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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-29

ASPARAGUS-ASPA
THIS season we OFFER n great bargain
in asparagus; 3 large cans OF tips
FOR so cents. They are delicious Geo.
Med. Blake &c Co.. No. 90 Broad Street.
Phone Randolph 512-513.
CLOTHES don't make man. but they
help n lot. Let us clean and press
them for you. DyeinG and cleaning
feathers our speciality. National Dye
Ing and Cleaning Works, 1905 1-2 West
Main Street.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

WANTED. the public to know that
Jahnkc Bros, Jewellers, 9l2 East
Main street, buy. sell. exchange and
REMOUNT DIAMONDS IN THE
LATEST STYLES. Old gold and silver
taken in exchange.
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NiNTEE-.--Roor.,s

WANTED. 3 ~ +; rooms suitable for
light housekeeping location south
90 broad. between Adams and Robin
son. call Madison Sass or address x
2@"H-N Stuart Avenue
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MEETINGS..

THE ANNUAL meeting Of the stockholm
"rs OF the Richmond Transfer Com
nnny VIII be held 1T their office, 500
Fast Maln street, at II o'clock noon,
WEDNESDAY. February 10, 1918
w. 4. DARDEN
Secretary.
THE annual meeting OF the stockhoid-
ers Of the Jefferson Realty Corpora
Richmond, Va, WEDNESDAY, Feb,
ruary ], 1915. at - o'clock
y. j.. WEISIGER
Secretary.
n.y., Richmond, VA, Jan. 20, 1915.
TIE annual meeting OF the stock
holders, of the Broad Street Bank,
lichmond Va, will be held at the
hankinS house, sac East Broad street,
l;ichmond, Va. on TUESDAY, February
o. 1915, at 10 o'clock a. NJ
ANDREW NJ. GLOVER,
Cashier.
Mechanics and Merchants Bank
Richmond, Va, Jan. 81, 1918.
of this bank will he held FERRItNEY
-. a. IL o'clock. at the hank. Twelfth
and Hun streets.
j. II. PATTERSON,
Cashier.
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FOR RENT-Iteal Estate.

FOR rent, good store 10 miles from
Petersburg, ON good road. one mile
from depot. Singl" man preferred. An
ply y. J. Ayers. . Boliinyhrook street
Petersburg, VA.
STOREHOl-Sr FOR rent In growing
town on Virginia Railroad near depot
Churches ana schools convenient. In u
5000 thriving community; established
business VIII sell stock Oh hand very
chcap For further particulars address
l. Gas, care Times Dispatch.
FOR rent. uncXpircd lease house s
rooms. in Highland Park. ouc-half
block OF cur line. Possession AT once
Fuil particulars. Address ID. T.. Greg
orN. ~ Ensl BROAD Street.
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FOR SALE-Business.

FOR sale, confectionery and grocery
business. Reason for selling on ac-
count OF health. Half cash. balance
can be arranged. Address j; no. care
TimcS-Dispatch.
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HELP TrANTED-Fcnialc.

'tI or work our practical business
ana stcnugraphic courses arc quick
n'u sur" routes 20 paying positions
'NlL telephone o. writ" for catalogue
mi particulars. Massey business col
'cre
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REPAIR SHOPS.
a Automobiles.
AUTOS ANn CAnnIAC

WE repair all kinds of automobiles.
GIVE us trial. Jones Motor Car Co..
Inc, 1901 West Broad Street
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2EE SALESMAN wuuto1 IN cech 49, Tho
pH""'r- iowrH 90 SOL Our fun Nna
~ goods from house ~ house ana 80
.NpIish regular ~ deliveries. I'ilf-
rpn Fora; .Charl "tt,AvilIn Eu"na VISTA.
'uNrillc Pulaski! south Boston ana
%i"putnn Personal bond required
,o@d iii,tlm.e position for the rish5
nth' Grand Union Tea Co. West
i!re2d street, Richmond. va
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WANTEp--Rcai Estate.

LIST Jour farms with J. a. Connolly
& Co Write tai for necessary
thinks
WANTED, suburban home with all
modern conVcnlcnCcs. : or s rooms ::
must be close TO car line and school.
Address Is 2o7, care Times Dispatch
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:oANs on REAL ESTATE.

