or“

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physicalcondition mﬂliiﬂl 011E.

Ago is not so mulch a

use.

GQYQN.

ya Guardian Two Cont: l-‘oulllld [I

f.” lﬁ$iailflllﬂll|

t‘ltllttltltsl|l|llz llll

In Submitting the Budget the Premier Dis- cusses Finances Showing That but for

two Uniorseen a

nd ‘Extraordinary. Ex-

penditures There Would Have Been a Surplus of Assets Over Liabilities.

Shows by Comparison the

Present

Government Much More Economical

The following speech on the Bud- g9! was delivered by Premier Stew- arl in the Legislature Wednesday’ evening. March 24th.

m‘, Speaker, i move that this llottse do tnow resolve itself into (‘omtnlttee of’ the whole for the 1iurposc of considering Supply to be grcuted lo ills Majesty.

m proposing this resolution i ‘yup, m follow the time-honored cus- tom and to beg the indulgence oi m.» lloilsc while I ‘make a few oh-| ﬁprrltllflllhl on the financial contli-t m,“ u; this province and the opera- tions o‘ this Government during the 1mm y nl‘. in doing so l realize fttl- ly that tho responsibility is upon. the tltivcrntnettt of defending its notions and or making its record clear hcitire the people. i recog- nize also that it is the duty of His Maieﬁtyu Loyal Opposition to crit- icize thut record. and with that consideration tn mind l milht per- haps anticipate somewhat those criticisms and deal with a few of those matters in the beginning.

The record of this Government 1o.- tne past two years has already iteen referred to. and the ilnamcial ]lflBill0ll or the province as well. by

F Than the Bell Government.

ﬁnances rather than to explain them. When we hear -t.hat rcmark we must rememtber that the lPublic Accotnnts are simply the report of the Provincial Auditor. the official to whom l have just referred, malls to the Lieutenant-Goverilor-in-(‘tvitn- cll. This auditor, as .l said, owes no direct obligation to the Govern- ment for the time tbclng. He has served this House while govern- ments of different political (rom- plexlons have held the reins ol‘ power. His solemn lilliy-"illltl if i might he permitted to use the phrase of my hon. predecessor, his sworn duty. is simply to present to the -public a true account of the ilnatnces o: the province. There- fore. "when we hear statements of the kind to which I referred it ‘might he well for ‘us to ask whether the confusion that we attach in our minds to the Public Accounts is not the result of misinterpretation made ‘by those who are desirous of making political capital, rather than the Accounts themselves. l-lavlng that in mind, I wish to refer for a few minutes, and in a very general way, to ‘the Public Accounts for the past year, 1025. -

1m- 110p. gentlemen opposite and by .1 section oi the DWI-ll"! DFBBB l"

At the very beginning of those Accounts we have set out a table

Fifty is the age of tolerance, else a man has lived in vain.

oHAR-Lmfrnrownfon

lllllﬁ ttstutrata t‘uttl , nt ‘

erica isrhe Judge And Master of All

Europe.

NEW YORK‘ N‘ Y" Apr" L_ GENEVA. April 1—(.anada is op-l

"American pacifiem is n method of imperlalistlc robbery.

"Charles Dawes bought Germany for $200,000,000 and put his con-

oned. neglected

“m, master or ‘Europa, lMiau Charlotte IWhitteILCaIIadiG-n

cred February 15 and Neely“ m provision-s would not-be- acceptable,

a capitalistic reprceeutlilg

and “gown m. perlslh v ‘ins: ln continental mov-eme-nl-s oi

. peoples. AMERICA EPITOMIZED

me united 51am“, ment. of immigrants

n tut _t_t entrant

Trotsky Jedares Am Draft Agreement Concerning Abandoned,

Presented for. Consideration Before League Commission» Not Acceptable.

posed to the draft convention con-‘patrlation at the ,ct=rniug the repatriation of wband- country of residence. if a minor has and delinquent lived there f-or children. which was; presented forlyears. but at the expense of the

consideration today lbefore the Lea- country of origin lf a minor has Z1215‘: O" ‘he neck M m” Germanlgue of tNetimrs Commission for the been in the new country less tlhlin

mrhe United States is the judge protection of women and children. five years. .

