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on it's surface, and they claim that
whenever this wafer Is exhibited it
bleeds. to show that Christ did really
feel the sacrilege several hundred years
ago. ..-,.
Perhaps it might not be uninterestins
to note that this distorted host resting
in the Escorial an hours ride from Mad
rid, is linked with the victory OF Phlhp
II, who vowed to st. Lawrence in the
rebellion of Flanders that if these Meth
erlands were given him in battle he
would build in Spain the most wonderful
monastery the world had ever seen.
Flanders lost and Philip kept his word
Many beautiful tales are told of his daily
devotion to the slow constructing OF the
imposing ed1ce. and the favorite pos
sibly is that of a seat he had erected
in the quarry where the rock was being
removed for the building.
For nearly 400 years this wafer
from Flanders has reposed in the. heart
of the glorious cathedral the king mad
vowed to dedicate to a victory OF Spain,
all unseen by even its most earnest dev-
otees. except in association with the
yearly ceremonials named Corpus Christi.
body of Christ, in the belief that the
living breath of God lies within the
wafer.
THE day set apart for Corpus Christi
is the first Thursday after Trinity Sun
day, and commentaries the institution
of the holy Eucharist. Juliana, a nun
in Belgian convent. first conceived the
Idea of the ceremony being made a spe-
cial observance, and was able to per-
suade Urban " to proclaim it as such
and set aside one day of each year for
the purpose. This was in 1864, and with
the exception of two or three lapses
under the Pope following has since been
attended with strict observance every
year.
Though Spain, perhaps, retains more
Of the pageantry of these ancient rites.
Dublin in former days contributed her
quota to an elaborate ceremonial Adam
and Eve We're presented in the procession
which bore the holy host from the church
doors out into the street. An angel
bearing sword walked between the
pair Cain and Abel were close behind,
and even Noah with the people of the
Ark were there, as well as Abraham
and Isaac.
There are few Catholic countries
where the Corpus Christi professions are
not still a feature of the day. In Mad
rid they are not SO thoroughly pic
turesque as in southern Spain. Madrid
is a city of old CASTLE, it is the seat of
royalty, the home of the king, but 1t is
really not considered Castilian city.
and by some one, perhaps an American,
has been called the Boston of SPAIN
After the ceremony in the cathedral In
Madrid the host is raised, the choir sings
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march with their guns pointing down
ward at the end of the procession.
Royalty often takes a. part in this
showing of the body of Christ in the
streets, after the alteration in the ca
thedral l have not seen Corpus Christi
in Madrid since 1898 and l do not know
whether King Alfonso and his queen
regularly appear in the crowds at this
time or only occasionally. In 1858 the
king, of course. was a mere boy not yet
out of his teens. Their presence in the
procession would not be surprising. how
the soul. of Spain, whether royalty or
peasant passes upon it.
In the colonies Corpus Christi is the
supreme ecclesiastical holiday of the year
Work is suspended here as in the mother
country and the people surrender to the
joy of the hour. Latin America has not
forgotten, and II Col. Roosevelt had re-
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0pposites.

A PRoPoS of the terrible labor war IN
Colorado. Mayor Richardson of
Saginaw sighed and said:
ITS such world Of opposites. On
one side the rich; on the other side the
poor On one side the laughing opti-
mists; on the other side the wailing pes
simists. Here the gilded youth who won't
do any work; there the ragged youth
who can't get any work to DO.
He paused, then ended:
Eyes, world of opposites. On the
one hand we see an army of young fsl-
lows saving up to get married. and on
the other hand an army OF old fellows
saving up to get divorced.
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they have robbed it of all its original
grace. and it goes!
Do you remember the little girls of
1850, with their great pantelettes hang
ing below their short skirts? They Were
ridiculous, yes. All right. These lin
gerie things which peep below their
long tunics have the same effect-of a
petticoat yielding TO the mysterious
force of gravity. Can it possibly take
with American women?
They seek the inconvenient. Why this
Satanic pleasure? Why this craze for
wild rags. There is said TO be a
to remain charming in spite of every
effort to be ugly-to dress the more
disgracious that beauty may appear
the more victorious"
They call it the hectic competition.
Only nobody knows who wins the
prize of hideousness.
Last Thursday afternoon it was pretty
well agreed to be pair of astonishing
mann equins gotten up in gowns of 1873
which you would ina CINE to have been
fished out of the garnet
Foreign DANES who haven't learned to
wear their new clothes make a grand
exquisite novelty. their awkwardness is
futurist grace. It's cubist style" the
critics tell. The critics know nothing.
