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SUNDAY, JULT f., 1911.

Celebrate Independence Day on July16 by going to the polls and perform¬ing- the duties of citizenship.

A Mare's Nest.As the only thing approaching a

scandal to occur during the remark¬ably clean and efficient administra¬tion of departments under the pres¬ent Democratic regime, the Newmanmine story and the wrong use ofcongressional stationery assume a

certain importance. Occurring atother times, it would scarce cause a

ripple in official circles and createlittle public interest. As it is, noone is wildly excited, and few haveany idea that any one is dishonor¬ably involved. The result of the in¬vestigation is awaited with a patiencewhich springs from an almost cer¬tain assurance of what that resultwill be.

"Situation Is Critical In Albania."says headline, which could scarcelybe called news. That ts the normal sit¬uation.

Our Philippine Policy.For the United States to abandon

the Philippines now would be for theUnited States to shirk its manifestduty. It would be a crime at thistime to turn the government of thoislands over to the inhabitants.

That is the gist of the oppositionto the administration's Philippineproblem and, like most of the oppo¬sition to most of the policies of thepresent administration, it is based on

misapprehension. No one wishes toabandon the Philippines now. Noone -wishes to grant the Filipinosself-government now. The Demo¬cratic policy 1b to proclaim an in¬tention to grant independence assoon as possible and to work towardthat end step by step. The Repub¬lican policy is to declare an inten¬tion to grant independence event¬ually, but to take no step towardthat end until some vague time inthe future. That is the essentialdifference. Its root is tho essentialdifference between Jeffersonianismand Hamiltonlauism.between Dem¬ocracy and Republicanism.

Vice-President Marshall show?d hispower of self-denial when he went ona picnic while all the others weremaking the eagle scream.

A Party Trouble Settled.Every Democrat who has followed

the course of events in the NinthCongressional District, where patron¬age differences between factions wereendangering the welfare of the party,engaged as it is in a close flglit forsupremacy over the "pied" Republi¬cans and Hull Moosers, will feelgratification that an agreement hasbeen reached whereby all troublescan be settled. There will^e uni¬versal approval of the decision-of theVirginia Senators to withdraw fromthe untenable position that the Presi¬dent of the United States must sur¬render his constitutional rights tothem.

Incidentally, it will be noted alsothat Postmaster-General Burlesonupholds the declaration of The Times-Dispatch that the challenge of theDanville supporters of Mr. Lawson,presidential appointee for the Dan¬ville poet-office, for a primary to de¬termine the will of the people in thisregard, was promptly transmitted toSenator Swanson, and refused by"him. That, of course, answers thepositive statements to the contraryby misguided and blundering friendsof the junior Senator, who made forhim denials which it would have em¬barrassed hitn seriously to support-

Dtck Byrd ..pf-kf. and the Blues'Ban*! played at Highland Park yes¬terday. Both vocal and lr.slrumen'almusic for the patriots!

"Spooning."John Alexander, a director of the

International Sunday School Con¬vention in Chicago, is of the opin¬ion that "spooning is a crime againstwomanhood." That is the view herecently expressed to several hun¬dred young women. It is to be as¬sumed they were properly shockedand deterred.The question is: How does John

Alexander define the verb "tospoon"? If he means the vulgar,lovty-dovev, ducky-darling brandthat airs itself on benches in publicparks and other public places, orthat conceals something rather ug¬lier, we find ourselves in agreementvlth him.

\ But if be wants to place on theindex expuxgatorius that beatificphase of the courtship that precedesthe honorable proposal of marriageand the marriage itself, we feel con¬strained to remark that John Alex¬ander is ju6t too ladylike for any¬thing in this world.One trouble with our day is that

it seeks to place vice and the ebul¬litions of youth at springtime- In the

eatue brackets. It lacks perspec¬tive, ml8Bes discernment. The"high-brow" reformer (Heaven helpus!) thinks the best way to Inducea better grade of morals is to re¬turn to that starched age of propri¬ety, when every girl had a chaperonand was permitted to discuss withher swain only such pulsating top¬ics as the weather, the new preacherand psychology.Our country is essentially more

moral than Europe, because thereis no hypocrisy between the sexes,plenty of good-fellowship betweenthom, together with a cherishing ofthose fragrant illusions of romancethat mean so much to youth and tochivalry. We don't make a busi¬ness of marriage as they do inFrance, nor do w6 make the womana bad second in the partnership, as

they do Jn England.We confess to a distaste for the

somewhat common word "spooning."In its better sense, however, it standsfor many things that have helpedkeep marriage as free of the mer¬

cenary taint as it is to-day.

