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British Reconstruction.
BY BURwELL s. CUTLER,
Foreign and Domestic Relations Bureau.

The British Board OF Trade has tostered two
IN Se pEoyaIs for
Grea, Britain, which are intended to eliminate
iicularly German, concerns under the existing
The changes in the patent law include stricter
application Of the working clause. greater tacil.
r,,es Tor LICENSING and revocation of the
failure to work the patent, or to grant Iicensts
9n terms to The public
e ef ae sns the
to The abfe Of words M
Of and TO nroy hD for the
cannot he registered under existing trade
Technical education is under investigation by
nn19sr OF fneciai committees such as the
employment tho comm,tee on the =" , eeo Of Of
modern languages the committee on teaching
ments determining salaries OF teachers In sec
ondary technical and others schools The pend
technical education. -
Al The accommodation of the leading manu-
ment the grant of the OF $4,000. 900 for
The on a sed
are n Garp,.d or on eooperaive basis well
Among private organizations the outstanding
CONCENTRATION policies that are receiving CON.
siderable encouragement from tho government,
the United states The Blush BoarG of Tgad DE-
trial centers to arouse interest in combina ton
for eXpor; trade.
=, The Federation @: British Industries has for
us H.. ,. OBJECT to assist the government in the
aiaieuliies. and promote British trade interests
ny organized ehort. it is association Of
manufacturers. and is restricted TO British
hrn,s. The British Ita liam Corporation is de-
Velopment institution for the purpose OF pro-
noting closer trade relations between the two
countries, and TO counterfeit German economic
penetration in Italy.
Finally the British Empire Producers Asso-
eiaa,on Is 10 bring about economic selfsuffi-
development of imperial resources and to organ
Copyright, 1919.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-02
Health Talks by DR.. VIM. Brady
Vaccine and the Eiu.
,pvIiRht. 1914 National N.wansnsr n.

The question Of the value of so-callcd vac
Hr
On ono side Is the favorable opinion OF a large
they Sse en- re%
is the lack of corroboration by physicians under
rats hsa in which opportunity for accu-
tutions.
nd In the Isolation wards of tho Presbyterian
i.ospitai chicago $50 nurses, members Of the
Rusp,tsi personnel and medical students from
xs's
ana othcr serious complications. or the 1G0
S NJ vadsns n ases 20
mnster arpS y was USED ,houEh drugs werG ad
1rave,nously as the 'indca tons for them
the hospital to the sS fact ' that pa
thare fo %ere promptly p9, to bed and kept
il nss Ssss yene
or o serum or other supposed specific might not
mo2 afint VIA Nay my sSSad
ha Ssoh been noI in Print long before this,
fi res =. has gained rests statistics much
SF are o he
n mSnt, not OF prophylaxis immuni1ation of
the peculiar toxic and depressing charaeteristics
OF OF with s rather lack
enc on" hn nd its dinsul. TO understand how vac
it may be We'll Ht 10 expnn IN ,h she ir0e
sia,s OF measured numbers of the killed germs
be treated Unfortunately in the reeen it" n no
nuenHa epidemic ii has proved impossible to
determine Just what role the influenza bacillus
ana ano several other germs have played. invcsti.
gators reaching various conclusions in all pa rts
or the country Therefore. many different bac-
terinS have been employed in prophylactic and
Wright, tho man who introduced bac.erins
insists that only intntcsmal doses should be
admi istered in prophylaNis. when an epidemic
Is raEing; In this country enormous does have
hecn freely given and immunization apparently
produced. for period believed to cover not
moro than six or eight weeks in any case To
maintain the immunity 1t Is, therefore. ncces-
ssry to have another dose of the bacterin about
Spery six weeks. This practice Is advocated by
Or II. e. Rosenow, who Is a staunch supporter
OF vaccine" for immunzation against the flu,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-02

