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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-24
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buslness -sso .-- rae .>aambsr o., Commerce is
thr meeting -f ID. 3 tine organization through
vhirh ffs A,,zf-4-s lion az s.. civ meet and
unite in t..l- .Fa~.z -1r tie praiic good
IT. Qgeet.aa a; t-sa meeting of business men
SHOULD not pe t.e rzslaearioa or rejection Of the
position q Ia. CHAMBER Board of Directors
The question saoula RE- What is the bes, and
sisest action fr be taa-r TO insure for Richmond
early and ADEQUATE postal faeiliuos. By adequate
We mean nor alone su5Hclsn- for Today or to-
morrow or The nest $50 wears We mean sufi-
Client and amply Sufficient to meet the ever
embracing Needs Of the city for many wears after
the next ten or twenty sears Richmond as We
all know all continue 70 grow new post,
osrce cannot be built every five or ten wears
Therefore in considering the location of the
Office THE utgre must be counted on moro
strongly .han the past ana the present The
consideration that should he 1ppermost at the
meetlne is What will be best for all the city
ali the time?
n IL il demonstrated that the site at Eleventh
ara Main stree,s ran h. purchased for = nronor
price within tie apprapriatlon. that il win nro-
v,do annie rooa, and suitabIc conditions for the
nreaent ara rom, eer cxn.nsion in the future
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-24

square? Nay. nay, old top and when you
are again asked say a kiss Is ellipticai.-
Newport News Press.
We take your word for It, but when we are
again asked" conditions being propitious. we
shall puf all these statements 10 the acid test
We suspect the Orange Observer is responsible
for your ideas this question.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-24
Inside a Mission Press Plant.

Mr.. f.. A Spillman, Bangkok. Siam
gives some interesting news OF the In
side workings Of one of the great mis-
sion press establishments with which
he Is connected. He says:
While setting type one day IN the
printing office at Parkviile, while
was a senior there VAS some copy
given me which read something Ike
this; 'Dr. F.. r. Dunlap was on the
campus last week looking for some
young men for the foreign field. Thrss
men are needed---oue fer the young
mems institution. corresponding TO
the Young Mems Christian Assocta-
ton, and one for the Mission Press
but none wax 10 he had
Il ala not finish setting rhe article
but wont at once and made inquiry,
il had already determined to follow
the mechanical side Of printing and
/ felt this 10 be a call to a useful
service and at the same time con-
geu;ai work ! came out that Sep
TENDER to engage in the Mission Press
work and have had the manageme emf
Of the Press since the following june.
The Press ranks third largest under
ithe care OF the board We have
la bout twenty~ftva men My foreman
land one of the English siamese conf
posters are Singalese (Ceyfon), two
.of the English compoeltors are In
dian. one IA Bengal and one Tamil;
another of the English composstors
il Chino +Siamese. He composes
Sianexe as we'll and il the most Af-
heient man / have in tho once. The
foreman of the Siamese department
rs Chino Siamese and all the Siamsse
eompositors are either Sfamese or
or Simo-Chinese. The head printer
is Of the old style Siamese. who II
A printer by trade. but who Is COM
poster, book binder and rnachinist. as
we'll. and though he Ii grouehy IRON
one wear to another. yet he Ia very ef-
fiolent and polite. All the book
binders are Chinese and very efficient.
NV assistant in the office Is Sianfesc,
OF the old standby stock ana iailhiui'
slow and persevertng and does excel
lent work. He IL a cousin OF the late
Rev. Boon lit.
MY coolies and boatmen are Chi
nese and ] will take off my hat 10
them when /, comes to a load.
| Neither enc of them weighs over
las pounds. but l have seen them
pick up n 555 pound bale OF paper
and carry It up the iuciine from
the landing into the press. They do
mot read English figures. but they do
know figures. aud they know the lei
tiers A. I. NJ. NJ, when together. and
understand that It is for the mission
and can find boxes easily. You may
not be no interested In the personnel
NJ the office. but It doea show the
varied peoples and personalities we
have to deal with.
we do work for most of the lead
ing European business firms and for
10 number of governmental DEPART
mants. The royal survey department.
royal post and telegraph department.
railway department. ministry of JUS
tice. privy purse and many others.
The profits from this work go to
the publication of tracts In addition:
the press from the profits pays half
of our salary. so that we are enabled
TO carry on at minimum expense to
the board at home the work of keep
ing before the public literature which
should be in every home in this king
DOM
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-24

