Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-03-21


lclent accommodations for this great num-
Der collectively, and to assign such quar-
ters individually is the by no means easy
TASK OF the entertainment committee. one
-of the subdivisions of the committee of
oO the latter being In charge of the
arrangements for the coming convention.
Inc chairman of the entertainment COM
ml..ee Is Miles NJ Shand, who is a men,
Der of the Calvary Baptist Church. and
well known to every local Endeavorer as
the president of the District of Celumbia
Christian Endeavor Union.
He was born in New Brunswick New
Jersey, and is Of Scotch parcntaye. His
education was received in the schools of
ms Eat1Ve town and in 1882 he came to
S Wtasainglon to accept position in the
ployed ever since.
his life while in this city, as we'll as be-
.ore ms coming here, has been character
izeo by lively interest in religious work
anu sin ms ABILITY and zeal have found express
sion III many directions. He was for fi.e
years superintendent of the Sunday schJoI
az Memorial Chapel, corner 5th and p
streets, which was at that time one Of
E Ille largest Sunday schools in the District.
.or several years past he has been secre-
.ary OF the Sunday school of Calvary Ran
.lst Church and has served the school with
great efficiency WIN
Endeavor Society in Calvary Church six
years ago, Mr.. Shand has been much in
terested IN the movement. He served one
E Sedr as vice president of the District of
Its lookout committee and ia nov nr.s ~
ueAt OF the union. Every duty to which he
mas been called has been performed IN %
a anH ha ana modest, but thoroughly efficient
a.1 Helpiul manner, and he has the united
and devoted support of the C,hristi.n L.
deaVor of the District LII
Inc secretary of the committee ia %
E Iaps9i = ana the members . are: Norman r
". warwick Rev. Charles Alvin Smith. E
a. Ciark, Charles E. Paul, Glen T. Jones
David r; Wolhaupter, 1r., s. D. Luckett
d. Jewell and j. L. H. Winfield.
Assisting this central committee 10 m
s auxlHary entertainment committee made
up OF several members from each society In
the union, numbering more than 5dn n.r
sons. Though pre-eminently a. con,.on ~
cry ana well equipped in accommoda tions
ana by experience for taking care of /. roc
CROWDS. washington has not sufficient hotel
room Tor the seventy-f1ve thousand or more
expected so1ourners. and it will be neces-
sary to call into requisition the boarding
houses and private homes to properly care
necte .ae ,h VISITORS. 1t could hardly be ex-
pecteo mat city should have available
notel accommodations for throng of
trahsients equal to nearly one-fourth It's
Itg3taa such an unusual number of
cifizonc
themselves And it Is known also that n
great majority of the delegates to the con
ventlcn will prefer stopping in the homes Of
c cne residents LEM In this way Washington's
the great bulk of those who have heen
invited to enjoy the hospitality of the ma
mons capital. and will have an opportun-
tation in II Is regard
Information About Accommodation.
Upon Its organization in November last
the entertainment committee Immediately
began canvass of the local hotels, learn
ing no" many delegates each would agree
" accommodate and at what rate. This
work has beef completed, and from the
information thus obtained Chairman sband
mas cecn enabled to lend material aid to
Lhany OF the excursion managers from the
various delegations, who have desired hotel
neau4udTIers 1or the delegates from their
unions Practically all the hotels have re-
sponded to the committees request for in
formation, and reasonable rates have been
Granted. up to the present time twenty
state excursion managers have closed CON,
tracts with the hotels for Accommodates
Ior all or part of the delegations which
tney expect to bring with them.
+,an IS usual, IN planning to attend Chris
udn f1hdeaVor convention, for the several
state unions to appoint a committee ~ nna
OF more persons to have entire charge of
arranging for the trip. Excursion mar
t,re,t as tney are called, are selected, who
OF their DELEGATIONS. select the route and
arrange the itinerary, and If hotel is
wanted IN the convention city, close the
sena. ait ior sueh accommodations. AS a
genera! rule, the excursion managers make
q uip 10 the city, and by personal observa
sioli are the better prepared to secure the
dde esira Sah which their delegations
uesIe. Sucn course Is found to be much
more satisfactory than making arranaal
ments by correspondence
VISITS from advance agents of state dele
saalons are OF frequent occurrence at the
callers are referred to Chairman Shand
VINO questions them as to the expected siys
OF their delegations, what character of
WILING to e nar prefer, and the rate they are
after, ne refers to his list of hotels. selects
Ih0se which would answer the wants Of The
aelesa ion, and gives his callers a card NJ
mansesra tho 10 the the hotel proprietors The
teIs, ana themselves enter into any CON.
tract which may be made, the entertain-
ment committee assisting only in the &C.
lection Of quarters and acting az a naone
OF communication between the two M rtias
IN m interest. The committee prefers that he.
Tel arrangements be made after a nersonoI
s,si1 Dy the states representatives, and as
Factory course 1t may be said that ali The
selections SO far have been made in the
m daann 1t is significant. too. that twenty
NSAoeotAoAiS nave already secured hntol
quarters, while the convention ia vet fomr
months away, whereas at Boston last vear
not more than eighteen delegations wera
gusrtered In the hotels at the time whan
the convention was in session This Ia m
INDICATION OF increased attendance this
year, rather than Of more widespread do.
sire to stop at the hotels w
In the Homes,
But the assigning Of states to hotels IN
only one phase Of the work devolvins upon
the entertainment committee, and that ia
done entirely by the central committee.
BY far the most important and arduous
task, and that which will call for the as
sistanee OF each member of the large auxil-
larry hody, is the canvassing of the CITY to
provide accommodations for the great ma
1ority who will not be cared for in hotels.
Out OF the seventy-f1ve thousand delegates
and visitors (more or 1ess) for whose COM
fort the entertainment committee is work
Ing to provide. UP to the present time about
forty-five hundred have secured hotel quar-
ters. In the homes the great bulk Of the
delegates will be provided for.
To secure q record Of all boarding houses
and private families where one or several
delegates may find accommodations dur
Ing convention week, the entertainment