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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-15

PARIS. March i6.--C. r, Dunbar
or Alton. Ill. believed to be Charlee
r. Drummopd, Of 1T. Louis. viii hags
to stand trial for carrying copcealad
Of his Monday morning sscapads II
the cafe de PAris. M 8 4
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-15

NORFOLK The sixteenth annual
convention OF the National Associa-
ton of Ticket Agents will close here
tonight j. VI. Sterling, of the Pitts
burg and Lake Erie railroad. is pre-
siding over the convention. which
opened Tuesday morning. The dele
gates leave tonight for Jacksonville
and Key West. en- route to Havana.
cuba.
4 feature of Tuesdays entertain
ment was a trip through Hampton
Roads on the steamer Nantucket
ROANOKE.--The Roanoke shops
Tuesday discharged 250 and reduced
inents from ten tonstgft hours. and
in others from AZ seven hours.
Assistant Superb BIT of Motive
Power kearney lat the reduc-
tlons had been nMde on account OF
decrease 81 earnings Of the Norfolk
and Western road. TWO thousand
four hundred men have been employ
ed for many months.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Pettey, of
the Alexandria fire department., yes
terdsy received check for $50 from
the Old Dominion Glass Company, as
an evidence OF appreciation OF the
efforts OF the fremen on Sunday
morning. when q fire at the plant
vas confined 10 the stable. The chief
divided the money among the three
active fire companies of the city
I.YSCHBCRG.--Mo smith, an
extra fireman OF the Southern rail-
way. whose home IL in Monroe. Mon
day night swallowed strychnine after
disagreement with his sweetheart.
He WAS brought TO q hospital here
and to-day is out of danger.
ROANOKE.--John Pinkard. a col
ored employe of the city. had his son
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-15
Helena. Club Entertatns.

More than one hundred members
and guests were present Tuesday night
at the entertainment and supper OF
the Helena Club in their rooms at
222S East Main street.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-15
The Weather

RICHMOND. VA. March 15.--Fore-
cast for Richmond and vicinity: Fair
and much colder tonight and Thurs
day.
WASHINGTON, u. G, Mar. l5.--Fore-
cast for Virginia; Fair and much cold
err o-night and Thursday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-15


larceny and confessed having stolen
the money. his conviction means a
term In the penitentiary, with his ia
Their as prosecutor.
SUFFOLk.--At the board OF trade
election last night c. A. Shoop was
chosen president: w. Il, Ferguson and
W. S. Beamon, vice-presidents. ant
John p. Lee. treasurer, Three of the
old board of directors were defeated.
WINCHESTER Capt James Sep
umus Larrick, aged ssventy-five, fell
dead of apoplexy Tuesday afternoon
while surveying the farm Of J. FL.
Pickeral at Middletown- this county.
He was a native Of that place ana
served in the Confederate army dur
ing the Civil War. being in charge OF
one Of the two pieces OF field artillery
of the Virginia Military institute ca
diets at the battle or New Market
lie was one OF the civil engineers
who put the first Pacific railroad
through the Rocky Mountains His
widow, Mrs. Cornelia Showalter Lar
rick, four sons. two daughters and two
sisters survive.
SCFFOLK.--A triangular fight for
the Democratic mayoraIty nomina-
ton was precipitated Tuesday, the
last on which applications could be
filed for the April primary. when
Justice Daniel Newton Farnell ten
dered the $40 assessment fee and en-
tered the lists against Walter b. Fer
guson and Joseph f. Il. Holiday.
Mayor John b. Nornett does not seek
reelection.
SUFFOLK, VA.--Suffolk women
are not ready for the harem divided
skirt. A local Arm got one sample
built of blue serge, but after keeping
1t about day and gathering some
sentiment from their patrons, they re-
turned 1t. They will not display any
more this season.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-15

Pay Fines In InstAlmonts.
WASHINGTON.---"I plan
fines" for youthful law breakers were
tnaugurated here to-day when Juve-
nile Court Judge DeLacy ordered two
boyts who turned in q false Are alarm
to pay so cents weekly for twenty
Ave wSAks.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-15
Rrporter Goes to Jail.

