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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04
Books and Authors

:, collection OF poems. particularly adapted to
, ,vS' war times, has been selected from Walt
,,,,shcd under the title of patriotic Poems of
h matt w,h WI, by Doubleday. Page &c Co. The
DOCK VIII be ready in the early spring
1T The King Of ITALY has conferred the decora-
.lon OF the Order of Saints Maurlgo Lag
The Life Of Cavour.' The Life and Letters of
Iohn Hay and many other distinguished works.
ina.1,unb nomor mas Just come 10 Mr. Thayer
OF tho American Historical Association for 1918.
Among the important fiction publications which
Robert ~ Mcbride & co. announce for tho com
ing spring is "Twinkle,oes' by Thomas Burke.
edition. In March this house will issue a new
mystery story by Isabel Ostrander. Suspense
IS the ;itle. and the book is said live up to
its name; Among Robert NJ Mcbride & CO.'S
forthcoming books the are Nothing Of
Importance" b. Bernard Adams, young Brit
.Sn officer who was killed il action last year;
the prison camp of Ruhiczcn. by Henry c. Ma
honey. and a reissue OF Professor Frank J. Ad-
War.' '''S'o'''1i Dac"s GROUNDS OIL tho Great
is most vivid narrative. told in the first person
by British doctor who went to Mesopotamia
and spent many months in this frghtfully hot
country, going through the fierce heat Of the
summer In a war hospital surrounded by Arabs
at Basra. on the Euphratcs. lie arrived during
the first campaign TO relieve lSut, and at once
sick and wounded. The terrible hea, and awful
conditions OF tho district made hospital work
the extraordinary nies. the whining OF the jack
ais on the fiat. sandy outskirts of tho village
the terrible cases OF dyscntcry which seized. not
only the patients, but the physicians: the awful
food they had to endure, etc. Tho hook will
interest all who arc interested IN the Red Cross
and. In fact anyone who enjoys reading of life
along the Iigris and the Euphrates arc especially
vivid.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04

and Instructors might we'll realize il now
as later: Richmond proposes to have Il
modern form OF government Tho city is
slow to wrath, and the politicians and stand
patters may have, and are having. their day
in court. but il they do not yield to progress
and public sentiment within a reasonable
period. they will awake some morning to find
that they have been endorsed and tho peopie
themselves are in the saddle. When that day
comes, tho people will wrto their own
charter and make their own city government
what they wish 1t to be. There comes a time
when public patience ceases to be a virtue;
also, word to the politician should be suf-
flcicnt.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04
SEEN ON THE SIDE
The New Warrior.


Ire Strikes in Austria: Labor Riots In Germany
Workinsmens Activity in Russia.]
You can fight with your guns and hurl your tons
To Shattcr the foes front line;
You can Starvo and batter and beat them down
These brothers in arms Of mine;
You can burn and pillage and loot ut will
TIL the babes of the earth die fast
But the holy lighters and hated Huns
Shall listen to Me at last!
For am tho Word. and my sword 1 grid
BY the right Of i sacred trust
ana when in my might go into tho fight
Your guns and your swords shall rust!
For am Labor-the Master OF Men
And my voice Is the last Decree:
So fight and batter and loot and rape
But at last We shall yield to Me:
You can fight with your guns and hurl your ton,
To slaughter and bend and break
But what viii YOU do when rest my tools
For the things that my arm must make?
My heart. u is heavy with grief and pain.
And my children arc sick for food
Ana the walls OF my women arc in my ears
And the cries OF my sickeninE brood.
am Labor. And over the Garth
1t is who must bear the brunt
l am the hero who stays a home
The brother of him ut tho front!
And the hordes that fight in tho fearful night
And die in tho tigers den
Shall bend the knee when they hear from Ne
For am the King of Men.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04
Farm Labor Situation Acute

