Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 209, 14 August 1915 — Page 10

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TinrrriaiilT'iTiiiiirin Everything is now in readiness for he thirteenth annual , Chautauqua of he Richmond Assembly that starts omorrow. A tented city has sprung up in lien Miller park and the- renters are iutty moving in their "household" effects and when the gales are opened r the public Sunday morning at eight Vlt.ck, everything will be in read!ti. . i he "city" is located near the futhern end of the park not far from Main street and the panorama that infolds itself to the eye on entering he gates is a most beautiful one. Ah far as th eye can see the grass is loUed-wlth the white of the tents nterspersed here, and there with red r blue. Trees Form Canopy. At this point the ground slopes lownward toward the north and some f the canvas houses in the distance ippear to be resting one on top of the tner. Massive trees form a canopy overtead and the faint tinkle of the nearly brook, mingled with the songs of tirds adds to the picturesqueness of be scene. The Richmond Assembly has ;rown steadily year after year and his season it is estimated that there will be close to 230 tents sold. This vill mean that during the two weeks :here . will be approximately 1500 people who will live in the park. , Chautauqua Grows. The first year the Chautauqua was lield it lasted but seven days. Then it was increased to ten days and in the third, year to fifteen days and there Is no desire on the part of the members to shorten it In fart they are always sorry when it is over, for many reserve that tlm for their annual vacations and the fresh air and good Mme generally that they always have helps them bodily and mentally, and i hey return to their labors greatly benefitted by their outing Almost every comfort that could he enjoyed at home is provided, one f the new features being a restauunt where meals and lunches will be ft-rved at all hours There will of curse, be a drug and grocery store on Hie grounds and the other stands usually tound at such gatherings. The big "top" with a seating capacity of 3,500 where the speakers will liold forth has been erected in the heart of the 'white city " Close by ere the headquarters and dining ents. As In former years the tents have been placed in blocks with wide lassageways between them and the v hole enclosed by a high wire fence. This year $4,5(io haft been spent to t ring talent here and the managers

Talks With Lovers

Kitty Carothers Gives Advice to Young Persons and Answers Inquiries About Affairs of Heart.

iiiis. remember tliat Chautauqua ,aon Is here. What, does this mean o you? Many young people consider his a sort of outing and abandon hemselves to a good time. It has leen observed that at summer resorts ind under conditions similar to those it Chautauqua, young people often inlulge in apparently harmless familarities, such as spooning, kissing and land holding, which they would not hink of at other times. I am sure that the young persons .vho deport themselves in this manner nean no harm, and are in the very small minority here. Nevertheless, a vord of warning will do no barm. Sven if other young persons about ('ou do "love", as they call it, they vill respect you if you do not. You can thus hold before yourself he ideal that the man or woman .vhom you will marry will be the only .me who has ever pressed a kiss on your lips. Remember this, and also remember that you can have a good time without a sort of promiscious spooning. UNFAIR TO BOTH. My Dear Friend In which I ask advice. He is my question: I am in love with a friend, and my friends tell me he is in love with me. But he goes with a girl and I go with a fellow once in a while, but he goes with this girl all the time. I see him :ovi-l t.lrriM ft rtav. He loves to talk

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3 dT..'.,,.' i are confident that the Assembly will surpass all former ones. . Program Excellent. The program which has been published' before, is certainly an excellent one and with favorable weather conditions great crowds are expected. Even though it should rain the meetings are sure to be largely attended for all the canvas is waterproof and there is no necessity for anyone' to get wet. The program as arranged will be carried out rain or shine and ample quarters arranged for strangers in case of a storm. Henry Clark will be the principal speaker tomorrow. He has spoken before thousands of Chautauqua audiences and is always welcomed back to cities where he has been before. He will make two addresses one in the afternoon and one in the evening. Dr. J. W. Brougher will speak during the afternoon. An unusual amount of music has been furnished for this years meeting, both vocal and instrumental, and there is a treat in store for music lovers. Teachers Gather. The Teachers' Institute will be held during the Chautauqua, beginning Monday at 10 o'clock when they will listen to a lecture by Hon. S. D. Fees. Prof. Frank G. Pickell, superintendent of the Richmond schools, Hon. Nathan C. Schaeffer, inspirational and educational lecturer and J. C. Hall will be other speakers. In former years it was the custom to hold a meeting and have those present bid on the number of season tickets they would take, but this method proved unsatisfactory and this year a new plan was devised. Fifteen hundred season tickets were distributed among the merchants to be sold at $1.50. All of these tickets have been sold, with the exception of about three hundred and when these are gone purchasers will be obliged to pay $2.00 for them. How Funds Are Divided. When the Richmond Chautauqua was1 first started thirteen years ago its promoter took half of the profits and gave the other half to the city for the use of Glen Miller park, but some differences arose and the Assembly became an incorporated body, with forty guarantors. The profits are now divided between the city and the Y. M. C. A. and if there should be a deficiency the guarantors are compelled to make it up, but so far it has not been necessary' to call on them. The city's share of the profits, which amount now to about $4,000, is set aside in a fund for the purpose of erecting a permanent pavilion in with me, but I won't give him a chance very often. The girls say, "If you would ever let him get you by yourself and talk to you, he will tell you of his love, and not go with this other girl any more." The girfe say, "By the looks of your eyes, we can tell you are in love." Would you let it go on like this? He wanted to go with me several times, and I have refused. Now, dear friend, please tell me what I am to do. and, I will always be grateful to your. Very truly, L. L. M. You are most assuredly doing yourself and the young man an injustice, You say that you love him; then why don't you enjoy his company and allow him to enjoy yours? If you care for him under present conditions you you would learn to care for him more if you allowed him to call. Not only that, but you could better study and observe the young man's habits and character, which would enable you to decide whether he is the kind of man you want for a husband. By asking to call several times, even though he has been refused, he has shown .that he is more than casually interested in you. Unless you are a mere ' child, you should let the young man call in justice to both of you. Then if you both continued to care the other man and -woman would be eliminated in due time. So long as conditions as they now exist, you both have a right to so with whomsoever you olease.