This Is the philosophy OF the men
VINO proftecr. Hoover cables that the
sMn mrs and storehouses of Northern
mouth of, the River Neva, are st ~ fnd
with food. In our own country rov
eminent agents found storehonses
n,Ieo win eggs and butter that would
,asu inc people OF their town several
and had to be thrown away Bsraes
nave been loaded with fruit tb., 10
begun TO decay that tho price nimht
be hcld up. There was more money
nr,cs ,h ,.re truit At double the fair
many vegetables at one-haIf ~. cns,
TO the people. with ahundanc.
wool and cotton. a suit of clothes for
noy mas now gone up to 31i0 that
''''c time ago cost. made to order,
friends house and looked al hoard
IN the basement that needed to h. re-
paired spent one hour in walking bacs
20 MS shop, another hour in return,
ing; cut the board In two or thre.
In a bill OF $3.50 for four hours; work
and 80 more for the piece Of boa,d
All on the theory that az soon as IN.
man became numb he would not mind
!. AZ all ] asked a builder to esti-
house. II 1t burned down. upon the
basis OF that wage and charge. After
carerui estimate. he decided that II
would cost 100000 TO rebuild 4 house
Ihat cost 100000 when it was new.
sSeyenty-hve cents for piece OF melon,
100 for a porterhouse steak, a modest
meal. at New York hotel ended win
charge OF $3.50 for friend and hi,
VIE. People may not mind tho lev
water. Just as soon as they get thor.
next stage after numbness /, uncone
seriousness and death.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-02
FROM OTHER VIEWPOINTS
nal Problems Discussed The Times Dsn,c
Authoritative Writcrs-A Daily Editorial Feature. ~ "
BECOMING USED TO HIGH COST OF LIVING
BY DR. NEWELL DWIGHT HILLS i,
Pastor of Plymouth

Visitors at the. seaports of North
eastern Maine art much disturbed by
the cold Arctic, currents. Contrasted
OF the bather. Ono day a Now York
man stood timid and hestant before
began 10 chatter and his iipst turned
Maine. Jump right in! Just as soon
a nst y MIND dot !, t al numb you VIII
Now. it is. the chilling of sensitive
nerves and the getting numb that dis.
ths men The slaves OF 1850 had
stood round about tho old slave mar.
ket In New Orleans. AS the hour for
the public auction drew near and the
o nincp ,h planter same In and began 10
One colored family that had been sent
down the river from Kentucky went
bitterly At tho thought OF separation.
must learn TO forget the friendships OF
yesterday's plantation and make new
,eIfsen, m Ia wss That In
rs me OLD proverb. Just as soon as
MIND the heartache at ALI"
and h Er Gerhma an imprcsslng the Belgian
theory. They tore the young man IfI from
IN, mo. arms of his wife: pointed the re-
girl who objected to leaving her in
vaiid father or mother. kicked the
ed and would not let the father 20.
They Will soon get over it," wrote
General Won Kissing. after a week OF
n Two th ~ Will not mind tho separation"
and hope is cold i i Is nossibIsy IN numb
oure dcspair and the death OF love
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-02
A. Tabloid Tale.
The Cleverness of II All.

All that diamond isn't real" he snecred.
looking at stone the size OF AL onion-at least
thirteen karats.
SHOULDN'T think her cheap
LET me see IT," he said. II don't believe it
is real"
no, daren't take it off my neck. 1 promised
keep il on forever she cried, determinediy.
Aren't the stars pretty tonight? Look up
no; ! don't s,,l. like to look up at stars: they
look real. Take il of and prove"
mo; made promise and I'm going to-"
Gee! Look AT that man in back OF you beat
Ing up the other mani"
ugh! No; ] don't want to see it, 1 hate vio-
lences Of any"
Mother by hook crook could he get her to
turn around.
She simply wouldn't turn around. Nothing
could induce her. She absolutely refused to
bulge.
Then devilishy clever idea sprang up like
mushroom in his mind.
Look ut that pretty girl" he exclaimed. ad-
miringly. pointing to old woman behind her
Just to set her to turn around
She did,
with fiendish yell OF glee. he snatched the
necklace and ran awaT with it,
1T isn't real" he laughed and fed from
sight
But he never heard her.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-02
SEEN ON THE SIDE
By nrsRr EDWARD WARNER
TIC MheeIs.


Tho wheels 60 round and round and round
And the belts drive and on
The pistons slip and the engines pound
From the dawn till another dawn
And ever tho wheels 20 round and sing
Their song in the wakeful night
And this Is tho theme Of the tuneful thing:
Might! Might! Afghtw
The stoker below in tho furnace glare
Stands swart to the hungry nav
or energy's hor to tho roar and faro
That shoots from it's iron jaw:
And he ehovcls and rakes till the white hot
heat
Is burning the trembling ground.
And they feel the throb In the city street
When the wheels go round and round.
And men may come. and men may go,
And men may seek their repose
When their toll is done. In the seas below
Or under the noddins rose
But pstons will drive and whistles speak
And engines will pound and pound,
And might the deathloss its sons will shrek
When the wheels so round and round
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-02
keyboard Touches.
ny FHANK H. BROOKS.
DO II, DON'T Say II.

