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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-22

choice of scenery. lights and music.
creation OF the costumes. which they
have designed and made themselves
and In the development Of the panto-
mime and dances by which the story
will he unfoded.
The story is one OF the lOveliest Of
the old Greek myths. lending itself
charmingly to Interpretation, and the
characterization made by the class ad
heres closely 10 the original thought.
although few minor changes are
made for the sake Of brevi,y and con-
tinuity. The age-old strife between
Beauty and the Soul and again be
tween Love and Death is the theme or
the play. which has distinct thread
of allegory running through IL.
The plot will he developed In three
episodes. Tn" first shows the Jealous
anger Of Venus at the infatuation Of
Cupid and Psyche. and her condemna-
ton of Psyche to a terrible fate: the
second depicts Psyches happiness in
the palace OF cupid and her fatal Of
fort to see tho god OF love after she
has been expressly commanded not to
do So and the third shows Psyche's
journey 70 the underworld undertake IN
at the command of Venus, and result
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WOMEN AID GUARD
AS LEGISLATURE FAILS

DENVER, coll. April eI.-Colorado's
women voluntarily are paying a mill
itary poll tax.
This Is one OF the bits that the
women are doing to help their COUP
try prepare for war. The money re-
ceived from the women's voluntary
poll tax fund is being used TO take
care of the recruits to the National
Guard OF Colorado during the period in
which they are neither under State
nor Federal service. This situation has
developed because the last Legislature,
known as the "Twiddlins, Twenty
hrst." failed to provide funds for the
national guardsmen.
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PRICE, FIVE CENTS,

class: flowers. student class: spirits OF
vengeance and shades. night and bust
ness classes: director, Miss Martha
Jane Hyde: assistant. Miss Ruth Ia
Peet: pianist. Miss Elizabeth Alien. :
The committees from the wednesdaS
class. who are in charge Of the play,
are IA follows: Production committees
Mrs. f.. r. +. Brant. chairman; MisseS
Davis. ID. Baker. Patterson. Huxter
Whipple. Il. Chandler. H. EngelberE
clendon. Tolker. Is. Cosby. NJ CosbS
Staging committee-MissL Lillian Walsh,
chairman: Miss r. Baker. -. Chandler
X. Wilson. T.. krouse. V. Krouse. Mrs.
j. Il. Ray. Costume committee-Mrs.
James Sweeney. chairman: Mrs. Mor-
gan Misses Jones Fletcher. Mayo, Ak
kinson. NJ. Engeiberg. Parker and
Foster. =
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GATHERING OF WtRCuAFr
For SiSITORS' INSPECTION

IT is planned TO have tho Navy De-
pa~tment order several submarines and
torp.do-b boat des,roycrs or other craft
To he stationed in the Potomac River
AT Washington for ;hc inspection Of
visitors. Troley l'nes, automobiles
aud steam railroads will carry veterans
and friends to tho many Civil War
battle fields In The vicinity of the Capt.
toll and the trip To Mount Vernon,
where are located tho home ard the
iomb "f George Washington, may be
made y electric line or steamboat
AS the coming reunion of formor
Confcdcratcs Will be tho first held out
side tho geographical limits Of tht late
confcdcIacy. aud as the railroads VIII
give visitors patriotic ra,c--i cent
per mile--it is expected the attendance
from all sections Of the country will
be large. The fact that Uncle Sam is
mt war with a foreign foe will prove
to be an added attraction.
y visit TO Washington under su@n
circumstances VIII he both interesting
and Instructive The old gray jacket
Of the Confederate soldier HIS been do
scr!bcd in song and story. IN the
machng columns at the reunion may
be seen the real Jackets and other
araphcrnalia Of the camp, bi"oua q
and firing line Of the sangu:nary
sixties.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-22
Y. w. C. A. OPENS HANDSOME
HOME IN WINSTON-SALEM
BuiidinR OF spanish Mission Architec-
tnre Is Modern and Complete in
Its Arrangements.

