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LTHOUGH Easter, more than
any other holiday of the year,
may be said to be a world
wide festival and la celebrat
ed in one way or another in
scores of different countries,
there is one phase of Easter
observance which may be
eaid to be strictly American
American, in origin and Amer
ican in development, inas
much as few other countries
have copied this phase of
Yankee life. This unique fea
ture of the Joyous day la
fashion's parade on Easter
on Easter morning we came pretty near saying,
fcnt that would be Incorrect since the annual
fashion parade is no longer restricted to the
morning hours of the most significant holiday
on the church calendar.
Fashion's parade on Easter merely means,
of course, the ceremonial display of clothes,
brand new clothes of course, and more im
portant yet, new hats. Easter has attained a
position of pre-eminence as the one occasion
above all others in the
whole year when It is in
cumbent upon all those
who essay to be well
dressed to make their ap
pearance in new and dis
tinctive styles. Insofar as
Dame Fashion is concerned
Easter Sunday, on what
ever date it falls, is ac
counted the first day of
spring the occasion of
the "spring opening" of
the wearers of costumes
calculated to cause com
ment. Therefore, even
though the temperature, by
some freak of nature, be
""lese to zero, milady who
desires to observe the con
ventions will appear on
Easter morning in all the
Clory of the newest crea
tions of milliners and
dressmakers. She may be
tempted to shiver in the
. chilly blasts of an early
'Easter, but her pride in her new finery can
Usually be relied upon to help her combat the
Icy winds. ... .
A movement was started some years ago to
Induce the women of the United States to unite ,
iin robbing Easter Sunday of its significance as
a "field day" for the new fashions. According
ito the new mandate it was not to be,consid
i sered "good form" for a woman to appear on
iEaster resplendent in fresh additions to her
-wardrobe. She might display her new treas
ures for, of what use would nice clothes be
ito a woman if she could not show them on
the Sunday preceding Easter or on the Sunday
. ifollowing Easter or at any other time, but the
custom was to be decried of turning Easter in
to a grand review for marshaling the newest
products of the dressmakers, the bootmakers
and the milliners.
The new plan was all very well In theory,
but the persons who suggested it evidently did
not figure on the persistency with which the
daughters of the republic can cling to a cher
ished prerogative. The American women sim
ply declined to abandon their Easter fashion
parade and consequently the season's surprises
la new' raiment continue to be as indespensable
adjuncts to a regulation Easter observance as
are the Easter lilies and the Easter eggs. The
credit for the preservation of the traditions of
the Easter fashion parade is given to the
women because It is the members of the fair
sex who both as spectators and participants
are W most numerous and most enthusiastic
wJ.?orters of the function. At the same time
lt wouv& 5)8 idle to insinuate that many of the
opposite sex have not succumbed to the Influ
ence of the Easter dress parade. Among the
male contingent there is a brave representa
tion of spring overcoats and spring suits, that
make their appearance for the first time, but
the one pre-eminent touch which proclaims the
occasion Is the array of new collars and ties.
Some men there may be, who, because of
, prejudice or pocketbook, will not indulge them
selves In the new conceits of the tailors on
lEaster, but there are ncne who need forego
'the Indespensable of a novelty in neckwear.
As has been said, fashion's parade on Easter
marches up and down the entire land. There
are some famous Easter fashion parades in the
United States, notably the one on Fifth ave
nue, New York, and the one on the Boardwalk
at Atlantic City, but there is scarce a city or
town or village from Maine to California or
from Michigan to Texas that does not enjoy its
own taster panorama particularly if the com
munity is not so small that there are no church
iservices to act as an incentive to draw forth
jthe birds of plumage. And Just here, it-may
ibe noted In wonder, that such is the perfection
of our modern system of fashion distribution
j that the Easter parade in the most remote
,-town affords proof that her feminine residents
are little behind New York and even Kris In
! the main essentials of the "new styles."
