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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-24

The tall. ungainly piece of furniture
which flourished a few years ago, UNI
der the name OF the piano harp" has
been UNDERGOING some 3pleasing mo
tamorrhoees AZ the hands of the col
oriets and furniture designers The
heavy. gilt-bronze base and standard,
that somehow coupled the piano LAM
with the onyx stand and the rubber
plant, has been replaced by a graceful
pillar Of painted wood. or of wicker;
the shade OF notified stained glass or
fulled red silk has given way to a
charming eh!rtz or decorative paper
that matches the room IN which the
lamp il to stand.
Furthermore II Is not called a
piano lamp any more. The modern
floor lamp is a reading lamp" and
1T stands either in an inclosed porch,
the liying-room Of a country house.
or in a houdoir where It is part OF a
suite Of painted furniture. il is light
In weight. SO that II can he easily car
ried from one part OF the room 10 an
other, placed beside the big wing
chair. near the fireplace, or in the
shadowv aicove.
one reading lamp carries out the
prevalent fad for black lacquered
woodwork Thu simple standard is in
glossy black, decorated with narrow
lines of gold. The top Is OF English
chintz paper in warm yellow, blue,
bit Of green. and a hint OF lavender.
all on a black but transparent back
ground. A valance Of yellow silk,
hung with gold bronze fringe, hides
the bulbs which spray in trian gular
form beneath the shade.
other lamps Hhow standards Of gay
yellow paint, with lines of blue or
simple patterns stenciled IN black. and
shades of cretbnne black and white
striped paper. or deep cream vellum,
decorated with japanese sflhouettes IN
black There is no end to then va
rfety.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-24

their home. "Mooreland Farm" on the
River Road.
Miss Lima Poe Mckee is the guest
OF Mrs Dabney Cosby in Columbia.
Mrs Archibald Russell Dennis has
returned to her home In Baltimore,
after visit TO friends In this city.
Miss Ruth Mtchaux, OF Powhatan
is the guest Of Or, and Mrs. Stuart
Michaux. on West Franklin Street.
Miss Katherine winston ia spending
some time with friends in Bon Air,
Meetings
The Richmond Branch OF the
Housewives League Of America will
meet this afternoon Mt o'clock in
Room $40 Of the Jefferson Hotel. All
women interested are invited TO attend.
The Association Of Methodist Wo-
men for Social Service will hold It's
regular meeting this afternoon at 4
o'clock in Centenary Church DIR w.
r Graham will speak on ripplcd
Children" and all interested are in
vi+eH
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-24
Request Papers
Not to Print Ads
For. Mattresses

Hopewell, Va. May 3s-David
A. Harrison, Commemorative At
torney Of Hopewell, has written a
letter to the Norfolk Virginian- Pilot
setting forth various cases In which
girls in Norfolk have answered ad-
vertisements for mattresses and &C
tresses, published in papers in that
city, and after having been engaged
sent were to coffee houses In houses
in this city where they have INN
diatsly been taken in charge by the
local police. He also told of several
borrowing case which have resulted
from this scheme of obtaining girls
and requested that the paper In
future refrain publishing suchadver-
tfsements.
The ordinance passed some time
by the Administrative Board strictly
forbids girls working In any public
house after six o'clock at night ex-
cept as cashiers. but IN many In
stances the rule has been evaded by
the girls occupying rooms above the
houses in question.
Although the authorities have ben
very vig'iant in unearthing cases OF
hmm morality of this kind, II is very
hard to keep It down.
Attorney Harrison's action in the
matter has been generally commend
ed by the authorities. and Is consid-
cred a step in the right direction.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-24

