Evening Star Newspaper, June 13, 1896, Page 17

THE EVENING STAR,-SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1896-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. ARRAN THOUSANDS OF SEATS! Meeting Places for the Christian Endeavor Convention. . gee ARRANGEMENT (CF THE TENTS Five Churches and Central Provided for the Overfiow. CHOICE OF MEETINGS = = meray ¥ 4 Hali COMBINED SEAT- ing capacity of forty thousand — will available at any giv- S = en moment during the Christian En- deavor convention, which it is expected will draw to this city in a little over three weeks scores nds of vis- delegates. of th itors and It has not been the effort of the iocai ittee of arrangements to provide as many seats at the meeting places as there are delegates expected in attendance; if t had been one-balf as many more ac- ommodations would be required, as far present estimates can determine the | nw r that will attend the convention. But the committee has exerted Itself to provide seatings for a majority of the estimated throngs, and there will be some three hundred separate and dis- tinct convention meetings during the six | New York Avenue Church. days in which sessions will be held, it is! very improbable that any one will be un- able to gain admission to one or two or even several of them if the proper effort s made. But forty thousand sittings available at the same moment is an enormous num- | ber. The like was never before seen in this | sity, and seldom, if ever, on this continent. | Of prime importance and interest, there- fore, are the arrangements for the meet-| ings of this convention—the fifteenth an- nual gathering of Christian Endeavorers. As the number of delegates is expected to be larger than ever, and “more ace lations are to be provided, so also will the meeting places be increased over the num- ber heretofore arranged for. When the conventions were first held one large hureh was capable of seating all the dele- xates who applied for admissioa; with suc- eeding years larger auditoriums were re- quired and large public halls were select- vd for the meetings; recently temporary shelter in the form of huge tents has had to be provided to accommodate the en- thusiastic: Endeavorers. In Washington this year it has been found necessary to -ombine all three forms of meeting places, and three- mammoth tents, one large hali and five of the most capacious churches will be utilized for holding convention ses- stons. These will constitute the principal auditoriums, but at certain times twenty »© more of the local churches will be open- ed for meetings. Primarily important as meeting places will be the three tents, named, respectively, ‘Tent Williston," “Tent Endeavor” and “Tent Washington.” The two first named re dedicated at last year’s convention n Boston; that which has been named in honor of the capital city of what might be called “Endeavorland’—for the United States is the natal country of the organiza- tion, and here it has its greatest strength— has been provided especially for this con- vention, and will be used for the first time here. Tent Williston is named after the church in Portland, Maine, where the first Christian Endeavor society was formed, a Uttle more than fifteen years ago. Each of these mammoth stretches of can- MENT OF THE SEATS IN THE TE: vas will hold about ten thousand people. Approximately. eight thousand persons can be accommodated in the settces for audience, while on the great provision will be made for over fifteen Calvary Baptist Church. hundred more. In the accompanying ground plan the arrangement of seats in the tents is clearly shown. Broad aisles divide the auditorium into sections, and the seats, except in the middle section, will be placed obliquely to the platform, econo- mizing space and securing an arrange- ment most convenient for those who are to see and hear. Against the extreme ends of the platform the benches will be at right angles to it, forming sort of “amen cor- ners." Numerous exits will be provided, so that it will be p ible to fill and empty the tents in a brief space of time and with g minimum of discomfort. The seats for the audience wil be all on a level; the platform seats will be raised tier on tier, in semi-circular form, nearly to the roof of the tents. The platforms alone will hold more persons than most ef the chu s of tke city. The main section reserved for. the chorus and the two flanking sections for ministers and those holding platform seats. Five or six hundred seats on the platforms in each of the three tents will be specially reserved