Evening Star Newspaper, June 22, 1926, Page 5

CHICAGO THRONGS SET NEW RECORD Previous Marks Made by Big Athletic Events Fall Before Religious Assembly. BY ROBERT T. SMALI CHICAGO, June 22.—The modern mind has acustomed tself to gssoci ating great gatherings of people with gome outstanding sporting event There are the record crowds of 60.000 persons at the world's serfes. 80.000 at the big foot ball clashes, 90,000 at | in Chicago: “As the voungest daugh ter of the great Catholic family, with the Kentucky Derby. a quarter of a million at the English Derby. These are the events by which crowds are measured. But here in Chicago a religious congress has set a new mark for out- door gatherings, with the greatest assemblage of men, women and ! dren the world has ever seen. estimates of the erowds of the last two days in and about the amazing open-air cathedral built in Soldie Field of Grant Park, vary from 800,000 to 400,000, The accurate fig- ure is somewhere hetween these two gnesses. The multitudes were over- whelming. The congress began quietly enough on Sunday. Then the visiting pil- grims and the local celebrants were scattered among the 300 Catholic churches of the Chicago diocese. There was no concentration. Some Catholies plainly were downcast They thought the expected had not come. And <o it remained for the cen- | tral meetings in the vast outdoor anditor hring a what this congress really Catholic Church has called together the greatest religious gathering the |i world has ever known. No other wis denomination or sect could The figures come back to \gain—37 archishops, 2 moré than 300 monsignori such an overpow ut care is being rtaken on every hand to stress the fact that this Eu charistic Congress is not intended as display of the farreaching power ) the Catholic Church or as a chal- lenge to the other creeds or organi- zations. “Far be it from us to look upon it a8 a demonstration of our strength and numbers.” says Cardinal Mun 1ght the congress here. congress, thousands filed Name Cathedral for a glimpse of the of Angels day that women used pocket mirrors the the By the Associated Press. A staff of counters from the office of the commissioner of public works today tallied the throngs which passed into Grant Park and reached a total of more than 500.000. The count was made to determine the strength of the five bridges and one viaduct over which the crowds passed. For 43 minutes the counters were swept off their feet by the crowds anxious to get to Soldiers’ Stadium and they estimated 150,000 passed without be- ing actually counted. Except fon this interval their tabulations totaled One of the smaller items waiting at Mundelein to contribute to the inward satisfaction of the visitors is eight tons of "hot dogs.” Cardinal Mundelein, sponsor of the in beautiful phraseology s of the holding of the ceremonies all the enthuslasm and energy of youth we sent forth the call to the hildren of the Hoely Church the world ver. And behold they have ariswered iour call and from every lJand under the sun they have come—the greatest The [and the poorest.” The spectacle of the *“Ma Angels” at Soldlers' Field terday when a_quarter of a million people thronged to mark the occasion, as the greatest gathering ever a called some of the famous ecclesfasti cal gatherings of history. ceremony their assemblies would have been vir tually Cardinal Bonzano celebrated mass. religlous ceremony, Christian Pomp and | those occasions had, but | lost_in the throng before which Four hundred lost children were found during the céremonies vester. crowds | qay., addre busy and all but 20 knew their home s. Special workers were Kept initing familles. From davlight until dark vesterday through the Holy nterior and to recelve henediction, It vas estimated that 5,000 an hour en. red the church. So dense wera crowds at the “Mass in Soldlers’ Field vester periscopes, bringing into view procession of the clergy by hold the mirrors above the heads of crowd. for ing Rev. James A. Falls of Cincinnati came to Chicago in an airplane to attend the congress. Cardinal O'Donnell, primate of Ire. land, wi entertained at Iluncheon by Mrs . H. McCarthy of Dubuque, lowa. Australian and Irish prelates also were guests, ould it avail us were it to i cuperiority &nd our