Evening star., 1926-06-19

demonstration in which $4,000 par
ticipated, and recalled scenes of ma :
tional political gatherings, staged in
the same auditorium --Chicago's ia
nous Coliseum.
Delivers Presidents Message.
Secretary Davis delivered q mes
sage from the President to Cardinal
Mundelein in response to an invita- :
tion to attend the congress. He fol-
lowed with a speech I'm which he re
ferred to the Catholic colony of
the honor of being the first in
America TO estab blish the principles
of religious tolerance.
Frequently he was applauded. but
when he came TO the sentence IF
there is any prejudice against Cath
olics in America. it comes from per-
sons who make specially of preju-
dice a tremendous roar of ap-
proval went up from the audience.
Ten red-robed cardinals on the plat
form and other church dignitaries
Joined in the applause. minute
later he added, ''and like other coun-
tries. we have few that do"
Again he touched responsive
chord. near the end of his speech
when he declared:
Il can promise you will always
find in Americana matter what
condition may prevail In other sec
tions of this hemisphere-the free.
dom which you require to teach your
faith To young and old and to be
missionaries to us all"
Papal Legate Enthusiastic.
John Cardinal Bonzano, the papa
lesate. who had stood while the Secre-
tary read the message of the PresI-
dent was again on his feet and
cordially grasped MIR. Davis hand.
While the cheering continued the
other cardinals exchanged joyful and
significant looks.
The f1ag-bedecked hall. where three
Presidents of the United States
Roosevelt. Taft and Harding-were
nominated. was filled TO overflow and
thousands milled about the outside.
Mayor Dever and Gov. Small wei
coined the delegates in behalf of the
city and State.
Cardinal BonZano. responding in be
half of the delegates, expressed graft
tude for the warmth of his reception
and the work done for the congress
The whole world" he said. Seems
to have caught something of the 4
viii spirit of Chicago which has
prompted her citizens to plan every
detail of the most stupendous religious
gathering the Western World has ever
known" He spoke with a pronounced
Italian accent. but in otherwise fault
less English.
Congress officials today were look
ing forward to the influx of the
masses of the pilgrims that have been
heralded as coming from the ends oi
the earth.
Michigan Boulevard Decorated.
Incoming crowds will see a maze oi
f1uttering decorations along Chicago:
finest thoroughfare. Michigan bOule
ward. Directly east of this thorough
fare, edging Lake Michigan, are locat
ed most of the principal scenes of the
congress which officially opens tomor
row. except Holy Name Cathedral, the
Coliseum and the site of the climax
event of the congress-Mundelei the
/ .300acre rural beauty spot north
west of the city. At Mundelein or
Thursday the multitudeS will witness
the final eucharistic procession. with
the papal legate carrying the osten
sorium from Rome showing the sacred
host. the Eucharist itself.
Included in the sights on the LAKE
front is Soldiers Field, a vast stadium
with a seating capacity as 1t presen
arranged for 145 900 people. Or
either side, stretching aloft. are lines
of stately classic stone pillars. sucl
as would have graced the archi
tectural splendors of ancient Rome
Facing the stadium iZ the ma RYIifir rem
outdoor altar modelled after that o1
st. Paul's outside the walls in Rome
Between the stadium altar and the