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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-12
BLIND SOLDIERS ARE
MADE SELF-SUPPORTING

The following resume of the activi-
ties of Evargreen--t nited sta es
Army General Hospital No. {, i2aiti-
more. Maryland is a plain statement
OF what is actually being done 10
make our blind soldiers sailors ana
marines independent, happy nsefui
nem befs of society.
After their treatment in the hos
pital. the men are taught to use a
typewriter and read and write Braiile
raised type for the blind. This at
once puts the men in touch with the
world they know and enables them 70
correspond With it. IN addirfon 10
This. the men are given special tram
ing &c develop the sense of touch.
After this fundamental hand train
ing. the men are given special educa-
ton 10 fit them for the calling In
which they are Interested and are
qualified successfully TO follow
Thus, those with inclination and the
inherent ability are trained for such
occupations as stenographers sales
men. correspondents, retail store
managers lin connection with TINS
latter occupation. plans have been al
ready made to open chain of retail
stores. each of which will have n
blind soldier as manager.1
ThJse with love OF out-ot-uoors
and a natural aptitude for out-of-dooF
lie. will be trained for chicken rails
ing, Bookkeeping, truck gardening
and s1ch like occupations These oil
such calibre and a mentality that fits
them for Industrial life are trained
not merely in shop practice. but for
some particular job thai they car
tfill and in which they will feel hap
Ply.
Men with a high quality of edu'
cation and ability that fits them fol
professional life will be given sucf
special education as will enable then
TO follow their chosen career --suci
AS law, massage, literature.
Men who know say that the biinf
man is handicapped over the sighted
80 per cent, The men are beins
! given 80 per cent more educationa
/ training than their sighted fellow
workers. thereby minimizing th'
I handicap.
| Il Mssss4,ssa sasaN as lsaiag prepared 70
] his future career, the position to-
| which he is fitted liz being secured
In IA word. he Is helped to help him
self---he is encouraged to equip him
helf to he good citizen.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-12
CHARLOTTESVILLE
charlottesville Progress. J

Charlottesville ProgfHSS.)
2. j.. Oberdorfer has gone TO New
Y ork on business.
L. o. Perkins, of Fork Union, was
in town this week.
Judge Bennett r Gordon, of Nelson
county, was in the city this week.
Mrs r. r. Rogers, Of Nalle street,
" no has ben sick with influenza, is
improving.
i. H. T'aulconer has returned from
!, business trip to Washington.
Miss Susie SaundFs.9of caryswood.
is visiting Mr.. John White at her
home on Locust Grove.
French \. Balthi@ has returned
from Norfolk, where he had been
spending two months with his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Ray sherman
Mrs. Francis Blake sailed last Sat
urday for France. where she goes to
join her husband. who is still en-
gagged in Red Cross canteen work.
They will return to the states later to
spend the summer with Mrs. Biake's
mother, Mrs. White, on University
Place.
Captain. H. Clay Niche. of The
Meadows Thursday celebrated his
seventy seventh birthday anniversary.
The gallant Confederate veteran looks
twenty years younger,
Mr.. apd Mrs e. f. Kidd, of Tye
River, have received letters from their
sons. Private Frank o. Kidd. Com
pany r, 323d infantry, and Manydier
Kidd. Company II, 45&th infantry.
who are now overseas. Private Frank
Kidd states that his company went
"over the top" and was on the battle-
front when orders came to stop firing.
and that he came through safely and
very few of his company were
wounded.
Professor Charles G.. Maphis, who
IS president OF the Southern Associa-
tion of Colleges and Secondary
Schools is attending meeting OF
thai body in Nashville, Tenn,
This meeting will last until January
II. after which Professor Maphis will
attend a meeting of the National Uni
verHity Extension assects tion. which
conyenes in Chicago. He will return
home after the adjournment. OF this
meeting, which occurs or January Is.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-12
COL. ROOSEVELT URGED
SUPPORT OF SUFFRAGE

Washington Jan. 1o.--Theodore
Roosevelts last written expression on
woman suffrage was made public
here in a letter he wrote under date
OF January to Senator Moses, of
New Hampshire. The letter follsw:
You know how fond am OF Cabot
Lodge, and think he has done Won
derful work during the past three
months in international matters. But
1t is a misfortune. from the stand
point of the war aud from the stand
point OF party expe1iency. that he and
senator Wadsworth, of New York.
and some Of your New England sena-
tors should have been 50 bitter about
woman suffrage. ! earnestly hope
you can see your way clear to sup
port the NATIONAL amendment. 1t Is
coming, anyhow, and IL ought to
come. When states like New York
and Illinois adopt II, 1t can't be called
wildcat experience. / very earnestly
hope you can see Your way clear 10
support the Amendment"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-12
WAVERLY