Man brings suit for loss ot spoon¬ful of brains. We know folks whowould not have enough left after suchan accident to bring suit.

Pay the Price of Liberty.In that immortal document, whose

birth was celebrated by the greatrepublic yesterday occur thesewords, known and accepted as truththroughout an ever-increasing partof the earth:

"To secure these rights govern¬ments are instituted among men.deriving their just powers fromthe consent of tho governed."That more than declaration of a

single nation's independence, thatdeclaration of universal rights, re¬ceives Up service in this great nationwhich gave it utterance and by forcoof arms and through loss of bloodwrote it in indestructible lettersacross the skies. It receives lip ser¬vice. Only when its application isseriously threatened or when someovert violation of the rights of thegovernment is attempted does .it re¬ceive more. Only then do the peo¬ple rise and reassert their unalter¬able and Inflexible purpose to makeIt live forever.

But it is not in force of arms, noryet in corruption of the ballot box,that the menace alone lies. ThereIs a more subtle danger. PublicIndifference sometimes makes It ap¬pear that, the words and sentimentare forgot.sometimes dims t'neglory of the light they shed. Gov¬ernments derive "their just powersfrom the consent of the governed."But what if the governed sleep?What if eternal vigilance is consid¬ered too high a price to pay for lib¬erty?

It seemB as if it is so consideredsometimes, for sometimes the gov¬erned. who can make their wishesknown and effective only through jthe ballot box, do not trouble to goto the ballot box. Sometime^ many,even when they go, do not exercisethe right of suffrage with true andcareful regard for tbeir own wel¬fare. Voting not at all or votingas sheep, the voters, the governed,without, whose consent no just pow¬ers of government exist, do not giveconsent, are not even considered.The few who exercise eternal vigi¬lance, not that liberty may endure,but that special privilege may begained, control the election. Con¬trolling, they elect those whom theywill, and those they will to electare those who will "do something"for them.

Supine and indifferent, the greatmass of voters go their way. notcorrupt, but corrupted, and seem¬ingly content. One day an excep¬tionally daring act in the interestof the few and against the good ofthe many is performed. Then comesa howl. Those who have sleptawake and And that, having refusedto pay the price of liberty, theyhave it not. There is an upheaval,and things assume their normalequilibrium again. Good men. menregardful of the Interests and rightsof the community, are put in office,and all is well.for a time.

But only for a time. The com¬munity turns over and goes to sleepagain, and soon the old crowd isback into power.

It has happened in Richmond, andvt wrll happen again, unless the peo¬ple awake and keep awake. Thegoverned In Richmond have theright to have their wishes consld-ered. It is so writ in the Declara-tion of Independence, and the writ-Ing has been made good through theflow of the blood or patriots. Itcan be kept good, not sporadically,not sometimes, but all the time, ifthe people will. They have onlyto register, watch their servants andvote.

Eternal vigilance.and action atthe ballot box.is the price the peo¬ple must pay for a government de¬riving its "just powers from theconsent of the governed,"Make the election of July 16 re¬

sult aB needed for the good of themany, rather than for the good ofthe privilege-seeking few.

The Colonel talks "continuing ex-eoutive action." but when there him-rejf practiced continuing executivetalking I

Independence Hay.There 1s a general note of confi¬

dence that this year's celebrationof "the Glorious Fourth" produced ashorter list of killed and maimedthan did last year's, which markedan appreciable improvement overthe casualties of the past.

In this there is solid ground forsatisfaction, for tetanus poisoningand the rest are poor reminders ofso great an event as the signing of

¦the fjeclaration of Independence,i Still there is room for regret thatno great genius has arisen to leachus how to make our high days not-able without injury to life and limb,Ir. countries where religious observ-antes play a larg.'* part In the life

I of the people, there also the festal[ days are signalized in at lea6t an |

eye-filling way. In countries main¬taining large standing armies It 1balways simple to provide a stirringmilitary spectacle.With us, who are not fond of the

soldier's uniform and whose reli¬gious observances are restricted toconsecrated buildings, who have nonational dances and have not de¬veloped any racial customs, it is noteasy to mark the anniversary of anyof our great days by a ceremonialthat shall be at once striking, satis¬fying and safe.The old nolBy celebration of the

frourth of July was bad, perhapsworse than no observance at all. Buteverybody understood it and nearlyeverybody participated. To that ex¬tent it was a national ceremony.

