Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-09

at which time her feast was held. Our
festival Of the resurrection has taken its place.
English and German-speaking nations use tho
word derived from her name, while all others
the Greek ''Pasha," the jewish passover, the
Easter time being ingraftsd BY Christians
on the old passover feast Il 10 observed not
only through Catholic Europe and in countries
where the Greek church 10 established. but in
Turkey and the Mohammedan country along
the coast Of Africa. An old couplet comes from
the north Of England and employs this eastern
word for Easter:
It'd. MID and Misera.
CARING, Palm. Pase-egr day.
The Arst three words were taken, It Is sup
posed, fir, frsm the beginning Of certain psalm.
CARING was the name of q cake used on Mother
ing-Sunday. Palm represents Palm Sunday, and
Pase-egg, Easter.
THE USE OF THE Ioo At HAsrK1
is very broadspread and still survives. Tho
original Of this rite is lost in obscurity, but
doubleday comes from the life buried within
the shell, which will burst into being. In Rus
STA and Germany print Of an egg with lines
inscribed Is frequently used. It was formerly the
custom in England to distribute large quantities
OF eggs among the people An item Of Easter
Sunday expenses occurs in Edward rs
accounts. -Four hundred and half eggs,
played by the boys with hard-boiled eggs-he
who threw oftenest without breaking being
victor. They also hit them against each other,
as the boys do now.
EASTER EVE AND EASTER MORN.
All fires were extinguished in Catholic times
on Easter eve and relit with flint. The priest
blessed the new fire, and q brand from it was
thought to be an effectual protection from
thunder storms. In the ancient church dis
bursements of st. Mary-at-Hill, in London.
there is an entry, "For q quarter Of coles for
the hallowed fire on Easter eve. six pence"
The salutation, ''Chrlst is risen," and the
reply. "The Lord is risen indeed" was the
usual greeting on Easter morning. This Gus
tom still survives in few places. In the old
town OF Burlington, n j., which holds to many
ancient usages it is still heard. The choristers
early dawn with glad Easter hymns. Many
houses are kept open and tho singers are in
vited to refresh themselves with cake and wine
as they pass. Musicians in the Tyrol, that
primitive region which begins where the ordi-
nary traveller stops, 60 through every valley
singing to their guitars.
THE OLD MoRAv1AN SETTLEMENTS
still continue the old ways. In Nazareth, Pa,
long before dawn on Easter morning trombone
players roam about the town calling all good
Moravians to arise and hail the resurrection
morning. Before dawn prayer is said in the
church; then, headed by the trombones, the
whole company proceed to the cemetery.
There, with faces toward the east, they await
the rising sun. Just as the first rays appear
the congregation, with barred heads. greets the
dawn with an Easter anthem, singing till the
sun Is risen.
THE ROMAN PAGEANT.
But in Rome il now to be seen the grandest
Easter pageant. The pope in his most gor-
geous robes, wearing the tiara, seated in his
sedia gestatoria and blazing with gold and
jewels, is carried In solemn procession through
the streets. A magnificent silken canopy is
over his head; beside him are borne the
| fabeli or large fans Of peacock feath.
ers, signifying the vigilance of the
church. Through st. Peters the procession
advances and the pope of6ciates at high mass
After that is over to the sound Of music he il
carried back through the crowded church. He
then ascends the balcony over the central door
Arising from his chair of state he pronouncei
the benediction, with indulgences and absolu
ton, to the dense crowd below. NJ. s. W.