Milford News | 1932-03-24 | Page 2 | Easter and New Finery have Long Association

Easter and New Finery Have Long Association There is one old custom to which womenfolk cling, and, whether they can afford a new rig-out or not most of them contrive to wear some scrap of new finery on Easter day. It is not so foolish or meaningless as at first appears. Even before the institution of Easter as the greatest festival of the Christian church, the Feast of Eostre, goddess of spring, was held. The spring festival, when the whole world of nature becomes re-clothed, re-clothed, Is a fitting season for new frocks and frills, so good luck became associated with the Idea. In much the same way our "spring cleaning" harks back to early days, when housewives prepared for this great feast by cleaning out the caves, laying down fresh green branches, and beating out the dust from the skins and furs on which the family had slept during winter.