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Books and Authors.

YIN e 4sss'P Sse s ss sH
So2E The the f rsi, 81 81 ,f Sr
studies and ANALYSES OF the works Of
s s,I,i.a This book is not an alb
,at!on on Shakespeare. but a rcaSnble
interesting and Intimate study OF the
ages by one VINO approached his tast
IN loving and reverent manner. Az
Of 'ffia;e sns, OF oTn.ory, actor and student
whish has resulted in an N ii intimate
thor such az few ever como TO have.
Us. BY Percy MaeKaye. is one of H1de
r. fred 4. Knoprs lates, issues. TSi.
m am in,en siry n' n1W order Vol
Washington. It's theme is the idea OF
A A,msrita fQsussed on the foremost 81
ton OF historical back ground. but also
Of todsys foreground and the thres.
no heid OF ro,,nc,row, It chooses boldly as
in our drama. the great charaeter ' az
,M SaII whose still living spirit
@S the re weHd sns Ts sf.r
h 10 pstG,ins,"s sqt dynamic h ssa
bis prime and vs oieetq inc H Tan II
la Of eighteen fresh from tho soil OF a
Of a continent The d",ineat Hioe Is
broad and colorful, shot through with
tense dramatic emotion and droii
himor, and differentiated by vivid iif,
sketches Of Washincton's coptemnors
res Hamilton, Tom Paine, Lafayette
Living Bayonets." by Lieutenant
Soninssby Dawson John Lame Com
panyl, tells for the first time tho stnrv
OF what tho advent of the AmerIcans
on the western front moant 10 the
french poilus md British Tomn,ie lev
Written on battle fields. In DEVASTATED
towns OF tho American, French and
British fronts. scrubbed very often
after at rot the heat of an attack. i. puts
; nanns were only coming until thoS
came. the growing daring which mad.
ultimate triumph certain. our snirits
arc living hayonets. The ideals whicb
we carry In our hearts are moro dead
~ 10 the enemy than any fnan.mude
Wcapons'-thesc words sum I'm tbs
esaicd heroism which carried tht man
IN khaki forward from the CAPTURE ~
the Vimy Ridge 20 the tren,onSous
ma Of tho last push, in which
ING author was again wounded, and
petorc which tho encmy crumbIed
Lieutenant ConinEsby Dawsop's bin-
ceSt pook-tho most completc, burni5r,
and prophetic uttcrance which has bScnn
hFouuced ny the Judgment Day which
is now ended. "''S"
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General CrOWdpI.

THE action of President Wilson i'm roman
ihatlns MaJor-General Enoch II. Crowdor
as Observation-Disclosures OF tho army was
merltcd recognition Of General Crowdcrs
services as observation-disclosures in charge
of the sclectiYe draft. Jealouscs in high
army circles it had been rumored, would
result in blocking the denomination Along
with many other rumors connected with the
military establishment, this one failed TO ma
tcrlalizc The service OF General Crovdcr
stands out as one Of the mastcrly accom-
piishmcnts OF the war and the fact that
there has not been even so much as n Whit
of criticism, tending 30 impcach the integrity
ana fairness OF the administration OF the draft
act Is III itself an impressive tribute to the
man who organized the system
Congress enacted the sclcctivc service net
in record time, though England had consid-
cfeo INC proposal eighteen months before
adopting it. Administration OF tho act had
TO be organized in the shortest possible time
with boards in every community in the
United States, The problem was one TO test
the tcmcrity OF any man. With The records
OF the War Between tho States draft riots ms
the only previous index Of how sucl, lcpis-
lation might work in Il republic the promise
was that the man who undertook the task
OF provost marsha-gcncral would, by the end
of the war--if indeed, lie lasted that long
be the most unpopular man in the country
Instead, General Crowdcr madcShimscif one
of the most popular, and lie made himself
so, not by any favoritiSm laXity in the
administration OF the law, but b. AN i'm
| Partially and good sense that won the re-
| spcct and admiration O: the entire nation
The country will applaud any honor tina, is
| paid him.
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The Glory of the Heavens.

