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The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
AMERICA In FRANCE.

ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON
"Oh, to be in England now that
ApriPs there. browning.
Oh, to be in Paris now that Per-
shing's there!
To hear the waves Of welcome that
greet him everywhere;
To see the children and the girls
a-pelting him with flowers,
And feel that every petal is meant
for US and ours;
To know the brave smiles come again
to worn and widowed France,
Whose banners-nOw thank Heaven,
with ours-are all that's left to
dance;
That war, that wakens hate in those
who fight for love Of war,
Has made a wider world of love than
ever was before;
To see this love find moving voice in
living epigram;
The Poilu and the Tommy and the
Son OF Uncle Sam,
In a comradeship Of Paris streets,
like modern Musketeers,
That. however near to laughter, isn't
very far from tears;
To see our flag that stood for faith
now stand at last for works,
And prove that. at the pinch of
things, we have no place for
shirks;
To hear the hymn we sang so long,
secure in sentiment,
Played proudly to a land that learns
how grimly IL is meant.
Oh, It's thrill to die upon, to help
repay the debt
We owe the gallant memory Of the
boyish Lafayette;
To know that We are brothers, in
spite Of race or tongue,
To make the round world safe for
Man o God, that
were young
From Tha Rrxum
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13

son. do not know for what rea-
son. seventy-nve per cent Of the
people would like to know. II Is
criminal for the government not to
take free people into its confidence
and tell them what It is about"
The speaker had no sooner thrown
the meeting open for questions and
discussion. than a woman seated in
the center of the hall rose and pro-
ceeded TO enlighten the speaker on
the subject Germany tried to take
our liberty of passing over the seas
from us. where We have a right to
go. and murdered our citizens. That's
why we are at war. I am a woman,
but ] am for this war" The audi
ence indicated its approval by cheers
and hand-clappins.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
Russell and Russia.

In the arJlor OF his honest enthusi-
asm for the Russians, Charles Ed
ward Russell entirely loses sight of
the fact that he was not sent to
Petrograd to act as little brother
to the new nation, to take 1t under
his protecting wing. or to become the
press agent Of the Russian cause in
the United States.
Mr.. Russell is talking entirely too
much. He is so exuberant in his op-
timIsm as to antagonize men Of dis
cretion who would like to believe in
his message. But how can they when
he delivers himself thus:
'I say to you deliberately that the
cause OF the allies stands in greater
peril Of defeat from the United States
than 1t does from the people of Rus
sia."
In explanation, he dilates upon the
idea that German propagandists are
busy undermining Russian confidence
in the United States by telling them
we are becoming chicken-hearted
about the war, and that every pro-
German, every pacifist speech in Con-
gress aids them just so much. Every
Representative who introduces a peace
resolution, every Senator playing the
German game, is doing far more harm
70 ha oanaa nf 81 fhn
ideals of his country, than a million
German soldiers on the battle line
can do" he declares.
Mr.. Russell might add that German
propagandists in Russia are not like
ly to be bound down by a little thing
like the truth, and that even if there
were no pro-German, pacifist speeches
in the American Congress, it would
be easy for Teutonic agents in far
of Petrograd to invent them, II. they
find that a profitable source of mis-
chief.
No possible good can come from
the persistent airing of Mr.. RusselIs
views, interesting as they are, in
cluding his pet idea that American
troops should go to Russia. We have
more than a suspicion that his YER
bosity is proving embarrassing to
the government which recently hon.
ored him with a great mission, one
Of the obvious duties of which was
lingual discretion. Perhaps his re-
marks may be cabled to Petrograd,
and cause some surprise and pain TO
the government OF which he was re-
Gently the guest. It is quite certain
that Russia has made no request for
the presence of American troops on
the Eastern front What will the
Russians think Of such a RussellIsm
as this:
The presence OF American troops
on the Russian front will. make it
impossible for any Russian troops to
retreat even If they wished to, which
they would not"
Bad Judgment, bad diplomacy, bad
military logic could not be more COM
pletely welded in a single sentence
than in this one.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
Welded to Many, She
Forgets One Husband

