The evening times., 1896-07-07

Tor business, Dut lew peopie pue IA OLA
appearance until late in the day. The tele-
graph opera tor, sitting at his table waiting
for the messages that did not come; the
ticket agents. grouped in the Union ticket
office ready u answer all sorts OF conun-
drums about stop-overs, each and all had
sineCures today.
The early visitors evidently have come
ahead OF the schedule, with the purpose
of doing" Washington tefore the great
religious parliament tegins its sittinss
Threatening skies had no terror for them.
They were to be seen in all quarters OF the
city industrlously sightseeing.
THE WEATHER EYE OPEN.
Christian Endeavor'' has suddenly be-
come the popular name for all sorts OF
things, eatabIe, drinkabie and wearabie,
which even the most imaginative person
would not, without commercial incentive
! think OF connecting with any religious nr-
ganization, Christian or otherwise. There
are Christian Endeavor milk kes.'
| ..Endeavor fans" convention chewing
gum and almost everything else.
One Jeweler has in his show window
mammoth turtle wearing eyeglasses and
| holding in his beak a card bearing The
| legend:
| nay the only Christian Endeavor puzzle
and lie at peace"
| The decoration of the stores is quite
general and in many instances eiabordIe.
| In the Washington Light Infantry Armory
there are a lot of booths, which seem 20
portend a mammoth fair, with plenty of
dalnties and pretty girls, but to two youths
who inquired anxiousiy when business
would begin an attendant gave the infor-
nation that the booths were only for the
dissemination of Christian Endeayor lit
erature.
| Out at the mammoth tents on the White
| Lot there were few visitors during :he
day, but they only served to accentuate LIE
Eimmensity OF the structures under which
they stood.
THE BIG RALLIES.
The congregational rallies on Thursday
| and Sunday afternoons in Tent Winston
| have been fully arranged, and most in
tcrcsting time may be expected.
ON Thursday afternoon the theme Of
the meeting will be annouced in u brief in
troductory address by the chairman, Rev.
William E. Barton. d. D., Of the shawmut
| Congregational Church, Boston on Two
| anu StNtutS AsS 4SdAo AAoAA
| Plymouth Rock"
Among the speakers are Rev. Francis Z.
| Clark, ID. D., president of the United So
ciety; Treasurer William Shaw, several OF
the trustees of the United Society, md rep
resentatives of Congregationalism in Eng
land and Canada. Rev W. H. Towers, pres
iCent OF the Manchester Union, speaks fol
England, and Rev. A. F. McGregor OF
Woodstock, Ontario, for Canada.
On Sunday afternoon the missionary rally
will be Just an hour in length. 1t will be
| u full hour and a profitable Que. The ir
resstible Rev. W. G. Puddefoot ''of the
United States" is to speak on home mis-
sions; Rev. g. G. Creegan, D. D., speaks on
foreign missions; Miss Margaret W, Leitct
of Ceylon speaks on her important work
and Rev. G. ". Moore speaks of the worI
of the American Missionary Association
Other eminent speakers are to address boil
meetings.
A large number of deaf and dumb mem
bers of tile society have already arrived
and are quartered at GaIlaudet College
Kendall Green.
BOOTHTUCKER COMING.
There are to be special attractions at thu
Salvation Army headquarters during th,
great raliy for they have many friepd
among the delegates.
On Thursday, in the Army Hall, 93O
Pennsylvania avenue, there Is to be d
welcome meeting, led by Staff Captain
Blanche Cox, at which all her Officers
from Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, ant
the District will be present.
On Friday at p. M, in Wesley Chapel
corner OF Fifth and F streets, the subject
OF addresses will be The Amy's progress
in many lands" This will be followet
by half night of prayer, from 10 till
a. M, which is especially for Christians
and will be attractive to many by reasor
of its novelty.
Then on Sunday, the 10Th, the long-an
ticipated visit of Americas new leaders
Commander and Consul Booth-Tucker an,
his wife. will become a fact. They will b
seen afternoon and night in the Masuni
Temple. Mr.. Tucker is the apostle of India
having been the pioneer Salvationist In tina
country. in which he had been previously
Judge. He speaks half dozen OF the lar
guages fluently, and has wonderful storie
to tell. Every one will be eager to hea
Gen. .Booth'staientedd daughter. Mrs. Tucker
.