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Evening star., 1915-01-21
COL. JoYCE's GOOD NIGHT"
Poet Wrote His Own Epitaph fo1
Publication After Death.

Poet Wrote His Own Epitaph fol
Publication After Death.
Nearly three years ago Col John A
Joyce intrusted to a friend an In Me-
mor1am poem on himself. to be given
publicity after his death. This was in
a sealed envelope, on which was the
notation in Col. Joycs's handwriting
"Epitaph Of Col John A. Joyce" The
verses follow:
GOOD NIGHT!
Good night. for seventy years I walked
This vernal earth. and laughed and talked
And sung my songs Of glorious slee
Across the hills and wales and sea
That long shall voice my memory!
Good night. for seventy years l thought
For human Joy aud ever wrought
To make the world more bright and gay
By strewing flowers along the way
And doing good from day to day!
Good night. 20 10 Jon Oak Hill
To rest In silence lone and still,
No more to hear the water mill
Or ery Of the gay whippoorwill
o. music Of the forest rill!
JOHN A. JOYCE.
Washington. D. c.. March -. 1912.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
Return Of the Bell

,rb,, IN. old Iibort, pol, 49,, ,,
none o' NS potency hS sFtnhoi OF
patriotism in this city is one of the
outstanding features of IN. rc,uork,
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anu, l"''ec"' were torth'"H'hE III VIZ
'""''S 'H''N \'iI"S'' low" an" rt'E
p"aHcu 'hi ouE' uuiihS i'H tour l'"'
"cie !" i h'''"'in''' 'hc "c'i - 1t u"
III 'n'r "'Jet'' """S"h"S OF ln'h'oerS
Oh the coihnuil!tE nave raSs"" IN" poF-
,h's OF ihuep.h"chcc iiih "''no"l q
.ho"Sh' TOT 'hc s"cr'" N"''""h' rene
con ''"S'
,ei 10 one "n" STOOD ann" ihe ihuit'-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
LITTLE TALKS ON THRIFT
"! - W. Strauss IN for ubri,,

II you should die to-morrow. how
much OF an estate would YOU leave to
those dependent on YOU.
Here are some facts tina, viii ,p,-o
you d" som. solid thinking An cx
animation of the records OF the Surr,-
gates Once OF New York COUNTY for
me hvc years beginning January /
1901. ana ending December 81, 1905, re
veal.d the fact that an average of 7.or1
ADULTS died each year OF that n.rioa
OF these. @3,05i or s5.3 per cent l.f,
no estate at all; LII or a. per cont
let estates valued nj $500 to 81. 900
ana LIS or 1.3 per cent left estates Of
more than $1,000, but less than 5000.
AN investigation OF the records OF th,.
rf"h'': courts OF Allegheny County.
pennsylvania the county In which
Pittsburgh is situated. shows that the
average number OF adults who died
annually during the six Years from
January !, 1897, 10 December 81. 1902.
was ',!Gi. OF these 4.sG. or 81 per con,
left no estate a. all; i73 OF 81 per cent
LETT estates valued at $500 TO $1,000.
20" or 40 per cent left estates OF more
than $1,000 but less than $4,000: -
or 10 per cent left estates Of more, than
s".oO". but less than 10000
Ihc records OF the Probate Judges
Of'icc and the Health once Of Lucas
County. ohio. the county in which To-
leho situated. showed that 1895
adults died during the period OF nv.
years ending December 81 1900 OF
these. G,204 or ISIS per cent left mo-
estate: -" or lp.i per cent left estates
valued at less than 81 600: go or 7.Sy
per cent left estates valued at less than
10000 and only 20S. or .G2 per cent
LETT estates between $4,000 and Sa5. 600
According ~ statistics just given out
by the National Association of Under.
writers, Oh" person in every ten Who
dies III our large cities Is buried i'm q;
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
SMOKE NUISANCE I'm RICHMOND

