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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-22
THE R1cHMoND vIRGINIAN- SUNDAY, ApR1L p 1911
The Power Of
Decision Monday

Frances Nelson, greatest of emo
tionai stars, shows to better advantage
in The Power of Decision" which
will be the feature OF the Colonial
bill tomorrow and Tuesday. than In
any of her screen productions. She
was sublime in zone Of Many" az the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-22
City Chauffeur I'm the Army.

What's become of your chauf-
feur3"
"Oh, he was with the regiment
down in, Texas and crawled under an
army mule to see why 1t wouldn't 60"
kansas City Star.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-22

Continued on Fourth Page,
The Washington times., 1917-11-05
Thinking Without a Plan Is
Sailing Without a Compass
Study With A Fixed Plan.

When Huxley the great scientist was very young man
he kept diary which consisted mainly of his intentions
concerning the future He mapped out the work which he
must do At the end of certain time he found that he had
neglected the most important things On making this dis
coVery he wrote:
Unjust get on faster than this MUST adopt FIXED
PLAN OF STUDIES for unless this done find time slips
away without knowing -and let remember this that it
Is better to read little and thoroughly than cram crude
undgested mass into my head though be great guam
tity."
Three years later he wrote in this diary after having
written what is quoted above:
This is about the only resolution have ever stuck to
Huxley stuck to his resolution adopted fixed plan of
studies He made up his mind what he wanted to learn He
selected certain line Of investigation and stuck to it abs
ute When he died he had rendered great service to the
world by adding to its positive knowledge and by setting
splendid example to old and young men BY living life
entirely and successfully devoted to the acquisition and dis
semination of knowledge
It would pay all the young who are ambitious to
read over two or three times the quotation from Huxley that
we have printed above
Never be satisfied with the rate at which you are pro-
gressng Study on fixed plan and above all when you
read read THOROUGHLY
Between your hours Of reading think steadily Thinking
. reading like gastric Juice to the food Reading without
thsught q utterly prOhtlssL
The Washington times., 1917-11-05
By EARL GOODWIN.

In addition to hoping for substantial increase in the
salaries of school teachers The Times looks forward the
day when teachers salaries will be paid promptly At pres
ent teacher she will be able to meet her obligations
the first of the month In every business house made
point of highest Importance to pay salaries and wages
promptly and in the Government service everyone
be paid the minute except the school teachers Of
the National Capital
September salaries not paid on time; October
salaries not paid time In October 1916 teach
er had not yet received their June salaries The Times in
formed.
The official statement from the District building is
that the system complicated that to make change and
bring about unbroken series of prompt rsof heonth
payments something which cannot be done Corporations
with employees the schools have pupils manage
to pay promptly with a system much more intricate
1t might be well to remind the District officials that his
tory has recorded many instances of the impossible being
tanning of Bucephaus rather long way back to be sure
but apt
Alexander the Great wanted Bucephalus to ride a
horse. They told him sit could not be done" No
had been able to put saddle and bride upon him. He
as wild any broncho.
But Alexander studied the system of Bucephaus and
to the conclusion that the horse scared of his
shadow Consequently he turned the horse around where
the shadow did not show and not only rode him. but became
his lifelong FRIEND and when the horse died Alexander named
a city for him.
Considerable of an improvement 'cannot be
done" attitude
In these days of card index wizardy wonders of system
can be accomplished.
Let us turn Bucephalus around-and pay the teachers
on time.
The Washington times., 1917-11-05

done; and that Is the question Of
intermarriage between people Of
different religious beliefs. | real
lie that this is a question to be
solved by the individual, and that
religious matters are best left
alone or in the hands of the min
istry. But am sure many will be
glad to hear from you about 1t.
Let ME tell you something Of
my own experience; | have several
friends in the same boat. For the
past eight years | have known a
gentleman, Catholic. He is a fine
type OF manhood in every respect,
and in many ways we were we'll
suited to each other. And / know
from what he has said that could
have made him happy. never en-
couraged him to love me, but have
told him again and again that did
not approve Of 'intermarriage.' |
urged him to be a good Catholic,
for l believe that we all need relig-
ion, and that much we learn at
mothers knee becomes a part of
us.
81 myself am a Jewess Of the
conservative variety. My fathers
branch Of the family has been in
America for over a hundred years,
and my mothers branch almost as
long. On my mothers side the
past four generations have been
famous for their culture, intelli-
gence. and charm am proud Of
my ancestry. and | ask you. would
I he justified in renounclng Israel
and the faith Of my fathers to sat
isly my own selfish desires for
happiness
Il guess I am too much Of an
The Washington times., 1917-11-05
However One Answers These
Questions, One Is Sure
to Doubt, After.

