The evening world., 1912-01-13
CARD|NALFARlEY'S
WELCOME HOME TO
ECLIPSE PAGEANTS
10000 Members Of Catholic
Societies viii Form Five.Mile
Lane From Battery.
CATHEDRAL TO BLAZE.
Steeplejacks in Electric Blank
cts Defy Cold to Rig UP
10000 Lights.
CATHEDRAL TO BLAZE.

Berlin, bearing Cardinal Farley and hit
suite. say that heavy winds and hist
seas will delay the biz liner until
"Wednesday morning. wireless greet
inss we're exchanged between tho sax
onla and the Berlin. $50 miles south o
Cape Race yesterday. when Ills Emin
cnce sent his blessing 10 the ssameI
aboard the Baxonia. The ship will n
IN direct communication from now on
and preparations by tho North 0erma'
Lloyd oflcials are going on for the 70
cepsion when the Berlin cntsra New
FORK hArbor fyinx . huge Papai pen
nAnt three hundred feet long.
Meantime. arrangements for the nam.
moth greeting TO the rsturning CardhssI
slammed by the Catholics OF Now Yori
arU nearly completed. Thirty thousand
msmbers OF Csai~sic organisations will
hns chs sidewalks from the Battery r.
the Cathedral. waving paml nAGs and
s>souung "0od save u Cardinal"
Forty thousand electric lights are out.
Inning the gothic splcndor Of the Cathe-
6sal. end steepiejacks are busy day and
night adding 20 thedr number. Huge
ssarchiAghts. flashing from tho stree
at night. aid the daring decorators IN
their ICY task Of outlining the great
twin towsrs In IRE.
The a~eep'ejacks who are dcfying scro
eosd to r4C the lights on the spires are
pscuitariy clad. They wear elastic bian-
kets, such ~ are used In Turkish baths.
Each blanket 10 made Of two heavy
layers Of felt. and between these there
- . special kind Of electric wiring of
the type used In electric heaters. At
The edae Of the blanket II q thermostat,
coatrolnng the heat 10 se~venty-nve or
eighty degrees maximum. From the
thsrmostat extends an ordinary wire
with . plug. which may BE- connected
anywhere to che electric wiring on the
church stsepis.
Commissioner Waldo hes issued or.
dess assigning NOR than Leo police
men ~ a guard along the nvs-miie route
Of the Cardinals return.
omcsrs Of the regular army will have
charge Of the divisions Of Roman Cath.
ole societies which will line the curb.
These societies have been assigned TO
various positions along the route, 20
that there will be one unbroksn mass
of cheering by devoted Catholics from
b Battery to the Cathedral.
When Cardinal Farley steps upon
Amefican soil. After two months ID.
ssoes. he Will hnish . psr1od that has
besa memsntous In Importance for
Catholics Of America. Three c~ardinals-
Farley. o'connsli Of Boss on and Mgr.
Faloeaio-havs been added TO the ranks
VI srsat American churchmsn. The Inn
portancs Of Cardinal Farley 20 Rome
was sxprssssA by the papai secretary
OF stats. cardinai Merry del Val. when
he sAdrssssA him - that eminent
~mstrooalitan who has contributed %
mueh b ths wonderful development Of
Catholicism II America"
TAe 0vatioa has been we'll planned.
~ The CAthsdral several thousand
schsee ehitarsn WIN b. waiting. THE
Cardinal MN - met by me New York
mesnDers Of the PApai knixhthood. who
Will escort him 70 h sanctuary. InEds
~ caAhsdral. s.eeo childish voices will
sing TIE 'rs Dsum' 40 . pasn Of Joy
oter the CsrdinAi's safe return. Then
the Cardlua, will pronounce . benedic-
iiea.
The interior lighting OF the Cathedral
surpaSses anything eve before at
tempted In mat magnificent edincc. The
old ls-candie power lights have been
= replaced by as-candle power Tungsten
'tights. More than 1900 are already In.
stalled n more are to follow. The
seven great chandeliers have been low
cred twenty feet. and changes In the
lighting Of the sanctuary will brinx
out In detail the spsendid marble altar.
EXTERIOR ILLUMINATION 70
ouAPR,sE CARDINAL.
Tue big surprise planned for Uhe Car.
dinai 10 the exterior lighting. Al nigh,
he will behold. for the first time. COCO
lishts. In ropes Of firc. stringing from
the tips OF the spires 10 the ground all
over thc church. over the main door OF
the Cathedral IN Fifth avenue his per.
son coat OF arms. a shield with a
cross. In the centre OF which Il , sham.
rock and IN the fields two doves and
he two eagle heads Of 1T. i16s VA
be done In electric bulbs. Above wi!l b,
representation OF the Cardinals IA
ana below the words. Non Nobli
Domino"
The organizations which Will tax,
part In the reception are In chprgc o
Commissioner Waldo and Chief lnspec
tor Schmittberger. when the Cardins
appears. with q mounted cscpri %; s.S
teen men and riding with Justice Dow
Inns. Mgr. Mooney n Bishop cnssck
ne viii pass In review OF the ful
strength ~ the original so,0p member
~ societies. some iVo."o Catholics an
an unguessed number OF rightseers
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