Evening star., 1896-09-29
TWENTY-sECoND SESSION
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Meets
Tlis Week.
Program for the Two Days Session
RepOrts, Addresses and
Hours for Prayer.

The twenty-second annual convention Of
the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
of the District of Columbia will be hel6 at
Wesley Chapel Thursday and Friday Of
this week. The program for the conven-
ton Is long one, and the two days are
divided into three sessions each-morning,
afternoon and evening. The convention
will be called to order Thursday morning
at 9:30 o'clock by President Mrs. NJ. B.
Platt, after which an invocation will be Of
fered by Rev. Charles w. Baldwin, DID
Then will come routine business matters
in the shape Of the call of ex-officio mem
bers, the reading Of the minutes of execu-
tive session by Mrs. Emma F. Shelton, the
recording secretary of the union, and the
announcement of the committees ere
dentials. finance courtesies and resolutions.
The address of welcome will be delivered at
10 o'clock by Mr.. William r. Woodward,
and the response will be made by Mrs.
Anna F. Beiler. The reports of the super
intendents on the following subjects will
then be made: Narcotics" Mrs Alice
Chapman: Purity in Literature and Art"
Mrs. f. A. Chambers; Social Purity" Mrs.
Belle S. Luckett; Mothers Meetings" Mrs.
Sophie Smith; Sabbath Observance" Mrs.
NJ f. Catlin. and "Heredity and Hygiene"
Mrs. c. E. Ritter.
The Introduction of fraternal delegates
will then take place. a Bible reading will
be given by Mrs. NJ. E. Hartscck and The
meeting will develop into a noon-tide prayer
meeting by the time noon is reached. Then
the report of the secretary, Mrs. c. E.
Emg. and the report of the corresponding
secretary, Miss l.. S. Weightman, will be
offered, and the session will close about
1890 o'clock.
In the afternoon. after the invocation
the minutes of the morning session. a
| paper on Sabbath observance will be read
! by Mrs. T. NJ. Mitchell.
The presidents annual address will then
| be made, the reports of the treasurer and
auditor heard and. after the reports OF
superintendent, the afternoon session will
| adjourn at O'Clock. The reports of the
superntendents will be as follows: Work
| Among Colored People, Mrs. r. f. Law
| sen; Work Among Foreigners Mrs. Han
| Mrs. H. A. Gillenwater; "Firemen," Mrs
Maria Merrick: Flower Mission Mrs.
F. G. Jones: and Scientific Temperance
| Instruction. Mrs. Grace Spencer.
The evening session on Thursday will be-
gin at 1870. ana the music for the occasion
will be furnished by the Metropolitan A.
NJ. E. choir. under the leadership of Prof.
Layton. The address of the evening will
be delivered by Rev. Luther b. Wilson
D. d.
The second day of the convention, in the
morning, will be given up to the reports OF
the different committees, the election OF
ofncerS, election or delegates and the con-
frmation of superintendents. Mrs. II. II
Hendrickson will report Peace and
Arbitration and Mrs. ]. II. Mitchell or
Railroad as part of the superintend-
| ents' reports. Tho report of the evangelis-
| tic superintendent. Mrs. NJ. f. Hartsock
! will also be received.
| The afternoon session will begin at 30
| and the meeting will be principally taken
up by reports of superintendents the re-
| port of the committee on resolutions anG
| the question bcx. The Invocation vii
| be delivered by Rev. Walter Brooks. The
| reports of the superintendent will be as
! follows: Juvenile Work." Mrs. S. b
i Blaine Temperance Literature, Mrs
| Grace l.. Chapin; Prison and Jail" Mrs
| c. Cowsill; Mercy, DR.. Alice Burritt
| Christian Citizenship Mrs. Anna f
| Beiler; "Unfermented Wine. Mrs. Emma
| F.. FalcoEer; parliamentary Usage Mrs
Mary D. Chenowith, and Messenger
| Boys, Mrs. Nellie II. Bradley.
| In the evening Mrs. Clayton E. Emis
! will open the services with prayer, ana
| will be followed by Mrs. Belle S. Lucl.et,
| with a Scripture reading. Miss Grace
| Altschu will render vocal solo, and the
| address of the evening will be delivered by
| Miss Z. L. Yates of Maine. The conven-
ton will then adjourn.