| Show APRIL FOOLS DAY Y R j HI IU nf f ni day rr T for tor r fir the Ihs Ih I of ot p I a tran 1 k tat UI u e u uN 11 neighbor I ah bar In I s j l yet el noth to 10 be ht known 1 of 1 t t f It II A til tI r seems Im i grate I 8 g go o Ihs tho time limo of Nonh with II t In I t j IlIk nm and the Iho Ad At limn Iho of nf March 13 HOT print prink 1 tin this theory Ih Of ij j The ht of tit Nonh Nl the Iho ho it dl dove dOe out nut of ot th the unit nil Let ru tho venter hall u ant ab e on mitt till the ti I first nl 1 day of April 1 t ell t iI i anti and 1 to 10 o rp tu l i tho Uta M noi of tills this It II WAS W A thought proper who wh If I i t wore circuit uv r forgot no An 1 a 1 r to III h punish h them by b upon somo I l lIa I III to II Ineffectual upon which tl t bird sent by b the pawl patriarch t Another argues ut III this time in lit inthe IIII 1 the Ih the tho passion of ot our nur Savior lor took I I An e AH 11 tho ti to n JOWl ent Christ l t back tae li forth oh f ri to 10 t n mock torment loon Him t I 1 r Hint K Is III from Annas to 10 from to 1 Pilate to t nod and lint Herod back again agnin to In 1 I In A o n Ihl I iiA ridiculous custom 1 e ewa tool UH III lt H r rise I e Ihl hy by which w wn wa send Kend front from one tin cc to such I persons nil riH we tvr W think proper objects of o our III IB nought N In time the French for nn nu April Arll fuel on rill the till III Hilton that tin Is III n 11 corruption of ot This Thill IB Is a 1 wholly I ly is nn tin innocent anti fortunately It ho bo tie All 11 Fouls day In Is teeth both ton inn old and too III young for tOI belua coincident with the tho time Into of ot Chris too old If It looked upon an its n It tiny III set net sport apart for fir nu 1 nt tho Iho ti m a tsu of ot nth oth others ers e ra nil 1111 ni l too tau t the a It If the merriment m be he I specially with April 1 Tho rho rh most mont plausible theory IH Is that which u ascribes tin tho of this eus cus hot liim to Prance France Pl Thin hlll nation led le 1 nil all Christendom In commencing lie tho tow now on nn Jan Jon 1 of tit on min March 31 21 the th change was mode the mer mol merrymaking r culminated on 1111 rho octavo ot of the COAL ten Ill April 1111 1 I when visits ninth made and une gifts toll With the adoption I 1 r o of or the till new calendar cn r In lit Gd U New IW t Years Tears 1 day n was wan carried 1 hack back to II t 0 Jau 1 1111 only pretended gifts mock visits were vete rondo made on min April 1 I with n a view to making owls fools tl of If I ho o who rho were HO 90 slow IIlo as fn to forget KO so Important n 1 chance The Tho custom once I Wile kept I up tip long after Its origin arl din hail hod been forgotten and lt JIlt Its will 1 I t h br i assured lq for fo forIt foIt It to a 1 of or which asserts nS Itself nt It nil all times and nil all nationalities The term mi Just what It saw 1111 S Sn nn April l 1111 IB le a n 1 young a n told and therefore lit e m fore easily hooked h Our American slang term sucker lIeker proba bb bly hI menus men II much tho Ihn same The Flit fh Saturnalia corresponds In III character to our nut All 11 Pools day nl al It occurred nt itt a tt different seu sea season son and tt U tho the stone mine Is I true trio of ot the 1110 medie medle medieval val nl Fend t of roots Fools when till classic wits willi of the tho period j Joined In III nil sorts of In Lt Scotland 1 1 a i bit hll of foolery hack n 1 or 01 two U is I 11 on April 1111 1 I It Is II culled Hunting the Cowk wk originally u a 1 cuckoo tit an tina by It I extension est r slot a n ZOO fool or n 1 sim simpleton The trick consisted In III sanding ti tia n IL victim nl III some Nt stated with witha a I letter 1111 w which filch contained a 0 couplet such OR an B this litis I This Thin is the airs of or Aprile Hunt Hutt tho Iho another mile milt l The rite Th first victim then seeks a n I second whom ho he sends somo distance further tin tho second sends a third and so C the Ihs III deception dec lion Is kept hent I up t until milli the tita victim sus sects or Is warned The Phi cent erent which Is 1 most to t our All hauls day cn from every CI standpoint Is tho Feast of Hull In On an tho the last Iott day of or r the HIP Ih feast foost 31 CJ tho thu chief diver ion H Is I the sending of tit people on nil nit soi sort in on nn n Wild gouse hIlp which Mi Ih merriment only to lu tim tho sender mender nod those ho his secret It II Is 15 II finite that tin tho the tho custom from their IU IIII us hI no nn I moo NHe oC or Its It existence In lit T con COli be found prior plIM nI to 10 the Ihl i 1 I What C hat nit are Known ns have havo always 1 been sr ilal on Oil day Great Is the th rejoicing aft rustic can bo he found 1011 no so lie lieI pimple na tiA to tr nt lit the honk book I Mute for fOI a n I OIlY copy of ot tint the History of ot loves 1 lIlI nl tit tho till grocers tor for I u t pint I oC or milk or nt tit the cobblers fop strap strop oil all This last Is III n It pelmo favor faor favorite ite ant and tho tito cobbler usually familiar pith the game proceeds 11 to give the ap nil applicant plenty of ot stroll without tho rho oil n The Pilo old oM custom of lit leaving n ollIn ble looking n pocketbook with It n k n I In ht 11 o a public place and tho tilt t trick hick of ot making It heavy y nd hard so 10 o that ho who kicks 1 A It aside may nin come como to 10 grief Brief ns nil surely ns nR nithe he who u hr trustingly tries to In pick It up 1111 still find timid their victims with April 1111 t 1 1 of tacit each succeeding year Tho Thu snail small boy bop 10 oC of 1908 will probably as nit keen In lu pinning nn rot April Fool Pool on the coat coattails coatI coattails tails IIII I of or tho dine UH III did dl his hili cat hint him Our H is II 1 bubbling t a over orr c cuillI with Ideas for t o 1 April 1 rim 1 What t solid comfort It IH Is to 10 tho thu street street urchin to place n brick under tinder n II hat hal on the sidewalk and IlIIlI see 0 the thO passersby kick at atIt atIt atit It with fleet nt upon tho thu too toe or to lay a II hot brick or I loin inn I where It may mn be ht picked up and dropped drop dropped ped IM What Joy J to the tho youthful offSpring off orr offspring spring who can 1111 I 1 In hI o wipe Will an lot bit of oC soot Hoot front from ills his III O mot ana Ito lIc called April Fool curl for tor ills his palms Undoubtedly y limo tho paa passing years cars will silt anti the Ilir youths Juu maidens exchanging ing Ma III choc creams nth filled v i with cotton cottoner or er drops drop plentifully sp pW II J 1 with on nit April 1 I timid we Wl w e would not deny lollY them theno pleasant lea for rOI hunt hath It not been written A 1 little nonsense now hove tilt then thon thenN thenIs N Is relished by the tho wisest men mel 1 Harpers Weekly W I |
