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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-22
TO BETTER CONDITIONS.

Dairy and Food Department Press
Campaign For Cleaner Scores.
John Davis. proprietor OF the Davis
Hotel. was in Police Court yesterday
to answer the charge OF allowing un.
sanitary conditions to exist In hts
kitchen. He promised Judge Crutch-
field to make the necessary improve
ments, in order to bring the kitchen
up to the standard required by the
officers of the State dairy and food
department, and the Case was dis
missed
A charge against George q. Bull.
proprietor OF fish and game store.
OF failing to properly screen his
stock of poultry and Ash was also
heard. Justice CrutchfieId at first irn-
posed q fine of $25, but afterwards
withdrew his decision and continued
the case In order to give Bull oppor-
tunity~ to make the necessary i'm :
provements at his place. Mr.. Bull
said that his place was kept as clean
AZ was others about the city, and that
he objected to being fined when others
escaped punishment.
Justice Crutchfieid asked the In
spectors connected with the State
dairy and food commissioners once.
who were present as Witnesses, to
bring all Of the fish and game nlsr4
chants into court who failed to pre-
vent Observation-Disclosures by dust and
dirt of poultry and fish.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-22
This Date In History
World Events of MAY "a.

337-Coustantine the Great, Emperor of the
East. died. Built Constantinopie on the site
of Byzantium. and beautified 1t. Was the first
Emperor TO embrace Christianity.
166f--The Solemn League and Covenant In
England burnt by the hangman in London.
17S2-Island of Fogmosa almost wholly in
undated during a storm.
1s02-Death of Martha Washington, at Mount
Vernon, Virginia, age seventy.
1S10-Charlotte du Beaumont DION, French
diplomat. who was discovered to be a woman
while on mission to England.
1S13-Richard Wagner. famous composer
born in Leipsic. Died in 1888
lS19-Steamship Savannah left Savannah
Ga. for Liverpool tho first rassag eof the At
lantic by steam Arrived Liverpool June 20.
1SS3-Died, Victor Hugo, famous French
author aged eighty-three.
1906-Died Henrick Ibsen, Norwegian poe;
and dramatst. aged eighty-eight
d912-Czar Nicholas, of Russia. arrived In
Berlin to attend wedding of Kaisers daughter
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-22
WoMAN's BEST PROFESSION.
voting.

DR. Harvey Wiley, pure food expert, in adj
dressing a graduating class of nurses recently
assured them that they had chosen "woman's
second best profession" He explained this
statement by declaring his belief that "matri'
mony is wom@ns best profession" all others
mere substitutes.
We would that more OF modern women
subscribed to this creed. There are others,
thousands of them. who fill positions in
every other profession, but in this one woman
is supreme Shop clerks stenographers, law
yers doctors. may be either men or women.
Only women can be mothers; in that field they
are supreme as God intended for them to be.
We are not. narrow enough to charge the
suffrage propaganda responsibility for falling
OF in the marriage and birth rates in many
States but We must face the fact that women
are less willing to take on the obligations of
natrimQny today than ever before, DR.. Wiley
is an advocate Of suffrage for women; whether
or not he believes ii viii influence them in
larger numbers TO enter "womans best profess
sion We do not know. but if it will, then let
IT come.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-22
POLL TAXES AND OTHERS.

Our friend City Treasurer Pace, will pardon
us II we disagree with him as to the necessity
of paying both delinquent poll taxes and per
sonal property taxes as qualifications for voting.
The law, we believe Is plain that men cannot
vote who have not paid their poll taxes for
three years preceding the date of election We
waive the matter OF whether a man who has
not paid his personal property taxes is a good
citizen, and whether by reason Of that fact he
might not with propriety be restrained from
voting We would agree that tax dodgers as
rule are not good citizens That. however
has nothing TO do with the case as presented
In the conflicting opinions of the City Treasu
rer and the State Auditor. The Law itself should
be the deciding factor, and we believe it gives
with sufficient ctearness the requirements fol
voting.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-22
SATURDAY

