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Voice of the People
Letters must give the name and adj
drcss of the writer. Snmc VIII not DO
pubIlahcd ~ writer 40 requcSta.
She tx Thankful.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-l wish to express my apPreci-
alton for the votes OF the conference
on "Laity Rights of Women" But for
an iron bound prejudice growing out of
the part women OF the North TOOK In
the abolition movement before the six
ties. we would have had those rights
long ago. In TWO ways tho South has
Handicapped her women by this preju-
dice-in her work for the church and
for temperance.
Our forcfathers have handed down
this prejudice TO their sons and daugh-
tcrs. But we are glad to see this
prejudice crumbiing before the onward
rush Of progress in the world, ana
women are fast being permitted to take
their rightful places in this progress,
and especially in the temperance work.
Here they are in the very front Of the
battle. There are few who still hold
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-14
News of Fifty Years Ago
(From the Richmond Dispatch. Dec II. 1868,

A negro woman named Salic Anderson came
before Underwood in the United States Circuit
Court yesterday on writ of habeas corpus OBJ
tanned by her attorney which writ sets forth
that she Is illegally detained by tho sheriff Of
Henrico County, the court which tried hor hay-
ing been illegal under tho fourteenth amend
ment to the Constitution Of the United States
She was convicted of arson and is now under
sentence Of death. Underwood continued the
hearing until this morning.
The District Court of Appeals sitting at Will
liamsburg. adjourned day before yesterday to
meet in Fredericksburg Monday next.
All of tho newly appointed Methodist preach
for Richmond and Manchester will be in
their pulpts tomorrow.
The President hs mt, yesterday approved the bill
REMOVING the poiitical disabilities Of Chief JUS
tice Moses ,s OF south Carolina. and the pardoncd
for South Carolina to don the ermine and Ont
mt once upon the discharge Of his weighty ju-
dicial duties. -
The coolest weather of the season is with us.
The cold IS very intense all tho way from Vir-
ginia as Tar south at Montgomery, Ala. Tho
snow was quite heavy ali over Virginia yes
terday. y
day before yesterday - N'''
There was no session yesterday either of the
House or Representatives or the Senate
Tho reconstruction committee of the House
is announGen 70 meet to-day to arrange for the
Georgia AFFAIRS y rsl.' 80 = 80
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Tho world must be made safe for

'"The world must be made safe for
democracy"
The sudden transition from world
at peace to world at war brought
experience and thoughts Of men: The
ordinary course Of the lives Of mil,
shock OF war. All other interests gave
way to the supreme interest ct the
WoTld sgniG waro9s IN yar
periences and reaction constitute a
Witness the effects on English So
CT sedn s sh ha hEhe
away: spiritual iransformation OF In:
ana under realization Of new responsl-
bilities.
Practically every novel written since
the transformation wrought in human
affairs, the entire change In interests
Of August. iei4. great revival OF
patriotic emotion and OF the spirit of
n;n,ionality has been from the begin,
the warning nations. The intensified
loyc OF country finds expression every.
soldiers and in cotemporary creative
literature.
1t Is seen in the revival OF national
our entry into the war war e often crossed essed
he st CO 9@o Res afssy
and patriotic ardor followed the decla-
ration ion, The American spirit OF to-day
ance of linen like Wilson, baker. Lane
and Roosey;el,. but the national con
expression also in poetry. We are
now becoming. aware that America is
'G ns sN Mh%t sslse nor ranee has for
The war has developed new and
almost ain Inc s|Piri,ua, powers in
land apd America. ;, Triviaiity. selfish :
ness and materialism have yielded
everywhere. and society has been ,puri.
ee@ntiess ndivid8als have we Been sSn,S r el
generated and humanity az whole
Of ali classes in a brothefhood Of SER ,G'.
vice and sacrifice promises profoundly
to modify the lives OF nations and has
ship; Meanwhiie tho democracy OF
o55Isnd an Sgd 6 Aere oi has SrsHdy
organization and efficiency. II is not.
however: primarily government pres
feet union put voluntary surrender
OF Individual freedom through dcvo-
IL {; is true. that humanity is worth
just az much as the sum total OF latent
heroism which 1t contains, then we
STRONGER r nor more eNempiarv ,ha han
now. and that il is at this nome mt
reaching one OF the highest points and
capable OF Drawing everything and
hoping everything
Common emotions. common sufrerin s
and a common danger have revived the
communal consciousness and have
greatly strengthened the herd In
Stinct In mankind. The formation OF
national armies has obliterated class
distinctions; the comradeship OF SOL
diers. their mutual dependence and
their common portion OF danger and
hardship have resulted in new sense
OF equality and brotherhood at the
front That is the sort Of community
we now area community In which
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-14
SEEN ON THE SIDE
BY HENRY EDWARD WARMER
Looking Forward.

