call of patriotism, nor would there Ijo if other professional athletes adopted a similar SONGS AND jRirfimonilCim^-Pi^pntrl) course, as they usually do. Tall or short, SAWS the professional athlete is apt to set so high hmTwth' I NOW YOU GIT TO WORK! a MrthlSit'" a store on his well-devoloped body that lie Take Chincr. One of the Day's Beat Cartoons. Of course, ~ SK1 TUB TIMES, Founded 1S8S will uot endanger it out of the lino of busi- you cannot always make .E ¦""""" A THB DISPATCH, Founded 1S30 ness, and not one or ruore of play Just as you'd like to. infrequently For oft, when sliding safe to base, PW°alyi.Ma TSVMry his organs are so hypertrophied that he A cruel fate will spike you. would collapse in the early stages of a hard But yet a man that scoots for home, Pabltohrd etfrr ilty In the year by Thr Tlmrn- Whene'er luck Dtiyalrk Publishing Company, Inc. Address nit campaign. seems to beckon, roaiRtialralloni to Whether tall or men make the Although lie's tagged before he scores, War News Years TKK TIMES-DISPATCH, short better Is bettor off. 1 reckon. Fifty Ago Ilmea-Dlapatch Hulldlnc, 10 South Tenth Street. soldiers is, the authorities say. a purely Than (!. rom the Richmond Dec. Richmond* Vn. he who lingers on tho bng, Dispatch, 21, 18»}<4.) academic question. The nverage Scotch Afraid of risks or chances. Highlander is long in the limb, and is spokeu ! Such dubs as he will ne'er be wooed Tho rumor on the streets yesterday that tho TELEPHONE. RAMHILI'II 1 By tickle fortune's glances. Dutch Gap 'Canal had boon finished, and that of respectfully as a lighting man. On the ' Publication Office 10 South Tenth Street *°'"K tlirouKh without j other hand, the Japanese are undersized, from troubletroubh. provednrov ?'i ?"to fCrelhe absolutely untrue. Since South Hlrhnnnd 1020 Hull Street the Tlio I'rNitlnil.it Snym of 100 North Western standard, and yet they, too, can ! Out my we sniaHhlnx the'biff iitenm dredge by our Pflmlrnrc Sycamore Street way get fltte telephone scrvico on cannon but very little work has l.*-nclll)urat 21H Eighth Street claim their share of reputation as fearless Sunday afternoons. Sometimes it doesn't take been done and efficient men-at-arms. The same holds more than fifteen minutes to attract the enemy's batteries around Petersburg and the atten¬ the true among the generals. mili¬ tion of the operator. along Cheatorfltld lines were kept very HASDnOOK, STORY Jfc BROOKS. INC.. Napoleon's actl\e yesterday, a. tremendous cannonading Special Advertising Representatives. tary genius was in inverse ratio to his height. uU ,,ay' but our works A Jlonitiirc of Precaution. wn ,"P proved ,\err York 200 Fifth Avenue Lord Kitchener, although not a Napoleon. is . fllclent.«K ^ and two kilted and less than a half a is It Philadelphia Mutunt I.lfe lliilldlni? conceded to be one of the greatest living She.Why that men are ' nr,<1 Ul"8C hvcon- t;ni» always accusing women of be- LtHult^,iM»°il,nstituted tjio damugrc.i' Chtcaso People'* ItulliliuK military commanders, and lie towers above ing gossips? the man of fl««t of ironclads and heavllv average size, which appears to 11c.Probably because they i A> P0>Yerful l«rt SIDSCRIPTION HATKS be want to do ^'""'sports Hampton Road* dhy five feet and six inches when men below what they can to '0;'<'t:dbefore jesterday, headed southward. It Is gen¬ RY MAIL One Six Three that height express their views, and five feet discourage the practice ami so erally supposed they are destined to PORTAGE PAID Year. Moa. Mob. keep their own sins and trans- Wilmington and nine inches when the possessors of great gressions j t!onst» lhn object being Dally and Sunday....90.00 ?:>.00 ?1.V» from being scat- ioto ilandh ^°r,,hfederalVarol,,mtroops down there to make altitude air their opinions. tered through the neighbor¬ lheir Dally only 4.00 2.0t» l.Ofl hood. way to the railway lines and cut them Sunday only 2.00 1.01) -BO Possibly the truth of the matter is that bo ns to break up transportation to and from short men make better soldiers than tall the South. , ones, I'or because they are usually anxious to prove I'urpo.neM of ItlnllnctltiD. \V1teller's cavalry battalion Dy Tlmen-DUpntch Carrier Delivery Service In "Say, dad." attackedlieutenant-Colonel Richmond (and suburbs) nnd Petersburg*. that lack of inches almost invariably breeds "What's on the enemy several days ago at Ad kin?, your mind