New-York tribune., 1908-04-19
HOLY WEEK IN SEVILLE,

,e spent Passion Week in many Catholic
he :, Europe, and have been haunted by the
teVhs .. siIence that pervades them during the
sns'e-..+ Penance and devotion are the pre-
heE notes in Dresden and Munich. in Flor
VAIN, - vienna and Rome But in Seville the
ene;rr Of Palm SUNDAY Is the sign that the
passs.-9Ss nave begun. and IL the naughty Span
hoh0es the guide books call hiTu) is ever reused
arc his delightful incidence 1T is during the
ron rat precedes and that which follows
Reeh S,rnday. one cannot say that he becomes
BsSs.S.ssIike for that would be no compliment
baslLs,e' integrity Of commerce. but he becomes
- alive 70 the value OF ready money. which
keelI..-srts with Consummate ease from the UNI
ss Ems alien. The hotels treble their prices
E9sPoTt charging their accommodation or i'm
WIZ .heIr primitive systems: the couriers
po,Es lirtle fortune in a fortnight out of COM
HAS, from the various shops. together with
nl-st;ve speculations in seats for the bullfghts
- r-oressious ana the eXorbItant prices which
sAo .,hsrge for quite moderate services; the
us. in the public buildings and gardens
stielSS~ too+sreps Of the tourists in RELAYS and
cos ,,-o- n g-atuity for so doing: the halt and
Ms ,sr,e and the blind swarm in the streets and
ns ne door Of every church and beg for aims.
1~be-efore. 0 pilgrim TO the land of Santissima,"
= -, would be 81 your ease IN Seville during
- ) Tvaek caring nothing for the shortcomings
= hoFS FSotels or the opportunities of the haughty
e-;o-5 you must arrive with heart full OF
5 sp3srre and E wallet filed with gold.
-. proceedings in the Cathedral on Holy
-.L--s5sv are beautiful both in significance and
I--esiizarion. The echoes OF the midnight
" la,S-s-a-' mad scarcely passed through the door
= e9sslsrce when the great church was once more
- in preparaticn for one Of its grandest
@s.s,,sIs soon after dawn the gates were
.-.S and cho-isters and priests began to as
et-bIs within the sacred walls. An hour passed
s-s-s we're extinguished and the sunlight poured
- into Colored pools upon the pavement
c-..-,e ~ priests and Wears from the various
.-s.Les oS the city are making their way tow
- +he sscristy: singing boys in short surplices
e-ssrA6 with lace over scarlet cassocks are
s-+Inr between the chancal and the choir; the
---T-erstou Is collecting round q large table
- mon E platform outside the high altar rail-
- The choir stalls are becoming occupied by
-5s clergy n purple and crimson and white and
- IN The sacristy a procession Is forming;
SIes across the chsncel 10 the low chant of q
I,rin introit: g miIred figure in heavily en-
L-oidered vesImenIs is in the centre OF the group
~ rerRy kneeling before the altar The GLORIA
Taor Is reached. and rhe great organ. which has
scr dumb since Sunday, peals out grand chords
~ harmony: the bells ring through aisle and
rare the festival OF the Lords Supper is at
and Al actual celebration follows, in which
Al The Clergy Of Seville and al the cathedral
ssT down 10 scoIytes and choristers. partici-
nate Prom the dark choir they issue into the
5s-fighr and stream up 10 the altar 70 receive
-re sacrament: no words can picture the beauty
NJ tha food Of rich velvet and brocade and silk
ard r5ld which now covers the broad access to
- sanctuary.-ian Malcolm. in Cornhill.