the temperance issue. and see what the result
will be. We venture the assertion that not a
single one Of them would be reelected.
But do the people realize this fact? DO they
understand that many of the senators who now
ask very meekly and humbly for their votes,
in 1914 and 1912 stood in the General Assembly
Of Virginia anc declared by voice and vote that
these very people for whose suffrage they now
ask were not competent to cast wise and just
ballots the question OF Statewide prohibi.
ton? The ttr0inian. in the interest OF tenn.
perance, challenges every member, of the Senate
or House who voted against the enabling act to
go before the people and tell them the truth
about the vote he cast for them and what 1T
meant
The Journal says:
IF the people OF virginia have the
for which we give them credit they
will treat the liquor question as matter
disposed of eight months ago"
II the people of Virginia have the sense roi
which The y.~9tnton gives them credit they
will treat the liquor question as the most i'm
portant issue before the General Assembly OF
1915 They will regard the legislation to be
asked from that General Assembly as the most
important legislation the General Assembly OF
Virginia has ever considered They will see
to 1t that every candidate for office who re-
ceives their votes is a thorough, recorded sup
porter Of the principle and the right of state
wide prohibition They will defeat the men
who tried to defeat their will. They will elect
to the Hous, and especially to the Senate, an
overwhelming majority of sincere and known
friends OF prohibition. men who not only by
profession, but by action, have shown theii
fr:endiness and their belief.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-22
Notable Birthdays Today
May 81.

May y.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. famous English
author and traveller. best known in America
through his sherlock Holmes" detective sro-
ries, is ffty-six years old today Like most other
prominent writer's of the day in Europe he lie
devoting his pen TO the arguments OF war Sir
Arthur was born In Edinburgh on Nav 90 1852
the eldest son of Charles Doyle, an artist
nephew ofFRichard Doyle. famous in the publ
cation of Punch" and grandson of John Doyle,
great caricaturst in his day. He was edu-
Gated at Stonyhurst and Edinburgh University,
and became q physician While practicing
medicine at Southsea, he wrote his first novel,
~ Study in Scarlet" which was success.
Then came Mich Clarke THE Captain OF
the Polestar.' THE Sign of the Four" and
"The White Company in quick succession In
1890 he began his extensive travels which
brought him into the Arctic Regions and down
TO the West c, asst of Africa. His first 'Sher,ocl
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-22
FRYE CASE MAY YET
Be CAUSE Of FRICTION
Germany Apparently Bent On Dis
regarding American Request II
Be Not Sent TO Prize Court.
POSSIBLY MATTER OF Roy1INE
However, No Reply Has Yet Been Hs-
ceived by STATE Department to It's
Last Communication In Regard to
Negotiation.

Washington, May 21.--The state
Department today instructed Am
bassador Gerard at Berlin to inquire
of the German Government whether
this Government Is to regard the an
nouncement of prize court hearings
in the case OF the American ship Will
liam p. Frye, as Germapy's answer to
the request of the United States that
the case be not sent to prize court
Ofncials were greatly surprised at
the report that the German authori-
ties had published notice ANNOUNCE
ing prize court hearings on the Frye
case, as only two weeks ago a note
was sent to Germany asking that the
case be kept out of the court and set
tied automatically.
The United States suggested that
the only question at issue, that of the
amount of damages to be paid BY
Germany for the destruction of the
Frye, might be most easily and salts
factorily arranged by negotiation be-
tween the State Department and the
German Embassy here.
No Acknowledgement of this fiote
and the request il contained has beer
received at the State Department. and
that is why II Is thought possible that
the announcement of hearings In the
Frye case is to be regarded ~ Ger
many's answer 10 the American note
II this proves to be tho case Il seefni
certain that 1t will 80 far toward
strengthening the feeling entertained
here for some time that Germany y
certainly making no effort to be nick
ito the United States. but on - othei
hand 10 showing . surpriaiMg disre'
gard Of the views Of this government
Hxx.
tween them. Tho suggestion il naada
Ito explain the prize court announce
lrnent that possibly II wnS the result
of tho operation " routine machin&ry
Andep~md mi cf M eSkjoN1 Ar <hs
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-22

necessarily mean that Germany 10 ia
ignore the last note of the United
States In the Frye case
The Frye case arose out OF the sink
ing Of the American ship william r.
Frye, laden with wheat, by the Ger
man commerce destroyer Prime Eitel
Friedrich, now iRterned at Norfolk
Germany has admitted her liability
under the treaty OF 1928 to pay dam
ages for the Frye. but suggested that
1t should be referred to prize court.
To this the United States demurred.
declaring that prize court proceedings
were unnecessary.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-22

