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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-07
News Of Fifty Years Ago

The Washington papers emphatically deny
that President Johnson has invited the Hon.
John Bright. of England to visit this country
and come over on United States of
Just why this denial is necessary under tho cir
cumstances Is not apparent but 1t is made any
how and officially made at that.
Tho arrival of Horace Greeley in Washing on
to confer with the President is considered
something significant. His recent rupture with
Thurlow Weed and others of the intense raoi-
cal persuasion Ia all the more significant. taken
In connection with his visit to Washington at
this time Can 1t be possible that Horace Gree
ley Is getting in measure Southernized? 1t
may be SO. for he 1t remembered that he mar
ried n good woman In Warrenton. y. c. True
she vas Northern woman and down there
teaching school for price, but she may have
she may nave been preaching some of her doc
trine TO the extreme radical she married Any
now, HORACE Greeley is great man. Let
hear what he has to tell us.
The Pacific Railway is complcted 10 colfax
station fftyfve miles east of Sacramento.
making the entire distance completed since
lahorers are now said to be employed east OF
Gotax. and the number is being daily Increased.
This Pacific Railroad is going to be finished
some good day. They are NOW working It
from both ends
The news from North Carolina is not en-
couraging. 1t is getting worse and worse II
Is said that the provisional Governor. and
his name is Holden. is issuing all kinds OF
orders, approved by the military authorities
t'ticuiateu 10 Illuminate ana to discourage the
best citizenship of the State.
Mr.. Mallory. who the secretary of tho
Confederate states Navy is still being held as
a prisoner of war at Fort Pulaski His wife
is in Washington seeking some means for his
release OF course, Mr.. Mallory give all
the bonds that may be required of him but 50
far none offered by his faithful wife have been
accepted.
Major-General Ames, OF the United States
Army. has been assigned to duty as the com
mandcr Of the Department of South Carolina
and as such has succeeded General Hatch, who
1t is understood has been transferred to
Western command.
A report comes to that all of The Federal
troops heretofore doing a kind of garrison duty
mt ffarrisonburg in this State have been with
drawn there appearing necessity for their
continuance at Harrisonburg
Robert A. Cray has withdrawn as candi
date for Congress in the Charlottesville Dis
tr!ct Mr.. Gray says he use to run. he
cause Ii is very plain the face of tho sit,,a-
ton That no matter who runs who may be
elected. tho elected man will not he allowed TO
take his
The Burial Of Latane.' intensely in: eres,-
Ing md pathetic painting is exhibition In
the windows of Mr. Duruys drug store on Broad
street There is no telling how soon the mill
tary authorities will suppress" it, but for the
present 1t is there.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-07
LITTLE TALKS ON THRIFT
BY S. w. STRAUS
PSefilent Amer;can Sociey for Thin

ITS fine" said Arthur. I'M get NV
mother To write out some recipes for
YOU"
Arthur did. and he gained a customer.
ma sales have gone up to 81 a day. The
morse IL nearly paid for. lie keeps ac-
count OF his expenses separating in
come from his own patch from what
nc has carmel on truck bough, from,
other hoys
Another man. John C. Woodlock. Of
81. Louis. with a salary of never more
'han VIE month. saved 100000 after
thirty-fve years work, which he in
vested In real estate. and mis- monthly
income from rents is now $3.50 a month.
Mr.. Woodlocks rules for getting r,cb
honestly arc worth noting. They arc
ne follows:
Marry an economical woman, who
VIII help you TO get ahead
watch the n!ckels and see that they
ar. not wasted
Don't 20 into deb. for household or
PERSONAL eNpcnsrs-yOu always have TO
pay more for what YOU get.
ray caah. but going into debt on an
investment Is good thing. !. makes
you save.
Don't aquandcr money on amuse.
mcnts good play once a month IA
sufficient for the average person.
Have plenty OF good food That is
economy for Il saves Doctors bills"
20 we sec that thrift is a habit. Just
MS wast"tulness. extravaganza and
carolessncss are habits ana the thrift
or MI ut one time, and IL takes pat!cncs
and time and sclf-denlals unless the
habit was early formed in a home OF
thrift.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-07
The Battlefield Spirit

