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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-01
schwarzschild Brothers.
For the
Brides Gift

You will wish to select something at.
tractiYe and in good taste.
Tho name OF warzschild standa
Tor quality. excellence and distinctio
In merchandise. 1t Is upon the quail
lty and general beauty OF It's wares
that our reputation and pre-eminence
is built.
Inspection and comparison is in.
vited.
SchwarzschlId Brothers
Richnlonds Leading Jewellers, 4
Second and Broad SITS.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-01

Miss Iulie Greenhow Johnston md
Miss Maury Binfurd have return cd
from Annapolis Md. where they at.
tended the hop Saturday evening
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-01
In md Out Of Town

In md Out of Town.
Mrs. Robert y. Peyton has returned
to her home in FauQuicr County, after
4 visit 10 her niece. Mrs. r Francis
Green, al SOC West Franklin Street
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-01

The great demand for
the standard Seperable
Thermos Bottle proves it's
great popularity. II has a
triple nickle case. and may
be polished and kept shiny
ut all times. The inner
bottle may he replaced In
event that II is broken.
Pint hotties, $500, Quart
Bottles, $500.
The Thcrmoa Food Jar
is, Indeed. useful. 1t has
Il large mouth, with cap,
so that solid food may be
kept at "A uniform tenn
pcraturc. Pint Food Jnr,
500; Quart Food Jar,
5000.
The New Thc-rnos Ca
rafc is not only useful. but
Is an artistic table orna-
mcnt AS well. This Ca
rafe il absolutely sani-
tary. and has replaced the
water pitcher in many pri-
waite homes ana In all npst-
class hotels. Qunrt Size,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-01
Lace Scarfs
REDUCED IN PRICE FOR WE'D
NESDAY'S SELLING.

AN-SD tSED Nv IAklSE fOn WE'LL
NESDAY'S SELLING.
The following beautiful scarf-.
Centres md Shnms closely resemble
the real handmade Cluny scarfs,
and represent matchless values at
these low prices:
scnrfs, 16x5o inches. SOC value. 30c.
Scarfs. 16x5o. 75c value. soc.
Scnrfs. 1Sx54inch. $500 and sl.25
value. soc.
scnrfs, 16x72-inch. Toe and sac
value, CSC.
Scnrss. 1sx72-inch. s1.25 value. Csc.
Scnrfs. 1s172-inch. $3.50 Value.
SLID.
shams. ao1ao-inch, zee value, soc.
3o-inch Round Centres, soc value.
SIC.
30-inch Round Centres. soc and
800 value. 75c
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-01
Paris Novelties

Party Boxes arc in great
vogue just now in the French
Capitol. You cannot imagine
how pretty and serviceable they
are.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-01
Kaufman & Company
9TH and Broad SITS.
Richmond, Va.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1914.

Any OF the merchandise Of
fered may be ordered by mail
or by telephone. Call Mad
isOn 9S4.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-01

The regular monthly meeting of the
board OF managers of the Virginia
Home for Incurables Will he held this
morning AT IL o'clock at the home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25

and vaccinated at that time, there was not single case of smallpox.
 There was also slight increase in malaria in the navy during the year. This is explained by the presence of our ships in Mexican waters, the malady having been confined to ves- sells an duty there. Except for the suggested need of hospital ship to accompany each fleet, from a medical point of view, the navy seems well provided for.
 However, the conclusions drawn are based only on peace conditions. As the jingoists would probably contend, the medical service of the navy would be inadequate in time of war.
 Also, it is significant that vaccina- tion is still thought to be preventive of smallpox, despite the agitation that has been going on against it for some years past. The "bluejacket" has to submit to inoculation, whether he be- lieves in it's efficiency or not. Results in the navy seem to indicate that it is an excellent safeguard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
The Largest Irrigation Project

