El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-14
Little Stories
For Easter
Easter Lore
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the morning carriages filed with richly
dressed occupants pour towards st.
Peters. Form rly the ponliff atficiated.
On his head he wo-e q jewelled tiara,
aud his vestments blazed with gold.
He was escorted to his throne by sol
diers Of his court, the Noble Guard
lining the wy. When the Sacred
Host was elevated the military men
dropped on their knees and presented
arms and the mobiles drew their
swords The silver trumpets were
then sounded. After mass tier was
great zeal OF the sc me kind of cere-
mouy and civic and religious fes Invites
followed.
The cardinal arch-priest now says
mass and the pope Officiates at q pri-
vste mass in the consistory within the
Vatican. It is said that the reason
Easter lilies are the flowers chosen to
decorate the churches is because of
Christ's sllusion to the "lilies of the
field" which he spoke of in his SER
mon n the mount telling his bearer
to ''cOnslder them"
I will consider thee aud melt my cares
In the bland accents of his soothing
voice,
Who. from the hills of Palestine, looked
around
For fair specimen of skill divine:
And, pointing out the lily of the field.
Declar ed the wisest ofall Israei's kings.
In mis- full glory, not arrayed like these
Few people who see the multitude OF
lilies used on Sunday in the adorn-
ment of churches will realize what has
been the labor Of bringing these lovely
flowers from the places where they
were grown, or what care has ever
been necessary to force them intobloom
for this time OF year. America uses
all kinds of flowers for
decoration, but especially for
Easter. ten times as many lilies or
flowers as any other country. A florist
b as said that this is not MIN port ed
fad" but an original one. The lilies
that are peculiarly East lilies are In
bloom in their native soil in Bermuda
at this time Of year, and yet there, in a
land Of flowers, an American woman
was astonished a few years ago to find
that no flowers we're placed upon the
affairs Of the churches on Easter, al
though the worshipers could look out
through open doors and windows to
whole fields white with lilies and 30
hedge rows showing a wealth of bios
CONS.
Many of tie lilies used here have, n
former years, come from Bermuda,
having been sent as buds packed well
10 NOSE. When put in warm water
these buds will quickly open and thus
quantities are obtained with little
trouble. Flowers raised in this country
are grown from the bulbs
Many legends and stories, old,
strange and incredible, are connected
will tell, with many wise shakes Of the
head, that the Gun dances in the heavens
on that day and children must get up
before 1t rises in order not to mics the
beginning of the happy spectacle. In
East Yorkshire and many other parts
of England it is considered unlucky not
to wear new clothes on Esster day. To
see lamb on first looking out of q win.
dow Is q COCO omen, for it Ia believed
In rustic England that it Is always
lucky to see 8 lamb or q dove, for
those are the only shapes the arch
enemy of the human race dares not
assume.
Easter eggs are being bought by the
thousand: brightly colored, with va
ri0us tints, they will be presented to
friends and relatives; On the lawn of
the White House at Washington
children will participate in the usual
eeg-rolling frolic. But not many of
all the purcha sers, givers or rollers
OF Easter eggs will stop to think whist
! the eggs are meant to typify or, think
ing, would know.
The Easter egg is used so extens-
lively at this season because it Is gym bo-
lical of the springlng forth to life OF
the spring time and of the breaking
out from the shell OF winter Of flowers
and trees.
Tie custom of coloriug the eggs Is u
very old one, and there is no definite
information regarding its origin.
AS to the meaning Of the colOring, 1t
probably has no Significance In
Scotland it used to be the custom for
young men AMI boys to get up early on
Easter Sunday and go hunting for wild
fowls eggs. The finders were thought
to be assured of good luck for the rest
Of the year. From the Christians
point of view the eggs have always
been considered as emblema alto of the
resurrection and OF the future life.
II the wind is In the east on Easter
Sunday It la considered in Germany to
be wise plan to draw water and
wash in it, for then the wind cannot
do any harm to the bather during the
remainder of the year. An Old pro-
verb about Easter weather is:
A good deal of rain on Easter day
Gives a crop of good grass but little
good hay.
Use Curtice Bros. Blue Label tom q.
| toes; 2 cans for ESQ; none to equal them
at Ell Psso Grocery.