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FROM OTHER VIEWPOINTS
Problems Discussed for Readers OF BY
Writcrs-A Daily Editorial Feature.
BOXES OF BUTTONS TO MARK THE RAID ON
PRISE
I'LL
BY ALFRED II. WILLIAMS.

Pisyss soaier 81 .a hs q ,o Be
The fact Is the street railways hav.
Zee =. caught n the same trap that took
rose fast and lnexorabiy, with The 1 ana
proyal and aid OF government and
Hsl n nSssSil'ie' Gf Income were
took over tho steam railways and ~
Keep them going. increased rates far
dared ask leave TO charge. Those oni nu
mists who accept so cheerfuily the
losses nn" Of other. especially those sup.
this experience. They may gloss over.
without troubling themselves with
par,iculsrs. the morality. OF taking
out payment and'take as Justified any
means that may lead TO the end OF
municipal ownership OF all public u,iii.
ties. However acute or atrophicd orr
consclcnces may he on such Questions
we may begin--those OF us who do nor
need the handy tools OF war on ali
pulse OF the moment TO make or hold
jobs for ourselvcs---to question whcth.
street railways would be more help
fun 10 ua than the Federal govern
w wsns has Ta been In .ope.atlns steam rail
be 4 blanket reply TO the clearest pre-
sentat.on Of facts. but It does not
answer failure to meet interest on
y.
Nor does 1t change the fact that the
wiping ON. of tho $1,000. 900. 900 in
vested now In street railways In thiF
country cannot Ire accomplished with
out hurting good many more people
beyond the stockholders, In whom VIZ
ing banks and iifc Insurance companie.
and their customers, taxpayers OF ali
grades, who would have the slack a
take up. and every kind OF merchant
and mechanic. to whom the loss would
mean that much less buying and en-
ploying power.
Who're people want to try municipal
ownership, LEI them BIO honest and
law abiding about 1t and take over
the property with Just compensat lon"
Then they can fight out the matters OF
constant conflict between railway en-
public demanding low fares, with
present conditions. the local suthort-
tics. with whom PRECEDENT Wilson LEFT
the matter, in many communitic.
simply are leaving tho railways 10
starvc end die. They do not consider
swiftly and surely and recording no
ticc for the future that anybody who
builds or establishes anything depen nd
Ing on justice from them liz taking
! to 100 chance OF getting out even
Tho Secretaries OF the Treasury and
up" tho subject Nobody. knows what
they can do, except. perhaps. TO lend
public money TO The street railways
as was done for tho steam road. But
that is temporary defense. The rcal
holding line must be local public acn.i-
rcnt accepting the fact that moro.
wages and shorter houra for The pro:
ducers or transporta lion mean more
cost TO the consumer. Just as with food
and clothing.
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Little Boobies Pa
ny WILLIAM IT. KIRK.

