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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-12
War News Fifty Years Ago
From the Richmond Dispatch. Nov IL. 1854,

tne announcement in the Yankee journals
OF Inc capture Of the Confederate cruiser Flori-
man on their side, renders IL not improbable
tiiat the capture was effected by "a eI,och' OF
, " law large portion OF the bay
Is hhutrei wster to the vessels or the bcIlig-
erents. II may very well have happened that
inc commander of the Wachusett. nndng the
fioFioa MT anchor In the bay, not prepared for
or expecting an attack III neutral water awaited
h himself OF the opportunity to plny Yankee
TO Seward 10 make IL all right" with tho EN-
peror OF Brazil.
In the Confederate States District Court the
"a r. ot Jont y, Davis minister of the
u NaZurlnes applying for writ of habeas
eorpns and praying for a discharge from the
service WAS postponed TO the 18th inst.
The officers controlling .hc copreder,,o
States Military telegraph are about TO omen a
schooi III this city for the instructon OF Young
''dies IN Tie art of tolcgrnphing.
y gentleman just from Europe via rernp6e
end Wilfpinstoh states that he saw in London
and Paris nearly division OF able bodied r,,f,,
gees from tho Confederate States, Il large mn.
Jofity OF %hom are skulters from military duty
The Washington Globe resucitated IN pic.
inend for The perpetuation Of weak mems snv
inss, has decreased after'a two days existenco
~ was puhy and sickly from BIRTH inheritinc
All the weak end none Of the stronr, ch,r.c
teris,ics OF It's prototype
General Sheridan and several stan officers
were poisoned few. days ago al IVinchas,an
py some corrosive substance which In n SIN
posed accidental manner, got mixed with tbcir
food. They all suffered severe mains from, a.
checls or the poison. hut it did not provo fut, +
10 any Of them. Z.
The British bark Victoria arrived at phtI,-
Ie,phla Yesterday from Miragrove She reports
oetoper 81, saw u large fire. bearing south,
southwest. stood for II and found q vessel mn
phrentiy American. OF 500 tons. on fire from
stem TO stern, spars all gone and noating about
me vessel was burned TO the waters edge .,u,i
must nave soon gone down.
me Governor has put forth his proclamation
IN compliance with ~ joint resolution OF hnti,
houses 'lse, adopted February last converting the
n.s'Sitturo or virginia at the Capitol in this
men anf there to take into consderat ton the
cohdlhon OF public affairs, and TO enact such
aWa "s they may deem proper and necessnrv .,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-12
The Voice of the People


TO tho Editor. OF Tho Times Dispatch:
Sir,--Might make y suggestion through tho
courtesy OF your columns? II is to nsk that Inc
proper authority among the Administrative
Boart or the Street Cleaning Department. con-
slider the idea of having special daily collection
OF waste paper. AS there is no law against
dropping or casting paper In the street and
there are no receptacles supplied the corners
Tor trash, our streets are unsigtty that I
have felt ashamed for the stranger within our
gales (not to speak OF the people OF Ricimond)
TO see and comment upon such apparent care
iessness. would suggest three things:
Cd That there shall be fine for dropping
paper, torn envelopes circulars or old news
papers. cd That there be reccptucles, con-
tanners or cans. as ono ulcnscs, with Stat tops,
so the paper will not fly out of them when once
put IN CD That the merchants have their
boxes covered. Much of the litter comes from
broad and other streets where the shops are.
l) That the markets shall be kept clean. Last
~, that householders shall have papers picked
up in front of their doors.
IT cans could he placed. say diagonally oppo-
site the mail boxes and our people would make
use of them. much cause for complaint would
be removed ~-..
Now Il word for Mr.. Colin and his men, VIII
they please use more water come sooner
after the sprinkling and take UP the dirt, ana
take 1t up we'll? We do all we can near our
own promises. but 1t avails little when there is
SO much against US. especially the windy
days.
Concentration OH scattered papers i'm our
lanes and highways would work wonders.
M "a. W. a.
Richmond. November s, 1914
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-12


sale of listed securities, running to $2.O00. 900
u day. there is general advance In price;
that the cotton exports from ports New York
to New Orleans for one week >ran up to
l2s,9SS bales; that the international ex-
change situation is so settled now that finan-
ciers have stopped thinking about It
nervously--all these things, and more, added
to physical demonstrations. ought to shut up
the calamity bowler effectively, and put
ginger in the shoes of good Americans
Getting back now to tlie>xuuttons, we have
n war OH our hands The other people are
fighting for blood. It'is our time to fight Cor
business, aud taking advantage Of the oppor-
tuntty coming ready-made from war condi-
lions is one way to it. Patronizng nothing
but U. S. A.-made goods is another, If selfish
and Chinese wallish. But the best way of all
is to use lot of common sense and hustle,
to grab business wherever and whenever it
caR be found and to swap honest values for
honest coin.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-12
GERMAN "kULTUR" UNLIKE CULTURE.

und Spain, but also Russia and Amer
lea, may fairly claim higher degree
OF culture. Here tho fctirh OF German
scholarship should not deceive US. Gull
ture--a balanced and humani1ed state
of minds only remotely connected
with scholarship or, even with educa-
ton. y Spanish peasant or an Italian
walter may have finer culture than IL
German university professor. And in
the field of scholarship, Germany iH in
mo raan. chiefly laborious. accurate.
and small-minded. Her scholarship is
related. not to culture. but Is minor
expression OF "sultur." Such scholarly
nen of letters as Darwin, Huxley, Re
nan, Tame, Bolster. CASTOR Paris.
Menendez Pelayo. Francis j. Child.
Germany used to produce in the dsya
OF the Grimms and Schlegels. Slle
rarely docs SO now. Her culture has
been swallowed up In her 'kultur."
The claim Of Germany to realize her
"iIultur" at the expense OF her neigh
bors is at first sisht plauable. Hor
kultur" In unquestionably higher than
theirs. She has a sharply realized
iied~it largely In practice. In GER
t2in patience, thoronghness and per-
fectlon OF political organization, her
pra-eninence Is unquestionable.
The tone OF har apologies shows
emazement and indignation over tho
coming the extension of German "kul-
tiIr.' Is actively hostile to that ambl-
ton. Yet. even II 1t be conceded that
fermany's ''kuitur' IL wholly good for
overwhelmingly " debatnbie propositions
1t docs not follow that 1t is or would
he universal benefit. Nations may
deliberately and legitlmately prefer
their culture, with It's admitted disad-
vantnyFs, to the "kultur" which pleases
Germany.
d, AZ for us Americans, we have made
4 virtue, perhaps overdone 1t, OF
avoiding a mechanical "kultur." We
prefer tho greatest freedom for the In
Gividual TO the perfectly regimentcd
stute. We viii move toward culture
and cheerfully assume the necessary
risks of tho process.
There IL no quarrel with German
"kultu,'' Itself, merely a feeling that
II has It's drawbacks, that It is, on the
whole, as unlovely as II is impressive,
that there is quite enough OF 1t In the
world already, and that It's broad eN-
tension would DO disastrous
If any reader Is stilI uncIcar about
tho distinction between culture and
"kultur." let him examine his most
gifted friends as to their sympathioa
In the present war. choosing, OF course,
persons who have no racial rcasons
for taking Sides. Almost withou, OK
ception he Will Ind they fall into two
sharply deflled classes. rho mental
characteristics Of his pro-German
friends Will pretty certainly illustrate
.'kultur" quite concreteiy, while he
may read the meaning of culture in
his more gifted friends who favor the
allies.
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NEW YORK, November 1o.-rCurrent
discussion OF tho worth OF German Gull
ture has been almost hopeicssly cloud
Cd by the fact that when a German
speaks >of i.buitur' he means an entire
~ different thing from what n Latin or
hriton means by culture writes Pro-
fossor Frank Jcwett Mathcr. of Prince
ton University in the Tlrnes- 'KultuT'
.,ineans the organized efficiency OF u
nation In the broadcast sensc--its sue
ccssful achievement In civil and mill
tary administration, Industry, com
merce, finance and In quite second
airy way In scholarship, letters and
art.
'kuitur' applies to a nation az a
whole. implying an enlightened gov
crnment to which the individual Is
strictly subordinnted. Thus "kultur'
N an attribute, not OF individuals-
whose particular interests. on the con-
trary, must often be sacrificed TO it
but OF nations.
Culture. for which the nearest Ger
man equivalent is DIdunE. Is the OPP
posite of MI this,-lt Is an attribute.
not Of nations az whole. but of ne
complshed individuals. 1t acquires
national import only through the up-
prevail and admiration OF these indi-
Viduals by Inc rest. who share but
slightly IN The ralturc they applaud.
The aim OF culture is the enlight-
tnea and humane individual. CONVEX
SAINT with the best values of the past
and sensitive to the best values OF the
present. Tho openmipdedness and
imagination implied In culture are po-
tentiaily destructive to q. highly or
ganizcd national "kultur."
cultured leader Is generally too
much alive to the point OF view OF his
rival to he wholly convinced par
tlsan. Hence no lacks the intensity,
drive and narrowness that make for
competitive success He keeps his
place In the sun, not by masterfuily
overriding others, but by series
of delicate compromises which recon
cie the apparently conflicting claims
Hence nations with cultured leaders
have generally been beaten by those
whose leaders had merely "kultur."
The Spartaps and Macedonians had
abundant "kultur;" they generally
beat the Athen!ans, who had merely
very high culture. The Romans had
"kuiturr and the Iiellenistic world
tlonably has admirable "kultur." and
none OF tile mere cultured nations, who
are lesgued against her, could hope to
beat her singly.
German Culture Sacrificed.
On tho other hand. Germany has
singularly little culture. has less than
sho bad a hundred years ago, does not
apparently desire II. She has willing.
Is sacrificed the culture Of Il few lead
ing individuals TO the "kuitur" Of the
empire AS whole. Thus IL is not
surprising that Germany, as measured
by the production 81 cultured, !adiv!d-
iais, takes very low place to-day.
Not only France and England. Italy
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INSPECTOR OF SHIPS WILL co TO SEA

