Religion: Vestments

An insignificant news despatch from Britain told that his Anglican Grace, the Bishop of London, will disembark on the U. S. heath "within the next few weeks." The Bishop, the item noted, would bring his vestments with him. His equipage will include a wardrobe which would be the envy of a Zulu wife-hunter for brilliance, of an Eskimo seal-hunter for warmth, of a U. S. antique-hunter for traditions. The most venerable are the: Alb, which is a white linen robe, once form-fitting (contracted from the flowing garment of Biblical times in order...

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