now?" \ a., and drove thc-m several mllos. However, Daily with Sunday, one week 15 ccnts that sort of concealed bad temper which is "What do people tneati when a they talk about the enemy has burned all of the railroad bridges Dally Ttithout Sunday, one week 10 cents always spoiling for a light. white Christmas?" and stations "That, son. is between Wythcvllle and Glade Sunday only 5 cents my an adjective applied to the hprlng. and it Is supposed they have also holiday to distinguish it properly from bluo the New Year, when wo destroyed Confederate furnaces at the lead Horses for National Guard Field Artillery arc trying to keep good III 1IICS. Entered January 27, 11)03, at Richmond, Vn.. n» resolutions and pay the Christmas bills at the aecond-clasa matter under net of Con>,."»*» of experts and military men gen¬ same time." There is no truth in the report from Washlng- °n that Bavannah had fallen into Sherman's Starch 3, 1S70. MILITARYerally did not require, even before (lie From th« New Orlean* outbreak of Confo" estate, like Thomas Jefferson of olVirginia is fortunate in being provided They never had to wade through mud gressman Flood to llRht for bin toga To board a near-side car. are carrying large bodies of reinforcements to r r:"^s«»s.*!»*.» hi. This with a battalion of field but far-away figuring has left ou . h artillery, these " tierman, the hope of the Federals that . 'I m bnttf,ri»,-:. THE TATTLER. 1 being oi.lnl,.,,, """ one of the ablest of them all.Congress training is hampered sadly by the they will reach him at Savannah. Pol. ,a., 'nit ,h."a name man Andrew Jackson fact that are not with horses. dropped from ihC and Montague th they supplied The Confederate Congress will take a holiday Governor who put Virginia's now Con Horses are hired for and recess after to-morrow's proceedings. None of »«r standing in n,° dominant? K?°'1 party. into effect. parades encamp¬ i ..«» V. th'"' .stltution As an authorlt ments. On other occasions officers and men the members, however, will leave the city for Krcatcnt on international law Mr. Montague ha Chats With their and want to voting >(,,rs\T-'ir« Rlchmonders*if ever saw won In have no of Virginia Editors homes, Just why they take «5U. .1. brief space a unique opportunity acquiring proficiency a for more than one in the standlnj Topaz's in "Even holiday day no one knows. House. When Just out of th »5H handling their guns as they would be the merriest Christmas may be marred 'jovernor s chair he PRtrrv by a crossed sword can handled in battle. They learn how to load chronic grouch." says the James River with Senator Martin for the Senate i "TtXJ of "prln* <*»«etlon a and fire, and that is about all. Clnrlon, Dillwyn, whose motto at this season [ memorable, campaign in which ther CO A LOT OF is I for .Maj or ind m... T of th" was some The bill now obviously something like "Down with bitterness over charges o SHOPPtfNG (P army appropriation pending tho Council; tht-'r" w-Is a [?.? primary for boBslsm and machine in a Scrooges." Consrress unri' . , f"r A"- methods on th Congress contains provision for meet¬ part of the faction in power. >t)U START , Appeal for the Colored Patlont ing this need. I'nder its terms the national The I'lietiiployed, inlnSrSl?? h5«m- ,"i,?,nry1 1>*. Mr. Montague waited his time untl E^RLV Clinch Valley News, of To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch: «..«., lie was J government may and issue to Na¬ Tazewell, gives | In returned to th.- House by th purchase space to an clghteen-stanza poetic of Sir. The Times-Dispatch recently appeared ;;;». »¦ Third District. He tional Guard organizations of field the ride of description an appeal from Ada Lewis, bead of the colored was re-elected las artillery J. Q. Jayne to his destination and summer, carrying every precinct in tli' horses adapted to their use. and may also back, written in the best Ity Mission, for the aid of her white frlriuls. t'-nih.r w|,c. ,h. voJJ.a J> '"J-'n- and No Timo for Democrats to Fight vein of the Bard Jayne, Do you realize that many of the colored district, having as some of hi turn over to such condemned which begins: people warmest supporters men organizations are among our unemployed? What are we doing who ba< is quite like old times.old times that army horses no fit for active for fought him In li I n senatorial longer service, "Starting from Tazewell on them? Cannot