Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 54, 9 April 1908 — Page 21

THE RICTOIOXTJ PALIiADITM AND SUX-TELEGRAM, TITTTRSDAT, APRIL. 9, 1908.

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OF THE Brave Man Was Overcome Three Times But Fought To Get Back. STRONG MEN TOUCHED. HE MURMURED AND RAVED LIKE A MANIAC BETWEEN HIS ORD ER3 TO MAYOR SCHILLINGER. WHO ACTED AS HIS ASSISTANT. Heroism of the genuine sort was rfhown by Fire Chief Edward Miller. Three times prostrated by the immense volume of smoke, the man fought to get lack in command. This ho did about four o'clock this morning. About 7 o'clock he col lapsed under the strain and was taken to his home. When he was taken out of the smouldering building the third time In a semi-conscious condition he ravd like a maniac. At the Macke furnishing store he was propped up In a chair and between intervals, when he was completely out of his reason, the man issued orders to Mayor Schillinger who executed them. Strong men were touched by the pathetic scene when strong and brave-hearted Miller mumfed Btrange things and then in cryljig tones, ordered "Get at the building from the basement;" "No. 1 play your hose against the Seventh Street wall;" or "My God, let me out of this; I want to get back. I want to get back. !Lt me go. Let me go." Iter he , was taken to his home where a physician was summoned and attended to his injuries. Under strenuous treatment he began to revive and his first thought was of the turning building and informed his wife that he must get back. He could not be restrained and he left his home on the run for the scene of the fire. Whenvhe arrived there the small groups of men gave a cheer for the plucky chief. Miller from the very start to the Inst held his position and fought the lire in an admirable manner. His directions to his assistants were sharp and brief. He handled his man in supreme nienner, but notwithstanding lis excellent work of directing the fight, his efforts to reach the seat of the blaze were unavailing and it was several hours before any headway could be gained. The heroism displayed on the part ef Miller was the one big topic of conversation. CO" t nnto "Ah, dearie me!" sighed the woman When Mrs. Pipkins, the sympathetic parishioner, called upon her. "Yes, there -was worse men than my poor Xiill, but there, e's took now gone. 'E ad his good points, ad Bill." "I am Indeed glad to hear it," said Mrs. Pipkins. "Poor Bill," "went on the bereaved woman, " 'e well, 'e weren't exactly andsome, but 'e were soft 'earted enough to smoke like & chlmbly whenever left the "ouse." Indeedr broke in the visitor. "But X fail to see the connection between rooking and" "That's beooB you never seed my poor Bill," put in the widow. "Bill weren't pretty, and 'e knowed it but there sooner than scare hinnercent little children into a fit Bill always 'id that terrible mug & 'Is in a cloud o $moke. Yes, 'e was soft 'earted and thoughtful for others, was Bill." Xxjndon Answers. Corporal Punishment. Corporal paniahment formerly had a wider significance than mere whipping. Henry de Bracton, chief Justiciary of England In the reign of Henry III., divided corporal punishment Into two kinds those Inflicted with and without torture. The stocks and the pillory would rank as corporal punishment; also mutilations and other grim tortures when Imposed not to extort confessions, but as penalties, and the branding in the band for felony, which was not abolished until George III.'s time. A Permanent Place. There was not even standing room In the 6 o'clock crowded car, but one more passenger, a young woman, wedged her way along Just inside the doorway. Each time the car took a sudden lurch forward she fell help lessly back, and three times she land ed In th arms of a large, comfortable man on the back platform. The third time it happened he said quietly, "Hadn't you better stay here?" New York World. Their Standard. "Say," asked the first messenger boy, "got any novels ter swop?" "I got 'Big Foot Bill's Revenge,'" replied the other. "Is it a long story?" "Naw! Ye kin finish it easy In two messages. Philadelphia Tress. HI Reasoning. Bobby I believe you are engaged to Mr. Snooks at last, sis! Sis What makes you think so? Bobby Because he's stopped glTing me pennies S London Opinion. Itching or Psoriasis Vse Blanchard's Eczema Lotion. At CONKEY & MONNINGER'S Richmond, Ind. After exhausting your patience by trying various skin remedies, why not write to Prof. J. Blanchard. Skin Specialist, 3S11 Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago, for a symptom blank to fill out and let him instruct you according to your malady. It costs you nothing and you will know what to expect from day to day under his treatment

