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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-15
WINTER SUFFERING.

What do the comfortably housed fed. and
clothed know about the sufferings of the poverty
stricken? Nothing They see a shivering
wretch ,podding through the s0ow and sym
pathy fills their hearts but of the agony OF cold
cheerlessness, and hunger they know nothing.
They have never been without food. home and
warmth, and they know nothing about the lack
Of them.
The Associated Charities has sent forth a
special appeal to the people of Richmond to re
lieve the situation among Richmonds poor.
Richmond will respond. of course, Richmond al
ways does respond, and responds generously.
1t is a great thing to be called upon to relieve
distress. II is a great honor paid person or
city to be looked upon as the helper in tir1e Of
need, 1t places the person city in high
place. Richmond by the generosity of its people
has gained that place. and the suffering who
win be relieved look upon their helpers with
hearty gratitude.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-15

strength and influence of the liquor interests In
the senate.
We believe the law as It stands is constitu.
tional. We do not believe that Governor Stuart
will seriously hesitate to approve 1t. We expect
the temperance people to proceed without delay
to secure the necessary signatures to a petition
calling for the election in September next. and
of course. Governor Stuart upon the presentation
OF such petition will order that election. That
the people OF the State when given this chance
Will vote the licensed saloon out of Virginia, We
have not the shadow of 4 doubt That the other
lesser evils which may prevail for a time Will in
due season be likewise banished, we also feel
certain.
The people Of the state are supreme. We have
unbounded confidence in their wisdom. and have
TO misgiving as to what the outcome OF our fight
against liquor IN Virginia will be. We rejoice
in the hope of having in the very near future a
dry Commonwealth
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-15
An Appeal For
Statewide Prohibition

The letter printed below reached the Viz
ginian after the general assembly had passed
the enabling act:
The following telegram copy Of the one
taken from reputable newspaper. and bearing
yits date as printed, which found its way into
ahe hands Of the writer. is worthy of notice
and comment 1t follows:
Cruelty Beats Children
PASSAIC, n. j. Feb e. Attracted by the
cries of help. murder" uttered by little girl,
constable burst into house today, to find
khe father beating his daughter, eleven Years
old. Held to bedpost by heavy iron chain.
son, nine years old. The boy was black
and blue from beating, Seven other children.
ranging from three to fourteen years of age,
were in closets under beds and out of the way.
all in terror of their lives. The father. crazed
by liquor, did not leave off beating the little
girl until the constable bounced upon him, and
he then put up fight He was getting the
better of the constable, when detective
rived Armed with a poker. he stood at bay
until finally of them managed to clinch
with him. and the other used "pocketstick'
to subdue him. Both hand and leg irons had to
be placed upon him to get him into the patrol
wagon and place him in Jail. The little girl
had to have the service of physician. The
eldest of the girls, fourteen years old, and the
mother of the family. since the mothers death,
told the police that only by nterposing herself
between her father and the other children had
she heen-ab to prevent hlews- ef4 Them that
might have killed them. Today he came home
drunk, she said. chained the boy, beat him. and
then beat her sister, while she hid the others
to save them"
Is 1t possible for mortal man to conceive of
or to imagine a more pitifu diaboiical. brutal
Tcowardly and devilish exhibition of the crazed
condition of mankind, and oneB that so excites
his sympathy. the result of the intoxicating
drink, which upsets and dulls the sensibili-
ties and destroys the conscience Of man, az to
transform him into that of demon himself?
Could there be stronger proof of the awful
drprayity to which the human race can descend,
or could there be presented or portrayed Ia inc
mind scene moro realistic Of that Of tn
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-15
SHOW FAITH BY WORK.