ri VI ono or the country's war problems OK
ceeds in ultimate Importance that
created by shortage OF labor on American
farms in Virginia tho situation was acute
long before tho declaration OF war High
wages paid in industrial plants, which had
been speedcd up to full capacity to meet war
demands OF tho entente nations, already had
drawn thousands of men from tho country
IN TACT, 1t has been estimated in official
circles that before the first draft not less
ihan 10000 men had gone from tho country
districts OF Virginia.
Nhile the number OF men taken from tho
Farms by the draft was not large 1nany of
the best workers were Included mon u.h,
were deemed invaluable about the farms
"hile others, anticipating the draft. had en-
iistcd IN the service OF tho country I'm
fortunately tho cases are not infrooren,
"here the grown son Of the farmers family
,"c naihslaS or tho place, has been taken,
leaving farms with no one to work them
no one, not even tho farmers themselves
will ask that farmers as a class bo o,ort
from military service, but if tho nation is IN
MAINTAIN ana increase production to the end
mat us own armies and population as we'll
us those of its allies are not 10 20 HUNGRY
the "isest discrimination must be exercised
IN future drafts not to dcplete further tbc
WORKING forces on tho farms
Agricultural authorities here soep, tn bo
licvc that tho exercise of such o,ro 90 ,,,
ictaih on The farm all actual producors 4,
""oa' thc largest measure or relief the farm
NE interests can look for from the govern
hleh'' Generally speaking they sympathizc
WIN ics'siaton such as tho Mapp "antiloaf-
ms bill, the proposal to use the State road
force at harvest time, and tho use on r,rns 30
inmates CT Jails and reformatories in so far
as pFacticahic but they do not expect that
Tue results from these cXpcdients will be
appreciable "
IL IS the patriotic duty of the American
farmer to do his fun part in feeding the
world. The demands upon him ,his Won.
doubtless will be greater than ever before
lhat ne may not be hampcred further than
the absolute necessities Of tho situation ro
quire, it is earnestly commended Ia tho a.
'ehiioh ot inc military authorities and local
ana district exemption boards that the farm
ING forces OF the nation are essentially
part OF the war machine, a mart unon wilton
All others must rest.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04

Ono of the direct and immediate results OF
requiring the purchase of -four substitutes
along with flour was an attempt to raise
the prices on such substitutes. Tho same
thing happened when retailers were per-
mitted to combine meal with sugar sales,
many consumers having been charged S
cents pound for meal in such combination.
Mr.. Hoover already has taken occasion -
warn dealers against lacking up" the prices
OF substitutes for -four. Under the Licensing
system, the food administration can promptly
shut off the supplies of retailers who charge
more than fair price. and consumers sh ould
not hesitate to protect themselves against
extortion by promptly reporting ovcrcharGes
10 their local food administrators
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04
GuGIIcImo Fcrrcro

NJ. 7. T.. Chase OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Fer
zero was born in 1872. near Naples
Italy. He was tho son Of Il rich Pied
montesc railway engineer and studied
law ut Pisa and bellies lettres at Ro-
logna under Carducci, First colIaborat-
cd with l-omhroso on Lii donna dclin-
quente 1898 and il monde criminals
ltaliano 1898 to 1894. He took interest
In politics. and In 1891 was bauished
Tor several years on account Of his so
cihlistic views In 1905, he returned
to Italy and lcctured on mlitarism at
Milan. In 1908. he visited the United
States and lectured At Lowell Insti-
the History of Rome" written between
the years 1902 and lI0S
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04

questions and Answers.
. causes and symptoms or Observation-Disclosures
state the causes and symptoms OF appcndicitis?
NJ. l.. IT.
), Answer Infection by the colon bacillus from,
INC no~el Ia tho most frequent cause. Then
inlec,on by the pneumococcus. streptococcus and
S.aphyiococcuS (variouS bacterial Strains) from
INC tonsts. nose. gums. Contributing factors arc
oosSerentihE. excessive use OF animal protcins In
o sven as woody fiber Of coarse Vegetables seeds
nal symptoms--appcndicitfs cannot be diagnosed
c oy symptoms alone Pain. tenderness and mus
GUAR risidty right lower quadrant OF abdo-
men men, ausea vomiting. constipation. fever. rapid
pulse, anxious facial expression.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04

various organizations. nothing .s being
done for the officer. because. 1t ia be-
iicNcd. that nc naturally has money and
does no; lack friends
Inc facts are, however. tina, most OF
tnea arc strangers in our midst, that
thcS are social animal. tnut they
desire L. hold converse with our peoplc
a!sa that they would appreciate the
amenities.
A. IL now l.. when he comes 10 K!ch-
inoud, Al! lie can do Of a Sunda: is to
1o!i around the hotel Hobbies or wanGc.
tho streets With no one to say him yea,
yea, or nay, nay.
WIN not those Who arc looking after
III" welfare OF the soldier consider the
case Of the lonely officer?
Richmond, Va, February I, 1918.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04

