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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-03
News Of Fifty Years Ago

F'rom the Richmond Dispatch, Jan. 8. 1919
There in Richmond nine Masonic blue
lodges" four Royal Arch chapters and one
commandery. Knights Tcmpiar. There are
seven lodges OF knights OF Pythias, four
tribes of Red Men, five lodges of Sons of Tenn
,perance and two councils OF Friends of Tenn
rcrance
The value OF real estate in Richmond by
wards is follows Marshall Ward, Sl,674.037;
Jefferson Ward. sS,357,70S; Madison Ward, So
056.537; Clay Ward, sl.s4e.1Ol; Monroe Ward.
$500 3L7; total. s26.l23.29O.
During the year 1870 there were 303 white
marriages and 12S colored ventures In the
sea of matrimony.
The year 1870 thick with disasters. In
April taIhe the Capitol disaster. resulting In
the killing OF hfty-sevcn persons and the in
jurinC Of over l 90 more. a few months later
the food. Bubmerging large portion OF the
city. and causing much destruction of property.
on Christmas morning the Spotswood Hotel
with the valuable block OF buildings adjoin-
ing In Intensity and frequency around mid
beings burned to DEATH besides four who have
not been heard from and supposed TO
have shared tho same fate.
Ono OF the bright prospects for this year
Is that we may have an airline between Wash
Ington and Richmond by the construction OF
q chartered road from Fredericksburg 10
Alexandria.
Tho channel OF James River opened
Saturday night by the steamors Ludlow and
! submits and now tho Ice being no longer a
menace navigation Ia resumed.
A dispatch from HaVre says the Germans
| captured a British collier ut Roucn, and sunk
! her in tho Seine to obbstruct navigation. This
may mako more trouble.
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Old Book ON wI,cbo.,,.

Glnnyil's ,"Saducimus Triumpbatus. -
Or Full and Plain Evidence Concern
ing Witches and ASPIRATIONS" pub.
l!shed In London in 1852, was sold
fortnight ago for S5l0 at "a book
sale In New York. II was owned Lv
DR.. Frank Il. O'I'rien and was bought
by Lathrop g. Harper. The book he.
longed to Cotton Mathcr and was
annotated by him. Mather used II in
making his witchcraft ACQUISITIONS and
In writing his wonders OF the In
visible World" which was publishe ed
in 1893. The book was thought 10
be among the worlds lost books until
two years ago when IT was found
amid the discharged junk of an attic
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-03
SEEN ON THE SIDE
BY HENRY EDWARD wARNER
The Puttcr-On.


There Is man in every town.
And one in every block.
Who spends his life In turning down
The dic;um az the clock:
All aphorisnns poin,ins on,
The scal mans soul must reach.
Vie ss"Gs, regarding ;hen,. no doubt,
A. t>N!isR forms " speech.
To 40 il now ne ;mras an ear
As 6e*: as stone. ana horrows
From month 10 month, from year to year.
N"'Dc Uahorn tornorrows
NnGl Ais debt rolls up--until
Himself w-S0la 10: Ss!nsay 1t.
Ths; i; is sESA :. laundering bill
he e*0nH' Aopo - pay IT.
And 81, enmesAed IN dsA;s that grow
Wi;h fool Hvocca>:ina;ion,
iae 92Gs MS Spirit IL :, low
Ana s1tnelsSs situation:
And drifting ;hus, No comes st last
To such 5 mans conclusion
That. Judging futures by ;he past,
Ambition is ielus!on.
he is The rp;te--pn; the man
MIRO like :hc sie,A. hangs litcless:
y putty aEu-e in his clan.
An'hitiorlcss and s:ritcless.
And who should waste his precious time
Win 2ondes.nc upon him?
he isn'i even worth this rhyme
The Pui;e-- OF. doesone him.
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voked in the selection of parliamentary