Leon Tram“, l“ u speech (MW member of the commission, said lielwent to Canada from Great Britain

. _ _ to (‘snada because they do not take declared Canada believed the cost New York “may by ma“ m“! m" into consideration conditions pre-'of mpatrfation and deportation of jured lllp before the Russian masses t "npeﬂanel bogeyyalllng with reference to the move- lmmigrrgita should his home ‘by overseas as rans-po a on compan es, he bade me "ussluus Hn-jks contrasted with the problems arls-hrovernments.

a sub-committee.

REPIWRIA-

Delinquent Children,

‘The convention provides for ‘re- expense of the

more than five

Explaining that 80.000 children in the tie-st 40 years JMiBB Wbitten

not by

The conlvrnption was. referred to

The above quotations from tho

altruism, individualism, statesman- ‘sbip and aims.

Trotsky spoke to thousands ‘in the experimental theatre of lMos- f§$'3,'f£',1j§“$:”fe§:,fuf§$21‘; Ont 0n the hills in the wild spring

BY R. GRAHAM

i‘ y ., h weather v ggulhwainlnézﬁgus; ltizaiﬂilgfons w 0| ;So early only the blue-birds

'l‘rotsky pictured ' the United kmlw‘ ~ States as an island of tremendous Thmmindsnfr “me "(New new power and potentialities. l-le “m! er‘

warned his hea‘rers"‘that, with all the realism of our policy of edu- cation, we do not try to under-

‘Purplc. and pink, and white, and blue.

Now the sun shinekwarm, and

e o. c: - ‘Tvy v- vv ~ ,» , ' o I %-‘:zi:t.l:““fi.'.;.:.l:i":..“shutout EA3TER...1~‘||¢ Emmi of Spring

myths may be eternal truths held fast in the Church's net.

it luis been said that the insti- tutions of the Middle Ages owed their greatness to being faint tran- scripts of the laws of nature. One might. without offence, ‘say sonne- thing oi the some regarding the feast-days of the Church.

We know that at the ‘first ‘stir- ring of the sap in the sprlngnit the high noon.and at the darkest night

Milli Pllilﬁ n u stunt n ‘ uw lllilﬁ

French Believe Alli- ances Will Tend to Stabilize Peace Con- ditions.

IDNDON. April L-Wltltia a. few weeks Germany will lbe isolat- ed in Europe and surrounded by a chain of powerful alliances under the direction of France and Italy- This is the outcome oi recent negotiations which Foreign Minis- ters Nintcbicb of logo-Slavic has conducted in Rome and Paris, and an alliance between France and Jugosievtia similar to that be- tween France and Czechoslovakia ‘is expected co be reached within the next flew days. .

The policy at which Franco has consistently aimed since the close of the war is taking tiollcito shape and supported by ltaly. France hopes that the chain will be completed ‘by an agneemeat be- tween Jogolslavia and Greece.

WILL HAMPER MOVEMENT.

The oiile-ct of/this chain ‘of alli- ‘ancos will be that Germany will ‘be unable to move anywhere outside ber own ‘frontiers without swift and immediate action by‘ these powers who have allied‘ themselves together to prevent her from so do- ing. The French argue that such a series of alliances restrictdng though they are to Germany, will stalbalize peace conditions in Eu- ope ‘and prevent any changes be- dag made. but this policy is arous-

AnmlQl subscriptions Delivered By Mail, Cllnldn and U. f4. A.

tutu/tint PlllSflNEll a ‘ ‘nlsctosts not n‘ ‘ ‘ i pullout ntncnts

Accused Man in Bu apest Jail Reveals New

Central European Sensation. —Doctor - Benes and President Masaryk of Czecho Slovakia Chosen as Victims.

