The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-31
AROUND THE WORLD
NUMBER OF TIMES
RAILWAY KNIGHTS RECoUNT
VARIED EXPERIENCES, HU-
MOROUs AND THRILLING.
BY W. M. BICKERS.

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MoRoUs AND THRILLING.
BY W. M. BICKERs.
The week was full of bustling and
busy days at the Railroaders' Home.
As the r. II. Y. NJ. c. A. Is appro-
priately termed. There was q rush for
renewal of annual cards, expiring with
the month, and many new members
were enrolled. There are q number
of out Of town visitors who wished to
become acquainted with an institution
that has become SO widely known, and
they all seemed pleased. Down In
the basement the air-brake instruction
plant was doing faithful service by
making men proficient in the proper
handling of FAIR" and II you have
ever been jerked and jostled while a
passenger on a railway train or street
car you wished that there was q gen.
eral and rigid air-brake handling ef-
ficiency test for every engineman and
motorman. The railways centering In
Richmond are up-to-date in this inn
portant matter and the Y, NJ. c. A.
plant il an evidence of the progress
iveness. Just imagine how blue the
air would be for quite q space IL
Charlie Walker, the far-famed sup
erintendent Of the transportation of
the Chesa peake and Ohio. should be
1ostled by the improper handling of
the air brakes by one OF his throttle
knights. But there's no dangerl
The Thursday noon 'Get-Together
Lunch" continues a feature of the as |
ISOLATION. and Is promotive of good
fellowship and that all-essential of
good, ail-pull-together railroading, |
the family feeling"
The young men are taking a great |
interest in the Debating Society. and
this feature is both entertaining and
helpful--developing self-conid e.
ton.
A Peace Of Pleasing Variety.
While the rumble of the bowling
balls, the cIack OF the billiard worries. !
the music of the Eictrola echo |
throughout the pretty building. the /
1oketsler and reminiscent-reciterI
group about and have their good time. |
Some Of these knights of the rail have /
In mileage gone around the world |
many and many time. Here are |
engineman. conductors and brakenien /
who have been through all kinds of T
weather-hot summer sun. cold win t
ter's blasts, and encountered violent /
winds. freshets. electrical storms
flying over the rail In the darkness, |
gloomy night and in the noontide |
glare. and they are yet bright-eyer. |
men. In whose keeping the travelling |
public place their lives with absolute |
confidence. These have reverend /,
ing supply of good and even thrilling
yarns and jokes. and then laughter
makes the welkin ring. The ubiqui-
tous black cat" superstitious engine
man seems to be wanting here, how
ever. And there is an absence Of the
Friday the 18th, order No 49,
dodger! These boys. or some of them,
possibly, would not care to see for the
frst time after its appearance the new
moon through q trees branches. nor
take off their right shoe first COR last),
but when u comt<-o running over the
rails they are alive to the intense prac-
ticality OF things-sane. safe and
splendid.
1t must not be thought from the
foregoing paragra phi that this associa-
ton mem bership 10 dnhned 900 the
actual knight Of the rail, for there are
hundreds OF members whose railway
duties confine them within doors at
their busy desks-otiiciais, clerks
stenographers. etc.-and brawny.
brainy men OF the shops These sew
erai corps are essential to the SER
vice and altogether. it is a great
family. this railroad aggregation and
Y. NJ. c. A.
An Record Breakers
The chairman of the Y. NJ. c. Board.
Mr.. 4. W. Grice, who Is assistant to
the president of me c. d o., will make
a record in this position as he does la
everything to which he puts his hand
or head. And Eddie Ford, the
chairman OF the Doublers League.
who has risen from the position AZ
water-boy to that Of Superintendent
of the c. & .. Division centering here,
is always record-breaker. S. S.
Thomas, the general secretary. and his
efficient assistants, h. II. Bell and j.
p Dornly. make things hustle, yet
they all insist that II is "the men be-
hind the guns" that must receive any
special mention from this scribe-by
which they mean the rank and file
workers who SO generously respond to
all calls for duty and take such loyal
interest In the welfare of the assoela
ton.
MFR. J. Preston Dornly. the religious
work superintendent, is a graduate of
the famed Moody Institute of Chi
cago. And this suggests paragraph
mortal Meeting which will he held
in the auditorium of this association
on Sunday afternoon. February Z.
when there will be notable addresses
and a splendid musical program. to
which service both men and women
are invited. These Moody memorial
meetings feature a week every year
throu ghout the Y. NJ. c. A. world and
the meeting here will be character
stic one.
On Sunday, January 81. the mems
afternoon meeting viii be addressed
by Rev. Il. II. Melton. and his theme
will be Gods WoLderful Love"
There will be n good musical pro-
gram and the usual large crowd Is an