!\aval officers "plucked" on July 1havo some consolation, unless. Indeed,they are so unfortunate as to live Ina dry State, too.

What Was News.One of the moBt interesting and

most widely read columns in TheTimes-Dispatch is that conducteddaily except Sunday under the head¬ing "What Was News Fifty YearsAgo."

Not the least interesting install¬ment was that of Saturday morning.The paragraph relating to the observ¬ance by the Confederate governmentof the Fourth of July, the holiday ofthe nation it was fighting, arousesspeculation as to the cause of theanomaly. We think it can be foundin the fact that the people of theSouth even then remembered thatthe day was made a day to be cele¬brated through the efforts of greatSoutherners and Virginians. More-o\er, it was for the rights enumer¬ated in the Declaration of Independ¬ence and guaranteed in the UnitedStates Constitution, both the worklargely of Southerners, that theSouthern Confederacy claimed (o befighting. Then that brief lettor ofAbraham Lincoln's, accepting a sec¬ond nomination to the presidency. Ismost interesting, both for its brevityand compactness and because of thereference to affairs In Mexico, whenthe United States was maintainingthe first "watchful waiting" policy.

This little column, we think, is notonly highly interesting and enter¬taining to all, but valuable his¬torically. It should be clipped dailyand pasted iu a scrapbook. Or doesany one keep a scrapbook these days?

...P,-1nr®a* "n<! Roosevelt agree as towhat should be done. The differenceIs .is to Which shall do It.

Tuberculous Children.Dr. Mary Lapharn, a specialist of

some note, told the country's physi¬cians at Atlantic City the other daythat 1.000,000 of the 20,000,000children In this nation were Infectedwith tuberculosis. It is possiblethat Dr. Lapham, following the prac¬tice of the majority of specialists,has exaggerated as to conditions Inher own field. But making liberaldiscount even, It remains that tuber¬culosis is tragically prevalent amongthe school children of America.

Dr. Lapham's plea was for a rigidand periodic examination of schoolchildren, with the idea of detectingtuberculosis in its first stages anderadicating it.. Her theory is em¬phatically a good one. We alreadyhave medical inspection in most ofthe cities of the country. It isdoubtful if it is conducted with suf¬ficient regularity or at intervals suf¬ficiently frequent to make It attainits highest usefulness.

In the matter of tuberculosis, forinstance, one of the most hopefulfactors looking toward elimination1b the treatment of disease in chil¬dren. Science now has at its dis¬posal means whereby a verv earlydiagnosis may be made. And oncea case of Incipient tuberculosis hasbeen located. Its cure may be pre¬dicted in the majority of cases.Apply the method over a series ofyears, and it is not conjecture thatwe Ehall ultimately bring this plagueto the point where we can control

If (o the money spent in treat¬ment of tuberculosis, municipalitiesStates and government added a triflefor purposes of prevention, weshould begin to see light in hand¬ling this dangerous and distressingproblem.

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An Old-Time Doctor.Here is a regular, old-time doctor

of the old school. He appears inthe person of Dr. John B. Deaver. ofPennsylvania, who informed bis col-leagues at the Atlantic City con-vention of the American MedicalAssociation that surgical operationswere too plentiful and unnecessaryin these days.

Fifteen and twenty years ago suchviews were common among the med-leal profession. That was beforethe day of the specialist, who was

| then regarded as a curiosity. Theaverage doctor advised an operationias a last resort, and the averageperson who submitted to an opera¬tion was likely to bore his friendswith the story for the rest of hisdays.

1 o-day things are different. Spe¬cialists are abundant for every dis-ease. The family practitioner growslees in glory. The burgeon and hisknife flash through the land. Op¬erations, major and minor, are fre¬quent.We are not prepared, wholly to

join Dr. Deaver in saying that theyare too frequent. This much atleast is true: physicians should longhesitate and patients demand thatthey should hesitate before invokingthe knife. Palliative treatment hasnot made as long strides as surg-ery, but almost. And the man orwoman relieved without the strain ofan operation has conserved vitality.