LOAN for = years on country real ..
tate IN central North Carolina. T V
Graham, Aberdeen y =.
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POULTRY AND BIRDS.

LURE bred silver Laced Wynndo,t.
eggs for hatchiag. 81 per 100. -,
Tor ,. Route 3. Box 10. Seven Pines
road. Phone Madison 7l2l
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DETECTIVES.

BRADEORD.S DETECTIVE SERVICE.
SOUTHERN BUILDING. WASH
LICENSED By an act OF Conere,,
Bonded in the sum OF $4,000. Found
ed 1885. Expert secret service, any
practical experience qualities ua to give
expert confidential advice to people
private mature
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-29

WANTED rolnrcd nurse - mind i'm
iai'' months Old cell M 1l6 Yves,
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VEHICLES REPAIRED.
SMITH MOORE Vehicle Company
wagons and automobiles, repairing
and painting done in hrst-class order.
HUMBER tire work II speciality. 314
North Fifth Street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-07
TRAVELETTE
BY NIKSAH.
Alden.

You reach this African port by night.
The steamer comes to q ponderous,
churning stop. Out from the wharves
leaps an eager launch. bearing white
clad officials. Then. in their wake. rush
ing from nowhere into the brilliant
circle Of the vessels lights, come a
score Of dingy wooden boats, manned
by dingy, ragged brown men. each one
screaming, cursing and reaching
skinny. brown arms for the ships lad
der. which is the goal Of them all. A
swarm of boarding pirates they suggest
far more than a baggage service; but
nevertheless they are the transfer
facilities of Alden. Not only boxes and
trunks. but even persons who wish to
land Immediately. are captured by the
writhing brown horde and borne away
in the dirty boats.
The boatmen are succeeded by mer-
chants. a no less noisy throng, bring
ing loads of fruit that show red and
golden in the bright light, cleaning
native weapons, ivory, shark jaws-all
manner of queer commodities. They
lift sweating black faces under huge
white turbans, and behind them stands
a solitary policeman all clad in white
with q scarlet tarboosh and q club in
his hand.
All these night sights Of Alden give
you a vivid impression OF strangeness
and color. You are led to expect a
place exotic, and the town itself 10 still
but a nest of lights at the foot Of q
high hill family outlined against the
paling sky of dawn.
But daylight brings you disillusion-
ment. Out Of the gloom rises q noun
tain Of barren. baking rocks with the
restless. angry sea trying In vain to
cool them. And between sea and noun
tain top stands a town Of low, square
red and white government buildings,
without shade. without charm. There
is scarcely a touch Of green about Alden;
there is nothing but rocks. dust and the
sea- Moreover. in this unlovely coFnsr
Of the world there arc no seasons, no
stirring Of spring or inspiriting breath
Of autumn-nothing but hot season and
one that is hotter. There n but one In
spring thing about Aden-the thought Of
British persistence. which planted this
outpost Of empire, and mans and upholds
it in the face Of hardship and monotony.
Alden, like many another baked and
fever-ridden town Of Africa, Is q monu-
ment to the spirit Of empire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-07
The CONSTRUCTIVE WORK
OF POLICEMEN,
Copyright. 1918. by DR.. Frank ofans.)

