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hills is to spend her line are ex V _ V - pected to arrive in cgngdg it holiday in the country. she around April 17th. ‘Um visit either the Princess Royal ' 0 0 1” 3"‘V’°.°d 30039. or more prob- A jolly dinner party, exquisitely ‘b’~V- “*9 Duke [and Duchess of arranged and followed by games »g<rI“I'kt agnknoyai Lodge, Windsor and merry stunts, was given by a that . This will be the first number of friends in honor 01 um‘ Q“°°!1 M5-TY 1138 Siiflyed Mm George Prowse of Boston at 3” from Buckingham Palace the Queen Hotel on Tuesday even- °° “he d°“_h fl _K1Ii8-Ge°l'8e- mg. The social gathering was very much 9nl°Yed. Mrs. Prowse is be- The Duke and Duchess of Kent ing widey entertained during her I39 being advised by Queen Mary holiday visit. indtire matter of the refurbishing - an redecorating of the Coppins, At the Teachers pedemuon this V1§i0i"-ii’S Old home at‘_week many happy fl'l€IId.‘..hlD8 were Th - D 9})’ 0P9 t0 move in 4A_3ril.:r-enewed and a great deal of inform- :o.°..~.“.f..‘°‘f;...‘”“’.‘..5‘.°.'..“’;ii?§.5€°~““{’“..:2.’l“ ’:*.’,l".,“‘°““°°‘ "°“‘ "‘° - - ~ 8 su en ti ' . echiteliries for the bedrooms and re-l y E P e- Feelings cep on ICCHL at her new home.‘ Mix; Mud; ' The question or the disposal of tnef Thursday mo§§n.;“€.‘.'§‘§.“.?§“E.§€.7§ furniture in the rooms has, how-with he; mama. and family in CV6-l'._been gsubmiited to Queen‘Ha1uax, Marys C0l'£l(l2l‘i)(l judgment. Much‘ of the furniture glicu to the Duke} and Due ll. me time

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furniture including several valuable‘he1- wide urge of mmds hegld period [)lE'.‘ES. l. to remain in the of the death in Arizona this week or house. Mr. Williams, who, as 1n-.N,m-smg SM“. wmmlfld McLeod 5Pe€i0i‘ Of Buciiinghuiii Palace. has who has been in lndlll-;’l‘elli. healthl had much to d with Queen].o; some years, ‘ Marys art c:llec.i:ns, has seen: . "3959 919195 i1“d_ B-dViS‘9d the Duke: Mrs. A. Bert Davison was host-’ :n.d D”°h"j"5_ }"'h1f'il thfy s.lou.d re- ess at a. jolly two table bridge at 31“ Mid “hid: -Siwlild be sold. ~ her home last Saturday evening. ‘ i t 0 0

. ML and M‘:5~ 1“- Ch SD9IiC€i‘.i Miss Marion Sliaw‘s many friends Saint John. imuined Tuesday from will hear with plezisurc that she is Daymna B‘~‘5“'h- F13» Where they improving nicely in the P. E. 15 SP9“ U10 Will‘-51‘ lll3ii'--l_- The)’ Lind 1-Iosp§.al dll'.l' ii \Cl‘) painful were me. in New York by tnelr son. cperatgon, she 1, imking forward Gordon S;cnc2r. who iiflcmpaniedfto returning home in the not too l-mm W 5311“ J°hn- Idlstant future. .. . ,

Mrs. J. A. Webster entertained at Mrs. James Paton left yesterday I delightul thme table bridge at,moming to spend the Easter season he? Mme last Saturday afternoonzwith Mrs. Lcgari in l-laiifnx.

