Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 256, 4 September 1913 — Page 4

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELE GRAM, THURSDAY, SEPT. 4, 1913

The Richmond Palladium

AND 8 UN-TELEGRAM.

Published Every Evening Except Sunday, by Palladium Printing Co. Masonic Building. Ninth and North A Streets. R. G. Leeds, Editor. E. H. Harris, Mgr.

In Richmond, 10 cents a week. By MalL in advanceone year. $5.00; six months. $2.60; one month. 45 cents. Rural Routes, in advance one year. $2.00; six months. $1.25; one month 25 cents.

Kntarad at the Post Office at Richmond. Indiana, a Second Class Mall Matter.

Undemocratic County Management This county has a just right to make two demands of all of its political servants : one is that they act in harmony with the well-recognized principles of fairness, justice and integrity, in jther words, that they be honest; the other is that they be capable and willing to act in an economical, responsible, and business-like man.iev, in other words, that they be efficient. In the light of these principles the recent extraordinary action of the county council in regard to voting-machines is seen in its true light and the real issues are made plain. The question is not whether these men acted honorably; it is, whether they have acted efficiently. As we see it they have not. It is no small item for a county to invest twenty-one thousand dollars in a venture and to reorganize its method of handling ballots at the election booth. Any radical change attempted should, to say the least, be carefully gone over from every point of view and investigated with painstaking care. Did our county council reveal such business-like ability? They did not. They do not know the a-b-c's of the voting-machine question. They don't know whether Wayne county needs them or not, they don't know what the average experience of other counties using them has been, they don't know what the effects of their use in Wayne county will be. All of which is to say that they have plunged

into an investment of twenty-one thousand dollars carelessly, lightly and irresponsibly. A sensible man would devote more time to the purchase of a bicycle than they have to buying a small fortune's worth of machinery. A woman would make more investigation into the merits of an article offered at her kitchen door than these men have to a matter that will vitally affect th business and political conditions of a populous county. Worse than that many times over, they have deliberately acted in a manner that is a complete violation of the obligations of every office holder in a self-governing community. j This county is a joint-stock company of which every citizen is share holder. These politicians 1 and their assistants are business-agents of the!

citizens. " As business-agents they should at all times act in strict subordination to the citizenship. Have these men done so? They have not. They went about the whole matter as if they were the sole proprietors of the county. They did not inquire if the citizens wanted votingmachines, they did not even give the citizens time to think about the subject at all, but undertook the job in a pussy-footed manner. Why were the members of the county council in such haste ? Why were they so secret ? Why did they choose to spring their actions so unexpectedly on the community? Why haven't they permitted the citizens of Wayne county to decide what election machinery shall be used in Wayne county ? Every man concerned may have acted from the purest of motives; voting-machines may be the most desirable things imaginable; but this is not the point. The point is that these men have acted undemocratically. They have carried the whole thing through in a high-handed way that reveals utter indifference to the will of the people. Mr. Citizen, these men are business agents to transact your affairs for you: for that you pay them. Will you not vigorously demand of them that they consult you first, give you a chance to inform yourself at least, before they embark on a big and questionable scheme ? How long will we permit our county affairs to be run along the same lines as the back-woods store of fifty years ago ?

I FICTION AND CONSERVATION I . Milwafr Journal. What impresses us as special pleading in behalf of those who would exploit the coal and copper deposits and other natural resources of Ala&ka, strange to say, contained in "The Iron Trail," Rex Beach's latest contribution to current fiction. As a story, it is all that could be expected of the author, which is saying not a little, for he possesses an unusual faculty of weaving an exceedingly interesting romance about men and women and deeds of daring in Alaska. In "The Iron Train" Mr. Beach sounds a new note. All the talking, of course, is done by his characters, by the creatures of his imagination. But it is noteworthy that the whole trend of what they say is inimical to the new idea of conservation and a reflection upon those who advocate it. Those who urge conservation along this line

are called "mere theorists." The

Ington not any particular administration is accused i Fennimore (Wis.)

