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LIFE ON GERMAN SUBMARINE
From German NevspHpcrD

on deck in coat and trousers OF blacr
leather lined with wool, n protection
against oil, cold ana sea water. The
crew az their stations await The com.
mnnd TO east OF Machines clear
call" VOICE from the control station
ANA clear ship snaps the order from
The bridge. Then Cast of! TIE
cables slap on the landing stage. the
engines begin TO purr. ana U-E slides
away into omen water
y few cable lengths away another
submarine appcars homcward bound
/ cruise i'll which she succeeded I'm sink.
ing :. ship bound with Il cargo OF
frozen mutton for England Good
| luck, old sheep butcher" sings the
commander of U-47 as the sister ship
| passes within hail.
The seas are heavier now, and C-4i
! rolls unpleasantly as she makes the
iiThtsEip and answers the last salute
from 4 friendly hard. The two Of
I ilccis ON the bridge turn once to look
at the lightship already astcrn, then
their eyes look seward
1t is rough. stormy weather. II III.
/ cSgshcll goes ahead two or three days
without stop, the officers In charge
! Will get no sleep for just that long
/ II II gets any rouEhcr they will be
! tied TO the bridge rails to avoid bcinG
swept overheard. IL they arc hungry
on the bridge. and the North Sea will
! attend to its sailing for them.
, Just as the commander is trying 10
balance plate with one hand and use
n spoon with the other. the watch calls
| Smoke on the horizon off the por,
! bow"
The commander drops his plato
| shouts short, crisp command, and AN
| electric alarm whirs inside the cgS-
| shell The ship buZzes like a hive.
! Then water begins to gurgle into the
| ballast thanks and C-i7 sinks until only
! her pcriscope shows.
The steamship is Il Dutchman, sir"
calls the watch officer. The commander
| inspccts her with the aid of - peri.
scope She has no wireless ana j.
| bound for the Continent. SO he can
! come up and is glad, bccausc moving
| uhucr the water consumes electricity,
ana tie usefulness of Il submarine is
measured by her electric power
Sinking for Sleep.
After iifty-four hours of waking
nerve tension, sleep becomes a ncccs-
sity. So the ballast tanks arc filled
and the nutshell sinks 10 tho sandy
bottom This is the time for sleep
aboard 81 submarine. because a sleeping
man consumes less Of the precious
| oxygen than one awake and busy, SO
| u submarine man has three principa
| lessons TO lcarn--to keen every faculty
at tension when he is awake, to keep
! stern silence when he is ashore Uhcrc
Is warning against talkativeness In
all the German railway carriages now.
ana TO sleep instantly when he gets n
legitimate opportunity His sleep and
inc economy Of oxygen may save tho
snip. However, the commander allows
haIf an hours grace for music There
is sramophonc. of course, and the
ships band" performs on all manner
oil Instruments. at worst, n comb with
IL bit OF tissue paper is pressed into
| service.
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An Old Offender Again

THERE are some things in the Bible which
are true as matter OF observation and
not of inspiration. An example of this is
Paurs famous description of the tongue as
troublesome out Of all proportion TO It's size.
The universal experience of mankind bears
witness to its truth. Even the most in
veterate higher critic will hardly demur
But our experience of the evil bound up in
the tongue usually proceeds from spoken
words. from indscretions-lies and truths:
mostly. in fact. from indiscreet truths. 1t is
seldom that anybody has ever gotten into
serious trouble through singing hymns-at
least since the days OF religious persecution
some generations ago.
This thing happened the other day at
Ocean City, \. j. A woman passing a
church. recognized the voice of her hus-
band. who had deserted her. raised in song.
She looked in, found him and promptly had
him arrested. The husband was devoted to
religious music and church affairs The
trihing circumstance OF DESERVING his wife
MADE no interference in his ecclesiastical
habits. And so he sang the hymn that land cd
him in court.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-04
LITTLE TALKS ON THRIFT
for ThrIft.D