Nobody knows anything
Paris is suddenly frightened.
Will the world stand for it?
As after an orgie, Paris wakes. Paris
has long enjoyed the privilege to die
tate the mode. What will happen If
Paris loses her reputation for ele-
gance?
The newspapers started it. Suddenly
there appeared an unprecedented
round-robin, which is called the petit
fioy, <,f -
was signed by the greatest names of
society, arts, literature and the theater.
The Countess de La Rochefoucauld and
the Duchesse Dues figured beside
Marthe Brandes and Lima Cavalier.
Gandara and Jean Beraud signed with
Sem and Francis de Croisset, Gabriel
d'Annunzio with Alexander Kahn of
Boston.
Now, the petition signers mob the
newspaper offices.
Everybody wants to protest against
the ugly styles.
The Paris mode" runs the petition,
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THE FESTIVAL OF oonrus CHRISTI CATHEDRAL

of Spain, comprising palace of the
king and what might be called the West
minister Abbey of Spain. besides univer-
sity. they have the most historic host.
During the revolution in the Neither
lands. when the Spanish were rulers
there. the soldiers ransacked one of the
cathedrals and took out the holy host
found therein, and stamped upon it.
This host is now kept in the Escorial as
a part of the sacred history of the
country. and it has three or four holes
made in it by the nails of the soldiers
boots. There are drops of blood seer
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fLYING JIBS
AND 5 TUNSAIL

American buyer said to me. year ago.
there are always certain number of
dresses shown which are utterly unprac-
teal, what the trade calls ugly dresses.
They are made to give piquancy and in
terest to the trade exhibitions and to
serve as foils to set off the true styles:
and. as such, they are often amusing.
Ugly dresses, however, sometimes
prove a snare to the inexperienced buy
err, who mistakes their eccentric and
startling features as representing the
true Paris note-whence disappointment
later on
The individual tourist lady, buying In
Paris for her own wear, has often fall
en-, more or less, for ugly dresses" She
is misled, not so much by bad taste, as
by her anxiety to return home and make
the others jealous.
After. a trip to Paris" this American
buyer went on, friends at home expect
to be shown something more French
and different from what they ever saw
before, while in Paris the gown worn by
the elegant woman is often of the sim
plest. The secret of dressing a la Paris
ienne is not so much to have a Paris
gown as to have the right gown, the
one which suits the wearer.
That was but a year ago.
How Paris has changed!
1t surely cannot last.
This season. in the styles Of Paris,
all are ugly dresses"
4
There is another Paris saying:
When the number of ugly dressers
are uuadruple the pretty ones, the mode
is bad
1t means that when you see four
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Toledo is the prin1ate church of
Spain, and there, among the serpentine
streets and classic haunts of the days
of the grandeur of CASTLE, the Corpus
Christi is celebrated in grand order. The
setting there is perfect.
In the Escorial. the great monastery
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brushing against the black and white of
monks and nuns, with the one intention
of viewing and doing homage to the holy
host.
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HE date of the
wedding of Ker-
NIT Roosevelt and
NJ / s 8 Willar d,
daughter of the
a m b a s S a d or to
s p a l n, W a 8
changed from June
IL to June 10, on
account of the an
nual celebration Of
Corpus Christi &C.
curing on the day
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This is no common fashion story,

This is no common fashion story.
1t marks an epoch. unique in history.
when Paris, arbiter of elegance, fell
down.
The greatest houses have destroyed
their models three times. Three times
they have made new models, yet there is
no mode.
1t is the year of grotesque fancies.
The dresses are so ugly that women
themselves have noticed it. They have
not refused to wear them; they would
wear yet uglier, because the dressmaker
is arbiter. But it leases a fine woman
who has line to feel called upon to
, glance in every passing mirror and
smooth down the pillows of her volants
= and stunsails. Cramped and disfigured
in tuck-ups, sections, stories, annexeS
= drapages, cookies punches humps, knots
cabbages of RIBBON and like adventitious
ornaments, they look like great bundles
of various materials.
At the races the photographers go
crazy-there's SO much to take. The
. daily. weekly, fashion. sporting and
medical press cannot print tenth OF
them.
And no two alike.
