO far as know there was no,
reporter present, and no report was
published. would not have known
that the German cavalry general was
in America except for that meeting.
He went to Los Angeles for a similar
gathering. then to st. Louis and East
,ern centres Of German population. L
understood he came over from Japan"
DR., Jordan described Bernhard. as
tall, spare. Very erect, Ills heard
streaked with gray. his head straight
I'm the back, typical hecl-clicliIng
Prussian, officer OF siXty-five or seventy,
very aggressive In his manner, but as
"a speaker rather prosy. lie read his
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-02
Demands ON Ricllmond,s Charity

THE showing made by the Associated
Charities at it's annual meeting last
night makes it evident that Richmond will
be called to relieve almost unpre-
cedented distress among it's working popu-
lation. Unemployment is greater than 1t
has been for many years-greater probably
than it has ever been in the history of the
city.
The situation is not peculiar TO Richmond
but exists everywhere in the country, save
in few favored communities of the Middle
West, where the record-breaking grain
crops have counterbalanced the destructive
influence Of the European war. Indeed, Rich
mond Is far more fortunate than some of It's
neighbors. IN Baltimore, for example, up
wards of 10000 men are reported out of
employment, and Baltimore is preparing to
raise special fund of $4,000, in addition
TO the regular relief funds, to meet this de-
mand on its charitable impulses.
Richmond too, must be prepared to give
and give literally, that the city's poor shall
be rescued from the crushing burden of suf-
fering and want.
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The Proposed Milltary Investigation

DRESIDENT WILSON'S opposition to the
Gardner resolution, providing for an
investigation of the military strength and
preparedness for war of this country, is as
sound as it is comprehensive. The investi-
CATION will do precious little good, in the
first place. and, in the second, as Mr.. Wilson
is understood to feel, it will initiate seriously
against the influence this country may
expect to exert in bringing about European
peace.
When Mr.. Gardner presented his resolu-
ton to the House he accompanied it by a
speech of an exceedingly entertaining char
acter, wherein Germany was made to appear
as menace TO the Monroe Doctrine and the
most probable foe Of the United States Mr..
Gardeners excited denunciations of our
pitiable condition of defense had Teutonic
pitch. 1t was n German war lord, flushed
with victory over Europe and weeping for
new worlds to conquer, that the Massachu-
sets Congressman brandished in the faces of
his quivering and terrified fellow-citizens.
No wonder the President does not desire
an investigation inspired by and based on
an address of that character!
However, there are other reasons why the
investigation should not be conducted just
now. The first is that the American people
are not in need of illumination on this par
ticular point. They understand very we'll
what the existing military strength Of the
nation consists OF, and do not need to be told
that 1t Is not sufficient to withstand an attack
from one of the great powers Of Europe.
They do not require, to assist the formulation
of a defense policy, the excited evidence and
Cassandra-like warnings of military EEK
perts," such investigation like that
proposed would be certain to supply.
Furthermore, this is about the worst time
to conduct aa investigation. Congressman
Hay says very truly that one possible result
Of the European war will be great reduction
in European ornaments. certain result
will be the freedom of this country from any
likelihood of German attack for the next few
years. 1t is after the great conflict has been
decided and its results known that the United
States will be in the best condition to decide
on its defense needs.
In the meantime. we are the greatest hope
Of the mitigation of wars horrors and the
advent Of peace. Why throw away that ire
mendous potential advantage to the cause of
humanity?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-02

