Birmingham age-herald., 1894-11-18
Now in Convention in the Central
 City.
YESTERDAYS DOINGS
And What Will Be Done Today. A Splendid Japanese
 Entertainment.
AaE-HERALD BUREAU, l

SELMA, Ala, Nov. IF.
 The state convention of the Young Peo- ple's Society of Christian Endeavor met in morning session at 9:30 q. m. Quite number of delegates arrived on the night trains. They were met by the reception committee and assigned to homes or taken to the hotel, where they were entertained until this morning, when homes were as- signed them. The convention was in fine working trim, and the day's work proved a most satisfactory one.
 The devotional exercises were conducted by MT. H. B. Collins of Birmingham, fol- lowed by a talk on ''Convention Key Notes'' by Mir. F. L. Willis. His talk was full of good things. Rev. E. P. Davis of Montgomery then addressed the conven- ton on "rhe Value of Christian Endeavor to the Church.'' His remarks were based on actual results attained by the workings of the society in his church. It is unfortu- nate that every pastor in the city did not hear his address.
 After the close of the address, Prof. w. P. Taylor of Birmingham spoke on How to Strengthen Christian Endeavor in Ala-
 bama.o Many of the suggestions made by him will be acted upon by the conventfou. One of the most pleasant features of ths morning meeting was the Bible reading, led by MT. B. T.. Witherby of Shelby. s- At Il 80 Mrs. VanHook of Birmingham
 read an interesting paper on "How to Make the Society More Valuable.' The paper was very exhaustive one and was much enjoyed by all present. i At noon the convention adjourned until | 12:45, when an opsn parliament was held | and many encouraging reports were read | from the various societies represented. E l At the afternoon meeting committee work | in all it's phases was exhaustively discussed. Mir. J. K. Brookman of Birmingham, MT. J. w. Sparrenburgh of Montgomery: Revs. J. J. Dalton and J. J. Irvine and | MT. ". s. Butler of Selma addressed the | convention. Te MT. Fred s. Ball of Montgomery and | Professor Taylor of Birmingham will speak tonight.
 Sundays work will be commenced at l sunrise with prayer meeting in the First | Christian church. In the afternoon a young peoples mass meeting will be held. and at o'clock Rev. Ira Landrr .th of address His subject is "World Wide Endeavor."
 AJAPANEsE ENTERTAINMENT. Just at this time. when all of the world
 has its eyes on gallant little Japan in her | triumphant march to the capital of China. | any entertainment copied of the Kingdom | of Thousand Isles attracts unusal atten- l tion. On Friday night Mrs. Minthorne l Woolsley entertained her friends at genu- | ln6 Japen6S6 aualT, WulCu lOT elcSauCo duu l novelty has rarely been equaled and never
 excelled in the Central City, so noted for i the generosity of it's people.
 + an intelligent native of Japan could
 have been transported by magic from his | land across the Pacific and had come face l to face with Misses Ella Woolsey, Maud
 Melvin, Florence Carlisle and Tom Wool
 sey he would have thought that he was in | his own kingdom, among his own people. l The costumes of these young ladies were l elegant aud they looked bewitcbingly i beautiful as they fitted from room to room,
 seeming to be everywhere at once, the ad- | miration of everyone who beheld> the gorgeous Japanese costumes they wore. The decorations were Japanese, the chrys- l anthemum, distinctly Japanese flower,
 being tastily arranged A the handsome ar
 engagement of the flowers and plants.
 The supper was an elegant affair.
 Imagine, if you can, sixty one ladies seated
 in the dining room at one time, with | Japanese fans and ornaments displayed on
 all sides, and you would have some idea of l the sumptuousnegs of the entertainment.
 Mrs. Minthorne Woosey and the inti-
 mate friends who assisted her in decorating
 the tables deserve especial praise for the
 aesthetic manner in which they performed
 their task.
 The invitations were sent out in imita-
 tion Japanese letters, written one above
 the other. Some of the ladies who received invitations, not to be outdone, got Sam