of bad faith, of refusal to sell land after agreeing to sell It, of withholding for years money paid into the treasury in order to perfect these deals, and, in general, of treating Alaskan folk in a worse manner than George III. treated our colonial forefathers. A newspaper that advocated conserving Alaska's natural resources is portrayed as a conscienceless muckraker, and Is accused of doing so foul

a thing aa changing aa44wiatin the

ions set forth in signed articles written by a fair-minded staff correspondent. In addition to these attacks upon the conservation movement, there is a strong championship of those opposed to conservation. The Guggenheim syndicate, transparently disguised under another name, is painted as a body of square dealing men, willing to build railroads and develop coal and copper mines in Alaska in a legitimate, above-board manner. They are held up as true friends of Alaska, whose benevolent aims are deferred because of popular outcry and the unfair attitude of the government. Eastern coal operators and transcontinental railroads are accused of enlisting for their own selfish purposes, the aid of the government to prevent the development of Alaskan coal deposits. The talk of governmental railroad building and coal mine operation is ridiculed. The present generation will have grown old and passed away, it is stated, before the government will aid Alaska in any such manner. It is asserted, by the way, that there are twenty million acres of coal lands in Alaska, and this is used as an argument that application for thirty thousand acres of these lands should be granted without restriction. The spirit and motif of the novel are so remarkable that we have explained them in some detail. It is really about as fervid a defense of Big Business in Alaska as

A Exchange. Mr. Smart was was one thing he "caught napping." suspicious of any government at Wash-ling a good time

OH, DIER! Cincinnati Enquirer, Said a man on a big ocean pier: "You wonder what I'm doing hler. Well, I sit and I think Of how much I could drink

findings and otfin-j It this

Chancellor Day of the University of Syracuse ever made of Big Business here at home. There have come to our ken not a few novels that deal sympathetically with the popular view of questions like this, and now we have one that takes the other side. There comes to mind the question where all this is going to end. Is the great fight that has been going on in newspapers, in magazines, in legislative bodies, in colleges and universities, going to be continued in the realm of fiction? A good, strong novel would certainly be a feasible means of subtly influencing public opinion more favorably toward great capitalists seeking to develop natural resources the Gugenheims, for instance.

QUEEN MAB'S PALACE

If solitude hath ever led thy steps To the wild ocean's echoing shore, And thou hath lingered there Until the sun's broad orb Seemed resting on the burnished wave, Thou must have marked the lines Of purple gold that motionless Hung o'er the sinking sphere; Thou must have marked the billowy clouds, Kdged with intolerable radiancy, Towering like rocks of jet Crowned with a diamond wreath, And yet there is a moment When the sun's highest point Peeps like a star o'er the ocean's western edge, When those far clouds of feathery gold, Shaded with deepest purple, gleam Like islands on a dark blue sea; Then has the fancy soared above the earth. And furled its wearied wing Within the fairy's fane. Yet not the golden islands Gleaming in yon flood of light, Nor the feathery curtains Stretching o'er the sun's bright couch. Nor the burnished ocean's waves Paying that gorgeous dome; So fair, so wonderful a sight As Mab's ethereal palace could afford. Yet likest evening's vault, that fairy hall! Heaven, low resting on the wave, it spread Its floors of flashing light, Its vast and azure dome, Its fertile golden islands Floating on a silver sea; Whilst suns their mingling beamings darted Through clouds of circumambient darkness, And pearly battlements around Looked o'er the immense of heaven. From "Queen Mab," by Shelley.

SMILE OR TWO A CAUSTIC RETORT a very testy old fellow, and if there hatod more than another it was to be As a consequence, he was always very deed or word the full meaning of which

he could not grasp. A few days ago he paid a visit to the zoo, and. being very fond of animals, was greatly interested, and soon got into conversation with one of the keepers. A very entertaining chat ensued. As Mr. Smart was about to leave, the keeper turned to him and asked: "By the way, sir, have you seen our black-faced antelope?" There, thought the old gent, was an attempt to "have" him. "No, sir," he replied stiffly, "I have not. May I ask with whom it was that your black-faced aunt eloped?"

RASCALLY BILL SMITH Washington Star. George Newman, during the recent Baltimore convention of advertising men, told at the midnight banquet a number of advertising anecdotes. "Then there was Bill Smith" so one anecdote began "the rascally Bill Smith, who put in all the papers an advertisement saying: " 'Send thirty two-cent stamps for speedy, safe and certain rat exterminator.' "A good many people, their properties being overrun with rats, sent for the rat exterminator. In return for their thirty stamps they got this recipe from Bill:

" 'Treat your rats with kindness they'll die of surprise on the spot,' "

THE GAUZE. David Belasco was talking about an octogenarian multimillionaire who had eloped with a ballet girl of eighteen summers. "They're married now," he said, "and on a yachting cruise around the world. This was a sure case truly" Mr. Belasco smiled. "a sure case," he said, "of gauze and effect."

