The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-01
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ct hope all citizens will go into
the spirit of the occasion" said Mayor
Ainslie last night, land help swell the
relief fund. We need all we can get.
and the people in the West need It.
and need 1t at once. Any sum will
be accountable. Don't hesitate TO give
a dime and don't hesitate to give
hundred.
II appeal to the gentlemen whom
have named as my committeeman 10
get busy, and see how much we can
get before the day closes.
Let's do better than anybody eise'
and show that we can help those VINO
need help, and there Ia no better
time to do It than the present.
IT named a good committee, and
believe that committee can raise
many thousands of dollars. Let's see
If Ii can't
Two thousand people giving TWO
dollars each will be a fair starter.
And there are many hundreds in this
great, prosperous city of ours who
can give more.
Kids May Help.
Let all the children give their
teachers ten cents each. I hadn't the
time to get the names of the teachers.
or I would have placed them on the
committee, but take this opportun-
ity of making them members of that
committee.
There were nearly $4,000 pupils
recorded last month in the schools
If each one gives five cents or dime
to their teacher, see how much that
may make.
Let the foremen of the shops, and
the heads Of offices. and the chief
clerks. all form themselves into COM
mittees and get up little collections,
and the result will prove a revelation.
ANY sums collected by the COM
rnitteemen, the teachers, and the Oth-
ers may be sent to the mayors ONCE
from WHICH point it will be sent at
once to the proper place
Buy Tickets Today.
The benefit performance at the
Colonial tomorrow afternoon at 5
o'clock. win prove one of the most
entertaining ever seen in the city.
Besides the whole bill at the Colonial,
there will be attractions from the En-
pfre, and Billy Van and company
from the Bijou will give the first act
of THE Lucky Hoodoo." Here Is the
complete list OF features:
Maxin's Models, Tamho Duo, Marx
Brothers, Georgiette, jennings and
Wilton, Havelock Comedy Jugglers.
Lee, Yale and Miss Shepherd, and the
Billy Van company.
Tickets for this entertainment may
he secured at all the prominent places
in the city They will cost twenty
FIVE and fifty cents each. and every
cent will be to swell the fund which
Mayor Ainslie is raising for the Hood
and tornado sufferers. The citizens
committee as named by the mayor
yesterday embraced these leading
citizens;
Citizens Committee.
William H. Adams, A. L. Adamson,
Archer Anderson. Jr.. Frank T. An
thony. Joseph b Beasley E. l..
Bemiss. Joseph w Bliley. James W.
Boyd, John p. Branch. John Stewart
Bryan, Henry l.. Cabell. Sam Cohen,
Charles B. Cooke, s. Dabney Cren-
shaw. w. s, Forbes, Fred III. CARRIER.
Douglas Gordon. w. NJ. Habliston'
John s. Harwood. John c. Hagan,
John A. Hirschberg. Charles Hutzler
Henry S. Hutzler. Herbert w. Jack
SON, Robert Lecky, Jr.. Edward G.
Mayo. l.. o. Miller. l.. z. Morris
Frank P. Mcconnell. John Murphy
William Fl. Parrish. Jr., r. Lee
Peters. Oscar E. Parrish, II. r. Pol
lard. Jr.. William II. Palmer, John
B. Purcell, Henry ". Rountree, Sam
uel S. Rosendorf. o. j. Sands, w. s
seamans, Jr.. c. r, Saaer. Fritz Sit
terding, George w. Stevens, Chas
Trafieri, Henry L. Valentine. John G
Walker. John L. Wtngo. Woodson F
/ Waddey. O. r. weisiger. w. l. War
ing, W. l.. Walters. E. Victor VIII
liams, Joseph f. willard. S. B. Wood
fin and ". H. Zimmerman.