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Mrs. Macrcady and Mrs. W. 8.‘ Miss Eva Beer has gone on 3 Btewart. of Charlottetown. are vis- holiday visit to friends in Halifax. lting in Toronto, and are at the‘ - - - Windsor Arms. l

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shortly sail for Canada on a visit week. to Mrs. Buchans son (says the Lon- don Star.) Lord Tweedsmuir, much more famous as plain John Buch- an. author of a number of best-sel- lots and particularly of that most, Iucoesfirr screen thriller, “The 39 Bteps.” Jvflss Anna Buchl-in is a popular riavelbt in her right under the name of "0. Douglas." The W6! of the Governor-General Canada is nearly 90 years of age. In Atlantic trip is a bold venture fl I2! advanced age-—-but the ening is well known. The Duke of are notable for their viril- Kent has caught the fever, and is N both mind and body. They busily planning additions imd alter-

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Many children associate Easter with bunnies. eggs, candy or some- thing of that sort. Many grown- ups think of it as the time to dis- play new clothes, to see beautiful line; and other flowers, perhaps to attend church and listen to soul- ful music. People come forth on Easter morning in brand-new clothes without realizing that this custom had it origin through an old supersltion. In old England it i was considered unlucky to appear in public on Easter Sunday with- out wearing new clothes. In ad- dition people held that human be- ings should imitate Nature by brightening up after the drabness of winter.

‘ Easter is a time of rejoicing. i even though it is so closely as- i soclated with the Cross. For with- : out the Cross Easter is shorn of its

joy. Easter mcans immortality to all those who have accepted of Christi; atonement which is pro-

duced for us by His death on the Cross. Easter has taken the sting out of death, because of the as- life Just as surely as our Saviour died and rose again so shall we rise rise from death to reign Mth Him in glory. Death is but the gateway through which we pass from this life to Heaven.

Easter is ceiebrated in many curious ways, depending on tradi- tion, established centuries ago and handed down from generation to generation. The bunny or rabbit, so popular about this time of the year among children in many lands, had its origin in Germany where it is called the Easter bare and ations to his new property, Coppins, at Iver Heath, left him by Princess Victoria. He is fortunate in his locality. Round Iver there are rich peat bogs, and it is a paradise for azxilexis and rhododendrons, which grow to enormous (.128.

Mm Ethel Bagnall, who resigned her position at the Provincial san- atorlum, was remembered by the dmtors and staff with a very hand- some glft on '.I‘hursday, prior to leaving for Saint John on Monday where she has accepted a position.

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Dr. Creelman and young daugh- ter. Miss Lorna Ci-eelman, are spending the week end in Halifax.

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Mr. Richard Brlttain of Montreal, who recently underwent an opera- tion for appendicitis, arrived Thurs- day on a visit to friends here.

. . . Mr. S. T, Green’s many friends are glad to see him out again, after his very severe illness of the past

few months.

0 Deepest sympathy will go out to Mrs_ (Dr) L. B. McKenna. in the sudden death yesterday in London. Ontario, of her sister, Mrs, Hugh Lamont. who with her husband was killed in an auto collision at London, Ont. Dr. and Mrs. Mc- Kenna leave this morning for Lon- don. Thelr little daughter, Isabelle Inrnont, escaped with minor in-

where it is considered as import- ant I figure in nursery lore as Jolly Old St. Nicholas at Christ- mas time. In Germany the chil- dren play a grime with colored eggs, which consists of testing the strength of the shells, and in some parts of_ the United States a similar game is played known as egg-pick- ing, in which both colored and un- colored eggs are used. “Egg-rolling" on the lawn of the White House at Washington provides a happy time for the children. During the Easter season both 1 Germany and France handball playing is indulg- ed 1- freely. The connection of"thLs game with Ea ll.9l‘ originated in the idea that the sun takes three leaps in rising on Easter morning.

some rather startling customs held sway in the middle ages. On Easter morning the women‘ were granted special pennission to strike their husbands. However, as “ali's fair in love and war” on Tuesday the men were allowed to strike them back, which though lacking in gallux try. presumably was satisfactory all ’round.

Dating from apostolic times, the plentiful use of candles and lamps was a pronounced feature of the Easter vigil. Pillars of wax, with which night was transformed in- to day, burned not to put out dark- ness, but as a sign of joy.

Another illumination associated with Easter, but of pagan origin, is the Easter fire. This had to be kindled from a new fire, drawn from wood by friction. It signi- fied the victory of Spring over Winter. our modern sunrise ser- vices, while commemorating the discovery that Jesus had risen from the tomb, seem; a finer expression of the pagan Easter mountain fires. On the top of Mount Royal, a. volcanic formation which rises nearly seven hundred feet over the city of Montreal, is crertcd a great cross which perpetuates the zeal and courage of the early Cunadlzms and city foundc:'s.. and here in the flame of the suitrlsc many wor- shippers take part in the Easter morning service. In il :cttlng of emerald velvet hills. with a gorge- ous southsrn Cclifozrra sunrise painting the sky, tiiorsands of early morning worshippers gather at the I-Iollywoocl Bowl on Easter Sunday morning fog this beautiful sunrise SE!‘\'l1'9.

