The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-24
STAMFORD

| An event of much interest to local
 people was the reading yesterday noon
 at the Congregation church by Mrs. Dr. William B. COgsWell of a letter
 Written on the 9th of December last
 by Alice c. Judson, and mailed at Sin
 gapore, India, in which she gives an
 account of her visit to that country as the delegate from Connecticut to the
 Worlds Christian Endeavor convention
 which was held at Agra. Among other things Miss Judson said: ''I can not picture to you the sight of nearly 5000 native Christian EndeaVorers
 gathered together in the large tent.
 We travelled two nights and a day on train from Bombay, stopping at some interesting places on the way. At the convention the American party march ed through a long line of native Christ 1ans who were singing their song of
 welcome. A few were on elephants and camels. Dr. and Mrs. Clark were festooned with garlands of flowers and
 all were given a most enthusiastic
 welcome. The meeting was opened by singing hymn of welcome written for the occasion to the tune of America. People were gathered from all over h. dla and Burma with the missionaries, besides representatives from almost every country in the world. The first Worlds convention was held at Wash lngtOn; the fourth in the nOn-Christ- ian land of India
 'Rev. A. Syoo. from Maulmain, Burma, whose mother was one of the first converts baptized by Adinorium Judson, responded for Burma. He said it had been his great ambition to see Father Endeavor Clark. and now he was happy. Burma has 5000 mem bers of the Christian Endeavor Society. Rev. MT. Karmarkar and his wife, Dr. karmarkar, met me at the pier at Bombay, and they remembered visit ing in Stratford. He said his wife but the women of Bombay sent a beau t1ful silver garland. made by them, which MT. Clark put around the neck of Mrs. Clark. Dr. Clark then re- sponded for America Letters had been sent from President Taft, Roose- welt, the Governor of Massachusetts, and Vice President Fairbanks, who expected to be present. but on account of an accident which occurred in Cal cutta was unable to do so and tele- 1 graphed part of his message. Mrs.
 Clark was presented with a, silver bowl from the Karen girls of Burma.
 One day we drove to the Tai Maaal.
 For hundreds of years it's glories have been sung. In all the world no queen ever had such a monument. You en- ter by 8 gateway of red sandstone written around with verses from the Koran. Beyond this there is a beau tiful garden with marble pavements ing up to the Tai itself lifting it's golden pinnacles PA feet in the sky. The trellis work of the marble screen surrounding the tomb is inlaid with i flowers, leaves and scrolls in jaspar, coral, bloodstone. onyx, and turquoise. Tn, Il D1o 1Sf of the wife of Aktar, the Great. The
 missionaries crowded around us and were overjoyed to see so many Amer jeans. At the convention there was a report from MT. Shaw of Boston, secretary of the Worlds Christian En- deavor Union. He made strong plea for 20 secretaries to be put in the fields of India at s75 a year for three years. One young Hindu, the only one from his tribe. started with pledging 10 rupees, or nearly S4, a large amount, for they only earn a few cents a day. Different pledges followed in quick succession, some of our party pledg- ing the $75 as personal gifts. I pledg- ed $75 for Connecticut in the name of Adaniroum Judson when a great shout arose. I would like to start this by
 pledging $10 for myself. I am sure Bridgeport will help and I will work for this as soon as I reach home. Dr.
 
 different countries came in their native costume-the Chinanan with his queue, the Burmese with their scarfs over their heads, and the Karens with flow CTS in their hair. The different tribes responded oftentimes by singing re- ligious song set to their own weird music. The G0nds from Northern In- dia. who had been called the head cut ters of India. were now singing Cos Del hymns. People from near Thibet sang Onward, Christian Soldier, in their own language. The DoXOlogy was sung in 30 different languages. D
 Saturday last Arthur Erickson of this town was married to Miss Annie Leavy of Bridgeport.
 The financial statement of the First Ecclesiastical Society was made pub lie yesterday. The receipts for the past year have been from pledges and plate collections. $2,181; interest from for painting church and parsonage, $564; from w. R. Briggs, $380; from the children of the late John W. Ster- ling for renovating the tower and spire and other improvements, $1, 500; rebate on fire insurance. $9, making a grand total of $536S The expendi- lures have amounted to the sum of $5,- 316, leaving a balance in the treasury of s51
 The next Assembly dance is to take place on Feb. 4.
 The proposition to build a switch on East Broadway, for the trolley com- pany, which has been included in the call for the coming hearing in con nection with placing trolley tracks on Barnum avenue, is likely to meet with decided opposition. All the residents of East Broadway are strongly opposed to having any more tracks on that street, and if the issue is forced they may go SO far as to vote against granting a trolley for Barnum avenue The general opinion is that the railway people are asking for too much
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