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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-02

GU, Of the game entirely that year? Bless YOU
no; nc took charge of tho campaign in PENN
s s "a, ., where he belonged and could hopo to
De OF service and was OF much service that
he rolled up majority approaching half a mil
non n, LOT inc republican national ticket. Did
tn's'anScr Mr. Roosevelt? Did he show hesita-
ton about accepting the fruits Of Mr.. Pcnrose's
a n press you. no. He not only accepted
r ine but for IN the heartest terms thanked Mr.
ieIi'ose LOT what he had done. He was
a dee en- with the Pennsylvania returns
nais, n.or, snr ts MANAGED tho national cam
paRn' would his methods have differed mate
r say IRON those he employed to carry his own
STATE! PROBABLY not He would simply have
Su inc different States, would have been
MS M, nut!. Tor pointers to how best to advance
the fortunes of his party. AS boss, he would
instead of spread out becoming national,
,nis.e e oI State. quantity that year And
w o .hat nave been as acceptable to Mr. Roose-
se,. as was the Penrose achievem emit in Penn
Iansma@e ~ me e, question answers itself. In the
Luz ns uase OF the boys" 1t sure would Mr.
n"oSeweit has known ALL and one time or
another worked with ALL the Republican BOSSES
ois OF h1tie, of his day. He was ALWAYS for
mem ~hile they wero for him. He has been
h served AT one time another by all But NJ
ns thon .ne SAD hour OF parting" came for many
y, .ne Ell and since then Mr. Roosevelt has gone
over the list and is administering excoriation
nov where once he administered only honey and
Observation-Disclosures Star ''"e' al"
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LITTLE TALKS ON THRIFT
BY S. w. STRAUS
Prrn6fnt Amtrican SocieD for 7Arif

ana vegetables during the scason hut
~ decided aid to health and material
IL increases the log OF life for the
Eorh"i in II Every acre Of farm land
and every idle city lot within the Dor
dets o! the country should be culu-
waited this year.
The thrift OF the Germans as q ma.
ton is provcrbial 1t is interesting
10 note the many and novel Nnys in
winch they have been able TO utilize
various waste products AS an in
stance OF this wonderful trait or IN.
part OF tie Gcrman people had q most
interesting example called TO my at
tention a few days ago Near a large
earthenware factory there had accurnu-
lated vas. D!lea Of gypsum molds that
mad been used, broken and discarded as
so much useless junk y number O,
cnterprising German farmers in the
neighho!liood, who knew the value q,
gypsum hs-;i fertilizer, carried these old
molds away. placed them in the irri-
CATION trenches. where they Eecomc In
tcial effect upon the land. Where this
method of fcrtilizing was used the
grass stood higher and straiphtcr.
Grover crops increased, the moss in tho
wood meadows disappeared and the
crop was larger than in tho meadows
not watcred with This gypsum solution
The conversion OF such waste sub
stances INTO necessary and useful ar
ticlcs OF commerce is a notable examine
OF 'hrift. such Intelligence and enter
prise, in making the best use OF every
thiht, avoiding waste and unnecessary
expenditure of money. practiced in onr
daily lives. Is the surcst way to inde
pendence. withou, which there is no
real happiness
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Farm Exports to Europe

