Show HOST OF endeavors ENDEA VORAS I 1 I 1 C E convention opens today in san francisco t i NOTHING LIKE IT IN HIST I 1 every indication points point to the awat at est eat and grandest geeting yei arel a by the san Fral laco gaily decorated her people allert llert arid and intent on extending a royal welcome Everything cally arranged arid and plenty of 0 1 capacity assured 14 41 san ban francisco july G ait it Is dearly chary evident ivI derit that the christian endeavor convention chich alch pena opens tomorrow will be the greatest creat cst in the history of lh ill organization the allen dance wall muni than exceed anticipation and the royal welcome extended to tha de legain insures the and enthus lum or oc the ile gathering gatherl ny ml all day long lone ami hav MY been rolling in and have been met by members of the reception coal initta 1 nelch aich of 0 itself Is a abiah I 1 email airily arm v for or the m hilte caps of 0 these whose it lt in IF to nelcome w elbom the strangers wit knour our gates are arc seen on every street tho the litch string of ballf california 0 nta Is outi ouk anti ana tho the initials C K F iare are th the botn open sesame to boundless hospitality 41 never tc I 1 er before not even by the knights T templar malar or grand army ahw m hoe national reunions were hold held here havu bavo there been such arrangements oc such anti tasteful decorations decor atlon as now it the w hole abole alidia auditorium above and below Is boarded inand the rough umbers are covered with purple and gold the ie ari floors are covered with burlaps bur lapi laps underneath which I 1 la a padding of 0 cotton wadding so that the footstep will be bol noiseless seless and the services will not be interrupted by periong 5 I 1 moving about rolled potted plants palms palmist bamboos bamboo cut flowers and wreaths wreathe of roses are arc everda here and the C california a poppy either fresh from the neld fields ur or in tissue similitude may be seen seca at every turn I 1 here are comfortable clifair tor for SWO SM people and two eno or three thousand may stand machinery hall Is divided olt 1 into compartments and in each are committee committees mit tee thus when the delegates from any state arrive they RO go immediately to the space set aside a alde for or them and there thera register their namon names irr in loot book a alphabetically beti cally arranged lr lf the delegates delft gateB are ara alert there can bono bi no confusion con ruslon A strange finds thi stand of oc the committee on reception kwee goes to a one e 0 ot f them in charac presents pres ala hit his or r her card and Is given a badue badge anti and one or of the lie books on california that have been published by the state board ot of trade the same ith jtb holhi committees te hotel or other accommodations literature etc the arrangement la is simple and admirable this afternoon there was a rehearsal reh carial a of f the chorus numbering 1500 with them were the bouquet chorus and ICO trained soloists enose n who he heard beard the singing were assured in advance of the success of to nights concert C lor for it waa nag e evident t that the rearrangement of the pavilion had endowed it with acoustic proper properties tIts hitherto unknown nila io the big building the decoration of woodwards ards pavilion tor for a simultaneous rne meeting eting Is proceeding rapidly anti and will ill be completed tomorrow tula amphitheater will accommodate over A people and as a all the churches chu hill vi ill keep open house bouse no Ende endear morer mill w be belef lill li ll tout out in the CO cold d tomorrow the prell preliminary minari worl work ot of the convention begins general secretary baer Is delighted A with it h the outlook lor for he believes that this convention will be memorable la in the annals of the enk ellk deavor ere |