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PART THREE
PAGES 25 TO 32
VOL. XIX.
PORTLAND. OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 15, 1900.
NO. 15.
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Earth's Lenten vkril. drear and (rare.
Is past ber pain and penance sore.
ffi And now Easter (lories gleam,
1 fc? J From mountain crest to wood and
stream.
Garments of joyful praise are hers.
While Irom ber forest sepulcbers
Myriads of fair creations rise
Exultant 'neath the cloudless skies.
let Winter's tyranny again
Shall bind her In Its thrall and chain,
One thine, for aye. endures alwar.
Cod's Lore that cave the Easter Day.
Todav. beautiful flowers will hang
V Vxl In graceful garlands about solemn
church chancels; somber altars will
be bright with lilies and roses; white
baptismal fonts will be decked with
carnations and violets: the gloom -of
the crave will be dl'Pelled with
Jt Joyous blopsoms; around pulpits.
Irom wmen wm uc iuiu iuc suw.
of a risen Savior, will be placed the
emblems of the resurrection, and
the ery nlr of cathedral, church
fel and chapel will be laden with the
through the sunshine, the rain and
the de. For this Is Joyous Easter
day, the festival of beautiful flaw
era and bright music, and the glory
of tho Christian year. It Ic the day
when Nature smiles and the heart
of all mankind Is glad. It Is tho
day when the spirit of content
comes down and sites Us blessing
iA' . T to whoever come scck.ng IL It Id
tho day when great organs pel
forth paeans to the glory of God and
when the Holy Sphit descends, even
where there Is neither flower nor
song.
This Is Easter morn, and the di
vine voice speaks through the bright
sunshine, the beautiful floaers and
G-yfyl m the Resurrection and the Life?'
and. "God shall w Ipo away all tears
from their ecs, and there shall be
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B 1 Easter Is the festival of flowers.
Tor til 3 past week Portland had
bc-en tilled wish them. Tho florists'
windons have been bowera of beau
ty. LHIcs predominate, but Oregon
roses, carnations, hyacinths and
tulips hac added their wealth cf
fragrance and bloom. Their 'pres
ence today will make the churches
a fairyland, and the sermon they
preach, though mute and wordless,
will supplement many a story of the
resurrection.
The voleelefs lips of flowers are living
preachers;
Each cup a pulrit, every leaf a book.
Origin of Easter.
(-'"Uj Hasten. O Son of Mary; 'tis th resur-
EcatUr Death's Icy fetters and roll tho
stone ar-aj !
Surely the Christ doth loiter: Arpear:
For I Ions to see
Prophet, Messiah and Teacher revealed
to the world In Thee.
i5Jl Easter day. as commemorating
the central fact of the revealed re
lig'on of Christianity, has alwajs
been regarded as the greatest fes
tival of the Christian year, and has
been, from the carl est tlmcA ob-
vf' if served with a stately and elaborate
1)j. fVj ceremonial. There k no trace of the
ceic oration 01 rosier as a unristian
festival In the New Testament, or
In t'ie writings of the Apostol'c
fathers. The sanctity of special
Umca or places was n.n Idea quits
al en to the early Christian mind,
too profoundly absorbed In the
events themselves to think of their
external accidents. The ecclesias
rPT 7J alen to the early Christian mind. ( ! tJSi--Jf crj"
L V Ml t0 Profoundly absorbed in the If J '?2r- XSl '
p . W events themselves to think of their Jjl ' S -tf rVl'r-
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tical historian Socrates said that
neither Christ nor his apostlea en
joined the keeping of this, or any
other, festival. He attributed the
introduction of the festival of East
er Into the church as a perpetua
tion of the old usage, "just as
many other customs were estab
lished." The first Christians, inti
mately connected with the Jewish
church, naturally continued to ob
serve the Jewish festivals, though
In a new spirit, as commemorations
of events of which these had been
the shadows. The Passover, enno
bled by the thought of Chrcf, the
true Paschal Lamb, the flrst fruits
from the dead, continued to be cele
brated and became the Christian
Hotter. Thus the human Instinct
which everywhere craves for she
commemoration of marked epochs
in tbi personal, sodal, ecclesiastical
or rational life, found Its legitimate
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grat'flcatlon In the public celebra
tion of the events which arc the
foundation of the Christian faith:
Easter Is a movable fcact. It
coma" on the Sunday following tha
Hth day of tho calendar moon
which falls upon or next after
March a. The returns of tho anni
versary are calculated by the cal
endar of Judca, ln which the months
were cotcrntinu with the rcvolu"
tlons of the moon. A mean lunation
being, roughly, yitj dayo long, a
lunar year falls shcrt ot a solar
year about 11 days. Any anniversary
regulated by such a calendar as
this Is necessarily movable. In or
der to find tho time for Easter. It
Is noccKnry to calculate the exact
lime of theiew moon In that year
for March and try whether the lllh
day of that moon would fall not
earlier than the list day. In vrb.ch
cane the Sunday following Is Easter.
