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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-14
Councils Failure to Keep Abreast

l. RANK and open confession by member
OF the Common Council that politics was
the sole cause of that body's vote to dis
tribute the proceeds of the proposed street
bond issue on the old-fashioned, small-town
plan. rather than to follow the provisions of
the charter and the wishes Of the people
generally, was scarcely needed 1t is no secret
that politics OF the short-sighted variety has
been the prime reason for most of Rich
mond's troubles in the past. and in too many
instances has held it fast with the leash of
selfish unprogressveness. But there is evil
dence that in this particular case the Coun-
cmen who voted for the grab-bag distribu-
'ion have failed in their political discernment,
they have failed to keep step in the march
toward a better Richmond, or to remain
abreast with modern civic ideas. To their
own political peril they have chung to the
belief that if they did not fight to the last
ditch for every penny that could be secured
for their respective wards, ignoring the well
Tare OF the city Il whole, those wards
would arise in their disappointment and
wrath and retire them to private life In
thu respect the wards themselves have ad-
vanced while the CounCilmen were standing
still
When the voters Overwhelmingly approved
the amendments TO the charter. creating the
various municipal departments. they not only
signified their wish that its provisions be car
the city's affairs be handled on the DEPART
ment plan, but also that they had determined
TO leave behind once and for all the old
unsatisfactory method of city building by
patch work-a patch here and patch there
location of the patches to be fixed through
the varying degrees of councilmanic influence
If 1t were put to vote today there is little
doubt that the electorate would reaflirm its
decision and say that it made no mistake
when il declared for the department system
and that ii preferred that the bond issue
proceeds be left for expenditure after com
prehensiye. continuing plan to be adopted by
the Director Of Public Works. with the an
prevail of the Mayor and his board
thus. II appears that the reactionary Coun-
climen. rather than increasing their political
prestige, arc really endangering their tenure
of office, through their failure to keep abreast
of changing conditions and TO vote as their
constituents have signited plainly by their
ballots they wish them to vote And it is a
safe prediction that if the Council persists in
It's present determi nation ii will be signing
It's own death warrant. by arousing the people
OF Richmond 10 kecner realization of the
unsatisfactoriness of the present bicameral
system OF municipal government. II it does
that. its unpopular attitude toward the bond
issue will have been of some real benefit
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graphs of himself as he was I'm hours
OF debauchery. Then fear came upon
the man. Horror overwhelmed him.
self The ssnshine had o drawn irG his n pom
trait In hideous lines. The portrayal
OF himself in his hours of degradation
shocked the man into sobriety
But the whole world is Gods pho
series Of photographs OF an evil
mans aims. Each incident is told
In chapters. The life makes up tho
t Enns OF en- memory rIE that are also tho
bring every work into Judgment.
With every secret thing. whether it
Sc n5 519 r1v or bow Wiener it be evil.
Is, really form OF dercy. The knowi-
edge that all good. as VOL as ali evil.
~ )ourneying toward the revealing
day. braces men for their task. Not
things will be known tomorrow. Come
worst reveals itself The ny sttnEs
t n sd rose and s, apple: but II the wound
ninss Of decay will appear Not other
Wise evil Is worm working silently
In the soul. Mans Imagination is a
gallery whose walls of imagery change
faces grow. When the great day OF
revelation comes. see TO it that moth
Ing OF the fox or serpent. nothing o.
the worm or wolf. has reported itself
In your own hidden portrait that shall
be unveiled. The youth who goes
through lie gathering evil like thici5
clay 10 himself. shall awake to shame
ana everlasting contempt, and be cast
out into he rubbish heap Of creation.
beware OF the very thought o. evil
II the torch OF light and beauty goes
out when you stumble and fail. snatch
up that torch and relight it At the
altar OF prayer.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-14
A Tabloid Tale
The Tub Mystery.