IT Is common saving in this conn
try that Providence takes care of The
American nation and the small boy.
certain facts in connection with two
OF our financial crises lend a bit OF
Justification TO this saying" writes
Secretary of Agriculture Houston in
the Review OF Reviews
In Angus, Of 1914 the greater part
OF the world became engaged in war
More completely than ever before in
the histor| OF the void were trade
and financial relations disturbed. For
time the shock was paralyzing After
the recovery from the shock iinanciers
were still much concerned as to how to
deal with the situation. In this coun-
try the condition was acute. IL seemed
that the commodity, cotton, on when
We had depended TO pay Il large part
OF our trade balance, would not be eX-
ported in very considerable quantities
our largest consumers We're among the
bclligerents. some OF whom could no,
get cotton, others Of whom were not
In position TO consume the usual sup
ply. We were due to pay Europe by
January, 1915, floating Indebtedness
OF at least S3J0.000.000. and more wouin-
follow after the opening of the ycti.
How were we TO meet the obliratlons
with cotton on the decline? The fn,.;S.
are illuminating.
Between August, 1914, and February
!. 1915, we exported a total OF sil5,-
100000 worth of commodities and i'm
ported Il total of s71l,0O0,O0O. showing
"a favorable balance of S3Si, 900, 900 OF
the total value exported of Sll57 goo
600, s662.OoO,600 were represented by
agricultural commodities and SI?5, 300
900 By manufactured commodities Be-
tween August, 1913, and February /.
1914, OF the total exports, s616, 1000. 900
were manufactured products
The total value of agricultural pro-
ducts exported in this period was s7.a.-
100000, but the cotton exports in that
year for that period were s4i3,0 900,
and the food and meat products only
s2S6.00o,0O0. while from August, 1914,
TO February !, 1915, the cotton ex-
ports were only s1GS,OOO,J0O and the
other agricultural products were $494.-
100000, so that it may safely be said
that the farmers OF the Middle West
came to the assistance i'm this second
crisis and enabled the nation not only
to pay it's floating Indebtedness. but to
secure Il margin"
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Good Work for Richmond

MQsESULTS we'll worth while have been at
~ tanned by the Registration Association S
gAetive and publc-spirited efforts to induce
sEhlchmond men TO pay their poll taxes and
ssSsAuaiify for the suffrage. There has been a
rAttfying response. which is in itself SUI
1clent indication of the larger good that
might have been accomplished had work been
ssBtarted at earlier date.
ssssS fortunately for Richmond, the association
mas no thought of lying down its arms
Shnd going to sleep. It's organization is per-
aaanAnent and its activities to be permanent
MISC. That is necessary, for its ambition
STepresents a practical revolution in public
sentiment. It's task is a great one. to
AaGhteve which other organizations have tried
md failed. Success of the sort ultimately
tmed at is not thing of to-day or to-
nrrow, but Of months, certainly, and per-
3 of years
vi the more reason that effort and en-
siasm should be constant 1t is mis-
larry cause. and the workers in the vine
should have the missionary zeal.
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Indian Garden of Eden

D have all heard time and again tina,
the biblical accounts of the creation OF
Rorld and the carly history Of man have
confirmed by profane evidence constant
hing to light. After each irruption OF
3gher critics, some testimony turns up
found their calculations.
IS 1t has been maintained that the story
Garden OF Eden and the Fall OF Man
local tradition, the story has bcen
cat as any true account OF the entrance
8fledge. sin and misery, hand and hand
Is world. But the discovery recently
Mat the story Of Eden exists as a
mong one of the remotes, and most
Indian tribes in South America
e immense antiquity of the account,
and also its world wide circulation
dams in questions are the Wal Wal
British Guiana. These natives live
|actically unexplored mountains on
airy between Guiana and Brazil. and
cut off from the rest of the world
centuries, A recent expedition Of
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advocated that everybody should plant
something, IL prices OF foodstuEs are
TO be held dom
All the world is looking to Amer
lea for food. not altogether FOR imme-
diate use. but very largely with a view
TO the future. Millions OF acres have
been Withdrawn from cultivation in
Europe, as We know. and millions OF
workers withdrawn from the farms AS
Hell. The demand upon the products
Of the nations outside the war zone is
proportionately heavy. II can be me-;
only by increased production in Amer
lea. And the farmers should not he re
auired to do more than their share.
Every one within reach OF plot
or ground should raise something this
year. This would add at least tribe
60 the sum of the worlds food sup
ply. II may he only a small back
yard Rut II has unlimited possibili-
ties, and the cultivation of such plot
yields not only an abundance OF fruits
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-02
The Voice of the People
Donation Day at .The Wilson"

TO the c0ltOr or L ne l1mcS-D DIS patcn:
Day at The Wilson, a boarding home for
This home. which Was orsanized by the Metho-
tion but is. to a large extent, seIf-supporting.
Board and room are furnished at moderate cost.
ence of Mrs. Tunstali and Miss Pittard; who
have charge OF the housekeeping and home
served. lunches are furnished for the girls to
take to their places of business, and every care
and attention is given them In sickness and
health
wholesome atmosphere is contributed by
frequent entertainments and social gatherings
on Thursday evenings. when some entertaining
book Is read aloud while the girls work at
weaving raffa. There have been during the
wear instructive lectures by visiting nurses
musical entertainments by outsiders and Bible
class conducted by Miss Pittard. Nineteen girls
can be accommodated. and during the year that
number have applied there for rooms
The Wilson deserves and should have the
hearty support Of all Methodists in the city. and
OF all others who are interested in the welfare
of young women who to Richmond as
strangers in search of work and home
MRS JULIAN W. TYLER.
Richmond May /. 1915.
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Help for the Northern Suburbs

