The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-25
TODAY IN HISTORY
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Good Friday.

Good Friday
Good Friday has been held as a fes-
tlNal by the church from the earliest
times. In England today all business Is
suspended, and In the United states Good
FRIDAY is observed as a legal holiday III
Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware. Flor
IDA, Louisiana. Maryland. Minnesota, New
Jersey. Pennsylvania and Tennessee: In
commcmoration of the crucinXion OF our
Lord this day is kept as day, Of
mourning and OF special prayer and Is
the most sacred OF all OF the church
festival days of tho year
In America there Is no specified OBJ
scryancc Of the day, other than the spe.
eial Easter services In the Catholic and
Protestant churches. In Rome more than
In any other city. arc the services of
most solemn character. The pope carries
I'm red cope. and the cardinals dress
In purple. which Is their mourning color.
and wear no rings. The morning SER
mon Is preached by a conyentuai mar
and the "Mscrcrc." chanted in the SIS
tine chapel. in the afternoon, draws q
vast throns. After the Misererc Is
clergy proceed through covered passage
To St Peters. in order 10 vcnerate the
relics of the True Cross, the lance
and the 'Nolto Santo." which are shown
by the canons from the balcony above
the statue OF ST. Veronica,
In London. and all over England, the
with the universal cry OF Hot Cross
Buns A parcel Of them appears on
every brea kfast table. IT is a rather
small bun. more than usually spiced
marked with a cross. Thousands OF poor
children and old. frail people take up
for this day the business OF disseminating
these quasi-religious cakes. only intermlt-
ting the duty during church hours, The
ear Of every person who has ever dWclt
In England is familiar with the. cry OF
the street bun vendors;
"One n penny. buns
TWO a penny, buns,
One "A penny. two a penny.
Hot cross buns
a superstition regarding bread baked
on Good Friday appears 10 have existed
was kept by a family all through the
ensuing year under the belief that few
gratings Of IL In water would prove a
specific for any ailmcnt
The ancient archiepiscopal city Of
Treves, on the Mosellc. Prussia. claims
the possession, among lis cathedral treas
urcs, OF the coat reputed TO have been
worn by our Saviour a. His cruclhXion.
and for which the soldiers cast lots This
coat was the Gift of tho famed Empress
Helena the mother OF Constantine the
Great. II is very rarely shown. and the
history OF her possession Of 1t has never
been written.
In the Good Friday professions Of peni-
tents. which takes place in the southern
Italian cities, the persons who form them
are so completely euvcloped Ia "A peculiar
dress that nothing bu, the eyes and
hands are visible. long WhllS gown
covers the body and high-pointed hood
envelops the head. spreading like heavy
tippct over the shoulders; holes are cut
10 allow OF sight, but there are none for
breathing.
Each penitent in tho procession wears
upon the hood crown Of thorns twice
twisted round the brow and over the
head. 4 thin rope is passed round the
neck and looped in front Of the breast,
in which the uplifted hands NJ the pent-
tent rest i'm the attitude OF prayer. Thus.
deprived OF sight the slow movement OF
these lines OF pcntents through the
streets Is regulated by the clerical OF
ncials who walk beside and marshal them.
In this section Is the most picturesque
observance OF the day.