At the same time, it is poor policyto prejudice people against opera¬tions when frequently the opera-tiou may be the only hot*»e.

Spirituality of the ChurchSermon by

nBV. REGINALD H- potts.Pastor Monuuirut Mrthoillnt Church.

(Written for Tho Times-Dispatch.)

REV. REGINALD H. POTTS.

The subject of this sermon.thespirituality of the church.J®mount. It Is Impossible to o\erestl-innte Its Importance. We tend to mag¬nify ttio child of our brain, tho objectof our Interest. An wo consider It wewarm toward It: It looms larger andlarger on our mental horizon. W eforgot for the time its relative posi¬tion amid the realm of facts. Tho partbecomes a whole, and it acquires afictitious value. 15ut we cannot mas-nlfv the signltlcance of the spiritualityof the church. Considered alone, con¬sidered In its relations, it is tho su¬preme fact of the church, of the world.

Christ says of His followers. \e aretho light of the world. And thespiritual condition of the church is the jsource of Its light. "Let your lightso »hlne before men that they maysee your good works."WHAT IS MKANT BY TlfK |SPIRITUALITY OF THE CHURCHWhat is meant by the spirituality of

the church'.' We speak of It abstractly.and It seems to elude us; to hide itsel.amid the thin mists of unreality. But jIt Is a very real thing; a very concreterealltv. It pertains to th* lordship ofChrist His enthronement over the |renlzn of our Inner being. R'shopLlghtfoot was never weary of t,a>>ng"Christianity Is Christ." A greater,moreover, than he. the large souled andloftv Intellected Paul, had uttered thesame thought nearly .',000 years he-fore, and In a far Intenser way, com¬ing as an outburst of personal testl-monv, "To me to live is Christ. Thespirituality of the church begins in.consists of and Is measured by thedevotion of its Individual members tothe crucified, risen ami ascended Lord, jCreed is not the reality, thougn atrue creed is the window throughwhich we catch a vision whereby thereality is deepened and intensified.Humanltarlanlsm. which has tried tousurp its place, is not its essence. but ;merelv a legitimate offspring. Ritual-Ism is not of Its Inner being, but onlythe pathway which It makes for Itselfand along which It moves. Love forChrist.the reality and extent of thatlove constitutes and determines thespirituality of the church. Let. us notesome of the true marks, the 6ure tokensof the spiritual state of tho church.BRINGS separation

FROM SINFUL WORLDT. It brings everywhere and always

reparation from the sinful world toChrist. Christ loved this material uni¬verse. His poetic tnlnd dwelt amidIts hidden meanings. He cWighted todraw His Illustrations therefrom. ..Inners "He died for, but sin He abhorredThe prophet represents Jehovah In theOld Testament as saying. "Th°. abom¬inable thing that my soul hates" Whocan measure the depth of that wordhates? Only the height of infinite lovecan measure the depth of infinite hate.And r.o the follower of tho Master Isseparate from the world. H«j has"come out from among them." He is"not of the world, even as Christ isnot of the world." The Intensity andpersistence with which the church op-pos«s wrong everywhere and a'waysis tho measure of Its spirituality. Docsit compromise with evil? Does it op¬pose it feebly? Then. Its spiritual liferuns low. Does It linger on the borderline of the questionable? Then, Usloss for its Lord is small.

IT. It insures sacrifice for Christ.Love desires to give. .Sacrifice is ofits very essence. Whore that Is whollyabsent there can be no devotion.Jonathan loved David, and he hesi¬tated not to incur the anger of anevil and inconsiderate father for thehelp of his friend. Mary loved herLord, and the alabaster box of pre¬cious ointment distilled Its costly per¬fume round His person. The quiet wor¬shiper in the temple, whom Christmemorialized, loved the Lord of thesanctuary, and gave her all.God loved man, and sacrificed forhis redemption the dearest objectamid the courts of heaven.devotion !has ever and will ever breathe itself !forth In the service of sacrifice. Itfeels no relief till then, and the meas- I

ure and ease of the sacrifice is thegauge of love.CHRIST CAME TO

SEEK AND TO SAVE *III. Spiritual children are begottenOf God's ancient church the Psalmistdeclared, "Of JSion it shall be said. This

