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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19

DOYS are as much boys in one city As thcv
- are IN another, sometimes more so New
York has the same trouble with the species
that Richmond has: il Will play baseball in
the streets. No matter how adequate NAV
he the playground facilities. nearly every CT; y
block harbors half q dozen unconvention-
alists who scorn community grounds and re.
1otce IN the streets as a field in which ia
sketch" "bat 'en out" or play "short CANA t"
They ask: What's the use goin' bout a mile
to a field that's already full up, when there
Amt anybody in the old street. anyhow"
AS long as they arc boys. the question
reems merely rhetoricals there is no answer.
After they are grown up. they change their
views. New York long ago howned On the
conversion OF tho streets into baseball dia-
&nondh. and recently q magistrate had tho
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19
News of Fifty Years Ago
'From tho Richmond Dispatch. June / 9, 1860

trial to p T. 6 aa refused
1ail and to pay dne OF 500 There WIFI prob tn
:y s The Of r. g. ogden e 's os
In he case was Of to the
case wnk axe eha,rse the jury disagreed and the
lanes Chandler. fifteen years of age tho
IN amen Of v Rev Henry kcsiins drowned
yesterday; The body was brought to- the o'c cty
Tor burial in Hollywood.
by the steamship Paris is to the effect that
war r between Austria and Prussia is on tho eve
other neutral powers to bring about an under
ffa1thuhE between the two countries having
Mr., Stevens: of Pennsylvania. yesterday Of
Committee Foreign Relations to inauires into nto
ico 600 Of Leaning the republic Of Mex
t tGet itself against Invasion by European
the on hs s tho
a5ryed The ; this country should show its hand
William Winston Seaton, editor and part
owner of the National Intellisencer. died at his
in service MIR the ne
states, being eighty-one years of age.
rnne of iowa Sr R sonaE cR hns
The leave will probably be made pormannt
esc cfoTa n to new postal law that goes into
ed at the request of the party addressed from,
postage "i'"'"t a'o'''ohai
40, Four steamers sailed from New York yester-
gay carrying for England s2.oS7.o00 of United
states GOLD coin. The excitement in the gold
room on wall Street has been intense for sew
eIai DAYS past -Four five OF the heaviest
STOCK speGulators have lost fortunes in that imo
by throwing their money and their influence
against the rise in gold. rise consequent upon
the almost certain outbreak OF in Europe
Sarh has see in Ao4ps
sariiy great alarm and Excitement.
IL Is now believed in Washington that tho
tax on cotton will he reduced to 2 cents per
pound. ~ N''N' Fet
"a wealthy Baltimorean is quoted as saying
that pan 10 the amount Of So 100000 ca he
pr procured 9 for Mr. Davis in the city or Baltimore
on hFe hours notice. Already $4,000 has
oeen quietly subscribed to a proposed fund for
PAYING the expenses OF his trial and 500 600
moro can be raised IL necessary.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19
Flaw in the German System

Tor once III way, the German scientific
i system OF military and civil government.
which the world had supposed was flawless,
has developed weak spot According to a
news dispatch from Berlin. the people are in
dgnant because the municipal authorities
have not put stop 10 "thc gathering Of quar-
relng and fighting crowds" outside the food
supply stores. II simply goes to show that
when people are hungry, system will not sat
isfy them, even though il is backed by German
police. And sooner or later the hunger of
the people back home will spread to the
trenches, and the glory of dying for the Kaiser
and kultur will not satisfy the soldiers
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19
optometry Law Will Prove Boon

a LTHOUGH its passage was opposed for
"a years, the law regulating and licensing
5the practice of optOmetry, enacted by the last
Legislature, will serve TO prevent much harm,
not to speak of trickery, especially in the
Rural districts OF Virginia. Dwellers in cities.
so whom oculists and reputable opticians are
readily accessible are not likely to be ia
miliar with the Injurious practices of ire
sponsible peddlers who travel through the
country, making absurd diagnoses and pre-
scribing whatever lenses they happen to have
in their packs.
1t is against these charlatans that the act
is chiefly aimed. In some cases. it will work
for good In the cities, but to those persons
in the country who would otherwise be sub
jected TO the quilting OF unprincipled and ig-
norant men 1t will be an actual boon. Now
it remains necessary only for the authorities
TO enforce the law with the utmost strictness
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19
Tie Metric S-fen,