for pastors and the speakers at the con- vention. Ticket r these seatS are even now being issued at geacral headquarters in Boston. the froat and center there wili be‘placed about twenty-five or thirty chairs for the use of the presiding officers, chorus leaders, musicians and speakers, and at the front edge of the platform a restrum is to be built, from which the addresses will be delivered. Directly be- reath will be the tables for the press repre- sentatives. The ideai convention meeting _ place, vhere the three tents are to be pitched, is the White Lot, in the leart of the city, free from the roar and bustle of every day traffic, approachable from all directions and close to the leading car lines. The other auditoriums are also easily dcces- sible from all parts of Washington and easily reached from the tents themselves. Half way down the famous stretch of Pennsylvania avenue, between the treas- ury and the Capitol—the scene of the most magnificent military pageants this conti- rent has witnessed—is ‘situated the Center market, over one wing of which is Central Hall, the largest of the auxiliary meeting places provided for convention sessions. This auditorium will Seat about three tnousand persons, and is one of the most attractive and commodious alls in the city. It was dedicated for public use by the Christian Endeavorers of the District last January, 09 the occasion of their fourth annual convention, and many im- pertant sessions of the International gath- ering will be held ther The five churches which have been chosen for meeting places, in addition to the tents and the hall, are all of them large ones, of historic interest, and situ- ated especially convenient to one anoth: and to the White Lot, where the tents will be. Those from outside the city who have inspected the many advaniages of situa- tion and convenience apparent in the ai rangements invariably have manifested the greatest enthusiasm, and the close proxtintty of these five churches has been frequently the subject of most favorable comment. One square east of the treasury—at the scuth end of which the tents are to be stretched—is the Foundry M. E. Church, cne of the meeting places, located right in the heart of the hotel district. It {s one of the three of the churches selected which are or have been known as “Presidents’ churches.” President’ Hayes worshiped First Congregational Church, there during his residence in the White House. It is the only one of the five, how- ever, which is not the home of a Christian Endeavor society. However, the members of that kindred young people’s organiza- tion—the Epworth League—very generously the } platforms | TENT LIVE offered the church to the committee of "90 for convention purposes, and the proffer was cordially accepted. z ‘Two squares north and east of the Foun- dry Church is the New York Avenue Pres- byterian Church, another of the meeting places. This also has been the church home of some of the nation’s chief exec- utives, as Presidents Buchanan, Lincoln and Johnson attended services there. It has the largest membership of any church of its denomination in the city. Next in order of location comes the First Congregational Church, on the same street as the Foundry Church, and four squares east. It has a large membership; in size and influence it statds amurg the first of the Congregational churches in the coun- try. Its doors have always been open for meetings in the interest of benevolent or religious movements, and the majority of conventions and meetings of such a na- ture have been held in it. As an adito- rium it {s particularly adapted fer large crowds, as it is convenient in arrangement and its acoustic properties are all that could be desired. To the north and east of this church is the fourth meeting place the Calvary Bap- tist Church, distant three squares, the larg- est and most progressive church of that denomination in the city. Its Sunday school house, recently completed, is reé- garded as the model of its kind in the ceuntry, and its school, divided into six garten, primary, inter- dult and home—numbers “0 members. Its Christian En- Foundry M. E. Church. deavor societies, junior, intermediate ‘and senior, are in a flourishing condition. Less than ten minutes’ stroll from tne Calvary Church, the First Presbyterian Church, the last of the five, is reached. An old and historic church, it has number- ed among its attendants Presidents Jack- son, Polk, Pierce and Cleveland. Recently remodeled, its interior is considered one of the very handsome ones of Washington. Its centennial was