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The subscription dance to be given or it may be that fche is simply tired by the members of the Richmond i and is desirous of these days of rest, Country club on Wednesday evening, I afforded by this season. April 22, promises to be a very pretty J jt jt and enjoyable affair. i Miss Mary Dundon, will give a dinThe cotillion which will include r.er party this'evening at the Robinson about one third of the dances, will af- cafe, to a party of five in honor of ford a most delightful hour both for Miss Julia Shader, of Anderson. Indithose who desire to participate and ana. who attends school at Otterbein, those who wish to look on. All per- and who is a member of the debating

sons attending will be at liberty to take part in the cotillion, which will bo devoid of any intricate figures and will consist of four favor and two figure dances. Any one who dances can without hesitancy take part in the entire cotillion. No effort has been spared by Mrs. Love, Mrs. W. W. Gaar, Mrs. John Nicholson, Mr. Guy Scott and Mr. Harry Thornburg. who compose the entertainment, committee to make this tho climax of the winter seasons entertainments a complete success from every standpoint. It will be especially attractive on account, of the excellent orchestra and the color effects o Tthe cotillion favors. dt A very pretty reception was given last night at the high school hall by the Freshmen in honor of their parents and friends. The rooms were attractively arranged with festoons of pink and white crepe paper. All the columns on the lower floor were wound in an exceedingly pretty manner with the paper. Flowers made from paper which resembled pink and white sweet peas wore used in profusion. A large banner of pink with the letters 1012 in white, covered the bulletin board. The following teachers were in the receiving line: Miss Nolte, Miss Augusta Mering, Miss Hawkins, Miss Stahl, Miss Juliet Robbins and Miss Curtis, Messrs. Torrence, Thompson, Lemare, Ellabarger, Waldrip and Morris. About one hundred and fifty .guests were received during the evening. The orchestra which was stationed on the second floor, gave beautiful selections from several operas. Punch and wafers were served. The affair was quit a success in every way. The Athenaea Literary society will give a musical tomorrow afternoon in the Starr piano parlors. Tho program has been arranged by Mrs. Jean Mills and Mrs. Turner Hadley. The following women will assist: Mrs. Garver, Miss Graco Forrey, Mrs. Clarence Hadley, Miss Grace Miller and Miss Halcey Harold. sjS Mr. and Mrs. Harry Buntin will receive their many friends after Wednesday, April 8, in their newly appointed home, 227 North Ninth street, ,. v t An interesting evening meeting has been planned for tonight by the members of the Occult Research society. ?jl Mrs. Doloff, who resides north of the city, is entertaining the members of the Helping Hand society this afternoon. 8 Mrs. Thorn burg is entertaining the members of a whist club this afternoon at her homo on South A street. Mrs. George Cutter was hostess for a meeting of the Martha Washington society yesterday afternoon at her home on South Seventh street. The hours were spent at needlework. All the members were present. A luncheon was served by the hostess. The society will meet in two week with Mrs. E. E. Barnes, 225 South Fifth street. Th members of the Phi Delta Kappa fraternity, are making preparations for their annual Easter dance to be given in the Commercial club parlors at Marion, Indiana, April 22. Several Richmond people will be In attendance. A large number of out of town guests have been invited. J Ji J Mr. and .Mrs. John Aufderheide who will leave April 14 for New York from whence they will sail for Italy the ISth of April, are the house guests of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kaufman of the Wayne flats for a few days. tC The Women's Relief Corps is meeting this afternoon at the G. A. R,. hall. i tt Mrs. Chase of North A street, is hostess for a meeting of the Thursday Afternoon Card club today. & v The Thursday Evening Euchre club will hold a meeting this evening at the home of Mrs. Oscar Williams, 024 South Fourth street. & . There will be a dancing party tomorrow evening at the Odd Fellows hall. . J It was openly whispered last