United States manufacturers and
dealers bidding for foreign trade are
advised TO mako use Of the metric sys-
TEN in their proposals detailing dimen-
sions and measurements. and It Will
be we'll If the acceptances Of this
advice finally shall lead to the moro
general use OF the system In domestic
business
Brazil. Chile. Peru and nearly all tho
South American countries have for
mally adopted tho metric system. and
IL ia in general use in all the Eu-
ropean nations. except Russia and
England. wherc II is permissve. Con-
gresa has lcgalized it's use in tho Unit
cd States. establishing a table of stand
ard equivalents in our common meas
urements. although unfortunately the
Federal table Of weights and measures
I'm this country Is nonenforced stand
ard.
Uniformity OF weights and measures
throughout the United States Is greatly
TO be desired and in an interstate COM
merce which enters into forty-eight
jurisdictions would seem to be almost
as essential as uniformity in none
tary terms. but 1t ia worry far from
being accomplished, and seems to be
possible only when Congress shall e1-
ercise the power which Is given It by
the Constitution.
When this shall be undertaken IL
will be as easy. II not easier, avoid
ing the confusion OF familiar terms
with new Significance TO establish A
similar liter as to decree a new quart.
n hectoliter as a new bushel and II
export trade Is to become general
and. by the development Of export
ing combinations. is to enable the
small producer or manufacturer to
utilize his surplus capacity with the
same plant and organization with
which he serves domestic trade there
Will be distinct advantage in a single
system Of measurements which will
suffice for both.-Philadelphia Buils-
tin.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19

finger prints taken Of three habitual Of
tenders. Now Richm md is about 70 despoil
the boys of their ancient right an ordinance
has been recommended that will work that
deprivation. It's just as we'll. perhaps. that
the boys should have II foretaste of the
Spartan requirements that will be exacted OF
them when they are grown. under the great.
moral wavo now curling to its crest. But
1t must be admitted they are being educated
somewhat radically. For swimming pur
poses. their river was ruined in order to make
electricity; aud now they won't be allowed to
play baseball in the street
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19
SEEN ON THE SIDE
Sunday In nichmond.

The great big fierce policoman's
PatrollinE OF his beat,
And criminals arc fearful
They Will this terror meet.
The nswsboy with his papers.
The icc-cream soda man.
The villain who sells stoEics--
He'll catch them II he can
The trolley car conductor
Is GuakinS In his boots.
Tie tnSicabman shud6ers.
AS round curve he scocis,
The girl we know as Central"
The driver of the van,
Expect that fierce policeman
To nab them If he can.
res, all these horrid persons.
Who smash the moral law
Arc plunged in apprehension
The worst you ever saw
But thieves and gold-hrick sellers
swear this new plans n gem;
They know the force policeman
VIII have no time for them.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19
William Loeb, Jr., for whipping Boy"

William Loeb, Jr., for "Whipping Boy
IN view OF the weakened statement made
1 by Mr.. Hughes on the infamed- hyphen
question, which has resulted in his indorse-
ment by the German-American Alliance and
which will contribute to his rejection by the
people, il might be well for the Republican
party TO consider seriously the suggestion OF
the Progressives that William Loeb, Jr., be
selected for campaign manager.
Long before he LIS through Mr.. Hughes will
have to take another stand on the German
American issue. and he will need an expert
ad1uster and qualifer, not to say trimmer
For that service Mr.. Loeb is eminently
fitted. When he was secretary to the Colonel
in the White House, one of his principal
duties was TO amend. qualify. d:stort and deny
statements which the Colonel had made but
which he had discovered were not acceptable
to the people or+Io the. interests. In short,
Mr.. Loeb is the most experienced whipping
boy in America. and in that capacity should
be Invaluable to the Republican candidate.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19

We'd like to submit question to the
President: What would be his policy in re-
gard to letting some philosophical citizen
operate little Sunday-necessitiess store in tho
Federal Building. where the State authori-
tics couldn't touch him?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19
NfOIes on the Lawn.

Mrs. ". r. M..ciet one-p pound can Of car.
bon diSulphtde. Then take small .ticl,
broomhandle will do-and punch holes IN thu
mole's runway. Pour an ounce or two Of the
liquid down in the hole close II m The
fumes from the carbon travel along the moie's
route, and as soon as they come in contact with
the nest they XIII. Have fire around during
the process 80
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19
Moths in n Room.

r. B.-Stir tablespoonful of red pepper into
n pint Of wood alcohol With syringe Inject
the liquid into every crevice and corner T,,rn
up the edges Of the carpet and wet them with
rate slowly. IT is not likely that a single treat
ment will abolish the evil. Persevere; add now
and then lump OF camphor. crushed to nen
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19
DOnt Making.

Can you tell me where may get a book on
stores o. HENRY NfITI 1rT3
IVY we should he sure. without your statement
mat any OF the Richmond book stores could get
snch book for you. We can give the address
OF me publishers OF such books, but you would
nave to send stamp for private reply as trade
addresses are not given here
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19
Consfdcrate.

