The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-01
RALLY ROUND THE BANNER.
Christian EndeayOTeTS Will Crowd
Cleveland From July II TO IS.
Reception on a Mammoth Scale-The
Great Buildings to Be Used for the
Meetings-The Ofhcial Programme.
White and Gold Souvenir Badge.

meetings ne OnC1a1 EIOSTdAAA6s
White and Gold Souvenir Badge.
(Copyright@
New York, June 3O.-In the words of
the Christian Endeavor committee, ''All
things are now ready" What is ex-
pected to be the greatest convention ever
held by this powerful organization, will
be opened at Cleveland, o., on July II,
and will continue its sessions for five days
until the 18TH From one end of the city
TO the other. meetings will be conducted;
aud throngs of busy men and women,
most of them wearing young, bright
faces, and all of them with pretty white
and gold badge on lapel or dress, will
hurry from hotel to auditorium to par
ticipate in the in the lively meetings that
will be carried on from early morning
until late a night.
/ 1.-THE arrangements for the comfort of
the many thousands that will arrive at
| Cleveland all that week, have been made
on grand scale. Secretary j. Willis
/ Baer has had his hands full; and the
! committee of '94 has been obliged TO make
| provisions for very much larger number
/ of delegates than usual.
The committee of 94 is as follows J.
| Z. Tyler, chairman, 80 Streator avenue ;
| Miriam c. Smith, secretary, S53 Doan
street; A. L. Roblee finance and treas
urer, 2l2 The Cuyahoga; j. E. Cheesman,
hall, 322 Hickox building; N. E. Hills, en-
tertainment, 372 Sibley street. F. Mel
vile Lewis, printing, 237 St. Clair street !;
S. L. Darsie, music, POS Franklin avenue ;
r. B. Hamilton, Press, 245 Superior
street; A. w. Neale. reception, PIP The
| Cuyahoga; j. Y. Hitchcock, auditing, 81
Euclid avenue; r. A. George, eX-officio,
zoe East Prospect street.
The very largest buildings in
Cleveland have been secured for the
purposes of the convention. and a
great mum Der of churches have hos
pitably thrown open their doors. The
principal convention hall, the Sangerfest
building, stands on the corner of Scovill
and Wilson avenues. Five minutes walk
| from there brings one to the mammoth
tent pitched on the corner of Cedar and
Wilson Two large churches, near by,
have been secured for overflow meetings
and fifteen other large churches will be
opened for the welcome meetings on Wed
nesday evening, July II. There is also
Music hall, seating 5000, which will hold
meetings for the business portion of the
city.
Everything has been arranged in these
auditoriums and churches looking TO the
comfort of the delegates. The conven-
ture 1t has eight entrances and
exits, and the ventilation is of the
best. More than 100 large win
dows, hung on pivots. admit the refresh
ing lake breezes, and keep the tempera-
ture down. The seating will be so ar
ranged that no one will be more than 1876
feet from the speaker.
A series of small rooms for committee
meetings, conferences, literature tables,
etc, will be provided. A novelty will be
the large room set aside for State Bulle-
tins where notices will be posted of
conference meetings, news items and ap.
pointments. The building has eight tot
let rooms, and electric call bells connect
ing the platform with all the doors and
committee rooms.
Arc and incandescent lights are in every
room The building will be decorated
with the white and gold colors of the
convention, with the stars and stripes,
and with the union jack. This building
seats 1000 persons.
The second large edifice, the main audi
torium, seats another l0, 900. This NAM
moth tent has it chairs arranged amphi-
theater style. and is lighted with cleo
tricity. 1t is so cool and attractive that
many will prefer it to the hall.
The hospitable reception of that great
tnrong has been carefully looked after.
Delegates may board either at a private
house or a hotel; and many will stay
with friends. Hotel rates are all reduced
The delegates are spared all the
trouble of securing quarters. All they
need do is communicate with the mana
ger of their own state or county stating
what kind of accommodations they pre-
fer, and what prlce they wish to pay
Then. upon arrival at the headquarters
in Cleveland, they register, and are i'm
mediately assigned and escorted to their
hor NV hers Of the rncPntiO0
mittee. This committee will be distin.
guished by their white yachting caps
trimmed with gold.
The convention souvenir badge is a very
delicate and pretty affair. 1t is dia-
mond-shaped booklet, containing twelve
pages of exquisite half-tone views of the
Forest City incloSed in finely engraved
celluloid covers. No one will be admit.
ted to the meetings, who does not wear
one of these badges.
There will be a chairman in charge Of
each depot and steamboat landing in the
city, and he will be respousi BILE for the
guests arriving at his station. He will
have under him a large committee oil
Young men and women whose duty it will
be TO escort these guests to the proper
street car lines, and to the various state
headquarters, where they register as reg
ular mem bers of the convention.
The programme is so varied and full Of
| interest that the delegates Will ind i
difficult to select from the great number
of subjects Gov. William Mckinley viii
deliver the address of welcome
at the convention hall, Sanger
fest building. The musical portion O.
the programme is particularly attractive
Two large chorus choirS, composed of {
, thousand voices, and two orchestras will
lead the music A chorus of native Afri
cans, from the mission fields will render
strange and weird songs. The music will
be selected from the new Christian En-
deavor hymn book, compiled by Ira D
Saukey. 1t is expected that the famou.
Moody quartet will be present, as we'll a:
the cornetists-the Park sisters, of New
York.
The official programme is as follows:
Wednesday.
' Noon-Hotel. Stillman-l2 100. meetin.
of the board of trustees of the
united society, for prayer, conference
and transaction of business.
: Evening-730 Fifteen simultaneous
meetings, in fifteen of the largest churches
of Cleveland. Speakers: Rev. Pleasan
Hunter. Jr. Minneapolis, MINI. Mr.. An
thony Comstock, New York city; Rev
George Dana Boardman, D. D., Philadel
phia, Pa Mrs Frances j. Barnes, New
York city; Rev John Henry Barrows, ID
D., Chicago, I'LL. Rev. Tennis ). Hamlin
d. D., Washington, D. c.; Rev. p. 5
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