The formal opening of the great Elephant Butte dam, the largest lrr1- gation project ever undertaken by the reclamation service of the United States, will be celebrated next May. Practically all of New Mexico and Texas will take part. President Will son has promised to attend if he can do so.
 Poular Mechanics for January con- tains an excellent picture of this dam. With the exception of the Nile dam at Assuan, the most famous structure of it's kind in the world, the Elephant Butte dam is the largest ever built. When finished it will contain 550,000 cubic yards of solid masonry. It IS built mainly of concrete, the up and down stream faces being cast against forms. It will be 1900 feet long on top at an elevation of 4414 feet, or 200 feet above the original surface of the river.
 The maximum height of the dam from the deepest excavation to the top of the parapet wall will be 3O4.5 feet. The maximum width at the base is 215 feet. The lake it will form in the Rio Grande valley will be one and three-quarters of mile wide, 6e feet deep and with shore line of 20C miles. The lake will cover 42,00C acres and will contain S62, ,20o, ,000, ,00C gallons of water.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
The New Era of Prosperity

As Charles M. Schwab remarked Wednesday, the period of prosperity which he had predicted sometime ago "is about on us."
 MT. Schwab is recognized as one of the great steel makers of this country. He has never talked much for publication. He is regarded as a very conservative man in business matters, but when he does take the public into his confidence what he says has all the more weight. "l look to seek a big revival of business in every line," said MT. Schwab, and financiers and industrial captains are now in full agreement with his optim- ism.
 The year 1915 will be good year. It will be banner year for the Dir mingham district. It may be several weeks vet before all the industries are running at full capacity, but the de mand for coal, iron and steel will be so great that operations will have tc be pushed in order to supply the de mand.
 There has been great deal of build ;ng in Birmingham this year, notwith standing the general business, depres sion. Last year and the year befor' were high record years in new con strpction hereabouts; but it is safe tt say that in 1915 Birmingham's build ing record will go far beyond that o1 any previous year.
 With such a bright future before u the people of Birmingham can well af ford to take their Christmas joyously
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
Leaden Skies for Christmas

''The Christmas spirit may be among us" said an observant man. but leaden clouds and dripping skies do not lend a cheerful sitting to what is supposed to be, the glad season.
 T noticed many country people throng- ing the streets and crowding their way into the stores. It is my opinion that those who live far from the city's busy hum and bright lights; it's mad rush for the dollar, are happier at this season than the dwellers in cities. Their wants are fewer; their joys simpler, and their life Of an even tenor They thoroughly enjoy a holiday season, because all the other days they have only the regular routine of country life. Early to bed and early risers, they are the very children of na- ture, that no fanfare nor baubles can lure to join in mad race of social ex- citement, vanity and vexation of pocket books"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
Health in the Navy

While there seems to be considera- ble difference of opinion as to the fighting efficiency of the United States navy, health conditions in this branch of the service seem to be all that could be desired.
 A summary recently made shows that during the past year there was an outbreak of smallpox on the Ohio which was commented on rather wide ly at the time. There were 29 cases of smallpox and five deaths. Although the men on board the Vermont were exposed in the same manner as those of the Ohio, none of them became i'll. This is believed to have been due to the fact that her crew had been ex- amined and vaccinated before the Vermont sailed, while there had been no vaccinations on board the Ohio for two years before the outbreak of smallpox occurred. Among 100 re- cruits received on board the Ohio shortly before she sailed for Europe,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
Christmas Once More

