The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-05
Meeting Begins With Brill
liant Dinner at Which
Prominent Men Speak
IMPORTANT WORK TO
BE TAKEN UP TODAY
Delegates to Great Conference
Which Begins Tomorrow,
Gathering from All Sec
tions OF the Country.
Catholic Society's
Busy Day.
-1TH three national bodies al

Nv ready in session and hun
j. wv dreds OF prominent delegates
;. Wv gathering from all sections
Of the country to attend a
fourth great meeting that will open to-
morrow night, convention month in
; Richmond began with a rush yester-
day, hotels. boarding houses and pri-
: lvate residences being crowded and city
streets filled with visitors from many
distant places.
In the morning the most eminent
surgeons In America assembled at the
Jefferson Hotel auditorium and began
a meeting OF profound interest to ply
sicians throughout the country, If not
the entire world. Papers touching
present-day problems of the surgeons
beneficent art were read and discussed
by noted experts, and the means OF still
further alleviating human suffering
and woe were considered by men whose
steadily advancing work forms Won
derful chapter in the history of pro-
gress. During the day the sessions of
the Roman Catholic Society Of st. Vim
cent de Paul were continued. and mat
ters touching the charitable work of a.
great church were discussed at length.
The care of dependents was fruitful
4
ment that the day of the orphan asy-
lum for children is passing was not
the least interesting part At night
= Jewish charity workers Of the United
States were guests of the local Jewish
community at dinner that marked
the opening of the third convention
of the day. The scene at the Jefferson
/. was again animated and brilliant. and
it was we'll into the morning before
the party dispersed. Notable addresses
were made by a number of distin-
guished speakers.
The Great Conference.
Meanwhile delegates and visitors
. were gathering In large numbers for
4 the sessions of the National Confer.
!. ence on Charities and Corrections
which assemblies in Richmond to-mor-
n row night. Indications point to a
: large attendance, the program prepar-
$ ed for this year being of unusual in
j. terest. The conference will open will,
A I a great public meeting in the Academy
h OF Music, when there will be address
ses Of welcome by the Governor. the
Mayor and others. and when President
Thomas NJ. Nlulry. of New York, will
present his annual address. Arrange
ments have been made by the local
: committee to reserve seats on tho
floor of the Academy for the visiting
: delegates.
: Boxes have been assigned to the fol-
9 lowing: Mrs. Claude a. Swanson. wife
q of the Governor: the general officers
i of the Society of ST. Vincent de Paul,
e sociation of Jewish Charities, the
d State Board Of Charities of Virginia.
: the officers of the National Conference
y and their guests, the local ladies' re-
: cept.on committee and the Richmond
: City Mission and Visiting Nurses As
e ISOLATION.
. Slight changes have been announced
. in the tentative program published in
! the convention supplement of The
4 Dispatch, mainly In the order
:, = OF the various topics and addresses.
: Special arrangement Is being made
: for the opening of the section on chill
! d,en, whose sessions will be held in the
:, hall OF the Mechanics Institute. be-
q ginning on Thursday morning at 10
: o'clock, when addresses will be made
e by President Edwin A. Alderman. of
v the University OF Virginia, and Judge
It Julien Mack OF the Juvenile Court OF
d Chicago.
All the general officers of the con-
II ference We're In the city last night. as
" speakers Many delegates will come
If| In to-day, desiring to hear part of
the discussions Of the Jewish Chart
ties Association and the Society of ST
Vincent de Paul, now In session In diff
= ferent parts of the city.
! :, Jewish Conference.
q The reception and dinner given at
i the jefferson Hotel last night by the
= local committees to the members OF
IS the National Conference of Jewish
"a Charities was one OF the leading con-
q vention events OF the day. whe gath
# ering was In every sense notable
I i \
= the most prominent Jewish people OF
Richmond, but Of all parts of the
! United States. many of whom were
!, men and women of more than national
,fE regulations
'e Early In the evening the asscmblage
l. gathered in the reception rooms at the
q Franklln Street entrance Of the JEFF
! ferson, marching along the balcony ia
Il the main dining-room. where the ban
/. quet tables were laid at about 10
e o'clock
!. Speeches We're eloquent. and tables
were beautifully decorated and loaded
Is with most elaborate menu. The en-
n tire program was one which reflected
is cre,l.l not only upon the Jewish com.
d munity. but upon the city, and one
n, which will long be remembered by the
/ delegates to the fifth biennial session
and the many visitors who accom-
panied them.
Address of Governor.
,f over the coffee and cigars Mr.. Henry
g. Hutzler, the toastmaster, bade welcome
l. in behalf OF the Richmond community
IS to the Jewish convention. as we'll a.
l. to the others who are meeting In the
g city for a common purpose. EIe spoke
l. OF the propriety OF such bodies meeting
IS in the capital of the Old Dominion, TIL.
= oldest daughter OF Columbia" Will
other complimentary remarks concern,
= ing Virginia's sons, he presented the
= first speaker, Governor Claude A. Swan
Y son. who responded to the toast, ''Vir
ginla," The Governor said In part: