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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-23

" the Editor OF The Times Dispatch.
aft Is q las that syste,natic
"!'i "sBEcss4Ee tHltpIlsa WAS started
~ Virginia against mat invader known
- u: mosquito ~ ABLY never I'm
80 history O! the STATE nave we been
,'sl'to ny so many OF these annoying
insects; Ihcy are ~ ported in the low
tf fieamont region where if,een years
ago tne% were unknown. They are
me Shenandoah Valley and in the
mountains SURROUND .ng it, RichnonJ
IS being subjected to their attacks The
MOSQUITO whatever mis- species, is
carrier and injector OF poison The
StcSpnya iaSciaid branch OF the breed
transmits the deadly yellow fever germ
nc anopne!es nils our sy-tens with
'nhiaIli Ihe culeN pumps the poison
OF me cutters i'to our veins in order
10 insure heslth id cornfor, when
these insects are around IL is necessary
The wire should not DO the ordinary
screening wire which is generally used
~ Virginia and whhh IS only good as
y protection against u :. but Il should
DC the c!oDely woven. chick IN eShed wire
That is used In the far South All
water tanks should = screened and all
pools or water oiled. In addition weeds.
which are natural hiding places for
mosquitoes Slot d be cut and tin cans
md other reccptacles which hold rain
water should be collected and de-
health Of the community and the state
needs careful watching. and IL can be
best watched this year by keeping our
eyes on the mosquito.
a SUFFERER.
Petersburg. Va. August % 1918
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The Decadence of Good Manners
By Az OLD TIMER.

rev ~ decades ago no man could have OBJ
lite or would nave been aliowea an H' eRtree IN
good society unless he observed those fine points
essary accompaniments of a gentleman. TnAt
sooa are mne Is IN h
south and especially in the Old COMMONWEALTH
where ii bespoke OF the courtesy Which nomed
essons w iTem t s,a aI1 hut it Vas 9hGd ~
freneh cou, a erssa u9 Tb Es,S al the
however. had its roots in the days .! chiva.r%
s MhHn wa as show s IN
Transplanted to Virginia, these kindly at
tributes found consenia. SURF Yndinss and hour
our old plantation sys,en, the proprietor Vas
in al save name the lord OF a teudal manor
democratic ideals OF government. he. never,he-
less less delgh.ea H IN o6ssryins in his own home
parcel OF life on the great estates OF the mother
memory and the War Of Isl. han bee% fousht
and won there came TO the Commonwealth many
and seeurity hr3spitaiity was dispensed with a
ing. Fox hunting and iournam@n ri;s and the
periodic muster or the militia companies be-
was plenty of leisure, and men took the time 70
be be pea5ng Thsy stnd e % vim all
fesson or business As result the period en-
the states stands out, in both fact and iiction
in most attractive colora.
The war came, and since then have noted
a, decadence IN good manners: Men returned to
their runed homes md 'n;eset!ng as never be.
structure OF our social and economic system
But this. or necessity was erected the solid
and substantial foundation of the material
There was lack OF leisure and lack OF money,
and the fine old customs Of the past gradually
fell into disusc. There left today Il few
gentlemen Of the old school, but they are dis
appearing rapidly. and no comes to I'LL their
places.
Little attention is paid to manners to-day
How many of the young .irSnians Of this gen
Grafton can make a graceful bow? If they could
they would subject themselves TO ridcule, for
such is the temper OF the times. When
meet notice none OF the niceties Of address
which marked the gatherings Of gentlemen OF
the old regime. Their manner Is either cold
and blunt or it is boisterous and unseenly. The
reverence for womanhoo; and motherhood seems
lacking, and sclhshness appears to have taken
the place OF consideration. The hustle and hur-
ry Of modern NO is largely responsible for this
changed condition: Grace character and indi-
vduality have fallen into great melting pot,
and out has come an intelligent machine known
as We cannot but grieve at the passing
after the end of the present convulsion of So
there will come a return of much of that
refinement which made the social life Of L.
past so delightful.
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Books and Authors