The great festival that commem- orates the nativity of Christ is here once more. It is observed as a general holiday in the business world and it is a gladstone occasion in the social world, regardless of creed.
 In the United States Christmas has come to be about as much of festive day among Jews as among Christians; as joyously noted by non-churchgoers as by those of the household of faith. The day inspires various sentiments according to the attitude of individuals toward historical and traditional Christianity, but all good people agree on one point at least-Christmas is the time for neighborly kindness, for re- lieving the distressed and for happy greeting. It is the day for good will among men, the day for wishing "peace to men of good will"
 Christmas is not one of the oldest feasts of the Christian church. It was the custom of the early Christians to celebrate only the day of the death of a saint or martyr. St. Stephens day had been long known before the feast of the Nativity--the festival of the birth of the Savior-was installed. Christmas began to be observed in the fourth century, and by the fifth cen tury its observance was quite general. Then it was that the western or Latin church ordered it to be celebrated for ever on the day of the old Roman feast of the birth of Sol, though no certain knowledge of the day of Christ's birth existed.
 Among Celtic and German tribes the winter solstice was considered an im- portant point of the year and they held their chief festival of Yule to commemorate the return of the burn ing wheel.
 In the eastern or Greek church Christmas has long been celebrated on January 6; but in this land where December 25 is so widely observed every one will be imbued with the spirit of today's feast, no matter about the date found in his church calendar
 May this be happy Christmas fol all, and may the people of today have many happy returns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
Strong Committees Appointed

Sydney J. Bowie, chairman of the citizens committee organized last Tuesday to solve the city's financial problem, has appointed his subcom- mittees, and it would be difficult to find more representative men for the important work in question.
 The chairmen of the respective sub- committees will call meetings at as early time as possible. There are three of these committees-temporary relief, permanent relief and investiga- tion into the city's affairs.
 The committee on temporary relief will be expected to make a report within the next few days, and already the municipal situation, which has been quite depressing, begins to look bright.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer
 The lad who couldn't tell you the name of the vice president is the same
 fellow who can tell you how to run the
 government.
 The old fashioned 17-year-old girl
 who used to read books on What d
 Young Girl Ought to Know now has d 17-year-old daughter who puts her
 mother wise. The Willowy Girl cops out the covers of the magazines. But the girl with the
 wide curves and the dimples in her anatomy attracts all the attention on the street.
 What has become of the old fashioned
 man who used to wear a new paper col
 lar every Sunday?
 Before you get her she can say
 things with her eyes that make you feel funny all over. And after you get her she can say things with her mouth that make you feel funny all over. Since the vacuum cleaner displaced the broom a man cant find a blame thing but his wife's hairpins to clean his pipe with. In the game of love you can always take heart if you will lead a diamond. As soon as a man meets with little success in the world the knockers start throwing rocks at him. They can re-
 member when he used to run around with painted women and they can re- member when he was drunk all the | time.
 The man who wears out his shoes paving the brass rail in front of the bar
 always gets mad when the children need new shoes.
 If you imagine that women haven't a sense of humor just take a look at the hats they are wearing. A lake of fire and birthstone isn't the only hell ever invented. There is the case of the map who has $50 wife and @ $15 salary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
BOYS WHO NEVER WORK o,,, tho Kansas (,itv Star

From the HdHSdS Sity otdi'
 We can only wonder at the silly way in which some men waste their lives.
 One day it is man in Cincinnati who enters a bank, shooting this way and that, scoops the money into bag while the employees hide, leaps into stolen motor car enacts the robbery again in another bank, and at last, when cornered, kills policeman and is himself killed.
 Enough of adventure, excitement and tragedy to last lifetime crowded into a few hours, with murder at the end.
 But what for? The chances of the man getting away were so remote that only a fool would have undertaken the job.
 The next day it is in Kansas City. Two men rob shopkeeper of diamonds and money and try to escape byserunning through crowded streets a silly and futile thing to undertake.
 The end of their folly will be years and years of hard work, hard living, lonesome ness and heartbreaking monotony in prison. ,,.
 The man who undertakes to live by ms wits, to get money without working TOT it. is foreordained to failure. Ana ye' there are always men starting on tna' road.
 In general they are men who failed IT youth to learn the lesson of industry. They got the idea that the eno or nle was to get on with as little effort as pos sible. The boys who are spared all work by indulgent parents, who expect every thing to be done for them and to do noth- ing for anybody else, are on the wrong road. They are getting the demoraliz- ing ideas that are responsible for such wrecks as come daily to the criminal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
Estimates of Population