The handsome new home OF the
Young Women's Christian Association
Al winston Salem. " G., was thrown
open TO the public last week. with a
program OF appropriate gatherings.
The building was erected at a cost
or $4,000. which was raised In a
whirlwind campaign three years ago.
II Is OF Spanish mission architecture,
modified 10 meet the needs OF the vari-
GUS departments. and its interior deco
rations. while not. elaborate arc restful
and harmonious
The first floor is occupied by roomy
and convenient offices. comfortable,
CHEEKY library. modern dining room,
which will he operated AS a cafeteria.
and convenient kitchen. The second
floor contains the dormitories and bed
rooms to be rented 10 business girls at
minimum rates, and also private sit
ting room for their use
In the basement is found the most
uD-to date equipment for teaching do
nestle science. with desks. lockers,
refrGerators and ranges. On this
level also is the swimming pool, which
is thirty-six by eighteen feet, and is
graded to a depth OF ten feet The
pool and dressing-rooms adjacent are
airy and we'll lighted by huge sky
light, and the showers are of gray
marble.
Of'icers of the Winston Salem asso-
citation are: president. Mrs II. j. Rcy-
nolds: vice-presidents, Mrs. J. Lindsay
Patterson and Mrs. II. A. Pfohl; secre-
tary, Mrs. j. l.. Graham: treasurer,
Mrs. +. Il. Efrd: assistant treasurer,
Mrs, John Alspaugh; general secretary.
Miss Ruth NJ. Reed: physical director,
Miss Marian Millner: travellers aid
worker. Mrs. II. NJ. Payne; acting
matron, Mrs. Laura Moir.
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ing in the death OF Psyche. who is re-
called TO life at last by the kiss OF
love.
In working out the pantomime. the
students have been encouraged TO give
free play to their own imaginations.
and II tx said that some of the chief
characters have shown remarkable
talent in their efforts at self-expres-
sion. The group dances. with which
the plot is plentifuily intersperscd.
will be Interpretive rather than tech
meal. and here again each girls ability
at self-eXpressiOn has been stressed.
Proceeds of the entertainment will
he used to send several delegates from
the gymnasium to the Y. W. 6. A.
summer conference at Blue Ridge. y.
&. The entire cast il as follows:
Cupid. Miss Nora Patterson: Psyche.
Miss Nerna Whipple: Venus. Mrs. T..
-. 6. Eraut: Psyche's father. Miss
Mary Jones: Psyches sisters. Misses
Laura Atkinson. Katharine Tolker and
Ina clendon: Troserpine. Mrs r. V.
Gregory: Fan. Miss Mary IIuNter: wood
spritcs. Mrs. James Sweeney. Miss
Oakie Chandler. Miss Mary Davis. Miss
Lillian Walsh: bird. Miss Beulah
Chandler: bee. Miss Virginia Foster:
wood nymphs. Misses Ann Fletcher.
Rita Baker. Mrs. j. l.. Ray: the winds.
advanced class: sleep shadows. junior
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VETERANS OF OLD SOUTH
REAL OBJECT LESSON
Their Parade in Nations Capital VIII
Be Inspiring Sight for a COun-
try Mt War.
PLANS NEARING COMPLETION
Warm Reception Will he Accorded
Soldiers OF Dixie In First Reunion
They Ever Have Held Outside
Lines OF Confcderacy
lspccial,o The Times-Dispa,ch.