ATLANTA. GA.--Because he refus-
ed to give the name of the police
man who tipped of a murder story,
r. J. Hamilton. a reporter, is serv-
ing FIVE days Jail sentence
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-15

kins, Elsie Meeks. pnrothy. warde.
Russell Walton, Thelma Wood.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-15

bets FeFmisslOn 10 Iakc FUFmef NaHtE
NEW YORK.-Because che didn't
want to bear the same name as the
second wife OF her divorced husband,
permission to resume the name of her
first husband.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-15

WASHINGTON. d. C.--When q
local teamster tried to drive over a
coal hole day, his horse slid into
the cellar of the general land ONCE OF
the interior department.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-15
Big Man Missing.

Big Man Missing.
NEW YORK.-Police are search
ing for George LAM, OF Canada, 7
feet inches. who has been missing
since Feb. II.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-15

NEW YORk.--Police Sergeant
Thomas Connolly will have to pay
5000 damages to John O'Connor for
breaking the latters leg with his
night stick.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-15

ham. is the guest OF Mrs Frank ~
Christian, Of this city.
Mrs. TAYLOR Scott, Of warrenton.
va. IL the guest OF Judge and Mrs.
r. Carter Scott.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-15
e25 Miles in s.5 Minutes.

WAY CROSS, Cato have q fif-
teen minutes conference with busi-
ness associates, Harry Payne Whit
ney made a 625 mile run from Florida
on special train, averaging a mile
a minute.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-15
Award Greatly Reaucea.

NEW YORk.--The $4,000 breach
Of promise award recently won by
Henrietta French against David II.
Decker, Jr., has been cut to $4,000,
because her attorneys closing speech
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-15
Smoking Women in Fernent.

BOSTON, MASS--Boston women
are in violent dissention as to whether
there shall be smoking in the new
womens club that Mrs. w. b. Leeds
of New York, is organizing here
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-15
Bear Dies of Broken Heart.

Bear Dies OF Broken Heart.
NEW YORK.--Old Ben, the oldest
bear in the Bronx zod. died Of
broken heart. attendants say. follow
ing the removal from his cage of his
female mate.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-15
Little Girl Played the Heroine.

HUNTINGTON. IND.-Jabbinw a
pairing knife repeatedly into the neck
of a maddened bull, Pauline Brough-
ton. thirteen years old. saved the life
of her baby cousin who was PROSTATE
under the animals hoofs.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-15
Camel Nrntis s,rrfcher.

Camel Needs Strctclier.
CLEVELAND, O.-The city Is try
ing to solve the problem to-day Of
how to move a camel that has such
sore feet ii cannot walk. from the
depot where 1t arrived, to the city
ZOO.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-15
OLD DOMINION NEWS
IN CONDENSED FORM
Ticke-Sellers Enjoy Norolks Hospitality Re-
duces Force-Glass Company Remembers Fire.
men, Negro Has Own Son Arrested

has been thrice convicted of petit
larceny and confessed having stolen
the money. his conviction means
term In the penitentiary, with his ia
Their as prosecutor.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-15

ROANOKE.- Pinkard, a col
ored ernploye of the city. had his son
Archer pinkard arrested on the charge
of the larceny of $40, and as the lad
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-15

Carrying Canes Like Male Dudes.
NEW YORK.--Regulation sized
canes, with crooked handles. are being
carried by some oof New York's ultra
swagger women.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-15
Oddities in Days Telegraph
....NeWs....

appealed to the passions of the
jurors.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-15
~ vAi,IOv,s C,1ar.

observations are for the "a hours
ending at A. H.. Eastern Standard
time.)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-15
New LA Vida" Models
Give Style to the Figure

Women who have already seen these new
models are delighted with them. Those who
have not are cordially invited to sec them.
They are made of beautiful mercerixed
batiste. boned with excelon and will hold
their shape, designed for both slender and
large women.
Style 746-HAs medium high bust, long hip, with
split skirt, made Of fine batste embroidery A m
trimmed with draw string at top, price. 1Ax.VU
Style 257--This model is made of good quality
coutl with high bust extra long hip. &C m
STYLE 145-Made of extra quality coutil with me-
this model is especially adapted 10 stout CT m
figures. price NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. OI.UU
Other models $3.50 to $i7.5o.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-15
Extra Special!
Women's Umbrellas, ST.

Umbrellas 70 inches made of good quality American
Taffeta with tape edge very attractive handles
OF gold. silver, bone and fancy wood. theseC m
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-15
In Honor Of Visitors.

