The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-24

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One 81 the finest Iectureg Of the
season was delivered yesterday aftas~
noon before : fair-sized Christmas
week audisfice 1t the WomAn's club
when Captain J. b. Cornelius, Of the
Fifty-eighth Canadians. explained
Landscape Targets" Captain Cor
neltus Mss introduced By tho chair
man Of the afternoon, Mis- Adele
williams, In 4 delightful manner
Captain Cornelius served 1T the front
In the trenches In 1915 and -siS1S.
coming TO America after bein 8
wounded In 1917. He h an instructor
Iin iAndscape targets In the colleges or
the United States and he has taught
| In every state In the Union. over
5000 young boys between tho ages
Of eleven and nineteen years having
come under his instruction.
Landscape TargetS soun
vague ~ Q subject for lecture espe-
cially when introduced by tho chair
man Of the art lectures. It ceased 70
be vague . very few minutes after
Captain Cornelius had launched It
and. IN . 'FemArkably clear and pic
turenque manner, introduced the won
derful "clock and hand system6 OF
sighting targets and later with Lam
tern Slides, drawn by Howard Butler.
illustrated The use Of these systems
apd also the method of the soldier tn
seeking protective cover. Captain
Cornelius opened his lecture with :
tribute To vtretnia-he likes to read
Of the olden days In this stAtA Then
no explained the basic PRINCIPLES Of
|camounAge and tho l&ndscaps target.
Tho three emotions Of . man tn bat-
tic were next taken into oonsidGra-
, tion-faugue. nervousness and ex-
cita1nent Working on these the
speaker unfoI1ed the adjustment Of
landscape targets and allowed actual
Landscapes a. sighted by the soldiers
and how commands based on the
clock and hand systems would b exc
cuted. The technical part OF the Leo
turc lost Its technical aspect" entirely
when given in the delightful. bright
manner In which Captain Cornelius
spoke.
The training Of soldier depends
on his character, discipline. intelli-
gence and education" he said. and he
| greatly interested his audience with
the too brief portion Of his lecture on
the great part tho development Of
character and training In discipline
plays In military and should play In
i colleges and schools. He said Il am
strongly In favor OF military training
| In the schools. not preparatory 70
lighting, but to developing character
and disciplining the boys" He advo-
Gated an hour = day. at least, IN
schools given to military discipline.
| A fine tribute to American boys
school boys--ciosed Captain Corne-
lius' lecture. He said that he prob
ably knew the American boy a. NO
othe. foreigner here did Che Il
Scctchman) and better than most
Americans had the opportunity OF
knowing them. He has taught them
In every state In the Union and he
has lived with them insbarracks and
| stayed with them In their homes Hs
| proclaimed them = fne lot OF boys
with high ideals IL these ideals are
encouraged in them during their
school years And. Judging from the
impression the speaker left Hagter-
! day. he must certainly encour1$e the
i best IN thO0e he in6truCtS.
| Observation-Disclosures.
| A quiet wedding was celebrated
Monday afternoon At o'clock by the
Rev Dr. George ". Kemper In his
home. S04 Barton avenue. whom Min
L4otie Belle Maidens became ths
bride OF Rufus Thomas Matthew
Only few relatives witnessed the
| ceremony. The bride wore 4 trav
cling suit. After wedding trip Mr.
and Mrs Matthews will be At home
at 1871 Everett street
pcFsonals.
Lieutenant James SLOAN. Of the
Massachusetts, Institute OF Technolog,
In Boston, has returned to Richmond
TO spend the holidays in, his home or
tihe BnHlerard
| Miss Norma Hageman. who Ia.
been doing war work in Washington
has retnrned tn this city for the hoi,
| days to be with her aunt, Mrs. Her
| man eraser on the Boulevard
Bratnard Heinz, of Pocateflo. Idaho,
came to Richmond last week to spend
! Christmas in the homo Of Mrs. Louis
Werner on Stuart avenue. Mrs. Heinz
and their little child came to xhis city
from Idaho several weeks ago for an
extended stay. They are being ex-
tensivcly entertained by their rela-
tives in this city during their visi
| here.
| Mr.. and Mrs Homer Cooke ane
their little daughter, Lucille. O.
Wayneeboro. are spending the Christ.
mas holidays with MIS- Cookies
mother. Mrs Emile Kobe In hel
homn on Hanover avenue
-
| Fred Staude. OF this city. left Sun.
day to spend Christmas with friends
in the valley of Virginia.
Bernhard Gasser. of the Massa-
chusetts Institute OF Technology, re.
turned Sunday TO spend the holidays
in his home on West Cary street.
| Spencer Morton. Of Norfolk. Ar.
rived In this city this week to spend
Christmas in his home. 1919 Hanover
avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Walker, OF
Newport News. came to Richmond on
| Saturday to spend the week with