Shining, in dim transparencc, tho whci.
OF inilnity lies Wy "H'!0
bchind tho wells that the finger Of
Ana tI aa1n winter twsaves;
anu sta uwh in on n,i u.s. falls the foliage OF
From out the depths of tho forest th.
forest obscure of tho skies,
Tho winged sea with nor sbssowr
spccd seodS fnS on of tdEappled silk
''' pale i n1n,s ine o F9d0n fires. her
And diamond-rayed, tho ,noon,is.ht
Gathes the brow OF tho headIa,s. :,
radiance as soft as milk. -
Iona a%na 1seT ,hela 0 ieoDs vn,winins
Tho mighty. silvcry rivers, through tbs
translucent night; sn ehe
And CLINT as OF wordron. ,.,d.
,, Srarklea with magic light
In the cup that tho lake outstretches
toward tho mountains Blue,
Everywhere light seems breaking forth
into flower and star, ~ ="
wagering on the decr. 81
rho ISLANDS arc, nests where silence
An ardent nimbus hovera oar VA,
horizons far. ~"
Shining, IN dim transparoncc, tho wh.1.
OF innnity lies ""o'V
Behind the wells that the anter ar
radiant winter wcaves: ~
And down. on us falls the foliage AZ
stars in 8litteripS shcavcs.H> y "
From out tho depths of the forest. m.
torc5t obscure of tho skies. " WV
,s-Emilo Eorhacron frcndored 'irtn I'm -.
Ash by Alma StrettcllA = = :
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| the House and Senate grow ever more acute.
on tue House sido Mann and Gillett have
their heels dug into the ground as they tug
anu straln anu say unpleasant things about
one another in their effort, to obtain pos
I session OF the speakership prize. On tho Sem
ate side Penrose sits straddled over all an
proachos TO the craftsmanship OF the Finance
committee, and dares tho progressive Repub-
ilcans to make good their threat to bounce
MN. Truly, il there ever was time for
oil on troubled waters the Republicans need
it now.
FOR six years the Republican party has
peen out OF power. Cautious leaders say that
care must be taken to patch up tho split in
tho ranks that started in 1910, and that
everything should be sacrificed to harmony.
one might as we'll tell pack of half-staryed
mounds 10 observe decorum as they approach
the corncred object Of the chase. Six years
is long time, and there is the light Of hunger
Ill the eyes of the rival factions in the Re-
publican ranks. There is some patronage
ana many favors to parcel out from the
next Congress, but they arc all too few for
harmony.
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great and happy and prosperous. was ended
yesterday with the death of Ill. Theodore FL
Tyson, Few men, perhaps none were better
known in Richmond or had been more in
timatcly and actively identified with its
growth and development during tho past fifty
years. a young man when it was burned
he was one of those who. loving ltichnond
with whole-hcarted devotion and having
supreme confidence In it's future, plunged
into the work Of reconstruction, and he had
large share in making it what it is today.
There is universal regret over tho passing OF
this citizen who in the whole course of his
business, social and family life was ever up
right and honored.
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public could not live. Facts contradict
, !he.a More directly than in either Of
supports the supposed idoaiism. "o II
stands on the safe ground OF thipas
ihns" and visible. It's opponents a are
81 false theory. and there With drunksp
;.nas mutton scream IN terror at spec.
eGint;mry ago. whom tho fathers wisely
own 6nsi fmat i attend strie,ly to It's
stromS, predatory. ambitious powers
G crishaay' austria. Turkey. Russia--are
TSe ;he san arS Be- in npp t,s,n
Just such strength and growth and com.
mterco with each other as the victors
ests OF Groat britain, Japan and rran,.e
io . them from war or quarrel with
country are so intcrlockcd nov bv tses
81 81 interest and sentiment and those
heavily and SO dependent on ~ ua 80 f sp
suStenance. that no issue now imusin.
a ahe could indulge them 70 night US or
powers nobody has a navy, merchant
marine; the credit TO borrow dollar
to orm or 5ne eau San Sa or The means
& Of business men or sndiyidaals
would DO able to form Permanent
a ana sIt1,sfact9ry arrangement for CO.
opSi atioH anu peace. In this country
the kecncst rivals and competitors in
business find ways TO work together
when II Is TO their mutual adVantIce
70 do SO and avoid cutting each others
throats. We used TO have railroad wars
practically 10 tho death. Methods for
ending them were worked out Without
destruction OF anybody.
NO law or any other work OF man
ever has provided or can provide
against every possibility Common
sense deals with probabilities and the
teachings OF experience. II disrerarSs
inc Workings of imaginations runninr
Wild. II does not count chickens be.
lore they are Matched, on ono side
nor on tho other. follow tho girl who
went over the rusty nail that might
stick In the foot Of the son sho miSSt
have after she might be married, long
The world has a situation OF com.
plctc conquest and OF intelligent unity
among the masses of the people OF the
conunrins countries such AZ II M ySr
has known. This country has posi.
t!on such as no other country has had
and an opportunity moro magnificent
than any country over has been Ia
vored with. This time tho idealist.
arc thinking and working with Tho
themselves as the practical men arc
conjurinG up chimeras and intoXicat~
Ing themselves with their own oratory
unt.l they suffer from tho horrors.
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SEEN ON THE SIDE
Br HENRY EDWARD WARNER
The Iicnrt D,rcllcr.


