. Spanish life in town and country . e of the Crucifixion by human actors. Afull-size cross was erected, and on It, apparently,hung a man crowned with thorns, and with headbowed upon his breast. In reality he was kneel-ing on two ledges placed for the purpose at a con-venient distance from the cross-bars. It was cold,and the actor was covered by an old brown tat-tered cloak, such as the peasants wear now, andwhich we see in Velasquezs pictures. His feetstuck out behind the cross, but his arms were tiedin a position which must soon have become pain-ful. Around lay a cock tied by his legs, a lad
. Spanish life in town and country . e of the Crucifixion by human actors. Afull-size cross was erected, and on It, apparently,hung a man crowned with thorns, and with headbowed upon his breast. In reality he was kneel-ing on two ledges placed for the purpose at a con-venient distance from the cross-bars. It was cold,and the actor was covered by an old brown tat-tered cloak, such as the peasants wear now, andwhich we see in Velasquezs pictures. His feetstuck out behind the cross, but his arms were tiedin a position which must soon have become pain-ful. Around lay a cock tied by his legs, a ladder,a sponge tied on a stick, a sword, a lantern, and 212 Spanish Life all the usual emblems of the Passion. The holywomen and the Roman soldiers with their spearswere just coming out of the cottage hard by totake up their positions in this strange and pathetictableau. The face of that peasant in the tatteredbrown cloak, not less than the spectacle of thepeople kneeling around in evident sorrow andworship, haunted me for many a CHAPTER XIII EDUCATION AND THE PRIESTHOOD EDUCATION, especially that of the masses,has made great strides since the that time perfect liberty of religion and of in-struction was established, and in this particularthe somewhat retrograde movement at the Restor-ation, in allowing the return of the religiousorders banished in the early years of the century,has only resulted in a greater number of privateschools being established by the Jesuits and otherteaching orders. With the public instruction theyhave never been allowed to interfere. Every town and village has now its municipaland free schools, kept up by the Diputacio7i pro-vincial. In all the chief towns there are technicaland arts and crafts schools, also free, the expensesbeing borne by the Ministry of Fomento. Besidesthese are many private schools, taught by Jesuitsand other teaching orders. The Ministry of Fo-mento is at present trying to bring in a lawmaking education compulso
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