, 1881-04-17

Unless all signs at the present writing
! mldnight-fail, the devout and undeyout pco.
pie of this city will enjoy a bright and genial
Easter Sunday to-day, and, to verify the Irish
legend, the sun should dance in the sky this
morning. 1t will add to the joynusncss of
the day that 1t is the first ba1my and genial
Sunday we have had vouchsafed to us since
last October. The first brcathinss of spring
are here, and for the first time the grass be-
gins to look green and the buds 10 swell,
though ruins of snow-'nountts are still in our
Streets and Lake Michigan is tightly locked
with ice As far rs the eye can see. The
flowers with which our churches will be pro-
fuscly decorated will not seem much out Of
place, and tho Easter anthems and hytnns
Will be sung with fresh zcst, now that we are
safely ont from under the aralanclles of SHOW
that have been hurled down upon us ever
since the first week Of last November,
lie. TRUE and the only meaning Of the
Christian Passover is the resurrection, and
this symbol certainly ought to bring to the
observance Of this festival not only feelings
of devotion. but Of joyousness, especially on
snch an Eastertldo is this, towering ont
from the darkest anil. dreariest of winters.
The resurrection Of Neturo.is full Of gial-
ness and joy. After nearly five long months
OF cold, storms, ice, and SHOW, whiel, have
been prolific in disease, which have mar
a'yzed business and entailed great inco1,-
venlence, distress, aud suffering. we step at
once lnh' spring, with its gentle and soott1- !
Ing Influences, its clear skies. and its pleas
AMI air. business also shows the influence
OF the general revival. Viii, roads block /
adeu i'll every direction, trains snow-bound, !
the ocean sWep: by terrific tenpests. freiglts
oe.aScd, city streets almost impossible, and |
storm succeeding storm almost continually.
1t Is Impossible that there should not have
oeea cer1tlcan atmosphere in shop and
but i'll the disappearance OF
Ill these obstacles business begins to bovn1
1sala, lis IS shown By the columns of THE
IHscAGo Tribune this morning, which CON
ain more advertisements than they have
eyer contained bcforc,-an eloquent indica-
ion Of the immense business revival whiel,
las colnlnenced. Society to-day also e1,lerscs
rom Its Lentcn 'caye of gloon,'' where
mas been doing penallce for its wild dissi-
'atioas aild frivolous folly. To-day it brushes
he ashes out of its flowing trcsses, DOTS its
ackcloth robes, lays away its rosary AMI !
ku1 upon which it has 1neditated 50 Ionr,
lids good-by to Lenten fasts, and starts
pom new career, refreshed by its long ab- .
thence from the pleasures of .the world. |
he flesh, ami the Deyil.'' 1t is the modistes'
nd milllncr>' day. However sweetly the
overs may bloom. however skiiifuity the
nols may chant and sing, however eloquent
J ue priest 'liay preach, they will have little
Elraction compared with the new STYLES OF {
lis great opening day that will make the +
ips blossom with the gayest Of colors. The
asnefs vii! be in the pews rather than in the | +
alplt or i'll the cloir'oft and it surely NAV | I
forgiven in Aralninta this once if between I
r responses her thoughts gray,tate rather h
an ascend, and her mind is not 50 much 7