Evening journal., 1917-05-08
SUNSHInERS OUTLINE
Convention PLANS
Mayor Price Will Welcome
Visitors to City on
May II
PROMINENT MEN
TO BE VISITORS

Much interest is being conferred around
the nineteenth annual convention of the
International Sunshine Society, which IS
to meet in this city on May H. Is aud
10. Mrs. Cynthia Westover Alden. ma
tional president. will preside over the
business sessions which viii be held M
the New Century Club, The convention
will be entertained on Wednesday even
ing. May ls. when an informal reception
will be held in the Hotel duPoBt. At
that time one of the motion picture
houses will show two blind baby reels
and pictures of the Altoona convention.
On Thursday morning. May Il, Mayor
Price will formally open the convention,
following the registering Of the dele
gates. At noon on that day the Cham
Der of Commerce will give a luncheon to
the out-of-t town visitors aud ON lhurs-
dav afternoon Dr. Thomas Darlington,
of New York. will address the conven-
ton. There will also be short reports of
the various State presidents during thaI
session.
On Thursday evening May IL, din
ner aud formal reception VIII be held M
the Hotel DUPONT IN honor of the
twcnty-frst anniversary of the society.
On Friday morning there will be a me-
mortal service conducted by the Rev.
Walter &. 4. Gardner of New York,
chaplain general On Friday afternoon
DR. Edgar C. Abbott will give Shakes
pearcau recital and the Rev j. ". Jones
Of Middletown. will also speak.
On Friday evening. May Is, Miss lisa
belle b. Wales win present an entertain
ment Of living pictures in the New Cen
tury Club. Miss Margery II. Hill. plan
ste. will give several selections ON the
piano. This entertainment will he fol
lowed by general dancing.
On Saturday morning there will bc n
business meeting and election of OIL
sers. This election takes place every
sye years.
On Saturday afternoon there will he
m automobile trip to tooch's Bridge and
,thcr interesting places. then picnic ON
she lawn of MIR. and Mrs. Scldcn =.
Decmer. at Now Castle. About - au-
.omobilcs will be required. and it is
hoped that many automobile owners will
oan their cars for that afternoon. Any
ane who will loan 81 car is requested TO
communicate with Miss Edna Wagner
SO. zoe West Twenty second street,
telephone 4sOl-'
Following is the program for the three
laws sessions:
Thursday morning. May 1850 To 10
o'clock. presentation of credentials; 9.45
o'clock. piano recital by Miss Margery
n. Hill. 10 o'clock. choir professional.
Scatter Sunshine: business meeting; in
location. the Rev. Walter A. a. Gard
ser. of New York State, Sunshine chap
Ace IA
State president Delaware division; adj
frees of welcome. Mayor James f. Price;
'csponse. Mrs Cynthia Westover Alden,
National Sunshine president; music
Sunshine choir, Beauty Everywhere:
'eoding OF third lesson. Mrs. Frank g.
sparks. Nice-president Delaware Dvis-
on; music. sunshine choir Let u
Pass reading of the minutes of the
asst meeting; reading No ]. Mrs. sam
Icl c. Evans. of Milford: report of sec
ctory general Mrs. Nellie +. c. Fur
nan. Of New York report of auditing
onimittce, the Rev. Walter \. y. Gard
Ter: report of treasurer general Mrs.
\. o. Buck. of New Jersey; Information
Il WAYS and Means. Mrs. George w.
Dorsey. Ir Dr. Edgar @. Abbott, OF
Massachusetts,; emergency. Mrs. y. -.
sreenhut. of New York; membership,
irs. r. r. Coninc, of New Jersey; APP
continent of committees. resolutions,
dominating. etc; silver collection; Prcss
md Good Cheer. Mrs. Edith \. Nj. Casey,
# New York; wheel chairs, Mrs Mary
3. Bradt of Florida; scholarships. Miss
SoscUe Evans. of New York; historian
,frs Grin W. Ward. Of New York; four
core Mrs. Marshall lansing Emery, of
Cow York; greeting. Miss Emma Thurs
Nv of New York; roll call OF delegates
w States: address. William B. Megear,
PRESIDENT Chamber of Commerce; lunch
,on 10 all ont of town guests by the
,flicers of the Chamber of Commerce.
Thursday afternoon, , oclock-Pro-
,essional choir. "rhe Sunshine of r
SMILE invocation. the Rev. Il. w
Trapnell; reading of the fourth lesson,
AIRS. Navard Kane Brown; choir, scat
Ter Love Like Flowers; reading No. ..
Mrs {. 4. TIonecker, choir, "Smllc and
Sinu; address. Mrs. c. v. b. Van Trump,
chairman Delaware state Commission
for the Blind: address, Mrs. Grace Nc
Millen. superintendent of the Dyker
Heights Blind Babies Home. of Brook
lvn. solo. Mrs. William p. Sutton;
address. DR.. Edgar Q. Abbott, of Massa-
chusetts; greeting, Miss Ray lleydrlck,
president State Federation Of Nomen's
Clubs; reports of state presidents and
organizers: silver collection; department
roports-The blind. Mrs. Theodore f..
Seward. of New Jersey; the rest homes,
Mrs. Thomas Booth, of Connecticut;
fresh air Mrs. Nellie r. G. Furman, OF
New York; roll call of delegates; reso-
buttons.
Thursday evening, o'clock-Rocep-
ton and dinner at the Hotel DUPONT ;
music by Stausebach's Orchestra, and
male quartet. Mrs. Cynthia Westover
Alden will be toastmistress. The guests
Of honor will be Governor and Mrs. John
C .Townsend. IT.. Mayor and Mrs. James
f. Price, DR.. Edgar O. Abbott. of Boston;
Miss Emma Tlursby, of New York; DIR.
Thomas Darlington. of New York; DIR.
Walter A. 4. Gardner, also of New York,
the Rev. Richard W. Irapnell. the Rev,
DR.. L. Franklin Smiley. Mrs. A. d. War
ner. Miss Ray Heydrick. Mrs. r. w
Trapnell, Mrs. T. Paul dupont and Mrs
William NJ Field.
Friday Morning. 10 o'clock Process
honal choir. Little Deeds" inyoca-
Ion. the Rev. DR.. Walter A. A. Gard