HERE is rejoicing in the northern suburbs
that the Council Committee on Finance
s given its approval to the project to eX-
Id Chamberlaync Avenue direct to Broad
8eet. and recommended the expenditure Of
900 to make the Improvement The
v is TO be taken from the S534.0OO bond
for permanent Improvements I'm the
Eed territory.
extension of Chamberlayne Avenue is
important 10 the development of
Park and the other suburbs in that
al direction Their residents now ap-
the business center by tortuous and
N many ways disagreeable route. The
(ation decree contains the city's agree
to relieve this situation. and certainly.
ne light of the bond issue for improve
s, there is no reason why relief should
Referred.
rom the city's viewpoint there is the fur
consideration that Chamherlayne Az
e's extension, in all probability. will re-
in the substantial development OF now
8fveloped section, and in welcome addi-
10 RichmOnd's taxable values
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Protection for Working Glasses

sIME was when it was easy to fool the
American wcrkinsman Into believing
lat highly protective tariff was special
&neft to him. According to Republican
f1tors and writers. the manufacturer de-
1vAd some incidental advantage from the
erifh, but the chief beneficiary by far was
he 1|aborer. who was thereby guaranteed his
gh{s and protected from the runous com
|etttfon with foreign pauper labor. The high
|rotectionist has always posed as whole
earted atruist giving his best efforts to
he cause Of labor.
is the great citadel of pro-
eetion, and II protection is the wonderful
CEMENT to the workingman which its advo-
tates claim, we should expect TO find pro-
8ctionist Pennsylvania ahead OF all the States
her legislation designed to protect labor
y, unfortunately, this is anything but true.
Se pennsylvania manufacturers have made
8most strenuous fight against the Brum-
gh-CoX child labor bill, which would sim
put the State on an equality with other
es in the protection OF children The
&will probably pass, owing TO the better
H. hment OF certain other classes OF the
kIylvania population. but the manufac-
have carried out very determined on
IN. The New York Evening Pos, com
Ins follows:
Il not remarkable that in the one State
Union In which protection to Ameri-
Industry has, for TWO generations hccn
short of a religion, evil labor condi-
~ long obsolete in other States should
,naciouely clung TO by the protected
facturers?"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-02
Needed for RECOMMENDATION.

The Police Court judge had grown not little
weary or sentencing Thomas to various short
terms OF Imprisonment for overindulsence in the
cup that cheers. When the culprt made his last
appearance. the judge spoke sterny
see here. Tom, he said IF you don't stop
drinking red liquor and being brought up here
before me, am going to give you Il vacation
from rum that will last good long while
Oats all right. jedge Yer Honah." replied
the impenitent Thomas "Ah links mysef
mon jes' gotter hab res cherry few monts."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-02

Before an in.
rcsti.a,!ng com
nitteo in New
7 q r X recently
the president OF
the 6 h { a z o
Board OF Trade,
the q ca | q s I
pr o Il u q g e Y
change Ia the
world. called at.
tcntion to the in
crcasing demand
{ or foodStuff =
and the need for
organized effort
in meeting this
demand. II was
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Ingcraoli's Last Words.

Arc you not inco}rect In stating that Robert
Ingersolrs last words did not contain any
rccantation of his religious errors? E. .B
The daily press tsee the Richmond Dispatch
OF July %. 1890 makes no mention of any
such matter The statement universally given
was that In reply to Mrs. InEersoll's question
ms to how he feeling he replied, ooh,
better" and never spoke again.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-02
Hirhly Obtcc,ion,hl.