Between the things we ought to do
And those do reject.
There Is lot OF opening for
Some wholesome retrospect;
Between the vow we took and what
We did. all find
An awful bunch OF keen regrets
When lapses come to mind.
Between the pledge we made and that
We really did, think
There are enough excuses to
Drive any man TO drink;
And when he drinks and thinks to drown
The sorrow, why, Of course
He simply drops himself into
Additional remorse.
And yet. somehow, we just keep on
Our unconforming way,
Repeating all the bones we pulled
To-day and yesterday;
And though we all regret 1t, yet
We just keep coming through
With other bones and other bones
Isn't 1t SO with You?
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Harmony in the G. o. T..

= EPUBLICAN leaders who protested great
hopes for harmony in their party ranks
during the period of the new Congress an
rarently forgot the homely maxim regarding
the utter incompatibility OF oil and water
Certain it Is that the present outlook is any,
thing but promising. Soon or late there was
bound to come an outburst such as that which
the vitriolic Senator Sherman of Illinois.
launched upon the head of his party col
league Representative Mann, also Of Illinois,
and other outbursts in other quarters are
certain to come
AS matter OF fact, the Republican party
IN Congress is cut athwart. and within each
OF the main opposing factions are other op-
posing factions. No one will say that SEN
ator Sherman is any more or less a reao.
tionary than Senator Lodge, OF Massachusetts
the minority leader OF the Senate. vet quite
Dluntly, and before all the Senate assembled
does Senator Sherman let it be known thar
he VIII not take orders from Senator Lodge
on matters of party organization Senator
Borah, OF Idaho, leader of the progressive
element OF the Republicans in the Senate has
served an ultimatum equally positive that
the progressive Republicans will never con-
sent to the plans of the reactioparies to in
stall the delectable Pcnrose in power as chair
man or the great Senate Finance Committee.
the junction OF which is to help decide how
the nations taxes are to be divided between
the rich and the poor No one for mo-
ment can conceive Of agreement between
Cummins, Of Iowa, Of marked radical tenden
cies. and Knox, OF Pennsylvania, for example.
on the question OF government ownership of
the railroads.
Cnquestionably there is merry time
ahead, and one can imagine trouble for even
SO dexterous straddler as Roosevelt, should
nc attempt, with the approach OF 1920 to
harmonic his party in Congress.
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Why the Dutchman Worries

HERE is no gainsaying the fact that the
Dutch are finding the presence within
their borders OF the ex-Kaser and his SON
increasingly embarrassing. Dispatches from
that country describe the public as much
perDlcxcd over the fact that while Holland
was able during the trying period OF the
war to carry water both shoulders and
avoid complications with either set OF bel
iigerents, here at the end 1t finds itself de-
cidediy involved. Having permitted itself to
become haven OF refuge for the Kaiser and
his son, II finds itself holding on to them lke
hot potatoes, while the allies prepare with
seeming earnestness' TO demand their sur
render. The Hague correspondent OF the
London Times writes that he has conyersed
with many Dutchmen and found not one who
does not deplore the presence of the unwel-
come guests. W
What course the Dutch government will
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-14
Books and Authors

Joining the Colors." by Captai,l
Charles A lio.sford. OF the Canada
Van Horne-"Big Wants In school
when he feels the call of tho color.
Before ad re- long he h ,nl, himself in KHAKI
ing OF, soldier. Then comes EuropJ
and the great adventure. The. stor3
Is told by an officer. who has beeiI
plies wealth Of detail.
Miss Zoe Beckley, whose novel. "a
Chance to Live" has just been publ
lished, was only a few years ago. 4
stenographer in law onlce. with mol
letter. In the Office was humorous
redohaired clerk; who was Irish. an
frequent topic of Miss Becklcy's conf
yersation with her friends after of
fee I4a,ol ho y One OF her IT., friends Mis1
little stories?" Miss Beckley took tina
remark in the spirit of friendly en-
il. But soon after. in a tiff with thd
head clerk in the Office, she nouncee
out. leaving her, resignation behins|
ton. she hethought herself OF heA
friends advice and sat down at a bor1
rowed typewriter. She wrote out sev1
cTdi Vi the llltlc moments she NAG
picked up in the law office and TO hed
great amazcment and surprise, thI
press bought these little stories, paid
for them and asked for more. Miss
Bcckley never went back to stcnogI
raphy for living after that.
In tho December number OF the
American Review OF Reviews the spe-
cial features, in addition TO the sum
ming up OF the last weeks Of fighting
on the western froGt. by Frank II. ST
monds, and a character sketch OF Mar
shall Foch by observation-disclosures Re,
a tin,a' w With cover portrait, are an ar.
Ef wi impressions formed I'm Eng.
timely discussion of Telegraph and
Postma ster-General Burleson: an illus.
IRA ted article on Relief for Palestine.
by pr. John II. Finley, who has re.
Gently returned from Red Cross mis-
sion TO that country; an account oil
Engiish Social Life in Wartime" by
Julie Ieyneman; Tho Glory That Is
serbia. by Lieutenant- Colonel Alfred
stead, and clear-cut statement of the
oDNBations and duties of tho public
Scnool In the present crisis by DIR
william l.. Ettinger, SUPERINTENDENT OF
me New York City school system. The
EDITORIAL department, THE Progress OF
tne World" covers tho momentou.
world-evcnts of the past month, aYft
IN this task Is supported by the Rec
ord Of Current Events" Cartoons" ano
Leading Articles of the Month"
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take has not yet been definitely Indicated
BY Its actions Immediately after Wilhelm
stole across the frontier. the Queen of Hol-
land created the impression that she was
prepared to do her utmost TO insure the royal
refugees safe haven. Since then she has
been more circumspect, fact that would
indicate that she is not sure OF the backing
her government and people would give her.
Having succeeded by so many desperate
measures in avoiding being drawn into the
recent conflict, 1t is inconceivable that Hol-
land. under any circumstances, will risk
direct refusal If the allies should unite in
demand that it surrender its charges.
No nation or individual can any longer af-
ford to stand forth as the friend and pro-
tector Of the Hohenzollcrns.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-14

TO this prejudice, but it is often Il
their very great discomfort. We havl
in mind pastor who lost his innu
ence with his church. ard has even ma,
10 resign. because he did oppose til
temperance movement from this veri
standpoint. as he stated in his pulpit;
Thare are still 4 few in the V!rgini
quated prejudice. They are to be pitt g
more than eXecrated. Let us pray tl3a
the shackies may fail from their eye.
and they may see as others see. wome,
going onward and upward in the move
mcnts Tor the bcttcrmcnt OF the worlG
ONE OF THE WOMEN.
Martinsviile. Va. December S. 1918.
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"yvhen I Come Home.y

when | come home and leave behind ,
PARK things would not call to mind.
III taste good milk and homemade
And see white sheets and pillows
spread,
And there's one who will softly creep
TO kiss me ere i fall asleep.
And tuck mo meath a counterpano.
Ana snail be boy again
When I come home"
When como home from dark twilight
and tread tho roadway long and white
Ana tramp tho paths Two tramped OF
yOre, 304 N IS'''i - =
And sec the village green once more,
Inc tranquil farms, the meadows fire
Inc friendly trees that Nod to me,
Twill be we'll worth what have douS
MANN s. VALENTINE.
In France. December /, 1918. AZ
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Ages Of the PresIdent..

G. L. c., Petersburg.--By the Con-
stitution Of the United States no per-
son Is eligible TO the Office of President
under the age OF thirty-nve years. Ali
OF the Presidents have been consider
ably Older than that age. Only six
old when they took ofiice-James Polk
was forty-nine, Franklin Pierce was
forty-cight. u. s. Grant was forty-six.
James ~. Garfield was forty mine, Gro,
vcr Cleveland was forty-scven and
Theodore Roosevelt Was forty-two.
Five were past sixty--John Adams was
sixty-one, Andrew Jackson was sixty
one, William Fl. Harrison was sixty
eight. Zachary Taylor was sixty.four
and James Buchanan was -sixty-five. !. :
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-14

Former President Taft joins Representa-
tive Mann in rebuking those Republicans
who are finding fault with President Wilson
for attending the peace conference. He says
that the President is constitutionally vested
with power TO negotiate treaties, and he has
right to go anywhere he peases to make
them. More than that he is commander
in-chief of the army and navy, and as such
he has a perfect right to be where they are,
il he so chooses.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-14

When the soldiers return from Franco ,ho
may solve the question of food production
In this country, a question which even before
the war was beginning to become acute owing
TO the constant drift OF rural population 10
the cities The American boys in Eurono
have become accustomed to an outdoor life
Even in months of deadly peril they have
oeen inyigorated by the breezcs of the coun-
Try ana charmed by rural sounds, and it
Is not to be believed that indoor life in the
future will be other than calling to them II
1t natural 10 think that they will seek the
farms, ranches and plant ations, and there live
life close to Nature. With improvement In
the science OF agriculture, the time is fast
coming when even the position of farm Ia.
borer will be considered as among the most
honored occupations. The fact that 1t has
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-14

President Wilson leaves no doubt as to
where he stands on the proposal that Ger
many be included in his European itinerary.
He frankly tells the Germans that their house
cleaning has not yet reached that stage where
they may expect TO entertain respectable
visitors
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-14
Information Bureau

Inquiries regarding almost any topic,
excepting on icEni and medical sub
1ccts, are nnawercd free. An all In
1ufrIes are answered directly by per-
souni letter. n scif-addresSed, stamped
envelope IN required. Address fhe
x ich niond, Va.
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Doubtless Won Bcrnstorff, cultured trained
diplomat and ambassador representing the
superior intelligence of his country, chucked
TO himself many times as he thought how
deity he was playing it over the green,
gueless and ignorant Americans. And they
had not only his number, but his code and
correspondence, and were quietly assimlat-
ing his news all the time.
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not heretofore been SO considered has simply
been due to the handing down of traditions
growing out OF the old feudal system of land
holdings There is no real reason why the
occupation Of farm laborer should be looked
upon as lower than that OF bank clerk, for
both classes Of men work for others.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-14

c. c. D., Hopeweli.-'The only way
Represe ntative being entitled to make
two appointments, and the President
OF the United States eighty from tho
country at large. The government
paws all costs of the education.
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Caruso is great singer, but lacks sense
of humor. Accused by his newly acquired
father-in-law, Parke BENJAMIN, of seeking
publicity, he defends himself seriously, for
getting to ask how many people had heard
of MIR. Benjamin before he attacked Caruso.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-14
Population of Countries.

Subscriber, Richmond.-The popula-
ton of the countries you mention at
the outbreak of the war was approx
'mately as follows: Great Britain, &c.
100000; United States, 102.S26,000;
Italy, 35.59S,000; France. 3s.601,0oo;
Belgium. 1871. 900; Russia. 175.137,000:
Germany, 66.715.ooo; Austria Hungary.
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Ex-kaiser Wilhem's attempt at suicide is
reminiscent of the Prince of pilsen," who
after solemnly aiming and discharging his
frepiece in the general direction of that
anatomical region where the brain. is sup
posed to lodge, gleefully reported that he
had missed.
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LLOYD Georges Church

Mrs. A. =. >. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
George is classified as noncom-
formsst, or not afiiiiatins with the Es
tablishcd Church of England. His
father was Unitarian and his mother
was the daughter of Baptist preach
err and his wife was a member of the
celebrated owen family.
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Coinage of silver Dollars.