IT HIS skips good many years
i and goes back to the tirn<
when l WAS five, just prior
to The season that / really went on
the stage.
When Loetic, as a little tad, was
asked. What do you want to be
when you grow up?" she would al
ways lisp In reply, II wanna dance
the waltzr OF course, when it came
to my brother Jacks turn. there was
only ono answer for him, "Engi-
neer, although as he grew older he
ran the gauntlet of mary imaginary
professions. from policeman to ope-
rating die czifiope in q circss.
But / was always rcsolute In my
desire to become an actress, a great
tragcdkenne. the Lady Macbeth of
the stage. Secretly, as the years OF
my childhood sped by. ] hoped that
IN spite of my blonde euris
woufd grow up to be vcry tall and
dark Then, I promised myself, l
wosid brush my raven locks and
weave them into two long braids
like the beautiful fairy princosscs
IN my xtory books.
Sometimes I paetnred myself walk
ing down the streets, and It was
my intention to- have two Great
Danes always guarding me. This
would give me an air of distinc-
ton and make people stand around
little bit m awe of me.
Mother Is always amused to tvH
about our homemade thcasricals
OF those days when Lottie, Jack,
Shakespeare and / produced our
dramas on that stage between the
dining room and the kitchen.
L<ottie was the one chosen to be
the leading lady; l was always the
viiiamcss and Jack was the property
man. Back and forth across the din
ing-room floor he would drag the
stage settings, and with the paper
cutter l would stab the furniture.
regardless of the damage done to il.
There Was not chair or table
ia tbC LRDuSC tDat was not mcked
tn osr dramaties, but our little
mother was so patient with us, lust
tor the reason that she, in her
youth. had lived through the same
imaginary dramas that we staged. OF
course, when it came to poisoning
the parlor sofa by pouring ink over
it and watching its last Pickering
agonAes. we were whisked up stairs
not too gently and locked up in the
nursery.
Once I remember that Jack, who
was eager for Indian games and al
ways wanted to scalp Lottie and me.
built bonfire in the bathtub. II
WAS a magnificent spectacle. but il
mother had not come home when
the blaze was at it's height the whole
house might have burned down at
the end of this Indian uprising
And woe betide us when one OF
the neighbors told Jack the story OF
Charles the First. who had been be-
headed Lottie and / not only had
to flee for CIR lives. but TO lament
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-24

Whether the dye situation has any
thing to do with It or not. certain II 10
that there is a growing display OF pale
gray, combined with faint lavender.
rose ana blue. in broad summer hats
of chiffon. in afternoon frocks and In
evening gGwnE
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-24

0oSre @Sso1Ap&r SyD0soo9os
over the deeapitation of two of ON
favoritc dolls.
IF you didn't have those shy
curis. Macy" Jack used to say to
rne, you'd have pretty near as rr,rh
ftru as . boyi But sissy girls dou't
have very good tfrne-they can't
get around the way we fellows can.
What goods curis, anyway And
all OF the time he was edgine closcr
to the Abureau drawer where motf,rr
kept. the sewing scissors.
"You could run faster v;,sso,v,
e cur he flattered me, holding L
on q great temptation. So
after nfteen minutes of Jacks eao-
auenee--i let him got busy with
.h SCISSORS. Nip, snip. nip! went
the scissors, but, hckily for me, the
1 900 opened and In came mother.
Weit l can reminder with what
speed Jack was rushed out of the
room and how funny his legs looked
as ne tined TO waddlc away from
mother, who held him by the car
IN a firm, decisive grasp.
When she came back, she made me
SIT long. time before the mirror
with the fallen curls In my fap, look
ing unhappiiy at the jagged. guured-
oat hole in my hair.
1t was the memory of this scene
which suggested Poor Little Pep
pima" and, by strange coincidence.
Jack, playing the part of Peppsna's
brother. finished the job he had be-
gun many years ago. cutting off my
c,irisi But you must not believe
anything You hear and Only half OF
what you sect wax wict
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-24

OF rich red berries and a snowy cap
Of cream, he thought of F'erdie Pratt
and his bitter remarks.
"Wimmen may be perfidious crit
ters." unused the captain. thinking of
raminfa Agatha Alice and the delu-
stve map OF her grave, but III be
daxned II this shortcake dent make
up for the hull business"
At that moment his eyes met Let
US, and they smiled understandingly.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-24
Drought In Dickenson.

Especial to The Richmond VirEinian.)
Freezing. Va, May zs.-Drought
prevails in Dickinson County. and the
days are hot, while the nights are
cool There has been no rain for
about four weeks. and vegetation IL at
standstiil for want Of moisture.
Pastures are badly burned out, and
live stock are thriving, but poorly.
About rs per cent OF the corn crops
lie planted. Wheat looks fairly well.
and the acreage II AZ least - Per cant
greater than that OF last yoAr.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-24
Million Dollar Firm Fails.

Memphh. Tenn, May 2S.--Applica-
ton for q receiver for the e. 8. Bliss
Company, a million dollar corporation
and one Of the largest plantation and
|lAnd-purchasing concer MS In the South.
was made yesterday In a general cred
itor's bill filed In Chancsry Court II
IL charged that the coucsrn II insolv-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-24
DENIES GERMANS BACK HUGHES
Editor Says, However, Wilson. T. II
and Root Are Doomed.

