The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-11
NEW STATE HEADQUARTERS.
The Elm City Post of the U. S. Churc

The Elm City Post of the U. s. Church Army to Have H Commodious and Busy Home-Special Meeting in Trln-
 ity Church Sunday Night.
 For several weeks Workmen have
 been transforming the building until re- gently occupied by the plant of the New
 Haven Union and Palladium at 33 S5 and S7 Gregson street, into a state head
 quarters for the U, s. Church Army.
 It is but 100 feet from Chapel street, a location considered admirable for the
 work the army is doing in this city. The success of the Elm City post has been so marked during it's trial six | months that after a careful study of the city and it's needs and consultation
 with several clergymen and other prom inent citizens in New Haven and ad- joining cities, General Hadley has leas- ed the premises named for a term of years, with privilege of still longer
 lease at the expiration of this one. The first floor is being fitted up as
 large auditorium for bright meetings every night in the year. It will seat comfortably several hundred people. The light and ventilation are to be es- pecially good, and 1t is to be model | meeting place.
 Music will be prominent feature,
 and no pains will be spared to secure | the best. One of the singers for Deoem- Der will be Mrs. Lyon, a powerful con- tralto In a colored quartet. She is very attractive in her southern melo- ,,1o +af D,,nP ols of New York, the noted pianist, is to superintend the music, assisted by the ladies who have so faithfully served | the post thus far. Soloists, quartets and choruses are engaged. A novel feature of the work will be a
 new gramaphone, which will wonderful ly reproduce parts from opera, Sousa's s band; also medleys and solos by the finest singers, comets, saxophones and violns, and the famous Neapolitan quartet.
 The second and third floors of the
 building are being renovated and furn-
 ished as q clean, inviting and conven-
 lent hotel with fifty beds for men,
 There will be a cheap restaurant in the ample basement, to be we'll ventilated
 with air shafts and electric fans. The lodgers will also have the benefits of
 the coffee bar at the present post room
 on Temple street.
 This present room at 176 Temple street is to be refurnished and changed into a place of pleasant resort to be
 known as the Palm Garden, or Music hall in connection with the coffee bar e-el ioI, hoe o ,Iccess and a blessing.
 From 9:30 to midnight every evening the music from the post will be trans | ferred to the Palm Garden, and from Il to o'clock daily, the piano with the
 gramaphone will furnish entertain
 ment to those who lunch there. Luxu- dious table-chairs will invite customers A liberal five cent lunch'' and "ten cent specialties" will continue to win
 men from saloon lunches and beer. Be-
 tween 200 and 300 a day now patronize
 the coffee bar and this number is ex- pected to increase largely at this prac-
 tical temperance agency.
 This feature of the work is already self-sustaining, the General Hadley promises that the headquarters on Gregson street shall support itself after
 the first year, if the Christian people of New Haven and vicinity will CO., operate
 at the start. This new and busy home for the work is to open Wednesday, December 15 at 7:3O, and mass meet ing addressed by prominent speakers is to be held at Trinity church to-mor-
 row evening, December F, at 7:30 o'clock.
 Next Wednesday evening, Mrs. Thonl-
 as Ackrill, will sing 'The Prodigal
 Son. Mir. Wm. F. Bull will sing Gal vary" MT. Lyon will sing Just as Am," to the tune of Rocked in the