Evening star., 1898-04-16

written for The Evening Star
Egg rolling, which furnishes so much
amusement for the children in Washing
ton" remarked a Georgia representative
to Star reporter. land which. by the
way, according to my observation. is Pc
culiarly local, is entirely unknown in the
south. Here the children make Easter
Monday the big day of the year. Now. all
through Georgia, and 1 think the custom
prevails in other southern states, the chill
dren have their Easter fun on the Satur-
day preceding Easter. Instead of egg roll
Ing, the children of Georgia have lots of
fun with egg hunting. The sport is not un-
Ike, though, as the name indicates, it is
somewhat different. eggs, of course. play
ing the principal part. Instead Of rolling
the eggs down a hill and chasing them.
with US. the eggs are hidden in a field or
lot by the older folks. nurses and the like,
ard the children are turned into the field
to find them The eggs are hidden in out
of-the-way places. under the grass, in
fence corners and other places. The child
who finds the largest number of eggs is de-
clared the winner and is given the prize
decided upon As a rule, these egg-hunt-
ing parties are given for the financial bene-
fit of Sunday schools, and small admis-
sion fee Is charged to all who participate in
them There is fee, generally ten cents.
In the larger cities, charged for admission
of parents and other lockers on. This fee,
also pays for light refreshments. peanuts.
lemonade. candies. &c Egg hunting fur
niSheS no end of amusement, and always
takes place in the afternoons. In the coun-
try the day is not generally observed.
though many families have egg huntings
for their children on Easter Saturday.
According to my information egg rolling
originated from our egg hunting. In III,
latter. as well as the former, the eggs are
Cooked and are eaten by the children as
they find them Either of the customs is
ir,nr4r
Juvenile minds more than even The strictly
church ceremonies celebrating the event"
X X x x
Il had a rather unusual experience re-
Gently IN Norfolk" observed a travelling
agent for printing press firm to a Star
reporter. Il had list of the printing Of
fees in Norfolk, and on my arrival there
proceeded 20 call on them, in an effort to
sell some of the goods in my line make
bids for repairs. exchange and trade pur-
poses generally. The first place / struck
was that of an engraving and copper-plate
printing concern. On entering the Office l.
as usual. handed my card to the first man
1 saw and asked him who was the boss.
He smiled, but said nothing, pointing to a
workman who stood near him. / next ad-
dressed the man pointed out He looked at
the card. smiled also. but said nothing
and turned to man who worked next
him 1 took 1t that had made a second
mistake, and then walked over to the third
man. He, like the others, read the card
smiled. but made no reply. 1t began to get
through my head by this time that they
were all queering me. and l was upon the
point Of reading the riot act to the whole
establishment. and in very violent Ian
guage, when one Of the workmen drew out
q pad and began to write Then cooled
down. Tor he wrote. We are all mutes, and
you will please write The fact was that
every man al work, from the boss all the
way down TO the apprentice boys, were
deaf and dumb. There was not one cor
nected with the place who could talk, and
they explained that they did not intend or
desire to queer me. All the same, I en-
tered into correspondence with the boss,
and in less than hour / sold him a
press with much less work than / would
nave in dong the same amount of business
with boss who could talk. Though 1 have
travelled nine states for over ten years. in
my line, 1t was brand new one on me- 1
could not forego the pleasure of having
them all take beer with me. assure
you. though. they can all drink beer as
naturally and as gracefully as if they were
talking printers"
There is cemetery IN Winston-Salem,
North Carolina. which wins out according
to my experience said a prominent to-
bacco dealer to Star reporter "I spent
my Easter Sunday there and was wonder
fully entertained and interested. 1t is the
burial place of the Moravians, q COM
munistic religious organization, which ex-
lists there IN very large numbers. The
Moravians are very desirable kind of
people They are strict in their religious
views, It Is true. but they are a determined,
untfring and prosperous people. They all
work and they owe no one a penny In
their cemetery. as in their life, they have
e place for everything and everything In
ITS place At one end of the cemetery
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side married women. At the other end un-
married women. and on the opposite side
the unmarried men are buried Each grave
has stone. but 1t contains nothing beyond
the bare announcement of the name of the
DECEASED, no date of death or age Of the
deceased being given In any case. Children
are placed respectively on the male and fe-
male sides Of tn. cemetery. but there Is no
family grouping"
I had occasion to ferry q river down in
Tennessee recently" related q Post Office
Department official to a Star reporter, land
quite naturally had talk with the man
who operated the ferry, which was Of the
Kind used in our grandfathers' days a
small fat boat pulled by windlass ar
ransement by a rope attached to either
shore. The ferryman was about hfty-fve
years of age and seemed perfectly content
ed with his calling. Incidentally he men
toned the fact that he originally lived in
Paterson. n. J. started out to read law
he said. in the Office of Socrates TuttIe in
that city, but In a little while tired of IT.
ana after a time wandered south, where /
nave HVed ever since. few weeks aftsr
left the Office Mr.. Tuttie got young man
70 take the place as office boy and student
That young man took easier to law than
I did. and though for a Will. he NAV have
kicked In the traces. he buckled down to
hard work and study. and became much
more valuable to Mr.. Tuttle than / ever
could Today he is. besides being a great
fawyer and very rich man, respected by
every one who knows him in Paterson. as
elsewhere. Vice President of the United
states. and his name is Garr,t Hobart
The third boy that Mr.. Tuttl, took has had
almost an equally distinguished career
He Is great lawyer also. though NAV be
not as rich as far money Is concerned
but he will get there Just the same. Who
- ne! Why, John W. Griggs ths Attornev
General Of the United States Pretty good
turnout for one Paterson law Office fsn,f
ut Vice President of the United States
an Attorney General of tbs United State
ana the ferryman of this the crooLade.t