man and that man was born in her."Mark the language, shall be said; and [this man and that man. It compre- ;hends and includes a multitude. Christ jhad a large outlook. Held in, to faras the human eye was concerned, by ithe confines of one of the smallest ofEastern states. Tils vision swept intothe remotest corners of space, andtime- He came to seek and to save.And so the. church that is knit withdevotion to its Lord Is stirred withinits inner being when it sees an unsavedworld. It goes forth in sympathy, inyearning and effort, and the effort ac¬complishes something.men are saved.A nonrevlval, nonmlsslonary churchis a dead church.The devotion of a church, its spirit¬ual state, is shown in its efforts for

the unsaved. What Is the spiritualstate of the church to-day? Does Itstand a-s an Impregnable wall againstevil invading its folds? Is It seek¬ing with earnestness to destroy theworks of the devil, to make the king¬doms of this world the kingdom ofour Lord and of His Christ? Is itovervwhere and always opposed to thewrong In high places and in low?Does it make sacrifices, real sacrifices,for its Lord' Or does it in its giftsand efforts only bestow that whichcosts little? Are. men born in thechurch?CHURCH NEITHER DEAD

NOR IN ERR TIDEAre revival fires burning brightly

ar.d glad hearts crying out "My Lordand my God"? Certainly. I believewe can answer these questions in some.measure at least in the affirmative.The church is not dead, nor has anebb tide in its life been reached. Iwish we could say it was flood tide,Progress, wo think, however, is beingmade. The "Men and Religious For¬ward Movement." our own missionaryand Sunday school activities, socialservice federations, and movements of

nil kinds which are aiding religion.bear testimony to this fuct. Whatthen can wo do to lncreaso the spirit¬uality of tho church? This Is a mostpractical question. We answer: - lirst.that we ask daily to catch a newvision of our Lord, and thus ourselvesbecome moro spiritual; second, thatwe sock to translate our spiritual lifeinto deeds for the uplift of men. so

mavBee'ng our sood deeds.

ma> glorify our Father In heaven.

j The Bright SideHere's Loafing.

a/Edison')00 ^ 1 'rhom"

Vacation Is a lazy thing.There's naught to do but row the

boat,And climb the tree to fix tho swing.And scale the mountain like a goat.

And clean the fish and fry the same.And forage food to feed tho flame

And dig a county o'e.* for baita (The,,Thllc 01 ® farmer sits and grins),

glide and dip and hesitateWith schoolmarms at the country

inns,And walk an hour to town for mall.And brace tho tent against the galeAnd spend a morn to mend a tire.And toll and tug like any team

To pull the auto from the mlroOf some pellucid, purling stroam:

Anc. carry tons of picnic lunchTor chipmunks and Tor ants to munch

And bail tho ship with can and hat.And take {he engine all apart.

And flffht tj skeeter and tho gnat-And medlcato the sunburn smart.

Ah. yes, with Wizard Tom I sine.\acatlon is a lazy thing!

.L». H. Robblns. in Judge.General Prlcc No Strategist.

Luke E. Wright, ex-Secretary of Warwas talking about General "sterlingi rice, of Missouri, one of the best fisht-

Ch-lMVar" Southern aide during the

<i Cj!1plex tact,cal movements In prac¬tice did not stagger Price, but the sim¬ples. problem on paper was beyond his

C?vlfr* u?UHn* th° early ,la>'3 of the^ar. Prico visited General

w»ai!rpKII|r Wh° was a Krafluate of.J® Point civil engineer and an au¬thority on military tactics and strategv' Corinth. Beauregard had erectedfortifications which he spoke of as 'im¬pregnable."He took General Price in a carriage\7 'J1®'"- Then he asked Price

what he thought of the work/Well,' replied the Missouri man. *1

befor"''VOr SCen n°nC 11Ue cr but onct

they?'h6y Wer® Pre"y efrectlv^ weren't" Tep, fine! I done tuk her.* " Anec¬dotes of the Hour.

