Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 273, 30 August 1919 — Page 6

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PAGE SIX THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SATURDAY, AUG. 30, 1919.

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM

AND SUN-TELEGRAM

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Hoodlumism and Rioting Richmond has been disgraced by the display of hoodlumism Thursday night when a crowd in the typical mob spirit smashed in the doors and windows of the offices and plants of the Mal

leable, F. and N. and Reliance foundry com

panies.

Regardless of the questions at issue between

striking workmen and employers, window smash ing tactics never have and never will settle in

dustrial disputes. Such measures are only taken by hot Heads and immature youngsters, and

both of these classes when they take the initiat ive simply and solely lead into trouble.

Mob spirit is peculiar. It will not tolerate calm judgment. It delights in destruction and

by so doing adds to everyone's cost of living Practically all businesses carry riot insurance

The cost of this insurance is covered in the price of practically everything we buy. Therefore, the more riots there are and the more windows that

are thereby broken, the higher goes the cost of

riot insurance. This simply means higher prices

for everyone, rioters as well as law abiding

citizens.

When the mob started stone throwing Thurs

day night calm headed workmen tried without success to stop it. The hot-heads and hoodlums most of whom had no connection with the moulders on strike, however, would not listen to reason. They wanted to indulge freely their appetites for destruction. One young hoodlum in the uniform of a messenger boy was particularly conspicuous for window breaking. Workingmen have a right to strike. Their cause is lost, however, when violence develops. Public opinion will not tolerate violence and lawlessness. Generally it is not the strikers who start the violence. It is their pretended sympathizers who butt in and make a mess of things. A crowd is easily turned into a howling mob and under the excitement of the moment individuals do things they sincerely regret later in their saner senses. The way to prevent mobs iy to keep crowds from congregating. Richmond's police force should be increased until it numbers enough resolute men to cope with such a situation as arose Thursday night. Then it should be trained to keep units of people seeking to crowd together on the move and disperse them. There will be no mob if there is no crowd. . This does not mean to interfere with orderly and decent picketing by striking workmen. Rather it is as much for the advantage of such

strikers as it is for the protection of the property where they expect to work again when their industrial differences have been ironed out.

dverseas or at home ; thirdly, the organization is

to be strictly civilian, where every man will have an equal right to assert his opinions and an equal

vote. The collective effort of the young men who served in the World War to further the welfare of the public and to keep the veterans keenly alive to their duties as citizens, will be felt in our national life. They have it within their power to become a powerful agency in promoting the common good. Their espousal of high principles at the very outset should give the organization a firm basis for growth and expansion. Their first caucus at St. Louis proved that despite their young years most of them possessed and exercised excellent judgment. The lofty attitude they have assumed toward their duties a? citizens will redound greatly to the expansion of. the Legion and the promotion of a feeling of good will and mutual assistance. The work of perfecting the Wayne county branch of the Legion is progressing with satisfactory results. The adoption of a name for the post, the appointment of committees, as well as the general interest which the veterans are taking in the movement, show that the service men of the community are alive to the situation here.

Condensed Classics of Famous Authors

Salaries for Policemen and Firemen The public and city officials should not overlook the wage scale paid to policemen and fire

men. These men have been hit as hard by the increased cost of living as have persons in other walks of life. They perform a public service of great importance. The protection of life and property is entrusted to their care. Like soldiers they are on duty always and must answer calls that jeopardize their lives. Failure to perform their duties is accepted as cowardice. Their hours are regulated by rules. Men who devote virtually all their time to the public good should be paid adequate salaries. The city should appreciate their services by paying Ihem salaries that are in proportion to the time and attention they give to the interests of the community.