Miss Lucille Davis, of Petersburg.
and Miss Jennie Strother. OF Lynch
burg, who are the house guests of
Miss Alice Nelson on West Franklin
street, were guests of honor ut an
attractive dinner at the Jefferson no.
tel Saturday evening. Covers were
laid for eight and decorations were
In American Beauty roses.
Annual Meeting OF Board.
The board of directors of the Re-
treat for the Sick will hold their an
nuai meeting on Thursday at noon
at the Retreat. All chairmen of com.
mitSees and treasurers of funds are
requested TO make their reports at
that time.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-15
Personals

FcIsOnais
Miss Helen Montague, who has been
the guest of relatives in Baltimore
for several weeks. viii return to
Richmond on Thursday.
Miss HAvemeNer, of New York, IN
the guest OF her sister, Mrs. Thomas
L. Moore, al her home on West
Franklin street.
Afrs Henry DaingerfeId. formerly
Of Virginia. but now OF Washington,
will sail on May l for Europe, where
she win spend the summer months
Mrs. William Cook. OF Newport
lard in this city.
Mrs Tom Worth, of North Caro-
lima. who has been visiting Mrs. Her
bert jackson, OF 500 West Franklin
street. has returned to her home.
" . 80 y - s'
Miss Edith Pou. OF Raleigh. n. C.,
who has been the guest OF Miss Eve
I'm JAcksons, has returned home after
Visit Of two weeks
Mr.. and Mrs William N. Massie
And Mrs. Saunders Hobson have been
recent quests OF Miss Helen Cameron
ID Petersburg. s~
II 1Giss Annie Linthicum has return.
IA ID Fredericksburg after . stay OF
mo1ne time In Richmond.
Mrs. Moilie Lou HRrrison. OF Pc
taFHburg. u visiting Mrs. Warner
1epss.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-07
CORONATION FURs AT DEBENHAMs.

At the present moment Messrs. Dcben-
ham & Freebody Of Wigmore Street,
London. arc busily engaged in making up
the Fur, that will be used on the wonderful
ROYAL Robes that will be worn by the King
and Queen at the Forthcoming Coronation:
The fur that is used is the finest Royal
Etmine which is symetrically spotted with
Thousands of small pieces OF Black Fur,
known under the heraldic term OF minever.
Visitors TO London, as rule, make
point of calling at Debenham q Free
bodv's. which is quite the most interesting
store in Town. For over one, hundred
wears this firm has carried on its business
at the same address, and their new building
is undoubtedly the most remarkable shoP
in the world. Debcnham & Freebody hold
Warrants of appointment to nearly al the
Courts of Europe. They supply every
article OF feminine attire OF the highest
possible quality The building, which
Closely resembles famous Venetian Palace,
is in poulton and Carrara marble IL IS
rioht out of the hurry burly, in quiet
thoroughfare called Wigmore street, ABOUT
two minutes walk from the North end OF
Pond Street and Oxford Street. American
visitors should not fail to visit this unique
establishment where they can wander at
will lust in the same way as theydo in the
Great American Stores. Debenham & Free
bodys Antique Galleries are quite unique
and are open free to All visitors.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-07
SINGING AND CONSUMPTION.

\ very agreeable cure and preventive
for consumption is that recommended 10y
Nine. Jeanne Jomelli. formerly of the Met
ropolitan and Manhattan opera houses. Her
remedy is singing. III YOU are consump-
tive" she says sing; if you think You are
drifting into consumption. sing. ! do not
advance the ridiculous claim that singing
alone will save you from consumption or
cure you: besides singing YOU must have
plenty Of fresh air and good food. And,
speaking of fresh air, I must say that not
one person in hundred knows how TO in
hale IL. People seldom breathe deeply
enough: they seldom ventilate properly
their lung cavities. which resemble stuny
unsanitary apartments. whore all germs
thrive undisturbcd. Acquire the habit or
taking the big. deep breath which is a
primary REQUISITE of any kind of singing
had or good. and the physical JOY derived
from il will never allow YOU 10 relapse
into lazy breathing. The breathing eNcr-
cises recommended by certain physicians,
and which are so monotonous in them
selves. become much more pleasant when
some artistic pleasure is attached To them.
Furthermore. tho mere effort OF singing
compels ,he singer 10 stand straight ana
20 throw tho chest ont, good corrective
Tor TN, bad physical habits OF weak chest
ed people Finally, the oNhilaration ar
singing is not a negligible element as
mental adjuvant 10 the cure. II you doubt
my statements go To the opera. turn your
glasses on every singer. man or woman,
and see what wonderful chest develop.
mcnt they have attained. Personally ]
have never heard OF singer becoming
cunSumptiye.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-07
CLUBHOUSE IN SIGHT
p. ". l.. Hopes Benefit VIII
Insure First Payment.

