A BREWER HONOURED.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIX, Issue 1065, 4 August 1910, Page 22

A BREWER HONOURED.

The order of the Knight of St Gregory has been conferred by Pope Pius X. upon Mr. Lawrence Fabacher, the big brewer of New Orleans, 'and the papers are- exhibiting pictures of Mr. Fabacher in the full uniform and regalia of this order-. The honour that has been conferred upon Mr. Fabacher is an unusual one, and it was done at the request of Archbishop Blenk, of New Orleans, during his recent visit to Rome, and it was the first time that the ceremony had been performed publicly in New Orleans. It was done with great pomp and solemnity at the St. Louis Cathedral on Easter morning. The ceremony was of purely a religious character, and when the attendant priests fastened the sword on the candidate, the Archbishop said: “Buckle on thy sword upon thy thigh mightily; and remember that not by z the sword \buti through faith ;have> the saints overcome kingdoms.” Mr. Fabacher is one of the first citizens of New Orleans, and he has friends all over the country who will rejoice that so great an honour has come to him. —“Bonforts.”