Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-03-20
EAST AND WEST WILL
MEET HERE TONIGHT
PatriaChs Of Old and Present
Times VIII Be at Religious
Exhibition

The patriach of Abram s time, the
shepherd OF Kind Davids day and the
wise man Of the year of our Lord will
mingle tonight at the Ryan hall with
Ruth and Boaz, of Biblical fame, the
present day Mohammedan chanting his
prayers TO Allah, scores Of other inter
esting personages and Salem church
folk at the opening of the Social Serv-
ice exposition and Palestine pageant.
This is the fourth city which thi.
great exposition has visited since the
close of the Panama-Paeific exposition
and the manager, Mr. G. B. st. John,
states that he has booked the exposition
for two years ahead. 1t was planned
to visit cities of not less than 100000
population but the Salem Ministers
Federation invited the exposition to Sa-
| lem and it is here to stay for six days.
After the exposition closes here it will
proceed to other cities going as far
south as Dallas, Texas, and as far east
as Providence, r. l.
As its central attraction it comprises
all the religious and social service eX-
hibits shown under the committee of
One Hundred in the palace of education
at the recent exposition. Many tons of
this exposition has been set up here.
These exhibits had the distinction
of winning greater hvnors in San Fran
cisco than any other one group Of ex-
hibits being awarded forty-one and
were pronounced by religious leaders
as the greatest collection of social serv-
| ice material ever assembled.
| G.. B. st. John, formerly with the
Presbyterian Board of Home Missions,
who collected the exhibits and in fact
made most of them for the many boards
and agencies exhibiting says that the
| church boards and social service agen-
| cies are very anxious to have the cOun-
try at large see just what work they
are doing, and that they have chosen
/ this method of doing it. Rev. Allel
Moore has charge of very large see
tion of the exposition representing the
| Holy Land. He has scores of the fin
est costumes the far east has ever pro-
duced and he will lead his groups of
people from place to place through the
streets of Jerusalem and tell stories of
the life and customs of those of that
far away land. Another section will he
given over to scientific temperance by
Miss Edith NJ. Wills, assistant editor
of Scientific Temperance Journal, who
appeared at the San Francisco eXposi-
tion.
Still Another department will be con
Quoted by Miss Mary Agnes Best, ra
contour and magazine writer, who will
tell her Molly Best stories of How
the Other Half Lives. " Another see
ton win consist of q moving picture
theatre where social service work vii
be shown. Mr.. Max Dietshe is in charge
Of this section Mr.. Dietshe was il
charge of the large motion picture hal
at the exposition under the supervision
of the Federated churches This hal
was great success and many thou
sands visited it during the year.
The program will begin tonight at
clock with q specially conducted tou
through the exposition. The realistic
presentation of a modern Holy Lane
wedding will be given at $3.50 o'clocl
followed by discussion by Mr.. Moor
on L" Eastern Dress. Miss Best
give her famous story "The Lilly Lang
try Literature Circle" (Jcwish),
At 9:l5 special tablcaux will be pre-
sented The interesting exhibits vii
be open throughout the expositions.