! A Missionary tells Of AN interesting
visit he made recentfS to an old
heathen temple IN the5 mountains of
China. He SAYS:
When those at the temple had eat
en- their supper. they gathered In the
tsaestrooni, where was TO sieep, and
II preached TO thasn. and sang some
hymns for them. Good attention Was
ma infested. Tho odd cook who had
heard the Gospel Nm Manchuria. seem.
ed especially impressed. To the AIRED
priest / preached plainly. and showed
MIN that no trust could be put in
the Idols, but that he must turn -
the living God 1.-THE would have eter-
nal life
III was my purpose to get up early
the next morning tSindayi for An
early start to some villages over the
mountains, but an incident aroused
me earlier than l had expected to
arise. just before four O'Clock I was
awakened by smoke, and found tho
room so snTocating one could not
endure It, The wind was blowing at
terrific rate. so suppose the smok.
Was blowing in from outside. COW
cred up my head, only TO find that
under tho covers IL was more unan-
durable. for the smoke was coming
up through the thin mat Of tho he'd
beneath me. on which my bedding
to do but grab few clothes, run out
In the cold and put them on in the
naooniaEtat A boy was making fire
under the 'gwos." kind OF kes lie.
IN room some distance away
called him to come on and see ths
smoke: he said, Why. the mssons
forgot TO stop up the hole under your
bed BY process OF fines the
smoke Is carried from one room to
another. to heat the dirt beds that
are used In winter was sleapinx
on = kind of wooden bed put In the
roam temporarily 1t had hees.
placed just over hole through which.
all the smoke was coming from the
fAE kettle arrangement some distance
away where the boy was making fire
for breakfast
mo sooner had I got my clothes
on than worship began In the big
Itempie-room adjoining mine. Ths
head priest and the two boys who are
studying to become priests were car
rytnE II on. OF course. / went In to
see. Worship was begun by first fall
ing PROSTATE before the old image of
Buddah. mounted upon large lotus
, flower. Then there were three taps
on big drum. the lighting of in
cense, and beating of drums, cymba,s
and hollow piece of wood and tina
singing of chants. This was kept IN
for three-quarters of an hour. AT
the close, there was music on set
Iof reed Instruments During all this
time there were repeated bows be.
fore the idol and replenishing of the
incense. All of no avail.
This temple was built one thou-
sand. one hundred years ago and I
suppose the worship has been lepts
up continuously. In front OF the teri-
pie are two large trees. said to bs
some two hundred years old IN the
temple court was flock Of pnre
white chickens in which the spirits
of deceased priests are supposed to
exist"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-24

tn answer 70 our query as TO the shape OF
f. KISS. the Richmond NirEinian sl.Si-
We were never cold hlooded enough to
examine" the shape Of the thing. but as
those who have dome 80 state that it is
always surrounded With a halo OF ecstacy
we feel safe ia concluding II must approach
the cIrcula~ IN shape which We would
mind our friend lis likewise the symbol for
eternity ~"
There now we knew he would cors
ifuw rau zsKtss De circular when II y
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-24
Prison Work In China.


Rev. T. f. Mccrea. OF Chefoo,
writes:
Throughout the quarter have
continued the work of preaching with
my two evangelists in the street chapel
at number O. stations in crowded
parts of the city and have regularly
visited the jail on Sundays, where We
have the privilege OF preaching tho
gospel to over two hundred prisoners
every other Sunday. The Presbyte-
rian mission sends workers on al
ternate Sundays. This work is very
number of men have
protested conversion, and an several
of them are well educated. we have
furnished them with Bibles and other
Christian literature. They are study
Ing this daily. The prisoners are aIso
much Interested in, singing. There
are eighty man In the ward wherc-
work and have taught them Come
to Jesus, Jesus Loves Mo- eta.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-24


That the Chinese are polite. even
in death, lis shown by this incident, re-
lated by missionary:
"He was Christian, and was
diving: was not afraid. but asked that
the foreigner might song him when
he went. by that he meant to stay
with him until the end, and 1t might
mean to escort him into the other
world. He, too. was weak, but at
the very last he rose upon his knees
and. folding his hands In Chinese
fashion, said to the other patients:
'Tae feb dzu. ungo sien XVI which
means: 4 beg your pardon, or forgive
me. / am going first, OF going before
you
..That illustrates the idea OF Chi
nese politeness carried to the very
end Only the other day ] heard OF
a son who was dying saying much the
same words to his mother. 1t Was
unfiiial for him to 20 first. so he
felt called upon to beg her pardon"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-24
If 30. WHY So

Controverss over the textbooks for use in
the public schools has bobbed up again. The
recurrence OF agitation every four years, either
as TO the fitness of the books used or the fair
ness Of The prices charged for them. Is 20 un-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-24
OLD NEW YEAR CUSTOMS
STILL PREVAIL IN CHINA

uoddess OF smallpox Supposed Be Abroad Night of
January 30-Last Night of Year Every Man Takes Bath
inside View of Mission Press Plant Polite, Even in
Death Conference Missions in Latin America-C Chi
nese Women and Education Visiting Heather Temple
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-24
\ Splendid Record.


