The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-27
Pythians
pythian Goal Winners.

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Pythian Goal Winners.
7 tt Is not faCK OF good InteNtlOn6
that sends the average human failure
| to his doom. Very few men deiiber-
lateiy retain positions at the bottom
| of the ladder. The trouble with the
failure is usually hack of ability
TO carry out good Intentions. or more
! often forsaking the plan before II
/ is proved impossible.
! a mans strength is often In know
! ing his own weakness. Great gem
erals have burned the bridges behind
{ them so that retreat was impossible.
! 1t is IA plan that has been followed
by MANY successful men. The man
who finds it. impossible to retreat. who
can move only forward usually
reaches the goal.
/ Today, not tomorrow; what /
ought to do now. not what ! might
/ find pleasant TO do some time in the
/ future: not the dreamer. but the
doer. are the men who meet up TO
! the standard and forces success The
world needs the exceptional man who
can make his good intentions come
! true.
This statement applies with equal
/ force to providing for ones future
and that of his family. as to the daily
success. What does it profit a man
( to build plans ''on paper" If his wife
must take in washing for a living
when he is dead? why write Verse
! on the seashore. where itAwli be
swallowed up by the tides Why
, paint a beautiful picture with dyes
! that will fade at the close of day.
! Many men have made solemn
promises TO protect their home with
adequate insurance. but forgot their
/ pledge when the sweep of business
came on next day. Some have even
taken the first step toward the goal
/ by obtaining protection but let It
] lapse because there was other de-
mands
i The goal of a saved household, OF
! educated children. Of a happy FAM
/ lily is reached and maintained by the
man who provides and preserves pro-
/ lection. Every Pythian should be
this sort OF goal winser.
/ A writer suggests the following
tmotto for all pythans; II am hut
one, but am one: cannot do every
thing, but / can do something: what
II can do l ought TO do. and what
| ought to do, God helping me. will
/ do" True Pythianism is the finest
+ conception of fraternalism known to
man. its only weakness being the in
! difference among its members
| We have the merchandise: we need
saiesmanship The days OF criticism
are passed The stock is perfect,
quality and price considered
r. La@ap- one and s.&f-step talking.
go to work and bring home the
bacon. DisraeH says; Man is not
/ the creature of circumstances. Cir
cumstances are the creatures of men,"
*. of =. News.
/ II is a high honor to be one Of
arr n m
men who before the altar draped with
THE CO. atry's flag made a pledge Of
service which stirs the Hottest sem
! timents of the human soul
Richmond Lodges.
Syracuse lodge, No. 5. X. OF p
/ meets every Monday night at o'clock.
sls East Marshall street. Let all the
/ brothers take due notice of the change
ssti The meetings. -as, to ttha& and place
ana attend every session OF the lodge
Myrtle lodge, No. IS, X. of r.. meet.
every Thursday night S13 East Mar
shall street
Iyanhoc lodge. No. -, X. of P
meets second and fourth Monday tn
Lee "arlp hall.
Marshall lodge. No. 1.. X. Of r.
Lee Camp hall.
OH Dominion lodge, No. 4. X. of r..
meets every Monday nigh. at Eagles
hall. corner Third and Marshall
streets. Brothers come to the meets
ings and make the work a success.
I Owing 10 the prevailing conditions
which exist in our city. Hickory
camp. No 6. Woodmen of the World,
/ has postponed TO some future date
the unwilling ceremony which was To
have been held next Sunday at Oak
wood cemetery.
Black Gum camp, No. 81. meets
first and third Friday nights each
month In Marshall hall w E. Com
ner. clerk, HOS North Thirty sixth 1
street.
Beividere camp. No. -, meets every
third Monday in each month at Cos
tlonbo hall. 2047 West Broad street.
iJ. S. Hopkins. clerk. 3025 West Grace
street.
Cedar camp. No. -. meets first
and third Tuesday nights each month
at Ir-- o. L, A. NJ haiti, Redti street,
lcorner Stewart street, Fulton
Il
Magnolia camp. No. 20, meets Sec
lond and fourth Monday nights each 4
month in Monroe hall
Maple camp, No. i5S. meets second
land fourth Friday nights each month
in Manchester National bank build
ing, 1000 Hull street. T. G. Smoak.
lclerk, IL Cowardin avenue.
Fraternal Americans
(Ahiliated with Jr. Q. u A. II. ia All
states except virginia.)
Officers OF the Natlonal Council, III
i o, u. A. NJ
National councillor, John H. Noyea.
Plaistow. n. III. ~
! National vice-councilor Fl. f. Loch~N
ner. 3lS East Broadway, L1ouisvtllAA
Ky. NJ
On the first and second days at At
IlantiC City. NJ j. was held fhN N sgs