10 the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir,--Fcw people stop to think about
the dirty, black smoke emitted from tia.
many. many "mokcstacks and chimncys
Oh our beautiful city AS anything but "a
necessary "ril or nuisance: put uD with
Inc IhrG" amount Of extra laundry work
caused them by the dirty. black clouds.
with the simple remark: What II dirty
city Richmond is getting to be. but [
presume II cannot be helped"
That is AN entirely erroneous idea
ana the people IN general. and tn. city
iathcrS In particular. should look ,rc
subject up more fully. whcrcupou thcy
"onid learn that tho dirty BLACK
nuisance Is entirely unncccsSary. ana
can be easily eliminated. Furthermore.
Ill so doing the people contributing TO
It's abatement would save "A large
amount of aorcv
The cities or to-day that are uu.;o-
cate, clean ana have wholesome at
lhosph"Tc for their citizens ANA yisi.
tors to breathe have AN orGinanc. to
prevent til" Increase Of the sinoli.
nuisance such ordinances arc grad
n"IlN DECREASING tn. nuisance and in .
forming the general public on the sui
le''' ana the creators Of Tho nuisance
~. paTticuia' To such an cAtcnt TINT
'n"S soon begin 20 realize that bv ustr,r
smoke consuming "oulriynnc.s on th.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05

nlgh~prcssurc boilers for soft coal, and
hN installing smoke consuming low
pressure boilers for soft coal they not
Only eliminate the dirty. black nuisance
hn' th"E utilize great stores OF energy
ana neat formerly allowed to 80 to
waste In that manner they save some
~ 10 90 per cent in their cost OF fuel by
the use OF cheap. y.t good. coal and
boli.is. which utilize the maximum OF
neat units from the coal. thus putting.
collars IN their own pockets At the
same TIM" they give better air to be
hf'Ath"d By citizens. thus tending to
better health. decreasing the amount
OF painting. decorating. papcriny. etc.
throughout the city. decreasing laundry
bills, etc. etc
Few people realize the thousands
upon thousands OF dollars thus saved.
nor r"aii1" the greatly Increased com.
Tort created by "a good ordinance
against til" smoke nuisance, enforced
D! "a capable mechanical and smoke
engineer Of discretion.
| trust Richmond may soon limo I'm
With Atlanta. Ga, Nashville and Mem
p"!s. Tenn: Louisville. Ky, and other
cites which have put into execution n
strict smoke ordinance tending toward
Il city beautiful
THOMAS W. sTARErCK.
Eichmond Va. December 3, 1915.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
II Society for Thrift.

rHupc-'s grave. There aac l.25oooo
"epch"""t wage "arnrra. who failed To
save anything for their own support,
now costing this country s22O oo0, 900
"a ychr.
There ar" ",l.7,00o widows in ,h.,
country over stNty-iiVc years OF axe ana
over .. per cent OF them laC,, ~.
necessities OF life. and 30 per cent the
comforts The country is suppor,ing
about 100000" dependent. nur de,l,,
Gucnis IN institutions Yet th. wealth
or the United states. $4,000 600. 500 I.
nearly double Euglnud's $4,000. O0o. 600
ana Gcrmhn!'s SS0.oOp. 900. 900 and three
times that OF France. Moreover our
income "i $4,000. 100000 n year /.
larger In proportion 10 our wealth than
! the incom" OF amy other great nation.
incredible - II may seem. In this
land %! such vast wealth. there arc be-
tween ten and hfteen million poverty
stricken people
Her" certainly is food ror thought.
"""'i' with these figures before ms w.
rcaiiZ" that America stands fiftie.h IL,
pcrc"ntag" OF population carrying saw
ihSs D"nk accounts. according to these
statistics.
Teaching thrift In the colleges Of the
land VIII h"lp greatly.
what Girhrd College. OF philadelphia.
Tor instance. can do 10 correct these
conditions ana teach thrift Il is doing
since 1896 a savings fund has been in
operation ~ the college. Under the
present system the boys can make
deposits OF 81 or more. The growth Of
IA" idea Is shown by the gro TN OF the
f"nd. Tn. deposits in 1895 were s23i.cT:
ana in 1914 reached Sl.70ial There
""r@ llo accounts opened in 1914. 1t
Is SAT. 10 say that By the time the
h"Ns leave the college. the habit of
saving VIII have been stablished and
: Just a. many thrifty young men added
u our vltizcnshin.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
SEEN ON THE SIDE
Cheer I'm.

Cheer Up.
say. friend. why the melancholy?
This Is no time for repinng;
It's the season to be jolly
For the Christmas stars arc shining
Buck up. fight dow; weak depression;
Don't admit Fate treats you badly;
Don't commit the indiscretion
OF surveying life too sadly
There is joy all round about you.
You Will find. If YOU keep trying:
But there's not Il bit OF doubt you
VIII lose out If you keep signing.
Buck up--can the melancholy:
Don't waste time in vain rcpining:
Ills the season to be july.
And the Christmas stars are shining
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05

