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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-14

Goodman Methodist Episcopal Sunday
School, Lehigh avenue and l2th street. on
December 3O the Rev Raymond Forman
will give a recital of Dickens christmas
Carol"
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Miss Mildred Jack, of Moylan, will give
bridge at her home on December is.
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sTRAYERs E'' ss5i o. s';is::; ss::.s; s;1:; ss.
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sgso,aes ,sahes will be given on Thursday
IA ~ e az the Rittenhouse for the benefit
auspleasS Shliaren's Aid Society. under the
A. t OF Miss Mary Lee Kiukaid and
harriet Pleasanton Graham.
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Dorothy wsats. OF Teli0rd
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Il Elsie Elizabeth Green. Of Denton.
: with her aunt Mrs. 10 Frazer
~ Al the Warwick for December.
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BAILEh's BAY, bthhNDA
THE SEAWARD ENelqsiys patroRass,
~ S-EA - @NA RafhinE from fha
house. fres boating a azhing. L T Constable.
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FRAsCATI. BERMUDA
WINTER RESORTS

Dalightfully situated on Rose Hill Rooms
large ana well furnished. Private Baths.
sun Parlors Tennis, Golf NJ, DALLMAN.
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CCAIIR IRIODGF SHORE DINNERS a
oN~4N - SPECIALLY
Ideally located overlooking the ocean Spa
cious veranda homelike appointments Tor
professional 4 business men. +. A. BALcH.
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ST. AUGUSTINE. FLA.
ORLANDO. FLA.
CHARLESTON. ;. e,
VILLA MARGHERITA
CALHOUN MANSION

opens for exclusive patronage; original Co
lonial furnishings; southern cooking yacht
ing, golf. tennis Mr.. and Mrs y. r. Bsrtoieit,
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All AT, Isaac Tatnall Starr, Mr.. william
sLesn' sn Mr. William Dreer, Mr.. CIar-
80 80 a. Clark and Dr. F.. w. Taylor,
~ nave been spending the last two
sluo and the San Tee Club, s G.. re-
'ufhed home on Sunday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-14

A. '4sre VIII be a preparedness banquet
NJ. patriotic societies of Pennsylva-
"a al the Bellevue -Stratford on Thurs
80 January 6. A number of eminent
aAefs nave been asked to attend,
cohs them Colonel Theodore Roosevelt,
di md nth Leonard Wood. Admiral Grant
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-14

,NARBEEril.-Mr and Mrs. l.. WAYNE
ArhcN are receiving congra tulations on
lro hirth of a son. Mrs. Arney will he
dolphin. ~ '''''
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Personals

NANCY WYNNE
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HANERFORD.-AT and Mr.; t'isI,c, T.
MIR. and Mrs Fisher +.
BOYD have returned from Wrights town.
y. H., whore they were the guests for
several days of Mr.. and Mrs +. n
hutchinson at Oakwood
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-16
AGreat and Good Man

John t. Williams. a venerable Richmond err
zen, banker and phlanthropist. is dead at an
age past -four years. During practically
his whole life Mr.. Williams had been resident
Of Richmond and for half century been active
ly and prominently identified with the banking
and financial interests Of that city At the
time OF his death he was the retired head of
the banking firm of John l.. Williams Sons.
an institution which has always maintained the
highest reputation for he reliability Of its deal
ings with customers and the business agacrty
and conservatism with which it has always been
directed.
Rut this venerable Cichmonder was no mere
sdrdld seeker of wealth ON the contrary. he
WAS Of the most scholarly and cultivated
men in virginia and Que OF the most benevolent
and phiianthropic. \ master of arts of the
University of Virginia he taught for a time
and then contemplated the practice Of law, but
later entered the banking business with one
Of the Oldest of Richmonds firms Fer third
ot century he has been the head Of one Of
the largest institutions in Virginia Mr. Will
Ians never so eDgrossed in business and
its cares, in the great financial crisis
through which he successfully passed that he
did not find time Cor the cultivation Of his
mind ana the employment OF the pleasures of
the intellect Indeed there was perhaps no
better classical schoa. in Virginia. nor a man
who wrote with more uniform literary flavor
than John H. Williams. TO culture and the
graCes or style, he added wisdom and his words
and his writings always carried weight A
more gentle. genial, Yet withal manly soul it
has been good fortune know His
simplicity, sincerity ard cordiatY further ac-
centuated his greatness.
The life of this man Is perhaps best reflected
in the lives of his sons. and daughters. one of
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-16

