The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-17

vac . sight. 10 behold. As tho procession.
headed by By this banner wheeled. into iiStS
Snecrcd and chserod as the banncr went by. The
and erSp1 Children sSsot T Sss c SsSs up , Of T ST IN wo %S's:;
HtShitc wells and white shoes and the candles
and some OF the women were barefoot. Tho
women wore white, too, pretty. generally.
g woman. carrying q church built Of candles.
ht was bigger than she was herself, and she
soar co1rd 1t on hSr head: From each Of the
which, were held by four women in white. Half
way down the line was o sturdy woman with
feet long. II looked as Il. It must certainly
man carried i on Sc rq left sbd pGlSSseS; wh h5e w MS,
bare. 1t had bent of its own weight and was
5ow;shnped. Three-quarters of tho way down
IN the shape, of q house and was built OF candles
with yari-cOlored decorations. 1t was bigger
sasa ah By c onS %Oa Gh%l'h slh sn ssl hES T. It It on S Sss
heed. After this came fifty or sixty girls, each
inches mem = tS sSSalo t tlYe ,b feet long and div tive ,S or three
rms procession marched up the street to tho
church and there plunged into tho crowd strug-
was asked where. ii these arc hard times, all
me Sa money anne from that was pinned to tho
1T was collected in one hour. 1t is an offer.
Ing to the Madonna"
An hour after this procession came another.
but there was not SO much as there was on the
nrst. some OF the women IN the second process
s which we're they os carried % sss t asaio to t ot j sSa 3
marched On u and f in9o the Ss s sa SaEEnns' cr sNSI
the crowd at the doors. Into the church tho
The scene there eS " was "a almost Gnes 'U unVa Fyi The
chanting would stop now and then for q mo-
body, of the church. the d poss, Kept fifed, and the
people. in them wore on their knees ~continu-
their blessings. Tho crowd sursed about. the
Ppteta to touch 1t. 1t was high from the floor;
just reach each it tn and many sSsH Of them nn after aPst COUGHING cSHas
the figure Of Jesus would quickly withdraw their
hands and wrap them in hanakerchiefs to pre-,
most Of them shed Sy. the he~ men and women who
As tho day grew the crowd increased rather
than diminished. People from Mulberry street
City City % came 'i inso t dns distinct IfSa sf0G%f esP sI%o ' 'ea@s
They bought, cakes and candles or nuts from tn,
w waESnn; aney A SSGsF taucf hSSs q 3d mGions thai al
had arrived carly In the morning was gone BY
business in candles. never ceased. Families
came man, his wife, and seven or eight chill
t a5en' baby ssyeFF TS See o %Is' d difisr g ssao was ,nf in siRs
Sometimes there wasn't even that difference
and the babies would be hugging candles as bis
as themselves.
At 3 o'clock In the afternoon the paradine
began again. The banners loaded with money
had boon rendered to the image and had beer
accepted, hut were carried about at the head o
the three professions. There were a dozeI
bands In the dozen blocks all playing differen
tunes. The streets were damned. Still tn,
crowd in the church continued and the peopl
chanted and prayed. The jewelry on the imag'
of the Virgin kept increasing.
When darkness came hundreds of the can
dies that had been brought to the church dur
ing the day were lighted. The church was still
crowded. Then came tho burning Of the fire
works outside. The whole district seemed sliv
with them. There was nothing in the way Q
fireworks that was missing. From half tn
windows there were lanterns hanging. Rows o
lanterns were strung across the street at inter
walls OF q few hundred feet. The people swarmes
in the streets. 1t was nearly midnight whe
the celebration was over.