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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN -TELEGRAM, SATURDAY, NOV. 15. 1913

The Richmond Palladium

AND SUN-TELEGRAM.

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The Housing Problem When the ladies of the D. A. R. undertook the other day to wrestle with the housing problem as it has developed in certain parts of town they tackled a question that has made Gladstone and Lloyd-George sweat, and a thousand other of the biggest minds of a century. In view of the complexity and wide ramifications of the matter whatever miscues they may have been guilty of in trying to cope with it are venal. At the very beginning of every attempt to meet such a situation is the imperative necessity of making the most thorough and complete investigations. No intelligent community action can ever be taken so long as there has not first been laid a solid foundation of data. And then when the facts are all ascertained, the analyses made, and the plans of advance drawn, great caution should be exercised in the use of publicity. Publicity is a sword that often cuts both ways and the very effectiveness of it demands that it be used by experienced hands not liable to destroy where the intent is to heal. If for instance, a list of property owners supposed guilty of bad housing, drawn up after very hasty surveys, were to be exposed to the public it is manifest that an injustice would be done them because there are hundreds of other landlords equally guilty. If one is exposed all should be exposed. It is' unfair arbitrarily to make a scapegoat of one in order to take a slam at the others in the same boat. But the difficulties in the way of housing regulation are best appreciated when we recall the fundamental causes of the conditions. There may be some difference of opinion as to some of ihese alleged causes but all are agreed on at least three. Landlords, for one thing, will take advantage

of poor people because they are ignorant. Not knowing what their rights are, either in the business market or before the law, many of these families will submit to treatment no other class, would patiently endure. Single taxers would point out that bad housing is primarily due to holding unoccupied property as investments. This raises rents and forces multitudes into ever narrowing districts. And where there is congestion among the poor there is almost sure to be bad housing. But deepest of all is poverty. That is the root of the whole matter. Were people not poor they would not be ignorant. Were they not poor they would not be at the mercy of rapacious landlords. Were they not poor they would not be the victims of so many vices tht now degrade and depress them. 'V But poverty is buttressed and bulwarked behind the interests of many of our "best" classes. Poverty is a source of income to many respectable persons who could not remain "respectable" without the income. Therefore poverty is tangled up with the roots of many of our firmest grounded social in

stitutions, usages and interests, and tangles itself up with the pocket-nerve of a goodly number i of the very families who are most clamorous in j

their demands for reform. It is for this reason the housing problem makes the biggest brains sweat.

in the pardon gave him at once a responsible position at which John made more than good. At the same time he made good with a cer

tain fine young lady and married her and twice j in due course of time became a proud father, j But in the midst of this newly created world!

or domestic happiness appeared another shadow the tuberculosis bacillus. In a few months, in spite of a beneficent clime, the young man sickened and died and was laid in a cell from which there is no parole. The doctor said that this disease was contracted by John while in the damp, dark confines of San Quentin when the youth's tissues were flabby and weak from underfeeding and inactivity. John Barleycorn put John in jail and the state of California killed him, sentenced him to die by tuberculosis, besides which the slow tortures of medieval inquisitors are as play.

FORUMOFTHE PEOPLE Articles Contributed for This Column Must blot Be m Excess of 400 Words. The Identity of All Contributors Must Be Known to the Editor. Articles WiU Be Printed in the Order Received.

LETTER LIST

j The following Utters remain unclaimed at the Una! post office and will he stnt to the Dead Letter Office if not caiUd for within two weeks.

TjA WEAK WOMAN

AND HER STORY

Short Crops The Orange Judd crop reporting service reports that our grain, hay, cotton and tobacco crops are 50 million tons short of last year. That means a loss in money and to the farmer of 641 million dollars. Corn is 23,100,000 tons short, potatoes 2,200,000 tons, cotton 200,000 tons and hay 18,000,000 tons. The shortage in corn means high priced beef, the shrinkage in potatoes means less to eat and the cotton loss means higher priced clothing for the poor. This is a deplorable condition, yet there are those arguing that a short crop means more money for the farmer. He has less to sell, they say, but receives more for it and has to work less for what he gets. This is a very common notion, but is a fallacy. True, an isolated individual who chances to have a good yield in a bad year will make by it, but agriculture prosperity cannot be reckoned in terms of the individual. It should be considered as a national problem or at least as a class problem. So estimated a short crop means that the farmers will be short of just that much as well as the consumer. Wealth consists not in prices but in goods. Nobody can eat or wear dollars or gold pieces. If potatoes are shy, green-backs won't take their place. And if it were really true that short crops mean more money, it Would be sound business policy to systematically reduce the yield. If, for instance, our corn crop were cut down to a quantity barely sufficient for seed, it would sell for twenty-five dollars a bushel. But everybody knows that this is fallacious reasoning because the only use for seed grain is to produce a heavy yield. The farmer who received a big return from one such crop would never receive another because corn crops would crise. And the farmers who receive more money for