Since the Wen mel shu yuen tthe
bright learning book garden). AZ our
high school Is called in Chinese, has
been started. says missionary, ther.
nave been about lis graduates, and
these have al one time or another
taught in fourteen of the eighteen
provinces in China. At the present
time nearly every graduate is engaged
IN either teaching or preaching Man
are employed In our own church,
throughout Shauntung and others
are working for other missions. 20
high liz the esteem in which cur grad
yates are held The Anglican, Lon
don American and English Raptixs
Swedish. two seets of Germans. Meth
odist, Christian, Lutheran and Cana
dian PRESBYTERIAN missions are all
employing our teachers at. the pres
ert time. and they are constantly
'sending in more applications. Then
there are a number employed I'm thu
Government schools, and the dena nd
~ far in excess of the supply
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-24

l19le. Commissions are at work on
for study by the delegates prior to the
conference, and which will cover the
following subjects: Survey and Occu-
patton" Message and Method" Ed
Work" The Church In the Field"
The Home Base and "Co-opera-
tion. The meeting at Panama will
De followed by sectional conferences
In various Latin-American lands, at
tended by group of representative
leaders who will carry to the churches
IN those countries the inspiration and
findings of the general conference and
VINO will study anew at first hand
the needs OF the field and the prob
lens OF the missionary task.
Chinese Women and Edunrnt1ou.
Until missionaries came TO China
there was only an occasional girl here
and there taught to read. In miss,on
schools young women were not only
educated. but in hundreds CT cases
saved from enforced marriage WITH
unsuita Bile men, one condition of aa-
mission to the schools being that IN.
girls were not to be compelled TO ho
oetrothed against their willis. As Ali
pupils were to unhind their feet. the
anu-foot binding movement. which
has practically put stop TO the bar
barous custom. had its start In these
institutions The Chinese now have
both government and private schools
Tor young women. which means that
the position of women In China is
undergoing great change for tho
better
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-24

vTRGINIAK PHONES:
Aavertistnr--Mad. ises.
reitcr1ai---Mad. 1s2a-
scciety---Mad. 1873.
General Mgr Ran 2sl.
Cirou, attor--Ran. 323
Contest Dept--Ran. 3!s
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-11-19
Dumb Animals In War

G lGNlFICANTro the vast area under arms
- in the great European conflict are the number
and variety of dumb brutcs employed in the war
The list includes lHrSeS, mules oxen, dogs camel ;
and elephants An tbese active in the prose-
culon OF the campaigns IN the various zones Of
hostlties. Aud even goats play them part, make
their contribution for the Indian troops of Great
Britain look to them as source Of important food
supply. In the fourteen months Of unparalleled
warfare animals have fallen by the thousand
Europe is strewn with their cOrpses.
If there was any doubt about the utility of the
dog that long ago was dispclled He draws light
guns, carries Others stands guard and does heroic
service with the ambulance corps. Many a wound
ed soldier owes his life to a Red Cross dog CameIs
and elephants during the summer months, made
their appearance as beasts Of burden in localities
where, heretofore, their use in that capacity was
undreamed Of. Disease, therefore, as we'll as
wounds, has taken its toll of their numbers
And. from the one cause or another, 50 APP
palng have been the casualties in the ranks of
all these dumb warriors that if peace were de
clared tomorrow, say the experts, it would be ten
years before the animal population could be
stored to what it was year ago. This country
has already disposed of all the horses and mules
that ought t" be sent out from our shores, econ
omsts inform us and further expectations are to
be viewed only with alarm What is true in our
own is true also, of the other countries sup
,pying the other animals "An elephant" says
one writer on the subject will be hard to buy at
any price few months hence" There u.s. to be
sure, far of note to this warning. 1t does not
touch us. Nor does the rapidly increasing dearth
of camels touch us But these facts, nevertheless,
have their significance,
And it is we'll for breeders of horses and mules
in this country to take some cognizance of the
situation as these words disclose it. Our own
supply OF draft animals and horses, that may be
used undGr, lighter harness OF, tbs saddle, should
not he allowed to fall below the line of safety in
order to reap the benefit of high prices created by
Europe's war Somehow and by some authority
that line should be established and exports regu-
lated accordingly
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-11-19
HdlUaii At San DieqO

TIIE plans well under way for HawaiiSn
L participation in the continuation of the San
Diego Exposition should be endorsed generally.
The value to the Islands of the exhibit which has
been maintained at San Francisco is already
demonstrated, and the effect of that showing is
certain to be worth to Hawaii forty times WI
the expenditure has been, bit SO far, Hawaii has
been represented at San Diego only by a bunch
Of hula hula girls. The value of the advertising
we have been getting there is doubtful, to say the
most charitable thing concerning it. ".
The plan under discussion is to send the
ea~ly moved portion of the San Francisco ex-
hlbt to the southern city and to install whatever
is found suitable in the Educational Pavilion of
the exposition. There is at San Francisco the
nucleus of splendid exhibit, such as will do the
Territory credit and demonstrate that we have
here something more worthy of consideration
than brown legs and grass skirts.
With the Inauguration Of the San Pedro steam
ship service by the Great Northern Hawaii
should do its share in developing the tourist pos
Slbilities OF Southern California and there is no
better and no easier way than in taking some
dignihed part in the San Diego fair
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-11-19
Names To Conj,4re WithI