the advocates of municipal ownership have
decided To vote and work for municipal owner
ship instead OF giving another franchise. II
Glasgow can haul millions OF passengers at an
average OF about IL cents n ride. and II San
Francisco can haul passengers at the usual
rates, but save hundreds of thousands of dol
lars that would otherwise go to p private COM
pany. then our position is well taken
II the gentleman Is interested enough in civic
problems, suggest that he write Congressman
Robert Crosser and eet the hearings and report
on the proposed public ownership Of street rail
ways in Washirgt u. c. The abiest lawyers
and Representatives of street railways companies
save their facts against municipal ownership.
ard the advocates mad responsible men give
the arguments in favor OF municipal owner
ship After the evidence was carefully weighed.
The public service commission of washingt on
and the Congressional Committee both recon-
mended public ownership as being better
They made the charge that regulation was a
failure that private ownership fostered polti-
cal corruption more than even tho worst ma t.
ni"pal ownership diG aud said that municipal
ownership meant better service better wages
70 workmen more extensions into undeveloped
territory. and other advantages.
our municipal gas works is giving chea per
addition Richmond is making over hundred
thousand dollars year IN profits. We can. and
should reduce rates TO sixty o: seventy cents
for sas and be the dispenser of the cheapest
gas in the United States. Our municipal cleo
tric plant is saving much money also.
Jesse c. DUKE.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-16
Well to Be Calm

Il seems reasonable to assume that the peo-
nle Of this country Who have. with the excep-
'ton OF few. Kept cool during the six months.
VIII continue calm in the present critical state
Il our foreign relations.
There seems to be some reason to fear that
some may form opinion upon questions involy-
ing our foreign relations without first inform
ny themselves fully upon questions Of inter-
national law.
There has been much speculation and sur
mise put the wire within recent weeks by
correspondents at Washington which are far
ton complicated to bc lightly handled with
safety. The reader may well beware OF accept
ing statements concerning the use by one nation
of the flag of another unless they are prepared
BY competent authroty.
This question has not been before the people
of this country in considerable degree for more
than a generation and there is for be
t"veine that the great ajority of people in
this country. including the majority Of those
who have been writing about it recently are
not well informed upon IT,
II perhaps is not - generally known now
ny IT during The Civil War in this country
that it has long been the custom of merchant
ships 10 carry the fla Of many nations abrnad
and to NJ, when there seemed need the
flag Of amy orc which the master deemed ad-
Visa HE.
This last cxpcdcnt was resorted 10 durine
inc war by mariners who were ovcrhauled by
Warships which they feared might be the Com
fcderate cruiser Alabama. One master. New
+ Enelander. who sailed from New York for
cuba. hoisted the British flag when a warahip
hove IN sight. fearing that tho ship the
/ Alabama.
When the cruiser crew near and speaking
him said she tho United States Steamship
\earsarge and seeking tn" Alabama he
hauled down tile British flag and ran mp the
stars and 'SuHfns The commander of the
fearsarge did not take umbrage at the conduct
/ OF this shpmaster. and it assumed aboard
the merchantmen that he considered the ruse
Ia natural and proper oue.-Norfolk Ledger
Dispatch.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-16
SO JOKER" HERE

Governor S.ut may be acting wisely 4 ne
veto no sohoJlbooa contract law because Of The
amendment providing that all meetings of the
BOARD Of Eju oton at which textbook contracts
arc con aered or made should be open 10 the
public iuder that provision publishers would
e able % take advantage Of each other and
possibly 10 ta,e advantage Of the state. If the
Governor and Attorney General so decide the
bIl eau he-Yetoed, amended when the Lceisla.
t3rc rcronvcnes aud passed
However, it is highly unjust 10 intimate as
some have done. that the amendment in oues.
ton is Joker. It met with the approval of
HE Superintendent of Public instruction and
was intended to be nothing more than procla.
nation 10 the people OF Virginia thar nothing
IS being done in secret 1t was designed to
strengthen the confidence of the people in the
state Board of Education
For that reason the amendment is in part a
good one. There should be a recorded vote on
adoptions Of books and most of the meetings of
the board should be open to the public That
bids should b discussed in executive session
might be we'll but that detail car easily be cor
retted. The White amendment far from being
~ Joker" slipped in by the publishers. is for
The protection OF the State In spirit II is an
admirable amendment. and we are sure that it
can be redrawn so as to meet the. views Of the
Governor
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-16

