Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-26
TO ENTERTAIN ENDEkVORERS
Preparations Under Way by the Commit
tee of 'o6
The Grounds at Mt. Vernon TO De
tions TO the und.

At the regular weekly meeting OF the COM
mittee of '96, held last evening. the follow
ing resolution was read from the regents
of the Mt. Vernon Association:
Resolved, That We meet the requests OF
the Christian Endeavorers with courtesy,
but explain to them that il will be unsafe
to open the mansion for larger number
at a time than the superintendent consid-
ers wise. The lawns will be placed al their
service. but the use of the mansion must
necessarily be restricted. Consequently,
the mansion must be closed at the usual
time, but the grounds. at the request OF the
Christian EndeaYorers, can he kept open
until o'clock. from the Sth to the 18th Of
July exclusive Of Sundays.
SUSAN E. JOHNSON HUDSON,
Secretary and Vice Regent for Mt. Vernon
Association"
The committee voted to thank the ladies
OF the association for their kindness.
The matter Of program of exercises for
the special Mt Vernon day, Tuesday July
IL. was referred TO the excursions commit
tee, Mr.. Jerome +. Johnson, chairman
This program will probably consist largely
of patriotic addresses and singing.
A circular letter, to be directed 10 the
state excursion ma ma gers. for Immediate
reply, was authorized. asking for a maxi
mum estimate Of the number expected from
the state, together with other needed facts
e w. Little was appointed a member of
charge of district No. ..
To Assist fin Entertaining.
Many societies in the city, not having
state delegations assigned to them as
church headquarters, have been DESIGNATED
TO assist other societies having large dele
cations. The assignments which have been
made are follows:
Memorial Lutheran. to be assisted by
West Washington Lutheran and Keller
Memorial Lutheran.
Central Methodist Protestant 10 he as
sisted by New York Avenue NJ p and
First Methodist Protestant
FIRST Presbyterian, TO be assisted by
HyattsViile Presbyterian Garden Memorial
Presbyterian and Bethany Presbyterian.
New York Avenue Presbyterian, to be
assisted by Faith Chapel Presbyterian and
Bcrwyn Chapel Presbyterian
First Baptist, TO be assisted by Mary
land Avenue Baptist
l. Street Baptist, to be assisted by Grace
Baptist.
North Presbyterian, to be assisted by
lexington Presbyterian.
Several churches having Epworth leagues
will be utilized for church headquarters
and in these cases Christian Endeavor
society committees will be designated TO
work in the churches for the care of the
delegates, as follows:
Fifteenth Street Methodist Episcopal TO
be assisted by the Mt. Pleasant Congre-
gational.
Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal, to he
assisted The congress Street NJ. p.
Marvin NJ. E., Fifth Congr a;yational and
Takoma Park PreshyUs rian.
Foundry Methodist Episcopal. to be as
sisted by Gay Street Baptist, Emory Chapel
NJ. E., Memorial United Brethren and
Langdon NJ. f.
1t was decided to hold on Wednesday
evening, June L. an object lesson rehearsal
for members of the reception, entertain
ment and registration committees. AT this
time every movement of the work of re-
ceiving and registering the delegates and
assigning them TO homes will be gone
through with and explained.
1t has been decided TO allow to each state
and territory a small space in the WASH
iDgton Light Infantry Armory for a rally
ing point and place to post notices. etc.
The report of the decora tons committee,
read in the absence of the chairman w.
W. Tuckey, showed that the work is pro-
crossing satisfactorily; signs for church
question of supplying hats is being
sidered; the work of setting out floral de-
signs I'm the parks according TO designs SUBJ
mftted to the public gardener will soon lie
begun, and the design for the convention
badge has been about decided upon and a
final conference is being held with the
manufacturers.
Additional Subscriptions.
i Additional subscriptions were reported. as
follows: National Hotel 800: ]. H Walker,
500; John w. Thompson, Frederick Pillfng
and Columbia Railway Company, so; r. p
Emerson Vendome), wilkins G. Co, Thos
Somerville & Son and Connecticut Pie Com
pany, So; National Capital Ice Company,
SO; Geo. S. Krafft's Son, Mrs. S. Bunker
J. II. Small, James F. Allen. Conrad Beck
er. NJ r. Thorp. F. G. Smith and Ross
Thompson, SO; c. w. p. Stodder, N H.
Duvan, Ii. c. Davis & Co. Ed. b. Hay, w
G.. Moore, Edmonds & Williams. ID. H.
Nichols, Chaplin Brown, Temple Hotel Com
pany, Miss Lizzie Hazelton, A. b. Graham,
r. c. NJ. Burton, w. A. Pate, Arlington
Drug Store, A. f. Hendershott, Alice X
Estes, Henry Evans, Masonic Temple Lunch
Room. l.. Lewis Krick, Hotel Belyedere,
Joseph A. Sauerland and Otto Wehner. 81;
Annie c. Bell, Z. G. Rouzee and Belt d.
Dyer 81; y. Sprague. T. b. Warrick. Henry
c. Baker, G. W. Cook and Joseph Jouy,
MD. 81. The total subscriptions announced
to date for the business mems and citizens
funds amount to 81, 100 %