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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-07
ARemark able Prophecy

Many people with "A gift for looking
ahead f"!csaw tho present E:uropcan
wa II didn't require extraordinary
acumen 10 predict the great crash after
the IISc OF the triple entente as n coun-
lcf"cight 10 the triple alliance hut :r
! remarkable capacity for divination
must be conceded to the prophet who
way PACK IN lss: could set 1910 or
: thereahouts" as the date for n clash
between Great Britain and Germany on
the issue OF world supremacy.
IL was an extraordinary man who
in"oc TINS eNtraordlnary prediction
Charles George Gordon C'Chinese'' Cor
! noh) an undonbtcd genius and one OF
the most picturesque and heroic figures
IN British military history \ letter
nE Tordon 10 James r.. Purdy. dated
lAS2. has recently been published in
.ne MoIn'ns Post. OF London, from
"hlch the following is an extract:
Every Briton should think of the fin
'"rc o! MS country ana cause each one
10 insist on the government passing "A
measure Tor compulsory universal mill
tary training. SO far as ENGLAND 10
concerned she need not, for the next
quarter Of century, be under any an
prchcnsion OF serious difficulties arIs-
ing with my OF her European neigh
oorS' nnt IN 1910 or thcreabouts there
VIII nave arisen Il naval power which
may prove mightier than she. and
should she ciermnny) gain the SUI
preinacE. England will become extinct
both as sea and land power, and
an hcr dependencies. including India
VIII IAN INTO Gcrmany's clutches You
ma! i've to see this. | shall not, but
when that time comes remember my
words"
In 1852 Germany was not sea
power, had no colonies, and had not
been bitten by imperalistic ambitions
Bismarck was encouraging France to
occupy more African territory, and TO
dispute priority ~ that region with
Great Britain. But Gordon looked far
beyond the superficial friction of m.
hour between Great Britain ana
France. and had true vision OF G.r
mhny's role as the ultimate challenger
of Britain's sea power ana oversee mo
tensions.
Gordon was part soldier. Dart states
man, part mystic. 1t has been prau,
ed TO rev humans to have his immcus.
range OF experience or to read the fu-
ture AS clearly as he did--New Yo,.l,
Tribune. " u
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-07
The Right I'incr.

The ideal place to live would bc
a farm with meadows :,tr.tchiun u;J
And right next door IL grocery
And bakery on the other side
thcatcr across the way
with all the latest comedies
And next to that Il grand stand co..,
where one could watch l0-inuinr lies
Thc cowbells ringing in the lanes
Whlie taxicabs and cars go by:
a STATION near with frequent trains.
Neat restaurants and open sky.
AN apple tree meath which to sit ,i
ina vie" the traffic in the street W
Ana movies or screen to fit te
Whi'e hrccZcs blew from off ~.
wheat. T'S
~ brook to Groom, a band to snort. ttR
The city sights. II country view: ~
rural urban home, I'm short, 49,
think place like that would do
$1,000. Town Toplcssf
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Authors Stories nj the Club,

you were telling us the other evening. judge,
OF your visit TO the Savage Club in London =
said the Richmond author at the club. ~ was
also Il guest there on my last visit to London.
After your story recalled that I heard
on tarrick. lie was, believe, noted for his
mcanness and RIGHTEOUSNESS. IT happened. so
the story | heard ran. that occasion
Garrck was trying to he gracious account
of the company he in. lilo Ind first said
something that was mean about celebrity and
then tried to make amends by saying, We'll.
we'll perhaps before condemn another | should
pull the beam out of my own eye Whereupon
Foote, Il racontcur i'm his day replied And SO
YOU would, if you could have sold the timber
Gariick loft the room as though he had heen
shot.
Il remember that on the night | heard
anothcr--on Samuel Johnson II was said OF
nm mat he was never known to give Il compli-
Rcnt until he met Mrs. Sddons. She was In
Hitcd to gathering, and when she arrived
there was no chair for her. the servant having
neglected his duty Johnson saw the situation
and bowling obscquiously, said, You see, madam
wherever YOU go there seats to he had
the only gracious thing he said"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-07
BAD CONDITIONS IN OUR IAU

