Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-27


cate flowers OF spring, and in the
churches. their affairs white with the
fragrant lilies. the people kncci in
homaS" To the risen Christ. II has
not been good year a great wave
81 k"li!shucss-a desire to seek ones
own sain--has swept over the coun-
Try We have not cared abou, the
"cnkcr ones. We have openly
shrugged and expressed cynical
philosophy to the effect that each has
"qual opportunity Perhaps il is
true. but It doesn't help to stride by
N our royal robes in the full strength
OF attainment ana look with scorn
upon tn" beg gar's outAtretchcd palm.
The service that you render blcss.s
you AS well as the one you have
sought 10 aid. Don't you remember
the lovely wording Of Elizabeth
browning poem, THE Sweetest
Lives" ana the golden lines that you
shall be served yourself by every
sense Of service which you have rem
d"r"h? Sofishn"ss Is only that one
lachs a vision of life and all 4, can
mean. You do not need Il crystal and
It's magic TO max" you look UP and
out across In" vast plains OF service
which spread before you.
ANOTHER i:asjcr poet has written
mat at Easter She does not think
Ipon a rough -h.wn cross. nor see the
Man Who suffered pain and loss and
trinmphcd over death, but her vision
,s Of the Christ as tho little Lad
who listened 10 Ills Mothers songs
and played b"sid. the Gnllilcan
shore. II would be "a happy thought
70 think Of children this Easter
week You see thc drive for funds
for the Crippled Children's Hospital
mere viii begin tomorrow. and the
need * very great. IL was started N
the spring OF 1917, this hospital. by "a
lit;le group OF Visiting Nurses VINO
'rcrc aided 10y Or. William T. Gra-
nam. aud first started "A clinic in the
basement rooms OF DR. Grahnr's Of
ncc, where white and colorcI children
alike wer. brought and treated by
The good phy stefan and his assistants.
The number grew In such a snort
Time that the clinic was moved to
The dis2crsary "a; the Medical College
Of Virginia. and in 1919 AN associa-
ton was formed 10 make possible :,
real hospital Tor the care OF these
needed 10 MAX. you see the wonder
tni work thn, Is being done. or tho
crying urge for more room FOR the
i,,lc ones You only need to stop ana
thluk. suppose IL was your child and
! trcatrncn, FOR his crippled back and
t"istcd limbs might b. had, IL only
there We're room FOR all. II j. Easter
and w. hav. lived selfish year most,
OF US tn comparison with the years
OF war. when our hearts were full to
overlooking, ana We shared even the
little that We had with those Who had
need Haven't you anything left for
the crippled and afflicted children?
our hearts ar" 50 strangely cold and
indifferent. Tn" failure Of the ins,.-
tuition 10 go forward In it's work
would not only deprive numNcrl.ss
unfortunate rh!ldrcn Of having the r
future w.lfar. and in some eases
their very lives secured but would
oe IL matter Of deepest rcproach TO
Richmond
Not all OF US have been selfish and
rcif-centcrcd The garden may be
neglected and much OF its beauty lost
10 tho world, but some hardy bios.
SONS strusgl on and send their
fragrance out TO rcassure us. There
have been a group OF d.butantcs ana
prominent society girls this winter
who have gone :hTce mornings GU;
OF every week, 80 matter how gay
and brilliant tn" season. To the hos
pital 10 read ANA tell stories and en-
terrain these crippled children. Moth
ing Was allowed to Interfere with
nd do
real lesson to so many Of us who
are too bUSv - even help in the
smallest way T'he hospital and its
work is such vita! need. You never
know when another epidemic of in
iantilc paralysis may sweep over the
country. and then. because of your
own w!lifui neglect or Indifference,
your baby would be crowded out
With the others because there is not
enough room. II would make the
story read differently then, wouldn't
il: Think OF the babies and chill
drcn who need it right now and give
10 the hospital literally and largely
20 insure its work and It's growth for
service in the community, because 1t
is the blessed season when all the
earth is born anew and the dear Lord
gave Ills precious life for all the
world.
The social calendar for Easter
week is very full one. Monday
evening in the ballroom OF the JEFF
ferson Hotel, the final dance of the
Richmond German Club for this sea-
son viii! he held. General 10 Lane
stern leading the german. The dance
will he a brilliant affair. 1t will be
held from Q TO / o'clock, and a seated
supper will he served at II o'clock.
\ number of guests from distance
will be. in Richmond for this dance.
Tuesday afternoon and evening Il
fashionable charity event will he the
Vanity Fair and Fashion Show" to
he held in the jefferson under the
auspices Of the Sunnyside Day Nur
s.ry Auxiliary. OF which Mrs. James
Gordon Smith is the president. So
Getty girls and matrons will act as
models for the display OF smart
eprinE fashions. loaned through the
courtesy OF leading merchants, both
here and in New York, and tho ball
room will be wonderfully decorated
for the occasion.
Many tables have been reserved
in advance for the Easter dinner
dance which takes place at the Coun-