The demand for boxes and seats for the
benefit TO be given al the Hudson Theatre
on Tuesday afternoon for the Professional
Womans League is so large and people
are paying such big prices for them that
the president. Miss Amelia Bingham, IS
hoping that the proceeds will reach the
$500 mark. and i'm any case she expects
that there will be money enough when
added 10 the funds already in the treasury
to make the first payment on the club
house of which the league has been dream
ing for years. Miss Bingham already has
the house I'm View-a wide old-fashioned
dwelling. with large assembly rooms and
plenty of room for the leagues library and
theatrical wardrobe, along with bedrooms
that can be occupied by members when
they come in from the road while they are
looking for more permanent abiding
place.
Mrs John w. Mackay, mother of Clarence
II. Mackay. has taken one Of the boxes to-
the benefit at 500. and Lolita Crabtree, who
has taken another one at the same price,
will come ON from Boston TO occupy it.
Julia Arthur is also coming from Boston
to occupy 800 box. For all the other
seats and boxes there are claimants. but
they are being held TO he sold at pre-
MUM Many seats have been sold for 3.
and a considerable number have brought
$40 and SO, while one man paid $50 for his
seat
The programme is TO be an all-star per-
Torrance. and so anxious was the profess
sion to take part that It might easily have
been made twice as long as it is, Miss
Bingham says.
The piece de resistance viii be- a min
strcl show with eight end men-all of them
wonderland chorus of one hundred. The
end men" viii wear knockers and the
chorus will be clad In black skirts and
white shirtwaists. all making a liberal use
of burnt cork Jack Norworth and Amelia
Summerville. dressed a men. will be the
nterlocutors The end men" will be Truly
Shattuck. Suzanne Westford Nora Bayes.
Mabel Hlte. Belle Gold. Ethel Ievey.
Emma Cdrus and Edna Aug.
The minstrels Will be assisted by Maggie
Cllne-also in burnt cork-who VIII sing
Throw Him Down, McCloskey"; Stanley
Forde. who will sing; Gin Gordon. who
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-07

A new kind of memorial service LOT III.
heroes of the Civil War is being piaiih'"
nv Mrs Jeanette +. Haskins and the o'"''
,nembers OF the Mrs. Ella Bixpy Ie"'
Daupbters OF Veterans Of the Civil war
7, ia in honor Of the sailors and soioiers
who died at sea and have no graves VIM
90, no covered with flowers on Memorial
nav T, is Mrs. Hasknss plan to sure"
flowers on the waves OF the HUDSON ''"''
IN svmbolize decorating those unknown
graves The action will be accompanied
with hitting ceremonies
First. memorial service will be heiu DIT
tho l29th street recreation pier. on 'ho
North River. to which all the Grand Army
rosts in the city and other patriotic socie-
ties have been invited There VIII ne
.neeches and music by a band OF forty
r,eces from the Boys Brigade Of the North
End Congregational Church. And then, 10
Tie strains Of Nearer, Ny God, TO Thee,
boat Of flowers will be towed out TO the
centre Of the stream. The boat is to be
four or five feet long. with sails of woven
smilax and a mast crowned with the Stars
and Stripes. II will be lowed by a row.
boat manned by veteran soldier and a
veteran sailor III Iufi uIlllbluis i'S wv
will he made of cardboard, warranted TO
last lust long enough to reach the MD
stream current; then It will become water
soaked and will sink, while the flowers
uiled loosely upon IT, will be borne away
on the waves \ United states battleshlp
standing by will fire a salute.
The plan for this pretty ceremony is most
" Mrs. Haskins's own, though she con-
fesses that the original idea came from
Boston.
Last year. you know, the children OF
Boston did something Of the same nature, y
she explained to the Tribune reporter, but
IL was only to march along the beach ana
throw flowers into the surf not half so eff
fective as our plan of floating the flowers
on the current, which Will carry them far
out to sea, perhaps even 10 where the bodies
Of the sailors lie.
81 was so delighted when I hit upon this
scheme for ! have always thought 1t a
shame that the sailors were forgotten. The
graves on land, even the graves OF the
unknown dead at Gettysburg, are decorated
every year, and It's fifty years now since
the war so it is time that somebody re
membered those others
'.Vhy is this service not on Memorial
Day itself? Well. you sec. there is so much
;; going on on that day. with the parade and
all. that I thought the veterans would be 700
tired to come to our service in the after
noon. If we have 1t on May q the veterans
will be fresh. and, besides. the public VIII
he more interested. as IT Will be the first
patriotic service of the season. We want
everybody to come.
ut is really the first public appearance
of the Daughters of Veterans. We were or
ganized two years ago and we've han
meetings and given flags to the puphc
schools but we've never really done any
thing so important as this before. We're
very select organization, too, you must
understand. Only real daughters and grand
daughters of veterans are allowed TO be-
come membership nieces or sisters-ln-law
or any such outsiders can belong. our
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-07
"Wbife >SiSferS IL, Mourning
Two of Their Members Have Died in Man
churia While Caring for Plague Victims.