TO the Editor OF The Times DisDatch:
Sir.-l note in your issue of Novem
Der letter from my good friend
Mrs. Georgia May Jobson. In defense
OF the City Jail In her letter she
takes james Il. Tyler to task for his
rather severe arraiGnment Of tho jnil
in an interview published In the News
Leader of October 49, She defends
very warmly, and | think unnecessarily
Mr. Satterfield, the sergeant. and Mrs
Poarch, the female warden. Mr.. Tyler
very distinctly disclaimed any criti-
cism OF the officers OF the institution.
hut directed his remarks against the
kind OF IL Jail we have. against it's To-
cation, and against the system under
which IL Is operated. To these promo
sitions Mrs. JobsOn, in her FIRST few
paragraphs. agrees. AS to the general
truth Of Nr. Tyler's structures feel
] should hear witncss ON the face of
tho admitted facts the Jail as at pres
ent constituted IL a bad institution, ana
no amount OF apology or coIn,ncnda
tton for individual features, can serve
to make II In any sense acceptable to
those who know what Il modern prison
should be.
Say all you can In its favor, MIR
Satterteld Is humane and has i'm
proved things greatly. and Mrs. poarch
is doing excellent work. Still the fact
remains that no individual IL ever in
carccrated in the Richmond jail who
receives one single physical, mental or
spiritual Impulse toward a better life.
II he or she is not ~tenfold more a
enid or he'll by reason OF imprison
ment there, II is in no sense due to
any single uplifting influence charge
able to Richmond's forethought.
Mr.. Tylcr's expressions In describ-
ing the disreputable and odorifcrous
surroundings OF the Jail and the evils
OF the system are almost identical
with those used In the past three
reports OF the visiting committee Of
the state BOARD of Charities and Cor
rections. Mrs. Kate Peasants Minor.
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Marriage by Regulation

THEY are al il again. these followers OF
eugenics. Their plan, or whatever il is
is the same that has been tried and failed
III IS TO enact legislation that will put il I'M
10 an examining physician to say who shall
De entitled to marriage certificates
PATERSON. \. j., is the latest 10 take nm
'he system OF permitting such marriages as
promise, by health certificate TO bring
heaithy children into the world Wisconsin,
tried the same thENg by State enactment. and
IL Tell short O! I'll '6NpectaticR One of the
arguments of the eugenc advocates is thai
children born in hospitals show TINT they
come INTO existence cursed by disease be-
cause inc mother Is an invalid in the place
or birth. That Is, we assume whatcver
causes disease is transmitted to the child
NoSt diseases are the result of unclennli
ness in some degree. We believe thnt mos,
physclans agree To this II il be so the
place where cleanliness should he maintained
Is tue nome Children born in such an EN-
Vironment, other things being equal. will he
healthy. II they live. they make henlthv
adults When, they get ready TO marry, thew
VIII not require any system such as is pro-
posed.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-07
Wilson'S Leading Role

n CCORDlNG to our more or less esteemt 4
contemporary the Berlin Morgen Post
the elections OF last Tuesday brought a
heavy moral defeat for President Wilson =
rms was inflicted in the view of the Morgen
Fost, by German-American votes and the
speech Mr. Wilson subsequently delivered be-
lore the Manhattan Club was in retaliation
for this GermanAmerican punishment Z"
FROM all of these logical premises. so art
essly displayed, il is deduced that the Pres-
dent is certainly untitled to play a leading
role in the discussion OF the peace question -
Ihai conclusion may be justified but in
the OPINION Of loyal citizens Of this count ry
'he PRESIDENT Is we'll fitted to play a leading
role III upholding American honor and do.
tending American liberties. He has indeed
Deeh playing that role for some time and in
all human likelihood will continue to do so
LOT the next i've and half years. With that
prospect. this nation is we'll content
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The Muse In OIL

