Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-20
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parish hall, adjoining the church. Inc
young men meet together for an informal
service under the direction of the Rev.
Enoch NJ. Thompson, at which they sing
several familiar hymns and listen to n ad-
dress by a special speaker each Sunday
Col. Il. b. Hay addressed the meeting last
Sunday afternoon.
Rev Thos. c. Easton, pastor of Eastern
Presbyterian Church, has arranged to hold
Christmas services at that edlIce tomor-
row. Special music will be rendered by a
quarter. At the morning service will be
sung Sing. o Heavens" by Simper; "Hark,
What Mean Those Holy Voices" by Sudds;
contralto solo, Angels Song" Shelley, and
tenor solo, Long Ago Midnight Strain,
by Hawthorne. In the evening the choir
will sing 20 Holy Night" Gife; angels
From the Realms of Glory" Schneider; So
prano solo, Might of Nights" by Vande-
water. and bass solo, The Newborn
King" by L'Espoir The quartet is COM
posed of Miss Melissa Farrell, soprano;
MISS Laura Black, contralto; Ben. A. Line
back. bass; Thos. l.. Jones. tenor and di-
rector. Mrs. Thos. L. Jones will preside at
the organ.
More than a hundred peop'e gathered last
Monday evening at North Capitol NJ. E.
Church to attend the annual "A. b. G.
social" of the North Capitol W. c. L. U.
The exercises began by singing America,
after which the pastor of the church, Rev.
j. Il. Amos, offered prayer. Lyman l..
Pierce, general secretary of the Y. NJ. c. A,
being The. Commercial Side OF Temper
ance.' In a practical and concise way the
attitude of the great corpora lions toward
temperance was shown. Mr.. Pierce declar-
ed that temperance principles give young
man better standing i'll business and
contributes largely toward his ultimate sue
cess IN life.
Mrs. CLINTON Smith, president of the Dis
trict w. Z. I. L.. spoke Of the aims of the
national union. and Mrs. Don =. Blaine,
president of the North Capitol Union, spoke
of the work of the local society.
At the annual meeting of the District
union, Mrs. Blaine said. the prize banner
was awarded the North Capitol auxiliary
for the largest increase In membership,
net gain of &C per cent. An effort Is being
made to retain the banner another year ana
a prize membership contest is in progress.
An Interesting feature of the program was
the Introduction OF the following new mem
bers: MesuameS Hitchcock Courson, Hall,
Mlchan and Eastering. Mrs. Clinton Smith
presented each new member with the pledge
card and the society badge-a bow of white
ribbon. Rev. l.. ID. Clark of the Friends
Church and Messrs. Courson and Easterllng
were received honorary members.
Prof. Walter I. Holt, mandolinist. rem
dered several musical selections, assisted by
the Ladies Mandolin and Guitar Club, I'M
der his direction. The club is composed of
Misses HILL Shirley, Walker, Yost, Luckett,
Beamer Zimmerman ana Mesdames Bering-
er and Blaine. Dainty refreshments were
served by Mrs. A. w. Bentz Mrs Lille p
Ebert. Mrs. Anna Easterllng and Mrs NJ.
X. Hemingway, assisted by score OF
young ladies and gentlemen.
Other members of the reception committee
were: Mrs. Dorm p. Blaine. Mrs. J. e.
Amos. Mrs. Charles W. Gallagher, Miss
Mary Blore, Miss Edna Anderson, Mrs
Capt. Brian, Mrs. c. L. Ebaugh. Mrs. NJ a.
Dom, Mrs. Agnes Burnett. Mrs. W. c.
Braly Mrs. Alice X. Franklin Mrs. h. >.
Courson. Mrs. William Fisher Mrs. George
Carney, Mrs. l.. T. CREST, Mrs. l.. ID. Clark,
Mrs. Charles Fisher. Mrs. J. w. Davis, Mrs.
A ~ Canfield and Miss Nellie Dom.
Among the decorations a handsome pie
ture of Miss Frances Z. Willard was DIS
played. This picture, by permission OF the
board of education, Will be presented to the
Blake public school, with appropriate cere-
monies December -.
BY invitation of Mrs. L. Il. Tracy, is
street northeast. the union will meet in her
parlors Monday evening, January u, 1913.
Rev. j. Benjamin Clayton of Washington
who has been acting as pastor OF the Ana
costa Baptist Church during the year, sue
ceeding Rev T.. w. Bliss, has been asked
by the members of the church, through
the medium of resolution passed by
them, to remain in charge of the church S
affairs for the coming year. Compliment |
airy reference to Mr.. Clayton's work as |
pastor of the church was also made at the |
same time. Mr.. Clayton had agreed to |
continue in charge of the church untll the
first of the ensuing year. He has re- |
sponded to the congregations request in |
communication in which he states that he |
will probably be able to remain as pastor i
of the church but for few months longer !
Rev. George w. Bowman, ex-pastor of the !
church, stated last evening that meeting
of the pulpit committee of the church will
be held shortly in order to make other ar
for supplying the pulpit.
Christmas services have been arranged |
for in the Gunton-Temple Memorial Church |
tomorrow morning and evening, when spe-
cial musical programs will be rendered
The program for the morning Is as fol- |
lows: 1T Came Upon the Midnight Clear |
Scott; offertory. Behold, 1 Bring You |
Good Tidings," Geibel; soprano solo, In |
Old Judea." Mrs. Ray Rannells Anderson. |
In the evening the program will comprise |
the following selections From the East |
ern Mountains" Schneider; And There |
Were Shepherds" banks. The music will |
be rendered by quartet choir composed as |
follows: Soprano, Mrs. Ray Rannells An
derson; alto. Mrs George Lipp.,t; tenor, |
Mr.. Hamilton bass, Mr.. Provost; organist. |
Mrs. Grace d. Jackson.
The Woman's Missionary Society Of
Memorial Church held its |
regular monthly meeting last Thursday. |
Mrs. S. Snow and Mrs. NJ. Dooley read pa |
pers the characteristics of and work |
among the mountain people Of the south. |
Mrs. a. Jack read a letter from the south |
land Mr.. c. w. Little. who recently Wis |
tied the Presbyterian Indian school at
IODu w III, D H. was present ana tOi0 or !
the work in that school. Mrs. c. B. Finley |
gave talk on medical work in Syria.
This society will hold its annual praise |
meeting tomorrow evening in the church !
corner 14th and X streets. at which time
the Rev. ID. f.. Finks of New York will |
lecture on Strange People in Our Land"
with stereoptcon illustrations.
Miss Warman of this society, who has |
been III at her home 10th street and How |
ard avenue, with typhoid fever, is rapidly |
recovering.
The Young Peop.e's Union of the PEOPLES |
Church held its last meeting Friday even
ing with Mr.. George A. Warren at $40
street northwest. The "Roycroft Shop in |
East Aurora, n. Y, was the topic and |
after the reading OF a description of the
shop. taken largely from the writings of It's
founder, Ebert Hubbard. the views of
Hubbard on the labor problem and the
value OF his sociological experiment in
East Aurora were discussed by members of
the society.
After refreshments were served the club
ADJOURNED 10 meet on December 20 with
Or. and Mrs. Alexander Kent at 1924 18th
street northwest.
Among those present were Mrs Maud
Smith Mrs. William Osborne Mrs George
j. Hesseman. Mrs. George r. Davis. |
Misses Marie l.. Siemers. Fayo Kent, Mira
Speer, Cecil Speer. Lizzie Magic Rev
Alexander Kent Messrs. Cannon, Cockrell