Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-23
WHITE R|BBONERS
DUE TOMORROW
SPECIAL IS BRINGING OVER
1000 DELEGATES
National w. C. 7. U. Convention Be.
gins Sessions Friday and Inter-
venIng Days Will Be Given
to Preliminary MeetIngs

Everything is in readiness for the
coming of the "White Ribboners," and
the band of women, 1000 strong, will
find a royal welcome awaiting them
when the w. C. T. U. special pulls into
Los Angeles tomorrow morning.
The convention sessions do not begin
until Friday, but every minute of the
intervening time will be taken up with
conferences, committee meetings and
receptions.
Miss Elizabeth Greenwood will con-
duct an all-day evangelistic meeting
Wednesday at the First Congregat ational
church, which will be used as a hall,
and Sunday Miss Greenwood will preach
the annual convention sermon in the
same church.
Thursday will be the day when the
Y. w. C. T. u. will convene In national
conference. Mrs. Cora f. Seaberry,
national "Y." secretary, will preside.
and the other national officers will also
be present.
The delegates will be served with
luncheon at the Y. w. C. A.
The officers and delegates of the w.
G. T. u. will be guests of honor Thurs
day evening at reception to be given
by the state and county federations at
Temperance temple, and at the same
hour the "Y's' will be entertained at
the home of DIR. and Mrs. D. w. Ed
wards of 900 Beacon street.
Friday night will be welcome
night" and Mayor McA1eer, Mrs.
Emma Cash. James A. Foshay and Miss
Yoe, state "Y" secretary, will deliver
addresses of welcome.
The diamond medal oratorical contest
will be held at Simpson auditorium
Saturday evening and will be of un-
usual interest, as young people from six
different states will contest. Mrs. A.
e. Carmen of Chicago, national and
worlds superintendent of the contest
work, will preside, and arrangements
are in charge of Mrs. Catherine Pierce
Wheat who is the superintendent for
Southern California.
Musical Program
Mrs. Wheat will also have charge of
the music for the entire convention and
she has planned an interesting program
Mrs. Frances Graham of Lockport, N
Y, is the national superintendent of
music and will conduct all chorus sing
ing during the convention.
The musical program for the conven-
tion is as follows:
THURSDAY EVENING
At reception to delegates.
I'VE Are Seven," orchestra.
Vocal duet. The Lord Is My shep-
Mabelle Whitce.
r Vocal %sd.f duet. &c, ",Grestipg" @ words by F,
F. /. Wheat, Mrs F: l. Wheat.
FRIDAY EVENING
7:15--Informal organ recital by Prof.
W. F. Skeel.
Solo, Invocation" Angelo Mariani.
Methodist CHURCH. ,
'"''''' + sATURDAY EVENING
Simpson auditorium.
Solo, selected. Frank Daniels.
Welcome song by Young Women's
Christian Temperance Union of South
SUNDAY 4P.M
First Congregational church.
Organ prelude, Prof. w. F. Skeel.
Solo. "There. Is a Fold"-praper,
Miss June Nutting, contralto soloist
MONDAY EVENING
agnifcat''-Horatio Parker. Choir
Of tes chTFeh af Re w. Ga AqEels
Spanish Serenade"-Elgar. Polym--
MIA club, Thomas w. Wilde, musical
Members of club. include, Mrs. Barn
Miss, MITCHELL, Miss starks. Miss Lily
Bisbee. Mr.. Hole, Mr.. Graham, Miss Bis
bee, Miss Burrows, Miss L. Hampton,
Mrs. Jeffery, Miss Osbon, Miss Libby,
Mr.. Jeffery, Mr.. Holgate, Mr.. Brown.
Mr.. Tolchard, Messrs. Ross, Yale, Will
liams. -
hOng Reash s6l6 ad9 ehor Invisible
Jones. Miss Julia Scott
WEDNESDAY EVENING
Mixed quartette-"Down In the
Licensed saloon" Rev Newell ].
Davis, Prof. Clark w. Shay, Mrs. N. ].
Davis Mrs. G. P. Wheat.
Solo, selected. Harry Barnhart.
Women of international fame are
f1ocking to Los Angeles for the con-
vention. One Of these who arrived
Saturday is Miss Belle Kearney, who
has recently completed tour Of the
world.
Miss Kearney is a well known all
thoress, whose best known work, '"The
Slave Holders Daughter" is now In
its eleventh edition. This story is in
reality a history of her own life, her
father having been a slave owner IN
Mississippi. While in Russia Miss
Kearney was entertained by Count Leo
Tolstoy, and was received by the grand
Duchess Sergius, sister of the empress.
1t is expected that Miss Kearney will
lecture several times while here,
among her subjects being Russia AS
l Saw It." Lights on Japan" and
Life in Egypt" Following the con-
vention she will make a lecture tour
of Southern California. She is the guest
of Mrs. M. Wolfskill, 1011 West Ninth
street.