Did you tell father" inquired tho anxions
maiden that you could support me In the
style tn which I had been accustomed?"
Not exactly" replied the resourcefu1 swain:
nut told him was perfectly willing to let
him continue to support you In the STYLE tn
which YOU had been accustomed"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19

discase or "a disease of tho ncrves?
Ans"er-C Closed" means that sputum and
Phthisisophobia Is a name given to the hvsteri
va. rear OF tuberculosis which threo-ring
1 1 stTie or campaign against tho so-callcd
great white plague" has stimulated in many
minds. " ''"'
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19

With the kind assistance Of the Common
Council, tho Board OF Aldermen and the
Mayor, automobilists may now blind anybody
they choose with their glazing searchlights
The DINNER law was not too good to be true
but too good to last
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19
Very Saving Indeed.

Gruhos--Old Grabem is quite economical, rye
been told:
Stuobs-Tnen you were told tho fact. He Is
so economical even with air that he declines to
draw long breath.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19

The Progressive party does not appear 10
relish being used as a big stick and thrown
aside when the time comes to speak softly.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19
Chats With Virginia Editors
- Getting down to bed rock. the Gordonsville
Gazette observes: after all, the best Find ~
preparedness talk is that from the pulpits'

which has been" says: The third S Gaton O.,
naI.io t convention Is when the delegates be-
81" borrowing from each other"
9TH The Sunday blue law, says the Chase City
officer with his Job before any attemnt me-" w 1t
made to enforce It." Kind OF dynamite rem
ITO hear him tell it," says the Bristol Herals
Courier. each city that Billy sunday visits Ia
tn tn ,, wtekedest on earth The man must he IA
down South Maybe he will not and th n se so
bad. e" q"
=, The old timer who paragraphs on the Har-
old swimming hole OF concrete has made its
Il doesn look oh al PIT farm
raised on that farm probably viii hike Ave
miles 20 "a regular one" "
The Urbanna Sentinel. that is always preach
ing short sermons on live topics. says: at Ia
ne person rather than the occupation that adds
tify the most mental occupation or serwire amd
there are others who degrade the most hon
orable calling. N'i
While the Clifton Forge Review is calling
upon President Wilson to ornament a Virgininn
with silk gown. the Newport News Press
looks elsewhere and says: "Again President
Wilson has the opportunity to appoint Mr. TAFT
to position on the Supreme Court bench And
lose any votes by doing So
1T is a trihes. strange. but nevertheless n
only work OF necessity specifically recognized
by the Sunday law of Virginia is the delivery of
their ice cream" And differing from "ne na g
they have to have it in winter the same as in
summer ." '''
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19

Say what you will about this Sunday OH
seryance crusade ii has caused no iutcrrrn
ton in the Sunday flow OF gas. On the streets
yesterday everybody was talking-and some
Of the talk was both heating and Illuminating
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19
To-Day,s Best Hnpd-p,cs.d ,or


The young physician was tired but "a be
settled back in his casychair. and his. newly
welded wife took seat beside him, he aske
arectionately:
And has my little wife been lonely?"
On no., she said. animatedly: "at least not
very I've found something to busy myself
with
Indeed he said What is it?"
Oh I'm organizing a class lot Of young
girls and married women in It, and were
teaching each other how to cook?"
What do you do with the things Won cook -"
we send them to the neighbors"
Dear little woman said he, always thought
full OF your husbands practice Pail Mall
Gazette.
Spoiled.
She was just as could be
You'd nave been convinced she would be
Charming TO each single she CHANGED to
meet;
But 1t didn't work out that way
For she sang IN such fat way
Every one who heard her try took to his feet
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19

This succintly outlines the administrations
policy with regard to Mexico. 1t is evident
either that the time for this last resort has
come that troops already in Mexico
In such danger that every available man
must be rushed to their rescue. In either
case, the border must not be left unpro-
tected, and 1t is the privilege of the States
OF the Union to protect it.
Virginia has always answered, and proudly
when the call TO arms has sounded In the
War OF the Revolution, the War Of 1912 the
Mexican War. the War Between the States
and the Spantsh-American War, her sons
have stood IN the forefront. For a long time
now, her ways and theirs have been the ways
Of peace, but Virginia CLOVIS with the know
ledge that now, when danger threatens the
roll OF the drums and the blare of tho bugles
will fall ears alive to their summons and
will sound to men eager to obey their call
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19
The Execution.

