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Ctoir of Angels in precession of Our Lady of Angel
addition to tho history of that stranpp. part pnsan, part
Christian, part Jewish holiday.
What Raster means to Christians everybody understands,
but that the tribes of thp earth, many or whom know little
of Christianity, and more that oppose Christian teachings,
celebrate the day Is I vol so well known. The early Celts, the
KKyptlans, the Persians, the Turks, the early Aryans, cele
brated the day, and It received Its name from Eostre, jrod
dess of the dawn, the celebration being In honor of the dawn
ing; of spring.
The Aryan celebrated by singing, dancing, and feasting,
while the Semite observed the day with ritual, prayer, and
fasting, nrd front these the Jews drew their feast of unleav
ened bread and the sacrifice of the Paschal lamb, forgetting
the origin of the custom in the story of the Passover. The
Christians sa.w a new meaning In the sacrifice when Christ
was represented as the Parehal lamb.
This synopsis of the origin of the Easter celebration pre
cedes Miss Laldlaw's story of her own experiences.
Sfrange Mixture of Barbaric and Christian.
" The Eaf ter of 18.MI." says Miss Latdlaw, " was my first
away from home, and 1 was that year in Seville. Perhaps
no Eater customs In the world are so strange u mixture of
the barbaric and the Christian as In Spain, and the center of
the celebration is Seville. The pomp and pageantry of the
Roman Catholic services and processions are strangely mixed
with other ciwtoms.
"The great Easter week parade Is trentl as a circus, and
the floats' repri-een ting the epochs of the life of Christ are
gurroundi-fl by great crowds, that come from all the country
round to see the procession and participate In the wine drink
ing and feasting that follow. The float representing Ohrlst,
taken by the Centurion, brings the crowds to their knees all
along the route, and there are storms of Jeers, hisses, and
volleys of stones for Judas.
"The procession Is led by a heavily cow-led priest with a
trumpet, five other priests, masked and garbed In black, with
tall pointed caps, follow, and then the floats, on which much
time and money are spent. The procession Is Impressive, but
the services In the churches are more so. Then come' feasting
and merry making.
"The strange feature of the celebration In Seville Is the
Intense exhibition of hatred for Judas. Every house has an
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the lamb 1ms died before reaching the mosque.
sorrow and prayers.
Then
An incident of
aster taTurttoj
effigy of the betrayer hanging In front from a pole or from
the balcony. The hotels and public buildings hang large
elTlgies, and they are hissed und'spattered with mud all Eas
ter day. The bullfight concludes the day and, astounding
as It may seem, there are some Spaniards who see a Chris
tian significance In. the death of the bull. The bullfight has
become so confused wkh Easier that the ignorant make little
distinction.
"One beautiful feature of the Spanish Easter Is the
choirs of children In the processions. In the procession of
' Our txidy of Angels ' a hundred little girls in white, with
w-hlte feathers In their beautiful black hair, paraded, sing
ing. They were the 'angels,' although they looked for all
the world like our American Indian children.
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Spanish Customs in Mexico.
"The next Easter I spent In Mexico City again among
the Spanish and saw a repetition of most of the Seville
pageantry over again. The peddlers sold small effigies of
Judas In the streets, and they were hanged everywhere.
There was one Judas, 20 feet tall, hanging from a rope In the
center of a business street and I was afraid It was an ad
vertisement. " In Mexico the women do penance and the men, too.
They kneel for hours in the streets or creep on their knees
for blocks, scourging themselves. I saw one comely girl,
dressed In coarse clothes, with a crown of thorns pressed
upon her brow, kneeling In the street, surrounded by a re
spectful crowd.. Two men held her hands as she walked on
her knees strangers to her they were and I learned Inter
that her father was a wealthy man.