II do not Ike the hoi polloi,"
Said Mr.. Lotsofgilt;
Their point Of view ] don't enjoy,
Nor how their minds arc built
do not like their shrill demand
To limit tainted wealth.
Such theorists should all be canned
For wiser peoples health
Whene er these wiid-eyed clans deploy
/ feel my collar wilt,
For don't like the hoi polloi"
Said Mr.. Lotsofgilt.
THE TATTLER.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-02

A correspondent OF the Huntsville Eagle
writes: With all the mud, sush and bottom
less roads through the long winter, have
enjoyed the beauty OF the storms OF snow
ing often when the sun lighted up the distant
height where ragged the snowstorm, bending the
trees and evergreen forest that CLEANED white
and glistening in the bright sun" That Is
what would call optimism of the genuine
North Carolina brand
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-02
Unnpprcclntcd Genius.

(Atchison Globc.)
There are different opinions as to
what constitutes real accomplishment.
AS illustration, some towns don't seem
to appreciate the man who knows his
lodge ritual book by heart from cover
to cover.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-02
a Sign Of the timex.

Who would have thought the, time
would over come when Chicago man
would consde: 1t good LOCAL politics
to get on the water wagon? Yet that
is what the new Mayor OF that town
has done,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-02
Queries and Answers
Old H0tefot,rt.

Is there in the old church at Fincastle any
memorial to any Caldwclls or Mays?
c. T.. MAYS
Tho cemetery OF the Fncastle Presbyterian
Church contains such memorials OF the Cald.
wells and Mays and OF several allied families a s
the Bo~yers and the I,ockharts.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-02

me Newborn Journal editorializes along
similar lines. 1t says: North Carolina Is IN
inc grip Of religious wave. Great REVEALS are
ne'ns held Mt Winston Salem, Charlotte Kin
SION and other towns. and Newborn has fallen
III inc, and great series of meetings. which
VIII continue for six weeks more will begin
mere on Sunday. The hardened old sinners all
over the state needed little warning Of what
was waiting for them down below unless they
ie'ormeo' and there is no doubt but that il,
eacn Oh the cities and towns in which these
meetings are being held that much real good
VIII De done. If an outsider had spoken thus
OF the Carolina hardened old sinners" Won
would have raised Cain
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-02
The Pesnimist snxs,

These folks WHO cavil at Bill Sundays met hods
give me swift pain. They will not do anyt thing
themselves to make religion entertaining, as we'll
as interesting, and they growl at every man who
tries TO turn the trick.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-02

Sell that bean to the poolrooms. Yo
couldn't hit the grit. Can him. Back to tn
bushes. Bonehead. Ham. Flivver. Mutt"
Yes, IL you chance around that way
That's what you'll hear the wild fan say
To some unlucky wight;
He thinks his voice Is made for noise.
And for silence, he enjoys
That as he sleeps at night.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-02
Another Suspicious Proceeding.


Japanese engineer has been here
looking over our fire alarm System
Now what designs can Japan have on
our fire alarm system?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-02
SONGS AND SAWS
The Big Noise.

The baseball fan that
here you see
Does not believe his
voice should be
Confined in any
way,
And that is why, when
luck Is tough
And our lads playing
som e what rough
You'll hear this
wild fan saw.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-02
Too Much for Art,

oh. MIR. links said the gushing young thing
at the pink tea, don't you just perfectly adore
the modern painters?"
Not In all cases." replied the cynic, surveying
the gathering with jaundced eye some OF
them, 1t appears to me, dauD 1t on just little
thick"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-02
Her ADVANTAGE.

He-f don't think much of this newcomer TO
the city who is lowering around Miss sweet
thing.
She-Well. she does-and she has looked up
his financial rating, and found it almost 100
good to be true.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-02
MARYLAND and Lee.

Did any considerable number of veterans from
Maryland attend the unwilling OF the Lee Monu-
ment? ROBERT S. SMALL.
So many that special badge made for
them. The exact number is not known to u.s.
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Sttldley.
the birthplace

please locate for me Studley. the birthplace
OF Patrick Henry. MISS L.
II Is in the neighborhood of "Haw's Shop" in
Hanover County Va. sixteen miles north OF
Richmond and three miles south of the Pa
munkcy River.
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Gossip From Down Home

inc greensboro Record says: Something is
happening In this town out of tho ordinary
we have not had professional evanne1ist
mere IN long time. yet one by one tho
ehurches have been holding most successful
.'i'ais ior some months 1t is signiaca MT
ma. Inc smaller churches have led in this
work-churches the outskirts OF tho city
me pastor of one of these churches said the
o'her day that he had been astounded at the
success or his meeting. Perhaps the gentle
man had been praying" ENCOURAGING home
talent, as It were.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-02