Especial to The Richmond Nirgtnian)
Waverly. Va. Jan. 1i.--Mrs.. Ed
ward w. Chappell and children have
returned t. their home in Waverly.
after spending several weeks in the
home OF her father, Captain Rowe, at
fredericksburg.
Ogden Glazebrook. OF the aviation
section, United States navy. who Ia
stationed M Pensacola, Fla. Is visit
ing his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. w. o.
Glazebrook, in Wavcrly.
Corporal o. -. Sheffield. who went
overseas with the Eightieth division.
and was wounded in one Of the bat
files on the western front, reached
his home In Waver!y this week. His
friends are rejoiceJ that the wound
which he received will not prove a
permanent injury.
NJ r. Hpratley has returned To his
home In FM~~rrAy, after receiving an
honorabie discharge from the unttsd
StKtes Navy 81 sEs VI
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-12

Mrs. c. Il. Smith and Miss Evelyn
Nav visited Petersburg on Thursday
OF this week.
Miss Ruth Wilcox is the guest OF
frienos in Richmond this week.
Or. G. p. Townes has returned TO
his home in Waverly. after spending
several days with his mother In Mar
tinsville, Va.
Rev ]. l.. Foster, pastor OF the
WaverIy Christian church. left this
week for q ndays' visit to his old
home in North Carolina
Fred b. Ellis. of Norfolk is spend
ing the week with friends in Waveriy.
Mr.. and Mrs. a r, West, of Hope
we'll. are guests in the home of his
father. r. T. West, on CoppahauniS
avenue.
DR. and Mrs. W. Z. Dunnaway and
children have returned to their home
at Drive. Va, after weeks visit to
her father, DIR. John r. May, on Main
~. ct
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-12
HUN Ill TREATMENT
OF WAR PRISONERS

London. Jan. 1f.-(Via British
Wireless Service. )~Some one hun
bred thousand cases of the ill-treat-
ment fy Germans OF war prisoners
have already been investigated by the
committee of inquiry of breaches of
the laws of war, instituted by the
British government. 1t is estimated
that at least $50. 900 other cases
remained to be investigated. The COM
mittee has divided its range of sub
jects into various heads. referring
them to sub-committ ees for detailed
investigation. Various important CON
illusions have been reached.
The sub committee which has been
investigating legal problems has come
to the unanimous conclusion that it
is desirable to take proceedings
against the former kaiser.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-12

sye are glad to have you with Us in
Richmond. Billy Sunday.
All OF us like mans man We be.
s3teve you are just that.
Ave have many among us OF the
4sne sort. many of them engaged in
sthe ministry Of the gospel They are
3aAders among las. That is one reason
sk hy you are here.
Z Richmond wants The message We
Ynus ssess,i1sx Nc wafsi Is heaH
eA f,Ft t.a p.
sTUsr, Vi mans man with ar ex,raor-
sainary gift for forceful speech. tell
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-12

Us your version OF the gospel story:
knowing beforehand that it will agree
in every substantial part with the
story we have always heard, but wish
ing 10 get new GLIMPSE of its beauty
and power
People say we are conservative
toverworked word.), Maybe We are
Just slow to act even after our judg-
ment Is convinced and our impulses
axousAd, BE patient with us-but be
d, 80 , l-,n|,, 2
Welcome. Billy Sunday
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-12

II s e< ss sass ~asea BIAS ser
ssas-ev M 2es,s~s1ers * sAe
-. esssee a esy 2aa sAe
ea~ swegss .a-~ ceas@, a.
49,. ans sss=F~sug l-- @Aseh = s,4ns
~ u at24s-
aaAs Is sA.e 49eorass.esu: Of three
EsssAxxa-s Representing abs Virginia
ssaasspas ara Fewer company TO act
80 4 ssassarcijts-c On public relations.
N sera 81 dipio3uaite embassy 20 tne
sDeurst of Richmond. 10 whom Ques-
ssissssS oE seryice and matters about
4nilch complaints arise Wlll be re-
4 1egvesa. WHO Will go fully into dis
xsns4aon Of. such subjects on a basis
I'M fairnass, and whose decisions will
sss56x gullana.l promptly b. the company.
Tie three citizens, are MIR. Coleman
SSurshagsl, Mr. Randolph Williams
Sssa MIR w j. Parrish. whose standing
~ sueh that their acceptance Of mem
|hsrship on the committee is guar
&nNtee Of whoiehearted efforts 10
ernre for the people of Richmond
}|s5ssxssss shey need la the aay q street
gxAr service
l IRE time is now at hand when cor.
s1,urafion heads understand that Were
M ii definite personal relation between
sssiis corporation and every patron
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-12