the park where Chautauqua's and other large bodies may meet. If there is a considerable profit for the city this year it may be that agitation will be started for the erection of the pavilion before the Chautauqua meets again next summer. Do You Know ThatLombardy has two automobile factories. The United States yearly spends $500,000,000 for medicines. That there Is more food value in one acre of beets than in four of wheat, is the contention of German agricultural scientists. An -Alaskan cable was put out of commission recently by a whale becoming so completely entangled in it that the wire proved a death trap. When the ground is covered with snow in at least one city in Norway a trackless trolley car hauls as a trailer a passenger car mounted on runners. Sketches Did your wife ever swap your best Sunday suit for a bum sauce pan that could be bought down at the five and ten cent store for a couple of jitueys at most. The picture depicts one of these old clothes men shouting his wares in the back alleys. His clothes are tattered and unkemDt. yet he has ample oppor-

In this column will appear daily, historical matter pertaining to the city of Richmond. Incidents in the lives of its citizens, notable gatherings, sidelights on church, fraternal, political and social organizations will be printed. Communications are requested. The matter will be of great Interest to the committee arranging for the city's centennial next year.

HONORED BY PRESIDENT. When Benjamin Harrison was president be often passed through Richmond. His appearance was always a gala day. When President Harrison passed through this city en route to Chicago to attend the opening of the Auditorium a little 4-year-old girl was lifted into the rear of his car, and, with a kiss, presented him with a dainty nail knife. She subsequently received a letter intended to arrive in Richmond on Christmas day. The letter follows: "Executive Mansion, Washington, Dec. 23. My dear little friend: When you came into my car at Richmond I did not see you until you stood at my feet, looking up to me so sweetly that I did not know but a little fairy had come in through the window. But when I picked you up and you gave me a kiss, then I knew it was a real little girl. The pretty knife you handed me I will keep till you are a big girl, and when I go back to Indiana to live you must come to see me, and I will show you that I have not forgotten you. The little doll which you will find in the box with this letter is for you, and I hope you will think it is pretty. If the doll could talk she would tell you how much I love to be loved by the little children. Affectionately yours, "Benjamin Harrison. "To Mis Lida E Jones, No. 30 North Twelfth street, Richmond, Ind." NOMADIC TINKERS. Next to ministers, the most accepted nomadic characters in the early days of Richmond, were the tinkers, who travelled through wide regions repairing clocks. In later time the spinster tailors, and the local cobblers, who came semi-annually, to mend and make clothes and shoes for the entire family, were a regular institution. If one could not get to the shop the shop must come to the customer. These welone tradesmen had their rounds an their coming was counted on; not only for the very necessary services they rendered, but for the gossip they brought from far-off neighborhoods. from Life "Any. ol Clothing?' tunity to improve his appearance, but to do so would perhaps, hurt his business, for the thrifty housewife takes pity upon him and parts more readily with "any ol'. clothing she may have just to help the "poor man" along. Its dollars to doughnuts that the old fellow is laughing up his sleeve all the while at Mrs. "Easy Mark." and that he has dollars stowed away some

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BY H. H. DIDDLEBOCK. The automobile is slowly supplant ing the horse and with the retirement this week of Jim and George, two of the oldest horses in point of service in the Richmond fire department there will be but eight animals left Jim has been in the city's employ for twelve years and was formerly driven by Chief Miller. His mate Bob has served for eight years. The new aerial truck has arrived and these animals who have served so long and faithfully will be turned over to the park department and will have an easy time for the rest of their lives. Chief Miller thinks that Jim is the greatest animal that ever lived and It is at his request that the team is being kept in the city employ. When horses are retired from the fire department they are usually turned over to dealers who are requested to sell them to someone outside of the city.. This is done because if the animals are sold in town, it is possible that they may be abused and if this should come to the attention of some of the firemen who have been their companions for years, trouble might result. John Brown has driven Bob and Jim for a number of years and parts with them regretfully, although he will get a younger team in Joe and Dick, who will be transferred from Central station to Number 1. When Bob first entered the department (he was purchased from a brewByTempie place while she has pennies in the sav ings bank. This is one of the strange characters found in all cities who view life, one might say from the rear. Their trees are garbage pails, their grass the dirt and filth that are so often alas, allowed to accumulate In alleys and their mountains the high board fences that rear rai evnnr hand.

