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APRIL 21
RICHMO
FULL, FAIR, CLEAN ANU
EDITORIAL
City Government.
must not be inferred from any comment# that
recently appeared in these columns that The
Virginian is opposed to the commission form of
government, in the accepted meaning of that term.
To the contrary, we believe that the Texas plan,
or a modification of it. is admirably adapted to
^ Richmond and other Virginia cities. And we have
•o affirmed on several occasions.
That plan, in brief, abolishes the ward system and
- provides for a small council consisting of five
members elected from the city at large, of whom
the mayor is one and the presiding officer. The
council thus chosen differs in no essential from the
- eouneil as if now exists in the Virginia cities. It
possesses the same general powers and performs
the same functions. The only difference is in
the manner of selection, the number of members
and in the fact that the mayor is made a part of it;
and further that all the members are paid for
their services.
Wherever the system has been put into operation
If has given a more efficient administration and ex
pended the public fund to better advantage.
W< should he glad to see the system tested in
Richmond and public sentiment should be edu
cated in that direction. Bnt it will be four years
-—<rt least before Richmond can ehange her present
come it must come
through the Democratic party, unless there should
be a political revolution.
In the meantime it is the business of people and
council to unite in an earnest endeavor to make
the existing form of government ns efficient as
possible.
Souncftng the Gong
The alarmist docs not bother us. In fact, we
an? glad of him for he does good. He sets his
hearers to thinking and some of them to investi
===== gating, and the more thinking and investigating the
world nas, the better off it will be.
Dr. Woodrow Wilson’s alarm went off again
the other evening, this time at Pittsburg, while
speaking to the Princeton alumni and we are in
formed that his hearers, even in that town of snr
prises, were startled.
“If she loves her self-possession,’’said he. “Amer
ica will stagger like France, through tields of
blood before she again finds peace and prosperity
tinder the leadership of men who know her needs.”
That was too general to be especially startling,
but there was more to come. Warming up to the
!' topic he asked: “How does the nation judge
Princeton?” And he answered:
“The institution is intended for the ser
vice of the country. And it is by the re
quirements of the country that it will he
measured. 1 trust 1 may be thought
L;. among the last to blame the chnrches,
yet 1 feel it my duty to say that they, at
least the Protestant Churches, are serv
ing the classes and not the masses of the
people. They have more regard for pew
rents tffin for men's souls. They are
depressing the level of Christian endeavor.
It is the same with universities. We look
for the support of the wealthy and neg
lect our opportunities to serve the people.
It is for this reason the State University
is held in popular approval while the
privately supported institution to which
vve belong is coming to suffer a cor
responding loss of esteem.
“While attending a recent Lincoln cele
bration 1 asked myself if Lincoln would
have been as serviceable to the people of
this country had been a college man,
and I was obliged to say to myself that
he would not. The processes to which
the college man is subjected do not ren
der him serviceable to the country ns a
whole. It is for this reason that I have
dedicated every power in me to a Demo
cratic regeneration. The American college
must become saturated in the same sym
pathies as the common people. The col
leges of this country must be reconstruct
ed from the top to the bottom.
“The American people will tolerate no
thing that savors of exclusiveness. Their
political parties are going to pieces. They
are busy with their moral regeneration,
and they want leaders who can help them
to accomplish it. Their political parties
are going to pieces, and only those leaders
who seem able to promise something of a
moral advance are able to obtain a fol
* lowing. The people are tired of pretense,
f- and I ask you. as Princeton men, to heed
what is cuing on.
Well, things have been going rather badly since
Roosevelt and Brvnn went off and left Taft and
Cannon, Rockefeller and Carnegie to run thf
country. But Bryan has already lit and Roose
velt will be back before long and then things will
begin to right themselves.
•Testing aside, while we arc not prepared to speak
as to conditions at the N'orth, if I)r. Wilson meanl
his remarks to apply to Southern churches ami
Southern colleges, they were greatly exaggerated
Neither the churches nor the colleges of Virginia
were ever more zealous in good works or closer tc
the people. The alarm does not ring true so fai
-! as this State is concerned.
