The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-11
ROTAR|ANS PAY THEIR
REGULAR WEEKLY CALL

The r. r. johnson Publishing Conn
pany was host at reception of Re-
tarians Friday afternoon. More than
hundred of the live wires Of Rich
mond gathered at the great warehouse
OF the Johnson Company. 10 South
Eleventh Street. and under the pilot
age OF J. D. Crump took a good looit
over the vast storehouse of knowledge,
as shown in hundreds and thousands
of school books, piled in great heaps
ready for shipment to various parts
of the United States. some as far
away as Texas and Oklahoma.
Horace Smith. past master among
I've wires, acted as master OF cere-
monies. He took the bunch into the
private office of the concern and told
them to make themselves at home be-
fore Mr.. Crump had a chance to eN-
press his pleasure a the sight OF so
many of the makers of Richmond's
business career
Secretary Roendorf, as irrepressibln
as ever was on hand with lot Of
documents about Rotarianism. and
such folks as Walker Cottrell, w. II.
Adams. c. B. Cooke, Norman Johnson.
Jimmie Phillips and the others helped
make the afternoon pass pleasantly.
The host had prepared a little e
minder in the shape of books worth
anu tNtiS IAtNti AZ II 4NNF'NNh
volume which he Will treasure
long time. Cigars were also passed.
and Bobby Watt distributed copies Of
a Norfolk paper telling all about The
trip Of the Rotarians to that city on
Tuesday.
business of Applause.
At the conclusion of MIR. Crumps
speech, which was received with the
hearty Rotarian yell. Rotarlan Land
street was presented by Past Master
Horace Smith. and in a few choice
sentences presented Mr.. Crump Il
package, the present of the club,
which. upon being opened. turned out
to be q deck of cards. probably the
first real cards MIR. Crump ever saw.
and certainly the first pack he ever
owned. The Joke was on him. and
he set 'em up TO cigars.
Then "Smith-Courtney" Fox. Alvin
Smiths boss. read a poem, rumored to
have been written by Secretary Rosen-
dorf who modestly acknowledged that
he did write 1t with pair of shears.
The poem was accepted as a good
one, and was ordered to be printed in
The virginian, so here it Is:
1.-The Booster.
"Td rather be a booster than a knock
er any day;
I'd rather tinge with hope than doubt
the words
] have to say.
I'd rather miss my guess
On another mans success
Than to view his bitter struggle and
prophesy his fall
I would rather,say he's coming
Than he's going when I'm sum-
ming
Up the labors of my brothers.
would rather boost them all.
II would rather speak the kind things
than the mean things any day.
I'd rather swing baton than q
hammer. let me say
I would rather sing my rhyme
In a sort of two-step time
Than to let II drag it's dirges in a
gloomy. heavy style.
would rather say God bless your
And with words OF cheer impress
you.
| Than to preach about your follies all
the while.
II would rather be a booster than a
knocker any day:
| I'd rather praise than criticize in
what / have to say.
I'd rather not be wise
At the cost Of others signs.
/ would rather see the good things
than the evil that men do;
would rather far be wrong
When | boost a man along
Than TO be perfect in my JUDGMENT,
but make everybody blue
Before the company took a tour of