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Books and Authors

brought renewed life to i EdWard B nas
IAN celebrated novel. Equality"
they are putting the book to press FOR for
me seventeenth large printing.
Northumberland Townsend Whe-
,t,lcd auar thor Q, that 6oo,page book en-
published by the Century Company,
has been appointed by the Secretary
b bl w war TO place on the mational
tice. This board is appointed by the
Secretary OF War. and controls ali mat
TER, ,,n, pertaining TO rifle practice In the
regular army. II makes rules for the
annual national matches. controls civil
IAN rife practice etc.
"Dady Long Legs" Jean wcbs,er.s
remarkably successful story OF LAUNCH
power to please the public through the
war and the passing OF years. judr
H hs by III rsse2tlon on the stage OF
last week. This was a revival viii,
Mr.. Miller and Ruth Chatterton in tie
PR Sna y pats but the reviews in
reception was as hearty as It was
several years ago. Perhaps reaction
,h Us stories r. sane, and plays saturated with
pleasant and romantic Is now come
again into the pubiics highest favor.
Harold Goddard's book. morale.
Just jus, about to he issued by George II.
o nora an 20, ma makes. with its chapters
sstruction. a most timely appearance,
IN spite OF the fact that much Of II
was written while the war clouds stiiI
menaced He writes in an open letter:
The end OF hostilities will certainly
add to the interest in my book-par
ticuariy the first and the last three
chapters The fact that several million
American soldiers who viii he '', n,oI1ii
llzed for months TO come are To- he
s,qidaeniy deprived of the morale which
promise Of IT, imparts. suddenly gives
an inm, lcy Increased Importance to
LIPS, ,,,,i,i, mig ner iypes of morale with
Whicn my volume Is mainly concerner
THIS Is conspicuously true of the chan.
.Gr. sex and Morale and of the new
Gnapler. Morale and Rcconstruc,ion',
personally en- convinced that morale
Is quite rs important problem for
peace as Tor war. that William Jones
was right In contending that only Il
nn,,,a. ed, equivalent for war--a morale
us lasting peace" va" ori"s
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FROM OTHER VIEWPOINTS
of The
Authoritative Writcrs--A Daily Editorial Feature.
END OF THE WAR A LONG WAY OFF.
ALFRED u. WILLIAMS,

Less than thirty days after tho sign.
ing of the armisticc most OF US have
learned to, regard the country as AT
peace and to consider the war as fin
ished. The truth is that legally and
technically we are at war now AS, alb
soiutely as we were in October. Eight
ing has stopped and the Huns and their
but no treaties have been signed. or
even drawn, and nobody knows when
they Will be. The President to-day
the draft. every able-bodied male be-
tween eighteen and forty live. and all
a are IN full effect. They viii Continue
so until II treaty. or treaties. have been
framed and signed and. so far AZ we
thirds Of the Senators. and The end
OF the war has been formally and Off,
ciaily announced by the President in
until then. the power of the govern
ment to force men into service will end
and the male of military age actually
will not assert It's right. TO the con-
trar:., il will discharge soldiers az fas.
as may be found safe and possible. but
the soldier until he Is discharged aud
finally released Is subject 10 military
Law IN, all respects,
great public service enterprises to be
released from government control viii
be the telegraph and telephone and
caDlc ana Iaulo Systems. The act au-
thorizzing their seizure Is limited. eN
prcssly during the continuance OF the
present war" The power of tho gov
crnmcnt TO operate and control them
shall not extend beyond the date of
the proclamation by the President OF
the exchange Of ratihcations OF the
jealous of continuance OF this power
that IL inserted a special provision for
Fastening settlement. requiring tina,
companies and the government on the
amount due for the time of government
control 10 per cent of the amount
claimed shall be paid forthwith and the
With the railways conditions arc
different Realizing the complications
of untangling and unscrambling them.
Congress allows year and nine months
fore they shall be disposed of and their
permanent control and management
determined. That matter will be in
the hands of a Republican Congress
and probably OF the next adminis;ra
ton. The law says goyernment op-
Grafton shall continue FOR a reason
able time" after the peace proclama-
ton, but not exceeding a year and nine
months. 1t seems to be practically
impossible that the treaty can be com
claimed much before March. 1919. less
than three months away now. That
would throw the expiration Of the time
limit we'll after the general elections OF
to Congress Monday dcprives the Dem
ocrats of every hope any OF them may
have had OF making railway owner
ship the issue in that electio but the
revolutionary chapter of railway laws
will be tedious. However. IL the pub
lie becomes SO sick OF tho experiment
OF government operation that its pro-
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sible Hearken to the words of one OF them,
quoted in the Deutsche zeitung, OF Berlin.
we did, In fact, consider that, with, the
crime of Serajevo. Austria Hungary's hour of
destiny had struck. We did not prompt Aus
ria-Hungary to her action. but expressly adj
fised her against 1T. The Vienna ultimatum,
winch we considered too severe, was COM
hunicated TO us too late for an endeavor
to mitigate it."
And from whom comes this new tale de-.
signed to relieve the imperial German gov
eminent OF all blame? 1t comes from DR..
aired zimmerman, former Secretary of For
eign Affairs at Berlin. and author of the in
famous plot to involve the United States. then
neutral, in war with Mexico and japan,
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God. Finger Touched Him and lie s,en,