While on this phase of the subject It may
' be remarked that very few of the fashionable
; paraders In the Easter throngs realize how far
, reaching have been the preparations for tbls
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display and how far back, in point of time,
have extended the preliminaries for the burst
of glory. Milady may not even realize that
the milliners who "did" her hat have been
working literally night and day for a fortnight
before Easter and that the delivery boy who
distributed the "confections" of lace and rib
bons, had precious little sleep on Easter eve.
But the trail of preparation goes yet farther
back. It extends as far as fascinating Paris,
where all the styles originate and where the
ammunition for the Easter broadside was a
matter of concern to hundreds of designers and
seamstresses and bonnet makers and flower
workers in the days when you and 1 were busy
with Christmas preparations. There is usvrally
at least three or four months between the in-
ception of a costume idea in Paris and the
realization of the "dream" In America and con
sequently American dressmakers and milliners
were paying hundreds of dollars for advance
information regarding the Easter styles and
furtive peeps at the new Easter hats ere the
prospective wearers in America had com
menced to bother their heads on the subject.
The traditional hour for the Easter fashion
parade is after the morning church service and
this time continues the accepted Interval in
most communities. It is, for instance, in the
interim rrom twelve to one o'clock that one
sees the impressive procession of gorgeously
gowned women and correctly-attired men
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The Risen Christ's Easter Message
The message of Easter is identical with the
truth' that each Lord's day proclaims to men
the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The central
thought of ' the apostle's ministry was the
resurrection of their Lord and Saviour. It has
been the dominant theme of every gospel mes
sage. The risen Christ's first communication
was sent to his discouraged disciples that they
might rejoice because he was risen from the
dead.
Does Easter find you discouraged? Have
you made a bad investment of your life and
labor? Are you disturbed as to the future?
Has death terror for you? Then let us rejoice,
for Christ has won a victory for us. Let us
give thanks because he is risen. His resurrec
tion contains the promise of our endless life.
It is bJeo prophetic of the Christian's resurrec
tion when Jesus shall come again. The hopes
of eternal life should inspire us with a dynamic
force by which we can, through the presence
and power- of our risen Lord, rise above the
difficulties, discouragements and defeats of this
present age. His resurrection has solved our
problem, removed sin and burdens that have
filled us with despair, and turned our apparent
defeats into one glorious triumph. The gospel
of the resurrection proclaims a victory of re
generation over degeneration, of construction
over deformation, of life over death, that
Christ has secured for every creature that will
believe on him as their risen Saviour.
To the disciple that denied him early on
Easter morn Christ sent a message that re
called Peter to his service. Have you been
following Christ afar off? Has your life been
marred by sin? Have you denied your Lord?
If so, Easter has a message for you. Repent,
return to your Lord and then you will rejoice
that he is" risen and he will restore unto you
the joy of your salvation.
The last message that the Master gave to
his disciples was delivered near Bethany, while
they were still In sight of the capital city of
Jerusalem. On this Easter morn from Beth
any's study overlooking the Capital city of our
nation I would call upon all the followers of
the Christ to obey him and enter Into the
Master's work of winning the world for their
Lord. As he commanded, bo I would urge that
you obey his call to evangelize the world with
the gospel, enlist disciples for his service and
educate all believers to be obedient to whatso
ever our Lord has commanded. The Christian
conquests of the centuries, the marvelous mis
sionary awakening of Christendom preparing
to conquer the world for the glory of Christ
by the consecration of men and means and by
the co-operation of the Christian forces under
the leadership of the Holy Spirit is one' of the
many modern testimonies of the power of the
risen Lord that is leading the hosts of God on
to complete the triumph of Christ when he re
vealed on resurrection morn his power over
life and death. '
The religion of Jesus contains the only hope
for the world. His is the only religion that
meets the needs of all men. He is the only
founder of a religion that has risen 1jf6m the
dead and offers everlasting life to all. Let us
consecrate ourselves around his empty tomb
this Easter morn to help him save the world
by carrying the gospel of his resurrection to
all that are lost. Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson.