A Jolt from the Doctors
We doubt if the doctors disagree more often or
more radically than lawyers, preachers or editors,
- But when the doctors repudiate their own science,
laymen are bound to grow skeptical.
Here we all have been feeding- our babies on
pasteurized milk, because the doctors told us tha1
> this process the bacteria were destroyed and
most dangerous milk made pure. Of course
was not altogether to our liking to feed tht
! bairn or dead bacteria, but wo remembered that
they were good for baby’a health and besides
baby didn’t know. And so the process went on,
the baby taking -the pasteurized drash and the
parents taking comfort.
Now' comes Dr. Royal S. Copeland of the Flower
Hospital, New York, and Dr. H. \V. Wiley, chief
of the Bureau of Chemistry and public guardian
of the nation ’s food supply with the statement "that
sterilization is a fad und that raw milk is the
thing to make fat and healthy babies.
“I regret to admit,” says Dr. Copeland, “that
the medical profession has developed a larger
scrap heap of discarded ‘scientific’ lore than it
has an accumulation of dependable verities. One
most blow away many bushels of chaff to find the
kernels of real worth. In physiological chemistry
especially, to change the figure again,, ouo must
need to be a mental acrobat to keep abreast of
the procession. There is one safe rule, however:
The closer we approximate nature’s ways the
nearer we are to solving the practical problem of
living. Cow’s milk is not the exact equivalent of
human milk, but, overlooking gross chemical dif
ferences, the proper way to use it is to administer
the milk under conditions a» near as may be to
the natural way. Of mcesssity the operation of
this rule excludes preservation and pasteurization.
1 am frank to say, therefore, if reasonably pure
natural milk can be had, 1 am opposed to pasteuri
zation. For safety’s sake, however, there must be
the striekftst possible official supervision of the
product, from the dairy to the consuinerT^
And then conies Dr. Wiley with the statement
\ that pasteurization is an expedient good for
i counteracting the evils of dirty dairies and unsani
tary handling of milk, but probably injurious, and
especially so for infants.
Now isn’t that the limit? If is not so much that
we all mind the trouble we have taken in burning
the midnight spirit lamp and imposing upon our
selves and the baby, but whom can wo trust? If
the other doctors were wrong, may it not be that
Drs. Copeland and Wiley are also wrong? And
if they are wrong, who is right to dead certainty?
It’s enough to make every mother determine to
be her own cow.
There and Here.
A colored man from Georgia, who is vice-pres
ident of a college in Atlanta recently told a New
York audience that the best place for the negro
was in the South. “Members of our race in the
North.” said he, “have opportunities to train
themselves that those of the South have not, and
they get better prices for their labor, yet I am not
boasting when I tell you that our people in the
South are outstripping you here. It is not because
you have not the chance. It is because your false
pride and ambition are in advance of your bet
ter judgment.”
And he might have told them that the whites are
largely responsible for the situation in both sec
tions. In the North the whites mislead the blacks
by putting false notions into their heads. In the
Sonth the whites deal frankly with the blacks
and let them understand that the eolor line is
drawn in accordance with a natural law and can
not be obliterated.
Woman’s Way.
It is not surprising that the suffragettes hissei;
President Taft. They did not mean to be rude. Thej
did not laek in respect- for the head of the nation
They were merely intolerant. Most women arc
God bless them, whether or not they be suffra
gettes. That’s one reason why they should nol
mu* up in politics, and vote. Women are govern
ed by their prejudices. So are men to some ex
tent, but women more so. When a proposition n
| presented, business, political, social or otherwisi
j a woman will consider the person who proposes it
or who is connected with it, and if she doesn't liki
the person, had luck to the proposition. There’!
no good in it. “Something tells me so,” she says
and when that “something” speaks the whole
world and all its spokesmen may as well keej
silent.