ror The Times Dispatch)
Gods finger touched him and he stontn
Ills cares and burdens laid aside. op''
enc ;eIrs sb his sr soul IN silence wept
T d, friends that y nocked upon his door
t ne noise and battles of the day.
a, INK, ms soul shall wake no more.
Serene and undisturbcd no sleeps.
Gods finger touched him and he slant -
Hnd IN our hearts the sun went down.
ana across our path the tempesf swent
our dreams and visions TO tho ground-
but like q calm upon tho deem
IN answer TO the anguish fell,
an angers song and clear and sweet 4
In. u triumph did 1t rise and sweil -
LII tar and Wide the cci,os swcnt-3
GODS finger touched him and ho sIent -
AMANDA b. CORDE5.S,
Richmond, Va. December 6. 1918. ~.
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tests will become too strong for re-
sislance. action may he FASTENED.
any OF the countries with which We
arc at war. nominally. Will cease i'm.
n.edia,ely on the Issuance 1.-the peace
proclamation. SO will the limitations
OF what merchandise may be shippn1
abroad unil TIM, t!me the power over 70
gradual loosenng OF regulations MAJ
DC expected rs the requirements vi
also VIII become extinct with the con
Slusion and announcement OF pcuc.
c cor, nre u. IN run h enec, now. and will
officially az well as In fact The nor.
son SO Undertaking TO discredit the United
states or its army. or navy. or to cor
Scy to Austria. Germany. Turkey or
l. information likely to be to
q, TER -, auvantage or TO the disadvantages
my or dissatisfaction among our MI.
itary forces. is subject to the same
some Instances while nghtins was n,
its most active point.
TO i rnad INV giving the President power
OIL the government at his pleasure
ana which cost him the good viii Of
he helm iHsiste en oe s,S or Congress because
iy and refused to say why he wantnJ
,t-.mever has been used. so far as *
10 purposes relating TO the conduct
or The present war" IL Drobably ~,
eHp.Ie Win the legal arrival Of peace
a ,,,n IL might be applied at any
time within six months thereafter
The active direction by the Depart.
ment Of Labor or labor uuestions is
10 enc with tho proclamation. Con
,roi OF minerals. ores and metals is /,
e ehhd, win the proclamation. but after
.nal time TWO years may eiapse in
which 10 wind UP settlements and re-
turns OF property.
The War Finance Corporation MAJ
continue In existence ten years. bu,
may do nothing beyond lIquidatiur AMI
put the hnal dissolution OF the Capitai
issues Committee Is with the Presi
ueht. VINO may put II out OF business
az any time by proclamation, but cail
, no. aiio" II to live longer than six
me Emergency Fleet Corporation -
aIo%ed hEe years in which 10 wind
up. put Its active functions OF creation
a .rh operation win end In six months
an nos ae ,s,,e Will be even more
guest ION. as on II will depend the mol.
icy OF the country toward the mer-
canttie marine. which viii determine
nc course and extent OF our foreign
iauc Tor years TO come
must impress on their minds that ws
arr IvinS under war laws and rules
anu VIII continue to do so scyerai
months yet. and that any rclaxations
i ;nus. DC oy special official order. And
point out that probably we never viii
DE out OF var because several or tbn
ssp'ciai war bills provide for their ou,,
u.ath after conclusion OF peace win
.ne nerman Empire" and there isn't
any such animal. The wording show
now little the lawmakers dreamed
even few months ago how tr.,n.
noos and complete the crash wo,II,i hc
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say what You will about ex-Kaiser Karl,
ne IS not GUTTER Instead of seeking refuge
~. ,o,'aha' he remains in Austria and has
SHE'D his hat into the political ring with the
announcement of his candidacy for the pres-
ioency OF the new Austrian republic If he
were not Of the house of Hapsburg he might
nave chance to garner in enough votes to
eject him, bnt the people will hardly intrust
'heir newly Won liberties to any one even
,emotely connected with that degenerate
dynasty
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SEEN ON THE SIDE
ny HENRY EDWARD WARNER