fall in Queen Wilhelmina's court that her majesty had sent to her friend, the czarina, for advice regarding the preservation of her beauty. Though little more than a girl. Wilhelmina found herself growing fat, easily fatigued, thin of hair, and thick of waist. Nothing remained of her girlish beauty but her bright eyes and ruddy complexion. The Czarina's wonderful knack of keeping her beauty through her try ing scenes has been the subject of much curiosity on the part cf her roy al friends and relatives, and manv have been the queries adttressed to her. Though living in a cold climate. suhjected to much anxiety, with constant illness in her family she has kept her good looks. Even her own illness for she suffers from chillhas not marred her complexion. J S J This has been the dullest lenten sea son in the way of social affairs that society folk have experienced for a rumber of years. Not only is Rich mond the sufferer, but the same holds true in Indianapolis and other cities It may be due to a wave of religiousness which is coming over the hostess

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'A team which will debate with the Eaiiham girls this evening. i& The missionary society of the First English Lutheran church met yesterday afternoon with Mrs. Lee Nusbaum. of North Eleventh street. Several interesting papers were read. The club meets every two weeks. The Banner Social is meeting Ihis afternoon with 'Mrs. Dunham. t4 tt The Tourist club will conclude the year's work, Friday, April the twentyfourth. At this meeting repojts and election of officers will take place, after which, an elaborate banquet will be served. A fashion editor says that "the newidea emphasizes the simple classic forms of dress. Paris is looking to ancient Greece for her inspiration." Surely that is stepping back a bit. J A novel idea in the way of a luncheon was the one given yesterday at Indianapolis by Mrs. William English. An original scheme which gave full play to her discriminating taste in art and literature had been devised. There were six tables, the first, that of the hostess, being the nature table. Others were dedicated to art. literature, music, the drama and travel. A different flower was chosen for each table, pink roses for the nature lover, daffodils for the art devotees, lilies of the valley for those who worship at the shrine of literature, forget-me-nots for the dramatist, violets for the musicians and deep red carnations for the travelers. The flowers filled low baskets and formed garlands which were festooned from the baskets to the ceiling. At each cover rested a corsage bouquet of the special flower. The. name cards were hand painted designs adorned with fancy heads. For the nature table the favors included a Rockwood vase, decoraled with trailing arbutus, a copy of "Our Country Home," and a copy of "Poetic. Interpretation of Nature,"' exquisitely bound in flowered chintz. For the art table, a Fra Angelico. a copy of Mme. Le Brun, painted by herself and etched in color by Rnet, and a dainty little head mounted on old brocade. One of the quotations for the drama table was from Lemaitre, the favor being a handsomely bound copy of "Comedy Queens of the Georgian Era." The other favors were an old French print of Mrs. Siddons, a celebrated actress of another day, and a beautiful little bronze statuette of Cleopatra. For the latter thee was a quotation from Shakespeare. For the travel table a bronze bust of Shakespeare accompanied by a verse from Victor Hugo. The other favors were bits of landscape. Those who had places at the music table were complimented with musical quotations and the favors were bronzes of favorite composers and pictures of musical subjects. The varied nature of the quotations soon started the conversational ball to rolling merrily. The ladies of the South Eighth St. Friends church will give an Easter market on Saturday, April 18. It No Need or Them Come Uay. At a monthly examination a boy of fourteen failed to spell 15 per cent of his words correctly. The tutor told him this was surprising and must not happen again. The boy replied that he thought he had done pretty well on the whole. "Ton must study those words over and over again," replied the tutor. "This must not occur at any future time. Study them so that you can remember them forever." The boy stood still in silent contemplation for a few moments and then remarked: "I was just thinking that I wouldn't live that long." Harper's Weekly. Private Theatricals. In some private theatricals a fugitive