The Washington herald., 1918-01-03
10000 WOMEN
EXPECTED TO
HELP SUNDAY
Plans Complete for Revival
Campaign to Reach Busi-
mess Establishments.
BY ARrHuRJoYcE.


Forty thousand business women and
girls in Washington will be reached
through the activities Of the Business
women's Invitation Committee as
sociated with the Billy Sunday cam
paign.
This was made plain yesterday at a
meeting Of the various committees di-
recting the women's end of the re-
vival work. In the First Congregation
al Church. The Sunday school room
OF the church was crowded with
Washington women OF prominence.
who have been giving their time, day
and night. to further the revival in
terests.
There has never been a city equal In
size and population to that OF Wash
ington. in which Mr.. Sunday has cam
paigned. where there has been shown
such enthusiastic interest In women's s
work as in the National Capital
DR.. James T. Walker, advance rep
resentative of the Sunday party. cali
ed particular attention to the prelimi-
nary campaign work Of Washington's
women and he was free in his pre-
dictions that this particular phase Of
The revival will eclipse that of virtual
ly any previous Sunday campaign
Plans In Fine shape.
Mrs. Charles w. Richardson presid-
ed at yesterdays meeting. She is
chairman of the women's committee.
Mrs Richardson called for reports
covering the numerous phases OF the
preliminary work and every depart
fnent of the big work reported things
In bang-up shape for the advent Of
Billy Sunday and his co-workers.
There Is hardly, government build
Ing, a store. a factory, or an office in
Washington which hasn't been can
vassed by a special committee. vested
with the duty OF compiling lists of all
the business women and girls employ
ed in each and in locating council
girls" in those establishments where
dfty or more girls are employed.
The council girls" are the go-be-
tweens who stand between the cam
paign workers and the women en-
ployes in Washington. Their job is
to influence their fellow-workers to
take active interest in the campaign
by attending the MONDAY luncheon
meetings and taking Part in the tab
ernacIe services.
wants Girls to Hit Trail
The ultimate expectation of this pre-
hminary work Is to induce every busi-
ness woman and girl in Washington
to come out openly for Christ by way
OF the "sawdust traiT' over at the
Tabernacle and thereafter to have
them 'stay right" with God through
official association with the churches
OF Washington.
This morning there will be formally
opened at 615 Fourteenth street, next
door to the 7. W. c. A headquarters,
. building TO be used during the cam
paign for the women's work in con-
nection with the revival. Two sec
retaries WI be in charge continuously
at the new headquarters and commit
Tee meetings viii be held In the rooms
In the upper floors of the building.
There are approximately 10000 wom-
en- and girls in the direct central sec
ton of Washington who will be in
duced by the committee women to take
active part in the MONDAY luncheon
meetings to be held three days each
week in the First Congregational
Church
$4,000 In Extension Division.
There are about 5000 women and
girls in what has been termed the
extension division"
These employees must have the Cos
pei message taken to them. since
they are so located. from a geographi-
cal standpoint. that it would. be i'm
possible for them to come each day
to the central headquarters for lunch
con and bible talks. Mrs. William
Asher. Of the sunday forces, conducts
this branch Of the work and holds
MONDAY meetings in the various
stores and factories and buildings at
lunch hour" Miss Frances Miller
will represent the Sunday party i'm
the central division work emanating
from the First Congressional Church
headquarters.