LONlDOtN, April 1—~An0thcr(‘el|-|nn intimate friend of R08"!!! "OF- trai ‘European sensation rivnilittg thy and took u girmniitunt part l" the Hungarian bank note fongcrlositbt- white terror that lsucccciicdgglty is threatened should the confession rctl terror and overtirew il€ ~ of an accused murderer in jull ill'SllP\'|k (iorornlnunl in. 1920. The Budapest bQcorm-boratctl. mutt!) tinnn-tl by him as accomplice

Theodor Okoiitisziny is awaiting in tho plot was one Podor, who trial for the killing of u. Budapest killed himself in Czecho-Slovakia. . demi-moadaltic, Almalla Lelrcr. l-lcl A written account cf the “mis- bas signed o statement that be tiutllsloit“ of tnurder implicating high another mun who has since commit" lluugztriun tiifit-itil-s ltas not been red suicide were etitrustctl with ulpubfsln-d. iiiiii his t-utinswl is said "patriotic mission" to assusslnatttlttl hurt- rcpntliutt-tl the document. Dr Benes, the lflzct-ittwSlovaklltlll but itvotirtling to inf-intuition reach- Foreign tMlilietcr. According to his| lug here- thr- papers are in the hands mnfestslon X1 fill-WW" Wits tzrttntctlylt‘ the ‘liltngttrlan lmrlinmt-ni. and to the prisons,- by (‘hit-f of ‘Pollt-t- are likely to ‘lie made public. A Natlossy, who is charge-d with cont-ﬁllet to aissztssiuate President Masa- pllcity in the batik note forgery. 'ryk oi’ (merino-Slovakia is also al-

Okotliosany is said to have been loged.

" Berlin Baits Dancing During‘ ' Easter Week

llltllflJlN, April L-‘For the first ‘iilllt: in motlt-rn history dancing ltus -llt.‘i‘il prohibited in ‘Berlin dill‘- ing Easter Week. The prohibition orighttttetl with Mixtislel‘ of the tln- tt-rior Savoring oi‘ Prussia. The

Son Born to " Mr. and Mrs. Charles Chaplin

(Canadian Press) ‘HOLLYWOOD, tCoilfJ April 1-- A son was born yesterday to Mr. and rs. Charles Spencer Chaplin‘ Repo ts from the Chaplin studios gaadrto the effect that mother and Mrs

[$.00 N.“

estimate by one iota the power of

under our feet

such terms as “ularming" and "np-vof receipts and expenditures or ad- pttllluig." and many other adlectivesbministratiovn in connection with the of that kind have been employed. :affairs of the Province during the llul there is not any good purpose past year. ‘it has been said that if to be served merely by the use of those receipts and expenditures are ibigh-sotindlng, superlative atliev-lhalantved it will show l1 lleﬁlrlt 0i “vet lthgllgva that the people of $65,701.57. That is perfectly true ihLs province require and demantldf you take those ﬁgures just upon facts rather than mere atljectlvas their face. Subtracting» one from or high-sounding phrases. Entire is|the others, it giveshtbntﬁix-stilt. Bu: only one avenue throuzh w ic we doe: that reout s ow t e actus can obtain the information that iwgydeficit? ll thlat the‘ methgd b); ri-qulrc and which the people w s ‘which the actua deflc tnor t e pli concerning the ﬁnances. _and thutlyear, If any, must be calculated? is by a careful, sane atnd iair-tnlnd- I think l can answer that ques- (Ad exnnllnntion of thereports of tlon best .l)y wuy ot illustration the Provincial and External Attdit-lTuke the busltiess affairs of u iarm- um ' ‘or, for lnstutlcc. Wt- huvu mort- The Provincial Audit ,.t'nrmers thuu llrflllill: or] any law's-t- lotecttpatitm in lie rovnete. "air. ’l‘hc Provincial Auditor, as yt)ll}l'lll‘llll'.l' llt:llit‘l'iifl(8if to ltecp n rot-oral know. Mr. Speaker, is not in the 0r- of his ulTttirs. putlln: everything tiinnry sense a Government official. down on pnpt-r, for u vent". Ill‘ Dlll-‘l llc is an official of this House. re- down ull tile cxpuntiiiurcs he ntovable only .hy Statute. l-lis duties makes, all tho moneys he pays out and his prerogatives are fixed audIIoi- every lIlll'lI<l>"' in comic-vile" settled byastatute of the province with his bums-es for the YPKIYM-lll" known as The Audit Act. Some-diving expenses. Running expenses times we hcur it said in crltic-lsntlnntl all other ltcnts ul‘ taxpentlitttre.

that the Public Accounts are train-i

Ho puts down in tinolht-r- column all

tolllgibio and misleading and that the moneys be lulu-s ln-—rcvettuc

American capital." k They nod and Hume though the SAYS CONFLICT CERTAIN. Mitch-i “to have.