vas Our aSon t1a an Us stG in
Kntc. ~
VEN Then q k hin asos Hun nnEe,s .eh
his posishun crate.
d ySH s' sSts as se s around
ven kni'ehood was in Flour. sed IA wen
Of doush sei i'i Pa >" '0'r >"''e"o0' "'ao' '0i
Did you read about SIR Launcylot- 1
Y9s s. knew him. seG Pa.
sae7. 8 M .s ssv 81 sss I'd. ss
M ga 90 2 f Ref e. nsa So to s Of s
s sea- Mac se Will grow up & be a e'Fkua clown
wud like to be oirkus clown. sod. Tha,
erc asre clown sss cad ass TO the to
Of mine that got sick Wien he herd mat the tho
a up @ spsstn ssd about hS nte
Sas isrFSos loo&nE: !5ai ne kniss IS i
the best " We can me- mug" e'S' OF ''S''s "ons
. sds M 2y TO y" sen not be
a Hg tn al his hea hire nea SEe' Of putting foolish
"a s "a. s$'1
,noastiy ssn,I'ncn,si any way, SD Pa - luS
tho 9n[s al, he mo re-. sd hf Ma ia"ss ssa Pa
scmi- mental thar ts.sen,ime"tal, SGD Ma.
Moar sentimental, Sod Ma.
Sod IA, you Ike all tho ren of the
rnatronH, scd Pa You was glad 10 <havc me
sentimental wen was going with you, Pa,
but that you have safe. pa. you
doan't cair for tender words OF fI,Iv e.
AGorashun. Pa sed
. yes DO scd Ma. but doan't care 10 hccr
you talk about I:obbc's tccchcr in senty :
mental way, hcd Ma.
That rnaika me !an. snh Pa. :; is many moons
since any was jclua o: me. Tharc mite
have been sum cause for u Ia my yung and
sd M fass 'sa m '" f hs &"s a
Pa, wch is going NUN
Well. gcd Ma. gu"Ds after all you arc n
pritty good old EnItc. Bcd Ma. C;oodh nit O.
deer Knlte. Hed Ma. romorrow lis payday. scd
Ma, g. you muHt git up erly
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Stripes; but Mfr. Capitalist. Mr.. Fin
ployer. Mr. Politician what have you
done done for The boys who saved your
factories. plants. mills, and. Mr.. PoIitl-
cian. your Jobs? why ia 1t those boys
who served over here" and "orer
there" are johcss, moneylcss-are
thrown upon charity for help and as
distance, arc actually In quite a num-
Der OF INSTANCES forced to beg for food
and shelter throughout this great old
y. s. A.: Arc they SO soon Forgotten
is thif The gratitude. thanks. reward
you voiced 80 loud In tho beginning
II Ia time for you 10 wake up--to
realize they are deserving OF better
treatment. TO carefully consider tho
following questions. TO do somc thing.
FOR every dog has his day"
footing q horn on armisticc day did
not end your obligations to those who
wore the khaki and blue What would
YOU have. been UP against had Willinn
iIoh"nzollern won the colectorship
job? Don't fool Yourself by cheering
tho boys who arc coming homc-do
something for them.
Mr.. Capitalist. Employer. Politician.
do your serving now. When the boys
have organized. they Will ask for Il
showdown-wili you have favorable
reply TO tho question: What have you
done for us?" Think II over and then
wake up.
SECOND LIEUT. DSANT.
Richmond. Va, March Is. 1919.
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Books and Authors.