from justice was supposed to escape from his pursuers by concealing himself under a table. The table was small, and the terrified fugitive was somewhat lengthy. The cbmmander of the pursuing party rushed on the stage and fell over the legs of the mau he was searching for. Picking himself up and ludicrously rubbing his shins, he convulsed the audience by exclaiming in true dramatic style: "Ha. ha' The dastardly villain has eluded us again!" Philadelphia Inquirer. Bobby's Reason. Little Bobby was saying his prayers nt his mother's knee, but so rapidly that she asked him why he did not speak more slowly. "Because, you know," he replied, "it V.OU0 keep all the other children waiting. 'VLippineott's. Pointed. Lady (at railway station, to porter Now, porter, are you sure I have ail my luggage in the train? Porter Yes. ma'am. Lady Nothing left behind? Porter Not bin' ma'am not even a copper, ma'am! London Scraps. It Is the mind that raaketh good of ill. that raaketh wretchedness or happiness, rich or poor. PARLOR MILLINERY. Mrs. Chas. E. Flook. 43 South 17th street. Home TeL Z2t.

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The Richmond Fire Fighting Force Battled Nobly With Fire Demon. ANOTHER COMPANY NEEDED THIS WAS THE UNIVERSAL OPINION OF THOSE WHO WITNESSED THE BLAZE LAST NIGHT BUSINESS DISTRICT THREATENED. Despite the fact that the fire was too great for a department the size of the Richmond fire department the local firemen are the recipients of hearty congratulations on the excellent, manner in which they handled the blaze. It. was seen at the first that the fire was going to be an ugly o ne to subdue and Chief Miller without waste of time led his men to the heart of the conflagration. Despite the fact that the dense smoke drove them back time after time and many of the fire fighters were rendered unfit for service, the effort to subdue the blaze and keep it confined to the basement of the Cunningham Commission company store room was never given up until the flames burst from control. After this took place Chief Miller and Assistant Chief Sinex distributed their small force of fighters at vantage points to prevent the flames from spreading to adjoining buildings. In this effort they were more than successful, but Miller found it necessary to appeal to out of town assistance. With such a leader as Edward Miller it is no wonder that the firemen were able to make such a gallant fight to save the heart of the business district from destruction. Many citizens are of the opinion that this fire emphasizes the necessity of an addition fire company. After midnight the water pressure dwindled and it. was necessary to use the engine of the Dayton detachment. WiT INTERVENTION Haitien People ThinH United States or Some Other Power Should Step In. VIEW OF AN OFFICIAL. Port Au Prince, April 9. There is reason to believe that measures are now being taken in this city to force the intervention of the United States, if ipossible. Hostility against the present Haytien government is growing more intense. It is reported that those who are opposed to the present government, including the bettt r class of Haitiens, contemplate a movement which will bring matters to a crisis within a very short time. They will take advantage of the presence in the harbor of the United States warships to make an armed demonstration, not in the expectation of overthrowing the government, but in the hope of precipitating; a landing of marines, and subsequently American intervention. A prominent Haitien official, who is highly esteemed in the foreign colony, said today: "At present conditions here are intolerable and it is impossible that they can continue beyond a few days. Prompt intervention on the part of the United States, or some other power, Is the only means of avoiding a condition of absolute anarchy. "The Haitien people are not able to maintain a stable government. The better educated of them realize this, and they would gladly accept provisional American control, if only us a guarantee of protection of life and property. I do not believe that there exists a single Haitien capable of exercising constitutional control as president. The present government is merely a military dictatorship, perpetuating its power through sheer terrorism.