e4s IS Fl W 10 pson Kooc UGH
ski-skater Of The world, lsen Isenise. Even
and waits for favorable opportunity which
comes to her Just as he has ,sepped aboard AN
son is furious and goes 10 pull out his gun. but
hasn, any The ship s whistles drG ,y the tor
just as weH II NOT Very good. Kootie tells
him just at this moment ,io because she knows he
safe. SO she shakes her right hand with her
left. and says smart girl. kooiie kid" and
of fsen Isense the skI-skater. While Epson
is over in iurrup on the business trip lioo,ie
out with il. when Epson walks in court which,
ana the he oai nsc e
While Epson rattes on talking he is thinking
Of revenge on Koot:e and isen for making him
While Epson rattles on. kootie is wondering
how hoy she can marry lsen without doing the
Juliet trance act. Tor vault in July would be
awful stufy)
were seemingly reconciled.
Say. ,Upsie. on Halloween. we always bobbed
for appies-but you can't bite this one" And
koo;ie pointed TO an apple floating around in
Upson Immediately stopped over and tried to
bite the apple with his hands and feet tied
so"a h e Ao o6 Just As f sr @ ah Sst 10
from the dinner table and put it over Cpson's
head in the tub. aud sat on it.
UP by this time which was some fifteen minutes
later Koootie so, off the board and pulled Up
''ciracious. He is angry with me and won't
sneak" she exclaimed, as she took up, one Of
speaks to AGAIN. she cried. angriy and left
he T?sG4 did esr
Sue OF the Morning Glory will tell %ou.--Ed)
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A Daily Once-Over.
Nerve In Everyday Life.

We speak OF persons losing their nerve when
in great danger, but there is such thing as
losing your nerve in your work a-day life.
If YOU belong to the latter class it is likely
to become serious matter with you.
Firms are employing young men because they
say they have more Initiative. and initiative i'm
this respect means more nerve to go ahead and
do things in different Way--to take
chances and put them over.
You. man of middle age, should build
too much your years of experience and what
has proved to be good judgment your part
in the past.
In the same lines what was good judgment
some years ago might be mighty poor Judgment
under present conditions.
Conditions have changed; demands have
If you have not progressed to meet these
changes YOU have lost your initiative you are
placed for younger man who has his nerve
and plenty OF pep TO go over the top.
Branch out, even II you make mistakes. but
try something different you would show you
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-14
Voice Of the People
Letters must give the name and add
oresn OF the writer. Name Will not be
published III writer no requests.
Question of Epiru..

-, NUFSTfUH OF FsUITUN,
To the Editor of The Times Dispa teh ::
Slr.-Th" question of Northern
tplrGS which interests us because hum
drcuS OF our members are natives o.
that province. and because their fami-
lies stili live there, is under discussion
at Paris.
The Province of Northern Epirus has
population OF 100000 SOULS. 10000 OF
whom are Christians and 10000 Mus
scimans. The Christians, with very
negligible exceptions. favor union
with Greece. the Nosleins are in favor
OF a Mohaiumedan.A ba MAN State
ne Alhanians are in primitive state.
without government without schools
ana without industries. The Greeks
nave schools. Industries. libraries and
a.! Kinds OF charitable institutions IL
were unjust and even criminal To- sub u.
l"ct 10000 cultured Greeks 10 a Mos
lem Albanian state OF Wild tribes for
NE sake o. $4,000 Moslem Albanians
who will live better under Anonymity
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-14
Books and Authors