TO the Editor or The Times Dispatch:
Slr,--Wi,! The Timcs-Disnatch kind
~ tell an old veteran VIII" Madison Is
not among tho six leading NirE!n!ars
around Washington in the Capitol
Square" Three encyclopedias. all that
| can reach give no help. one often
hears that Madison stood next TO Wash
ington in the esteem OF NirG!n!ans OF
tina, day. lie certainly Was as proini-
ncnt as any Of the six and more so
than some OF them. There is no statue
.. him i'm Richmond, is there Only
bust III the Historical s;ociety's rooms.
BERKELEY MINOR.
South Richmond. Va, February l.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04
Voice of the People
Letters must give the name md nd
drcs, Of the writer. Name will not be
pub iishcd II writer regurstH-
III, Du.Ine., 30 rr~nch the C,o,pcI.

To the Editor Of The Times Dispatch.
Sill WAS PLEASED 10 sec IN your
paper this morning q statement made
tltat II they we're seeking q minister 10
preach. politics ana social reform, he
WAS not the man. that his mission was
u preach the Gospel Of the Lord Jesus
Christ.
IL did my heart good to know that
Nc have one man III this city who il
no: ashamed Of the Gospel. For an
sure II al the preachers OF the world
had been oil his type. We would never
have had this world war.
II Z. BRISTOW.
Richmond. Va, January 81. 1915.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04
Foot SQUIRE and souarc Eoo,

Stuucnt, WoodStock.-Therc il no
difference in area or quantity of sur
face between foot square and
square foot, hut there may he n diff
ference in shape y foot square must
be q rectangular surface having four
cqual sides, measuring ono foot long
each. square foot may also be n
foot square. but II may be irregular In
shape. say six inches wide and two
feet long. or any shape. so long as
the area is equal to la square inches
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04
Sunnort for Dog Law.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,---l have received hundreds OF let
ters this week from all sections O! tho
state urEing the passage OF House bill
le;. our dog bin" and the patrons
OF the b!ll appreciate this hearty CO.
operation on the part OF tho people and
We are not unapprcciat!vc OF the sup
port given this very important measure
hy the press Of the State and The
Times Dispatch in particular.
II. l.. BAKER.
Richmond. Va, February |, 1918.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04
A PIE, far IN. omccr

To the Editor or The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-Last Sunday | picked up TWO
army officers who were aimlcssly troll
ing along Broad Street and. after in
wiling them TO have ride, showed
them some points OF interest, and then
took them to my home TO thaw them
out and entertain them which, / believe
they APPRECIATED.
In tho course Of conversation il,
TRANSFERRED that. while much is being
done for the private. and rightly, by
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04


When in III favor with tho Muse
No thcmu occurs to ornament
ihesa pages white: when Ia no uso
! woo tho maid with a bravo intent
when lifting linea refusa to fow:
when Irresponsible sound tho I;cv.
ona little song my heart may know
one little song about Louise.
Ana when that have pipcd IN vain
30 countryside. OF Hill and dale.
o' gardens sweet with summer rain
% fountains and narcissus pale.
And when in vain o: Grecian urns
or swift Aegean argosic3
! sing. my fancy ever turn,
70 little heart entwined Louise.
when Queen Titanias midnight hind
In clhn revel meath tho moon
Nor all tho hosta ot FairyIand
Ihcir voices to my heart. attune-
When stated OF Picrian spring.
when Lcshias nor Julias pleas,
(Whom other bards delight TO sing,
Thch comes one with n song. I,onise
=. Gilbert in Cartoons Magazine
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4. 1918.

