The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-23
ANNUAL CONVENTION QF CENTRAL
COUNCIL IF kINGS5 JAUGHIER5
OPENS WITH LARGE ATTENDANCE
IMPORTANT sESSloE HELD LAST
NIaHT Az FOURTH STRICT
~ E CRUECH.
MIS-. ROBERT J. REED INTERNA-
TToNAL PRESIDENT-OTHER
PROMINENT OFFICERS
ATTENDING.
NEXT ANNUAL CONVENTION TO BE
HELD IN ST. .LOUE-CoN-
vENTIoN COLES TO
CLOSE TODAY.


On" of the most important sessions ia
conrclInn with The annual r"nv"ni":h ri
the Central Council &C Kings Daughters.
now being held III this city. WAS h"id
ln"i iIght in the Fourth Str""l NJ t..
church. The Sunday school room was
decorated for tho occasion with 81 pro-
fusion of spring blossoms. !ilncs. Snow
balls. fl"wrry QuInrn. pAnsi"S ana ra'i'?
lilies. which w"r" artisiiCally arranged
throughout ,hr room and III" fountain.
n, The entrance wm& banked with palms
and ferns with Al hug" bouquet OF SHOW
balls in the center
Mrs, Robcr. j. Reed. intcrnhii onnl
president Of III" organization. pressure"
nj the meeting md called ihr session TO-
order promptly AT $50 o'clock. Ihr en-
tire asSrnhngc stood and sang MI
Hail tho Power of Jesus Nani", ana
Mrs. Charles Allen led ihr aahl"r'" IN
rrayor. Mrs. Ercd then told ma u
had boon thirteen years since IN" t"un-
cI mot in Wheeling and introduced
MIS-. Ciuscl, Of Columbus. state rreSi-
dcnl ri Ohio, who was here IL IN" last
meeting.
Mrs. Gugrl took for h"r subject A
Night Visit To JESUS. in which Sh" '"'"
how Nlcodrmus. then ono OF thr h'Eh"S'
rulers Of Jerusalem. came 10 jesus by
night and asked tho way NJ Saivhtfoh'
Y ithout any explanation Of his rrptE
Jesus answered simply you must t'
horn agair." Mrs. Gugcl continued by
saving that many p""pl" ar" "orT'nc'n
that Jesus WAS divinrly sent but can MOI
10 ;s
with a comparison OF This new spiritual
birth with the wind--nnthlns is visibl"
but its effect
rms. Martin 81. Burt. chairman OF TN"
CITY Union of Kings Daughters. which
circle is acting as hostess To IN" VISITORS
gave the greetings and welcome "f inc
tHtv Union 10 the Central CounClI. on"
viyidlv related the history OF lhr f"un"-
inp Of tho Fourth Street church. inc
Noihcr church. and mentioned iho ms
turic happenings in the settling o. inc
City and al:n the state.
C1nc Of 1he intrrest ing features "f the
evening was ihe singing 81 Tia Ply
Voices" by nine little girls who com
pose tho Polly Anna Circle Of Kings
Daughters As each speaker hniShon.
ono Of these little glad girls" presented
her with n noscgay Of pansics and valley
lilies.
Miss Hanlcy sang in her usual charm
ing manner Il should Have Liked I"
Have Been There Then. Miss jennie
benedict. vice president. from LOUIS
vile, NY. followed with an nddl"ss. con-
s!stinE of hearty thanks for IN" weir"H"
and entertainment received hero. Mrs.
! ! r McLauri,l Of NickShurE. Miss. I'd
i,or of the Kings daughters magazine.
In nj
war on tho worIcn OF The country. and
rreracod her remarks by saying thAt
| Ihc world was no better now than II was
nrcyinua to Tho WIFI She said that ihcrn
ure many problems 10 be solved in tn"
! rrconsi rucIiun period. and ALSO Impress
I'd upon Tho women lhat they he'd very
imuurlnni place in lhr final decisions
! Of the peace conference. She concluded
4 by laying Il tribute to the greatest n"-
: ton IN the world. and mentioned that ali
the lesser downl rnddcn nations who
sought justice came III !tmcr:cn for aid.
! in This way paying IN" highest tribute
! lo tho United States Of America.
Miss Clara Moorehousc. of New York.
! general secretary of the Kings DauEh-
! tors. made III" principal address of thu
| evening. She gave a brief sketch NJ tho
! activities Of the association. and COM
| pared tn" Kings Daughters 10 tho fahlrt!
| Brownies. who performed in secret all
disagr-cablc tasks. Personal servic"
| and individual conservation are the cS-
| sential points nf tho crc"d Of tho Daur-
: tiers. and those have hrcn n silent and
! unseen influence on tho young people.
! Then thr various works OF the organize
/ ton were dwcllrtl upon. Hospitals
were tho initial institutions bcnc1i, cd
! and lArrr homes Of all kinds were rrrct.
cd and r.aintain"d all over The country
In many cities district nur:scs are ON,
nIuycd by tho Kings Daughters 10 care
for Tho sick in the community. Day
nurseries also ar" chief among tn.
works o. tho women. as Wheeling vel
knows. One OF thc newest works was
tho opening Cf q community homo 70,
The homeless children of TrnEcs;scc. II
Canada Il social club was started for 1hr
working gir!S: III Miss issippi n rrsr and
lunch room and circulating librnry /:
n"w IN use: in Illinois II loan fun, Uas
established iu Joan mnnr$' ~ Tho ilrrG,
without interest in NNw Orleans a srnur
"f Girls helped IN" street vendors. and
, IN Shanghai splendid work j. CONT inn.
ally being Grnc by ihr "irSlr there Two.
. ihITu* al the work done last year was
war WORK. and much was arcompIisbr6
IN many "IitrS 50 days = wr.,: was In,
q a'"rLGr maintained by Tho Kings parpl..
t"r$ IN IN" Red Cross work SiNtv.,hrcr
french orphans wrrn adopted ~ vnrir,u,
''rci"" and They also part icipatrd in nj
w" T"!irf Work for tn" refugees i'm Eli.
'"P'Hh 'H"N'ri"%. Her address WAS
"nnrlid"d Ivy telling or Tho work dan,
during ih:' Influenza epidemic MI orc,
the country
MSS HrSSi" Dnwlr- n mrr:h.r nf IN
| Agnes l-"" Circle. and ono Of The cru
Wei known singers sane In Tho Scr
| NI"r ri III" King Mrs. Reed rhcn r-..
S"ntrd I" The audience n tho r,-drr rnl
lowing ihH' representatives. firm, 9th.
states. who IN few words cxp-cssc.