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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-09

~ ETY. AND BOB were spending
tho summer in Maine. Daddy
had brought them all the long
way from their home IN the busy
city for VISIT to dear old Grand
ma and jolly Grandad. whom they'd
heard 90 much about but had never
seen. You sec. Betty had been sick
Ill winter long. and finally the 0run
Old Doctor. who afways had some in
teresting thing in his pocket when tho
0ed!cins he dealt out was especially
nasty TO take, had held . whispered
eenferenes with Mother. and soon Aft
Or thst the twins were on their way to
the big old farmhouse whore Daddy
had spent hts boyhood days.
At hrst II ali seemed strange. oh!
ssry strange. to wake up In the morn
ing to the tinkls Of eowbelis and the
lowing Of herds on the way to pasture.
out soon they learned 10 love IT and
Stayed all day with no fear OF danger
Gus crossings whore honkins horns
bade them beware!
And though Bob and Betty were city
born and bred. and knew the beaches
better than the fields. they were soon
having the grAndest sort Of times,
playing games that tbs new and tn
Il teresting things about them suggested.
iy. Out In the orchard. beneath fruit
laden trees, they set up house keep
4aEaEEangements. romped with Tow
ser in the big feld back OF the house.
or climbed the dusky loft in the barn
sn rainy days and dug huge caves in
tha sweet smelling hay.
that was the big stretch OF woods
that crept up to the wall At the farther
end OF the orchard. Sometimes they
pecped curieGoly out into IT'S cool
shady depths or sr~i,-tsrA a chipmunk
1 N tbs underground 3sst ~%~r the wall,
!. bet felt little curiosity as to where
the big woods went. or what secrets
we're hidden there.
But q Betty grew stronger, and her
cheeks grew brown with tan. they
eaced much oftener the length Of the
A1sses Of shade beneath the trees. and
xAA for N hour or SO on the big Nat
sroeks that topped the wall on the edge
~ the woods.
A1d then one day they quite forgot
\ ne warning not to venture out Of the
I erehard. and played for a while in
s43ny cav9 formed BY a heap OF stones
/ khAt they found little way beyond
S4Ao wall. And after that II was easy
,As It's ft2n." said Bobby. IN we can,
Es0Nt lest" and Betty agreed. for every
[ NoW discovery OF wonders In the woods
1FfsA more deeply her spirit OF ad-
seatuse
Game . day when Bobby proposed
Ss&Aay - a-nshing. "Jes' little ways"
$500 the brook that flowed across the
eesDar Of the orchard. and lost itself
San The depths OF the woods beyond.
boom two curly brown heads were
oeee together making plans. and not
nG AFTER. With hooks and lines and
sAans basket. Ill taken from Grand.
es ann1ly y The waGoa shsd. they
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-09

ts5 .Sf A y aft -. 4 y, -
Ing that what was good enough TOR
us Is good enough for our children =
Chinese talk. And Il will lead 70
Chinese speed in development.
There Is nothing more convincing
than results, Our schools are not Of
fering the attractions and inducements
they should. Why? Look to the pa
tronnge. Out Of our whole county
there are but 4.398 children In school.
Giving our county . population OF
80, 900. this gives US but per cent
OF our population IN school. Then.
too. those who do 20 to school are
little interested. for out OF the %.3sS
enrolled but 2.77s. or IS per cent. are
listed in the average daily attendance.
This ID very low. 1t 10 evidently due
to lack Of inviting circumstances. such
as crowded rooms, hasty recitations,
long, tiresome hours. inefncient In
struction, and all other evils that fol-
low in the wake Of unwise economy.
1t is to be hoped that the board OF
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-09

supervisors will no longer waN
the pleadinss Of our division sur6eaA.
tendent Of schools. but that they Mlll
see their opportunity 70 d2 the sresx-
est service In making this world taSs
for democracy and proof against an
archy by showing money and more
money into the hands Of our school
men. 1t is serious proposiAoa.
Good ofices paying good mone1 IN
our county do not have to weeps ~
men to MI them. The county t<k4b.
urer's Office carrying with It what -
reputed to be a.good salary II Wu&h
sought and the work Is well dOMe.
Put UP the salary Of the school te1Eh.
ers and the same result will he -NS1-
dent. 1t is the duty OF our county
to tc'-c much moro seriously tho
proper training of her young pcur1O
for surely well trained and cultured
citizenship is the bulwark and ncc-
essity of highiy-turned democracy.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-09
A Royal Message

