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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-31

The woman's club will open to-
morrow. Monday, with an informal
tea from to o'clock. These teas
are given every Monday afternoon
throughout the year. and are always
very charming and enjoyable aHalrs.
The club has been repainted inside
and out this summer. and VIII be
decorated in potted plants and tail
vases of pink and white asters for the
occasion.
The first card tournament OF the
club will take place Friday, OCTOBER
nth. Auction bridge will he played,
and the tournaments, which will be
held every third Friday in each
month. will be conducted by Admiral
Webster.
Members Of the club have arranged
a very interesting program for the
coming winter. which is as follows:
November 3-Book reception;
chairman, Mrs ]. G. Metcalf.
November io-"Keats for the
Kitchen. speaker DIR. Lawrence Alb
bolt: chairman. Mrs. Charles Bosher.
November Musicale: chairman,
Mrs. A. r. Guigon.
November 24-"The Roman Nov
ell; speaker. DIR. Walter A. Mont
gornery; chairman, Mrs. J. c. Met
calf.
December Art: chairman. Mrs.
jeffrey Montague.
December i5-Philanthropy: chair
man. Mrs. j. Lyons Pemberton.
December 22-"Author's Reading
chairman. Miss Annie S. winston
January musicale; chairman,
Mrs A. r. Guigon-
January 1.-THE Story of the Nj
belungenlied" chairman. Mrs. l.. K.
Dashiell.
January fa--virglnia Day; chair
man, Mrs. William G. Stanard.
January 26--tlster songs and folk
lore; chairman. Miss Jane NJ. Ruth
erfoord; speaker. Mr.. John s. Munce'
February 1s--Chairman, MIRA l. l.
Lewis; speaker. DIR. Lillian Johnston
of Heidelberg.
March 2-Hardy annual: chairman
Mrs Moses D. Hoge.
March 9--Annual business meeting
March 23-Philanthropy chair
March 3o--Musicale; chairman
Mrs A. r. Guigon.
April 6---Art; chairman. Mrs. JEFF
May Musicale; chairman. Miss
Marion Ryiand.
Nav 1S-"Four Weeks Within q
Picture: chairman, Mrs. William T
Robins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Coleman
Walker, who have been spending the
summer travelling in Europe, visiting
Paris. Rome. Venice and Switzerland
sailed for America on the North Ger
man Lloyd. George Washington" OF
August 25th. and will land in New
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-31
eOTHAM'S HEALTH
AND R|CAM0hD'S
EFFoRT TO DE MADE TO HAVE
UMLAUF ORDINANCE ADOPTED
BY COUNCIL.
BE CLEANER CITY
SECRETARY WEBER GETS IN TOUCH
WITH SANITARY ENGINEER
VERY, OF NEW YORK
BE Gle AMER CITY