cooking oil and in food products FOR
cattle.
These are some OF the things tina ,
have been accomplished by business
Interests. individuals. by thrifty
habits. can do AS much proportion
atcly.
Bread should not be wasted stale
bread is better tts,n fresh bread In
Germany IL must be twenty four
hours old before II can be SOLD In
this country dozens Of loavcs arc
thrown away by careless housewives
When many delicious dishes might be
made from the stale loaf For in.
stance. aF substitute for cracker
crumbs II IL excellent, and the careful
cook viii grind 1t M in the food chop
per TO roll her meat and Vegetables IN
for frying. Rread pudding may be
made from II. also bread omcl.ttc
bread pancakes. bread croqu"tics
You buy at the bakers two ioavcs %
For Sl.50 you can buy the materials
do your own baking, which many
housewives are now advocating. and
have better and more wholesome
bread. That Is a saving OF cents a
day. or nearly So "A year.
Each family should lay away rcgu-
larry ~ part OF its Income. Even II
the amount is but a few pennies a
week. ii will be "A start. Thrift. like
all other habits. grows on one. Eo-
member that the future happiness
and prosperity OF the average .Amerl-
can family depends on the proper aid
justment nf expenditure to income
Begin to-day 10 form thrift habits.
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What Shall II Profit

1T is one of the most dishesrtenins of all
wars incidents. that a gallant people like
the Germans can be induced by wars passion
and hatred TO sympathize with and even to
urge the destruction of unarmed merchant
vessels. with the consequent slaughter of such
vessels passengers and crews
War is a cruel and brutal affair in its every
aspect. The pitched battle is hideous thing.
transformed by the use of modern agencies
OF destruction into bloody shambles.
Trench warfare is no better. The siege of a
city, invested on all sides, with ingress and
egress prevented for the purpose OF starving
the inhabitants is not a pleasant spectacle.
The blockade of nations coasts designed TO
effect starvation on great scale is still more
nideous.
but all or these things have their military
purpose. Success means sensible lessen
ing OF the enemy's resources, and brings the
war that much nearer its conclusion
But who, outside GERMANY Is foolish
enough TO believe that any military purnose
whatever was furthered by the killing OF the
passengers on the British vessels that sub
marines recently destroyed? Where is the
mind capable of thinking that German sue.
cess in this war was advanced or German
triumph brought nearer? What will he or
can be the profit to be derived from tbe
crime?
Evidently the Germans expect profit IN,
they are not the sort OF folk 10 commit such
atrocities necdlessly. But what shall he
said Of clear intelligcnces so peryerted ant
gone wrong?
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The style con-

stood out in all it's beauty. The style con-
quered; we were glad Of il.
And now new fashion has come Skirts
are no longer tight they flare out at the
bottom in bell fashion. Women who wear
them have peculiar and ungraceful appear
ance. The shortness OF the skiIt and its
broadness acccntuate the slim ankles and
large feet which often protrude We arc
dissatisfied: VIC wish ardently. but in vain,
that women would go back to those beautiful
and poetic clothes they have just discarded.
Venus would have enjoyed them. and every
daughter of Venus Is at her best in them.
But presently we shall get used to the
curious new skirts. Ankles and feet will no
longer bother US. Skirts will widen by yards
and we shall approve For woman wears
them, and woman. in spite of all her efforts to
disguise her loneliness is the most beautiful
thing in the world.
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The New Fashions

z ASTER is here and new fashions There
IL is such radical departure this spring
in the clothes OF women that our ewes follow
the skirts with even greater interest than
usual And not altogether with approval
Why is it that We don't like new STYLES? That
those styles we have become accustomed TO-
no matter how absurd seem TO US graceful
and fitting?
lew years ago the tight skirt ACQUIRED
Nosue--the hobble skirt, as il was called at
hrst Funny papers reveled in caricatures OF
women monnting cars in clothes IA too small
for thcnf: clothes from which they burst In
various directions. Moralists denounced the
costume AS destructive of all ethics, as de-
moralizing both to women and men Time
passed on. and we began to get used to tight
skirts. Prophets of doom ceased to lament
and We came to see how trim and attractive
were the figures clad In the strictly no.waste
clothes. A beautiful form was 10 longer
hidden under a mountain OF petticoats; it
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-04

comes from a Shiny. sticky substance
that develops in the process uf REIN
ing the oil. The problem OF getting
rid OF this disagrceablc material led
to a number az scientific invcstiSa-
Into paraiIin
One Of the most impressive lessons
to be learned In converting vast.
product into wonderful source OF
revenue Is TO be found In the south
where cotton seed for generations had
been considered Of no value. and was
thrown away. Indeed. II "ftcn had
10 be disposed Of at considerable cN-
pcnsc. Now there are hundreds Of
plants extracting cottonsccd oil. and
the total value Of this product amounts
to over s50.00O,000. II is used in the
manufacturing OF lubricatlng and
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-04