was made. did not dispair. The fol-
lowing year the two vessels set out
again. this time. trying different tao.
ties. The boats steamed together 70
m!d-ocean. There tho cable was spliced.
and tho "Niagra" headed towards
America. and the "Agamemnon"
headed towards ireland parted com.
pany. stretching the cable beswees
them. The distance covered BY tho
cable was 2.%oo miles
Arriving at either shore. all that
remained to be done WAS the attach
ing Of the cable ends with tslesraphse
stations-the one In Great Britain.
and the other In the United States
Then All was ready for the arst mes
sage which was from Queen Victoria
to President Buchanan August :.
1858.
The Queen desires to congratulate
the President upon the successful
completion Of this great international
work. In which the Queen has taken
the greatest interest The Queen Il
convinced that the President will 3ofn
with Der in ferventiy hoping that the
electric cable which now connects
Great Britain with >xhs United states
will prove an additional link between
the two nations, whose friendship u
founded upon their common inleFeata
and reciprocal esteem The Qaeen haa
much pleasure in thus directly com.
/; municating with the President; ana. n
renewing to him her best wishes .Sos
the prosperity Of the United stakxA."
1t Is needless TO say that the PrVsi-
dent responded to the Queen In the
same strain. But the life Of mat
hrst Atlantic cable was short. ~Cn
September ard OF the same year ths
cable broke. and It has never b1an
mended.
Since that day cable layinx Nas
| never ceased. until now the w3spae
world 10 connected BY these message
| carriers. 8.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-09

~ r. HEN you read the daily pa
- pers that are left 1t your door
~ and see the l.se., new. from from
T" the battlefront ~ It has been
cabied to Washington from over the
sea. dc you ever stop to think OF the
days when there was no cable. and
when news had 20 be brought across
the ocean IN slow steamers? 1t you
have ever thought 70 these things.
you can Imagine the excitement that
ran high In August. 1853. when the
Atlantic Cable after two attempts had
been made. was successfully com
pleted.
Operations for the laying Of the
cable were begun on August bth'
1857. Two ves3els-the "Axamemnon''
loaned by the British Government,
and the "Niasra," loaned by tho Amer
lean people. started out from English
waters. bearing the huge cable that
was to be laid at the bottom Of the
ocean. connecting the two English
speaking countries - the United
States and England.
When the boats. lowering the cable
as they went. reached . point about
three hundred and nifty miles from
Ireland. the strain ON the cable proved
to be too much and II sank to tht
bottom Of tho ocean, breaking from
the fastenings on the ship. and wa
lost to the world forever.
But the enterprising company
through whose efforts the frst attemp'
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-09
WASTE Of MONEY TO
HIRE POOR TEACHERS

This extract from an editorial in
the Strasburg News is so timely and
/ so applicable TO conditions in large
number OF Virginia counties and cities
/ that we take pleasure In printing 1t
in The vfrginian:
1t is absolutely waste of money
to put poor teachers in the classroom.
So much money might as well be
poured into a hole. With. all due re-
spect to airy people who might have
been bearing the cross Of the under
paid teacher. a person who will work
for an average Of $2700 per year in
these times surely lacks the ambition
! that ought to be standing before our
boys and girls day in and day out as
! an example OF success. We don't
want anything but the real robust type
/ of doors TO be the teachers Of our
! children, and it is. a mistake to fill
! the schoolrooms with anything but
! the best trained. And this surely
/ isn't true when over Is per cent of
the teachers of the country are teach
! ing on what are called emergency
certificates"
! Again, 1t Is absolutely a waste OF
money to operate the schools In
! parsim onious manner. The average
! cost OF educating higl, school pupils
is in this county s3707 per year
The average cost OF high school edu-
4 cation as listed for the average high
school Of the United States as given
| IN the report of United States Schoo
Commissioner Philander c. Claxton IL
something over $4,000 per year PET
/ child. Shenandoah county Is almost
$4,000 under the average estimate fol-
good schools. In Los Angeles and
Milwaukee and Denver and st. Louis
o.1A xtA
centers that have risen to exemplary
heights in education. the cost Of edu
eating each child per year in the high
school is about s125o0. This show:
that Shenandoah county Is far in the
rear of educational expenditure. AND
1t means that she will have or is hav.
ing poor schools.
You can't expect a man to stay ir
Woodstock or Strasburg and be tbs
head OF the schools and get $4,000
per month for his labor. Every mar
equipped for such work has at leas
made an educational investment ir
himself amounting to $500 or $4,000
TO say nothing of the six or eigh
years OF his most virile manhood
he gave. Furthermore, the count.
wants to pay a girl $1,000 per month
the year round and then thinks she Il
losing interest in her work unless sh,
goes to summer school to keep il
the pink of teaching condition.
surely develops ingenuity among TIL
teaching force to try to make boil
ends meet, for no one but a wizart
could accomplish such a feat
furthermore, underpaid people ar
the mose expensive. Make teaching
, lucrative position and there will com
. to II an army Of int, ested, zealou
{ neople of of neOn1
who are Just going to teach TO fill IL
with their farming or to kill time from
the high school graduation until mar
& riago. Tho county should wake up
$37.07 for high schools and s1451 70
5 elementary schools is surely not Shen
!, andoah county's real, honest effor
for it's children. This thing of say
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-09

