Show J Rejoicing I on a b c Easter Sunday Sunda ll l r t. t HE heart of Christendom rejoices re- re Jok on Easter EnsTer Sunday The entry eutry into erus eras tIem lem on onh h Palm Sund Sund y the agony Jf f Christ In the garden the cru cru Ilon and burIal UI on Good Friday Friday- In Ibe e are past Death Is s swallowed tp 10 Christ the Lord Is risen lodl I Ilas as has been suggested the worn worl tuter Is derived from rom Oster which rising then Is' Is Easter Sundays In name and nd reality the feast or of to It Ills is more probable h however wever that gets Its name from a 1 deity those hose feast was cele cele- rated every Spring about the time of If the Ibe Christian festival A tie was Vias thus effected Christians ac hiding the pagan name and pagans I the Christian significance of lh Ile day L Faster taUer Is a movable feast It falls fails IU It the fret first Sunday after the fun full teen which happens upon or ne next t Utu the first t of March and amI Ir if the Ile fitter tuler full moon happens upon up n a Sunday day Is the Sunday after In earlier days Enst Easter r was called caBell l e Paschal the feast for tor It was kept at ate hh e tame time as the Pascha Pasch a or Jew Jew- b Passover PI much for tor the origin of the name ra Paster ler Sunday today tOdy Is celebrated and old alike a III e For the children there are d ta ler e und gs lend the unrestrained ki f egg hunts In back yards and In 1 parks r the grownups there are new f B. B new hats cut Jt n SUrely rely Easter for hOlds more than Us It Is not a day clay or of happl- happl It alone nor por ot of outward show atone alone Is a day ot of 1 victory a OUr Saxon forefathers cele cele- b and the lie victory vl tory of things the lo o We celebrate Easter and ond rt or of things things' spiritual The Thet eart h t of man Is filled with the beauty nom i SpringS tpring's flowers gowers that have sprung death to life lite tIt II soul Mul of man Is s triumphant for tor Ids tilled filled With a split which dieal h Christ Chrtt the Lord Is rIsen I E Easte st estival ime of Romance Roman e eASTER j ASTER has baa always been the tho time ot of budding romance roma In all ages numerous festivals have offered opportunities forthe tot for the swains to press their suits suIt upon the ladles ot of their choice There was tIle the sugar cupping to which only the unmarrIed came The youths and maidens armed with a cup and sugar or honey horrey carne came to the decked flower well and dipping the sugared cup Into Incantation to the well murmured an the spirit that dwelt there and then drank the water The Incantation II h ha IIa a secret but It is 5 believed that the object was to to make a wish and nd promIse prom prom- Ise allegIance to the spirit if the wish were fulfilled considered gt a necessity necessity ne- ne It has long been on Easter day da to wear something some some- thIng new otherwise the rooks envious ous of human finery might cause your you best clothes to tear To avoId this the young people of European vl villages age go to the market to buy a small swall article of wearing apparel The custom of gIvIng presents especially gloves Is common is In New England In France of wearing something new the custom prevails to such an extent that every ever considers herself very verr ill III wo woman an treated indeed If she has not a new to wear on Good FrIday and a 1 anew cap hot hat to wear on Easter Sunday As AJ AJa Asa new consequence these days ore are called a the feast east of caps oDd and the fe feast st ot of hats bats On the continent of Europe there are numerous parades attended by great At pomp and splendor In I 1 recent times the nobleman atthe or at orthe his suite accompanied by distrIct ac the scattering scat scat- In state through the town rode coins pelf pell melt mell the peasants such loudly applauding standing by there Is the custom cus cus- splendor In Spain ot of the Easter Enster king who wearing tom kitchen and flourishing a a tin tin crown ribald furnishes a spit u as n a scepter counterpart of the English Lord ot of Misrule There Is also an ostentatious hanging and burning of a stuffed figure r rot After the fire Is out the ot of Judas dance over it It stamping merrymakers und and scattering scatterIng the ashes of the effigy a i t |