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cialdom nt our natlonnl
capital meaning by offi
cialdom that more or loss
charmed clrclo mado up
of all official from thu
President down, together
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guests, it is not only faster Sunday
that Is an event In tho calendar of
officialdom, but llkowlso Waster Mon
day (which Is a great day in Wash
ington) and tho wholo Enstcr week.
Howovor, this wholo Interval may, In
effect, ho considered ns Hasten
From tho standpoint of officialdom
tho first significance of Easter Is tho
rollglons one. For, ho It known, most
of our Officials that Is, our national
, officials a r o very conscientious
church goers. Whothor they are offi
cials beqnuao they aro church goers, or whoth
or thoy aro church goors hecauso they aro
Fodcral officials may bo u mooted question,
but tho fact romnlns that tho avorago public
Horvnnt during his Incumboncy of offico in
tho city on tho Potomac Is faithful In attend
ance at dlvlno worship. And over, tho excop-'
tlons who are "backsliders" at othor BeaBoiis
of tho year strain a point to bo "among those
presont" on tho Joyous Eastor morn.
The second significance or IJaBtcr in official
dom Is as 11 day of family reunions, second
only to ChrlBtmns in tho oagorncss with which
it Is anticipated. Tho opportunity for rucIi
reunions arises from tho fact that a lnrgo pro
portion of tho children of our public mon at
tend public or private schools elsowhoro than
in Washington, oven though tholr parents may
maintain a homo at tho capital. Sometimes It
Is a matter of sentiment thnt makos an official
desirous of having his children educated In
1Ib old homo town, and in tho enso of tho
young men and young women thore are tho
collcgo mngnotn Vassar and Wollosloy nnd
tho rest for tho girls, and Yale, Harvard, Cor
noil and others for the boys.
It thus happens that thoro Is a small army
of sons and daughters to como homo to tho
hnbltntlons of officialdom for tho "Easter vaca
tion," and usually thoy bring with them as
many school chums na pnrente can arrango to
entertain, for Washington at EaBter Is
proverbially one of tho most fnBclnatlng places In
America and offers no end of opportunities for
good tlmoB for young people During tho Tnft
administration tho Whlto House has taken espe
cial cognlzanco of this Easter homecoming cus
tom, for tho Junior TnftB havo been nmong tlioso
oxllos who havo mado tho Easter pilgrimage,
bringing wllh thorn school friends. Accordingly
Mrs. Tnft has always mado It a point to.nrrango
a round of social festivities, Including an Easter
week danco for not only tho "house- parly" at tho
Presidential Mansion, hut the wholo body of Eas
tor rcunloners In officialdom.
A third flUyilflcance thnt attaches to Easter In
officialdom Ib its function ns tho Inaugural of tho
Hprlng social Bcnaon. In tho old days "tho aea
hoii" In Washington meant from tho llrat day of
.Tanunry to tho boglnnlng of Lent. Then ns
Undo Snin became more of n world power and
his capital rollocted IiIb new Importance thoro was
added each year tho "little season" which ex
tended from tho convening of Congress In Docom
ber until tho Now Year Latterly thero hns been
yot another development nnd wo hnvo tho Bprlng
senson (In many respects tho most onjoyublo of
nil) which opens on Eastor and extends until
warm weather sotH In. During Lent, social activ
ity Ih virtually suspended, for even tho hoBtosaes
who nro not bo devout nB to havo hood for tho
rollglous algnllicnnco of tho forty days welcomo
tho Interval ns a "rest polled." Easter, therefore,
finds tho lenders of officialdom restored In spirit
nnd ready for a now round of nctlvlty,
Hut, as haB been said, on Easter morning all
officialdom goeB to church and for the going finds
plenty of spectators, Inasmuch ns Washington Ib
nlways thronged wltli tourists at Easter, and such
of them as aro disappointed In the effort to gain
ndmluflion to tho crowded churches throng the
npproachoB to view tho passing show. The larg
est throngs aro usually to bo found In tho neigh
borhood of tho Unitarian church, of which Presi
dent Tnft Is a mopiber, although In Blmplo truth It
muHt bo admitted that President Tnft Is tho only
t attraction here, for not many other public mon of
promlnenco hnppon to worship at tho samo
church as the President. Hut It Is tho President
thnt tlie Easter tluong wants to boo nnd they
block the sidewalks about the church until after
htfl big motor car hnB whirled up to tho curb
nnd tho ..President haa disappeared Into tho
church. After tho sorvlco there Is somewhat of
a repetition of the scene, but tho crowd Ib not sq
largo, bocnuBo It Ib otlquotto for tho Proaldont to
bo allowed to make his exit, ere tho rest of tho
congregation leave their Boats and ho Ib well on
bis way to, tho Whlto House pro most of tho peo
plo emerge from tho church.
