The Washington times., 1920-09-19

lue place. On Nne
east steps of the Capitol nsxt Tues
the delegates to the Congress will be
given reception at the Pan-Amer-
\ lean Building.
Augmenting the National Com
munity chorus will be several sec
tions from church choirs of the city,
including singers from st. Aloysius.
Catholich Church. Glenn w. Ashley
JChurch. Miss Jennie s. Glennan.
! director: st. Johns Episcopal Church,
: Georgetown. Miss Isabelle Taylor,
director; ST. Margaret's Episcopal
Church, Alfred Eldridge, director;
Epiphany Church, James r. Young,
director; Petworth Methodist Church,
ID. S. Church, director; and Luther
Place Memorial Church. j. o. Little,
, director. Many other churches would
bo represented but the choirs have
not yet been assembled for the
autumn.
The choirs will be robed. forming
an impressive setting for this group
of singers.
DEPICTS PROGRESS OF U. .. -.
The symbol of the pageant will be
used to present To- this congress in
pictured story, with the language of
music that alone speaks an inter-
national tongue. the progress OF the
United States in establishing among
it's people that moderation in living
that is expressed in this broadly
| significant emblem-'"The Spirit. Of
Temperance"
Columbia. in the double meaning of
country and of the many homes there
In where womanhood wields its infiu-
ence for betterment, Will as hostess
show to our foreign Guests-assem-
,bled as a picturesque group OF specta-
Itors-how the American ideal has
wrought for present-day law that
places the United States as a pioneer
in the fulfilment of the hopes and the
J faiths of the greatest minds OF the
ages.
The Constitution of the United
States embodied in a classic figure,
will be symbol of the work of the
many generations of Americans, con-
taining in its full meaning. one might
say, both the men and the amend
ments out of which the stability of
the Government has grown.
George Washington, Thomas Jeffer-
son-bulwarks of Americanism. Ben
japlin Franklin, Benjamin Rush--men
whose ideals have permeated the very
heart of the nation as represented by
the home, the church. the school.
a more unified ground through the in
fluence of the press, the platform.
through science for which this con-
gresS stands.
Attention has been focused upon
the benefits of such a course and its
enforcement has not alone been recog-
nized as a national good, but it enters
the arena of life in it's service to ma
tion by its contribution, to the eco
nomics of that nation.
THE COLOR SCHEME.
Emerging from clouded vision of
dim gray, the story goes up through
agitation, through the unrest, the re-
adjustment in turbulent events, to the
clear light of victory told in a sunrise
glow.
That scientists of all nations. rep
resentatives appointed by their re-
spective governments, have been as
sembled here in Washington to give
of their labor for the emancipation of
mankind from the fetters OF all in
fluences that impede human progress.
brings to us the dawn of a renais-
sance of reason out of the dark days
through which the world is passing.
From Belgium comes n representa-
tive of Cardinal Mercier. The name
of that great and good man needs no
ornament of words to deliver his mes
sage.
Then there are selected representa-
tives from all Europe. from Soutl
America, Australia South Africa They
are guests Of the United States whose
welcome.is extended from its various
Governmental groups, the State De-