Editor Palladium. Please allow further discussion of the city's health department. Like j the preacher who thanked the traveling man who did the swearing after ! tney both failed to run flown an outgoing train, we feel thankful to our good friend Dr. Davis for relieving us from publishing that the city runs its health department, its most valuable asset, on the measly sum of $3. Sod. According to the writer's crippled philosophy, with a health officer not a practicing physician, thoroughly trained in every department of sanitary science both individual and public and a corps of trained assistants

I each expert in his ow n department, jand a well equipped city laboratory,

municable and preventable diseases, j thus conserving the health and earn-j ing capacity of its citizens, could save j in expense more than enough to pay , adequate salaries of the health offi- i

cers. Suppose in the last year, scarlet fever, smallpox, dyptheria, typhoid, tuberculosis, measles and chicken-pox. had been prevented as the people have a right to expect of the health depart

ment, would the city's excheqour not

At the Murray. Week of Nov. 10. The Lottery Man At the Gennett. Tonight "Little Women.' Nov. 17 and i Ldison Pictures.

b Flora!. ArK Lives a Lady Who

Feds That Her Strength Was Restored by Cardui.

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At Coliseum. -Russian Symphony Orches-

Edison Talking Pictures. Announcement that ThomaA. Edison's latest mechanical rival of the state, the Kinetophone, Is now working successfully before large audiences has stirred the theatrical and moving picture word. The Edison talking pictures will be seen here for the first time at the Gennett theatre Monday and Tuesday, November 17 and is.

The Lottery Man. If you want a laugh, don't fail to go to the Murray theatre tonight and see the Francis Sayles players in '"The Lottery Man." This play has been

playing to big business ali week, and '

there is no doubt but wnat trie thea tre will be packed tonight.

"For Her Sake." "For Her Sake," a big Russian melo- '' offering of the Fran-

have been amply adequate to pay the cis Sayles players at the Murray thea

salaries mentioned in our former com

Ladies' List Mrs. Maggie Arnold, j M iy Atchison. Mrs. Amelia Herenmier. j Miss Hazel Clarke, Mrs. Dickinson, j M'ss Helen Gilbert Mrs S.iruh Hart '

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ally leaving their packages and umbrellas in the street cars, but the limit was reached the other day when the

car from Warren. Me., into Thomas- i

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warren. Me., into I nomas- i booh MfAeneC.ChanatKtTMUU.I(iriip.icl und to contain a babv which ;ittfmrti.iii4MW book. Hon Trcatncol eft behind in the rush. LeWonc nia Ptmc. Mnaau..

munication, for such efficient work? In this connection we beg to quote from an article in the October 18, 1913, Literary Digest as follows: "A SCHOOL FOR HEALTH OFFICERS A SCHOOL to train officers for what has been called the publichealth militia has been established under the auspices of Harvard university and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. " That the need of precise training for public-

health officers is a crying one, and

that the graduates of the new school the first of its kind In the field will be m a position to render great civic service, is the opinion of M. J. Rosenau, who writes in The Harvard Graduate's Magazine (Cambridge, September.) He says: "Health administration in this country lags largely for want of trained leadership. The call to public-health is loud and clear. Preventative medicine is the watchword of the hour, and the people are asking: 'If disease is preventable, why is it not prevented?' They are not satisfied with promises, but demand results; this is as it should be. The orthodox training leading to the degree of M. I). does not necessarily fit a man for the position of health officer. The average practitioner learns little concerning vital statistics, sanitary engineering, water purification, sewage disposal, disinfection, forensic medicin and the making and breaking of health laws. The public health officer looks upon disease in the large, and is less interested in the individual case, which is the chief concern of the practicing physician. The health office looks upon disease with an eye to preventing its spread in order to do so, he must know its mode of transmission. The practicing physician onthe other hand looks upon disease with a view to affording relief or cure, and his principal interest, therefore, is in diagnosis and treatment. The public-health offi