Many spectators who nro moro Interosto'dv In
observing how officials as a class observe Easter
than they aro la the porsonnllty of tho President
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President's cabinet, Admiral Dewey
and a host of other celebrities.
Another excellent vantago point
from which to see how officialdom ob
serves Easter Ib In tho vicinity' of the
Church of tho Covenant on fashion
nblo Connecticut avenue the main
artery of tho Easter parade at the
capital. The Church of the Covenant,
which Is rendered conspicuous by Its
massive and lofty tower, Is tho church
liome o" Vice-President Sherman and
his family, but many' of their fellow
members aro almost as prominent In
tho affairs of tho nation ns Is the pre
siding officer of the United States
Senate. A short distance away is St.
Matthew's Roman Catholic church,
which Is the great rendezvous of tho
diplomats on Easter morning, for, bo
It known, most of tho members of our
official "foreign colony" particularly
thoso from southern Europe and tho
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take aa their objective old St. John's church op
posite tho Whlto House. This century-old church
Is commonly known as the "Court church" or
"Church of tho Presidents," nnd It merits tho tlUo
for, though President Tnft Is not a member, Kb
occasionally worships thoro with hla wife, as did
ovcry President from Mndlson to Lincoln. It Is
nlmnst usoIosb far Btrnugors to hopo to gain nd
mission to St. John's on Eastor for tho church la
a tiny one nnd bo inadequate, inde'ed, for tho ac
commodation of thoso who aro ambitious to be
long, that tho pows when transferred are put up
at auction and bring a premium of thousands of
dollars each. Howovor, tho congregation on tho
outside can wntjh the arrival of Mrs. Taft and hor
(laughter, who nro membors of tho chutch nnd
who, If tlio day bo fine, may walk across the park
from tho Whlto House with their Easter guests.
And tho onlookers enn nlBo soo, nmong tho wor-
Easter in Jerusalem
Tho Immense throng of pilgrims of ovory hue
who crowd tho Church of tho Holy Sepulchro In
Holy Week and who wnndor amid the sacred
places throughout March nnd April la a spectnclo
unlquo of Its kind and to bo compared only with
tho Moslem pilgrimages to Mecca and Medina thnt
aro beyond ronch of tho ordinary tourlat. Hero
fair-beared Kussians from Moscow herd with yel
low Copts from tho Nllo vnlloy and pnlo Itouman
inns mtnglo on tho banks of Jordan with bushy
headud Abyssinian blacks.
From tho moment tho visitor lands at Jaffa,
whoro tho only convenient hotels nro kept by Ger
maun nnd ultuntcd in tho Germnn colony, ho la
made to renllzo tho weight of German Influence
In Palestine. It dates, in fact, from tho visit of
tho German emperor, for whom, lest he should
fulfill an old prophecy, a special gato waa built
Into tho Holy City. Tho trndltlon was that any
ruling monarch who should enter Jerusalem by
one of tho ordinary gateB on horseback would
stay an Its king.
A month In tho Holy Land, with Holy week In
Jerusalem, offerB no difficulty. On landing nt
Jaffa, wither ho is carried In n night from Alexan
dria or Port Bald, ho mny proceed by next morn
ing's train to Jerusalem). It is not nn attractive
Journoy, but it lasts only threo or four hours nnd
runs through tho stony valo In which David slow
Goliath. In tho Goldon City itaolf, whero tho
Church of tho Holy Sepulchro is tho center of at
traction, ovorythlng lies within easy reach of tho
hotolBi tho Btroet of David, with Mount Zlon; the
Garden of Gothsoniano, tho walling place of tho
Jows besldo the walls and the Mosquo of Omar,
tho last a majestlo mosquo, hold of great sanctity
throughout Islam, patterned with n splendor of
tries nro ndhcrents of tho Catholic faith.
