Show RUSSIA BEGINS EASTER EASTE SERVICES All the Churches Crowded While the Traditional Ceremonies Cerer Cere onies lonies Were Being Observed Gloomy Forebodings For th h Future cm T P PETERSBURG April A 28 Thre e ST S 0 days haid harod fasting preceding pr East Easter er accompanied a by solemn servie commemorative of Christs Pa Passion pion gan gait today toda of every eYer character ceased and all the government depart d rt were closed loRed The alarming re reports reports reports ports circulated during the time last la t few fen I days day apparently hud had little litti on th the size of the crowds crowd that thronged the I churches where the tragedy of Calvary was vividly reenacted The day was us also al o marked by the observance of the traditional ceremonies of freeing birds j lighting bonfires and placing holy j bread in bins hin but hut the bright sunshine did not fail to make mak a l deep impression on the in the tiie midst of or orthe the time gloomy gloom forebodings of evil vii being an aim augury of drouth and crop failure w which in Russia is synonymous with minute famine antI and disaster The diplomatic aJ corps cOlp m including it Am biu sa lor Meyer Ie eli attended the tiia services at St Sr l mem member muerner ber er of the orthodox church h took com corn communion communion munion today the emperor and the imperial family attending the service erice I IROd and ROd taking the sacrament at the chapel Selo of the time Alexandra palace at I |