The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-07
First Business Luncheon Will be
Served Tomorrow Noon at Odd
Fellows HaH-EvaneeIist's
Wife Leading.
ASSET TO THE MEETINGS
Mrs. Scoviile Asks That All Of the
Women Who Make Their Own
Living Come-Some An
nouncements.

Arlene Dux Scoville will conduct
her first business luncheon at the
Odd Fellows hall tomorrow noon. The
luncheon will be served from II
o'clock a. m. until 2 o'clock p. m.
Every woman who makes her own
living is invited to these luncheons.
School teachers, factory girls, stenog-
raphers, music teachers, milliners,
clerks, anyone-no matter in what
line of employment, have met with
the wife of the evangelist in cities
throughout the country.
Mrs. Scov1lle's business women's
luncheons are one of the most power
full assets to a Scoville campaign"
said a member of the evangelistic
party today. '"They have resulted in
the past year in the starting of Y.
w. G. AS in five cities. Today Ben
ton Harbor, Michigan, Webb City,
Jefferson City and Aurora, Mo-, and
Emporia, Kans., are beginning Y. w:
c. AS as direct result of these
meetings."
Mrs. Scoville's programmes for the
luncheons have attracted thousands
of women. Her little informal, human
interest talks, lectures in miniature"
they have been called in some cities,
are filled with heart-sentiment, anG
the numbers of girls to attend the
luncheons always has increased each
week, according to reports made
here.
The evangelist's wife will sing at
most of the luncheons. In addition
to her talks she will take the women
through the book of Matthew In the
course of the campaign.
Denominationalism or creed is not
mentioned. The women will meet on
the level. Informality is the one thing
sought most Of all-unless it be the
spiritual welfare Of the girls.
The luncheons will be free. Offer
ings will be taken, Of course, each
day. This money goes for the pro-
mitigation of the work for the bust
ness girls.
| Church Women Serve.
The ladies of the Westminster
presbyterian church will serve the
dinners tom orrow. The girls whose
lunch hour is between II and II
o'clock, or 1870 and 1890 or / and
IL, will find the programme going
ahead continually so, not unlike the
movies, no hour will miss any Of the
programme.
At Emporia. according to press re-
ports from that city, Mrs. William
Allen White, wife Of the famous
novelist, helped serve the hash" for
the girls on one occasion.
1.-The luncheons are for every bust
ness woman, regardless Of her reli-
gious faith or whether she has any,"
Mrs. Scoville told newspaper men to-
day. Tell the girls we want them
all-everyone!"
Three hundred girls attended the
1uncheons at eacn nour in Akron,
OHIO, and at Pueblo, Colo, slightly
more than year ago, 80 girls were
present each Wednesday and Thurs
day.
Ladies' Societies to Attend.
All the ladies' societies of the
churches participating in the Scoville
campaign will meet at the Trinity
Methodist church at o'clock tonight
and march to the tabernacle in a
delegation to hear DR.. Scoville preach
his sermon on Ancient and Modern
Leprosy."
From a purely entertaining view
point, this sermon is said to rank
among the "top-notchers" Of the re-
vivalist's repertory of sermons. Ex-
tensive travel has enabled him to col
lect much material Arst hand which
he has weaved into the discourse,
which has to deal with '1eprcsy" both
physical and moral.
Tomorrow night the Masonic and
Eastern Star lodges will attend In
delegations, It was said today. On
Thursday night the Odd Fellows and
Rebeccas probably will be the fea-
ture delegation.
Delegations Near Doors.
It was announced this morning
that hereafter the delegations from
Warsaw, Hamilton and other outlying
towns will be seated near door in
order that they may catch the inter
urbans at 9:25 each night.
Four shop meetings will be held to-
morrow noon. DIR. Ullom of the Sco-
vile party, and Rev. F.. B. McAllister
of the Baptist church, will go to the
Keokuk- II hamilton bridge works on
the river: Rev. McElree Of the United
: Presbyterian church and Rev. Boards
} lev of the Congregational church.
will visit the Irwin-Phillips company;
the kellogg Birge Co. will hear Rev
McElroy of the evangelistic company
and Rev Wallace Bacon of the First
Christian church, and the Huiskamp
shoe factory will be visited by Dr.
Waldraven. extension secretary for
Scoville, and Rev. Edwards Of the
Trinity Methodist church.
The Bulletin Board.
The mems league met at the Y M
C. A. at noon today. The league will
meet again Friday.
Mrs. Stewart will meet with the
woman's league at 2 o'clock Wednes
day afternoon at the tabernacle.
Rev. w. T. McCandless will hold
his bi-weekly Bible class on Thurs
day at 3 o'clock at the tabernacle.
Mrs. Scoville's high school girls
meeting will be held at the tabernacle
at o'clock Friday afternoon.
The Stewards will meet each even
ing this week at the big shed with
the children. Another kid night
will be staged at the tabernacle Sat