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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-22
FOR RENT.

" nnted-Hoarders In Our Mountain
y home. scenery and shade delightful,
plenty Of everythirE good to eat
write MISTRESS r. w. ALCOCkS,
New Glasgow, Va.
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commission house as salesman or
shipping clerk Eight years ex~
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references. Address ENERGY. care
r. o. Station r, city.
Wanted Position As Clerk In Gents
furnishing, shoe store. or shipping
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reference, NJ Peatross, Wa.
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PERSONALS

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-22

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-21
PARAMOUNT CHURCH IS
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OLD
Special Services Are TO BE Held To.
Day and Through This
Week.
MANY MINISTER'S TAKE PART
Program Announced for Series Of
Meetings, Closing With Public Re-
ceptiOn on Friday Nlght-Congre.
cation Has Grown Rapidly.

Paramount Avenue Baptist Church
Will celebrate its twenty hfth ami
versary to-day with three services.
morning. afternoon and night. which
will be followed By week OF special
meetings. concluding Friday with a
public reception Q. The church.
The historical sermon this morning
at ! o'clock Will be preached by Rev.
j. j. Cox, -. d. OF Newport News, a
former pastor OF the church, under
whose ministry the edince was erect
ed. lie will he assisted by the first
pastor OF the church. Rev. j. o. Kirk
Rev. Lloyd +. Wilson, ID. D., OF Grace
street Baptist Church, will preach at
the afternoon service, and Rev. II. j..
Jones. OF Fulton Baptist Church. presi
dent OF the Baptist Ministers Confer
ence of Richmond. will preside. Rev.
W. G. James. OF Grove Avenue Baptist
Church. and Rev. J. J. Johnson. of Ven
able Street. Will take part in the eXer-
cises. and Miss Pattie lsaacs, con-
tralto soloist. will sing
At the evening service Row. w. II.
Smith. d. D, corresponding secretary
OF the foreign mission board of the
Southern Baptist Convention, will
preach the sermon. and mn attractive
musical program has been arranged.
including several numbers by male
quartet. Monday night Rev. Carter
Ashton Jenkins. OF Calvary Baptist
Church. will preach, while on Tuesday
night the services Will be conducted by
Rev. j. T. Watts. of the Baptist State
mission board. Professor Macombie
Murray, basso. will sing. Wednesday
night Rev. J. W. Cammack, associate
editor of the Religious Herald, will
preach, and Mrs. T.. II. Robinson. So
prano. Will sing solo. Rev. Samuel
II. Templeton. OF Northsde Baptist
Church. will conduct the services
Thursday night, and Mrs. J. l.. Griffin
VIII sing. Friday evening public
reception Will be given. and a special
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-21
Don't Let a Cold
Settle on Your Lungs

II you have persistent cough cold.
take warning before II Is too late. Eckman's
Alternative has restored 10 health many per-
.ons who had serious lung trouble. Read
OF this case: Pleasantville. y. j.
"Gentlemen.--Dur;ng the winter OF 1911
contracted severe cold. which settled on
M lungs. Ecknan's Alternative was recon-
mended TO and commenced using Il as
last rsort The fTst bottle seemed to give
no relief in fact. / seemed to feel worse.
but / kept using the medicine and found
out the frat bottle had really started
the road to recovery by loosening the
mucus and making me eXpectoratc freely.
After using the medicine for some time. my
cough ceased. / gained flesh and to-day l
we'll man." tAbbreviated.)
tSigned) GEO. ". BATES.
Eckman's Alternative Ia most e1icacious In
bronchial catar-h and severe throat and
lung affections and upbuiiding the system.
Contains no harmful or habit forming drugs.
Accept substitutes. Sold by Tragic Drug
Company and other leading druggists. Write
Eckman Laboratory, Philadelphia. Pa. for
booklet OF Recommendations
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-21


for.
The church presents a handsome ap-
pearance. since II has been remodcled
without and within. The exterior Of
the building has been succeed. painted
and vanished, while the Interior has
been decorated and thoroughly re-
modelled. The pastors study has also
been rcmodeled and new furniture for
this room purchased. The work just
finished was done at a cost OF about
$4,000.
good sum has been raised to be
applied toward purchasing pipe
organ this fall. Eighty new members
have been received into the church
since Rev. John j. Parsons took charge
n little more than n year ago
The building committee of Paramount
Church. which did much in making
possible the recent improvements. Is
composed OF A. J. Watkins. chairman:
J. l.. Griffin, T. E Davis, j. y. Roy and
William Jordan.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-21
ITir.chbcrg to Open Campaign.