'.slippy Mcf;ce." by Mario Conway
Oemicr, ono OF those vigorous twilight
n n9yeis Which , insift on selling ost
never are written about as bent scilerE.
has again called for new printing.
pany announces that oliycr Morosco
has contracted 10 have IL dramatizeh,
and TO present 1t in New York In the
near future, possibly next season.
"Fighting Ryng.| by. 4; stone au-
fishing Company, will prove most fas
cinating. reading to those who enjoy
stories in which the secret service Is
eharacters and makes them do big
eins5 lsnkt1s nyng 9ns snTt5 S S
man ia the covered" service he rises
TO great heights For those who love
osting. for it deals with, contraband Of
war. spies and enemy aliens. On land
and sea the story swings along from
since rH most no s highly eonvlnoing. One
feels in touch with the elmer circles
which never sleeps as it guards the
interest of Uncle Sam"
Almost every one has camped out al
no matter what the dIscomforts o, tho
experience may have been. lie thinks
of it with pleasure. II you can't pack
woods. get Camping Out" (Doran).
by Warren III. Miller, and enjoy a
mental camping trip. "Thc noun
taincer," u publication devoted to wan
derers oyer the face Of the !globts.
is practical book" it says. Covering
nearly all branches OF camping. yet
told in form that Is most enjoyable.
ration of the evening meal-especiaiiy
that beautiful golden brown cornbread
cooked over the camp hre-fairly
and he begins to plan hike some
where II camping trip is not an
, impossibility. Tho book will be one OF
the most useful and profitable Of COM
panions.
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All OF Us who arc not laundering for
notoriety at any price nor trying to
qualify for lunatio asylum or Jail pro-
TESS and think we feel abhorrence for
the Russian Bolshevists, their teach
ings and manners. Yet we may begin
now to ask ourselves decent and sober
whether we are not doing under mask
selves as they go along. Our Con
property shalI not DO seized Tor p pubiie
use without Just compensation. THAT
Is the e compact between tho republic
tended TO protect the poorest L,an's
shanty and cooking utensils as we'll
a as the stoc Eish wSns mions in bonds
Il at one end Of the line OF possessions.
there is no stopping. place short OF
Russia they began, year ago. to seize
ways; Now not only the workrnan's
patch, but their wives and daughters
AND sisters arc subject TO seizure for
hangs Oh Wall % OF ' the oee 81 s'n ,Ss
Federal relations committee OF the Ma
ton. 1t begins to look like one OF
the war maps we. studied so anx lousy
n year ago. blue button is stuck
has been abandoned, red button 10
shoW where one has. gone into tho
hands OF receiver. A box Of red and
a box OF blue buttons stand omlnousiy
open ready at hand. and they are
n ICED. l. a, Inc every day. Bntions are
states. widely scattered. so far I'm the
SOUTH. few and far between In tho
West; Richmond has one blue button.
Tor tho Seven Pines line. The Ashland
Last year 500 miles OF street railway
in this country were torn up and sold
as tunk-more property OF that kind
destroyed in the United States than
the Hun artillery and armies destroyed
and eight months we were in the war
500 miles OF street railway went 10
the scrap heaps, fourteen times as
much as In the two years b, fore.
when any one OF us works, out. from
him every. day the loss. falling on ali
classes OF people and property, and
involving not only values but employ
nent and pay rolls. caused by the
junking OF any ten miles of street
railway. he can get at an idea OF the
c .S Of killing 500 miles Of it: Besides
miles and 1899 miles. more than one
tenth OF all the street railway n,iIcarn
OF the country, went TO reccivcrs This
does not include the 700 additional
miles just taken by tho New York
While some OF n. may really enjoy
and others look indincrentiy on The
punishment OF those guilty OF having
had tho money and nerve to nves. in
these entcrprises, rery, little though.
confined to them. but must. hit also
scrappcl and abandoned miles ~ NOW
III operation. would provide employ
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d. D.. and General Henry 4: Wirc. Mr.. PAGES
rcsnonec was To tho toast our Slater Lodges"
and IL was noted for Its hnn humor and It's many
FOLLY ,hrusts at leading brethren of the city
it was MIR Pnccg first appearance as a speaker
and he delighted hia audience.
Mayor Chahoon wants to appoint negroes On
the I;oIice force, and large number Of appli-
ca i1na for positions are on his desk. The
Mayor l,,ag ask ed General Stoncman's advice on
tho subject. and tho latter has told him that
II he is dead sure of the competency OF the
negroes 1t will be all right to appoint them.
otherwise not.
Colonel George r. IGgbert the newly appoint
I'd chief OF police. formally too charge OF his
department Of tho city government yesterday.
Lieutenant IIcnzclman of General Cnnby'a
STAFF. arrived in the city yesterday, and war
assil:ned temporarily 10 duty with General
Ston6 man General Candy himself viii not be
mere until next week.
General S,onemar yesterday arpointcd Major
I, Shumnkcr 10 be the Commemorative At
tcrncy for r>anviilc. Shumaker an officer
IN tro artillery service OF the Confederacy.
Valuable deposits Of sulphur of magnestG, and
npsorn salts have been found in Amherst County
not far from Lynchburg.
Tho prcsidont yesterday nominated c. Ban
croft Davis. OF New York, as Assistant Secre-
tary OF State
Ex. prcnidnnt Johnson has arrived at his homo
town. OrcSnvlc, Tann. and all OF tho people
turned or. TO welcome him back to Tenncssee.
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aggressiveness tho Bolshevist governments
might essay. Tho Bolshevist armed forces
would melt away before the trained military
units OF the allies. Tho strength OF the Boil
shevists is in their ability to undermine re-
sstance by the spread of their propaganda.
This propaganda produces backfre in tho
countries whose governments are arrayed
against Them and therein lies the greatest
danger. Whatever the causes that produced
the present alarming situation, its reality
cannot be denied; and with it there can be
no compromises; it is fight TO tho finish
between two irreconciahle ideas-democracy
and Bolsheyism, and the struggle will go ON
until one or the other is victorious.
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Health Talks by DR.. VIM. Brady
Tho Dentist ana tho Rhenn.,tis