FIRST REFERENCE IN LITERATURE TO THE SPLIT SKIRT. Her robe, ungirt from clasp to hem, No wrought flowers did adorn. From Rosetti's Blessed Damozel.

THIS WILL BRING HER HOME IN A HURRY. Mrs. W. H. Rose is at Boscobel this week calling on old friends while Bill is caring for the chickens and hav-

at home. Lancaster Correspondence, Times, foamy, salt water were biec.

Heart to Mead ! Talks I

INVESTIGATE YOURSELF FIRST. "There was a time." says Mrs. William Forse Scott, a woman of national j reputation, in a letter to a New York j newspaper, "when a man went into his closet and with prayer and bitter tra-i vail of spirit Investigated himself. To-; day he goes Into the public press and Investigates the other man." True, quite true! Investigation is the order of the age. We waut to know all about everything. Even In the awakening days of the renaissance, when the ordinary man first learned that he had a mind wherewith to think, there was no more of the spirit of investigation abroad than there Is now. But we all want to be the Investigators, not the investigated. We are all willing to have Diogenes torn the light of his lantern on the other follow, not on us. We Co not need to be investigated. So we think. But Is it so? Instead of turning our searchlight on our neighbor, would it not be better If we switched its rays on ourselves? "I cfo not need investigation," you say. Of course you can bear all the probing and prying that some one else can inflict on you. but how about X raying your own life? Self examination is often the best kind. If you will sit down some day, when neither business nor pleasure presses, with your soul for your only company, and candidly ask yourself, "Is there any way in which I am lackir.g, in which I am not living up to the best that Is in me is there any way In which I am wasting my opportunities or my time?" perhaps the result would astonish you. You know, of course, that very often the most profitable conversation a person can hold is with himself, when there is no second person present. It does cot always take two persons to make talk. This is not addressed to the Idler, nor to the man who is perfect in his own eyes or wise in his own conceit. He will not see how a man may talk with himself and gain benefit from the result. But the man or woman who will submit himself or herself to a candid self examination, who will admit that investigating may, like charity, begin at home, will see that self probing is far better oftentimes than Investigation of one's neighbor. The idea Is not a new one, but It has been somewhat obscured in recent times. Long ago the Good Book expressed it In the well known saying about the beam in one's own eye and the mote In that of one's brother. Mother of Eighteen Children. "I am the mother of eighteen children and have the praise of doing more work than any young woman in my town," writes Mrs. C. J. Martin, Boone Mill, Va. "I suffered for five years with stomach trouble and could not eat as much as a biscuit without suffering. I have taken three bottles of Chamberlain's Tablets and am now a well woman and weigh 168 pounds. I can eat anything I want to, and as much as I want and feel better than I have at any time in ten years. I refer to any one in Boone Mill or vicinity and they will vouch for what I say." Chamberlain's Tablets are for sale by all dealers. (Advertisement! At tne Murray. Week of Sept. 1. "The Battle.' At the Gennett Saturday, Sept. 6. Minstrel Show. Monday, Sept. 8. "The Havoc." The Battle. "The Battle," which the Francis Sayles players are presenting at the Murray theatre this week, is giving betetr satisfaction than any play that has been presented by this excellent organization and the theatre is being well filled at each performance. The production is complete in every detail and the members of the company are all seen to good advantage. "The Battle" will be the offering for the balance of the week with another matinee Saturday. Miss LeRoy's Pictures Next Week. Next Thursday at the matinee of "A Little Brother of the Rich," every one attending will be given a picture of Miss Pauline LeRoy, who is a favorite with the theatre-goers of this city. Each Thursday there will be a picture of some member of the company given away, so by attending the Thursday matinees you will soon have a complete set of pictures of all the members of the company. The Third Degree. Following "A Little Brother of the Rich," the Francis Sayles players will offer for the first time here at popular prices, Charles Klein's big success, "The Third degree," "The Traveling Salesman." "A Woman's Way," "Poor Relation" and "Get Rich Quick Wallingford," will also be produced at an early date. Minstrel Show. A cordial welcome awaits the appearance of Neil O'Brien and his great American minstrels at the Gennett theatre, Saturday, September 6, matinee and night, when this most entertaining of all minstrel comedians comes to this city for his second annual visit. Those who greeted Mr. O'Brien on his first appearance last season as a new star at the head of a new organization, still remember with delight the splendid entertainment he offered a minstrel performance so fall of genuine good things that it was