;s
KoD By MEoo Spasxr Wiser
Chester" by Margaret Deiana AROUND o'a
Zane Grey's latest word to the Eas, is that
ce toas WSSSS ep luck fishing the Pa
Avalon Catalina Island CAL m tro~ h ns of
sree peSHad even the western extremity OF the
zane G IRE lates. novel The u r. Tra The
tanment in That reveals pase OF 'ae meriean
d tn ~, wheh an immense section was OPEN
his vacation Zane Grey viii start for remote
p Wss oi What stll remains the lttie-explored
i iinh another novel which the iIarpers viii DUB
tsn. Gen sSm fiyspr delayed in their pubca
make sres 1s wih ,bs books MAJ S5and
and nase r and othsr S,ories Theodore pTeiser
s51ss saasf 81 y hsnISs sy:a
OF the enhameed by yhs sh sa es
bSe eId nri Gua,y Of the use ana the clear
, thGm cones EnS distinct wartime surprise The
trsasare Based the famous legend of nfat the
fo1bnsd and as seotSins umor
d ssi na ans SHs me
mons Mines G.rtruie Athsrton sa nins -. i9iG Is
shoad aoH WITH that ,hs
e Of eis p. .o 70: only week the success
Ierho is translated from the Tooth edition with
An An Introduction ny Edward J. O'Brien Bar
o9s,s VINO mas gwen us one OF the best books
ptatgl war a @her great srpgse,he
nothinE III making the confident prediction that
Inc Inferno viii be the most widely discussed
T stories, is The trst volume Of short stories 10y
Dreiser tnat mas ever been published. There are
eleven OIL these stories in the present volume
and each CT them is literary gem within Itself
Dresser stands III class by h'mscif-that is 10
say. ne Is the most popular writer OF the day,
AID oeseryedly SO. So gripping these stories
that we care say not one reader IN hundred
viii he .atisfed VIII: enc reading of them but
after they have reached the close OF the last
page will 60 back TO the first and read them ali
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from the firing line. are none the less true
soldiers and fight for their country in the
fields and factories and along the lines of
transportation AS we view the war broadly
and consider that upon the number Of these
reserves depends the final outcome, the i'm
possibility OF German victory becomes ap-
parent. The Teutonic Industrial reserves are
confined to a strip Of territory running across
the middle OF Europe. They have all been
drawn upon and the limit was long ago
reached. The allied reserves cover the re-
mainder of the world including even the neu-
trail countries. They are innumerable and
inexhaustble Under what circumstances,
then, could Germany possibly emerge vic
toriouS?
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the following resolution was offered and adopted
and il Will be enforced: Resolved, THAT the
selrctnry be and is hereby instructed to debar
who, when again applied to for their subscrip-
tons refuse to pay the same.
It is positively stated that Granville Montelle
the notorious horse thief and escaped convict
was scen on Church Hill twice on Wednesday
mirhta He was booted and spurred, apparently
ready to take to the road.
One Of the Richmond real estate agents yes
terdav sold SCI acres of land in Hanover County,
near Beaver Dam Station, at s4.32 per acre.
The rotunda OF the University of Virginia
accidentally caught fire day before yesterday.
but was soon exthigu,shed; The loss was $500.
The library was considerably damaged by water.
4 brewery being built IN Alexandria col
lapsci yesterday. seriously njurng two men at
work on It,
Thad stevens left an estate valued at 100000
in lancaster or Columbia. Pa. and SPECIFICS in
the viii that boti white and negro children
shall be admitted and that there must be no
distinction anywhere because Of race or color;
that ali must eat at tho same table, etc.
Married: On tho 18th instant by Elder J. n.
f. mili--Iboth of Richmond. No cards.
MIR. Je Herson Davis has rented house In
Liverpool and Will remain there, probably for
year
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An Obduratc Committee