WASIJsSGTON, November lit IL
n remarkable fact that while multi
iude OF laws and rules and regulations
exist for the safety ot vessels anG
crews and passengers on the seas, none
OF them, until recently, has provided
for safety tests under actual working
conditions. IT IL Il c!l-llnown fact
that the Steamboat inspection service
is one of the most responsible agencies
IN the matter OF lives and property. III
the whole. government fabric IT has
oficcs in most of the large shipping
centres OF the country where the an
nual inspection of boilers, huIls and
lifc-ss wing apparatus is regularly
conducted, but, until 4 few months
ago nobody recognized that the in
spectors were literally tieu to post
In that they had to mako their inspec-
lions while the ships were noored to
piers. and not under working condi-
tons.
Congress last year. in answer to q
Recommendation made by William G..
Redield, Secretary OF Commerce. and
his subordiuates i'm the departmen1.
created the office of travelling inspcc-
or Of the Steamboat Inspection Ser
vice. W. 9. Thompson, OF Brooklyn,
assistant inspector OF hulis, ut Bos-
ton. has just been promoted TO fill tho
new office after search through the
,
around qualifications to fill the new
bill. He will take up his work i'm
nediateiy.
Some morning i'm the near futHe
Mr.. Thompson will present himself,
grip In hand. ~ the office Of a steam
ship company operating III the coast
wise trade lie may or may not make
his identity known, as he sees 1T. He
vii, purchase q frst-class ticket for
whatever destination he may choose.
Once aboard ship he will be n pas
serger with an eye trained to observa-
ton Of the working OF tho whole ship.
While walking the deck for an air.
Ing he will note the number and con-
dition OF tho life boats: the location,
number and fitness of the life pre-
servers; the efficiency of the fire and
emergency drills. Perhaps he will call
upon the officers and see how the ship
is nayisated. If the officers are as
courteous to him as he VIII be 10
them. lie will be invited to see tho en-
CINE room. the crews quarters, and
those of the passengers. and he may
ever get q look at the cargo. the bulk
heads, and other important parts OIL
the ship.
Arriving ut his destination, Mr..
Thompson may then, if he has not al
ready dono SO. mako known his Official
capacity. There Is nothing incumbent,
upon him Ito tell anybody who he IL,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-12

