Show JOSCIMIS POOTWASHINO i the tnrl g > trrrmonr nl llnly Sews In nOn > n-On Holy Thumday at Vienna the lmperor Francis Joseph performed the annual reremony of washing the feet of twelve old beggar 555 the work w-ork Sun The rnremony look place In the hall of ceremonies In the Imperial palace On a platform railed ullghtly above the floor wu n long table with twelve esters n pill knife wooden spoon folded napkin for each with n piece of bread n pewter mug and n lltlle blue pitcher filled with water At 10 oclock twelve old men Iho > oung ct HI nnd the otdett itO entered the hall and were aitpporled each by two relative rela-tive to the platform which they mounted with dimrulty and were I placed In Ihelr seats their relathea moot of them women shouting behind them Then entered twenty knight of Ihe Teutonic order headed by their matter Archduke Hugcne drrn rd In while with long black crosses on Ihe breaita of their doublet nnd others on the back of their lone black cloaks They marched around Ihe hall and then forming a line on cither ldp made way for the mlnlmcm with Count Kalnoky at the head and Ihe cm pros ilnff They were followed by the primate of Auitrla Cardinal Clruichn with pried and acolytes bearing candlea and burning Incense Thcrt came the emperor drroned In the while uniform of nn Austrian general antI wearing the order of the riolden Fleece Ho advanced to the hattie and nddrraied a few word to Iho old men At a signal from the rnnnlcr of cerc monIes twelve gunrdmen ilcppcd forward for-ward each bearing on a trny lie first course of the tiimpluoin rtpint Iho emperor now look off huts helmet gave It to nn offIces and panting down Ihe line arranged the dlihe before the Kuetla Twelve nrchdukra then np proached l out removed the llnrmrcldc banquet from the guests eyes hnndlng the dlihe lo the gunrdii Till was repeated for three courtea and with the tail the plain knltra and other object on the tibia were nlno taken off They were all packed later with the food In wooden boxr and tent lo the home of the old men The table was then taken away antI the vaihlng of fret began A prIest np proiched with a towel and golden batln full of water their slippers were taken from the old ment feet antI the emperor on hit knee beginning with the oldest molttened hIs feet with water and dried them with the towel Without rlilng ttlll on hit knee he patted on to the next one and to onto on-to the end of the row When he had finished he rote and placed around each man neck n chain attached to which Will a amnll while bag containing thirty piece of sitter That ended the ceremony cere-mony the emperor and his tulle withdrew with-drew suit the old men were taken horns by their friend |