me followinE anhorisms OF soldier
on war are taken from "A book entitled
inc Spirit of the Soldier on the Raj.
tieheih' which has jus; been published
In Germany!
- ehsurh TO speak OF the "enthusi.
,, "i our troops--as though any en-.
thusiash, however ardent could Ia,
though eleven months OF mo -.
ianors ana hardships The so,dier rho
returns home on leave Is ONLY irr,t,,nd
l" una That while he and his feIIoya
n'N' heeh driving foreign armies our az
,h' country. those who have STAYED M
nome have spent their Efforts ,noraI,.
In driving foreign words or NJ -
Hefman vocabulary. lie is amused ,t
IN" why IN which people Quarrel ovcr
emotions which they do not feel hui
ohiE want TO feel, and discuss whether
ny ""Ght TO cali their feelings against
England hatred"
Those who have fought against tho
enemy do not worry about their pcrson.
al feelings with regard to him oui,o
apart from the fact tina, such feelings
10 not as rude come under the head
ing of hatred.
II Is very important that an army
should think 1t Is winning An advance
is not only the result of bravery hut
bravery is also the result OF an ad
vance.
Come. we are going 10 death on the
"attIehcId, etc. sings Gerhart. Haupt-
mann. in an appallingly empty war
poem. Nothing could be more rldicu-
lous. Nobody goes out "in order to
die To risk ones life and desire
death are two entirely different things
To die is always n misfortune.
He who fights we'll without heinz
killed has not only more good fortune
than those who lie dead on the battle
hcld. he has also tho same moral worth
The man who is hit ia IN no ,apantoa
Put he has no precedence over the sur
Vivor
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-07
a Theatrical Evil Crushed

THERE will be wailing among the first
i nightcrs along the Rialto in New York
They must pay their way If they 20 ,o Tho
play. Most of these nrst-niehtcrs we're 81.
ways financially able TO buy their seats but
in an unguarded moment q long while ago
managers of some OF tho frst-class houacc
through their press agonts--now called nub
licity mcn-granted the bloods OF the ci,v
and men OF local reputation as boheniaus
permission TO attend first.night performances
without paying their way
These benefciaries were paragons ~
fashion and habitues OF the club and hotel
corridors they advertised the play. They
were the highbrow claquc. The New York
managers of the best thcaters have lust de
cided that there will be no more dcadheads
in their places, first nighters or Of any other
brand
But worse evil than the one mentioned is
also to be eliminated, the ticket broker, the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-07

examples OF personal thrift: There il
an Illinois schoolhoy, fourteen years
old, whose name Ia Arthur Kich. This
summer he rented ten square yards OF
ground on which to plant rndishcs, to-
matoes, beans and other garden truck.
Then he borrowed $50 from his grand
father and made tho first payment on
horse lie secured parts Of a buggy
fo, a small sum. paying 81 for the
wheels. The wagon box he made HIM
self IN company with another boy.
whom he paid 50 cents for his work.
Then he went To the nearest town to
sell his truck The housewives he met
asked him what he had for sale.
'Radishes. lettuce, beets. kohlrabi."
said Arthur.
What's tho last word?' asked
housewife.
* ohlrabi"
Never heard of IT," said the woman.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-07
Taking a Wrong Course

~ UR Socialist friends here in Richmond,
~ who oppose the organization of a cadet
corps at John Marshall High School, are MAX
ing mistake. even according to their own
theories. Events Of the last year have made
it plain that we must have in this country
either "a citizenship trained and accustomed
to arms or a great standing army We
must make the choice between realities and
not localities, between facts and not dreams.
Offensive war is not g!orfod when boy
is taught how to defend his country Ii is
the professional soldier against whose domi-
nance in government and in national ideals
this people must guard. The United States
will undertake n reasonable preparedness for
war. Those who stand in the way OF making
that preparedness honestly defensive may
awake to find they have fostered and encour-
aged militaristic, jingoistic spirit that halts
at nothing
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-07
SEEN ON THE SIDE
Vocal Heroes.