observed in the spring. First Presbyterian Church. All of these auditoriums will be profuse- ly decorated with convention and United States flags, streamers and bunting. In the tents will be displayed a number of flags of foreign nations, contributed specially for this convention by Christian Endeavor so- cieties in the respective countries as an expression of the international character of the gathering and indicative of the world-wide extent of the arganization. A corps of uniformed and trained ushers will be constantly in attendance at all meetings held in the nine auditoriums pro- vided, so that seating arrangements may be properly attended to. Three sections of the chorus will assist in the singing at the three tents, and the fourth body of 1,000 vocalists will be divided up among the cther meetings in the halls and churche: With so many services going on simul- taneously, delegates to the convention will find it difficult to make a choice as to which they will attend. . There are no assignments of meetings made to certain delegation: any one who comes to the convention is privileged to go to any meeting he or she desires, provided only there is room for ad- mission. Doubtless the three tents will be the goal of very many who will make ‘Washington their temporary abiding place after the 8th of July, but in the smaller meetings, where seeing and hearing will be less difficult, just as able and popular speakers will deliver addresses, and, be- sides catching the overflow from the tents, these meeting places will be sought out in preference by many who do not care for large crowds. ———- IN THE CHURCHES It was expected that the corner stone of Histcry Hall, American University, excava- tion for which was begun this week, would be laid some time during the month of July, but it is about decided now that the corner stone ceremonies will not take place until the early fall. The architects are working now on plans for the Hall of Lan- guages and have completed preliminary sketches. The money for this building has been largely furnished by Gen. De Peyster of New York, and in consequence the col- lege will be called the Gen. J. Watts De Peysier Hall of Languages. Several improvements have been made recently to the property of St. Ann’s Church. Rev. Father J. C. Malon, the pas- tor, has had the church and the parish hall near by painted and the ground surround- ing the buildings graded and sodded. Rev. Hugh Jonnston, pastor of the Metro- politan Methodist Church, is preaching a serles of evening sermons illustraied by stereopticon, on “The Story of Our Lord’s Life.” Bishop John F. Hurst, chancellor of the American University, Is expected to leave next week for his summer vacation, to be spent at Marion, Mass. He will be accom- panied by his family and will probably be gone all summer, though he may return once or twice to look after the affairs of the university. A novena in honor of the Sacred Heart began at St. Augustine’s Church last Wed- nesday week and ended yesterday. The special services, which were well attended, were conducted by the pastor .of the church, Rev. Father Griffith, assisted by Revs. G. A. Dougherty and F. X. Bischoff. The juniors of the local . Union are practicing regularly for their part in the coming convention. The flag drill, which will be the most striking feature of the program, will be performed by forty-eight girls dressed in white, with red, white and blue sashes, to represent the states of the Union. The Christian Endeavor Societies of the Fifth Congregational and Maryland Ave- nue Baptist Churches have taken charge of the Bruen Gospel Mission wagon two even- ings of the week in the northeast section. The first named has charge of it on Tues- day evenings and the latter on Wednesday evenings. The last church sociable of the season of Gunton Temple Memorial Presbyterian Church is to take place in the chapel of the church next Tuesday evening. It will be under the auspices of the Ladies’ Aid Society and will be in the nature of a re- ception to the Rev. C. H. Elliott of Auburn, New York, who is taking Dr. Patch’s place during the. summer. The annual meeting of the congregation of the Church of the Reformation was held the first of this week. From the reports of the officers it appeared that the church had received over $5.00) from all sources during the past rand that a portion of this sum has been used in reducing the debt on the church. The of Mr. L. C. Slater, who has he * tr for over twen and accepted and s passed than ing him for his se: fn that eapaci the church. The elections to