1 pity the women who come to Paris
for the styles this season. The pro-
bush near the entrance to the Long
champs races, to see all the advanced
dressers.
They see young persons with great cir
dies falling from the knees and dragging
on the sward. They see vast knots or
butterflies above the girdles. or fans up
side down, and drapages fall almost to
the feet
They put false humps anywhere.
They put tabs everywhere.
They can't walk in their high heels
Never were there such heels. They limp
gloriously, calling it style.
They limp with an infirm look, drop
steal, gibbous. humpbacked, sWelled,
sick. oedematous, handy legged.
They wear hats which cover one ear
only, and leave half their hair out
side. They wear hats which cover one
eye. and are forced to lift their heads
to see where they're going. They wear
little lids which are only visors, or pots
of fruits, or a Sioux plume planted on
the nose.
Take the rose-the rose in milady's
corsage or her belt. But it isn't. Last
Saturday afternoon they had it up the
back of the neck. Now they place it
lower down. over the butterfly of the
lace kitchen apron which they call
their skirt. OF course, they can't sit
down
Take the dropped petticoat which
Paguin offered three years ago and the
fashionable world cried against. Today
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ciety, who appeared to me to be
'packaged" in tiers of volants. Shout
der cape. dropped silk petticoat. long
tunic and short jacket. with sleeves
sprawling and puckered. Very good,
said the critics. Nothing shocks
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glad CARDS Show on. we put IN 1ofly-
seven plates. Sisters. come. look, mark
and inwardly digest. You need not worry
much about your clothes this summer
Just sew tabs and punches on the jib-
boom.
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"A strange ceremonial of the day which
is performed in Seville, but has been
abandoned in Madrid and many other
places, is the dance of the skies. This
occurs in the evening about sunset, when
the whole southland, along country roads
or in the confusion of the city streets,
is aglow with color. and it seems fitting
that fete day should be ended with
mysterious action Young boys, dressed
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manned in Brazil, for instance, instead
of going to Spain for the wedding of his
son with Miss Willard, he might have
been witness to the sef-same ceremonies
and perhaps on a more detailed scale as
far as the display in the streets is con-
cerned.
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F anybody tells you
1t Is a Paris model,
believe him, or her.
1t could not be
worse. if 1t were
Anything is pos
sihle.
There is no mode.
], a man, with
entrails of iron,
took a photogra-
pher to the Paris
races, where the
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A Legal Holiday in
Every City and Ham
let in the Country-A
Day of Religious OBJ
servance, When Schol-
ars and Peasants
Gather in Cathedrals.
Celebrations in Toledo
and Madrid - Com
memorates Institution
of the Holy Eucharist.
Royalty Takes Part in
Observances.
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ty. md Is that on which q printed foot
note was found. AZ follows:
Wire or write at once your mem
Der of the House and Senator to de-
feat above bill, which Is, In my opin-
ION. All entering wedge to disturb all
trcasurers."
The bin passed. so to 0. without oou1-
ment.
No. 44a--To amend the charter of
the city OF Danvillc SO that the Coun-
ell shall have power to construct and
maintain railway yards. depots. and
terminals.
No. 4G2-To amend section 2o7oa OF
the Code in relation to unlawful hunt.
ing, 50 far as II applies to Surry and
Prince George Counties.
No; 4s6--To authorize an election
In Charlotte County on undertaking
supervision of certain streams and re-,
moving distractions to navigation
No. 41o--To authorize the school
board OF Carroll County to purchase
and hold real estate.
No. ALTO prohibit the sale of
cider ana ether drinks containing one
half of Per cent Of alcohol within one
County OF Sussex
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THE HOUSE

The House was called 10 order at
10 O'Clock yesterday morning with
prayer by Mr.. philpot,. tho member
from Henry County. Mr.. Willis. OF Roa-
noke. presented a resolution provid
Ink fvcminute rule for debate for
the remainder or this session. with
two minutes for points Of order and
statements under the head Of personal
privilege; y half-dozcn OF the orators
Of til. House were on their feet To
speak at length against this motion.
The chair recognized Mr.. Field. OF
Madison who moved the pending ques-
tion, and the Willis resolution was
adopted % TO 3. without debate. On
a motion 10 reconsider Mr. Oliver pro-
tested that IT was utterly Unfair after
bills Of much less Importance had been
debated for three or four days to at
tempt TO enforce gag rule on the
more important measures. such as the
appropriation and primary bills, which
could not be- fairy discussed In tive
minutes. Mr. Mcctze. Mr.. Love ana
others protested against the fivemin-
ute limit. but Mr.. Spatig again moved
the pending question and the House
refused - reconsider by vote Of ~
the time limit would be strictly en-.
forced. and that members who allowed
themselves To he interrupted by ques-
tons would have il taken out OF their
The Marked Bills.
