Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 158, 12 May 1913 — Page 4

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lUE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELE GRAM, MONDAY, MAY 12, IMS

The Richmond Palladium

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Civic Beauty Civic beauty may be but skin deep. Richmond has just passed through the throes of annual cleaning week and every patriotic citizen has done his or her share, even to the little children. And for a week or two the city will look spick and span and then gradually the reasons for another cleaning week next year will begin to accumulate. In fact, most of the reasons for next year's work will be the reasons for this year's work that were never cleaned away. For civic dirt is but another name for civic inefficiency and does not apply alone to the mere trash of the streets and alleys and back yards. These are but some manifestations of the greater sore. Lack of sustained effort is to be the most apparent cause for next year's civic cleaning, yes, and the householders' house cleaning as well. The ninety and nine of us, however, are products of our environment, so we must go behind lack of sustained effort and find its cause. We, the ninety and nine, have shouldered most of our fundamental responsibilities onto the shoulders of the one. A small class has been formed which has sought to perpetuate its power to think and act for the ninety and nine by political and economic monopoly, on account of the unfairly rich rewards accruing. This power in the hands of a class composed of clear thinking and just men would not have harmed us materially as much as mentally. In the hands of unthinking, unscrupulous and unjust men it has harmed us materially, but has given us the incalculable mental gain that comes of being forced to think of a way to rid ourselves of our "old man of the sea" and still retain what good there is in the present system. When a majority of the people are educated to the point that they know what they want and when and how to get it, and this will come with the increase in popular intelligence due to the competition between popular and minority ideas and aspirations, then sustained effort will be encouraged by a straighter and never ending road, instead of being discouraged or rendered impotent by so often being shunted onto roads that turn out to be but blind alleys. When sustained effort is encouraged in all things, then will we have a clean city, internally as well as externally, not only fundamentally, but also superficially. A city but reflects its citizenship. When Richmond's citizens earn their daily bread under an economic and political system that is wholly responsive to the demands of fairness and intelligence, the effect of this on the citizens will be very apparent to the superficial observer of affairs civic. Civic beauty then will be more than skin deep.

removing muck heaps, a large part of the necessary money could thus be obtained. A committee appointed by the Commercial club, for instance, could have entire charge of the work and arrange other means for raising the money needed and adopt other plans for enlisting the support of the citizens. The city government would necessarily have to give the movement its official support to make it a complete success by stringently enforcing those ordinances requiring alleys to be kept clean and sanitary and by placing a ban against all insanitary out houses.

ECONOMICS By Howard M. Jones.

Dead! Dead where the greasy river winds Tainted with filth that a factory grinds Out of the cattle skinsDead! With bleared wide eyes ana swollen hands And hair like matted slime, sneer and a smile on his weak-willed face Like one who had conquered Time And wrested the Secret in far-off lands rom Death which withheld it a space, Dressed in coarse shirt and tattered coat Briefly, that's how he looked afloat As he drifted down past the ships And the wondering men who trod The wharves by the reeking slips.

The rumor ran,

Why Not Kill All the Flies? Today health conditions in Richmond are at least fifty per cent improved over what they were ten days ago. This is the one big result obtained from cleaning week. But there is still room to improve the standard of health in this city and one of the best ways to do it is to follow the example of Cleveland, Kalamazoo and other enterprising cities and set aside a week to be devoted to the extermination of flies, disease germ carriers. The campaigns being conducted against this small but dangerous enemy of mankind in the cities referred to are more comprehensive than merely encouraging the citizens to Mswat" the little pests. They also provide fQifethe creation of a fund ($250 in Kalamazoo, wjw is only a little larger than Richmond), rai'dpy popular subscription, which will defray theexpense of doing away with all the filthy, unsanitary places in the city which are used by flies as breeding places. It is estimated that in past years the average number of individuals in Richmond who die through diseases well known to be spread by flies is thirty every summer. It is also estimated that of this number 75 per cent could have avoided these diseases had there been no flies. Surely a movement aimed to prevent this number of deaths in Richmond every summer should receive the enthusiastic support of every citizen. To those who scoff at the idea that flies can be exterminated in any community, it is only necessary to call attention to the fact that there are no flies in the Panama Canal Zone, notwithstanding the fact that it is bordered by dense jungles. This condition prevails on the Zone because of the unrelenting war waged against the pests by the canal workers under the direction of the health authorities. It has been suggested that if one or more of the charitable organizations now receiving funds from Sunday moving picture entertainments would contribute their receipts for one Sunday to a fund to be used for filling up cess pools and

"Who's dead?" "What's happened " "Only a common working man Floating dead in the stream." Strange! Didn't he know of the freer range The century gives to a man? He certainly knew in the present age

, rabor and Capital and Land

Divide the returns, hand in hand, And his wages were just and true. Tut this will never do Thus no "economists scheme! Didn't he know we are happier (Proved so by rule and we must be) In this age of machinery? Yet ask him there, as he grimly lies Taunting the burning, brazen skies, Cradled as if on sod Ask if his life was any lighter, Ask if his toil was any slighter, Because of machinery!