Defined..W.hat ls *,nnate wisdom"..T4. : " »s«io;nIts knowing all Ui. l!tt!e mean¬

nesses of your neighbor before the town

w°se.".Judge.real"CState ^t >-ou

| V<Q)ic® 0)iFA® lP(g(DpS(ST .W

Q"e"t,on» ,or Candidates.el I*11" °f The T'mes-Dispatch:

^it. ,hat ,s tho object In gettingIn*

to B'gn a paper announc¬ing their intention to vote for a cer¬tain candidate? What is the object In

°f the h,«her employes topresent the petition? What ls said tothe men when they are asked to sign?ihpv'V happen to them if the man

inn1 £ffuse to v°t« for should be elect¬ed. Do any of the candidates condonehis practice? Or do any or all ofthem repudiate it? As these questions

anawered fi° WiU 1 a!ul a numberof others vote. And I have a vote.

7-x u .

VOTER OF RICHMOND.Llchmond, Va., July 4, ion.

FrederlckMburB Wants Labor.To the Editor of The Tlmes-DIspatch:? hic'r' i,^Labor is exceedingly scarce Inthis city and section. A number ofneu Industries have been Inauguratedhere recently, and all of the surplusabor has been claimed by these lndus-inLe8Aim wC°.mmv8l0ner Ro>'er .<* hav¬ing difficulty In obtaining capable men

'ft"?" work- Tt has been reportedthat there are a number of idle work¬men around Richmond. Tf this is cor¬rect, It would be well for some of themto como to Fredericksburg, as they willhave no difficulty In securing work

A. P. RFredericksburg. Va, July 4, 1014.

For Mr. Wilson.To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:

' ,r'~7A"y "lan has a right to voteagainst the President If he wishes andany Senator has a right, under foolB., ,rhieS', 1° block appointments.-. t all the. rights are not on one sideThe people have the right to back Mr.'thiir V Wlsh and t0 'nslst. that

Secrepresentative ropresent ^as on* constituent of our

..enators and of Congressman Monta¬gue. cast my vote for Wilson.

Richmond. Va. July 4. I*!*.122*'Institution for Feeble-Minded Children.Vr p.i

° Times-Dispatch:Sir..Eeing a dally reader of?£llr ^WSpapor' 1 should llk* to knowthe address of Institutions in or nearRichmond that are conducted for thecare and education of delinquent orfeeble-minded male ohlldren.

Danville, Va., July 3. 10HREADER"[There is a school for feeble-minded

cniidren operated under State au«nlresIn connection with the Virginia Eni'-/£! Colf">" °utside of LynchburgAddress Virginia Epileptic Colony.Lynchburg Va. There is also a pri-

?,?r°T feablc-mlnded childrenCounty. No £Uch institu¬

tion In Richmond..Ed.]Confessions.

fFor The Times-Dispatch )We like a man who's dark and tallWho's bright, yet doesn't know It all'And there's the man with the eyes of

blue.Around him we don't know what to doHo has a queer, half bantering air" hat seems to say 'of course, I care'Then there are poetB who demand'That passionate love we understandThere are business men who appeal to

the head.So by false hopes we're not misledThere Is the little man, big man. r'ch

man, poor;There's the man who's weak, and the

man who's sure.There's the brunette and tho Titian

blonde.Of all these types we're very fondNow if you put us to the testOf choosing which we like the bestWe answer, in Rudyard Kipling's wayThat's another story.conie again some

day- A HOFFMANStatesville, N. C.

They'd Rather Fall.Rather than go home a confessed

failure, the ABC Board might tryits hand on the Pinchot-Perkins un¬pleasant ne-ss.---Kansas City Journal.

It is expected to start forthwithat Papeete, Tahiti, the erection of awireless station powerful enough tocommunicate with Noumea, in Newi aledonia. and perhaps even withthe Lnlted States. A similar hiffh-power station will be creefjd at

20°0000a' Ca°h Stalion lo cost ^out

When Good Fellows Get TogetherOPTB OF TETE DAY'S BEST CARTOONS.

.From ta» Indiana.?*)'.!* N**-*.«.

'| THE PUBLIC PULSE-Editorial Expreaatons from Leading

NcYrapapera.

Congrrenslonal Pleoaantrlca.Skid the gentleman from Washington

(Mr. Humphrey) to the gentleman fromAlabama (Mr. Heflln) In the House ofRepresentatives: "The sedate gentle¬man, noted for voice, vocabulary andvoluptuous verbosity, proceeded tomake ono of his characteristic speeches.It was Motous In adjectives, rich In re¬dundancy, magnificent In Its Inilatedpomposity, and unmarred by a singlethought." No harm done. Congres¬sional courtesy Inspired Mr. Heflln totake It all smilingly, because Mr. Hef-

jlln Is the archenemy of woman suff-rage and Mr. Humphrey comes from a

jState whose women elect Congressmenland whose orators must keep highly'charged for emergencies..WashingtonHerald.