ScintillatinS words Infectious VIVA,
man m Who IL master Of phrases says may fla
Wiliarizc his name with those who look ONLY On
the surface. You have heard IL said that words
are the only things that live forever. Quite
true. ~"''e
But acta-the things that men do--have vir-
tue, longevity which words do not possess
The man who plans and builds a temple Who
mas erected monument, who perfects some
his brush canvas living thing, who com.
poseS CIV d.v,n &c, need no panegyrics to
In "a lesser degree, what SO often call the
average man can be OF such service in an ,,um.
PIE way " doing things that others may be
,npelica 70 90 ke%ise II is not given 10 every
IL he has no wagon, he can drive a aart o-
push whecibarroW in such Il way that his fe1
low men VIII improve on what has been starred
ana ana when ono man has produced some one Thing
than done his bit 'N' ' "ao Hoie
Whatever you do, do it with all your nIght
~ unlettered but powerful old pre- acher o,ff in
missonri han tne idea. Having admonish ed his
ndhhinG. DO something even Ii you have TO do
IL ny main strength and awkwardness."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-02
The Shadow Cast

Down the coast to Capetown when the
wind Is In the sky,
When the sun is pale TO westward and
And the sea is richly purple, farnaes by
spots OF red, ~
The skyline Of the Shadow Coast looms
up from the clouds ahead.
Black against the smoky sky, naIms
and hills and turf,
Dim rivers, beaches and sandbsrs.
white with crashing surf,
A mopntai In top to the eastward, cloud
draped from it's crest,
Splotohed with shadows and SUNSHINE
from pale light In the west,
Down the coast to. capetown when the
sun IL a male daubleop,
Whom the snapping sheets join In 4
tWanging Lascar. tune,
When the sea Is spotted purpIe ana the
wind Is blowing cold, 7"s
The dusky map OF the ShadoW Coast ia
htfully unrolled,
Headlands and sayannas, framed back
against the sky,
Bush and beach and mountain ranr.s
slowly travel by,
R4t when the purple. leaves thu sea,
TIL. =, and irs as sleYdS are dark With req.
-aaS S.GSpss. Hs...Hlllmep, IN ,sstura.y
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-02
News of Fifty Years Ago.
tFrom the Richmond Dispatch, Oct. 9, 1862

The first trip over the Hollywood extension
OF the city railway was made yesterday by
invited party of gentlemen and several officers
OF the railway company,
member Of the Richmond bar. died last Tues
day night The deceased was for some years
County.
General John y. Masruder, late of the Con.
federate States army, will lecture in Richmond
next Tuesday evening under the auspices of
the J, A. G. a. His subject will he "Maaimilan
Lieutenant Governor John T.. Lewis looms up
s az e car for the United states sepatorshp
rhe PETERSBURG EXPRESS is loud In Its nFaises
OF MI Lewis and indorses his nomination.
;, In reply to General Candy. Attorney General
and legal for the Virginia IeajsIature 10 elect
United States Senators. That settles Il. Now
on with the alectioneerlng,
y convention ts soon TO be held in St, Louis
In Abe interest OF the removal OF the national
sset,s, from washington to the Westrrst, LOUIS.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-02
A Daily Once Over.
The Advantnge OF being . AJoiner.n

There are persons in every town or commu-
nifty who do not consider it worth while IN
'belong" to anything.
1t may be church or other religious orsaniza-
tom IL may be social civil societies, edu.
cationa or labor meetings; when 1t comes to
banding together to accomplish any certain
thing they not there.
And why?
with the reason is financial THEW
think even small sum each week is money
thrown away unless It buys actual eats" cloth
ing shelter.
with others. it seems 10 be 2 matter Of prid.
tn hold themselves aleof. - 49,
And theme there are always those who won't
belapg to anything of which they are not head
and shoulders over the ather members.
Eotten--had a turndown somewhere some
how once, and never agaip for them.
sour and grouchy and crotehety and mean is
TO continually nonk by ns,aself, W
You may think you are sYficient unto your.
s sanop hH, II you ars human yey mead com
spirlt lifelong, --coPyvlIht, 1919, ge"'NeN'Ny
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-02

rights and liberties OF the penni. 20 -
the states. We. Therefore. piedre CIR
party TO the principle that ali amend.
should be submitted BY Referendum, ~
the people OF the State before nm.
action thereon by the General IA.
The Mons Anti-sunrare o,-,,,,
ZION OF Maryland, known as the MARI
land League for State Defense, is pre-
parlns for the coming campaign ana
cate on record before the election.
STATES RIGHTS.
Richmond. Va. October l, 1918.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-02
Books and Authors