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talked about for months after as one of the most thoroughly enjoyable performances of the theatrical year. It served to firmly establish Mr. O'Brien and his isrisirsl company as the leadera in this particular field and to make the announcement of this season's en-, gagement one of the most pleasantly anticipated of the year. Mr. O'Brien is again under the management of Oscar F. Hodge, who promises an enter - tainment completely new and entirely

different from that of last season. While many of the most prominent ' favorites of last year's company have j been retained, the roster includes much new material in singers, danc-1 ers and special features, all selected ' "lm l"- duie idif mm luuufm acteristlc of the O'Brien show. Mr. i O'Brien started his career as a mlnstrei star last season wan tne avowed purpose of establishing a following of minstrel lovers, and each year to prsent his patrons with a show entirely new in every detail. He has started on his second annual pilgrimage with

this idea faithfully tarried out, for scenes ar excitine and contain nianv his entertainment this season presents J well worked up dramatic situations, j nothing "carried over" from last year. presented bv a capable cast of j.lavThe beautiful, picturesque and spec-jers Also is shown the Thanhouser !

tacular scenic settings are new and i tresn trom tne scene painter s frame The costumes, of the most expensive materials, are all new, and electric effects are all original and but recently from the manufacturers, while new songs, new jokes, new voices and new dances are everywhere in evidence. At Lyric. Today at the pretty Lyric theatre, the manager, Charles Roscr, will submit for the approval of Its patrons, a remarkable special feature. Thisis a lecture on white slavery by Miss An-ne-tto Shaw, the famous slum worker. The lecture is illustrated by motion pictures. This is one of the greatest questions before the American people today, and Miss Shaw presents It in such a way as to have a wholesome effect upon the young girls from the country who contemplate going into the large cities. Manager Roser extends a cordial invitation to the clergy to attend. There will also be a two reel feature, "The Gratitude of Wanda," "The Havoc." "The Havoc" promises to be interesting. It is said to be on the order of "Damaged Goods." Paul Gilmore's associate players come to the Gennett next Monday, September 8, in H. S. Sheldon's play, "The Havoc," which is indorsed by a record of successful New York run of one solid year. "The Havoc" is described as a new treatment of the dramatic tariangle. i ne cnier cnaracters or tne play are i Richard Craig, an American railroad man; Kate, his wife, and Paul Hes-! sert, a trusted guest in his home. I Craig, by mere chance, discovers that Hessert has wrecked his domestic happiness. Instead of shooting lies-i sert he pretends to accept his cynical i views of life and love; offers to grant j his wife a divorce if Hessert will mar-1 ry her and permit him (Craig) to return a year later and become a board- j er in the new home. As an alterna- ( tive to a bullet, Hessert accepts the j remarkable proposition, and in the ! I Mrs. Coodsense "Send me a carton of Fels-Naptha, too. I'm nearly out. I like to keep plenty on hand, because it's the greatest help I know of to women who do their own work.' Anty Drudge "I'm glad to hear you talk so, Mrs. Goodsense, I wish more women would buy Fels-Naptha Soap by the box or carton. I'd rather get out of toilet soap, because I often use FelsNaptha for my hands. It doesn't hurt the skin." When you buy a box of FelsNaptha, you buy more than a box of soap you buy rest and comfort. Fels-Naptha will do your work the easy, sensibleway; and it will do the hard, tiresome, part of your work for you. Fels-Naptha Soap works best in cool or lukewarm water. By folic -Trim J tkt dirtitions cm ths R4 end Gretm Wrapptr jm ram tmvt w, ttmitk mmi tmbU, Better buy 0 by tk emrUm.

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second act Craig turns against his ri-' val the very weapons used to destroy! his own happiness. The author employs biting irony and grim satire in ! his development of the inevitable con-: sequence that follow a revolt against j the conventions of society. i The play is in three acts, two of 'which occur in a New York flat, while ; the third is laid in the general offices j ; of a big railroad company which oper-1 ates between New York and Chicago.

