The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-02-10
A LOVING TRIBUTE,


Those Who Stood Nearest to the Late
George W. Chiids In Journalistic LILO
Fay Loving Tribute to the Many Good
and Noble Qualities that Endeared Him
to All with whoro He Came In Contact
PHILADELPHIA, Feb 6-The Ledger,
In an editorial Saturday, says:
George ". ChIlds died this morning. This
! announcement will be received with profound
| grie! by those who stood near to him; who
knew admired and loved him All who knew
| him did admire sBd love him, for his life was
| prolonged benefactiGn
| To others who stood farther apart from him.
| to whom he was unknown except for the good
that he did, the influence of which was 50 po-
| tent and extended, the announcement Of his
! death will seem scarcely less than the realiza-
tioR OF personal loss. His life was so broad.
| generous and beneficient as to be as that man
| tie OF charity which covers all the world, as
| with him charity was the greatest OF al. II
| tad neither metes nor bounds: his bounty was
| as deep his beneyolence as wide rs human
| need.
He made charity tho eseerful duty and the
daily beauty Of his life. e Hyed not for him
1 self, hut for others. The 8ontrdfBug maxim OF
| his life was; BE Just" The .douiipating ac-
| tion of 1. vas: BE helpful" and no n'su was
ever more helpful than he.
The creed of no man was broader; 1t was
/
| loved humanity. made his love for IL real. and
| by so doing blessed his own life and that OF
| myriads daily.
| George W. Childs was o self-made man, the
\ architect OF his own fortunes, and no man
could have designed or builded- better than he,
rs hs planned aud buiided to be useful and
helpful to his fellow men. That he was; ana
I in nothing did he bear more convincing testL
tnony TO this truth than In the great fouraaf,
the Public Ledger, to which he devoted not
| only his Hne intelligence and energy, but his
| character, his csurages his conscience. First
OF all he would he right; he had, as few men
have demonstrated, the courage Of his convic-
AisHs. '' .-r...
The editors OF the Ledger had been given by
| him for their daily guidance only one code Of
| laws, one formula ei Instructions, and they
| were: BE right, rs you Understand what IL
| right" Apart from that they hsd freedom Of
expression as broad and general Us tho Geld OF
| truth itself.
Mr.. Childs meter recovered from the effects
| o; the death Of his friend Mr. Drexel. He
| had loved, he mourned and he missed him
| They were lovely and pleasant In then lives,
and In their death the5 are uos divided
Love, honor and revereucS" We pay this
tribute to the publlc-spirited citizen, who was
| foremost in zeal for the public welfare. TO the
1 sincere friend. to the devcted husband to the
gentle gertleman, to the kindest, most gen
| erous employer, to the WISE, farseeing man
whose me was al sooaness, enar.y ana
an InaS,ir,,,,a: rrivj,ags nd no one could
| come within the daily influence OF his noble,
gracious friendly life and not be. . better,
manlier man for It, ' ,
| The Loss Felt Most among Those who
Know Him Best.
Phil ADEIpHfA, Feb. Sin many of
the churches of the various denomina-
Il -
| W Cbilds was feelinely referred to by
the officiating clergymen, and his
| nassinp. AWAY was pronounced q pub
lie loss and bereavement.
The arronoei,i,ents for the funeral of
Mr.. Childs have. not been completed =
vet bnt n has been decided that it
shall be held at / o'clock Tuesday
afternoon from st. James Protestant
Episcopal church, of which Mr.. Childs
was vestryman for many years. Who
will be asked to be pallbearers is still
undecided, and il is difficult to make .
choice for the sad honor among Mr.,
Childs' host of friends in this city and
other cities. Even the question of the
place of his interment is still matter
of doubt Mr.. Childs had lot in
Laruel Hill cemetery, but to many Of
his intimate friends it seems appropri-
ate that he should be laid to rest in
the same mauscleum in Woodlawn
cemetery that contains the dust of his
friend and companion Of life, the late
A. J. Drexel. Whichever is decided
upon, however, the interment will be
private.
81 hnrN RI lsan
of the Public Ledger met in the COM
posing room of the paper yester-
day afternoon to take appropriate
action upon Mr.. Child's death. The
meeting was called to order by L..
-, - ,,,o,.o5 +bat Col NJ Rich
~ urc1,1, cashier ~ the Ledger,
,,ros;do Col NrrlxJe took the chair
md oftor -, fsv feeling and touching
,,.a,,ls :, ,.af,,,.o,,c, q, tho obieet of the
r,aating called unon Mr.. Davis TO ad-
dress his feIlow-emnIoves
Mr D,vis snol,e eioouentlv of Mr..
Cbilds, many beautiful traits of char
.ctor and his srmn,thetic and kindly
rorat;ons ,ritb bis snnIoves
SroooLos j., tb. s,r,a vein were made
hy W;lIiom v McKein the aped re-
t;red aditor ~ tba Iadger. Mrs, C. f.
UaIIoveII editor of the Woman's de.
,or,,ps,t. Dr william, wit for the local
staff. Henry s stiles assistant CASH
;ar. Jobn " Ieotinp for the compos-
itors and JoeI Cook business manager
OF the paper. Addlson Ii. burke, chiei
editorial writer presented resolutions
that were unanimously adopted ex-
pressing the sense OF loss Ieit oy tne
employees ot the Ledger IN hir; Cniius
death IL was aIso decided 'pa' 1ne