The campaign Tor The AdminIstra-
tive Board begins this week. with a
meeting Thursday night In the Vir-
ginia Mechanics Institute. John
Hirschberg, one OF the incumbents. who
IS running for reelection, will speak.
I: is probable that other meetings will
be held during the week. and that the
candidates will be asked 10 address the
various political clubs.
The candidates for the board are
John Hirschberg and Carlton McCar-
thy. !ncumbents and Graham 3. Hob
son, John .. Blair and John Mann. Jr.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-21
MINIATURE ALMANAC.

Sun rises. ....4:50
Sun sets.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-21
Little Girl Cut. Arm.

louise Jackson, thirteen years old.
OF 7l2 Albemarle Street. fell through
a window yesterday afternoon and Sc
were taken In the wound by Dr. NJ.
L. Boyle, Jr., City Hospital ambulance
surgeon.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-21
Comes After Carolina Prisoner.

Sheriff House. OF Roanoke Rapids.
y. c. arrived here last night for the
purpose OF taking II. +. Wright back
for trial on n charge OF grand larceny.
The officer and prisoner Will leave
this morning.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-21
Negro I. Badly Cut.

Negro In badly Cut.
Robert Williams. colored, was badly
cut In the arm last night by Edward
Coles, colorcd. during a quarrel. The
assa,lant escaped.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-21
for Shedding

G. p. Robertson, nineteen years old.
was arrested last night by Officer c. B.
Samuels on charge OF exceeding the
speed limit In an automobile.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-21
The Weather

Forecast: Enthusiastically fair
Sundny and Monday; rising tempera-
ture.
North enthusiastically fnir Sum
day and Monday.
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TIME FOR LOVING THOUGHTS
st. Valentines Season Should Give
Rise Only to the Holiest of the
Sentiments.

In Oriental countries a garland Of
flowers is flung over the garden wall.
Everywhere, all over the earth, the
day, whether called st. Valentines or
not, is honored with the most beautiful
sentiments-the giving of gift of
love, without the thought of return,
or even of a recognition of the gift.
Let us, then, be worthy of this an,
cient meaning of the day, and not de-
grade it by sending silly verses, or
ugly pictures, as valentines. There are
so many graceful and tasteful things
that we might do instead. There is,
OF course, always the pretty, dainty
valentines Of paper, but ! know Of
nothing so appropriate as few flow
ers. Our climate does not let many
OF us find wild flowers by St Valen-
tines day, but we can all grow few
hyacinths in a sunny window, or have
a window garden of geraniums and be-
gonias. Little baskets can be woven
of dried grasses, or Of crepe paper,
which, when filled with green leaves
and a few blossoms, will be express
sive of the real sentiments Of st. Val
entine's day.-Exchange.
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dimpled, curly-headed, silly, was too
obviously trying to attract her en-
ployer's attention. Nancy reflected
that 1t was none of her business, but
no woman likes a sister woman to
make a fool of herself-and no wo-
man can be mans private secretary
for six years without having an inter
est IN his welfare. John Steele de!
served a better mate than that-and
yet Nancy knew that strong men,
past their first youth, were prone to
make just such mistake.
She shook herself free of the
thought and returned to herself. The
plain fact was that her business gave
her little time to cultivate her old
friends, mostly married now and en-
gagged in their own affairs. Her broth
er was wrapped up in his business and
family. She, Nancy, was too much
alone, growing too introspective. She
was losing her individuality and inde-
pendence, and needed to take more
care of herself, mentally and physic-
ally.
Still in her black office dress, with
its white collar and cuffs, she stretch
ed out little in the big chair by the
fireplace where the fire was low, and,
not wanting the lights, sat thinking.
She put up her hands in fashion of
her childhood and rumpled her heavy
brown hair, usually so trim; her
sweet, steady grey eyes filled with
tears, which she promptly suppressed.
Self-pity, she thought, was the last
straw of humiliation, Why should
she be sorry for herself? If the office
irked her, why not take a rest? Her
left her a little money. She would
resign. Why had she not thought OF
II before? Flossie could take her
place, and she would travel and find
broader interests.
Then II came upon her how much
John Steele had been in her mind,
and she fought il out with herself OIL
the spot She would not, simply be-
cause she was lonely, let herself fall
in love with the only attractive man
near her own age whom she saw much
of-and her employer, at that. That
was too banal! What would he say
when-she resigned? Would he care?
He was not so foolish! No; he had
showed her every courtesy in the Of
fee the same courtesy he showed to
all women. but never the little light
attentions he showed even to Flossie,
to whom. that very morning, he had,
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sitting, and then began to resuscitate
put her aside and went at II himself
Then he turned and faced her, noting
her flush. her lovely disordered hair
her bright steady eyes. But she re-
turned his gaze, making herself rise
to the situation, as he questioned her
What were you doing in the dark?
Where is your family?"
TITS st. Valentines day, and they're
out junketing. AS to what l was do
ing, Mr.. Steele, If you must know, ]
was resigning my secretaryship with
you. Just as you rang | was wording
it-wondering whether to be business
like and polite. or to say simply, I'm
tired of working for you. want to
go abroad this spring, and intend to
do it-let Flossie have my place!
She held up her head and smiled at
him. Why couldn't the man say some.
thing instead of staring at her?
You anticipate me-" he replied
gravely. Il came to discharge you.
don't think | can-keep you in the
office any longer. In fact, Nancy" he
stammered like boy. Il can't bear
the sight Of you in that office a mo-
ment longer! Oh, can't you see what
a sentimental fool you have made of
me? What are you going to do with
me? See what l did today-wait a
moment"
He went into the hall while she
stood half dazed. What was he trying
to say, and bungling it, too, this clear
headed man of business? Was he
testing? He returned with a purple
box, which he handed her.
"See-violets! The thought of you
made me buy them and wonder all
day If l dared bring them to you!
And here!" He drew something from
his pocket. Here is a lace-paper
heart surrounded with doves and
roses! Would you mind taking that,
too, as part Of my general Stiffness
What do you think Of me?"
She was very pale now, but waited
in silence.
I've done even a madden U.ing-
brought you my heart; all | have. all
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Alma Flour K F8sd Go.
Legal Notices.