rate of lis Cd. In the flO0." SO far AS trade
values are concerned. the operations OF the Ger
man submarines have amounted to no moro
than flea bites. To drive British commerce of
une sea their submarine fleet will have to be
multiplied many tfmcs over. II they maintain
thcir recent activity. however. or Increase 1t
Even s,a 70 small extent, they will exercise con-
siderable influence oversee travel In British
passenger ships. People who have to cross tho
to M,r IRON Great Britain or who want to go
~ .ur0pe from this country. could be
greatly blamed for selecting an American liner
Baltimore Sun. 1880
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An Il-Considered Jubilee"

a PPARENTLY there will be no Jubilee"
"A at Appomattox on April sand that is
as it should be. The plan had a generous
inspiration and praiseworthy purpose, but
1t failed to take into consideration the temper
of the people OF Virginia II is not for Vir-
ginia to jubilate the somber tragedy
that marked the ending Of peoples hopes
This State is as appreciatve as any other
OF the blessings OF peace, because, very large
~. it knows better than any other the curse
and privation of war. There is no lukewarm-
ness in Virginan loyalty to the reunited
country-we live that loyalty here and il is
not necessary that we proclaim it from the
housetops.
AppomattoI. however. is not appropriate to
purposes OF jubiation-not, at any rate in
this part of the world. 1t is shrine, rather,
and an altar, on which the South laid it's last
living and heroic sacrifice. It is holy ground.
1t is meet for tears and weeping and for the
homage devotion pays to valor and suffering
1t is the sepulcher OF nation, where
GLORY guards with solemn round
The bivouac Of the dead
Moreover. Appomattox brought no peace 10
the people of the South. The years of Re-
construction were less easy to endure than
the years of actual war. 1t was when the
State was rescued from the carpetbagger and
the scalawag that peace for Virginia really
began to dawn. Suppose we wait until the
fftieth anniversary OF that glorious event and
celebrate then? There ought not TO be a
! dissenting voice.
! And now a Harvard professor says that
! members of his learned profession
! emulate Josh Billings rather than Noah Web
ster In the little matter of spelling That
! being the case. the rest OF humanity ought
/ not to be distressed to death because It shows
the same hayward inclination
t
ihere seems 10 have been some room for
/ differences of opinion on the Quarterback re
! the Navy Department
me Eitel Friedrich, If she really intends to
make a dash for sea. overlooked on Friday
night one OF the best chances she is likely to
! have.
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Naughty Chicago

%YJHAT an awful place Chicago is, according
w to figures just compiled by municipal
crime commission This commission says
that in Chicago there are:
Ten hold-ups pockets picked every
day.
Twenty burglarics every twcnty-four
hours.
Seventy miscellaneous cases of theft
and robbery daily.
III week. 3S7 rohberies.
In 1919 more murders than in London
and New York combined.
Only one-tcnth of the offenders
arrested.
Less than per cent OF convictions.
After that who shall agree with Billy Sun
day that such cities Philadelphia, Balti-
more, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh are hell
holes? And Richmond, fair, shining, happy
Richmond, is paradise in comparison.
There is water tank or big burg in the
country that can exhibit such a calendar OF
crime In percentages
Chicago ought to smite Alderman Merriem
head OF the crime commission, harder than
Mrs. Leary's COW kicked the lamp that made
the Windy City new town overnight
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The Voice Of the People
Appon,ntto, "JubiIec" Condemned.