Better to let him drift and rot, Better to let him find a spot Alone beneath the sluggish tide And let him be buried the way he died. With the stream for a winding sheet. He never could sleep were he buried where The factory whistle blows And the plodding line of toilers goes To grind their lives out, lest He arise to work in the dim, ' cl dawn And fleet like a vulture across the lawn To his place in the tannery there. Only a working man yes.. A tramp and a drunkard, no less, A suicide, may be, Dead in the greasy river And hauled to the morgue (they deliver All such bodies as this scot-free). Only If dead In the river, What killed him and fl- : him there to be A sight to see with a shiver? Answer, Captains of Industry, Unions, Philanthropists, Crowd-come-to-see, Why is he dead in the river? American Magazine. Dead! And only a working man, tramp and drunkard a suicide, may be. Why dead in the greasy river? Is it because the drunkard destroyed the working man and the resulting tramp sought release from earthly degradation and' misery through suicide? it because since former generations bequeathed his inherent right to compete with his fellow men for the necessities and good things of life on the basis of equal opportunity to a very small class, the means of entry to which is only cpen to those wTho will stifle conscience and

mount over the forms of fellow beings trampled j

in the black mire of unfair competition and unequal opportunity a sinister environment, a degrading and deadening power passed him through Drink's clutches into Suicide's vortex, from which he emerged "a sight to see with a shiver," but none the less another part and parcel of that great interrogation mark that century after century expands and deepens our social intelligence? "Why is he dead in the river?"

ADDITIONAL SOCIETY

FOR WEDDINGS. For spring and early summer -weddings, importers have let their imaginative fancies hare full reign, and never before have such dainty concelts come to us as the Parisian couturier and milliners have conceived this year. Quite new are the bridesmaids' sets which are composed of various feminine accessories. One set includes a parasol, hat, slippers an boudoir cap, all developed from the same material with the same scheme of decoration. Hand painting Is the chic note that dominates these creations. The parasol, rather small in circumference and deeply fluted, is made of softest white silk with a garland of pink roses and dull-toned leaves, which furnish the conventional border. The handle of white enameled wood is very long and it is garnished near the end of the stick with a bunch of exquisitely hand-made rosebuds. The hat that accompanied the parasol was of soft, white straw, very flat and round, trimmed with folds of handpainted ribbon of the same motif as that used on the parasol, and beneath the brim a bandeaux of crushed roses was so arranged as to nestle againBt the hair. The boudoir cap was also of white silk, with pink roses painted upon the crown, and outlining the face was the . soft edge of white marabou. This cap is charmingly constructed, very simple, but having the graceful lines which are becoming to almost any contour. The boudoir slippers are also of white with vamps decorated with tiny, hand-painted roses and rosettes of baby ribbon. They have high heels, but are flat in the back so that the foot can not slip In without effort.

ing that . something "big- would be doing soon. We wonder If older folk are getting too much grown up to play; are the clubs absorbing all of the frivolous gayety, or are we getting to "clique-ie" to have the merry parties of a few years ago? Certainly there must be some reason for this year's lull in social activities. The weddings this years are very unpretentious nearly all the affairs are to be celebrated at home.

Mrs. Fred Carr, Mrs. Paul Comstock, Mrs. Ray K. Shiveley. Mrs. Rudolp G. Leeds. Mrs. Wilbur Hibberd. Miss Marie Campbell and Mrs. Shirk.

MEETS TUESDAY. The Tuesday Bridge Club will meet tomorrow afternoon with Mrs. Charles Druitt at her home in South Thirteenth street. The members are invited to attend.

AID SOCIETY. The Woman's Aid Society of Reid Memorial United Presyterian Church will meet Wednesday afternoon at twothirty o'clock in the church parlors. After the meeting the ladies will serve a penny supper from five-thirty until seven o'clock. The public is invited to attend.

; meeting; work In Master Mason de- ! gree. Refreshments. j Friday, May 16 King Solomon's I Chapter. No. 4. R. A. M. Called meet

ing; work in Mark Master degree. Saturday. May 17 Loyal Chapter No. 4S. O. E. S. Stated meeting-

CARD PARTY. A card party will be given Tuesday evening at the Moose hall. The games will begin at eight o'clock. The public is invited to attend.

TO LOGAN SPORT. Mrs. Clarence Mayhew and brother, Mr. W. H. Bush, of Asheville, North Carolina, went to Logansport today to visit with relatives.