That sort of thing may be real attractive am
fascinating. Usually it is. Hut it isn’t busines:
and still less is it polities. We think that it w ill lx
far better for all, if the women will keep theii
prejudices at home, for then they will be sure ti
stay there with them and so keep out of politics.
Nothing New.
Says tho New York Herald:
“Professor Wheeler, of Harvard University
says the fall of ancient Greece and Rome was di
reet.ly due to the mosquito. This is one on ui
the historians.”
Not at all. Twenty years ago one George Car
j ter. of Danville. Va„ delivered a lnunoruu* lee
tore entitled, Amos Keeter, in which this elassii
! reference of Professor Wheeler’s was emphasized
Many living witness in Danville to-day will testi
fy to the fact. There is no new thing under th<
: sun.
I . .
| The editor of the Asheville Citizen laments tha
his city has no musical organization to discourse
sublime music. He thinks that “the most magnili
eftit and overwhelming sublime musical rendering
ever heard all down the centuries is the unitec
harmony of a mighty orchestra and chorus of hu
man voices giving expression to a great oratorio.’
£say no more. Come along to our musical festiva
next week and feed your hungry soul.
Squire Hoke Baldwin, of Cedar Grove, N. «T.
claims to have discovered a cure for howling dogs
He takes his phonograph, loads it with “Lohen
i grin” wedding march, trains tho blunderbnsi
muzzle of the machine out the open window anc
j pulls tho trigger. As soon as the charge of “Lohen
grin” notes strikes the eardrums of tho howlin(!
animal it shuts ita jaws, sneaks off to its bed ant
tries to go to sleep and forget it. Baldwin sayi
the trick wilt work every time.
That is thd best method we have seen in prim
for popularizing Wagnerian music.
Our State
Contemporaries
School Discipline.
Those of ug who remember when
we were boys can Imagine easily the
suppressed outbreaks of boyish wrath
and Indignation In the Christian Col
lege at Lynchburg. The faculty, hav
ing detected three members of the
I college baseball team smoking cigar
ettes. In violation of rules, has for
bidden them to play again this sea
son. This order cripples the team
and may cause Its disbandment and
the aniandonment of the schedules.
To the college boy mind this Is the
most grievous of calamities, the most
dreadful of grievances, the most fla
grant of outrages. Probably the
members of the faculty would hardly
be flattered If they could hear what
is said of them and the college wits
and pessimists are enjoying them
selves predicting the downfall of the
Institution and the destruction of the
country and lampooning their Instruc
tors. Yet the faculty Is right. They
giving an example of good. old-fash
ioned discipline and of the fine old
Idea, unhappily too Infrequently held
these days, that in an educational es
tablishment study and rules are more
important than athletics.—Roanoke
Times.
Mr. Bryan's Theories.
Is It possible that Mr. William J.
Bryan did not understand tho real
ground of opposition to the free sil
ver plank in the democratic platforms
of 189fi and 1900! He talks about the
vindication of the quantitative theory
in relations to prices as shown In the
• irrrreased 'producTion 5T gold', as “IT
I that was the Issue In the free eoln
] age of silver on a ratio of valuation
wholly fictitious. No one denies the
quantitative theory's effect on prices,
which .after all. Is more apparent
than real. That was not the ground
of opposition to Mr. Bryan and his
platform. It was the manifest ab
surdity of trying to maintain two
varying standards of value, and the
certainty that the coinage of inferior
| value would drive out the more valu
; able one. In ahort, that the effect
| would be to put the 1'nlted States
i In the category of commercially ln
' ferior countries like Mexico and
China, where silver Is the standard
of currency. It is n. pity that Sir
Bryan, who seems Incapable of learn
ing or forgetting, cannot be Induced
to keep quiet on dead issues and give
the democratic party a chance tc
seize the opportunity which seems tc
await It In 1912.—Petersburg Index
j Appeal.