In the beautiful Land OF Nowhere
Where nothing is done
OR even begun
where nobody cares for the morrow
"nich mas nothing of JOY OF sorrow;
oA. NOBODY weeps ,r smiles there
IN the WONDERFUL Land of Nowhere.
Ihere is sleep in the Land of Nowhere
iut nobody dreams
Where the moonlight beams
And nobody wakes from the slceppr
" mere the mystical shadows. crccpinE
throw ccholess sounds to the still air
In The beautf full Land OF Nowhere
There is love in the Land of Nowhere
Unstung by thc thorn
OF the waking morn.
And hearts joined know nothing OF partinr-
Loves elves all from nothing are starting:
ANA Love is bliss that the gods share
In the rapturous Land OF Nowhere,
No death blghis the Land OF Nowhere
But JOY jewels grace
on each shadowy face
Ihat lives in the bowers unendins
or love, life and kisses all blending:
AS fair as the dag is the night fair
In the never Sloomed LAM OF Nowhere,
In the beautiful Land OF Nowhere
Where nothing is done
Or ever begun
Where nobody cares for the morrow
Tor tears or for smiles or for sorrow
- would that ny spirit might ny there
10 the Wonderful Land Of Nowhere:
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tho commemorative attorney of the county
Let us hope for examples OF official courage
and vigor and avoidance of the pitiable pre-
tense OF effort to rindicate the law that usual
~ follows lynching in which some voters
or friends OF voters are supposed to have
participated.
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In forty-seven years the Germans who
Hooked into Asacc and held all the official
positions failed TO establish kindly social re
lations with the native Inhabitants. AFRO
gance and brutality could not cow hate nor
win even the appearance of friendship Con-
sequently, even those Of the intruders who
had become sincerely attached to their adopt
ed country are compelled to eave--some Of
them, we are told, in tears. They find them
selves outcasts, and seem TO be unable to COM
prchend why
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Answers Call of Duty.

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.--I have read several letters criti-
Ching our President upon his action
pertaining TO his peace terms and
policy. The most recent is a letter
referring TO returning soldiers from
New Jersey to City Point. mention OF
Which relates to several soldiers who
suffered the emptiness OF hardship on
missing u square meal en- route. Ire-
sumably the writer had not the time to
interview the other thousand odd men
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Berlin is turning the tables and telling on
Bavaria. The world is informed that liberal
peace terms would have been offered to the
allies last spring but for the objection OF the
King of Bavaria, who insisted on small
slice of Alsace- Lorraine for himself This IL
illustrates precisely Aesops fable OF the dog
with meat in his mouth that went after the
dog with meat he saw in Il pool, with drown
Ing as the consequence of the enterprise.
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Anenf IieInnlnnd.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-"Churchill declares navy regards
i, unnecessary to take it from Ger
many so said to-day's- news dis :
patches Why not? And make II the
future abode OF Wilhelm Hohenzoi
fern? II is said there is nothing In
"A name: yet. TO tho contrary notwith-
standing. isn't there u sort of euphoay
as to the appropriateness OF liell!-Eo-
land!?
CHARLES MACON WESSON.
Richmond. Va. December 5. 1918.
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Health Talks, by DR.. VIM. Brady
Spots Before the Eyes.
fCopyright.

