Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-18
! and clear" the note of American in

,-and clear" the note of American in
dependence.
To even give the shortest intelligent
synopsis OF the salient events of
evcntful July would tax your kindly
columns and the patience of its read
ers, so very briefly: The first real
great battle of the War OF lS60-G5 was
fought at Manassas on July q (battle
of Bethel of smaller import, hut OF
prior datc) Then coincident with July's
martial glories. The Seven Days Bat
Ties held around Richmond, where
fought in July. And lastly in these
short references 10 events of such
mighty moment" our Waterloo was
experienced at Missionary Ridge, at
Gettysburg, in July, which was the
bloody beginning of the bloody Angle"
and the end at Appomattox. where
the warriors soul with the warriors
banner took its hight"
SO July still keeps up that hard
foFSht fame at this present time in
cnroniciing almost daily. and so un-
nlluinSly. the bloodicst and herccst
. nshtlns on Europcs war-acarred
shieId. even overtowcring that of the
iirst Napoleon at Waterloo and Louis
Napoleon at Sedan, with such SAN
culinary and deadly results in the sky
aboVe' the earth beneath" and the
| waters under the earth now under
the wild demands OF "AIoloch" for
new made holocaust" and ''hecatombs"
to glut his greedy nav
30 II Is also n fact that January was
! aptly named after Janus. "the Temple
OF PEACE surely, as far az name
Soes' fnir beginning In the nomcn-
ciatnrc OF the years calendar, yet the
idea OF the peace OF Janus" is de-
hantly hurled down by the wild blasts
or windy, stormy browed March, 50
| named after the war god, old Mars
win the storm king. old Borcns, as
M. ms man ally. Il wot it not but what
de Kaiser might also acclaim them
as his allios with me und Colt" once
| again proving there is nothing in
name get largely there is to the
contrary. Notwithstanding
so after Mars and Borcas have
fought and howled themselves to rest
after the interval OF April with her
tears SO profusely shed over these two
old noisy debaucherS. Mars and Borcas
Father Time hcraIds III the month of
all months, lovely faced May, aptly
named after "the Queen of Heaven"
the Mother of the Savior OF the world
So after the month of May we are
{ greeted by rosc-crowncd June, named
in honor of Junus Brutus
SO we again arrive at July our
| topic and. relatively, tho remaining
months, September. October. November
and December, attain their cognomcns
/ from the Latin numerals. septun, octo,
/ nOVef, dccem--seVen, eight, nine
\ ten. SO 1t is that the months are full
/ of meaning in their inception. and
! some romance mingled herewith. not
! the least of which Is leap year" when
/ every fourth year February borrpws a
/ day, and thus boasts OF twenty nine,
! which entities the maiden ali iorlorn"
I to send her valentine, nay, she may
! even seek some lovc-sick swain" TO
/ Join hands with her in the exhibit Of
Two souls with but Il single thought.
/ Two hearts that beat as one
So even In the "calcnds OF time" We
= find tho doctrine of "mutatis mutandis.'
I our own George Washington, under the
/ old Calcnds, was born February H.
! 1872 which by changes in times reck
| onings. is now February the ed, as
no schoolboy Will dare none to dis
| pute. And lastly. be It said truly. that
| even Christmas Day, the cream Of
! days" unless Easter Day be It's rival,
! there yet remains n body Of Christians
who still celebrate and adhere to what
| they call odd Christmas Day" which
! they recog nizc on the 5th OF January,
! ignoring the changes in what they
| claim to be the time date OF the birth
f, OF the Messiah.
So more briefly than intelligently has
been made, Is the apprehension Of your
| would be delineator, this necessarily
! short newspaper dissertation on July
| ct scqutur.
CHARLES MACON WESSoN.
Richmond. July :. 1915.