Politics in the Ninth.
j Over in the Ninth district the re
publicans arc openly laughing at thosi
democrats who are enthusiastic ovei
the nomination of Hon. Ih-nry C. Stuar
for Congress and who claim that Mr
i Stuart will win in November ovci
Congressman Slemp. who. it is be
lieved, will be the republican candl
date. We are not so cocksure thtv
Mr. Stuart is going to be the ne\
Congressman from the Ninth district
but one thing We do know, and tlut
is the republicans in the Ninth tin
not us strongly united as heretofore
There are republicans of influence ii
the Southwest, who say that Mr. Stem]
| Is a trust within himself; that not be
I ing satisfied with a seat in Con
| gress, he is serving as State chair
! man of the party, and therefore con
j trolling too much power which hi
I uses to advance his own interests
I Hut this aside, we have it on goo<
! authority that a number of republt
cans are going to vote for Mr. Stuart
and with the democratic party unitei
1 In the Ninth as never before, we fcot
no reason why the democrats nret
lose hope. If they do not win thl
'time they can lay the ground well
for a splendid victory two year
hence.—Clifton Forge llevlew.
Col. Holland ami Congress.
Exactly what Colonel SC. K. liollam
will do with relerenoe to h*s candl
dacy for Congress, we are not in ;
position to say, but we are incline!
to believe Uiat he will be a candidate
Those who best know Col. Hollam
are aware that he is a man of cool
; sound judgment, calculating in meth
ods, slow to speak until the prop*
time, careful and painstaking, an'
i does not Jump into matters half
cocked, but when once convinced o
bis duty he sets his face like ilin
i with undaunted courage and indoml
; table will to perform mat duty to ini
1 i very best of bis ability.—Suffoll
| Herald.
THE PEOPLE’S FORM
Danville Local option Campaign.
Editor of The Virginian:
Sir.—As doubtless many of you
readers know, on Thursday. April 2>
, Danville is to have another local op
tlon election; for the past ten day
or two weeks a quiet, personal wori
campaign has been In progross, get
ting voters lined up for this electlor
This kind of work hae resulted i
good for the “dry" side, as we see 1
Last Sunday afternoon a mas
, meeting was held at Ktdge Street tab
ernaole, with an attendance estimat
ed at two thousand, to hear Judg
Covington, of Georgia, on the quet
tlon at issue. For more than an hou
the gifted speaker held his audlenc
spellbound with his splendid arraign
rnent of the liquor traffic. The speed
i trengthened those who Were ah ead
"dry," and carried conviction to thos
who were in the last open to convlo
tlon. o —>
Last night (Tuesday) another we:
attended meeting was held in the tab
ernacle in the same interest. Thl
meeting was announced as a “neigh
borly plea" occasion. Mr. E. F. tShet
fey, from Lynchburg, Va_, was pre
Rented as the first speaker of the eve
ning. He made a strong plea fo
civic righteousness, not only as a
influence upon the people of Tfanvilh
, but for the effect It would have o
Lynchburg and other cities that mils
pass through such a contest, and th
Stutmvtde effect it would have. H
| strongly appealed to the voters pres
ent to continue to set the State a
example as a city that prospered i
Its very interest without the open sa
loon.
Mr. Sheffey's speech was wall re
celved and produced a fine lmpres
slon on ail who heard it. Mr. H. C
; Kerna, of Sutherltn, Va., was the nex
: speaker He spoke In Interest of th
farmers In this contest. He showe
In an impressive manner how the sa
' loon had been driven by the farmer
from the rural sections of Virginia a
an evil thing not to be tolerated nea
' their homos, and this same ciasa o
■ honest tollers were against the saloo:
j being where they had to sell the prod
uct of their farms. He said. “Fo
i any one to say that the farming inter
eats were in favor of ttoe tfqtior traf
lie us a gross slander upotf their in
telllgence," one that would be resent
ed in no uncertain manner. ».»
speech of Mr. Kerns was Just the ut
ter&uce that will prove helpful at this
time. It was «trong, indeed. •
Ur H. J. Ingram, of South Boston,
Va„ me.de the closing address of the
horse sense. He proved in the most
conclusive manner that local option
In his home town was of great benefit
to every Interest, of the town, the
town being more prosperous In every
lino than ever known In Its history.
