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FROM OTHER. VIEWPOINTS .
Authoritative Wricrs-A Daily Fcatur
A RAILWAY MANS TESTIMONY.
bi HILL
Church.

Every man Is specialist in some
one line. The universal scholar knows
sn.nG;ning about everything. but the
sEcphtrd, sailor or oyster man knows
IRAN ! talked with u railway employee
lie has had little educatiun. He began
lie AS switchman. became brakeman
ana finally reached his ambition as
conductor His train is {; local train.
~ leaves the division station at In
afternoon. He has been conductor for
twenty years. and thinks that he has
as many more years i'm front OF him.
ms last increase brought his wages up
q, TO- minimum Of $4,000 year and Il
maximum OF $1,000. depending upon
his over hours. Commenting upon The
VICIOUS circ.e involved in the higher
cost OF living he insisted upon an eX-
planation.
answed: advancing wages and
CONSEQUENT orsa higher cost OF living lies
ground. You insisted that your wages
be Increased so per cent To pay this
wage the farmers had to pay an in:
creased freight rate for grain and
meat meat TO cover that charge tho farmer
milk arg butter. TO pay the Increase
ana wool merchants raised their
prices. finally tho higher cost OF Iv-
Ing rcacheI the railway man again.
thus, thus cnnplcrng the circle" How
railroad cmrIcy, "Oh. about ss5e
q year. And how much money HAYS
you saved since YOUR advance?" Wei.
apoit toe same amount-s25O a year"
shocs for your family?" NO. think
coflee or 20 % you by any more sugar:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-01
Books and Authors

.,,. ITO nc compare r,pa5s the Europe of today
a Mar ne W mne Nv i b %: and during The
VIII set down the results of his OBJ
seryntions in n series OF descriptive
Gibbs will seek chiefly tho human ,o orr,
ana interet that undcrlie surface i'm
preSsions." '
the prevailing notion that all poets
ere impractical men Is strikingiy re-
Wheeiock, whose fourth book OF poems.
Dust and Light" has just been nub
i IL ned by the scribners. Although il
mas becn Tor the past nine years sue
de Is.Ii naaaSsr OF one Of the sales
ing house in New York.
Philip Gibbs the famous war CORA.
spohuent. who Is wcli-knowi In Amer
ica: both from his recent lecture tour
among nnre a Mh,ch ms l. wa war books notable
Way 70 Victory" tDoran). is revisit
,,hhe me Continent in order TO describe
peace ree enan nio w, wrought by war and
i in -, ana districts which he saw laid
III runs and also tour the principai
n om's OF the allies and their late enc
chief centers Of Belgium No ue me me
or ramce. parts OF Austria and the area
ggESS,upicu DS the British troops on tho
Rhine The London Daily Chrootcic
Novels OF Italy-,he old. peacefu,
i ~ ~. i, been SO rare OF late as
SIN - maze G the publication OF The World
me american embassy at Rome a n,nSt
Wcicome event. Il is a story of Inc
S SiaihSEs Htnan hills above Rome. Gordon
out an estate left HMM IN. ,,hsanca
o. other heirs-by his grandmothcr
a dne o!d Principessa Vaidragone He
inna an f.ngIishwoman occupying a
L. ,,.ts
ticu!ar view and apparently dawn n
me Spot ny strong compuision Back
ina ioTtn between the two weaves
me ueNSniful!y drawn figure Of the
o.u arVocato, Torrecella. until an old
poI s!ait reveals TO Galbraith the true
and mrs; Graneis has been hiding
Out was published by the Scribners
on September IL.
Nothing but dire necessitv shall,
drive, me back to Office or machine
Ss .Wp writes Erie A. Keith. author Of
iished by The Century Company, in
recent letter to his publishers. Alter
t tn years in German prison camp
s fes m %n,eh IN, he finally escaped. and
r., during which he took part in the
hh d rMeuse offensive while mem
frS Field One A HqneFsd M; Mf
keith has firmly resolved TO 20 into
larming and to forsake the shut-in life
business man. Mr. Keith was
forced to go to Germany in 1913 TO
look after his interests In a machine
tool factory there. After the outbreak
or war there. he was interned as an
allcn enemy and his factory closed.
few days after MS arrest the German
:authorities offered him his freedom
we khoy you are an American" they
argued. consequently. you arc really
neutral Suppose YOU become natural
!Hcd In Gcrinany--we will exempt you
from military service and you could
run your factory. There is lots OF
Mr.. Keith replied with characteristic
Eehcmcncc and frankness He was net
granted his freedom! However. after
many unsuccessful attempts and nerve
racklnE adventures, he succeeded in
reaching England. where he wrote his
book while rccuuerating from the ef-
fects OF his long Imprisonment.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-01
Keyboard Touches.
BI FRANK II. BROOKS.
DO IL "a Little Better.
lii + 4 y