22sss tNs rsass of customers cf "a trans
s.ys-;s tsor Ire jGdse the owners Of its
securities by ,he persousl attitude of
.iso~e employees aed officials with
- hen, ;hey come directly IN contact
an tie ease OF puhiic-sersice corpo-
ratlons. The people have uaquestioaed
rights y htch uhey 10 no, always eHer-
else: but corporations are coming TO
understand that ma jori,y rule applies
whore the rights et the public are
exercised. aud the safe and sane
method Of dealing with the public is
not 10 be decided by legal technicali-
ties or TO be limited strictly by con-
tract obligations If friendly public
sentiment Ia 10 be fos,ered.
Whether the decision of the COM
panx thus to deal with the. Richmond
publc has any bearing on the COM
panys request for increased fares we
are not prepared to say. We. prefer
to believe that it comes solely from a
desire TO do equity. and not merely
from a desire to curry favor Ger
tainly. the past experience OF the in
divduais Who have sifoss money Ia
vested in the company must have
tunce OF open handed fairness in deal
ing with the people from whom alone
their revenues are derived.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-12
HOME FOR IACURABLES
IN GOOD CONDITION

At the annual meeting of the Vir-
ginla Home for Incurables reports for
fhe past wear showed that the work Of
the institution had been satisfactorily
conducted. despite the handicap of
war conditions. and the thanks of the
mana cement were extended the press
81 the city and the. pubic for their
support. All officers were reelected
as follows;
President Mrs. j. Jordan Leake:
FIRST vice president. Mrs r, Aubrey
Young vice presidents, Mrs A. l..
Siraua. Mrs. John A. Coke. Jr.: Mrs.
7. II. Elicit, Mrs. Samuel Dunstsn,
Mrs John Murphy Mrs. Ii. A. Nc
Curds. Mrs. =. r. Waddill. Record
ing secretary. Mrs, John Teefcy: cor
responding secretary. Mrs. Alfred s.
Cary: treasurer, Mrs. Frank ID. Epps:
chairman Of the application commits
;se, Mrs. y. Il. Pegram; chairman OF
the grounds committee, Mrs. A.
Greenwald
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-12
HENS AND CHICKENS

Live Hens, 35c to ate 10: Iivs Chick
ems. ssc to 40c H.. Dressed Hers, 40
to aoc H. Dressed Chickens. %eo -
45c h.: Best Calves. 30c h.: Drsa1ad
Turkeys, 45c. to SOC H.: Rabbits, h
to 3sc apiece; Fresh Eggs. soc 70 s3a
dozen. @@
Il We get the highest prices, % let ~
sell your goods.
HAzELGROvE = CO..
Commission Merchants,
1910 East Cary 6txeeG
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-12

II In our firm belief that the kaiser
r1utyu I, kr-- 5tob m Eiffe-witer on
tiik BERTH 10 Hagdad, ~ they used 10
cali ~ xaiie&1 Easid linton. I,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-12
MYSELF.
NJ EpssH EtEsI3 y.

= , 81 ~.
l have to live with myself. and 30
I want to he at for myself to know,
7 want to be able as the days 20 by.
Always to look myself straight In the eye :,
I don't want to stand. with the setting sun,
And hate myself for things I've done
] don't want to keep on closet shelf
\ lot OF secrets about myself.
And fool myself as come and go,
Into thinking that nobody else viii know
The hind OF man really am;
/ don't want to dress up myself in show.
| want 30 60 out with my head erect,
I want 10 deserve all mems respect:
Bu, here in the struggle for fame and pef
] wan, TO he able to like myself
7 don't want to look at myself and know
That I'm buster and BLUM and empty show
J can never hide myself from pe;
! see what others may never sec:
| know what others may never know;
| never can fool myself. and so,
Whatever happens want to be
Sen-respecting and conscience free.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-07
CAMEL DRINKS WINE