PARTY AT CLUB. Mrs. S. E. Swayne entertained informally on Saturdaw afternoon at the Country Club in honor of her daughter, Mrs. John Shirk, of Tipton, Indiana. There were two tables at bridge. The favor went to Mrs. John Shirk. After the games a luncheon was served. The guests were

MASONIC CALENDAR

Monday, May 12 Richmond Commandery. No. S. K. T. Special conclave; work in Red Cross degree. Tuesday, May 13 Richmond Lodge, No. 196, F. & A. M. Called meeting; work in Entered Apprentice dere. Wednesday, May 14 Webb Lodge, No. 24. F. & A. M. Called meeting; work in Master Mason degree. Thursday, May 15 Richmond Lodge, No. 196. F. & A. M. Called

Woman's Way. A woman likes to marry a man wh fel that be was born to command, just to prove to him that he wasn't Puck.

Woman's Danger Period is said to be from 45 to 50. Wh it should be a most natural change in a woman's life, is. on account of modern methods of living, fraught with most annoying and painful syrartom. Women whnt passing through thii c ritical period should rely on Lydia II I'mkhsm's Vegetable Compound, as it has proved wonderfully successful iu carrying women safely through tb change of life. I Advertisement)

EVENING MEETING. What promises to be a most charming musical event for the week is the evening meeting of the Music Study Club, which will be held Friday in the High School auditorium. The program will be arranged by the members of the executive committee of the club. The public is most cordially invited to attend. The program will be announced later.

POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT.

Are YOU in Poor Health?

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VISITING HERE. Mrs. Tearl Thompson, of Webb City, Missouri, is the guest of her cousin, Mrs. Albertson, of North Fifteenth street. Mrs. Thompson was formerly one of Wayne county's teachers, and as Miss Lillian Cash will be remembered by many of her former pupils.

MAYOR. i

E. G. McMAHAN, Candidate for Mayor, subject to the Progressive nomination. WILL J. ROBBINS, Candidate for Mayor, subject to the Progressive nomination. CITY CLERK. BALTZ. A. BESCHER, Candidate for Clerk, subject to the Progressive nomination.

AT DAYTON. Mr. J. Howard Smith and Mr. Edward Frank, spent Sunday the guests of relatives at Dayton, Ohio.

SEVERAL EVENTS. There are several events of importance scheduled for the week. These aairs include muslcales, card parties and informal functions.

TO VISIT. Miss Dorothy Bates, who is studying vocal at Chicago, and who came to sing at the D. A. R. "Historical Day" Friday, will remain with her parents for a fortnight's visit, before returning to Chicago to resume her studies.

VISITED HERE, Mr. Hubert Lacey, of North Manchester, Ind., spent Sunday her with kinspeople.

"The Busiest, Biggest Littie Store in Town." KENNEDY'S GRADUATION AND WEDDING GIFTS Special lot of hand painted China which we bought especially to be used as gifts. $1.00 value bread and butter plates 50c. $1.50 VALUES FOR $1.00 Complete line of Watches, Jewelry, Cut Glass and Sterling Silver all the time. See us before purchasing and get our prices. Fred Kennedy JEWELER 526 Main St.

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SUNDAY GUEST. Mr. F. M. Greene, of Eaton, Ohio, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Edwin C. Greene, South Third street.

TO WYOMING. Mrs. Willard Z. Carr will leave this week for Wyoming, Ohio, .where she will spend several weeks the guest of kinspeople.

RATHER DULL. What is the matter with Richmond socially? That question comes a dozen times a day. Things were very dull last week, only three or four large functions being given during the week.

Things have been awfully slow for, months, and every one has been hop-

SOME POINTERS

Talk about the eternal fitness of things, Japan's new minister of finance in Baron Takah-cashi Memphis Commercial Appeal.

Another strange event must be chronicled for 1913. A

president of Honduras has died a natural death. St.!

Louis Globe-Democrat.

Perhaps Mr. Carnegie could be persuaded to build embassy and legation buildings for our frugal government. Syracuse Post-Standard.

Mr. Hammerstein wants to give opera again. Possibly he could be persuaded to accept an Ambassadorship. Philadelphia Public Ledger.

Woman's place in the world seems to have been fixed by the suffrage movement. It's on the first page. Detroit Xews.

As interpreted by the Democratic party free wool means more clothes for New York and less food for Wyoming. St. Louis Globe-Deraoerat.

In Paris a newspaper is being printed on thin sheets ot dough, so that it can be eaten after it has been read. Evidently the- real Literary Digest. Charleston News and Courier.

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Rubber Stamps, Brass Stencils, Bread Checks, Pool Checks, Badges. Pennants, etc, maie to order. BARTEL & ROHE 921 Main. Phone 1916

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iaiiiiEiij Wool Textile Sale started today with discounts of 15, 20, 25 and 30 per cent on every piece of wool dress goods, coating and suiting in our store. Remarkable Bargains. See the Wjhdow. All this week.

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