the chu council resulted in the choice of the follow ler, Mr. H. Parso’ 5 d Hesse a other membe: AG of the council a Slater, J. A. Suther Black and A. K Ww ner. The building of the Central Union Mi Louis'ana avenue renovated in prepar: on, for the summe work. Arrangements being made which the dining room, which is located the first floor of the building fz street, will be transferred to the Louisiana avenue front and the room yacated will be used as the chapel, N ly all the indu: trial branches of the missien’s work kaye stopped, but both gospel wagons are iu operation and what promises to be the most successful year as yet of wagon work Js_well under way. There are to be three novena: services, this month at Si 0 The first began on Thur: this week—Corpus Christi—; course of the services the sermon was de- livered by the Rev. John M. Colgan, S. J. The next one began today and closes on the feast of the patron saint of S' Aloy- stus Church, June 21, while the last one will end the last day of this month, The matron of the Girls’ Reform School has requested the Central Union authori- ties to conduct Sunday religious services at the school. The board of directors of the mission_ha referred the matter to Mrs. H. B. F. MacFarland, as pre: of the Women’s Band of the mission, who will probably take favorable action on the request. The exeoutive committee of the Brother- hood of St. Andrew held a meeting Mcn- day evening at the office of the vice pres- ident, Mr. John F. Paret. The committee being thoroug! nd during the decided to work up interest among the brotherhood boys of the diocese and to that end the next bi-monthly mee‘ing of the or- der will be devoted to a discussion of that topic, the speakers being Messrs. Langtree and Davis. Mr. Chauncey R. Botsford of Susque- hanna University, Selinsgrove, Pa., 13 sup- plying the pulpit of St. Mark's Lutheran Church. The resignation of Rev. Dr. W. H. Gotwald has not been accepted as yet and consequently the affair remains in statu quo. The visitation committee of the Brother- hood of St. Andrew visited Ascension Chap- ter this week. Talks were made by the president of the brotherhood, Mr. Barnabus Bryan, and by several members of Ascen- sion Chapter. The visits of this committee of visitation, of which Mr. John F. Paret is chairman, will cease during the iatter part of next month, when it is probable that another committee will be appointed. Superintendent Pierson H. Bristow of Calvary Baptist Sunday ‘school has ar- ranged an elaborate program for the Chil- dren's Day services at Calvary Church to- morro} Bible day has been combined with Children’s day, and consequently the features of the latter occasion will pattake of a biblical character. Rev. Dr. S. L. Beiler, vice chancellor of the American University, has been on a visit to New York this week. Mrs. Beiler was called away to her former home in Ohio last week by the severe illness of her parents. ‘The Chautauqua Circle of Waugh Metho- dist Church is making preparations to hold a banquet on Wednesday evening of 1ext week at the home of Mrs. Scott. The closing meeting of the Presbyterian Ministers’ Association was held at the Ar- lington last Tuesday evening. It was In the nature of a reception, and there were present thirty ministers and their wives. Though the first one of the meetings, it was So much enjoyed ‘hat it will probably be repeated next year. Rev. Father Lucien’ Johnston, St. Jerome’s Catholic Church, has been ap- pointed a fellow in the department of his- tory at the Catholic University. He will Probably leave the church about the last of this month, and by that time it js ex- pected that a new pastor will have been ap- pointed by the cardinal, Last week and nearly all of this week Rev. Dr. W. C. Alexander, pastor of the West Street Presbyterian’ Church, with Mrs. Aiexander, has been visiting in Bar- ton, Pa., the annual commencement exer- cises of Lafayette College, of which Dr. Alexander is a graduate, naving taken place this week. The annual report of Epiphany Protest- ant Episcopal Church has just been pub- shed. The contributions from all sources received during the year amounted to $39,- 160.50, and of this amount nearly 38,000 was paid out for diocesan purposes and general missions. The present number of com- municants of the church, after taking out all losses from all sources, is 2,088, making it one of the largest churches of the de- nomination in the United States today. ‘The Presbyterian Alliance of the District recently held its closing meeting of the year. Some of the work prosecuted by the