AS an evidence that Urbanna is becom-
Ing widely known to the outside world
comes an inquiry from gentleman in
Cambridge, Md. this week about selling
between 25.oee and $4,000 bushels OF corn
hsrea-~7sautl side Ssnnnels M 49,
lGrsanna Is Justly and widely known, and !
you good people are srch buyers d corn Rich
mond Win bass 10 hasten ~ railroad to III
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-22

New York newspaper offered a prize for
statement IA less than 1900 words of What
will happen alter the war; The Louisville
CourierJournGi claims 1t should have the prize
for its answer: Other wars"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-22
Resier,s A orrnniyt.

Mrs. Robert 8. Hudgins has resign
ed an orgnnist in the Church or the
years service. She has accepted &
part in q quartet choir In, the city.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-22

The trouble about the threatened dearth of
Italians is that we can't stock up in advance
on shoe shines
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-22

When Kitchener said "The war will begin in
May did he mean the Cabinet war?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-22

Mr.. Barnes seems, In the opinion of the jury,
not to have been libeed. The trial, however
has given each side an unparalleled opportunity
to libel each ether with immunity.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-22

Looks like Churchill will have Kitchener
company in the coating process.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-22

Rappahannock so as to ship you some of our
surplus.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-22
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-22

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-10
Wanted To Be Like Columbus

Granny heard his war whoops and smilingly said to Mamma. T dare say that's Charlie trying to scare tho roosters." but her smiles changed to an expression Of fear, and she adjust ed her speetacles to make sure that her eyes did not deceive her.
 Clara" she cried catching hold of her daughters arm. Look Is that our Charlie drifting down the river? O-oh the dam is just below. and he'll he hurled over and be killed. Oh Oh. Oh!"
 Her daughter followed her gaze. and sure enough there was Charlie. stand Ing on his improvised ship. wavfn z his hands wildly and shouting with glee. He was in happy Ignorance of the dam below.
 8 Mamma and. Granny did not take long to act. They fairly flew to the barn and directing James. the farm hand. to the edge of the river with a stout rope, Charlie was soon towed in, and was landed high and dry In Granny's arms again.
 No. he was not pleased to have his fun interrupted, and he pouted: Why did you pull me back You arc just like the Spaniards. They didn't want Columbus to sail at first either. [
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-10
Elfreda and Her Helpless Dollies

but you'll laugh on the other side of your face presently"
 Now, if the truth be told, little Tommy hadn't laughed at all; for the very good reason that he was made of wax and he couldn't have laughed no matter how much he had wanted to. But that made no difference to FL freda Tommy had laughed and-he must be punished for it! For once, she was playing the part of Teacher. and she meant to enjoy 1t!
 So, scowling at her helpless dollies and making them "shiver in their shoes" Elfreda picked them up one by one and sat them down on the floor in a row. Then she sat down, Turk fashion," in front of them.
 You are all very bad children" she said sternly, shaking her head and pointing her finger at them for emphasis. And you shall be pun lshed. No, there's no use crying Gretchen-I know you pulled-well- somebody's hair And you, Florabelle, refused to answer me when I asked you if Gretchen had pulled your hair. So you, too. shall be punished.
 And as for you, Master Tommy, you snickered right out loud. I ought to whip all three of you but-but--it would hurt me as much as it would hurt you. So, I'm going to keep you all in and make you write this sem tence one hundred, no one hundred million times, We are bad dollies and we are sorry and we love our Teacher Come now, take your pencils and tab lets and begin to write and"
 "Oo-y-ooy-ooy, El-fre-da warbled merry voice just outside the house. "Oo-o-o-ooy, Elfreda, come-on-out -and-play!"
 Elfreda flew to the window. It was Elizabeth her best friend.
 "Aw'right!" she called. "I'm com ing!"
 But as she left the room she flung out one warning, When I return I want to see what you have written remember nowl'
 It was lots of fun to play Teacher but it was even more fun to play with Elizabeth. Also, though Elfreda did not know it, it was much better for her disposition!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-10

