New Britain herald., 1926-06-22
About 175,OOO of Fair Sex At- tend Special Services at Eu-
 ChaTistiC Congress Today
TENS OF THOUSANDS ARE IN EARLY MORNING MARCH
Woman's Choir of to,000, Including 5000 Hooded Nuns, Chant the "Nfissa Rosa Mystica' - Various Visiting Clergy Speak -- Supreme Court Justice Butler Also Among Those Addressing Congregation.
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 Chicago, June 22.-The greatest asscmblago of women ever gathered within one enclosure in America banked the stands In Soldiers Field today at the second public session of the international Eucharistic con- gress. Ii was womon's day-and i the vast arena harbored less than 5. 900 men in the 1SO,oQ0 worship pers.
 CIoudless skies greeted the fair throngs. and the sun shone bril- liantly.
 solemn ponttfcaI mass ct the great outdoor altar was celebrated by the Most Rev. Joseph Palica, archbishop of Filippi and Vicegerent of Rome.
 15,000 in Choir
 A womans choir of 15,000 includ- ing 5000 hooded nuns, chanted the "AIissa Rosa Mystica," the famous mass of Vito Carnevali.
 Tens of thousands Of women marched to the stadium as early as ] : o'clock. The throngs overflowed ! the concrete stands and pressed into 1 the space reserved for the clergy and choir in the great sweep of the ! grass carpeted field. The crowd outside was not so great as yesterday and the pro cession of clergy filed into the field on schedule.
 Nuns Fill One Section One large section of the stand vas filled with nuns. whose black yeils and white capes were in strik- ing contrast to the sea Of red. green blue, gray and tan hats of lay men,
 UniASe yesterday the program Of addresses was begun before the mass was celebrated. The first was by the 1 archbishop of Vienna, Cardinal | Frederick Piffl. Clad in his scarlet robes of office and standing in a red Nelvet-covered pulpit in front of the altar, he spoke in German, his resonant voice being heard distinct ly down the stretches Of Soldiers ! Field.
 As Cardinal Piffl spoke, the space in front Of the altar, previously kept clear was filled with clergy for whom no seats could be found. Justice Butler Speaks Associated Justice Butler Of the supreme court of the United States, who received an enthusiastic ova- ton, emphasized the importance of i religious training as q factor in the moral development of democratic in- stitutions. He said religion and morality were the rocks upon which were reared the whole fabric of the democratic social structure.
 Touching upon foreign relations he said:
 Isolation is impossible"
 Justice Butler interrupted his ad- dress for the entrance Of the cardi- naIs, led by John Cardinal Bonzano, me papal lcEate. He resumed after Cardinal o'Connen of Boston had taken his seat as presiding officer.
 Arch hbtshop Edward J. Hanna. Of San Francisco, preached the sermon. He described the assemblaga as the greatest honor to womankind fin his tory
 Message To Women. To Catholic women is our mes sage of this day of triumph. Never since the pages Of history have re- corded the deeds Of mankind. has woman held the place of power she holds toay
 Never has this power reached such commanding sway az it does at this moment in our loved land she is the mother of the race, she makes the first. the most indelihle impression on the budding mind of the child.
 Her love makes her the ideal Of the child's life. As life runs on she IS the guide. she IS the upholder Of life's high traditions Of noble effort.
 When men fail in Ife's stresslng conflict, she speaks words of com fort of courage and sends her men back to fight anew.
 EucharistiC Notes.
 A staff Of counters from the office Of the commissioner of public works. today tallied the throngs which passed into Grant park and reached total Of more than 5oo,0Oo. The