The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-18

ing them over the rail. The priests shook
MosSTps f so ast tha hsr
was no time for handshnknR. Almost every
body put down coin: or sometimes green;
threw it into convenient basket and
handed out ont, of the little pictures Of
the m5SEy win hSc h %nS aout f SS
necEs and a autograph rolled and tightly
Pd II hand bHdrt The bI pe%pS rssd t2 the
| Of Mount Carmel she who watches over Little
Italy and Mulberry street and brings. good luck
Is life size and at ordinary times is clothed In
aSimrlyipade robe Yesterday the color of the
| gether covered with gold watch chains. neck
| laces, brooches, lockets, diamond rings and
large plain earr,ngs such as only Italian men
II there was vacant space along the rail in
knelt there and prayed. Sometimes he prayed
! silently; sometimes he murmured so loud that
made out the words he uttered had they cared
to. II there was no space OF the rail. women as
s besd the hs Snr PhGss sd Sehn
pushed by them. stepped over them. trampled
on their legs, but the PRAYERS were not inter.
arms to the image and prayed with the tears
TonIs down their bo cheeks They threM
sasdo Last sh0"s% out nraS gSn tSn
hSd been ,bot answered. md held out the
particular boon. but who were passionatey
| conscious Of the blessings that the Virgin had
, the chains from their waistcoats. the brooches
| from their throats. their hatpins out OF their
some M the at hG 3 9 the he
| draw out the hatn pins. but threw the hat and all
upon the altar Men and women em,ptied their
| pockets Of money and threw 1t into the baskets
of his coat, aud, threw. it down Women. who
! were forbidden by their modesty thus to give
| their own clothing. took their children into
corner Strlppcd of their little coats and trou-
to the cal altar to add ADJ them to the Vrgins e uVN
The priests were constantly gathering up
the money offerings and carrying them TO an
| east window. whore priest from the rectory
next door took them and carried them into the
house to place Of safety. There two police
Tc VII nFn Mnb "
wonld, r tnrp from that treasure II be found it
! Sixty extra policemen, as matter Of fact. had
| been sent into the district to keep tn" crowd
moving and III, streets clear They had no trou
| BILE of any kind. The priests say that the offer
! ings In gold. clothing. and other MERCHANDISE
received there IN day Irohably cost IN" people
are sold by the church for about $1,000 The
sacrifices are not all in the giving Of gifts Some
remarkable penances are performed at tho
| festival. Yesterday one man walked barefoot
| all he way from Elizabeth and Bayard streets
to the Church A great many of the pilgrims
| took OIL their shoes block away and came in
tho, crowded church. Many. after their gifts
|
middle aisle. md worked their way up the
! aisle again on their knees to the altar. their
| lips moving constantly in prayer
Before leaving the church the people went
| before the Pieta at the right of the altar and
prayed on the, iioor there, and put offerings in
| the box that had been placed under the out
stretched hand of the dying Christ. Every one
| who prayed there touched the image and
| kissed the hand reverently after touching it.
| Some did not leave the place Immediately. but
| found their way into the pews and prayed for
| hours together Some sat in the pews to rest
| and fell asleep. Others ate their family lunches.
1n the street all was gay turmoil; Lemonade
| and ice cream vendors shouted their wares at
! the tops Of their voices. Women and men con-
| versed at the tops Of their lungs from curb to
| curb Not block from the church n portable
merry go-round. mounted on wheels and
| drawn by four horses. was tho centre of an eX-
cited mob of children, Grand processions
| bearing banners to which paper money had
been pinned. single bills, II the amount Of the
bill was large. or in wads OF twenty or thirty.
doll ar and two-dollar bills, These were club
and society offerings to the Virgin. Tn" crowd
grew rather than diminished as the day went
on. though many went away after IA few hours.
Italians came from all the suburban places
where tracks are being laid or bitches dug
As night came on the street was abla2c with
torches and great quantities OF fireworks were
set of The celebration was still going on at
midnight.