Our idea of tho confirmed optimist," says the
Salem Times Register, lis the Republican who
still believes that business depression will be a
campaign argument for that party next year"
Pretty correct idea.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-02
Changing
Sailors
Costume

NoStu"e United States vessels He
would reform the sailors costume
do away with the wide collar the billow ng
blouse. the lanyard strung about the neck and
bo's'n's will be indistin guishable from
elevator operator Traditional sailor garb
is cumbersome says he. The lanyard, which
is attached knife whistle, may be of use II
is conceded. The ell-shaped trouser has a valid
reason. since 1t liz conveniently rolled up above
the knee in swa abiding down the decks. But let
not argue for any retention of things old and
beloved. Port is longer port, hut left, and
starhoard is right. CroG has gone and
the of seamen could not reef a topgalant
if the JOB to be done in CLASSY harbor.
machines. and know the ships goat
VIII be cxilcd to dry land.--Dctroit News
No politician In the country
Co,oners can be otherwise than amused
-. 90 by Mr.. Roosevelt's deliverances
a,,,, NV" against bosses. In language
'os'eS of the drawing room, they are
just too funny for anything II
was Satan who introduced the droll fashion of
rcbuking sin In quarters where II seems ia
miar. II not II welcome guest. Some Of tho
dcliverances, however. funnier than others
Take the one relating TO Mr. Pcnrosc. Thai I'm
ing TO Mr.. Roosevelt. Mr.. Pcnrose was recon-
mended to him for national campaign manager
In 1904. Mr.. Penr"se says he an aspirant
for the place, aud has heard now, for the first
time OF the recommendation But Mr.. Roogevclt
declares the recommendation was made and
that he turned IT down becauhe Mr. Pcnroso
boss Of the kind he disapprovcd IIo
would not permit his campaign to he managed
by such q man. But did that rule Mr.. Penrose
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-02
Chats With Virginia Editors

The spirit of progress says the Northern
Neck News, "1eems to be taking hold nightly
OF this highly favored section, and here are
some of the signs and tokens: two citizens
publicly and through the local paper last week
advocated town business association, and
We will be delighted to meet with them and
their ilk in the Council room Wednesday night
May >, at o'clock. for further consideration
OF this most important matter; definite steps
nave been taken for the establishment OF
produce exchange to embrace the whole terri
tory between the York and Potomac Rivers and
to operate it in the interest of land and water
farmers; most encouraging assurances come
that the Newport News-Washington Railroad
will he commenced by next July, and apropo,
thereto notice what another local paper has
10 say When the Northern Neck country
gets all OF those things and also railroad to
Richmond-gets it by the help of Richmond
IL Will indeed be prosperous garden spot
visitors size up a town." says the Bruins
WICK Iimcs-Gazctte, by its appearance. A dirty
rusty-lookinG town appeals to nobody. Let US
start tomorrow and work TO keep Lawrence
VILE from such unsiGhliness as will cause
visitors TO think on the downgrade :"
That is not intended as an intimation that
Lawrenceville is dirty and rusty-iooking or on
the downgrade. Certainly no visitor there
would get that idea.
The Crbanna Sentinel says: Nobody seems
to have noticed the fact that among the many
county and district candidates just in
eNHehCc' Irbannd doeS not ofer single
Now, what do YOU think of that?" Think that
the live, hustlng business folks OF Urbanna
engaged In lines that pay better than poli-
tics and officeholdng
Here is apology that is an apology.
1t is from the Louisa Virginan: I'VE do
like criticize own paper but
this is the most newsless edition
we have yet gotten out. But there is huma n
organ more vitality affected by spring fever
than tho writing finger. and OF our CORE
spondents arc badly stricken with that maIady ;.
All the blame is put on the correspondents,
mind YOU
Our idea of tho confirmed optimist." says the
Salem Times Register, lis the Republican who
still believes that business depression will be a
campaign argument for that party next year"