Officialdom doea not change Its regular routine
on Easter, and consequently has Easter dinner in
the evening Instead of at noon, aa do bo many
folks in other American communities. The after
noon la devoted to calling and to driving or motor
ing always a great afternoon diversion In Wash
ington. Some of the foreigners and other cos
mopolitan hostesBes In Washington have of late
years manifested an Inclination to devote nil Sun
day afternoons and evenings nnd Easter In par
ticular to regulation social functions such ns
tens, receptions, otc. However, the moro devout
church members In official circles, headed by Mrs.
Taft, havo set their faces resolutely against this
attempt to Introduce nt Washington nnythlng
savoring of tho "Continental Sunday."
Evening church services on Easter at the enp
Itnl nro as well attended ns aio the corresponding
services In other cities, but ono sees compara
tively few prominent officials at such evening serv
ices. Whether It is that they feel that their devo
tions of the morning should suffice, or that tho
lato dinner hour 7:.'10 o'clock at tho White Houso
nnd In moat faahlonnblo official homes Interferes,
It Is difficult to say. Or, perhaps It may bo that
officialdom considers that It had host early to
bed In preparation for the strenuous program- of
Easter Monday which Is a not less busy day for
tho grown-ups of officialdom than for the thou
sands of excited children who roll eggs in tho'
President's big back yard.
mosnlc and occupying tho site of Solomn's tem
ple Thero nro two horseback or carriage excursions
to bo made from Jerusalem, the one to Hethlehem,
tho other embracing the Jordan, Jericho and tho
Dead Sen. Tho first of theso, which takes only
ah afternoon, lies nlong n well-laid road past the
fields associated with the story of Ruth
Tho Church of tho Nativity, which haa a very
humble cxteilor and is entered by a low doorway
that must often hnvo saved It from tho nttack of
fnnntlcnl MfthammedanB, Is built over tho grotto In
which Jesus wns bom, nnd nt Eastertide It is na
crowded na that of the Sepulchre, with the same
curiouB and somewhat distressing conllicts be
tween Greeks, Armenians nnd half a dozen other
sects, only kept In order by atolld Turkish guards.
Tho excursion (o the Dead Sea occupies threo
days out and back nnd may bo done- on horseback
or, moro expensively nnd less comfortnbly, In a
cab.
Aa for Jericho, tho ancient city of thnt namo Is
still tho heap of ruins thnt JobIuiii left It, though a
German archnologolcal society la bringing Its hid
den treasures to light, and the modern town of
Jericho Is merely n gingerbread little tourist re
sort n mile from tho oldor slto and of no interest
whntevor. From the London Outlook.
"Hotscy! Betsey!"
"Yes, father, I'm coming." Sho
stopped round tho curvo of tho ve
randa nB sho spoke.
"Whero havo you been all theso
hours?" grumbled Mr. Whittlesey.
( "Hours!" laughed Betsey in re
sponse. "Why It is barely twenty
minutes slnco I went in to give Sally
hor instructions for tho day, and wo
havo been ruBhing things nt a great
rate. Now I am at at your servlco
again but just think how you would
feci if I really should leavo you for
a long time," sho ended teaslngly.
"I suppose that U all I havo to look
forward to now." Her father gave n
diurnal groan. "Junt take a fancy to
some young limb uu hnppen to meet,
nnd then presto -my baby is turned
into a lovesick maiden, with her poor
old dad utterly forgotten."
His daughter assured him that fall
ing in lovo wns altogether outside of
her plan of llfo and the last thing be
need worry about.
Richard Whittlesey had had to ploy
the part of father and mother both,
ever since Betsey was threo yearB
! old. Now sho was entering her twen
tieth year, and her father wnB more
than grateful that so far ber interest
in tho maacullno had been wholly cen
tered on himself.
Sho laughed again as Bho asked,
"What young man of this present gen
eration do you supposo would want a
wife with such an old-fashioned name
as 'Betsey?' How you could ever
.have given It to mo Just because it
was my great-grandmother's is moro
than I can understand. But at least I
haa marked me out of the matrimonial
market."
