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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-01
German Energy in War

The fighting energy OF the German
army is perhaps the most nota bic
phenomenon Of tho war. and grows
more striking az time passes. To Keen
IT up through the brief war of 1870
was not so remarkable. but the present
war Is now we'll in its second year with
apparently 40 weakening OF the will
I" win. or OF the will to attack. which
is even more difficult 10 maintain
Famous soldiers have often testified
TO the terrible strain upon the will
which Il rcsolutc offensive involves:
most wars have been feeble dawdling
affairs because neither side had cour-
aS" ana energy enough to fight and
Keep on lighting. The tedious delays
oil our CIVIL War were sometimes due
10 reasons beyond control, hut often
they were caused by hesitation or ir-
resolution on the part OF a commander.
10 iind an excuse, and q plausible ex-
cuS:, Tor cVading the strain and hazard
OF an energetic offensive is almost al
ways easy, and only a firm and resolute
nature can resist it--Cirant's posses
sion OF this quality made UP for his
lack OF genius, while McClellan's many
good Qualities were spoiled by his
tcmreramcntal defect at just this point.
In Gcrmtny's wonderful exhibition OF
in.S HShtinS spirit there is no mys-
terry, and il does not show that Ger
mans are drawer, more energetic, or
NOR" mastcrful than othef Europeans
Wis result Is the outcome OF a CEN
tury and more Of education
Very early German military theorists
discovered that the punch" was the
essential thing, and took for one Of
their heroes old "Marschal Vorwacrts,"
General Butcher, an indifferent strate-
gist but Il bulldog to fight. No refine
mcnts OF military science have been
n l..
Ing the army from top to bottom an
automatic fighting machine In the
war Of 1870 one Of the early battles
was brought on prcmaturcly because
The troops had been SO thoroughly
trained ut mancuvers to march toward
the sound of the cannon. 1t is an old
saying that councils of war never fight
but in the German army all the pres
sure is for lighting. Whether an officer
commands battalion or n group of
armies, he has men above him and be-
low him who take offensive energy
for the sine qua non. Thus the whole
machine manufactures energy and car
ries the sluggish, the weak Of will and
the cowardly along with il. 1t is bet
ter. taught ClausewitZ. to do always
than to do nothing. and mastery In
activity" has never had 81 place in the
modern German theory Of war. What
ever the army is told to do will he
done with full force; the high com
mand has simply to see to il that the
force is aimed at the right spot
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
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New shade for Miss Iibcr,,

N.Y. T. do not recall when it was that Bar,
w holdi's Statue of Liberty Enlightcning
AlAs N2rid, iacctiously dubbed by New York
ers MISS Liberty" was painted green. But
everybody who has come up or gone down the
bay has noticed that for many years the
ladys garments We're fading into a sickly
shade Now they are talking about removing
II and putting on gold perhaps they mean
bronze.
The times demand that she be rehabiltated
brought up 10 date II is the spirit of the
l age The antique must be modcrni2ed Tho
master work OF the creator must be trans
formed from the creators conception If
they must make change in the garb OF the
lady with the lantern. why don't they give
her garments fresh of the color She
wore when RarthOldi sent her over? She
won look natural in any other shade Make
II any tone Of green you like. but let ii be
green. Al least whether they slid the lady
or not, they ought to wash her face and
arms, and put some sort Of light in her
lantern that she is Supposed 10 shed over
Or, ii the green must come OF. why not
i. adopt the motion OF Nose" who when the
new fire engine was received and the uues-
ton as 10 its color came up moved .'be cob
she be painted red O."
November Is 10 be Lolita Day a. the San
Francisco Exposition In the recollections of
many old-tmers there still remain delight
a fyl memories OF Lotiu nights
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-01

