The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-04-03
Chll,IrnS : Corner.
SOMETHING INTERESTING
To THE YOUNG READERS
OF THE CAUCASIAN.
Letsfe taanpact> fsstsr Party.
ny If.Ai.t-~ I TsuwNs,

Til" speaker was a little girl
about twelve years ~ age. with
Thoughtful brown eyes aud
shining hair. Aunt Marie leaked
up i'll quick surprise.
why, my dear, you - t.
Sunday school every SUNDAY
and ask such Il question | am
surprised"
"No, no. Aunty; : on mi~uudrr-
stand me" began Lottic, wish
ing she had appealed t. her
Cousin Helen instead Of Aunt
Marie, who always thought her
qnes ions sprang from ignorance.
But Cousin Helen had heard
the question, and spoke aow
with her usual gentle smile.
"The festival of Faster. I.ottlc
dear, was celebI ated before the
Christians claimed IT "A the
most joyful AMI hallowed day
OF the yea. Some say the word
A%s1-'@ti - IiollI Ailt sNdAftIl " ora
Oster, which signifies. to rise.
But others trace the word a.
used here to refer tu the old
festival of the Saxon Goddess
Ostera, or Eastre, the person.
ficatiOn of the Morning. or East.
This festival ALWAYS occurred
i'll tho spring.
"But, Cousin, how do We hap
pen to call il by the same uamee''
because, Lottie, when the
Christian fathers came to Sc 4
day COR this commemorating of
Christ being risen from the
dead, they found no more beauti-
ful time, or one that seemed so
to rejoice and revcl in the risen
Christ, as the spring season.
Don't y0u knew, dear, how
everything seems awakening Ia
sunshine, to life and beauty.
You see, those poor benightcd
people who did not know Christ,
had worshipped His ineffable
mercy unc 'nsciously, in greet
ing with joy and delight the
awakening Of the world, which
is still einblematic Of Ills hav-
ing risen To save and receive
the wCI!l.'
"Cousin Helen, how do you
know 80 Inuch?' Lottie was nn
a stool looking earnestly into
her cousins face. 1t was Hclen's
turn to flush a little.
"fhat is not an astonishing
prOtundity of knowledge, Lot
tie
"Now tell me why we always
Lave eggs t Faster
"That we may attribute to n
custom. They used To be called
Pace, Pasch-eggs, and only the
pleasure they grant you child
rem seems to be their excuse
for being 2 prominent feature
of the celebration. Yet the
Persians celebrated pn egg
festival at this time, and the
custom SeoinS To be time honor
ed. Then, too, the egg j. EN-.
blematic again OF reYivified
nature. A beautiful little downy
thing with wings bursts fort
froa the egg, # it is permitted
to follow IL natural course,
showing how, III the least OF
things, nature aud God meet 10
rejoice i'll life"
81 81 'uld think we wnnld
have pink, blue and striped
chickens, if we hatched Easter
eggs" broke in Larry. Lott.e's
bother, a lad OF eight. who had
listened to Helcn's last state
melt open mouthed.
"Wait and see what chickens
will be batched for you two lit
tie chatter boxes" laughed
Cousin Helen.
ooh, tell ns, tell us, what is
going to happen" cried Lottie,
while Larry looked beseeching.
"No. you must wait until
Easter Mornin Now, don't
tease me, for | won't tell you
any more"
SO the child:en must fain
content themselves. but Lottie
went about. talking of the
Easter mystery until some Jne
told her not "to count her
chickens before they were
hatched," whereupon larry re-
piled, with great Indignation,
that Cousin Helen had prom sed
them a pink chicken with green
wings, and she always kept her
prOmiZes.
Easter day passed, with its
bean iful solemnities, and Lot
tie thought no angel could have
looked or sung more sweetly
than ousin Helen, as she qtood
in her place in the choir.
Monday morning, Lottie and
Larry We're sent on q visit to q
small cousin, and only got home
at tu o o'clock, in time TO don
their best raiment, as Cousin
Helen said she expected a few
young friends in to all Easter
party.
They began coming, presently,
until the narlnrs held houf fan