1t Is not probable that there viii
be he any in1sstsa,ion BY the H2u$e Of
lobbyists. "a resolution 10 such effect
having been referred yesterday with
out action b: the House Tn. resolution
was offered b. Mr.. Grasty, Of Augusta
and read as follows:
Whereas. IL has come TO the at
tentiq& Of the members of tho House
that The following footnotc was added
BY. or at the instigation Of. an un-
known person or persons, to House
bill No. AIS:
Wire or write Mt once your mem
Der Of House and Senator 10 defeat
above LII. which is. In my opinion
the entering wedge To disturb ali
treasurcrs.
Whereas, the following footuote
was added by, or at the instigation Of
an unknown person or persons, to
House bill No. 22s:
Read this hill carefully III yo,
do not approve IL wire or write your
representative at once
Whereas. the practice of adding
.ootnotcs to bills hy or at the insti-
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OF those who does not agree with
Chairman Brewer, of the Approprla-
tons Committee. that the appropria-
tson Dill as reported will take up prac-
tically all but $4,000 Of the fairly es-
tin,atcd revenues OF the State for the
next two years. lie has prepared fig
ures 10 support his claim that not only
can the increased pensions he paid.
with no appropriation that hus been
recommended curtailcd. but that the
! state VIII have Il greater surplus at
the end OF the fiscal period than IL has
1T present Mr.. Reed quotes the audi
| tors report az estimating the total
receipts for the year ending Septc,n"
Der 80. 1917. ut ai.lei.2s0. AIR.
Reed claims that the auditor has not
Included the surplus OF s333.S2i on
hand October |. 1913. or any general
increase III revenue over the preceding
year
He allows for increase in revenue,
not counting the sum received from
/ tho Richmond. Fredericksburg and Po-
touhc Railroad. of S23I ,i6t. which. with
: the balance lie calculates makes the
total estimated receipts s7.767,725. The
appropriation bill carries FOR the first
year s7.ls5,S0J with certain additional
items amounting to $l36I3S. making;
total Of appropriations. not Including.
the extra amounts voted yesterday for
1 pensions of s7.322.3ia which should
leave surplus 1T the end OF the nrst
| year of SiS5,565. by 4 similar method
Mr. Reed calculates Il surplus al the
end OF the second year. not counting
the pension Increase. 10 s4i6.50o.
I Going At tho problem from another
standpoint, and taking his figures
from the report Of the auditing Com
inittee Of the General Assembly, air.
Reed calculates the total revenues for
7 the next two years at s15.356,SSS; tho
/ total expenditures. according to all
pending appropriations. OF sl4,469.259.
I leaving II balance ut the end of the iis-
! cal period Of ssS1.62s. less whatever
may prove To- b. the Increased cost OF
pensions for the next two years.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-03
AFTERNOON SESSION

Local and uncontcsted bills wero
given preference ut the afternoon
session Of the House.
bill No 1896. amending the charter Of
tho city of. Norfolk. was dismissed 1t
is understood that pending Senate
bill more nearly meets the wishes
of that city.
The following Senate bills were
passed and will go To the Governors
Senate bill No. 297--To amend the
charter OF the town of West Point
Senate bill No. 235--To amend tho
road law Of Augusta County.
House BILLS Passed.
The following House bills were
passed and sent to tho Senate for
concurrence:
No. i2S-To authorize King William
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County TO levy a license tax on vs-
hicies for maintenance of public roads.
No. 4S2--To amend an act protect
County
or playground in the town OF Waveriy.
No. 436---ro amend the charter OF
the city OF Charlottesville.
NO. +3,-To amend the charter of the
town of Waveriy.
No. 43s--To amend the charter OF
the town or Boydton.
No. 44n-To authorize the town OF
Singers Glen, In Rockingham County.
TO issue bonds.
No: 442-To authorize a special levy
In Wakefield District. in Sussex Coun-
ty. to liquldate bonded indebtedness.
M. 44i--To amend the charter of the
town OF New Market.