| Hal OIL and water will not assimilate no.
came an established fact so long ago that
any attempt TO nix The date would involve auy
one attempting II III labyrinth No chem
49, however so lar as know ever drea nd
thal inc lubricant III any state, spouting from
me SOIL or incidentally combined with any
ingredient would blend with rimes Strict
~ put, IL mas not been done, but an oil pro-
Queer ana Spectator, who is known far and
"lde as the president of big oil industry
has shown that there is Il sort of affinity NO
tween the gusher OF the earth earthly and Tho
gubneT OF sehtInentalism that spouts Doetry
or sentences whose final words doyctai1 i'm
sound with the finals of the sentences suc
seeding.
u Clay Arthur Price is the magician He haze
booked his ehusiOns and dedicated Them anu
the volume is now on the literary markc,
the piece dc resistance Of the book IS tho
story OF a South Sea maiden with form,
divine" for whom a King and prince Tough,
and who was lost TO both contestants
Two Of the illusions are set In Mcxico
When the first cfused is not known I'm,
a couplet will show that it was done before
some recent revolutions Thus:
N La Paloma. 7 name thee q Mexico rairr
IS The coo of the dove lives in thy balmv air
y Later on, the Muse that sang HAIL. La
Paloma, went back to Mexico, and like
Hohenlinden. when drums beat at the dead
gthe Muse laments:
SI.a paloma. thou may be fan day hope.
esBy the use OF pure water and plenty OF eonp
s Quite a fall But there is soap in oil. or
coll in soap, and the author may have had in
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-07
The Voice Of the PEOPLE
"Neusrni" Seek. Enlightenment.

To the Editor OF The Timer Dispatch.
Sir:-Ihe logic YOU employ In your e,itors,
entitled Calling Britain to Account" amay.s
me. You truthfully say there are Americans
unhappily. who are more British than the Ert
iSh, and then YOU add: They ar. nearly as
Why they should not be fully as objec,iomnhi
Is more than IA neutral American tixen OF nv
brain capacity can understand. Has the Amer.
lean government adopted IL double standard
OF neutrality-one very lenient. to aDply IN tba
pro british, and one, reientlessly strict 10 an
ply 70 the prO-iernan violator OF neutralitrp
or Is the "dstinction without a dinerenr .
which YOU make to be sought il the fact Inst
YOU. the editor. are pro British? II the latter
be the even the surgeons skill wtuld no,
avail to effect L. IA
Richmond. November :. 1915
THE editorial our correspondent criticizes was
not designed expected to convince his sort
OF neutral" and its failure to do So thererora
is not surprising. The distinction we have
made between pro German and pro.ally Ameri-
cans is one we have made often in the In ct
few months that it really did not occur to us
that IL required further calculation. However
it's basis is this: Germany and Britain have
both wronged this country in the course or tina
present war--tiermany by Staying our citizens
Britain by interfering with commerce. The
actions Of both have found defenders To us
tho defenders OF murder are more objectionable
than the defenders Of the seizure OF ships and
cargoes. Our correspondent perhaps takes an
other view Of the matter. He is exceedingly
WelCOme.-Elitor.l
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"whnrs the ,i.e~ Ask. the Guide.

Newcomer and the guide of Capitol Square
making the rounds when the latter un-
loaded his latest grievance. Wife asst this
wnin' why like automobile tire.
asst her why wuz |? cause she sed you're
liable TO bust emmy mint am when you're not
busted you're skiddin. Then come back. Why
are YOU asst like the clock at the City Hail.?
She give i, up. AN Scd. Cause you never hev
70 hc wound. Then she sed it time for
me IN skd0o. When got outside | kicked
myself What he'd intnded TO say wuz
Cause YOU never run down SO | let her hev
it later whin Went back. An she sed ! wuZ
diTrunt, cause wuz aius run down So what's
the argufyin' with 4 wife,
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Nothing Hurt But the Plant

ar course Secretary Daniels and his asso-
- ciates of the Raleigh News and Observer
VIII speedily repair far as possible, the
havoc wrought by the fire that destroyed the
plant of that newspaper yesterday 1t was
only the physical equipment that was serious
ly injured: the men. the brains and the energy
that have made the News and Observer a
force TO be reckoned with and counted on are
unimpaired. MEANWHILE The Times Dispat CHI
extends its hearty sympathy to its brothers
IN the craft down home, who will labor
under Inconvenience severe. if only tenn
porary.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-07

mind the possibility OF selling a gushcr or
two to La "alonla. But the oil man is not
combining himself to the Muse and soil
gushers. He is also Il ictionist He has
written novel, and the publisher has asked
for another. Mr.. Pierce oils up his Muse
monthly. Being Il business man. he is me-
thodicai. Real poets wait for inspiration.
The commercial versltier muses. at stated
hours. Moral to poets born, get an oil
gusher
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-07