we help them? "As much as ""' tions. aspira IT wo do not care particularly to have re¬ Thanksgiving Day, llord"""' The "machine" cry was no but still suitable for purposes of instruction. In a Six-Cylinder you do It unto the least of these. My children cLm^'.X,M" It called to our have two Demo- Auto, Joe Kelly and me, do It unto raised. was simply a question o memory.to The act also contains provision for Our time was not you Me." Outlook for mm i* uKhl, whom the «.' payment limited, our speed was not Don't let Richmond district wanted a: cratic Congressmen near blows or. the floor for and slow. tis sentimentalize over the "dear old its In forage, shoeing veterinary supplies To Bluefleld for black mammy." the "faithful slave," and talk of representative the House, of the House. Certainly this is not the sea¬ dinner we surely did go." on for such horses and for the compensation of "memorial windows and monuments." are (iovfrnomhlii Fl«ht Horizon. son when Democrats can to In the seventeen ensuing stanzas the There The afford indulge enlisted men to care for them. Bard omy a few left. Give them help now, right here governorship is years and year! Jayne. whose muse has had away In fa<-t Stuart has not yet serve' in such performances. The party must pre¬ To this misunderstandings in your own city. They are too old to work, .ss.Ff=?H= lils Virginia provision of the act is of with the editor and first y.-ar in for a two proofreader which lend It some will say. Only too but sit office.but alreadj pare presidential election less than true, they by * " !><. no -lcrtlon In inir. some well-known men special importance, because the State's pro¬ additional picturesquenoss, demonstrates the fireside of those who are Let nprlng .hi have put them yenrs pway; it must retain the confidence of clearly unemployed. "v"r selves ou: in the portion of field artillery to the whole enroll¬ that tie enjoyed the trip like Kelly did. them go to the poorhouse? Do you know that ""e open in case light the country and win new voters to its stand¬ (or HHolhfr v',"'r C",',','"v ning should want to strike their ment of its National Guard and to popula¬ they have their pride, taught by the master There Is Richard way ard. Good Democrats should so manage to "We understand that and mistress now dead? Kvelyn Uyrd, for¬ tion is unusually large. For this reason it Governor-Elect Bye, of merly Speaker of the House of settle their differences, in a way and at a prohibition is not Ada Dew is, whoso address Is 202 East Leigh Dele¬ deserves the sympathy and support of Vir¬ Tennessee, related to King will for gates and now United States District time and place, that the settlement will not Alcohol." says the News Street, call anything you con give her. primary before that option Beside* for ginia's delegation in Congress. The provi¬ Newport Press. Xo, he's Her work is known by members of the Asso¬ Attorney the Western District. H» provoke Republican or national the Bye with the "Comin' thro' '. the Interest In ,h<. H.-ction thHt mi in the father of tax reform in jubilation sion. is of scarce less importance capacity. ciated Charities, by women of the c'.ty mission, Virginia amusement. however, and U,e 1,<-c,,"'lr Interest or the father of primary reform, the au to the whole country, to aid in the attain¬ any needed information will be uladly given 'Vr^ to be h"5'l ""dor the thor ' law adopted bv the informed man on public afTiilrs. Mr The Cotton Situation as It Is Emporia, Judging from this reflection Richmond, December IK, 1914. lasf r. . and accustomed to arms," which was referred of Editor of the liyrd has always said that if there was Potter, Independent: "The man a machine in he cf cotton for the month of No¬ to President in his who gets f? a week and Prnlacn Work of Associated Charities. S.5x"T Virginia must be one by Wilson, recent mes¬ spends $20 for a Christ- "f the cogwheels.yet when th<- Vlr EXPORTSvember. 1^14. were 7 <50.9 2 C' bales, as as the nation's chief mas present for his girl should be To the lidltor of The Times-Dispatch: sage. reliance in time classed amonjj Sir,.In down Franklin Street I glnia organization stood aloof at the compared with 1,501.12 4 bak-s for Novem¬ of war. the 'Christmas greens.'" passing noticed Baltimore | quite a number of men going into the Asso¬ convention, Mr. liyrd was ber of last year. In value the 1914 exports ciated Charities one of the original Wilson men; when Editor Huildlng, HOS East Franklin "PPoMtlor.. his amounted to $S1.92.?..31 4. while the value Dick Beirne is exhibiting in recent is- Street. 