novice gazing into microscope for the
gil n,snis no, ss
IN time they are scarcely noticed though UNI
Similar spots .muscas volutan,es as we
Syag sa shsm ase Our s9
are doubt constantly noatins befosc our eyes.
SsT,as Them y sS
s1 anS hass eys ara w0rred about
fasued likely to foeus their Gr al,sn
s sTsSs ssH a. Ss%g
The s t nua Ss"s is 50 0 wiling hing
fectiy heaihy ndividaals with Normal sHr eyes eyes
ste IS ha hsy ea
across the vision ilregulary or perhaps quite
Tiers other 3eSks
remain saonay Shen The indiSidns rsssfds
a fixed object Slight opEc!tes in the cornea or
iures or nama,atI,n may cause hSed spccks
!" There The g IS Of SSSn blind sDo in mo oso
vision. This is in the place where the ' optic
rs.na You LETT tn" eye 'u and HvSx the the
e" Of do on the hsa
bring the paper sowy 'e S the face while
precisely When the light from il fails on the
Besides corneal opacities beginning cataract
tomato; patients ,f.en complain OF seeing many
rs ras Ss By ase
scotomata. Any one. eve. in perfect health.
may things suddenly rising when turn
ing q somersaut for the first time in years.
Questions Answers.
Sweet Tooth.--l am fond OF all sorts Of
sweet things. forty four yeas old. and have
always eaten freely of sirups etc; Il am in
formed that these foods cause Brght's disease.
What is your opinion about it? Would honey
be as injurious as sirup? ID. +. u.
AnSwcr.--Therc is no reason to believe that
sweet things cause Brights disease My opinion
Is that honey and cane. maple corn sirup
equally nutritious and equally harmless in mod
Grafton.
Moving Into Vacated Apartments.-La week
members of the family died of influenza.
We obtain the apartments very adj
vantageous terms, but would it be safe under
the circumstances move In now? Or what
precautions would make such apartments safe
for occupancy: q. ID. Il.
wer.-Ordnary soap and water cleaning
and ordinary ventilation of the apartmets
Will render them quite safe 10 occupy, mat
ter what disease the former occupant had. Any
visibly soiled walls should be repapered or re-
painted.
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information Bureau

Inquiries regarding almost nny topic,
excepting on icEnI and medical sub
1ects, are nnswered tree. As all In
tvuiriea are answered directly by per-
sonni letter. "a sctr-Add rensrd, stamped
envelope ~ required. Address The
Times Dispmtch Information Bureau,
kichmOnd. Va.
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Much Ado About Nothing
SNftzcrIan nd .
ny nOi X. MoULToN.

Switzerland.
don't want to travel in Switzerland,
I'm particular whom meet.
And lot OF en- Kings
And princes and things
Will DC loaiiug around in the street.
Hotels Will be ciuttercd with royalty,
With royalty looking for jobs.
With sublime potentates
And cX-ruers of states
And thousands Of ONCE regal Sobs.
don't want to bump into Ferdinand
Selling lead pencils and laccs.
Md sad Constantine.
With his peanut machnc:
I'm weary of seeing their faces.
don't mind subscribing to charity.
Or dropping my dimes IN cup;
Tut ISe got no Doodle
TO spend noodle
Who's tried TO crinp me with Krupp.
don't care for Charlie of Austria;
I'm sor; of exclusive that way.
lie can sell souvenirs
For twenty-five years.
And not get jit of my pay.
don't want TO travel In Switzerland,
III dodge all those beGSars and buns
IL! do my sightSeeinss
Among human beings.
! never cared much for the slums.
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American prisoners of war returning from
Darmstadt report that they we're bullied,
beaten and spit,NRoh by civilians while doing
cruelty hard work OH the roads with short
ratlons. y thoroughly satisfactory settle
ment OF TINS little account could be secured
ID! putting these men i'll good condition and
permitting them to return. seek their tor
mentors and wipe out the debt individually
If we understand The average American SOL
der, he would be willing TO delay his re-
turn home some weeks for the enjoyment
OF that ideal luxury
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William HohenxoIlern.s children,

Mrs. t.. H.. Williamsburg.-The chill
dren OF William Hohenzollern are Fred
erick William. born 1852, married
Duchess Cecle of Mecklenburg: EiteI
born 1888. married Princess
Sophie Charlotte of Oldcnburg: Adal-
bert, born 1884: August. born 1897,
married Princess Alexandria Victoria
of Schleswig- III olstein: Oscar. born
Use, born 1893.
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Introspection.