Ess sc NC ss
sss r eas Sss 3 IL isSs +
e
= dentist mere aFtasan 70 Be hired At, the
TIC best dentists charges 1 for a
fss!s ssSss
ono sitting At most two oet teeth Pe may
fs Ss's %sf ar e mes
rs sf Is the s' d ihe
Of Ss ss 'out 81 eours.
Found sxsn and
0a ases
snb feo' 6; d9r gears s"a then Pa
poison source. and because the joint disease is a
I focal 70 ,eoay
es 9 % be r. aa St to neglect broken
e s o a Sa as sz ne %
shrome galI ,Ion ulcer Of the
91s sn. up after the eYtras'on dental treat
idenee lesion My be e@po ta,i 70 S sos
hs b but the
explained by ehanse.
s sIsn %sSe!s ana sso sas
tieuS seek ing dental services VIII O
ASK ITS physician TO recommend n competent
aentist, just as tho physician recommends a
specialist in another line.
49, Questions Answers
The Blood Purifying Nonsenee.--I have no
Iced in yonr writings that you recommend
yeast for purifying the blood.
Answer-Quite impossible. Miss H. for never
th nave even intiinated that yeast purfes the
MOOD have recommended that porsons with
acne Spimplcs) or boits that rccur obstiIra,eiy
should take one yeast cake. any brand. after
weeks The yeast may be mixed to iuid con
sistence with water, fruit juice, milk or broth
OF any kind This. however haa no relation
TO the purity of the blood, so far as am aware
BoT or Girlc--Can parents predetermine the
sex OF children? We have three boys and we
have always wanted girl j. a. b.
AEhwer.-No Alas. IL you want boy ever so
I In II Is almost certain to be just a girl
have any cause to complain. Nv
AZ Is Not That Is Supposed to Be have
pur"has Sod two pounds of cocoa butter pure in
nan pound cakes II Is supposed to be fattcn-
ing to paris into which II is massaged Please
give me the best formula for q cocoa butter
massage cream 20 be uHed in the massage
cant use the ard cake that way. X j. G.
Answer-h great many Interesting supposl-
with cocoa butter or anything else from now
III the cows come home, but nary a bit OF fat
would be dcp"sitoi for ALI your trouble You
sec a deposit OF fat must como through tho cir
cuiatton from the digestive organs. You can't
make the skin absorb food.
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Pronoaed New sfnte OF Armenia.

Student. land has IA
protectorhe over Mesopotamia and
France expects mandate for Syria
from the peace conference. France fn-
vors an American mandate for Armenia
10 preserve the balance OF power I'm
that region. rho new state OF Armenia
includes nix Turkish vilaycts, with
population OF 5000. 900 and an area OF
10000 square miles Of territory, with
SOD and Il hintnrland about 200 miles
wide. extending south to the strip OF
country occnpicd bE tho Kurds north
Diary will probably extend from the
town Of snInEun on the Black Sea TO a
point near Alcxandrctta on the Medi-
terrnncnn. Tho southern boundary
Viii run northeast from Alcxandretta
along tho edge OF the country of tho
kurd1 10 tho Russian frontier, which
win make tho enetcrn boundary OF Ar
menia There are several .seapor,s on
tho Black sea, The principal one OF
which Is Trcbizond. Among the Interior
kharnut, Bitlia and Err zernm. a big
Armenian population extends into Rus
sian territory. occupying tho towns Of
Knrr. Aioxandropoie. and the Russian
only 5000. 900 inhabitants, as three rs
many have been massacrsd by the
Tuf6A
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SEEN ON THE SIDE
III HENRY EDWARD WARNER
The Place Called .Au,,-