\ Century OF Peace.

con the occasion Of the Century of Peace
Hellona. thou hast failed these hundred years
To mingle kindred blood,
jag of the CORY flood
ct fierce alarums and relentless fears,
Let it be known this celebrated day
There yet shall end thy sanEunary sway
The sway Of wars
Reason and love have wrought beyond the hour
OF universal greed.
There is no savage need
Between the peoples of submest power
For british wars, and endless tragedy
The foul old argument shall to lie
That pleads for wars.
Ring out and ring again We siivery bells
That tell of the JOY of peace.
And let your sweet release
so thrill the victims of thousand hells
Beyond the seas, that they shall pa use
Each one. TO ferret the internal
The cause of wars
a hundred years of peace? Oh let there be
From overhangng clouds,
And from a million shrouds,
The swift unwilling OF that mystery
That shall distill from universal tears
The peace that will endure thousand years
The end of wars.
B G.. NJ.
Barber. Va.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-16
RAILWAY OFFICIALS
EXPLAIN MATTERS
QUESTION OF REP l. A CT y G
TRACKS ON BROAD STREET
nEETRRED
DEFERRED.

After having heard an explanation
from Captain A. b. Guigon on the
subject of the proposition Of relev-
ing the Virginia Railway and Power
Company of the labor and cost of re-
placing tracks on Broad Street from
Eleventh to Chimborazo Park, which
it js estimated will cost $125.000. the
Street Committee last night. on mo
ton of Councilman Edgar b. English.
laid the proposition over. to be taken
up at the next regular meeting of
the committee.
The ordinance was referred to the
city Attorney. with the request to
appear before the committee at it's
meeting on February 23, with an opin-
committee under the circumstances.
Onicials Explain.
Captain Guigon and e-President
Fritz Sitterding explained to the COM
mittee that the tracks on the Broad
Street line from Eleveath to Church
Hill were in bad shape. and the COM
pany wished to discontinue the use
of the tracks temporarily. In the
meantime. it was stated by Captain
Gugon. the Marshall Street viaduct
could be utilized. until the question
OF new franchise is settled by the
committee and by Council.
Councilman Sullivan, representing
the East End citizens. opposed any
immediate action on the proposed or
dinance. He said that while he. him
self. might feel that the tracks should
be taken off Broad Street, his con-
stituents did not think so. and he
represented his constituents.
Councilman Jones echoed the ex-
preston Of Mr.. sullivan. while Alder
man Fuller thought that it would be
best to let this proposition come mp
when the original request for fran
chise was discussed.
In order to allay further expressions
regular way, Mr. English moved that
the paper be referred to the City At
torney, and that = report from him
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-16
General Comment
Our Inner World.

II - never too early to begin the making Of
oar individual worlds just as 1t is never too
carly TO absorb something of that high spiritual
life slImpses Of which sometimes afforded
Is even in early years, Sorrow and hap
p.ness so hand in hand although sometimes. be-
cause of wilIful blindness. sorrow unclasps
the hand of happiness for time at least. it
Is hen that We need comfort of our little heart
world. world Of our in which nut
sway that sorrow far from others eyes and
absorb something of the od-time JOY which
lies there ready for The beauty, the
SOftness and the color of that Joy If have
been wise enough to care for II tendery, soften
the bitterness of woe as nothing else can and
almost nnconsciously find that we are spirit
dallN refreshed and able once more to take up
NE. That little woriG OF ours revolves about
Is individually and depends as much upon
help for It's wel-beinc as depend upon ii
iur our happiness Therefore we must see
II hat put into 1t only the best that is in
as. building slowly and cautiously with view
II future needs. that when we turn
To If for support and comfort shall not come
away empty handed, --CharIeston News and
Courier.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-16
be presented at the next meeting Of