Man With Only Half a Brain
There is a man with only half a
brain in the convalescent home of the
Sabbatberg sanitarium at Stockholm, Swedon.
His name is Blomquist, and he is a
young soldier wbo was hit by a stray bul
let at firing practice last summer. The bullet
went through the left temple and passed out
again through the right side of the skull. It
was a bad case, but the surgeons, finding that
no motor centers of the brain were injured,
proceeded to operate although they had little
which renders Fifth avenue, New York, memor
able on this occasion. So to in most of the
smaller cities the church hour is accounted the
logical time for fashion's review because there
is nothing to call forth the population en
masse at any other time in the day unless it
be, mayhap, to evening church service when,
of course, It Is too dark to have fanciful toil
ettes appear to the beet advantage.
In some of our cities, however, notably In
the national capital, it has come about that in
recent years there, are In effect two fashion
parades on Easter. The first Is held, as above
mentioned, at the conclusion of the morning
church service, but the newer and more popu
lar jiromeuade comes late in the afternoon,
when well cussed people of all ages traverse
the principal residential thoroughfares inspired
by a "frank Interest In
their fellow-beings and
their raiment. The morn
ing fashion parade find3
almost everybody afoot
if the weather be at all
pleasant, but in the
"moving picture" that is
on view from 3:30 to 5
o'clock In the afternoon
a considerable propor
tion of the paraders are
in vehicles, open car
riages and motor cars
having the preference.
Each mode of locomotion
has its advantages from
the standpoint of ' the
Easter paraders. Those
afoot have the best
chance to be seen, where
as those in motors or
carriages have the best
opportunities to see, and
since the aim and object
of this fashion "parade is
that its devotees may see
and be seen it will be
realized that it is virtually a standoff between
those who walk and those who ride.
In point of numbers participating, easily the
greatest Easter fashion parade in America is
that which takes place on thl3 eventful day on
the Boardwalk at Atlantic City. People flock
from all sections of the country to the New Jer
sey resort. They come, many of them will tell
you, because Atlantic City is supposed to have
a mild and equable spring climate, but the real
reason in most instances is a realization that
the "natural stuiy of mankind is man" and
that here may be found a greater assemblage
of representatives of the h,uman race than at
any other Easter mecca on this side of the At
lantic. There are sometimes as many as 100,000
people In the Easter parade at Atlantic City
and they devote themselves to marching and
countermarching on that five-mile elevated
esplanade because there is little else to do at
Atlantic City at Easter when' it is, of course,
too" cold for sea bathing.
i The Atlantic City parad of fashion starts in
the morning, though It is not timed to accord
with church services, for the simple reason
that only a small propo rtion of the Easter vis
itors to Atlantic ' City take time to attend di
vine worship on this day of days. Instead they
spend their time on the great wooden high
way walking or riding in those odd and lazy
wheeled chairs pushed by porters or propelled
by tricycles. At Atlantic City also there Is an
other fashion parade in the afternoon, though
to be strictly accurate we should not say "an
other." In reality it Is a continuation of the
same grand march of the gaudy dressers. How
any of them manage to get lunch is a mystery,
for the crowd on the Boardwalk never suffers
any diminution from mid-morn to dusk, and in
deed this spectacular continuous performance
even goes on after the electric bulbs are aglow
and Easter promenaders in other cities have
long since sought their own firesides.
hope of saving the man's life. For two weeks
the patient was unconscious, his breathing was
feeble and he had to be artificially fed., Then
by Agrees consciousness returned. His speech
and eyesight were badly affected, but both im
proved gradually. Today, apart from some
what dimmed eyesight and general weakness,
he is well on the road to recovery, but retains
one conspicuous defect, he cannot read or write.
