Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 39, 27 December 1917 — Page 6
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. THURSDAY, DEC. 27, 1917.
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Why Not End the War? (By Harrison Rhodes of the Vigilantes.) Most people say they wish the war was over. Well, then, why not end it? Why not end it by making war efficiently, unitedly, whole-heartedly? People have got it into their heads that war is made only by Washington. They listen to the never-ceasing stream of gossip that flows from the capital and wisely talk of how well or how ill war is being made there. Everybody is eager to help if he can get a government job (even at one dollar a year) or a definite commission with the Red Cross or the Y. M. C. A., or a uniform of any kind. If he can't, if he is tied to business and private life and no khaki, he seems inclined to let George at Washington do the war-making. But we will never beat Germany until, we fight as hard as Germany, save as much and eat
as little as she does. And we must not wait for the command to come from someone in Washing
ton. The nation, the whole embattled nation will be in the fight when, for example, we hear of a
petition from a million motor car owners going
to Washington begging that they be given gasoline cards and be put on a reasonable allowance of the fluid that is so precious on our battle-line in France. Every motor owner knows today that he is using too much gasoline. Why not stop it? France has stopped it. So has England. A few luxurious and ingenious people in London drive their cars by illuminating gas, and the huge gasbags on the top of the limousine bodies look like a giant's family wash being taken to the laundry. But most Londoners manage with the public convelances, and they get along. They go to their business and they even go to the theatres be it said in greater numbers than at this moment of theatrical depression go here in America. Life, it may safely be claimed, is possible without gasoline There are people alive who can remember when there were no motor cars. Has there been any voluntary control of the automobile waste here yet? While you wait impatiently for the stream of motors to pass so you can cross the street it might be well to meditate upon the poster in the window behind you on which the United States government, quartermaster's department, announces that it wants (and evidently finds it hard to get) a thousand chauffeurs. If you will linger a half hour or so, more than that needed number will pass, driving
ladies whose figures would be improved by walking. Why wait for Mr. Hoover to put' us on bread cards? We might ask for them unless, indeed, we are so sure of our powers of self-restraint as to know we don't need them. When your club steward or your boarding house keeper or your restaurant proprietor continues to give you
wheat bread, why not ask for corn? Why try to put the enforcing of economical " food measures upon somebody else? It isn't George's war, it is your war. It will not be someone else's peace when it comes, it will be your peace. Never until the civil war came have the individual and the individual's performance of his patriotic duty seemed so important. This is
what is meant when we say America is at war. There is no humble and obscure sacrifice of any American citizen which does not count, which does not go to make up the sum total of American effort. It is the day of brave and gallant deeds, of supreme devotions; it is the day, too, of the small virtue. And it is the small virtue as much as the great which will win the war for us. In Germany there is nothing too small to be worth doing. WTe fight a vigilant and determined enemy. Are we vigilant and determined? In Berlin they are not wasting electricity and gasoline and food. What must they think of us who are ? They think us soft, boastful, money-loving. Are we? We say we wish the war was over. Well, then, let's pull together and end it. Your Child and Your Friends From Good Housekeeping. FRIENDSHIP is one of heaven's most supreme gifts, and certainly our friends should be cherished. But for the very reason that our friends are so dear and close to us, and have so great an influence upon us, hardly any other element outside the home touches the lives of our children so intimately and so frequently. Our friends are a great possible influence for good or harm in the lives of our children; and the extent to which we shall allow them to influence us, in handling our children, and the extent to which they shall directly influence our children, constitute one of our gravest problems and concerns. The facing of this problem requires that we must know our friends must study them, from the standpoint of the best interests of our children. First, we must rid ourselves of the conventional ideas of what is due one's friends of that fear of "what will Mrs. Blank think;" and for them we must substitute, as our foremost consideration, the happiness and well-being of our children. If this be our first consideration, if we know our
children, and if we have tact, many of the harmful ways in which our friends thoughtlessly touch our children's lives can easily be avoided. Even so seemingly trivial a situation as a friend calling at a time that interferes with a child's eager expectations can easily be met in a manner so that no one is hurt or disappointed. "This is my afternoon with John, and we have planned a very special party" this said graciously, with some light elaboration or emphasis appropriate to the project, and with the manner of continuing immediately, will save the situation for the child, and can not possibly give offense to any sensible friend. As a rule, if we proceed in the right manner, we will suffer no loss in friendship. But consideration for our children must always come first.
