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Voice of the People
Letters must give the nnme and adj
dre.. of the vritor. Name will not be
published II writer requeata.
Awake to the Dancer.

To the Editor OF Tho Times- Dispatch:
SIT have read carefully two OF
your two recent editorials. that in your
Bounds Of Proprie,y' and that in your
issue or October :. "A Victory for
heartily and wish that they could be
read by every cttizcn OF Virginia.
The position that you take il we'll
considered and imprcEnablc. 1t is high
time that all the people should be
aroused TO the danger of having that
injurious female suffrage amendme nt
added TO the United States cons,!tu-
ton, That plant Of evil growth first
Mountain region. which is noted for
vast deserts paucity of population and
wild notions of government. By ari-
and threats II has gained some CON
siderable ground. Its promoters have
now had the affrontery. TO speak of it
great spiritual Observation-Disclosures of
which qualities the proposed amend
men, possesses In the least-and they
foundations OF our government. Tho
preservation 10 the States OF their
Just rights and powers is as necessary
self for II tho States be destroyed the
Union will fall also. OF what concern
can It be to the people of Virginia
Montana vote? And tho people OF
Idfho and Montana have no right to
force us to allow our women TO vote
for that Is a matter for us to decide
upon according to our Judgment
The suffrage amendment Ia nothing
but force bill Of the worst sort, urged
BY fanatics. and having in the Senate
Its chief strength from the Rocky
ready to advocate anything foolish
BY all means should such a radical de-
parture from our Constitution be con-
war. but in time Of peace, when reason
has some hope to regain its sway.
was glad to see that our two Vir.
ginia Senators. stood firm amidst the
storm. What better leaders could VIC
have than Martin, of Virginia. and
Lodge. of Massachusetts-men OF the
first order % ability--who sec that the
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FROM OTHER VIEWPOINTS
discussed for Readers nv
Authoritative Writcrs--A Daily Editorial Feature.
SUFFRAGE ISSUE NOT TO DETERMINE ELECTIONS
il.

How much do women really want
s,s s xesf n WITCH WIZ may hey sy best ~ the
from from iftS 10 u third ef t item eoae
IN three or flve-.vote when they have
the opportunity.
Those eleven States in the closely
cast Il total of 100000 votes for Pres
census OF 1910. s,Sia.oo9 males Of vot-
ing age.
G, This s %op I'D indicate that in these
STATES 1907 womsn voted In that
get the number of females of voting
age who participated.
men 20 per cent. for those not voting.
The old and weii tried political rule
teresting fight. That arlthmetical OPP
Grafton would leave 2.3a5.oo0 men vot,,
ins in the less su{rago States and 10000
does not give the numbers Of Women
Of yo.ing age; Counting the females
woman voters These cast $1,000
them voted.
=, In Arizona and Wyoming apparently
she$ did not vote at al; as In both
tham the n9ee OF msea o yo,
ing age. In Washington one in ten
Of them voted In the much cited and
Colorado one in three Women voters
went to the polls. The best political
showing for the sex. naturally. was in
Utah. where It poilcd from 60 to az
per cent Of it's vote. In Montana, not
withstanding the candidacy or Miss
Jeanette Rankin. less than n fourth
OF the women voted. In California and
Kansas they did better. with approxi.
mately 80 per cent.
The subject is of interest now be-
cause of the several dire. threats that
the wrathful women CT the West will
rise in their might and elect "A Re-
publican Congress TO punish the Pres
ident for failing TO he able TO persuade
Senators from the South and East to
vote for sunrage--a remarkable. IL pos
sibly justihable estimate of feminine
political logic. These threats are
blum II they mean anything. they
mean that those who utter them sim.
ply don't know what they are talking
about.
The eleven suffrage States have hut
two Democratic Senator's whose terms
expire next March. Both are red hot
: for suffrage. In AR: ona there viii
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News Of Fifty Years Ago
lErom the Richmond Dispatch. Oct. s. 1865,