So dulntlly hued and falntllysweet

'i'b_e speaker tbegan by explein- ._ ‘

lug that. Soviet Russia stood at tho wit"; tblggggmg or

spring are left of labor tbouaht. ..and the . hall‘ so fair? ‘

MW, need not ‘be a ma‘

United States at the right. The two extremes ‘must clash and only! one could survive, he said. 'f‘o defeat the United lStates in the» in- evitable conﬂict, lqolnmunisiml or‘! need,

according to TrOtBKY- mllﬂt Ell- Of rest after struggle and grief

And the sweet old p sermon is preached again. '

list the peoples of Europe to its and pain. i theories. llewsees an earlyppon- And the ttext, "The Lord is risen lug -l'or Commuulstnt in France itideed." ' wbcrc he believes the United

‘States will comtpel deflation and 11 nan not come )1“, changg that I

inns create n great ollllﬂﬂlllon ill the festival of the tin- tlfontmttnist party there. falletogcther with the a ringtlme of

' the year and the rev val of I flowers. There lea strange fit-t

ncss here. of times and

from a Saxon goddess to ‘whom

‘Of life from death. to the doubt-I/that our forefathers held a joyous |feost in honor of the "goddess of the dawn." newal. for spring is the time of

revival, for the the cold dead earth had come to life again. And eo it

Resurrection hope; ‘and in pagan as in Christian the ‘note of Eastertde.

eventsadd to the lnystic story of the

of winter when the year begins to turn. men have from time inmem- orlsl held high festival in honor of the mysterious Power that liea tblﬁhilld the thing»; which are seen. N!“ oitihe

‘that ‘Easter de Ives its name the month of April was held sacr- ed. Nor need we blush to think lit was a feast of re-

new beginnings; it was a feast of

was pre-entinelttly a festival of times gladnes-s was the dominant

’l‘o thoughtful tminda it will but

l.—-W.A. -Mc-

Picturesque ll;it‘;.L‘i"§..‘;l‘§...l°.ntlml‘.."iiil°""'i‘é‘2...iﬁi3i“i.."?.=.';l‘“§§ "W Figure 1s Dead '- In London

lag many doubts in British diplo- matic circles. /

‘The government is wondering what Gennanys report will the. ‘if they try to link up with Russia so ne to confront the new alliances with an overshadowing menace it is asked- ‘and ‘if lite ahould Lake snob a step tit its contended that Europe would find itself back in the old traldition befone the ‘war except that Russia would be on the side of Germany.

semen vlswrotnr.

lThe British point out too that the alliance would reﬂect on the arengt-h and albility of the lleagtte of Nations iguaraafne of the peace status in Europe, so that Europe would be drifting bMfk to the coa- ditlons which brought about tnt. wsr. The British policy under tileea circumstances is to maintain cioeo relations with Germany and friend- ship for ltzaly and France, and do all that is possible to remove any dancers for future war in Eurmo. Skeptical dlpflomattsts, ltowsver. are already predicting another war =1: Europe as the llléVfthil-d out- come of this attempt to isolate

son were progressing nicely. Chaplin was formerly Miss Grey, picture actress. Princess’ Condition Causes Anxiety

(Canadian Press) LONDON.- April

from lfllilllﬁlllil. Dawson. lihysiteiati

pneumonia. tn

saying:

unchanged."

