The Washington herald., 1909-04-11
SOCIETY CASTS OFF
PENITENTIAL ROBES
Under Clear Skies 1t Will
Promenade in FinerieS.
OLD SOL TO SMILE ON CITY
Weather Bureau Promises CIOudIess
Easter, but Chilling winds May
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tentIOus Musical Programmes VIII
BE Heard I'm Many Churches.
The bonds OF Lent are broken to-day.
/ SackclOth and ashes are cast of in the
golden sunlight Of Easter morn.
Penance imposed by Christian ritual
vsnlshes with the first gray streaks Of
dawn. The ban has been lifted. and al
nature bids the human spirit 10 break its
encompassing thongs and be joyful For
Easter is the day Of bloom, when man
should throw aside his worn and wrinkled
garment and take on new life.
The veriest infidel may say IN his heart
! There Is no Easter" And there Is none
for him. But even he VIII not be alto
gether impervious to the spirit which
permeates the air and possesses the very
birds. the flowers. and the budding trees.
wherever he may turn, be he even blind.
nature is smiling. and winning her way
with the subtle cOquetry and catolery OF
/ spring.
StiII. IL May BE Cold.
/ The chill Of dying winter may steal
across the cheek to-day. as Washington
weather Is tradluonaIIy hnicky, and the
forecaster leaves many a loophoie for
/ Jack Frost But the sun will be out in
his gayest froek, and win survey the
promenading multitudes benignly. radiat-
! ing much rich. sparkling. mellow light
/ There viii be no snow or rain 20 make
an Easter paradox-for what can Easter
/ be when the clements frown?
From the magnificent boulevards which
center IN Dupont Circle 20 the hUmblest
roadways fronting on the Anacostia.
/ promenade viii rule the Capital this
morning. The dowager viii emerge from
her mansion. goEned brilliantly IN the
Partisan mode. with every item OF her
gorgeous apparel blazoning forth her
huge supply OF yellow gold: her daugh-
ters will follow in her train. also feath-
cred dazZlingly. perhaps escorted by some
knight Of the inner circle. On the Avenue
the dowager's victoria will roll along In
an endless procession Of victorias. wend-
I INK it's way TO a gothic chapel amid a
jOstling mass OF runabOUts and cabs.
/ Less gayety and brillIance will mark
the PEDESTRIANS journey, but his destina-
tion is the same. Rich and poor alike
/ flock TO hear the old, old story that
/ Christ IL Risen" chanted by countless
voices. and with "haIeluiahs' swelling
/ In a mighty chorus on high. Pealing bells
will ring out for the faithful and sacred
naves viii throb and culver with the
burst Of song.
All Hail the Easter Hat.
! The Easter hat has become a stock lest
of the paragraphers. but It never has been
laughed out Of court. nor viii II be. II
remains A living issue, and is always de-
eidedly and agreeably in evidence, for a
touch OF millinery makes the whole world
kin. Easter without the proverbial Easter
rat would be denatured. it would be Ike
Easter without boutonniere. or without
the delightful azalea IN the parlor win
dow
The florist displays his fragrant wares
with an almost binding appeal to the
eye as il ne had summoned together the
most dazzling color scheme in natures
/ palette. He is determined 10 eXilarate
/ the passer-by. None with even a half
| filed purse can resist the temptation TO
possess. and he Of empty pocket is con-
! sumed with envy. He who would know
Easter must put some faith in the florist,
even II he has to drive hard bargain.
The Saturday before Easter the crowd
goes a-marketlng, even up TO laying in
| reserve a store OF farmers eggs and
paint. From all the Virginia countryside
the wagons stole upon the city before
] daybreak, 20 catch the early bird, and
/ from all points Of the city's boundaries
/ housewives came to bargain and TO buy.
/ with canny determination TO make the
| record Easter dinner as cheap as posi-
l BILE And all last night the stalls were
| crowded. and the hOarse cries Of ven
dOrs rang out until the last egg had dis
( appeared, and the last chicken was
/ tucked under the arm OF some festive
chef.
Many Easter Visitors.
The hotels are sheItering the Easter
visitors who love Washington In its
spring raiment They are supremely con-
hdent that the weather man viii not dis
appoint them this time. and that they
viii see such a promenade as only the
Capital affords Connecticut avenue will
be a fresh. fiowery panorama from La
! fayette Square to its glorious summit, If
conditions are propitious, and all the Of
acial, diplomatic. and artistic life OF
Washington will blossom forth at its best
1 In all the Iiturgical churches the day
will be celebrated with beautiful ritual
IL is the second most important OF all
the festivals on the Christian calendar,
and in the evangelical church elaborate
| special services of song have been pre-
pared. Affairs viii be banked with lilies,
and humble indeed will be the congrega-
ton which IS not surrounded by the fra
GRANGE and incense of flowers.
The papal delegate. Mgr Diomede Fall
COMO, will be present at the solemn high
mass which Will be celebrated al Il
O'Clock in St. Patricks Church. The
celebrant Will be Rev Dr. Russell, and
Holy Cross College will supply the other
\ officers Of the mass. The deacons OF
honor to Archbishop Falconio viii be Mgr.
H BOnaventure Ceretti and Rev. Dr. J. NJ.
/ Burns. c. r. C. and the sermon will be
/ preached by Rev. Thomas E. McSulgan.
Before the mass Gounod's Unfold the
Portals viii be sung. and the process
sional VIII be Palestrinas 20 FIJI ct
FIliae," by the sanctuary choir. Diel-
mann's -'Vidi Aquam" and ToZer's ar
/ rangement OF the mass. with Weber's
\ In 9. VIII follow. The graduate viii be
''Haec Dies by Wiegand. and Hanna.s
'Veni Creator" and the offertory. Ver-
yoitte's "Reg,ca coeiI'' VIII follow. The