A new Dooley book-the Hrs, sine.
the pubiica,ion OF "Mr Dooiey SAYS"
IN isio-is announced BY the scrib-
VIII and Other Necessary Evils" %
the title OF the new book. and ,ha
other NECESSARY evils" about which
ar DooleE speaks across the bar 10
his friend H!nnessy. include Going "a
See the Doctor" old Age" Past
G!ories.,, and Criminal Trials"
Julian street as hookmaker I.
known TO the reading public chiefly as
an author OF lively travel books with
e rams IN IN them; abroad a, Home" and
But this fall he Viii appear. the Cen
fury Co. announces. as the author Of a
book OF fict!on. After Thirty The
stories concerned the philanderings OF
Wicket. head Of New York coffee
importing arm.
the war What America Did" WHEN
T.. =. Dui'on g. Co. VIII publish at the
nelly says that her purpose has been
TO condcnsc into a brief account Just
those things that the ordinary person
wants 10 know about. how we pre-
great war by d!srcgard.ng
cetails and weaving into the panorama
OF our war adventure only the essen
tal facts OF each phase OF our war
all INCREASINGLY animated"
Rabbits are fast coming into their
own as popular and profitable deni-
ZenS OF the backyard. witness the re-
cent astonis hing spread OF rabbit
Keeping on the western coast ana the
appea OF the government that rabbits
he raised rs step toward reducing the
ligh cost of meat. In practical Rah-
R % heenins tannouneed by Robert
No. an A' amihe1 & Go 5swIT dr Fpprns
Book" shows that rabbi, meat can he
produced with less trouble and expense
than any other meat known: presents
practical solutions OF the various prob
sensible idea of the pleasures and
profts that may be expected by the
person who wishes to raise rabbits.
either commercially or as hobby.
In "Ail the Brothers Were Valiant.
Ben Amos Williams has written n story
of the. sea which suggests in it's
strength and ruggedncss much OF the
work Of Jack London. MIR. Williams
tells of voyage which is made in
search of a brother thought to have
been shipwrecked on his last trip. The
brother is found on midsea island.
and mere against an unusual setting
ure, mutinies. tropic love--all are
present. The story thrills with its in
cident and arouses admiration for its
splendid character portrayal. This is
though he is we'll known in the maya
zine field. He is a young man barely
out OF his twenties. Ills literary
training, as has been the case with so
in the newspaper office. "My first real
job" he says, was that Of printers
devil on my fathers weekly paper"
After that vacation job on The okla
homa city Times. az reporter, led TO
the newspaper business and worked
on Boston daily from 1910 to- 1916"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-14

employed. which will give average of fifty
pupils each teacher. White and colored chill
dren will be KEEP, entirely separate. The Coun-
Gil will be asked appropriate $1,000 wnch
with the $4,000 come from education socie-
ties will be enough
The defeated take their tate with, less har-
monY than they carried on the struggle to avert
it. chahoon. Chandler and the. men of their
class take il gracefully and submit. they
should do. but Porter. Humphreys, Lindsey and
the rest of the lower order seem stung to the
very quick, swearing that the election was not
fair and should be contested.
There viii soon be established on the Rich
and Greensboro. y. C.. line of sleeping
The ears will be handsome and provided with
every comfort.
General Candy on Saturday appointed the
following sergeants of police: Henry Richard
son. Arthur Rooney, John .. Spraggin. Benja-
r. Bell. II. G. O'Connor. John Rankin, ia mes
Connolly and Daniel Tourgee.
The negroes who are hanging about the city
III ideness re-enforcements brought hither
by the Wellstes silence the voice of the
people OF the capital General CANDY will prob
ably investigate the matter.
Mrs. +; y. Pollard is now in New York. where.
it is said. she iS prosecuting a suit for divorce
from her husband
Wheat is now coming in 10 Richmond In great
quantities by the Virginia and, Tennessee.
The United States public printer. in letter
vate organization to dictate to tho government.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-14

One of his btterest enemies has dubbed
John Shelton Williams THE Wildcat OF the
Treasury" Perhaps the title is not alto
gether inappropriate, since the comptroller
has left many and deep scra tches various
banks whose observance of the nation S
banking laws he has found it necessary to
enforce. 1t is notable that the opposition
to his .confrmation by the Senate comes from
such banks and from Wall Street. which has
learned to have wholesome respect for the
wildcats" claws.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-14

Report of the Federal Trade Commission
on the scope and power of the packers COM
bine indicates that its activities have reached
the point of control over our national life
that practically leaves the country at its
mercy. If conditions are as bad as that, it
would seem that the Federal antitrust law
is not worth the paper it is written on, else
its administration has been total failure
If law, enacted TO prevent illegal combina-
lions In restraint Of trade, has operated TO
force numerous such iawless corporations to
seek protection by ANA lgaliiating with one
dominant concern. il only strengthens the
evils it sought to suppress.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-14
CitiEcnshin In (,uha

%. T.. NJ Ninton.-The voting fran
chlse is accorded to every male Cuban
over twenty-one years old and not
mentally !ncapacitated. convicted OF
crime, nor serving in the army or
navy TO all spanish male residents Of
like age VINO have been on the island
since April II. 1889. and TO all male
foreigners Of like age who have re-
S!deI IN Cuba since January l. 1889
For foreigner who have arrived on ~
island after January I. 1859 a i've
Years residence is required for natural.
iXation. -
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1odern pulpiteers are devoting much time
in holding up TO ridcule the women OF the
present generation for the kind of dress they
choose TO wear. Maria Thompson Davies,
author and playwright picks up the chal-
lenge OF these clerical dress reformers and
comes ,braVely TO the defense OF her sisters
1T doesnt matter how wispy or ciingy or
huhy or abbreviated at top or bottom the
garments which women affect may be- she
asserts, 'as long as they are willing and do
emphasize by their dress the fact that they
are women. II emphasis of the fact that
they are women is TO be determined by their
NODES OF dress, there can be no question
that they have learned the art of emphasis
to perfection
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-14
Time.