alliance during the past year has heen to erect the Eckington Presbyterian Sunday school building and also to contribute by alliance members, though not officially, $1,800 in cash toward the debt on the East. ern Presbyterlan Church, J. W. Wachter, who recently resigned as superintendent of the Bruen Mission, lo- cated south of the Capitol, has withdrawn his resignation. He is now in charge of the mission again. Mr. James E. Griffith has been appointed as assistant to Mr. Wach- -ter and will thus relieve him of some of his pastor. of ‘the perfected result of his life work, 17 REASONS FOR THE OPEN INVITATIGN Given by Doctor McCoy to All Chronic Sufferers in Washington, Welcoming Every Sufferer From Catarrh, Bronchitis, Rheumatism, Deafness or Any Other Malady to a Trial Treatment Entirely Free. The purpose of this invitation ex- tended in the Trial Treatment Free clause must not be misunderstood. It is simply the result of the Famous Physician’s desire that the public may obtain without cost an adequate knowledge of the treatment which is which, like his earlier treatment given to the world ten years ago, will soon be in general adoption by the profession, which has worked such cures in Deafness and Bronchial Diseases alone as to startle the old school practitioners, which has al- ready proven by the wonderful rec- ord of results that it will be the treat- ment of the future. In extending this invitation Doctor McCoy desiresy that its terms be unequivocal. Every person in Washington to whom life has become a burden by reason of the filthiness and suffering of common Catarrh of the Head, Nose and Throat may now apply at the offices of Doctors McCoy and Cowden and receive a trial treatment free of charge. Every person in Washington who has become discouraged and tired of the vain fight they have been making against the cough, the choking spells and the ever-recurring agonies of Asthma and Bronchitis may now ap- ply at the offices of Doctors McCoy and Cowden and get an inkling of what may be done for them by a bet- ter system of treatment than they have heretofore been receiving. They will be cheerfully accorded a trial treatment without charge. Every person in Washington who has lost strength of heart and strength of body and is becoming pale, emaciated and lantern-jawed and melancholy by the sickness, the torture and the starvation incident to chronic Catarrh of the Stomach may now apply at the offices of Doc- tors McCoy and Cowden and _ re- ceive, without expense, an explana- tory administration of the treatment that has restored so many thousands of gloomy dyspeptic Every person in Washington who may be undergoing the fiery agonies of Rheumatism cr the blight, the suf- fering and the disfigurement of Ec- zema, or the weakness. failure, mis- | ery and decay due to any common form of chronic disease, may now apply at the offices of Doctors Mc- Coy and Cowden and get a glimpse of happier conditions in store for them under the McCoy system of | treatment. The free trial treatment will be ac- corded to all upon personal applica- tion. To those who continue treatment until cured there will be no expense | beyond the regular nominal monthly | assessment, all medicines included. Dr. McCoy Curing the Deat, Mixs Eliza Pope, 910 I at. s.e.: “My right ear was entirely useless. I could not under- stand ordinary conversation. The doct: I went to | told me the drum of the ear was a. 1 had noises in my head that sounded lke escaplag eteam | and ringing. When I went to Doctor Me py the Deafness had lasted for -ight sears. Doctor Me- said my case was curable. I can now hear the clock tick across the room. I hear the thunder for the first time in yeurs. w I can hear the birds singing in the treer outside of the house.” Jastas E. Griswold, 205 Pennsy: nia ave.: “Thad to take my watch and pross hard against my left ear to hear it at all. not hear speakers at a distance. McCo my T could Under Doctor ‘treatment I notice a wonderful change in jearing.”” Oscar Rundgvist, 218 Harrison st., Anacostia, car Inspector, B. and P. R. R.: “I could not hear ordinary conversation. I would have to ask queetions zpe dly. ‘Ihere were whistling and ringing noises In ny ¢ars like ateam. I conld not hear the clock tick. Since taking Doctor Cey’s treatment T am improv wonderfull T'can hear the clock tick several feet away. Frank Miller, 533 9th st. s.e., expert sachinist: I could net hear a sentence a short dis- tance away. Sounds were confused. I bad to ask rople to repeat. I cculd not hear my watch tick. Buzzing wounds, ike escaping steam were