Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-06-17
IN A WORTHY CAUSE.
Cold Water Advocates to Disseminate
Their Views in Boston.
Many Noble Men and Women
Will Attend.
Detailed Program Of the Session and List
Of Prominent Speakers.

parts OF the globe Will be shown In the
button to be worn by the delegates. With
3ts field the world, the idea put into shape
with button upon which is portrayed a
approximation Of the globe, with "Our
Field" Inscribed upon the equator The
order with it's thousands of delegates from
Africa, Australia, Europe, South and
North America, may well claim the privi-
lego of wearing this button.
Tuesday evening, June 25, the grand
lodge Of Massachusetts Good Templars will
tender public reception to the supreme
lodge in Association hall, this city. Rev.
James Yeames, p. r. W. q. t., will pre-
side, nd addresses Of welcome will be
made by Mayor Curtis ~ behalf Of tho
city and Willard o. wylie, O. c. T., IA be-
half Of the Good Templars Of the state.
Representatives from India, Africa,
NgYay, Sweden, Switzerland, New Zea-
land, Hyitish Columbia, Scotland, Ger
many. England, Prince EdYprd Island,
lreland, etc., viii respond. Lodges
throughout the state will attend, their
$dA. The woNdh's caEistipp TeWper-
sh8 union. wassaehVetts Total Absti-
apnes 6cioty, State Reform club, Temple
RI Honor, Sons Of Temperance, Catholic
Total Xbstihthte socfety ana Qthey tenn
perance organizations of the State will
have representatives on the platform. The
meeting Is open to the public, and an
original ode, written by Rev. James
Ycamcs especially for the occasion, will
be sung.
Supreme Lodges Session.
Wednesday, the Goth, the supreme lodge
will begin its sessions DIR. ID. II. Mann,
II. w. g. t., presiding and continue
eight days, open only to members OF the
order. In the evening public event will
take place. the graduating exercises In the
COURSE of study, preceded by banquet.
Hon S. B. Chase, chancellor Of the course,
Halstead, Pa, will preside.
The choice of the location Of the next
grand lodge perhaps will be the most spir-
tied part of the session and of course the
strength Of the order in various countries
seeking the honor will have much to do
with the decision. England hqs about 55-
600 members, emitting 1t to IL representa-
tYes, Sweden has $1,000 members and IL
deleeates and Scotland $4,000 and nine
representatives. New York Is the strong
est of the United States In Good Tenn
plars, its membership being about 10000
Thursday at 8 o'clock, Governor Green
halge viii tender the supreme Lodge a re-
oepfion In 6op{ey haii, and at $50 o'clock
banquet will take place in Copley hall.
One thousand plates will be laid, and
William Leonard of Salem, p. G. G. T.
of Massachusetts,, will be toastmaster. The
invited guests will be Governor Green
halge Ex-Governor John B. Smith of New
Hampshire, Hon. Nelson Dingley Of
Maine, Hon. Joshua Nye, Mayors Curtis
of Boston, Davenport of Marlboro and
Baker of Beverly, the supreme lodges, the
past presiding officers, representatives of
state temperance organizations and tenn
perance mayors of Massachusetts, cities.
The banquet will be public.
Foreign Delegates to he Dincd.
On Saturday the Scandinavian Good
Templars of Massachusetts, will tender a
banquet in Commercial hall to the Scandi-
pavian delegates from Sweden, Norway,
Schleswig- -Holstein, Minnesota, Illinois
and New York. Sunday afternoon a pub
lie meeting will be held in Berkeley
Temple where the Scandinavian delegates
and other representatives will speak.
The committee on church supply will
supply many pulpits on June 30 with
representatives to the supreme lodge.
In addition to the social pleasures out
lined, a harbor excursion will be taken by
courtesy Of the city of Boston on the
steamer j. Putnam Bradlee, when the
forts and other points of interest in the
harbor will be visited. Suburban trips are
being planned to Cambridge, Charles
town, Salem, Concord and Plymouth.
The various subcommittee are busy,
and have all the work Of entertaining the
supreme lodge we'll in hand. All dele
Oates will be met at the depot escorted to
their lodgings and provided with a badge
and guide to the city. The United
States hotel will be the headquarters of
the executive.
The official badge to be presented to and
worn by all the delegates and representa-
tives to the supreme lodge is from a design
gotten up by Willard G. Wylie, the grand
chief templar Of this state, and chairman
Of the reception committee, and Is a very
handsome affair 1t is made of satin gros-
grain ribbon, appropriately inscribed in
blue letters, and a miniature red beanpot
attached to the bottom with the word
"Bean" across the face, emblematic Of
Boston's popular Diet the entire combina-
tion Of red, white and blue, representing
The colors of the order, the white and blue
representing the subordinate lodge, the
rcd that Of the grand lodge.
Active Work Of Endeavorers.
Boston, June 1.-THE pervasivc nature
OF the Christian Endeavor convention is
well illustrated by the sunrise prayer
meetings that will be held In many Of the
churches In Boston proper and the outly-
ing districts. These meetings will be led
by Christian Endeavor workers from all
parts Of the land, and will be attended by
the delegates stopping In the neighborhood
Of each church. These services will be
held at $3.50 o'clock every morning during
the convention.
Governor Gresnhalge Criticised.
noorov I,,vo 1.-THE poox<,n C>cxroI