1 wont in to how the place wan though brother-in-law, Congressman Flood, .sues of nfore "«°J|iinn,,°,,ncf"1 was Thomas I'". of cotton exported in the same month of 1913 The Kmployer nnd Military Service his Covington Virginian unmistakable managed and what was beina: done for thoso defending Ryan from symptoms of the who applied for help. .labblinK' hi/K.'In°Th1?°water''with a the attack of Mr. Bryan, Mr. Byrd was vas J 103.S24.53S. !n other words, a recent speech Major-General Leonard politico-bucking ailment tec.h- * ot seeing how colli it Is. in the quantity nically known as the I was cordially received by Dr. Buchanan, the putting licks which helped to was reduced 50 cent IN Wood but took to task Bllleadsltis, named for Edi- Kor the Administrative bring about the nomination of approximately per and courteously firmly tor Bill Ends, of the Wise News. The manager. He took mo to the rear of the build- Iloni.i. Mr. Wil- value p-r cent. the average who, he says, discrim¬ Virginian, ing, where a number of men were at work, some In th- famous election in which t son. approximately employer, after relating that "Clifton is about as bad . Forge wood, others It " "»« Pnllnrd n November was the est month of the inates against the militiaman, and so ren¬ a of the unloading stacking up, while 'i "WWI.hil! Iteeeptlve t'nndldate. pres¬ type boss-ridden town as thero Is in the number were sawing it In blocks. He r 1 ,!",n.r"led the ticket Hi* ent season. Some of the ders it the more difficult to the State of j explained .; easily Attorney-General John Garland Fol¬ cotton-exporting keep regi¬ Virginia," charges that there are "some that these men received il pL.r day for their iar.! is staple has been to and ments filled with good material. He believes Virginia Congressmen who have labor in or could takes Instead Si 50 in regarded as a receptive candi¬ shipped Germany, few claims on cash, date for the. governorship. Mr. Pol¬ there has been an increasing, demand from that all employers should regard it as their their electorate outside the oflices, free seed, frir. promises to he has come cally evaded here in army. To-day an incredibly small number I feel sure rapidly to the front as the Richmond, is an incident Current Editorial that there are a great manv who floor lender of the element of high to the really believe anything like that, in of Comment progressive importance city's welfare. spite j »nd know °'posi11ori^-those in the House of Delegates, is some- The accused tiie great war. and in of all the I butCllm«CrnrVH,U>dbut little of the greatthl." good it Is doing. My j~* a"" 8tr#"n'>the.iinK' physician his spite domestic times of as a protests innocence, The " in tills of .°i° spoken possible caridi- and that, of is clamor. To threaten us with the fate of Bel¬ immigration bill, with its >Ject writing article is to arouse greater «SkM n? dale. His fi^ht against the co-ordinate course, a question for the interest In this . 1 I ' itornrv objectionable literacy test pro- splendid work that Is belli* don antlmnchine-mach dea^ to . no/'^C^'.\>Cgood^ bill in the last session courts to but of the gium is waste time. That afflicted land is still in to alleviate the of our college broujrht determine, fact that H'St Is vision, pending Con- suffering Vn o tuS down on hint the bitter denunciation cocaine is has only realized the worst uress. If it becomes a law in its fcllow-citl/ens r. SELDEN being illegally dispensed on a large possibilities of < ELLYSONV I of the progressive women of its omlcmntMl present form It will raise an in- Richmond, December 1914. Virginia. scale there appears to be no reasonable doubt. geographical situation and its lack of IS, but It also inade him a hero with tho numbers. The surmountable barrier to the en- s. alumni of the This sale must be stamped out. The use United States is protected of who make University of Virginia, try immigrants would useful clti- who have the en¬ of cocaine is a vice so both by the intervening oceans and its y.ens. t« st consistently opposed hideous in its effects, by This literacy is against the spirit of trance of women Into that institution so completely to millions of men. American fair play. It is illiberal and horn "or antimachine demoralizing morals and so Queries and Answers With the mHC,Mnct under whatever guise t It e bill be destructive General Wood and the other men of pn-.iudlee. President Wilson has come out "PP'ovsi of all Democrats and framed. absolutely of health, and withal military In to this he of Tr,,i so who are on a squarely opposition provision of the acquiescence Republicans There is yet time for other stealthy and insidious, that the sternest spurred by natural and praise¬ hill. IK* has not however, that IliKh llrhlge. ample desire to see definitely stated, .'