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Show niELEHI RUN. LEW," UTAH ff? unt QymSoism, of faster Nv '"'.v"" 1 7 V' """""" iUjti ---' By ELMO SCOTT WATSON VTI TITH the possible exception of Christ-r Christ-r Pa mas, there Is no other ted letter day v In our calendar which has associated I v A w'tn ft 80 many dJfifereot symbols as VSfliH has Easter. Bacc of all these sym bols, of coarse, Is the one essential fact that Easter day Is the anniver sary of the resurrection of Jesus, and the spirit of Easter Is the reassur ance that ther is life after death, that the soul of man is Immortal. But even though Easter is a Chris festival Jt has Its parallels in paganism and i6 symbolism of Easter shows a curious mix-ire mix-ire of tbe Christian and the pagan. To the ; hristlan ionsclous of the true meaning and -liglous significance of Easter, It is a matter . regret that many persons are seemingly wore familiar with the pagan symbols, which -av become associated with Easter lncident- Wy, than they are with the true symbols of 'jflt day. However, the association of some of iese familiar Easter symbols, pagan though Uiey may have been in origin with a Christian ' Clival, has a certain Inherent Interest The association of the egg with Easter goes jack to certain beliefs of the ancients. Eggs lad been associated with the worship of Ash-treth, Ash-treth, of the Astarte of the Phoenicians. Isis ' f the Egyptians, Diana of the Greeks and Ro- ans and Eostre, whom the Teutons worshipped J the spring. Incidentally, the name Easter i said by some to be .derived from the name A this Teutonic goddess, although others as-1 as-1 in that it was named for an old pagan spring ' tival in honor of the sun's new birth in the The Egyptians regarded the egg as an emblem f the recreation of things and of man's regen- ation. Then, too, the egg with Its life germ -tstined to produce a living creature when warmed by the mother hen Is easily associated with the idea of the earth blossoming forth nder the warm rays of the sun In the spring, -'tn closely akin to the general Idea of resur-wtion. resur-wtion. Since the Resurrection of Christ occurred In e spring, it is easy to see how the symbols f the egg and all revived life In the sprlng-ume sprlng-ume came to be associated rtth this event in the history of Christianity. The egg as a symbol was taken over by the Hebrews as an riblem of their delivery from bondage and next we early Christians took It over as their symbol f the Resurrection. The association of the rabbit or hare with Easter has Its foundations In the ancient belief in European and Asiatic countries that the hare t the symbol for the moon. The moon is the open-eyed watcher of the night," and the hare w a nocturnal animal. The young of the hare are born with their eyes open and are said never to close them. Since the date of Easter Is gov-fcrned gov-fcrned by the moon. It Is easily seea how the rabbit, which is the symbol for the moon, came to be an Easter symbol also. The more Intimate association of the rabbit and the egg ts probably due to a pretty little legend which comes from TJermany. It Is as follows: fol-lows: "It was a lovely day In early springtime and Mrs. Rabbit was hurrying along the woodland path, taking some wild flowers to a sick wood-chuck wood-chuck friend. Suddenly she came upon a lot of loose feathers in the path. She looked about her and then discovered a nest full of eggs. " 'Oh, dear me, exclaimed Mrs. Bunny, 'a fox must have stolen the mother chicken. And there are her eggs, getting chilled. I'll Just sit on them to keep them warm.' So saying, she put down her baskets and sat upon the nest "Imagine Mrs. Rabbit's surprise, when she got up from the nest, the next morning and found that a family of chicks had hatched from the eggs. 