Show 4 AN wk at P 4 04 tk PP P P V A V 11 op 41 aw 4 K vr XA A V ik A 4 t IV 0 0 IVA 0 7 by ELMO SCOTT WATSON ASTER Is almost hotel nihat li lq the spirit of laster I 1 abter this red letter rap day on our calendar which we observe this beir on alarca 31 has a number of different symbols any one of which ariy remind us of that day for all of them are based upon the same funda mental principle to the christian Airl stian world it Is pe fhe anniversary of the iv resurrection of jesus but that does not mean that the essential spirit of easter means something 0 to one part of humanity set off from the remainder by a religious belief and that they have a monopoly upon the joys of the easter season for faster has a universe uni versil significance and the keynote kenote of it lies iles in the idea of resurrection look at the word itself raster it Is derived from the word ord east and east Is one of the four cardinal points it Is also the cardinal point which nab hab always been most important in to all religious ceremonies of all till races and creeds this Is because it is the part of the heavens where the sun Is seen to rise the sun bringer of light and heat the very gher gler of life itself I 1 the most primitive intelligence ot of the most man recognized the fact that the sun and life were as soc and it was only natural that when he came to worship the tile thing which waa wag greater than thrill he be he should turn to the east whence came that greater and higher thing which he recognized as being the life giving power so each day was to him a cycle of a whole lifetime in the morning as the sun came up life came into being As the cun sun mounted in the heavens life grew in its lusty youth and in creased in power at its zenith life too was at its highest point As the bun sun declined so life declined into old n acce into weakness until there came darkness the tile tand synonym 1 byrn for after a period of dar darkness knes life came again there was a resurrection and once more the ccle cycle of a it lifetime life time compressed into 24 hours there wis w is life I 1 and that stripped of all the bradl ion tion myth legend custom cuR and social practice that hai haq attached itself to luster laster Is the spirit of easter nil all con cent rated in the one word resurrection so faster has a significance that no other red letter day on our calendars lias has and that sig Vil cance if IR it Is claimed that if it I 1 for the horseshoe pitching games game in I 1 lor for ibi the tile hirers of horseshoes would 9 go out of blissit business esa the boston lied sos sol lit m bounce that I 1 a arv 0 onile if I 1 e of DOS Ni lown low ills 1119 signed a contract oct and will III be given a crout lie Is nn tin outfielder tom angley the rookie cub cut catcher cat ilir purchased purlia sed from front AtI alita wua was a star fo lot dball placer on it 11 shupi ern georda tech hum this la is hta his second year in baseball the of one due of the funda mental and inevitable facts of exist enie ene it la Is conc conceivable elsable that all other red letter inas kiy be from our thit th it the eile elendar it self may be done away with but no matter what may so long AS human life exists on this earth the spirit of easter will survive IN hen it e ends then enda all hope for man kind all reason for mankind man kinds s gle to exist if resurrection Is the spirit anil anti the message of laster then the inmost essence of that spirit can be summed up in the tile one word immortality it if man can find an answer to the old old question thai that has troubled him through D the ages the question does death end all be can find it in the message of laster it Is reiss reinsurance urance that the struggle to live Is worth while and th tint thit it be he does not face a hopeless task een even if he lie did not have the comfort of his religion 4 to help him arrive at that belief be lie finds it in the mere fact of living lach day each year and each lifetime he lie sees the cycle repeated the sun comes up tn in the morning and goes down into darkness at night but he knows loons that it will come up again the nest next morning each 24 hours he sees the tile miracle of resurrection new ew life Is manifest in the tile anicil and vege table kingdoms with each recurring spring it ripens in tte heat of sum mertice and mellows mellons into maturity in the autumn only to die elle in the cold of winter but be he knows that life will be begin bein in a again ain next spring each 12 months it he sees the mir miracle acle of res A baby is born passes through childhood grows into youth reaches mans estate and then decline into old age what if the tile darkness 0 of death Is only a matter of a few years away he ile has tins seen the recurring mir acle of resurrection every 21 hours and every 12 months aghy should not man reason reasoning ipg logically from this evidence of which he Is aware every day of ills ids life believe that the cycle of a lifetime includes a resurrection just as does the dally daily cycle and the yearly cycle lie ile does so believe and aad from that belief comes his belief in the life everlasting in immortality perhaps it would be more accurate to say sat he chooses to believe bellene for few men if it any hive ever solved the rid die elle of life to utter satisfaction constantly grope for the truth seeking always alays seeking the answer to the tile unsolved problems of life they have the he never ending longing lanb in in their heurtz for everlasting life und and they hoose to belleme hel bel lere leye and nod take comfort Al aryland has to tuo brothers jthn rill henry McDo wild ahorn it ax ex P pacts acts to be track stars tn ln the field events this season george ceorge turns burns former outfielder of the tile new ew york giants lias ling been appointed ger of the springfield rn I 1 e igue ill dub club 0 hoy toy spence r pittsburgh end catcher her who a holf holdout licit and temi I 1 ly y refi 1 1 akef all offers of the tile club tins been IMI to S 0 of f lla aso clathon s from the belief that they shall have it so whether he be primitive man or modern civilized man or heathen of I 1 aster the of I 1 list er Js the same it Is 13 a messa message e of hope a message of joy and a prom ise and a fulfillment in one that Is delivered to man in many forms it comes to him in the riot of bird songs which greet the sun oa on every rooming morning in aprin it comes to him in the greenness of the grass in the swelling buds on the trees in tha the flowers which push their way up through the earth when the warming touch of the sun Is 13 laid upon it it it comes conies to ta him in the softness of the blue sky in the fleecy clouds floating atoe at cue him and in the gentle caress of the tile bazes that touch his face as he goes forth to start each days it comes to him too as be he wat clies elies oung animal life about him lambs calves and colts babbling wab bling about unsteadily at first and then as they pain gain strength th running around in those funn funni awkward stiff legged little jumps which are always BO so fascinating to watch it it cames to him every eiery minute ot of the d ta as future in all her forms cries cut ut exultingly spring has cornel comet kilting s has cornel comet alven it she site did nt tell him in abo those e wor words he be would know it himself in the surge of new strength in his own body in the quickening of his ills blood after its winter slug sluggishness ashness Ish ness As he be hears the call of 0 spring and nod the message of easter be he feels the desire to pass the message along he ile passes it along in as many was ai it comes to him in the happy note in his ills voke voice as he greets his ills filc in tle the little snatches of song which he lie n h ids himself singing and in the effort erfort arch he be makes constantly to put that message into words so in addition to the visible tangible symbols of raster it also has its dinv inv isable intangible symbols you cannot see or touch happiness but you know there Is such a thing and lister Is lie tle one time in the tile year when that happiness is inherent in all of us christmas of course Is alss a it time of happiness but our elpa tion in its joys la Is dependent upon others its jo r are the joys of giving und nd the joys of receiving the tile joy of I 1 ister Is r i more personal cers onal intimate tiling liking Le of others we can know its dixs for they lie within as us llroy are the tile jos of living and tha thet hns of knowing that life Is everlasting lot I 1 or fiat that knowledge know ledga too Is chef th spirit of laster |