Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-09
.MU[ROLLAND GUEST
OF ROTARY CLUB
National President Speaks at
Dinner at Manufacturers
Exhibit.
"BUY RICHMOND MADE GOODS"
Committee to Foster Spirit of
Using Articles Bearing Rich
mond Trade Mark.

The spirit OF Rotary-look up. lead
up, liit up and lean not on another.
holland. president of the International
Association Of Rotary Clubs. brought
to the RiGhm6nd hotary Club at Its
turcrs' Exhibit last night.
President Mulholland proved to be
as live a wire as had been predicted
and the 200 Rotarians who attended
one of the greatest, boosting speeches
President Mulhoiiand is an orator and
an interesting speaker as well, and
he's he simply ply, caught the members Of the
smile, his stories Of Rotarism and his
Rotary and contagious good fellow
Before adjourning to the auditorium
on the tenth floor. members of the club
W. were e., served rye. dinner In the clubrooms
the. speech of the evening had been
delivered. the various prizes given by
number OF local firms were presented
Exhibit. and members of the club de-
parted In a body for the bazaar which
Il Mys being E, given by the Mobiles of the
WILL FOSTER USE OF
RICIIMoND-MADE GOODS
{, "A short business session Of the club
vtaSr held ID in the apditorlum immedi.
thanked President Mulholland for his
s sIno h hay ,E for its purpose the gift OF
ISOLATED Charities, and after some de-
pate this matter was turned over to
the executive committee for action. DR..
!; a. C.. Chandler reminded the club
that 1t had promised assistance some
time ago In the proposed Industrial
survey or the city, and stated that the
results OF this survey would be an
nounced at the afternoon meeting to
bs held in the auditorium OF the John
Marshall High School Thursday mt 9
y CLOCK. Tic WAS nnNiOng hat
Rotary Club be well represented Mt
RI. rleming, was accepted by the club.
p,c hhes0ixed; Ihat the president of the
membership M, of the club to act with
the executive committee of the Manu-.
lecturers FAC t1!,, Exhibit for. the purpose Of
nent Of buy Richmond made EooGs''
,rd nTesident Thomas B. McAdams in
sided at the meeting. Frank Brown
was introduced by Acting PresiJent
Pr resimdeefs aind; In turn introduced
or the evening
Rotarians should be leaders ami
ddne but never leaners." said Presi-
opens the tho winaoGs 81 "a genial smile
message ,nsn;as as Of Rotarlsm I. is ' fand dne
asset to good-feliowship. the fonnSa.
ton on which the club rests"
PRESIDENT Mulholland went on to saw
.hat Sood-fellowship was the modern
means to commerce. and eXemplIfcd
.ne phrase by saying that il meant
whom you did not particularly care in
richmond, with the same effusion in
your nome town as you would do IL
you ran across him In strange citv
into the work of the Rotary Club. spirit
an =" o suing that every Rotarian was
said that an optimist Is the man who
sees the fry-cake. while the pessimist
is one who sees only the hole; an optI-
INST Is one who takes the lemons
handed him during the course OF the
business day and makes delicious
lemonade of them; while the pessimist
II given the choice of two evils, Will
take both.
You have no right to live in Rich
mond, no right to take the profits OF
your business. no right to share its
educational advantages for your chill
dren nor it's social advantages for your
FAMILY unless you give back your time
your energy and your means to per-
petuate those advantages" the presi-
dent emphasized. And i'm concluding
President MulholIand said the theorv
or Rotary Clubs and national organi-
cation was to smile always, to get
back of every good movement and
push 1t along and to give something
OF yourself to the work.