"The following year, 1KNN, I spent Easter in Turkey. In
the morning I attended a little Christian chapel, then watched
the Turks, and Jews, and Greeks celebrate Easter. It Is
perhaps the strangest of all Enstere. and the women of the
harpms look down upon turbulent streets. Everywhere in
the streets the Greeks and the Jews sacrifice lambs. The offi
cial of the church grasped tie lamb and suddenly plunged
his knife Into its throat. Then a Jew seized the struggling
animal, placed his hand over the gushing wound, nnd ran as
hard as he could to the mosoue. The belief is that if he
reached the mosnue before the animal dies the year will be
a prosperous one, and it he fails all concerned will have bad
luck. Everywhere cakes are baked, and the scent of bread,
perfumed with Incense because it has been ground In the
mills of Turks nnd must be cleansed, fills the air. Feasting
on the bodies of the lambs and the bread concludes the day
Tyrolese Sing Easter Hymns.
"The n. xt Easter was In n glorious land-Austrian Tyrol.
We were ai SwarUonberg. only a few miles from Lake Con
stance and alvc the valley of the Rhine. The Easter cere
monies are entirely religious, nnd every form of worship
known to the church is observed. Later In the day. while
the bells rang wildly throughout the beautiful valley, the
famous Tyrolese singers ca.ne forth and wandered In bands
from hamlet to hamlet In tjho valley, singing their famous
carols until the mountains and glaciers echoed with the
Easter hymns. At each house the singers call the people to
t'he door, and i gts, colored and marked w ith mottoes, me
passed out to them, and wine and eake served, while the
people of the bouse carol with the singers. Everywhere the
people wear flowers, covering themselves with them.
" Rome, of course, la the center of the Easter celebration,
nnd the ceremonies aiv more gorgeous even than a.t Jerusa
lemwhere 1: Is my lurk to be this year. I witnessed one cel
ebration at Home, when the blessed Pope Teo led at mass In
St. Peter'F. Tho day opened with a salute of cannon from St.
Angelo at 7 o'clock, and Immediately the throng moved to
ward St. Peter's.
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Splendid Mass at St. Peter's.
" It was the most impressive sight In the Christian world.
The pope, seated in his scvlia gestatorla. In vestments blazing
with gold nnd the triple crown upon his brow, was borne into
St. Peter's. On at fans of ostrich feathers waved beside him
and over him a canopy, richly embroidered In gold. The bril
liant assemblage bowed during the stately mass, while the
Immense choir filled the cathedral with Inspiring music.
Later the pope was borne In his chnlr of state to the balcony,
and, rising, blessed the immense crowds, gave benediction,
and indulgences.
" In ISiil I was In Germany, and Joined In the quaint
games nt Hamburg. The gifts of eggs, which the white hare
Is supposed to have brought during the night, begin early.
At dawn the bells, which have been silent during iwisslon
week, break forth nnd ring wildly all day. The peasants say
that the bells have gone to Rome during passion week and
returned with -a message from the pope for Easter. The
gayly hued eggs are given everywhere, and none is refused.
Every one must wear something new on Easter day for good
luck, signifying that the leglnnlng of Easter will mean many
new things during the year.
" In one part of the city the ' Easter king ' appeared, lead
ing a proeestlon. but this custom, once general. Is djlng out
all over Euron.
"The story that Is told to the German children on Easter
Is like the ' II ouse That Jack llullt.' and Is from an old Jew
ish tale. The little kid ilsrneM Is eaten by a cat. which is
eaten by a dog. which Is tossed by a bull. and so on. signify
ing the nations that have persecuted Israel nnd themselves
been destroyed.
Creen Twigs Sign of Proposal.
" My Easter in Russia was spent away in the south, be
cause father was busy there with some Investigations, nnd
there, us among the Hungarians. I saw the queer custom of
Easter used for proposals of marriage. Over the door of
i i ry house In w hich an unmarried girl lived her admirer
placid a green twig. Then, approaching the door, he knocked.
The father responded and found the udmlrer with a pitcher
of water.
" ' You have a flower In your garden that I crave per
mission to water.' said the admirer.
" ' I have a flower In my garden, but It grows by itself,
without being watered,' responded the father. '1 thank you
for the honor.'
" Instead of going away the swain remained, watching
until the daughter came forth. Then he threw water over
her until she either agreed to wed him or bought her ransom
in colortjd eggs.
