The Jubilee Mass at St. Peter's.

The article presents information on the jubilee mass at Saint Peter's Day. The doors of Saint Peter's remained closed till seven, so the earliest arrivals remained on the steps of the church, pressing as near as possible to the doors, so as to have easy access to the tribunes of reserved seats, or for standing room near the altar. It was an unusually motley crowd for a religious function. One is usually notified to wear black and the women are required to cover their heads with veils, according to Saint Paul's injunction; but only those distinguished by admission to the reserved seats were kept to this rule; so one saw pilgrims in every variety of national costume, where such still existed, ladies from the hotels in traveling garb of different fashions and colors, ambassadors to the Holy See in full uniform with all their decorations, anti country people from the Castelli Romania in Sunday finery of brightest hues.