' voked in the selection of parliamentary
| leaders.
| Not since the days of the Civil War IT.
| self has the House been genuinely DELHI
| erative body. Debate must be restricted or
| else no business will be transacted. The
gag rule must be applied 10 prevent delay
in the enactment of important measures.
The only means left 10 the average member
OF expressing his views for the benefit OF
his own constituents is To extend" his
remarks in the Congressional Record.
All these evils proceed from the fact that
the House is top-heavy with members. The
| individual Representative has no chance
nine times out OF ten 10 function beyond his
privilege of voting. If u charitable con-
stitiency, realizing that lis spokesman is
deprived of an opportunity for usefulness
until he has become veteran. keeps him
in Congress. then he may after twelve, IF
teen or twenty years become the author Of
piece of cherished legislation.
The facts about the whole business are
matters of common agreement, Nobody
stops to debate them. House headers or
other days and House leaders OF today fully
understand that the House already is too
large and cumbersome 10 be what it was de-
signed to be-that is truly representative
body of men. fresh every two years from
the people.
ten years. for new reapportionment, Re
publicans and Democrats alike yield to po-
litical expcdiency. They vote without re-
spect to party to further increase the mem
bership and further increase the difficulty
OF making the House really responsive
group of spokesman for the American peo-
pie. They shrink from the possibility OF
legislating any one OF their associates out
of office and in order to save every man
his seat, it becomes necessary to create a
large number of new seats.
The chances are that the action OF the
Republican caucus will become the action
Of the House as whole There is still
time for men like Speaker Gillett and
former Speaker Clark TO lift their voices in
protest but if history repeats itself, as
seems probable they will be overridden Just
as other courageous men in days past were
brushed aside when such an issue was
raised
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-03
CLEVER MUSICAL COMEDY
HAS ATTRACTIVE MELODIES
Popularity Of Music In ..Thc Rninbo,y
Girl" Has Never
Sunrd.

Gleason and Blocks musical COM
cdy, The Rainbow Girl" viii be Of
fcred Mt the Strand Thursday, Friday
and Saturday and Saturday matinee.
me popularity OF this delightful
piece has been deserved by reason OF
the Intricate worth OF the musical
garniture given IL by Louis A. Hirsch,
the innate charm Of the romantic
humorous story provided by Rennold
Moii, and no less by the high stand
ard OF equipment and presentation
maintained by the producers.
:, When II was first produced at tho
New Amsterdam Thcater, New York,
IT'S many song hits. such as My Rain
DOW Girl" III Think OF YOU" Just
ion Alone" "Alimony Blues" and
Mister Drummer Man" were borne
on the wave OF popularity over the
enthc country. and it is II tribute to
their lasting qualities that the cvanc-
scent song hits" OF all later musical
comedies have not been able to les
sen the favoritism in which the
RhlHbow Girl" numbers are held.
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a Caucus Surrender

4 might have been expected. the Repub-
iican caucus OF the House Of Repre-
resolved upon further increase
gain the size of the House under the 1920 cen
sus. That conference placed personal rcla-
4@ tions above the public intcres, and makes
- no apology for the fact
Nothing could be more nantes, than the
advisabiity Of either maintaining the House
SIS at Its present numerical membership or of
reducing IL. For more than two decades
this has been unwieldy organization.
s There have scarcely been enough important
aS committee assignments TO 20 around Men
OF ability have been sent to Washington and
because they were freshmen" they have
heen deprived OF any fair opportunity for
IN service.
E The major chairnanships are few in
number and are awarded Invariably under
:G the archaic rule Of seniority This means
s. that the actual leadership Of the House may
be found and frequently is in the hands OF
a small group OF inferior men. But with
A N House too large for efficient organization
IN 1T As pleaded that only seniority can be in
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Spirit of Virginia Press

In a lengthy article the Norfolk Ledger Dis
patch admits that the ABOLITION of the saloon
was 4 good thing. then cnumerates various
evils of prohibition" ana concludes: .The
bootcggers couldn'; carry on their trade or
occupation without the aid OF responsible citi-
zens. TO say that these conditions make for
disrcspcct for all laws, encourage a sort OF
anarchy, ia to state obvious fact So IL we
admit that prohibition is :. good thing we
must also concedc that il is not an unmixed
blessing
Crawford's Weekly. published at Norton in
Wise County. carries IN It's last issue this
startling editorial: Cons pcuous by their abb
sence were the usual killings last sunday For
the first Sunday in months no murders were
reported. and the Sabbath passed off with its
stiffness unbrokcn. IL tomorrow passes off in
the same quiet way, confidence will begin to
be restored in the ability and fitness OF our
police and the sanity Of citizens. Con-
scientious citizens will take hope anew"
The Danvilc Register. looking to the new
year. reads n strictly business Iec,ur, IN ia
local constituency, from which the following
paragraph is taken: IF wc wish IN ,Dake
things hum, VIC all need TO adopt the hopcful
outlook and the sound philosophy embodied In
the rag-timc song. I'm gwinc to live ANY,
how iii l die" TOO many Of us al, before
sick. or squeal before we are hurt
symptoms which merely mean that We lack
courage. Courage too, means activity. energy.
action. and. together with intelligence viii
triumph over any obstacles. Eat there Is am
pie cause for optimism, and that is what ~.
most need-confidencc in ourselves, confidence
In the future and courage and energy to see
and seize opportunities
"Onc OF the cheering signs OF the ,i,ncs f"
says the Portsmouth Star. "is the demand for
permits for water power development. White
coal may solve the problem OF the fuel pro-
fteer where everything else fails
Tho following from tho Newport News Her
aid is anything but cheering, to say the lca.,
of II: I'VE had been led to believe that nine
,en,hs OF the domestic infclici,y In vryIni,
was due 10 the liquor traffic. But that frame
was abolished in Virginia four years ago and
In the United States n year ago. yet for every
eight marriages contracted In the Old DonIn
ion in 1920 there was one divorce. II was also
stated by Governor Mann, wo think. that gone
thing like 80 per cent Of crlme which scn,
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or .CIndcr.iln'. Twin,

