Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-19

ogg she cackled less than she ga when
she lald her first, ana probably
wondered why foolish people
made so much fuss over her
about that Time But she last kept
ON attending strictly To- business ana
laying eggs with glock-lIke regularity
ln one respect however. SHE hNs pfoN.
ed disappointment She has not
transmitted her marvellous talent ana
industry 90 my ot Dor numerous proc
geny People Who figured ON realizing
speedy fortunes by raising fowls from
her eggs haze found the results flll
far short of their expectations.
WHERE THE HEN rs QUEEN
For some fedson hens seem TO have
always n1urshod Boo the Har1 noun
talna, and the Gardprshclp HEN la not
the only ono tht has achieved fame
Beyond the Old GuckaW the high
ueak upon which thh witches dance on
Wulpurg8 night lio8 the ancient town
of Go8lur. renowned 1s the birthplace
OF the German Henry ~. The symbol
of the city Is fowl carved boo wood,
though history W. silent as 20 what me
bird thus mnortlllzed dId 10 deserve
such distinction NJ ID known as the
"Butterheuua" and that Is another
puzzle. for certainly no hen over pro-
duced butter us well as eggs.
Hens play % most important part in
the domestic economy OF this romantic
and picturesque region Eggs appear
90 be the staple article OF diet ana 10
Re emnently appropriate that homage
should bee paid 20 he eifigy OF @ fowl
on the train one sees bis fellow travel
crs braakfastug, luncling and dining
ON hard bolIsd egg8 The supply OF
them seems lncShaustihle
The greatest mark VI favor % Ger
man frau can show YOU IL 10 present
you with an egg, and after "a quarrel
new laid one by present is oiten
the outward sign of Iu Inward apology
ON the part OF the offender
EASTER DAY MADE EASY
On Easter day the mothers hide
colorcd eggs for the children 10 seek
~ the mrlens ana they TEN Thorn
the hares lay them The Har2 noun
tains contain many schools for young
girls, and on Faster day it Is % pretty
sight 10 see what are known as the
Egg hunts.
Now eggs and decorations ms a rule
DO not associate themselves together
but, after a visit ON Palm sunday 90
the little red-roofed Har1 town OF
Nainstedt the traveller WIN wonder If
all the hens in Germany have laid sev-
eral years to furnish lis streets with
decorations Garlands are stretched
nom house 20 house, they are hung
above doors, aud festooned around
windows and these garlands are made
entirely OF red, blue, green and yellow
egg shells. On this Sunday the boys
and girls Of Nalustedt 90 10 the old
church for continuation an event I'm
German life Of supreme Importance
For weeks upon Weeks the people of
the village have been saving their
eggs which are blown colored and
strung into garlands.
QUAINT VILLAGE do0sEHERD.
Some Of the eggs may be goose eggs
for all the villagers possess q flock OF
these fowls. In the neighborlng town
Of Gerurode they have a goose man for
the village Every morning he drives
the whole flock 10 spot where they
spend the whole day feeding Late
IN the evening he returns them TO
certain spot tn the village where, mt
his word Of command, each little group
separates from the Hook and departs
20 It's own home unattended. And yet
we call the goose stupid
In this same village by the
way, there Is village shep-
herd as we'll az q goose man,
who still wears the costume Of The
past going forth each day IN TOP
boots, coat reaching to his hcols. "a
scarlet waistcoat and three-cornercd
hat
on the same Sunday that Nainstodt
Is decorated with us egg shells, con-
irmatlon also, takes place in Geru-
rode, a procession Of boys aud girls
presenting themselves before tho
whltehaired old clergyman iu the great
Basilica Of the old knighted Gcro after
whom the town is named. Each boy in
the procession receives from the girl
who walks next to him a wreath of
flowers which she hangs on the door
Of his house I'm return the boy plants
before her residence two young birch
or fir trees be- has brought from the
forest
PECULIAR WOODLAND SYMBOL
ISM.
when wedding takes place 6na
plne-wigs and needles make carpet
from the house TO the church and
wreaths of flowers decorate the house
doors OF the bride and bridegroom A
guest is welcomed by a garland Of
roses and oyergreeus festooned above
the doorway, and at Christmas two iir
trees stand before every residence,
Two bIrehes mark Easter and Whit
sunday ana pine branches strewn I'm
the streets tell the story of - funeral,
In an these Harz villages innumer-
able fowls are kent and geese and
chickens run about the thoroughfares
Kissing and cackIug one sees WOO
men n short skirts with no hats and
great wicker baskets strapped to their
shoulders These baskets generally
contain eggs often 20 the number OF
hundreds. all OF which are quickly sold
10 the better class people Of the village
Sometimes the Ilarz women do not
carry baskets, but are draped IN %
toga-llke arrangement, generally OF
pink calico, fhlled about the neck and
enveDopIng their whole person In a
sort Of pouch formed by this arrange
ment is ldoged q baby whose position
relieves the mother Of its weight while
the toga preserves her dress IN Ger
man ucatUpEg