San Francisco. Aug. 12-Having SAIL
ed a stormy matrimonial sea over q
period of many years. Mrs. Ellen J.
Bundshu apparently was unable TO
keep close track of all her ports of
call. In a hearing before the State
accident board here. when she sought
compensation for her fifth and latest
mate, who had been asphyxiated by
gas, Mrs. Bandshu mentioned her mar
riage in 1858 to Frank Morrell. who,
she said, faded away eighteen months
later.
In a previous hearing she had failed
to enumerate this marriage. When
this was brought TO her attention, she
said: ''It has been so many years ago
that had entirely forgotten It
suppose he is dead. never heard
from him"
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13

verted into electric energy. This will
Justify the prediction by the late
George Westinghouse in an address
made at Atlanta, seven years ago.
when he said that by the utilization
of the water power of the South
and the conversion of 1t into elec-
tric energy that can be economically
conveyed many miles, the South
would. in the course Of time not dis
tant, stand upon equal terms with
any other manufacturing section in
the United States. 1t is with a good
understanding of what the develop
ment OF manufacturing in the South
is to be that the managers of the
Steel corporation feel justified in ex-
pending millions in bringing to high
development the steel and iron in
dustry OF the Birmingham district.
HOLLAND.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
Putting Democracy Into Diplomacy.

This war is having many strange
by-products, one of which is reduc-
ing, or unlifting. diplomacy from q
black art into a public utility. The
whole feeble little ritual Of the old
style diplomacy has been made RI
diculous It no longer has any place
in the world. In the anguish of the
peoples II has-been ferreted into the
light and shown as the mean. shallow.
vicious, black-stairs servant OF kings
that It was. 1t Is about done with.
There Is no reason why intercourse
among nations should not be con-
Quoted on a business basis, without
any OF the fripperies Of decadent
statecraft. Nations are business in
stitutions, conducted. ostensibly, for
the public good; why should not their
representatives abroad be business
men-in the best sense Of that term?
Why should diplomacy have a definite
affinity to guile, half-truths, mean
ingless phrases, empty. decorative
forms? In other days It was, of
course, q subterranean institution.
when a successful diplomat had to
be a spy, a polished liar, a skillful
intrigant. in the service Of his mas
ter. But the war has fairly burnt out
that sort OF thing.
1t is a paradox that Germany, which
more than any other nation needed,
for the accomplishment of its devious
imperial aims, the highest form of the
old-line intriguing diplomacy, was
cursed with the crudest when the big
test came in 1914 Her ENJOYS exposed
their game everywhere; their tracks
were so plain that the whole world
looked on and laughed at their
gaucherie. The Kaiser needed a whole
crew OF Machlavellis in the lands he
was to swoop down upon, but his
agents were a lot OF graceless worthless
word even to their own people. 1t
may be said that BernstorH was an
exception to this rule. Every new
revelation shows that Bernstorfr re-
mained on Massachusetts, avenue as
long as he did because OF the suf-
ferance and deliberate tolerance Of the
White House, and not because he
was hoodwinking the American gov
ernment for an instant.
The diplomacy OF the old school
is bankrupt. For generations 1t has
been corrupted by its own artificial
tiles. True craftsmanship occasional
ly worked through its forms. but in
spite Of them, not because Of them.
Hereafter the peoples are going TO
conduct their own business In a COM
nonsense way. When peoples talk
to one another In the plain, every
day language Of the world, when no
sinister imperiallstic autocracy inter-
venes to becloud the real issues and
to hl the air with lies and threats,
then there will be no further need
for the art which Talleyrand and
Metternich brought to its highest de-
velopment. The old-fashioned diplo-
mat will be "out Of job" unless he
consents to learn his craft all over
again.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13

matoes an ounce of benzoate of soda-and.
presto! he had few gallons of marketable ketchup
Among newspapers, some few fortunately
not representative of the American press). publish
a sprnklng of truths that are self-eWdent to dis
guise their nsdious falseness and internal rotten
ness This habit of using a sprinkling of truth
like a sprinkling of benzoate of soda-to render
rottenness palatable. does not fool very great
percentage Of the people.
The Washington Herald's continued increase
in home circulation evidences the fact that the peo-
pie of this city want clean newspaper that every
member of the family can read
TomorroW-"The Man of Strap"
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13

The fugitive Russian Socialist.
Lenine, is in Stockholm. and Morris
Hillquit wishes he could get there.
He might go without a passport,
as Lenine did.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
Army and Navy News
Best Service Column In City.

