Show WEIRD CEREMONY PERfORMED TO SECURE RETURN Of HEALTH I YORK Sept 11 ln In In on Cr l lo to propitiate pro pro- the Iho waters and tints thus brim health to o nn fin ill III woman a r cr-r mony nt at once p pe peculiar pc- pc culiar ullar nn and l solemn was yesterday performed per- per formed il b by three Italian n women and antI two to men mn In the tho waters of the tho bay of oft off tin the Rat Bat tery tr ory Lora Lorn Mania who accompanied by 11 y tier her mother and r. falln-r. ono one other vo wo- lu nin an antI and an uncle imol had dreamed that I if she hc Nl the waters she KIP who had 1101 boon been ill III II for two ton years ears would reco recover r her health Engaging a n boatman tIn tho five l put off f Into nto the ba bay Five Fite hundred feet toward ho tho shore horo of or Governors Governor's island Inland the tho bout boat was allowed d to drift and nd one of or tho the women women women wom wom- en drew from a pocket p a bottle bottlo of or water and part of a L b beef d heart henrt chopped fine With tho the water from rom the tho bottle she Bhe spAn sprin sprinkled kle kled tho the heart and sea scattered some 0 of the tho plC pieces s In the tho hay bay The bottle bottlo was aM then passed to tho the III ill woman who took It and sprinkled some on nn the hf heart rl which ho rho at at casting Cl some SOOlA also alMo upon tho the water The ceremony was repeated by b tho the others of or the tho party after which they all raised their r. r eyes 9 and unuttered a prayer Several Italians on tho the pier were Questioned questioned questioned ques Ques- regarding the tho c ceremony remon but nono none could ho bo found who had ever 9 seen n or I heard of ot It before Tho The father uther of the girl Irl said through an Interpreter that tho the rite had been performed to please his daughter daugh daugh- ter who had dreamed that It would cure her of her malad malady |