The Farmville CORRESPONDENT of M. Anna
mattoN Times VirG inian writes: Since President
Wilson'S father taught Hampden- sidney and
lie as II boy played in old Cumberland and DR.
'raysohs mother lived in FarmvIlle | am
hoping some day TINT he will motor this ,v,,
either with the sweetheart or tho newly marri.d
"lie. Ana we VIII see to it that he gets npp,.
PIE. From the Farmville dispensnry or the
e-bnked variety.-Richmond Time Disnotcb
The Idea that the President would cau -, a.,
dispensnry for pie is simply shocking Home
"aheo variety, or course. and just such as the
mothers understandable Herald
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-07

The printing of 1000 names OF Americans
who. when they were in Europe at the break
ing out OF the war. were enabled to come
home on money advanced by the government
and who have not yet paid back the advance,
does not make Il very creditable showing for
the delinquents. Some there are no doubt
who are unable to pay, but the majority. it
is assumed, have no inclination
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-07
Another Marvel.

Miss Susie Sweet Il wonder is
ike those the nature takers
lust dare the wide world to accent
And yet can find no takers
For Susie. with her grace and charm,
Sets all the fellows crazy
That she's II peach, they all declare
And also she's II daisy
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-07

Please tell me how the thumb was held nv
spectators IN the Roman amphitheater to indi.
cate that they did not wish mercy shown n CON
quored gladiator. ROBERT s. HALL,
The phrase was police verso with thumb
turncd). So far either up down would an
swer. The fatal sign was to point tho thumb
downward,
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shakespeare for Everybody.

ENCOURAGEMENT for the joker: The duness
OF the fool is the milestone of the wits"-As
You Like II. !. -.
For the cautious:
Love all. trust few.
DO wrong none
-Alls Well That Ends Well, /. /.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-07

one year from to-day. if you are alive and
are Interested in the welfare of your coun-
Try, you will be casting your vote for pres-
dental electors. provided you have registered
And one year from tonight you will be stand
ing in the street looking AT the bulletins.
lodging confetti and wishing that the man
with horn would blow his head of
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-07
Abuse of Customers Privilege

Z FTORTS OF Richmond merchants TO abotp
IL an evil that has become a menace to the
enterprises they direct should have the sym
pathy and support OF their customers. The
abuse OF the con approval" and return
privileges is notorious, for illustrations based
on personal observation. lingcr i'm most
memories.
There are women who order goods sent to
their homes which they have only the faintest
purpose-or perhaps purpose at alto
retain. They crafty in this way an idle
vanity. or kill the time that hangs heavily
on their hands. They are the extreme and
finished expouents of the evil, but midway
between them and the women who apply bust
ness principles to their purchases Is a large
and needless class, whose members principal
trouble is lack of the fine quality of de-
cisioh. They buy hat or Il gown to-day and
regret the purchase to-morrow-and the
article goes back to the store whence 1t came
These facts are within the knowledge OF
every woman. What every woman does not
realize is that the expense that these trans
actions infict is reflected in the price of al
most every article the stores sell The
modern merchant is not in business for his
health, but to make n profit, which means Il
profit on the whole volume of his business
The customer pays. with every purchase
share OF the merchants rent, the salaries of
managers. superintendent and heads Of de-
partments. the wages of salespeople and store
attendants. the cost Of the delivery system
taxes. insurance, the expense of heating and
lighting and interest on the Invested capital
These clements with others not quite so
obvious, make up the overhead charges OF
the business. If the enterprise be we'll con-
Quoted, so as to assure a profit, they must be
absorbed in the gross price of the merchandise
sold.
II is obvious that every increase i'm cover
head must be reflected in the prices obtained
from customers. Every uncompleted sale is
an unnecessary expense of this character
The time Of salesman, the expense of de-
livery, the cost OF accounting the possible
damage to the goods themselves. the possible
loss OF actual sales while the goods are out
OF tho store, represent in each case an ap-
probable amount Of money. The annual ag-
gregate OF such transactions. in any consider
able retail business, is enormous
Unless the stores make good this loss they
will go into bankruptcy-so they make il
good. All of lis help to pay for it, The
abuse Of the return" privilege here in Rich
moni increases the high cost of living The
stores don't pay for it. for they cannot If
they would survive. Their customers pay
and their customers include every man or
woman who reads these words
In other cities merchants are breaking
away from the evil custom. and receiving in
the process cooperation of their patrons.
The Times Dispatch urges like cooperation
mere. not so much on the merchants account
although they deserve sympathy-as in she
interest OF the whole mass of us. who must
meet the bills.
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Virginia..