he presented at the next meeting Of
tbs committee.
Captain Guigon stated that he felt
sausned that the paper would 20 to
the CITY Attorney, and he represented
the feeling OF General Manager Blu
ehanan twho was presently, Vice.
President Sitterding and the others of
the official body, when he stated that
the action OF the committee was sat-
isfactory to the company.
City Engineer Boiling stated that
there was danger OF accident at any
moment on the Broad Street grades.
ana That the tracks of the line were in
5deporable condition.
Il think" said Mr.. Boiling. .that
the tracks should be replaced. But
don't think the company should NJ
put 10 the enormous expense il City
Council Is going to give II the new
franchise az asked for in the net,tio,,
presented several months ago This
paper should, naturally, be Considered
with the other papers OF the com-
pany."
MIR. Sullivan presented netit,on
signed by large number OF Church
RIM ciuzens, asking that no change
IN the existing condition OF the street
car service be granted.
IF the company gets on tho MAJ.
shall Street tracks, said Mr. s,,1,i.
van, there is no telling what NAV
happen. IL may stay on those tracks.
or 1t may take ten years TO get il M
even if the Council declines To grant
the blanket franchise. And then what
Is to become of the people who use
the lines which are to be eliminated .,
AT the meeting OF the COMMITTEES
on the card. the original proposit,un
VIII be taken up, and date txed
FOR public hearing OF all the snrres-
tons made by the Virginia Railway
and Power Company
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-16

mond do not wish the commission hampered or
hurried They wish il given full time in which
to complete It's task--to find out all ascertain
able evils existing and to suggest the remedy
There is no legitimate reason for hampering It,
and 10 hurry 1t is 70 hamper it,
Why this sudden zeal for an early report.
anyway The work IS, in its nature, tedious
and to be done thoroughly must be done slowly.
Months were spent in gathering evidence of the
farci'al nature Of this hing they called segre.
gated district and Of the nonenforcement Of the
law outside che district and few we're heard
then 70 cry for haste Demands for report
were not so insistent that they dinned into the
e'rs Of The members Of the commission
why the desire for hurry now? What has
been dome and what ia to be done is Of lasting
importance to the city. il will stand for years
10 come AS monument to Ricbmond's morality
ar as abiding proof OF Biehmoods folly De.
liberation means the erection Of the first: haste
.eaas the demopstratjon OF she latter As
Nayor Ans]ic we'll says. (Which is more de.
sirabie, quick action or Wise action
We can not have both The commission must
be left alone TO DO its work as it thinks best
Il should not Hc made 10 hasten or 10 make
report at suca early date that its work would
n brought to ID 9mmary and unsatisfactory
conclusion. IT, members are patriotic men Who
aave proven their patriotism. Let them alone
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-16
-'EEE
What Nakcs tho Hero

Thomas w Crockutt a tIuckman OF hook
4rd ladder company No q awarded the
lambert Tree medal for the most heroic act
performed during the year by member OF the
fue department.. And nobody who reads of his
rescue of ar unconscious comrade from the
roof Of burning thrce-story building will deny
ihat his deed was as heroic as many that have
lad more applause from flames distorted
mouth"
What Is more. this recognition of the heroic
act Of Thomas Croc<att more calls at
tcnton the essential element of heroism
" hat makes the hero Is what NE do for
ourselves but what do for others at great
sacrifice. or with great danger 10 ourselves
We may save ourselves alone at the cost of
tremendous hardships. but the touch of self
interest clinps to the most thrilling deed and
bars the hero's crown.
Even i'm war it is rot exceptional courage
alone that makes the hero 1t is the cause the
soldier fights fnr-the complete surrender of
erdinary self-irterest to the claims of something
that Is largely beyond oneself Napoleon was
great. but Napoleon was not a hero in the truest
in al tho motives. But the soldier who in tho
mons 10 surrender with word of memora bile
contemplate was n hero
Il is this true conception of the essential
element of hcroism that has slowly robbed
the word of its old exclusive significance
Wherever there Is for high abnegation
wherever there is service he 1one for others
1T the cost Of stern suppression of the hearts
Instructive desires. wherever there is duty
lfo he faced with never care for personal dan
ger. there Is the field where heroes grow.--Chi-
cago Herald.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-16
no 4,se ArE nrerErerIoN-Nor eArrrRr


