The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-29
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/. utors' Club Royalty r. all
Entertained /.
SMALL Pc OPLE e
FILLED THE { AT'Rl,EE,. ! & J,
Governor, Mayor, ajor capers
! and Mr.. Bryan Address Happy
Youngster Badges Given ~
Out Excellent Amuse-
rnent Provided, Which ..SS5
| Was Appreciated

An audience of neatly twelve hundred
children attending Tho second annual re- e.
union OF Tho Tilnes-Dl Dlspatcli Contribu-
tors Club nt the new 13l Lou Theatre yes.
terday afternoon and everys one went
away. delighted with the entertainment
Afforded them. II ddresscs We re made by
Governor a. i. 81 nfontaguc Md yors Carlton
Mccarthy, Major ]. Fl. z Cnpcrs and Air.
John stew-,it Bryan; Mr. Harry G. c)akes,
iofftheS C,ollnn Company, "a g. a q levcr 5ex-
position OF tho art OF ma alSe-,ip, and con-
$tributed several recitatlons ~ character
parts; Master Bobby IIarringt gton,
OF tho same cornIany. sang q q clever
song inimltabiy;; Mr.. Polk Miller gave
several bri ght nlonologues, and he and y,
ll,sncgro auartc.te entcrt taipnd he 80 ung-
aters for solnc ti1nn with songs banjo
and guitar music-- The bad ges won In tile
club contests We're oresen ted ~ by MIR.
Bryan to tho winners. togct her \ he
AFTERNOON IL vvsIs thorougllS enjoyed bystlle
boys and girls. ana they gave svcclf ferrous
testimony 10 their r1lcasIrc. \. Il }ss @
The spacious aid ele CANT new theatre
wns vel i Il lied ~ ltlit tho 1nembe rs or tile
It'd. g. sC. When I e curtain rose to the
Se accompaniment Of I, a ripple K Of a pplausc
and ~ fiutters o. cxpectat Ion. ~ 4 here were
Sflyc chairs ,Ipon the stage. q occupied by
Governor Alonta gue. the Mayor. Major
fCapers, Mr. Polk Miller and 5sA Mr.. Bryan,
Mr. Bryan wei clco1ned tile members Of the
club and d$congrntulatcd a hem u pom u fhctr
growth sin5Fnunbers and the work one
during the ycnr. d lie theiiprese ed Ma 1or
y ames IT. Cnpers. president o the board
$oc school trust tees who made q, hr'te s,ut
very pleasing add dress 70 tho g ldren cI'f
The Ma jor warmly ,ex expressed Ills Sfondness
forfths sweet, girls 50 numcrousy
sreprescntedS s insStilc audience. md ii adde Cd
that t8hea ar rsfnailsS fond u the bad boys.
He would Eventurnsth the Us sserti lon that both
Mayor Nc Cart hy and Governor Mon tagut
were bad boys, In the sense hat they
were nischleyous. Tie IS pea kerr ex horted
the boys present TO bc f truthful Mt all
lin "a rds, however, rqlnischievous ,theYtmight
be, and assured ttm that some day one
or more OF their number might bo4 Mayor
or Govcrnor St sg$
About Three Minutes.
q; Mayor Mccarthy announced that he
had been requested Il by Mr. Bryan TO
sneak about three minu tes.. and would
try to do so., Sometimes three minutes
seemed very long TINE to walt, where ls
children were, ,41nteTcSleli,3n nu lNiS!i4 lhtSy
grew a little older three hours would not
be very long, and still later three days ifl:
would seem little longer, and VIII en- YOU; y1i
arc as old as j a m,s said the youthful
looking Mayor. three years will hardly
seem longer than three \ minutes do TO
the small child. The Mayor haracter--
lied the children Of the land as tho rising
sui, and the glory OF the future. rs. pic
}tured an inaginarysSc cItya Of beautiful n
chitecture, wealtt and $ magniflc flcence,
through viii CHI he had adSwandered In fancy,
but which was deserted by day and dark
and untenanted by night, all the infla bl-
3tants having died. That cttyswns worth
less because there wore no children there.
This z city, said tho speaker, would be
worthless but for tho hopes we have y u
tho children Of Richmond \ y J. OF the
money OF all the people would not be
too mucl i, toSexpend to make the children
what they ought to be. In closlng the tll'
Mayor exhortcd all present to relnemner t
That they would be8the men and women ,1le
az the future. and exhorted them 70 To- pc
noble women and brave mel y ,s
Governor Montague told tho chi ldren ne
was glad to be with them S.3 He admitted t't
that ne had been q bad boy VIII en- ne was
asohi1d. anu exhorted tho children to pc
franz, and honorable. ]. Speaking OF the
Schidrer1s $ organtzatio he g ioyerfor IT. 9
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