HE WAYS and Means Committee stands nat
on its privileges, and tts chairman an
noUnces that the Conferences with Secretary
NcAdoo and other officials OF the Treasury
Department are at end. The committee
insists on its own plan OF raising revenue by
Increasing the rates under the excess profits
provision OF the present law, rejecting the
alternative war profits tax urged by the
Treasury Department.
In his recent letter to the committee, Mr.
NcAdoo presented the differences between the
TWO classes Of taxes and the reasons why the
latter should be preferred so clearly and
lclcloly as to sweep away every ground for
further opposition to the Treasury plan AS
TIE New York World has very pointedly sug-
Seslcd; The country has favored the taxa
ton OF war profits as such from the start
economists generally have favored this policy
me government collectors Of revenue favor
/, II Tor no other reason than that excess
profits taxes are inequitable and unjust and
htyond all possibility Of being assessed in
equity and justice. The experience of other
hati9As IN the war counses this policy"
10 the wisdom Of expert opinion supported
D. experience under the disa ppointing opera-
lon OF the law as it now stands, and thu.
Known wishes OF the country. it was TO have
been hoped the committee would Weld it's
contention and accept the simple and sound
Plan urged By the Treasury Department BAT
inc committee brushes aside all reason and
experience and obstinateiy sticks TO it's own
lntlnitable and in some respects very bur
uthsome plan. 1t has q pOlitica! economy
% us own devising. and proposes to put it
INTO effect regardless OF the distress ana con-
fusion IL causes to the country's business.
me result OF such obstinacy will be to
thwart all efforts to enact the new revenue
legislation before the fourth Liberty loan
campaign Is launched. II the House accents
me committees bill, the Senate will be com
pe!led to write it ali over again This will
consume considerable time. Then the whole
controversy VIII have TO be threshed out in
conference Needless TO say. with the rate
OF taxation thus left in doubt, taxpayers viii
be at sea az to the demands they will be com.
Peliea TO meet and to that extent will be
u!l"nie to give The hearty support 10 the
Liberty loan campaign that otherwiso NTH,
be expected Of them
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Childhood.

tHenry Vaughan the Silurist.)
cannot reach 1t; and my striving eye
DazzleS at II, as at eternity
Were now that chronicle alive
Those white designs which children
drive,
And the thoughts of each harmless
hour,
With their content too In my power
Quickly would l make my path even,
And by meer playing go to heaven
If seeing much should make stasd
And Ions . experience should make
Since all that age doth teach Is i'll.
Why should j not love childhood sttiiill?
Why; if see rock or shelf,
Shall | from thence cast down nvse,f
Or. by complying with the world,
From the same precipice be buried?
Those observations are but foul.
which make me wise to lose my soul
And let the practice workings call
Business and weighty actions all.
Sneckimg the poor childe for his play,
Dear harmless age! the short, swift
span.
Where weeping virtue parts with
Where love without lust dwells and
What may we please without self
Must live twice that "" would Dc coa.s
Which angels guard. and with It
Angels! Which foul men drive away.
How do 7 study now. and scan
Thee more than e'cr ! studied man.
And only see through long night
Thy edges and thy bordering Light
. for thy center and midday
For sure that is the narrow way!
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VIII never bring the present war TO a
conclusion.
The government IS the people. The
nation ~ what tie people make H. ana
II IN the present crisis we sit AROUND
eriiic!zlng alt.:fleg which don't please
vs. our brave boys IN France VIII no,
DC able 70 successfully perform the
task we sent them 10 perform
i the sunragettes who have recent.
:! bcen given All sentences in Wash
.hgtoh rad been helping 10 conserve
the nations food supply instead OF
standins IN The way OF war work. Just
co"8idcr the difference in the outcome,
II we arc all Americans We mus, all
&c wiling - sacrifice some OF our
treasures, ANA II The whole thing was
sv"t t. ih@ bottom OF. II would be
''AH' thA- some woman had enough
money 10 psy some lines and s!aguiarl,.
hAH an lhea {: :. way To get some
1lnusemem;.
Lots all stand behind the govern.
''t:'l ana ne MN We have put in
large OF our p-0l!c affairs and bring
ms great war TO = sGcceSsfg! close al
TIE ea!.!eat possible time
crcedmoor, ~. g. ''N'HOH
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-23

