Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-05-28
in HONOR OF DEAD
Practically Every Country Has
Day Set Apart tor Solemn
0bServances.
THE custom OF strewing flowers on

THE custom OF strewing flowers on
the graves OF the soldiers orig
mated III the South Even before
the Civil war was over the women
in the South where skies are warmer
In the practical North, formed the
habit of scattering flowers on the
graves of the dead
Days set apart for festivals IN honor
OF the dead are found among ali ma
tions The Chinese, Japanese, and
even our druidical ancestors had or
have such days
The Romans commemorated a SINH
lar occasion and called it "Parentalia
With them it lasted eight days. But the
Romans loved holidays They finally
accumulated so many In the course of
the year that the law was forced to re-
strict the number.
Mass of Brilliant Colors.
There is a strong contrast IN the
way this day is observed in different
countries. In France the Jour des
Morris" Day of the Dead. as 1t is
called. is pathetic and beautiful &C.
casion. For two or three weeks be-
fore the day arrives the shop windows
are laden with wreaths of immortelles.
SOME in their natural color and some
dyed blue, pink, or purple When the
day arrives the people stream to the
cemeteries
Thousands of people, thousands of
wreaths The cemeteries are one
mass of brilliant color OF moving
throngs, for not even the remotest
part of the potter's field Is neglected
In Naples this day, celebrated there
as All Saints day, is regarded as a
holiday. and the visit of the families
to the churchyard becomes a pleasure
party Metal garlands are chiefly
used. and though they are more dur
able, they do not possess the charm
OF real flowers.
In some OF the villages in southern
Italy the grotesqueness and realism oil
; the observance is painful Ravello, a
mountain village overlooking the sea
and one of the most beautiful spots II
the world, has a unique and revolt
ing custom A wax figure represent
ing Death, dressed in the court cos
e tune of some previous century, will
2 red stockings and pointed shoes, Is
1 brought into the church during thu
, services The beauty and peace o
' Ravello's wonderful surroundings d.
I, not find outward expression in thei
feeling toward their dead
Forecast of Coming Deaths.
=. In Austria 1t is the faith of tn
0 peasantry that on All Souls eve q
J. midnight anyone visiting the cemeter
: will see a procession of the dead draw
a ing after them those who are to di
z during the coming year.
II A gloomy drama founded on this /
d acted every year in the Peoples thea
ter in Vienna. The miller has a beat
. tiful daughter, the daughter a lover
: the miller opposes the marriage. Afte
4 some years of waiting the desperat
n youth goes to the churchyard and see
n the spectral train and, following it, tn
If miller.
>, The drama might have closed her
t. with marriage bells, but 1t would nc
p be right to let the Austrian yout
e, count on the death of a parent, how
n ever cruel, so the lover looks agai
at the spectral company and benin
the miller he sees himself In tn
:, course of the year the unfortunate gil
- loses both her father and her lover
:, When one observes these custom
IL it is easy to understand that anon
many people the belief still survive
re that the dead have some power owe
p the living, which is often exerted
ar evil.