He said that no agency for the sale
of liquor would ever again be permit
ted to disgrace that city. He said
It required thirty-five years for him to
(earn how to vote right on this ques
tion. He hoped that his hearers
would learn in less time. His plea
for the people of Danville not to dis
turb his own people In their era of
prosperity by shipping liquor from
this city there was strong, Indeed. No
speech made In this campaign pro
j'duced a more profound Impression
than did this from “Uncle Hal ln
; gram,’’ who is well and favorably
known In this city, where for seven
i j’ears he was a resident The Tues
; day night meeting was a grand sue
! cess. Friday night Prof. Gus W. Dyer,
| of Nashville, who was formerly a pas
j tor In this city, will speak. Monday
night ex-Governor Glenn, of North
| Carolina, will deliver an address,
j Tuesday night Mr. Hobson, member
I of Congress, will deliver one of his
masterly addresses. The campaign
has been conducted without abuse of
| any one. A strong appeal to reason
| and the prosperity of our city for
; tho past two years without saloons
I has been enough to convince those
i who would listen to reason on this
, groat moral and business Issue. An
: of tho Indications point to a great
• victory for no license here on April
| 28 by an increased majority over the
1 former election held here two years
4-agor Ytmrs for sobriety;
-gy-g. STOSEDKT.—
Danville, Va„ April 20.
Homo IIuIp in English Cities.
(Extracts from government of
American cities by Horace E. Dent
ing, of the New York bar, who is
chairman of the executive committee
i of the National Municipal League and
, a high authority on municipal char
ter legislation.)
; To a citizen of the United States.
the municipal history of England is
I perhaps more informing and sugges
tive than any other of the countries
I of western Europe.
In 1835 each English city had its
! special charter. There was the same
bewildering variety of structural plan
that is found in the United States.
Misgovernment and inefficiency were
universal. Corruption was very pre
valent. in the conduct of city gov
ernment the will of the governed
found nttlo ami usually no expres
sion. To-day, more than one-half of
the inhabitants of England and
Wales, exclusive of Ia>ndon, which
has a special government of its own.
dwell in more than three hundred
cities, large and small, each of which
Is to a marked extent a genuine self
governing community that conducts
its local affairs successfully under the
provisions of one general municipal
corporations act (passed in 1835 and
revised in 18 82).
This does not mean that each city
is exactly like every otner in the de
j tails of its administrative organiza
; lion—each city arranges these, in its
j own discretion—but it does mean that
the English system of city government
is at once simple and comprehensive,
that it has successfully withstood the
searching practical test of dally ex
perience under every variety of cir
cumstance for seventy years, and has
proved Itself admirably adapted at
j every stage of their growth to the
needs of cities of widely varying
j characteristics, small and large, mari
i time and inland.
j__ In practice the members of the
council who render conspicuously
good service to the locality are sure
of a, long tenure. They are elected
and re-elected term after term. In
stances are numerous of members
who have b<>en in office continuously
for twenty years or even longer. • • *
l The men of ability and reputation,
j elected to these local hoards and
! , charged with full responsibility to the
i local electorate for the exercise of large
; powers that directly and vitally af
I feet the local Interests, have develop
, ed local administrative organizations
’ based upon a thorough-going applica
. tlon of the merit principle in ap
I polntment, tenure and promotion.
■ The council of an English city
t through its committee directs the en
tire city administration. It has com
, plete power to organize the city’s ad
ministrative service in any manner it
chooses; decides into what depart
ments that service shall be divided,
establishes the Jurisdiction of each
[and fixes the duties, salaries, tenures
of tho department offU ials. There is
| no administrative matter so large as
to be beyond the scope of the coun
cil's power or Bo minute as to escape
its control.
r
> The fundamental principles of de
mocracy have been applied to the so
K lutlon of the problem of city govern
5 ment with greater thoroughness In
England than in any other country.