Following up the action of the COM
mon council at it's last meeting in
reference to the ordinance designed
for better cleaning methods in Rich
mond, which was tabled, Gustavus A.
Weber secretary of the society for
the bett torment of housing conditions,
got. busy, and. in order to convince
o0uncilmen Of the feasibility and i'm
pOrtance of the proposed ordinance,
sought information and advice from
the sanitary engineer of New York
city.
This information is embodied In a
letter to Mr.. Weber. which he be-
lieves will prove valuable to any
councilman or other citizen who may
not think the ordinance possible.
Here Is the letter from the New York
official.
The Engineers Letter.
Mr. Gustavus A. Weber. Secretary,
Society for the Retirement, Etc,
Richmond, Va.
Dear Sir,-I am in receipt of your
favor of the 23d instant enclosing a
copy of an ordineuce covering the
matters of street cleaning and waste
collection and disposal. I am sending
you under separate cover a copy of
the ordinances of this city along these
lines. note that in your ordinance
you HdNc NoFtItu tEtoSf
things we have. and in my opinion
you have considerably improved upon
our ordinances | do not see, how
ever, that you have provided against
over full receptacles, which l think
II very necessary. and you will notice
in our ordinances we have provided
that such receptacles shall not be
filed within four inches of the top.
do not know of any information that
/ can give you to help YOU on this
subject, but II were your superin-
tendent Of street cleaning I should
feel that the matters contained in
this ordinance were absolutely neces-
sary in order that | might be able n
perform that work properly. Per
sonally | do not believe in relieving
the inhabitants of the city from any
part of their plain duty. any more
than / do believe In indscri inmate
criticism of the officials for falling to
do the impossible. and I believe an
ordinance in order tn he effective
should thoroughly cover the practi-
cal points OF operation SO that the
responsibility can he placed with the
official II he fails 10 look to the en-
fereement of the rules and regula-
tons
Respectfully.
EDWARD n. VERY.
Sanitary Engineer
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-31
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music holds forth Irresistible charm for man.
woman and child and the favored instrument of the
music lover Is the Piano
In days of yore only the homes of the wellto do
possessed of these instruments, and the ability to
play we'll accomplishment possessed by but
few.
Within the past decade however, all this has been
changed; music has become universally recognized
the possession of a Piano is longer regarded as
a luxury, but a necessity in even the most humble
home
At Crafts Hall instruments of such sterling char
acter as Chickerng, Henry and s. @. Lindeman,
Melodgrand. Crafts Fischer, Holmes & Son. Kings
bury Ludlow offered to the intending purchaser
on the attractive terms and payments that
enable the most limited income to crafty their
musical desires now.
These Pianos are noted the world over for their
rich artistic appearance beauty and purity of
and solid dependable construction-qualite that
enable to personally endorse the manufacturers
signed guarantee of absolute satisfaction every
instrument sold.
The prices range from s225.oo to 100000 for these
brand-ne the factory instruments and
permit wide choice in wood, style and finish
For those who desire 20 play. yet lack the neces-
sary time or inclination to master music, we present
unequaed selection of high grade Player-P Pianos
of unusual perfection at from s650.o0 to 100000.
guaranteed by the manufacturers and ourselves for
lifetime!
In our Bargain Basement will be found many
splendid instruments recently taken in exchange that
we are closing fraction Of their real value.
s22500 for well-known instrument actually worth
double. with many other exceptional bargains at
prices In between
Don't put off the purchase Of Piano or Player
Piano any longer. Never the selection greater
never the prices more reasona ble-never were
the convenient! Come in at once and select
the instrument you want.
Let lis Mace the instrument in your home where
you can enjoy it Immediately and play while you
pay. Just a small cash payment: balance In little,
never-mssed sums, weekly monthly quarterly.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-31
To Take Action Tuesday.

At the next meeting of council,
TUESDAY night, the ordinance will he
taken from the table, ard some ac-
ton Will result.
Many members OF council objected
to certain requirements In the paper.
which places the citizen to consider
able expense In purchasing recepta-
cles The New York letter shows that
citizens Of that municipality make no
objection along this line. but that they
readily agree to act in accordance
with any measure which may help
elevate the health conditions OF the
city
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-31

phians, including Mr.. and Mrs. Fred.
erick Warner. Mr.. and Mrs. w. 8
Bedding, Misses Sue and Evelyn Suls
Ivan. Misses Frances and Bertha
Clarke.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-11
Roman Catholic.

