Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-16
AEER AGAIN WILL WORLD
RETURN TO OLD METHODS
AeAr Symptoms OF Permanent
Change From Prcwar
sSSFsSss Conditions.
saIYlDsIAN's GREAT NEW PART
Has Born Burden of Great Struggle,
II Sustaining Homo l'ront--ltcv.rni
g0f Interest in Religion, but Morals
No ire Said to Have Dctcrioratcd.

By }. EATON lEARN.
49, l4ONDON,, November lo.--AIter lou!
ssaseAfa o. Yar-SuCh war tndt inns
Ei.osr Dad World has neve. experienced
ais al! the .Ee'es that It has meem
ffssSso,ts sun. or any people OF amy rate,
soior or creed eA"ct! me same Eyers ,
4 iaoash iV m"S AYE he, csmd i admiis that
Kline World viii never bc the same place
ssasain. .lTsady there are cloar sXm r.I,
shna everybody seem already simmer
Ling Ia the melting pot
nv, osWonder' is Il therefore that Lon
Il don IL not the London OF prcwar days.
sss..,slt is true that the theatcrs. the
& muaica' halls ana the cincmas are as
'55cfoWned as ever as though there was
tstnoA War on, but TINS Is iypiCai OF the
3 Anglo Saxon race, who, alth JuGh they
$Sasmay take even their aiuusemenis Sc
~ riouSly, are sportSmcn at heart and
gfregafa rsverses equally. with gains as
sof ptesimism can never be brought
sssa;gainst the Bri'on., who is a 'uie-
In spite OF the higher eos, OF liv..
ing. mea,less days, the nuisance OF
s The Shortage OF matches and the in
q numera Bile ve>taiioua annoyances which
hr as s s1 re.a n lis Ta al inc
face Sand although at times he may
grind his, teeth. he has made up his
9 n1ind,to make the best OF 4 he'd job.
dier unmarked to the writer the other
day. This country .ousht 10 DC called
thing under the sun. il
1.-the weather is not they Grumble. IL il
y Is, cold they stumble, i; they arc Glassed
TO be lucky enough TO get their call
s8ing-up papers they still Crouch"
pSops MH' 90 nor pTlish tsm
rerarhSnt are apt to regard ihis phi.
Hlosophic comrosurc as an evidence OF
3 indifference, but this is really not SO.
.sGAnusE GOVERNMENT
5ss AS IN GOOD OLD DAYS
English people arc not experts at
puiitng long faces; neither DO they
y 4earttheir hearts on their sleeves. They
go. about their respective businesses
and pleasures much as usual: they eat.
they drink, they exchanse tokes and
particular party may be m power as
Ts{heS were accustomed 10 do in prcwar
Mays.
,I But mis- is no, ndncrenee nor
concern as 10 the final issue. II any
a concern rs to the lima Tissue. II any
4 PROOF be needed in confirmation OF this
.Rin the brief space OF four years: the
s. number OF the men in the field drawn
from every conceivable wall; IN life
the output OF munitions and the spleen
did work Of the women.
The role that womsn has played dur
y ing these strenuous four years has
u
,& To release the hghtinS men thcA
1 have como in thcir tens of thousands
Wand at tremendous personal sacrifice
ii offered their services in fields OF labor
.EncNer trodden b. women before This
infuH of women into the preserved
S=dt..';a';:S OF man is without doubt one
4 OF the most striking features of this
4 great war
.t Women bus conductors, women lorry
Is drivers, women farmers. women muni-
siation workers. women policemen, wo-
SAnlen in government Offices. women even
S@in the blood stained fields OF France
truly heroic band OF workers almos,
numbering.
Whfther when the war X happily
nnlahSSa women VII! recede into their
p rev +sss rear guard OF privacy is
N pericnced thcr first taste OF freedom.
s. they have learnt the joys OF serving
and will no, go back Willingly o their
sold practice OF waiting"
5s55,NFAn HAS PROVEN !.
,GNEAT sEGiDENING FACTOR
s Thc.i,war has unaou3;c!y hroadcaed
the IDEAS or every one. bat II cannot
i toge Their on the side % good The
s.profiteer," for example on, Of war
Hconditions has fattened Oh his evil
gains
Another remarkable complainant
s9of the"war has been the phenomena
number OF divorces. u record far out
held iprleEal circles tina; when the war
lis sovcE., owing TO the hast.!y-contraclcu
Ssmarriages of the soldiers this Number
q. On s me olhe? nd whi i mots ay
4 undoubtedly dcteriorated, there has
S4Oeen an amazing absence OF CRIME. The
$ssdenly disa ppcared from the face OF
1.-The earth, while drunkenness has been
IA remarkably low.
The. advent Of the munt!on worker
s. able under extraordinary conditions 70
s@earn fabulous wages. has had ten
ssa dency, particularly IN munit.oa dis
tricts. 70 raise food prices 10 an UNI
heard of level for finding himself in
q the possession OF wealth to which he
was never accustomed to before he is
willing 10 pay amy price for the Thing
~ his soul coVets.
What the jcwe!er. the fur merchant,
and the piano dealer would have done
::gShad not this new type OF customer
tsSappeared Oh the scene heaven only
! knows. in days like these Assuredly
Bsthey would have found themselves in
{ the sorry state OF o;Nrllo with their
gone.
HAS BEEN REVIVAL
IN MAI"TEnS or RELIGION
81 In spite O. :,l! that critics may say
9eto Sthe%contTary unqucstiondh.y there
isshas been revival in ina't ars Df re
Ssligion and m nos shcerr inpuiry on
this so IN The case Of women.
ssssand is.t after all a matter for won-
I y. The fmo ;her has los, Mer only BOY.
the wife her husband and bread vim
Is ners HriIo lies in an unk:Iown grave
ls9i.s ONE where IN Fran e.. Is il any
swon6eE7 tina, they .hpull speculai. as
sSsfo-the possibilities OF ever looking upon
;ssstheir loved on. again
$tsfS Democracy has mad" Gigantic strides
sssdUTiEg the four years. Of war. the whole
sgWorld having had enough o: aui ocracy
81 as sexemplincd IN kaiser'sn This dem
pirit VIII Undoubtedly receive
ga further fl!tp when the boys come
sshors:e. &. The VIII iuGec man not
sgfhY tle standard Of his wealth or his
$SEtite Conaiaror. bat by the service he
$$sSIlas rc!itlcred TO his respective ooun-
2AgssssSrya In s.he great world fght FOR free
SSJdonl aid right.
80 Oopyright, 1850