The Washington herald., 1913-12-07
PARADE in CAUSE
OF TEMPERANCE
Men viii March Today to
Mass Meetings Of Dis
trict w. c. 7. u.
ADDRESSES TO BE MADE
Mrs. Armor, Georgia Cyclone" viii
Be Speaker at Church and
Theater.
ADDRESSES TO BE MADE

With three mass meetings at oclocl
| this afternoon carrying the same pro
gram; with a street parade of men who
desire nationwide prohibition by 1920, tht
w. c. T. u. of the District today is pre-
pared to conduct the largest anti-liquoi
demonstration ever seen in this city.
The main feature of the mass meetings
will be the whirlwind addresses of Mrs
Mary Harris Armor, of Georgia, known
as the Georgia Cyclone" but the street
parade by men. from Fourteenth street
to New York avenue, beginning at 2:3;
D. M, will attract attention. The mer
will march, headed by the Marine Band
to the Columbia Theater and to the
First Congregational Church. As many
men as can be accommodated downstairs
in the theater will stay there The rest
will go to the First Congregational
Church, Tenth and G streets northwest
where the band will furnish music. An
overflow meeting will be held in St
Paul's Lutheran Church, Eleventh and II
streets northwest.
HobsOn Amendment Favored.
The meetings are all in anticipation OF
the march on Congress some day this
week, when a demand will be made that
the Hobson amendment to the Constitu-
ton, prohibiting the sale and manufac-
adopted.
The mass meetings this afternoon will
be held simultaneously at 3 o'clock in the
Columbia Theater, the First Congrega'
tional Church. and st. Paufs Lutheran
Church. Members of the Y. NJ. c. A
Sunday afternoon class will march from
their building to the Columbia Theater,
P. H Bristow, superintendent of Cal
vary Baptist Sunday school, will be the
marshal of the parade, and his aids will
be: Mr.. Hostetter. superintendent Of the
Ninth Street Christian Church; w. W
MILAN. Mount Vernon Methodist Episco,
pal Church South; c. E. Congwer, Yer
mont Avenue Christian Church; C. A.
Baker, New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church; E. L. Harvey, and Fred Fish,
back.
The program at the Columbia Theater
will have for its leading feature the
whirlwind speech of Mrs. Armor. Mem
bers of the Excise Board of the District
will attend this meeting. The meeting
will be presided over by the national
president, Mrs. Lillian NJ. n. Stevens,
of Maine.
On the program will also be Mrs. Sara
Hoge. president of the Virginia w. c. T.
u; Rev. Henry n. Couden, Chaplain of
the House of Representatives; Mrs. Selma
Beauchamp, of Kentucky; Miss Gladys
Emig. E. Stanton Henry, Rev. DR.. w.
r. Wedderspoon, George A. Provost, and
Mrs. Elsie Cheeseman. The Loyal Tenn
perance League will give a song and
salute. Leo Lyons, of Maine. eight years
old, will sing a solo.
others ON Program.
The program at the Congressional
Church will be practically the same, as
the speakers will rush in automobiles
from theater TO church. Mrs. Armor
will step from the platform at the
Columbia Theater, and within a few
minutes will deliver the same speech at
the church. Mrs. Francis P. Parks, ma
tional corresponding secretary of the
W. c. T. u, will preside at the First
Congregational Church. Rev. Forest ].
Prettyman will ask the invocation.
The overflow meeting at St PauPs
Lutheran Church will be in charge Of
Mrs. Don P. Blaine and Miss Isabella
Parke. with Mrs. Hamilton Bailey as
organist-
In addition to these triple mass meet
ings, W. C. T. L. speakers of national
prominence will address congregations to-
day in seven colored churches.
At Calvary Church.
At Calvary Baptist Church, at Eighth
and H streets northwest, Mrs. Lillian
NJ. n. Stevens will conduct a meeting at
s o'clock tonight. Short addresses will
be made by Mrs. Selma Holman, presi
dent of the Tennessee W. c. T. u;
Mrs. Florence Richards, Ohio; Mrs. Lulu
L. Shepard. president of the Utah W.
c. T. U, and others. Special music will
be offered by the choir, Miss Mabel
soprano; Mrs. William 7. Reed,
Richard P. Backing. tenor; A.
T. Apple, bass.
The Loyal Temperance Union. which
will be a feature of today's program, is
under the charge of Mrs. G. T. Shinnick,
and these children will
be accompanied by children from for
aign nations, under the supervision Of
Mrs. John n. Culbertson.
Children who will appear with Leo
Lyons, the child singer, are Evelyn
Courtney, Vivian Miller, Martha Garner,
Pauline Baker, Mildred Maddox. and
Mary Meeks. These little boys and girls
have prepared a white ribbon ''act"
specially for the mass meetings.
The committee to assist Mrs. Emma
Sanford Shelton, president Of the w. c.
T. L.. of the District, includes Mrs. Edna
Proctor, Mrs. NJ. c. Hull, Mrs. George
T. Prewitt, Mrs. Charles Montgomery,
Miss Jennie Smith, Mrs. Jefferson MID
dleton, Mrs Mark Tyndall, Mrs. T. A.
Williams. Mrs. Joseph Van Arsdale. Mrs.
Louise H. Earll, Mrs. ]. A. Edgar, Mrs
Emma Randolph, Mrs. Susie Irwin, Mrs
John A Culbertson, Mrs Edward s OIL