-"nmn'mo candidates to loom on the horizon. repressive measures are not justified but worthy the army strengthened he will veto the measure if it comes to him Please toll me what was the or '?l? v t*hiui. in the only contort only length and hfight , Westmoreland Davis, of Deesburg, pres¬ demanded Men will indubitably find that em¬ with this obnoxious clause In It. Me has let of I ho bridge near Farmville l*SUC U'as rais<',J may differ, and honorable by scolding before th? recint -for ident of tho State Farmers' Institute, inen do differ, as to the ployers they will not achieve this the impression go out that he may be influenced alteration by the Norfolk and Western thethat'fnaChl,,e lias been mentioned, but lie shakes his beat method of object. in bill to Railway. f;i.rl»n,i T. Mt,orriei'-ff'!neralshlp..lohn°f antimachlne What must he done is to by the good features the overlook this 15. 15. the head with a smile when the subject handling the liquor traffic, but there is no make the militia bad one. The evil of this clause, Is Two thousand faction J.°,lar"ovor Judjfe Samuel W service more however. three hundred and sixty-three is mentioned. honest difference as to the traffic In cocaine. attractive in itself. That will not balanced by the merit of tlie remainder of feet long, US above tin; water. WMiniU illiams, the incumbent, who had the The into the bill. The test support of the Senators. State law, which nialo's the sale of bring military training all tho young literacy should be eliminated, Excellent Hunch. with men that are needed and of a and if the President were to let Congress un¬ Senntorfhlp ,\ ex I |leM| i.«|(Brh«. cocaine, certain legitimate and neces¬ (|uality at least derstand that rirr Appnrntun. (Boston Globe. as high as that of lie would disapprove the bill tin- rh< first real tost of streiiirlii will" So the Prince of sary exceptions, a felony, is an excellent the conscript armies of less it be who are Was the tire apparatus of the "city of Rich¬ Wales, second lieu¬ tin- dropped those active In cham¬ come over the selection of a tenant of tho Grenadier weapon of attack. It is of Continent of Kurope. pioning it would consent to Its excision..New mond ever sold at public auction for debt? j.ni Guards, hns difficult, course, K. (». V,rK,'"»- term of been made a full lieutenant. Some¬ to convict n physician, who tises his Vork (llobe. YOUNG. v pro¬ N'o. There was levy on this property in the Clauder T 0*P|r«« on March how we had a bunch that he was going fessional privilege of The German press bureau case of 4 Vol- i-A 'a"f,°n aniendnieiit to the to be thought to deserve prescribing the drug appears to be A joint resolution introduced in the whiskey claims of several firms for ii A promotion. for the purpose of it to just as good a "claimer" as liquor destroyed by order of the Council at ederal Constitution, his successor supplying habituates, the British un¬ » vint' 1House of Representatives the must bo in but even that official press. now evacuation of the city. Prominent elected November. 10i«. and Xnlnrr Puzzle. accomplishment is not impos¬ Just there i« a good deal ii v .ii provides "that the priority of the citizens, that there will «a« elected appear have been committMl. may be another case of Austria and the ered Americans in tlx: North neighbor's, can leave so many hairs by Far may be forV7»I,0rfor the short,SwanHon-term, was opposed bv on Servian army that it had and as the Adrirennrs. the automobile seat and still look "destroyed." designated described territory of Congressman .Carter (;in.ss, ,/f I,y.ch- about tho same as usual. Six-Footers and Soldiers. the United States." The resolution is perfect Please give me the addresses of ex-President U'K- U ho will oppose Senator Swan- ¦ in reaped, it employs the of