own| Rear Admiral Willlam S. Benson, ther is it our hope that the aximple of our vivid attachment to the Holy Fucharist and our evident appreciation of the gift which is ours therein may encourage honest seuls outside the church to learn for them eelves of this marvelous calidescen | ston on God t to us humans.” Throt =h all the sermons and public statements the appeal i= bheing made all persons to turn to r ion. On avery hand is the effort of clergy and alike to explain the Catholic | Church to those witfiout it. This con | gress iz not only a demonstration but an attempted explanation of the Catho- | le faith. It is carvying the Catholic | word afar. It is manifestly impres. | give. Men. women and clergy of other | religlous faiths look on in wonder. | Traffic shut off from the of nearly every sort was “Loop™ on Monday of Chie; An led over streamed along som-times over streets were silent reaching the flowed into the earnest. intent Mass of the Angles The silence and the weird deserted at midday zot on the nerves of Chicagn. The pedestrians didn't like it They™ have hecome ac. customed to the perils of automotive traffic, When the automobiles re not there they seemed more disturbed than ever. The peril was unseen but it seemed somewhere about. After a few ours the order was rescinded. The “Loop” bezan to| hum again. _Chicago breathed a sigh of relief. The city fathers learned | they could not turn back the clock. | i | | i on streets i= widening its business 0.000. Honolulu streets at a cost of | vestprday one of the principal lay speakers, ved from Washington. What mpressed him most, he sald, was the arm-hearted welcome with which Chicago, irrespective of creed, has greeted the pilgrim Directing the Army crowds at Soldiers’ Fi 's gathering. traffic officers sald after handling the erowd of upward of 350.000 today “We could start a new World War and handle it with our traffic police nov Chief Collins said. Traffic di- vision heads viewed the milling ecrowds through field glasses from the | top of a nearby building and directed their squads by this means. It was an eerie effect that the monster amplifying stem produced The Orange Grove Market 1226 H St. 1749 Pa. Ave. N.W. Some of Our Specials for this Week Sweet Cantaloupes, 3-3 for. ... . 23e Tomatoes. 1b. i P her basket doz. Lemons. doz. MEAT DEPARTMENT Lez of Tamb. b, S Shoulder. Tamb. 1h. . Lamb Chops, 1h. Dri; get your bargains. 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The great stadium organ was hidden in a soundproof room under one of the concrete stands, with the key- board in front of the altar. The Chinese lay and clerical delega- tion marched in a body onto the field. dressed in deep purple robes. At their head was Lo Pah Hong, wealthy phi- lanthropist of Shaghal. Tt was a woman who conceived the idea out of which has grown this uni- 1 congress of the Cathoiic Church, Mari rtha Tamisier, a native 'of Tours, in 1871 suggested a gathering of the deyout. A series of local con- gresses led to the first international conclave at Lille, in 1881 After her death, in 1910, she was called the “Jeanne d'Arc of the Biessed Sacra- ment.” A life gize painting of Pope Plus X by Charles Arter, the American artist who died two years ago, has attracted much attention here. F. R. Smith, its owner, who brought it here from Cleveland, sald that Pope Pius while still a cardinal visited the art- ist's studio in Venice and one day the artist asked to paint his picture when he became Pope. The prelate agreed, but added “that will never Le.” When it.did happen he kept his promise. Bishop Joseph Schrembs of Cleve- land knows how to obtain the music he llkes. While dining he asked the srchestra to play “Ave Maria Stella,” and when the leader said he did not have the notes the bishop wrote the entire score for orchestration on the back of a menu card. Finding themselves able to cope with traffic conditlons despite the hundreds of thousands of visitors, the police vesterday lifted the traffic ban in the downtown district, or “loop,” which had restricted traffic there to public carriers for the most part. No parking Is allowed, however, and the Jake front is still under restriction. ‘The “Mass of the Angels,” chanted by a cholr of 60,000 children, has been more than a year In