WASHINGTON. April 2l.-'rhe fierce
rebel ycll." blending in cadence with
the inspiring strains Of The star
Spang1ed Banner will awaken the
echoes and arouse patriotic enthusiasm
at tho twcnty-seventb annual reunion
Of tho United Confederate Veterans. TO
b" held at Washington the week be
ginning June l.
As the men in gray parade o.er
TIA" wide stretches Of Pennsylvania
Avenue. sometimes termed the ma
'ional boulevard.'' the impulse will
come To sound their battle cry OF more
than nfty years ago. when this coun-
try was engaged in "a great internecine
war. At this time. when the United
states liz ut war with a great foreign
power, the picture OF the parading units
Of the armies Of Lee. 'Stonewall" Jack
son and other Southern generals. VIII
he an object lesson worth while. Th.
venerable veterans Of Dixie viii be
participants in tho making Of moving
pictures OF n past age on tn. nations
screen at Washington
PLANS ron REUNION
MAKING PROGRESS
Colonel Robert y. Harper. chairman
"f tho general committee OF citizens
that plans for the great gathering are
progressing. Notwithstanding the pa
trtotic activities inciden, 10 the decla-
ration of war against Germany II,
has been definitely decided that the
big parade shall take place Thursday.
June :. at II o'clock BY direction OF
General George r. Harrison. command
inE tn. United Confederate Veterans.
the business sessions OF that organi-
"a tion including the annual el-cti ion
~ officers. viii be held June 3. 6 and ..
Other events in the same week will
lac the conventions OF the Sons Of Con-
Tolerate Veterans. tn" Daughters Of
tho Confcderacy and the Confederat ted
Southern Memorial Association. besides
reEiTental reunions. and the social
functions. which always are elaborate
features % the reunions. The citizens
Of Washington are responding libcr-
ally TO the call Of II. r. Cary. chair
man o! the finance committee. for funds
- entertain and care for their guests
from tho sunny Southland
The great plaza fronting the Union
Railroad station sometimes termed
Columbia Park. will II. converted into
4 tented field where many or the visit
ing veterans Will be uuartered without
expense TO them. This camp. with its
1000 tents. viii he almost Immediately
IN the shadow OF the big white dome
81 the United States Capitol. which
cYcrlooks the site rom tho southeast.
The committee Viii make this a camp
deluxe. with dining tents, rest tents
hospital tents and information booths
Arrangements will be made with
caterers to furnish DiSic's fighting men
With splendid meals, and the grounds
electric lights Overlooking the camp
from the northwest Will be the heroic
.tatue OF Christopher Columbus. dis
covcrcr OF America. with the massive
white stone Union Station as a back
ground.
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SHRINERS TO PRESENT
1.-THE JOLuIES OF 1917"
Burlcsque. with Music. Wit md Humor
to BE Given by WeIl-knOwn
Local Talent.

When the curtain rises tomorrow
night on the first presentation Of ."The
Jollcs of 1917" the Shriners musical
show. at the Academy OF Music, Rich
mond will have a chance to see a
varied pot-pourri Of music, wit and
humor.
Some OF the best singers and CO.
medians. as we'll az bevy Of Rich
mond girls. have been under the direc-
ton OF Alex Robb for several weeks
preparing TO put on the musical ex-
,ravaganza. Nightly rehearssls are
being held.
The show will open with a minstrel
Eight end men. three ballad singers
and chorus OF seventeen selected
voices will be led by Scott Cunning
ham as !nterlocutor. The end men
are Henry Sch warzschild. X. Lynn
Tucker. Garland Hood, Bob Piper, H.
II. Powell John 6. kolbe, Charles
Sickel and Henry 6. Hotcnkiss Solo
's's are G. z. Ludwig. j. c. womble
and W. X. Shariiz. r. Lynn Tucker
Thousand Isles" Henry Schwarzs-
child VIII sing "Yaddie. kaddie. Kid
die. Kaddie HOO"
The chorus in this act is composed
OF the following picked male voices:
Bob Forrest. Il. r. wombIe. j.. W.
Jacobs. II J.. Ewell. George Allen. J.
+. Redd. l.. e. kracke. II. o. Wright.
-. r.. Parker. Charles Miller A. l..
Pond. Hugh Foster. Marlboro Downes.
stuart Eanes. w. Hudson and B. Bailey.
Henry Hotchkiss Will sing the old
John Womble will render She Is the
Sunshine of Old Virginia" w p.
Sharitz will sing "At the End OF a
Beautiful Day"
The second part OF the performa nee
is Puiiman-car scene. The act was
written by one Of New York's cIeverest
sketch writers. and il IL brimful of
the best Of music and laughter The
cast viii reveal some we.l-known
Richmond folks in strange character
izations SIX men and six women pas
seneers will chliven the scene and
come in on the choruses in songs that
will add TO the feature. Here are
some Of them: porter. Henry Schwarzs-
child; conductor. w. X. Shsritz: CO.
medienne. Mrs. NJ q. Cofrman: CO.
median. Bob Forrest: business man.
George Allen; deaf man. Aaron Jacobs:
passengers. Misses Eunice Croswell.
Dora Horner. Mary Massie, Brauer and
Vaughn Gary. a X. Hershaw. G. T.
oRork. II S. Hopkins and n. l.. Ewell
The feature of this part Of the show
will be the Tunnel Song" by Mrs.
NJ B. Coffman. Another hit will be
the Chicago Song" with Miss Bessie
Walty leading. and supported by six
men and six girls dancing These are
Misses Elizabeth Wall. Avis Hillsman.
Annette Tyler. Mabel Barlow. Eula
Bailey CROUCH and Ida Bailey and
Marlboro Downes. stuart Eane. j. G.
Womhie a. II. Ludwig. n. K Fitz-
gerald and w. Hudson Bailey
steve" stephens will put on pro-
fessional act in the form OF an orig :
NAL dance with group OF high-school
hoys. Later in the evening Al Schrae-
der puts on hurlesrue oriental dance.
one of the big hits OF the evening
promises 10 he G. Jeter Jones in the
Orient Meestick." weird and mvs-
hf|tnG mind-readinE stunt. with Jeter
as the mind-reader. Walker Cottreil is
the confederate OF the miud-reader who
supplies the miracles and plays the
audience end Of the confidence game.
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May Adopt Early Clo.rnr.

