Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-03
BIG PREPARAT|O
Thousands of EndeaVorers to
Meet in Baltimore.

Big preparations are being made for the
International Christian Endeavor conven-
tiou to be held in Baltimore next July. AS
it Will be the first convention held in the
east since 1897. $4,000 visitors are expected
An entirely new feature, that of ''financ-
ing the convention. has been established
for the FIRST time. which is a novel expert
me1t and already has proved successful.
All delegates who expect to attend the Bal
tirore convention must deposit the sum of
81 when registering. This fee of 81 entities
the delegates to all privileges of the con-
venrion-the convention badge, the souvenir
program and the printed report of the con-.
vention. which will be issued after adjourn
ment This fund passes through the treas
ury of the Baltimore committee. and II.
with the $4,000 subscribed by the Balti-
more Endeavorers, will help defray ex-
penses
From indications it is confidently expected
thaL the foreign representation will be
larger than ever before The 9Th Regi-
mont armOry, which has a seating capacity
OF li,s'O has been obtained for the purpose
OF holding the convention and the over
HoWs viii be provided for at Lyric Hall
seating $500 and in the various large evan
Seiical churches. The weather permitting
OUTDOOR sessions may be held in the sunken
ga-uen surrounding Mount Royal station of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad This sta
ton Is located in the heart of the residence
portion of the city. directly opposite Lyric
Hail and within two blocks of the 9Th Regi-
ment armory
The plans for caring for the hosts of En-
deaNorerS are fully under way A thorough
canvass of every hotel and boarding house
IN the city is being made to determine the
number each can accommodate. the COM
forts and privileges to be accorded and the
price per day to be charged and these are
taIl lated the 1rnit A
toulouse canvass of the homes in the city
VIII be made, and a special committee will
investigate the accommodate outlined in
the canvass, to satisfy themselves of the
suitableness and good character of the To-
cation before it will be entered on the list
Result of Fire.
Although Baltimore suffered greatly from
the fire last February year, the destruc-
ton was confined entirely to the business
district and it is said will rot hinder the
success of the convention. F'igurativeIy
speaking, whoever goes to Baltimore visits
not only one city. but three There are
very few visitors who journey to Baltimore
who do not make side trips either to Wash
inStun OF ANNAPOLIS, or both. The national
capital is only a forty -five-minute ride:
Annapolis, the historical capital of Mary
Iahd. IS only twenty-six miles away. and
reached by rail or water. 1t is on the banks
OF the beautiful Severn river overlooking
the Chesapeake bay, and is uncommonly
fuIl OF interest on account of it's Quaintness
ana age and because of the United States
Naval Academy.
But, aside from these attractions RaIti-
more has many of it's own, of which it is
justly proud. For who has not heard of
baltimore oysters; Baltimore diamond-back
terrapin; Canvas-back duck "a la Mary
land generally printed in display type on
the menus of ali frst-class hostelries? The
last United States census gave the city
population of $4,000 but the city is firm In
It's claim to tN,DOC, but these are matters
OF figures which do not concern those out
side of the city and will not lessen the well
come extended to Christian Endeavorers in
the coming July.
For convention purposes Baltimore is well
equipped with suitable auditOriums. The
great Christian Endeavor convention will be
held in the 9th Maryland Regiment armory,
the drill hall of which is without pillars,
and is one of the largest auditoriumS in the
country, with seating capacity of nearly
$4,000 persons. Lyric Hall, which will hold
the overflow from the big convention is most
conveniently and pleasantly situated, oppo-
site Mount Royal station, and not more
than three short blocks from the armory.
A City of Churches.
Baltimore is a city of churches and is
generally conceded 70 be the center of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. Evangelical
churches of evers, denomination are within
SllOil IduIuS Oh the dffnOTy, ana they VIII
all be thrown open to the Endeavorers
Monumental city is the nickname of Bal
timore, not so much for it's memorial shafts
as for the early practice of building them.
The first shaft erected to the memory of
Columbus was erected here in 1892. The
original Washington monument, erected IN
1910, is i'll the center of one of the most ar
tistic squares in the world Mount Vernon
place, on Charles street in the fashion
able residence section. Other monuments
concentrating various events, are located
all over the city.
The Christian Endeavor Society is only
twenty-fOur years old. In the winter Of
1881 q revival was in progress in Portland,
Maine the principal activity being centered
in WIlliston Church. where the Rev. Francis
+. Clark, its pastor, devoted much of his
attention to the youth of the community.
The great interest shown by the young
people eliminated February in the estab-
llshment of the first Young Peoples So
Ciety of Christian Endeavor, with essen
italy the same constitution, pledge and
methods of work which govern the society
today. So vigorous and successful. was the
work of this society in the WilLston Church
that DIR. Clark was led to write an interest
ing account of the new methods of work
which appeared in the Congregationalist in
August, 1881, under the head OF How One
Large Church Cares for Its Young People"
The article had its effect; other churches
became interested and in the following Oc
tober II second society was formed at New
burypOrt Mass, and before the end of the
year four more societies were formed, one
each in Rhode Island. Maine, Vermont and
Ohio. Early in 1852 societies began to form
rapidly all over the United States, and a
little more than year from the establish
ment Of the first society the first conyen-
ton was held in June, 1882, at the birth
place of the first society. in Portland,
Maine
Remarkable Growth.
From that time to the present the in
crease in membership has been most re-
rnarkable BY June. 1885, the enrolled men,
bership was 2,63O. the greater portion of
whom were IN New England. When the
next convention was held. n October, 1884,
a total membership of G,414 was reported.
III 1855 and 1856 the membership rapidly
increa sed, and the movement became per-
mauertly established all over the United
States and in portions of Canada. Then in
1887 DR.. Clark went 10 England and estab-
lished the first English society in Crewe, in
1855 AT first there were some objections to
ii in England, more particularly on account
of its Yankee origin. Notwithstanding. So
cttties increased 10 such an extent that at
the DC ginning of 1903 there were reported
S:33 societies in Great Britain
8@rapca was tho next country to form ma