The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-12

officers OF the united soctetv b,,+ one
Secretary Baer, draws any salary from
me, Ine society, President Clark and Treas
uret shaw deriving their support from
me Golden Rule. This periodical IS not
puoilshed by the united society but by
private corporation. The Golden Rule
Is taken IN every country where there are
English speaking members of the Chris
uan EndeavOr Societies
Inc nrst two annual conventions were
neig IN Portland, Me, the third in Ocean
Fark, near Old Orchard Me, the two
Following at Saratoga and the next in
Iooe' az chicago. Year by year the attend
ahce nod been growing, but the officers
We're hardly prepared for the 800 del
eSates who presented themselves at that
sam ring. The next one, held in Phla-
lelpnla, haQ o 800 delegates; the next at
~. Louis, more than 5000 and the next,
az minneapolis over l4000. Unprccedent-
ca as was the attendance at Minneapolis,
the number Of delegates at the next (elev-
ehtm convention, held in New York was
more than doubled. So numerous we're
tney, IN fact. that no accurate computa-
tloh was feasible but conservative esti-
mates put it a So coo by all odds the larg-
est number that had ever gathered in the
pace 10 attend convention of any sort.
Inc next convention was at Montreal,
Canada, the first held outside the boun-
darles of the United States; but despite
tnat fact and the counter attraction of
the worlds fair at Chicago, 1900 delegates
invaded the Canadian city. to the amaze
ment fits inhabitants At Cleveland, last
year 29,OO were present, and other I'M
NpAnAAA AuQHSdNQS were kept away ON the
Debs railroad strikes. Fully 50,0o0 are eX-
pected al Boston.
Boston is getting ready to receive the
Christian Endeavor hosts, and both the
citizens OF the town and the authorities Of
the society are makinb strenuous efforts
to prevent a repetition of the experiences
IN New Nork three years ago. For. though
New York was never overwhelmed before
ana never has been since, by any crowd
Of visiting strangers, there is no doubt
thai she was swamped by the Christian
Endeavor delegates in 1892.
Some time before the convention" said
President Clark, we began TO make adj
vance appliCS tions TO the New York hO-
tells for rooms. one hotel keeper to whom
We applied, asked how many were expect
ed We told him we could not tell, we
looked for very large attendance.
Well he said, III take care of them.
Bring all here. You need not engage
rooms in advance IN the summer time.
Wen be ready
The mans eyes actually twinkled as
ne thought of the apparent humOr of the
situation. The worst of It was that most
OF the hotel keepers took the same view of
the matter. and we finally had to let
things take their course. The newspapers
also failed 10 appreciate what was coming,
ana u was not untl the telegraph began
to tell the editors that the railroads were
gluted with Christian Endeavor delegates,
whose special trains were stalled all
along the lines. that the journals under
stood that there was any real news matter
in IL all. When the crowds swooped down
on the hotels their proprietors were in
state OF CONSERVATION. and when the
newspapers finally grasped the situation
their reporters besieged us for matter. One
publisher made a proposition to go TO
special convention edition each day of its
session II we would give him exclusive
access to special news sources. But OF
course we could not do that"
Boston has heard of all this, and Boston
doesn't mean to be swamped. Every
available room in every hotel has al
ready been taken for the Endeavorers for
convention week; many school buildings
which will then be vacant, have been en-
gagged and cots have been rented; house
holders. both in the city, and the suburbs.
now believed that the 5000 delegates who
arc expected can all be properly cared for.
OF course they will pay their way,
but special rates win be given by the
I ever before opened to strangers for
money will entertain paying guests from
July 10 to IA, inclusive, 1895. The cost OF
the convention to the society. for rent
of the meeting places and headquarters,
printing, postage and the thousand and
one pieces of preliminary work will not
be much If any less than $50 coo. This
large sum has been mostly raised al
ready by contributions from the societies
of Boston and Massachusetts chiefly.
Many public spirited citizens of this fine
old town have given freely, however,
as they can well afford to- for a four days
visit to 50 COO guests cannot fail to result
in the leaving of many times $4,000 in
the Golfers of Bos toms merchants, board
ing house keepers and hotels and restau-
rants.
If the attendance is as large as is ex-
pected, and each guest eXpends but 81
y day, the sum total will be 2Uo,GG0
and the chances are that it will be near
~ double that. Although most rail-
roads will reduce their farces one-halr.
the sum to be paid for railroad tickets
by delegates will be enormous. AT the
low estimate of $40 each, 1t will amount
h1 vii to ~ IL,
sums that will be expended for food OH
the way the sums 10 be spent in Bos-
ton, and the total expenditures caused
by the convention cannot be much less
than three-quarters of a million, while
they may reach a round million.
The plans of the convention have been
quite generally exploited in the newspa-
pers, for Mr.. William T. Ellis Of the Bos-
ton office is a man of experience and in
dustry. Through his efforts it has been
made known that there will be three great
MISUNDERSTANDING hall and two
great tents-that a feature on Saturday
July y, will be an open-air patriotic mass
meeting on Boston common. Less has
been said of the big meeting of juniors"
to be held after the patriotic mass meet
ing, but, perhaps. this will be the most in
teresting of all the "doings." About l 600
children under IA will take part in this
Their will be a junior choir and a junior
orchestra, and about hundred will par
ticipate in the special exercises. Those
who take part in these will for the
ties in all parts of the earth and will be
appropriately costumed. Thus the ''iu-
Nor representing Alaska will be clad in
Alaskan dress, end will tell of the socie-
ties in that far away slice of Uncle Sam's
farm.
Another feature will be the holding of
MONDAY prayer and praise meetings at
selected business places These PRAYER
meetings will be conducted by delegates.
who will march from various headquarters
and the singing of religious songs will be
as much a feature as the prayers and the
exhortations. Singing is, in fact, one of the
greatest features in general Christian En-
deavor work
"The most interesting singing service
ever experienced" said Mr.. Ellis to-day
was in Pennsylvania, on a special Chris
tan Endcavor train, and it seemed the
shortest, too, though 1t was fifty miles
long"
II Is gratifying to the authorities of
the society that Boston town is display
ing so much interest in the convention.
Perhaps the most graceful recognition Of
the convention that has ever been ac-
corded any gathering by municipality
will be visible in tine public gardens and
parks when the convention meets, for in
these places many towering and orna-
mental plants have been so set as to
form the monogram of the society and