coustant. Since taking Dr. McCoy's treatment my hearing bas been restored. I hear perfectly. COPIES OF DOCTOR McOOY'S MONOGRAPH ON DEAFNESS WILL BE MAILED ON APPLICA TION TO THOSE DIRECTLY INTERESTED 1 THE CURE OF THIS CONDITION, duties. The board of directors of the Cen- tral Union Mission have received a ietter from Dr. Talmage, in which he says that he will conduct a wagon service on Market space. The mission authorities are trying to make the Market space wagon services as attractive as possible, and to that end have and are securing well-known speakers from this city and elsewhere. The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Fifth Con- sregational Church this week sent a large barrel of clothing and other necessaries to a home missionary in Indiana. The Sunday school of the astern Pres- byterian Church {gs to celebrate the twenty MORE ABOUT THE MARVEL OF CURING THE DEAF. Miss Virginia Loveless, 2108 Ver- mont ave.: “None except those who have suffered as I have can understand the torture caused by the ringing, hissing and buzzing nolses in the cars. “T had been deaf a nu:nber of yeara, and at times almost totally so. ‘The roaring and buzzing uolses Would s0 increase that I had to put my fingers in my ears in order to get a moment's relief. “I am in the choir of Grace Church, corner of th and 8 streets, end for a long tlme Could Hardly Hear a Word of Doctor Leach’s sermon. “Since I have been treated by Doc‘ors McCoy and Cowden the noises in my ears have stopped and my hearing has s0 improved that I can under- stand the sermon in church and hear distinetly sounds that before were so confused and distant that I could not distinguish them. I bear the street cars, bicycle bells and sounds about the bouse that before did not attract my attention. My Aunt, Mrs. Norton. tells me that sife notices great improvement in my hearing. “I wish to tell others of the confidence that I Miss Virginia Loveless, 2108 Vermont | ave., testifies to Dr. McCoy's skill in curing noises in the ears, have gained from experience in the treatment of Doctor MeCos.”" < Patrick McGraw, 214 E st. s.w. (85 years of aj “I had beca hard of hearing for ten years. ‘There were constant ringing and buzzing sounds in my ears. I cond not hear a watch or clock tick at all. I can now hear the clock tick and | all ordinary conversation. I hear the street cars passing, which I could not before. The ringing sounds have left my ears.” ian, 115 4th st. n.e., Cap- feel like going down the avenue end one my deafness is cured. I was deat for 18 years; could scarcely hear a word; I wouid press a clock to my ear and ever hear it tick, I was deaf as a brickbat. Doctor McCoy cured’ me entirely. If there is anybody who does not believe | it let bim come and see me in person. George av Cecil Hyde, 3400 Prospect “T could not Lear ordinary conversation. Since going to Dz. McCoy my hearing bas been restored. I can hear conversation clearly.”” | Mrs. Hyde, the boy's mother, said to the writer: We notice remarkable change In our boy"s con. dition. We test his hearing cvery day, and tind he will answer us now. Am happy to say that he is doing excellently. He hears me when I address Lim in‘a very ordinary tone."” John M. Clark, 917 26th St. N. W.: “1 had nofses fu my that at thes made it im- possible for me to hear at all. They were like the | ringing of bells, the buzzing of a tawmill and es- caping, steam, cou understand _conversa- tion. All sounds ull and eoufusing. 1 finally we sand Cowden. T can hear conv Mnary tones, and the noises have disappeared.” Maurice Clagett, 215 A w a quarter of a century I had been Deaf. conversation I could not bear at all. to ft ear or- | mort stone bell x dinary c dent. T ‘olay ly heard an au | Dlodk away. I hear the clatter of horses’ loofs; sounds which I had not beard in years.” Mrs. Maria D. Bradley, 919 F at. s.w.: “I was very deaf, and had ringing and buzziag | scunds In my ears all the time. I could not hear crdinary conversation. People would have to shout make me understand. I could not 1 found no relief until 1 under I can nv bear ordi- au bear the clock tick from nary con any part of the room, THE ONLY TREATMENT AND CURE FOR CATARRH. S. Johnson, 1240 9th St. N. W., the ‘known heating and ventilating contractor, after @ course of treatment at Doctor McCoy's offices, “For 15 years I was a sufferer from catarth, af- fecting my head, <hroat, bronchial tubes and stomach, “I could not digest my food properly. I would have violent attacks of belching, caused by gas on the stomach. After eating there was a sensation of weight