To INC F.dlfof OF TIC TlmtS-T Ilsnatch:
Sir.-l notice that the press generally shows
much excitement the death OF Miss Ca
v'll the hands Of the military hierarchy in
clgium. The untimcly death of woman
is ENOUGH to make the blood beat faster in the
veins OF any man, yet why should we cross the
find something that will our
blood beat faster anger to arise?
Why not look to Colorado, where, at Ludlow.
y. u. 1914. forty-two women and children were
shot death by the Colorado guards? Just
think OF II. in own land of the brave and
TN" free"
This. venture. is the reason why there was
no cutlery ut the calamity above noted--the
women and children belong to Il different class
which has never had the protection of any gov
eminent upon the face of the earth. namely, the
wording class Miss Cavcli, noble woma n
though she was. belonged to a superior" class
that has always had the protection of the gov
crnin"nts Of the earth
Is IL not time for us to drop the idea of class
and let our anger arise at the untimcly death
Of amy woman man in any class? For, If
W" to believe our great Comrade Jesus
Christ arc children of one Father.
TRUTH SEEK Err.
Richmond, Va, october 80: 1915
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-01
SEEN ON THE SIDE.
Sometimes Dangerous.

The faircst girl in all the town
IS Miss Miranda Susan Brown.
Tier eyes outmatch the violet
Her rinSlcts are as black as jet
An Irish beauty she
Her checks are like 4 damask rose.
That in some shaded garden grows,
And when she walks along the street
The village SWANS in rage compete
Who shall her gallant be.
Hut Miss Miranda Susan Brown,
Who skaters hearts i'm our town.
BESIDES blue eyes and hair of jet
chat combination thrills me vet
Has one more Celtic trait:
Nnd when Miranda starts to rage
She territies both youth and age:
Each gallant who would be her slave
Departs in haste, his life TO save,
Nor does he hesitate.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-01
Guide overhcnrs the News.

Made mp with your wife YET asked New
conner OF the Guide of Capitol Square as they
watched a squirrel trying TO skin up trousers
OF Henry Clay.
Il thought had lcastwisc got armistiS an
| tuck seat behind the | wuz rcadin'
when hear wife talkin' hear the man ask
her # she knowcd how Ia crank Il machine An
hear wife say, No, but know how to machine
I crank Wait an I'll show YOU | don't know
how Ions; the man waited. but for me, as Pat
Henry scd. I've got my liberty yit."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-01
Riclmnntl'S Troubles

| HEINZ IL one great. ONcrmaStcrlnS trouble
with the present government of the city
of Richmond. IT is waste That process be-
gins at the very fountain head OF power and
authority and runs through the system. OF
which it is necessary product.
Take for example. the executive heads OF
the city government. We have Il Mayor and
five members OF the Administrative Board
ana. as DR.. ID. X. Anderson. of the Civic AS
ISOLATION. pointed out the other day
ono properly qualified municipal executive
whether he be called Mayor or city manager
could do all the work done by these six men
DO 1t better and save the city 100000 a year
Gan there be any question about this? Ii
is being done, actually, at Dayton. The CITY
manager there turns in days work every
DAY. but he WAS not so OvcrtaXcd that he was
unable to take on also the duties of one of
the department heads. which place he found
difficulty in filling with the right man He
performed these additional duties for more
IMAM Il year. and the salary thus saved went
into Dayton's treasury.
Take the STRENGTHENING Department. For
street cleaning and garbage collection and
disposal, the department spends decidedly
more per capita than is expended in other
cities OF Richmond's clasS--and there are few
cities in this country in which economy is
much Of n passion. a local engineer is re-
ported to be willing to contract to clean the
streets ana dispose of the garbage at from
one-half to two-thirtls the present cost No
one who has observed the manner i'm which
this work is now done will have the slightest
doubt OF the ability of the contractor TO make
profit on his enterprise.
These are mere illustrations of the Ten
dcncy TO squandcr the money of the taypayers
The men in charge can hardly be held re-
sponsible, for they themselves are caught in
the net OF vicious system. Authority and
responsibility so overlap that efficiency is i'm
possible.
There is no mystery in the device by which
friends OF good government. in the Civic AS
ISOLATION and outside propose to remedy
these abuses. They would centralize au-
thority and responsibility. That would not
guarantee economy and efficiency. for in the
final analysis these results can only he en-
but ii would al least permit economy and ef-
icicncy. AS matters stand, these ideals of
municipal government can hardly be said to
be permitted Certainly they are not en-
cOuragrd.
There is one service. however that the
present government does render. It supplies
regularly abundant reasons for its being
changed. The cXtravagances described are
among these reasons and so is the deficit the
city now faces. The people are beginning 10
understand the facts and appreciate their
meaning. Reform. while il may be DELAYED
is inevitable
Lieutenant Fay in his confession saws:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-01

