Another "Apparition" of the Virgin Mary.

Evening Star, Issue 8399, 27 December 1890, Page 2

Another "Apparition" of the Virgin Mary.

According to the Vienna correspondent of the ' Daily News,' scenes similar to those which followed the "miracle" of Lourdes are now occurring in a Styrian village called Luttonberg. About a month ago a girl of twelve, belonging to the village, waß looking for mushroomß in a wood called Little Sunday Forest. She imagined she heard ber name called overhead, looked up, and, according to her story, saw the Yirgi n Mary high up in the boughs of a fir-tree nodding to her. The yirgin qpeke to her and told her to communicate ber wishes to the people of the faith. Sinoe that day the girl sees the Virgin Mary twice a day in the tree and receives her orders. The news having spread like wildfire, villagers from the most distant parts of Styria, from Hungary, and Croatia, now march in procession to Luttenberg. The average number of pilgrims is 500 on a week day and 3,000 on a Sunday. The people kneel round the tree, whioji has been marked by an arch of evergreens, on whioh burn the tapers of the devout; and at two o'clock the little girl, dressed in white, steps among them, goes up to the tree, declares she sees and hears the Virgin, and repeats what she pretends to hear. Through the child each pilgrim believes he or she addresses the Mother of Christ and receives an answer. This ceremony takes place again at sunset.