Lita

"The ‘Princess had some ltours oi‘ seletp, and her cough is less trouh~ lesome. Her temperature remains‘ high. The condition of the heart is 33.31.“). “-

press today violently attacks hitm. i—1-0-}i-__ '

[World Tour’ is i Ended by Puff At Black Cigar

Nltllv YflllK- April l.~-’l‘hel'l‘ parents or.- cxpct-tt-tl today from

l___Auxiety‘Sprlflgflt-lti. Itiassz, to take home still continued ‘todav regarding the gig-will“ 3mm“ '14’ ""4 Twllald ‘S598- condltion of ‘Princess Victoria, sis- » , _ _ _ ﬂ- I _, on poultry farm profits of $47.50 tar of King George “hm l“ w conu- 10 grief when George amok- lhv Kilmymi a blot-k cigar. visited the Princess this nrcl'|iilll~" ‘Punolnlilll Szwek was approach- nnd later a bulletin was issued

whose plans for u world tour

t-d lly llnnaltl yesterday with ‘the tr-xciit-tl remark, “My palk; dying. (‘onto and ht-lp him."

‘Srlsck found young Jukes in an tinbappy condition. “Leave me alone. I want to die," he said. as thc butt of a half- stnoketl stogie.

NlllilNl Ellﬁltﬂ lillﬁlilllli“

they arc made only to cover up the

(Continued on page 4)

Slil lilillﬁlllifilwlllT

. lHlHl illlllilN . Pllilli 5P

IN Fill llll HINE Fiﬁillll

The name "Easter" is found in many lntilnmses in different forms. it developer‘ from Eodtre, the name of the ancient Teutonic god- dess believed to come from the eastern part of the sky using the ulln as her chariot. ‘She was Pill‘- tlculnrly welcomedwby the B60918 ot‘ tho northern hemisphere in the Hiring time. as she brought beck tbc strong rays of the sun which lnrraltlctl the warmer seasons of "H? Year. as her festival was srﬂd- uuliy snbplaatod by the Christian tvivlclnss some or the customs of menu times were transferred to the new Easter Day.

‘Thus the babirof wearing 110W cloths in this season can ho traced back to earlier oultoma. The 51v- llls of can wens also com-mop to Welly pagan nations. By some the

by two 0|- more p_-rs.;:‘.l forming a chair with crossed bun-tin. 011 Easter Monday the mcn lift the wouien and on the followinﬁ dill! the curious process is reversed.

Another curious ceremony which has survived in Durham is that of 1h.- .nen removltll lite Wﬂmfil" shoes or shoe buckles on Easter, llllouduy and the womcu dot"! "l9 same for the men on Easter Tues- tlay.

flow the rabbit became connect- ed with E.nl3l' is not quite 019B!‘- but an early legend assured the children that the colored eggs they receivt-J that day were the Kill 0i’ tbs rsbblt.‘il‘itialiy bunnies became established associates of the oc- casion and when Easter’ cards came into vogue they were fully represented in the pictures which they bore.

“KB was regarded as a symbol 0!

eternity. by other: all that of a m- ’ blrth.- Hard boiieg o s ooloredl

with say dyes In align bearing hit-titres traced upon them were

e first presents of this nature. 'l‘hc chocolate eggs of modern days zhvtiloped only comparatively re- Gil y.

The custom of playing the churches with colored amt

boll la n

From eggs _to the tiny chicks. duckilnpaetc. which are commonly seen nowadays, it was but a short step. and the same idea of re- newal of- life in the springtime lies behind their appearance.

The ‘Hot Cross bun now eaten on Good Friday grew out of the bab- of feasting during the spring festival. The early fathers of the Church permitted the eating of the

liiced what he preached in this

IDNDON. April

characters of London. who is saidt to have bet-a connected with the (ilobo of Toronto, Can-ado. “b0!!!- torty yeam ago, and was at 0118 time editor of The Farmer's Ad- vocate. and later an accountant forl= a lair-go Canadian tnanufacturhtg" firm. has passed out of life, at the vage of .

l lMr Maodonnid bad an unconven- ‘tionai. philosophic outlook on life that ‘was quite unsuited to the

d he cam y years ago to follow a career as a; student and philosopher. He wael known literally to millions of; people through his occupying a‘ Pspot in Piccadilly Circus where he. sold to passens-by treatises on philosophy and other subjects- lwbich he himself had written.