The Charlotte Observer SAYS: '"rhere ha: been
n svod deal OF newspaper spoutIng about the
giving away Of all his wealth--eXccpt lust
enough to live only Andrew Carnegie Some
or tho papers talked like MIR Carnegie was
destined to spend Christmas in the poorhousc,
anu no doubt some of the village benevolent
societies have been discussing the matter OF
getting up II turkey and basket OF provisions
10 brighten the day for him. and it turns
out that he in hanging to Just litte-say
about s60,0000O0 Mr.. Carnegie may he con-
sidered mighty poor man, but there n
number OF newspaper in North Carolina
VINO might manage to exc out bare existence
II given The Interest his poverty"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
Italy In the Balkans

| HERE mas bcen no more important ana
significant announcement i'll all the re-
cent history OF the than that made by
the Italian government that il adheres to the
treaty entered into by ltalys allies not TO
conclude separate peace. Accompanied as
it was by the declaration OF Italy's purpose
10 assist the allied campaign in the Balkans
and by the landing of new Italian forces at
Avona. Albania, it will go far toward
rivng French. British and Russian confidence.
Evidently the mission OF Lord Kitchener
TO Paris and Rome is bearing fruit. There
are other signs than this of new co-ordna-
ton OF allied strategy and new stihening of
allied purpose. In the armies that form on
the Roumanian frontier. Russia displays her
share III the enterprise The next Russian
offensive. says an Associated Press dispatch
from the eastern front, will be measured In
terms OF millions OF men, rather than i'll terms
OF army corps. General Jofre has been pro-
NOTED TO The supreme command OF all the
French forces in the field, save those operat-
ing in Africa
Italy has not shown disposition to act in
unison with the other members of the quad
ruple entente. Hammering away at Gorilla.
continuing the slow advance toward Trent,
she had shown singular indifference 10 the
progress or affairs in Serbia and Montenegro,
to the just apprehensions of Roumana and
the stubborn attitude of the Grecian King
something has served to convince the Italian
MINISTRY 'Hdt III must he prepared TO con-
tribute more generously than it has yet con-
trbuted TO the attainment Of the common end
italy has plenty Of troops to spare 200 900
for Balkan expedition. She has plenty of
incentive, for her ambitious extend to the CON
troll OF Albania and Adriatic hegemouy
and these ambitions entirely inconsistent
with German hegcmony in the Balkans She
must defeat that particular German aspira-
ton if she would realize her own.
Neither Greece nor Roumania will watch
unmoved this manifestation OF Italian in
tcrcst in Balkan affairs. In the Adriatic
she has kept them i'll leash. she will not sur
render them permanently save on reasonable
assurance 81 compensation in the Aegean and
on the shores OF Asia Minor. If Italy takes
Grceccs place in the Balkan strife and the
allies are victorious. Greece will have small
part III the division Of the spoils. The appeal
10 Roumania is twofold. In the first place
It's people are Latins. with a natural racial
sympathy for the Italian cause and in the
second place the presence of Italian armies
VIII so FAR toward supplying that assurance
against the devastation OF their country
which Koumanian leaders have declared must
accompany entrance into the war.
Trying TO predict how the Balkan cat will
jump Is precarious business. subject TO MANY
uncertainties, but all the indications are that
the next leap of that sprightly animal will be
III The direction of the allied camp
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
Much Ado About Nothing

M jtli ado about nothing is being made
IVl over the temporary removal OF the Sec
ond PChc" Station to Sycamore and Cary
Streets. Broad Street merchants Justly de-
mand adequate police protection, but the
transfer of the station-house cannot affect
mat IN the slightest degree. Policing of
the streets is done by patrolmen. and not by
the proximity of district headquarters
Further, the contention that a longer time
mast elapse before the reserve men can
answer urgent calls loses its force when il is
realized that these reserve forces consist of
one man at each statiOn-housc. And the
argument that patrOlmen should keep i'm close
touch With their stations, urged against the
removal TO the proposed location is quite
without merit, in view OF the fact that they
keep in touch by reporting over Tie telephone
or polio" signal wire to Police Headquarters
on Broad Street below Twelfth which they
VIII continue 10 do More than 10000 Of
iheS@ reports are made every month not one
oi which Is received at the precinct stations
Many cities OF liiChmondg size have only
one central police station. and the adoption
OF that plan has seriously been considered
mere. AS a matter of tact, the only prrsons
who Will suffer by the temporary transfer of
the Second Police Station will be those police-
men VINO will have greater distances TO 20 TO
and from their homes
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05