Should th.s Hlh day come earlier
than the 21st, the conclusion Is
rtached that the new m:on ln April
rajst be taken.
Caused Division In Cliurrb.
Christ the Lord Is risen today.
Sons of men and angels say.
Enle your Jo-s scd triumphs hUh,
Sin?, ye heavens, and earth reply.
The proper time fsr the celebra
tion of Carter has occasioned no
little controversy. In tha second
century, a dispute arose on this
point between the Eastern and
Western churches. The great mass
of the Eastern ChrlHlsns celebrated
Easter on the lith dav of the flr.it
Jewish niton, and the Western
churches kept It on the Sunday fol
lowing. The Council of Nice (221 A.
D) decided In favor of the Western
usae. branding the Eastern usaf,e
ns heresy. This only aettlcd tho
point that Easter wa to bo tv'.e
bratcd en Sunday.
Many of the popular oloervarccs
connected wl.h Easter are of pagan
origin, and are traceable Jo the feast
ot the Saxon god "Eastre." that
being the Anglo-Saxon namo of the
Easter month, AprtL Tho worship
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of this god. Introduced into England
by the Saxons, continued to be cele
brated ln many parte of tho Ncrth
of Germany down to the beginning
of the 15th century, by tho kindling
of bonfires and many other rites.
L ke the May observance of Eng
land, It Is especially a fcotlval of
Joy. With her usual policy, the
Church endeavored to give n Chr's
tan s!gnlflcam- to such of the ob
pcrvancjs m could not bo roo'eJ
out. ard. In this case, the conversion
was particularly easy. Joy at the
rls'ng sun and at the awakening
cf Mature from the death of Win
ter became Joy nt the rising of the
Sun of Ri7htcousnrss at the resur
rection of ChrVt from the grave.
And All Ilcnrts Are GInd.
This is merely a czsgestlon
In th Eaite- bonn-t Hn,
That tnififct add to the attraction
Of thf hcadeear rich and fine;
It would doublo all the envy
And. would etrpr-aslie the ctyle.
And add In all the triumph
Of tha journey down the aisle.
If. when sho fluttered softly v
In the ery foremost seat
And had listened to the whispered '
"Oh!" ct! "Ah!" and "Ala't it
sweet 7" I
Then the lady with the bonnet
Could by some means touch a sprlns.
Or If that were too unhardy,
Myly pill a hidden strlntr.
And thus cause to bob up Rally
From rt- bonnet a neat sign,
Keadlns.
: Paris Importation, :
: Costing $S0.03. . :
Signs of the end of the dull penl-
thc memory of the olst Inhabitant
runneth not. every woman who d'd
not have a new hat and an entirely
new costume for Easter Sunday was
miserable. This custom ha.s been
growlrg ln popularity, as the ytarc
go by, with the women, and the
shorn and stores cater to this cus
tom to sjch an extent that the
Easter opening in millinery ai.d
dry gcods establishments are the
mcrt important events of the jea-.