We hear a lot Of talk these days
From folks who say they yearn to hght'
Who, for the laurel and the boys
or martial fame. the cause OF right
AND other things OF that same KIND
Declare they'll battle till they're blind.
In every place where men are found
These valiant heroes spout away;
To all whom they can gather round
They tell what gallant souls are they'
And how, IL they but had chance,
They'd cause the enemy to dance
Perhaps some would but for tho rest
Discretion plays in valor's role,
And if they were put to the test
They'd seek the most convenient hoie'
Or prove. when urged to come and night,
How, much that word resembles Night.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-07
RICHMOND DISPATCH: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1918

man who bought up the best seats in the
house and sold them at an advance Of the
box Office rates. the advance being from 90
to rs per cent, and the managers stood for Il,
1t has taken the managers long time to
come to their senses. Proposed legislation
to remedy the evil and protect the public has
been the talk every winter at Albany, but 1t
was always pigeonholed, and the managers
we're frequently blamed for It.
Along with the broker who advanced prices
must go the little fellow who sold at cut
rates. He was a big fly in the ointment of
tho managers. but under the new agreement,
he quits the business. The evils which have
been abolished affected the out-of-town
theater-goers more than they did the city
folks. If the managers will keep down the
outside broker. as they have solemny agreed
TO do, it will he possible for an outsider who
visits New York to get to the theater without
being robbed.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-07
War Orders VIII Not Be Lost

THOSE ingenious gentlemen, both at home
i and abroad. who express apprehensions
that the allies, because of the great depreca-
ton in foreign exchange. will divert their
orders for munitions Of war and other COM
modities to other countries than this, have
not considered what markets will be selected
for these favors
rapid survey of the field shows none that
could be regarded as available So far as
arms and ammunition arc concerned. allied
purchases must be made in the United States
for no other neutral can supply them in sub
stantial quantities. The United States is
Just beginning. thirteen months after the out
break of hostilities and six or eight months
after the receipt Of orders. to make large
deliveries Of munitions No other country
even if its industrial development were ade-
quate. could begin deliveries Of such material
in much less time.
The thing is true substantially
though not perhaps as completely. of other
commodities. Iron and steel. motor cars
clothing. food, saddlery-all must go to the
allies from the United States. Possible i'm
portations from South America would be al
most negligible, and Japan already is supply
ing Russia with all 1t can spare
The allies must buy from us. That does
not mean, OF course. that American bankers
manufacturers and exporters should not do
everything in their power to facilitate the
mutually profitable transaction of this bust
ness, but ii does mean that Britain and her
allies will do everything in their power to
prevent interruption. If a 100000 600
credit, established in New York to pay for
war purchases, will meet the situations
needs. ample security for this credit some
where will be found If purchases must be
paid for in American eagles and double eagles.
the gold will be shipped.
AS matter OF fact, sales of foreign -hed
American securities on the New York mar
ket, or loans effected on such securities sent
sterling exchange from 4 80 l-2. its low mark
on last Wednesday, to Al 1-2 on Friday
| while since that time depreciation has not
| been marked.
| The British and French commissioners
named TO undertake solution of this prob
lem now are on their way to this country
1t is not TO be believed that their efforts will
be attended by any lack OF success
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-07
FLORENCE N,pbt,prnIe.

(The memory of the great and loving
Florence Nightingale was hon6red not
so very long ago by statue of her set
up in the city of London. She is said to
be the only woman not OF royal birth
thus honored This beautiful poem TO
Florence Nightingale was written by
Sir Edwin Arnold:
eff on this verse Of mine
Those eyes shall ever shine,
Whereto sore. wounded men have
looked for life.
Think not that for rime
Nor yet to fit the time
l name thy name. true victress In thi.
strife
But let it serve TO say
That when we kncel and pray.
Prayers rise for thee thine ears shall
never know:
And that thy gallant, deed
For love and for our need
Ia i'm all hearts AS deep as love-can 20.
'Tis good that thy name springs
From two of earth's fair things
"A stately city and n soft voiced bird:
'Tis well that in all homes
When thy sweet story comes
And brave eyes fill that pleasant
sounds be heard
Oh, voice!in night OF fear
As nights bird, soft to hear.
Oh, great heart! raised like city on
oh. watcher. worn and pale.
Good Florence Nightingale,
Thanks. loving thanks, for thy large
work and will
England is glad OF thee,
Christ for thy charity >
Take thee to joy when hand and heart
arc STILL"
Living Church.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-07