ORDER APPOINTING TIME FOR HEARING
CLAIMS.
State of Michigan, The Probate Court for the
County of Gratot.
At session of said court held at the Probate
Office in the village of Ithaca in said county on
the 2nd day of January, 1914
Present, J. Lee Potts, Judge.
In the matter Of the estate of Addie VanVal-
kenburg, deceased
The above estace having been admitted TO
Probate and Bartlett VauValkenburg of Alma
Michigan, appointed executor thereof
II is ordered that four months from this date
be allowed for creditors to present their claims
agans; said estate and that such claims will be
heard by said court on Saturday the 2nd day
CT May next at ten O'Clock in the forenoon.
II is further ordered that public notice there
of be given by publication of this order for three
successive weeks previous to said day of hear
ing. in The Alma Record, a newspaper printed
and circulated in sesa so~ax.
]. Lee Potts Judge of Probae
A true copy.
Belle Tenne Clerk of Probate. 1918 ia
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Pretty OIdtime Custom.

In colonial days, in this country,
the day was not called st. Valen-
tines, but it was observed. People
made dainty little baskets, filled them
with the earliest of spring flowers,
like the trailing arbutus, and hung
them on door-knobs or bell-pulls. In
the old engravings which are found
in the greatest profusion around
Richmond, Va, and Philadelphia, one
can often see the little maid Of that
time in a scoop" bonnet, lowered
muslin, and demure little black mitts,
slipping up to the old door, with its
knocker and wide "door-seat," to
hang the little basket of flowers for
some friend.
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] am and ever shall be! Could you
manage to work with me instead Of
for me? Couldn't you love me a lit
tle?-no, | mean with all your heart,
for you're no halfway woman, Nancy!
Will your"
She nodded, hoping she was not 60
ing to be foolish enough TO cry be-
cause she was so happy.
Il think could" she murmured
Il think I should like that-even bet
ter than-my-present position!"
re caught her hands in his and
looked at her with delight. The vio-
let's fell unheeded to the floor and the
lace-paper heart fluttered and fell just
out of reach of the fire ready to lick
out lean tongue for 1t.
Then John Steele suddenly clasped
her close in his arms as If he never
would let her go. They stood a long
time before the fire, then they sat
down to talk about it-so many things
had to be talked over.
(Copyright, by Associated Literary Press.)
Alma record., 1914-02-12
LOVE IS never BLIND
Little God May Do Strange
Things, but His Eyesight Is
of the Best.