| or what he is, but tho spirit OF the
! new service, according to Secretary
! Rsdhoid. Is TO DO un eminently fail.
! one. and the officers OF The ship need
not DC surprised II MT. Thompson bows
10 them, grip In hand, and gays:
Gentlemen. i am Mr., Thompson, the
travelling Inspector OF the Steamboat
Inspection Service. I greatly appIe-
ciate the opportunities you have nf-
forded me for looking over your vca-
sci. and Will take great pleasure In
| reporting TO Washington that you
nave q bang-up snip in every particu-
lar. Imagine the smiles such q COM
! ment would bring to competent per-
! aoi:nel and crew running an Amerl-
can ship,,in tho coastwise trade!
VAR. Thompson will then present him,
seir at another steamboat Office and
take another trip. His is IA travelling
job" and ii is to correct the-'"sta-
tfopary' feature OF the present in
spec'ion service that his office has been
created, He can only work when tho
shir III working; and without a work
ing skip lie is literally a man with
OUT n Job.
Perhaps. somewhere along the coast,
SIR. Thompson will find telegram
I awaiting him from Washington: S. S.
Blank burned to waters edge OF Ken
/ nebec River. Nc Carclessness ulleg-
ed. Please investigated" AIr. Thomp-
'oii az iHNe6llSatc ttllu report. AFTER
another trip or two. he may be asked.
similarly. to investigate boiler ex-
plosion on steamer in the Columbia
River, Oregon a complaint from tbs
Great Lakes or tho Gulf. They are all
, in his line. He will investigate and.
maybe, in few weeks, he will double
, back and see what steps have been
, taken by the steamship company to
put their remaining vessels In shane
20 obviatc any chance OF repetition
OF the previous accident,
AIR. THOMPSON will be neither gov
eminent policeman. nora detective, ac-
cording to the instructions which Sec
rotary Redneld has given him. He will
be fair-minded, open-eyed govern
inent official whose business It is ia
encourage tho competent Steamship
company. the competent steamboat of.
tcer. and tho cleareyed, strong armed
crew. to do their full duty.
Every endeavor Will be made to on
courage competent and efficient ser.
vice, tor remedy defects due to mad.
vertence or IGNORANCE. and TO root Quit
ineihciency due to carelessness or sheer
neglect. Mr.. Thompson has q big ioL
wliich ought to. be welcomed by every
iir6t class steamship company and
steamboat officer in the United States.
IL they work with him In the spirit In L
Which he goes forth. the travelling publ
lilo MIL appreciate the result,
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70 the Editor of The Times Dispntch
Sir.--Who IL bewaing the neglect ed
homes or the suffrassts? We poor mortals have
snch different ideas of what neglect means
am u member of the Mothers Club Daughters
Of tho Confederacy. The Social Service Fedora
ton and last, but not least the Equal Suffrage
League. l have only child. hut no Is equal
TO a half q dozen in sense: he Is n genuine
boy.
Now, let MS take look ut that boy. lie is only
nine years old On the list of February lie will
have been In school two years. He is now in
the fourth primary, having been promoted with
nrst honor twice each year since he began and
last June when his school closed, he had made
the highest average III his class OF about forty
ana was recommended to skip tho NTH primary
III september, one month before he was nine
years old. He has been the roll OF honor
each and every month since the first; lie talke
thep and got ''B" OH department. He has never
had anything against him department since
Now, Mrs. Anti" do you think lie would do tina [
ifshe was neglected.?
Then what about the home? I have a coy
little birds nest, not palatial to be sure but
thoroughly comfortable and modern H. every
way. / made tho money myself to buy that
little home. and pay for other propertv too
Ally housekeeping, 1 think, will compare with
the average and not suffer thereby. 7 do all my
sewing for self and boy, and do many other
things. and then have time to try to make the
world better by trying to get the womans in
nuehce In the public home the world at large
'hropeh cqual suffrage y SUFFRaGIST
Rtcbmond, November 0, 1914
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BiiSinesS.First-

rOLLIERS WEEKLY is conducting cam-
- paign 10 induce folk to give preference
at all times to goods marked, Made in the
L. S. A. This is taking advantage of wars
distress and the newly opening world
market. In other words, let's help with
charity those who now suffer but meantime
cover our golden opportunity to grab the
would market and exclude goods other than
our own at home, so that when the war is
over it's survivors in Europe will have INST
that much more difficulty in reconstructing
their commerce. Shut out imports now.
while the going is good, by forcing popula
prejudice III favor of our own STUFF and that
will have good effect in keeping foreign
manufacturers cut of our markets while we
labor valorously to capture those our
neighbors across the sea have heretofore
cuddled.
Why not? Business Is business and has
no part with charity or anything OF that sort
Opportunity is opportunity, and that il works
TO our advantage is not our fault We didn't
start the quarrel. That Il $500, 600 900
market in Great Britain has been opened to
us by the suspension of German, Austrian and
Belgian imports is merely one of the good
things that luck hands us, and we must take
it or be siorhful
Does any one stop to think seriously what
this squabble really means to prosperity in
this country? That is, does any one save
those who arc interested on the basis OF
dollars and cents! From various sources
these small items are cleaned:
Boston ships 100000 western eggs to
England to replace shortage In Russian
supply.
sRcading manufactures 100000 hospital
shirts for the Brtish army, the be-
ginning of new trade in times of
peace
Pittsburgh is manufacturing in one /.
order 100000 pair of shoes for the
French government, delivera BILE January
l. and expected share OF order for
100000 for the English government
Panama tolls at the por, of Balboa in
September exceed those of October by
$4,000
Bay City. Mich. is building 600
knock down houses for refugees r.
England.
These are directly war items. Add to them
that the carpet mills are opening, one en-
ployng,7,o0O men and women; that clearing
house certificates in all parts of the country
are being retired rapidly; that with a daily
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-12
SONGS AND SAWS
A Real War Hero.