There is palace by tho sea
y lodge IN some far-rcachinS wood
cabin in some friendly lee
And each OF them F.. is good
But be his homo mountain height.
Or in the dcscrts-1io, my Pen!
Write me the name OF him who lives
In hearts of other men!
Build palaces of stone and steel
With moats and turrcts! Prisons all
Unless the dwcllcr there can fee!
The voice OF friendship call.
But be that hut of logs place
Ever 50 lowly, friendship there
Can make palace of tho hut
y Home beyond compare.
And would dwell! not i'll cold stone
Nor in forbidding halls reside
But in the hearts OF men alone
Is where would abide!
And what tho stun that makes my walls
Poot! Walls fall down and roofs will pa-t,
The one enduring dwelling place
Is in the human heart.
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Tuesday in March,
T.. y. Pollard was attacked on Monday night
vita congestion of :ho lungs. and is yet quite
sick. This accounts for his non appearance at
the commencement Of the trial Of James Grant,
Ono OF the few features that marked tho ED
OF February in Richmond the ball of tho
Grand Army of the Republic, given at the
Spotswood on Monday evening last.
Washington is doing nothing just now but
getting ready for tho inauguration Of General
Grant as president Of tho United States.
General John c. breckenridge left Washing
ton yeste rday for visit to Petersburg, and will
reach there this morning somo time.
General Grant yesterday publicly announced
that there VIII be army naval officer in
his Cabinet. That let's General Schofeld out
The Senate yesterday passed tho bin TO allow
tho western Union Telegraph Company TO i'm
port cables duty free.
The Senate has passed the bill reorsanizlng
tho judiciary. IL provides for chief Justice
and eight associate Justices (siX to be a
quorun) and nine circuit Judges.
SNOW has fallen for furty-cight hours in
northern New YORK. Trains all over that State
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triumpha and our tears. he is our Bully
friend. God bless him in his humble
path. III bet he cuts wider swath
Than All these supplied lads. the
church,s famed and gifted stars. who
turc for the scads"
When any one Gets TO the po!ne that
Red Cross along with our ministers
who labor, with US daily, think il hiEh
time. for him to come down from his
exalted scat and learn a Lesson OF
humility, from the minister as dc,
scrihcd By Walt Mason.
McKenney. Va, February - 1918
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Health Talks by DR.. VIM. Brady
The Medical Tern, for 1t.
tCopyriKht. by oral Newsraper servfca,

When they cut Off tho other day wo wore
ihIs county steadily Decreasing ssu sSsept
ferably at middle aEe-canccr, upopioxy iJriEht's
asr to muscle s hsfS
s. Census bureau, have becn steadily inorcas-
cause moro deaths in America than ali other
Ta0 tx nss 0y the
i Ses" Of the eountry have somehow given
Mer Th very yero sG
koiv SHOWS n today that ,ubercuosis is most
p lTSSm air and sunlight and wholesome food and
is an Infectious disease, tho germ OF When Is
e or ry from person to person in tho dropeis
abb" ably no Intelligent; person who reads is today i
nkns po isiSr i d some to % eating
nro mfn h' d MAJ thS vaccine Iac,ern
stamped this scourge out of ali great nSmlcs .'S
words of oDe is no: Woman able to read
Wee Salef G m Of death n infancy
ehoa nfan,um SemSF f fompI bns
Warm,h ena AMI snt II hs nGsna food dpe
fir ts OF tho milk are the bes, Known rG
htSsiiSSaving measures in infancy
liu, what does public Know about the sp npiSMs
ana ana brights disease and heart muscle aiiurse
iayman's notions of these PERSONAL deSencra-
ions arc generally quite incorrect. For en-
readers show. there are n great MANI nc n1nin
m"1 fba acbhn aa imasne that pain iamensss
d popular notion OF heart disease Is a sud
aSn death without warnins--a thing that prob
lenoranec about self and tho vital subject Of
h eiSG" av hSsienS accounts for the danger OF
of tie dsar "r r and kidney
artery dsessc, IS IL IS disease thear
Inlc for several years before tho victim even
matter. ''"e '''''' inc
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I.OIycr Cnlifornia.