slump in costly education
Education and especially in the education
of Women Of women in England. Is fore
an Enui.n,, seen by tho Spectator as n re-
IL eng 'nu suit Of the sweeping economies
which tho war Will for many yonrs compel
we expect" 1t says. there will be rcac-
ton In favor OF the old governess education and
tho day school" There is nothing wrong with
the day school II 1t Is good school, and 1t is
probably true that In England families of mod
crate means have been spending extravagantly
TO support young people at fashionable schools
Tor the sake or the, prestige. Girls schools
complains tho Spectator are becoming as ex-
pensiHe as boys schools" AS n matter Of fact
tnerc arc Few good things so cheap as good
educat ton If 1t is not compiled ted by social am
billions. 1t needs only brains. time, industry
BOOKS ana reasonable amount of help from
teachers lf tho poverty caused by the
leads the British middle class to some
OF tho frills education will not take tho least
harm from it-Springficld Mass. Republican.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-07
Explaining n Silence

D EFUSAL OF officials OF the Allan Line to
N make public a list of the passengers
the torpedocd Hesperan is eHplainable in two
reasonable ways: either the passengers in
cluded the British and French finance COM
missioners, now reported on their way to this
country, or else the British admiralty desires
the German government to think the commits
sioners were board the liner. third
possible explanation involves imputing to the
Allan Line officials common, garden, pig
lheadedness-which would not be polite.
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The Voice of the People

Revolutionary aIonument for Shockoe Cemetery.
To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-Quite a while since the matter of the
graves in Shockce Cemetery mentioned in
The Times Dispatch. and since that time
of the graves have been improved. Under the
efforts of Mrs. w. a. Porter. OF Greensboro, y.
c.. the descendants Of Peter Francisco have
given the funds for a monument to he placed
the grave of this Revolutionary soldier.
The stone has been made and will he placed in
position at very early date INTERESTED.
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\ Side Light

4 y interesting side light is thrown on the
"a literary community of the nations by
Arthur Balfour's letter to the British press.
lin which he says that the Kaiser's modfca-
ton Of his submarine policy toward passenger
ships is due to his realization that acts that
were merely crimes in May are plumbers in
September. An English minister paraphrases
n French diplomats epigram in order to ex
plain German Emperors action.
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South African Wool.

South Africa's' wool trade with the
United states has Increased greatly
since the beginning OF the war The
fbcr la short, but the machinery has
now been adapted for use with short
wool-Ncw York Evening Post.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-07

Thrift Is not n
"ll!-o' the wisp
that Is with us
TO- day and away
tome rrow. 1t is
g : I n b !! shed by
practice rat h g r
.han theory. by
example m I h cr
than prcccpt. and
II Is the certain
way to happiness.
Robert Louis Ste
rcnson said: Hap
pincss consists in
earning a little
and spending a
little less" Here
q rn CANA larr
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-07
wn,tinr for the pelmgc.

What is your amhition?" the newcomer asked
OF the public park guide. the two stood In
the shadow of the Washington group.
'1f have any ailment of that sort" the guide
replied. land my neighbors say Amt. 1t is to
live somebody WALTON the everlasting life
out a people who come around here askin fool
questions. don't want the job myself. but I'd
like to he the innocent onlooker, 10 speak.
Understands
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-07

Then there is the old fool who loses his place
In the paper he's been reading. whenever
pretty girl gets in the car. Hes around just
the
And you can tell the conductor to put you off
at your desired destination. but you can't make
him believe that 1t Is part Of his business.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-07

