New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-05
FOR MR.. CHILDS'S FUNERAL
~ WILL BE HELD TOMORROW At ST.
JAME5S CHURCH.

40 PA1LBEARERs YET sELEcTED-AcTIoN OF
THE employees or THE PUBLIC LEDGER"
pbradolnhla Feb. AIN many of the churches OF
.ha ci,y to-day the death OF George ". Childs was
s,,r,i, referred to by the officiating cergymen.
~, h7s rassng away was pronounced public loss
80 bereavement. The arrangements for the funeral
=, Mr. Chlds have not been completed yet. cut II
hos been decided that 1t shall be held at O'Clock
- TUESDAY afternoon at the st. James Protestant
t,,nscopal Church. of which Mr. Ch!lds was YES
,rvman for many years. Who will be asked to be
o,,.arers is still undecided 1t is difficult To
make choice for the sad honor among Mr.. Chi'as
,oss of friends in this and other cities. Even the
,es,ion of the place OF his burial is Sun Il MATTER
~ doubt, Mr.. Chjs had lot In Laurei I'M
cemetery but many of his intimate lriehus II
.ssms appropriate that he should be laid 10 rest
10 the same mausoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery
that contains the dust of his friend and companion
~ NE the late a. J. Drexel. Whichever Is decoed
mon. however, the burial will be private
rhe employees of every department of Ihe PUB
uc Ledger met in the composing room or the paper
this afternoon to take appropriate action upon Mr..
rplas's death The meeting was called TO order by
/ clarke Davis managing editor OF the paper.
,,. moved that Colonel NJ. Richards Muckie, cash
ar of The Ledger" preside. Colonel Muckle 'ooN
tho chair ans after a few feeling and touching
cords called on Mr.. DAVIS to address ms Fellow
smp,oyes Mr.. Davis SPOKE eloluentIy OF MT
~hildS's be1Oului trdilS Oh Ciid"NtVi an" ''''
,v-,nothcilc and kindly relations with his employees.
sn,-eches in the same vein were made py W imam
- NrT<eon The aged. retired editor or Inc l-tI-
ycr". Mrs c. +. ilaovell. editor OF the woman ;
9cnartucnt; Or. William VIII, Tor the i0c.I stdli
Ifn,r., Y Stjlca assistant cashier: John w Neat
Inv Tor the cOmrOs.tOTs, and Joel Co3k business me
n9nager of the paper. Addison Is. Buri.; Chlei
nTiforIa writer presented resolutions, WhlCh were
,,nanirnousy adopted. expressing the sense OF us'
felt ly the employees Of The Ledger III IN, W T.
Cbildss death. Ii was also directed th2t ne
! a5car' omplOveS attend the funeral IN Il DOiy.
The following the resolutions -. ,....,,..
.,1he employees of The Public Ledger, having
lost by the death of George ". Chlds one, VINO
has stood to them in the relation OF Il kina ana
ronsderae father, find ii impossible to express III
Srna resolutions the due sense of their great loss
hut nevertheless. seek to record III TINS minute
their high appreciation Of his character as IL mas
heen revealed them in daily intercourse ne was
he embodiment of kindness and benevoIence; ms
broad svmpathies made him citizen Of the world,
and not merely those associated win MIN sOclaly
and in bus SIS. but humanity Itself. LOST gcher-
ms friend noble exemplar by his death
uon, IL IN he ,Dar@1 that the most obvious char
ac,erstic of his lature-the possession OF syn,
pathetic heart that knew no Impulses that were
not kindly-was his sole claim 10 distihctioA re
was brcad-minded and helpful in every way All
efforts to upiift humanity. TO promote peace on
earth. good will to men. to strengthen ara sucC9r
the dOwnfaen; to help and encourage the 2InDi-
tous. He philanthropist. II Is true, put ne
was than that; he was guiie counselor
ard friend 10 all who came within the scope Oh "is
wlde-reaching influence. " .
"Of Mr.. Chds IL may be said. as he SAID oil
Mr.. Drexel: we. 10 whom he gave 50 much tha'
was vital. such as affection. friendship faith, can
scarcely think of him dead but ra her as one
who has gone into more life. into fuller. better
life than he ever knew. one that we snail
happily meet IN that far country.