se A Real War Hero.
Heroes of parts In war abound
And mon quite fit for glory's bays
In every army may be found;
They %in-and ret-their need OF praise.
And peace has heroes of her own.
Brave souls who lead a gallant fight 4 t,G
To shake tho rascals from tho throne $780,.
And there enthrone themselves-and right.
bIt now, In war, ono merit high '.'
You cannot minimize or fout It.
Makes us pass Other heroes by 5000;
For him who, does not talk about II. ..
Consider what unyielding will .ss'.t
And adamantine strength reside ,St.
In him who hears, from morn until
The shades of even DER us glide,
Cnending talk of battles fought
And strategy, and forced retreat
And final" victory, dearly bought,
Aud what the soldiers drink or eat
Consider calmly, then declare
You cannot find excuse TO doubt it,
That wars high honors he should wear
Who never breathes word about it.
All, well, if tho power had
And cash. of course. must have that
a shaft I'd rear to this fine lad
Who keeps his war views meath his hat
he should. In fact, receive the thanks
That Congress. in Its saplent way,
Bestows on folks of varied ranks
Instead OF moro material pay.
But stay! Where shall these honors go?
Our prafse-how had we better route 1t:
Or had we better own we know
No one who doesn't talk about it.
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4 CALL TO Al,aIs.

trh!s hitherto unpublished poe,, hy r.,,..
30 'hG London Spectator by the present Lore
emnyso; Grranged with symphonies and accon,nan
I'm Dy sir frederick Bridge sung az tho aber,
,enneriey I;umford and the Royal GSoro9 ~, ?.
pndmetsd hy Sir Frederick Bridge The poem en
@ where Is he. tho simple fool
mo says that wars arc over?
What bloody portent fast there
Acrossihe Straits of Dover?
NINE hundred thousand slaves in arms
May seek to bring us under:
But England lives. and still will 1Iva
Forwe'il crush the despot yonder.
Are we ready, Britons ALL
10 answer foes with thunder?
Arm, arm, arm,
y shame on selfish patronage
1t is the country's ruin
Come. put the right man in his place
And up now, and be doing.
o gather, gallant volunteers
In every town and village,
For there are tigers--fiends, not men
May violate. burn and pillage!
Are we ready. Dritons all.
10 answer foes with thunder?
Arm, arm, arm!
Up stout linb'd yeomei, leave a while
the fattenng OF your cattle
Mud. ~ indeed ye wish for Peace,
Be ready forNhe Brittle.
10 fight the Battle of the World
~ Or progress and humanity,
In spite of his eight million lies
And bastard Christianity!
Are we ready, Britons all,
TO answer foes with thunder:
Arm, arm, arm!
-Tennyson.
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Vocational Training in Public Schools


IT HAT one good carpenter is more useful to
himself and to the community in which
he lives than dozen poor lawyers, is
he lives than dozen poor carpenters is
great truth that is being recognized and acted
upon In several American cities, by the addi-
ton of vocational training to the public school
curriculum Even New York very slow. to
adopt advanced methods, has embarked OH
what will probably grow into a comprehen-
sive scheme Of fitting children in school to
make In the world the bcs, use of their nat
ural apttudes.
AS IL stands now, most boys and girls come
their capabilities than wheIr they were born.
Their schooling has. on the average, done so
much for them that occasionally they can spell
word OF three syllables and add up u column
of figures. Besides this. they have few hazy
notions OF geography and OF the other sub
jects in which underpad and overworked
teachers have tried to instruct them Except
for those of unusual aptitudes, they have no
more notion what to do with their lives than
they have OF the beauties o. the English lam
guage. Hence they founder around trying to
find themselves, not succeeding frequently, be-
fore death claims them
Vocational training, rightly applied, is an
important step in the direction Of reducing the
number OF human insists. Or course il is
not founded by what is known as manual
training. In essence, it represents an effort
TO discover what young person is capable
of doing and then teaching him orhcr to
discharge that function.