resting on mys stomach. I tried an known remedies and succeeded only in Anding relief for a few hours. Having learned something of Doc- tor McCoy's skill in the treatment of catarrhal, bronchial and stomach troubles, I went to him. The treatment has benefited wonderfully. I do pot have the stomach trouble. I am a pew man in every way. I am satisfied that Doctor Mc the [proper treatment for catarrh. I have placed my boy with him for treatment, and have allo rec: ommended it to several friends of mine who ure afflicted in a similar w zs DOCTOR McOOY'S MONOGRAPH ON DIS OF THE SKIN CAN BE OBTAINED BY SEXDING AN APPLICATION THROUGH THE MAIL. IT IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE APF- FLICTED WITH SOME FORM OF SKIN DISEASE. Hope, James Whitcomb Riley and others. The lectures have proved the most popu- lar feature of the club, and their number will next year be increased. A language class is planned, and others in history and literature may be formed. Rey. Dr. Teunis S. Hamlin, chairman of the committee on supplies of pulpits for July in connecticn with the Christian Endeavor international convention, wishes to give notice that the committee cannot un- dertake to fill any pulpits unless the re- quest therefor is in its hands by Monday evening next. fifth anniversary tomorrow. Some novel features will be on the program, among them being a prophecy and an original poem. Mr. C. R. McBride is the superin- tendent of the school. Rev. Father James Mackin, pastor of St. Paul's Catholle Church, has left for Iowa on a visit to his sister. He will be gone about three weeks. The annual proc sion of St. Paul's Sunday school took place recently and was a great success. The ar- rangements for the procession were in charge of the following committes: Rev. Father Foley, chairman; Mrs. DuHamel O'Brien, Catherine Roach, C. E. Dunn, Dr. | Burns and Francts Herron. ! Rev. John L. Walsh, pastor of Doug Memorial Methodist Church, ts preacbing a series of Sunday evening sermons to his young people. The vested choir of Trinity Rpisccpal Church gave a well-attended concert lat evening in the parish hall, at the corner of 8d and Indiana avenue. The concert was arranged by the director of the phoir, Mr. D. W. Middleton, and the numbers ‘wars participated in by the members of the choir and by outside talent. The proceeds of the concert will go toward defraying the expenses of the choir on a ten , cation trip this summer. Rev. Dr. George O. Little, pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church, has veen having a series of monthly meetings tor young men. The meetings, which are of a social nature, have been 80 successful that those who have participated will probably | band themselves into a permanent organi- zation. 1 The Girls’ Club of Epiphany Chapel have closed their sessions for the summer. Dur- ing the past year they have had lectures on various subjects, and in the reading circle have read George Eliot, Thackeray. Thoreau, Wordsworth, Emerson, Antion: Much credit is due the ladies composing the board of managers of the Methodist Home of the Aged for their efforts to liquidate the indebtedness resting upon the property. At the anniversary and lawn fete held at the home grounds, 12th anil streets northeast, Friday of last week, they turned into the treasury $0 toward the indebtedness, and $104 toward the cur- rent expenses of the home. The officers of the board are: Mrs. D. B. Street, president; vice presidents—Mrs. A. E. Evans, Mrs. Wm. Burris, Mrs. L. B. Wilson, Mrs. E. J. Harper, Mrs. S. M. Hartsock,- Mrs. J. E. Telty; Mrs. M. S. Tasker, recording secr tary; Birs. W. G. McDowell, corresponding secretary; Mrs. T. C. Smith, treasurer. Fiiegende Blatter, Bom | back of the breast bom have no eflect. There was a discharge of mucus, T! Little Daughter—“Oh, mamma, the poor man must have ridden a long distan for | his poor tires are so badly swollen. DR. McCOY CURING SERIOUS BRONCHITIS. A. UNe, 641 Maryland ave. sw. conductor Pennsylvania raflvond: out five years W. A. Uile, 641 Maryland avenue, testifies to Dr, McCoy's skill in curing chronle Bronchitis ago Thad a severe atta my head, throat Pains in my head and chest and most impossible for me to b ing fits which were a territl nose der this disease I steadily lost I tried all of the remedies that I thought might do me good, but there was no improvement. was hawking aud spitting all the time. There was 4 Painful Tightness Acronn My Chest. My appetite was poo: and sometimes I would go for days without being able to cat hardly any- thing. “My throat would