1 a fsrncr with whom she held an
Interview last summer.
| II never thought much OF actors
/ until I had one Of them come out
here for vacation last summer,
observed this cornfield philosopher.
Now I am convinced. That man was
SO Natural that he made me believe
he was actually working"
Langdon Mccormick. the play
wright and producer, refers feelingly
! to the sensibilities Of a new actress
| engaged to act in one OF his plays. He
was called upon to rchearse the COM
| pany, ana found much difficulty in
impressing the value OF certain
! * a*hes upon the aspiring star.
I Al particularly inexcusabie breach
! OF instructions, Mr.. Mccormick en-
tered into a vehement protest. This
] was continued for sometime and Anal
( ly his flow Of invective was interrupt
I ed.
stop it, she cried. stop It at
once If you don't youll make me
| mad"
Ethel Newcomb. the American
! pianist. has beautiful summer home
at Whitnev Point, up New York state.
During the time not spent In peda-
goging she Is teaching herself domes-
tic science. 1t has been sometime
since the concert artist enjoyed this
sensation, and since her last essay
into this field there have been many
| changes. including a decided change
in the cost Of things.
| She Visited a local fruitery and
! order ed some fruit. Send me some
mixed fruit she ordered, handing
; the man piece OF money. He look
ed at 1t for moment. handed her a
| peach and a banana.
| Yes, nam" he replied. here are
two of them. You can mix them
! yourself"
Helene Handlers, the newest con
cert star. has sung in every important
continental and many of the lead.
ing American cities She was born
in America, but her parents were
both foreigners, one from Belgium
/ and the other from Russia This
coupled with her artistic triumphs In
the capitals Of the world makes the
/ beautiful diva a versatile cosmopoli.
tan.
Miss Handlers was ciceroning some
| friends from Paris. and one Of the
/ first things she decided to do wat
the great American sport of baseball
She found them interested and sought
to enlighten them on the mysteries oil
the fine points Of the game.
"Ah zee man who run so fast, wha'
ees he?
/ That" explained Miss Handlers, ~.
q base runner. He Is running home.
"Eet is so? How most marevolus
He ees 50 anxious to see re wife
yes?"
! And the fair singer refrained from
enlightening her friend.
Madame Marguerite SYLVIA, the not
: ed diva, who Is making her debu
in moving pictures this year, is ar
ranging her new vaudeville program
She has won financial success 70
I a score OF the popular songs Of thu
day. and as consequence, is sough
after by music publishers. Her mai
is laddened with poetic effusions
I which would win favorable mention
from the Cow-corners Clarion" bu
she finds very little available materi
al. From one publisher especially i
she annoyed by receiving letters will
I manuscripts of his new songs.
One such arrived at her home nea
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-09
THE GOVERNMENT
YOUR UNIVERSITY

cation and Of average intelligence may
be enrolled. Men for one year enlist
ments are qualified In the various sub
branches of motor repair. The three
year period qualities the soldiers to be
general motor workers, able to manage
garage repair shop, and men can
earn from S25 week mp even after
the one year course.
Chances for promotion In the corp!
are very good The Motor Transpor
Unit has high percentage of noncom
missioned officers.
When a man finishes his en1istmen
period the War Department has r.
| hold on him. but II Is devising a plal
TO place him In a shop or factory Il
the line of work in which he has bee
trained
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-09
FROM WARBAS1S TO APEAcE BASIS
The Returned Soldiers Peace Mission.

