The daily Gate City., 1914-02-24
MISSION EXHIBIT
OPENS TOMORROW
Most Pretentious Idea Of lie Kind in
Keokuk VIII be Shown to tho
Public at Two
O'clock.
BOOTHS ARE IN PLACE
curios and Material for the Most
Part 10 to be Found
Here at
Home.
BOOTHS ARE IN PLACE


ary exhibit will be open to the public
| tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock In
| the Y. w. G. A. building, occupying,
this entire upper for. Several months
ago Miss Martha Hornish suggested
to the religious work committee OF the
Y. w. G. A. that missionary exhibit
be given here. The religious work.
committee is Mrs. r. l. Reid, MI 8
Martha Hornisll, Mrs. ". H. Neil,
Mrs. 3. S. Patterson. Mrs. Edward,
| Laubershs sinner, Miss Gladys Engle-
hardt, Miss Birdie Linquist, Miss Lena,
Chapman. The question was presen,>
ed by Miss Hornish at the union mis-
siopary meeting held In the Y. w. c.
A. curing the first week in January.
The idea was enthusiastically recsdv-
ed and the cooperation OF the
churches eliminated this week in this
very remarkable exhibit to be opened
/ tomorrow.
The first known large missionary
exhibit was given In London some
twelve years ago and it Is interesting
to note that In the same year a loan
exhibit representing the home mis-
! sion fields Of ths Presbyterian churcsl
was given here in the Westminster
chapel The memory Of that very in
teresting exhibit Is still fresh in the
minds Of many today. World exhiD-
its have since bem given in Boston,
Cleveland, Philadelphia and other
cities. A year ago The World in
Chicago" was given, being the largest
/ OF them all. Keokuk is perhaps the
first small city attempting such an
exhibit mads up OF curios and mater
ial for the greater part found here at
| home.
Many Interesting curios..
/ The officers and directors Of the
4 Young Women's Christian Association
1 have turned over the upper floor, re-
/ moving thu furniture to make room
for the booths. At the head of the
4 stairs on either side are the ginger
jars Read up on Frank Stockton il
4 YOU wish to know where the original
j ginger jar was found.
On the wall on one side is huge
poster giving statistics of ths relig-
ious conditions in the United States
4 On the other side is a pyramid giving
the things for which Americans speno
4 money. The great base of the pyra.
mid represents the amount spent for
liquor, ths tip OF the pyramid gives
the amount spent for missions. This
poster was made by Mrs. O. E. King
At the back Of the hall over the fire
place is a great map OF the world Civ
ing facts concerning the heather no
tions. ALI around the walls Of tfr.
auditorium are booths containing
curios from Siam and Laos, India
Japan, China, Persia, Turkey, Mexico
and Africa with statistical representa-
tions of other countries. The from
of the African booth which is III
next the stage, has for front par
replica of the great gate at Luxor
Siam is decoratti with white ele
, plants and each booth at once sug
gests the country 1t represents.
, Booth of immigrants.
To the left of the hall IS a boot1
giving information regarding the i'm
migrants 1t Is decorated with Amer
lean flags and the flags of torty-twe
other nations The first small room
on the right contains ths exhibit from
Cuba and Porto Rico; the next room
is given to Hawaii and the Philip
pines The class room on the Fourtr
street side of the building contain.
an American Indian collection said II
be as fine as the one In the Smith
sonian Institute. Miss Mary C. Coz
Inns and Mrs. G5o. Rix have furnished
,, the major part OF this collection. II
, one corner Of the room Is a real In
! dian tepee
In the girls club room Is to b.
: found mountaineer's cabin such a,
Sammie Lane in THE Shepherd o
the Hills" lived, in. This Is the ey
: habit of the American llighlanders. II
another corner Is an Alaskan igloo O
!. house. There is also in this room In
formation booths on the Mormon
, work ami the work among the Freed
9 men.
n Exhibit opena Tomorrow.
j. The exhibit will be opsn on Wed
nesday from 2 p. m, to 10 o'clock a
I night. On Thursday and Friday
! viii be open from noon to 10 at NIGH
i. The exhibit is all free to the oublic
the object being educational Their
: is some expense attached to the exhibi
!, such as lumber, watchmen, insurance
etc IT Is hoped that these will b
i, met by voluntary contributions mad
h to the ginger jar
? On Wednesday afternoon at ha
I past four O'Clock there will bs chi