And You Shall Be Punished!v the more reason why she should give those thick, golden "pig-tails which were Aida's pride and joy, another yank
 This time, however. Teacher saw her -caught her right in the act; as the saying goes. And Teacher was sure and swift in her punishment Miss Elfreda was first made to apologize to Aida and then to stay in after school writing the sentence, Tt was very wrong of me to pull Aida's hair and n am sorry" hundred times! 1 Wherefore, when she had complet- ed that awful task, Elfreda was in Ian awful humor. Goodness me, but &she was angry. She couldn't have told you why, for it had all been her own fault: yet she wasn't angry at her self. People very rarely are. you know, when they are in the wrong. But Miss Elfreda felt she just must F'take it out" on someone; she wished ft could be Teacher. But that, of course, was impossible.
 When she reached home, she threw hcr books into one corner of the nursery and walked over to the win 1ow, where shc angrily hurled the pretty curtain aside and stood look fng out-thinking how terrible 1t Is that little girls have to so to school and behave and-oh, such awful thoughts for little girl who was sup posed to be a nice little girl.
 Presently she espied Gretchen. her very favorite doll, sitting on the floor ln precisely the same position she had left her that morning, with one arm extended as though to shake hands.
 "Gretchen! You bad Gretchen!" Eifreda exclaimed. "I believe you've been pulling-pulling somebody's hair! h saw-yes, I saw you reach out your hand. Is it Tommy's? Answer me lat once!''
 But it couldn't have been little Tommy's, for he had the shortest hair |pf any little boy-doll you ever saw. |Elfreda was not quite so angry that bhe could not recognize this fact. Be- sides-so Elfreda pretended-Gretche denied 1t and began to weep big, salty tears.
 sThen it must have been Flora belle!" Elfreda declared promptly. sFlorabelle. did this naughty Gretchen pull your hair? Answer me! Did she ? Your hair is all mussed in back---now who unused 1t 2"
 Straightway-Elfreda pretended-- clorabelle began to whimper and hang her head and dig her little fists n her eyes. Of coNree she didn't say right out that Gretchen had pulled it. but the fact that she just whimpered md wept and made no answer at all vas certainly an admission that she ,.a Taachar would have reasoned hat way Elfreda told herself.
 "Tommy!,' she cried suddenly xheelinr about on tho poor little boy aoll. .What do you mean by laughing ii me! You may think 1t is funny,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-10

a thin, squeaky voice from the depths of the basket full of leaves.
 "I can't! I can't! They're crowd ing me down on youi" came an an- swering voice, quite as high and squeaky.
 What difference does it make" boomed a deeper voice-from a huge oak leaf "In short while we'll all be dried up and blown away, nothing but dead leaves!"
 "Oh-o-o-o!" walled the littlest leaf in the basket. 'I'm so scared. I was so happy on the tree, and now I'm torn off and--and--and--I know I'm just dead leaf now! And maybe these little girls are going to burn mo I've heard that these awful children like to make bon-fires out of us poor leaves!"
 Well, what if they do,' said the deeper voice solemnly. All things in Nature must die-even man, and even these two little girls. You have lived and I have lived and our time to die must come. In the spring, after the warm sun and the gentle showers had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-10
COLUMBUS CLIPPINGS