To tho Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-Some ono sent Il copy Of the Manassas
Democrat OF April LIST. containing AN account
Of the Manassas jubilee. to be held .Npril 9th.
and suppose II sent for that REASON.
would as soon expect to dance at the funeral
OF my dearest loved ones on earth AS TO attend
jubilee at AppomattoX on April 9Th. at any
time. followed Robert Z. Lee; and loved him
then and now and expect to do while life
lasts. and If ever forget him or, my. comrades
who followed him and lived or died in defense
OF home and all tina, men hold dear. let my
right hand forget it's cunning .tppoma Il \
was probably the darkest hour in my life, as
IL was, l believe, to every true Con federatc SOL
der. The is over-.ycs. thank Cod IL is
overland may it never be revived. The result
has long ago been accepted honestly and faith
fully but memories too sacred and dear to my
heart arc indissolubly connected with the sa me
to allow me to participate in jubilee. or any
thing else COMMUNICATING our defeat robert
t. Lee and Stonewall Jackson were good enough
for me, and God forbid should forget
them. ] am an American and love my country
as much as any ono. yet there some other
things love also.
] know George C. Round and have served
viz him on some Of our school boards. and
seeking its welfare. but l shall ask him to
excuse me from attending tho proposed jubilcc.
ana hope no who a gray Jacket in
defense OF tho South there or elsewhere vii
attend so humilatins event
Richmond April g. 1915 49, -
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The Rexular Thing

The little boy felt that at last his conduct
entitled him to recognition and reward
See here. mother" he said. ARE you going
to buy me that Eoat?"
Not Just now. Willie" she replied
"Of course not. OF course not"' exclaimed
Miiiie. bitterly That's always the way. No
matter ma; nov good am, all you will do about
this goat business is to let me be one
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-04

a la imposing heavy head tax on old bach
elors and old maids Is needed in Halifax County
If the Record Adertiscr of Houston, is to be
believed. II says: Houston no doubt needs n
Board of Trade. but greater seems the need OF a
society for tho promotion of marriage Why
YOU can actually count on the fingers Of Your
left hand the number OF marriages in the past
ten years"
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-AnnoNlnE.

| do not lkc Ezekiel Brown
VINO now resides in our town
because he always wants to tell
How many things he can do we'll
And will not listen while | show
What lots OF useful things know
or course. it's natural I should froyn
Upon this irritating Brown
TIE TATTLER.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-04

Rich harvcsts
are being rcapcd
to-day by tn"
largest indus
tries in the world
from what are
I e r IN " d by
products" and
~ hat was for
rl"rly considered
worthless waste.
y typical exam
pi: is to he found
IN the InanufaC-
turc Of paraiIin
by the Standard
Oil 6 m j. AN y.
This III "A a. 4 "A
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-04

W Hell brcGzCS SOFT
should blow;
IT certainly is not the
time
At least. in our mild
Southern cline.
To wade through
drifts Of snow.
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King
Takes
Pledge

Nell
,,tt'" with etiquette and precedent, to
fie"ae whom it is mctcd out what he
shall say, but speaking Il man
and urging the nation at his side and
round about him to give battle to strong drink
foe of England i'm this hour. The signif-
canoe OF King Georges offer to Danish llquor
from his own table is not 80 much his attitude
in encouraging abstinence in his desire that
mo difference shall he made. so far as His
Majesty is concerned, between tho treatment OF
the rich and the poor" He stands on a level
with the people in this issue as in the nations
grave external peril War finds the social
is the titular dignity, and receives the accoladc
The Kings and Empcrors known not by the
studded blazing throne. but for the
regal soul-Philadelphia Public Ledger
The recent activity of the Ger
Submarines man submarines has failed to
80 p-,tt.I, make any serious impression on
Gnu -. British trade on British COM
S"'Se mercial morale. The British
losses for the week ended March
81 five steamers. and during that time
1859 vessels entered or sailed from British ports
a very insignificant percentage OF loss. Bruce
1s.nay sets forth tho net results even more
strikngly. The value OF British ships sunk
liz f2.sI1.000 H1157o.00o) out Of an aggregate
value OF f15O0o0.00o $3.50 900 oOO), while the
value Of cargoes lost from the same cause Ia
f4.47I.O00 tcc37O. 00o) out of an aggregate value
Of fits 100000 t$3S.575. ooO00o) carried in Brit
fish ships during the period. On the
aggregate Of the values OF ships employed tho
hull losses represent IS shllings in the seven
months. at the rate OF 5s. 3D. a month In
fl00. On cargoes tho losses hayo been at the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-04