From the Pltt$burg Dispatch.
 It is all wrong-that calumny and villification that has been heaped for years upon the heads and humps of those mild hammered and unresenting quadrupeds known as camels-that they can go nine days without drink. Every masculine biped qualified fo~ voting has known for years that the emblem of the prohibition party is none other than camel although sometimes a fountain has fought for reco snition. But until yesterday it was not known that by imputing to this animal the vices of temperance, mod eration and S sPbriety great wrong has been done to the whole tribe of bumped pacesr, For down at Madison Square Garden is the living refutation none other than Violet, the queen of the bactrian herd. Violet has besr drinking quart of wine day for the past year The specialist prescribed it because she was run down in ths heel and if the temperance folks in terfere with her. he declares. it will be
 the end of Violet.
 New York Correspondent to the Pitts. burg Dispatch
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-07
PARIS OF THE BALKANS

From the New York Times.
 The sufferings of Rumania in the war were great and prolonged. Out of some S,0O0O0O people, more than 600,0OO were killed in battle or died of disease, and the invaders succeeded in destroying or carrying off much of the movable wealth of the country and almost all the rolling stock of the railroads which was neces . sary for food relief. Today 15,0O0 tons of food are waiting at Constantsa because there are no trains to take them inland.
 But in spite of these troubles the splris of Bucharest seems to be the same. some shipments have arrived from France With clothing costing s250 a suit eggs q dollar a piece, cup of coffe dollar one woudl think that the precious space of these trains would have been used for the necessaries of life as Bucharest sees them. French perfumes and silk stock ings were brought in by the carload, the populace is willing to wait for food ms Paris of the Balkans, if one may SUI apply that term to the capital of peopie which denies that it belongs to the sai- kan system, seems to have the same tenn perament as before the war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-07
EPICEDIuM

J. Corson Miller in Current History. Qn memory of Americas dead in the
 great war.) No more for them shall evenings rose unclose,
 Nor dawn's emhlazoned panoplies be
 spread; Alike, the rains warm kiss and stabbing Unminded, fall upon each hallowed
 head. But the bugles, as they leap and wildly
 sing,
 Rejoice. remembering. The guns mad music their young ears
 have known
 Wars lullabies that moaned on Flan-~
 ders plain; Tonightit the wind walks on them. still as
 stone,
 Where they lie huddled close as riven
 grain. But the drums, feverberating, proudly
 roll
 They love soldiers soul! With arms outflu ung and eyes that
 laughed at death, They drank the wine of sacrifice and
 loss; For them a lifetime spanned a burning
 breath,
 And truth they visioned, clean of earth
 ly dross. But the fifes-can ye not hear their lusty , shriek? They know, and now they speak The lazy drift of cloud, the monday hum Of vagrant bees, the lark's untram-
 meled song, Shall gladden. thera no more.-who now lie dumb In deaths strange sleep, yet once were swift and strong. But the bells that to all living listeners peal, With joy their deeds reveal They have given their lives, with bodies bruised and broken, Upon their counfry's altar they have bled: They have left as priceless heritage Q token That honor lives forever with the dead. And the bugles, as their clear notes rise and fall They answer, knowing all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-07
v v v Prohibition Officers Antagonize Virginians

Ronnb1z ,aa1 .ss as"ss's ss mss s,ss Is.sat s sns ment been aroused against authorities irving to enforce drastic prohibition laws as in the state of Virginia. Bir- mingham recently passed through some experiences which caused a modification, in the methods pursued hv detectives in searching for whisky, hut the killing of two alleged bootleg revs in Virginia has created wide spread indignation and 1t was neces- ..rv +o protect the four prohibition : agents involved from threatened lynching.
 Naturally, W. w. Malone mead ol the National Anti-Dry Referendum league, points to Virginia as "horri ble example, but the charges he made in announcing that former common wealth's attorney had been retained to help prosecute the four officers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-07
GAMBLIAG-M GERMANS

l
 Grave concern seems to be felt in Ber- lin because of the "craze for gambling"
 which has seized the people. There is gambling in the cafes and clubs, roulette wheels are seen in the streets and the
 rattle of dice is heard everywhere. The gamblers themselves are "a strange mix between"
 But is this on the whole serious symp- tom? People often gamble to forget their troubles and Germans might be worse occupied under bolshevist or Spartacan rule. The fact that the poor people Of Berlin and 'the strata between" have taken to it involves no reversal of the regular order of things. Gambling is not a monopoly of the rich; It is quite as
 much a diversion of the poor, and is de- void of any bourgeois suggestion. No doubt the Berlin authorities have reason to be satisfied that the public has taken to games of chance to distract it's attention from street rioting and hun- ger and enforced idleness. The process may involve the breaking of local ordi- lnances and shock the Puritan spirit, but
 gambling is a lesser evil than most of those which come in the train of terror ism, and it has indicated psychological uses for Germans at present as an ano- dyne for discontent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-07
M1LwAUkEE AND CHICAGO