Gutzon Borglum who has stirred up a
muss in Chicago because he sculpt statue
of the late Governor Altgeld which does not
suit the art commissioners of that city, is the
man who put whskers on the angels OF the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-07
Chats With Virginia Editors

The tFbanna Sentinel sleefully exclaims:
Fine weather for hustling during the past
week Somehow seem TO have a feeling that
good times are just ahead of u.s. II this notion
could only become prevalent md folks would
work more and complain less, things would look
mighty different"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-07

strain upon the Russians in their own terri
tory hefore which they bend. and may break?
For nearly three months. France and 0rent
Britain have had success on the western
front that has been of any service strategicaly
TO tho Russians ousted from Gnlicia and
being driven back from one line OF defense to
another.-New York Sun
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-07
proEressing.

Gruhbs-Do you believe that woman suffrage
Is right?
Stubbs-I haven't gone quite that far but
I've begun to regard 1t n necessary evil.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-07

The correspondent of the New York Sun
who says he would be satisfied with Hughes
or Root for President. but would he willing
10 take Roosevelt, would. ii he were Demo
crat, accept Wilson or Clark or, on pinch,
Cole Blease
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Cotton Is Safe

UTWELVE-CENT cotton and something
better later" is the forecast of the
State warehouse commissioner of South Caro-
lima. John l.. McLaurin, who has been in New
YORK recently He returns to the South with
the information that through the effort OF
President Wilson and w. P. G. Harding. of
the Federal Reserve Board, all adequate
provision is being made for moving of crop
Secretary of the Treasury AIcAdoo will Mace
S"O,oO0,OOO in Southern banks for the mar
keting. This, supplemented by the statement
OF President Wilson that cotton producers
may feel themselves free to exact of the banks
with which they have to deal what they have
right to expect makes the situation most
satisfactory.
Mr. McLaurin is of the opinion that bY
withholding cotton from the market during
the present month and in October II will
reach 2 cents pound for mddline When
1t goes below that point and obligations are
pressing, he advises farmers to borrow 10
cents pound and hold their cotton off the
market until it goes back to 2 cents Pro.
duccrs can pay their Indebtedness with ~
cent cotton and carry over whatever surplus
there Is Tor the big prices he says are sure TO
come within the next year.
Rev Charles Fiske, D. D. of Baltimore
who is 10 become Prot estant Episcopal Coad-
jutor Bishop of New ork and RI Rev. C. F.
Hurch, who is a suffragan bishop of New
ork diocese, used to be news papcr reDortcrs
So was the late Bishop McLaren Of Chicago
BE good to the reporter. You never can
tell when he may fall from hia high estate
or where he may land.
1t is just as we feared; about the time the
country was being luled by Germany's
promise not to do 1t again, comes the news
that another torpedo has been launched with
out warning. Looks IL old Won Tirpitz
had given up his vacation and come back to
open up the game again
!. village girl in New Jersey has won the
distinction Of swatting 1875 flies during
the GUNNER II the little maid had swatted
as many mosquitoes her name would now be
motoring down the corridor OF Time and her
! The Belgium Gray Book, issued a few days
! ago quotes Herr Won Jagow az saying that
! the Kaiser was very much mortified at the
/ INVASION Unfortunately for the little king
| dom, the modification was only mental.
buffer etatc in Europe has the same sort
/ OF Joy as the man who tries TO make peace be-
( tween man and hia wife who arc trying to
/ sec who is boss
"heh this country gets through with Ger
many II ought 10 cook up q plan to aquelch
| the political boss
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-07

The chance is that when the time comes to
make peace Germany will insist shooting
q few torpedoes into the dove.
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His Idcn.

"What's your idea OF an honest man?"
AN honest man." replied Mr.. Kimp. lis one
who likes the same music in private that he
says he likes when his wife is giving musical
evening "--Philadelphia Record
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The Pe,s,mists Comment.

Man with Paper--Here's n preacher In SYRIA
cuse, n. Y. declares that the time will come
when there will be no liars in tho world.
Peeslmist--Well, the world Is duo to end some
time-Canadian Courier.