The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-07-27
REPORTS OF OFFICERS
hcmsers OF hlsaoaRy Assetkiios Dis
Cass phas OF EeTk.

medical Missionary Association. which
vas begun Wednesday. was confirm
ed yesterday afternoon The meet
ing was opened with g short prayer
and song service
A call Of the roll showed the fol
lowing presby terics represented. with
the number Of delegates accredited
TO each Abilene. : corsicana, T.
Dallas, Fort Worth. : Red River.
i; San Jacinto. San Antonio,
Texas. 3
The Dallas presbytery reported re-
ceipts for the year to be s373.s7,
During the wear six auxiliaries. three
childrens bands and three young
ladies clubs We're organized
The discussion of presbyterial
work was conducted by Mrs. Baker.
The benefits OF presbyterial and sy-
medical meetings visitation OF auN-
liaries by presbyterial officers, how
to have the visiting done. and where
shall the money come from were
some Of the questions discussed
many t'Af8 "a anu fbNFs tTAihE PoAAAsn
were brought out in this interchange
of ideas One presbyterlal officer in
sisted in her discussion that those
organizations sending delegates to
the presbyteries always proved to
be the most successful
The next discussion was on the
question of the children's work
When shah missionary meeting be
held, what shall be done with the
boys and how to hold the interest
of children in missions were some of
the topices considered
Eugene V Debs, the great labor
leader. was on the program for a
lecture Yesterday afternoon at four
O'Clock, 4 large audience assemb-
led to hear this noted lecturer, and
when it was announced that he had
failed TO make his arrival there were
many expressions of disappointment.
In order to fiji the time the man.
agement arranged with the Majestic
theater people to give a free exhi
bition Of moving pictures. The audi
ence then moved TO the pavilion
where they were delightfully."- enter
tanned.
1t was feared that the hard rain
which fell late yesterday afternoon
would greatly curtail last nights
attendance. but when the exercises
began the auditorium was comfort
ably filed AS soon as the rain
ceased the sun came out again and
very little inconvenience resulted
from the downpour. In fact, the
| precipitation was just about enough
to abate the dust nuisance
The evenings exercises began will
la musical program by the Wise Oh
chestra. Then followed an exhib
} ton of moving pictures given by NJ
Peterson. These pictures We're MAJ
tyels of the artists skill and interest
ed all who saw them. Espec1ali.
were the children carried away witt
| this part OF the entertainment The
pictures shown were the old maid
| the flower fairy. the cOmical monkey
| the juggler, and the fire scene and
! fire cascades.
dience with song and Miss Irene
Shaw appeared again as violin
soloist. Miss Shaw is a daughter OF
Hon. W. 4. Shaw of Dallas, and is
talented Young musician. She has
charmed and captivated the Chau-
tauqua audiences with her artistic
work
The treat of the evening came in
| the person OF Montaville Flowers,
who gave an interpretive recital OF
Ben Hur. Mr. Flowers gave his
own adaptation OF this beautiful story
and his arrangement of the different
parts brings out clearly and well de
fined all the principal elements OF
| the play He .aye in three parts a
! thoroughly comprehensive lnterpre-
| tation Of the leading characters OF
! the story lmpersonation Of such
widely differing characters as are
presented in the we'll known story
might seem an eNoeedinly dimculi
task. but Nj Flowers was equal 10
/ the occasion
Interest is increasing iu the WORN
laf the different departments. The
/ hour spent this morning in the train.
ing oi SUNDAY school teachers was
profitable and entertaining. Or
! N,wIT. I,tt8r, Geo the bible elias.
was Ijk,Sia. fuII ot interest
Nt % ot.oes pr Blagh spoke ou
\ thy subject ot thr.s'iauit, Nter 'h'