Reader. Charlotte csvilie.-.-Al that has
about Lowcr California is that 1t is
largely mountain and desert. but it is
towns and population Of over Sd, 600.
Since the opening of the Panama Canal
there has been Increased activity in
was partly explored by Franceseo de- i
Ulloa in. 1889. but for a long time was
regarded as an island. IT was not nm
til 1S43 that its. connection with the
state OF California was discovered.
The territory is self-govorning having
n Governor and Legislature elected bS
the neonle. but subject In some respects
to tho Federal laws OF Mexico. Dur
ing the revolutionary trouble In Mnxico
In 1912 1t maintained an almost COM
Cent1sn IL titn nsocent Govornor.
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- America now knows the price it paid in
terms OF precious human life for the victory
over Germany To that cause it sacrificed
lo7,4i4 OF its most valiant young warriors
the majority of whom succumbed to disease
1t was a high price to pay, but small i'll COM
parson with what was paid by other nations
and perhaps infintesimal compared with
what it might have been called on to pay
in later years had it remained out OF the
conflict and permitted Germany to be re-
turned the victor. There tears for every
bravo lad who fell, but it is worth the price
ii the payment shall make future wars inn
possible
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Having exhausted the vocabulary Of de-
rlsion on Jess Willard, the sporting writer's
arc doing their best to swell tho gate re-
celpts and make his fortune by telling what
wonderful fight Dempsey is to put on.
They seem TO have the idea that their favorite
VIII be the only occupant of the ring and
the sole beneficiary OF the cash proceeds
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News Of Fifty Years Ago

Rev. !. II. Taylor. Jr.. "a
baptist minister, has been
appointed chaplain of the
University of Virginia for
two years from the LIST Of
OCTOBER next. MIR. Taylor
is said TO be ono of the
ablcst OF the younger gen.
Grafton Of Baptist preach
crS III this state.
willis and Whitehead,
tho young men accused of
tho murder Of Mr.. Rogers
in Manchester on Sunda y
last, were yesterday sent
to Chesterfield County Jail.
Their cases viii be called
Tor trial on tho second
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virginia patterbrend.

Tlmes- D!spatch rcadcr. at PROVE
dcnco Forge, Va, contributes this
rocipo for making Virginia batter
bread: Sift half-pint of meal in n deep
pan. salt and scald to tho consistency
Of mush, add immediately enough sweet
milk and three we'll beaten cSgs TO
make stiff batter; have table
spoonful! OF boiling lard in q par on
the stove: add this lastly and stir the
batter until smooth. Put tho pan back
on the stove, and when quite warm
pour the batter in, bake in oven to q
rich brown and servo hot.
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Cantonment nnd C.mp.

Mrs ". r. j., IIopowcll.--Wcbstc r's
place, town or Siliasc assirncd 70 ," g
body of troops for quarters; moro
or less permanent shelter or place Of
rest for an army. When troops arc
sheltered in hnts or chartered in tho
houses Of tho pcopic during the sus-
pension OF hostiliiies. they arc said
Wcbsters definition for camp" is the
ground or spot on which tents, huts,
etc, are erected. for shelter, rs for an,
OF fonts. huts, etc, for shelter. com
monty arranged in ant orderly manner.
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Amphibious citizens who dwell along the
coasts and splash through the mud OF some
Richmond suburbs should rejoice greatly at
INC announcement that tho government has,
lett over from the war; 100000 pairs of
rubber hip boots, to be put on sale chcap.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-26