He can distinguish letters, but is unable to
connect them into words. The part of the
brain he has lost, it appears, is the sense of
memory of what he learned In his youth.
. Party Feeling. .
The Excited Spinster Oh, Ethel, we're going
to have such a. time at the party. The new
curate's coming, and he's color blind!
Ethel Well, dear, what difference does that
make? ..
The Excited Spinster Why, he thinks all the
hollyberries are mistletoe. London Sketch.
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Co3d3, chills and , grip strain the
kidneys and start backache, urinary
disorders . and uric acid troubles.
Doan's Kidney Pills are very useful
In the raw spring
months. They stop
backache and urinary
disorders, keep the
kidneys well and pre
vent colds from set
tling on the kidneys.
Mrs. E, Bates, 35 Jay
St., Poughkeepsle, N.
Y., cays: "A cold
started my kidney
trouble and for five
long weeks I was afraid to He down
on account of the terrible pain in my
back. . I took the doctor's medicine
regularly but became no better. Then
I began with Doan's Kidney Pill3 and
was entirely cured. I have had no
trouble with my kidneys since."
"When Your Back Is Lame, Remember
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Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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Doran No; whenever he gets a
sphade he spits on his hands.
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ver for several months, getting no re
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Elixir Babek, 50 cents, all drusglsts,
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Perpetual Worth.
"Why was it you never married
again. Aunt Sallle?" Inquired Mrs.
McClane of an old colored woman in
West Virginia.
" 'Deed, Miss Ellie," replied the old
woman earnestly, "dat daid nigger's
wuth moah to me dan a live one. I
gits a pension." Lipplncott's.
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Infants and children, and see that it
S- M ' T s? sr
Signature of CVC7er,
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Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
Also With Gloves.
Assistant Editor Here's a farmer
writes to us asking how to treat sick
bees.
Editor Tell him he'd better treat
them with respect.
A Household Remedy
Which works from outside. Chestol
(Chest Ointment). Wifl relieve quickly
croup, coughs, colds, pneumonia and
all affections of chest and throat. 25c,
everywhere.
The Result.
Mrs. Howard Did you give Johnny
an unbreakable toy?
Mrs. Barker Yes, but the trouble
is that he has broken everything else
with It. Harper's Bazar.
Use Allen's Foot-Ease
The antiseptic powder to be shaken into
the Bhoes ?or tired, tender, smarting, aoh
ing, swollen feet, it makes your feet feel
easy and mokes walking a Delight. Sold
everywhere, 25c. For free trial package,
address Allen 8. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. X.
Gossip.
Polly Miss Yellowleaf says she al
ways tries to get her beauty sleep.
Dolly Well, all I can say Is. she
must suffer frightfully from insomnia.
Woman's Home Companion.
Instead of liquid antiseptics, tablets
and peroxide, for toilet and medicinal
uses, many people prefer Paxtlne,
which is cheaper and better. "At drug
gists, 25c a box or sent postpaid on re
ceipt of price by The Paxton Toilet
Co., Boston, Mass.
He Shut the Shutter.
"Willie, didn't I tell you to shut that
shutter?" said Mrs. Boggs.
"The shutter's shut,' replied Willie,
"and I can't shut it any shutter."
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ANI BUILO UP THE STSTEW
Take the Old Standard GROVE'S TASTKLKSS
CHILL TOMO. You know what yon are taking
The formula ! plainly printed on everr bottle,
showing tt Is simply Quinine and Iron In a taateleaa
form, and the most elleotuul torn. JTor grow a
people and children, 60 oauts.
All of That.
"Who is Nat Goodwin?"
"He's the center of the All-America
marriage team."
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels,
Bugar-ooated, tiny granules. Easy to take
as candy.
It doesn't require much Inventive
genius for a man to make a fool of
himself.
There is no excuse for the dyspeptic, with
Garfield Tea accessible at evory drugstore.
Poverty does not destroy virtue, nor
does wealth bestow It. Yriarte.
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