Much interest attaches to the pop hlation of cities ascertained by the United States census bureau by actual count every ten years, but after two or three years the decennial figures of all rapidly growing communities are so far out of date that the public has to depend upon estimates arrived at in various ways.
 According to the census of 1910, Birmingham's population was 132,6S5. What is the population of this city now? The census bureaus recent estimate is 170,000. The school census taken last summer under state law indicated population of about 18O,- 900. It is understood that the New York Worlds almanac for 1915, which will soon be issued, gives Birming- ham credit for 190,000. The new city directory indicates the population at 197,OOO. The Southern Bell Telephone company made canvass few months ago and found that Birmingham s population was slightly above 100000 So the public can take it's choice as to this city's estimated population.
 It is reasonable to think that the World almanac figures are not a bit too low. If our population is not up to 200 ,OO0 it is not far from it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
the Rev. James 10. Coyle.

by the Rev. James E. COyle , Long, long ago. one winter morn A Babe was in a stable born And wise men came from lands afar. They came, three kings from East
 tern lands
 And gifts they bore with lavish hands; Three Magi kings, led by Star. The Star stood still The Magi saw A pauper Child on bed of straw, A simple maid, His Mother mild
 They bend in worship, then, behold, What gifts of incense. myrrh and gold They offer to the new born Child. Today we come No kings are we, Who yet the self same Savior see On bed of straw in Manager old.
 What be our gifts. what shall we The Babe, the Christ, the Newborn
 King? Not ours are incense. myrrh and gold. We have not myrrh let me and you Give Him repentance deep and true For all our faults. for sin and stain. No incense, but let earnest prayer Ascend to Heaven, He'll hear it there, And graces shower, like showers of rain. And for the gold our hearts best love Let's offer to the Lord above Who once on straw in Bethlehem lay. Gold, incense, myrrh from Eastern
 king.
 Love, penance. prayer the gifts we bring.
 
 Christ smiled of yore on the Magi three Who brought these gifts from far away. He will smile no less on you and me, And the gifts we bring, this Christ mas Day. Christmas Eve, 1914.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25

both to northern and southern makers
 Tt is interesting to note the effect or the war on the iron and steel industry in Germany. which Is shown by the pig iron production figures of that country for August and September. The affairs in Germany were proceeding at the rate or slightly over 100000 tons monthly In July, and this dropped to about 5s0,oOo from this in September. The effect here has been to increase the consumption of metal in some lines, and 1t is believed that when the figures are finally known surprise will be expressed at the amount of export business which has been done since the first of August as the direct result of demands made upon us by those at war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
THE SLEEPY EGYPTIAN

Hcmer Croy in LesIies.
 Egyptians can lie down and go to sleep anywhere. They look around until they find particularly busy place in the street where there is patch of shade. wrap a dusty cloth around their faces, curl up and peacefully glide off into dream less sleep. In walking along the street one has to be Careful of everp splotch of shadow that he comes to for fear of step- ping on natives face. Even when you do step on this usually sensitive part of the anatomy, they merely sit up, yawn thankfully that you are medium sized man and lazily turn over on the other side. But these are the people that the papers are quoting as being in bloody revolt. The only danger of revolt would
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
HOT STUFF
From Tit-Rf


 In some parts of the Canadian back country the recurrence of boiled sal mon, broiled salmon. salmon outlets and salmon steak at every meal becomes, after few weeks, trifle monotonous. To the native palate, brought up on it, this constant reappearance of the self same dish is matter of course; but to the newly arrived tourist it grows at last into a feeble joke.
 "Is there nothing else for breakfast? ?? said one such victim of colonial hos pitality, as a whole fish and a pot of mustard were laid before him on the table.
 "Nothing else.'' replied the host, in surprise. Why there's salmon enough there for six, ain't there''
 "Yes." responded the guest, mildly, "but don't care for salmon"
 Well. then fire into the mustard, was the rejoinder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
EFFECTS OF THE GERMAr

