Texans wore straw sombreros, Kansans paper sunflower hats, Marylanders yellow and black capes, Californians sailor suits. And because Philadelphia was host last week to the 35th International Christian Endeavor convention, certain youthful Pennsylvanians wore Liberty Bell contraptions labeled, HELLO I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU. At Convention Hall 12,000 young people, aged from 16 to 27, paid $2 registration fees. Claiming thaT 40,000 attended some sessions, officials inaccurately called it "the largest youth gathering in the history of North America." Apparently they had forgotten that in 1895 a rousing Christian Endeavor convention...
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