BARRIE

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James Mathew Barrie Is one' of that great army of Scotchmen who take general charge of England. He was born at Kirriemuir, May 9. 18t0. He was educated at Dumfries Academy and Edinburgh University. Ho

was created first baronet in 1813. but long before that date, by universal suffrage he had acquired the title of Prince of Whimsies and First Lord of All Hearts. Unlike other Brltlsn titles, these latter are perfectly valid in the United States as well aa In Great Britain and the Dominions beyond the seas. After the usual skirmishes of a penman to find himself by way of the newspapers, Barrie published "Better Dead" in 1887. Then at intervals of a year or less came "Auld Licht Idylls," "When a Man's Single." "A Window in Thrums," "My Ladv Nicotine." "The Little Minister," followed by "Sentimental Tommy," "Margaret Ogilvy" (the infinitely tender story of his own mother), and ths immortal "Peter Pan." He soon found his way to the stage (a way all his own) with "The Professor's Love Story." "The Little Minister," "Quality Street," "The Admirable Crichton," "Peter Pan." 'What Every

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ella," and "Dear Brutus," and has been most successful with plays, or rather playlets, of the war, such as "Tho Old Lady Shows her Medals." His appeal to public imagination was almost instantaneous, and he has continuously held a warm place in thft hearts Cit thft wholA Rnclish-

speaking race wherever a tender finey appeals to loving imagination. Probably more people know more of the works of Barrie than of ahy other living writer.

James 51. Barrie, Born I960

jIAMESE MINISTER TO U. S. IS SEEKING WORLD LEAGUE AID

THE LITTLE MINISTER BY J. M. BARRIE Condensation by M. E. Alley, Brighton

The American Legion The American Legion has espoused principles which should make it a powerful force for good in our republic. From its very inception, its founders have asserted that no attempt would be made to gouge the government. Col. Roosevelt, voicing the opposition of the Legion to the six months' pay bonus, said: "We are not going to try to sandbag the government ; primarily we are going to try to put something into the government." In his speech at Indianapolis, Col. Roosevelt enunciated the following principles : First, the organization is non-partisan, concerning itself with policies, not with partisan politics ; secondly, it is to be composed of all men who served, whether

The Home of the Playground European cities may excel in other lines of municipal enterprise, but no country leads the United States in the number of public playgrounds and the facilities for recreation offered to the children. The establishment of playgrounds is a distinctive contribution to the world's play. Greece emphasized the importance of play and sports for adults, and Great Britain democratized sports in her schools and universities. The United States, however, was the first nation to provide adequate recreational facilities for the children. Last year more than 400 cities maintained 4,000 public playgrounds. No one can tell accurately how many children took advantage of their facilities. Besides the presence of many public playgrounds, thousands of cities have clubs, organizations, and churches that maintain places where boys and girls may em'oy athletic pastimes. Few "Keep Off the Grass" signs are to be found in our public parks nowadays. Children are invited to enjoy themselves in the open places maintained by our municipalities. The full effects of the playground systems will be noted in the sturdy boys and girls who are to be found enjoying the equipment that a thoughtful public has provided. No one can visit Glen Miller park, public playground, or watch the children using the equipment of the school yards without becoming convinced of the wisdom of spending money for the maintenance of these places. Richmond was one of the first cities to take up with the movement. Year by year it is increasing the play facilities. It is a movement that has every argument in its favor and none against it.

The Old National Road

From the Indianapolis Star. IN all thoalk of the past few years about the Improvement of public roads and the building of transcontinental lines little, If anything, has been said about Tbe extension of the old National road, a fact that must rave caused a good many people to wonder. At last, however, some steps have been taken looking to the continuation of that once famous and still existing thoroughfare beyond the point where the work suddenly ended in 1S38. A plan has been filed with the Bureau of Public Roads under the Federal Aid Road Act which contemplates the completion of the old road along the original line, but with a much more substantial surface. The proposed type of surface Is monolithic brick and concrete pavement, the average cost of which Is about $30,000 per mile. The proposed improvement Includes also the construction of forty bridge structures of lengths ranging from twenty-two feet to 300 feet The work ended a few miles beyond the Indiana line in Illinois west of Terro Haute when the project was abandoned. The road was authorized by act of congress early in 1S06. Commissioners were appointed to lay out the lino from Cumberland. Md., on the Potomac to the Ohio river. Thirty thousand dollars was appropriated for the work, a sum that seems trifling In these days of millions and billions, but a hundred years ago it would build quite a length of dirt road, which was all that was attempted at that time, though macadam or something similar was planned and perhaps undertaken as the work progressed. The progress was slow, as In su'c government projects It Is apt to be, and as stated, it las 1838 before the road was finished across Indiana. By that time Its con