1 The central government In Kngland
• has found It entirely possible to se
K cure from the cities due recognition
of its superior authority in propel
" cases, and at the same time to pre
serve their character as local self
governing communities.
Building Permits.
Building Inspector Beck has Issued
1 the following permits:
* Authorising Mr. Been Weinberg to
* build a brick dwelling on Louisiana
"! street, near Lester street, _to cast
,| $1,500.
| Authorizing same to build a frame
~: dwelling on Louisiana street, near
Orleans stseet. to cost $1,13$.
* Authorizing Mr. Charles K. Willis
to build five brick dwellings on Han
’ over street, near Rowland street, to
r cost $22,500.
, Authorizing Mr. Joseph Johnston
! to build a brick store on Leigh street
j inear Twenty-third street.
t j Authorizing Virginia Railway and
i Power Company to build a brick
ajshop on Twelfth street, near Byrd
1 street, to cost $2,900.
,! Authorizing Mr. 8. P. Cowardin to
j build a frame dwelling on Thtrry
. fourth street, near M street, to coat
$2,760.
Authorizing Mr. R. E, Gilman to
to
repair No, 719 West Grace street,
cost $2,000.
Authorizing Mrs. Richard Folkes
to repair No. 1527 Balnbrldge street
(Washington ward), to cost $10t>i
Authorizing Mr. E. C. Boudai to
build a double tenement on Stewart
street, near Rowland, to cost $$,000.
Authorizing the Richmond Eire De
partment Department to build a brick
engine house on Denny street, near
Williamsburg avenue, to cost $1,334.
Jim Savage vs. “Porky” Flynn- ,
BOSTON. April 21.—Jim Ravage,
the clever middleweight of New Jer
sey, and “Porky” Flynn, of Boston,
have been matched to meet tea rounds
here next Tuesday night
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March 3. 1878.
FINE SPIRIT PREVAILED IN
GRAND COUNCIL MEETING
| Some of TLos Who Figured in the Proceedings of Session Just
Closed Here.
The closing session of the Grand
Council of the Royal Arcanum, which
ended Wednesday afternoon, was
characterised by splendid enthusiasm
and good fellowship. The reports of
officers were very encouraging, and
the discussions as to advancing the
cause in the State gave evidence of a
united determination to make the
present year one of even greater suc
cess. The beautiful Installation ser
vice closed the session, and the next
meeting will be In Richmond In April,
1911.
Mr. W. Withers Miller, who was
elected grand secretary and thereby
placed in line for the highest office.
Is a member of the Polk Miller Drug
Company of - Richmond^ and a most
active ArcanUm,_ His local council Is
McCarthy, one of the best working
councils, and he is a zealous mem
ber.
Mr. W. I. Polk, of' Smithfleld, was
very much In evidence. In fact, "the
, boys" say there would be something
| unbecomingly strange and wanting if
"the old reliable” was absent at a
| Grand Council session. *Hts genial
I countenance, affable manners, wit and
| philosophy combine to make him a
’ general and genuine favorite.
Genuine expressions of sorrow were
I heard at the death since the last ses
sion of Past Grand Regent John J.
: Wright: Mr. A. Myer. of Norfolk; Mr.
W. T. Smith, of Richmond (the lat
ter two having been life members of
! the Grand Council), and at the an
’ sence on account of ill health of W.
1 R. Oarliek. of Union Council, Rich
! mond. Mr. Garllok is now In North
1 Carolina, and the council ordered ex
presslons of sympathy and good will
to be conveyed to him. Feeling me
morial addresses were made relative
j to the deceased members.
Past Grand Regent H. C. Miller, of
1 New York, made an inspiring speech,
and Installed the new officers. His
address and presence were very pleas
ing to the members, and he was ac
corded a rising vote of thanks.
