Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-07
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in the fields in ths harvest time, and be-
cause it relates hdta Ruth abandoned idol
''Thy people shalEsbe my people and thy
God my God" Ruth i:16)
Ghiidren's day wiIfbe celebrated In near
| ly all the Protest&nt churches of the city,
excepting the Protfsxant Episcopal, tomor-
row, with exercses in which the children
of the Sunday schools will take the promi-
nent part. The services of either the morn
| ing or evening will be devoted to singing
and Rotations by the little folks. and it
| is an occasion looked forward to by them
with most pleasant anticipations. Scarcely
any member of the Sunday school is too
young or too small to participate in the
singing or reciting, and little tots who can
barely lisp the words of their piece will
! be given an opportunity to appear, perhaps
| for the first time, upon platform before
the public, while the happy father and
| mother in the audience will indulge in par
donable feelings of pride at their little
ones success. The day is one given partic-
ularly to offerings for missions by the chill
dren, and the collections for this benevo-
lence of the church are unusually large on
Children's day.
Ground was broken Wednesday, after
noon for the foundation of the new Grace
Memorial Reformed Church, at 18th and o
streets northwest, and work has been COM
menced on the building which is to take
the place of the small structure where Pres
| fdent Roosevelt worships The little daugh-
ter of Rev. DR.. ]. M. Schick, the pastor of
the church, turned the first spadeful of
earth, and the workmen then began dig
ging the foundation. There were no exer-
cises or ceremonies attendant upon the
commencement of the work. The formal
ceremony of laying the corner stone is
expected to take place in about two weeks,
and it is hoped to have the building COM
pleted before Christmas.
Rev. John D. La Mothe assistant rector
| of the Church of the Epiphany, departed
Wednesday afternoon for London, Eng
| land, where he will visit his old home dur
ing the remainder of the present month.
An entertainment which was considered
one of the most instructive as well as
unique and pleasing affairs in the church
| entertainments of the city during this sea-
| son, was given Wednesday evening at the
Metropolitan Presbyterian Church, under
the auspices of the Womans Missionary
Society, and was characterized as a Per
sonally Conducted Tour" The preparation
of this tour necessitated great amount
| of labor and thought on the part of those
who had charge. and the results were very
gratifying, not only because of the pleasure
1t afforded the large numbers who attended,
but from the fact that over 500 was Melted
as result of the affair. Nine booths were
arranged in various parts Of the Sunday
school rooms, each stall representing one
| of the fields in which the society is inter-
| ested. The tickets were prepared In the
| form of the usual railway excursion ticket
way Company, unlimited. Good for one
! continuous trip around the world by Pull
man imagination, stopping at places indi-
carea on the the, coupon" Then followed nine
| ia, South Dakota; to New Mexico" and
so on. Mr.. David F. MCGOWAN was ticket
agent. Nine different Excursion trains"
| so called, were started by Train DISPATCHER
q tho
| each train party being in charge Of par
| tlcular guide. The price asked for a ticket
was a promise that the holder would read
| the missionary items thereon.
| The "excursionists" Visited the nine differ
| ent missionary fields. as arranged, they be-
Ing Alaska. South. Dakota. New Mexico,
| rorto RICO, Chinas Japan, India and North
Carolina, and at each booth, which was
| fitted up in imitation of the locality or
country which it represented in regard to
/ the home life and costumes of the inhabi-
tahIs. refreshments appropriate to the To-
callty We're served. CORN pone and bacon
| We're served at the Nbrth Carolina booth
and snow balls at the one designated as
Alaska, ice tea at China: dates at Japan,
| parched corn at South Dakota. and candy
made from Porto Rican molasses at the
booth called Porto Rico. This latter stall
| was regarded as one of the most novel in
the system The display was a raised
| PLATFORM ana the ocean was represented by
| pale green tissue paper placed in excellent
| imitation of waves. while the island itself
! was constructed of moss the Topography as
Wen as the shape OF the island being car
rled out In detail in the imitation. Tiny
American flags were tastefully displaye ed
| about the island, while a large number of
miniature boats of various styles of con-
| struction were anchored presumably in the
| water on the coast. Bananas, pineapples
! ana lemons We're arranged at the rear Of
the platform as products of Porto Rico
4 The South Dakota booth. representing the
| work among the Indians, was especially at
% nf Ohio a.,fa
| lstlc indian curios The home life of the
Corean was depicted in the booth for Chi
| ma, and the products and minerals were
| displayed. A small bed was placed in this
| booth to represent the bed recently en-
bowed by the society In DR.. Wells hospital
| In Corea and called the "Luckett Bed"
| tach member of the excursion party was
given a pair of chopsticks as a souvenir
| The stand for New Mexico was gaily deco
| rated and an adobe oven was erected there
| IN, tortillas and hot tamales being served
! betore the passengers started from the
| waiting rooms a male trio composed Of
| Messrs. VIII Ely. Louis Maxson and Robert
| Davis sang In the Secret of His Pres
ence.' the words of which were composed
| by a converted Hindu woman. No admis-
| sion was charged to the affair, but silver
offerings were made and the ladies' Of the
| society brought their mite boxes the money
In which was turned over to the use of the
| society.
| The primary department Of the Sunday
school of Douglas Memorial M E. Church
| gave June social last Wednesday evening
which was largely attended. During the
evening the children listened to an enter
| tanning chalk talk and musical selections
while rectations and songs were given by
| the little folks. There are nearly 200 chill
dren in the primary department of this
| school. ~
The Central Union Mission recently in
| vlted the pastors of the city to a confer
ence respecting the enlargement of its out
door work during the summer. The matter
was fully canvassed and 1t was decided to
| supplement the gospel wagon work of the
mission already being carried on during
Sundays. by holding meetings Tuesday and
Friday evenings. This work will be in
| charge OF various city pastors, and those
who will conduct the services during the
next two weeks are Rev. w ]. Young Rev.
| A. II. thompson, Rev. Z. B. Bagby, Rev f.
J. Prettyman, Rev. Charles Alvin Smith,
Rev. D. Wallace Montgomery, Rev. Teunis
s. Hamlin, Rev. c. H. Butler, Rev. L. D..
| Clark and Rev. Edward Warren
The Lutheran Young Peoples Union is
arranging for lawn sparty to be held the
last OF this month ON sthe grounds of the
| Lutheran Home for the Aged at Winthrop