After all. it is probably the most
important step that each OF us
takes in the course of his exist
ence, and with the most far-reach-
ing consequences; so It is not sur
prising that those who are contem-
plating 1t should be ever seeking
more light on the path.
Dear Mrs. Woodrow" I am i'm
plored, do you think l could be
happy with a girl who eats onions.
| myself not caring for the aroma
OF the vegetable?" and. Dear Mrs.
Woodrow. would you advise a
widow Of fortune aged seventy
two, although all my friends say ]
do not look fifty. TO marry a young
man Of twenty-four who Is out OF
employment, but whose devotion 10
me IN boundleEs?"
There are very few OF ~ who
can resist the temptation 20 play
oracle, especially In afairs Of the
The Washington times., 1917-11-05

heart. Yet when have suggested
to the onion-phobe that he culti-
vate a taste for limburger cheese
as a counter-irritant, and have
given the obvious reply to coy and
timorous seventy-two, am sure TO
pass a sleepless night, wondering
remorsefully how / could have had
the temerity to answer as I did.
It is supposable, is It not, that a
young man Of twenty-four might
entertain an Ionest passion for a
widow three lines his age? Why,
then, should | have been SO ruth
lessly skeptIcal?
And why, because a girl cher
ishes an innocent fondness for
onions, should have proposed
against her reprisal worthy of
the Hun?
Words fifty spoken are like ap-
Piles Of gold in pictures of silver;
but you want to be sure the ap-
pies are ripe, else another case Of
Little Johnny Jones and his Sister
Sue may be laid at your door.
No wonder, with such a contIn-
ual strain upon their consciences.
the Sibyl and the Oracle at Del
phos and all that old-time crew
have retired from business.
The Washington times., 1917-11-05

The old National Rifles Armory on
G street, between Ninth and Tenth
streets, Is to be torn down. What .
wealth OF memories the old armory
contains.
The Washington times., 1917-11-05

Afheck's and Flemer's drug store
postoffices are to close because OF
lack Of help.
NOW is the time to give downtown
Washington a really adequate post
office service.
And also put something like a good
service near Eighteenth and Col
umbia road.
The Washington times., 1917-11-05
Mrs. Wilson WoOdrow's Article
6TF love were all! II love
were ALL"
Put nInni In -Inn

GTF love we're all! II love
were ALL"
But, alas, in marriage
as It exists today love is not all.
There are economic considerations
to be reckoned with, social consid-
erations, ethical ones, and the
whole question Is so clouded by
the moot authority of Church and
State by custom, sentiment and
the circumstances of each individ-
ual case that to lay down any hard
and fast axioms about it would tax
the ingenuity OF the traditional
Philadelphia lawyer.
Even st. Paul, when It came to
discussion OF marriage. had to
confess that revelation failed him.
He made some trenchant COM
ments, II is true, but he was care
ful to explain that he did SO on his
own authority. But l speak this
by permission, and not OF COM
mandment," he said. "It is speak
ing and not the Lord"
1t may seem a supernuous ad-
mission to state that | am neither
ST. Paul nor a Philadelphia law
yer Yet | am constantly appealed
TO to discuss this or that phase Of
the marriage question. or the let
ters l receive, eight out of ten
touch upon the problem of matri-
mony.
do my best to hedge. I sug-
gest like the walrus, that the
time has come to talk OF many
things, of shoes and ships and seal
ing wax, of cabbages and kings"
And the next batch OF letters
comes in and holds me strictly to
this most difficult and complicated
Of all subjects.
The Washington times., 1917-11-05

William Ullman writes a letter to
record his observations on meatless
days. How can a hod carrier do q
days work on tea and toast7 How
can a chauffeur wash a car. drain
the oil, polish up the A. A. A. en-
blem. and then stand around in the
cold waiting FOR Mrs. Goldbags with
out Filing up On the old corn beef
and rnbb7Fc7
IL cant be done saws Mr.. Ullman.
Isn't u obi that the moon should
bs full in prohibition week2
The Washington times., 1917-11-05
ut Cannot Be Done"

something About Teachers Salaries Alexander
Horse Bucephalus-DiStrct oHeials viii Please Read.
The Washington times., 1917-11-05
HEARD AND SEEN

tended this year. 1t opens tonight.
The Washington times., 1917-11-05

News that Washington Is to be de-
Tended by aeroplAnes prompts John
C. Drane to ask whether Berlin
newspapers advertise defsnses, real
or prospective.
The Washington times., 1917-11-05
An Intelligent Young Woman's
Problem of Differing
Religion.