ono of the dodgers was q slave.
we were awakened ono night By
turned out TO BIO an irato gentleman,
reinforced by two policemen, who
caIno to collect a bill from one OF the
dodgers. raid IN force was finally
made to the accompaniment OF vast
excitement.
Tho most forceful impression that
stands out from this eight weeks of
living on an income OF from 50 to 315
week. is the tragic uncertainty OF
the lives OF that great class Of people
whose incomes arc at the came level.
AS long as the job holds, all is
Is ever the possibiiity--nay. the prob
ability--of shutdown a 'lay-ofr.'
Change, an unexpected develop
meHt.
Applied for Work 100 Times.
'aIr. Chase applied for nearly 100
positions, varying from pin boy in a
bowling alley to teacher OF mathe-
mates In an evening school.
Time and again he applied to all
employment agencies, to the Young
Men's Christian Association, to the
United Charities. TO the Travellers Aid
authorities and to many others in his
efforts TO secure employment. He also
inade scientific study OF the Roches-
ter directory as a possible Job index.
AT last. Mr. Chase got work
through chance acquaintance. l.
consisted of outlining n System OF a.
counts for roofing concern, ans
afterward the keeping OF the bpvlit
and the supervision OF the office fror
time TO time. 1t was not steady work
and IT did not pay the family expense.
but In time II might have developed
into II really good job"
What were you doing in the mean
time. Mrs. Chaser
Doing the same" she laughed. but
tho smile vanished as she again be.
came absorbed in the tale Of her trIb
ulations during the experiment
My experiences were, perhaps. even
more Illuminating. was utterly uu-
successful and beaten and dismaycd
IN my attempts Mt getting work for
the first few weeks. II was only when
! claimed experience in tasks that
have never attempted that opportu-
mites began to come. And they were
very menSre opportunities.
Lost Her Job MS Waitress.
~ worked for n time In 15-cen:
restaurant nfty-six hours week,
which was illegal, for $3.50. They dis
charged Inc because I could not carry
heavy dishes with sufficient skill
II worked also In and 10.ccnt
store as Saturday helper-nine hours
for 81, The regular wage is from
$3.50 to 81 4 week.
Il played ragtime in another store
and was told that I did not have the
rastfme touch because / did not play
hard enough.
Then I played for the movies, which
paid me 81 for scventy-two hours work
week Here the last piano player.
went blind from watching the pic-
lures from her seat, which was close
to them.
81 worked In a Chemists sbon for
wage OF s. week for nlne-hour
DAY, ana In cravat factory for q
wage OF Sc tor nine and one-haIf-hour
day. also spent several interestin.
days interviewing mIstresses In the
suise OF an applicant for household
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-02

address, which followed the argument
OF ms book-the historical. psvcho
logical and biological arguments for
asked as to Bernhardrs mission
ana purpose. DIR. Jordan said:
l., serniiardfs mission was TO Germans
In America. His very evident nurnos,.
was TO neutrailze tho policy OF good
wiz among the nationalitics rcpre-
scnted In our population, to counteruci
me work Tor International peace, 10
prepare the Germans for tho comm.
wuT' winch he said was both jnevitab!o
Germany's idea of war is rishteo,I,.
ana mat this particular war was thor.
oughly well planned and would be-.
carried out to tire greatness and glor
OF the German empire.
Very unmistakable were his ref ~
ences to tho planned march thro,s,,
Belgium. and the taking OF Paris. ~
morals, of international treaties. O.
national rights. he brushed asidt.
Law ho said, SIS mnkeshift: the
reality is force. Law is for weaklings:
force Is for strong men and strong
nations
'Bernhardi's address was little
moro unreserved, more brutalIy frank
than his book. His work was part
OF the campaign to organize German
opinion In the United States and to sep
arate 1t from American opinion. That
campaign was begun here fifteen years
ago by Professor Karl I.amprocht OF
Leipzig. The same campaign has been
carried on In Brazil, only much more
openly. Its note was struck by General
keim In Germany, who preached tho
doctrines of faith, hope and hate. Bel
GUM was to be invaded for the pur-
pose of securing Antwerp and other
navafo bases. from which to strike
Britain. When I heard Bernhardi i
thought his words. those of another.
OF tho war-mad militar!sts. When i
was In Germany last August and saw
his plan Of campaign adopted by tho
G srnrs atr arI knew he spoke Tor the
tins OF tho same nladness,n ~
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-02

Of the party will speak their minds. 1t will
be for the representatives Of the whole party
to say whether Mr.. Bryan's views shall be
adopted or rejected. Meanwhile. he has u
clear right to hold his own opinions and to
say publicly what they are. And we sup
pose that the headless and leaderless Re-
publicans are, not to be blamed for being
unable to conceal their chronic CONSERVATION
at the fact that President Wilson and secre-
tary Bryan work together In perfect concord
for the prosperity and honor of their coun:
try, the President as leader and the secretary
rs subordinate.
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Mr.. Bryan's Right to Free Speech