The idea that will bear best fruit In
the public mind regarding the police
department is that the first business OF
the policemen is to help the people and
not to punish them.
To be sure, policemen are to make ar
rests upon occasion. and Il need be ia
are the representatives of the punitive
and coercive power of the public.
But that is a small part of their ONCE
It is a narrow view of their calling
and hence a dangerous view. It rouses
antagonism. It lowers their standing
They become no more than bailiffs
turkeys or executioners.
There is a larger conception of the
policeman's function. It is that he
stands for the whole orderly power OF
the city; he Is the embodiment of all
the city collectively means to its in
dividual citizens.
He is to help, not to hurt.
He is to serve, not to command.
He is the symbol of civic protection
for the law -abiding against the en-
croachments of the 1awless.
The department of health in Chicago
II recent bulletin, seems to have
grasped the possibility of the con-
structive usefulness of the police. It
announces that the different branches
of the city service, including the health
department, the superintendent OF po-
lice and the superintendent of streets,
are formulating a plan by which the
entire police force of the city will CO.
operate toward the great work of sani-
tation.
That is, in addition to looking after
violations of the criminal code, the
police shall give to the health depart
ment the advantages OF their knowl-
edge of the physical conditions in tho
various districts they serve.
The health authorities at present are
occupied in attending to complaints.
They are SO busy doctoring symptoms
that they do not have sufficient time to
do preventive work, which is Of vastly
more Importance. They are compelled
to depend upon voluntary or pick up
assistance.
The police could report to the depart
ment of health such violations Of sanf-
tation as come under their notice with
out adding heavily to their duties.
Furthermore, when the people begin
to realize that the police are engaged
in preventing disease and preserving
health. they will for the most part work
with the officers, and most evils will be
corrected by the citizens themselves
without the slow process of serving
notices and following these up by court
prosecutions.
Fly-breeding manure piles, garbage
cans and unclean premises will be abat-
ed upon the simple notification by the
pa trolman.
Something is gained by the division
of duties into the various departments
but more would be gained by intelli-
gent cooperation. If every policeman
were a sanitary officer the efficiency OF
| the sanitation department would be
more than doubled.
Every effort should be made to make
the public feel that the policeman is
| the big brother of all, not the martinez
of the criminal courts; that he stands
for the health, order, peace and security
| of all.
| The criminal element is small. Most
people want to conform to the law. To
assist the law-abiding is of more value
| than to pursue the law-breaking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-07
MORE MEN THAN WOMEN
IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Federal Board Of Education Gives
Statistics Of Colleges and
Universities.

Men still outnumber women in higher
education. according to information
Just issued by the federal bureau of
education containing statistics regard
ing colleges, universities and technolog-
ical schools. In 1914 the enrolment
of the higher institutions showed 1884,
373 men and 77,120 women, as compar-
ed with 1854 men and 1857 women
In 1913.
The total number Of students in high
er institutions last year. 216.49s, was
an increase of 1892 over 1919.
List for Year 1914.
The bureaus list for 1914 includes
SGT institutions. decrease Of 20 over
the preceding year. States or NUM-
cipalities control SO of the colleges;
private corporations control 474. De-
spite rising standards of admission
and graduation, college enrolment has
more than tripled since 1890.
Receipts during the year totaled
s12o,57s,257, of which $18,422,s56 was
for endowment. Benefactions to COL
leges and universities totaled $26,67O.-
OFT, something over $2,000.o00 more
than in the year previous. Six institu-
lions received benefactions in excess
of a million dollars apiece, and forty
five universities, colleges and techno-
logical schools reported gifts amount
ing to more than 100000. In the past
seven years the largest increase in in
come has come through state and mu-
nicipal appropriations. and the small
est from tuition and other fees. State
and municipal appropriations grew
from $9.649,549 in 1908 to s23,4Oo,54o In
1914. while fees for tuition and other
educational services Increased from
$15.390,s47 to $22,5o4.529.
Concentration, Dominant Note.
The dominant note of the year in
higher education, according to the re-
port, was concentration, both in inter-
nal organization and in relation to
state authority. The movement in the
direction of authoritative classificat ton
gained momentum during the year.
chiefly through the activities of sew
eral voluntary associations. The ju-
nior college movement has reached the
point where several substantially
Wisconsin, Missouri. Virginia and Ida
ho-have. gone on record as definitely
recognising junior colleges in the edu-
cational system Of the state. The Mu-
nicipal University of Akron. Ohio, was
added to the list of city universities
and the new Association OF Urban
Universities. established in the fall OF
1914, lends emphasis to this municipal
university development.
Degrees conferred by colleges and
universities included 26 533 baccalaure.
| ate, 5,24S graduate and TAG honorary
The degree of doctor Of philosophy was
conferred as the result of examinatio
| by 48 institutions on 446 men and a
women.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-07
A Possible Solution.

From Judge.
How can a man be as stupid as that
fellow and liver"
Some of the men at the club have
q theory that he was raised on a
vacuum bottle"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-07
Narrow Escape.