'Since their mother Is gone I presume I shall have to take care of the poor little things,' said the tender-hearted Mrs. Rabbit This she did. Ever since then the rabbit has been associated with Easter and Easter eggs." In some parts of northern Germany the children child-ren hang eggs on trees similar to Christmas trees and candy favors, gifts and all sorts of Easter novelties are placed on the tree around which the children gather, and sing happy songs on Easter morning. Peasants In other European countries were accustomed to hang festoons of eggs over the chimney piece and to hand them down as heirlooms, for they were regarded as treasures to be kept and not as baubles to be destroyed or, thrown away. In England, under the old ecclesiastical laws, rent was payable In Easter eggs; games were played with them (a fact which was probably the forerunner of Easter "egg-rollings," such as that observed each year on the White House lawn in Washington), especially by the children In north England. Still another association of the egg with Easter lay in the fact that It was contrary to religious tenets to eat eggs during Lent, but when Easter marked the end of that period they were the first fleshly nourishment aft er the fast to sanctify the body. The custom of dyeing Easter- eggs goes back for many centuries. Peasants In the European countries dyed them red, as a symbol of Christ's blood, but the lords and ladies covered theirs with gold leaf. Later more elaborate decora tlons were used. Sometimes they bore cuplds and love knots, flaming hearts and the signs of the zodiac Sometimes they were halved and the shells hinged together with ribbon and lined with gilt paper and religious pictures. Among the Venetians it was the custom to give a friend a gift egg bearing the giver's portrait, and many other variations on egg decoration were common In France, Spain and Belgium. Half a century ago Easter eggs were made of porcelain. Ivory, mother-of pearL bronze, silver, sil-ver, or gold In the form of little cases to hold various trinkets. But the modern child, favoring something useful as well as ornamental, prefers an Easter egg which he can first admire and then eat The lily, as a symbol of Easter, has a double significance. It is one of the earliest spring flowers. It typifies the rebirth of nature after the -long winter sleep. In Its dry, brown bulb life lies dormant during the winter and then when spring comes, this life begins to stir. First it pushes out the tender green leaves, and then the buds appear. Finally the white blossom comes -forth In all Its glory as the perfect emblem em-blem of resurrected life. - Its other significance is a religious one, its snow-white purity being emblematic of the flawless flaw-less life of Christ whose resurrection from the tomb we commemorate on Easter day. In fact, no other flower has a place in the religious life and literature of the Christian world to compare com-pare to the lily. Tet Its glory is not so new as Christianity, ancient though the beginnings of that religion may seem to us. v The Greeks and the Romans prized it afiove all flowers and In their earlier civilizations it had already come to symbolize purity and virtue. It was because of the place lilies had won In the popular esteem that they found place in the early paintings of the Virgin. The angel Gabriel was depicted carrying them in annunciation annuncia-tion pictures and It Is because of this that the most beautiful of these flowers, Lilium condl-dam, condl-dam, most used at Easter, is called the madonna lily. The custom of wearing new clothes at Easter time was both pagan and Christian in origin. Nature bedecked herself In fresh and attractive attrac-tive raiment and it was thought only fitting that the people, too, should signalize the great change. The Christian conception of "newness of life" here and hereafter was symbolized appropriate ly by the white robes worn on the occasion of their baptism by converts to the faith. These robes also had reference to the garb of the angels seen at Christ's tomb. . During later years the custom of donning new clothes on Easter Sunday became such a fixed and universal one that nonobservance was considered not only to be a sign, of eccentricity, but also a forerunner of bad luck.- One does not commonly tninK or tire as an Easter symbol, yet fires and the burning of effigies were features of Easter celebrations In some parts of the world. Bonfires were lighted In Great Britain in the early spring to honor the sun, while In Athens Judas was burned in effigy on Easter Sunday. Such effigies also were burned elsewhere and the practice con tinued for many years, although It is a custom that has not been followed for a long time and never was universal. The custom of sending Easter cards Is one that has grown tremendously, particularly In very recent years. Cards are of every style and kind, and range from plain, Inexpensive ones to those which represent considerable hand labor and are costly In proportion. Perhaps nothing associated with Easter