The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-06
1ERICAS WAR VEAL I'll
AZ MRS. q. Il. G. AMSTERDAM.
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Assx when, Germany wss the
{or 81 naarkina, she gave the
- STORY OF the Sfbiangen
& xhN Rheingaid Most OF rs
~ skcrv best through wagner
{x j forget the crskin OF tne
- Huf II was stolen FIRST b.
rSxhs6s. aae Of whom ki4R@& he
8iSd bkSassit a siTHEcss hTr1sfssf
tknr 70 defend IL. whe'- re was
II PASSED from hard 81 hand
<4nx strife. greed. sealouAs mnr-
nd disaster. TIL al last high
6Sn Nself was set on IRE ana Sc
~ Nsgelurren hoard has aiwags
N hell "a the symbol - wealth 81
16n5s Srftv which Is liable 20 INF =
1870 81 these that have & and raiss
1sfx hsfssr ps sxion In the hearts
21nr5ne Thar are without X; sad TO d.
21S wealth az is Ntnelssrgsa quality
80 81 fgsc problems THAI has faced
{ssrt natfcr All aieferert times. and
~ rrsew Sr~rksv re said no nation has
1ls1r sAeaeN.as.4ss Ia ~taAA4ssss
Sz1,en England went 20 ~sr she
Ef1kw t,er corn ase-es must satfer. and
- enraeore must pregit et car ex-
1890. we arr glad & Is oRr Kindred
S(Sreoe ttae Atlantic
a iF5es4 what ~3ll all fhAs w-ST wealth
III III Arrsssca sTsd What will she DO
4kh 81 She has made g magnificent
SIT for her Reiei3ni
I1S4aiH rNw I've appropriated ~ ssar*s
11Se1 IL ~ America that has KEEP
1il6i slszza-A.a xhG As4 gze.s-e Ez1al--i, for
R[la es1ser martyr nation q the war;
ISss@2.s so.,.,4 t,.sf~-s5,tat
NON .rsnsr MY 10 great public hene-
lfS tcur6 hospitals. libraries. col
800 euGon facilities FOR research.
89d I hcpe they will become ia
SHu41a group fer art patronage, as the
atthy cities Of italy and the Low
lISgu ,4srtas were AT the time OF the Re-
atsEa5ace and BY art patrons I mean
EIfrfnr their chance 10 contemporary
Sfxist<. net making corners In old mas
Tyx.
Ante Beiiun Dreams.
Hefors ;ha war. so long and SO
Hh1yf a time ago, when we In England
INK security and suplus wealth, what
0rean,s we had, and how near they
&&ezned to fulfilnaent, ] am not saying
lM were entirely preoccupied with
f<nsy There was great deal of folly
Sna waste: in fact, the scale of ex-
Sesdt4sre OF our fashionable classes
5rnn 4 monument Of Stiffness
M I3ut we did hope our generation
'6I3 nr41S see swaated labor 10 the WAY
nhatteI slavery and become por-
2lpn and pnrcal of thc dreadful pasi
NJ hoped 10 make a. real onslaught
IN xks Stun. We had begun cam
nMfxn aEairst tuberculosis. and We
1xse sketrhirg out plans for easing
- Unnecessary axgravstions of the
- as lee he
havr a. hear.
4 81 We hoped also TO reducs QUE irfan-
&s3a nnor4Altty. to shorten the long list
mn the cAsgMlties ef peace in our work
1ps and mines that no che thinks
|fS{ afIinK roll of honor.
& &nd w. shall strive for these things
FIFTH. but IL will be hard business,
31yfh InSt markets 70 recover, and this
x&Af abyxs OF war debt under our
II and NE shall probably die not
&1ug sean their fulflment.
h nut America. VIII she give these
eA1nx hospitality Will she begin tc
st1IImh a. = rider TO the ringing sen.
Snce that all men are tree born and
III tho principle that no labor nee.
arv to thu welfare of the STATE
III 10 carry with Ii any social OF
Ssorntc disability?
Great Swamps of Sums.
ehe also hRs great swarnps OF help
&Gs&, hopeless poverty, largely amonl
8&hn naRssae of cheap labor that ha
i,,> 10 her from Europe. driven away
~ f1iNeovernrnant AT home In many
p -. n ste cannot do everything
Mill she do somethinKg WIN shs
1&r11e the big problem of factor,
|1SG3eiatio1s7
] III the South child labor IL In a pre-
aftesburv condition. Tiny children
3IFlsn should he building their bodies
Il a,lay AraA their minds in school arr
AlNx4rOy5ng both In the factories. II
0I7At way does this square with th'
g3{6wruA OF equality of opportunity?
kfd her list of industrial accidents
~ hideosas. VIII all these things e.
Sn forever. and will all the CULTS o
61etltufion that open In the field o.
.5hnn1an enctety rAn1airl for ever mn
|&auced against the strayinss OF weak
2heen or ignorance
A n big navy and a new bidder a
I'M innernationai auction or arna
y ents al that this ebuli!tion OF wealth
4oinE 10 leave?
II would be such a masnificen
nxly Ar these profits Of death coui'
NtxAnsnaite into something of new
1o and new opportunity.
What the machinery should be-
4nral, State, municipal or private
80 on the spot must Judge. Blu
mink few would doubt that a join
f1saic sacrifice of wealth in time q
ooan" for some public object is I
f{ne method of placating possible re
11skn.Ans Bismarck used to call
aVAo doctrine Of ransom"
Ek England at this moment resen elei
E = very surious way the condition
4 human organism repelling bac
: III x>Aisnr She IL eunaunGnfng he