Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-04
READY FOR THEIR TRIP
Christian Endeavorers Going
to Baltimore.
GO EARLY TOMORROW
ARRANGE TO ENTERTAIN DELE
GATES IN THIS CITY SATURDAY.
Open-Air Meeting at the Capitol
Program Not Completed
The Plans.

P4fAtu an VI blltlI arrangements attend
ing and participating In the twenty-second
interna tional Christian Endeavor conven-
ton which opens in Baltimore tomorrow
A meeting of the District Union was held
last evening In the First Congregational
Church. and all plans for the trip were
thoroughly rehearsed and ali necessary an
nouncements were made by President Owen
p. Keller.
Washington Endeavorers are also making
preparations 10 entertain delegates 10 the
convention who will visit this city on Sat
urday next, at which time meeting is to
be held "a the east front of the Capitol
and those who will come here after the
great convention is over for the purpose of
sightseeing. Word has been received here
that great many of the western delegates
will take advantage OF their presence in
this section of the country to see the capt.
tai of the ma ton.
Arrangements for the open-air meeting
at the Capitol are in the hands of the
United Society. whose headquarters are at
Boston, and of the officials of tn, conven-
ton IN Baltimore. The speakers and the
nature of the program have not yet been
made public, but it is understood that they
Will be included in the official program of
the convention, which is to be issued for
the first time tomorrow in Baltimore.
The officers of the District of Columbia
Christian Endeavor Union have published
a bulletin giving all needed information to
local delegates attending the big gathering
in Baltimore, and facts which will aid out
of-town Endeavorers TO find their way
around Washington. These pamphlets have
been distributed among the local members
of the organization and will be given out
TO any who wish them at the headquarters
of the District body in Baltimore, the AS
sociate Congregational Church, which is
only short distance from the Mount
Royal station of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad
Hermon C. Metcalf president-elect of the
District Union, has been designated as
chairman of a reception committee which
will be on duty at the local railroad depots
street car functions and other points to give
informal ton TO visitors and direct them to
various places of interest in the city. As
many of the local EndeavorerS as can con-
veniently do so have been asked to act on
this committee when the visitors from Bal
timore arrive Saturday, and after the con-
vention, which will close Monday night
next.
Leave Tomorrow Morning.
The special train over the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad which will carry most of
the Washington delegates tomorrow leaves
at 10 am. President Keller announced at
the union meeting that the cars will be
gaily decorated with Christian Endeavor
colors A canvass of those present last
evening, representing the various societies
of the city, indicated that large delega-
ton will go on this train. 1t is estimated
that altogether Washington will send some
thing over 2QG0 Endeavorers TO the con-
venuon during the six days. The juniors
are included in this number and are
among the most enthusiastic workers in the
organization. Special meetings for them
are scheduled at Baltimore.
The colors of the Christian Endeavorers
are red, white and blue, and by badges of
these coors, with the letters &C. E." In
scribed thereon, the ushers and members
of the reception committee both in this
city and Baltimore may be distinguished.
Fri Nnd hZy-a hnn tn
supplement this insignia by white sailor
cap.
The corner of Maryland avenue and
Preston street is the location of the Asso-
ciate Congregational Church, which is the
District headquarters in Baltimore, as
stated heretofore This is only about a
block from the great 5th Regiment Ar
mory, where all of the most important
meetings of the convention are to be held,
and where the Baltimore convention COM
mittee now has its headquarters, having
transferred them from the Central Y NJ.
c. a. building this week, The church is
only two blocks from the Mount Royal sta
ton. Rooms for visiting Endeavorers will
be provided at special rate of 30 cents
a day in private houses and meals Will be
served at reasonable rates. In the base
ment of the convention hall ladies will
serve suppers and dinners (noon) at % and
80 cents, respectively.
Among Washingtonians who have places
on the convention program are Commission
er Mcfarland who is TO make an address
at the good citizenship session Monday aft
ernoon; Rev. Drs. +. d. Power and Teunis
s. Hamlin, who are trustees OF the United
Society of Christian Endeavor; Mr.. Owen
P Kellar, who Is TO lead one of the con-
secrauon services; Mr.. Percy S. Foster,
who is to be one of the musical directors,
and Rev. c. H. Butler. Another prominent
member of the Washington delegation will
be Rev. Samuel II. Greene, d. d.
Program Of First Day.
The following is the program in outline
OF the first day of the convention:
10 a.m.-Meeting of the United Society Of
Christian Endeavor corporation at Hotel
Belvedere. Assembly Hall.
- m-Meeting of trustees of the United
Society of Christian Endeavor at same
place.
3 pm - 5th Regiment Armory; opening
session of the convention.
7:3O p.m-Internat ional festival of praise;
chorus of $3.50 voices.
Delegates Arriving.
BALTIMORE, Md, July 4.-The great
Christian Endeavor convention, for which
preparations have been going on in the
city for more than twenty months, opens
tomorrow afternoon in the 9th Regiment
Armory. More than thousand delegates
from other states were here last night, ana
by this evening il is expected the city will
fairly swarm with members of the society
from all over the world.
Travel stained and worn, hundredS or the
visitors Juggling suit cases, satchels and in
many cases babies. appeared at the armory
during the morning and afternoon and
there deposited their railroad tickets and
secured instructions which enabled them
to find their homes during the convention.
The registration of the local members of
the Christian Endeayorers was concluded
last night at the church headquarters, and
this afternoon at o'clock the bureaus will
open for the registration of those from out
of the city and the real work of the enter
tainment and reception committees will be-
gin.
The headquarters Of the committee of
1905 were moved yesterday from the Young
Mems Christian Association building to the
armory, and everything Is In readiness now
for the coming of the hosts The heads OF
the different committees were as busy as
bees getting their respective rooms into
shape and arranging for the rush that is
due in comparat ively few hours
Not the slightest doubt is entertained by
the men at the helm as to their ability to
handle and cope with the big crowd, to
provide every delegate with home, to see
that he is comfortably cared for, fed and
entertained while In Baltimore. No stone