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Show Forty Hours Devotion. The forty hours' devotion held this week in the chapel of St. Mary's academy acad-emy on California street, was attended by scant ceremony. It was, however, quite as Impressive as the elaborate ceremonies which usually mark the forty hours. There were no sermons. The services opened on Friday, the Feast of the Seven Dolors. Father McMenamin of the cathedral conducted conduct-ed the exercises. Every year St. Mary's inaugurates the forty , hours on this particular day. The original devotion did not include sermons or any exercises exer-cises aside from the simple exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. , |