Evening star., 1896-06-16
AN OBJECT LESSON
A Unique Affair to Take Place at
Calvary Baptist Church.
4 CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR CONVENTION
Committees to Act Just as They
viii in July.
THE GREAT CHOIR us

A change is noted this week in the date
for holding the regular weekly rehearsals
of the sections of the Christian Endeavor
chorus. and tomorrow evening has been
substituted for the regular Friday meet
ings. The sections will meet as follows:
Section A, Metropolitan Presbyterian
Church; section B, First Presbyterian
Church: section c, Luther Memorial
Church; section D, West Street Presby-
terian Church. The public rehearsals are
to be held the last of June, and at all the
remaining section meetings there should be
full attendance of the members of the
chorus. 1t is not improbable that some
members who have not been faithful in at
tendance on rehearsals will be dropped
from the chorus, as there are already en-
listed many more than 1000 persons who
claim to be singers, and accommodations
cannot well be provided in the meeting
places during the convention for more than
the number originally estimated for. Mem
bers who do not attend the section re-
hearsals, therefore, will lose the oppor-
tunity Of getting the new chorus badges.
which are to be distributed before the pub
lie rehearsals. and without these there will
be no admission to the public concerts nor
to the convention platforms.
Auxiliary Excursion Committee.
The first general meeting of the auxiliary
evening in the west parlor of the Firs.
Congregational Church, Chairman Jerome
F. johnson presiding. Mr.. johnson ex-
planned to the members what had been al
ready done by the central excursion COM
! mittee. and distributed copies of the leaf
let, which has just been issued. giving in
formation and rates OF all side trips plan
ned for during and Immediately following
the convention Afterward the bicycle Sec
ton was called together by John G. Muir,
the leader, and the contemplated runs dur
| ing the convention ere talked over. Most
| of these RI rs are scheduled for the early
morning, starting from the White House at
| 6 O'Clock, and SO timed that the riders can
| return in ample time for breakfast. This
| morning a portion of the bicycle squad
started out at o'clock and went over the
| route Of the first run mapred out, the route
| being oct 14th street, through Whitney av-
| enue into the Soldiers Home grounds. and
following the outside road around to the
| right to the north gate over the Shepard
| road to Brightwood, and return via the
14th street road.
meeting of the ushers was also held
| last evening in the New York Avenue
Church. in charge of Chairman w. w.
| Everett. Lists were made up of those who
| could devote their time to respective ses-
| sions during the convention, and orders fQr
uniforms were taken.
| Object Lesson Tomorrow Night.
Tomorrow evening an unique object les
| son meeting will be held in the Calvary
| Baptist Sunday school house. On this oc-
! casion the reception committed of the Cal
| vary Society will endeavor to show to the
| members of the entertainment, reception
and registration committees of all the other
| local societies how a delegation arriving in
| the city in July should be handled. The
| Calvary Society's committee will play
| hosts. and the committee members from
| the other societies will make believe they
are strangers just arriving in the city. The
| same general plan of procedure will be
| followed as will prevail In all the church
| headquarters at the time of the convention
| The rooms Will be arranged with regiStra-
| ton. entertainment information tables. etc.
| Invitations have been sent to all Christian
| Endeavor societies in the city to attend.
| Those who have received registration cards
| will fill out the first part of the card be-
| fore reaching the church, giving any state
| CT city they may choose as their place Of
| residence. probably the state whose deiega-
\ ton they are to entertain next month.
! Those who have not these cards will be
| furnished them on their arrival at Calvary
| Church. At the door they will be met by
members Of the station section of the re-
| ception committee staff, and by them es-
| corted to the church section whose mem
| bers will be distinguished by pink ribbon
| badges. BY them they will be welcomed,
| taken to the table of the entertainment
| committee. where they will be assigned to
| homes: then to the table of the regfstra-
| ton committee. where, after registering.
| they will receive a badge. a provisional pro-
| gram and probably the official map of the
! city. Guides will be furnished to show them
| to their Washington homes, If desired At
| the information table, city guide books and
| souvenir pins will be for sale, and those in
| charge will be ready to answer any of the
! numerous questions which strangers find
| it necessary to ask.
| The bundle room will be ready for par
| GELS. umbrellas, etc, and .he post office
| for r@etving and distributing mail.
| Later IN the evening the delegates will
! gather in the room above and receive in
| StructionS as to their part in the convention.
| This will be an opportunity to ask questions
| concerning the same. and 1t IS suggested
| that aids Of committees come ready to do
| So
| No better method could have been devised
| than this "object lesson to prepare the
| members OF the great committees for their
| work.
| 1t is expected there will be large attend
| ance. not only Of committee members, but
| Of all others Interested In convention
| preparations.
| Miss Anna ]. Bell, chairman of the church
section of the reception committee, will be
| at headquarters every afternoon from how
| on between and $50 o'clock.
Lutheran Societies Rally.
A meeting somewhat in the nature of 6
denominational rally was held last even
ing by Lutheran Christian Endeavor So
cieties in the Concordia German Lutheran
Church, corner of 10th and G streets
| Music was furnished by Lutheran member:
of the convention chorus directed by Georg,
F. Muth. and a service of song was helt
preceding the regular exercises. Prayer
| was offered by Rev DR.. Domer of st
Pauls Church, and Rev. w. H. Gottwali
of st. Marks Church read the Scriptur.
| lesson.
An address of welcome was delivered by
Hev. Ernst Drewitz, pastor of Concordif
Church, and the principal address of III,
evening was by Rev. Willis S. Hinman O
Columbia. Pa, president Of the Nat:ona
| Lutheran Christian Endeavor Union. Hi!
subject was, "Lutherans as Christian En-
| deayorers.
An instructive feature of the evening.
program was participated in by the presi
| dents of Lutheran Christian Endeavor So
cieties, each of whom made pertinent sug
gestions in answer to the question, "Hov
Can We Make Lutheran Rallies of the Con
vention a Success?" Responses vera mad,
by Rev. Ernst Drewitz, for Concordia; Mr.
Warren H. Gottwald, for ST. Marks; Mr.
Charles Phillips. for ST. Paurs: Miss C. A
Poggensee, Church of the Reformation
Mr.. C. E. Paul. for the Luther Place Me
morial DR.. James w. Graham, for Zion
Church; Rev. Stanley Billheimer, for tn
West Washington. and Rev. Charles H
Butler, for the Keller Memorial Church.