She-Refore we were married you told me my
voice like music.
Ee--1 know II, but even when a fellow In
fond of music he ma, ger little hit tired
OF raEtine.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19

If Carranza keeps this up. whiskers will
be even less popular in the United States than
they are now.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19

Considering the attitude OF Colonel Roose-
Welt, the Progressives must feel like that
unlncky girl In the ballad, who was left wait
ing ut the-church
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19

G. b. U.-Darwin held that there is a grad
nal EVOLUTION or progress Of low forms OF life
into higher forms, and that man himself traces
his ancestry back through apelike creatures TO
the most primitive form of living matter. over
q period OF millions Of years. The process has
been compared with tho growth OF tree whose
branches represent certain types OF lower ami
mails. When ono OF these types has branohed
off, off there is no chance for II to evolve further
branch of the evolution tree AS 1t has senao
rated from the main trunk. 1t could never de-
velop toward the human type.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19
The Pcssimist Snysi
Shakespeare On, l., DIV.

some men are born great and some crate
on everybody else who happens to he born
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19

The hyphenated are beginning to ind that
they arc hcing violently assai1ed IN the
hyphen.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19
Queries and Answers
Population OF Italy.
1.-The last census Italy had S5o4o onr

What will keep wood ticks from attacking
horses and cows? SIJRSC,R IN Elr ''e
Brushing with kerosene oil along ~ -
part OF the legs 80 oi
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19

the Norfolk Ledger Dispatch, the editor Of
which has been" says: The third iaw q, ..
national convention is when the deiesates be-
gin borrowing from each other" "
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19
Health Talks, by Dr.. VIM. Brady
The Sins OF the Pnrcnt.

sin of omission is cowardly when il brings
punishment upon the innocent. Parents who
evade the sacred responsibility of tcachirg chiI
dren the truth about life can scarcely ALL.
the appalling consequences of this too common
fault OF education. else the truth would no 80
versaily Impaired children old enough to GO
to school. '
Unfortunately even mothers and fathers
know so little OF this house we live in
that they generally incompetent to instr,n,
their children, and teachers in the nun
lie schools do not qualify. Why. college srodu
ates take their scientific degrees and ,o ont
into tho world educated" individuals yith
out inklng of real knowledge of human ra
production.
If could remove the signatures from marv
Of the letters from boys and girls who t,Ln
the courage to write for advice and nlaca
these human documents before the mothers and
fathers of the land. sexual hygiene would he
come important part OF the common school
course tomorrow. And might add TO the
indictment n few pathetic appeals from mothers
who had discovered too lato tho fearful CON
sequences OF the conspiracy of sence also
"booklet' two from some vuture SPECIAL
list" whose tentacles ravenous for the
prey.
Frequently parents have the will but NOT
tho confidence to do their duty by their chill
dren. They don't know how to go about It
What should they do?
The best way would be to have the family
doctor play the role OF instructor. Doctor means
teacher. That is tho doctors chief business
teaching people how to maintain good health
If that alternative does not appeal, the next
best way is to place good books in the hands OF
tho children. and we don't mean goody- goody
books lurid near-sermons or anything of that
type: mean plain, straightforward prescn-
talon OF the truth In perfectly clear language
Once hat is off to ply
slcian. OF all tho sundry works Of this sort for
lay readers, by all odds the best have yet
been privileged to read the contributions
OF DR.. e. b. Lowry. She has issued separat to
little volumes for boys and for girls from eight
nine years of age upward. and for young mon
and for young women Of high school ago and
upward They the first books OF the kind
have found appropr for the purpose, for
they strike the happy medium and tell only
the truth, In language such as father or moth
might in talking with daughter.
The Complete Letter Writer.
Once more beg to present our complime Is
TO the following correspondents and suggest
that they follow strictly tho requirements gov
erning letters to this department. Tho lady
who incloses two loose 1-cent stamps with the
gum missing. The who neglects to address
his return envelope. Tho young girl who takes
three pages to ask for advice about blackheads
The friend OF sick friend who expects us to
address letter of advice to Box u.s. The clerk
with the dull pencil, who wants a prescription
| for rune down condition. The merchant who ro-
fers to his previous communication. which was
| destroyed when road.
"Closed" Cnse of Tuberculosis.
What ia closed case OF tuberculosis OF
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19

FURNISHED ever, dny In tho year ut 10 South Tenth
Street, Richmond. Va by The Times Dispatch Pub
lishinS Co., Inc. Charles Z. Hnsbrook Editor and
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19

There is only trouble with all these "hot
trails: they get cold soon as they cross
the Rio Grande.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19
O,Donoxnn nnxsn

c. R.--Jcremiah O'Donovon, better known as
ODonovon Rosa. Irish patriot and revolution
ist, was born In County Cork, ireland, in 1891
When he was twenty seven years old with SOW
eral others he was arrested on a charge of
conspiracy and after serving nine months was
released. Hc then entered the Fenian move
me e' and was one Of the organizers Of tho
irish Revolution Brotherhood until his arrest
In Dublin in 1855. He sentenced to penal
servitudc for life, but amnestied In 1871
came came direct to New York. He died juno a.,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-19

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