Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-01
RETURN OF Mr., MARCH
clustering, Red Checked Run
away Came Back.
TOES OF JUNE FROST-BITTEN
Bad Weather Had No Effect on At
tendance at Church.
SPECIAL EASTER SERVICES
Rain Interfered With Annual Street
Parade and Display Of Finery-
Religious Programs.
TOES OF JUNE FROST-BlTTEN
SPECIAL EASTER SERVICES

That clustering. red-cheeked runaway,
Master March. returned to town yesterday
In time to call off the Easter parade and
make Sunday anything but cheerful one
far as the usual annual fnery display
was concerned. Poor Miss June who had
stepped out of her place in the calendar to
fill In the time of the absentee. had her lit
tie bare toes frost-bitten
But although the day was not one suitable
10 the Outward manifestations of the Easter
spirit. the bad weather had no effect at all
in keeping down the attendance at the
morning church services. From all over
the city the rich and the poor went to
church. and at many of the services it was
Impossible to secure even standing room.
Late arrivals had no chance at all
The President attended service at the
Dutch Reformed Church. 10Th and O streets
and Mrs. Roosevelt occupied the pew re-
served for her at St. Johns EpiscoDal
Church. where feature of the service was
the baptism OF the grandson of Justice
Hagner. retired of the Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia. Justice Hagner
stood sponsor for the little one who is a
son of Randall II. Hagncr. and WAC was
given his great-grandfather's name-Alex-
ynder Burton Hagner. Mrs. Clark Wagga-
San stood as gOdmother, while the god
fathers. in addition to Justice Hagner were
br. F. r. Hagner and Mr.. Julian Huff
Crowded to the Doors
ST. Patrick's Church was crowded to the
doors at the late high mass at II o'clock.
The thronS was larger than that on ST.
Patrick 5 day. when the service opened the
aisles being packed and jammed and scores
OF persons, unable to get any father than
the front steps of the church, went else
where. The altar presented beautiful pic
ture. electric lights being set here and
there through the great clusters of grow
Ing and cut flowers. and augmenting the
hundreds of candles in making the sane
tuary blaze of light The choir. under
the direction of Anton Gloerzner sang
Gounod's Mass to st. Cecilia" Rev James
A. Smyth celebrated the mass. with Rev
Thomas f. McGuigan as deacon and Rev
William Carroll as subdeaCon. Father Stat
ford preached the Easter sermon. dealing
with the sublimity of the resurrection
MonSlsnor Falconio, the papal delegate
heard Faster mass at St. Aloysius, where
great attention had also been paid to every
detail of the interior decora tons. under
the direction of the ladies of the Sanctuary
Society Spring flowers covered the altar
against background of green palms and
Terms reaching far above the central al
tar almost to the roof of the edifce and
below, spreading clear across the sanctuary
were great clusters OF Gala lilies against a
background of maidenhair ferns. Mon
signor Charetti. auditor of the apostolic
legation. who celebrated the mass, was as.
sisted by Rev. Henry Leary, s. j., as dea-
con and Phillip De Bold as subdeacon Rev
s. X Fink officiated as archpriest with
Rev John b. Kelleher and John b. Pittar
as deacons of honor. In addition, there
were a number of other clergymen on the
altar. The choir sang the "Missa Solen-
nellie" of Edmund ToZer. At the offertory
Graner's "Hosanna." which was arranged
for a tenor solo, soprano and tenor duet
quartet and full chorus. was rendered,
and gave the choir an opportunity to dis
play its full strength. The sermon was de-
livered by Rev. John O'Hara. S. J., of
Georgetown University. ,- .,.
By the Sanctuary Choir .-.
At st. Paul's Roman Catholic Church the
royal mass, by Dumont. was sung by a
trained choir of seyenty-five boys and
men made up of the sanctuary choir of the
parish and that of ST. Thomas College of
the Catholic University. The proper of
the mass was also sung to musical settings
along strict liturgical lines. and at the
close of the mass a carol appropriate to the
season was sung by the boys and men of
ST. Paurs choir. The Rev Dr. Bresna ha n
OF Georgetown University preached on the
Resurrection of Christ Rev Father
Ketchum celebrated the mass. the offices
of deacon and suhdeacon being taken by
Paulist fathers Other clergymen in the
sanctuary were Rev. Father Mackin. the
pastor, and Fathers Metcalf. O'Donohue
and Marcetti of the st. Paufs staff. In
the evening a special carol service was sung
by the choir after vespers. The music was
under the direction of the parish organist
and choirmaster, Ernest T. Winchester.
The sanctuary choir of ST. Paul's Church
during the past week. it is asserted. gave
proof of the possibilities of a male choir in
rendering ecclesiastical music.
The services on Palm Sunday. followed
by the tenebae on Wednesday, Thur day
and Friday. ended yesterday by what is
described triumph of beautiful music
al mass and VeSperS
The singing at St. Paui's is declared to
support the wisdom of Pope Plus X in
commanding that the music OF the church
should be confined to truly ecclesiastical
character.
Tile attendance at the regular Sunday
services has increased, 1t is stated. since
the music has been strictly confined within
the limits of the motu proprio.
At the Franciscan Monastery.
At the Franciscan Monastery In Brook
land, solemn high mass was sung at 8
O'Clock and was followed by granting of
general dissolution to the members of the
third order of St. Francis. At 4 o'clock SOL
emn benediction and vespers were sung
In the other Catholic churches of the city
services were held in the morning and YES
pers sung in the afternoon.
All of the Episcopal churches and chapels
throughout the city observed Easter day in
elaborate and appropriate manner. The
morning service in the Pro-Cathcdral
Church of the Ascension. The service was
of the fun morning prayer and communion
with the full vested choir of men. women
and boys. The bishop preached a sermon
on the resurrection. In most of the
churches the full choral service was held
and all of the edifices were beautifully dec
GRATED. At st. Johns the floral decorations
were most elaborate. and included roses
and ported geraniums. IL. addition to East
er lilies and palms. The services and deco
rations in the Church of the Epiphany. ST
Thomas and st. auls were impressive
Except at the Pro-Catt edral, the rectors
of all tie churches presided at the morn
ing service and preached the sermons. al
taking their texts from the day itself. the
Resurrection.
Distribution of Geraniums.
A feature of the chora, evensong and
carol service In the afternoon at st. Johns
was the distribution of potted geraniums in
front of the altar to the Sunday school chill
dren Rev. Roland Cotton Smith and Rev.
Edward 8. Dunlap made addresses.
The usual after-church parade did not
consist of eorporais guard The cold rain
brought out not only raincoats and water