The Blackstone Courier, noting tho fact that
"Richmond autoists have been able to force
down the fine speeding from 500 TO so5"
asks: Who's looney uow?" Not the autois;s
surely.-Rchmond Times Dispatch. Surely not
Hut how about community who "lct few
iutoinobilists run the whole town" as recently
described by The Times Dispa tch ?-Blackstone
Courier. The tbs information about that
community CBlackstone) was very reliable II
came from the Courier.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05

The Mnrshville Home boasts OF "a woman
FARMER as follows: "Ars. w. r. Craig Of San
ioiu' route t. has the distinction Of being the
ohis FARMER In Lee County who saved enough
OF crimson clover and vctch seed last year for
her own use. Not only Is this true, but Mrs.
Craig Is ;'elinS vetch seed She is sowing her
own cowpeas, and will have for noxt season
Held selected corn, crimson clover y.tch and
several varieties of cowpcas"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
Smid A,tIIn the Hun tn


1t was not hcrc--it was not there.
Bcy"nd the bounds Of Otherwhcre.
Two tyrant lords OF vanished men
They met in shadowy mail and casouc
To greet, and OF each other ask
CTwo shades whose work on earth wa.
dire.
Mid darting lights and WIDENING
gloom.
Their eyes the lamps OF lethal fire.
ficrcc thirst for power their endless
doom
TO seek To be thrown back, to seek.
10 learn the triumph Of the weakD
"l.", am Attila. who laid
Proud Aquilelia in tie dust.
me Slav, the TeutOn. slalled nv blade
vi blood had tho sacred lust!
ca Attiia am ]; but thou
VINO mast our brand upon thy brow?"
l. TOO made treasure cities smoke,
ana blood with ashes mixed therein;
Nnu from the sky, on sleeping folk,
NINE engines did fun vengeance VIM
!" whom said Attila the Hun,
IN all OF this thou hast we'll donew
But J." the other shade replies,
Wherc'cr dealt the killing blow.
Or gave mine iron cross as prize,
Herewith bade Gods blessing
Then .tttila fell back. outdone-
Gods scouraSc, and not His Favored
son!
Literary Digest.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05

The suggestion of Auditor Moore" saws tho
Norfolk Ledger Dispatch, that the treasurcrs
omit the b-pcr-ccnt penalty on taxes not paid
by December Is coupled with the statement
that under the law neither he nor the trcasurcrs
have "A legal right to do II. In which case he
had Just we'll not have made it, as some
people may imagine that they have thirty DAYS
moro without penalty"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
Guide See, II Dawn of Pence.

The Guide of Capitol Square greeted New
conner Gleefuly. "Iookin' over wifc's sock last
night, dskivered thct she he'd sowcd all
the holes in 'em. II WIZ hint to me tibet she
knows Christmas is comm She don't propose
to let ennythin' thets put in EN- will fail TO
stay put
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05

The description given Of HONEYWELL In last
sundays Times Dispatch,' says the Appomattox
Times Nirs1niaI.. made the capital city of tn,
Commonwealth look like 30 cents but there fl
nothing small about Richmond when il begins
to toss bouquets" Certainly not and do you
mind that it never losses them the undc-
serving?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05

The Richmond uewspapcrs,' says the Will
hainsburg Gazette. made much ado when
President George W. stevens. Of the Chesapeake
and Ohio. was forced to climb the steps OF a
seventeen story building Few days ago But
there Is nothing strange In tho act of tho dis
tnSuished railroad man. He long since learned
that there is room at the top" Exactly So
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05

In the following paragraph the Halifax
Observation-Disclosures takes its last shot for the
season at its deadly enemy: The football season
is over and the deaths number sixteen, one loss
than last year. And they say the game liz not
near SO brutal it used to be-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05

world-more prominently than ever before
il is the terrible fact OF the existence OF evil
IL there is any doctrine which might Justly
be inferred from the facts of life and the en-
porience of mankind. il is that of the exist
ence OF some grea: and malign intelligence
which stands behind nature and wars ever
laStinely with good.
We might indeed be inclined TO deny this
in the pleasant lazy years of peace But
i'll the face OF the horror CONFUSING Europe
at the present hour. belief in an evil agency
is the only satisfactory explanation OF those
facts which make US freeze and shudder. 1t
is not just to make God solely responsible for
the misery and wickedncss OF man. and it Is
hardly charitable TO impute mans guilt and
suffering wholly to his own innate depravity
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05

ernshers into fiat cars waiting to receive their
burdens The granite there is said to be OF Il
very good quality. and the supply would appear
TO DE sufficient for many years. y whole noun
t"'n not an inconsiderublc hill. is waiting to
be moved"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
This New scholar.