-, ING king and Queen OF Belgium are
at tho home OF Mr. and Mrs. Lsrx An,
derson. In 'ZIgnagginE." published by
sh s,sSn M,fnin conpsny, Mrs An
CLAN Queen during the time OF her
European war work. 1t Is natural tha.
tnik VISIT De reciprocated. az Mrs. An
derson Is the only Amc rican woman In
have been personal guest Of Queen
Elizabeth,
being deserted he field OF fiction and
md is 10 be "abiiahed w Il iEs't re
next fey weeks, 1t is pretty certain
tp We o, general in'eres,. when i is
OF Industrial democracy. the me which
i Mr' Ghurchill has handled in some OF
GHn. and The Dwelling Place OF
ern fad Of simplicity; Keeping up With
W THe's dressmaker on nothing . year;
amples OF bad biology: the a,rocions
Gt o DC OF w,, hSeDng 'empermental; learning
and 49 9he hbT'sh bn,oys's,s ~
Wings iITinEEs M5s: derosld d lS%s ss 'f la
tre%ely oleyeI esssy. 20 volume h 81 e..
by the Scribncrs early In October.
The Messenger" by Elizabeth Ro.
bins 1.-THE Century Company, is that
sa n Phenomenon--a combined mystery
literary skill. over and above the
Originating. alluring plot the reader
FEELS. whether he stops 10 analyse il or
NOT, an additional satisfaction that
comes from the experiences with which
Words ana sentences are nut together,
With the nice choice of words TO OK,
press Just exactly shade of meaning,
with the perfect matching OF manner
and matter. The story revoives about
an amazingly clever spy who serves
IN an English family as r soverness
case but the girl matches skill and
daring with them to the last. THE
love theme concerns beautiful Ameri-
bur gets things mixed considerably
because Of her quick and loyal SYM
white shadows in the South Seas"
ky Frederick o'Brien lThe Century
fsss lis is ch net a massY viii P0e * %
the average man and woman who
would like to visit strange places but
OF years residence among the SIM
pie, friendly cannibals in the furthest
Islands q the far South Seas. The
T neg hw W find only the story o. What
and casually learned among these saw
age age peoples, fast-vanishinE links with
when in contact with white men. And
II is all told with such color and
reality as to make 1t seem that the
reader has himself seen and felt all
that Mr. o'Brien did. The book is
really Journey to the Marquesas Is
lands between cloth covers; it is at
mosphere and incident and coier-and
human interest. It's appeal is. not only
TO the readers of travel books, but
also to the thousands OF fiction read
ers who delight in books Of facts that
are presented with the dramatic in
tcnsity and narrative swiftness of
novel. Mr., O'Brien, now the editor
and part owner Of The Manila Times,
was born in Baltimore, and ran away
from home as early as possible, He
has tramped all over everywhere
working in mines. fields. kitchens,
anywhere. He has been a reporter,
dent for metropoiitsn newsp esne
During the war he was acting food
administrator of California and later
assistant to Herbert Hoover at Wash
inEtOp,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-02

tion. With no prospect OF an agreement
being reached with the strikers short or sur
rendering to their demands, there seems but
one thing the government can do, and that
Is to take charge OF the railroads and oper-
ate them with the military forces. This
ultimately may precipitate the overthrow OF
the present government, but 1t will, defeat
revolution and save the foundations or exist
ing order from threatened destruction.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-02
PGstpOning Tariff LEGISLATION

G. ENATOR PENROsE, OF Pennsylvania
VINO achieved his election as chairman
OF the Senate Finance Committee after the
late progressive Republicans of the Senate
QUIZ iAs game and cravenly surrendered
their power, is authority for the assurance
tina, there Will be no tariff LEGISLATION at This
session Of Congress and none until after the
e.sctoA n 1870. He says that when Re-
puoi!caH president mas been inaugurated TO
Cooperate with Republican Congress the
taFit question Will come forward in concrete
form.
me senator might more properly have re-
mafEsd mat II Z Republican is elected Presi-
den, INSTEAD Of when Republican is inaur-
l!aied, but that is not matter Of conse-
Huehce. II he wants TO assume that the fight
= 10" al over. nobody could we'll deny
nm that privilege and pleasure But the
O!N Guardsman shows shrewdncss in not
'o'cihg tariH issues at this time. II Is quite
OBVIOUS from his statement that he knows
no" impossible 1t will be for him to control
me members Of his own party on any high
'aElh vote al this stage just as he knows
that 1t was President Wilson who signed
inc GREENWOOD tariff act which removed the
outrageous mposts which were carried in
INC d!shonored Payne Aldrich tariff law
mat same President would never consent il
may Oc assumed, TO a restoration of those
duties al such time as this
But Senator Pchrose as the spokesman n,
inc hlgh tarih interests in this country wants
tH'Se interests TO know that he has not aban-
doncd them; that he may have need NJ thorn
"heh The next Republican campaign fund ia
Ia!sed ana that when the time comes he will
DE prepared 10 exchange promises for good
CASH Some of these interests NAV even now
be pressing the Senator for friendly action
hul ne mas 1t necessary TO hold them on
ana 10 give a good excuse for doing so
me industries now turning hopefulIy
70 The Republican party will do their ma ~
next year ana il an old fashioned Republi-
can PRESIDENT is elected, supported BY an
oid-iashloned Republican majority in both
me House and Senate, the interests nov
!earhihs Tor tariff protection may feel free
10 car! IN washington about March A. 1921,
Win their schedules carefully in hand
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-02