Believing that such plan Will tend
toward efficiency in the conse rration
of the health and weliIbeing Of tn Elf
employees the Underwriters Exchange
Of Richmond is considering the plan
OF closing the fire Insurance offices IN
Richmond at 4 o'clock in the aftcrnoot
from May 1 to October l.. Property
owners who object are requested to SO
notify their agents s.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-08-30

needed and apply at once. 1t is never
so good after 1t has settled.
Where polsons such as arsenate Of
lead are to be combined with bordeaux
mixture, add the poison after the two
solutions are mixed. Then stir well.
Stock Bordeaux Solution.
Those who use bordeaux mixture
frequently and In quantity will find 1t
convenient to keep concentrated
stock solution on hand, as these keep
Indefinitely If the water which evap-
crates is replaced.
Build an elevated platform to hold
the barrels. The night before the
day you wish to commence spraying.
suspend so pounds Of copper sulphate
to dissolve In 50-gallon barrel Of
water. Slake SO pounds Of lime in
another barrel. Add water to make 80
gallons of lime milk. When bordeaux
mixture Is needed, stir both stock bar
rels well and take four gallons from
each stock barrel. Dilute the copper
sulphate In one barrel by adding
enough water to make 25 gallons. d.
lutte the lime milk In another barrel
by adding enough water to make %
gallons. Stir each thoroughly. Com
bine the two as in previous directions
Thorough agitation Is essential In max
ing good bordeaux mixture.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-08-30
BELGIAN HARE is VALUABLE SOURCE OF FOOD

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
The meat supply of the country may
well be supplemented. biologists of the
United States department Of agricul-
ture point out, by the raising Of rabbits
by youths and adults not engaged In
military or other national service, or
In regular Industrial employment.
These animals already have proved a
valuable source Of food In Europe dur
ing the present war. In the United
States they might be raised in back
yards Of cities and towns as well as
on farms.
The Belgian hare breeds rapidly,
natures quickly, and produces palat-
able and highly nutritious meat. The
cost Of production is less than that Of
any other meat, not excepting poultry.
The supply can be greatly increased
within few months, without requiring
space that may be needed for the pro-
ductlon Of crops. Practical experience
has demonstrated that rabbit meat can
be produced In unlimited quantities at
cost OF about six cents pound; and
BY utilizing lawn cuttings and other
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-08-30
A (A60R
0AYST0QY
BY Arthur !.
I 4;ce
RHE Labor day procession was
coming down the street. The
first man In 1t was six feet

