Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 35, 13 December 1908 — Page 14

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THE RICHMOND PAIXADIUM AN:

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Men's $30 and $28 Overcoats For

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en's $25 and $22.50 Overcoats

At great Closing Out Sale prices, all the newest novelties, Blacks, etc., latest fashion. To think of it, the lot for only, each .

en's $20 and $18 Overcoats For

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MEN

TELLS

SHUHCHURCHES Claimed Reforms Are Needed In Aristocratic Con gregations.

HINT AT "UNDESIRABLES." HYPOCRITES CAUSE OF MANY MEN STAYING FROM HOUSE OF GOD FACES OF POOR ARE GROUND BY MANY.

Chicago, 111., Dec, 12. Too much, at

tention to ' nonreliglous problems, wrong methods la handling boys in

the Sunday school, wrong financial

system, materialistic ideals and reten

tion of unfit members were among the causes given for the absence of men from the churches by the Rev. John A.

Earl at the Belden Avenue Baptist church. He spoke on "Is the Church

Effeminate?" He said:

"Is the church effeminate? This

question Is called out by the fact that in the Protestant churches of the Unit

ed States there are 13,000,000 women and only several million men. "As I see it the church will have to reform most radically In some things before men will be captured In large numbers. Architecturally Defective. "Most churches are architecturally defective. Art glass, gothic arch, caulted ceiling, cathedral style, were all right for a day when God was supposed to be shut up within four walls and worshipped only In that place one day in seven. , But in this practical age, when the body Is as- sacred as the soul, utility must be the first and last consideration in church building. "Most churches are financially embarrassed. By failure to educate the membership in giving and by poor business administration the men who are able to pay are burdened unnecessarily. Thi3, of course, has a tendency to keep men out o fthe church. "Some churches are socially frigid. There has been much Improvement here during the last few years, but there is still room for better things on this line. Social Warmth Required. "A few churches in their hysteria to catch men have gone to extremes in providing smokers and permitting smoking while the minister preaches and the vaudeville choir sings. No self-respecting man requires any such sacrifice of reverence in order to promote social fellowship. Social warmth crowing out of spiritual sin

cerity and honest desire to help people are all that is required of any church. "How far the weakness and the philosophizing and the doubts of the modern pulpit have to do with the attitude of men toVard the church, I am not able to say. One of my correspondents is frank enough to say, however, 'There is too much philosophy and not enough gospel in the pulpit message.' ' Manly Teacher Needed. "It Is far more likely that the lack of male members in the church is traceable to the teaching of the Sunday school rather than to the preaching of the pulpit. Give the boys manly teachers with resourcefulness and tact and spiritual power and they will hold the boys and win them to Christ and the church. "Another thing that has its effect in keeping men out of the church Is the fact that some men are retained in the church when they ought to be cast out. What respect can a man of the world have for the church when it retains in membership and often honors the men who grind the faces of the poor and in greed violate every principle of Jesus Christ? Charges Against Society. "There are three charges to be laid at the door of society for the absence

of men in church life, and these charges lie in the region of education .ideals and morals. "If the average girl in the house were allowed the same liberty and placed under the same moral standards as the boy it Is likely that she would not be found in the church In

any larger proportion than the boy? We throw around our daughters every safeguard and the boys are allowed to run the streets and sow their wild oats unsparingly. Thus the boy is lost to the Sunday school and lost to the church, while the girl, educated to be modest and religious and virtuous, is kept within thfe fold. , Blame Put on Saloons. "If the church could have the 600,000 male drunkards sobered and saved and baptized into fellowship, and the thousands of men in our penitentiaries added to the number of men already in the churches and the multitudes of males who are found tonight in saloons, gambling joints and flesh markets, the balance of the sexes would soon be eiual in the membership of the church. So long as the 200,000 saloons of the United States are permitted to debauch and criminalize thousands of our boys and men every year, the church will suffer for the want of masculinity in its membership." Draws Lesson From Gem. Dr. Frank Gunsaulus drew a lesson from the Cullinan diamond in his sermon at the Central church in the Auditoriumi "It took ages and ages to make this diamond, he 6aid. "God cannot himself make a great character In one generation. We are prone to expect by some sudden movement we can generate an American, but it must come, like the diamond, by development."

