The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-04-16
EASTER SUNDAY.
Lenten Season Will End With the
Dawn Of Easter.

Dawn Of Easter.
This, the week ending in Easter
Sunday, is known as Holy Week
The Catholic services are indentical
in every quarter Of the globe and a
correspondent Of the Globe-Demo-
crat thus writes Of customsin Rome
and elsewhere in the connection
with the observance of Holy Thurs
day, Good Friday and Holy Satur-
day;
"Slencing the bells from noon on
Thursday to the same time on Sat
urday is common not only in Rome,
but in most cities OF Italy and
Spain. At a particular point in
the mass on Thursday the bells toll
at once and then are silent until
Saturday In the cities where this
custom prevails even the door bells
and school bells are unused, and in-
stances have occurred Of peripatet-
ic knife grinders having been ar.
rested for ,inging their bells on
Good Friday. On this day the pope
acts as a servent, at supper to a
number Of bishops and cardinals,
and the same practice has prevailed
in many European courts, Exact
ly why the sausage makers, pork
pork dealers and candle makers
should decorate their shops IN Italy
with Towers does not appear, but
such a practice is common,
Good Friday was formerly OBJ
served not only England, but on
every part Of the continent by a
play representing the death OF
Christ; an image, sometimes OF
wood, sometimes a doll stuffed with
rags, was hung upon the cross then
taken down and with many elabo-
rate ceremonies inferred in a sepul
cher to be brought out again on
Easter Sunday During the reign
Of Edward the Conlessor and for
several subsequent centuries cramp
rings, cheap circets Of bone, ron,
brass or wood, were blessed on
Good Friday and distributed among
the people to prevent COLES and
cramps during the following year
In Germany there Is a superstition
that bread baked on Good Friday ID
Il remedey for dyspepsiai loaf OF
such bread is sprcserycd through the
year aud gratIugs from part Of II
are mixed with the ordinary dough,
Some superstition Of this kind re-
mains In the hot cross buns which
sold In all parts Of England on
Good Friday The hot cross bun il
a small, round cake, covered with
sugar and having q cross ON top
Good Friday In Rome Is a yellow
day the churches and alters being
drapcd In yellow as an emblem oI
mourning Thceardinals and bish
ops do not wear their rings nor any
of the InsI lna Of their office, anD
Instead of their splendid robes they
wear the plainest yettments Of th,
priesthood The papal, mace anC
arms are reversed and the popO
himself iB habitcd almost ~ an or,
dnary priest In Monaco, GooC
Friday ls celebrated by a mystery
play representing the eruei6Mon
None Of the leading figures of The
drama are forgotten Peter viii
! 4 live rooster under hIB arm, II
prominent, while Judas appear
with q halter around his neck, EN-
blematIe Of his deathj Ponlius ri
late la distinguished by His grea.
height aud thiuncssj he wears white
trousers, a Roman tulrasa, the epa
ulrts ola general, q rapeIr and ,
htmlet over which towers a plume
of feathers about three feet high
! Adam aud Eve also figure In thu
procession, represented by a bo,
and girl, with powdered wings auJ
eating apples of the bough Of Al
! orange treei the jewish fabble /
ptrsooalcd by young fellows In blu
bIouHcs and lrtmru'H hats, while thu
"CoIo0rl Of Pilates army dromcJ
! In the uniform of a French captain
is grand marshal of the procession
'OH Holy Saturday there Is a luI
Ia the church obseryantcs. with In.
ditduous of the tomibgrcioItiug OF
tbc following day. In the SHlIuO
Chapel services are conducted, th,
new fire aud the pascal candle arJ
lighted At noon the bells ring
and, formerly when the pope was d
temporal prince the cannon OF 81
Angelo were fred with the noon
day ceremonies of Saturday lluII
Week tomrs To- q close. For lh.
priesthood il Ia the hardest week oI
the year. aa In bll lCalhoNt tuunlriu
Nrmbtu uI that communion AZ
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