tFrom the Richmond Dispatch. Oct. s. 1861
to John a. Belvin, W. w. crump, Mann s.
Qtarles, J.. II. Frazier. John T. Davis, II. b.
Sfarke. William Ira Smith, w. w. Parker, r. ID.
James. J. c. Davis, Joseph Hall and z. II. Nash,
all of Richmond, for the purpose Of carrying on
business of life insurance under the name and
style OF the Mutual Beire VIOLENT Life Insurance
Association OF Richmond. Virginia. The plan of
insurance proposed by this company is some-
thing new in life insurance.
William w Valentine of this city, has been
randolph Aiucon College. He will be an orna.
ment to the institution.
Married: On the 18th of September at St
Peters Cathedral by the Rev. Father Brady
Thomas Byrne' to Miss Margaret Carsy, both OF
this city.
Married: On the 1st of October by Rev DR..
Moore John OBrien and Miss Jemima " Davis;
both OF this city.
small lot of new corn was ofered-on the
bushel The first offered last year was on No.
vembcr 4.
The Introductory lecture of the present session
Of the Medical College of Virginia was delivered
last night bcio.e large audience composed OF
students and their friends by DIR. I. S. Wexford.
John Quincy Adams. of Massachusetts, has
accepted an invitation to address the citizens OF
Savannah. Ga. at carly date. On his way
South. on his way ha TX l.c may stop over md
speak in Richmond
Horace Greeieys busy Life has been bur-
lesuued aad tao burlesuue Is soon to be pub.
lshcd.
The extensive tobacco factory Of John w.
Carroll. manufactures OF the celebrated Lone
Jack brand OF smoking tobacco, In Lynchburg ,
was totally consumed by fire yesterday al.
tcrnoo.:.
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To Uncle Sam.

Care The Times. Dispatch.)
Need more money, Uncle Sam?
Why, just help. yourself. mani!
Z a big family and Twins high.
OF what we did at ST. Mihiel
tThats one French word L learned,
And II rimes with
What were given 'em!
Your sure are talsin' our boys
Some trip.
4 big hunt up in Malno amt In 1t,
With game a-plenty.
We can't help but feel sorry for
III The natural kind o. wild beast
That don't know no different
But Tor that Hun boast that broke
away
And tried to roam all over Europe
Devourin' women and children
And messin' up the world eenerally-
We amt got no pity.
The boche thought we were so busy >,
Maxim dollars We wouldn't fight.
We spend 'em Just ns easy as we mako
EN- 80.
And we'd rathor spend 'em
To stop that kultur talk,
And put the chains on Kaiser and his
crowd
Than anything we know OF.
That's business,
And playtime will como again;
The world he safe and smiling
only proud tears for those who made
And loving memories.
And Uncle Sam, just when we are old
And needing Il
VIII pay back all we loaned ana more.
Good old Uncle Sam! "'I
BOND BUYER, (.
Jacksonville. Fla. October e, 1915. !.
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Books and Authors

Our Humble Helpers" by Jean.
Henri Eabre (Thc Century Company.
Is another OF Fabrcs nature books 70.
children which in Franco hnve gone
into many editions. Tho translation is
ny fioren~ ,e, Constable D!cknel,. whose
has been praised highly as having cap.
tured and brought into the English the
real flavor OF the French ORIGINAL The
American reading public already knows
the great scientist as ono who could
make grasshoppers, locus,s. bees and
Sther insects rs interesting as the
In this newest book to come over into
English he tells about our domestic
helpers-onr dogs. horses. chickens.
is primarily for boys and girls. It is
iull Or charm for grown people who,
IKE Fabrc himself. and like. children.
ana more wonderful. Jean Henri died
In 1916 in his native village of SeriS-
nan in Southern France at the age OF
called that Incompatible observer"
and who was described by Maeterlinck
as as. ~, The re-. inssctS' homer" Previous
Life in tho Insect World The Won
ders OF Instinct" and The Story. Book
fully illustrated.
b. George H. p9ran Company has Just
story, of Young Girl OF Metz" by
Maurice Barres. one OF the most noted
OF living French writer's and q member
OF the academy. \ clear symbol, capa-
bic of being understood by all, with
out being obvious. is the story of the
love affair Of the earnest. .obtuse Dr.
FREDERICK Asmus. of koni7sberG, Prus-
STA, and little Colette Baudochc of the
quaint old city OF Metz, where still
the oppressed native French maintain
their traditions. their speech and their
ton into Lorraine. Kultrr and French
civilization, which is the heir Of classic
civilization do not mix. and this these
two young people learned. although
they both Strove to set aside the race
hatred of their people. The book does
s nS5 use It's in1enss aramao scenes 70
subtler than that. He. has chosen In.
stead the. tranquil. ordered beauty OF
the life OF the French quarter In Metz,
and In this gracious setting, and the
daily existence OF two French women
into whose house the. Prussian pro-
place. 1t is no. ordinary romance. but
a. profound tribute to French civil-
cation. The translation is by the
Baroness Huard. who Is already known
by her errand OF mercy to the French
peopie; by the link In sympathy and
has added to the bond between Amer
lea and France. She has maintained
in translation. the feeling for sim
plicity and purity which Is the key.
note of French literature. 1t Is a
dignifed .in,tburrsts OF bitterness, but
with which France Is lighting, with
the Same irrefutable claim or France
that Lorraine is hers OF right, and
nothing can stop her from retaining
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-08
Health Talks by DR.. VIM. Brady
Everybody Hates Baby.
tcopyrisnt. 1sis. BY National r:ew.pa.<r Service,