Easter millinery this i ear Is pret
tier than uus.L ard. In Porllanl.
fome beautiful displays have ceea
noticed during the past week. The
windows of the mist prominent
stores are very beautiful, and on
fine day3 throngs of women I'ave
paosed In front of and admired
them. Xot all of this throng,
however, were mrrcly "IcoKers-on In
"Vienna." for be It raid with pride
thtt there are few, very few,
women ln Portland who will not
have new Easter rips- for thIr head
tr4 E?r tcr. Since the Pprlrg goods
have been placed on sale, the mer
chants have enjeyed an Increase In
trade cf about 33 1-3 per cent. It
costs .money to celebrate the resur
rection of the Savior in the regula
tion way. nut this brlnre Joy Joy
to the milliner, to the merchant and
to the dressmaker, and perhaps Joy
to the woman whb did the Easter
sbopp'ng.
The weakness". If weakness It tc.
of desiring new things for Easter Is
not confined to the fair rex; many
men In fact, most men nre not
above the vanity of longing for new
clothes on this day. when all Ja-tu-o
is In holiday attire. In men'o
furnishing goods and suit'ngp, many
handsome and attractive patterns
are offered, and the haberdashers"
enops display tie, vests and Iwo
that arc really temptations to all
men who posses. In any degree, a
love- for the beautiful.
In Portlnnil.
nasten. O Son of Mao : 'tis thy resur
rection day;
Scatter Dsath' ley fetters, and roll the
stone awa) ;
Surely the Christ doth loiter; Appear:
for I Ionic to see
Prorhet, Messiah ard Teacher repealed
to the world ln The.
Everybody in Portland will
celebrate the festival of Easter to
day, althouch they will not do It ln
tho ramo way. A great many peo
ple will go to "church. Soms will
go who have rot darkened the door
of a sanctuary since lart Easter,
and some who only attend services
on feast days. The Easter music Is
the prettiest of the whole sear, and
many will attend the morning serv
ices to listen to the magnificent
music that will be rendered at some
of the churches. Some will go to
'chow their now bonnets; others will
go to Bee the hats of their friends
and of those who are not their
I rtads- Some w III be there from n
doep sense of religious duty. To
them the grand music of tho
"Gloria In Excelsls" and "Kyrla
EleLon" has a meaning. And to
these, religion Is rear.d not even
all these s-tatcly observances of
robed priest and sonorous Latin and
swinging censors could make them
doubt that the Christ who rose from
the dead rose for them.
Tho procession of gaily dressed
peop'e on their way to the churches
will begin early today. Earfy masv
will bring out many. and. until
night. If the weather bo fine, the
streets will be thronged with peo
ple. All the churches will be filled
with worshipers, and the cemeteries
will bo visited and the graves of
the dead decked with flowers.
Many Cnrloun Cnitoms.
Pure altars eloquent with bloom.
Fonts crowned with garlands of per
fume. The mellow chime, the tuneful bell.
The deep-toned enrvn's rhythmic swell.
The loud and pompous paean's praise.
And softer strains of infant laj s.
Our solemn thankfulness upbear.
Tet eater feet of cark and care
Too soon fhall bring the world's alloy
To mar our holy E-ister Joy.
Cnchanslnc and unchanged doth stay
The Love that cave us Easter day.
Perhaps it Is well that all the
customs ot glad Easter Diy are
not religious. It rrcy be better fof
the happiness of humanity that
some of them are of pagan origin.
But whatever may be their origin,
many of them are quaint and pret-
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ty, and arc as dear to the hearts
of children as the legends of Santa
Claus. Just how long the Idea of
gaily colored esps and funny little
rabbits has been associated with
Easter, no ono knows; perhaps no
one cires. But the c.ulom Is al
most universal In clvlliied countries
to bestow gifts of this kind on chil
dren. EKK-noIlirm.