n EFORE Miriam became engaged to
and read more about love. Love"
is this; love" is that; love" is the
other thing. Love" gives all; love"
demands sacrifices; love" spells hap
piness; love" means misery, and 80
on through long list of possible and
impossible conditions.
Being a perfectly normal man, Fred
had certain faults.
Some Of them were glaring, but Mir.
lam, II she saw them at all, forgave
them because she loved him.
A friend said: Miriam, don't see
how you can endure Fred. He's so
full Of faults. But l suppose love Is
blind and you don't notice his short.
eomings."
Then 1t was that Miriam consulted
Aunt Anna.
rs love blind, auntie, dear?" said
she. "Or does 1t give one an insight
into the real charm and goodness un-
seen by others?"
THAT depends, child, upon the kind
of love, and also upon the individ-
ual
Surely from the many 'misfits,' the
many unsuitable matches we see,
am inclined to say that love is not
only blind, but deaf and dumb as we'll
You remember, my dear, Jim Mer-
lin, an avowed worshiper OF beauty
married Ellen Short, one of the home
liest girls in the village.
I'VE see beautiful women marrying
perfect rights-coarse, ignorant men
---a-G 80 scarcely can pick up a pa
,., .-.- acc3 a story Of an heiress
eloping with a chauffeur or groom, a
boy marrying a woman old enough to
be his grandmother or sweet young
debutante selling herself to the an
cient millionaire"
1T seems to me the only way we
can account for these vagaries OF senti-
ment is that Cupid has suddenly been
struck blind, or a long-distance tele-
scope enables him to see charms and
perfections in individuals that are quite
invisible to the rest Of the world" re-
piled the younger.
Miriam, you have often said Of your
own friends: 1 cannot tell what on
earth she sees in that man to love;
he's such an impossible person. No
doubt some of your friends say the
same thing of you and Fred
Thus we go on pondering over this
mystery OF love-love that comes with
out invitation, and sometimes goes we
know not where.
Il think, dear, the truth of the mat
ter is that love between a man and
woman is purely a matter of attrac-
ton, and that neither eyesight nor
Judgment plays any part whatever.
I'VE love or we hate by instinct. 1t
is not a matter Of head, but Of the
heart.
"A woman may observe in a man
every admirable quality, yet she can
not love him; yet the man who pos
sesses many faults which she plainly
sees may win her love without even
trying to.
Men, you know, are curious ami
mails. One may pass by woman who
is endowed with all the virtues. the
accomplishment and the charm Of
femininity yet will marry a crude lit
tie butterfly of fashion with no claim
either to good looks or wisdom
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on entering tossed a smile and a rose
as one would a ball TO a kitten.
The girl was 30 soft and pretty
he could not be blamed. But she,
Nancy, would straightway resign be-
fore she made fool of herself II
was high time.
1t had grown dark in the room, and
she was still lost In planning for the
coming year when the doorbell reused
her. Flushed and startled. not stop
ping even to smooth her hair, she
went into the hall. where the light
burned low. She opened the door.
She did not realize that II was John
Steele till he asked, with an attempt
at lightness, If he might see Miss
Stanton, Miss Nancy Stanton.
"She welcomes you," she answered,
lightly enough, deciding he had called
to talk business--he often asked her
advice, and she knew he had some i'm
portant matters under consideration.
She bade him enter, and he followed
her into the sitting room, where she
turned on the lights, half binding her
self 6y the sudden glow. She pointed
to the big chair where she had been
Alma record., 1914-02-12

