Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-17

Mrs. Katherine I. Stevenson,
President Massachusetts wpc. T: y; and Chair:
Worlds W. G. T. U. Convention.
| presiding officer at the business sessions
| ident of the National W. C. T. u. and vice
president-at-large of the worlds body.
There will be meetings devoted to the
Union, the Loyal Temperance Legion and
the white Ribbon Missionaries.
Among the foreign delegates who wiz
| speak at the various sessions will be Miss
Agnes E. Slack. honorary secretary of the
| National British Women's Temperance As
| ISOLATION; Mrs. Kali Yatima, president of
| Howard Of England; Mrs. Julie Kasowitz
! of Austria, Miss Annie Lille of London, Mrs.
ALI Trygg Helenius Of Finland, Miss Sevas-
| ii Callisperi of Greece Miss Amy Swankie-
Cameron Of London and the Earl of Car
| Isle of England.
Devotional Day Meetings.
| It was arranged that today should be OBJ
| served as devotional day." beginning with
a service at the Park Street Church, con-
Quoted by Miss Elizabeth w. Greenwood OF
| Brooklyn, N. Y, superintendent Of the de-
partment of evangelistic work for the
| worlds W. c. T. U. This was to be fol-
| lowed by noontide prayer service in Fam
euu Hail. after which an informal recep-
| ton was to be held by the Suffolk County
w. c. T. U. Another service at the Park
Street Church was planned for this after
| noon The convention proper will open to-
| morrow morning when the delegates will be
welcomed by oGv. Guild and Mayor F1tz-
gerald.
Christian TEMPERANCE nc Union. representing
countries. will attend the convention
| which will continue October Fl, and will
| include public meetings. debates, receptions
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the visiting delegates and private sessions
| Boston had the convention in 1901, Chi
cago had it during the Worlds Fair, and
since then London; Toronto and Genev oa
| distinction twice. Faneuil Han was the
scene Of the modest Initial convention IN
1901, which was held in connection with
| the national convention. Boston has had
much to do with the advance OF the
Worlds w. c. T. U. It provided the birth
place in the cradle Of liberty.
| 1t also provided the pioneer missionary OF
the International movement Mrs. Mary
! Clement Leavitt, whose appointment as
| around-the- world missionary was the first
step taken in organizing the International
Union. Previous to this she had visited
| fourteen countries in her efforts to orga-
nize foreign branches. Boston, too, sup
piled the worlds super peri OF t the de-
| berg of Cambridge; also its leader in scien-
| tific temperance instruction, the late Mrs.
Mary Hunt whose work was extended into
|
| of the department of good citizenship,
| which covers Australia and the United
States Mrs. Katherine Stevenson. also halls
from Boston. as does the head Of the de-
missionary societies, DR.. Louise c.. Pur-
| ington.
Praised Miss Greenwood.
| The first delegate to arrive the ground
was Miss Lizabeth w. Greenwood. worlds
evangelistic superintendent, who will preach
! the triennial sermon in fremont Temple
| Sunday, October 81. Mrs. Mary A. Liver
| more paid a tribute to Miss Greenwood
when speaking of the worlds temperance
leaders, saying mo woman before the pub
| lie is better fitted to instruct and hold
| spellbound an audience than Miss Green
wood Of New York" Today will be observed
| as a day of prayer and conference In the
| Park Street Church from 10 to II am. and
| from to 4 pm. Miss Greenwood will pre-
| side at these meetings and the service will
| consist of prayer, sacred song and testi-
mony.
Among the prominent English delegates
in attendance are Lady Dorothy Howard,
who represents her mother, the Countess Of
| Carlisle. president Of the British Union;
| Miss Agnes Slack. sister OF Sir Banford
Slack, who was recently kRighted by King
Edward, and herself secretary OF the Young
| Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and
4 Miss Amy Cameron, representing the Y.
W. B. Of the organization. She Is the
daughter of q member Of the house OF COM
| mons Miss Annie Lille of London came
/ over in advance, but was called home by a
cablegram announcing the serious illness of
| her mother.
| Mrs. Harrison Lee of Australia was ex-
pected to arrive in San Francisco on the
| 18th. She will be little late here, but is
| one of the leading speakers. Mrs. Kali
| YAKIMA, president of the w. c. T. u. in
Toxic, Japan, seventy-five years old. is
| coming with an interpreter, for she does
| not speak word of English. Mrs. Billet, a
colored woman, president Of the union in
the Bahama Islands, will be given a recep-