The herald., 1896-07-26
LONG BEACH
Close of the chautauqua Assemoly-Mlsslcn-
arv -leeting-City Notes

dTN IiSctihk-Shg Notcs
LONG BEACH, July 25.-Friday wit
messed the close of the most interesting
and successful assembly of Chautauqua
ever held at Long Beach, the headquar-
ters of Chautauqua for Southern Cali
fornia. Too much praise cannot be
awarded to the executive committee foc
their enterprise in securing such an ag-
gregation of talent as served through
the session just closed and at the elec
ton for new officers Friday afternoon
the members of the executive committee
present did a wise thing in re-electing
DR.. S. H. Weller president, and Prof.
Geo. r. Crow, consulting secretary. The
attendance despite the alleged hard
times has been the largest and the re-
ceipts, Notwithstanding the greatly in
creased expenses of the association in
the matter of pay for talent and other
necessary accessories, such as class
rooms, halls. rent, lights, ETC., have been
about enough TO cover all the Obligations
incurred.
Long Beach has been chosen by vote
as per resolution of Rev. E. A. Healy in
an open session of a largely attended
business meeting of ChautauQuans held
Friday morning, as the principal place
of business of the Chautauqua and this
settles forever, it is hoped. the too Oft
recurring question of location.
The University OF Southern California
had its day in court Friday and the three
sessions held during the day, morning,
afternoon and evening, drew large and
appreciatiVe audiences VINO We're richly
repaid for their attendance thereon by
being regaled by the efforts of some of
the master minds engaged in different
branches of education.
Yesterday the Woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary society held an all day session
to exceedingly large audiences who had
the pleasure of listening to eXpositions
of subjects connected with their society
by some of the most eminent diVines
and brightest lay intellects in the south
ern part of the state. The paper, Mis-
sionary Work as an Uplifting Force to
Young Women, read by Miss Minnie
Mendenhall OF Whittier, The Claims of
the Heather World, by Mrs. Lewis
Wright of Pomona, The Auxiliary the
Power Behind the Throne, by Mrs. A.
Stalker of Monrovia, We're excellent pre-
sentations, their reading by the gifted
lady authors adding to the pleasure
their well prepared papers conferred.
What Our Missionaries Have Right
to Expect was a discussion opened by
Mrs f. NJ. Crow of Los Angeles and par
ticipated in by a number of bright ladies.
Our Relations to the Church, Do We
| Help or Hinder, was the last discussion
before the close of the morning hour
and was led by Mrs. .. +. Brown Of
| University.
The afternoon session opened at las
The devotions were in charge of Mrs.
H r. NJ Pattee of Florence and this was
followed by Why Have the Women a
Foreign Missionary Society? An ad-
dress by Rev. j. A. b. Wilson, d. D., of
Los Angeles and an address on Indvid-
ual Responsibility for the Conversion of
the World, by Rev. j. l}. Green of Los
Angeles
Music. a recitation by Miss Florence
Williams of Long Beach. Relation of the
Pastors Wife to the w. F. NJ. S., by
Mrs w NJ Sterling of Los Angeles ana
Relation of the Pastor to the w +. NJ.
s., by Rev. y. c. Covey of Pomona
brought very interesting meetin to
close.
TWO meetings were held last night,
one by the disincorporationists and the
other by those who believe in preserving
the municipal autonomy of the city. The
meeting favoring dSincorporatiou
paraded the streets with a band Of music
and transparencies and had speakers
favorable to their side of the question,
who addressed them.
Those opposed to disincorporating
met at the tabernacle in large numbers
and were addressed by a number of
speakers who strongly protested against
the disintegrating of the city and judG-
ing from the amount of enthusiasm
their remarks produced, their advice to
mold the fort will be complied with at
the election tomorrow.
Sheber, E. D. McClee, Theodore c. Hill