The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28
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goers.
Devices to attract congregations TO
church are spreading from sensational
ism to q businesslike estheticism. A Bos-
ton paper tells Of a place Of worship
where tiny bouquets of flowers are, at
the close Of every morning service, hand
ed to each lady member of the congre-
cation. During service the flowers dec
crate the altar and the pulpit The plan
is defended on the ground that since 1t
was instituted the congregation has
largely increased. and the larger ofrertory
enables the clergy to distribute more
money among the parish charities.
Success, however, was largely assured
from the fact that the parish mainly
consists Of houses without gardens, and
flowers therefore cannot be grown to
any great extent.
NOTABLE DAYS OF THE WEEK.
April % is the anniversary Of the birth,
in 1758, of James Monroe, fifth president
OF the United States. His administration,
1s17-25, was the beginning of the pros
porous time in the United States history,
known as the ''era of good feeling He
asserted the important principle Of for
eign policy which forms the celebrated
Monroe doctrine. He was born on
Friday.
April 20 is the anniversary OF the birth,
In 1745, of Oliver Ellsworth, second chief
justice of the United States. and declar-
ed by John Adams to be 'the frmest
pillar Of Washington's administration.
1t is also the anniversary Of the birth
Of Matthew Vasser, In 1872. who came
grant, amassed a fortune and left 1t,
more than a million dollars. to the IA
nous college for girls at Poughkeepsie,
N. Y.
April 80 is the anniversary Of the BIRTH
in III, Of Hosea Bailou, an eminent
American divine and the practical found
er Of ''Universalism," and first editor Of
a paper devoted to that system Of the
ology.
May 1 in the church calendar is q COM
bined day, in honor Of st. Philip the
Apostle and ST. James the Less The
former is patron saint of Brabaut and
Luxembourg. May day was formerly
| celebrated with great festivities in Eng
land and various European countries
SpTlIlS
season thus celebrated Cromwelps par
Lament prohibited May poles. writer
OF the times characterizing the May pole
| as a "stinckyng idol" which the peo-
pie bring from the woods. following 1t
with create devotion And when they
set it up they "leape and daunce aboute
1t, as the heather people did at the dedy-
| cation Of the institution OF May games
| goes far back into the days OF the
Druids.
May 2 is dedicated in the Catholic cal.
| endar to ST. Athanasius one Of the four
Greek Fathers Of the Church He was
one of the greatest theelogians OF his
day and earned the title OF Father Of
Orthodoxy"
May 8 is the day OF q festival cele-
brated by the Roman and Greek church,
known as the Invention or Discovery of
the Cross. 1t was On this day in 3e6
that ST. Helena, mother Of Constantine
the Great, is reported to have discov-
cred the cross on which Christ suffered
| death. Portions Of the cross were
sent to Constantinople and Rome, where
churches Were built to receive It. Relics
are now scattered all over the earth
The Church of St. Francis Xavier and
also the Church of st. John the Baptist,
in New York city, claim to have relics
OF the cross and they are exposed to view
are preserved in gold and crystal cask-