What is the Virginia toast? What songs re
fer to Virginia? MISS K IT.
There Is no toast recognized as "the Virpinia
toast We could not undertake the labor ~
making list of such songs Possibly the Vir-
Enia State Library has something that would
aid you. Application to the library would in
sure most courteous and intelligent effort to
help you, whether successful one or NOT
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-07

Here is the way the Norfolk Ledger Dispa ch
hsures 1t to n finish; "All OF the European com
batnnts having announced that they will fight
uh'i complete victory crowns their arms no
ono can inquire out how ii Is going to end unless
II terminates like the historic battle OF the Kill
kenny cats"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-07

Evidently the editor of the Urbanna Sentinel
mas pcen out trying to do first o Z the :
month collecting. He says: when the fellow.
that owes you bill decides to stop worrying
about II and let you do the worrying, it's gen.
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The Hyphen.

The hyphon @ is n minus sign. IT
subtracts German from an American,
and leaves nothing.-Wall Street Jour
nal
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The Tessiniist Snyn,

III" puritan conscience is peculiar article.
It's p"sS"ssor never is perfectly happy unless lie
is making some else entirely miserable
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Qualified.

lle--Airs. l.otsofGilt is going put at her
home display of modern paintings
She-is that so? Then suppose she will be
of the principal exhibits
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nIhIirnl-Oid nnL New.

This. from Isaiah ii. 4. is variant from
presen, times: They shall beat their swords into
nlowshar"s ana their spears into pruning hooks"
This. from st. Matthew xxiv. e. is up to dute:
Wars ana rumors OF wars"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-07

II Is up TO some of the dairymen hereabouts to
sue the Blackstone Courier for SANDER Tint
paper says: "Richmond dairymcn say there ia
no truth in the reported danger of a milk famine
IN that city. We thought all the time the oriri
nal story a honX since had seen no account
OF all the springs and wells in that section going
dry"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-07

Give the railroad II square deal" saws the
Old Dominion Republican, lin the matter OF
what they have to sell--tranHportation or
course they cannot increase wages and furnish
improved facilities on borrowed money" Not
for any great length OF time
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-07
Chats With Virginia Editors

This is one season. says the Norfolk Vr-
Siuian- Pilot, when casualties the football
field will have to be content to take inside,
bottom of the-column position" Not neccs-
sarily. War news is getting to be very unsatis-
flying.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-07

their Job' Immediately ordered this money listed
LOT I'VE years taxation and on top, of that added
20 per cent as penalty for failure to list"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-07
In Place OF "AutornobIIe."

TO the Editor OF The Times Dispatch
Slr.-llavinS read In tO-days paper the ar
ticle regarding what is the nttest short name
for automobile when III hurry. would sug-
scSt that II could be appropriately called mae
or macy for two reasons, namely: first Il
could be used as an abbreviation for machim-
cry. and, secondly, the macadan roads are
highly essential TO them. Say, for insta nee,
little macy for small and big Macy
for large w. IT. FLETCHER
Gordonsville. Va. November 4. 1915.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-07

rho FRANKLIN Chronicle is puzzled little bit.
IL snYs: According to the press dispa tChes =,
everybody in Europe is being licked every day
and everybody in Europe liz winning victories
every day. You just take your choice. and there
you arc"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-07

IL Is said that the Chinese people prefer y
monarchy 10 republic, meaning, no doubt,
the sort OF republic they are now having
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Queries and Answers
InternntionnI Mnrriare.

VIII" was the American Duchess OF Mar
hester? T. F. u
Miss Helena Zimmerman. Of Cincinnati
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Bugs have souls" says Professor Walter
scientist. And some have teeth