The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-17

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robes and statesmen wearing splendid
orders walk before and after the platform
on which she Is carried but with her
great diadem and marvefouS cloak she
easily outshines them all, Tor possibly the
English crown jewels alone are admit
tedly more glorious than these the statue
wears. Her coronet is immensely tall and
encrusted with precious stones, and in
dollars worth of flashing jewels are
strewn upon its velvet and satin widths.
Far down in the south of France is
shrine frequently honored by the exiled
royal family OF that country, and particu-
larry noted for the unique laces given to
the virgin to whom the little church is
dedicated. Our Lady of Betharran is not
very far from Lourds, but the sanctuary
is much older and has been always ten
derby regarded by the ladies of the Bour-
bon house. In 1s43 the Countess. of Cham
bord gave her entire wedding dress and
bridal veil of lace to this shrine a gift of
no small value in the art world and pre-
viouS TO this the Duchess d Angonteine
presented the Virgin of Betharran with
the exquisite lace veil that had been used
by Marie. Antoinette at her first commu-
Mon. A little later the Duchess of Berry
also presented this madonna with her
wedding laces. and not very long ago the
Countess de Paris sent beautiful and his
torical f1ounces of Venetian point to be
used IN this virgins shrine.
Our Lady of Loretto, a black cedar
statue of the virgin that came from the
Holy Land. is one of the madonnas rich
est in jewels. When she left the Holy
Land she wore a red wooden gown said to
have been the property of the Blessed
Virgin herself. Since established in her
shrine and working wonderful cures. the
Lady of Loretto has been the recipient of
marvelously fine gems from crowned
heads and private individuals. Ordinarily
on days OF great Importance. the madonna
wears a gown of richest brocade on which
as many as 800 Jewels of unusual splendor
glow and glisten. but with her. as with
the other madonnas. no computation is
allowed of the gifts she has received.
None among the healing shrines is more
visited and honored than that of ST. Anne
de Beaupre just outside the city of Que
bee in Canada. Prayers are said before
a lfe-size figure of st. Anne. the mother
of Mary. who holds her little daughter
blessed above women. in her arms. 1t
would be quite useless to try to itemize.
the possessions of this famous shrine. for
every day in the year sees some offering
laid at the feet of the miracle working
saint. Chief among the treasures of ST.
Anne and her little daughter are red VEL
vet dresses acknowledgements with god
thread. These are of inestmable value
consort Of Louis XIV of France, who
presented them TO this most important
among Canadian shrines.
in addition to these beautiful pieces of
needlework, two crowns deserve especial
admiration. They are of gold set with
jewels. and one fits upon the head of st.
Anne ard the other upon the little girl on
her arm. While the first is estimated as
worth $4,000. the other is valued at $1,000
and both were fashioned from numbers of
votive offerings thai men and women
cured of their Ills haye showered in their
thanksgiving on the statues of the two
divine women. 81 NJ. B.