In sotro cities of the United
States the children have cgg-rotl-ings
nn Easter mornirg. At tho
capital city of tho Nation, from al
most time immemorial, the children
have gathered at the White Houso
and have taken possession of the
lawn of the President's mansion
and devoted the entire day to tho
rport. It Is ono of the April sights
basket of bright-colored eggs, np
pear on the sc.ne early In the morn
irg ard spend the day there. Many
of them bring lunches with them,
nnd they are allowed to eat It on
the grounds. They climb up on tho
higher ground, roll their fancy col
ored eggs down the grasy slopes
townrd the broad waters of the Po
tomac, and gleefully go rinsing af
ter thcra. Just outside the rrounds,
on the edge of the sidewalks, aro
quaint old darkles, old black mam
mies, with red bandanas on their
rends, curious donkey carts and
venders of lemonade and ginger
cakes.
Kids Crack Use.
In mnny places In fact, ln all
places the children; are not content
to roll egs down grassy inclines.
They eat them, and go In for wln
rlng the other children's esss. They
ro'l e?gs together, and the owner
of the hardest-shelled egg captures
the broken one. Boys sometimes
obtain porcelain eggs, so deftly
manufactured and so well colored
as to be difficult to detect from tho
real thing, and practice a fraud on
all the other children In ths neigh
borhood. This gamo Is particularly well
liked by the colored children of tha
Southern States, as It gives them
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an opportunity to eat cold boiled
eggs, nnd there Is nothing they like
better, not even excepting water
melons and baked 'possum. The
boy who owns a gooso egg, or a
turkey egg. Is a prince among his
fellows. It is true his shoes may
be run down at tho heels; his
clothes mny be old and ragged, and
his facet and hands are sure to bo
dirty, but he could be no prouder,
nor could he commard more re
spect. If he wero adorned ln regal
robes.
Clven O-rer to ne-velry.
In somo parts of the East, and
particularly in. the South, among
the lower classes, Easter is a day
given over to revelry and Baccha
nalian pursuits. In some of the
smiller towns and country places,
expeditions arc gotten up to popu
lar resorts, and the day mans a
big debauch. Just what signifi
cance this has with reference to tho
resurrection of the Savior no one
has been able to determine.
Among these. ame classes ln
some of the Southern states ln all
of them where the climate will per
mit Its adoption Easter Sunday is
the day set apart for the children
to begin to go barefooted for the
Summer, regardless of tho condi
tions of the weather. This rule ap
plies when Easter comes on the
Ides of March, with the same forco
as It docs when the day falls late
ln April. The children begin to
wear shoes for the Winter on
Christmas Div, and the footgear
must- last until Easter. Unfortu
nate children with whom this rule
l enforced are only allowed one
pair of shoes each season. By
Easter the shoes nre generally so
well worn out that the little fellows
arc glad to get rid of them.,
Sprlns; Brew of Itoclc IJeer.
In the Spring the purple lapwlns takes
unto himself a mate:
In tho SrrtnK the land abounds with
the festive candidate:
In the Sprint: the dread housecleanlng
fills the manly breast with fear;
In the SprinK the youn man's fancy
lightly turns to thouRhts pf beer.
Not by Alfred Tennyson.
More peop'e than would care to
plead guilty look forward to Easter
because. Just at this season, tho
Spring brow of bock beer Is an
nourced. This is one of the mys
teries. Just why bock beer is pre
ferable to pale pie In the Spring
time, and light beer Is considered
better than the heavy article later
In the season, when the heated term
Is on. cannot easily be explained.
But It Is the custom, and unless
Easter comes very early, the day,
or rather the season. Is celebrated
ln most sa'oons and breweries by
the advent of a fresh brew of heavy
bock.
It can be said that among the
worldly things that arc "given up"
during the penltentltl Lenten sea
son, tho habit of taking a drink is
one of them. Of course, the habit
ual drunkard does not keep Lent,
or anything else, but rnnny men
who occasionally take a drink ln
snloons deny themselves this lux
ury during U10 season preceding
Easter.
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