S5s%sEy $ssy "ssy
e .hf IL op he sa + ga put doctor
Feels E as s s
t. te dos.o5 Il Ultimately as,sin eiy
olac soa, hsaTy psna,y On baby Saing viii
! sas &c sssS afSns
a TS my mind there here is no,hng ptible
sfe g.NTaIss srasy
and the baby batting habit peeomss stesdy
Frey enough to try experiments e on the
Ri Ignorance grams is the chief factor in the shamefuy
e is Why the Sass @ IA
Sasa 10 a save at s trsyns out cam
saS Ia pare =. an1 eheTs WHO saardiaas
in the first ' Year 3" Of 'ns fe out OF each
ratio 10 sa6e on shH horse posssy fair
a good gamble when baby's life is at stake.
mi, other irresponsible persons to experiment on
a s as be and
Pf9vi .r, medsaI sttendanee for sick children.
There is no possible excuse for pouring down
hnSgs throat any alleged medicine for cole
who babies in this way are
responsiby Of preservlng youn ns'f v tne sacred
Questions ard Answers.
Leakage OF the Heart.--1.Wha IS the cause
Sf IT r1e heart? Is heart
=, Answsr.E,l Germs entering the blood stream
through diseased foci such neglected Ode
cayed) teeth in1amtd gums, infected tonsils.
lodge on the lining of the heart and produce
be painless lie and easily overlooked CAS- in the
ma;ory rheuma tism)--un!ess the doctor en-
amines TIE heart at each visit. If the in Mamma
va, valve the shrinkage OF the scar tissue left after
the valve that 1t no longer can close per-
fectly after heart beat, and in this way
there would be moro or less backward leakage
OF blood after each heart beat. depending on the
amount of damage to the valve. ,. SO far as l
know, heart disease is never inherited
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Christina. pnckauc. FOR so,a,er.

The War Department announces that
no Christmas packages for American
overseas forces will be accepted after
November 20. Only ono parcel will be
allowed each soldier. and every soldier
IN the lighting zones will be provided
with Christmas label. which will be
forwarded by the soldier to the person
In the United States from whom he
Wishes to receive his Christmas pack
age. Regulation boxes will be pro-
vided the holders of these labels by
the American Red Cross, which may
be obtained at all chapters or branches
after November /, With each box will
pc given instructions regarding the ar.
ticles which may be sent. Richmond
era who intend sending packages
should deliver them to tho person DIES.
ignated TO receive them at the local
RED Crosn chapter. as they must DO
mailed through that organization. Mrs
J. y. Williams Is at tho head OF the
hospita. committee of the local Red
Cross. and haa nothing to DO with re-
'ceiying and forwarding packages to
soldiers, us waB recently enormously
stated In this column.
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hardly be contest. as tho ono Demo
Gas ce eeprsse INT from he state
the women ihare did not Vote. E ana
Of the thres Democratic represent
ralitie IRON e, chhi nro came with piu
publican managers have liked az. as re- re-
s limis Il FOR 49,. aebstsble Districts. The Fhs
ro@ Go tnas i Both three
from from Idaho are Republicans. The ono
lR seae b6a fr2m noo Montana. ELECTED at
one representative is a Republi Ssvade az
the i've Democrats from Kansas hui hui
, two are likely e face serious COW on.
from Oregon arc Relubiieans. A Eaei
noI plurality above 10000. The one
rality Of above 5000. ard 1T The sa one E psn
reSentative from Wyoming is a Re
From the eleven States but two
seats now held by Democrats are in
nia ainssS rr From anything short Of no
likely TO come from thu suifraee issue
In most OF the suffrage States from
cared SO little for the precious rirht'.
that they did not take the trouble 10
n ute s n-,pniess we assume that they
collapse Of the male vote.
M. inc nepnhitlans may capture tn.
recently by the figures. sixty: i've Dem.
cured their seats by pluralities rans.
ing from six to 1000. and their dis
tricts offer good lighting ground. 4
good many Republicans also have
pretty thin ice on which to skate. No
man can predict how the greater mum
Der, Of these hundred close district.
suffrage will not affect the result
seriously one way or the other. Even
II enough seats In the suffrage States
were in jeopardy TO determine control
OF the women in some OF the States
and their evidently strong Republican
tendencies in others would make their
influence negligible. If II was potent.
probably 1t would be fully offset in
States in which in popular elections
the voters have declared against sui
AS for New York. II we may jude.
from the recent general primaries,
about one woman in ten there cares
to to vote ot,n or takes interest in politics
enter at all into the shaping OF re.
suits in that really great battle field.
where the Democrats have eight or ten
members really in danger
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-08