The Neses: Leader on Tuesday and the Times
Dispatch the following morning. In their
cowardly kicks at the outgoing commissioner of
fisheries took occasion to say what was "funda.
mentally necessary to further the oyster In
terests. and that was. abolish the Baylor Sur
vey; that the folly almost inconceivably' writ
ten In the constitution protecting the national
oyster beds must be done away with. The rea
son for this preposterous demand was shown
up In an editorial on Friday In The Viroim,an
Now The FtsVin,an---which purposes de
Tending the masses against clique-challenges
the Net1s Leader and Times Dispatch combina
ton to carry out it's views. If the combination
has a friend yet left in the legislature. let such
bin be introduced by him. and pushed by
the twin organs. With such powerful pull
that the ministers now think they WELD, let them
get their new commissioner OF fisheries and Gov
ernor Stuart to give 1t their influence.
Come on, now; let's see your faith; show us
your works The Virginian will promise to ad
vertise further the great influence OF the CON-
binaton. Give us the starter.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-15

An American History. Nathaniel
Wright Stephenson. CHM d Com
pany.
Time was when school histories OF
the United States belonged to the
same class as Aesop's Fables or
Grim,m's Fairy Tales: they were my
thologies, and unfortunately. they
were tiresome mythologies. But In re-
cent wears number OF school histories
of the United States. OF a high degree
Of excellence, have appeared, and the
present work In notable addition
to them In its SIS pages 1t gives
remarkable summary OF the course
of American life.
The author in his preface 1aments
the difficulty Of teaching colonial his
tory because Of the lack of unity, and
endeavors to apply a new method.
Through a reformed conception OF
our past. we now perceive that CO.
lonial American history finds its own
noble unity only when seen in per-
spective as Part and parcel or the
general politics Of the empire" Mr.,
Stephenson maintains this largeness
Of view throughout his book. When-
ever 1t ID possible to rise above the
petty round Of colonial politics to
some common action OF the colonies.
he improves the occasion; later on ne
attempts to explain political devei-.
opment by clearly outlining the social
and economic forces in operation.
Rarely. II ever before in a book OF
this size. has the influence OF business
concerns on American life been more
convincingly described. In fact, the
book is so well-reasoned. so sugges-
tive, that 1t would serve to brush up
the general reader who wants a survey
OF the results Of recent historical
work, as we'll as to teach the young
idea to shoot.
As a textbook, it requires a teacher
Of some education and power OF mind
to interpret 1t, because Its very large
ness and suggestiveness are bound to
raise questions which the usual run
OF school histories, perhaps wisely.
IGNORE. Fairmindedness is another
virtue to be noted. Mr.. Stephenson
writes Of the Civil war with philo-
sophie good humor, ana avoids posi-
tive moral judgments except on occa-
sions Nobody will quarrel with him
for this: he was writing history to
be used all over the country, and he
has succeeded in writing one which
may be used anywhere.
A few slips might be noted. but
what's the use? Exception might be
taken to some Of the authors posi-
tiona hnt positions arc matters az
Iopanlon ma not ~ proof. Ih4Go ~
l41e9 AhAN ~ yc1lalA " ~ IN
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-15
"Joc" blackburn and Lincoln.

That time has a way OF making extremes
meet will be verified again II former Senator
Joseph c. s. Blackburn, Of Kentucky, Is APP
pointed member Of the Lincoln Memorial com
mission. which is to inaugurate the work
OF construction. AS far apart the poles
IN the ufd days. tt is probable that no North
ern mind more truly appreciates Lincolns char
acter or admires it more sincerely than Ken
tuckians like Blackburn, who, when they fight,
fight all over. and who when they do reverence,
do 1t with all their hearts. Tho blue grass OF
Kentucky produces certain stain OF fire and
nobility Is men we'll In horses, and Joe
Blackburn Is of its most interesting and
products. Baltimoreans remexn-
Der him with pardonable degree OF partially
as the man who helped to make Baltimore po-
Ntjcally famous in la12 by proposing, at The
SUMS suggestion, during the great Democratic
jackson Day banquet here in 1911. that she
should b. chosen ~ the meetlng place OF the
National Democratic conventiOn. Baltimore
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-15
Hupmobile Gains in Popularity.

