The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-03-15
GEO. w. CHILDs.
Memorial Services In Honor Of the
Great and Good Man.
Prominent People Preseas-5ir. Chlias Was
n Ericnd cf numanlty-Isis Prosperity
Constantly Made the Vehicle OK
Doing Good to Ills Fellow-Nen.

New YORK, March 12.-Mcmoriai
services in honor of the late George W.
Childs were held i'll the Fifth Avenue
theater Sunday afternoon. The serv-
ices, which were got up by members OF
Typographical Union No 6, were OF a
very impressive character. Prominent
newspaper men occupied boxes, and be-
! fore the hour for beginning the exer-
cises every seat in the theater was
taken up.
/ The Peoples Singing class, under the
! direction of Frank Danlrosch, was in
attendance, and its singing was sup
plemented by vocal and instrumental
selections given by various prominent
artists.
Chairman O'Donnell, in opening the
exercises, paid deserved tribute to
the memory of Mr.. Childs, whose good
works in behalf of the printers, he
said, would never he forgotten.
President. Murphy said that Mr..
Childs might justly be called capital
list, but he was capitalist OF o kind
that believed in doing good with his
money to others, instead Of selhsnly
! boarding it up for his own benefit
only.
bishop Potter, after delivering .
PRAYER, sad he could not perceive OF
anything more appropriate than These
services in memory OF the friend OF hui
mainly. He then proceeded to pay an
eloquent tribute to Mr.. Childs.
After the rendition of stanza by
the members OF the Peoples Singing
class, John ". Keller, president OF the
New York Press club, spoke on Mr..
Childs and Newspaper Men" and re-
counted some very interesting stories
of the goodness of Mr.. Childs in his
dealing with newspaper men.
Ore Of these was how, on certain
rerorter getting too old for active ser.
vice on the Ledger, MIR. Childs ordered
him to be put on the retired list but
that his salary should be paid os usual
The cashier demonstrated with the
millionaire, and told him the reporter
was worth $500, 900. That does not
matter" replied the philanthropist
..'he did his duty to the paper and de-
serves his pay If he were poor you
would he the FIRST to ask me to put him
on the pay roll, but would not put 9
premium on poverty"
DR.. Blanchard, of Philadelphia, then
made brief address, and after Dur:
Sard Lelys had sung SNllivan's DIST
ant Shore hon. Amos j. Cummings
delivered the grafton. Mr.. Cummings
told how he first met Mr. Childs about
twenty wears ago ia a railroad carriage.
and how Il warm friendship sprang up
between them. He then recounted
sclnc of the many acts Of benevolence
which the deceased performed in the
course of his lifetime, and said there
seldom lived better man
In the course Of his address Mr.. Cum
mings said: Mr.. President and Rrcth-
rem of Typographical Union No. G.
Organized labor to-day enshrincs the
memory OF a loving friend and sterling
benefactor When George ". Childs
passed away the heart Of every typo:
graphical union in the land throbbed
with emotion. lie was the one newspa-
ger proprietor WHO had never had a
disagreement with hisworFmen and as'
sociates. There never was the suggas'
ton OF a strike in his establishment.
Eminently just and honora bic in all
his dealings, he squared his business
bv the golden rule. He bore himself
toward his employees rs father, not as
master He treated them as sons,
rather than servants. You appreciated
the real worth Of George ". Childs be-
fore his death. Union printers began
the celebration of his birthday years
hro 1t viii be continued rs tong al
there is an honorable craftsman on the
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