tMalcdonald claimed that five shillings a week was enouxh t0 maintain any one. and he D1110-

connection. ' ‘ Learned men in various parts of

the world were strut?! lift the views held by ‘the philosopher. and his correspondents were

sprad pretty well over the earth's surface. ‘

‘LONDON HA8 AIR-PLAN! CLUB

LONDON. April l.-—'l‘o the many clubs in London is added one tor owners of private aircraft. club starts with twelve memhofk who possess airplanes of their 01.11. and it is intended that flying Acon- teste will be promoted and prises offered.‘ '

RADIO PHONI QIRVIOI

burly-burly of the business world. ,an o to London ‘m-anyl

Th

dotiald one of the most inierestlng| ‘

g “one JOY

Queen of seasonb. Thai we 0"" With Thy radiant noht. Now the triumph ls complete. yCiirllt hath won the fill"? no the Paoobol Lamb ones ollln From the dgd is risen again. . clerical u. m}, mlohl-

Songu oi vicilll‘! l" i" "l"

To‘ our Risen Killi- Let the heavens declare Hie P"'"' A J u Earth her anthems oiﬂﬂi He who now is timmod on hloh Can no more for sinners die,

Lot Hie plot-loo ring-

Pvmt and Victim over hint,

‘ I True and fruitful Vino.

Who Thy love soot manifest Through Thy gift. divine;

‘row Thy ‘My W’ "Y "°°‘-

Offend hero VIIMI! if" "wt Given unto Thlﬂl- Now the Thu _ y“ em- praln out-POW‘. woo ewe. dln w! d" m" ‘"'

g‘ ﬂight jar oval-more “q.” w)”: Time before Thy thNM

Alloitllal

‘ .» C.N.R., and said he looked for-

a’ "l"! "ll N"! W! iMII-llﬂi m. cakes‘ of heathen times. but they Y ‘will misﬁts-ﬂies unw- f" marked the cross on them before ' m“ mm’- bl" "m" 9° Film‘ they were baked. in order to make

‘In . _ emfcgtzottiie forest; mqthglitooéigt-llzl; thegtJ-ppronrtnto for Christian n! wrists. The lel for the‘ win- -

. T e revalence oi ""1 l“ than flfllilllotftiolll were no: ago decorations during the “‘“‘"Y is“! "ll"- canon had its orlcln in very sn- TP" practice of ilttina or "hoav- clout dun- Tlw Blﬂlﬂt Christi" W‘ a person for luck il still to record of the use of ﬂowers dates lie-found in pom of 1m. in- from the ‘fourth century and refers "who Cheshire. have d to the keeping of the festival in Wlrwick. This is done u oral m old church in Alla Miller-

motioally oofltroi ed rldi ' tele- phone service is in operation be- flowers u tween two private stations. one in Honolulu and the otbe; on the Island of Lanai. sixty ml o The system include! s hail ringing service to notify one 0nd‘ of the "line" that the other desires to con- verse. age batteries.

m HAWAII »

l pun- ' ' uonoumu. A ril 1-» auto . chonoicotownr 1|!!-

distant.

Power ll supplied by stor-

ln tM of"! i" 15"" °“"" . . f And Thy two adm-

_ wu. some amen. i .

A Live Stock Market

. M . into» live mo! resort tron oolptl of live afoot on the two markets this 181, bogs and

$7.00. Hogs were quoted Ill.

Germany.

Sir Henry Pleased f With Cooper- § ative Plan

(Special to the Guardian) ivtotumsnah. apt-u 1.-su- Hen- ry ThorntonL addressing the dele- gates representing nsarly 20.000 men employed in Cﬂllﬂdifim Nation- al Railway shops yesterday morn- ing at the .Mouat Royal Hotel, ex- pressed satisfaction with the re- sults of the co-operative plan, put into force in the main shops of tho

ward to the time when the plan could be extended to all services on the line.