But all jesting aside, have re-
celved a letter from a highly in,sI-
ligent young woman in which she
brings up n subject which would
serve as food for argument for a
thousand years. She says.
There is a problem which con.
fronts hundreds NJ young man and
women today even a. :, ever has
The Washington times., 1917-11-05
The Wisdom of
Napoleon -No.7
The Value of Fifteen Minutes

THESE He SEPARATED THE SIX THOUSAND HUNGAR-
LAM 1NI GRENADLERS, IN BEFORE THE VERY EYES OF THE
THIS CAVALRY WAS HALF A LEAGUE OFF. AND
REQUIRED A QUARTER OF AN HOUR TO ARRIVE ON
THE FIELD OF ACTION; AND HAVE OBSERVED THAT
1T is ALWAYS THESE QUARTERS OF AN HOUR THAT
DECIDE THE FATE OF A BATTLE."-NAPOLEON.
How many times in the course of your lfe-how many
times In the course Of day-do you lose important quar-
ter OF an hour? Above is the Napoleon text for today
Quarters of an hour count in business in all kinds of
Tort as well as in battles You apply this statement of
Napoleon to your case.
You take little earlier train in the evening and miss
the chance to do work well That extra quarter of an
hour would have helped you permanently.
You smoke and THINK you are THINKING for
quarter OF an hour three separate times every day. In those
Of an hour if you chose or study or
even to think seriously with concentration of mind replacnp
the tobacco smoke you could give yourself decent educa
on improve your condition vastly and decide the fate of
the Life battle that you are conducting
No fails in this fe excepting the man who wastes
those quarters Of hour that most of us throw away so
lightly.
You will find three in street car earnestly assist
ing In the important task of recovering penny from the
wooden Stats along the floor of the car
penny in their eyes tangible real Yet our ony real
capital the only important thing is TIME, and this we
throw away every day in our lives.
drunken man the street begins to throw away his
money, he is arrested and locked up.
How many of every day throw away our real capital
squandering it in all sorts of folly?
great writer says truly Of Napoleon that he never
wasted his time:
His achievement of business was immense and en-
arges the known powers of There have been working
kings from Ulysses to William Of Orange but none who &C.
comphshsd 1.-THE of this mans performance"
Napoleons chiefest pastme one period was thrash
ing the Ausrians He afterward married an Austrian
the Emperors daughter His opinion the Austrians was
poor. he summed it all up as follows:
The Austrians do not know the value of time
Let todays events in Italy confirm this statement The
Ausrians would be sitting outside of Italy the
Prussans who learned bitter lessons from Napoleon KNOW
TIMES VALUE They pushed the Austrians into Italy.
The Washington times., 1917-11-05

A Young Woman Who Re-
fused Marriage With a
Catholic, Because of Her
] wis h Ancestry and
Training, Is Now Per-
picked by the Doubt
Whether After All the
Union Might Not Have
Turned Out to Be a Happy,
One. The Answer Is
That the Experiment Is
Dangerous, But Some
times 1t Has Succeeded.
The Washington times., 1917-11-05
Each Case By Itself and All
Depends on the Two
Who Marry.

But, my dear girl, I can't. Don't
you see In the very nature Of
things that can't? I am neither
q Catholic nor a Jew, and l have
neither the traditions nor the
training which count so heavily In
this matter.
1t seems to me that you have
not only stated the problem. but
have answered 1t yourself for your
self. 1t is absolutely as you say,
an individual matter. Every one
has known cases Of these inter-
marriages, which have been happy.
Every one has known cases which
have been obviously unhappy.
1t all depends upon the persons
who contract them. People who
are capable of maintaining happy
relations in marriage will main
tain them under any circum-
stances. Those who are bound to
disagree will find their differing
religions the handIest slap-sticks
in the world.
Still, In a universe where you
can't have everything, observation
would seem to prove that 1t Is pos
sible for people who are intensely
congenial and devoted to each
other to ignore their differences Of
creed, and know a fair measure OF
happiness.
Disraeli's marriage tot a Church
OF England wife is always cited as
ideal.
Nevertheless, looking at 1t from
an entirely detached point Of view,
and without any religious bias in
the matter. one must admit that
it's a more or less dangerous eI-
periemnt No matter how far a
man or woman may seem to get
away from early training, tradition
and emotion, these are almost sure
to assert themselves in the big
crises OF life. Then the impulse Is
10 turn to ones own people. They
viii understand; they alone VIII
Know how 10 comfort and assuage
NV correspondent is wasting her
time In regret Regardless OF how
another might feel. she took the
only course open 20 ono ot her
very dednits views and emotions.
The Washington times., 1917-11-05

