Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-01
Christian Endeavor Story in Song.

at O'Clock there will be big rally for the
boys and girls.
Christian Endeavor Story in Song.
A feature of this rally will be a cantata
entitled The Story of Christian Endeavor
in Song, by chorus of thousand Bal
tfmore children. The closing number
! promises to be an inspiring exercise. The
children, dressed in different colors will
form on the platform the United States
flag, the Maryland flag and the c. E.
monogram, singing in turn The Star
Spangled Banner Our Maryland Hymn
and Our c. e Song"
Several junior superintendent and their
| assistants and officers of the Junior
Christian Endeavor Union of the District
Will be on both trains Thursday to look
after the safety of the children and see
that they do not get lost. Those who
wish to return home the same evening
Will be accommodated in special cars on
a train leaving the Mount Royal station
about o'clock.
The president of the Baltimore junior
union has written inquiring how many
Washington juniors are likely to attend
the rally and stating that arrangements
are being made to supply them with spe-
cial Junior badges, which will entitle
them to choice seats.
! a photograph of the District of Column
| bia delegation is to be taken in front of
its church headquarters Thursday at 2
o'clock. This hour is set so to include
eiiC pa y iStlN washing toil at
o'clock that day.
| The special railroad rate from Wash
| ington for the convention will be 81 go for
| the round trip. The fare for children
| under twelve years of age will be 80
cents. Tickets at these rates will be good
going only on July 4, and and to re-
| turn, leaving Baltimore up to the 10Th.
Persons going Friday or Monday of the
convention will have to pay 81. Special
! tickets for Saturday and Sunday will be
sold at $1.25 as usual. Washingtonians
| in Baltimore who may wish to return
home Saturday for the meeting a { the
Capitol may secure S1.25 round-trip tick
cts, allowing them to return to Baltimore
for the remainder of the convention.
1t will not be necessary to deposit rail-
road tickets in Baltimore or to have them
validated unless extension is desired
beyond July 10. In order to avoid the in
convenience of large crowd having to buy
| tickets at the station just before train time,
President Keilar of the District Christian
Endeavor Union has secured a supply of
tickets and will have them on sale at the
office of the Union, 1413 G street north
west, this afternoon, and Monday after
noon. and at the union meeting at the
First Congregational Church Monday night
For several days the office of the union
has been busy place great many peo-
pie having called to secure information
about going to the convention. The officers
announce that the office will be kept open
this afternoon from 1 to 8, and Monday
afternoon from 4:30 to @.
washington headquarters.
The District Endeavorers have been spe-
cialy favored by the Baltimore committee
in the assignment of headquarters. They
will have. in common with the delegations
from South Carolina and India, the Asso-
ciate Congregational Church, at the cor
ner of Maryland avenue and Preston street
This is handsome church building just
two blocks from the Mount Royal station,
less than four blocks from the 9Th Regi-
ment Armory where the main sessions of
the convention Will be held, and two blocks
from Lyric Hall, where some of the meet
ings will take place. Visitors Will be en-
tertained either at hotels or in homes, and
the committee states that it is prepared to
accommodate all who come. whether no
tice is given In advance or not
Some msapprehensson seems TO ex st as
to- who are -entitled to go as delegates
There is no specified number of delegates
from any society or union. and any mem-
Der of any society who registers Will be
considered delegate. Further than tn
the management declares that whatsoever
viii may feel perfectly free to register AMI
attend, whether members of Christ an En-
deavor Society or not. THESE convensicns
are designed 10 be of the widest possible
benefit, not only to Endeavorefs but Ia
humanity at large.
District Representation.
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