Officers of the Marine Corps are
greatly pleased at the rapid progress
being made in bringing that service
up TO its war strength and are highly
gratihed at the type of men the corps
Is attracting. Only SO recruits are
now needed to complete the full au-
thorized enlisted strength of 5000.
American citizen soldiers whether
located in cantonments of the ma
tional army, mobilization centers of
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13

American packages for boys In the
Pershing expeditIonary force will be
admitted to France free Of duty"
1t would be strange indeed If they
were not.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13

That Treasury clerk who finds lost
official documents through Divine
guidance from prayer ought to find
his services in demand at q num-
Der Of places, from the White House
down.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13

The japanese mission will be in
Washington this week. and we hope
Wallace Irwin, OF "Hashimura Togo"
fame. will be assigned by Mr.. Creel
to cover them.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13

'Mayoralty petitions are out for
Hearst Now perhaps Arthur Bris-
bane knows that Mr.. Hearst is fool
ish."-New Yok Telegraph.
No, he does not know it.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT

The Poets ever are distressed
To md no birds in last years nest,
But that's no trial unto me
For as I look in bush and tree,
And peep behind the vines all green.
A score Of this years nests are seen,
And each is filed up to the top
With baby birds of this years crop.
So why should 1 write gloomy words
Ger empty nests Of last years birds
When in despite the Poets sob
Ny feathered friends are .'on the
job?"
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13

The Evening Star will be lacking in
the courtesies Of the situation II it
does not Immediately nominate Ar
thur Brisbane for the District Com
missionership.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
What They Say at The Washington Herald
Benzoate of Soda

Benzoate of soda
has the peculiar prop
erty of disgusting rot.
Before the law abol-
ished the practice, man.
ufacturng preservers
found benzoate of soda
most valuable. A
bushel of rotten to-
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
tcopyiEht la7.l

There has been only one Stacker
so far who has tried suicide to ss-
cape the draft, and he didn't succeed.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13

Mr.. Gerard seems to have found out
that the Kaiser knows more about
''shirt-sleeve' diplomacy than its
American inventor.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13

italian engineers have reported en-
tirely feasible a proposed tunnel from
Venice to the Island Of Lido, which
will be two miles long and in places
twenty-seven feet beneath the Sea-
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
MONDAY, AUGUST .. lsl7.
A LINE o. CHEER

written especially for The Washington Herald
By John Kendrick Bangs.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-13
Wildwood Manor

auu>WR 25th 81 and Beach. IN fest
VAunv from WihEood Ocean Pier.
Musc. Running vttef. Pm
rsts baths. Auto. Boo<let
W. GERsTEL. Ownership MSnaseneut
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-10
WATCH YOUR
HEALTH

Al this season OF the year IL is dou-
bly, necessary that your blood be pure
your system free from impurities.
For the rigors Of winter call for a
strong body and vigorous constitution.
lf you are ConStipatcd, bilious, feel
sluggish and rundown. your health is
threatened. Go TO your druggist and
ask for S1.00 bottle of "Neo Sang
tncw blood) and take it according to
directions. Only a few doses will
make YOU feel like a new being--fulI
II in Richmond at Paragon Pharmacy
Hords Drug store. r. y. Miller Co,
Washington e Early Cwo stores), L.
7. Wright Drug Co. Burnetts Drug
lcys Pharmacy. Ecrns Pharmacy and
one store in each lown-Adv
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-10
WRIT OF ERROR GRANTED
supreme Court VIII AEnIn Review
EJcctmcnt Suit From North
ampton County.

The Supreme Court Of Appeals OF
Virginia yesterday granted a writ OF
error and supcrscdcas in thu cjcctment
suit of Marion Scott against Willictta
Doughty. which wdI appealed from the
Circuit Court of Northamp- on County.
The suit has twice before been before
the Supreme Court, a judgment in
favor of the defendant in error being
reversed in both instances and the
cause sent bac, 70, a new trial.
Petitions for the review of numerous
cases were denied yesterday by the
court, az follows
c. ~ Puryear against George r. Nor
woods executors. from the Circuit
Court of Halifax County: r. -. Combs
against tho Commonwealth. from "a
Judgment of the Circuit Court Of Wise
County by which he was sentenced to
two years in tho penitentiary for forg-
cry: Amanda l.. Phillips against d. :.
Mccarthy. personal injury cause from
the Law and Equity Court of Rich
mond; Samuel Hubbard. administrator
against tho Norfolk and Western Rail-
way Company. for personal injuries
from the Circuit Court of Prince Ed
ward: Matte Bclvin, an infant, against
the virginia Railway and Power Com
pany, for personal injuries. from the
Circuit Court of Norfolk: J. w. Simp-
kins vs.. Lucy a. Muddiman. real cs-
tate contract, from Law and Chancery
Court OF Roanoke: Lucy G.. Toney
aEains; J. p. Galloway, ST.. from the
Circuit Court OF Roanoke: Matoaka
Coal Corporation against w. j. ElEin,
and Mary L. Dew and John NJ. Hollo-
day against Phillip y. Dew. for GUS
tody of two children. from Circuit
Court of Caroline County.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-10
PASSES PROBLEM TO COUNCIL
Adm illustrative Hoard Wants 10 Know
How TO Build s7+.OOO viaduct
With S47, coo,