ing empire. Another name for this
group Is tho Hunagars, derived from
the same root as Hun, from which we
get our words hungary and liungari-
ans Although this latter term has be-
come the popular designation of land
and people, the people themselves pre-.
ter Magyar as their own racial dcs-
iSnation.
one OF the effects of this Intrusion OF
separation of the northern and the
southern Slavs. and II Is an interest.
hS evidence Of the tenacity of racial
ainliation that the immediate precipi-
Eating cause of this great world cataa-
trophe was the fear that the two
branches OF the Slavs were coming to-
the Magyars became christianized and
somewhat assimiiated physically to tho
surrounding peoples. But they have
aiways maintained an independent
language and pot:onai self-conscuous.
ness. have considered themselves supe-
nor 10 the Siavs and have held the lat
means.
These are the people who supply the
true hungarian Immigration TO the
name of 'Hunkies" among US The
display all the characteristic features
oil the new Immigration" The im,ni-
grafton Is composed largely Of males
they arc highly ll!tcrate, Tend 10 set
tie in the crowded industrial ana min
ing districts of the North and East, 20
into the hard manual occupations i9,r
the most part, ana SHOW IA very high
percentage Of returns 10 the home Land
The census OF 1910 gives the number
OF residents OF the United States who's.
inothcr tongue ~ Magyar al 32v.SyJ
THIS Is as near as IL 10 possible to
come TO an estimate OF their total num-
tcrS in this country
= Many immigrants from Uunparv az.
called Hungarians in this country who
are SIaNic or other non Magyar stock
hlIc they possess many admirable
traits, inc conditions O! war have re-
Vcuied the fact that much OF the gem
ihe nun remains under the veneer OF
civilization. aust as the vLndal Is clos.
10 the surface OF his other great race
with whicn ihey are aiiied.--Copyright
1918. 30
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r. indeed there are any German spies in
The neighborhood OF Virginia Beach, it is not
likely they will enjoy any great lease OF
freedom. However healthful the climate at
taat resort may be for loyal Americans it
cannot be expected TO prove salubrious 10
the enemies OF our country. Nirginans have
long-standng and well-deserved reputation
for hospitality, and if any genuine spy IL
caught it would not be strange if arrange
ments were made TO attach him permanently
TO the soil of the Old Dominion.
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SEEN ON THE SIDE
DY HENRY EDWARD WARMER
TOMORROW.

TOMORROW.
My whole life long Pre sought that dny
That always seems to get away
Tomorrow!
I've searched 1t high and searched 1t low
But only live to see IT go,
And ., I'D love to see II so
Tomorrow!
1t surely Is a svitchinE day,
That ai,s and will not ever stny.
To-morrow!
I've had the thing within my clutch
Just lingering beyond my touch,
And how 1t scoots does beat the Dutch
Tomorrow!
There is no day that lodges
Like thnt elusive little flea,
To-morrow!
il rises in my hopes and fears,
II grips me with advancing years
have most of my smiles and tears
To-morrOw!
The note owe, swear I'll pny
On that SO Turing, dcdgns day,
To-morrow!
My resolutions nll arc bent
On tuking date with good intent
From that snE,e dry, that hcnven-sent
Tomorrow!
Procrastinators NIL, take note!
Grnb nli your problems by t:ie thront
Tomorrow!
Let's hit the hny and sleep Tonight;
The goose hangs high, tho worlds all right
It's time enough to start the fight
To-morrow!
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-23

Herbert P. Carter director OF the United
States Employment Service for Virginia is
quite right in saying that all business men
should endeavor to release as many men as
possible for essential war work so that the
State may make up her quota OF $3.50 men
now urgently needed In fact it must be-
evident to every observer that this is the
very course most Of the business men OF Vir-
slnia nave been pursuing for some months
= IKE po!lcy is being voluntarily followed in
olhef parts OF the country also, and there
appears no present reason 10 apprehepd tb.,
there VIII be any serious shortage of labor
IN any manufacturing industry necessary 10
the success Of the martial activities or tho
country
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-23

Every year we have CHASTITY illustrations Of
need for central bodies OF trained detectives
always available for local use They could
be maintained by the national government or
by groups of States, one headquarters in each
grand division OF the union. The horrible
murder of little girl in Fairfax County is
the most recent instance In such cases we
depend on perfectly peaceful routine sher-
if without the least experience in such
crimes. The result, too frequently is that
the wrong man is lynched the man who
should be executed es.Gpcs. Tor lack OF prop
or evidence. - ;"
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ItndIo Service.

.. +. H.. Bristol.--Army officers say
there is no officers training corps for
telegraph but that there are OPP
portunitics TO studs and perfect your
self in the scores OF army and navy
radio schools. You might soon become
ali Instructor in this branch. ana. in
time. qualify for a commission in the
signal corps. II you want to enter the
Signal officer, Washington. ID. c. Ad-
dress Radio Department, United States
Navy. Washington d c.. for informa-
ton about that branch.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-23

WORCESTER MASS. August 90
Henry Clay Grafton, founder OF the
Grafton d knight Manufacturing Com
pany. took his first laY-o off from work
recently when he celebrated his eigh-
ing out FOR Il twelve hour automobile
ride. The firm was established sixty
five years ago and he has been punch
ing the c!Ccl: 3!2 regular days and
some Sundays every year since.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-23