advising every employer to provide for
the near future when the demands for
labor will exceed every possible supply.
There has been no immigration wor-
thy Of any notice In the last I'VE years.
The few hundred thousand people that
have come gre not OF the kind that
landed formerly on our shOreA The
young blood Of Europe was kept At
home, and any one who could WELD Z
hammer or IN AKIN fact any sort Of
working tool--had more work than ne
could do on the other side OF the
water.
There Is no reason to expect any
large immigration from any part Of
Europe. It will take years to rebuild
what the war has destroyed. Europe.
too, Is faced with a labor shortage.
Seven million young men between the
ages Of 20 to As lie dead on the battle.
fields. Twenty million are MANNED
for life. The above are only some Of
the reasons advanced against pessi
BILE large immigration.
The Immigration Bureau OF the De.
partment of Labor has Just ieSued q
report Of an investigation stating that
one million three hundred thousand
workers of foreign nationalities -asw
living in this country win emigrata
back to their home countries ~ soon
AZ they receive their passports. This
too, will increase the shortage Of ia.
Dor.
In addition to all Industrial reasenA
Colonel Woods urges the employment
Of ex-service men because these are
the men who fought and won the war
for Us. 1t 10 up to employers to prove
that theirs was not merely Q np-pa.
| triotism. The men have come back
better men physically and mentally,
and efficiency Is largely, IL not alto.
gether, based on the above two rualt
! ties
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-09

Dovor. N. j.. where she is summering
to - near her husband, Major Bern
ard l.. Smith, commanding officer Of
. the marine barracks near that point.
The letter was long, fiowery epistie,
recounting the manifold BENEFITS
j ing some particular song. At the bot
tom Of the letter, following q rubber
stamp signature, was the advice:
Dictated but not read"
Il wonder how he knew" the
singer unused as she tossed 1t in her
waste basket without reading,
Eda Won Buelow, the stately drama
tic actress is from Texas, that wonder
full state of wonderful people. many
OF whom have been assigned to the
stage.
Miss Won Buelow met a member
OF 4 colored military company from
her hometown. He had just returned
rehabilitation.
You ara not in service now. ! see,
Sam. How does that Gomez"
Well, nah, l done come back and
been dcmoraIised at de camp, dats
how come" was the frank reply.
+, It Is not known beyond the select
circles Of his music and domestic as
/ soelations that Pietro Yon. the noted
organ vituoso, who Is to make the
| hrst trans-continental organ tour this
| year. is a recent benedict.
| Mr.. Yon, being an Italian, shared
yith others OF the Latin race. and a
mo uncomfortable number Of native
i Americans, resentment at what has
/ been described as blow at personal
| liberty when subsequent to July l
/ II was found to be difficult to follow
J certain well known libation customs
/ The eve before this fatal morn Mr.
! Yon and some friends discussed the
matter long and earnestly over scre
| especially choice Italian vintage o.
which he is proud. The hours passed
all too quickly. and when the hand.
on the clock were observed, 1t awak
! ened him to a realization that he hat
not telephoned to his wife at theil
summer home at Monroe.
With chivalrous regard for hi'
! promise he managed to get a tele
! graph messenger and sent her a re
! lieving wire:
Am with friends" it read. will
not b. home last night
The "shimmy" finds no advocat,
among the representative dancers o
the American stage. 1t is a spurious
growth, and those to whom publ,
opinion bows will have none Of 1t
Next week the dancing teachers o
the United States will meet in New
/ York and then, it is predicted tn
shimmy will be shaken for good
1T should never have been" pro
tests Sonia Serova. one of the bes
OF our stage interpretative dancers
The shimmiy is a misnomer and i
1t isn't a misnomer then surely it /
not for public display-unless" sh
added with a blush, unless In tn
window at white goods sale
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-09
Enlistments Wanted for
Motor Transport.