The Durham Sun says: THE Agricultural re-
sources or North Carolina have not been
scratched. 1t is safe to say that they arc nat
ohe-tourth developed And what is true of her
AGRICULTURAL resources is also true of her live
SUCK resources. This striking passage from a
bulletin by the Southern Settlement and Dc
veiopnent Organization, rightly sizes up con-
dittons i'll this State"
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Perhaps If this keeps up q while,
Wcll lose the remnants of our smile,
And weep till wc'rc aHoat:
So that when we start out to-day,
And churchward seek to wend our Nay,
We'll have to uso a boat
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Enforced Nirtne

Shc-Dont YOU think Mr. links is perfectly
lovely to his wife?
He-fes; but he has to be lovely. Mrs. links
mas the money, and il links doesn't behave
allowance.
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Grammatical,

Does ono say The resolutions are as follow
or 1.-THE resolutions as follows?
H. II. c.
Usually the latter form is used The pluraI
"rcsolutions" has no sort Of concord with tho
verb follow" or follows" The question whe Their
that verb must he singular or plural depends on
whether the matter following is regarded as
one thing or az one for each resolution"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-04
Gossip From Down Home"

ABOUT charters and charts tho Wilmington
star mas this to say: The people decided Mt
TIC ohiiot DON that Wilmington did not want
an! nc" charter. but all of US will agree that
We can use chart in order to steer tho
CITY ny its present charter Tho right kind of
men can make almost any charter look good"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-04
Chats With Virginia Editors

The Covington Virginian hastcns to record
one mighty good sign OF returning prosperity.
Il says Judging from the large number of pri-
yate cars swinging through Covington every
day on thcr way TO the Hot and the White car
rying private parties for Easter, there are
at least n few hundred people left with some
small change. after this terrible Wilson adj
ministration"
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4 I1cXal 1,rIumnh.

Were YOU successful in that lawsuit you had
with tho trust?'
Completely So We won the fight got a
verdict, had 1t affirmed in all the higher courts
anu wheh II was all over, only owed lawyers
S3l6A2 more than the amount of the Judgment"
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The rcsol,Itious foIlow..

Inc rcSOIUtloNS follow:
the Wi!liGamsburg Chapter Of United Daugh
tcrs, Oh thc COM ederacy recognize their lovalty
to the Confederate cause. indorse most heartii;.
MIS-. Sorman Randolphs protest, and think T.
Wouiu ne oesecration of holy ground by ha yin q.
to every Confederate heart e'e" Spot
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The PessimIst Says.

Don't be too delighted when a new acouaint-
ance shows solicitude about your health. lie
may be Just starting in to sell you some life
Insurance.
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Richmond. April 8. 1915.
Shall Virginia Forget.

To the Editor Of The Times Dispatch
- Sr,--Shali Shiloh Chancelorsvle Yellow
Ge a.s was bad enough. but TO forget our
Northern jubilee! Every man. woman and child
with one drop of Southern blood should resent
the insult. a VIR,;INJt VOW * ~
Richmond, April . 1915
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Queries and Answers
Ptnchback.

Ptnchback.
Please tell Inc whether II. r. S. Pinchbacls
once Governor of Louisiana, a negro
He half-ncgro
Woods.
Will YOU tell me the scientific names of tbe
black walnut and the white hickory?
II. +. S.
Juslans nisra. Carya microcarpa
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SONGS AND SAWS
Out OF Season.

This is the day for springtime's nat
Md other gorgeous things like that
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-04

Tho huntsville Eagle walls in the follow
ing language: We'll spring has come and
brought winter along with it. Snow on the
Sald Mountain is about knee deep. In places it
II waist-dccp. 1t doesn't look mucl, like gar.
1cning In this part of the country When March
"ind blows around about your door to the tune
OF turkey In the straw, and tho snow comes
lown, you'll call 1t winter. won't your"
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Another Attack on .Juh,,.c,

To the Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
Sir Inclosed please find n copy or The rcso,,,
i m adopted st our meeting Yesterday regard
., 1913. WHICH you viii please publish '''
LEFTY GREGORY WARBUlTON
Trcsldcnt WilltnmSburg CHAPTER. II u q
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-04

friend sends ma a subscription to maya
zine as a gift ~ the magazine is continued
may the publishers force payment for IL?
y. Y. u.
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Woods,
Harry Lauder.

Is Harry Lauder Mason? SOLOMON
It Is stated that he is in some of the sketchc,
Of him.
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There seems 10 have been some room TO,
diHerences OF opinion on the quarterback Of
the Navy Department