become parched. making it difficult to swallow or eathe. I was a very serious condition when I read of some of th Remarkable Cures by Dr. MeCoy in Washington in case that if he me, similar to mine. I believed puld cure others he might at least help He bas not only helped me, but about cured The tre Mot. e pains In my hexd have m feel tight pains across my chest head » I do not hawk and spit, pperite always good now. It could not “The frst week that I was under 1 three poundy, and Iam wow gaini t has had a wonderful ¢ and I seld My is CURED OF ECZEMA IN ITS WORST FORM. J. W. Ewing, Clerk Auditor's Office of the Treasury for the Post Office T men wall, dry ®, running her, which gradually inc in siz rmin hex on my body, was diagnosed by physicians as Eczema fn its worst form. I suffered all he any one could. Strange burn- nin my feet and foi da clr. cult sing my hody My hands, fect aml ankles were swollen amd painful. I could not touch of Physicians failed to rel I tried every cess, “When Doctor Mec availa and T went to Week's application I felt T was relieved from th dually the am entirely cured.” DOCTOR McCOY CURING BRONCHIAL ASTHMA. blotches grew A. S. Dent, 1124 B st. new: “For rearly three years I suffered from Bronchitis, and asthmatic trouble, I was subject to ysms of coughing. There was tubes and shortness of lsreath, across the chest and di searcely breathe at tines, had asthma. “I lost thirty pounds in weight. I was very feeble, not being able to get upstairs without great exertion, Having heard of Doctor Me remarkable skill, the treatment of asthmatic and bronchial trouble, I sought bis aid. “The' treatment has proved satisfactory beyond expectations. I do not have the pains across chest, as before. I hi My vigor and sire ter in every way. © gal th are returnin: in tes: and welg! and Iam bet: DR. McCOY CURING DYSPEPSIA. Mrs. Joseph Sykes, 1214 19th #1 “I had been a sufferer from acute Dyspepsia for years. At times it seemed Ike something was reasing on my stomach. I had severe headaches. There were sharp, laneinating pains in the back and sides. After eating there would be a sense of fullness, nausea and depression, I seemed to lose all ambition and spirit. I could not lie on my back h any comfort went to Doctor MeCor. He has entively cured I have no more headaches. 1 eat and well as I ever 4id.”” McCOY SYSTEM OF MEDICINE 715 13th Street Northwest. Dr. J. Cresap McCoy, Dr. J. M. Cowden, Consulting Physicians. Office Hours, 9 to 12 a.m., 1 to 5 p.m., to 8 p.m.,daily. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 We COPIES OF DOCTOR MceCOY’S MONOGRAPTE ON CATARRH WILL BE MAILED ON APPLICATION TO THOSE DIRECTLY INTERESTED IN THB CURE GF CATARRHAL DISI STORI ES IN MINIATURE, Scraps and Fragments From the Cur- f Affairs. From the > y Mail and Express. An Irish newspaper has this in answer to a correspondent: “We decline to acknowl- edge the receipt of your post card. An impudent youngster came very near getting his ears boxed the other night at a wedding party for wishing the bride “many happy returns of the day An undertaker in Leipzig, who eked out the profits of his trade by letting apart- ments, hung up a notice board over a coffin in his show window with the inscription: “Lodgings for single gentlemen.” A man was divorced from his wife and she nfarried again, whereupon husband No. 1 inquired of No. 2: “What relation ar rent you to me?” “None that I know of. “Yes, you are,” No. 1; “you are my step-husband—I stepped out and you step- ped in.” In a primary school the teacher under- took to convey to her pupils an idea of the use of the hyphen. She wrote on the blackboard “bird’s-nest,” and, pointing to the hyphen, asked the school, “What is that for?” ‘After a short pause a young son of the emerald isle piped out, ease, ma’am, for the bit'd to roosht on. Miss Sarah Thorne tells a good story of how, when she was playing in “The Colleen Bawn” at a country theater, the gun load- ed with powder to shoot Danny Mann was missing from the wing just before it was required and could not be found. At the last instant one of the actors, eating from a paper bag, emptied out the biscuits, and, bursting it with a sudden blow. Danny roll- ed over into the water, “kill by the report of a paper bag as effectually as he would have been by powder from a real gun.” At the Masquerade, om the Boeton € urler, “Sweet one, I love you,” he whispered to his partner at the masquerade “I should think you woul “seeing that I am your wife. “Didn't I know it, dacling? What other woman do you think I woaid say that te?” she replied,