The scenic and electrical effects are said to be very elaborate. Palace. -The Green Shadow." a Kay Bee two r,,ei military and western dra-"J'-jmatic film, showing at the Palace to - day js a story of the early life on the niains nd i hv f-.r th hst suhwt i of it3 kiml ever snowu jn this city, Made on the Mohara desert with Sioux Indians and I. S. soldiers in I the cast tht, fi)m Irost.nt9 ijfe and the love affair of a young private in ;one of tnose far off frontier forts. The film, "The Spartan Mother." A Little Brother of the Rich. Through his New York representative, Francis H. Sayl. s has arranged with the Liebler company for one of their big successes. "A Little Brother of the Rich," which will be given all next week at the Murray. ! This play was only released this w een ior stock ana .Mr. sayles is oiia j of the very few stock managers that j

has been able to secure it. When th onrtMin .nA. hJt'e newplan corn cure.

last act the stage is ontirelv bare, the i Wa,cn il et r,d of that corn- arU set is made in front of the audience, ca,,us or hun'on In a hurry." "GETSa feature that is seldom seen in a play ,T" is 8 sure as time. It takes two of this chance, so people that do not seconds to apply that's all. No bandunderstand Just how' the scenery Is ages to stick and fuss over, no salves set will have a chance to witness tho to make corns sore and turn true flesh entire stage crew at work at each per- raw and red. no plasters, no more formance. The play Is one of the best i knives and razors that may cause ever staged by the Liebler company. ! blood poison, no more digging at 'corns. Just the easiest thing In the GARO OF THANKS. j world to use. Your corn days are ovWe wish to thank our friends and er. "GKTS-1T" Is guaranteed. It Is neighbors for kindness and sympathy j safe, never hurts healthy flesh.

during sickness and death of our husband and son. Clay Milton. Also for the many floral offerings. MR. AND MRS. FRANK MILTON. MRS. CLAY MILTON. Comforting. Mrs. Knagg If I were to die you'd lever get another wife like me. Knags -It's very kind of you to say that - Boston Transcript A BIG FEATURE The Lvric Theatre Today. Today the Lyric Theatre will submit for the approval of its patrons a remarkable special feature. This is a lecture on White Slavery by Miss Annetta Shaw, the famous slum worker. The lecture is illustrate! by motion pictures. This is one of the greatest questions before the American people today, and Miss Shaw presents it in such a way as to have a wholesome effect upon the young girls from the country who contemplate going into the large cities. Manager Roser extends a special invitation to the clergy to attend this lecture. Also two-reel feature, "The Gratitude of Wanda." Gennett Iv3ra.dla.y

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vrTr r A T fvn T f I 3lAoUIL CiALi&N D AR j Thursday, September 4. Wayne Council, No. 10, R. and S. M-. stated assembly. Saturday. Septembers. Loyal Chapter. No. 49, O. E. S.. stated meeting. - - (ETS-IT FOR CORNS '

SURELY GETS THEM It's the Corn Cure on a New PlanGets Every Corn Quick and Sure. 1 "If you're like me. and have tried nearly everything to get rid of corns and have still tot th em. lust trv th new, sure, quick, easy, painless y "Talk About Your Corn-Getter, "GETS IT" Surely is the Real Thing!" GETS IT. Your druggist sells "GETS-IT," 25 cents per bottle, or direct If you wish, from E. Iawrence & Co., Chicago. Sold In Richmond by A. G. Luken & Co., Charles Magaw, Conkey Drug Co. C Advertisement) IVI U Ft R. A V ALL THIS WEEK Francis Sayles' Players In Wilton Lackeys' Big Success, THE BATTLE The Hit of the Season PRICE8: Matinees, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 10c and 20c. Evening at 8:15, 10c, 20 and 30c Next Week: "A Little Brother of the Rich" PALACE 5c TODAY 5c Kay-Bee Two-Reel Military and Western Dramatic Film, "THE GREEN SHADOW" "THE SPARTAN MOTHER" Thanhouser. Always the Biggest and Best In Photo-play. Gennett Theatre SATURDAY MATINEE AND NIGHT, SEPTEMBER' 6 Neil O'Brien AND HIS ALL-NEW MINSTRELS Prices: Night, 25c, 50c, 75c, $1. Few at $1.50.. Matinee, adulti 50c, children 25c Seat Sale at Murray Theatre. Theatre Sept. tfia