Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-01
c. I. .CONVENES
HERE TOMORROW
Special Services In Churches
and Two Meetings at Polls
Opens Convention.
BUSINESS FOR MONDAY

Tho National woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union Is to open what Is e1-
pected to be Its most important an
nual convention here tomorrow. with
special services in moro than q score
Of churches. both morning and evening.
The convention proper 10 to begin
with a service for the W. c. T. U. dele
gates in the Metropolitan NJ. e. Church.
Az and C Streets at 10 o'clock in the
morning. at which the pastor. Rev.
Harry D. Mitchell, will deliver the SER
mon.
The first big meeting of tho conven-
ton is to be called to order in Polls
Theater at o'clock in the afternoon.
to be the principal speaker. At
o'clock in the evening Representative
Jeanette Rankin is to speak at Polfs:
The last of the national officers and
delegates arrived yesterday, and de-
spite the crowded condition of the city.
were all provided for in the homes OF
the local members Of the union.
The convention will continue until
Thursday night, with sessions during
the day and evening at Polls Theater.
Headquarters of the union have been
established at the Powhatan Hotel.
Plan to Make Nation DRY"
A plan of action to put through the
national prohibition amendment and
ways and means of helping to win the
war will be the foremost questions be-
fore the convention.
At the Monday morning and after
noon sessions the reports Of the ma
tional president and standing COM
mittees will be submitted. Monday
night will be devoted to addresses of
ar ov nd ri U
of the District.
Elaborate musical programs have
been mapped out to add to convention
sessions. At the gathering at Polls at
be by the Washington Ladies' Or
chestra. Mrs. Minnie H. Smith. director.
Belva Hook, soprano. will sing. At the
night session Leroy Glider Will sing
Sons of America" accompanied by the
composer. William T. Pierson.
Between the afternoon and evening
sessions tomorrow vesper service
will be held at $50 o'clock at St Paul's
Lutheran Church.
Tomorrow's Speakers in Pu1pits.
Speakers of the w. c. T. o. will oc-
cupy Washington pulpits tomorrow, as
MORNING SERVICES.
Congress Street Methodist Episcopal
Church-Miss Rose Davidson Of Ohio.
national organizer.
Dumbarton Avenue Methodist Episco-
pal Church-Miss Roema Shaner OF
Missouri. national organizer.
McKendree Methodist Episcopal
Church-Mrs. Mary Harris Armor OF
Georgia, national lecturer.
Church South-Mrs. Nellie Burger
state president of the Missouri W. c.
T. u.
EvENIN SERVICES
Anacostia Methodist Episcopal Church
Miss Louise HOLSTER of Iowa. ma
tional organizer.
Bethany Baptist Church-Miss Flora
E. Strout. missionary of the worlds
W. c. T. U.
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church
South-Mrs. Frederic Ensigne Fuller OF
Ohio. national lecturer.
Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church
Mrs. Amy c. Weech Of Virginia, ma
tional organizer.
Mrs. Maude B. Perkins of New York
national field secretary Of the Young
Peoples Branch.
Douglas Memorial Methodist Episco.
Of Massachusetts. national organizer.
lexington Presbyterian Church-Mrs
Ehie Lawrance of Maine. national or.
ganizer.
Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church
president Of the Indiana W. 6. 7. U.
Fifteenth Street Christian Church
Mrs. NJ. W. Anderson. honorary presi-
dent Of the Montana W. c. T. U.
First Methodist Protestant Church
tiona1 lecturer.
Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church
Mrs. Ella A Boole. state president o,
the New York W. c. 7. U. national vice
president.
Garden Memorial Presbyterian Church
Miss Mary B. Erwin of Ohio. national
secretary of the Loyal Temperance
Legion.
Guriey Memorial Presbyterian Church
Mrs. Frances E. Beauchamp. state
president Of the Kentucky w. C. T. U.
Hamline Methodist Episcopal Church
Mrs. Addie B. Parsells of Pennsyl-
vania. national organizer.
McKendree Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev. Eta D. Shaw of Michigan, ma.
tiona1 evangelist.
Marvin Methodist Episcopal Church
South-Mrs. Ella M. George. state presi'
dent of the Pennsylvania w. c. T. U.
Maryland Avenue Baptist Church-Mrs
Adriana Hungerford. state president Of thf
Colorado W. c. T. U!
Metropolitan Baptist Church-Mrs. De
borah K. Livingston of Rhode Island
national superintendent of franchise
Peck Memorial Presbyterian Chapel
Miss Lillian Phelps Of New York. lecturer
Petworth Baptist Church-Mrs. Mar
garet B. Plat of Illinois, national lecturer
Rhode Island Avenue Methodist Prot
estant Church-Mrs. E. L. Call<ins, STATE
president of the Michigan w. C. T. u.
st. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church
South-Mrs. Viola D. Romans Of Ohio
national lecturer
| Wallace Memorial United Presbyterian
Church-Mrs. Rhena NJ Holyoke. stat.
Organizer of the Massachusetts w. c. T. q
Waugh Methodist Episcopal Church
Mrs. Florence D. Richards, state presiden
Of the Ohio w. C. T. u.
| West Street Presbyterian Church-Mrs
Ida Wise Smith. state president Of tn,
Iowa W. C. T. U.
| Whitney Avenue Christian Church-Rev
Lee A Starr Of Pennsylvania, nationa
| lecturer.
\ Wilson Memorial Methodist Episcopa
lChurch-Mrs. Lora LaMance of Missouri
national organizer.
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