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Show EASTER IN ITALY. The boys and girls of this sunny land spend Easter Eas-ter morning in church. If they live in or near Rome they will surely go to St. Peter's, the largest larg-est church in the world. There they see thousands of lighted candles, altars covered with lovely flowers, flow-ers, and to their ears wonderful music softly floats. After the service is over, the whole congregation pours out onto the square facing the church, and turning looks up at a balcony over the middle doorway. Here a figure is seen dressed in beautiful' robes. It is the Pope. As he rises and lifts his hand thousands of heads bow to trcccive his solemn sol-emn Easter blessing. Exchange. |