That the popularity Of the Hup-
mobile Is increasing rapidly In the
eyes of the public. who are looking
for a durable machine that gives uni
versal satisfaction to its owner, Is evil
denced by the saias recently con-
sumated through the White Motor
company. inc. 1909 West Broad street.
A demonstration made last week OF
the Hupp delivery wagon, carrying L.
$50 pounds of load and two men
through the country west OF Rich
mond, a round "trip distance of thirty
nine miles, loaded both ways, was
made, with two gallons OF gasoline
TIE following day. after a nights rain.
another trip was made with same load
over a distance of fifty-two miles.
using three gallons OF gasoline
total mileage OF ninety-one miles.
under different road conditions, using
Ave gallons OF gasoline-an average
OF sixteen miles per gallon.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-15
&TNFAIR, UNCONSTITUTIONAL"
DECLARE THE BRYAN ORGANS

stThe Tones Dispatch would not have approved
any enab.ing act that could have been passed by
this assembly. We would have been forced to
opposition not because we are the enemies of
prohibition. but because arc the friends Of
1oca, oution. We want 10 help in any advance of
genuine sohriety, bat we do not believe that the
people OF Virginia are yet united in behalf of
prohiblttan with that solidarity which is neces-
sary for the enforcement Of the law."-Tt'n<s-
ptspatck.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-15
BOOK REVIEWS

cellent presentation in brief form of
the conclusions reached in American
history by the workers Of the past
decade If there Is any failure to un-
derstand and narrate, this ia due to
the fact that the sequence of Ameri-
can history Is even yet not we'll un-
derstood; the meaning and results OF
the Civil warts determining effect
upon every subsequent phenomenon
in our history--awafts the men ahle
to explain them. That man has still
to appear. but the present writer Is
not responsible for him: Mr.. Stephen
son has done his work well: It Ia not
for the textbook writer to exploTe the
hi Eek ENTRDDE.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-15

My Valentine Poems
Two broken hearts. each other kissed
With lips of burning red;
In token of their love they missed
So long ago unwed.
He came and worshiped at her feet
In presence bowed be there;
And laid before her broken heart
A heart filed with despair
She knelt before Saint Valentine
And loud her voice arose;
And there into that sacred shrine
She poured out all her throeS
And when her steps, in silence took,
Before her face divine;
Fell down--a man, before her look
To be her Valentine!
s. HARVEY PARSONS
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-15

The TocSin of the Hour.
Prohibition! prohibition
The tocsin of the hour,
No longer lend voliton
To deadly runs power.
The hour has struck. IL must be done
King alcohol unseated;
No less a task so well begun
Should end until completed
This way, freemen, with your bal OF
Testing days at hand
Strong drink shall lift its bastard blot
From our dear native land
Virginians. to the stubborn FRAY
Nor yield inch OF ground
Till the saloon be brought to bay
And given its death wound
II. w. GRIZZARD
Richmond. Va, Feb. 10, 1914.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-15
MAN WANTED HERE
HELD IN WAVERIY

Detective Gordon Smith will leave
for Waverly. Va, this morning to
bring back w. A. Seaton. a white
man wanted in this city for the
larceny of a horse and buggy and a
kit OF optical instruments. The man
was arrested by the Waverly police
yesterday afternoon and had the
stolen team In his possession at the
time OF his arrest.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-15

This establishment will not be responsible
for the loss OF articles unless they are given to
the porter" Quick lunch restaurant sign? No,
merely a translation Of sign discovered on the
Hadrsn.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-15

~we wish TO make ourselves understood We
shall, during the campaign, endeavor to explain to
pur readers the principle involved in the enabling
act-and the experience Of states which have tried
people. we shall insist that the law he obeyed.
can unconstitutional. unfair law, not demanded
" the sentiment OF tie people-this is the en-
abIing act as We 1T. Deeply We deplore its
passage at this time. earnestly we shall feel
CALLED upon TO explain it to readers. And
this We shall endeayor to do for the advancement
OF true Temperance. fer the maintenance OF Law.
and for the welfare Of the people Of Virginia. -
Sescs Leader.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-15

Jack Binns. who shone among the first OF
the wireless heroes. with shortly be married.
Bnns has deserted the field OF wireless teleg-
raphy for newspaper work. Here Is = hero who
Ia not moved By financial considerations,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-15

John d. Rockefeller declares he hasn't had
time 10 make up income report on his $780,
o0o. 900 personal property list. If it takes a man
drawing salary of $4,000 year six months
to make out an income list report, how long
should be allowed the sage OF pocantico?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-15