INC TIacr Called "Avny."
There's a wonderful place called Away
And it's far from the toll and the grind
Where fellow loaf and can play
With nothing but peace his mind.
when the Tag hits the nerve and the brain
And the call and the lure OF tho wood
Are knocking. and whispering, and vhistifne
again
That place called Away it is good!
II may be IN hut by the sea
Or concealed in the depths OF the hills
But wherever il is. it IS free
From, the curse OF the doctors and pirls.
IT is free from the clock and the rule
And free from tho feel of the rod
And Man is a child again Nature his school
And his only Preccptor is God.
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'ForEotten.~
To the Editor of The Times Dlspatch
Sir...-A few months ago. when it
looked as it the Huns would overthrow
states of America accepted u" tie ch hal
lenEc OF the. archhend; William IIohen-
zoilern. and called into service the
manhood OF America The peopIe OF
this country-cspeciaiiy the capitalists.
employers and politicians--iooked upon
the manhood OF America" "a ,iIci.
saviors. they realized that tho Stars
and S;ripcs-that symhol OF liberty.
justice and frccdnm-rcposcd its very
existence into their hands and safe
keeping. and wcrc loud In sounding
their praise for those who were called
TO wear the khaki and blue, were loud
In voicing what Confidence. faith. they
thanks. reward they would receive er
when they had overthrown the Hun.
preserved the Constitution. kept "Old
Glory" still waving
:, Well. the boys did not fan you
they, restored peace, liberty, Justice.
freedom to all mankind-they pre-
served the Constitution, the stars and
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Willard announces readiness to bot his
share Of the fight money that he will beat
Dempsey. His press agent understands that
characteristic Of the American citizen that
induces him to buy expensive tickets not
SO much to see pugilistic battle as to be
around any kind OF scuhle with 100000
depending tho result.
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Eastern tourists who went to Florida the
past winter complain that in passing through
the intervening 'bouc-dry' zone their bag
gage was searched by prohibition law
enforcers and supplies OF liquor found therein
confiscatcd. Too bad; but when they seek
the benefits OF tho Souths salubrious climate,
they must make up their minds to drink the
Kind of refreshments Southerncrs put up with
when tho mountain dows" are irregular in
supplying the wants OF tho native population
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OF the planet. locality characterized as rep
rcsenting brilliant Venetian red color, be-
liered to indicate tho presence Of great
masses OF exotic howcrs and many indica-
lions Of seasonable changes such as occur
on the earth OF course. II Professor Pick
ering has made tho important discoveries
here mentioned, it will be possible to Worthy
his claims. for what no has seen others may
observe under like conditions.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-26

The Republican party is trying to make
political capital out Of SO many issues which
rightfully have relation to partisan poll
tics that it runs the risk OF becoming over
loaded on capital issues, thereby precipitat-
Ing such confusion among voters as to the
value OF the various issues that the whole
collection will be heavily discounted when it
comes to cashng them in on election day
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News Of Fifty Years Ago
fProrn the Richmonh Dispatch. Mar. &c. 1869 )

ST. Albania Han. corner
or Thifd hnd Main Streets.
wt,r dedicated. last night
according 10 tho ancient
uEnEcE Df the Masonic Or
der. After the Masonic
ccrcrnOnirn In the upper
hall. Wf,i"h we're impress
pivc and solemn. the lower
hall was Opened To many
who are not Of The ancient
and hDnornbir order. and 4
grand spread was enjoyed.
TuIFsiS wore responded to
ny Thcueaa j. !; V an s,
George u. Pace. John T..
ItcgBAuli. j. IL. Dowell.
GhorRe, smith. oA Peters
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Fuel Administrator Garfield has been con-
ferring with the barons Of the coal industry,
and, as result. he predicts benefits for the
general public. Now we know why tho price
went up after the war had ended. The kind
of benefits the public has gotten from govern
ment agreements with these interests has not
resulted in the starting OF any new savings
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WEDNESDAY,, MARCH 26. 1919.