Time.
ASKED an AGED Man, man OF cares.
Wrinkled, and curved. and white with
hoary hairs:
Time Is The warp OF life" he said.
The young, the fair. the gay. to weave
IL well!"
ask'd the aged Venerable Dead.
Sases who wrote. and warriors who
bled:
From the cold grave # hollow murmur
how'd,
line sowed the seed we reap in this
abode"
I asked a Dying Soldier. ere the tide
or life had left his veins: Time" he
i've lost 1t! All. the treasure!"-and
asked the Golden Sun and silver
Spheres.
Those bright Chronometers OF days and
hey answered, Time is but meteor
glare,
And bits us for Eternity prepare"
Rev. BENJAMIN Marsden, in the Ohio
State Journal.
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Health Talks by DR.. VIM. Brady
Copyright. 1913. by National Newspaper serv O.,
Let's Go.

0ssy s0r s man sps h In a. The
job; At least folks considered him healthy. no
days s@ay sd h o 6
eaSse ss @sS tied hs 6qsinesS fired for
man who devoted only fourteen hours day
he dropsd In to See the @ n and I" just ' got
a. good tonie"E .%l that may be. The
fHr sh s & h sg rSsl
due to minute dilated arterioes. and tc) every.
inns we need not mention which suggested
Under pro1es, X removed his clothing for
tor Diagnosed iss 6 y rne sys,olic pressure
tolic pressure was los m. m. which was worse.
t'r al he a rss%s rs
ioaded al an the TIME tires out eventually.
xt f'?oF @ g S the ns
s s1 }or S his days s days you'd be
n naY DAY. %e of %
from worh on, of every month.
HuI \ sould not
her to make her husband buy an automo5iie
day roor sSns sNs she sr needed e5 he s'af
afford it! How could X leave his business that
X owned half dozen we'll rented residences
in town and good farm in the country You
on ns ifs @ nae 10 sesD poo T
w%m snnd not nd poor Ks work SIM
Within years y went TO the daisies
slow heart muscle failure--heart tired out, but
never did Work has been neglected
siderably since.
Folks said it all sudden and he such
fine. healthy, strong, vigorous man only forty
four years old.
Some, good doctors might say that overwork
killed "
Well that is one way of expressing it.
What y needed was a little gardening every
day, or digging postholes. or carpentry, some
fishing or even golf Any OF these changes is
good
But X preferred a nice long rest He didn't
heiieve in taking short vacations. week ends
half holidays and such like. When X did any
thing he did it thoroughly.
The short ghtcd rs
bc NS
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-14
Information Bureau.

Inquiries regarding almost any tonic
excepting on legal md medical sub,
)eSts' are nnh"ered free. A. all In
quirieh arc Answered directly by ,er.
Aonhi letter, u self-add stuniped
envelope In required. Address rSe
Ricnmond, Ip,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-14

Fifty years ago Richmond and Henrico
county had eleven members in the General
Assembly. Al that time this city was little
more than large village, although it's rcla-
tive Importance III the State was perhaps as
great as it is today. Now. with population
rapidly pproaching the 1000 mark it has
but seven members OF the Assembly, two
Senator'S and five Delegates. while Henrico
has one Delegate and one Senator. the latter
shared with three other counties and the city
of Williamsburg. Iichmond's representation
manifestly is unjust, but there is no DOUBT
that the situation will be remedied when the
State is redistrictcd as should have been done
under the mandate OF the Constitution sew
8eral years ago, and probably will be at the
next regular session Of the Assembly.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-14

President Wilson told the crew of the
George Washington on his recent trip across
the Atlantic that when he boy he
wanted to be sailor There a number
of Republican Senators who regret that his
ambition in that direction was not realized
1t might have saved them lot of trouble
trying to put him in hole" better to enable
them to win the next presidency.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-14
MONDAY. JULY II. 1919.