"The Russian custom of k'ssing Is gioeral in the Hlack
sea districts, and on Easter I was kissed and kissed by Turks,
Russians, and Jews until I filled my hand with money and
bought them off.
Take Shoes if Without Eggs.
" One strange custom 1 found during my Easter In Eng
land, which I si'tH with papa's distant relatives in North
umberland. We went into the village to church early, both
of us being Ignorant of the customs, and, coming from churoh,
n man slopped up and demanded an egg. I. had none and
told him so. Thereupon he knelt down and commenced to
unlace my shoes. Papa luughed It was horrid of him and
let that man take off my shoes nnd march away with tlnin.
Then papa hastily purchased eggs and paid the rans.nn. The
women who demand eggs of men and are refused can grab
the man's cap and keep It until he pays."
Miss I.aldlBw spent Eastern In Egypt, Scotland, Sweden,
Japan, Switzerland, France, Holland, Portuguese Africa, Mo
rocco, nnd Greeet and now is at the clmax of the queer
traveling, for she will stand this Easter Sunday I side the
holy sepulcher.
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SGA 'BOARDS ALONG A JAPANESE RAILROAD.
MOSQULTO'S FLLGLLT.
LOCATION OF CARNEGIE'S LIBRARIES.
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Even artistic Japan has not been nble to oscniie the commercial temptation to border her rallwav lines with designs setting f un
the excellence of various commodities. The plscm-d o: the extreme left advertises soap, and those that follow (taking them in or.l
towards the right) are advertisements of the Japmoe sauce, "soy"; of Phimond tooth powder, Toklo beer, a face powder, the
Japanese wine, "sakl"; a bicycle dealer, nod a patent medicine. These occur on the railway between Kobe and Osaka.
ST. HELENA
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From an old Japanese print published In Pouglas Bladen's book
" More Queer Things About Japan." Napoleon la In chains su.
rounded by Rrltlsh soldiers In armor Jeering ut him. The picturt
give an idea of the Japanese Idea of Qreut Hritain and European
matters thirty years ago.
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On this map, which Is from the World's Work, every dot tepresents a Carnegie llbraf
within the state where It appears.
According to his trainer it was a business
of i xtraoislinury difficulty to Induce the
creatine to complete the circle. Half way
up the ring he would go eiieei lully. but the
topmost section In which for (lie fraction of
a second be hung back downwards was only
negotiated after months and mont lis of prac
tice. As in uU'otlu r loops tlu t-ecret of sue
ci ss is Hieed. but tills tiny fox terrier Is the
only dog in existence to p rform the f at.
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Follow the proper lines with a pencil or Assyrian women of
pen and make an outline drawing of a parrot ancient days collected
on its perch talking angrily to u monkey, .their tears la vessels.
A French scientist has contructd an ln
gonloiiB apparatus by which the. successive
phases of un insect's flight can be photo
graphed. Thgse photogi aphs were tuken at
Intervals of of a second, but the actual
exposure of each, or the duration of the l c
tric spaik by w hich it was taken, was only
l-J,uou,tM of a second.
Head of a cocker spaniel photographed by
Mi.ss Idaline Shepard. Bin ling. 111. " Curly "
is owned by C. C. Wootlworth. a railway
postal clerk. Ur knows I lie whistle of the
locomotive that hauls bis master home very
nlglit. and that is the sigi.al to met I Ii m at
the depot.
It Is '.he poor who suffer from the terrible scourge, tuberculosis. It hardly worries thi?
rich. It In a preventable disease, and the rich have the mean to light It. This is utrikii
ly shown by a diagram receivwl from lr. Reineke of Hamburg by a leading St. I.ouis spe
elalisL It shows the relationship between tuberculosis and Income, figured In marks, the
(i.rmun mark being worth about 'St centa. it Is based un official ligurea. Among the
iour over ltl per rent die from consumption when once uff cited. Among the rich not i)
per cent die, In sonu cases not o tier cent. hi n a poor mun gets eoiiHiimption the ihanc;.
of its killing him is six times greater than if lie were comfortably well o
