Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-13
THE CHORUS BADGES
They Will Be Worn at the Sectional Re-
hearsals Friday Evening.
Conference of Chairman Clark With
pOrtant COmmtttee Meetings..

At the sectional relnenrsals Of the Chris
tian Endeavor chorus, (which will be held
Friday evening, the chorus badges which
have just been prepared will be worn. Yes
terday afternoon the leaders of the Vari-
GUS church choirs met Chairman c. $.
Clark at headquarters and the diamond
shaped cards were distributed to the soc!-
ETY. representatives. The badges for the
soprano singers are white, the alto cards
are light blue, tenors will be distinguished
by red badges and the dark blue has been
selected for those who sing bass. Thus the
convention colors, red, white and blue, are
recognized in the chorus badges.
This weeks rehearsal of the four chorus
sections will be held as follows: Section A,
Metropolitan Presbyterian Church; section
b, First PIest yterian Church; section &,
Vermont Avenue Christian Church; section
D, Western Presbyterian Church. The
choir of the society in the Hyattsville
Church has been transferred from section
A to section d, and will rehearse Friday
evening at the Western Church. Chairman
Clark, in his conference with the choir
leaders yesterday afternoon, announced
that at the next rehearsal it would not be
absolutely essential to wear chorus badge
in order to gain admittance to the rehear-
sal. although 1t was desired that as far as
possible the members wear their cards.
After thi, week, however, the badges will
Other Committee Meetings.
While the meeting of the music leaders
was being held in the front room of the
headquarters offices, Rev. f. b. Bagby and
the members of the church section of the
staff of the reception committee were dis
cussing in the adjoining room plans for the
hosptable entertainment at the various
church headquarters of the visiting dele
gates. A circular will be issued to the Sc
cieties within "a short time. giving sug-
gestions as to what provision should be
made by the churches for the comfort of
the deleSG tons assigned them.
In the evening the hall committee, the
subcommittee on decorations, and one sec
ton of the entertainment committee, held
meetings at headquarters. The hall COM
mittee had under consideration plans for
the platforms, chorus seats, press tables
and other arrangements for the three tents
to be pitched on the White Lot; the decor
atoms committee spent the evening in ca
aiming samples of straw hats. with
View to selecting a style which would he
suitable for use in uniforming the various
working committees of the convention; the
entertainment committee section mapped
out the systematic house-to- house canvass
for the district assigned to it's care in
search of accommodations for delegates
who will visit the city in July.
Five separate and important committee
meetings for conference and discussion of
plans was the record yesterday at Chris
tan Ende2Vor headquarters. In addition
the members of the committee were at
II cir desks as usual, transacting the bust
Eess at hand and receiving visitors. One
OF these was Rev. T. l.. Davis, excursion
manager of the New Jersey delegation
who came to confer with Chairman Shand
OF the entertainment committee and ascer-
tain full particulars with regard to con-
Venton arrangements before issuing his
general circular to Endeavorers in his
state.