rarioosm .s admirable and national preig-
dice Is natural tlt vse aaa ~ Hat4 .es6 70
sbe spiunc ~ artor nonsense 4sar 7eams of pa
per or to the vt,afaa-e at usa4sl.#5aaJ tagzafs.
aamiratiou l-e ere aa. Fst1sn .#fe BE other
must erd
with au due -.r- r. o.- German aud 70
our Cer,naf Auer.u .rs.asa greet dead Of
wbst has bota SAID a written a3out the use
81 ncutrs' sar- Hy a i-erat nations furnishes
Eaazui6rGnt azu.t.t.HH - ignorance ~ inter.
national INV va -a IL aaa. uat degenerate into
she absurd ana lud.rroas
SON Americans Save Aesn lei rs their eTm-
sysfhses with arg CIR t.a other If tie bal1tgcrrnt
nations % ada uaay c5nes 10 ne MASS al non
sense with watoa rf oeo of Us VIM Fave Errs our
beads have been aa5--td sine. raa I8ssfaa5a Isl.
rident
sinct the beginning of International 1av. the
right ar d belleercnt .o maize use of 4 neutral
Tag to ESCAPE destruction or capture has acen
recognized THOSE ,to seg in fhe= action of the
captain Of tho Lusitauia g momentoas fnferna-
sionai problem should remember this fact. that
those who suspect American neutrality because
the government Of III. United States did not
Immediately dispatch an ultimatum to Great
Britain because Of it. shoald learn that il is a
fact. Al should distinguish between an isolated
example Of the use or neutral flags by merchant
men Of a bcnieerent and tic constant use
The government Of the United States did so
distinguish. Our state DEPARTMENTS note Ia the
british government Was an admirable one, for
she reason that IA did make the distinction IT
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-16
1HE ROAD TO PUBLIC APPROX n.

If the Board of Police Commissioners wishes
20 he eXoheratod from any suspicion that may
eEist in the minds Of the public of its desire to
enforce the laws Of Richmond and Of Virginia,
there Is "a better way than through a tedious
investigation The report of the Vice Commits
sion declares that the majority Of the women
Of tllfamo in Richmond live outside the so.called
and misca!ed segregated district Those living
IN the segregated district have been driven out
those living outside the district have not been
bothered Not house Of ill-repute outside the
wcIl-defned limits east of the Capitol has been
touched
There may be "a reason for this but can any.
one give MS legitimate reason IT, as we have
been told segregation is the lesser evil. why
should the segregated evil he uptooted and that
scattered all over the city" remain untouched
Why fight what We have been told is the lesser
evil and shrink from conflict with the greater
The Police poard can assure the people Of
Richmond Of its spotlessness and Of its devotion
to duty by acting against one as it has acted
against the other
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-16
Chauffeur Goes 10 Hail

/ Junius Cook, negro chauffeur for
DR.. H. Stuart MacLean. of Gresham
Court. was fined 400 in Police Com,
yesterday tor speeding. In default
lof the fine he was sent TO jail
Cook was arrested by Detectives
Bryant and Thurman. who testified
that the negro was speeding up Broad
Street at a rate of at least thirty
miles an hour. He was alone in the
car at the time.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-16
Twas Probably Friday.

\ Sunday afternoon spent in moving pic
ture theater is better than Sunday afternoon
spent in a poker game-Brmingham Age
Herald
This paragra pher must be the ALBANIA man
who, if is reported, held the four mines against
the straight flush. But it not before stated
inst the incident occurred Sunday after
t,Gon.-~Augusts Chronicle.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-16

them. John shelton williams has long been a
national figure, and others but slightly less
prominent and influential in banking and fin
ancial circles.
Mr.. Williams has left a monument to him
self in the institution he founded as memorial
to his daughter the Memorial Hospital of
his greatest practical philanthropies. -Danville
Register.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-16

AN but Atlanta" IS the headline OF an edito.
rial in the Atlanta constitutions remarkable for
The fact that It admits that there are some cities
ahead Of Atlanta in some ways
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-16

II they ara not civ en a holiday Wednasda,.
The school children Of Richmond will think the
hundred years of peace was all to no purpose
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-16

TO GET the United States into war with one
Of the European bcl'serents seems now to pc
the sole ambition of some people
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-16
Taps Gcrnany.s TIL.

Copenhagen, Feb. 15.-The Ma
tional Bank has received 32.500. 900 in
gold from the German imperial bank
to counterfeit the Danish German -
change.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-16

1t is not possible to describe the beautiful
lines, the perfect workmanship and the excel
lent quality Of these Waists: that's why we de-
sire You to see them and be fitted to one that
Department.
Floor