The evening times., 1897-11-11
.LABOR|NG FOR THE CHURCH
Daughters of the King in An
nual Convention.
DELEGATES AT COMMUNION
Address OF Welcome hy Mrs. u W.
davenport. of Washington CONT
c.i-NlEmhprS of the Convention
E,.s-svfA ny Nr-. MChinley-An-
nEal aud Diocesan Reports

The fHth annudl COW ch'f"h VI tnS
! National council OF the Daughters Of the
! kim was formally opened this iuorning
al 10 o o'cloek. at the Church of the
! Epiphany with holy communion service.
at which the Right Rev. Henry Y sat
ts,fle2. liyhop Of the diocese of Washington.
participated. assisted by Kew. nr. McKh.,
! rector Df Epiphany. and Rev. Drs. Elliott.
! Aspnwag. davenport. Mott, Wood and
! iudley
Af,ei tie religious service the delegates
adjourned TO Tire parish han where the
! Conyel.tiun was organized aud where the
business sessions wal be held. =.
The parish hall was very tastefuIly deco
rated With the colurs Of the order, pale
! blue and wIiie. just above the platform
of the presiding Officers was a large shield
! inscribed VITA the watchword of TIE orGer,
I FOR HIS cake"
The Urier was organized by Jae Of
| the senior Rihle Glasses of the Church If
| the Hoy Sepulchre, in New York, un
| Easter sunday evening, 1885 Since that
| tiirr TIE order has spread rapid y, and Row
| has chapters m nearly every State and
| Territory in America. with an aggregate
mer- bership of about ., 900.
Itw9s only fiv, years ago, however, AT
tie conveItion held at Baltimore, Nd. at
which only few Of the ueighhoring states
wererc ercpre>entedoff fficIally that an orginiza
ti0n OF = national character was formed
/ There are now o. chapters, representing
iNty-give diCCUscs connected gith the Or
der.
The object of TINS ordar is 10 grouse sym
pataN and interest IN the work Tor Christ
aaa Hi church among the members 3nc
| assist the rector or the different parishes
ln disseminating the Gospel. The presrri,
convention j. probably the most largely
attended held by the order, but very few
ahSputees being noted on the list OF AZ
| credited delegates from the several States
! and Territories
The delegates all wore the official badges
Of the Daughters Of the King. and a pretty
Greel- cross flrury. inscribed, "Maguanl-
mit er C-uccm sustine," tie motto of the
yrGer.
At - odock the national council was
called TO order in the parish han by
, National President Mrs l.. a. BRADLEY
of New YDIk, with Miss MinHehaha ID Ryer
son. ais. Gf New York, aS secretary
Tho proceedings We're opened with tn"
repeating 81 lie creed and the Lords
Prayer sn UniS0n by the delegates and tie
derry who were present.
President Bradley ou account of the late
ness OF t'le h..ur announced that she would
Lot make an 2 ddress, but simply extend
CaIlial welctn .tyan. she then announced
he Blowing committees.
Nominal ions Mrs. John V. HUT, Misses
EcheCca \. Gala gher, Susie Tum'lelake.
MIRA UCut. and FloreLce Palmer.
Crcle-tial.-EiSs Annie Stevenson. Mis-
Mary y Fletcher, Mrs. W. W. Love, Miss
Emma J. Hull and Miss LOttie Il Harvey.
4 c.raial welcome WAS extended 10 the
,iStiiur clergy and the delegates 10y Mrs.
W. g Davenport, OF AnaCostia, President
&? tie Washington council of the order.
Miss Gyeg-Bu the secretary, submitted
h.r annual report. " hich showed that dnI-
rng tha past wear there has been a marked
iurrea - Of interest. six new chapters er,-
rolled. local assemblies formed IN sev-
-raI others ana I .;g9I crosses Were issued
- ul"I1HcTs.
la the absence Of the trca Surer, The re
port was rad by Mrs. Warner, first vice
president. Tie report showed that afte-
an tie expenses had been paid, there r.
mains a lalancp OF S1,19s.2O.
1asn followed the diocesan reports. I'll
FIRST being that frCm san Francisco, al.
The report was most graft wing. showing
inat since the inStitntion of the order in
that state three new dioceSeS have leeE
Created. and d corresponding spread OF
the GrGcr
A report was also submitted from the
diocese OF Connecticut.
The convention took a recess 1T 1:15
O'clock for luncheon and i'm order that the
delegates might attend the reception ten
der@d them bv Mrs. Mckinley at the
White House at ? 30 y. m The luncheon,
y hich Was served in the upper hall, was
rendered bv the yaIious chapters Of the
local councils OF the order.
After visiting the White House the na
tional council reconvened at $50 y. IN.
when Mrs. " II Rarries, OF College roiui.
l. /. addressed the council on the sub Jet
Of the ''Indivnuai Daughter uf the King
i'm Her Relation L. the Church
This evening there VIII be an open meet
inr, presided over 10y the Right Rev. Leigh
ton Coleman, biShop of Delaware. Ad
dresses will be made 10y Bishop Brewster.
of Connecticut: Rev. E. A Bradley, of New
York, and Dr. Randolph II. McKim rector
OF Epiphany ChUIch.
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