INHE navy department has decided on the
L names TO be given to the six battle cruisers
to be recommended by Secretary Daniels to con;
gress in thc coming session. The department feds
assured that their construction will be authorized,
the plans have already been made and the matter
has progressed to the actual naming of the
proposed ships.
In naming the batteships OF the Navy the names
Of the forty eight States have been used and will
doubtless always be retained and as fast as old
craft are found obsolete the names will be PETS
petuated in the construction of other battleships
In certain quarters there was desire to give the
names of the two Territories, Hawaii and Alaska
to two Of the battleCruisers but the navy depart
ment plans disregard this suggestion. .,r~1
Instead it has been decided to give the new
craft the names OF certain vessels Of the old navy
that have made American naval warfare famous
The flagship of the proposed squadron will be the
Bonhomme Richard; the other FIVE, the Ranger
the Lexington, the Constitution, the Constellation
and the Intrepid respectively.
The Bonhomme Richard was the flagship of
John Paul Jones famous raiding feet and carried
his broad pennant in the great battle with the
British irigate Scraps and her COnsorts off Scar
borough Head on September q, 1873. The Ranger
also one of his ships with which he fought
and defeated sngehanded the greatly superior
British sloop-of-war Blake off the harbor of Brest
on April "a Of the same year He landed his
seamen from this ship and took the forts at the
entrance of the harbor of Whitehaven four days
earlier, this being the first foreign foe to land
on English soil since the invasion of William Of
Normandy Jones named his flagship the Bon
BONNIE Richard in compliment to Benjamin
Franklin whose Poor Richards Almanac" was
then popular in France.
The Lexington was the flagship Commodore
Barry, who is known as the father of the Amer
lean navy. The Lexington was the first Amer
lean warship to cause an enemy's vessel to strike
her flag The Constitution, popularity known
odd lronsdcS, and the Constellation will
memorac the achievements of the Navy in the
war Of 1872, while the Intrepid will always bring
to mind the brave act of Decatur in the war with
Tripoli
The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-11-19
Benevolent 1NeutrdHty

- REECE has announced her position as one of
~ benevolent neutrality toward the entente
powers. 1t is doubtful whether there can be any
such thing The Benevolent neutrality" says a
law writer, which we sometimes hear Of is an
abuse, if it means allowing to one side privileges
denied to the other" Coupled with the declara-
ton of the Greek government is its virtual per-
mission of the passage of British and French
troops through Greek territory, since its protest
against the act has been so manifestly formal as
to be of value. No attention has been paid it,
and do not suppose that there was any expec-
tation that attention would be paid it. Greece
has made no answer to the protests of either Ger
many Bulgaria. Doubtless it is open to Greece
to say that she would permit the passage of Ger
man or Bulgarian troops through her territory
But that amounts to nothing, since no one be
leves that she would do any such thing. Indeed
she could not since to do so would be to invite
on her own soil In other words, Greece's
neutrality is as 'hnbenevOent to Germany and Bull
garia it is benevolent to Great Britain and
France, and so bears little resemblance to true
and impartial neutrality.
The only coheipsion seems to be that Greece has
chosen this way offsh6wing her friendship to the
entente nations, and is holding off until there is
aggressive move against her by Bulgaria. There
is not much neutrality in the policy which permits
sand troops across her territory to attack a nation
with which sheis supposed to be on friendly terms
1t is hard to see how Bulgaria can treat Greece
as anything but enemy And when she does
Greece will-or so it SeemS-be bound to enter
the against Bulgaria 1t is difficult to believe
that the allied powers would have landed troops
in Greece unless they had had practical assurance
that there would be no serious objection, and Ger
tanly no resistance, especially as it would have
been almost impossible to get the people of Greece
no matter what may be true of their govern
ment--to fight on the side of Turkey Yet this
might have been thought of the Bulgarians, at
least by those who remember the atrocities com
mitted in their country forty years ago by the
Bashi-Bazouks Of Turkey-atrocities that hori-
fed the civilized world.
But it looks as though Greece were trying, not
so much to keep out OF the war, to get into it
in her own way and her own terms The Balkan
situation is, however mudded that almost any
thing may happen. All that is certain is that her
benevolent neutHalny toward the allies is anything
but benevolent tNthc central powers.