"I only wlah it had," declared her
father. "I would havo called you 'Hip
popotamus If it might havo had any
such effect."
"At least I can be thankful that you
did not havo that awful thought In
time to do nny harm. But really I
think that such a good father and
such a poor namo as mine, between
them, should make a voluntary old
maid out of anyone."
"And yet that statement from one,
of your ndvanced years does not glvo
me tho safe nnd secure feeling that
you Intend It to."
"Every year that passes will make
you feel a llttlo surer, anyhow," con
soled Betsey, "now let's go for a ride."
An hour later, as they were speed
ing smoothly along the lako road, they
noticed ahead of them a saddled horse
nibbling the grass at the roadside.
Richard Whittlesey was driving, and
stopped his car besldo the horse.
"Must bo something wrong," said
Mr. Whittlesey, "I never saw this
horso before." He reached across to
smooth the horse's nose, then secured
his bridle nnd passed it to Betsey.
"Seo if he will let you hold him whilo
I start tho car." He icturned to hiB
Beat, and they slowly moved nhead.
The horse followed without resist
ance. After traveling a few rods they
came to a sharp curvo in tho road.
As they turned this they camo upon
a man clad in riding clothes. He was
hitching painfully along on foot and
a stout staff.
An soon as he saw tho horse ho
cried, "You old rascal! what do you
mean by deserting me this way?"
Tho animal, giving a llttlo whinny,
pulled away from Betsey and trotted
to hla master.
"Had an nccldent7" asked Richard
Whittlesey, as he stopped tho car.
"Yes, and a mighty silly ono, too,"
nnswered tho stranger. "I climbed
on top of tho bluff nt that steepest
place to get a view across tho lake,
and coming down I stepped on a thin
'edge of rock, which gavo way with
mo, bo I camo tho rest of tho way In
about half a second." Ho smiled
cheerfully us ho ndded, "Guess I broko
the small bono of ray left leg. Can't
Use It at all."
"Then tho sooner you get In with
,ub and let mo take you to a surgeon,
the better off you will be." Jumping
down, Mr. Whittlesey bundled this
'unexpected passenger into tho ton-
ncau as gently as possible.
"You nro very kind." The strang
er's lips looked blue from the pain of
his broken bone, but his voice was
Btill cheerful. "Though I doubt if
such stupidity as mine Is deserving
of so much consideration."
"Folks havo to get used to our
crumbly stylo of rocks," Mr. Whittle
sey said
"Como along, Colonel, called the
stranger to his horse, nnd that obedi
ent anlmnl followed after them like
a well-trained dog.
They wero not far from the l&ko
village, and Inside of a .short time a
surgeon was Betting tho broken bone.
"Broken in two plnces," ho informed
them when his task was completed;
"good, square breaks both of them,
only means keeping quiet with tho
foot in a chair for five or six weeks."
"But where am I to spend all that
time?" questioned hla patient "Is
there a boarding houso In this place?
(Copjrlslit, WU, br Associate! Utorurr l'ross.)
"But you must not bother yourself out
of all reason on my account."
"Not nnother word," his host an
nounced. "This stranger ia not golnx
to be left nt an inn; ho ia coming
homo with mo."
Tho doctor nnd Mr. Whittlesey
helped tho man back into tho car.,
Betsey was petting Colonel when they
appeared. "He la tho dearest horso
I ever know," sho said to his owner,
as bo gavo Colonel a pat in passing.
"That ho is," ho agreed heartily. "It
wns only my falling on him all in a
heap that gavo him such a shock that
ho ran around the corner."
Richard Whittlesey told his daugh
ter of his invitation to their passen
ger. "Ho would die of being talked
to death at either of tho village board
ing houses," lvi concluded. "And I
knew you would approvo of Baving a
fellow being from such a diamnl end."
"It Is lovely of you, father but then
you are always thinking how to do
nice things for everybody," said Bet
soy admiringly. "You can nmuso
tho master, and I will mako lovo to
Colonel."
Betsey grow fondor of Colonel ev
ery day, and her father and Colonel's
master whoso namo proved to be
Max Pleyfalr became great friends.
Betsey took part in many of her fa
ther's discussions with their guest,
and tho crippled man seemed never to
find his imprisonment anything but
enjoynblo.