From the Kansas City Star.
 Congratulations to Milwaukee and con- dolences to Chicago With clear-cut pro- German issue Milwauke lined up bet ter than two to one for America. As to Chicago, there was mighty nttie choice in the election The opportunity came in the primaries and Chicago turned it down. It preferred Thompson, who has been an impossible mayor and ca
 tered to the German vote, to Merriam who stood intelligentyl for decent govern ment and a square deal.
 It will be possible for sentimental writers to explain how Chicago was "blindly but vigorously striking out fo' real democratic government" That iS mush. Men like Thompson are electeo nrettv generally in American cities by a combination of the special interests, oi gullihiilty on the part of many voters ol indifference on the part of others ans of general devotion to the party na'hs without regard to what it stands lor ; There is nothing encouraging apout !. Such an outcome merely indicates no"
 great is the need of education in munlci' | nal affairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-07
THE AERIAL FLIVVER

From the New York Evening Sun. The Aero club is authority for the story
 that Capt. Ugo dAnnunzio, son of the
 poet, has built a little aeroplane with less than 20 feet wing-spread, which will fly, and which can be bought for S125O. Surely this is the veritable Tin Lizzie of the Aether.
 This news has just been sent from Italy, and has so stimulated the Aero club that F of these aerial jitneys have been ordered by members. These young gasoline chicks can fly for two hours and 1 a half at 50 miles an hour and carry a
 man of average weight. They can land sanguine aviators declare that the cir | cumambient air is going to be made safe I for democracy sooner than the solid and | over populated old earth.
 Between Marconi and the Wright broth l CTS, the spaces between the worlds are being explored, if not precisely charted, as yet Italy may well feel proud of her own contribution toward the mystery marvel of the world in the next quarter | century. The first steps. those which count, have been taken. The progress is bound to be sure, though stumbling at first, and inconceivably swift, as we may | believe. Such inventions as the wireless and the aeroplane move with greater | than seven-league boots; the imagery of 1 the old fairy stories cannot match the
 magic of the moment, the wonders of to- l day and tomorrow.
 | Captain Ugo d'Annunzio's creation de- serves a better name than the Henry
 Ford of the air; the smallest aeroplane ! is a creature of wonder; the humblest
 machine that flies is more distinguished
 bit of mechanism than the biggest mogul l locomotive. Each has it's use, and the 1 1ocomotive-like McAndrew's marine en- gine-is not without it's own poetry. But | the bird machine, the explorer which overcomes gravitation and is able to travel the vast emptiness of the sky-no l suitable ascription has yet been made to it's quality of unfathomed puissance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-07

0f1o the Editor of the New York Evening Sun:
 S Sir: Do you want to know what I think about the campaign against tobacco? I don't believe you do, but I will tell you anyway,
 There is nothing that would give me, personally. more pleasure than to have the use of tobacco prohibited, When I think of the happy possibility of riding on the top of bus and breathing air, not the tobacco smoke exhaled by the man in front of me (did you ever see a smoker take 6 rear seat when he could get a front one? I never did)G of riding in rail- way train without becoming soaked in the tobacco reek from the smoking car ahead; of walking along the street without wishing to slap the faces of the smokers who compel me to share the nauseating fumes of their pipes and cigarettes; of no longer needing to turn away disgusted eyes from slimy brown splotches in all conven- tent corners-when I think of this possibility I am ready to dance and shout for joy. I am not a reformer; i; I would never have the courage to protest on my own accord; but I am, oh, so humbly grateful to those who are doing the protesting.
 You say the "boys oyer there" feel "a great need for American tobacco and cigarettes" I don't doubt tha. they do, nor that their gratitude to you is sincere and hearty. But the things people think they need and would thank you for giving to them are not necessarily the things which it is good for them to have. Many . man has been glad in later years that his first love turned him down. l will wager that a yell of delight would have crossed the Atlantic could you have sent the "boys" a generous sup ply of good old rye or gin or whatever it is. that men buy in saloons. Do you