The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-29

The preliminary business of the ". c..
T. I. National Convention will begin to-
morrow with several officers meetings.
Friday and Saturday the executive COM
mittee will meet, and Sunday, December
,, the annual sermon will be delivered in
Lafayette Square Opera House by Mrs.
J. K. Barney, round the-world missionary
her subject being: The Watchword for
| Our Battle Mrs. l. NJ. N Stevens will
preside, and Miss Greenwood will have
| charge of the devotional exercises. There
will also be Sunday school rally some
I time in the afternoon or evening, in
charge OF Mrs Wilbur F. Crafts, Worlds
superintendent Sunday school work As
is usual, many of the pulpits Of the
churches in this city will be filed at
morning and evening services by dele
gates.
The daily morning prayer meetings dur
ing the convention will be held in Foun-
I dry Church, from $50 to $50 O'Clock,
and will be in charge of different evanse-
4 lists selected by Miss Greenwood The
( special conferences of departments viii
{ also occur at the same time, announce
ment OF places 10 be made on the bulletin
: q. A =
I be called TO order each morning
Monday forenoon the distinctive feat
/ ure viii be the presidents address; in tee
( afternoon the reports of the organizers
will be read Miss Mary 4. Blood, of
the Columbia School Of Oratory, will lead
/ the physical exercises from time TO time.
( Monday evening. from to s, there viii
/ be demonstration Of the children, led
/ by the Loyal Temperance Legion Miss
Mr. nd a 1rpe ~C1sj1 ties
/ are in charge Of this part of the pro-
! gramme. From 20 10 o'clock, the ad-
! dress of welcome and responses viii be
made The District of Columbia authOTi-
/ ties the Congress. and the various
/ churches viii be represented by speakers
/ Responses viii be made by Mrs StLrte-
( vant-Paet. President of California " c.
! T. L; Mrs Katharine Lente Stevenson.
I Massachusetts W. c. T. L, Miss Belle
Kearney, Mississippi, National Lecturer,
and Rev. Anna Shaw, Pennsylvania. Miss
! Jessie AckeTmann- round-the-wGrid mis-
! siouary VIII give her farewell prepare
| tory 10 another long trip.
Tuesday morning the reports of the su-
/ perintendents VIII be submitted, and in
/ the afternoon, at ) o'clock, viii take place
/ the introduction 0f fraternaI and visiting
I delegates and distinguished guests 4
number of interesting subjects viii be
presented al tha; time IN short speeches
Tuesday evening IS " night at which an
unusually fine programme is promised
( Miss Clara Parish, Of Illinois, will be
present and choir Of one hundred voices
/ has been N training for the occasion
I Wednesday morning has been set aside
/ for school OF methods 10 be conducted
/ BY the departments The branches alsd
/ VIII have part in this. This meeting is to
! be held IL the Opera House. and takes the
IL -
( also takes the place of the sesarate hall
/ day conferences which were provided for
/ last year Il was believed that much
! greater good could be secured by having
. the departments come together in this
I way Wednesday afternoon the affiliated
/ interests will make their reports as will
4 also the committee on resolutions
( Wednesday evening is State benefit night
{ and larger number than usual OF States
/ will be represented, some of them having
! greater gains TO record than heretofore
: The State white ribbon banner Will be
/ presented By Miss Anna a. Gordon. Il is
! also expected that large number of the
winning States viii sing their State songs
Thursday morning will occur TIE cleo
ton Of officers and the Memorial Service
( which will be conducted by Mrs. Stevens
! Thursday afternoon superintendent re.
/ ports are continued. BY vote OF the last
I convention JhoSe VINO nave finished the
medal contest work are to give short
I original addresses These will be dis
tribUted through the day sessions. Loya
I Temperance Legion night and possibly or
I Y night It was accorded to the super
/ intendents at their request and they ex-
! pect to give demonstration of W. c. T
/ L principles and methods
Friday forenoon and afternoon Will Wit
| ness the finishing Of all reports. including
| those Of the standing committees The
! evening will be Platform Night Mrs
Stevens Will preside and addresses vii
be made by Nine Layyah Barakat O
Syria; Mrs. Leonora N. Lake, Vice Presi-
dent of the Catholic Total Abstinence
! Union Of America: Miss Kate Lunden
New Jersey. associate superintendent O
work in foreign lands. and Mrs Clara c
Hoffman, President of the Missouri ". c
T L.
Mrs Frances ". Graham, the nationa
musical director of the ". c. T T. viii
be present during all of the sessions an,
have charge Of the music, and will SIM
several solos.
! During the convention the Committe
on Hotels and Boarding Houses Will b.
at Foundry NJ. E. Church. Fourteenth an,
C streets northwest; the Bureau of Infor
nation at the Lafayette Square Oper;
House, and also the .Postoffice; the Res