gress had passed sixty acts relating to it. It was supposed to have lost its importance by the time it reached Illinois because of the projected building of railroads, which also put a stop to the building of canals. It took the country half a century or more to realize that canals and good highways are needed as well as railroads and are aids to railroad traffic. The National road, first known as the Cumberland road, 6eved a good purpose for many years. It was for one thing a thoroughfare for "movers" from eastern states seeking new homes toward the setting sun. The late Mrs. Mary Hartwell Catherwood wrote in "Old Caravan Days" of such a Journey taken over this road when, as a child, she went with her parents from Ohio to Illinois to find a new home. The process of work on tho road is described in a little book of reminiscences called "Etna to Kirksville," published a number of years ago, tbe writer, an old army officer, whose name is not here recalled, telling of the Interest he felt as a boy in this then highly important undertaking. The names of the title refer to two little Ohio towns east of Columbus. The old road is probably not in good repair for the most of Its length and the new project does not, so far as known, contemplate any renovation by federal aid. It will mean only a new and substantial thoroughfare for Illinois. If it were macadamized its full length it would serve a far greater public than was dreamed of originally It would help if each community would do its part. Even Indianapolis does not keep Washington street, which is a length of the famous road, free from chuck holes. Main street of Richmond is also a bit of the old road, and it luns through many attractive small towns on its way

across the state.

Gavin Dishart was barely twentyone when he and his mother came to Thrums. All Thrums was out In its wyndes and closes a few of the weavers still In knee-breeches, to look at the new Auld Llcht minister. I was there, the dominie of Glen Quharity, four miles from Thrums, and heavy was my heart as I stood afar off so that Gavin's mother might not have the pain of seeing me. I alone of the crowd looked more at her than at her son. Eighteen years had passed since we parted, and already her hair had lost its brightness, and Margaret was an old woman at only forty-three, and I, who have loved her since I was a hobbledehoy and shall till I die, am the man who made her old. Many scenes in the little minister's life come back to me. The first time I ever thought of writing his love story as an old man's gift to a little

maid since grown tall, was one night In the eld schoolhouse, when my gate creaked in the wind, and my mind drifted back to another gate creaking, the first time I ever saw Gavin and the Egyptian together. Gavin was brought up to be a minister from his earliest days, and took to the idea enthusiastically. It had been the dream of the two of a manse, of which Margaret was mistress, and Gavin the minister, and now it was fulfilled. Gavin became at once popular In Thrums, and though short of stature, he cast a great shadow. He converted a drunkard, Rob Dow, who adored him, and would do anything in the world for him. On the fateful evening of October seventeenth, Gs.vin was returning from Rob Dows, and going through Caddam Woods', when he heard singing. The singer came dancing ud in

Windvghoul. Only when she passed him did Gavin see her as a gypsv elf, her bare feet flashing beneath a short green skirt, a twig of rowan berries in her black hair. She was pale with an angel's loveliness. A diamond on her finger shot a thread

i of fire over a pool as she danced by. Undoubtedly she was the devil.