The man who is to be SOUTHAMPTON countv.s
representative in the next Legislature is getting
III not water already. The Southampton Demo-
caaI SAYS: Hon. Joseph s. Musgrave, our next
representative in the House OF Delegates. SAWS
lie iaVors giving the women folks the right to
vote. wonder If he will vote for such a meas
"re next winter without aScertaining to some
cN'e"' the sentiment of fair number of his
constituents" This brings the Tidewater Newa
To the front which says: ITS not Il fair num-
Der OF his constituents that the Honorable Joe;
Is Worrying about but the number of his fair
to ascertain"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-01
Business in This Country

iWJITElOtT reference to any connection be-
Wv tween the and Wall street, the
business situation may safely be summarized
as follows:
~ The railroad outlook is more encouraging
than for many years 1t is more than twelve
months since the companies began receiving
their per cent advance. The roads have
npeea making special efforts 10 economizc
wherever it was possible without any injury
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-01

to the public There is no longer Il scarcity
of traffic; on the other hand, the complaint
is Il scarcity OF transportation for the biggest
harvest record. To the rush of grain
eastward and merchandise westward is
added enormous shipments OF munitions
These shipments we are assured will be much
heavier than at any time since the war
Transportation facilities at every point are
seriously ovcrjaXcd. These conditions will
enable the roads to make many improvements
i'll their service which for well-known reasons
have been Handicapped.
The new prosperity Of the steel industry
has something more permanent behind il
than war contracts Prices are rising rapid-
ly. and the chief danger now. says an a,l-
thority. is buyers panic with a rush of
orders far beyond capacity, many plants
having received orders far ahead for their
iull output. In fine, money is easy; general
trade is improving; investment funds appear
to he plentiful. and genuine confidence pre-
walls i'll nearly all departments of business
activity. ~
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-01
MIR. Taft Is Out of II

ORMER President Taft has confirmed the
statement Of Mr.. Hilles, chairman of the
kRepubican National Committee. that in no
circumstances will he be Il candidate for the
presidential nomination of his party.
The statement is only confirmation of the
decision made by MIR Taft after the last
presidential election. 1t is probably known
to only a few that Mr. Taft did not want a
denomination at Chicago in 1912, and would
not have been before the convention but for
the aggressive light made by Mr. Roosevelt
against several Of the leaders OF the Republi-
4 can party and against Mr.. Taft personally
before the convention met Mr.. Taft was in
duced to go to Massachusetts to make a
reply TO some OF Mr. Roosevelt's utterances
III that State Mr.. Taft was opposed to the
suggestion. and it is said by those in position
TO know that at that time he told some of
his friends he did not want the nomination
anyway
This is late news but The Times Dispat CHI
Is cfedlblY informed that ii was known by
few at the time TO be we have stated
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" ny. MIR. liuk!

The man had been hailed before the niaEistra c
trivial charge.
Let mo see said the Judge. II know you.
Are not YOU the WHO was married in a
cage Of man eating lions"
Yes Your donor replied the cuprit I'm
the man.
Exciting. wasn't IL" continued the justice.
~" ell" said the man judcially. lit was then:
ii wouldn't be mow."-I.adics' Home Journal
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My Unknown Why.

Mayhap it stretches very far.
Mayhap ii winds from star to star;
Mayhap through worlds as yet UNI
formed
Its never-ending journey runs
Through worlds that now are whirl-
ing wraiths
or formless mists between the
suns.
] Go-bcyond my widest ken
But shall not pass this way again.
SO, as I go and cannot stay,
And nevcrmorc shall pass this way,
hope tn SOW the way with deeds
whose seed shall bloom like May
time mcads.
And flood my onward path with words
That thrill the day like singing birds;
That other travellers following on
May find a CLEAN and not a gloom;
May find their path in pleasant way,
a trail of music and of bloom.
Sam Walter Foss.
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tnSynrpntlictic.