Viola Damn has hcen seen before
and always with admiration, but In
"Cindercila's Twin" shesis at heI
best. Her ability for illuminating Is
nut into play with delightful results
Connie McGill dreams In her Sou :
lcry OF man whose photograph she
has seen in magazine. Suddenly
her Prince Charming is brought INTO
tho same house where she works
Later, she gets the chance to meet
him, b. becoming an unwilling tool
Of n gang OF crooks intent on jewels
Like the original Cinderella, sh
leaves a slipper in her hurried high'
and this slipper which holds Key
to q safe becomes the cruN OF the SIT
uation and the open sesame 10 the
heart OF her Prince Charming.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-03
The Thrill.

DID You ever experience real thrill OF
toy--a feeling OF eNuberance passing all your
previous dreams? Did YOU ever find yourself
so happy. so glad. tina; il seemed though
your heart would burs; With the very happi-
ness OF living Has such feeling ever come
TO you:"
Il; has" said the sober minded you,.y man,
iTnpress!vely, looking straight into the fair
girls poetic mind. 1t has
oh. tell me" She leaned forward tensely.
Once he said remnisceutly, once, the
operator gave me the right number soon
as asked for it,
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"Fatty" in Politics.

who had Already in his crowded ca
reep managed a championship minor
league baseball team, made an enVi
able name for himself In the field OF
embarked upon series OF feature
pictures in which he will play
straight dramatic roles. might In,
cludc politics In his repertoire ana
get away with IL. But so far he has
confined his aspirations In that line
to his new Paramount photoplay'
"rhe Life OF the Party" in which ne
will be seen at the Victor IheateT
today and tomorrow.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-03
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Theater Calendar

sTRsSD-Cecil Lean md Cleo
MnyGcId, IN ILook who's Here"
ACADEIY-IScith vaudeville.
DIJOU-Violn Dana, In "Cinder-
elias Twin"
BLUEBIlD-"Duc Jones, I'm
"Sunhct SprnEuc."
BROADWAY = Won stroheim'.
"The Devils Pass Key
iSIS-Grace Dawson md Con-
why Tenrie, in "Atonemrnt."
I.YRIC-Otis skinner, la "i<iH-
met"
oDEON-Anitn Stewart, in "Tkc
Fighting Shrpherdens.'
REN-Eddie Polo, In "KinE OF
the Circus"
VICTOR-Rosroe "Fatty" Ar
buckle, In "'rhe Life or the
Party"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-03
Incredible, but True

SV/ARREN G. HARDING received the al
w most incomprehensible plurality on
the second OF November of 1908, $50 votes
over his four opponents, vote in size and
in relation to that cast for other candidates
for the presidency without precedent in
the annals OF American politics. The Of
fetal returns are now in with the exception
OF the vote in New York. Bronx, Kings and
Queens Counties in New York, where the
unofficial tabulation must be accepted
The extent of the landslide in the light
of the figures now available, becomes even
more incomprehensible TO the student OF
politics. How a man without pronounced
personal charm or great intellectual force,
without the benefit of clear-cut issues,
without an enthusiastic individual follow
ing and with no appeal whatever to the
imagination or the emotions of the people
could attract so amazing a vote battles all
attempts at explanation.
The only possible answer that can be
given to the question--and il does not
wholly satsfy-is that the vote east was n
vote OF opposition, not a vote of affirmation
The country was overwhelmingly against
something; not overwhelmingly for any
thing. II demanded a change, Il sweeping
change, and il neither stopped looked nor
listened in its stampede against the exist
ing regime
1t is interesting TO compare the vote this
year with that of four years ago The Re-
publican candidate gained Il total of 1913
oGS, or a half million more than the total
vote cast for Judge Hughes. The Demo-
cratic candidate g:iuda' only 12,li4 over
the vote cast for President Wilson in 1916
in other words, with the enfranchisemcnt
of something like 100000 women, the
Democrat was unable to show more than a
negligible gain Not only did a vast num-
her OF male Democrats vote for Senator
Harding, but Il propOrtionate number of fe-
male Democrats did the same thing
More than once in the past Presidents
have been elected without a plurality OF
the popular vote This was true of Prcsi-
dent Wilson in 1912, and for four years he
was faced with the constant reminder that.
after all, he was minority" President
-Four years later he received a small, but a
decisive plurality and since 1916 the mi
Tority reproach has not been passed upon
him
With his plurality SO large as almost to
stagger conception, Senator Harding's title
10 the presidency is beyond the remotest
question. And there is comfort for the
country in the contemplation OF this fact.
This is particularly true for the reason that
he is absolved from any obligation whatever
TO any faction or element or group that
might otherwise have had a mortgage upon
him.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-03
Harry Trocy thr unudIt