preparation in parochial &chools throughout the archdlocese of Chicago. For the past month the choir has rehearsed in the two major league base ball parks Special guards of police and Ameri- can Legionnaires marshaled the white- clad army of youngsters through the downtown streets to the stadlum, where they Each little group of singers accompanied by a priest or a nun. Austria has climbed out of its finan clal morass with the aid of the League of Natlons and of the Loan floated by it. Mgr. Ignace Seipel, former chancellor of Austria, told the Chi- He de- X1 STAR, WASHINGT( CHINESE DELEGATE Joseph Lo Pa Hung Hailed by Commander of Knights of St. Gregory at Congress. By the Associated Press. 4 CHICAGO, June 22.—Joseph Lo Pa Hung, a Chinese pilgrim to the Eu- charistic Congress, has been termed one of the world's greatest Catholic philanthropists. He was so halled at a meeting of the Knights of St. Gregory hy Knight Commander D. F. Kelly, who called attention to the fact that the Far Bastern visitor has bullt, equipped and conducted two hospitals of 2,000 beds and a school accommodating 1,000 in Shanghal. Mr. Hung is known as the ¥Rocke feller of China” and his family has heen Catholic for 300 years. The ose pilgrim delivered a brief ad in which he expresed the hope that the Eucharistic Congress would some day be held in CHina. “Why have I come Ro far from home”? he asked. “Ta honor Christ and tell you for the apostolic delegate in China the thanks sent by 2,500,000 Catholics in my country “Christ is the king of kings. The king of all nations, we honor Him. “I hope in a few years we may honor Christ with a eucharistic con- gress in China. It will make me very happy to meet you all at a dinner like this in China. This is a sample, brothers, of that zreat banquet to be set for us in Heaven." 180,000 ATTEND EUCHARISTIC RITES AT WOMEN’S MASS _ (Continued from First Page.) ing on mere expediency, i& liable to become a detriment to society. “The truths of religion ennstitute an integral part of one's fundamental education. They shed benign light in 604-610 9th St. N.W. Daily, $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 $7 roome. $8 weekly. $10.80 rooms. $1% with {(oilet, shower and ‘lavatory. 'S: 2 in room, 50% more. Rooms like Mother's. ‘ TR - N, D. (., TUESDAY, 'm'nr,\ relation of life--give BSHUX‘{H’X"F“! ‘of purpose to do justice and of perma nent fidelity to country. “The eucharistic communion, the great consoler, brings peace to every troubled soul.” In the hearts of mil lions of devoted citizens the holy sac: rament of peace substitutes justice and love for selfishness and so im measurably advances domestic and soctal peace.” ‘The purpose of the Priests’ Eucha ristic League is not only for the sanc tification of the priest himself but also for the sanctification of the souls in- trusted to his care, the very Rev. Mgr. Joseph L. J. Kirlin of Philadel phia said in addressing the league. “The Priests’ FEucharistic League was founded by our Lord in the upper chamber of Jerusalem the night before He died,” he said. *The apos tles were the first links in the golden chain of the priesthood that, stretch ing through every age and clime since that wonderful night, has bound His church to its divine founder in the Holy Eucharist.” Knights of St. Gregory Assemble. Gathered together for the first time In history, a majority of the English speaking Knights of St. Gregory last night heard Gov. Al Smith of New York, and Mayor Dever of’ Chicago vie with each other in claiming for their own jurisdictions a maximum of American tolerance. Former Senator David 1. Walsh of Massachusetts also addressed the gath ering. The meeting closed a day of impressive ceremony, the central event of which was the huge open-air cele bration of the mass in the Municipal Stadium, which attracted nearly 400, 000 pligrims. “The glorlous reception of th dinals in New Yo and the with which they traversed th on their way here places New York in the forefront of the States pre pared to deny there is any spirit of bigotry in America,” sald Gov. Smith, The Empire State executive saw the congress as a great “influence for good among men, for good to our land and the whole world.' Sees Benefits From Session. 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