Chicago. Ill. May PA report that
is preparing to support Hughes for
President was denied last night by
Edward Selbmann. city editor of the
Illinois Zettung.
None of the German papers has
az much as intimated whom it will
support" Mr. Selbmann said Not
until after the Democratic and Re-
publican conventions will the Germans
make their choice.
You can safely say, however. that
there will be no German votes cast for
Wilson. Roosevelt, or Root"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-24

five minutes. and ponr around the
cakes of Hamburger.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-24
Answers to Correspondents.

T. K and S S--Prom your de-
scriptsou of the sur,bounct babies. /
think It would be very cunning and
quito original.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-24

Ruth z. CT do not know whether
/ shall be at Ashury Park this
Summer or not l only hope So
my memories OF my last visit there
were so pleasant.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-24

Isabelle MANY moving pictures
arc taken at night II / were you.
| would register with several of the
companies, explaining you would be
willing to work any nights they
called you.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-24

P. d S-If you are not sure that
the copyright on . book or poem
has run out, you have no licensed
right to make II into Sim play and
try to sell it. II viii get you into
considerable trouble.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-24

]. G F.-Thzt was not |, bu.
my sister Lottie. whom you saw
Id The Diamond From the Sky"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-24

Mrs. l. McD.-Instead of taking
medicines to reduce yonr- aesh, WIN
don't you try exercises and proper
dietf One Of the best books written
on this is Eat and Crow Thin" /
would advise you to read IL
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-24

ehe asked me to mend It.
-Onmound my buttons, Hertfie, but
Jon could huve Knocked me hatterr
q pancnke when / found this map hid
in q faase bottom to the box! CourSt
knew where It came FROM"
Ferdie winked solemnly. " reckon
Letty's great. granddaddy hid 1t there
My mother used to say that old Cap.
tain Biddie was mate of Red Pepper
himself in them pirating dayA"
Captain Ham chuckled.
"Letty'd scosd herself to death II she
knew she'd overlooked anything like
this. She will be surprised when ]
walk in with Red Peppers treasure,
and tell her the secret was hid In her
own workbox for $50 years"
The boat grounded on the yellow
sand of Crab point.
II hope the chest of treasure won't
sink her." said Ferdie. with specula.
tive eye upon the green dory.
we can make two loads of It," ar
gued the captain as he stamped up
the beach toward the thick growth Of
woods that fringed the shore
Ferdie shouldered q crowbar aud
spade and followed his leader to the
old hickory tree around which they
had played in boyhood days. for Crab
point. deserted now, had once been the
stts Of q little hamlet. now effaced by
the prosperous village Of Punderson.
Many tumbiedown houses and weed
grown cellars betrayed the site Of the
abandoned hamlet.
The pudding stone was another n
0aftar object, and around Crab point
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-29
HUGHES IN DANGER;
CAR STALLS ON TRACK
His Own Train Stopped Only 20
Feet Away at OsWego

[Fron STAT Correspondent, OF The Tribune.l
Watertown, N. Y, Oct. 2S.-Mr. and
Mrs. Charles +. Hughes we're for a mo-
ment in actual danger here to-day when
the automobile in which they were
heading procession was stalled on the
railway track down which the Hughes
special was coming.
The Republican candidate had fin
ished his address and was returning to
the 0swego station, where his train was
to meet him. In the machine with him
and his wife were Mrs. John d. Hig-
gins, wife of the Mayor of Oswego and
a classmate of Mrs. Hughes at Wells
College, and Charles W. Farnham, man
ager of the tour.
A culvert hid the stalled machine
from the train. The other cars behind
it made it, impossible 10 back it off.
While Secret Service men and members
of the reception committee tugged at
the car +. c. Cook, transportation man
ager of the tour, ran down the track
and managed to signal the heavy train.
II came to standstill only twenty feet
from the machine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-29
MODERN DIOGENES
HELD AS JAIL BREAKER
Man Whose Honesty Won Job
Fscaned When Arrested as Thief