The lock OF Success is opened by many keys.
on may question the phraseoIoEy You won't
deny that there are many roads and by paths
TO the same destination. If YOU are satisfied
TO do thing the same another who has
made good YOU won't do it. You have got TO
make up your mind to do ii better than IN,
other fellow did it; Whatever is worth doing
is worth doing we'll. is bit frazZlcd Suhsti-
'ute hotter for veil" and you ahead.
You may make Il daub and call il a picture
but that doesn't make il a picture. You can
scrape fiddle and call the sounds music. but
YOU VIII never hold an audience.
some time after General Phil Sheridan had
retired he was invited 10 address :, meeting nf
the Loyal legion Of Chicago. Some one ASKED
him after his speech 10 what lie owed his s,Ic-
cess Thc Hn"stioner should have known. but
II gave the little soldier the chance OF 81 VIM
sometime worth remembering.
wv hen was at school" he said II resnIvoJ
TO be Il iitie better scholar than any other hoy
In my class. When | was at West Point / ioI-
lowed the Same resolution. When | was ..radu.
atsd made mp my mind be Il little rctirr
second lieutenant than any who receiy,l
NC same commission renewed the resolution
hi every enhancement made myself the Same
promise after had my last commission Ana
To work" '' "'u
y neck and neck race divides the money RI,
thr horS" That comes ahead of tho n, bnr
even though IT be but inch. is the winner
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-01
retirement OF Benson

\ FIER more than thrty-fve years of ac
i've and conspicuous service in the
American navy, Admiral Benson not only &c
replaced as chief OF operations of the navy
nut automatically is placed on the retired
list, rcsuming his pre-war rank of a rear
admiral He has earned the rest and re,,v-
atoh which now come to him, but he has
earned FAR more. He has earned special
honors at the hands OF his countrymen. and
1t is passing strange that Congress has NOT
recognized that fact
1t was Admiral Benson who sat in Wash
ihetoh DAY and night for nearly two years
modifying the great forces which constituted
American naval power. It was he who di
Iected the organization. training and eouin-
hleht or tens OF thousands of new men sud :
denly absorbed into the navy. II was be
VINO planned the convoy which safeeuardod
the transport of nearly 100000 American
soldiers to France. 1t was he who dis
patched to Europe and supplied and NUM-
TONED the fighting forces which went over
10 rc-enforce the allied fleets
mis- strong man was the actual head of
the American navy during the whole course
VI 'he war civilian secretary stood by
his side. OF course, and the President as
commander-in-chief, held the higher author
ity, but the naval expert who did the hard
thinking ana performed the harder Dhysical
labor was the man who now has retired and
VINO has retired with the rank which he
would have enjoyed if there had been no
war and If he never had occupied the i'm
portant post as chief Of naval operations
ne House has passed bill making Rear
Aohlral henson a permanent admiral in the
navy This measure is now in the Senat O
and has been there for weeks Why il Iios
buried is one Of the mysteries OF Washing
ton Nobody opposes the bill. in the omen
me whole navy is for it, The President
and Secretary Daniels have urged il. and the
Naval Affairs committeeman of both branches
oil congress have approved it. Some day. il
may ne assumed, II will come forth and be
PASSED, but II ought to have been enacted
before Mr.. Benson was forced bv law ia
take up his old rank and To retire from
active service.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-01
News Of Fifty Years Ago.
NFrom tho Eichmond Dispatch. oct. ]. 1S69.O

y Washington dispatch says: The Virginia
senatorship is being warmly discussed. Bets
are made that John r. Baldwin and Alexander
tlNcS viii come to the Senate from Virginia.
The latter gent has had his disabilities removed.
President Grant would present the name OF Or.
sharp. his hrothcr-in- law, or General Williams
the husband OF stephen \. Douglas widow. but
he does not take enough interest in the after.
There arc in the city Of Richmond fifty eight
miles OF streets, OF which eight miles paved.
John Robinson's circus. said to be the biggest
show in~thc world. will be in Richmond Mon
day next and Will remain with us four days.
Professor II. Owens. Of Richmond has been
elected principal Of the Petersburg High School.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-01
A Daily Once-Over.
Ncighhors Alone in tho Mornings.