cer must also he a specialist. Public

wi neM week with tue usual mat

inees "For Her Sake" was presented in all the leading popular prive theatres in the cities for several seasons. The play requires many handsome costumes which will be furnished by Miller of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Fritzinger and his assistant have been busy pre

paring the scenery, and Mrs. Sayles ! hopes to give the biggest production i of the season. The cast next week ! will include every member of the company as well as several extra people. At the Thursday matinee pictures or": the entire company will be given away, so if you missed any of the pictures,

be on hand Thursday and get the one that you want.

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"Human Hearts." "Human Hearts," a story of the Arkansas hills, will be presented by the Francis Sayles players at the Murray Thanksgivfng week with the usual matinees. On Thanksgiving all seats will be reserved and the regular night

prices charged. (

Today The Fruits of Vengeance 2 Reel Circus Drama She Should Worry ComedyBig Jim of the Sierras Western Drama A GREAT PROGRAM

Sunday The liii? 4 Rel Feature MOTHS

Presenting that Famous Actress MAUD FEALY

none, so far as ideals and service-are

concerned. "Ifc must not be understood that the

health officer is concerned only in

Wfiat corn tney sell Will have that much less corn neaitn administration is, indeed, a i. 4! j mu- i. - . ui . , 'profession which bends its knee to

tu ieeu. xiiis means mat. wuuiu lose nou oniy his yearly interest represented by his crops, but also his capital represented by his stock. Looked at from any angle a short crop is a misfortune and to be deplored. And one of the most regrettable features about the whole matter is that our beneficent monopolists will now have one legitimate excuse for the high cost of produce, an excuse which they will work for twenty-four hours a day.

"Little Women." "William A. Brady's production of "Little Women," a dramatization of Louisa M. Alcott's immortal story, will be presented at the Gennett tonight, exactly as it ran for a solid year at the Playhouse, New York. "Little Women." as it is pictured by Miss Alcott in her book of that name, is in truth the story of the four Alcott girls, the daughters of Amos Bronson Alcott. Brought up in the atmosphere of plain living and high thinking, with Emerson, Thoreau and Hawthorne as neighbors and family friends, what wonder that the reader of today is startled by the modern spirit which Miss Alcott, the Jo of the story, has put into her little book? Murrette. The circus drama entitled "The Fruits of Vengeance," shown at the Murrette tonight for the last time in Richmond is certainly thrilling enough to satisfy everyone In that respect. Sunday that famous actress. Maude Fealy, will be seen in her latest and greatest success, "Moths," made by the Thanhouser company. Miss Fealy is one of the best-known actresses on

the American stage today. having

stamping out communicable diseases. 1 starred successfully under the manThere are many preventable defects agement of John Cort, who owns and

controls a circuit of theatres from Chicago to the Pacific.

WHEN EARTH'S LAST PICTURE IS PAINTED

Sentenced To-

The Survey tells the story of John Gerrish, of California. John was a marine on the cruiser Pennsylvania and had an excellent record. Each month twenty dollars from his payroll went to his mother and every other cent went for necessaries for himself. He had no bad habits and was slated for advancement. But one day while on shore leave John did something he never did before, got uproariously, hilariously, everlastingly drunk. And while drunk he beat up a companion and also, so the latter alleged, stole ten dollars. When haled into court John made a poor showing and was defended by a cheap john lawyer who didn't know his business. How could a lad without money, name or influence have any other kind of a lawyer? As a result of this unfortunate conspiracy of circumstance John was sent to San Quentin penitentiary for four years. Had he a great deal of money he wouldn't have gone at all; had he some money his sentence would have been lighter. As it was he was doomed to see four springs and four autumns come and go across his grated air hole in that California pen and his mother all the time 'out there helpless and dependent. During the second year that same mother finally succeeded in interesting the governor in her son's case, got a very influential citizen to plead for him, and presented a petition for John's release signed by every member of the Pennsylvania's crew. Under this pressure the governor paroled the young man. And the good citizen instrumental

When Earth's last picture is painted and the tubes are twisted and dried, When the oldest colors have faded, and the youngest critic has died, We shall rest, and, faith, we shall need it lie down for an aeon or two. Till the master of all good workmen shall set us to work anew! And those that were good shall be happy; they shall sit 1n a golden chair; They shall splash at a ten-league canvas with brushes of comet's hair; They shall find real saints to draw from Magdalene, Peter and Paul; They shall work for an age at a sitting and never be tired at all! And only the master shall praise us, and only the master shall blame; And no one shall work for money, and no one shall work for fame; But each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star, Shall draw the Thing as he sees it for the God of Things as they Are! Rudyard Kipling.

