Excerpt from The People of Our Parish: Being Chronicle and Comment of Katharine Fitzgerald, Pewholder in the Church of St. Paul the Apostle High Mass is just over; there is a stir about the ponderous doors Of the stately edifice of Saint Paul the Apostle, and the people pour out in irregular procession. First, of course, in their best Sunday-clothes, come the young men who have been kneeling near the door, either because they are too poor or else too penurious to rent a seat, like self-respecting gentlemen, in their parish church. Some of these slipped into their places after the priest was on the altar, and were out in the vestibule before the last gospel, SO that their estimate of their own souls evidently is not high. Some girls, tawdrily over-dressed, and whispering vulgarly as they descend the aisles, regardless of the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, hurry after the young men. Mr. And Mrs. Stiles are among those who appear anxious to make their escape as soon as possible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.