Food WAS never 20 in'cNsting;
which means the food shoS at Con.
ventiOn Hall ought 10 b vel at-
The Washington times., 1917-11-05

idealist for this age; but my idea
OF marriage is complete oneness
And l don't believe it can exist
where a couple are of different
creeds. / wouldn't renounce my
religion and l wouldn't ask a man
to give up his. have not permit
ted myself to care for this man,
thinking ! would save both Of us
many heartaches; but he still re-
proaches me.
Have l been fair to him and to
myself in relinquishing him be-
cause Of religion? We might have
been happy. This Is a serious
problem with many today. and you
ought to help those who are weigh
ing the question in the balance"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-08-30

Miss Florence Murray Is visiting In
Portland the guest of her sister Mrs.
Gordon Bragg.
A new Edison Rotary Monograph
has recently been added to the office
equipment at Clerk of Courts head
quarters.
Miss Emma Heath of Wateryille has
returned to her home after spending
several days as the guest of Miss
Martha Steward.
Mr. and Mrs. L. ]. Holmes of South
Braintree, Mass returned Saturday
after a five weeks visit with rela-
tives in this place
Mr.. and Mrs Philip Barstow and
little son OF Dexter arrived Saturday
forenoon to visit Mrs. Barstow's faith
er. Frank l.. Parker
Thomas Cockburn has returned
from Pittsfeld where he has been en-
gagged as pianist at motion picture
theatre in that town
Mrs c E Ball, who has been yis-
ting for several days at the home of
her brother, II. c. Jndkins, has re
turned to her home in Bingham.
Mr.. and Mrs William r. Elliott with
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Il Jones of Dex-
ter, left here. Sunday morning, for an
automobile trip to Niagara Falls.
Theron Rowe, who has been spend
ing his time in the past year in Con
necticut and New York, working on
bee farms. is expected home soon.
Thomas Al Gould. who went to
Mass, about two months
since has returned to Skowhegan and
Mrs. Gould will come in the early flu |
ture They expect to re-establish
their home, permanently here.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-08-30

The implement. machine or mer-
chan Sc that is useless to you would
be useful to someone else. Get the
cash for it by advertising In our
Eyerybody's Column.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02
sTRIcKLETT is CITY SOLICITOR
State Senator Appointed to Succeed
Schmitz, Who Resigns.

Covington, Ky.-State Senator A. E.
Stricklett was appointed solicitor of
Covington at a special meeting of the
city commissioners.
:. Before rendering his resignation his
predecessor made a number of recon-
mendatiOns to the commissioners con-
corning the conduct of the affairs of
the city's legal department. He sug,
gested that the city solicitor be given
full charge of his department and that
the assistant solicitor, police court
prosecutor and other employees of the
department be taken from the civil
service regulations, under which. the
city solicitor should remain.
Mr.. Stricklett was elected to fill out
the unexpired term of the late Senator
Walker c. Hall, and served in the 1916
session of the legislature. He has also
been attending the special session. In
case he vacates the senatorship, Lieu.
tenant Governor Black would be call.
ed upon to issue writ of election for
the selection of his successor.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02
REQUESTS HOME FOR AGED
Will Be Established From Fortune
Left by Charles Moorman-Starts
Life as Poor Boy.

