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40 I,euI Demund Exists.

To the Editor Of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.--four columns have already been
pretty well allied wiki communications
opposing or fnvorinE the coordinate
college at the University OF Virginia.
or some other cueducational plan.
wish to ray that my opposition to this
o. any similar measure is AZ strong and
unqualified as it was in l9l2 and 1919,
when opposed the bill with all the
energy which I could muster when Il
member OF the Senate during thos.
years fut FOR the pcrSiSteu; and con-
tinuous efforts Of Il small. hut active.
group. tn" scheme would have been
dropped long ago No real demand IN
TACT, exists for such Il step. and practi-
caly all the sentiment IN favor OF II
mas been manufactured by the aSSiduity
and persistence Of this same Sroup liz
questioned talent during the past six or
eight years 90 til" work 81 raising an
endowment for a university for women.
th"rc ~ no uouht III my mind that they
would nave secured such funds. and
the Nirginin Legislature might have
ma more TIME to give 10 other matters
instead or entertaining the co-ord inat .
c"ilef" lobby. II this group could 10
assured OF $4,000 600 with which 10
iHnnh separate and distinct univer
IMAM II" University Of Virginia. they
would decline. Like some others. in
thcIr Z"al 10 carry their point, they for
would not be satisfied even If smith or
wellesley were 10 move bodily TO Hir-
g!rn.
William and Marys doors are omen.
oE recent act, but nothing will satisfy
them but ,ha; ,hcir point De carried.
There Is no real demand for this
thing ~ means cocducation. II Is an
unwisc experiment. aud whatever tho
aHtoratrS may say now. IL means cvnn-
tnal'y Il tremendous drain on tho
treasury. Think Of having 10 face this
pronriati"us' ROREHT X BROCK.
Farmrillr. Va. February 80. 1918.
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Interesting Health Queries
ANSWERED BY DR. BRADY.
-Copyrisht 1914 National Now papcr Service,
Questions md Answer.

Mother Describes Accid Intoxic,tio,
Ina, 1hFSG ana MALI she had colits and mites
gave her up but finally the vomiii,,r" n u1 ninne
ana she carried through. She had 'spnils' evnTw
n"W '"1h hS r so" fever nrst medicine
vomiting up water fast as She s,yniio,rnI
II, but begging constantly for more wal or. ="
ehancc TO set medicine to stay down Then
she seemed TO outsrow the attacks bn, ,, n,,
altcr FOUR years: another spell has come frnn1
s anriS x ,oo m Ts sunposc vomiting inces.
month, peculiar heavy swectish odor on , he
even LOT q Few minutes.
A Ans Wsnr'muAc'd intoXication a the doctors.
ma me i9r such spells Used to cali il 'intes,j
n arre n %nsrs anSs variable Remedy
or TWO OF soda tsaieratus) in glass Of VAL a.
all tho child Will drink If no, ret ined @I
nit"n IL WI be retained when everything else
Or w" Mk Of SSsry four IS hours ,bs ,ss for
l,niys,r IN Sm"h case being alkaline; teaspoon
repeated spells OF acid nior ,,, ~ some ~,
,inatcly introduce acute appendcitis opern inn
Is done, and no NOR" acid intoxicat:on occurs
Eye Watcr.-piease suggest what would bo
suitable eye water for dropping in The cv os
doctor says Is chronic conjunc wits 800 '''
answer Dissolve one gram Of zinc sulnb.te
ana ten grains OF horic acid in two ounces OF
dlsti'rd water. or mix one tcaspoonful OF exirar,
OF witch hazel with pinch Of salt and ,w s1
ounces OF rain ~ wv
Tuhcrcular Glands.--l have what doctors cau
grapevine tubercular glands In my meek T M,
have onerated ON me- four times. taking a To-,
my left cat. and fear II is coming hack orain
live carefully, take gymnasium Work and 1ni
low the doctors every rule. tx this trouble
transmitted to children ! am physically strnnr
and healthy. but can't get rid Of This scrofuia'
Ans{"cr--You should try the open.a !r life nnr
haps 9uherculin and certainly sun baths The
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The \Vnndrrlust.