Subscribcr, REORGANIZATION nearly
Two months in the summer of 1902
larry Tracy, an escaped convict.
terrorized people living in the vi
Gcsssiully dciicd the officers of the law
re broke out OF the Oregon State
Penitehtiary June .. after killing
aouT men. June % he killed a com
panion named Merrill. and July 2
Billed three and wounded two mem
oers or posse. He compelled farm
MS anu otherS TO help him with food.
wounded. and on August Killed
Wash. D.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-03
AUSTRALIAN WOODCUTTERS
FEATURE ACADEMY'S BILL
Act VIII lie Given nm
vaudeville Program Here
In


y novelty that Is fun of thrilIs and
excitement VIII be offered at tho
academy today by jackson ana Me
Larcn. the Australian woodcutters.
ilhcse men are the champion tree
ic.l.rS or australia and have rem
u'atlon mat is the envy or the bush
men Of the big island. The methods
q iumbering, In the antipodes Is first
STOW ana Then those two strappIng
men indulge In trce-fcl!ins contest
thiIt stirs 4 great admiration
These mighty hewcrs are fine spec
linens OF athletic manhood. and give
an exhibition that is marvellous. hur,
ing the blades across the stage and
SINKING them In given mark on n
tree stump. The act has proved n
aehsat!on In the music halls OF Eng
lana and the vaudeville thcaters or
New York.
Othcr features OF the new bill are
anderson and wei. whiriwind ska
.ets. cleo and Thomas. comedy duo:
equestrian ana MyTa Suter spectacu-
,ar dancers, and sampson and Doug
las, eccentric comedy entertainers
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-03
The First Curb Market.

Reader. Richmond.-The first Con-
gress Of the United States, while in
session in Federal Hall. on Wall
Street. New York, in 1850, autho-
rized and subsequently Issued bonds
tthen called stock) amounting to $780,
debts incurred by the Continental
Congress and the various colonies.
This naturally led to orders for the
purchase and sale OF these bonds be-
frat came to merchants, attorneys
and others, but later, MS tho trans
actions increased, some mon began
to give special attention to this bust
America.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-03
HOSPITAL ERECTED BY
G. w. VANDERBILT BURNS
Directors PInn Restoration or Asbe
WIG institution Before Ashes
Are Cool.

Il5yAssOcIatc ted prcssl
SSiiENll.LE, c., Jan. 3.-Hardly
had the ashes cooled OF the Clarence
iiarker Memorial Hospital. at I;ilt-
more, which was partly destroyed by
ire OF undetermined origin early to-
Gay, before the directors had started
plans which, they state, probably VIZ
terminate in the erection OF a new
hospital to cost S250,00O.
All patients of the burned structure
were successfully removed beng
transferred to other hospitals of the
city. and no one was injured. officials
report.
Erected many years ago by the late
George w. Vanderbilt as a memorial
TO his cousin, Clarence Barker, the
hospital since has been operated as
u public institution.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-03

inc Staunton News-Lcadcr also carries an
rdtoriai new year lecture to homo folks and
mere is the conclusion: "a place means so
much more to man IL he really counts for
something In II this town.. And how can n
man nave more fun than TO have part In
'he CROWN OF the community where his boy
mood friends live. to feel that no Is helping to
develop and improve 1t and to put Il on the
may as a WORTHWHILE social, civic commercial
and industrial centcr?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-03
Information Bureau

IuGuiries regarding almost my
topic, excepting on legal ana medi-
cnl subjects, arc answered free. An
all Inquiries arc answered directly
by personal letter, II sclf-addrcsscd
stamped envelope IL required. Adj
dress The Tlines-DIspntch Informal
tIon Bureau, IiIchmond. Va.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-03
Pine Trees.

j. Il. H.. Courtland.-Therc are
about twenty-eisht species OF pines
in the United States. of which the
white pine. Georgia pine, red pine and
the great West Coast sugar pine are
among the most valuable. The
scotch pine, also called Norway pine.
is the only British species. The nut
pine is any pine tree, or species Of
pine. which bears large edible sceds
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-03
"westcrn, Mt pluebIrd.