Everybody Ilappr*The President's interview with Mr.

Morgan, accompanied as It has beenby intimations of coming conferencesof similar naturo with men represent¬ing large business Interests, is one ofthose rather unusual occurrences whichare calcul&tcd to please everybody. Itmust bo about equally agreeable tothose who have been Imagining thatMr. Wilson Is a deadly enemy of busi¬ness, to those who have been oppressedhy the belief that business In possessedwith a fierce desire to destroy Mr. Wil¬son, and to those who, without indulg¬ing^ In either of these fanciful notions,have yet felt that a closer contactand better understanding between thePresident and Congress on the oneside and leading men In the businessworld on the other waa much to bedesired..New York Evening Post.

American Banks in South America.The action of the National City Bank

of New York.forecast In this news¬paper.In deciding to enter the SouthAmerican field in accordance with theterms of the Federal reserve act Isopportune and significant. SouthAmerica, reassured and pleased by thepartial success of the mediation con-ference at Niagara Falls, will welcomeAmerican banks, while every exporterand manufacturer who does businessin that expanding field and hopes toincrease his market will rejoice Inthe move..Chicago Herald.

Standing by Mr. Wllaon.The President has passed another

obstacle, though not a very big one,that loomed up In the path which hehud set himself to follow at Wash¬ington. The strong and systematic ef-fort which haa been made to securepostponement of antitrust legislationlias been a failure. The Democratso? the Senate have made formal an¬nouncement of their purpose to up¬hold the President In his determina¬tion that the most important of thetrust bills be enacted into law at thissession, and the resolution In -whichthese Democratic Senators recordedtheir determination to stand by theirparty leader and the nation's execu¬tive sounds the death knell of the at¬tempt to block the party program.There is no longer any doubt about It.The trust program, or what Is re¬garded as the most essential part ofit. ie going through at this session..Charleston News and Courier.

Queries and AnswersVirginia Collegians.

Generally speaking, how does thenumber of Virginians who have at¬tended college compare with the num¬bers in the New England States, etc.?

W. W. L.The ratio of college students of Vir¬

ginia to the number of white peoplehas for a century been above the aver¬age. No careful census has often beenmade. In 1&50 such a comparison was

greatly to the advantage of Virginia,and a count in 1S72 (a most disad¬vantageous time for the State of Vir¬ginia, since the very class of her citi¬zens which furnished the majority ofcollege smdents was the class peculiar¬ly crippled by the war) shows theproportionate number of college stu¬dents in Virginia to have been abouttwice ac great as that In Massa¬chusetts, Connecticut or Ohio, and abouttwo Era a half times as great as thatin New York, and nearly three timesas great as that In Pennsylvania.

Not Overboaatful.Fllman (to house agent).I thought

you said there was a charming viewfrom the front windows? Why, thereare only houses to be seen.House Agent.So there is a charm

ing view, sir. In the house oppositelives the most beautiful widow youever clapped your eyes on. and she'salways at the window..Life.

Without a Dowry.Betty Van Hicks.Did you have a

satisfactory interview with papa?Jack Brokelelgh.Not very; he said

ell ho would give was his consent..Exchange.

The largest treo in the United Statesis said to be the "Mother of the For¬est," a giant redwood in the Cala"erasbig tree grove In California. It Is sup-,poead to contain 140,619 board feetof lumber.

Mrs. Thomas Scahlll, of Ipswich, re¬cently opened and used a can of blue¬berries. which hnd been kept in thecellar for twenty v»ars. They wereused for pies and V£r« as good a3 ifthey had been last aeason's fruit.

Lawson Supporters |Answer ). F. RisonTo the Editor of The Times-Dispatch:Sir..Wo note the letter of Messrs.

J. }¦". Rlson and W. W Holland In TheTlmes-Dlspatch of July 2.That letter Is an explanation and a

denial, but It denies uhat has notbe«n Affirmed, and It falls to denywhat was positively charged.