ery) he was very unruly and it was a battle every time an attempt was made to put a bridle on him. Now he holds his head down to receive it for he knows he will not be ill treated. While hauling the brewery wagon around he was evidently used pretty roughly by the driver, for it is recorded that in self defense he broke one man's arm and the collar bone of another. The men around Number 1 station declare that one could set his watch by Bob and Jim, for a feeding time if they are forgotten for a second, they neigh and continue to do so until they are attended to. If they want water they kick on the door. Joe and Dick, the team that will leave Central station this week are a magnificent pair of grays. Joe has been in the department ten years while his running mate has seen but two years service. Albert Griffith who drives them said that it has never been necessary to lay the whip to either of them once. From the sound of the alarm until the scene of the fire is reached, he declares that the only part of the harness that touches them is the collar, for they lay right against it and keep going. He takes pride in telling how the team made the run out to Earlham college without breaking into a trot once the entire way. There is a great attachment between these two animals and they will never leave one another, although one day Dick did run away. He went for two blocks and Griffith followed on Joe's back. When Dick saw his stable partner he stopped and was taken back to the station. At station Number 4 there is a pair

YOUTH AND OLD AGE

The oldest "newsboy" in Wayne county is Levy Gould, who delivers the EVERETT LADY. Palladium to subscribers in Centerville. Gould is 72 years old and is a veteran of the Civil war, having served in the Union army from 1861 to 1865. Despite his years, Mr. Gould is still an active man, and rain or shine, hot or cold, he can always be depended upon to serve his customers faithfully. For over eight years he has represented the Palladium in his native town, and during that time his route has been more than doubled, and he found it necessary to employ an assistant. During the Civil war Mr. Gould was a private in the Seventy-eighth Ohio infantry. His regiment during its four years of service, traveled over 4,000 miles by foot, 3,000 miles by railroad and 2,600 miles by water, making a grand total of 9,600 miles. He was under fire in twenty-seven battles and was never wounded, the more important being Fort Donaldson, Shilob, Atlanta, siege of Vicksburg and the siege of Savannah. Mr. Gould lives in a comfortable cottage on First street, Centerville, with his wife and daughter. He has two sons, both of whom are employed in other cities. One of Mr. Gould's sons, Claude, is an expert linotype operator, and formerly worked on tfbe Palladium.

of grays. King, fire years In service, and Jim, who has been there for three years. Earl Mann, the driver takes great pride In his team and declares that they can outrun anything on four legs in the city. This is not strange, for there is not a driver in the department who does not think his pair the fastest, and they are ready to cite Instances of the mighty prowess of their steeds. Horses Like Tobacco. Number 3 is also provided with a pair of grays, Frank and Prince, each of whom has been in service eight and six years respectively. Prince is a great favorite with the children in the neighborhood of the fire bouse and they delight In playing with him. The animal has a wonderful good disposition and is really mlscbevious. If the men are playing cards or some other game, to while away the tedious hours and he gets a chance. Prince will walk out of his stall and nose the cards off the table, begging for an apple or a lump of sugar, but he is better satisfied if given a chew of tobacco. Every horse in the fire department is a great lover of tobacco and they never seem to get enough of it. They will nose around the men's pockets and if given half a chance, will steal a package or plug and eat lt The tobacco does them no harm but rather helps them for it acts as a medicine. Edward Strothaus, who drives Frank and Prince is kept busy buying tobacco two or three times a day. The other team in the fire department is located at Number 5 station. They are known as Bob and King and have been there since the house was built five yearn ago. William Kearney is their driver.

In all his business dealings Mr." Gould can be relied upon. He is careful of details and prompt in every way. Everett Is Youngest. The youngest newsboy Is Everett Lady, who lives with his parents at 1529 North A street. Everett is only nine years old, but be is a keen little business man. He has been selling the Palladium for two months and owns a route in the extreme southeastern part of the city, serving customers as far as Twenty-third and South E street Palladium routes are valued by the newsboys at one dollar a customer and the route that Everett bought cost him thirty dollars, but since that time he has increased it. His mother advanced the money for his business venture and he is now paying her back reserving but ten cents a week for his own use. "I guess 111 have it paid for by Christmas," the boy said. "You see I bad to have a rain coat and some other things and I am paying back for them too." Everett is a pupil at the Starr school and is in the Fourth B class. He la a bright, plucky little fellow and has a business like air about him that commands respect. Some day he may own a newspaper of bis own for he is starting out as some of the greatest Editors of today began. Joseph Pulitzer, the late owner of the New York World, sold papers on the streets of Kansas City while he was learning to speak the English language, and many other men who stand at the top in letters, science and finance, are proud to refer

. Photos by Bandy. LEVI GOULD. to th dv whan hrr -were news boys.