Gavin leaped after her, but as she saw him she beckoned mockingly, then kissed her hand and was gone. A moment later came the sound of a horn. The minister was on the alert at once, and hurried to the Square. That horn was a signal that soldiers were marching to the village to arrest some malefactors among the weavers, who would resent it. In the Square was an uproar. It was the gypsy who had given the warning. Gavin tried to persuade the people to disperse to save bloodshed, but the Egyptian cried: "Do not heed this little man! Save yourselves," and they obeyed her. The soldiers came, but caught only a few, the real culprits escaping. The Egyptian was even caught, but escaped the officers first through a clever ruse, and again through impudently pretending she was Gavin's wife! He was furious, and yet he felt his anger die as he looked at the beautiful girl with the appealing eyes, and coaxing, laughing mouth. He even

told her to hide in the manse garden in the summer seat, till the soldiers had gone. Gavin was in two minds after that, angry at himself because of the Egyptian, and yet he constantly thought of her, and wondered. He preached sermons against women, those days their witching ways were the devil. One winter day, the Egyptian's timely appearance saved old NannyWebster from the poorhouse. The gypsy impulsively offered five pounds to support Nanny till her brother came back from jail. Then it was that Gavin first believed in her, and said he'd trust her word. The happy Nanny persuaded the minister to stay for tea. That teadrinking bewitched the little minister, for the fascinating Babbie teased him and he liked it. Babbie brought him the money to Caddam Woods next day. and gave Gavin a holly spray that he secretly treasured. Again and again he was drawn to Nanny's cottage where Babbie's frequently came, and he didn't understand at first that he was in love with the mysterious girl with her many caprices all of which charmed him. He knew that Rob Dow had discovered him with Babble in their trysts, and wondered why Rob avoided him and was drinking again. Rob's greatest fear was that the kirk elders should learn of the Egyptian and the minister and stone him out of Thrums. One night Babbie flashed a lantern in at the manse window to attract Gavin's attention. He waited breathlessly till the manse was quiet iu slumber, then stole out to meet Babbie in the summer seat. There in darkness Gavin kissed her, and Babbie realized for the first time his love for her. She had been playing with him, and felt ashamed. She wanted to run away, and she wanted to stay and have him put his kiss into words.

But it was late, and it was that night,

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BY ROY K. MOULTON

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Phya Prabba Karavongse.

NAMES Albert Edward Christian George Andrew Patrick David, Prince of Cornwall, Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay, Earl of Carrick and Baron Renfrew That is the complete patronymic Of the pale young gent Who is coming to visit us' soon Aboard the battle cruiser Renown. We in America are at little slow In the matter of names. F'instance, why couldn't we Have had a George Francis Luther Zebulun Charles Ambrose Alexander Eliha -Washington. Duke of Valley Forge,

Karl of New York and

jViscount of Mt. Vernon, or

ABranam z,eoeaian tienry jereaencK William Samuel John Harold Lincoln, Or, perhaps to be more vbdern, a Woodrow Lemuel Robert Richard Louis Elisha Peter Thomas David Benjamin James Wilson? But we know why Wales is going To live on the battleship No hotel register in the land Could hold his name. THE PRIVATIONS OF PEACE The war is over, and this business of Bpooning, loving and kissing will stop. Chief of Polics Godley of Kansas City.

as Gavin took her back to Nanny'sthat I saw them together for the first time. Love dawned in Babbie's heart that night, and all the world looked new to her, and she longed for Gavin to come. Then she met Rob Dow's little son weeping bitterly, who told her of what sorrow the "wooman who'd bewitched the meenister" would bring everyone, and Babbie, touched to the heart, went away. Months passed, and the little minister looked in vain for her. Then came the fourth of August, the eve of Lord Rintoul's marriage, an old earl staying at theSpittal, whose bride was reported as young and bonny. But nearly all of Thrums were concerned over the long drought that had become a calamity, and that night there was to be a special prayer meeting for rain. Then suddenly, Babbie came to me in the school house, saying that Gavin had been killed by a drunken Highland piper. It was not true a rumor, but I found Gavin, and told him where he would find Babbie, though I felt I was doing wrong. Babbie told Gavin her story then that she was to be Lord Rintoul's bride on the morrow. He had found her when a mite, fallen from a gypsy wagon, and for her beauty had reared and educated her. Babbie and Gavin tried to give each other up, then Babble heard Lord Rintoul's voice, and in terror clung to Gavin, and the two ran off In the darkness to the gypsy camp on the hill to be married over the tongs by the gypsy king. That terrible night, with the storm coming, the earl seeking his lost bride, the dour elders relentlessly following their errant ministei" and drunken Rob madly bound to save bis friend. Then came the flood, when the heavens opened, and lochs seemed to fall. Babbie, separated from Gavin