Enlistments are stfil needed In the
Motor Transport Corps. announces
Colonel Arthur Woods, Assistant to
the Secretary of War. Veterans have
flne opportunity TO enlist for one
year; others may sign up for three
years
NJ. r. c. training camps are located
at Camp Holsbird, Baltimore. Nd.
Camp Jessup. Atlanta. Ga. Camp Nor
noyle, San Antonio. Tex. Camp Boyd
IN Paso. Tex.
Any man with an eighth grade edu
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-09
the likeliest place for tender

stream as the likeliest place for tender
roots to grow.
He probably never even saw the
children" laughed Grandma. land Il
ne did they interested him not at all.
But next day when Bobby said
Where shall we play?" Betty an
swered:
Les dig cave in the hay and play
we're Indians"
And they did.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-09

wretched.
'Awright." said Bo5~y. hastily,
much relieved that she had been the
one to suggest tho idea, 'C'mon."
As they started back along the
winding bank of the stream. fear fol-
lowed weariness. and finally Betty
whispered. timidly:
"S'pose there's any bears In here.
Bobby" and Bobby, hiding tho fear
In his own heart, answered braveiy:
Bears? Huh. rorsc not" but he
fastened bis steps 4 little Just the
VINE.
eadsen.y Betty heard . rust.ins IN
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-09

saw a huge black bear. with an In.
Quisitive gray nose and heavy shaggy
body. stopping now and then to dig
out q tender root. or put question.
ing paw under . rock IN the stream
where experience had taught him lit.
tie hsh were Offences: found.
Back to the house the children
raced, bursting into the kitchen whers
Grandma was cooking dinner with
shrieks Of
Hes chasing a.. Granny. Quick,
ahQt thA door,. Hes oomlngr"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-09

level tablespoonful Of cocoa.
level tablespoonsful Of sugar.
u cup water.
Boil together for three minutes.
Fix three glaxsfuls OF milk. each
With little crushed ice.
Poup one-third Of the cocoa into
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-09
THE JUNIOR COOK !eze eeee=
each glass and serve at once.

each glass and serve ct once.
This Is very cool and nourishins
and Is fine to drink after . swim or q
tramp on \ hot day.
The cocoa mixture may be prepared
in 4 quantity four or six or ten times
the recipe and then will be ready to
lsA At anY tina
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-09

The Japanese navy department is
said to be planning the erection at
kure, Japan, of a dozen gigantic
crude petroleum tanks, to be used as
filing stations for the oil-burning
warshipS
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-09
Night Improve Ours.

New York Worldly
While IT is proposed that France
remodel her senate, II is also sugses-
ted that America might similarly i'm
prove few of her senator's
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-09

ran IN earnest, udl1
crased with fear. un-
I'll they were safe in
side the orchard wall.
There they stopped
to glance in terror
back into the awful
woods they had left
behind. numbering
slowly along through
the underbrush they
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-09

the bushes and looked quickly At
Bobby. He had heard II. too.
900 it's . bear screamed Betty.
I'm 'fraid," and began to cry and
run.
mo t,sn't" said Bobby. racing
breath!essly after her. mo tisn't, IT'S
3es' squirrel after nutA or sumpin. "
When 1t seemed to them that they
had covered miles. they stopped a
minute to got their breath. but back
in the bushes the dreaded "sumpin''
was coming steadily on. Now they
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-10-24

fall. Miss We'll. with the approval of
her mother. decided upon the role Of
stOwaway. She was we'll supplied
with money and. Selling an Opport,l-
nifty to enter the hold Il few hours he
fore the steamer Venezuela east Off.
she hid in nook until the vessel was
out Of sight of land and there was no
chance to set her on shore again. She
then made her appearance. much be-
grimed. and proffered the captain the
money usually required for the pass
age across.
There was nothing to do hut ac-
cept the money and the situation with
the hest grace possible. Miss We'll
was given quarters With the wife Of
the purser and the Journey was an
agreeable one. The other passengers
liOnized her for her nerve and origi-
nality and believe that she has the
distinction Of being the first society
girl stowaway in the history of ocean
going vessels.
Miss We'll will be the heroine Mt a
round OF social events here before she
leaves for the eastern school. Her
mother was appraised "f the safe ar
rival home Of her daughter and the
former has CALLED that she expects
to sail from Honolulu some time in
September.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-10-24
Mary Still Lives.

Mary was the star Junior Red Cross
pupil in her school in a mid-western
city. She held the record for Junior
Red Cross work, and aspired to hold
the record as Banneret Knight in
the health crusade. One morning re-
Gently Mary saw her teacher ON the
street and. running up to her. said:
'tsoOd morning. teacher" and In 4
great hurry. as II fearing she might
forget. added: "Oh! Miss Bow. I've
taken my ten breaths and rm still
breathing"