EVERY little while something that Mr..
L. Bryan says or writes causes the news
papers opposed to President Wilson to de-
clare that the two men at hopeless yari-
ance. and that this condition is causing great
worry in Democratic circles. The old story
is now being rctold because Mr. Bryan has
seen fl to advocate in his newspaper that the
Democratic party should support votes for
women and prohibition in its national plat
form. Once more the Republicans, who, of
course have at heart the good fortunes of
the Democrats, filled with gloom at the
difference OF opinion that exists between the
President and his Secretary of State. They
usually call Mr.. Bryan the premier" on oc-
casions of this sort, because that title seems
to give him commanding status although
they know quite we'll that Mr. Bryan Is no
more the Premier" of the United States
than Sir Edward Grey is the Premier of Eng
land.
In effect, the contention Of the Republi
cans is that Mr. Bryan should be denied the
right OF free speech. If he believes in female
suffrage and prohibition he should either
conceal his beliefs or resign from his secre-
taryship. Why should he do either? AS
Secretary of State he has proven himself a
loyal and efficient aide to the man who ap-
pointed him. Outside OF that he is {; very
prominent member of the Democratic party.
he has Tor many years been outspoken OH
questions of public Importance If he be-
HeVes that certain changes In our funda-
mental law would subserve public interest, It
is his duty as patriotic citizen to say SO. and
to seek to bring his countrymen to his own
point of view. In matters of domestic policy,
Mr.. Bryan's secretaryship is not a muzzle. He
enjoys the American right of free speech
Mr.. Bryan. however. does not speak for
the Democratic party, nor does he pretend to-
When the time comes for declaring the plat
Iarm on which the Democracy will ask the
country's support. many prominen. members
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-02

IN on old scrapbook this item is found-a
1 statement startling enough when it was
made and more startling now:
During tho seventeenth century aso.-
600 persons died of the plague In Naples
In six months" ..,-G
Terrible, wasn't it? Such an appalling
mortality rate was worth writing down in
SO many memories and on SO many tablets
that 1t became scrapbook treasure. In six
months, because Of neglect and dirt and filth
perhaps-at least, due to no active desire on
the part OF any ono to bring it about, IT, in
deed, there were no active preventive steps
100000 persons died; and the fact was of
such moment that for three centuries it has
been printed and reprinted, and is still in
print.
Well, three centuries hencc--that is, in
2215 A. D.-newspapers will perhaps be
printing from scrapbooks some of the figures
now being reprinted broadcast from all ar
ticle by Edward Bunnell Phelps in the
American Underwater Some citizen of the
United States of Europe will be reading them
about follows
"In 1914-15. when civilization was sup
posed to he quite we'll established, $40
600 men were killed In twelve months
in a war between the then separate
nations now constituting the United
states of EUROPE.
I'm those twelve months tho total
number of men killed In the war
amounted to 10000 more than tho aggre-
gate male mortality for tho same
period from all causes. In the United
States OF America at that time having
a popula ton. roughly. OF TOO o0o.O oO.'
However, what's the use? When cable
reports stop estimating and speak OF them in
the lump as the dead lay in heaps" figures
cease to interest: calculations of under
writer's will have to travel far with a thrill
to make us shudder. We're getting accus-
toned 10 it.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-02
CriticI.lns our E,ports.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES do you
think of the new charger
I've just got I'm from tho
United States?
Jca lous 1nfantryman-
From the size of his head
and the manner in which he
travels / should think he
was victim Of this foot and
mouth disease we've been
reading about In the Amer
lean newspapers.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-02
SONGS AND SAWS

Local Color.
a dclightful old fellow named Byrd
Insisted he always had heard,
That to clean up q street. 1t
In manner complete,
The dirt with q broom should BIO stirred.
Then dust" he declared, will ascend
From Church Hill unto the West End.
But 1t never would do
For tho street cleaning crew
Any time on mere springling to spcnd."
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Chats With Virginia Editors