The banquet Tuesday night given at
Murphy’s to tho Grand Council by
tho Richmond councils was a pleas
ing affair. Supreme Representative
elect W. T. Dabney presided as toast
master, and was In his usual happy
vein. Several Inspiring addresses were
made, and an orchestra discoursed
sweet music while the "inner man’'
was being feasted on the good things
so lavishly provided. One of the
striking Incidents of the evening and
which was an earnest of the splen
did good fellowship existing between
: Arcanlans was an inspiring talk by
Mr. Rddie S. Simpson, of Union Coun
cil, this city, who was one of the de
feated candidates for the office of
grand sentry. There was no tinge of
soreness In his manner or remarks.
— Mr;- - Allen, of Lynchburg, another
same line, and these speakers were
heartily applauded.
A new member of the Grand Coun
cil, Mr. W. T. Moss, of Newport News,
j and many others made nice spoeches,
Including Past Grand Regent B. I*,
i Bloomberg, who was presented by ths
toastmaster as one of the best work
ers who had established the order In
Richmond and Virginia.
The supreme visitors. Past Supreme
Regent H. O. Miller, was very com
plimentary to the Virginia jurisdio
tlon, and enthusiastic over the royal
reception aand treatment. He repre
i Rented the order as In a most flour
1 Ishlng condition, membership dally
! Increasing and harmony and seal ev
| erywhere prevailing.
In the list of names of resident
; past grand regents given In these col
umns Monday the name of Joseph r*
i Beck was Inadvertently omitted. Mr,
: Beck Is one of the founders of the
1 order In Virginia, and still a vigorous
and effective worker In the cause.
1 Past Grand Regent W. T. Dabney
was tho recipient of a very h&ndsotaa
j compliment by his unanimous election
as second representative to the Su
. preme Council. There Is usually a
spirited contest for this place, but
| the retiring grand reg nt was given
i a clear field.
ARRAY OF NOTED ARTISTS
FOR THE MUSIC FESTIVAL
Quartette to be Heard Composed of Soloists of Marked Ability—.
Chorus Work to be of Hi^h Order.
i The soloists comprising the quartet |
which will Sing with the Wednesday ,
Club In the festival concerts are j
Mme. Merrttt-Cochran, soprano; Miss'
Dlllla Snelllng. contralto; Dr. Frank
j lln Dawson, tenor, and Mr. Frank i
1 Croxton. bass.
When to this list Is added the name
of the great Dutrh soprano, Jomelll. ;
tjie Pittsburg orchestra, under the
baton of Carl Uernthaler. and the |
j Wednesday Club chorus. splendidly
trained for this festival by Tall Esen
! Morgan, of New York, the cause for
i the widespread popular interest In the
■ approaching festival is easily seen.
1 The programs will compare favorably i
j with the best produced anywhere. 1
< Ymcerts of such a standard cannot
j fail to prove a stimulus to the entire'
j community as well ns a source of
pleasure to music lovers who, living
’ away from the big metropolitan cen- j
; ters, do not often have an oppor- i
jtunlty of hearing the beat singers.!
That they art- preparing to take full '
advantage of the present opportunity
j Is convincingly Indicated by the ad
j vance sale of tickets, and from all ]
prospects brilliant audiences will con
I tribute the one remaining feature ne
! cessary to make the Wednesday Club's
I music festival a brilliant success.
1 The bass roles will be taken by
i Frank Croxton, head of the vocal d«
! partment at Chautauqua, New York.
| the largest summer school in Amer
ica.
Mr. Croxton Is one of the best
known bass singers in the country.
I Coming conspicuously to the front
i during the remarkable concert series
BROADER PUNS FOR
FREDERICKSBURG NORMAL
—
| Summer Institute of that Place
This Year to be Best Yet
Held.
The Ktate Summer institute at Fred
ericksburg has Just Issued an interest
ing and attractive folder calling at
tention to many Improvements for the
work of this popular Summer School
| during the coming session.
The Conductor of the school Is to be
Mr. A. B. Chandler. Jr., of Richmond,
Virginia, and the Local Manager. Mr.
Arthur D. Wright, of Fredericksburg,
Virginia. Mr. Chandler announces
that the faculty is the most expert
which be ever had for the school and
that In addition he has made arrange
ments for cultural lectures during the
sessions of the school by a number of
: distinguished speakers.
