Evening journal., 1901-07-15
SHIRT WAIST MAN
IN A NEW ROLE
Comfort His First Thought
While Playing Church
Organ
snseIal o lhs EvenIng Iournal.

Manchester last evening established hiH-
SELF as hing of the shirt waist men, when
IN Emmanuel p. f. Church, ne presided
al the organ without that article OF
mans dress-the coat-which ss so un-
comfortable to him these humid days.
The role W. new one Tor the organ
list. yet hc played anthem after anthem,
Unconscious o. every condition. save the
heat whiic the choir singers sweitered in
the effort to keep accompaniment
Friends OF the doctor are wondering
what innovation he viii introduce next
for the comfort of the fraternity
Worlxmen OF the Delaware Railroad
Company this morning began 10 tear down
the pier on the river front below Delaware
street. which has been a favorlte place
for the people OF the city since the advent
81 the warm weather The pier w@ IN
good condition. save for " few planks IN
the fioor. which had become broken. no
repair them would have necessitated the
expenditure of more money than the
company would derive from the pier,
hence the determination TO tear 30 down.
it was suggested last evening that CITY
Council buld pier on the river front
city as well as those OF Wilmington VINO
come here nightly The work could be
done Tor several hundred dollars, which
would be money well spent
Twilight services in the Methodist
Church are more popular than the usual
SUNDAY evening service as evidenced
by the large attendances Last evening
Mr.. Koona gave q brief talk ON the sub
iect OF Practical Christianity" telling
his hearers that ln order to win the world
FOR Christ, members of the church must
enter upon a vigorous personal work 'rhc
church choir sang several -anthems, and a
male quartet presented Gospel hymns
very effectively
In the home OF Mrs Atkinson this even
ing the regular monthly meeting OF the
Home Missionary Society will be held
IL is hoped that an members viii be press
ent
An unknown two-masted schooner went
ashore above the city In the storm OF
Saturday night She is loaded with coal.
1t Is believed she win noat on the next
tide. undamaeed.
Mrs Carrie Lemon gave party last
Friday evening IN honor OF her little son
Hoopers, fth birthday. Many friends OF
the little fellow were present and an
spent pleasant evening
Contracts for erecting several buildings
on the grounds Of the Atlantic Naval
Academy win be awarded By Captain j.
b Beverly this week II is understood
that David Dangei OF Wilmington, Is
the lowest bidder for the work. rne
buildings must be finished before septcm-
Der IS
while running the launch Henry George
in the Chr.stiana creek, In Wilmington
on Saturday night, Elmer Bickta. pianist
% the jefferson House, was badly burn
ed about the head by exploding gasoline
His sight win not be affected however
Miss Ann Kinkle Miss Gussie l<nKle
and Francs Oakes, OF Montgomery
county, Pa. are the guests OF Miss
Katherine Gormley
Mrs. Ray Briggs and Mrs Charles
Reed. of Wilmington, have returned
home after being entertained by friends
here
John and William Clark. of Delaware
City were with friends here yesterday
While fishing In the dyke on
Saturday afternoon. little Henry
Simpson fell overheard. Although
half dozen friends were Oh
the river bank, only one. Lawrence
O'Connor went to his rescue. which
was performed with much difficulty
When brought ashore both children
We're exhausted
On account OF the inclement weather
OF Saturday the local ball team di,
not play. The Philadelphians will b
here next Saturday.
Stockholders OF the local club viii
meet IN the office Of Mayor Boyd Wed
nesday night 10 decide whether th
club shall or shall not disband
Postmaster King again is working fl
behalf of the establishment OF rura
free delivery for the hundred Severa
months ago prospects we're bright TO
the adoption OF the system, but fo
some reason the subject has been drop
ped
Winfield Scott Goodley is visitin
Mr. and Mrs. William Etchels. Iii
home Is In the West From here MI
Gcodley viii go to Buffalo to stay te
days.
Now that the tax duplicate is abou
completed and viii be placed In IN
hands OF Tax Collector Madden With
a few days. It would be well for ia
City Council to begin some actio
looking toward bettering the oonditio
of the city. All idle men about IN
city should be given a chance to wor
out their taxes.
The condition of Wilbur Mcredit
continues to improve
The northeast storm which has be-
prevailing on the coast for sever.
days is one OF unusual severity. and
number OF vessels have been more
less damaged. The tug SOmers
Smith which arrived at the Delawa
Brcakwaier yesterday. reported haviI
spoken the schooner Clifford n. Ca
YER from Savannah for New York. {
Fenwick's Island lightship on Frid;
night The vessel had lot her spank
boom and main shrouds. and had h
sails torn 10 pieces by the severe gal
encountered on Cape Iatteras
One OF the largest cargoes OF ice ev
carried up the river IS being dischare
from the hold OF the new bar