That was callous jury that tried OF old
IIowlcr's clients the other day
What did il do
why. YOU see, the jurors familiar with
the old fellows habit of weeping throughout his
argument, and they sent him word in advance
that they thought the weather cold for a
salt bath"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-01
Chats With Virginia Editors

Here * the Blackstone Courirr'S idea of it
The business manager of Richmond's Chambc,
OF Coinmcrcc wants the state Prnitcntiary moved
further Hwa%. Is il too convenient wh"r. il ,S?"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-01
The Voice of the Peopl.
pnr OF Err.t-.yhIch shnlI II he,

70 the editor Of The Times DiSnatch:
Sir.-Thc refusal of Austria Hungary to ac-
cent or" plea regarding the shinment of NUM-
tirrs of shows that il is the intention
Of ~" central allies. snould they he victorious
in the present contest. to hold US accOunta bic.
ana demand AN indemnity of probably several
billions of dollars which must he prepared
pay pr"nar"d to ight. Which shall il be?
y VETERAN OF THE CIVIL WAR.
RiclLnnnG October 90. 1ll5.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-01

Here young Teller you're too d;,zzin wild
tina; machine"
What do YOU want me to do"
Take thcn full moons off the front and nut
en- h'llnd and fctcn the little red and put
IL IN front ut the GAIT you going you're
liable to get run over"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-01
Ills Weakness.

The politician hover thinks
The people troubled by much sense.
Nov fears THAT. pceVcd by his high links
They cen ruaN hurl him Der the fierce
That's why the candidate who's canned
cannot explain why he's been banned.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-01
AIi-Ruund Tooth Curuenter.

Mrs. y. Gossip broke three of the teeth out
OF her galvanized comb Monday and had TO IN Ike
II TO Or. Nanker. the Cushion dentist, who claims
he viii have TO put in some bridge work. Doc
Nankcr has quite reputation in these parts. as
he put four teeth in Hank pursnip's harrow last
spring, and they are there yet--Kansas EN-
change.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-01

The south Gostou News says: Two blind
tigers; and illicit distilcry captured near
here last week ana then asks: "Now what do
Won know .,hou, that" Know it's u strange
news item to come from such dry territory
for blind tigers ana Illicit distillcries set up
business only where there is drmanG for thcd.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-01

MI honor the man who finds out things
and sees things when he goes travelling. The
editor OF the Chase City Progress came to Rich
momd back home and wrote: You can
say hat YOU please about Richmond, but they
have some nice. fine hills there"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-01

Iic--Arcnt you ready to return my love?
Shc--i am--and at any time. Furthermore
stand ready to prepay all the charges
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-01
Did David
Nuke the
Alphabet?

AipEnDet: est alphabetical inscriptions
have been found within the
bounds Of his kingdom. The of the alpha
bet WAS so common a century after Davids day
that scores of the vintage kent on bits
OF pottery with the letters marked in ink bv
Il reed pen in the hand Of scribe King
Ahab at Samaria. The suggestion that David
was the inventor is made by Calls in "A Hes
sian MAGAZINE He thinks that the King col
laborated with Seraiah. the scribe in perfectin.,
TINS greatest invention Of the ages. There was
nuch writing done IN Palestine centuries be-
fore DAVIES day but, the Amarna letters
prove, 1t WAS done in liabylonian script. which
was pictorial. much like the Chinese kirjath
Sepher. LOOK City" must have had IA SUNNY
OF cuncitorm brick tablets. Byblos, in syria
was the town that furnished cedar wood To
EGYPT, and III exchange took 400 rolls OF paDyri
our words Bible and paper come from Evblos
ana Papyri AS clay was tho substance on
winch the Babylonians stamped their nic,ures
papEfuS was the fiber on which tho Egyptians
wrote their hierogiyphs. SO find that i'm
the lands that David came rule bot, I:ryn-
tan ana Baby picture writing had 1on..
becn used but when the alphabet was dcvel-
oped, all civilized nations. BY one adoptcd
1.-THE Waterman and Examiner.
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The apple crop Of Maine is short This
will put up the price of cider in the Lone
Pine State and prompt the summer resorts
next season to cut huckleberrics Off the
menus.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-01