~ society event In Orange is recorded by tho
e , Oh the orange Observer: "a young So
cietS man OF Orange says that he came within
one loot or asking his best girl to become his
Drlde on Sunday might last. But unfortunotel 1
TOR him, 1t was the foot of the girls father and
1t lifted that aforesaid young man out of tho
lront door into the street" How unfeeng-on
dads part! No doubt he was rising young
man; and good one, to boot
War note from the Norfolk virginan- Pilot:
The report that several million bushels of
onions have been purchased in this country for
the use of British, French and Belgian soldiers
would Indicate that the allies are determined to
stop ut nothing to drive the Germans back be-
hind the Rhine" IN onion there is strength we
scent II renewal of activities the Oder
There are still few editors who persist in
leading Trotter out OF the paddock and putting
MIN through his PAGES In front of the grand
stand. Hero comes Editor Beaxley of the South
Boston News with drive. Clock hm The
=, New York World newspaper of some influence
in politics. is no longer "A Wilson exponent, be-
cause the President refused TO hearken to the
demand of Trottcrs delegation from Boston
Well, IL the World is backing Trotter who is
backing the World in the boycott" NIayhap the
World deludcd into making book"
on Trotter by "phony info" from the fcedboS
that he's not black as Nature painted him.
The Norfolk virginan-Pilot editor is hyper-
critical He says: "Hcnccforth Boss Croker
will be the bosscd Croker lie has taken unto
himself n wife some fifty years his Junior" Were
! the bride fifty years Cookers senior we doubt
not the Firginan-Piot mans comment would be
| just harsh. There's no pleasing some neople
| Collections must be bad out Warrenton way
Editor Frank prints this significant paragraph
next to pure reading matter in his Fauqucr
Democrat; "The editor OF paper in another
county states that ono day he picked up u Win
chester and started down the street to deliver IL
| to it's owner The delinquent subscribers got 1t
into their hends that he the warpa th
and every one he met, insisted paving what
he owed the editor One man wiped out n debt
| OF ten years standing"
/, Reckless expenditure contemplated by the
Newport News Times Herald: I'VE will pay
space rates for Huertas opinion of the Mexican
situation" that newspaper announces. Probably
Huerta thinks 1t isn't situation, merely an old
job which should be classed day job at
that.
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The Voice of the People
rn-h Fourteenth street Widening

10 'he f.ditor or Ihe Times Dispatch:
Sill had hoped that after all the HEARINGS,
ana opinions that have been expressed and n fter
those who have tried in every conceivable Ivnv
TO sdetrack the only practical and economical
solution OF relieving the congestion in connec-
ton with tho approach to the now bridge that
such persons would at last Yield and the worI,
would be set upon and brought to n finish WIG
can't We do things? Why must every project We
uclayed ana Tom, Dick and Harry for reo cons
pest known to themselves, be permitted to sta nd
In the way of progress and development?
am told that now, since some such persons
see that the plan recommended by the com
mittee appeals to the Judgment OF the people
tney are using their efforts to have the propo-
sition to cut through to Main Street left ont OF
the plan. How obviously on the part of those
advocating the Fifteenth Street scheme sImnIy
10 icaVe necessity and string to pull for
cary street, and the relief is to get the tranic
OH OF and away from Cary Street as quickly
as possible. - s'S
When the business houses on the east side of
"ourtecnth Street are enabled to ship from their
rear doors, as is contemplated what sort of
condition Will we have there with wagons turn
ing ana twisting TO get out If the way is not
open to Main Street? What objection can there
possibly be to removing the two old shallow
structures and giving the public another thor
ouSh1afe: Then If no objection, why hesitate
apoul SO manifest an Improvement, why stop
10 listen TO men who have reasons OF their own
ana thlnk OF making patch job, a botch of
the whole thing? Can't we do sometime, on
of an engineering feat? Is selfisbness and
political Wire pulling to be the beginning and
end of us? pDOCDISc.e.
richmond, December l.
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Desperately Dull.

te-Are You going out much this winter?
She-Hardly at all. Yesterday 1 attended n
bridge luncheon. IL "the dansant," q dinner party.
and ball, but they were all. There's very
little happening.