UNKNOWN MILLIONAIRE . LEA VES $10,500,000 ESTA TE

London, Dec. 12. The romance of commerce and Its occasional great reward are exemplized in a striking degree in the life story of John Stefanovitch Schilizzi, the "unknown" city millionaire, who died on Oct. 13, a- the age of 68 and left a fortune of $10,500,000. Mr. Schilizzi for a time assisted his father, who had a prosperous business as general merchant at Constantinople, and then came to London to join bis uncle, who traded as Schilizzi & Co., and did a large trade in exporting Manchester goods to the East. When the uncle retired John Schilizzi. with his brothers, Demetrius and Paul, took over the business. Their trade soon rapidly expanded, branch houses being opened in Manchester and Calcutta. Twenty-fivo years ago the firm of Schilizzi Bros., was one of the best known in the city and shortly afterward the three brothers having made ample fortunes, decided to, retire. Demetrius, who was a bachelor, went to live in Paris.- He was generous to his fellow countrymen and built a 6tately Greek church in mat city. When he died fourteen years ago he

left $0,000,000 to his brother John, who also inherited another $5,000,000 on the death of his brother Paul. John Stefanovitch Schilizzi, who was married and bad a son and daughter, continued to reside in this country, having a town house at yi Cromwell road and a country house at Haslemere, Surrey. After his retirement he still kept an office in the 6ity and up to a few days before his death came into the city every morning, but he never stayed beyond lunch time. As he neither speculated on the stock exchange nor took part In the business life of the city, he was practically unknown to the present generation of city men.. Mr. Schilizzi's old time associates in the city, who knew of the large legacies which he had received, and of his own wealth, so far rrom being surprised at the amount of his fortune, expected that it would have been greater than has proved to be the case. But Mr. Schlizzi probably alone knew of the extent of his benefactions. Apart from minor gifts, he has left his wealth in equal shares to his widow and his two children, a son and a daughter.

Men's $15.00 Overcoats For

This line of $15 Overcoats have no superiors, made by the best clothing makers in the country. Come in Plain Black or Novelties, closing out prices are .

BANDIT

WOUNDED

Attempt to Slay Notorious Chief Who Kidnapped Miss Stone.

PEASANTS HIS VASSALS.

Sofia, Dec. 12. An attempt was made to assassinate Sandansky yesterday in Salonika. The Bulgarian chief was seriously wounded. This is an act of vengeance on the part of the Sarafoff party who have not forgotten the murder of their leader by Eandansky's agents. The most famous revolutionary leader of Bulgaria in Macedonia, San dan sky's most famous exploit in Europe was his kidnapping Miss Stone, the American missionary In 1903, holding for ransom. It was his lieutenant Panitza, who shot Boris SarafofT. Sandanskys organization is rightly credited with that assassination; Panitza was merely the agent. Sandansky controlled the Serres district of Macedonia, and his rule was so firmly established that the rival organization could not enter there. He has now adopted the Young Turkey Idea, and is hand In glove with the party. All along tha frontier he has estab

lished a complicated network of out

posts and points with hundreds of regularly paid agents and adherents. The pay of these agents is by no means nominal, the "deputy chief at Zedjene, for example, receiving $15 a month, a respectable Income in a primitive Balkan village. Two districts alone of Sandansky's "realm" have an annual budget of over $20,000. ) The question naturally arises. Where does all this money come from? The answer is, from the Macedonian peasants themselves, who are quite will-, ing to pay an annual tribute to the revolutionary leader in return for his protection against their enemies, the Turkish authorities and bandits alike, j Sandansky guarantees the lives and property of the villagers, avenges their wrongs, administers a kind of military j justice, and even provides for the edu-j cation of the children. The peasants, !

on their side, yield him the implicit obedience of medieval vassals to their lord.

Why H Hustled. "So you're looking for a Job, Itastus?" "Tas, sah. Tou see, I'm done ma'ried a gal who am an ahtist at da tub and makes good wages." "And you want her to quit work?" "Oh, no. sun. Tisn dat. but I'a

feared Ah'l git classed 'mongst dem j

Idle rich cf Ah doan' hustle. Philadelphia Ledger.

Stella la she a souvenir fiend? Bella ; Dreadful: The last dinner she at-t

tended sh carried away the cook. Excbaaf.

Ellen's $12.50 Overcoats For

This great Sale gives every man an opportunity to purchase high grade Overcoats for prices next to nothing. See these Bargains at closing out prices, at only

Men's $10.00 Overcoats

We are going to close 'em out, the whole lot, including Blacks and Novelties, heavy weights, your choice of any one of this lot for

Men's $8.00 Overcoats

A good substantial Overcoat, will keep you warm, and think of it the price every one of the lot is worth more than the original price. They all go for only

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