Louisville, Ky.-Nearly 100000 is
left by Charles p Norman, distiller
and capitalist, who started life 'as a
poor country boy" When his will was
probated it was found that the capital
of one of the largest banks in the city
provided insufficient security and the
Louisville Trust Company was COM
PEELED to put up bond of 81 100000 be-
fore it could qualify as trustee.
The bulk of the Norman millions
will eventually be used for the estab-
lishment of a home for INDECENT WON
en-. Charles P. Norman, Jr., an in
valid son, is to receive the income on
about s., 100000, which is held in trust,
while Lucy Elizabeth Norman, a
granddaughter, is to be provided with
ample living expenses from the in
come from another fund Of million.
The sons interest in the estate is
an income for life only. The grand
daughter, in addition to support, is to
receive 100000 as soon after she is
rs years old as this sum is accumu-
lated out of her income. The two
funds, on the death of the son and
granddaughter, are to be used in es-
tablishing the home for aged women.
The local Jewish Hospital and other
charitable institutions are remem-
bered.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02
What Is Uric cAcid?

Everyone has uric acid in the system,
but naturally in small quantities. Elk
cessive amount is caused by eating too
much meat and foods that ferment in
stomach. The kidneys, being the filters
of the blood, are supposed to separate
and throw the poisons out of the system.
Weak, tired and overworked kidneys
fail to do this, hence the uric acid accu-
mulates and the urate salts are carried
by the blood to the solid tissue structure,
causing backache, umbago, rheuma-
tism, dropsy, drowsiness, and tired
feeling.
To overcome the trouble is only a
matter of toning up the kidneys, and this
is best done by a treatment with Anuric,
three times a day. Anuric is recent
discovery of DIR. Pierce of Buffalo, N. Y,
and can be obtained at any drug store.
Experience taught Doctor Pierce that
Anuric is more powerful agent than
lithia in dissolving uric acid, and It is
then carried out of the system.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02
LIFT YOUR C0RNS
OFF WITH FINGERS
How to loosen a tender corn
or caIlus so il lifts out
without pain.

Let folks step on your feet hereafter
wear shoes a size smaller if you like
for corns will never again send electric
sparks of pain Though you, according
to this Cincinnati authority.
He says that few drops of drug
called freezone, applied directly upon
a tender, aching corn. instantly re-
lieves soreness, and soon the entire
corn, root and all, lifts right out.
This drug dries at once and simply
shrivels up the corn or callus without
even irritating the surrounding skin
A small bottle Of freezone obtained
at any drug store will cost very little
but will positively remove every hard
or soft corn or callus from ones feet
If your druggist hasn't stocked this
new drug yet, tell him to get small
bottle of freezone for you from his
wholesale drug house.-adv.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02
EXPECT CONTEST FOR ROAD
Counties in Line to Wage Fight Over
Route of Federal Highway-To
Be Decided in Frankfort.

Hopkinsville, Ky.-A hot fight will
be waged at Frankfort on March 1
over the route of the proposed Fed.
eral highway across Kentucky from
Ashland to Wickliffe, after it leaves
Hodgenville.
AS originally outlined by the State
Road Commission, the route comes
down through Warren, Logan, Todd,
Christian, Trigg, Marshall, Ballard,
Graves and Carlisle. But the counties
of Ohio, Hopkins, Muhlenburg, Cald.
well, Lyon, ETC., have organized to
bring the road that way, and are pre-
pared to back up their claim.
A well-attended meeting of dele.
gates from most of the counties along
the original route was held here, and
1t was decided that each county should
send not less than five delegates to
Frankfort, and as many more as pos.
sible, and these should go with care
fully prepared data showing the popu.
lation, resources, ETC., of each county
and it's natural advantages for road
building as part of the argument In
behalf of the southern route. The
fact that the southern route would
connect directly the Abraham Lincoln
farm, in Larue county, and the Jeffer.
son Davis Memorial Park, IL miles
from this city, will also be an argu-
ment. General Bennett H. Young,
Louisville, leader in the Davis Park
project, was made a delegate at large
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-03-02
Three More Presented.

Three new bills were offered The
bill of Representative Harry Meyers
requires the sheriff to list with the
county clerk property omitted by as
SCISSORS, supervisors, boards of valua'
ton and assessment and railroad com.
missioner for adjudication in county
court, and permitting appeal. Allow.
ing sheriff 20 per cent penalty and
county attorney Is per cent of recov.
cry for representing commonwealth,
repeating Chapter II of the revenue
and taxation law.
The bill offered by Representative
John s. Webb places a tax of so cents
on the 800 on tobacco producers, pay
able either to the seriff or state audi
tor before delivery to purchaser.
Representative D. S. Richardson Of
fered bill to provide that boards OF
equalization in sixth-class cities shall
not reduce or raise any assessment un
less the evidence be clear and unmis.
taxable that the valuation is not fair
cash value.