1t is proverbially characteristic OF Nilsson
rians to want 10 be shown. Senator Reed
returned to the State, and the Democratic
members OF the Legislature proceeded TO
show him how he might find out what his
constituents think Of his attitude toward the
league Of nations. The Senator refused to
take the dare
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-26
A Garden.
A Garden.
Go and plant a lilac tree
With water and with sun.
Gardens arc a surety,
Gard n inp'a nnUor do~a

with water and with sun
Gardens arc a surety
Gardening's never done.
Shut the gateway and let pass
The windy throng Of war,
See the Sky In the water glass
Ripple as before
A rosebud bending at cloud.
mountain and a tree,
a shadow telling what a shroud
Rain can be.
Would you bring unruly folk
To Il ruly land?
Would you plant the poison oak
For the sake of a poisoned hand?
Shut them out and have no ruth
liid them all good-by,
All who have not learned the truth
That beauty dares TO die.
And IL ruin seem to come awhilA.
In your grave renew
The gradual beauty. milo By urS1o.
Which Is always you.
-Witter Bynner In Contesnpsrar
Verso
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Challenging the Challenger

+ senator Reed imagined that lie could go
before the Legislature Of his State and
could be]abor the President OF the United
StateE without aroosng z feeling OF outrage
sno resentment he has been undeccivcd II
Is imagined that he could bluff Missouri
democrats il tina. body with fake challenge
- resign hE seat il they would do tho same
going jointly before the voters for vindica-
Lion, and get away with it, he has something
10 learn about the men who compose the
IGrtT u the Commonwealth which he has
electsd - u isrepresent
i7ls bug mas been called. Fifty Demo-
cratic M.emterE Of the Missouri Assembly
Lave gsTen him notice that they are prepared
u q with him before the voters for YER
a'ci pom the league Of nations and upon the
co1Gde1ce Or distrust with which those voters
regard the President OF the United States
X now remains for the Missouri statesman
70 accep, that challenge or stink away like
whipped dog. He must stand I'D like n
nan or withdraw from the arena beaten and
dishonored
Senator Reed may not claim that the Jury
before which he is asked to go has no juris-
d!ction. He is q Missourian He owes his
seat IN the United states Senate to the Demo
crate Of that State. He IS accountable ia
those Democrats for his actions as a party
representative and to the people Of tho whole
Commonwealth for his actions as q Senator
he men who have defled him to resign like
Use are servants OF the people of Missouri
!hey hold their seats by the grace and suf-
rage Of voters and their challenge. therefore.
proceeds from source that has a right 10
issue st.
When the Senator saw before him. during
: his astounding address. a body OF hostile mon.
( he realized that he had raised storm. and
! WIN the holiness of bully he called upon
/ those VINO wanted 10 fight ito meet him I'm
I an alley And now that invitation has been
! accepted. The fifty Democratic members NJ
the Legislature are eager to "step ont side,
ana nave it out. They want the Democratic
voters OF the state TO be the umpires and are
willing 10 abide by the decision. whatever Il
may be. But Senator Reed will douh,loec
decline lie will probably try TO worm ont
oil the position in which he has been placed
lie Will find some pretext for the retreatinp
Professor William Henry Pickering nov.
heed OF the observatory in the West Indiee
evidently has not been loafing on his ,ob
lie. announces discoveries on the planet Mars
which would.indcatc the possibility of human
beings existing on the planet In his rcnort
OF discoveries he claims to have made bo
says he observed low, marshy areas, the nrea.
l ehce OF polar Ice that melts and as the proner
season ~