Sunday will be Cardinals Day in
Washington. His eminence Cardinal
Gibbons will hold his annual New Year
reception to the citizens of this city
in New Carroll Hall after the high
mass at st. Patrick's Church.
Very Rev. George Dougherty. ID. D..
vice rector of the Catholic University.
will be the celebrant of the high mass
which will be sung at IL o'clock. Rev.
William Martin, of St. Patrick's Cathe-
dral, New York. will deliver the sermon.
The deacon of the mass will be the Rev.
George Savage, D. D.. and Rev. Eugene
Burke. c. :. G., will serve as sub
deacon. His eminence will have two as
sistant priests, Right Rev. BOnaventure
Cerretti. secretary to the papal dele
gate. and Very Rev. r. A. Pace, D. D.,
OF the Catholic University.
Both Choirs will assist and render the
following programme: Proper of the
Mass" sanctuary choir: ''Myrie and
Gloria" CHaydn 81. mixed choir and or
chestra: "4fter the Graduate. Ad Regem
Pastorus' (GOunod. mixed choir and
orchestra: .Veni Greater" sanctuary
choir: "Credo" Haydn 81, mixed choir
and orchestra: "Onertory Motel CGra-
nier), mixed choir and orchestra; Sane
tus, Benedictus and Agnus Der Haydn
b. mixed choir and orchestra. After the
mass the mixed choir. assisted by the
orchestra, will sing silent Night
Oamrosch). Joyful Song CCeverrD, and
Glory to Cod Dielmanl.
At II o'clock the procession of clergy,
choir boys and acolytes will leave the
door of the rectory on Tenth Street and
march to the front entrance of the
church. Immediately after the mass the
procession will proceed to Carroll Hall.
where the Cardinal will hold his recep-
ton to the citizens of Washington. Right
Rev. w. T. Russell. pastor of St Pat
rick's, will entertain a number of prom
inent citizens and the visiting clergy at
dinner in honor Of his eminence at the
conclusion of the reception.
The efforts now making by archbishops
in some American cities to bring the
Catholic Church's influence to bear upon
the stage, the writer's OF its plays and
the managers of their presentations,
that the, general moral and literary tone
may be raised, is a part of a general
Catholic movement that has been going
on in Europe for some years. 1t be-
gan in France, extended next to Ger
many. and is now being pushed not only
in America but also in Italy and in
England.
The purpose of the movement is far
wider than that nothing presented on
any stage shall reflect upon Catholic
teachings or Institutions. 1t involves
that, it is true, but the Catholic Church
has always recognized the power OF the
stage. While long removed from the
influence of the church, it is neverthe-
less great Paris, Berlin, London, Milan,
Lyons, and Frankfort have led in organ
lied efforts of Catholics in the directions
now taken by archbishops and other pre-
lates in America.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-11

church to the American Catholic Church.
He desires to take an active part in the
fight that will be made by those who OPP
pose the change.
DR.. McKim's announcement reads as
follows:
To the Editor of the Churchman:
viii yop allow me to state through
your columns that l have decided not to
allow my name to come before the
House of. Deputies in October, 1873 in
connection with the presidency of that
honorable body?
Aside from the fact that | shall have
filled this distinguished office for nine
years by October next / hold that in
asmuch as the proposal to change the
name of the church promises to be an
important issue in the convention, and
inasmuch as have. under a strong
sense of duty. taken an active part in
opposing and change. it would not be
proper for me to preside over the con-
vention which is to decide this ISSUE
even if it were the wish of the menu
bers of the house that should do so.
RANDOLPH II. McKIM,
President of the House of Deputies"
The rector of one OF the most infiu-
entail churches in Washington and a
leader in the low church party. Rev. Dr.
McKim is recognized as one of the ablest
churchmen in the country.
Washington clergymen who are close
to Rev. DIR. McKim said yesterday that
his announcement had been expected.
Rev. DR.. McKim, as president OF the
House of Deputies. they said. would be
handicapped in the debate upon changing
the name of the Episcopal Church,
whereas. Rev. DR.. McKim on the floor
of the House of Deputies will be a tower
of strength to the opponents of. the
change
The Washington herald., 1913-01-11
Methodist.

Bishop Lewis. of Foochow. China. will
preach in Foundry Methodist Episcopal
Church on Sunday evening at S o'clock.
Bishop Lewis, after over four years resi-
dence in China, is well qualified TO speak
authoritatively on present-day conditions
IN that new republic.
The Real Aristocracy'' will be the
subject of a humorous and inspiring lee
ture by Rev. w. r. Wedderspoon. d.
d, pastor of Foundry Church. at Ham
line Methodist Episcopal Church. Ninth
and p Streets Northwest, next Friday
evening. The lecture will be held under
the auspices of the Epworth League.
There is no charge for admission, but
a silver offering will be taken.
The sermon at Hamline tomorrow
morning by the pastor. Rev. Joseph NJ.
II. Gray. will be on THE Discernment
Of Life" In the evening the subject
will be Our Spiritual Bar Sinister"
During the month of January the lad
les of Hamline have charge of this sup
port of the Deaconess' Home. Donations
of money and groceries are being re-
ceived by Mrs. f. D. Godfrey. Mrs. E.
T. Cheesman. Mrs. J. W. Davis. Mrs.
c. NJ. Lipp. Mrs. A. J. Paine, and Mrs
J. R. MickIe.
Bishop Lewis is announced to speak
at the Metropolitan Memorial Methodist
Church Sunday morning at II o'clock
At o'clock DIR. Montgomery will give
the second sermon in the series. III
Had My Life to Live Over" The spe-
cial subject will be. ''Society-Its Fads.
FanCieS, and Facts"
Bishop Cranston has called the
second eyaugeliStiC assembly for the
group of conferences connected with
The Washington Episcopal residence at
P:ttsburg, January p and -, under the
auspices of the commission on evangel-
ism. in cooperation with the resident
bishop. The three conferences especial
ly participating will be the Central Penn
svlvania, Pittsburg, and West Virginia,
though visitors from all neighboring con-
ferences will be freely welcomed. All
topics, it is stated, will be handled by
men who are specially equipped for their
work
The Washington herald., 1913-01-11

of the Methodist Episcopal Church it was
stated that New York has $500 window
less roomsi
Many church people are thinking OF
the centennial of the arrival of Adoni-
ram Judson in India and the opening
of mission work there, which occurs late
in 1913. Parties are already being made
up in this country to go to India ana
participate in the celebration. for which
missionaries on the field and the So
cieties at home are preparing.
During the wear ended March 81, 1872,
1.575,OOo volumes of Scripture were put
into circulation in the United States by
the American Bible Society. OF this
number l,274,7s7 were in English, for the
most part inexpensive editions and Wore
sold without profit or given away. The
five books for the Sunday school lessons
of 1913 Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Num-
bers and Deuteronomy, are separately
bound.
People who magnify the mistakes and
shortcomings OF American labor unions
NAV note with satisfaction that the labor
movement in America is apparently more
ethical than it is in Great Britain. a
STRIKE on an English railway has just
been fought and won on the declared
principle of maintaining for the engineers
the right TO get drunk
DR.. G. Campbell Morgan. of London,
intends to pay another visit to this coun-
try in February.
In eighty public schools of Kansas
CITY will soon be hung framed tablets
commandments Teaching or
the Bible is forbidden, but when it was
found that this arrangement was within
the law, representative citizens OF many
faiths helped the Daughters OF the
American Revolution to put their plan
through.
connection with the sixth annual
Farmers Week at Cornell University in
February will be held the New York
State Country Church Conference. The
general subject will be THE Country
Church and the Country Community.
Prof Hoyt, of Auburn Seminary, Will
talk on the Educational Value of the
Church." Rev. ]. R. Boardman on The
Country Church and Social and Recrea-
tional Conditions Drew Seminary
professor of sociology. Mr.. carp, will
consider community voluntary organiza-
tons.
Not all the significant temperance news
comes out of prohibition and anti-saloon
headquarters. This time an item comes
from the stronghold of the brewers
Milwaukee The retail liquor dealers of
the State are proposing radical legisla-
ton, making it a nisdemeanor for a
brewer to participate in the retail bust
ness or to control saloon property in
any way. Incidentally they want to limit
saloons to one for every 1000 of popula-
ton.
CIergymen of this city are being asked
by the national child labor committee
that they observe January p or 26 as
child labor day. This is the seventh year
that the day will be observed. Last year
churches joined in the general demand
for a Federal children's bureau as a re-
suit of observing the day.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-11
Disciples.

Change in control of the Christian Gen.
fury, the most progressive organ of the
Disciples. just announced, rs not without
wide interest and significance. The own
ership Is to be transferred from private
hands into a newly formed and nom
profit-sharing corporation, the Disciples
Publication Society. The method of ad-
ministration. while still in the making,
probably will incline to a large and rep
resentative group chosen from those who
are recognized as leaders in denomina-
tional affairs. .
The announcement of the innovation
has brought to c. c. Morrison, who has
shared with Prof H. L. Willett the ag-
gressive leadership in editorial policies.
great number of commendatory let
ters representing leader pastors, laymen.
and college presidents of the denomina-
ton. Three chief convictions are de-
clared to have inspired the new move:
The desirabllity, from every point of
view, that a religious publishing house
and newspaper be owned by public
constituency rather than a private cor
resentative Disciples paper, and espe-
cialIy the desire for a publishing medium
in the field OF Christian union.
1t is said that the Christian Century
has achieved almost a right to assume
this position. At least twelve important
movements of constructive value have
had its championship in as many years
Among these pioneer contentious may be
cited: The reorganization plan of the ma
tional convention. unification of mission
airy societies, federation, modern meth
DDS, and attitude in Bible study, the re-
form OF evangelism. social service, and
the great cause Of Christian unity.
At the Ninth Street Christian Church
on next Tuesday night the Disciples
Union of the city will be addressed by
E. W. Thornton, of Cincinnati, Ohio. The
address will be on the general work of
the Bible School, of which Mr.. Thornton
is a specialist and an authority. This is
a public meeting and all are invited to
attend.
On Wednesday night the men of the
church will have their annual banquet
under the auspices of the Bereau Bible
Glass. Mr.. Thornton will be the chief
speaker at this banquet.
At the Ninth Street Christian Church
Sunday night Rev George A. Miller will
continue the series of sermons on THE
Divine Library" taking for his subject
the second book of Samuel.
Rev. DR.. A. Mclean. president of the
Foreign Christian Missionary Society.
will speak at the Vermont Avenue
Christian Church Sunday evening at
80
The Washington herald., 1913-01-11
Congregational.

Tomorrow DR.. Woodrow breaches be-
fore the student body of Mount Holyoke
College, and to the brotherhood of the
Second Congregational Church in the
evening. On Tuesday he will be the guest
of honor and speaker at the annual
dinner of the Congregational Club of
Springfield, Mass.
The following musical numbers will be
rendered at the First Congregational
Church: At the morning service-Organ
prelude, AdagiO in f fat by Merkel:
anthems, Jubilate in c. by Dudley Buck,
and THE Lost Chord" by Sullivan;
quartet, Crossing the Bar" by House
ley; organ postlude in G, by Whiting
At the evening serviCe-Organ prelude
in z minor. by Batiste; anthems. Bene-
dictus in F, by Chadwick; Il VIII Lay
Ne Down in Peace" by Gadsby, and
Come Unto Me-" by Wagner: organ
postlude finale in B fat by Wolsten-
holme.
The Sunday school institute at Mount
Pleasant was voted the most inspiring
and informing of years. The speakers
were real experts and the attendance
was just large enough to insure the right
kind of discussion. DR.. Littlefield and
his co-workers of the Congregational
structors
At the annual meeting of the First
Congregational Church Thursday night
the reports showed a total membership
Of Las, being a net gain during DR..
Woodrow's passionate of 200. Six Thousand
dollars were contributed to the various
benevolent funds of the church by vari-
Gus societies. Four new deacons Were
elected. They were Frank W. Garden,
J. Homer Smith, Alfred Wood. and DIR.
Paul B. Johnson. Roger J. Whiteford
was made church treasurer, and W. L.
Whiting clerk The reports were I'M
usually. encoura ging., and the entire meet
ing was regarded as a high-water mark
one by those who have followed meet
ings at the old First for years. Edwin
D. Blanchard was elected superintendent
of the Sunday school
Miss Julia Lathrop. head of the Fed
eral Childrens Bureau, was the speaker
at the monthly meeting of the Womar's
Missionary Society last Wednesday.
Years ago in Madison, Wis. Mrs. II. P
Woodbury.. now a member of the First
Church, was the Sunday school teacher
of Miss LathrOp, and the response to the
invitation of the society was largely a
personal one. She described the work
and plans of the new bureau Of which
she is the head.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-11
Unitarian.

Following a holiday recess, the Wom-
ans Alliance of All Souls Church re-
sumed their meetings this morning. The
subject of the addresses given was,
Church and School Buildings as Social
Centers." Mr.. E. c. Martin. director of
Fairgrounds, spoke of the schools and
the wide use they are having throughout
the States. He dwelt particularly on the
work in the east side of New York City
and in New Jersey, where political meet
ings are permitted in the school build
ings. The bill now pending which pro-
vides for use of school buildings inNthe
District of Columbia was cited and sup
port for the measure asked. DR.. Thomas
Jesse Jones spoke in behalf of the Hamp-
ton Institute. Mrs. +. W. Clarke was
hostess at the luncheon which followed
the formal programme.
Activities of All Souls have been
greatly stimulated by the final action
looking toward the new church edifice
and its auxiliary facilities for institu-
tional work.
BY the terms of the will of Mrs. Caro-
line H. Dali, dated April s, 1907, Rev
U. G. B. Pierce. pastor of All Souls
Church, is left 800 and bookcases The
Massachusetts Historical Society is given
a table. brought from England in 1856,
and several papers Of abraham Lincoln.