Is a better example of Christian adaptation of a pagan symbol than the eating of hot cross buns on the Good Friday, preceding Easter. In Egypt where the moon goddess was believed be-lieved to have horns representing the crescent moon, sacred cakes were offered to her, each cake cut with horns. The Greeks adopted the Egyptian custom, and they also offered horned cakes to the moon goddess on the altar where the ox, her sacred animal, was sacrificed. In fact the custom of eating cross-marked cakes In honor of the sun or moon god, especially espe-cially at the time of the spring equinox, was found by the early Christian missionaries In many parts of the world, especially Britain, Mexico and Peru. It has been suggested that the crossmark on the cakes was Intended to represent the four phases of the noon, but In the Christian symbolism, this mark, of course. represents tfce cross upon which the Christ died. it fcr WMUta Nawapapar Caioa.) Farm Income of $603 for Buckeye Farmers Record-KeepersSayDairy- mg Brought Most Cash. rrom Ohio Stat Unlvrlty Agricultural lolloga Extension Bervlc. WNU gwvlc. About 1,300 Ohio farmers who keep records of their businesses made an average farm Income of $003 In 1031, according to rural economists for the agricultural ex tension service. These farmers, the economists say, lived In about 75 Ohio counties and co-operate with the college of agriculture In keeping their accounts ac-counts and In having . them summarized sum-marized at a series of 124 meetings held throughout the state especially tor tpat purpose. The average size of the farms was 143 acres. The sources of cash In come were distributed as follows dairy products, $718; hogs, $440 poultry, $355: sheep, $03; cattle, steers, $77; crops, $418, and other sources were responsible for $213. The total cash receipts amounted to $2,314 for the average farmer keeping accounts. me sources or casn expenses were feed, $284; taxes, $218; labor. $152; fertilizer, $83; and all other Items, $557. Information gained from the farm account records, according to the economists, are presented In various ways to groups of farmers, county agricultural agents, and groups of vocational agricultural teachers. this way the data are used In helping help-ing hundreds of Individual farmers who do not keep records of their businesses. BRANDED EGGS ARE OF HIGHEST GRADE College Class Makes Study of Various Types. Tropical Insecticide Is Found in American Weed The devil's shoestring, a common weed In the eastern half of the United States, contains rotenone, valuable Insecticide formerly found only in tropical plants, a United States Department of Agriculture chemist has found, The discovery Is significant for farmers, both as potential growers of the plant and as users of the in secticlde ; to Insecticide manufac turers; and to importers who carry on the international trade in rote none and other insecticides. Dr. W. W. Skinner, assistant chief of the chemical and technological research unit of the bureau of chem istry and soils, first called attention to the probable Insecticidal value of devil's shoestring following his ob servation that bees and other in sects fed on nearby plants but avoided the blooms of this toxic weed. Doctor Skinner later insti gated the research which led to the recent discovery of this weed's rotenone ro-tenone content by Dr. E. P. Clark of the bureau's Insecticide division Although the Insecticidal value of devil's shoestring was demonstrated about two years ago by Prof. V. Little of the Texas Agricultural col lege, who found It effective against various species of Insects, its value as a source of rotenone was not known until proved by the depart ment's research. Cow Breaks Fat Record Triry Ormsby Beets, a senior four-year-old registered Ilolsteln, bred and owned by R. El Eddy, Poultney, Vt, Is the new national leader for yearly butterfat production produc-tion on twice-a-day milking for her age class, according to the Holsteln-Friesian Holsteln-Friesian Association of America. She Is credited with a yield of 819.8 pounds of fat and 24,324.8 pounds of milk. ,: Tills Is equal to the yield of 4.5 average dairy cows and her average daily milk yield was 81 quarts. With this record "Trlxy1 displaces Korndyke Netherland Star De KoL whose production was 781.2 pounds of fat and 19,379.2 pounds of milk. The sire of "Trlxy' Is Ormsby Sensation fortir-flfth. who has 16 daughters admitted