Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-03-26
FADS
How All the Nations Celebrate
the Great Day-Piety Of
Latin Races-The Sober
Minded Italians.

spots of this big city at the same
time some curious sights could be seen on
Easter Sunday. Nearly al the nations Of
the world are collected in sufficient numbers
under the great cosmopolitan roof of Goth
am 10 have q place Of worship of their own,
md there is no day in the church calendar
other than Christmas which is s, generally
observed as Easter.
And each nationality has its Easter pa
rade. Of course, these individual parades
DO not compare in glittering magni6cance to
the bewildering pageant which winds and
coils through Fifth avenue from end to end,
but the people who compose them are just
as proud Of their 6nery and as happy with
their sweethearts as the guided young men
and diamond .rowned misses who lead
the sparkling show on the recognized parade
grounds of fashion.
In those sections of the city occupied by
the Latin races it is easily apparent at
Easter time that the season is full of religi.
Gus meaning to the people-more SO than to
the average native of the city. TO the lat.
ter it is a festival of fine dress, but to the
Italian, Spanish and French quarters the
sanctity of the day is more strictly observed.
In the Little Italy of which Mulberry
Bend is the center there is one of the oldest
churches in the city. Forty thousand Of
the poorest people in the town worship
tn ere and on Easter Sunday from the first
break Of dawn until late in the night it will
be filled with an ever changing congrega-
ton of devout and humble men, women and
children.
CHURCH OF SAN JOACHIM.
In Roosevelt street, at No rs, is the
church of San Joachim. 1t was established
in 1883 by Father Morelli, who attends to
the spiritual welfare of a vast army of
Pensioners. There is little rest for this
priest. When he isn't marrying some one
he is reading the burial service over others
or christening babies or saying mass. To
attend to the religious wants of 50 many
people is no small matter.
The church building itself is very much
out OF the ordinary. The ground floor of
the building is occupied as a rag warehouse,
and the rag pickers and rag packers may be
seen plying their vocation on week days.
while above their heads oftentimes the
solemn masses for the dead are being said
or sung and the resounding tones Of the
organ swell and still into momentary silence
the babel voices of the trongs of idlers in
the streets below.
The entrance to the church is at the side
OF the main building up a broad fight of
stair sto a hallway. upon one side Of which
is the auditorium and on the others quart
ers for the priests.
Bov THE RAG HOUSE.
The church above the rag house is well
worth a visit, Its altar equipments are of
the simplest character, almost tawdry, in
fact, but gaining dignity from their very
simplicity. The chairs tor the clergy behiud
the chancel rail are upholstered in horse.
hair, and the candles are well nigh burned
to the sockets from constant use.
There is = small pipe organ in the rear
gallery, and along the side walls are shirnes,
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