Krnost Set I '11 E\ are tun at a I; does no! seem every language Tuft. Thompson on, Hose O'Neil, Alice, U ,H J,1St a '"tleSy poking Canadian puui- unreasonable, when you buncombe with absolute correctness when it as¬ v Xo Wonder. i list come to think llegan Pice, Frances Hodgson Burnett and ,o"s. 19r?, or one. Mr. Glass lias not because he refuses to enlist, al¬ of it, that the Mayor of Rich¬ sumes that anything "declared by Congress" be¬ Ftalph Henry Harbour. A. It. F. altogether!?.',,l>- gotten over his desire Lo (Houston Post.) his mond comes The Albany Journal says an hon'est though more or less Jovian brow is over should want Richmond to understand "established" beyond peradventure. And Iji your order and by the last lisls, Cambridge, iepresent \ irglnla in the Senate and six feet just where its note how nicely the resolution maintains a Mass.; SO West Fortieth hits y his man welcomes a bill collector. If this from the ground, lie or efforts at expansion are go¬ Street, New York City; Kreat strengthened position be true we explains, to neutral balance between divergent claims. It Pay, Mo.; St. James 1,11,1 ",i,lon >»'" success- do not wonder that old retorts, that a man of Ins inches ing land it. Court, Louisville, Ky.; 1770 ]>y so would be shows no partiality to this or that Arctic ex¬ Massachusetts Avenue, T>. ful ^ which Diogenes had much trouble in lo¬ useless in the Washington, C.; 361 il^ht" reform, an honest man. trenches, which is not such a plorer, but refers to the discoveries of Amer¬ Harvard Street, Cambridge, Mass. hasna« labeled«be,/, ihim,curn!n,!vaH one of the real cating bad excuse when one considers the sort of While this effort to start the Richmond icans, using tiie plural. Thus the resolutlonlst statesmen of the present Congress brain a man of his trade must possess. Men International League Baseball Club, under avoids committing Congress in favor of or VerHfN Wanted. Then there is 0.0 Henry Carter The Golden Moment. against either Uear-Admlrnl or Dr. Cook. of (Boston Globe.) to whom nature has not given the happy auspices, is in progress, it be a Peary Please j>ublish tne verses beginning. "'It Stuart, Russell, whose term as Sot length might All Americans look alike to him. This is light nor will be drawing to its close Mre don't hear as much about tho they desire will accept (his as good idea for the knockers to inutile their snows,' cries the schoolboy." .1. N. YONGK. another In¬ and uridlserimlnatlng patriotism. All men (dls- If some reader will be Slunrl h« incroase in our South American trad« stance of the fact that hammers. overers good enough to send l.mifchx SuffKrwat ',C fellows will smile with The war scare in this country appears to pursuit of happiness; and if one finds happiness ,a"*hM good-nnturedly good-humored scorn, a in the promulgation of a shall a at'tli#>°W ,n "r r""n'"K for nny- Of Course They Would. after the habit of the tall be product of the pleasant, but not unusual, "fake," Con- Seven Pine*. th°8° *VlHC ones. Kress representative of the entire "peepul" reso¬ riease state the number of thinlr (Philadelphia Public I-edger.) There is no reason to combination of business and politics. lute him out out Confederate and WhO hlr, I. 1 .°r"wh,?riL,r,! n,° Governor's Another manifestation of be surprised because of the pursuit of his hobby? Federal killed, wounded and In the surprise a llomer sometimes nods; but this can never be missing termi»r^ Is ended, and he feels free to and consternation may be expected professional pugilist refuses to leave hiB battle of Seven Pines. R. S. DUNN. it safe and It requires an alert mind to said of an artist in buncombe. So let no man In your when is "discloacd" that th© Amer¬ lucrative trade for the uncertain nowadays de- 1 criticize this resolution because order, Confederate, 2,800, 8,837, 1,300; ican navy In not proof and ( clde Just where the capital of Mexico It describes the Federal, S00, 3,027, 1,222. There is against airships unremuneratlve business of obeying tho is actually North Polo apex as "those lands." It Is truo of the generally and that bombs dropped from the sky situated. question accuracy of such figures. Those would be. able to J that the Arctic continent, whose existence has given come from the United States wreck a whole fleet compilation. Kv."5fln i916- «f»n^!:'.r»c1 here aro also«':jthose J If I hey were properly aimed.