Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-12
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| gregational Churches of America, who
| originally furnished the money. Some
doubt had been expressed that the money
| will be allowed to come back to this city
There are, however, two applicants in this
city.
| On February the Christian Endeavo1
| movement will be fourteen years old. and
the anniversary will be commemorated by
the Endeavor societies of this city by hold
| ing special services on the evening of SUM-
F! day, February 3. The officers of the union
| are arranging for a union anniversary serv-
! Ice in the afternoon, to which all OF the
societies will be invited, and one Of the
| features Of the occasion will be collec-
! ton for missions.
On the evening Of the 18th instant, at the
monthly social CT the Congregational
| Church. tn. entertainment that was given
! at the church in the latter part Of Decem-
| Der will be repeated. 1t is to be a repre-
| sentation by young ladies of characters
ard titles of books from the pens Of famous
authors The ladies are costumed to repre-
| sent the characters, and the person guess
| ing the largest number correctly from the
sixty or seventy represented will receive a
| prize.
| At meeting Of the Young Ladies' Sodal-
| ity of st. Marys Catholic Church last Sun
day officers were elected to serve for the
| ensuing year. Miss Mary Caspan was Sc
| sistant prefect: Miss Mary Bocan. secrc-
| tary. and Miss Gertrude Auth, treasurer.
The sodality now numbers $50 young MEM
hers. Tomorrow the married ladies' So
dality will elect their officers.
Tuesday of this week plans were received
from Frederick Law Olmsted in regard to
the ground Of the American University,and
are in possession of DR.. Samuel l.. Bieler,
the vice chancellor. at his Office in the Len
| man building. The Commissioners Of the
District having accepted Mr.. Olmsteds
plan for the extension of the city streets.
and particularly Massachusetts and Ne
braska avenues, the work Of laying out
the quadrangle composed of the admins
tration and historical buildings and the
chapel has enabled the landscape artists
to complete their plans very quickly. A
gentleman In this city, whose name has
not been made public. has offered the uni
versity the sum of $500 If they will so to
work in May and lay eff the ground. AS
plans have been received so soon. the
donators offer will be accepted, and by June
the ground will be in readiness for the
erection of some of the buildings From
present prospects the laying of the corner
stone of the first edifice administration
building, will have to be postponed again,
and there is no telling when the much-de-
sired ceremony will take place
Mr.. w. H. H. Smith, the chairman of
the Christian Endeavor '96 committee. is
at the Office daily in the Y. M. c. A. build
ing from 4 to o'clock.
The parishioners of Trinity P. E. Church
have not been as able yet to enjoy them
selves in the evening in their new parish
hall on account of a delay in completing
heating apparatus. When this has been
completed satisfactorily and some other
minor details attended to the reading rooms
will be opened every evening. and in addi-
ticn there will be a meeting two or three
times a week of church organizations. af-
fording plenty of means with which the
young people can spend time to advan-
tage.
At the Sunday evening service on jan
uary q of the First Congregational Church
the choir will present Sulivan's oratorio
- nb<,ff hos
had his sixty voices drilling on the ora
torio for three months. and large au-
dence is expected to be present at the
service. to which. of course. no admis-
be taken by the quartet. which is composed
of Mr.. Douglas G. Miller. tenor; Elphonzo
Youngs, jr.. bass: Miss Cora Boyd. so
prano. and Miss Florence McNelly, con-
tralto.
At recent meeting of the Sunday school
of the Ninth Street Christian Church Off
ent, J. A. Scott: assistant superintendent
j. w. Speake; secretary. G. W. Pratt;
assistant secretary. Clarence Pratt: treas
urer Thomas Means ,,. librarian sTis Frank
chorister. D. c. Arnold and cornetist, j. A.
Kretschmar. The fourth annual report
puts the membership at SIG. the average at
tendance 263. with 30 scholars present
every Sunday in the year 1894. One little
miss brought in 40 new scholars and re-
ceived a prize in consequence. The church
amount of $500 down to s2OO and expect
to pay it off completely in a few weeks,
at which time they are to have a jubilee
Celebra ton.
The new St. Andrews Church. corner of
18th and Corcoran streets northwest, is
row in possession of roof and is making
as much progress the bad weather will
permit. DR.. Perry expects to have the
dedication exercises in February, but things
don't look much ike it at present.
Last Monday evening the Christian En-
deavor Guniors) held meeting TO discuss
the country home project and to adopt "a
program for their share in the January
convention. The first topic discussed con-
sistS in a plan to send to the country in a
home provided deserving poor children, the
institution to begin from the LIST CT June
and last until the last of September. Each
child will be allowed to stay two weeks
and accompanying each party will be a
society superintendent matron, num-
Der having already volunteered for that
purpose About $4N will be required for
the purpose, and Of that amount 800 has
been raised and another hundred promised |
AS spring puts in appearance the |
ma tier will be actively pushed by the COM
n.itttee, which is composed of Messrs John |
B. Sleman, ST.. ]. r. Cockrille and Miss |
May V. Fenwick. Some time in June an |
excursion will be given to the home, and |
series of athletic contests will take place, |
under the direction of Prof. ]. w. Sims of
the Y. NJ. c. A.
The other subject talked about was the |
w IL
been arranged as follows: Opening march. /
2:45 pm: prayer, hymn and Psalm; talk |
by the president, Rev A. B. Raeby; hymn |
by a quartet of four boys: missionary ex- |
hibition in costume by the juniors of South |
Washington; recitation, little Miss Annie |
Adkins. and an address by Rev. James F. |
Hill. who will also lead the conservation |
meetings. The music will be rendered by |
a choir of sixteen voices, under the lirec- |
ton of Miss Stowell.
"Universalism Explained" Rev. Dr. |
Re gers of the Church of Our Father be- |
gins next Sunday evening a course of lee
lures explanatory of the truths of Univer-
salism, which will continue on Sunday |
evenings during the months of January
and February.
Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church. cor
ner of 9Th and F streets northwest. will |
have a jubilee tomorrow in conmemora-
ton of having raised the money to pay
the debt on their $1,000 parsonage. Sub
scriptions for this were made last MAY
and nothing will be asked of the congre-
cation for this purpose tomorrow. bishop
Cyrus d. Foss, ID. LID. of Philadel-
phia will preach at IL am, and President
George Edward Reed, DID, LII. D., at
1870 pm. special musical program has
been arranged, including solo by Madame
Kaspar with violin obigato by Mr.. Anton
Kaspar and a quartet by Messrs. II. c.
Pearson, p. M. Richardson, J. F. Blackmar
and c. w. Moore. The pastor, Rev. Chas