Show easter and new finery have long association there Is one old custom to which womenfolk cling and whether they can afford a new rig out or not most moat ot of them contrive to wear some scrap of new finery on easter day it Is not so BO foolish or meaningless as at first appears even before t the he institution of easter as the Irrea greatest test festival of the christian church the tha feast of goddess of spring was held the spring festival when the whole world of nature becomes become re clothed Is a fitting season for new frocks and frills so good luck became associated with the ides idea in much the same way our spring cleaning harks back to early days when housewives prepared for this great feast by cleaning out the caves laying down fresh green branches and beating out the dust from the skins skim and furs on which the family had slept during winter |