OF course. that neiShbor OF yours appears 10
be pleased 10 see YOU when you happen alon,
III the forenoon. but in nine cases out Of ten
She would be better pleased to you If you
had pos poncd your visit till afternoon.
Perhaps 1t takes her longer do her work
perhaps her family do not rise early as
yours. or she may be more particular about
how she keeps house in generals at any rate
YOU may he sure that calls later in the day arc
more desirable.
In some ncighborhoods there are women " no
have such pcnchant for gossip that they mud
II an incentive to early rising spur to gcttu,
their work out OF the way, as to have plenty
Of time to investigate the affairs OF their neigh
hors.
Some friendships are so strong that they well
come association at any time OF day.
Eat there are very few such cases Copy-
right, 1879
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-01

general was wounded with his stan
around him. After getting him and
another officer who was wounded INTO
the ambulance | drove down tho rnaJ
at a lively rate. The genera sspad
me not 10 drive so fast told him
that ! had baking horse. and IL
would be unable 10 get him off tba
field. 'i 'Ne
Upon arrival at the rear wa,
placed under guard and kept so during
the might to prevent the news ~
General Jackson having been wound.
cd circulating among the soldiers"
JAMES /. MET~TS.
wilmington n e. Sept. 25. 1919.
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Rurality.

Wo gotta hon that's gone crazy-stark ravns
mad.
She runs around in circles and grabs at every
thing ravcnouely.
she's beginning TO bark like a dog and to-
day we saw her try 10 climb a tree.
Crazy? Looncy: And why? We'll, folks
she's got tho get rich-quick fever and is trying
to lay five eggs day,
There's a moral i'll this somcv marc. but we
amt got time to clucdate. we ao:tl catch
the 1880 train for town TO make enough money
10 buy winter suit.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-01

The jury OF inquest being duly assembled
and hearing the evidence in the case of Morti-
nler Spudds. deceased. finds that the late la
mcnted Spudds to his death from wearing
a straw hat visby September o5, 1919 in
the public streets, at the habitat of
the genus kidder and that his death was caused
by his inability TO dodge a brick in the hands
of n person unknown to the jury. We find
therefore. that the deceased came to his death
by suicide
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-01

Samuel Gompers told the Senate Labor
Committee investigating the steel strike that
William Il. Foster, strike committee secre-
tary, is no longer Syndicalist or believer
in violence. If he has reformed in this re-
spect, recent riots prcciplatcd by his strikers
would indicate that he has very poor control
over them.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-01

Silver metal went to Sis ID an ounce
i'll New York last Friday This is the high
est figure since 1850, and predictions are
made that it is going to par--that is, TO
$1.29 ounce. which point it would be-
come profitable to melt silver dollars and
sell the metal for gold. Wonder what Mir
Bryan's thoughts as the market steadily
climbs toward par?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-01
Information Bureau.

Inquiries regarding almost my tonic.
excepting on icEni and medical sub
Jccts, nre answered free. As NIL In
sonni letter. sclf-addrcsscd stamprd
envelope IL required. Address The
Rich mond, Va
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-01

Governor Davis 3o00-mile tour over Viz
ginu roads will not be complete until he
has negotiated Hull Street, Brook Road the
Hermitage Road, and certain other sections
of thoroughfare found within the limits Of
Richmond He wise in saving them
for the last; otherwise he might not have
been able TO make the more extended in
spection.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-01
Charcoal Enb's Daily Thought.

