Middletown transcript., 1916-10-28
REV. DONACHAY
Writes us an Interesting Letter
From the Episcopal Convention
Being HELD in ST. LOUIS
St. Louis, Mo-, October 18th, 1916
To the Editor of the Transcript.
Middletown, Del,


delegate to the General Convention of
the Episcopal Church, from the Diocese
of Delaware, and the Convent has
been in session since October 18th.
1 want to give you some of my i'm
pressions of this great City. st Louis
is neither north nor south; she is both.
She has a northern head, but southern
heart. Commercially, she thinks in the
colder terms of northern enterprise
socially, she feels in the warmer terms
of southern hospitality.
St. Louis glories in her manufacturing
and mercantile supremacy along a score
of lines, but over and above all this st.
Louis guards her spotless reputation for
hospitality as its communal pearl of
greatest price.
No convention has ever yet assembled
on the hospital bank of the mighty
Mississippi curling through an imperial
valley, without soon feeling the magic
charm of this fellowship. The stranger
in her gates soon discovers he is on
home ground. In short, with st. Louis,
entertaining conventions is a long-prac-
ticed art with the plus of sociable per-
sonality.
Every man, from the Mayor, down,
plunged in to make the visit of the
delegates something memorable, some
thing they would talk about pleasantly,
when they returned home For months,
preparations for just such contingency
were under way. With the result that
every one has smile, good word, for
the Delegates to the Convention of the
Episcopal Church
The delegates were shown, in true
Missouri style, not only the beauty
spots of St. Louis, but something of
the charm of ST. Louis hospitality.
N~ver mind the details, which could
easily fill a great part of page of
paper the size of rhe Transcript. No
hotel or boarding house overcharged the
delegates, but on the other hand made
concessions TO them.
Besides being the Triennial Conven-
= ttaR7of the Episcopal Church, this year
marks the fftieth anniversary of the
conservation of the presiding Bishop of
the Episcopal Church, the Rt Rev.
Daniel $. Tuttle
The following is part of the pro-
gramme arranged for the entertain
ments of the Delegates:
The Church Pageant was given at the
St. Louis Coliseum, on Wednesday, Oc-
tober 18th. in honor of the General
Convention. The Bishops and Deputies
were the guests. Over 1000 people were
in the caste of this impressive presen-
tation. 1t was a wonderful sight from
the standpoint of beauty, color, masses
and lighting effects. 1t was an inter
esting performance from the stand
point of the Dramatic 1t was an in
structive evening from the standpoint
of the Historical. An orchestra of
twenty pieces played music historically
adapted to the period shown. 1t was
"An entertainment with a purpose. -
The Pageant was intended to show by
its episodes and tablesus one of the
needed lessons of to-day, viz: The fact
Of the historic continuity of the Epis-
copal Church from the Day of Pente-
cost down the ages to the present year
of grace
RECEPTIONS.
On Thursday, Oct 18th, s P NJ, the
Bishop and Bishop Coadjutor of Mis-
souri, gave a reception to all the Bishops
and ladies accompanying them at the
Bishops residence.
On Monday evening, Oct, 18th. there
was general reception by the Bishops
of the Diocese of Missouri at Moolat
Temple to the Bishops, the Clerical ant
Lay Deputies and visitors to the Con
vention.
On Saturday afternoon, Oct. 2lst
there was Garden Party at the beau
tiful Missouri Botanical Garden, known
as Shaw's Garden, for all delegates, in
cluding the Woman's Auxiliary, tht
Kings Daughters and visitors to th'
Convention.
Perhaps a word about the City Of st
Louis itself may be of interest to you
readers. st Louis is on the right banl
of the Mississippi River, 20 miles below
the mouth of the Missouri River. Th
greater part of it lies at an elevation
of 400 to 500 feet above sea level. an
200 above the river surface, the rive
front being largely aleyee, along whic
lie the numerous steamers (many o
them with large wheel at the rear
The magnificent Eads bridge, whic
crosses the river at this point, consist
Of three steel spans, each over 500 fee
long. The Merchants bridge, confine
to railroad service, is miles further u
the river. The Municipal bridge, sout
of the Eads. has the longest span c
any bridge of its type in the world.
Many railroads enter the City, an
most of them use the Union station,
colossal structure erected at cost Q
five million dollars.
OF notable buildings there are many
the new City Hall. in Washington Parl
the Court House, the Four Courts "a
immense structure patterned after tn
Louvre Of Paris). the Fine Arts MuseuI
end the Coliseum, very large edifC