Ono of several Socialist positions that
normal people cannot grasp is that detailed
by Scott Nearing. at his trial, that the work
man has no interest in the results OF any
war or the character of any government.
How they disassociatc the workman from the
general prosperity or stagnaton OF a coun-
try and the consequent demand or lack of
demand for his labor, none Of them explains.
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Germany may conceal its satisfaction, but
there is no question of the Joy with which
it saw eight Of its great merchant liners
turned over to America TO be used in carry
ing its soldiers home. No sacrifice would be
TOO great if it could but see the last one
of them off its soil. But enough of them
will bo left for time as a grim reminder
of what has been and might be again, and
ecvcn now some OF them are quartered in
Berlin.
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David Francis should be able TO dispense
mucn OF the for which has obscurcd this
country view Of the Russian situation lie
has been an eyewitness OF the Kaleidoscope
Changes i'll the Slav empire since the time or
the Car. Many times his life was cndan-
gered, but throughout it all, like tho good
soldier he is, he stuck TO his post Now he
is back with his story, and when il is told
TO the Senate committee it should prove TO
ehe one OF the most cnthrallng and revealing
tot the whole war, and on it may depend in
large measure Americas future course TO-
ward Russia. thousand people have OK
,hausted tho English language in their at
:.,empts TO picture conditions there but now
-,the cold, hard facts arc TO be told by one
who really knows.
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y friend or mine told friend OF mine
That friend OF his friend sai
That another friend of my friends friends
friend
said friend OF his was dead:
But the dead man said-whcn the tale reached
him,
That he never was so surprised:
II hc had died, he felt that he
Should surely have been advised
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-26

Chances Of tho District OF Columbia for
votes for its inhabitants, most of whom should
vote elsewhere will not be helped by the
TACT mat it supplied the first large and ap-
proving audience to the first public appear
;'nce III this country of the lurid Dolshevst
propagandiSts
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Failure,
The prison visitor sighed


And YOU say YOU went through three col
!cgcS." hc repeated.
That's what did" said the convict
and sim YOU fen so low you had 10 rob a
bank
sure! only got $50 altogether in the
three colleges went through. and l had 10
raise y STAKE somewhcre.'
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-26

MIS-. !. .. W., RlchMo nd.--Thc Eigh-
tieth Field Artillery Supply Company
is In the Seventh Division, army OF
occupation, at Euvezin.
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WEDNESDAY,. FEBRUARY &c, 1919.

. American soldiers in contact with hun
civilians arc cajolcd and battered danger
ously, while those. i'll contact with hun OIL
tcers arc insutcd in every way consistent
with safety An occasional shifting OF points
Of contact might tend to prevent any I'M
pleasant consequences.
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Pnssrort to ErHnce.

Reader, Wake NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 10
France are not issued to any one ex-
cept where proof can nc shown that
the applicant is going there on special
business. No passports arc granted to
friends and relatives of soldiers In
France
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Headquarters Company Three Hundred
and Twentieth Infantry.

Headquarters Company, Three Hun.
dred and Twentieth Infantry, is still
at Ancy-le-Franc.
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Information Bureau.

Inquiries regarding almost my tonic.
excepting on legal and mcdicaf suk,
tccts, arc answered free. Al oil In.
fuirfes arc answered directly by per-
SQUAT letter, scIf-addressc6, slammed
envelope Is required. Address rho
Times Dispatch Information Bureau,
Nichmoad, Va.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-26

Between them the master builders and the
striking building trades workmen have sue
ceeded in stopping the building boom that
hadn't got started
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/ IN honorable business career, one filed
/. with good works and good deeds. which
.ssnannod those years from the days when Rich
! ;mond lay PROSTATE and in ashes in the final
::nours, OF the War Between the States, to
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-26

Mayor Ainslc is to be congratulated on
his wisdom in calling the Chamber OF Com
mcrcc and other business organiza tons to his
aid 10 finding way out OF RichmOnds linan-
cIa pcrpcHities. II Is ii problem in which
every taxpayer is, or should be, vtally in
icrcstcd, aud TO its solution the best business
minds OF the city should be devoted The
Mayor OF course does not wish 10 increase
the tax burden to any greater extent than
nc can help, but he is confronted with the
cod figures of receipts and disbursements
How TO make ends meet ana keep the tax
rate down 10 reasonable figure is tho qucs-
ton 10 which Richmond must set itself.
With the start that has been made, there is
reason TO believe tia, the puzzle can be
solved
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-26

The mountain Of opposition TO Comptroller
OF the Currency John Skeltcn Williams has
laborcd AUDI. iailcG 10 bring forth oven a
mouse. rlAc gninlus back of the fight against
his confirmation is seen in the vote by which
The Senate Banking Committee recommended
II. 1t stood 10 4, and was cast on strictly
partisan lines. There never has been any
question as 10 Mr., Williams honesty, ability
aud fcarlcssness except lit the biased minds
of those whom he has forced to obey the
banking laws and those OF his enemies who
sec nothing good in Democrat par
,cularly If he happen TO be from the South.
The country as Il whole is to be congratu-
lated on the comptrolcr's complete vindica-
lion and OH the fact that for five more years
The Office will be in safe, clean hands