From the Boston Transcript.
Owens-Here comes my tailor. Let's
cross over.
Oke-Why? To avoid paying his
bill?
0wens-No; to avoid his asking me
to pay It
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-07

he had not received a copy Of the last
word on intensive farming or the like
For this reason 1t behooves the con-
gressmen to supply their constituents
with these booklets, and the representa-
tives of urban communities are often
besieged by their country confreres to
turn over to them their share. of the
bulletins, which interest only jewellers
In the open.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-07
THE REAL "BEST SELLERS
By Frederic J. Haskin.

At the end of every year II is the
practice Of book publishers to go over
their lists and to give to the waiting
world the names of the six best SELL
ers" for the past year. To have written
a book that appears on this list is con-
sidered a very great honor; to have
written more than one of the six IL an
achievement which very few authors
have ever accomplished.
But there is an author who pub
fishes his own books in Washington.
and who annually writes at least two
best Sellers" which eclipse in sales
any other publications in this country.
True. his works are not classified I'M
der the head Of Fiction" but they are
intensely interesting to those who read
them. and the demand for them grows
year by year until now the call for this
authors work of four or nve years ago
10 greater than 1t ever was. and 1t Is
steadily increasing.
The author Is Uncle Sam. Ask the
average follower of literature what is
the best selling book ever published in
the United States, and he will probably
hazard guesses running all the way
from Uncle Toms Cabin" to Quo
vadisr' He may possibly include "Tril-
BY or the Bible in his attempt to an
swer your question. But the truth Of
the matter Is that the best selling book
Judging by the length OF time 1t has
been available, Is THE Economical Use
of Meat in the Home" compiled and
printed by the Department of Agricul-
ture.
II
Uncle Sans Cook Book" as the
volume Is called by the hundreds of
persons who write
Is Handbook for 1t every day. IL q
handbook on econ
On economy. omy-an attack upon
the high cost of living. 1t is selling at
lion copies a year. and when it is con-
sidered that the volume has been avail
able for several years and that the cir
culation jumped to half a million copies
when the book received a large amount
Of newspaper and magazine publicity a
couple of years ago. it will be seen that
Its claim to be best seller" is q
clear one.
But The Economical Use OF Meat in
the Home" is not the only best seller
that Uncle Sam has to his credi.. There
are at least a dozen other publications
issued by the Department Of Agricul-
ture that top the 100000 mark every
year. and will probably continue to
cell at this rate for a decade to come.
How to Grow an Acre of Corn" and
''Hints for Poultry Raisers," for ex-
ample, exceeded the meat book in
popularity last year, but they are more
recent publications. and therefore can
not be said to have withstood the test
Of time as well as has the other book
But. even so. the Department of Agri-
culture averages nearly a thousand
copies a day of these publications, In
addition to the tremendous number OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-07
The Searcilli8lit |
More American Museums.

Tho tremendous growth Of popular
interest in art in this country within
the present generation IL evidenced by
the number of public galleries and
museums which are being opened in
| American cities. A list Of these in
situations compiled in 1882 included
only forty-one worthy Of note Now
there are nearly 500, and some Of them
are worth several million dollars each
Twelve notable museums have been
opened in the last ten years. including
three for this year. Two of these have
already been dedicated. and that OF
Cleveland is nearly completed. and will
be open for the fall season.
The Minneapolis Art Institute. which
was dedicated in the late winter, In
cludes a valuable collection of the best
modern painting and sculpture, as well
as specimens of various kinds of tex
tile art. A school in connection with
it trains art students for advanced
work.
The Taylor Memorial Museum, Just
dedicated at Vassar College, N. Y, Is
American college. 1t is in Gothic archi-
lecture. and houses fine collection of
art and natural history specimens.
The Metropolitan Museum OF New
with a building valued at $4,000. 900 and
la six-million-dollar purchase fund
from a single bequest, besides many
smaller revenues.
Paper Clothes.
Long before paper had come into such
general use in other parts of tho world
it was being utilized in Japan for many
purposes for which cloth was used in
other countries, such as handkerchiefs,
napkins and even stockings.
The Japanese stocking Is frequently
length OF soft, tough paper. wrap
ped around the foot and ankle as a
protection from the cold. Paper shirts
have been worn as winter clothing by
the Japanese for centuries. The paper
used is of q special kind manufactured
from the inner bark of the mulberry
tree by peculiar process.
Extra warm shirts are manufactured
of two sheets Of this paper. with a
sheet Of wadding between them. which
is closely quilted. Such garments can
not be washed, but the pliability of the
paper gives them a greater wearing
capacity than might be expected, and
they are very warm. The Russian gov
eminent is now supplying thousands of
these paper shirts to it's soldiers, who
appreciate their light weight. They
are also very cheap.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-07
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
but you'll arrive lat