to Advanced Registry, two of which have .topped 800 pounds of fat in Class C. Trlxy Hehgerveld Beets Is her mother. Agricultural Slants Sweet clover Is a good soil builder, About a million farms in the United States now have electricity, Almost a ton and a half of honey was produced by colonies owned by the nine members of the Schuylkill county (Pennsylvania) 4-H bee club. The net cash Income of all Ohio farmers was $45,000,000 in 1932, which represents a decrease of 75 per cent since the period of 1924 to 1928. Twenty-seven thousand New York state farm boys and girls are en rolled In 4-H clubs. More than 850 men and women are voluntary local leaders. Alfalfa produces Just as much for age as red clover. Alfalfa also Increases In-creases the yields of crops that follow fol-low and has long roots that enable it to live through long dry spells. Massachusetts 4-H dubs will have a building of their own on the campus cam-pus of the state college if plans are carried out Club boys and gfrls win do a rood share of the work In building and equipping the building. which is scheduled for completion before summer. By Q. O. OLESON. Extension Editor, MasMLvhuwtt Stata Oollt'Ka. WNU Service. A wide difference between the price and the value of eggs and the superiority of values represented by branded or trade-marked eggs were found by a class in poultry marketing market-ing recently, when the students made a study of several different grades of eggs. The students, under un-der the supervision of John H. Von-dell, Von-dell, their Instructor, prepared a score card, assigning values to such characteristics as weight, cleanness, Internal quality, size of air cell, which Is an indication of freshness, and uniformity of size and color. Eggs which could not be faulted on any of these charc-terlstlcs charc-terlstlcs were assigned a value of 53 cents, which was the retail price of Massachusetts Special eggs at that time. The students examined eggs of each grade, scoring them carefully and rating them on the basis of the total score. The results Indicated the wide variation between price and quality In eggs handled by some stores. The highest quality ggs available avail-able were those sold as Massachusetts Massachu-setts Specials, bearing the label provided by the State Department of Agriculture. These eggs had a quality rating of 52 cents, while priced at 53 cents. Perhaps the best values for price were trade-marked brands of cold storage eggs, handled han-dled by a local store. These eggs were priced at 33 cents and had a quality value of 43 cents. Another lot of trade-marked cold storage eggs sold at the same price and had a quality value of 39 cents. . Location of Lapland Lapland ia not a separate political politi-cal entity, but It is a region embracing em-bracing about 150,000 square miles in northwest Europe, lying partly in Norway, Sweden and Soviet Russia. British Museum Rula When a specimen has been accepted ac-cepted for exhibition in the British museum by the trustees, It cannot afterward be taken out of the building build-ing without an act of parliament. Ski or SkU The plural of ski is either ski or skis. Frequently the plural Is erroneously er-roneously written skils, due to the fact that the double i occurs In skiing, ski-ing, the present participle form. Find Ancient Papers Chinese and Japanese papers made of paper-making fibers peculiar pecu-liar to the Orient and said to date back to the Fourteenth century have been found. Ideal Pulte for Air Pilot The ideal pulse for an air pilot should beat about 60 times a minute, min-ute, but women rarely have so low a pulse, declares a European scientist Wnat's the Recipe? It is said that an Eskimo baby never cries. They only twist their heads about and contort their features fea-tures If they are in trouble or hurt Heavier Than Lead The old phrase "heavy as lead" could be changed to "heavy as osmium," os-mium," for the latter metal weighs twice as much as lead. Introduction of Sparrows The English sparrow was introduced intro-duced In the fall of 1850 when Nicolas Nico-las Pike brought 18 birds to Brooklyn, Brook-lyn, N. Y. , Helpful Hints on How to Run the Incubator Chick raisers will find it worth while to select a really good place for the Incubator, says Miss Cora Cooke, extension specialist in poultry, poul-try, University farm, St Paul. "A well-ventilated basement, she explains, ex-plains, "Is best The next best place