To DAY cannot write. because
siy mind is far in rcstful wave,
Ccntrolicd by one OF Natures laws
That points the woods sunny days
Would might talk" my rod and crcol
And whip some fair Wisconsin stream
Where in the brook the game trout steal
And fnny backs all agleam
nc day I cannot &ritc--I hear
The washi, F. OF seuuestcred lakes:
y singing spring is hidden near.
And hedccward swift the rabbit takes
Ills lcapinE course; and in some tree
watchful squirrel sits erect
And keeps his watchful eye on nc.
Wary Of what he may expect,
With vioicts tho path is strcwn.
And wild ger8niuns conceal
\ stump. who're somc strong Ak has hewn
y fallen prince My restless recl
Turns as touch it: and break
The undcrhruSh and work my way
To that far corner of the lake
Where unsuspectinS lie my p.ey
And so 7 cannot write: hut no,
Come pack your traps. who read my lines
And let us all together go
Through forest break and tangled vine.
And find my corner Of the lake
There's heaven. to him who has soul,
Come where the fish from lurkias break
Where. In the open. life is whole.
And there ! snail not write to YOU
nor fnHhiy sing the things see
h"t "hoer icds far. street ching blue
"ei' I'VE my dream" in company.
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which would iim! his usefulness have died
away while his capacity IS an executive has
been unfolding. ana there rs every Indication
that tho bulk Of his program OF legislation
will go through. Already some OF his moro
important measures have been acted upon
favorably by tho Assembly, and others arc
on their way to the statute books. He has
shown his courage through the use Of the
veto. and thus early in his administration
tho people are convinced that they have Il
real man in tho Governors chair.
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& SermOnefte.

The right of every man ends where the right
OF some other man begins
IL there is any man who makes INC more weary
than another 1t is the one who assumes that
every one else is necessarily wrong
I've often wondered how the heather shall
decide which OF many doctrines to accept, the
rejection of any meaning his eternal damnation.
lie mus, toss coin for one chance at Heaven
risking dozen chances Of hell.
Tough. amt it Agnes? And don't want TO
be no prophet, neither!
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disease Is not Inherited he I'm no hurry for
further tons

Polyp in the NoSc.--Will you be kind enous n
some time to discus polyp in the nose-thc
up? -
AnSwcr--rolyp is Erapc-likc mass usually
growing from the middle turbinatc sponEy
nouN or inc nose II is always secondary -
cnrHsic disease in tho nosc-rhniiiS or "ca tarrh
or disease OF one Of the Sinuscs or air spaces
which communicate with and normally drain
INTO the nasal cavity The patient notices stop
rage OF the affected side in damp weather; per
maps frequent SnccHing Tits. It is easily
*hrunk by the simple cXpcdient of Sua ring il
out. pleasant Instructive and altogether add
NiStoic experience. Any doctor with a head
light spcculum and Il Bit OF wire can do the
deed In live minutes.
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Council OF DEFENCE.

NJ. j. L.. Falmuuth.--Thc National
Council Of Defense is n commission by
Congress for the organization OF the
financial. industrial and commercial re-
sources OF the country for national de :
fcusc in time OF war The law provide.
that the counci! shall consist Of the
secretaries of War, the Navy. the In
terror Agriculture. Commerce and La =
Dor. and OF an advisory commission OF
seven citizens appointed by the prcsi-
dent. qualified by special Knowledge OF
the industrial and commercial resources
of The country.
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Samuel Gompcrs confesscs that before the
war he was a pacitist, believing that no longer
would the mass of the laboring peoplc III
autocracies support nutocratc government,
but their attitude in this war has undeceNed
and cured him of pacitism. 1t is now up 10
labor in tho United States. he says 10
preserve democracy" 1t is either that OF
labor will be forced back into conditions niue
above slavery 1t Will lose all that " mas
gained i'll more than century OF orsahi%eu
struggle
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SEEN ON THE SIDE
BY HENRY EDWARD wAnNE.:

There Ii No 20.
Alone she sat. in her boudoir.
Acurl upon a chair
maid with laShes so bon soir
And frou -frouz in her hair.
She sighed aside AS maidcns sigh.
~ sigh almost divine,
And sobbcd. tcardrop in her eye:
There is NJ -
Why pcepod through the curtains.
VIII not elucidate:
Sufficient, ! was standing by
And heard her thus oratc;
Just what she meant did not know
Nor why she should rcpinc-
why did she sob and murmur low:
There is no co.,
Her chest, it heaved. her bushes came
And went. as bushes do
the tear stuck In her eye. the same
Was OF L heavenly blue;
she spied me there. she nearly cried
Aioud-the day was tne.-
And then again she sobbed and sighed:
There is no 90"
why do you ycll?" ! asked the maid
why do you holler out?
And what's this melancholy shade
That dccorates your doubt"
She shook her head in mournful dole
And started to repine
AS came the wall from her sweet soul:
There Is no co.
Then OF sudden burst a star
To light my cropping mind.
For on the wall a calendar
With calendars was lined:
And then knew for why she lnoaned.
For by that sclf-same sigh
Ii is not leap ycar--hcnce she groaned:
There is no 90"
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tDpOScS 0edurHttOn.
To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.--lt may be o! interest 20 learn
the views Of papers In other parts or
the state on. the subject OF coeduca-
tion at the University of Virginia. !.
therefore. take the liberty OF submit
ting the following extract from a re-
ccat editorial in the iiarr!sonburG
News Record:
"ln our view. the establishment of
coeducation at tho university would be
mistake. except. perhaps. in the
post graduate courses The minGlinE
courses at an institution such as tn"
University Of Virginia does not seem
advisable, either from the standpoint or
the good OF the student body or That OF
the institution itself. There can u"
little douh; that the large attendance
Of out-of-Siatc students at the college,
has hccu largely due TO tho fact that
effect: If this is true. ii would then fol-
low that In III" future such attendance"
would he cut off, and there rcmnins mo
possibility that q number Of Virginia
students would seek colleges where IL
could not Ice found.
aside from these CONGREGATIONS the
need oil the state Of Virginia ut this
time is not FOR better facilities for
higher education for either women or
men. but greater care and cXpcndi-
turc To improve the education ri the
children OF the state in the public free
schools. and cspecially in the rural pub
lie free schools. The thousands of dol
lars that the establishments or CO.
ordinate college or Il system Of coedu-
cation at the university would neces-
sarily take from the public treasury
can much better he used in ;hc build
inE up Of our present school system.
The effort to have ono Of the bills
now introduced in the Legislature
passed by that body as war measure
in order to afford IL means Of supply
ing properly trained women in tho
present crisis does not appeal to one
as being upOn u sound basis. The four
excellent normal schools Of tho State
are the means through which the wo-
men can be equipped for teaching, and
these schools are now empowered TO
provide college courses and confer de-
grees.
"ALuAINUS."
Richmond. Va. February %. 1918.
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Information Bureau

Inquiries regarding almost my tonic,
excepting on legal md medical sub.
jecfn, nrc nnHwcred free, As nil :n-
qufrtrs nre auhWrred directly by per-
sonn1 letter a scIf-nddrcssrd. stamped
envelope Ia required. Address The
Tlm~.-Dispntch Information Burenu,
RichIuond Va.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-24

II n lloovsr Nv Washns,on, p c.; -, -.
doughuut please thnk il over.
Remember what that sacred fruit has done for
porting pillar--au inspiration. u life saver.
The dnughnut mas pulled NOR" struggling gen
fuses through 70 success lhan any other single
agent. !, has been bread aud meat to untold
average starving genius twenty four hours.
And then what is mos, Important have YOU
stopped 10 consider how all the Indigestion spe-
clalists gong to make living?
We are with YOU. Herb but please think IL
over about the doUShnuts.
\ Michigan pastor asserted In a sermon last
sunday that there is no physical he'll.
Has the good dominic ever tried To sleep in
an upper berth inside the station al Pitts burg
summer night
Has he - n of he
that are now selling for 81?
some Of the older Inhabitan,s car. remember
when Jess willard WAS tho idol of admiring
Iiu, the younger generation asks: Jess Will
ard? Who is that guy. anyhow
Headline says:
Now that the k.gr ''n Is ismanr h s"f ears 20
his countrymen, they may ASK for more
his head.
Tho submarine commanders never yell over
No indeed. Under the bottom"
rise with tho lark and be on the Job at 7
oGWI?hhE: s! rEc 4 ho nr9'nin h economst
never show ur until o'clock. The earlier birds
get Sl2 week.
Tn, janitor is on the job a, 6. and he gets
The earlier the less.
More light!
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Children TO the CnlnrS

