The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-21
MAY POLE DANCES.
CATHOLIC CHILL EN- BY THous
SANDS ENJOY THEMSELVES
IN NEW NC u. PARK.
Revived Quaint OIL .ances with mi
ligious ceremony aay FESTIVE
ties in Eng!af4 Ind Cther
Coust XII.


New York, Ma y 1911 pfospe \
Park, the largest AVA most Dsaasilul
OF Brooklyn's ple-sase grounds has FIX
the papst few wee. been he sceae
OF many May-po!e dances and gati.ie
ings Of happy chi.dsl. The public
school authorities haze for some time
past encouraged to holding OF these
May-day festivals ii.a: lave endeay'
ored revive many 81 the quaiEt Oh
dances which IN the long ago FAR
nisfed so nue. inuo ent Joy for chill.
dren. To sec ei le ones attired
as peasant gir's a a.lk.maids dane
isg around the y-g oies in The
beautiful par i IL but few
minutes ride Ecst ne skyscraYirs
buildings q Cow 4 tenoments aAa
the noise a slc N The great city
brings enc y IN aey % the oljlas
times when \ 'rre nonlh Of MAY
Ewas "a season o. a. .alng in Merle
England. 4 tose days 50 Enal8if
village was nj on "s May-pole and
England's hs agG girls ushered IN
the mosth VI s. and sports AMI
dances. n Happy joyous
ness which Cat sic Church in
the olden q FL ana encodr
aged reioi2,as in napppin5ss of
her childys ~ o. sing with these
sombre INCA .9o l. sought TO crush
every expar. on o heart and who
laid the axe to t.a Iuch loved Nav
pole.
May was alwa favori'e month
with the poets ard with the youig
Much further back than Shakespeare
/ time Theocritus lived anil sung hymn
in honor Of Adonis whom SYRACUSE
ntatrons adored the spinstlme; hat
today the month of budding flowcs
has worthier patrtness than the
carnal heather god. Throughout tie
Christian world the month OF May 81
called by Catholics tle Month iof
Mary and Is consecrated BY Catholic
piety TO the honor eli the Mother OF
God II is In this nonth that tie
il,a Gtt tlGEefs OF spifietiaie are gathered
TO adorn' her shrines and thousands o.
children fondly look forward to the
great day of their First Communion.
In Catholic countries where process.
sions are not frowncd down by q
mics Of the Church, young girls in
spoptless white. :. amid their adj
mlring relatives al friends who line
the roads and ! Sac TO the parish
Church, chanting they 10, TIE
hymns Of praise ana love Flowers
are strewn before them, and every
parents heart rejolcc3 az the great
and mystic unlGn 10 be aecGnl.
plished. The ST. ers directing the @
| happy children, S.s,ets OF Charity, Sis
ters Of Our Lady. Sisters OF the Holy
Cross, Sisters Of the orders varying in
names. but all devoted to Mary, form
their young CHARGES 70 piety, but 10
not by any means check all their
pleasures. On their green meadows
are seen the Msy sports as we'll an
May devotions.
A well.knoUn Ne" England writer
recently said "rhe particular deyo,
tion which Catholics bear the Mother
Of God during tahis month is far from
being merely n5.mental garandlns
OF uowers; 1t is la.Aer a springrlms
expression of the letp and solid love
and reverence which always charac.
teri2e the Catholics nestal and emo.
tlonal attitude TO he Mohor of Got
for mex after cbusi Himself thew
honor and love His Blessed Mother
1t Is this spirit of love and devotion
that prompts thousands of childree
throughout the world to raise theyf
voices in hymns Of praise in honor Of
their Queen of May And ii was this
feeling that prompted some of tho
most beautiful language in the Can
ticle Of Canieies, aad 1t was this
Feeling that caused the May-ppole 1.
arise in every Eaglish village In IN,
good old times before King Henry
VIM met Anne Bol yu.
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