Five weeks passed before ho was
ablo to attempt walking, and on tho
day that he first limped about a llttlo,
his host was surprised to realize how
much ho would miss his visitor. "Of
course ho will rush off tho minute he
can walk at all," grumbled Mr. Whit
tlesey to himself, "tho smartest, clearest-headed
youngster I over met and
now away he goes."
The following day Max Pleyfalr
broached tho subject of his departure
"I can never thank you enough for
your kindness," ho assured Mr. Whit
tlesey. "But now I am nblo to get
about I must stop trespaaslng on your
hospitality and go back to work."
"Just what I expected," growled tho
elder man. "When wo get well enough
acquainted to begin to understand
each other then duty squalls for you
you know that you arc always wel
come here, my boy."
"I wonder if I should bo as welcome
If I mado a fearful revelation?" asked
his guest.
"Try me and see," answered Rich
ard Whittlesey bluntly.
"Well, then, hero goes! Mr. Whit
tlesey, I did not come through this
region for the Bake of tho scenery, it
was for your daughter's sake. Your
cousins told mo about you both and
showed mo her picture, which I must
tell you though it sounds foolish
that I fell in lovo with at once. I wer t
up that bluff to catch a glimpse of
your place its location had been de
scribed to me and I waa thinking po
deeply on my way down how lv: .s
to mako any headway with tho cT 1
father of my Imprisoned princess, t it
I fell headlong; but I hopo lnffl a
good graces." IBJ
Richard Whittlesey regarded
speakor with astonishment,1'"'
slowly turned to nmusement. " ou
young acoundrel, to havo the norv to
tell such a yarn to an unhapp fa-f
ther," ho laughed, giving the 'offe'hdec
u sounding thump on his Bhouldonv
"Yes, you scamp, you did fal.fcit' o my
affections, and If you can g
from Betsey, thero won't bii
slstanco hore."
"Thank you moro than e
Max limped away to meet B(
was just coming up tho sUpa, whilo
petting Colonel nt the same tit e. To
her Max poured forth the who; story.
That young woman was .lterally
swept from her feet, for no sugges
tion of her awful namo bad any effect
on this persevering young man.
"What could I do, daddy, when both
you and my namo went bacR on me?"
Betsey asked her father afterward.
"And there was Colonel wanting me
to say 'yes' just as plainly as could
be I simply could not help myself."
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Choosing the Lesser.
"Hero comes n militant suffragette. Shall we
stop and throw down tho gago of battle?"
"An thou lovoat mo, lead mo to a buzz saw."
I have no friends within several hun
dred miles was Just riding Colonel
through this part because I had been
told of tho magnificent scenery."
"Thero uro two good boarding
houaoB," began tho doctor, but Rich
ard Whittlesey interrupted him,
"He Is going back in tho car with
us, doctor; I can look after him and
keep him from dying of the blues."
"Now that Ib more than good of
you," the injured man said, gratefully.
In Place of Meat.
The man who had foresworn meat
wound up his first vegetarian dinner
with the accustomed tip. The next
day tho servlco was Indifferent, the
third day It was abominable.
"Whnt's the mattor with that fol
low, anyhow?" he growled. "He used
to bo a good waiter. Now ho simply
throws things at you."
"That's becauso you didn't tip him
enough," said the man opposite. "Walt
era alwnyB expect bigger tips for seryif
lng a vogeterlan meal. It takes sucaj
a variety of things to mako up fac
meat that thoy havo to handle moWt
dishes, nnd mako moro trips to Um:
kitchen. Any cood waiter would rnt
er servo ono raent dinner than twojgjijj
vegetables, nnd unless ho gets tlppt
generously ho gets ugly "
Woman's Baking Record.
Mrs. J. C, Harris of Bullockvi
gives us an account of her bakng
past yenr which reads aa follows:
loaves of wheat bread, 1G8 of graha
44 of corn bread, 240 fried cakes. 1.1
white cookies, 4.035 KlnKer cookftfij '
410 pics, 230 cakes, 30 Johnnie cakW, J
28 puddings, 310 biscuits and 15 short
cakes. This list docs not Include
pancakes, of which alio mado so many
sho was unable to keep count. Rush
ford Spectator.
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