NJ OTIllNG more significant has como out or
Y Germany in many months than the state
mont. apparently authoritative, that the Ger
man government has called to arms the six
teen car-old class. and is thereby reduced 10
the extremity Of sacrificing its children in
battle. IT this means anything at all it
means that the man power OF the empire is
being consumed. and the wearing-down pro-
cess which the allies have rcsorted 10 is hav-
ing u telling effect.
The new call is interesting, too. in the light
Of certain casualty figures which have recently
been printed in German newspapers. These
figures. it was admitted were not official in
the sense that the government authorized
them but they were based upon official cal
, culatlons. Berlin stopped giving out casualty
totals nearly year ago. At that time about
100000 men had been killed; 100000
manned to such degree that they could not
return TO service, and approximately 5OO.-
600 others were held prisoner. This would
Indicate that the total losses sustained by the
German army up to that time were around
100000 men.
If 100000 men we're lost during the first
two and a half years fighting, il is fair to
assume that tho fighting Of the past year has
cost Germany another million men in killed,
wounded and captured 1t is a fact which
cannot be disputed that these losses have
! involved the very flower of the German army.
It's best troops. for instance were sent to TAX @
Ncrduh It's veterans We're thereafter thrown
into Flanders. and still later used in the Cam
brai countcrattack. The heaviest casualt los
therefore, have been suffered by the most
highly trained body Of troops which Germany
| mas placed i'll the war.
Nhilc 1t may be true that Germany has
more men under arms to-day than at any
| 'ime since the war began, it Is equally true
| that TINS force is made up to a large extent
! ny new levics. This is shown in the official
| reports which have been made from time to
| tiine by the French and British commanders
| hcy nave stated that many of the prisoners
taken from Germany were mere boys and
| some OF them were old men. The percenta GO
! OF men Of military age, that is men between
twenty and forty years. captured is much
smaller than IN the first and second years
! OF the war
1t may be safely assumed, therefore, that,
| great as is the German army at the present
! time II is not the powerful fighting machine
| mat faced the allies in 1914 1915 or even
/ IN l?l6. It's efficiency must have diminished
Az the veteran corps were decimatcd and &C
raw leVics were broush; forward TO fiji tho
gaps.
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Red Cro., Sur,e,.

Mrs. a. r. H. ROanokc.-The Rcd
Cross does not train nurses. but ac-
cepts regularly registered trained
nurses for service abroad. No young
woman who has not already received
such training is likely TO have any op-
p"rtunity to go TO France as q, Red
cross nurse unless the war continues
for several years.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-24

Under = contract with the Spanish gov
oru;ncnt General l'ershing Will be suppheo
with Spanish mules for military operations
A caballada OF Spanish mules with Amef.c''"
soldiers from the Southwest as'Ilde 'heni
will provc Z, greater terror TO the hoehts
than a regiment I'll British tanks mol W
discount tho value of these war monsters
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-24

Virginia likes the way in which Governor
Wcstmoreland Davis has entered upon the
administration Of its affairs. Largely an
unknown quantity when he took office less
than one month ago. already he has proved
himself level-hcadcd. business Governor
with firm grasp upon the governmental
icins and eye single to Nirginia's inter
csts. Muttcrings and !etind-thc-hand pro-
phcries that he would mee. with opposition
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THE british I,Ie. and Enrnn.

HTIsS Is. NJ. T., ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Brit
ish Isles arc not considered part Of
the Continent OF Europe. From a geo
graphical point OF view. Europe is
large peninsula sent forth by Asia to
the west. 1t is II grand division of the
globe. not SO much from its large cX-
tent as from it's having long been the
center OF human culture and civiliza-
ton.
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Letters must give the name and nd f,
dress OF the writer. MIME VIII not be |
published il writer 80 reuucsta.