1 In brief the statements of the folder
Include the following Items:
I 1st. Eighty per cent of those attend
; lng the Institute last summer were
! successful.
2nd. The assembly hall In the splen
did public school building will be used
for special lectures and entertainments.
3rd. A reception to all students will
be given by the Faculty July 8th.
4th. iTofessor J. 8. Thomas, state;
' Supervisor of Primary Education, will
give a series of lectures during the
week commencing July 4th. on “Rural
School Administration."
Eth. The Congressional District:
Teachers’ Association will have Its
meeting at the public school building
July 1st and fnd. Many prominent
speakers will be present at this meet
ing, among them Superintendent J. D.
Eggleston, Jr.
6th. Miss Virginia Stone, teacher of
Primary Methods and Reading, wtlg
have a model clast. This will doubt
less prove of Immense Interest and
vslue. ...
7th. An excursion to Mt. Vernon or
Washington has been arranged for
July 16th.
The catalogue will be from the press
shout May 1st and will be sent upon
request.
& ' fJ*I,
grlvcn In 190 7 by the New York Ora
torio Society, under the direction of
Sir Edward Elgar, he has risen stead
ily In popular favor, until to-day
he Is among the most eagerly sought
concert artists now appearing in the
East. From lime to time he has ad
mirably tilled various pretentious en
gagements, working with uniform
success in. many of the. greatest fes
tivals in the country, A number of
prominent parts have been assigned
to him in the program here.
1 n order to provide, as far as
possible, for the perfect enjoyment of
the concerts, the manager has re
quested u detail of police- to be. oh
hand to prevent unnecessary noise in
tho neighborhood Immediately adja
cent to the auditorium. The blowing
of automobile horns, clanging of ear
bells and yelling of street urchins will
be rigidly suppressed during the con
cert hours.
Kor the convenience of patrons, the
entrances have been placarded with
signs corresponding to the coupons
fin the tickets* and patrons holding
tickets for the center section will en
ter by the center doors: those holding
seats in the right or left section will
enter by the doors marked in accord
ance with their coupons. By this plan
the Immense audiences will be seated
without confusion.
The concerts will begin at 8:20 and
a special request is made that all pa
trons be in their seats at that time,
so that the first part of the program
may not be marred by the seating of
lato corners
CITY WORKME.V DIG VP
FORGOTTEN GRAVEYARD
IAborers employed In excavating
for a water main In the upper end of
Monument avenue Wednesday morn
ing unearthed several skeletons sup
posed to have been placed there many
years ago. When all that section of
the city was still In Henrico county.
Four other skeletons were dug up
in that same neighborhood a few days
ago. It is probable that the work,
men cut through an old graveyard, all
outward traces of which have become
long since lost.
Meeting for Divine Healing.
Thursday at 4 P. M. a meeting for
divine healing will be held In tha
West .End Recue Mission. 80S West
Cary street, and prayer will be offered
for the sick. At 8 P. M. a Bible read,
ing will be given in the misaion. fol«
lowed by a holiness meeting.
LEO IfOCK IS TO MEET
DAVE DESCHLER APRIL 20
BOSTON. April 20.—Deo Hock, tha
Philadelphia lighter who has created
such a stir in sporting circles In tha
Quaker City, has been matched to
meet Dave Deadlier, the New Eng.
land fighter, in a ten round bout here
April 26.
Highland Park Citizens’ Association,
The annual entertainment of the
Highland Park Citizens' Association
will be held May 12 In the Town Hall
at Highland Park. An enjoyable time
Is promised; a program is being ar
ranged add supper will be served.
The committee on entertainment, Mr.
John A. Devine chairman, are complet
ing arrangements.
The officers of the asaociattn are:
George W. Bahlke, president; William
H. Hclladay. vies-president. JaWfeg JT
Beavers, secretary; William Hu iter,
treasurer.
The association is for the civic im
provement and the advancement of tb«
l&tzrssts of the town of « p»r*,