Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-31
SNOW BLICHTS EASTER PLANS
Blasts from the North Throw Singing
Flakes at Ohuroh-Goers.
CROP OF FASHIONS HAS A SETBACK
Glad songs Nevertheless Prevail I'm
Houses of Worship, and PuIPits
Declare Anew the story of
the Resurrection.

Snow. driven by high north winds. made
Easter a bleak day in Omaha. Gray clouds
hid the sun most OF the day, and as they
scudded across the sky they flung masses OF
sharp, stinging flakes broadcast over the
streets. Churchgoers had to fight a gale
that drove the frequent snow hurries un-
pleasantly against the flesh, and midwinter
ulsters and fuI gloves were the familiar
garments of the day.
The first tiny flakes fell AZ $3.50 and we're
still falling when there arrived the hour to
start for church. That settled 1t with
milady's new devices of bonnet and gown,
for the fashions this year are particularly
poorly adapted to the rigors Of a storm.
As an Easter Sunday yesterday left much
to be hoped for meteorologically. 1t was
too flckle and capricious TO reflect the eX-
allied spirit of 10y which rang through the
sanctuaries, and too threatening to permit
Of the wearing of Easter haas. Aside from
its religious significance, It was meteor
logical curiosity. There we're as many
kinds of weather in ten minutes as Mark
Twain wrote about 1t looked for while
as though Jupiter Pluvus had been April
fcoled-that he had glanced at the calendar
and noted that March 80 was in red, which
indicates a holiday. and so Jumped at the
cordinglv sent snow. The next minute
the sun peeped out and winked slyly, like
the rougish youngster who shouts April
fool!" as he jerks the string attached to
the purse. Old Sol doubtless thoroughly
enjoyed the CONSERVATION he was creating
In the feminine soul.
Freaks of the Climate.
Clouds, drenched and sodden as a wet
sponge, hung low and few swiftly before
the captous gusts which came from no
particular direction. Through riffs here
and there patches of blue sky were visible
Two or three times during the day the
wind veered into the northwest and blew
almost a gale; the sky became overcast
with solid bank of vapor; snow fell in
fine powdery fakes that swrled in scuds
along the asphalt. At such times the tenn
perature dropped, and sort of chill twi-
light settled over the landscape. TITS a
regular blizzard" was the popular verdict
Then, presto The sun was abroad again
1t was as though the organist of the ce-
lestial choir had pulled out the hosanna
stop to celebrate the resurrection. But it
didn't follow necessarily that the snow
must stop because the sun was shining;
the fiakv precipitation kept right on, with
out regard to appropriateness, and was
not at all discouraged because 1t melted
the moment it touched the earth. At times
one could almost see the shadows of the
snowfiakes as they traced their zlgzag
fight
II was no such Easter day as that of a.
year ago. A year ago there was not a
wisD Of vapor to dull the brilliancy OF the
sky; the air was balmy and freighted with
an incense of coming spring But Easter
days. unlike the hats thev invoke, are not
made to order. One can't send them back
because thev don't suit.
Large Attendance mt Churches.
Notwithstanding this freakish weather
there was a large attendance at all of the
churches, especially at the Catholic and
Episcopal churches. The only difference
the weather made was to render the con-
gregations somber instead of gorgeous, as
they would otherwise have been. Nor did
the elements detract from the beauty of
the services. From the sanctuarles arose
glad hosannas. and it was only during the
Intervals between the anthems of Joy that
the grumbling of old Boreas could be heard
about the caves.
DAY MADE MEMORABLE AT TRINITY.