-, hnne thc Ahscssmcnt, Not the Rate.
- thc Tutor OF The Times DiSpa;cm
mat was good editorial in
Which you ask. lis Increased Taxation
N"cessarr?" Auditor Lee Moorcs re-
port SHOWS II surplus of SioUU.UU0 in
tiS state treasury. and Yet certain en-
IrtpriSlnS gentlemen are proposing an
othcr Bis Increase In the rate OF TAXA
tioh 10 get money for the public service
III roads and schools
Yes We must have better roads and
TsnoSis' oui why not stop the big leak
hfstF why raise the tax rate, when
Such state Of affairs exists that land
- assessed II. only onc-third Of it's
Naiuc ticrc Is a means of raising
possibly Sl.OD0,Q00 a year
Taxing land values" at FUN value
docs not hurt any one but the land
spectators, aud not only will i, bring
nv iargr, cash revenue, but, better
city lots into productive use. AS things
ar" now. the fortunate holder OF title
To desirable land won't use il himself
,SaHs he can't get labor and won't LEI
any one eise use II, unless lie gets his
price 10 let go.
SO even Il blind man can sec that tho
thihE To do is 20 act ON the report of
tht last Tax Commission. which stated
Ihht the average Of Virginia land is
assessed at one third OF its value. Have
TAX asscssors appointed VINO will obey
the law and assess the land at us real
value instead OF At what the owner OF
,nc titie is willin. 10 pay. Do you
Know that the public officer who as
S"sSes he land values of the city of
nhriottesrillc Is paid the daily wage
ot - per day? This is nlmos, n joI"
Mh'l we rca iize that the office of land
Nt'ue appraiscmcnt is much more re-
SponSib!" ana important and technical
~ us nature than that Of Il treasurer.
ne YAK expert who appraiscs $4,000. 600
81 = nbPM Sr SSfS roxrAryE.
Charlottesville. Nn. Feb % l1IS
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Charcoal. Eph's Daily Thought.

ibis hyar world monty fine place 20 =
live in said Charcoal Eph. ruminativcly but
cf'a Id been maxim hit suttin'ly would OF
limited de supply o trombone players an tenor
singers Eat chop, Mistah Jackson"
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M rim. to Demand II.

To tho Editor OF The Times D.spatch:
Sir.- While the much-quoted words OF
JEFFERSON about equal rights Tor all tho
people may not have actual bearing on
INC point in question. yet i, is denied
~ no or" that the women VINO want
II should have the opportunity 10 get
a higher education. II does not fol.
lon. however. that even onc-'hird az
we Women or men Of the state want
EHton IN Aibcmarlc. y woman's COL
leg" we 90 want. but this is 40 time
10 demand j..
surely W" have no more representa-
IN" University OF Virginia. aud they,
through their representative. Mr..
Niche. an ackno" lodged authority on
finance and personally in favor OF CO.
ordination. have urged the Leg stature
to make no appropriation not incident
10 running the war
Mrs. Baker says that were the wo-
men trained they could take tho place
OF men in tn" profess onS. There does
not appear to hc any demand save tor
doctors and teachers As to doctors
university medical school has room for
few students at best and th" cours" re-
n"ircs four years. so there IS 40 chance
TO train women doctors for war service.
~ - S-Icht-s. Where are 'l.H normal
schools can they not. with the UNI
v,rsity summer ychool train women for
teaching You VIII and few university
graduates among the teachers now, and
there j. no reason TO expect an increase
with the present starvation salaries.
other positions vacated by men who
have gone to the front seem TO be ac-
ccrtdb!y hll"d by women, and ne!thrr
the mon who nave gone nor the wo-
men who have come in hav" icit the
need Of a university degree.
Every ono VIII admit that in This
present crisis the first duty OF the Leg
iSlatur" * 10 tho farmer, ana those con-
vcrsa;It with tho !"ods OF rura! schools
know that her: II the place tpr tho
most good TO hc done. not only 10 the
AZ present many school buildings are
hut mali"shiits: the salaries inadequate.
20 that the w,l! trimmed Teacher. 80
S,utiul for primary work cannot be
Kept Ia IN" country. Therefor" beg
to rrpca, suggestions already So of:cr
made. improve the building or The rural
schools a!d Iers'hcr III" term. increase
strcrGt the norma schools. which IN
a law uasscd in 1915 can already. at
lest cost :" IN" indiVidual give a
degree suri'icn, for an" teachers in lhn
high schools. Let all other Cpnsil"rH-
t!nns pass after that in ne one great
ain, Of the civilized world. Of winning
the war.
viii not the women Of virginia. who
gladly eat victory bread. trust 20 the
future for tn" establishment az a state
cclirg" for women. whore she wiil he
trained and equipped for tho wider
sphere which the future conditions ot
Scr III, Viii demand and where the
demands OF her natural lie viii not be
overlooked" such training and c1uiu-
sues Of cocducItion nor 81 co-orhira-
tion Mt the university or elsewhere.
l.. 6. MCGEE.
Charlottesville, Va. February -, 1919.