Go slow-but you'll arrive late.
Kind acts are never stepping stones
to misfortune.
The best throw one can make with
dice is to throw them away.
A blush IL one Of the few things that
cannot be counterfeited.
When a real estate owner starts
down hill he loses ground rapidly.
A friendly interest" is often but an
other name for impudent curiosity.
What this country needs Is less en-
actment of laws and more enforcement.
But it's impossible for the average
man to account for his neighbours sue
cess.
It matters but little what you think
of a man provided you do not think
aloud.
Once in a great while a woman gets
so angry at her husband that she re-
fuses to talk back.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-07

A friendly interest" is often but an
other name for impudent curiosity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-07
other publications prepared for those in
need Of them.

need Of them.
Other governmental best sellers, in
the order Of their popularity. are:
Canned Fruits.
Others in List Preserves and Jel-
Of Best Sellers. Vegetables s; in the
Home" Poultry Management" Can
ming Tomatoes at Home" Preparation
Of Vegetables for the Table," stand
ard Varieties of Chickens" pig Man
| agement." Meats: Their Composition
and Cooking" and Meat on the Farm:
Butchering. Curing and Keeping"
Food, it will be seen, is the chief
| interest of those who patronize the
| largest book store in the world. To
date the Department of Agriculture
! lating to problems affecting the farm
er. These range in interest from fish
to frost, from cheese making to the
cultivation of casaba melons, from bar
unfamiliar subjects like lespedeza
Japanese clover), Sudan grass and soy
| beans, and also authoritative informa-
| tion as to the best methods of prevent
| ing corrosion of wire fences, shipping
eggs by parcel post or the extermtna-
ton of grasshoppers.
One of the great reasons for the de-
| mand for Uncle Sans publications Is
| because every one OF the 500 or more
bulletins has been prepared by an ex-
:, pert in the employ of the government,
and the majority of them are illus
trated with photographs made at the
governmental experiment farms. The
| government countenances the publica-
| ton of no theoretical works. Every
thing that is written has to be the
work of an authority in that particu-
| lar line, and every book and pamphlet
is twice revised by other experts, thus
assuring absolute accuracy upon all
points. The price at which these au-
thoritative publications are distributed
ranges from a simple request for the
book up to a dollar. This price depends
upon the cost of production. Uncle Sam
aiming to distribute his pamphlets
| farmers bulletins are, as rule, sup
piled at the cheapest rate.
Tho total cost Of printing tho publ
cations of the Department of Agricul-
ture during
Total Annual Cost the past year
Placed at 1924, sol. the rennTt o'
Joseph A. Arnold. chief of the bureau
of publications and Uncle Sans man.
aging editor, was $624,501.7S, of which
printing and binding cost $442.190.81
, In return for this expenditure, the
people of the United States received
l25,6s1,692 copies of 1.152 bulletins. re-
lports, circulars and pamphlets, bring
ing the average cost of each publica
ton distributed to a little more that Z
cents, which is cheap enough, when one
considers the great amount OF time and
trouble which is lavished upon the
preparation of every booklet that is
sues from the governments book store
While every care is taken to insure
the equable distribution of these book
let's and pamphlets, 1t often happens
THAT a representative who halls from
a rural district. will use up his share
of the farmers bulletins within short
time after the opening of a session OF
Congress. There are many sections OF
the country. particularly in the middle
west, where the governments publica-
ltions are looked upon as veritable
farming Bibles, and no agriculturist
would dare admit to his neighbor that