A Republican Congress will not likely
authorize an investigation as TO how Herbert
Hoover expended the funds entrusted to
his handling or the Sl0o00O,o00 which
Congress voted for European relief, MI
Hoover is about TO restore to the Treasury
3SS5,0O0, 000-that is, the equivalent OF that
sum in the notes Of European governments
whose hungry people were fed out of the
appropriaton
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-02
State. WhIch Have n.tifed.

Mrs. IT. 3. C., Boydton.-Seventeen
suffrage amendment. They are as fol-
lows: Wisconsin, June 10; Michigan,
June II; Kansas. June rs; Ohio, June
IS; New York, June i6; Illinois. June
y; Pennsylvania, June "a: MassaGhu-
setts, June %; Texas, June .s; Iowa,
July .: Missouri, July 3: Arkansa 8,
July %; Montana, July 80; Nebraska,
August .; Minnesota, August S; New
Hampshire, September 10; Utah, Sep
tember 80. Ratification by thirty-six
States is necessary to make the
amendment part Of the Federal Con-
stitution.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-02

Railway shopmen. yielding to the Presi-
dents request anG Loyalty returning TO work
pending an adjustment Of their grievances,
have received increase in wages and Il
basic eignt-hour day. The steel workers,
coolly ignoring the presidential plea and way
ing loyalty aside, are strike, with abun-
dant signs pointing 10 defeat, and possibly
the loss OF much that their organization
has gained in the past few years. One is the
american way OF doing things. and il always
wins; the other is the way OF the Boshevist.
for which there is room in America
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-02

North Richmond has a juss complain, in
The quantity :Rd quality OF gas with which
il is furnished, md tbs Council Will te re-
miss IN its duty 10 large z1d rapidly grow
ing sec!ion OF iae ctSy IT Il doss 10, afford
adequate Ts!!@. oe:9.s tA= coming q me
winter noatEE. The city has E=fussa 70 pu,-
eaess M iIG@isnca-: gas p.E1; :: 1gu-.
which Is c9~l sz;s-Iz PROPOSE &c -.z:o,-
sb!s. zno -cs t.s Ne--a S.3e :e..5=a:E z-@
sfsGed ~ Z p-cpcssc .-c:eZs= = RAGS w...a
VIII CARR ,1eEr aooTs t-e ccst II c=,:o.z q.
the municipal I-s-, :.:t1e: ~. Or ,aey
muEt suffer tis o!zeoE'o-ts - { gzz .s-.s.
The best remedy tor This ozc s..az,!ou rould
seem 70 BE- for tl.c c.:r 70 zDzcdo. is pz-g!-
5Tnony. paE the pr,cs Z, which ,ae plz., has
been valued ana give the North Side city
service.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-02

BY simple decree fixing normal prices en-
ltering into the cost OF living, which went
into effect July 81, the French government
has succeeded in bringing about general
lowering OF prices TO tho fixed schedule. IL
France can stop profitcering, why may not
THE United States do the same thing? Is the
government of this country less competent TO
deal with acute problems of this kind than the
government of France, or is i, simply lack
ing in courage to do its duty?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-02
sIesp and q noo.tsr.

INUObTGFf
To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir-permit me to ask why rehned,
cultured people VIII torture their
neiSnbors. and some OF them sick. by
keeping Growing rooster In their
backward? am awakened by 3
O'Clock In the mornings. and the inces-
vents any further sleep. Where is the
Golden Rule? ! should think this Il
case Of police interference
A SUFPERER
Richmond. Va. September IS, 1915
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-02

High School Pupil, South Boston
Davy Jones is the name given by
alors TO the evil spirit whe is sup
The name has been said to be cor
ruption OF Jonah. ITO go to Davy
Jones Locker" is TO drown or to die.