"of course says the Petersburg IndcX-Ap-
peal. Judges are not permitted to trail ihe
crmiu" in the 'mirc Of politics and so on, but
wager that at least three or four OF our
uuaintancc will inow pretty nearly wha. is
going on q the state Capitol when the Lcgis-
lat ir,. begins considering the election of sue
ccss"r 80 lvdgc Keith" Mighty safe bet is
that.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-01

The Germans trying to make Brand
Nhitlock. the American minister to Belgium
a liar. But they will never be able to make
him murderer.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-01

never b" returned. tho owner rejected many
Offers To have the monstcr pumpkin exhibited
at the hagcrStown Fair
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-01

dispatch says that France considers cu,-
ting ont the German tongue. II there are
any Teutons in the republic, they had better
keep thcir mouths shut.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-01

Scrbias capital is one OF the movies II
must keep the Post Office Department over
there busy changing the addresses of the
Skupshtina and the Senate
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-01
Our Little Minstrel Show.

Say. Mr. Middeman. whay man like
frog go
frog:
~ man il like a frog because he have 10 jump
for Twin and must croak sooner later
THE silver throatcd soloist will now warhle
tn" pathetic ballad Why did he put on the
collar to-day that he should have put off yes
tcrday"'
Marked passage from "Iaffcry." by William j.
Locke: 'Thcrc ar" few things more painful than
pry into the intimacics OF those have
loved
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-01
All Ideals
Worth
II Fight

Or. s NJ. Crothcrs told the
All ldcnlS Star thar lie would like to see
Worth on" people just little more
Fight willing To fight for the things
they believed In. Don't YOU
think. he said, the contrast is painful one
when We think of the many who willing TO
give their lives in Europe for their beliefs. and
then Of the many here who are willing TO
sacrifice themselves even to keep selfish ell
ments in their communities from Keeping their
hands on those communities
The Cambridge miniSt er-cSSa yiSt il nut
ting into words what must have been in the
thought of many persons in the last few months
War is u terrible thing. and to bc upon
only last resort. But there has been wi
drncc in this country OF Il sort white liverrI
panic at the mere suggestion OF hphting. There
have been people who have been for peace M
any price simply because they didn't want b,Si-
ness Interrupted, or because they were afraid
they might he G" He'd To risk their lives
the lives Of those l"Hr o
In painful contrast with such shirt this
rs Or CrothcrS POINTS out. has been the drvo-
ton "f the men and women OF Europe Kansas
City star.
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-. iuhiished every day In the ycnr by The
fincs- Dispatch Publishing. Company. Inc. Adj
urcss nll communications to TIL: TIMES-DlS-
f'AFGh. Times Dispatch Building. South
Tenth Street. RichInond. Nn
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-01

Lieutenant Fay, in his confession says:
The Russians are all crooked Fay is not
exactly straight himself.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-01

sTIua TIMES Founded. ............. ISSs
TIE DISPATCH. Founded. 1850
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some people never believe anything.' says
tho trb.nna sentinel unless they ii. and
must lie close 20 il then. They don't believe that
going To have railroad from West
Point To trbanua, and won't be convinced until
tn. exhaust from the engine blows the coffee
pot on their kitchen range" Tell the doubling
Thomas"S along the Kappa hammock to tie their
faith to the Richmond business men who have
said that engine must blow at early dat
What they say generally goes.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-01

lagt COUNTY is some pumpkins n least
IN" pcopl" grow some pumpkins worth Dragging
about mp there The cordonsvillc Gazette says:
rage County has produced the largest pumpkin
in Nir@!nia--l1O pounds. The pumpkin WAS
rrowm EIGHT miles souin OF l.uray. in TN" foot
hills II thc Blue Ridge. 1t In more than seven
feet in circumference, and was grown by Will
liam L. Woodward. Fearing that 1t would
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Current Editorial Comment

No trace Of the alphabet has
been found before the days OF
King David. and all OF the earli-
est alphabetical Inscriptions
nave been found within the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-01

N by ftncs-Di$patch Cartier Delivers Service
4 IN Hichtnond 'nnd suhurbs) and Petersburg:
! A"iiy without sunday. week. 10 cents
a5sunhny only. =