, more comfortably and more safely thah
In a factory.
In view OF the fact that these Sisters
are 50 much beloved. and do 80 niue"
practical good in addition to their spiritual
teaching. 1t is curious that they have been
so pursued by misfortune Only few
months before they heard OF these last two
victims in China the Sisters in New York
had their heartstrings wrung by the taleS
Of suffering told by the refugees from Port
ugal. They had been driven from Their
converts, they said. at the point Of the
pistol. Several Of the exiles took refuge
in the New York house. and as soon as
they had recovered their strength they
went to Providence TO labor there in COL
ony OF Portuguese mill hands
Then there were the seven martyrs in
China, killed in the Boxer uprising OF l9W'
Mother Marie Hernine was the head oil
the little group who went out in 1893 to
found a mission AT Shan-si. At the pre-
paratory school at Nanves, France they
had been trained in every kind Of task.
The following list Of things which re-
turned missionary had said it was neces-
ssry TO know is copied from the Life Of
Mother Marie Hermine":
/ The way to make bread and to cook
In an oven or e8rthen fireplace.
. To embrOder Skfuly, as the Chinese
are very clever in such work. and one
should be capable Of designing the models.
3. Photography.
4. Painting.
; Nursing and surgery, with some prac-
teal experience in the care Of the sick.
6. Music. especially the harmonlum, IN or
der TO accompany the mass.
Z. Conversation I'm English. French and
Chinese.
They suffered incredible hardships from
cold and fever during the first winter, but
they wrote home that their greatest sor-
row was to see their little chapel so bare
OF beauty At last Mother Hermine could
stand it no longer. She must have pict-
ure of the Blessed Virgin. There was none.
Not in all the cities round about could one
be begged or borrowed.
"One must he painted" said Mother Her
mine. but who will DO it?'
In the end she had to paint II herself, al
though she had never painted even a flower
before, and had neither model. canvas nor
paints. She found them all. of course. as
can. in emergencies. and her
concludes that August 10 found
a sweet and gracious Virgin. surrounded by
clouds, supported by two angelic spirits,
while two others held a crown Of golden
stars. Everybody was delighted. Even the
Chinese were loud in their admiration
After only a year of this work came the
Boxer massacres. The white Sisters re-
fused TO fec. and were captured. made 70
witness the slaughter Of the other mis-
sionaries and then heheaded one by one,
Mother Hermine being tho last Two hum
dred and fifty little children in their or
phan home were nearly all killed, too be-
cause they refused even TO cat the food
given them by their captOrs.
Yet the Life Of Mother IIermine" closes /
with these words: This crown Of mar
tyrdom Is greatly coveted and many hearts
beat with holy impatience to be chosen for
the Far East TO seek it,"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-07

AZ tho home Of Mrs. a. ]. Perry. No. 30
LIST street, Brooklyn.
The Rainy Daisies met at the Hotel Astor
on "Wednesday and divided their attention
between the milk question and the prob
lem OF weights and measures. The milk
was discussed by Stephen q. Williams.
chairman 81 the New York MIX Commit
tee. ana )r. Charles t.. North, OF the same
organization. while Commissioner John L.
walsh talked about the weights ana meas
urcs between times there was music by
Miss Abbio May Ingraham. pianist; Mrs
Ehle Fowler. Hendrickson. soprano ana
Forbes Law Duguid. barytone. The after'
noon closed with the installation OF the
new officers and chairmen by the president
Mrs. \. VI. Palmer
TWO rival women's clubs held rival
white breakfasts Yesterday afternoon
The Rubinstem club Of which Mrs Will
lam Rogers Chapman a. president. had It's
breakfast IN the grand ballroom OF the
Naldorf-Astoria. which was transformed