said we would be married before the
year was out. But to make more sure,
boiled an egg hard, took out the
yolk and filled the egg up with salt,
and when went to bed ate 1t, shell
and all, without speaking or drinking
after 1t, and this was also to have ef-
feet with the bay leaves. We also
wrote our love names upon bits Of pa
per and rolled them up in clay and put
them into water. and the first that
rose was to be our valentine. Would
you think It? Mr.. Blossom was my
man. and lay abed and shut my eyes
all the morning till he came to our
house, for / would not have seen an
other man before him for all the
world"
Children Chanted Songs.
This quaint letter shows how the
idea of the powers of st. Vanentine
were appreciated by the maidens or
that time. 1t was customary in the
olden times for maidens to hang their
shoes outside the window on the eve
of st. Vanentines day In order that
their love affairs should prosper. al
though the explanation of this belief
is not given. Children also went about
chanting songs about Valentine and
collecting coins as their valentines.
The valentine gifts Of those days
were sometimes very costly, including
jewels, rings, brooches, silken sashes,
or belts with begemmed buckles, silk
gloves with rich embroidery, and other
expensive presents which man might
make to his valentine"
st. Valentines day was alluded to
by Shakespeare and Chaucer, and one
tines was Charles, duke Of Orleans.
Drayton, a poet Of Shakespeare time
also wrote charming verses along this
theme.
What cor ectlon the martyred Bishop
'Ileutir PC 70 r. NJ hese c's-
'oU '0
death OF the good bishop. which oc-
Cured in the third century, was a
most cruel one. He was first beaten
with clubs and then beheaded. Thus
it seems paradoxical that the com
memoration of him should be observed
in the gayest of fashions, and always
in conjunction with the pranks Of the
little god of love.
Many learned historians have given
considerable time and investigation to
the origin Of the romantic observance
Of st. Valentines day, but the secret
is still a secret-the real mystery if
still unsolved
Alma record., 1914-02-12
TWO VALENTINES

sent my love a valentine,
And with IL sent kiss.
II bore the message, "Be thou mIne,'
And looked about like this:
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SSSSoSSSS
3 THE UaLentne 3
0 b KILBUR D. NEsBIT Q
Y In days OF old valentine K
9 Was made p parchment! fold ,S Gp iola. 2
Y Was the soft message that II told. X
q Twas written in stately style "
x And ornamented with scroll. q
Y And vowed hei beauty could beguile X
q A monkish soul. y
Y Then later came the lowered things. x
y Bedecked with oupids and with doves y
X Which bore upon their spreading wings n
Y The burden OF undyng loves. X
O All, such impassioned lyrics, too, ~
X Concealed from undesired gael 4
x Twas the accepted way to WOO K
q In those old days. Y
Y Again the fashion changed. and then. x
o Milady fair must have fan, y
\ Or fine remembrance sent her when q
Y A valentine she needs must scan. X
q Anonymous--yet deity sent ~
X So that she knew the source full well. 4
Y And cheeYed or crushed the sentiment X
y The gift must tell. v
Y Once moro the fashion changed. and so Y
q The valentine was changed likewise y
X Into thing OF sheen and show q
Y Meant for a lovely lady's eyes. Y
O II told OF how the sender felt y
X When he was pierced by Oupid's dart; 4
Y The valentine whereon twas spelt X
O Locked like heart. y
Y Today another style Is here; Y
O The man who fain would WOO and win q
x Assures the lady that she's dear 4
Y With quite grim. sarcastic grin. Y
O He sends q valentine today "
X Sane lace. sans flowers and sans verse \
Y He speeds mssive on its way x
O Shaped like purse. q
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Many Customs Of the Day.

Mahy Customs OF INC Ody.
The making Of paper valentines be-
gan in Germany quite long time ago,
but in many parts of the world peo-
pie still weave couplets of flowers and
wreaths of leaves for valentine. The
Balkan States have many pretty and
graceful customs, connected with the
giving of flowers on st. Valentines
day.
Alma record., 1914-02-12
ORDER APPOINTING TIME FOR HEARING
CLAIMS.

State of Michigan The Probate Court for the
County of Gratiot
At a session OF said court. held at the Probate
Office in the village of Ithaca in said county on
the 14th day of January 1914
Present, Lee Potts, Judge.
In the matter of the estate of Mary Allen,
deceased.
The above estate having been admitted to
probate and Z. w. Creaser, of Alma. Mich.
appointed administrator thereof.
Ii is ordered that four months from this date
be allowed for creditors to present their claims
against said estate and that such claims will be
heard by said court on Thursday, the 18th day OF
MAY at ten O'Clock in the forenoon.
1t is further ordered that public notice thereof
be given by publication of this order for three
successive weeks previous to said day of hearing
in The Alma Record, a newspaper printed and
circulated in said county
J. LEE POTTS, Judge Of Probate
A true copy
BELLE JENNIE Clerk OF Probate
First inse rtion Jan. 15)
Alma record., 1914-02-12

A true copy.
Belle Ienne Clerk OF Probate.