BUCK ZONES, the daring WilIinm
Fox COWBOY. Will DO the star at the
Biuebird Theater today and toner;
Sunset sprague." written tanoh by al Giya ae
a rider without a superior on the e
screen or on the range; According
e Manage Klein Gle snr Of the IS sige0 rol
mamie tale OF the Western plains.
Zones. in the title role, sets a thrill.
ing pace and keeps his ebe pennies on on
the jump until the end; P n,sSs he he
part OF plucky girl of the west
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Up With the Times
Dl II. o. IL.

DAnTunzio boastcd he would fly away from
Fiumc On an angels wings. but when the test
came lie decided an ordinary airplane would
suffice. thus proving himself more careful
than courageous
Wilson is 100 modest in turning down $780,
600 on the ground that anything he could
write would not be worth il. We have in mind
at least one writer who. should the offer come
his way would try to choke down his pride.
Notice merchant advertising stuffed
furniture" for sale. Must he mighty cheap IL
big dinner.
Dealer in holiday goods informs us he had a
time we knew those things were adjustable TO
liracades.
Judging by reports from Marion. Harding
has exhausted the list of things to talk about
down TO 'Cabbages and Kings"
II Edchmomd holds that big floral parade.
thcr" will be notable absence of rum bios
SONS
Kramer Prohibition COMMISSIONER acts as
if ae had himself mixed UP with another once
wel-k3own person, whose title started with
n IL"
Music can't hope to replace booze" as a
stimulant until it eliminates the Blues"
Heard Of a younGstcr who became violently
insane after reading works of Edgar Allan
Poe. Sort of Raven crazy as it were.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-03
"Atonen,ent" ut Isis.

"Atoncmcnt.", the new photoplay In
which the charming Grace Dawson
stars. will hold the place OF honor on
the screen at the Isis today, tomor-
row and "Wednesday. This picture;
which is all American In theme ana
mantle story, THE Living Corpse,
by Count Leo Tolstoi.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-03
joy"

There said the policeman. pointing point
edly. is the happiest woman in town-the ono
driving the auto with the wabbly front left
wheel"
500" inquired the jaywalker
"She is said the policeman. "She has
mastered the ar, OF turning the corner on the
right hand side without looking back to see il
anyone is going 70 bump into hcr.-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-03

men and women to the pcnitcntiary could be
traced directly or indirectly to whisky. But
tho last report we Indicated that the
number of conHicts in tho penitontiary. on the
prison farm and In the road camps ut Christ
mas was approximately 1000. Human nature
is the same. with or without prohibition"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-03
DunIrx Trlcurnnhy.

Reader. Covington.-Dr. wilhelm
Ginth, OF Austria. invented the duplex
telegraph in 1853, by which TWO mes
sages were sent over one wire, one
message in each direction at the
same time. Carl Frischen, OF Han
over, improved the system in 1854.
and Joseph IL. Stearns, OF Boston.
perfected il in 1872.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-03
Cinema Programs
OH, sLIuner In "ki.met."

"kismet," the Robertson-C Cole pro
act,r actor. otis Skinner. III his first
screen venture, will open at ING
Lyric Thcatcr today for "A run or one
week. This is reputed 10 be me
greatest picture or the decade. Re-
oietc with interesting characterize :
lions and situations. the story gave
MIR. skinner his greatest starring We
liclc on the legitimate stage ana inc
ter.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-03
IRSIDI0US PARIS HICCOUGH
SUCCUMBS TO NEW FORMULA
Tonibs Physician Discovers Remedy
to Combat Disease Which
Inrndcs Manhattan.
fRy IIniyrreol SaryIr

NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-That fnsidious
Partisan hiccup that has OF late in
new formula, it was learned here to-
day. $50
DIR. Perry NJ. Litchtcnstein, attend
Ing physician at tho Tombs Prison.
nounced today that he would furnish
1t to physicians on application.
He has treated successfully $50
cases of hiccup by the new method
at tho prison.