Show RABBIT NOT eastty SYMBOL by R the hare should be assoni abed w th the beason the rabbit which has long been as socia ted with easter festivities is all a mistake and the animal that appears in our easter pictures and done in s gar in the windows of the should really be a hare in stead ot a rabbit the hare u from time immemorial been the of the moon and as the moon decides the time of easter it is quite proper and natural that the hare should be associated with this season in ger ciany the easter hare is almost as am octant a personage as st nicholas and its habits somewhat resemble those of that much beloved saint on the night before easter a white hare enters the house ot all children who have been good and hides in all gorts of out of the way corners any number of beautifully colored eggs anyway the children find the eggs when they hunt for them and it would perhaps be presumption on the part of any one who 1 not a german to express an opinion as where they really come from A rabbit la not a hare although they are ns there Is one marked d fforence between them the baby rabbit as all know who keep these lit tie animals as pets conies into the world blind and helpless while the bab hare has its ees open from the beginning and is soon able to take care of itself it has been 1 eved that the hare never closes its eyes and that is one reason why it is chosen as the symbol of the moon which al ways has its eyes open and sees every thing that goes on at night |