Did the serpent tempt Eve with the apple"
asked the lady teacher Of the boy who was
present for tho first time
Pa says she whcedled it out of him. and
says pa thinks he knows evcrythin.'"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
Current Editorial Comment
Paris BOurSe
Backs
CarranZa

,,; D Marked adva nces in the prices
~ 90 of Mexican securities on the
backS Paris Rourse have followed the
CarranZa recognition of the carranza gov
crnmcnt-a fact of particular in
tercst because the French hold large amounts
OF Mexican issues y French financial author
ty writes that the recognition of Carranza has
Il fact strikingy confirmed by the conduct Of
the market Events in Mexico, il seems right
to add, have indicated since carranza's rccog-
milton that the United States md the south
American governments not backing The
wrong horse.--Sprngiied Republican.
,, As a general rule. it paws in
Shop Earl! money. in physical health ana in
anu mental peace 20 leave Il rcstful
BE Happy Of week ten DAYS be-
tween your last Christmas shop
ping expedition and the holiday period. If you
have no consideration. for anybody else have
some consideration for your family Many
al Christmas has been spoiled by people who
steal strain of doing late what they should
have done early, and who have lost the Christ
mas spirit through sheer WEAKNESS and worry.
The best thing you can invest in for Christmas
Is good hunor, and that is impossible to AN
exhausted body and mind-i5altmorc Amcr-
can.
Fine Spirit one thing stands clearly
rpder,ies in Mr. F"rds proposal to take to
Europe the nucleus of n possi-
tordS Plan bic neutral peace conference.
and that is the fine humanita-
rian spirit which undcrlcs 1t. Just when En-
rope is reported as believing that all Amcri-
cans. and particularly all our mllionaires arr.
actuatcd in their attitude towards the war
solely by the desire to coin money out of il
there comes along one plain. straightforward
American from Detroit to put his shoulder To
the wheel and to do what he can When chan
celeries and State departments lie back ana
certain that nothing he done toward
peace until Europe Is - still greater wreck
because of presidents aud tradition and all the
other obstacles of secret diplomacy. here Is Il
man who is going upon adventure which
may have important exploratory results, and
at will cause Il great deal of discussor
abou, peace. which is certain he of helm
To many particularly here In the East Mr.
FOrd'S plan VIII seem fantastic; he will he
the subject of ridiculc and abuse. notably by
the militarists. But venture the prediction
that his generous act of kniEhterrantry viii
he acclaimed by thoughtful hundreds of thous-
ands the world over as II bit of American jdcul-
Ism In an hour when the rest of the world has
gone mad over war and war preparedness The
peoples OF Europe who paying the prIc.
will. we believe have hut feeling about
Mr. Ford's vcnture--a hope that something NAV
come out OF what is obviously an effort against
great odds.--Ncw York Evening Post.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05

The Boston Transcript says that the sus
pcion deepens that Colonel Roosevelt not
only knows mighty we'll what's the matter
with this country. hut how to fix it. He
didn't seem 10 know exactly what ting
matter when he was President. and when he
undertook TO fix what he thought was the
matter. he made the job look like a table OF
aftcr-dinner dishes.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
State House Dialogue.

You shouldn't doubt what he told you. lie
doesn't have to lie
NO. he doesn't have to- but lie warp the
truth so that it will tit any situation that con-
fronts him
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
One DleSSinE,

The sufragists say that when they get the
vote they will make man know his place"
They WILL too. The agreeable thing is that
the place they will make ma know will prepare
him perfectly for the place he may inhabit here
after"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
Perfectly ObNInIk.

Bachelor--Did your wife accept you the first
time YOU proposed"
lirncdick-Of course she did. Do you suppose
haven't sense enough to avoid a danger
have once escaped?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
berseH Wanted,

Ntrhth Wanted.
Will you publish secure for ine The I-e-
male OF the Species" and When You Were a
Tadpole and ] Was u Fish," MISS ! & g
IF some reader will be good enough 10 scnJ
copy. we shall he glad to forward 1t to you
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05
The Court at tho Club.

venerable Judge the club caused his
guests to look up when he said: III woman
takes man at his word when he tells her
to Judge him honestly the acquaintance is
mighty apt TO end right there"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-05

To Seen on the Side Why doesn't Richmond
erect IA statue to its first Mayor? Broad Street
at the intersection OF Seventh Street would he
Il suitable site. Broad street needs something
TO break the mUnotony OF its width.
LANDMARK