TIME Labor day procession was
coming down the street. The
first man In It was SIX feet
four inches tall, with bear
skin hat on his head that raised him
to seven feet. He was the drum ma
1or OF the band and was twirllng his
big silver-headed staff and throwing
1t into the air with fine jugglery. Be-
hind him came the band. Then came
the different unions marching In line,
every man looking happy on this clear
September day that he could lay aside
his hammer or his trowel or whatso-
ever tool best represented his trade
and step out to the inspiring strains
Of martial music.
Among those who lined the side
walk, occupied the steps of the build
ings or climbed the lamp-posts along
the line Of march was certain Mrs.
OToole, who had recently come over
from Ireland. With her was her son
Daniel, six years old. The mother was
standing with the crowd on the curb.
but Danny was perched with leg on
each side Of horizontal piece Of iron
under the lamp. straining his eyes to
catch the first glimpse of sunlight that
would strike the brass horns Of the
band.
The drum major passed, the band
passed, the grand marshal and his aids
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-08-30
PORK IS PRINCIPAL
MEAT OF AMERICANS
Hog Is Most Important Animal to
Raise for Meat and Money
Consumes By-Products.

From the United States Department Of
Agriculture)
The quickest and surest way Of aug
menting the meat supply next to the
raising of poultry is by raising hogs,
the United States department Of agri.
culture points out. The hog is the most
important animal to raise for meat and
money. He requires less labor, less
equipment, less capital, makes greater
gains per hundred pounds Of concen-
trates and reproduces himself faster
and In greater numbers than any other
domestic animal. As consumer Of
by-products the hog has no rival. No
other animal equals the lard hog In Its
fat-storing tendency. The most salts.
factory meat for shipping long dis
tances on train, boat or wagon, and for
long storage after reaching Its destina.
tlon Is mess pork.
Pork finds ready sale because pack.
ers have discovered many ways Of
placing pork on the market In attrac.
tive and highly palatable form com.
bined with most excellent keeping
qualities. There Is no other meat from
which so many products are manufac.
tured. Very near 80 per cent Of the
total value, In dollars and cents, Of the
meat and meat products slaughtered
In the packing houses Of the United
States is derived from the hog. Our
country leads by far all countries IL
the production as well as In the con
sumption Of meat and meat products
Three-fourths Of the worlds interna
tlonal trade in pork and pork products
originates In the United States in nor
NAL times, and the war greatly has In
creased this proportion. According t
the estimates there was an increase o.
9,5S0,000 hogs between 1910, the censui
year, and 1915, inclusive. The Increase
at the end of 1915 was 3.148,000 owe,
the preceding year, while II Is esti
mated that there was o decrease at thu
end of 1915 of $4,000 hogs comparet
with 1915.
The Raymer enterprise., 1917-08-30