after the Gypsy marriage, fell into Rob's hands, but mercifully escaped and reached the manse. Gavin wandered all night through the storm after Babbie, and I found him exhausted near my house next morning. He told

me all that had passed, and my an- j xiety for Margaret at the consequen

ces of his rash act. led me to attempt to reach Thrums. But before I left, it was necessary for me to tell Gavin my story, that he was my son, and Margaret was my wife. Margaret had married Adam Dishart first, and he had gone to sea, and after two years all thought him lost, and she married me. Then when Gavin was three years old, Adam suddenly returned, and I passed out of Margaret's life forever. Gavin sought to .learn if Babbie had been carried off by Lord Rinroul, and found the earl on an island in the midst of floods. Gavin jumped to his aid. but nothing could be done, and

! it was thought both must perish.

His congregation, gathered by the precipice, forgot they had meant to expel him, and listening with dim eyes to his brave last words, knew only that they loved him. Then Rob Dow

! threw his life away to save his friond, j and the rope with which he sprang

into the flood withdrew minister and earl to safety. So Gavin and Babbie were married, and no one seeing Babbie going demurely to church on Gavin's arm would guess her history. Yet sometimes at night. Babbie slips into her

: gypsy frock, with rowan berries in her j hair, and Gavin always kisses her. j My little maid knows this story as I well as I do. She was named for

Margaret, and has been my dearest comfort since my Margaret died; but I have lived to rejoice in the happiness of Gavin and Babbie and their children. Copyright. 1919. by thr Tost Publishing Company (The Boston Post). Copyright in the United Kingdom. th Dominions, its Colonies an1 dependencies, under tho copyright act. by the Post Publishing Company, Boston, Mass., U. 3. A. All rights reserved. (Published by special arrangement with the McClure Newspaper Syndicate. All rights reserved). "The White Company," by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, will be printed tomorrow.

Phya Prabba Karavongse, Siamese minister to the United States, recently left New, Verity 4or Ln(,0I and Paris to coruer with tiace dele-

pates with the biect of obtauuft?-t!

nuuiviviic, .v.kvto3ivil3 1UI ilia LUUUV tin throuffh the leacue of nation.

A western paper says: "Miss Birdie Birdsong, left Friday for New York, where she will study. She will visit Washington. D. C, before coming

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Dinner Stories

"Did I understand you to say that this lad voluntarily confessed to playing truant?" asked a school attendance officer, addressing the mother of a small and dirty boy. "Yes, sir, he did," the woman responded. "I just had to persuade him a little, and then he told me the whole thing voluntarily."

"How did you persuade him?" inquired the officer. "Well, first I gave him a good hiding." said the parent, "and then I put him to bed without supper, and I took his clothes away and told him he'd stay in bed till he confessed what he'd done, if t'was the rest of his days, and that I should punish him again in the morning. And in less than half an hour he told me the whole ctory of his own accord."

M. 1. T. say3 there Is caure for

optimism in tit&iJtcC TK&t Tbe 1 i gh cost of living has been reduced. Now that sumii.er is about over, fly swatters are selling two for a nickel. A Larchmont man boasts that hehas a lawn mower that has been in his possession for twelve years. That's long enough. He ought to return it.

Belgian Children to Be Given Relief Fund BRUSSELS, Aug. 30. The Belgian Government has accepted the propos

al of Herbert C. Hoover, Director General of the inter-allied organization. i that the final assets of the Belgian j Relief Commission, amounting to approximately $16,000,000, be devoted to the formation of a foundation for the ! higher education of children of th? workers and persons of limited means.

r ITALY RECEIVES MORE MONEY.