a north room. Any room must De well ventilated and free from odors and gases, such as come from decaying vegetables. "A good scrubbing and disinfect ing of the Incubator before putting In the eggs will help prevent pull- omin disease. Dry and air out the machine with the lamp going. ITere are some dos and don'ts: "Set up the Incubator and run It several days before the eggs should be set "Supply moisture regularly, every day, If needed at all. "Test the eggs before setting to weed out those with very porous shells. "Don't crowd eggs In trays they stand on end. "Don t run the Incubator In an air-tight room. "Don't open the machine oftener than absolutely necessary after the eighteenth day not even for visi tors. "Don't fail to keep the lamp clean." Great Book Publishing- Business The book publishing business in the United States grosses approximately approxi-mately $150,000,000 annually. Very Little Orchid Perfume " Orchid perfume is so expensive to mnke that most of it consists of synthetic syn-thetic substitutes. Just That Exception Ain't Nature grand I Except good deal of human nature. SO Vigorous Fowls for Breeding Only the most vigorous fowls should be used In the breeding pena The vigorous bird has a well-curved beak, prominent clear eyes, a relatively deep, broad head, with a bright color In comb and wat tles, The back is broad and car ries level to the tail A full breast and well-developed abdomen give the body a rectangular appearance. The legs are squarely placed and stand wide apart at the knees. This description applies to both males and females. The appearance alone may be deceptive, however, and It cannot always be relied upon to measure vigor. The number of chicks that hatch and live to three weeks of age from 100 eggs set Is a better measure of the Inherent strength of a pair of Individuals. Los Angeles Times. A Rundown Woman Denver, Colo. "I was troubled with indigestion in-digestion and every thing I ate nauseated me. I felt tired, too, did not seem to have any energy, and was very nervous," said Miss Irene Devlin of 827 Lipan St "I used Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and it drove away the stomach complaint and nervousness and I had more energy. ener-gy. 'Favorite Prescription' is fine for run-down women." Fluid or tablets. All druggists. Writ, ta Dr. Ptanw'i Clinic, Buffalo, N. T, for fraa medical advles, using th lytnptom blank found In Ihm packigo. Salt ftheum Formed Water Blisters on Baby Healed by Cuticura "My sixteen months old baby was , bothered with salt rheum. It started ' with a rash and then formed a water blister, and the more he scratched the more it itched until the blister was broken. Then it would break out In another place. As soon as I put his night clothes on he kept up a steady whine and could not sleep. It affected bis whole body and he was a sight. "My druggist told me about Cuti cura Soap and Ointment I purchased some and after using them a month or two my baby was healed." (Signed) Mrs. Doris Hardy, 13 High St, Bos- cawen, N. IX, August 11, 1932. Cuticura Soap 25c. Ointment 25c and 60c. Talcum 25c. Sold every-, where. One sample each free. A6 dress: "Cuticura Laboratories, Dept It. Maiden, Mass." Adv. Use Cod Liver Oil With dark, gloomy days at hand it is time to provide the laying hens with cod liver oil to take the place of sunshine. The value of this vita min D Is that it stimulates better utilization of the minerals In the feed, enabling the birds to use i the surplus materials not needed for body maintenance and for pro- j dturtion of egg shells. The best method is to add two quarts to each 100 pounds of feed, or to use a good commercial feed that already contains con-tains the vitamin in proper propor- ;h. If mixed at home, put the oil ith a small amount of feed and ; then mix this In the larger supply. tin Balanced Ration Necessary It Is getting to be more and more accepted that poultrymen have wasted lots of time arguing about methods of feeding Instead of mak ing sure that the rations were complete. com-plete. Modern chick rearing methods meth-ods practically demand a balanced ration due to the fact that chicks are raised earlier In the season and raised In large groups so they find but little free feed. Salt Lake City's 'rawest Hotel a -slsiX El HOTEL TEMPLE SQUARE 200 Rooms 200 Tile Baths Radio connection in every room. RATES FROM J1.50 JataH Utnum Ttiiaaili ERNEST C ROSSITER, Mgr. i |