The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-25
HANGING JUDAS A R
(By FRANK G. CARpExrE,p ,

4
ing tho Feet ~ the Beggars-A
Look At the Shrine Of Guadalune
and It's Thousands Of Pugrfms.
Cathedrals Which Cost Millions.
Missionary Work-A Good Field for
Uncle Sans Catholics.
Copyright. 1913. by Frank G.. Car
penter.)
MEXICO CITY.
After the sorrow Of a Lenten sea-
son. bathed in the %bloodshed of the |
revolution, Mexico City will celebrate !
Easter Sunday as the gayest day Of
tho year. There will be a great hull
fight in the Plaza de Toros, the thea |
ters will ave matinees and night per-
formances and Judas will be hung
again n again by the children and
grown-ups in all parts Of the city.
This hanging of Judas is a regular
Easter celebration. 1t was originated
by the Indians. to give them a chance
10 vent their rage upon the traitor
to Christ, and 1t is still so used in
the more ignorant back districts, al
though in the cities it has become
"a mere show for the children.
Here at the Mexico capital images
of Judas, made in all shapes and sizes.
are peddled about the streets in ad-
vance of the celebration. They range
in price from q few cents to a num-
Der of dollars. the larger Ones being
often filled with firecrackers and 9TH
er explosives, which go off and blow
Judas to pieces.
These Judas figures are made as
ugly as possible. They have ropes
attached to them and they are drag
ged abou the streets.
They are knocked about this way
and that until their owners hin
they have sufficiently shown their
disgust and contempt. They are then
taken up and hung. Sometimes a
rope is stretched across the street,
from the Second-story windows Of the
houses on the opposite sides. in such
4 way that Judas hangs from the
middle, and at others a flag staff is
put out with Judas at the end of it.
Both children and ~grown-ups mob the
e.figy, throwing stones at it or pelting
it with mud.
Some of these Judas figures are
stuffed with candies and presents for
the children, but in such cases they
are usually hung inside the patios or
courts of the houses. where the little
ones can keep the sweets for them
selves There are also merchants who
hang Judases above their stores, the
figures being filed with petty articles
OF one kind or other. When the
a harmless cure for sick headache
for biliousness. for a sour, gassy, dis
ordered stomach, for constipation, in
digestion. coated tongue, sallowness
pimples-take delicious Syrup Of Figs
For the cause Of all these troubles lie!
in a torpid liver and sluggish condition
of your thirty feet Of bowels.
A t~easpoonful OF Syrup Of Figs to
night means all poisonous waste mat
ter, the u~ndigested. fermenting FOO
and sour bile, gently moved on and GU
OF your system by morning, withOu
gripping, nausea or 1t mean
q CHEEKY day tomOrrOW-many brigh
days thereafter.
Please don't think of gentle. effec
tive Syrup Of Figs as a physiC. Don
think you are drugging yourself. TO
luscious figs, SIENNA ana aromatics ca
not injure anyone.
This remarkable fruit preparation
explosion occurs, the contents ar
scattered over the sidewalk. and tn
crowd fights for them, the whole serv
ing as an advertisement for the estat
lishment which furnishes it.
-. Lent in Mexico.
Easter Sunday is very popular her
on account Of the rigid way in whic
the Mexicans celebrate Lent. Durin
that time all festivities are prohibited
The church will not perform the cert
monies Of marriage, n all OF tn
women put off their fine clothes an
wear My black. Even the church,
are clad in black and the gOrgeOl
affairs have sable nantes over the
beautiful decorations of gold. Silv'
and lace. Every good Christian
supposed to go to church. and all
the women and the Indians do S
The church bells ring from mornir
till night, and they awaken me o
fore daybreak by their din:
This continues until Palm Sunda
when the Indians bring in palms
the thousands and crosses, woven
palms, are everywhere sold. Son
Of these crosses are from six to II
feet in length and some are so sms
hat you can wave them IN yO'
hands. Some are not more than tV
inches wide, being made of the fine
fibers of palm. others are OF Il
whole leaves and often a single lar