For purposes of administration, all terri
tories taken over by Great Britain under man
date from the league OF nations are TO be
defined part of the British empire And
if Great Britain holds TO its policy i'll the past
they will continue to be a part OF the British
empire.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-14

Representative Graham will not lack cor
dial support in his attack the President
for having prepared for war before war was
declared. In addition to the Republicans in
Congress, there will be Germany, Austria,
Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey, all of them
firmly united in the opinion that he did very,
very wrong.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-14
Dempsey-W'IIIurd P,,,.ar,,

~ }. H., Blackstone Is no
DOUBT thar Jess Willard vas Knocked
9ut DS JACK dempsey at Toledo July g.
OF DuS''istc history. The record books
Viii record something Ike this: Jess
w liiaid h. o. by Jack Dempsey. July
T. 1919, a. Toledo Ohio" II a person
bet that Dempsey would not knock OUT
willard that person loses
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-14

Suggestion that a wheel tax be in! posed for
the building and maintenance Of good roads
In virginia is worthy OF the careful considcra-
ton OF the General Assembly. there being no
apparent reason why automobiles should bear
the whole burden to the exclusion of other
vehicles. Automobile owners already pay a
heavy license tax and this will be doubled
They will nterpose no objection; in fact, they
will welcome the opportunity 10 pay the in
creased rate inasmuch as it will be returned
to them manifold in decreased wear and tea r
ION their machines and increased personal
comfor But there T. no reason why other
vehicles should not pay in just proportion.
Heavy wagons and horse-drawn trucks par
SSticularly those equipped with narrow tires,
Y are equally as destructive to roads as the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-14

MIS-; =. T.. w, Richmond.-Beans
should he canned the same day they
are picked FIRST string them: banch
IN ooi!IHS water three TO rve minutes:
remove and plunge in cold water. Pack
IN quart Jars. adding one leve! tea
with boiling water. Put rubber and
cap in position and partly seal. Steri-
ne TWO and half 10 three hours.
PACK method. The old method, which
IS nor as reliable as the cold pack
incthod, because the beans will not
kccp as long, is as follows: Cook ,he
means IN an open kettle until we'll
zone or ready for the table. Salt them
well ana seal in jars while hot.
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News of Fifty Years Ago.
From the Richmond Dspa tch. July II. 1859. }

The Board of Education,
the new body recently APP
pointed by the City Coun-
Gil, held their first meet
ing in tho City Hall Satur-
day. Present: Mayor Cha
hOon. -officio chairman:
Henry IS. iEllyson. 4.
Washburne. r. NJ. Manly,
s. n. Jones and Da vid ].
Burr. II was determined
to make provision for
opening the public schools
October / with about 5000
scholars. the M M b e /
which it is believed will
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SuCCe N

Why on earth any sent this inquiry
don't know:
and want your advice on how to succeed. VIII
you etc, etc. etc, etc.
Didja hear anything like it, II we had
an idea that line d'yuh think we'd be tipping
off competitors?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-14

If you want TO make friend. listen with
interest and laugh at the right place, then
mark:
Il solly, old top. wish knew many funny
stories you do! Hal. har, har!
It's worth five every time
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-14

Villa is said to be taking steps 10 re-
organize. a few days ago he was taking
pretty lively steps to disorganize and with
United States cavalry right behind.
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Simmer Troubles.

"Jcens you Jeems!' yelled Mrs. Winklestraw.
the country landlady.
"Yaas, Mother; here I be-"
Wall yoal chase them cows back in tn
medder lot an keep EN- there. They's couple
@ soobyrettos from tn Casino comm here for
tn week end, an amt Eoin' t have stage
mi kmaidi around this farm CT know it,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-14

Washington's league ball team is an in
sntution OF astonishing versatility. 1t gets
beat different way every day.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-14

"orking for united ireland, the Sein
fciners probably will find the Orange element
handing them lemon.
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riacatoriaI Per.ianxe.

"Catchn any fish. Smithy:"
Some: you?"
"Uh-huh How long,"
"Oh, bout half an hour an four inches"