POINTED PARAGRAPHS

SO AS BE PREPARED.

Sj. Paul Dispatch. Not to be outdone by the United States, President Huerta announces that he will raise the Mexican army to 500.000. This was probably in answer to the dispatch from Washington that 200 United States marines had been ordered to Mexico.

THEY THINK IT'S JUST FINE. Boston Transcript. The Monroe Doctrine continues to gain additional standing at the European courts with every new battleship we lay down.

CARRYING PROGRESSIVISM TOO FAR. Cleveland Plain-Dealer. Kansas has voted for rhubarb pie as against pumpkin pie. The governor of Kansas is hereby warned that it will do no good to issue a Thanksgiving proclamation.

EXTREMELY POPULAR ANNIHILATION. Philadelphia Inquirer. The thoroughness of Tammany's licking seems to be equaled only by the unanimity of satisfaction that if being evinced over it. 4

wnicn may De reacnen, especially in school children, and there is the general conduct of life, which makes not only for longevity but for maximum eifieiency. The present day health officer must also concern himself with the problems of heredity and eugenics. He must further concern himself with questions of immunity anff must make every effort to help conditions which

menace work-people. Industrial hygiene and the diseases of occupation form a large and important chapter in the volume of preventative medicine. Furthermore, the people must depend upon the health officer to guard the quality of the food, including the purity of the milk and the cleanliness of the water which they

consume. The health officer therefore must be familiar with the sanitary scieees in addition to the medical sciences, both of which in the broad biologocal sense, underlie the foundation of successful health administration. "The demand for men with proper training to supervise the health of every community will be very great. Ev

erywhere the importance of this matter is coming to be more thoroughly recognized. The Public Health Service of the National Government, the State and municipal boards of health, are constantly widening their scope of activities and will need many additional skilled workers." Richmond the beautiful. Richmond the dutiful, Richmond the PanicProof City, certainly deserves if she does not demand such an ideal Health Department. JOSEPH M. THURSTON.

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MASONIC CALENDAR

Saturday, November 15 Loyal Chapter, No. 43, O. E. S. Stated meeting and initiation of candidates. Monday, November IT Richmond Commandery, No. S, K. T. Drill.

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We have in our possession a prescription for nervous debility, lack of vigor, weakened manhood, failing memory and lame back, brought on by excesses, unnatural drains, or the follies of

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(Gemumetttt THneaHre Monday and Tuesday November 17 and 18, Matinee Tuesday 3:30 p. m. Nights 8:15 p. m. FIRST TIME HERE

Genuine Talking Pictures

Not the Usual Moving Pictures but Laughing, Talking, Singing Motion Pictures. EDISON'S GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT PRICES 15c, 25c, 35c, 50c. Special bargain matinee Tuesday, Nov. 18. 3:30 P. M. All Seats 25c, Children 15c 3:30 P. M.

QUALITY POTATOES You would not pay half as much for Ben Davis apples as you would for Grimes" Golden, would you? The ' Russet Rurals," are to the potato family as the Grimes' Goiden and Jonathan are to the apple family. If your grocer has not my potatoes in stock, call 2141 and h ave vour or

der. L. D. HAWLEY

MU11AY

ALL WEEK STARTING MONDAY, Nov. 17 The Francis Sayles Players In the Greatest Russian Melodrama Ever Vritten

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An Elaborate Production; Handsome Costumes; A Large Cast. Thursday Matinee, Pictures of the entire company will be given away. Come to the grab Matinee and see what member you will get. PRICES Matinees Tuesdav, Thursdav and Saturday, 10c and 20c. Nights, 10c, 20c and 30c. Thanksgiving Week: "HUMAN HEARTS"

Boston Pencil Sharpener The only perfect shariwner made. Let us send you one on trial. BARTEL & ROHE 921 Main Street

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