Hit don do no good cussH' yo luck" said
Charcoal Eph.. in a mood. "Yo' jes' natchcly got
l put up wild contrary fortune when de win
ain BLOWN yo'all way Try a hunk a ham
Mistah Jackson"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-01

Cincinnati's example OF presenting the key
of its cellar to King Albert is not likely to
be followed generously should he come to
Richmond, for the stuff stored therein is too
precious even for the unrestricted freedom
of ROYALTY.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-01
Coal Mine AccId.n,

z. n. Waverly-The number OF
deaths Que to accidents in the coal
mines Of the country in tho last year
was 1853 For every 20e.OOu tons of
coal produced one miner lost his life.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-01
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER !. 1919.

u Attorney General Palmer should notify re-
tail dealers that the high cost OF living Is
showing general tendency TO come down
They appear to be unconscious OF the ten
dency.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-01

The executive committee OF the Demo
cratic National Committee estimates that as
result of womans suffrage the total vote
at the next presidential election will be about
36,O00,00o. as against 100000 in 1916.
This estimate is ridiculously eXtravagant.
While a very substantial increase in the vote
may be expected. il is absurd to conclude
that the figures VIII REACH anything like that
total. That woulG" mean The casting OF Il
ballot by one in every three Of the whole
population OF the country
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-01
Voice of the People
Drove for Jackson

letters mnst give the nnme and adj
dress OF the writer. Name will mot h.
published IL writer 40 requests.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-01

Speaker Gillett announces his conversion
to the doctrine of state rights ffty-four years
after AppomauoX and six months after ,be
Susan Anthony amendment
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-01

John ID. RockefGllcr's $4,000. 900 70 the
Baptists is proof that oil and water NAV
sometimes mix, after all, and to very good
purpose.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-01
joyce l<Ilmer.

Subscriber. Covlngton-Joyce Kill
mer: author. was born at Brunswick
r. r., j., /. December e,, g. 1885. He attended
and received the A B. degree at CO.
lumbia in 1908. A!ine Murray, Of Nor
folk. Va. became his wife. June 9.
isoS. In l9oS-o9 he was instructor in
Latin in Morristown. y. j.. and for
the next three years was editorial
assistant; on the staff of the Standard
Dictionary. Since 1913 he had been
a member Of the stan of the New York
Times Sunday Magazine and regular
contributor TO the Literary Digest.
Book News Monthly and other literary
periodicals. Kilmer was member OF
me Catholic Church, the Poetry Society
OF America. Alianza Puertorriguena.
Delta Epsilon and a former president
Of Dickens Fellowship Society. He
was the author of Summer of Love"
Street and Other Poems" "Litera;ure
in the Making" and Dreams and
Images. an Anthology Of Catholic
noets. lie was il private in the one
hundred and SiNty-fifth Infantry. Ma
t:onal Guard, the old Sixty-ninth Reg
ment Of the New York National
Guard. His home was in Larchmont.
Immunity and occurrence OF Influenza
T. i. l.. Roanoke-There IS not CON
elusive evidence concerning immunity
conferred by an attack of influenza be-
thuSc OF INC uncertain differentiation
between influenza and other infec-
tons. such might confer consider
able but not an absolute immunity in
later outbreaks. In Baltimore the first
canvass of the United States Public
Health Service OF 33.776 people be-
tween November 20 and December II .
IBIS, was made second canvass of
the same population was made in
January to determine the extent Of
The recrudcscence reported in Deem
her. Among $4,000 people included in
u second canvass. 72i cases Of in
6uenza were found to have occurred
since the previous survey. One hun
drcd and twenty-one Of this number
we're reported as second-attack cases
but on further investigation the elm
i'al diagnosis Of both attacks as in
nuenZa was confirmed In only twenty
six cases. and even in these cases the
diagnosis is uncertain. Considering
that % per cent of the population had
had Influenza prior to December H.
tie proportion Of second attacks should
have been greater IL no immunity had
Eeen acquired. ~ survey Of San Fran
cisco gave generally similar results
occurrences Of influenza epidemics arc
characteristic. History OF the last
epidemic and past ones seem to point
t. the conclusion that this last one
hai not yet run its full course On
the other hand this epidemic has al
ready shown three phases and mortal
ity has been moro severe than during
the epidemic from 1SS9-92 Therefore
ii is hoped, though not concluded, that
1t has run It's course.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-01