All papers in the matter and the bid
OF the w. +. Thurston Company for
$4,000 for the construction of the con-
crete viaduct across the Bacon Quarter
Branch valley as the connecting link
In the proposed Chamberlaync drive
we're transmitted Ia .he Council yes
terday by the Administrative Board for
the information OF that body Along
with the bid and other information.
the board sen; to the Council petition
hled yesterday by citizens OF Ginter
Park. but the board made no recon-
mendations.
citizens Il the suburb petitioned the
Administrative Board for the improve
ment at once. They declared that under
the annexation agreement the city was
required to expeSd 100000 in Ginter
FarR' and requested shat the viaduct
be constructed out Of this fund. In
the 1917 budget. $4,000 was appropri-
ated Tor the erection Of such q bridge
but the city Ia short $4,000 in funds
10 meet tho lowest bid for the work.
Acknowledgement John Garland Pol
lard and Ben r. Wilson appeared be-
lore the board and presented the peti-
lon During discussion Of the mat
ter which followed. Mr.. Wilson and
Captain Carlton Mccarthy narrowly
averted personal encounter Differ
encc OF opinion betI cen the two men
as to the paramount issue in Ginter
Park caused a heated debate with both
men believing that the other had been
threatened
When the discussion reached n dam
gerous point friends separated the two
men. and explanations were later made.
They both stood b. their positions. but
admitted each was entitled t. his own
opinion in the matter.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-10
The Particular Shopper

l wonder II you are Interested in
leather jewel cases. Not the smart
little red and dark green boxes lined
with velvet that you see in any shop
but queer, dark. mysterious looking
boxes with rounded tops and jewelcd
sides. that speak Of knights and donjon
keeps and fair women who wore their
hh!r IN long braidS. Right here in
Richmond you may find the jewel boxes
or you may use them just as well to
hold the cigarettes on your library
table. but one prefers the term, jewel
box: II IL so potent with charm. The
one saw Is made Of hand-tooled
leather and IL studded with tiny brass
nails and red green stones. You pick
II up and are sure that IL belonged TO
the age OK pearl snoods and trouba-
dours. but ] assure you II is very
modern and wonderful reproduction
From such casket royal sutton
might we'll have drawn the pearls for
his princess adornment. Both outside
and In. the quain, box is full Of en-
chantment The papers that line II are
reproductions OF genuine old Italian
papers. and the effect is TO make the
box look hundreds OF years old.
in this same sort Of leather YOU find
,rashbaskets. which. OF course. arc a
trihe more modern looking, but they
are unusual. and have an appeal all
their own. These baskets are done in
japanese figures and fables as well az
IN Set designs OF i!owers arranged In
SIM little pots and noSesays
This hand-tooled leather. with its
leweled trimmings. is quite novel and
various sizes and designs are to be
round in an agreeable place. where the
shelves are fun Of gifts and alluring
wares.
should these articles appeal to you as
'heE have to the writer simply send a
note TO The Particular Shopper" care
me Times Dispatch and will tell
you where they can be obtained The
services OF The Particular Sbopner"
are at your disposal without charge.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-10
SPECIALS WILL COST MORE
Railroads Ask Corporation Comnisslon
for Formulation TO Increase
RntcS.

