The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-23

\ party OF pilgrims recently set oNt
from Brooklyn TO the Holy Land. The
student Of history may recall the custom
Of pilgrimages to Jerusalem during the age
of the Crusades. Pilgrims IN those days
were made as comfortable as possible.
considering the limited accommodations Of
the time; they were required to wear
special earb. that al men might know who
they were and refrain from doing them
any harm. they paid no toll; TO one might
injurc them under penalty OF excommu-
uicatiOu. all converts were obliged to give
them food and shelter and there were
resting places erected for them here and
there. In spite OF all this. the pilgrim
had TO suffer considerable hardship. and
the journey was reckoned great merit
in anyone who made IT, II was not a
trihing undertaking to 90 from England.
on foot. across Europe. and through Wild
and lonely regions, where. perhaps. one
might encounter non Catholic brigands and
guerrillas-
The modern pilgrim has much easier
time and the Crusader would open his
eyes in amazemcnt if ne could have seen
the party which recently embarked in a
steamer. with the intention OF spending a
fortnight in Palestine. There were four
hundred laymen. and more than sixty cler-
gymen. and they expect TO do Jerusa-
lem" in FIVE days. visit the Sea of Galilee
and other places associated with the histO-
~ OF the New Testament and come home
laden with information for Use in Bible
classes. The brevity Of their stay possibly
accounts for the care with which they are
provisioned To- the journey Evidently
some OF the brethren. and their friends.
have been alarmed lest the food Of the
country should not support life. Returned
missionaries sometimes exhibit samples OF
the unleavened bread and other edibles
mentioned in the Bible and. TO tell the
truth. most OF these are very unappetizing
Consequently there may be some ground
for the apprehensions OF the pilgrims. At
any rate. they have taken their luncheon
baskets with them. and there will be no
occasion for a miracle to be performed in
their behalf. This is what they took:
''2. 900 tons Of beef provisions and Injuries.
$1,000 pound, OF beet IN quarters.
'-2'sutsI pounds OF mutton
10000 prairie hens, rabbits. turkeys, ducks.
chickens, ploycr quail, and other fowls and
game.
Thousands Of pounds OF hams, corned and
picked meats and fish.
$4,000 eggs
900 pounds oi sugar.
Nearly 10000 pounds of butter.
1900 heads OF lettuce.
- OOl huuCEc- OF celery.
- uO0 tins OF iellies.
$500 quarts OF ice cream.
800 gallons Of milk.
5000 tins of condensed milk.
- 500 cans Of preserved fruits
And that is not all.
Richard Occur de Lion. or Edward Long
shanks. or Godfrey Of Bounlon, on this
commissary department. Their opinion
Of it would probably be garnished with
strange oaths found in Flanders and in the
camps Of the Crusaders, where. We may be
sure. oaths abounded when the soldiers
were struggling with the novel climate,
the food Of the country, and an enemy
which was everywhere at once and no.
where for very long. II is quite safe to
say that more different profane things
were said about Turkish eatables, when
the armies OF France and England at
tackled them. than have ever been said at
one time since soldiers existed. But the
party Of Brooklyn pilgrims will have no
such temptation to shock society. They
will have enough TO eat.