The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-12
ADJUSTMENTS.
Everywhere Opens Tonight

| St Johns parish house has been
! very busy place all day in preparation
for the presentation of the missionary
exhibit Everywhere" The two floors
of the parish house have been trans
formed and as you enter the door
YOU are in a foreign land. The exhibit
is altogether different from the one
given recently in the Y. w. Q. A..
building. Everywhere" pictures the
! life of the people, the exhibits being
means of portraying the mode OF
living in many lands.
The formal opening OF Every
where" takes place this evening at
st. Johns church, the speaker being
the Right Rev. Theodore N. Morrison
D. D., bishop of Iowa. The opening
ceremonies will occur at 8 o'clock in
the church building, but the EXHIBIT
in the parish house will be open at
O'Clock and also after the opening ad-
dress. Owing to the GOODNESS OF the
weather, the mystery play will not be
given tonight but will receive Its in
itial production Wednesday evening
| in the tent. Wednesday afternoon the
booths of the exhibit Will be open for
the inspection OF visitors at 80 p. m.
entrance through the tent.
Miss Eleanor Brown is general
chairman Of the entire exhibit and for
many weeks has been giving 1t her
| time and attention. Recently she went
to Chicago to see the presentation as
| it was given there. Both the men and
women of the church have put into
the exhibit their best thought, under
the direction of the rector, and the re-
suit is a remarkably beautiful and In
structive exhibit, one which no one
should miss seeing. Special features
have been planned for the children
and It Is all within their understand
ing.
AS you enter the parish house, in
the main hall is presented the work
of the English church, through the
Christian Missionary society and the
Society for the Propagation OF the
Gospel The other booths represent
the work of the American branch OF
the Episcopal church. Mr.. Wilfred
Gale, an Englishman by birth, has
charge of this booth in the main hall.
Entering the room at the left Is the
Chinese booth. Beside the door is
letter written by ST. Johns represen-
tative in China, Rev. F. T. Mich OF
Singti. The booth is in charge OF
Miss Katherine Sage. Miss Maria M.
tombstone, Miss Adele Foster, Miss
Helen Hodge, Miss Leila McGaw and
Mrs. M. %. Mosher. The booth itseir
~ oSt,jr a
shrine, and the manner Of worship
will be demonstrated. There is an eff
fective background, a painted drop
curtain giving a Chinese landscape.
The new national flag is displayed
and many articles portraying Cnlnese
life. There is displayed model OF
Boone University at Wuchang The
ladies in charge of the booth will
wear Chinese costumes.
The next booth is Porto Rico and
Cuba, in charge Of Miss Anna Pike,
Miss Katherine Philips. Miss Louise
Klein, Miss Dunlap, Mrs. James p
Jones. Mrs. Henry Burns and Miss
Garnet Benbow. The Porto Rico
booth is a native hut OF straw in
which the poorer classes live and con-
tents. The Cuban booth is house of
white, with bare. plain walls and the
straight lines characteristic of their
architecture These booths contain
many attractive exhibits. such simple
house furnishings as used by these
islanders.
The Japanese booth is a typical tea
house hung with wisteria. In the
background is seen a tarri or temple
gate and the mountain Fujiyama. The |
characteristic lanterns are seen and
over all the cherry blossoms of Japan.
In the tea house are cushions and the
characteristic tea trays on the floor.
Miss Babcock, the missionary from
Japan, who is supported by the Won
ans Auxiliaries Of Iowa, is here and