Even ii Senator Mapp revises his prohibl-
ton bill TO conform TO the Federal law, cut
ting out the Quart-a-month and other minor
concessions, it will hardly increase the pur-
dens Of tho Prohibition Commissioner SUI
fcently 10 Justify an annual appropriation
OF 100000 and fat increase in salary.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04

Rchmond's political waters are ,nuddicd
further ny the fling OF the CITY l!alr' petit.
ton for an election on charter changes with
the Mayor for presentation to the Council
Apparently tho fight must DO carried TO the
Legislature. where the sponsors for this petit
tion Will attempt to use II as a club to pre-
vent favorable legislative action on the re-
quest for charter changes already approved
by both branches Of Council. The result
there Is uncertain, for the Legislature may
be slow to act where the city itself is dividc cd
But this much is certain, and reaclionaricg
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04
Information Bureau

Inquiries regarding almost any topic,
excepting legal and medical cub.
lccts, nrc answered free. As nil Ia
,tuiries unswcred directly by per-
sonai letter self-nudrcssed, ninmpea
envelope Is required. Address Ihs
TimcH-Dinpntch Information bureau.
lttchmond, Nn.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04
Nen phrnscx Wnntch.

TO the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir.---"R Reputation is what men and
women think Of us; character is VIVA,
God and the angels know of us" And
so. is the reputation OF words and
phrases: they act and react upon us.
Their regulations are akin to the good
and bad ones OF men and women.
The phrase 'carcful'' or serious con-
sheraton appears 10 have fine char
acter. bat it's reputation Is uncnria bio
10 those Of us who have Il collection OF
them In letters from lawmakers. These
words seem 10 be SO commonly used
hy public mon for evasion that they
have lost their usefulness as such, and
we know them as camnui'age.
Whether a man he right or wrong in
his convictions, he gains respect by
being kindly frank and open. II Is
true that the truth is sometimes better
left untold. but in this connection secret
diplomacy is without merit; that art is
fast falling into disrcpute. anyhow. A
man whose mind is open to Impressions
and truths new TO him is progressing
with his age and generation, and fears
not in. changing his mind 10 meet new
conditions.
We humbly request our State and ma
tional lawmakers to coin some new
phrases. for we are weary of the old.
thrcadbaro ones.
Il. VIRGINIA SMITH
Winchester, Va, February |, 1918
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04

News dispatches say that the admnistra-
ton bill authorizing the President to call
skilled experts III industry agriculture
into tho military service irrespective OF classt-
fcation under the draft has met with the
approval OF the Senate Military Committee
il may be hoped that all the "unskilled" e1-
merits will be left in training.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04
Duration of Human Life.

Miss >. j.. Itichmond.---Tho average
duration OF human life is about thirty
three years. bnc-quartcr OF the people
Of the earth die before the age Of six:
nc-haif before the age of sixteen, and
oaly ono person of each 100 born lives
to be SiSty-nvc.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04
Jnbs.

rride goes before the fall. winter. summon r,
autumn and spring.
Prosperity p2tronzcs poverty.
Morality is matter OF locality, after all;
but who said that first?
Woman in the concrete rs less dangerous
than in the abstract.
No man turns out his baptizer predicted.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04
Popular Names Of stntes.

Miss VI. y. r. Richmond.-The popu-
lar names of the States you mention
follow: South Dakota, Coyote State:
Colorado. Centennial state; Iowa.
"Iawheye state; Oregon. Beaver
State
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04

~ approaches les majestic TO class the
Washington Monument as an amusement. /"
bht 'hc stately ohclisl; is placed under this
mead ny tho fuel administration. and it's cleya-
iofs are closed on Tuesdays. Soon Joshua"
eaFhe!d may command even the sun to cease
operations on heatlcss days
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04
Nobody INnows,

Nobody knows what's IN a boys pocket
Nobody knows how high goes rocket:
or what groceries will cost TIL
You get to tho market.
Nobody knows.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04

Thc relapse Of the Colonel into state
OF quiet after his most recent eruption
affords additional evidence that Secretary
Bakers defense OF the War Department
against the charge that it had about ceased
fuuctiouing" was complete and overwh elm
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04
Fishing.

The season looms just dead ahead
When viii to my lake be sped
With things 10 fish with
on! what a splendid time see
Looming so luminous for me,
what dreams 10 wish with.
AND yet | know. who's fishcd before,
Ihat all catch will cost me more
Than all the fishes In the store,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04
Charcoal sph.s Daily Thought.

