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Show ---K"-s-)c-K"tt- aaaaaw inrirffTyg -H-K--X"- nuimmn -X-it-iHUt- It X X a French Beggars Flock to Their Special Mass The great church of Sucre Coeur t Sacred Heart) od tie heights ot Montmartre. Paris, tins a feature that could not be duplicated In any other church Id the world Every Sunday morning at eight o'clock there Is "Beg gars Mass." I'nlnfullj climbing the sieps come hundreds of the down-and outs of Paris, some mitless and shoe less, others In rags and still others henl over with physical indrmltles But they are proud of their special service, and the mass Is said to them by ihe chief dignitary of ht church The service Is complete In everything but the collection. As the poor go out each receives 2.t centimes a nickel In the old days ami a card goon for a large piece of bread On special church days the gift Is In creased, and the attendance l larget An office is also maintained to help them get work. Speaking of tlugse Sunday services a cl tirch dlnlta r.i said: "If there remains a spark uo der the ashes It may be fanned to flame Many there ere who owe to their coming here the straightening of a broken life." Pa'hflnder Mngazine. |