Subscriber, Penniman.-From 1874
TO 1877 no silver dollars were coined,
silver having been dcmonetiZed in 1873.
The coinage Of silver was resumed un-
der the Bland act in 1878 and continued
10 1905. Since then no silver dollars
have been coined in the United States
minis. The American silver dollar Of
1904 has curious history. About
10000 of the dollars were coined. but
not ono Of them ever got into cir
culation. 1t is said there are about
eight of these doliars In existence.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-14

Kansas City became excited few days
ago when sos influenza cases were reported
So panic-stricken did the inhabitants become
that a telegram imporing government help
was sent 10 Surgeon General Rupert Blue
After a bit Kansas City will become as ac-
customed to the Spanish invader as the cities
OF the East already are. The December cpl
demic in Richmond is so mild that one nigh:
almost say this is the time for every citizen
to catch the disease and he through with il.
Records al the City Health Department show
that, Notwithstanding the large number of
cases reported. The number Of deaths, from
day TO day, is exceedingly low, being about
the same as in the month of March, when
health 1ondit9ns were about normal
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-14
Scholastic Done.

rs there any young gentleman in the class"
said the Professor of Fadderosity, who ca
give me an exact psychological explanation Of
the polygamous instinct in the animal creation 2"
highbrowed kid in the rear row snapped his
fingers. just like that
Well you may explain, Harold"
Its because man naturally enough
female interested in him so that their contempt
for his inferiority to other men will be scat
tered sir"
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Wake Island.

j. I. c.. Eastville.--We did not take
land trG in the PSec OCEAN ' on the dree
cute between Hawaii and Hong
Kong. 1t is 1000 miles from Hawaii
island was seized and the American
flag raised over it July 4. 1898. by
General Il. V. Greene, commander Of
the second detachment of the. Philip
nine expedition
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-14

Berlin reports that the government has sup
pressed all titles OF nobility. Then it is no
more Count Won Hohenzolern, just plain
Herr Hohenzolern. The Dutch will please
take notice.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-14

Ex-Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm has re-
nounced all rights to the Prussian and Ger
man thrones. There's an example Of abne-
CATION for YOU The world may now dismiss
its fears.
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Charcoal Eph'. Daily Thought.

Dis worl made To- pretty wmmen."
said Charcoal Eph, in mood. IAN long come
Fate an save all Heaven To- dem also. an
mau ain nowhars Try hapjack, Mis-
tab Jackson"
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SOlicitude.

Isn't the baby perfect picture OF his
fatacr!" exclaimed the Maiden Cousin.
Don't make me answer" shouted the Cruel
Bachelor. I'm personal friend OF the Old
MAN."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-14

Members Of the peace conference who un-
dertake to sit down on our fourteen points
probably will find themselves seeking en-
forced secluson.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-14
Slow Conch.

Just imagine!' exclaimed Dnkeispen the
Scoffer. Just imagine King Richard Offering to
trade his Kingdom for horse!'
Vas. old top" drawled Percy de Montmo-
rcncy. but he needed tho animal. doncherknaw
old boundcr. what?'
sure: but if he'd looked around he could
have got some soap makers daughter in Amor
lea with whole stable of horses"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-14

Satisfaction comes along just after a man has
given hp hope
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-14

TELEPHONE: Randolph 1.
Private Branch Exchange
connecting with ali depart.
ncltS.
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SATURDAY.. DECEMBER II. 1918.
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DR.. Clemens Won Prquet a Vienna special
list, declares that during the war all diseases
Increased in the Austrian capital especially
lung diseases, which reached the proportions
of plague. He further says that the pc
culiarity about the epidemic of grippe in
Vienna was that it carried off so many people
between The ages Of twenty and thirty That
mainutrition, due 10 the general food scarcity
IN Austria was the cause of the conditions
stated is the conclusion drawn by the physi-
can This theory, however, is not borne out
IS 10 influenza in this city for the records
OF the Richmond Health Department show
that, for some unknown reason, persons be-
tween twenty and thirty years of age have
dlcd Ill great numbers, while persons in the
other decades OF life usually have been oble
TO isht successful battle against the r,alady