-' HER TWO PRAYtfts. Both Were Answered, but the Results Were Discouraging. During and for many years after the civil war there lived in Franklin county. Mo., where the old state road, built lefore the days of railroads, crossed Uoeuf river, a Mrs. Samuel Ilutton, who met with the misfortune of having two of her prayers answered, and thereafter, her neighbors used to say. the never prayed again. And this happened during the civil war. "Sam being away in the Confederate army." was the way she used to teil it, "I got lonesome among so many bragging stay at home northerners that one day I got down on my knees and prayed for the southern boys to come and efc-an out the neighborhood, and it wasn't a week before along came General Pap Price's army, and. it being near dark, the whole outfit camped along the river, confiscated all my stock feed, robbed my chicken roost and burned half the fence rails on the place without asking my permission. As I didn't know where Sam was to tell him what the scamps had done. I prayed again, asking the Lord to send the Federals to chase Pap Price to the jumping o2f place. It was about sundown that day when I looked up the road and saw my answer coming, and the northern boys stopped at the river for the night, ate what food the Confederates had left me and destroyed the balance of the fence rails. Buffalo Time. WTxrraro: Go 14 iledaJ Flour is best for pastry. eatbjcs

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'T WEARTIGHTS AND GEIS $4,700 Was Not Until She Sued on a Breach of Contract. New York. April . A verdict of !M.7JO was awarded by a jury in the supreme court to an actress who was discharged by a theatrical manager because she refused to appear on the stage in tights. The plaintiff was Henrietta Lee Morrisson, who Is known on the stage as Henrietta Iee, and the defendants, Hurtiz & Seamon, proprietors of a Harlem burlesque theater. Mrs. Lee and her husband, Charles F. Morrisoji, were engaged by Hurtlg A: Seamon for a season In a musical tomedy under a contract which provided that they were to receive $S,!.i). At the end of three months the manager directed Mrs. Lee to make certain changes In her costume which would necessitate her appearance on the stage in tights. When she refused to make the change directed she and her husband were discharged. The notary I if r ranee. The notary is a most important person in all smell country towns In France. Kverybotly consults bim. from the bif? landowner wben he has discussions with his neighbor over right of way to the peasant who buys a few meters of land as soon as he hnj any surplus funds. We were constantly having rows with one of our neighbors over a little strip of wood that ran up in-to ours. Whenever he was angry with us which happened quite often (we never knew why), he had a deep, ugly ditch made just acrops the road which we always took when we were riding around the property. The woods were so thick and low, with plenty of thorns, that we could not gt along by keeping on one side and were obliged to go back and make quite a long detour. The notary did his best to buy It for us, but the man would never sellrather enjoyed, I think, having the power to annoy us. Mme. Waddington in Scribner"s. The Martian Sky. The clearness of the Martian sky comes in to abet the greater transmission of its air. From dawn till dusk day after day in the summer season and largely in winter the sun shines out of a heaven innocent of cloud. No shield of the sort and only a little screen of air tempers Its teams to the soil held up to it. Such an exposure far exceeds anything we have on earth, for with us, even In the tropics, clouda gather as soon as the heating grows excessive and cool the air by plumps of rain. Perclval Lowell in Century. Heard at the Drama. Mrs. Ryetop John, how much time elapses between the second and third acts? Mr. Ryetop The programme says six months. Maria. Mrs. Ryetop (aghastV-Six months, John? Lands, j we can't wait! Why, them buckwheat j enkes I lert to riz will have gone cleat through the roof by that time: Chicago News. Involved. Binks I notice that you have a thread tied round your finger. I sup pose that is to remind you of some-1 thing. Jiitks Not exactly. It is to re- j mind my wife to ask me If I forgot' something she told me to remember. i Harper's Weekly. j Force of Habit. ( Lady (formerly a telephone gir! Porter, why didn't you call me. as I Instructed you? Sleeping Car Porter ij did. ma'am. Sure's you're born, I did. I said. "Seven-thirty, ma'am." an' you said, "Line's out of order." Pick-Me-lP, He that will not be counseled cannot be helped. German Proverb. Open all day and evening all this week, the Christian church Bazaar. Dinner, 25c. Supper, 20c. Pythian Temple.

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