He outlined in a general way the progress mode on the Canadian Na» tlonal Railroads la the direction of improvlogservices and decreasing deﬁcits. Remarkable strides had been made by the O.N.R. in the direction of paying its own way. and he emphasizes what an achieve- ment and‘ benefit to Canada the completion of this would be.

The‘ results achieved bad been due in out, to improved services brought about thy cooperation and ‘in this connection Sir Henry cited ‘ the voluntarily oﬂer of tum-operation raadeby t a rail lhopmen to the railroad. e pointed out that he was gratified by the, result to date of cooperation put into effect a your ago wad looked forward to the time when the plan could ‘be ex- tended to‘ all services on the, C. N. R. no assured the men be would welcome the opportunity of exten- s on.

(Canadian Prong.)

--_n

tin Montenegro ttho custom of drinking to the Holy Trinity and at the same time ‘breaking eggs is supposed tlo bring good luck anti wipe out. llliillllltillfsillflflilli-ZS. Thu persons tit-inking gather in grottps gent-rally ilftlllllil u small table. Each holds nu egg in his band and the shell ls broken by iflpplllt; it against the t-gg held by smother person. -

in Brittany lllc announcement of the resurrrction and of the begin- nlitg of the Etlslt-l‘ festival ‘is made by means of’ u figure of an angel which is fastened to a wire s-tretchx-tl from the steeple of a church to the ground. The figure is released and gently slides to the around while crowds of tlhe devout watch the ceremony.

.A great court ceremony of the season in Austria was that of thv.‘ washing of the feet of 12 poor men on Mattnday Thursday by the Em- peror. All high officers of State were required to be in attcntlnnt-e. 0n the dais were seated twetvc poor men selected from one of the charitable institutions of Vien- na. The Emperor knelt before each in turn in memory of llhe ox- smple set at the Last Supper.-

in parts of Italy and Spain tho custom of draping with a violet veil every crucifix, except one laid beﬂore the altar. has been ob- served for centuries on Good Fri- day. Throughout the whole day e

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Procession of worshipers passes by each person in turn kissing the wounds of the crucifix. A passion has survived to the present time

m‘ Ally. The ‘Saviour is represented foliage of film trees: ' afblo weight and oolootl 014.80. - l

“u! Young man who not only on‘- the cross but also has to boar

y WHIBH Hill BEEN SPAHHI ll] THE PRESENT lIENlllllY

[the litiffellngs of those who play the part oi‘ Jews. 0n t-ltther aide of him walk the two lbicvcs tritih their crosses, followed by a guard of‘ Roman soldiers all the in- t-iticnts of tht- original procession to (“ulrnry \\ilit'|l ltnvc been re»- cortlt-tl are faithfully‘ rtepruduced.

The ft-cl wan-thing trorrmony is annually ohst-rrt-d ill Jerusalem fly the (in-wk "hurt-h in the ottt-u-r "tiuri. of the (‘haw-h of t‘: linlv n‘ pit»... 1.. t ' . and till it tht- l'itil‘i2il‘(‘ll and other Dfllwii in tin-tr nut-t iIUYILtn-IIS robes taltc liltil‘ pluctn and lilt‘ ceremony is perforated in full view of tho grout crowd that throngs the courtynrtl. Special guards have ilcufll assigned to the bust. ness of keeping order. for on sever- al 0L"('0t4l()ll,~l panics hurt,- occurred. Ouce, in the carly sixties. a ter- rible ntnssacrevfollowed a panic.

In parts of Greece one of the old tiustmns that ‘is still k-spt up in ltieht-r ilitllifllililfla of learning is that of residing a portion of the (lospt-l of St. John in as many as tuv-uty differ-cut languages. ilheea include always ancient and mod- urn Greek, Latin. English. French Italian, German, and the Balkan ‘languages. The people gather from |lht‘ t-onntryﬂlde for miles to lilt- ‘t-n it) the twirling.

i ‘Filo rlltslng of bells to udlier ;ln the festival is another European {custom which has not yet quite died out. This is generally done by the tiltildren and the peeling of the belle its oftten kept up all fay. The first hour of ringing s or

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