John Carnody, whose startling hon.
esty got him Job with the Wells
Fargo Express Company seven years
soo. was arrested in Jersey City yes
terday, charged with stealing from his
.nployers. and was sent TO Engiewood'
l. where he is wanted for breaking
Jail. 70
When John, whose home is at 6Z
Garden Street, Hoboken, was fifteen
vear-old messenger boy he refused a
brib. 70 deliver a cable message to two
men who stopped him in the street
1,stead. he went to the police, the two
80, we're convicted as swindlers and
tbe company which employed Jonh
saved about $4,000 by his incorrup'i-
bility.
Az a reward the express company
.ooL him on as checker. Arrested IN
r,olewood on a charge Of readdress-
ina nackages TO himself or confed-
rates the impeccable John walked
ont of the station house while the cnief
was absent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-29
ROOSEVELT DENOUNCES
WILSON'S "HYPOCRZSY''
Remedy Wrong Now or Quit Talking,
Roosevelt Challenge to Wilson

In his Brooklyn speech last night Colonel Roosevelt ePea
to President Wilson's Cincinnati dictum the impossoy
of preserving american neutrality in the nert IN the oo
ing cords:
Don't talk as to what will be done in the future when you
do not dare in the present should act III e
future What do about the position of neutras being
ntoerae in the future If that position is moerabe now
remedy the wrong else quit talking about the fact that IN
the future you will apply remedy do not dare to specify
that hereafter nobody shall be neutral as respects
the disturbance of the worlds peace for an object wc TIC
worlds opinion cannot sanction What do you mean oy '
Mr. Wilson, Why do you delay action the future when you
had the Hague Conventions to warrant action IN the present
when Begums neutrality invaded her cities poeo he
and women slaughtered?
that hereafter America must exert her whole force
moral and physical throughout the round globe the tunda
mental rights humanity invaded Do not know tat
it abject cowardice say that this must be done hereafter
when you do not dare do it now
Ask missionaries who have been eyewnesse
of the slaughter of the Armenians and of the Syrian Christians
what the facts are in Turkey to-day The last exemieS OF
outrage torture murder have been peperaed on these
of thousands you regard the ouagng of butchery
of children murder husbands and fathers an in
yason of the fundamental rights of humanity If why do
YOU that this country lends its whole force moral
and physical to the assertion of these fundamental rights?
If YOU what you to the future then you must
mean precisely and exactly that this is your duty in the present
Do It now Mr. President 1t sheer hypocrisy to chatter ten
davs before election as what ought be done the future
when throughout whole of Office have failed in the
present o do what you say is our duty
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-29
FLIER'S BOMB KILLS
NAN IN KAISER'S TRAIN
7 ocomotive Engineer Slain,
Zurich Is Informed

Paris, Oct. 2S.-A bomb dropped Oy
an aviator Of the Entente Allies has
killed the engineer driving the train
Of Emperor William of Germany, ac-
eording to information received at
Zurich, Switzerland.
Fmperor William recently was re-
ported to be at Bspaume, on the Somme
front, personally overseeing the pre-
Iiminaries for counter offensive. for
which the German troops there were
said TO have received strong reinforce
ments.
Apparently during this visit he de-
I;vered a brief speech to the German
+roops, thanking them for the "heroic
manner" in which they had fought for
four months.
On Monday last the Emperor was IN
Berlin on brief visit. His movements
since then have not been reported
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-29
STIER LEAVES $4,000
TO WIFE HE DIVORCED
His Widow, Her Sister, Will Re-
ceive 100000

When Paul Stier's will was filed for
probate yesterday an odd domestic
complication in the life of the late
Sheriff of Queens, who was shot and
killed by a lunatic last Monday. came
TO light. To Bertha Stier. his widow,
the Sheriff left $4,000 in lieu of dover
rights. At the same time there was a
bequest of $4,000 to Anna Stier, her
sister, his first wife, whom he had
divorced.
Since the divorce, according 10
friends, Stier and the wife whose posi-
tion had been changed to that of sis
ter-in-law, had become reconciled. The
three often were seen together.
The residue of the estate, after 81 500
has been sent TO Stier's father in Ger
many, goes to his two children-Elsie,
seventeen, and George. twelve. Each
is to receive $4,000 cash from the ac-
cumulated income on reaching major
ity. No estimate of the value Of the
estate was given
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-29
BLACKLIST LEGAL,
BRITAIN ANSWERS
Refuses to Modify Princi-
ple-U. S. Will Send An
other Note
lFrom The Tribune Bureau.