Woman sufragists who continue to sell
Liberty bonds "as a testimonial of gratitude
to the President of the United States for his
continual support" have mistaken concep-
ton Of what these bonds are for President
Wilson asks the payment of no debt OF graft
tude TO him; it Is not for him the bonds
are being sold, and success of the issue
will be no favor particular to him beyond
that TO every other American citizen. There
is no question OF gratitude to anybody in
pressing the sale Of the issue; rather, it is
for the protection OF the whole country from
the raTages OF merciless enemy Those
who work for it are working for themselves
and their own tiresdes. Those who give
their efforts freely are the loyal ones; those
who do not. the disloyal. President Wilson
does not want to be paid for his suffrage
activities. Into this question OF suffrage
or antisufrage. no question of Democrat or
Republican, should enter. 1t is too big too
vital, to be Influenced by petty policies.
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Handing Over Stolen Goods

Iron Esthonia, from. Livonia, from Tx
ralne and from Roumania comes the
news, transmitted through official sources
that the German government is withdrawing
its garrisons in those states. The explana-
lion given is that the terrific losses sustained
by her armies in France, coupled with re-
lentless advance of the allies toward the Ger
man frontier. has created a situation de-
handing the mastering of the last remaining
strength OF Germany. Unless some fresh
force interviews, Marshal Foch soon will
train his guns upon German territory, and
the invasion of that country will become a
fact.
All this is interesting and important from
purely military standpoint 1t shows the
desperation OF the German general staff 1t
indicates that the powerful military machine
which that stan has operated for more than
four years is breaking; that it has been
unable TO stand the strain and that the STRAIT
egg OF Focb, plus the weight of his armies,
is slowly, but surely. pulverizing the enemy
forces before him. No other condition, it
may be assumed. could induce the German
government to abandon the lands which it
had conquered or give up the spoils which
it seized when it forced a group OF madmen
at Brest Litovsk to sign away their birth
right.
The political element OF this situation is
equally as interesting. The withdrawal of
'GermanyS armies from Russia will leave the
blood-smeared Boisheviki without prop TO
lean upon. II will compel them to fight alone
for their lives. Without German soldiers to
bolster up their criminal regime it must, fall
All the power it ever had was that furnished
by German garrsons and German gold And
now the one is being hastily pulled away
to meet more desperate crisis elsewhere,
and the other can have little value.
Moreover tIcrmanS'S evacuation of pus-
sian provinces means that she surrenders all
hope OF appropriating that territory IL may
not be i'll her mind to give up, but the armies
which are now marching toward the French
front VIII never again march toward the
north. III they do not yield to the might
of the allied arms, they will be destroyed
just as surely the sun shines There is
nothing more certain in life than the utter
and overwhelming defeat of Germany.
lt is fortunate circumstance that there
will be few. if any. German troops left in
Russia when the collapse comes. Their
present retirement will give the Russian peo-
pie tho opportunity TO reorganize themselves
into civilized state. Before this can be
successfully accomplished, the Soviet must be
choked to death, but the choking is even
now in progress. Allied armies are march
ing to the rescue OF these people. They are
holding out the hope Of help and sympathy,
and, released from the bondage enforced BY
German armies, Russians everywhere may
again lift up their heads and survey q future
Of promise.
III Is, indeed, interesting news which State
Department has made public regarding the
withdrawal OF the Germans from Russia It's
military phase may be the more significant,
but its effect upon the morale OF the Rus
sian people cannot fail to be sweeping in its
extent.
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SEEN ON THE SIDE
ny HENRY EDWARD WARNER
Judgment.