Tilt ain no tryin' de impossible" said
Charcoal Eph. in mood, "but how anybody
gwine know what impossible tell he done try
he durndcst: Eat a prune. Mistah Jackson"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04
About a Song.

Reader, Rumford.--M 10 know
where he can get the words or music
OF the song, IT Was All Dear Mothers
Mny.''
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04
Homo Life.

Jones is lucky chap lie stay all
night now and get into the house without taking
of his shoes."
What's happened"
Why his wife is n member of the Sufrrasette
Council and his mothcr-in-law is attending
uplift lectures"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04
Nhcna n Sfnr.

Repcrter-Say here's woman wants to
announce that she'll sing Would ] Could Fly
on the wings Of Dove" at the Charity Bazaar.
Want to use IT.
CITY Editor-Not unless she trie. to do II:
then well send photographer.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04
Universal.

Love (why 10 write much about love >
pays very little attention to age.
For instance, the ages Of and 81, SO far
Love is concerned, only a transposition
Of figures.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04

Just as experiment. hereby offer SIS
reward in honest cash to the typewriter or
stenosraphcr who never
"Nw is the tune for all good Inrn to come to
the aud of thcur party
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04
To-Day's o. Henry.

But Isaid tho doctorl whenever my patton
begins TO count the carriages In her funcra
procession, subtract so per cent from the cura
tive power OF medicine"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04

~ mas been intimated that a "cornless''
Gay "ouid DC morally, and otherwise. Bono
hclal UP IN the "moonshine' region.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04

II necessary 10 efficiency and full work
aay' why not put factory whistle atop The
'apitoi ana time clock at the entrance?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04

In the oIden Days.
with apologies TO Raymond Hitchcock,
IL vas not like this in the olden days
When coal was five a ton.
'" hen butter was twenty cents a Mound
And buying grub was fun:
'" men ten-cent eggs We're strictly fresh
ANA were not from storage cold:
pay check lasted n day or so
In the days OF old
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04

One OF the painful facts OF fashionable life
is that there is so much of the N-thins:
NuiEartty vainly vanished with veneer OF
virtue.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04

rrDLISuED every day in the year n 10 South Tenth
Street, Richmond Va. by The Times Dispatch rut'-
fishing Co.. Inc. Charles T. HnsbrooL. Editor and
Manager.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04
Literary Note.

Judse-You are charged with va6rancy-hav-
ing visible means of support What's your
trade?
Prisoncr1. sir poet
Judse-The prisoner pleads guilty!
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04

own. " ''e ~ 80
a real 1.-Two human being never worries his
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04
About Nothing MT All.

There's a Stacker in Milwaukee named Kanrte
who declares he'll never 20 to war and shoot:
Ills religious predictions
Arc for manifest objections
Hes bonehead. but his mother thinks he's cute
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04

Certainly, tho coalcss man should have
MS shovel tasgcd--just for the looks OF the
thing, II nothing else
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04

. II seems TO be taking the people q long tim g
70 get eLcted over the rise in the price OF Rihlae
which has been announced every month atnea
the war started, ''''''t'' S'ii'e
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04
Hurry-yIorr E~at-

c,u Inc ssihortase OF notepaper. jus. announced
ing en- any more. -'' "t'l-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-04

That Secretary Baker has Overwhelmingly
reiuteo the charge that the War Department
has.talen down on its job, is generally ad-
nitted. His answer leaves tho Senate Mill
tary Committee, and especially its chair
man. III no enyiahle light before the country.
me eDtirc scheme Of accusations. with its
out-reachng supports, stands discred itcd
The biggest mistake the War Department
seems TO have made the raising Of an
army of 100000 men trained and equipped
for immediate service in record time. with
third OF that number landed in France
without taking tho American people more
completely into its confidence in all matters
mott strictly military secrets. This mistake
theSsecretary win do well to guard agains.
III future. The American people can he
trustcd 10 resent unjust criticism when kent
Informed OF what the government is doing
Lack OF publicity OF the War DEPARTMENTS
activities afforded the opportunity for the
rnischievouS accusations which have been
proved groundless by a showing Of the facts
facts which the public was entitled 10
know long ago