Two Wilkes-Ba Pa, walters received word
that an uncle in Roumania had died and left
them fortune Of 100000 If they had been
New York walters ii would have caused no
excitement at all.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-15

mailman accompanied by the vengeance of his
wrath, than that which has been described
above? The answers, which are forthcoming
are emphatfcally no! We do not think anything
more pathetic could possibly appeal to the heart
of man, and SO stir his sympathy to such an ex.
tent to witness such display Of the demon
acal condition of man. attendant with all OF
its glazing inhumanity and brutality.
It Is beyond our conception to imagine more
forcible> demonstration of the cowardice and
heartlessness, the outcome OF the excessive
indulgence OF the cursed drink than was
possessed of this man.
Stop! Reflect upon the utter helpless, de-
fenseess condition of this little girl and boy,
and the situation of the other little ones. who
had to hide out OF the way of this maniac, all
in terror of their lives All alone, without the
protection and care of mother they were
subjected to the merciless attack of this in
furiated man. who above all Others should have
defended them from all harm and injury. AS we
contemplate and dwell upon the possibilities
to which the human heart be metamor-
phosed into that OF the OF insusceptibility.
insensibility and savagery, made by the in
Judicious and excessive use OF drink. so bane-
full and perncious in it's influence, and an
evil which is surely sapping the very founda-
ton of morality and social economy. and OF
which there can be no doubt of its being the
most consummate intoerant, diversified and
destructive of which country Is possessed.
such state of affairs that 1t cannot be dis
puted that we are in danger of drifting with the
tide that may later retrograde into
the lowest depths of civilization, If do not
arrest the direful progress of this intolerabe
evtl-We recon from the panorama realistic
If the horrors that loom before in their
vivid phantom like visions, that haunt so,
and we only wish it So that could
lower the curtain. it were, and forever ex-
clude its remembrance
We appeal most earnestly and anxously to
YOU gentlemen of the general assembly, that
you may hasten the day with such deliberations,
upon the great and ali-important issue that con-
fronts YOU with such steadfast and honest pur-
pose Of heart. that you may see at once the
wisdom of granting the people of this good old
Commonwealth of Virginia the sovereign right
they shall forever annihate and Danish this
traffic.
The time has come when 1t has become our
bounden duty that every sensible wcll-thnk
Ing man should see to it that the sancity of his
society should be elevated and refund. that our
children should inherit an innate temperament.
free from any faint which might have ten
dency to debase and demoralze and degenerate.
In behalf of the dear in your homes for
the sake of that sweet. dear old mother, who has
shed many a tear. and who has prayed time and
again, and whose earnest supplication has been
waited to Him above, and resounded in the pres
once OF the angelic host beyond. that her way
ward boy may amend his ways. implore you,
heed that prayer,
j. RANDOLPH BELCHER.
Petersburg, Va.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-15

Poor old stockholders OF poor old express
company stock. The quarterly dividend has
been cut in half and instead of sharing the
swag to the extent of twelve per cent the
directors will only give the stockholders six per
cent. It's SADIE tale, mates
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-15

King Edward VII was not all that he should
have been in regard to morals, but good
sport" he was sublime. The people OF France
recognize such attributes and have recently
unveiled a statue of the English king in Paris
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-15
The Drunkards' Parade.

There they go, SILENTLY and slow wandering
Falterng tread. meat nor bread, yet wan
dcrinE =
Having God; knowing not where they trod.
still wandering
Onward with shoulders bent.
Onward with strength that's spent,
Reveng in discontent-~wand.. ling
Come back to God again;
BE not towards. men,
Stop wandering
Come back to child and wife
Give them the Joys OF life
Stop this semi-hel Of strife
Stop wandering
God is love-
His creed Good will TO all mankind
c. LESLIE FRAZIER.
Alexandria. Ma.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-15

February goth. clst and 22nd. The
Laymen's Missionary conference will
be begun with a dinner at the Rich
mond hotel Friday evening at
o'clock.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-15

Mr.. Carnegie has turned loose an additional
100000 for the PRONUNCIATION OF peace. We
sum to Huerta on the condition Of his quitting
the job. Judging from recent frantic appeals
for loans think the dictator would take the
money.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-15

We hope that Hans Schmidt and Becker will
be congenial citizens of New York's death
row" They have so much in common.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-15
My Valentine Poems,

Richmond. Va, Feb TO- 1914.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-18
Daily Optimistic Thought.