Sometimes, when have nothing else 10 do
say to Me: What do I think of you?,
Ard looking in the deep keep of my chest
Try TO pick out trait tina, looks the best !.
Iiut after prodding deep as can dig
Finding little that is really big
turn TO fussng at Me like the Dutch
md muttcr 10 NJ. anSry: NOT MUCH"
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Whlle Virginia men are winning for bcr
s;splendid and everlasting fame on the fields
Ikof France gang Of irresponsible rouehnect.
,gtn ECu1pepcr County who did no, 70 ia. tho
sfront have brought disgrace upon her rbnv
sshaye broken her long and honorable record
sspf allegiance TO the law with an incxcusable
Esand especially shameful iynching done nv
9gteaith and lacking even the faint courage of
SSEhe mob that makes open attack The stain
Ecn the States name can be wiped out lust
i IN one way. That is by speedy and rclcnt-
kfass pursuit and prosecution Of The offenders.
The responsibility for doing or no. doing this
Saspn the Governor. the judge OF tho c.rcuit aud
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All girls passing through the station at
Newark, y. j., with paint and powder on
their faces are seized by the policcwomen
and scrubbed until they look like the re-
spectacle young women most Of them doubt
less are. The chief OF police says he is acting
under the common law, which is a most ap-
propriate weapon against habit that is COM
mon in every sense of the word.
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER :. 1918.

To the Socialists the police always have
been 1.-The uniformed hirelings of Capitalism
and Despotism.' But the Socialists in New
York the other night, when soldiers began
to be attentive TO them, sought those same
hirelings with squeals OF terror and accepted
their protection with abject protestations of
thankfulncSS.
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what is the British Labor party?" 1t
.an haraly represent the sane working peo-
pie of Great Britain in its demand for In
dorsement of the Bolsheviki We cannot i'm
aglne that anybody there really wants riot,
murder, pillage. the seizure Of girls, univer-
sal ruin, starvation and misery such as have
been brought on Russia.
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r. l.. T.. Newport !.cws.-i'hc salary
of the ViceSPresident OF the United
States at the present time is $4,000
year. II was raised from $1,000 in
the sixties. The salary has never been
above $4,000 and was never the same
as that Of Senator.
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II the allies succeed in getting possession
Oh the person of the Kaiser, as assuredly they
VIII II VIII not matter much as to the num-
per ana legality OF his ''abdications." They
VIII see TO it that he is placed beyond the
possibility of disturbing the peace Of either
Germany or the world in the future
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IfriIllp.

Mr.. Kaiser. formerly Hohenzollcrn-or The
other way around--anyhow the Big Boob OF
Europe declines TO be interviewed. saying:
! would Ike to send message to the public
OF america where have many friends. but"
Murder! If that old, rnaniacal murdcrous
cutttroat son -of-a-gun has any friends in
America, let's start decorating our lamp posts
with 'cm!
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ANXIOUS, DanViIlc.-NeWS diSpa che 8
from Washington recently announced
that there remained about 100000 more
names In the American casualty lists
to be published. The withholding OF
these lists is in the interest of efi-
cheney and practicability. custom
sanctioned by all the belligercnt ma
tons Were these vast lists to be
released in large sections IL would
burden the casualty communication
system In the United States and woula
burden the newspapers beyond their
ability to publish them.
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The allies are not going to let the people
OF Germany starve. but they will have to be
shown that they really in danger of star
Vation before the destitute of their own mop
ulations are made to go hungry in order to
increase the German ration.
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To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
SRA photograph has been placed
in the surgical ward OF Westhampton
Hospital. and any one who wishes TO
contribute new or used records for
Madison 5i22-J. who Will. see that the
same are collected and delivered.
NJ q
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Tn. 1:reut aI<n,.er,. nc,,,

Il. V. r., 1lynchburg.-The great
"Kaiser's Bell" has been removed from
it's cage In the southern tower Of the
grand Cathedral at Cologne. and By this
time has been sacrificed for the ia
to remove the bell intact---it weighed
$4,000 pounds.-without injuring the
masonry of the steeple, 80 the bell
brought to the ground. French guns
captured In 1870 and 1871 were tho
material from, which the bell was made.
and 1t was nrst sounded on March 81 :
1877, tho birthday OF William l., who
gave It to the cathedral. At that tlme
ts9a Since then has soe to
worked by electricity.
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c. B. c. Richmond.-Each color takes
up one-third OF the flag, hence the
size" of the colors depends on the
size OF the flags
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carranza is to decline reelection to the
presidency OF Mexico, according to late dis
patches Mr.. Carranza may not be a pro-
iound statesmen. but he knows enough to
ulscerh when crow-eating time approaches.