Petitions for permission to increase
Inc minimum charge for special train 9
from $50 10 SIS have been filed with In e
State Corporation Commission BY prac-
tically every railroad operating in Vir-
ginia. The commission has set No
rember 20 as the date for the hearing
OF the petitions, which effect in the
main the charges made for excursion
trains.
Petitions have been filed with the
Corporation Commission by the At
lantic Coast Line Railroad. the Caro-
lima. Clinchfeld and Ohio Railway, the
Danville and Western Railway, the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad the
Norfolk Southern Railroad, the New
York. Philadelphia and Norfolk Rail-
road, the Norfolk and Western Rail-
way the Seaboard Air Line Railway,
the Southern Railway and the Virginian
Railway
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-10
PARDONs FOR SOLDIERS
Drafted Men Who Got Into Trouble
Arc Rc1cRscd TO Go to Camp

Two men. who became cntanEled in
the tolls of the law after having been
examined for military duty and Ger
titled FOR service, viii be given the
opportunity of answer nag the coun-
'ry's call for lighting men. Both were
found physically Mt, and had filed no
claims for exemption. bu. before being
called for service had beca taken into
custody for breaking the laws of the
Old Dominion. They were pardoned
yesterday by tiovcrno- Stuart. and will
be shortly sent 10 cantoniuen.s.
Daniel Brown was the first to OBJ
tain his freedom. After being cx-
amined by Division Exemption Board
NO. !. of Richmond, and certified for
service. no was arrested and convicted
Tor violating tho prohibition law. He
was sentenced by Judge Richardson,
OF the iiustinss Court. at the Scptcm-
Der term to four months in jail and
/ was fined $50. The matter was called
20 the attention OF the Governor, ami
Il pardon was granted
The second man similarly situated
was Don Coleman. sentenced by the
Circuit Court of Giles County to two
months on tho county roads. charged
with assault and battery. Both men
viii be released in the custody Of their
exemption boards. and will be sent TO
Camp Lee. near Petersburg, in the next
/ few DAYS
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-10
THE BOY SCOUTS
In Richmond and Virginia

Three cheers for Richmond Boy
Scouts. do you know that you placed
Richmond fourth among all tho Scout
cities of our country? We are ahead
of New York City, Philadelphia. Cleve-
land. Buffalo and all others except St
Paul, Mimi: ST. Louis. Mo-, and Mem
phis, Tenn.
Richmond Scouts have always stood
on top. They will continue to stand
there just so long as the Scout. Scout
master and Scout officials continue to
work hand-in hand as they have in
the PAS. The reason every city in the
United states cannot come up to Rich
mond is because Richmond has no
knockers" Nothing rctards or him
ders the growth of scouting more than
4 ''knocker" he may be only Il Scout.
Il Scout master. assistant Scout master.
or Scout official. but If he knocks he
is neither. Richmond pulls together.
DO we get results?
Richmond makes mistakes. but every
time the Scouts ride the error to larger
and better things. Look up. not down:
look forward. not backward. and be
prepared TO place Richmond first in the
next Liberty loan campaign.
Scout Masters Needed.
The Richmond Scout executive be-
came n Scout master about FIVE years
ago He did not know anything about
scouting, but was approached by n
Scout. representing group OF boys.
who told him that he had been chosen
as their leader. He Immediately ac-
copied the position because he felt
that If the group of boys would honor
him enough to choose him as their
leader, the least he could do was his
best. Scouts. don't YOU know that you
can make the strongest appeal for
Scout masters? The executive believes
that through your efforts and judE-
rnent several men might be enrolled.
How about this big master good turn
You know how 10 tell man what
scouting Is Just tell him, and then.
him to become n Scout master. Re-
member. the only qualifications for n
Scout master are good character and
red blood.
Field Notes.
The Masonic Troop. under Acting
( Scout Master Carter is doing fine work.
Scout Master Louthar has left the
city to work with Uncle Sam
Troop IL hopes soon TO have new
meeting place.
| c. L. Poole. Scout master of Troop
| I. has been out Of the city for more
than two weeks. He expects TO re-
| turn on sunday.
Headquarters Troop. under r. y.
Kane, is progressing nicely.
Headquarters has been torn up dur
! ing the past week. and carpenters
! electricians and plumbers have taken
! possession. When they finish. fine
SIX Wight will he the result.
| The regular monthly meeting OF the
Scout Masters Club will he held at
| headquarters next Tuesday evening.
| November 49, at o'clock. Every
Scout master and assistant Scout mas
ter should be present. The new officers
will act for the first time. and an in
terestinG- meeting is predicted. If your
troop has not sent In its monthly re-
port for October. do so ut once Why
not win one OF the trophies next
ontlo