passed. Then came the carpenters
union, the plumbers union and the ma.
sons union.
"Oh, Danny" cried Mrs. O'Toole,
there's your father"
Now, Danny O'Toole had known
ever since he was old enough to know
anything that his father had left him
and his mother in Ireland, when
Danny was baby, to come to Amer
lea. He was to send money home and
when he got enough together to send
for his wife and boy he would do so.
For awhile letters had come from him,
then they had ceased. His wife had
come to America to look for him.
"Whichw cried Danny.
"The man on the far side. him with
the red head. Call him."
Danny, knowing only one way to at
tract his parents attention, shouted
"Redheadp with all the power of his
little lungs. The man heard him and,
turning his head, saw a kid on a lamp
post waving his hat at him. Then,
lowering his eyes, he saw his wife
looking in his direction. Leaving the
ranks, he came across the street, ell
bowed his way through the crowd to
his wife, and she fell into his arms.
Meanwhile, Danny, seeing that he
was not getting his share on this fam
lily reunion, dropped down on his fa-
ther with one leg on each shoulder.
His father pulled him down into his
arms.
"The child2" asked O'Toole.
Eyes. It's Danny"
Danny got hug that made him cry
out, and, drawing off as far as he
could. he punched his hugger with his
little fist.
Don't you hurt me that way ag'in!"
he said. flercely.
'ph, Danny" said Mrs. O'Toole,
laulins through her tears. "your ia.
tHci V pO Siuu " See yous
That ended the O'Toole family's In
terest in the Labor day procession.
O'Toole went with his wife and boy
to their rooms, where he explained
his long silence. He had been sud-
denly taken Ill and attacked with loss
Of memory. 1t had partially returned
to him and he had written his wife,
but she had already left Ireland for
America.
That was q number Of years ago.
Since then Danny O'Toole has grown
to be a stalwart young fellow, has
learned his trade and can swing a
sledgehammer with any man. And
when Labor day professions march
down the street between admirlng
crowds Danny is sure to be among
them. And he takes a great interest
In the day because 1t Is the annlver-
sary Of his first meeting with his IA
then In America and of his family re-
union.
Copyright, 1917. by the Mcclure Newspa-
Der 6yndicate)
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POVERTY RECOGNIZED
AS SOCIAL DISEASE
Leaders Of Thought Say Its Dis.
appearance viii in Time Be
Effected by Adoption Of
Wise Social Party.
Alfred w. Greeley In Pennsylvania
Grit.

Grit.
It 10 not to die, or even to die of hun.
ger, that makes man wretched many
men have died. all men must die.
But 1t 10 to live miserable we know mol
why; to work sore and yet gain nothing
to be heat-worn, weary. yet isolated un.
related. girt In with cold, universal lais.
seq faire-Thomas Carlyle.
TT IS beginning to be recognized
Il that the great bulk Of the burden
Of poverty is as unnecessary and
preventable as smallpox or tuber-
culosis. Just as tuberculosis Is q
physical disease, SO poverty is a dis.
ease OF the social organism. It Is
probably the greatest burden humanity
staggers under and 1t exacts directly
and indirectly Its toll from all men,
bers Of society. Why should there be
hungry mouths when the proper cultl-
walton Of even one state of the Union
would furnish sufficient food for our
whole population3 Why should mil
lions shiver underclothed every winter
when we are able to furnish textiles
for the whole world? Why should
there be grim periods Of unemploy-
ment with vast natural resources yet
untouched? These and similar ques-
tions are beginning to demand an an
swer that must be more than SNUG,
hypocritIcal shoulderlng Of the respon-
sibility upon Providence.
Poverty Never Essential.
The conquest of poverty is now an
economic possibility. 1t is definitely
within reach If We are willing to pay
for 1t and formly desire its achieve
ment. The campaign, many Of its fea-
lures now in development, is mainly
one Of social and economic betterments
for the correction Of social injustice,
for the increase Of the earning power
Of labor and capital, not one but both
as a unit Of efficient production for
the prolongation Of human life through
public sanitation and hygiene, together
with preventive medicine In war on
preventable disease; for the salvage
Of the deficient and defective classes
Of society, and for the rectifcation Of
underpayment and the prevention Of
unemployment, understood as involun-
tary idleness of competent workmen.
Every factor of human betterment is
doing Its part directly or indirectly,
in this war upon poverty.
Social Surplus q Necessity.
The success Of this battle with pov.
erty is contingent upon the existence
Of a social surplus, the basis of all So
cial well.belng. That Is, as a nation
we must produce goods or services
much In excess Of our immediate needs
Of subsistence. And we are doing that
today upon scale never before known
In the world. 1t has made us the rich
est nation with wealth estimated at
something close to $3.50, 0,000,0O0,0OO. It
Is an intolerable condition that when
there is enough and more than enough
to feed all that any should hunger,
save, perhaps. the chronically criminal
and the unemployable Of various anti.
social types.