Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-18

nue. Presbyterian Church May 4. Aside
| from the regular course Of business at
| this meeting. Mr.. Swartz ell will talk on
| the Gypsy Smith movement and the
/ plans for the reception for him on his
arrival in this city in the fall. Miss Ida
| Green. acting secretary Of the Associated
! Charities. will speak to the Endeavorers
! about the work of that organization. Mr..
| Curtis will also address the meeting on
i the work and needs of the Fairgrounds
! Association.
| The West Street Presbyterian Christian
| Endeavor Society held am enthusiastic
meeting last Sunday evening, led by DR..
! William \. Hedrick After a tenor solo
by Mr.. George Z. Tucker. the president
| Of the Union presented the greetings of
| the union and talked of Christian En-
| deavor work. He was followed by Mr.. ].
| l.. Ewin of the Anti-Saloon League who
| gave an address on temperance The
| church service was delayed fifteen min
utes to perrpit the society to carry out
! this program.
The citizenship department of the union
sent a representative to the Sixth Pres
| byteran Christian kndeaVor Society last
| Sunday evening, and Mr.. George L. Chan
dler of this department will attend the
| Bethany Baptist Society meeting next
| Sunday evening and talk of the work of
| his department.
| Christian E,ndeavorers will regret to
| learn of the sudden death of Miss Edith
/ Rideout of the Covenant Presbyterian
| Church. Miss Rideout has for some time
| past been a very active worker in Chris
| tian EndeaVor. and particularly in the
| Presbyterian Christian F,ndeavor Union
| At the time of her death she was serving
| the Covenant Society chairman of the
missionary committee.
| The next Christian Endeavor conven-
in in
| July, 1909. Last summer forty represent
tatives went to Seattle, Wash, to the
convention. and it is hoped that many
more Will attend the St Paul convention
! The Minnesota State G. T.. Union and
! the st. Paul c. z. Union have already
| launched plans for the financing of the
! big convention. DR.. Francis T.. Clark.
| president of the c. f. movement has
! been i'll during the past few weeks, and
! is now in the Adirondacks recuperating.
Mr. w r. Shaw, treasurer of the United
! Society. has Just returned from eX-
/ tended trip through Mexico and the Latin
! American countries in the interest of
| Christian Endeavur
/ The Vermont Avenue Christian c. Z,
Society held its last business meeting at
! the home OF MIR. Clarence j. Spiker Tues
! day evening. The reports of the COM
mittees indicated that large interest is
| being taken ny the members in the work
! Of the society and excellent results are
! being accomplished The resignation of
! Mr. j. NJ Pickens chairman of the
| temperate" committee accepted and
| the president was authorized to appoint
! a chairman of the calling committee. 1t
! was reported that the tennis court used
by the members of the society is again in
! use.
The Intermediate Society of Christian
| Endeavor of the Ninth Street Christian
| Church held an interesting meeting last
Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Don +. Blaine
! general secretary of the W branch Of
! the w. e. +. T.. gave an instructive talk
on temperance.
Attention is called to tn" announcement
| that union headquarters. I3" Bond build
| ing, will be open Monday and Thurs
| day afternoons. from 40 to I:15.
| The treasurer Of the union Mr.. y. w.
| Starrett. can be seen thee Monday after
Moons and the secretary, Mr.. A. y.
Charles, Thursday afternoons
At the regular monthly business meet
! ing of the Riverdale &. +. Society held
! last Tuesday evening many plans were
discussed for the enlargtng of its field of
service In addition to the missionary
work that this society IS doing it is con-
sidering the advisabiitv Of supporting
| foreign missionary in field work.
The Takoma Park Y. P s G. e Society
! listened to an Illustrated sermon on India
| last Sunday evening at the Presbyterian
| Church. The lecture was delivered by
Mr. William II. Farrar. who has been in
! charge Of the industrial missionary work
/ in India sine" 1855 at Arui. Madras. The
/ lecture took the place Of the regular
/ Christian Endeavnr prayer meeting ana
| church service. Nh Farrar told Of the
/ conditions i'm India and no" the mission
aries helped the peopc. His talk was
/ helped 10y the display of lantern slides.
! showing scenes and buildings In India. Ire
/ referred to many features of the eastern
religion and skctched the medical work
! and medical schools and what they are
/ doing. Mr.. Farrar's work has been dis
tincty educational. and he devoted a
! large portion of the lecture To emphasizing
! that point. Mr.. Farrar VIII return 10 MS
! work in India soon.
The different societies have been asked
to give any help they can to the Southeast
! club This club IS organized to help
group of boys and young men in the lower
southea section of the city. An old
vacant church on Virginia avenue and 9Th
street scout heHSt can he fitted out into Il
gymnasium and COM ort able quarters for
the cub. 1t is believed that Christian En-
deavor societies will help 10 make the
movement a success.
The Y T. S c. r.. of the NorthminSter
PRESBYTERIAN Church met in business SEES
sion at the home of the president Miss
Clara Clum. No. 81 Todd place north |
east. recently Reports We're presented
showing an encouraging outlook. Mss
Glare Ingalls,. chairman of the social
committee. announced that in the near
future Il joint entertainment would be
given by the flower and social commit |
tees the proceeds of which would he for
the benefit of the new church which is in
course of construction at the intersection
of 18th street and Rhode Island avenue
mort Invest.
The committee on constitution and by /
laws presented a new constitution for the
society. which is union Of those of AS
sembly and North Presbyterian churches. |
and after some discussion it was referred
to the executive committee for their con-
| sideratiOn Among those active in franz
| ing the new constitution were Messrs.
James Patterson. Lawrence Wilson,
| George Wilson, Robert Miller, William
! Furmage DR. Joseph Bryan, Misses
| Clare Ingalls, Grace Miller. Susanna Muir
! phy. Clare Clum. Mary Wilson and Mabel
| Bennett
The missionary committee. through it's
chairman. Miss Grace Miller. presented an
! encouraging report covering the work of
| the mission study class and of various
missionary work in both home and foreign