UaIy UplIWIsITO 'H0U5''S'
Who tells his own secret will hardly
.eep another's.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-18

code message, worded and signed in
correct admiralty form, ordering him
to let the cruisers alone, Assuming
that other plans had been worked out
for their capture, he did as directed.
Not until he reached London for the
court martial did he learn the order
was spurious. Supposedly it was sent
by the Goeben herself or by some Ger
man wireless station. The code could
only have been obtained by a spy or
by treason of some Briton high in au-
thority.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-18

known" they say. When the facts
are known, action will be forthcom-
ing
Their" will be no attempt on the
part of service officials to sensations
alize the facts in the ease, or to make
it appear that the United States is
spending nearly half a billion dollars
Il year on the army and navy without
getting any return for it,
What they will attempt to point on,
is the fact that certain sweeping re-
forms should be made in the conduct
of both the army and navy which will
make them more effective and service
able. The abolition of several score
of useless army posts and the climina-
ton of nearly half a dozen navy yards
are the main things to be aimed at
This is the first step in bringing about
new conditions in the army and navy.
Congress always has proved the bar.
rier that has blocked these reforms in
the past. There Is no evidence that,
even in the face of the revelations
which the Gardner inquiry probably
will make, that congress will be con
verted to the new idea" in the near
future.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-18
His Natural Thouuht,

A South Dakota railroad is noted
for its eXecrable roadbed A new
brakeman was making his first trip
over the road at night ard was stand
ing in the center of the car grimly
clutching the seats to keep erect.
Suddenly the train struck smooth
place in the track and slid along with
out sound Selling his lantern, the
brakeman ran for the door. Jump
for your lives" he shouted. She is
off the track"
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-18
HAS A BARBARA FRIETCHIE
ish Flag and Dares Beers to
Modest Il.

London. South Africa has a Bar
bara Frietchie. She Is Mrs. Pienaar,
who resides at Winburg, Union of
South Africa. When General De Wet,
heading the rebels, captured the town,
some of his troops hauled down the
British flag from the courthouse and
flung it in the dirt. Mrs. Pienaar
snatched it up and brushed it off and
bound it around her waist
you daren't touch it," she declared
'I'll carry it and when decent people
return well hoist it again"
Dispatches say Mrs. Pienaar was
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-18
PIayinu Safe,

What will you charge" said a
young man to a jewclcr, ito engrave
on the inside of this ring From George
to Alice? It's an engagement ring,
but have to economizc, you know"
We'll, sir" answered the icwelcr, Il
would advise that y0u merely have
the words From George and then it
will do to use a"a,L"
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-18
OFFICERS OF ARMY
AND NAVY REJOICE
THINK CONGRESSIONAL lNvESTI
CATION OF COUNTRY'S MEANS
OF DEFENSE WILL RESULT IN
PEOPLES SPEEDY ACTION.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.,-Army
and navy officers are rejoicing that
the facts regarding the two branches
placed before the American people in
the investigation which will be made
by the present congress.
1T will focus the attention of the
public on the facts which ought to be
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-18
KICKED BY STOLEN CODE
''en escaped by Use of Week-OId
Cipher Stolen From
British.

~" lork.-The German cruisers
~. ,'sA and Breslau escaped from Mes
!, % the Dardanelles at the start of
a. var by using a week-ol6 secret
r.. S.oIeA from the British admiralty.
s, -'s ACT brought out at the recent
-, MARITAL which exonerated Ad-
s.. ,-' Ifol5Fidge from blame, has been
rs,,. .sS'sl by the British censor, but
~ - New York by mail from Lon
n, o.IaSe had the boats bottled
''''sina, but received a wireless
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-18

Mothers visitor to-! Air and Pet
ty. when they wore brought into the
parlor to b. rr-.r, cd that she had
two litti- nisc,- u about thcir ages.
That's nothing" said .Nli"n patron:z'
ingly, pulling up her skirts. Il dot
two little kneezes, too