Washington, Oct. 2S.-Great Britain,
in a note received at the State Depart
ment to-day, refuses to modify the
principle under which she claims the
right to blacklist American firms, but
promises relief to American firms un-
Justly injured by its application.
State Department officials refused to
publish the note or discuss it, but it
was learned that it fails TO meet the
American demands, which will be re-
iterated in note to be'sent as soon
after election as practicable.
The note completes the list OF Amer
lean grievances against the Allies. An
answer to the blockade demands was
received early last summer, and the
mail seizure protests were answered
two weeks ago, both notes rejecting the
American position. Although in every
case the American government insisted
that the Allies recognize the full neu-
tral rights of the United States, no ac-
tion has been taken, and officials say
none will be- until the elections are
over.
The American blacklist protest was
sent July 2s. 1t contended that the
British government had no right to
blacklist American firms under any
pretext and demanded a cessation Of
the practice, which was declared to be
Inconsistent with that true justice,
sincere amity and impartial fairness
which should characterize the dealings
Of friendly governments with one an
other"
The British contention is that the
blacklist measures are a matter of con-
Germ to Great Britain only. British
firms are forbidden to trade with the
enemy, whether resident in enemy or
neutral territory, and a list Of enemy
persons and firms residing in neutral
territory is published for the guidance
of British traders.
The point at issue in the controversy
is whether the nationality or the domi-
cile of the owner of goods gives char
acter as neutral or belligerent Pre-
viously Great Britain and the United
States have agreed that domicile was
decisive, regardless of nationality.
The Continental European position
has been that nationality was decisive.
In the previous negotiations over the
bl cklist Great Britain took position
between the two theories.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-29
CHINESE SAVES THREE
IN OYSTER BAY FIRE
Laundryman Provides LADDER
When Stairs Are in Flames
frr r,I.n,ph . Ths Tnbune. !

Oyster Bay, N. Y. Oct. 2S.-The lives
Of three children we're saved here oy
Ughong Chez, Chinese laundryman,
when FIRE destroyed the pharmacy OF
w. c. Bradley and damaged the apart
rnent Of Morris Heenan to-day.
Ughong, whose laundry is across the
street from the drug store, discovered
the fire about o'clock this morning.
Unalded, he dragged Il heavy ladder
about fifty yards and gained entrance
% the Heenan home above the blazing
drug store. lie found Heenan, his wife
and three children Marie. eight years
old ,and two boys, eleven and fifteen
partly overcome by smoke.
The only stairway was in flames. The
laundryman first carried little Marie
down the ladder. lie next bore the
two boys 70 safety, after which be
helped 10 rescue Mrs.. Hsenan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-29
Asserts Wilson Lets
Arms Go Into
Mexico
CABRERA BACKS
CHIEFS ATTACK
Blames Washington for
Chaotic Border
Conditions

Mexico City, Mex, Oct. 2s.-That the
Villista movement in Chihuahua has
been able to continue because of facil-
tiles given the enemies of the Consti-
tutionalist government in the United
States, was the declaration of General
Carranza in a statement he gave to the
press to-day.
General Carranza added that his
government would eventually suppress
the rebel movement in Chihuahs. He
also denied reports that the Constitu-
tionalist forces had been defeated by
rebel bands in various sections of
Southern Mexico.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-29
G. G. PAULDING HONE
IN IRVINGTON ROBBED
Second Story Men Get $4,000
Worth of Loot

While c. C. Paulding and his family
we're at dinner in their home at Ards
ley Park, near Irvington, last uigh.,
burglars entered the second story and
stole more than $4,000 worth Of jew
elry and other valuables.
Mr.. Paulding himself, a nephew Of
Chauncey NJ. Depew and counsel to the
New York Central Railroad, discovered
that his rooms had been ransacked. His
mothers room had also been stripped
Of it's valuables.
None Of the family heard any nois"
to indicate the robbery, and the .poli:,
Of Irvington, who were immediately
summoncd, were unable TO find az
traces Of the burglars. This is the
latest Of series Of burglaries in AZ |
near Iryington during the last few
weeks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-29
ROQUEFORT CHEESE
A WAR BRIDE IN FRANCE
Rises 1000 Per Cent-Govern-
ment to Fix Maximum Price

Paris, Oct. 2S.-The French Senate
passed a measure last night authoriz-
ing the Minister of the Interior to fix
the limits of retail selling prices OF
butter and cheese. These products are
now bringing from 30 TO $50 per cent
more than they did before the war.
Gruyere cheese is up 400 per cent,
Roquefort has reached almost 1000 per
cent, and Swiss cheese, selling in Swift
zerland at %. cents pound. has been
selling in France for so cents. The
Minister of the Interior is authorized
TO fix a maximum price for these pro-
visions, and, if necessary, requisition
them for distribution by the govern
ment