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also in regard to the work of the Red Cross, in the hope of encouraging the ladles to take an active interest in these affairs. ..These plans were successfully carried out, and the lady is highly pleased with the results, as the ladies entered into the work with a vim which is . the talk of the community. A committee was appointed, the lady of the patriotic talk being the chairman. The most pleasing feature of the whole affair is that a new knitting club has been formed for the purpose of knitting for the Red Cross society, by the ladies who a short time ago were industriously circulating harmful tales started by pro-German propaganda. Many ladies of the community have Joined in the good work of knitting for the Red Cross who heretofore were not interested in club work. The chairman is planning to do sewing also for the Red Cross as soon as her cohelpers can take more instructions at the Red Cross headquarters. READER.
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King Ferdinand, mounted, and map showing Rumania's isolation from friends. The news dispatches which indicate that Rumania is out of the war are no surprise to students of the big struggle over there, for the little country has been practically out of the war since Russia wont to -pieces. Rumania entered the war at the urgent suggestion of Russia on Russia'3 promise to look after her, to keep her in munitions and in food.
It now appears that the Sturmer regime in Russia deliberately sold out the littel nation to Germany. The Germans overrode the little Balkan state long since and have occupied her territory for months. Russia has absolutely abandoned her ally, leaving the state cut off from anyone friendly on all her frontiers. King Ferdinand, his territory taken, his soldiers slain or starving, had no alternative but to sue for peace and to accept peace on whatever terms the kaiser offered. Teuton hordes face him on the west front, Bulgarians are at the south and impotent Russia at the north. On the east is the Black sea. completing the isolation of the state. President Wilson recently sent a note to King Ferdinand assuring him that Rumania will be looked after by the United States and her interests safeguarded in any peace moves.
CAVALRY AND ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS WORRY FOE
British cavalry on the western fronts
and Italian mobile anti-aircraft gun guarding Venice. Recent dispatches have told of cavalry activity on the western front and anti-aircraft activity in the vicinity of Venice. Photos show these two agencies in action. It is considered unlikely that cavalry will play much of a part in the battles to come on the western front, at least not before demoralization 'sets in among the Germans. The gun shown in the lower photograph has been very successful in keeping German fliers away from Venice. It is mounted on a truck which can take the gun to the scene of activity where it is most needed.
f J; OUNTAIN 1TT JWX j ' Miss Aletha Lacey is visiting at this place with relatives and friends Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Overman and family had the following persons at their home for Christmas dinner: Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Dougherty and daughter, Maxlne Marie; Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Harrison and daughter, Olive; George Harris and son, Eugene; Mrs. Sadie Williamson and son, Ralph, and Mrs. Elzabeth Parker Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Fulghum and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Lee Fulghum of Chester Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Alexander entertained the following per
sons Christmas day: Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Barton and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Lester B. Harrison Mr. and Mrs. Virlin Hunt and daughter, Catherine Maxine. spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hunt and family Misses Clementine Overman and Iva McNutt returned to Richmond to take up their work after a short vacation. Mrs. J. C. Dougherty and daughter, Maxine, are spending a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Harrison.. . .Mrs. Marie Cannady of Economy is visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edd Bockhoffer. . . .Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Hatfield entertained the following persons Christmas: Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Amnion. Miss La Verne
CHANGES CUSTOM
NEW YORK, , Dec. " 27. In a dividend declaration today, the Delaware and Huston railroad departed from its usual custom of providing four quarterly disbursements totalling nine per cent to cover the ensuing calendar year and instead declared only the first quarterly dividend of 2 per cent. Uncertainty in the railroad situation was given by the directors as the reason for the change.
