The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-21

Concentrating the triumphal entrance
of the Messiah into Jerusalem five days
before he was erucihed, the ehaneeis In
every Catholic and Episcopal church
were decked with graceful palm leaves
yesterday. and from the pulpits Holy
Week and its solemn observances were
ushersd In.
With the coming Of Palm Sunday the
informal festivities Of the Lenten season
ended. and society attended services yes
terday, preparing for a week of quiet
Song services and inspiring sermons told
the story of the NTH day before the death
OF Christ in music and words Every
house of worship In the city was filed
to the last pew.
In all the churches special services of
prayer will be held during the week. end
ing with the glorious Easter Sunday out
burst OF music in memory of the Resur-
rectiOn.
Crowds Line Pavements.
The beautiful symbolic service of the
Catholic Church was held at st. Patrick's
in the morning. After the distribution Of
palms. the choir. priests. and sanctuary
boys marched through the street to the
main entrance to the church. singing.
Crowds lined the payements and stood
with barred heads during the ceremony.
The blessing of the palms at ST. Alloy
sius' Church was followed by & choir
procession, and a service of symbolic
music At 2 o'clock solemn high mass
was said. Rev. Walter Dwight, S. j.,
was the celebrant. and Rev. NJ. A.
Kane S. J.. chanted The Passion"
In the Episcopal churches services hard
~ less elaborate we're held, with appro-
pirate anthems. The Palms" was sung
by soloists in score OF churches. An
nOuncements were made OF a full week
of observance Of the annual ante Easter
services.
Cannon Attends Services.
Speaker Cannon attracted almost as
much attention as President Taft does.
when he entered Foundry Methodist
Church at the morning service. The
Speaker was accompanied by ex-Repre-
sentative James Watson, Of Indiana, and
both listened attentively 10 a sermon by
Rev. Robert n. Moore.
Bishop Harding officiated at confirm
alton service at ST. Margaret's Episcopal
Church. Twenty applicants were called
to the chancel by Rev. Herbert Scott
Smith. the pastor.
The full ritual was carried out in detail
at St PauTs Church, Fifteenth and V
streets, by the blessing of palms solemn
procession. and solemn high mass. at Il
O'Clock. Had the church been twice as
large. it would scarcely have accommo-
dated the vast congregation which sought
admission.
Mgr. MacI<in PresFdeS.
Service was presided over by the pastor,
Mgr Mackin. Rev. DR.. William H
-Ketchum was celebrant. Rev Thomas A.
Walsh deacon, and John Carroll, c. SIP,
subdeacon. Thomas E. Burke, c. S. p,
was master of ceremonies on the sanetu-
AIRY, and the procession was in charge of
John r. Brown, official master of cere-
monies
The music was rendered by the sanctu-
airy choir of men and boys. augmented by
fifty seminarians from the Paulist House
Of Studies, Catholic University, under the
direction Of the parish organist and choir
master. Ernest T. Winchester. The pas
sion was solemnly chanted by Messrs
Burke, Peterson, and Donegan, of the
Paulist House. The service, from a stand
point Of ceremonial and music. was a
most notable one.