It denies the "Inference" that "cre¬ates th»! Impression thai 1" (Mr. Rl-non) "as chairman of the City Demo¬cratic Committee, endeavored to In¬duce W. \V. Holland not to circulatea petition last year for a primary Inbehalf of Captain John O. Lea forpostmaster of this city."No such charge was mad# or Inti¬

mated In our letter of Junb 29th, andto deny It raises no Issue.But we did charge, and do again

charge, that "before Mr. lawson en¬tered the field as a candldat« for post¬master. Mr. W. XV. Holland" (at thattime advocating the appointment of Mr.John G. Lea) "began circulating a pe¬tition for a primary In Mr. Lea's in¬terest. Whll© that petition was be¬ing circulated Mr. John !.. Rlson,chairman of the City Democratic Com¬mittee. a warm advocatc of Mr. Mit¬chell. approached members of thatcommittee, urging them not to signany petition for a primary, ae no prl-marv was wanted. Thereupon Mr.Holland's petition suddenly disap¬peared and has never been rr.ade pub¬lic."That charge Is not, and will pot, be

der.lod. We reltorate It and luatainIt by this statement:

"Danville, Va, July 3, 13H."While Mr. W. W. Holland wan cir¬

culating the petition for a primary InMr. Lea's Interest, Mr. J. I". Rlson.chairman of the City Democratic Com¬mittee, did approach me. a membtr ofthat committee, and asked me If I sawa petition calling for a primary forpostmaster, not to sign it and to dis¬courage Its circulation, as no prlnarywas wanted.

"Mr. Rlson did not then or at »ryother time assign any reahona for hisrequest. except that no primary \taswanted. No mention was made of anyl?-ck of authority on the part of taecommittee.

"RICE GWYNJi.So that Mr. Rison did exactly what

we charged he did, and at the tltnthe did It he did not, certainly to Me.Gwynn. base his appeal to discourageth6 circulation of a petition for a pri*mary upon the ground that this com¬mittee was without authority.Now. as to the explanation. Mn

Rison seems to think that his commit¬tee Is without authority to order sprimary. He need give himself noconcern about that. His candidate, Mr.Mitchell, can submit the question ofhis capacity, efllclency and characterto a primary to be held by the reg¬ular election Judges, at which onl7qualified Democrats shall vote, andthis wo challenge him to do.

It Is useless to dispute over a auc¬tion of authority when consent willsettle the entire matter.We ask Mr. Rlson to point out any

"Inaccuracies" In our letter of June'5th, whether his name Is connectedtherewith or not, and this request Ismade to any one who may undertake

Luge>no°Withere, L P. Morgan. .TamesH. Wilson, T. A- Fox, E. K. Jonee,W E. Gardner, J. T. Brown, W.E. Jefferson, D- P. Withers, J. D.Turner. J. A. Brewer.

Danville, Va., July 3, 1914.

In Desperate Condition."Your valet went on strike, did he?

I hope you didn't accede to his de.

m""pon my Uf«. I had to. old chap;the cunning creature actually threat¬ened to leave me one morningI was half dressed'.".London Opln-lon.

Without o I>onM...What do you consider the chief ena

of man. Billups?" asked Barrowdale."Well, in these days of tango, Bala

Billups, "1 should say that man's chiefend was his feet-".Judge.

An Inspiring Friendship.How inspiring the Colonel's stout

adherence to his friend Perkinsmust seem to My Dear Maria, theshade of E. H. Harrlman, and a fewothers who have loved and lost...Hartford Times.

Invinihlo Percentage.One reason given for the Chaflln

failure Ss the refusal of women tobuy petticoats. A real example ofthe Invisible Percentage..New York!Press.

The Real Trouble.If Perkins had to leave the Pro-

gresalve party, of course, he wouldtake his check-book -with him. andthere's the rub^.Philadelphia Press.

Thirteen was the sacred number ofthe Mexicans and ancient people ofYucatan. Their week had thirteendays and they had thirteen snake gods.

Steam otter trawlers on the New«foundland Banks have proved sophenomenally successfully that muchfear is entertained lest many varle*ties of fish be destroyed.

In Formosa there is a tr«e between2,500 and 3,000 years old, with a clr*oumforence of sixty-five feet and th®lowest branch forty-five feet from th®ground. The treo is a species o|cypress, the Japanese "benlkl."