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WHEN TEDDY WAS PRESIDENT. Women who wore only one petticoat were talked about. Skirts at shoetops were indecently short. The Hague peace tribunal was mentioned on the first page. The ' divine Sallie" was making her "farewell tour" of America. People were getting their first good laugh out of the preposterous idea of practical submarines and airships. The automobile industry was staggering on its last legs. Thirty-cent porterhouse steak was called an outrage. Some foolish women were talking about demanding the ballot. The little Singer building was the tallest in the world. The death .of musical comedy was announced by critics. Gasoline had reached the top-notch price of IS cents a gallon. Nat Goodwin had been married only three times. Every man who owned an auto was considered a daredevil. Yank the Boodle, yank it do, Yank the Boodle, dandy. Have no fear. Old Profiteer. But Yank the Boodle, handy. Eggs are 90 cents a dozen in Russia. And still some people ask why the Bolsheviki are on the wing. One German editor- says America will pay an indemnity after the war.
Begins to look as though we would have to win it.
"One of the greatest victories of the war." says one eastern paper, "is the reunion of Consuelo Vanderbilt and her husband, the Duke of Marlborough." The silly season seems to last all the year around now.
Let Germany begin taking control of affairs in Russia as soon as possible. That will be Germany's finish. For information, address N. Bonaparte, Rue de la Sulphur, GehennaThree kings doubtless represent a good hand in Scandinavia, but there are a lot of aces floating around among the allies. A western philosopher says, if the ladies will only think back they will be able to remember when girls took only what complexion they needed on their faces and left the rest at home. But what lady wants to think back as far as that? By the looks of things at present "How Dry I Am" is going to become the national anthem v ery soon. AMONG THE MISSING. Slackers (extinct). Peace-at-any-pricers. The Hague tribunal. Berlin (Via Sayville Wireless). "The German ambassador at Washington says." The Nobel peace prize.
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Williams, Mrs. Sarah Hatfield and John Penny, Jr.. all of -Newcastle.
In a community near Richmond a few folks have shown a lack of patriotism in various ways. At a certain club meeting recently held in this locality the local Red Cross came in for their share of criticism, the old pro-German, lie of the sweater and .$10 bill being repeated, which has gone the rounds of the newspapers of at least four states, branded as a proGerman lie at that. The ladies telling the story devoted at least twenty minutes of valuable time to convincing their hearers of the truth of these stories, because they knew the party, that knew the party, that told the story on the party, that swiped the sweater. The story met the approval of one lady, who smilingly nodded her head in "I told you so" sort of air. In justice to the majority of the ladies it can truthfully be said of them that little or no comment was made by them. One woman left the meeting, feeling so distressed at the disloyalty of these members that she fully decided to sever her conection with the club after the next meeting, which was to be held at her home accord
ing to the year book. After thinking the matter over the lady decided to give a patriotic talk to the members as a parting plea (believing it to be her last chance to address them), feeling sure her talk would not meet the approval of some of the leading members. The lady bravely told them many truths, and was pleasantly surprised at the hearty congratulations she received at the close of the meeting. Being encouraged by the responsive attitude of the ladies, and feeling that her work alone would amount to so little, the lady decided to procure some prominent woman interested in this work to go to the next meeting and further enlighten the members as to the need of the conservation of food,
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These are (iys of enlarged spheres of usefulness. Even the hen feels it. Formerly it was the, hen's chief business to lift the mortgage off " the farm. Now many farmers' wives are using their egg money to buy WarSavings Stamps.
LONDON, Dec. 11. By Mail. A fusillade of questions as to the British government's reported intention to regulate the height of women's shoes was fired at the cabinet spokesman in the house of commons last week. "Is the government aware of the scarcity of leather, and will it tak steps to prohibit the manufacture of high boots for women," asked Lord Claud Hamilton. "Will the height of heels be limited also?" queried another member. "Will an order be made for the lengthening of petticoats?" asked Sir J. D. Rees. The cabinet spokesman answered' that "it has been decided to issue an order prohibiting the manufacture of boots for women with uppers of more than a specified height." He ignored the inquiries as to heels and petti-
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