Now let the New York World, the Chicago
Tribune and other Northern newspapers
which delight i'll reviling the South every
time there is a lynchng below the Mason
and Dixon line, find apology and explanation
or that most disgraceful of all mob out
breaks in Nebraska After all, human nature
is about the same wherever one finds it
whether ii be North or South. and so long
as unspeakable crimes are committed there
will be danger OF mob Justice But it is
we'll TO bear in mind that the South has no
monopoly on the rope and the torch
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-01

II seems TO be equally difficult to get ac-
cufatc 'iag>osis o! the peace treaty situation
III our SeH-ie ana the war situation in Russia.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-01

Mexican protestations OF friendship for
athe United States Will gain little crcdcnce in
face Of it latest official announcement that
American aviators flying over its territory
are TO be shot down. Similar outfages in
the past have been explained away on various
hilnsy grounds, but now Carranza comes ont
into the open in bold defiance Pcrhaus he
is acting within his International rights but
If he carries out his threat and fails 10 patch
up some OF his other international affairs
he will invite trouble for himself and his
country.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-01


WANrED-By bachelor, living In a Hat be-
low silver cornet and above amateur
ukelcle club, 100 hundred cracked ba nd
records and loud -mouthcd graphophour
VIII also furnish home for five or six cry
ing babies from TO 10 p. NJ. daily, until
further notice.
FOR S-\i.ii--A first class grill bought to NIX
thick steaks by a family that hasn't
been able 10 use it since the spring of 1918;
or vii! trade it and baby grand piano
for one tcnderon steak.
They the cost of living is coming down
way down,
And food VIII he much cheaper in every town:
But if that's imminent state OF things
Why is all my chicken a plate of wings
And why is the hue of My balance in bank
So terribly, horribly brown?
The Greeks thought whole lot of their gods
but Mars is just now in the universal discard.
The gentle COWS our faithful! friend
No wonder that prize er
Who gives us milk. cream butter, meat
And bones for fertilizer.
would had some way, somehow
To be useful COW!
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-01

Il Until the annual baseball classic has been
Idecided and an eager nation knows To whom
Ethe laurel crown u the diamond has been
AWARDED, whether it shall adorn the rugged
throw OF Pat Moran, miracle man of the Gin
1cinnati Reds, or rest on the thinning thatch
ssof Kid Gleason. pilot of the Chicago White
5Sof' hundreds OF thousands Of eyes will be
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-01

1t was very narrow margin by which the
League OF Virginia municipalities adopted the
resolution calling on the General Assembly
TO submit an amendment to the Constitu-
.stion permitting cities and towns TO assess the
scost OF street improvements against abutting
property Nevertheless. it was a distnc, vic
Story for the advocates of modern methods
sand better streets, and marked advance
;over former meetings OF the league when
similar resolutions have been killed or pigeon
5.holed 1t means that tie issue will go
before the Assembly in January and
i. with the cities supporting il and the country
sdistricts at least neutral inasmuch as they
will not be financially Interested the amend
glnent should go through After it has been
) ratified, Richmond and other Virginia
municipalities will be able TO have decent
fstreets and the expense of their building win
be laid where the immediate profits 20
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-01
Advertisements.

Justice, once blind, is still astigma,ic.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-01

ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICA.
TIOSS 10 The TimcH-DiS-
path. and not to individuals.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-01

ruBLisHED day IN the ycaI Mt 10 south Tenth
Street, TAe Times dispatch Pub
fishing Co.. Inc. Charles T. uasbrook. Editor nnd
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-01

BRANCH OFFICES: Wash
inrton. l4l6 New York Ave-
nue.; New York city. Eiuh
Ayenuc Building; Chicago,
Peoples Gus lS.nl1i.'S;
Philudclphiu. Colonial Grus,
building.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-01

Randolph 1.
Private Branch Exchange
connecting with all depart
nlcnth.
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Riltlmurl0 Ginles- pispatrh

THE TIMES THE DISPATCH
SNf Eat. 1888 Est. 1850
catered january 81. 1908. n tho rost-olhro
Sl-l Richmond Va. srcond-ciass matter.
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Query.

The Greeks though, a whole lot of their gods.
but Mars is just in the universe! discard