It is in Palsstrv tlin: Ea ler is l

most fittlngly cclcbriitrd among the scenes reminissent of the gentle ministration; cf the Saviour. Here where Spring wnkcns into be- ing the lilies of the field, and the pale pink cyclrimcn. Ha‘f-way up the Mount of O‘.lves, wltrre‘ Jesus saw the City of Jerusalem and wept over its lizvdness of heart, and lack vision. is a spot which is "Forever England," where soldiers of that country perished in the War. Each Gofd Friday, Christian residents of Jerusalem hold a ser- vice there.

Amid the narrow streets of Jerusalem in an area of thirty- five feet. stands the Temple, grand and solemn and ewe-in-spring .The pavements at Easter time are

in these same interlacing

covered with rich. Turkish rugs. fine gilded wrought-iron grills uurrornding the enclosures. In‘ the Temple fine mosaics deconte the walls of French twelfth cen- tury design, their subdued arrange- ment contrasting with the more brlllle.nt—hued stained glass widows.

NOI. only in London and Paris mid New York is Easter at time for fnslrionable weddings, but in every town and village as well. This custom goes as far beck as the Easter bon fire days, when young men and maidens desiring matri- mony during the coming year, % arid danced three times. or gave three leaps over the flame.

The dramatic play owes its origin to the Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone, a. poetic expression of

the two great emotions at- tributed to Nature-—her sorrow when the sun is withdrawn and

her joy when the fruitful season or

growth begins. The Greeks cele- brated these Spring fenvalg with mysterious procfssion of veiled figures with torches moving from side to side in mimic search for thc lost Persephone. The modern Mziypole dances have their origin circles of figures holding brightly—colol'- ed ribbons.

A play especially adapted to Easter is the Passion Play of Obcrirmmergau. held every

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among the B a va r i a n Hills.

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become a play of great importance. Thousands of tourists visit the lit- tlc village each year to see this master-piece of religious drama enacted.

Easter used to have its philan- thropic side as well. Easier buns mow known as Hot Cross buns) wcre distributed to the poor, Two wcsiltlily sisters, in a small Eng- lish town, even went so far as to leave a small annuity for this pur- pose on their death.

our modern celebration of Easter emphasizes the joy of the spirit and uplift of the soul. In somewhat crude contrast was the rogxstci-iitg of the Greeks and Rus- sians in days gone by. After a. long and severe Lent, they made Easter :1 day of gayety and sport, choosing the cemetery as the site for their music and dancing. In Russia, anyone so disposed might enter the church belfrics on Easter Day and ring the bells, a privilege of which the natives fully availed themselves.

A peculiar feature of the early

‘ Christian Church was the "Easter

eggs for

laughter." invoked by the null!!!- ous dignitaries as a regular part of the Easter service. It was later frowned on as irreverent and discontinued.

In moorland parts of Scotland, it used to be the custom for young people to go out early on Easter Sunday and search for wild fowls' breakfast and it was

thought lucky to find them.

In the West Indies, where the climate is pretty much the same during the whole year. new clothes areworn at Christmas time instead of Easter, 50 that they forego the Easter parade which is an import- ant event in most countries. To Bermuda, however, we owe our lilies, where they grow in great profusion.

Easter in Canada is spent in pret- ty much the same way as in most civilized countries. An exchange of greeting cards, with the cheerlest of wishes. The observance of Good Friday with solemnchurxzh service. the solemrrity extending over the week-end until its gloom is shat- tered by the Joy of Easter Sunday morning. Gayly colored eggs chicks and chocolate hens on the breakfast table. Hot-house plants budded for the occasion. Attired in as new an outfit as our purse will afford, we wend our way to church, where palms and lilies smile on the altars in the spring sunshine. The choir fairly open the gates of Heaven for us with their Joyous and inspiring music, and the sermon holds a note of optimism. Easter is undoubtedly one of the happiest holidays of the year. -