Despite former press dispatches it appears
that the Louisiana Legislature, at its recent
session, did not ratfy the proposed prohibit
tion amendment TO the Federal Constitution.
The amendment carried in the House, but
failed in the Senate, the vote in the upper
body being 20 TO 20. II is understood that
Is soon as q senatorial vacancy is filled by
special election q special session will be call
cd and the matter OF ratification again sub
i-iitted.
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war develops more CT less brilliant takers
thich ana last as sparks leap from fire into
darkness. Every day the newspapers record
arrests OF men and women pretending to h.
heroes or heroines or leaders in war works
VINO really are shams and cheats. No doub,
many such succeed in their yillainies and
escape exposure and prosecution Remem
sber this: DO not hesitate to demand and
closely investigate credentials 10 matter how
plausible appearances and manner Of ap-
,p'oach. me honest Will not object or re-
sent Wearing the livery of heaven n eerya
1.-The devil in is slight onense compared wi,h
assuming the uniform Of patriotism "a swim
die public made eagerly responsive bv no.
Bile enthusiasm. No better service can no
done than to aid in the detection and MN.
stshment CT all such Offenders
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All Should Make sncrIace..

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-ln glancing through The Times
Dispatch today ] noticed "A letter writ
ten by young woman Of Richmond. in
which she numerically criticiZes an
article by Alfred L. Williams. which
appeared in your issue Of August lG.
| did not have the privilege of read
ing the article above mentioned, but
my reason for writing this 10 you is
because | would appreciate II very
ma!mdcr
In the letter above mentioned. there
seems to be a spirit OF sclnshness which
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Britain. women in rndustrle..

Reader Hopewel.-Two million
women are at work in the industries
Of England-s2o. 5000 in commerce. Sls,
600 in metal and chemical works.
bii 900 in munition factories. 2To.O0U at
work on farms. $4,000 III civil service.
$4,000 in banking and finance. $1,000
employed by the railways, 10000 build
ing ships and IL .oIt IL hospital service.
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Information Bureau

Inquiries regarding almost my topic,
excepting legal and medical sub
jccts, answered free. A. NIL In
unirics answered directly by per-
hunaI letter n self-addrcsScd, htaMpcd
envelope Is required. Ad6rchs The
Richmond. VA,
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FRIDAY. AUGUST %. 1915.

Potsdam has decreed that the statues in
Germany be melted down and turned into
cannon. If the Iron Chancellor were still
living; his turn would be next for even the
church bells have not been spared. Perhaps
the melting-down process will, after bit,
extend TO the kaser's much-boasted iron
will"
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Year. Before "T'yinr knot.,

STEVENS POINT, WIS, August 2o.-
Although he had been on tho bench
for seven years, Judge r. F. Park did
not perform his first marriage cere-
inony until few days ago. The court
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p During the military campaign Of 1918. we
have heard the matter OF army reserves die.
cussed TO more extent than during any other
,sPeriod OF the war. This may indicate tha,
at last the strain is beginning TO tell; that
there is weakening OF the front lines ~,
sthe European battle field, and tina, the dcci-
.sion rests with those troops which arc ho,I
in leash until the opportnne moment arrives
..The thinning OF the first lines. hcwever
bmay be due to the new strategy which an
sticipating an attack, opposes the smaI,cs,
possible number Of electives TO the initial
onslaught ana then counters with smash
Ing blow from the troops III the rear
a But 1t is In larger sense that reserves
Aplay such an important part in the war In
.sthe present conflict wholp- nations are on
& Gagged in the mighty struggle, and the real
reserves are those workers who, though far
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Lincoln. Garfield and Mci<inley.

G.. Il. w. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. was
shot at Fords Theater, in Washington
-. C., April II, 1866, by John Wilkes
Booth, who was killed near Frederickg-
burg. Va. April Sc, 1865. by Sergeant
Boston Corbett. Garfield was shot in
the Pennsylvania Iiailroad station at
Washington. -. c.. July =, 1881 and
died at Emerson. Long Branch. y j.
September 10, 1881. Charles Jules CUT
hanged at Washington, d. e., June 80.
1882 Mckinley was shot twice Sep.
TENDER s. 1901, while in the Temple OF
at Buffalo, ~ Y, and died from his
wounds at the home of John G. Mil
burn. Buffalo. September IA. 1901. Louis
Czolgosz was his assassin. and he was
elcctrocuted at a anurn State Prison.
New York, October %, 1901.