The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-29

need them. Her face as she sets forth
IS a reelection Of the star OF Bethlehem.
come down through many ages ana MIR
rOrng forth a likeness Of the Virgins
BOUDOIR CHARITY.
All giving Is sweet. but that those
whose training has brought no self-demal
whose lives are spent far from squa'd
scenes. should look through the brown
stone fronts OF their own homes into the
houses Of the poor and perceive necessity
speaks for the soul Of woman that touch
OF life which Is so near Cod
In a lovely bOudOir, curtained richly and
hung with tapestries. there stands "a cor
ner screened with tail fixture tnal
though six feet high. is not big enough
80 hide what IS heapcd behind IL. rms
g. the boudOir Of one of the wealthiest
young women of New York. and the ar
ticles behind the mysterious screen are
packets TO be taken out 10 the poor Easter
Saturday.
There are square bundles. round bun
dies. bandboxes and shawl straps. They
hold fiannels. old gowns, shoes, da.ntles
and fancy trihes IN nice little book
the owner of the bOudoir keeps the names
Of those She is going TO visit, and along
side she records: Miss *. little seam
stress; likes books and pictures.
Opposite another name she writes:
Little Jenny sick: knits when she has
worsted and needles" And so along the
list Of those who need things. The money
FOR the packages was obtained not from
the bank account Of her father. but from
the savings Of her own allowance.
A very charitable young woman IS Miss
Sylvia Green. the daughter OF Mrs. Hetty
Green. the young woman who is cruelty
given no credit for doing good even 10
herself
SYLVIA GREENS CHARITY.
Mrs. Hetty has recently approved plans
for q large church near her new hcAe.
in this church her daughter VIII place
the altar cloths. the curtains, the pulpit
6f0nYlfIlna Il
ments an -, work OF her own hands
But Miss Sylvia does other things, bene-
factions that rebound sull more 90 her
credit. She gives little ~re5ents, we work
Of her own hands. On Long Island there
IS q poor farmers wife who shows with
much pride a large lamp-shade which
Miss Sylvia Green made for her IL is the
show article Of tho poor farm drawing
room and was sent by Miss sylvia after a
short stay upon the farm.
At Easter Miss Green gives away count
less fancy things. She IS busy making
them during Lent. and their destination
Is not 10 her fashionable friends. Of whom
she has many, but 10 the poor.
Great work IS done Easter by the
Chapters OF Colonial Daughters and Rev
olutionary societies Of women. These
DANES with highly honorable ancestry
feel 81 incumbent upon them TO bear out
their titles In reality. "NOblesse obhge'
81 their motto Easter.
one OF these ladies will conduct for a
week flower mission. Here are TO be sent
plants IN pots green growing plants. and
ct the last cut flowers. The day before
Easter this colonial descendant VIII 20
forth, her arms nlcl with flowers. to
leave her sweet burden IN the hospitals
end homes OF the sick. Nearly any one
can establish Hover mission. and the
chances OF success are certain as long as
one plant Is donated: Tor 10 IS mission"
II one Is taken 10 the sick
EASTER on THE NILE.
A very pretty remembrance OF an
American Easter takes place abroad every
year. Yon find this memorial service"
as Il were. IN London. IN Paris. and upon
abe Nile. Al The l3st-named place. where
yong Cornelius Vanderbilt ls now said to
be enjoying himself In q forbidden love-
making, tho women OF the American
Colony give away money on Easter
week.
They dress up in their best clothes.
sent to the Nile from Paris, and 80
about among the Nile babies that lie. to-
day, literally IN the blll-rushes. as Moses
did. And they minister 10 them as Pha-
yoahs daughter ministcred to the baby
Moses. Here Miss Whitney. now Paget
and her father celebrated an American
swung an American nag and announced
at IS Easter at home"
Easter goes wherever Christianity
travels. but mono know how 20 make the
most Of IL as Americans do. For years
Mrs Mackays home in Carleton House
Terrace has been the centre Of the Amer
lean Easter abroad. The poor came %
the basement door. and The rich 10 the
front door. the one to receive and the
other 10 enjoy. That custom shrou0ed
as II Is now In black. IS stlll kept up In
the Mackay home In London.
The newest way or keeping Easter is
omen 20 the accusation OF affoctgtion, but
Geodnsss can afterd &c pSr<es itself 4 Ut