Norfolk 10 close tho Cove Street canal
from tho west side OF Hampton Court
10 the east side of Arlington Place.
Newport News and Hampton and the
Counties OF York. Warwick and Eliza
beth CITY, 70 appropriate money and
issuo bonds for land drainage. and the
construction OF canal for drainage
ana transp9rtati9n purposes
fence f enAva an act aen oan,r
No. 45o-To authorize the super
W., OF Franklin County to relieve
lin and Pittsylvania Railroad Com
pany from liability for taxes on such
stock under the county levy. for Il
~. ioo iIol W cSCeeu Ten years.
No. 452-For protection OF oysters
and claims in Lynnhnvcn Eivcr,
Princess Anne County
tho waters OF the Lynnhaven River
and TO prevent injury to the oyster
beds therein.
No. i57-For the relief of NJ F.
Swami, treasurer OF Powhatan County:
No 46s-For the relief Of Richard
Snow for services rendered in purEing
the pension rolls of Greene County
No. Alto authorize the super
visors Of Spotsylvania County 10 pre-
scribe collars for dogs on which taxes
have been paid. and to require them to
be muzzled during certain seasons.
The Footnofe Bill
No 4ls-To provide an audit on ex-
animation of financial transactions of
county or district officers. boards or
commissions in counties which alone
constitute a separate judicial circuit.
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revision TO consider and report to =
special session all questions relating to
the collection and Assessment of taxes
IL takos the place of the original Baker
Land resolution. introduced early In tho
session, and carries their names as pa
irons.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-03

In lieu OF all former resolutions on
inc subject OF I, tax commission or com
mittec to revise the tax laws or Tho
state. tho House Committee on Finance
has reported bin which is now on tho
calendar Ms House bill No. 49, to bro-
vide for the appointment OF ioint
COMMITTEES of fifteen members on tax
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NIGHT SESSION

The House or Delegates held its first
night session last night for expedition
The following House bills, return ed
with Senate amendments, were con-
in cities OF more than , 1000 m,Habi'
tantc for tho election OF n special
Justice or the peace to be- known as
No. lH-To prevent the expenditure
Of money Ivy the various Institutions
CT The state by s'Hding members OF
their boards. managers, superintend-
ents or presidents or other persons to
the legislature for the purpose or
other purpose. The amendment, ac-
cep;ed by the patron. Mr.. White, makes
an an eNceptlon where committees Of the
stich persons TO give desired infor-
~. Ito amend an ,ct as TO ap-
eept III. cases OF liquor licenses.
NO. .5 noo provide in cities contain
tn. election OF special Justice OF the
peace 10 he known as the Justice or
the juvenile and domestic relations
court. and To prescribe his Jurisdiction
and duties.
Repairs 80 Roads.
Ien.te mn No. ~. segresating tho
a a Ss5;oU year. for thu mainto-
Iotus. WAS debated at length.
AFTER inserting number OF amend
ments relating To the power Of SUI
pervisors and providing that where
u county has no. improved roads. 1t
the Dill was passed. 60 to g. An amend
mont, providing tina, tho tax OH auto
m%9i!es be eNpended in the county In
which u is paid. with the proviso
that IN thc ease of cities. the taa might
be eAp.ndcd on roads within a radius
OF ~, !" @nty-ive miles. was rejected
~ E1 ca MI
third reading We're passed and sent to
tnv nate.
81 Norfolk commission OF roads and
No '4o-To give to persons hauling
naRRase or goods lien for their
mcnt.
No: l7o--To establish closed sea
son for Menhaden nshns. to prescribe
the size OF the mesh To be used. and to
provide q penalty for violation Of the
No. IA Declaring that there shall
taxes. and providing for the enforce.
ueni Thereon.
No NJ 4.iEro repea! an act trans
icrFtGS u Frederick County the States
interest in the North western Turnnike
company, and TO authorize the super
visors of Frederick County to transfer
tht states interest III the State Cor
pol3ti5n Commission
y large nnlnher OF Senate bills were
advanced OF the calendar
Senate bill No. 2eG. Increasing tho
salary of STAT, Bnnh Examiner & G.
lSarksdaic from $4,000 to $4,000 was
PASSED by. on motion OF MIR Stephen
Ar. Wills. of Roanoke. moved 10
rake NJ out of its order House bill No
light. power, water and telephone com,
panics and providing for the control
ana regulation of such companies by
TN" state Corporation Commission Ar,
~ ~