Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-21

United States, which will be held In WASH
ington October to 0. inclusive. In attend
ance at this meeting will be prominent
members of the clergy and laity OF the
Episcopal Church from all parts or the
country, and 1t Is the hope of those In
charge to make the coming meeting the
most successful and profitable ever held.
The sessions of the convention will be
held in Epiphany Church. with the possible
exception of big missionary mass meeting,
for which one of the local theaters or halls
will be secured.
Definite arrangements for the program
have not as yet been made, but the con-
vention will probably open with puonc
service the morning Of October I, following
which the reports of the members OF ths
board OF managers will be submitted ana
general discussion will follow. the AFTER
Moons will likely be devoted to discussion
OF the missionary work of the church-both
home and foreign-and the formation OF
plans for more effective operation. The
list Of speakers for the occasion Will incIude
some of the best-known orators of the
church. and the sessions promise to be OF
unusual interest to all the church people OF
the city.
The chairman Of the general committee
and of the executive committee, ex-ofhcio,
is Rev. Richard P. Williams, rector OF
Trinity Episcopal Church, and Mr.. Robert
Preston Shealey will act as secretary.
The local committees, as arranged, are as
follows:
Hospitality-Colonel Cecil Clay chairman;
Edward F. LOCKER. Geo. w. Salter, Frank
NJ. Evans, Albion K. Paris and Henry P.
Blair.
Transportation j Holdsworth Gordon,
&c Melbourne
Press-Frank W. Hackett. chairman; r.
Preston Shealey. Richard Hamilton, Frank
NJ. Evans and Caznova G. Lee.
PuhliC cOmfOrt-E, 8, Hutchinson, chair
man; Arthur S. Browne, Harry c. Whiting.
Robert Stead and William P. Young.
The finance committee will include one
member from each Episcopal church in the
Washington diocese. The gentlemen thus
far selected to serve on the committee from
their respective churches are: William Cor
coran HILL chairman; DR.. D. c. Gordon,
st. Andrews; James r. Cook. st. Michael
and All Angels; DR.. ]. c. Norwood. st.
Lukes; c. w. Howard. Trinity; Julius w.
Tolson, Anacostia; LIE Roy Tuttle, st. Mar
town; A. Y. Gray, St. Adams; John H.
Weaver, All Saints; John w. Sebastian,
Grace. Georgetown; John T. Arms, Epiph-
any; John L. Newbold, Incarnation; H. L.
Marks; II. L. Rust, ST. Pauls; Arthur S.
Browne, Rock Creek; Rudolph Johnson,
Brookland; F. w. McReynolds, St. Steph-
ems, and Milton Whitney, Takoma.
Bishop spalding of the coal strike COM
mission, while In the city, is the guest OF
New. LII. SldIOTU, anu Will preach tomorrow
morning at the II O'Clock mass at St.
Patricks Church.
Miss Estelle Foster, the superintendent of
the Junior c. e. Society of Faith Chapel,
and her assistant Mrs. V. c. Woodbridge,
treated the members of the society to a
valentine party recently. After enjoying
games post office was established, and
duly installed letter carriers delivered val
entines to all present. Ice cream and cake
were served.
The regular monthly business meeting of
the Ladies' Aid Society of Gorsuch NJ e.
Church has been arranged to be held Mon
day evening in the Sunday school room of
the church. Mr.. ]. H. Goodrich is presi-
dent and Mr.. William r. Hunt secretary
treasurer Of the society.
The Young Peoples Missionary Society of
the Eastern Presbyterian Church was en-
tertained by Mrs. Nevins at her home 843
Sth street northeast, last Tuesday evening,
the occasion being the annual meeting of
the society. The secretary read a report
and the following officers were elected:
President, Miss Deborah Easton vice pres
fdent, Miss Alfaretta Miller; treasurer Miss
Gura Pollock; secretary, Miss Flora Whit
ney; secretary Of literature, Miss Miriam j.
Austin. After refreshments were served
the meeting adjourned, to meet with Miss
Austin in March.
"Boyville." the name by which the boys
club of Faith Chapel Is known now num-
bers about fifty boys. The club was enter
tained at its monthly meeting last Tuesday
evening by Mr.. Felix Mahony, the cartoon
list Of The Evening Star Mr.. Mahony de-
lighted the boys with his humorous and
original drawings. The portraits of n num-
Der Of the boys were sketched as an inter-
esting feature Of the program. Mr.. Ma
hony also gave an account Of the method
OF reproducing newspaper Illustrations.
At the last regular meeting of the Sunday
school board of the Douglas Memorial NJ
E. Sunday school the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: 8. M. Croft,
superintendent w. II. Gibson, first assist
assistant superintendent; F. o. Cowsill, sec
rotary; Clarence Wood, first assistant sec
rotary; Mrs. Sturgfs, second assistant Sec
rotary; Lyle Seaton. librarian; Walter Jen-
kins, first assistant librarian; Albert Pike,
second assistant librarian; Howard Nelson,
third assistant librarian Robert Beaton
fourth assistant librarian; Wilson Harvey,
chorister: Miss Ada Cowsill. organist; Miss
Annie Harr, assistant organist; Mrs H. A.
Ison, pianist. Missionary Society-Mrs E.
j. Harper, president; Miss Emma Harr,
vice president: Miss Lulu Noel, secretary;
Mrs. c. E. Roberts, treasurer. Temperance
Society-D. ID. Thompson, president; Mrs.
b. l.. Nevius, vice president; Miss Nellie
Vandegrtft secretary and treasurer; Anti
Saloon League delegates, Mrs. B. L. Ne
vius, Mrs. A. NJ. Riley, Mr.. Robert l. Carr,
Miss Ida Gilbert, Miss Nellie vandegrift.
The Sunday school has a membership Of
nearly 600. with a corps of sixty teachers.
Another meeting OF more than usual i'm
portance to the Protestant Episcopal Church
OF America VIII be held in Washington al
most simultaneous with the missionary con-
ference. This second meeting Is designated
as the Pan-American conference and II
Will be participated in by all the bishops of
the Anglican faith in the western hemis-
phere. The roll OF the conference will Include
about 125 clerics. This convocation is said
to be the first gathering Of this nature in
the history Of the church In America and
the objects Of the meeting are to discuss
missionary work and Christian unity.
At the last session Of the house of bish-
ops of the United States, held last year in
San Francisco, a special committee was
appointed to consider the advisability of
such a meeting and to make needful prepa-
rations for IL. This committee consisted Of
the Rev. Henry Yates Satterlee, bishop of
Washington; the Rev. Thomas Underwood
Dudley, bishop OF Kentucky. and the Rev.
William A. Leonard, bishop OF Ohio and
for many years rector Of st. Johns Church
in this city.
Washington was decided upon as the
meeting place and the invitations will soon
be issued to the various bishops and clergy
men. The local committees for the coming
missionary conference, II is said, will also
provide for the entertainment of the dele
gates to the Pan-American conference
The roll OF the convention includes The
following well-known bishops: The Right
Revs. Henry Y. Satterlee. bishop of Wash
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