The following incident related with a flavor of Gallic irony by the Crl de Paris is said to have taken place at Toulouse. On election day a young man went to a booth to vote. "But, monsieur," said one of the overseers, "you have already voted." "I? allons done! I am certain I have not." A search being made of the records it was discoveref that there had been an error in the recording of the Christian name. It was not Marius Tartarin that had voted, but Gonzague Tartarin. "Gonzague!" cried the young man, "you are quite sure that he has voted?" "Yes, indeed. Look, here is the register." . "Ah, how I regret not having been here," said the man. "I would have embraced him with such pleasure. He is my father." "Your father?" "Yes, and I have not seen him since he died four years ago."

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. A credit of $9,100,000, established today in favor of Italy, made the total advances to that country of $1,601,775,945, and to the Allies, $9,672,567.

Fibers useful in textiles and cordage have been extracted bv a Frenchman from the water hyacinth.

U. S. AGENT FOILED BIG GERMAN PLOT

Memories of Old Days In This Paper Ten Years Ago Today

v j Rev. Morton Hobson, pastor of the United Brethren church for five years, resigned. Harry Gilbert, who had been assistant collection manager of the GaarScott company, was made manager of that department to succeed Charles Land. The approaching marriage of W. Ramsey Poundstone, city editor of the Palladium, and Miss Afton Clapp was announced. Miss Mary Mather entertained at her home for Miss Cornelia" Shaw.

STATE LABOR PARTY GIVEN ENDORSEMENT

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Aug. 30. Formation of a state labor party was indorsed by the Indiana State Federation of Labor delegates in convention yesterday at Tomlinson Hall. An untabulated rising vote showed that more than two-thirds of the delegates favored the new party. A referendum vote will be taken immediately by the federation membership to sustain or reject tho convention's indorsement. Evansville was chosen for the 1920 convention city. Spirited debate marked the discus

sion or tne new party resolution, which was introduced by a group of delegates from the United Mine Workers of America, District No. 11, Terre Haute. All but one member of the resolutions commute signed a majority report favoring rejection of the resolution. O. W. Miller of the Fort Wayne machinists submitted an oral minority report favoring fhe resolution.

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A syndicate has petitioned the Swedish government for permission to make 5,0C0,0C0.000 liters (1.321.000 gallons), of alcoholic spirit from white moss, of which there are enormous quantities available.

Dr. Paul Bernardo Altendorf. Dr. Paul Bernardo Altendorf, a U. S. military intelligence officer serving as a German captain and a Mexican colonel, orjranicd 45,000 Mexicans for an invasion of the United States at the time tho German launched their last drive on the western front in July, 1918. But be kept the U. S. government informed of the plot's progress and thus prevented ac invasion Altendorf also brought about th arrest of a German spy said to tayfl' admitted the Black Tom explosion near New York; got the German im perial code for our government, warned this country of an impending submarine raid on the Atlantic coast in 1918, and nipped scores of other conspiracies.

THE GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS DAILY TALK

I'M SO SORRY I

The most human quality that is given us mortals is to mistake. And the greatest opportunity that is given to any of us is not to make the same mistake twice! But there is another opportunity that is quite as wonderful in con-" nection with every mistake and that is to be sorry. We may well boast of our triumphs but never of our failures. With humiliation should come determination to rise above unmeant mistakes. For to be truly sorry is the first step to higher ground. Every element of fineness enters Into our desires to do better. How the cloud3 seem to evaporate and the sun to break thru, just the minute that we begin to FEEL sorry! All defenses are then swept away. Life bubbles anew. Happy waves are all about. There is nothing weak about being sorry. In fact, it is at that very point where real strength begins To be sorry is to dig the grave in which to bury your mistakes and errors. Eut then get away from the grave as soon as possible. A graveyard is no place in which to live. If you have hurt the feelings of someone, go to that one and tell him that you are sorry. If you have done a thing for which you are ashamed, right it if you can. Be sorr anyway and then pass on. We all pay the price of every mistake. But the longer we put off being sorry for it, the faster and bigger the Interest and principal become. Be sorry. But be sorry as deeply as you know how and have It over with! " - " "