~OME American Tourists, few
 years ago were going through an
 Italian Museum, and the guide was pointing out the various ex- hibits of interest.
 This" he announced in loud voice. lis the skull of Christopher Co., lumbo."
 Who's skull Is that?" asked an in- lquisitive woman pointing to a small one in the glass case.
 That" said the guide. taken back, That was Columbo's skull when a lit- tile boy
 In country school the teacher was not only poor but he was hungry. The other day while telling the children the story of "Columbus and the egg" he was seized with a sudden inspira- ton:
 Tn order to make the story clear cr," he said to the class, ''by way of illustration, you may each bring me an egg tomorrow, Those who have mo eggs may bring quarter pound of butter"
 Another teacher was trying to make the class remember the fact that {. America was discovered in 1492. After many attempts to make Johnny say 1t correctly she said:
 "A very good way to memorize the date is by verse. It is this:
 Tn fourteen ninety-two s Columbus sailed the ocean blue
 Now Johnny, see that you know this tomorrow"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-10

mumbled something that sounded like Poor little -leaves-" "Oh, please let me out of this basket --please!" walled the squeaky voice again. IT don't see why was ever borni"
 "Oh, you don't eh?" grumbled tho deeper voice. Well, well, Now just let mo tell you. then. that you are merely one little leaf in the mighty scheme of Nature It is our duty to beautify the earth and to make glad the heart of man. We have had our day and now we must return to Mother Earth from whom we came"
 "Oh. if could only get out of this basket,' walled the small voice.
 And. suddenly. the basket turned over and rolled few feet along the ground, spilling the pretty leaves here and there at the foot of the tree.
 In little while the two tired chil- dren awoke and rubbed their eyes.
 "Oh," cried Elise, Hook at our pretty leaves--now who could have upset our basket" And. with that. she scrambled to her feet, seized tho basket and began gathering them up again.
 "Don't-don't--," began Elsie halt
  ingly. don't let's gather these again. Elise; let's find some others. Be- sides, there's a strong wind blowing now and they are scattered all over the place."
 "Why?" asked Elise. amazed.
 And then Elsie told her strange dream about hearing the leaves talk ing to each other-but she sard 1t hadn't been a dream at all! And in proof of it. she pointed to the leaves on the ground and picked up the empty basket
 Elise was puzzled. It certainly did seem strange. to say the least. But presently her face lighted up. 'Oh. I know how that happened! she ex- claimed. "I know Just how the basket was upset and the leaves scattered!"
 Then she told Elsie--and Elise un- derstood.
 Do you?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-10

~OME day I'm going to be Just like Christopher Columbus,' said Charlie after reading a thrilling
 account of the great explorers life. "If l begin young. then I'll be truly great when I'm big man. Let me see. I'm going to spend the week ends with Grandma and-I'1 do it. he said aloud and he fairly hugged himself at the thought.
 He spent much of his leisure time thinking out plans for his great voy- age, for he knew that the river that ran past Grandma's estate afforded the opportunity. Would Saturday never come?
 It came like week-ends have habit of doing and he and his mother were off on their pleasure trip.
 Granny stood on her porch with wide open arms to receive her pet. and Charlie gladly nestled there a while Then Mamma and Granny set tied themselves for a cozy chat. and Charlie was left to wander at his sweet will, around the place.
 Now" he chuckled as he walked down toward the river, now is my time to initiate our Columbus. First l must have a boat!''
 In vain he looked for such an ob-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-10
Columbus sailed the dark blue sea.

You doubtless have all heard many references to the story of Columbus and the egg. so here is the true story as handed down the ages from Co., lumbus' own time. After Columbus returned from his perilous voyage many of the eouriers, who were jeal- ous of him, taunted him with the words, Anybody could have done what you did just by sailing steadily westward"
 ITO be sure." said the navigator. but I'll show you something you can't do. Calling for an egg. he asked them to make 1t stand steady on it's smallest end. They all tried. but all in vain. Then Columbus took a knife. and with a stroke fattened the end so that the egg stood firmly on the table.
 oh" cried the courtiers. we did not know you meant us to do 1t that way. That's easy"
 Anything is easy If you know how. answered Columbus; "so 1t is with ths discovery of the new world.'
 Children, think of Columbus ant lhis men. with discouragement of thu public, a poorly equipped fleet. ans only a question-mark way off on tn horizon to respond to the anxiou l"wither?"
 October 12, 1492, should be em blazoned on every American mind. an, the name COLUMBUS should b synonymous with courage. valor, dar ing and greatness.