Judgment.
wrote pieec-a wondrous picce!-a little
bit OF verse
Quick to the point. expressive. but wi,hal con-
else and tcrsc;
And when I'd writ the verse read its stanzas
The more read. somehow liked the verses
all the more.
The Editor turned down my lines.
Turned down my lines with scorn.
And in my den roundly cursed
That day when was born.
wrote some rot-some awful rot:-unmcan-
ing phrases hung
Cpcn no thought st ADJUST words indefinitely
strung
Upon crazy metric ,heme-a tedious piece OF
bunk.
I've often written rotten rhyme but this one
piece punk
The Editor a check
And with the check a note
Extending in unmeasured terms,
Thanks for the thing I wrote!
So since that day. WIENER 1 have a fancy that
| like,
chuck the blooming stuf aside--I chuck the
lucky strike.
And dragging out the one that made that un-
expected hit.
model up. another one that's similar to il.
The Editor, lie sends me checks
| cat and write some more;
That's why rhymster writes. and that's
What Editors for
This skit is to explain, 81 YOU arc interested,
Folks,
Just why fellow forses rhymes and hammers
wi,less jokes:
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be forced to surrender Internationally. BY
putting increased enthusiasm into the cam-
paign and orersubscribing the loan before the
expiration Of the allotted period, the enemy
will realize that we mean business having
no thought Of peace short Of complete vic
tory, and in despair will hasten to accept
the only conditions which he may obtain
peace. and the war will be brought to q close
without the necessity of floating another loan
after this one. So let the present week be
one of united determination 10 press the
campaign forward to victory
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While Wilson's address did not convert
the "willful Senator's" to a belief in the right
eousness of the Anthony amendment it
served one good purpose. IT did convince the
sunragists that picketing the President and
IN other ways embarrassing him was all
wrong. Hereafter he will be immune from
those attacks which in the past have been
SO disgraceful, and the suifragists will con
fine their efforts to those Senators who dared
defy their wrath
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Que Ambition.

Id like to be the chap that pulls
The rope that hangs the Man who said
He'd rule the world by Strengthening
And build his castle on the, dead.
j wouldn't care TO shoot him--thats
An honorable death:fbut
Would like TO pun the rope that hauIs
That Pirate more than Human high.
I'd like to see him kick his heels
From the loose end Of one long rope.
SO high above, To see him you
Would have. 10 use telescope!
am q gentla MANA mild,
Untemperad chap; but honest, Folks, /
I'd like to be tho man that pulls
Tho rope, when Hohenzoilern croaks!
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To Destroy Bedbur..

Mrs. J.: II. D.. Beaver Dam.-Buy a
pound OF cyanide Of potash. such as
Is used for the extraction of gold from
its ores; Break it up into small pieces
and put 1t into an earthenware crock.
Ihen cautiously pour half pound of
When the windows and doors are caro-
tuIly stopped. pour the acid solution
on the cyanide. and run out OF the
after you. Do not open tho room for
two days. The fumes are poisonous
70 persons az we'll as insects of all
Kind. No bedbug or flea will escape the
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Spanish influenza. in slowing up the move
ment OF troops to the training caIhps and
checking the sales Of Liberty bonds. is PROV
Ing valuable ally to the Kaiser. despite the
neutrality of the place OF its origin But the
Kaiser is being properly beaten. and his latest
ally Will go the same way. There will be
100000 American soldiers in France next
year. and the $4,000, 10000 bond issue, will
go, over the top in the few days remaining
That is the american spirit. and il will not
be broken
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continue and in Its decision the people nc
quiesce with no murmur OF COMPLIANT That
it could be held later in the year is prob
lematical. Best let it go until next year.
when. with the war only glorious memory
and the soldiers returning, Richmond can
stage fair which will eclipse all former
efforts.
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The kaiser's address to the army. in which
he says: My navy is holding its own against
the united enemy forces and is unwavcringiy
supporting the army in its difficult struggle,
is rich in unconscious ironic humor. only it
will wholly fail of appreciation because OF
the fact that the German people are wholly
destitute OF the sense of humor.
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IT Germany's peace plea is timed with
view 10 retarding the sales vi Liberty bonds
--di the fourth issue. it is another mistake
typical Of the German mind. Now that the
= t9iemy is lettering, this country is going to
ss5cliver the blow that will finish him, and
the power behind that blow will be $1,000,
GOO, 600 ioyfully subscribed by the American
people.