From '"rhe Taking of Antwerp" by F.
 Alexander Powell, in the January
 Scribner.
 The bombardment of Antwerp began about 10 o'clock on Wednesday evening. The first shell to fall within the city struck a house in the Berchem district, killing 14-year- old boy and wounding his mother and his little sister. The second decapitated a street-sweeper as he was running for shelter. Through out the night the rain of death con- tinued, the shells falling at the rate of five minute. The streets were ab- solutely deserted Not a living being was to be seen. The few who had re- mained in the city were covering in their cellars. Though the gas and the electric lights were out, the streets were illuminated by the glare from the blaz- ing oil tanks at Hoboken, which had been set on fire by the Belgians The racket was deafenng. The pavements trembled The buildings seemed to rock
 and sway. The very air vibrated to the incessant concussions. It was indeed City of Dreadful Night. There would come the whistling shriek of a shell passing low over the housetops, fol- | lowed, an instant later, by a shattering | rending crush, and the whole facade of | the house where 1t had struck would come topping into the street in cas-
 cade of brick and plaster. It was not
 until Thursday night, however, that the
 Germans brought their famous 42-centi-
 metre guns into action. The destruc- tion wrought by these monster cannon was appalling The projectiles they rained upon the city weighed a toa | apiece, and had the destructive proper | ties of that much nitroglycerine. So l terrific was the noise of their discharge
 that it seemed at first as though the German batteries were firing salvos. | We heard them as they came. We heard | the roar in the air which they caused,
 sounding at first like an approaching
 express train, but rapidly increasing in | volume until the atmosphere quivered
 as before a bowling cyclone. Then came an explosion which seemed to split the | very earth. Huge geysers of dust and smoke shot high into the air above the shivering city. When one of these pro- jectiles struck building it did not
 merely tear away its upper stories or
 blow a gaping aperture in its walls: the whole building collapsed in utter
 ruin as though fattened by a mighty hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
THE ELEPHANT INTERVIEW
From the Louisville Courier-J Journal

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
 A N interview which Chicago paper A prints upon it's first page as re- > suit of having dispatched one of it's staff of bright young men to meet Prince Kampengpetch, a brother of the King of Siam, is typical. It suggests the need of either improving or abolishing the interview in which an effort is made to base humorous story upon the pres ence of someone who is in some way exceptional, preferably royalty from an out of the way part of the world.
 Shorn of the introduction, including a description of the visitor, and clipped of few lines in which his highness told the reporter that he was soon going home, the interview is as follows
 "Of what shall talk?" asked the prince.
 Anything of interest" was the reply. How about the war?"
 "Ah, mo-" said the prince. My brother is at peaee.'
 "Woman suffrage?"
 The prince pondered for a moment, twisting his many finger rings.
 I've don't have it,, he said.
 ''How about the weather or politics or the high cost of living?"
 ''I am neutral" said the prince, blandly.
 ''Do you have any twins in Siam?'
 "No."
 White elephants?'
 T am just a tourist with Cooks tick ets," replied Kampengpetch. T saw Mi agara Falls and New York" ''How do you like American 'I have not seen it all yet There are a great many interesting facts about Siam with which brother of King must be familiar, and con- corning which he should be able to talk intelligently. The members of the royal family of Siam are we'll educated, ir the European sense of the term. They should be able to contribute to American news columns something more than polite replies to reporters who approach them with a complete knowledge of American comic opera and the circus, but with a complete lack of knowledge of Siam or an entire lack of interest therein. Siamese history, especially that of the period in which the present dynasty has been upon the throne, is susceptible oi | discussion by a Siamese prince in a man ner that would be entertaining to Ameri can newspaper readers. It is the proud boast of the Siamese that they are the | ..unconquered people of Asia" and inas much as they are independent after more
 than a half century of commercial treaty
 relationship with European countries .