The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-16
NATURE SMILES
ON EASTER DAY
MINNEAPOLIS PEOPLE ENJOY
BRIGHT APRIL SUNSHINE.
Streets Are Crowded from Morning till
Night, and Joy and Gladness Abound
Churches Are Thronged
and Many Will Date Active Member
ship from Easter Morning.

Easter fnery' and Easter posies bios
somed in gay profusion yesterday.
Minneapolis has seldom seen brighter,
SUMMER Easter, and coming as it did
after the rains of last week it was
doubly appreciated.
All the world seemed to be on Nlcol-
let avenue. From an early hour in the
morning, when the members of the Epis-
copal and Catholic churches went to the
6 Q clock service, until the last carol
had been sung at night, there was con-
slant procession of smartly clad men
and women from Sixth street up beyond
Twelfth.
And such a-visiting as there was be-
tween services. Family parties with
the youngsters armed with bags and
baskets containing the precious Easter
eggs visited their friends to give the
small people an opportunity Of exchang-
ing Easter tokens. Silk hated, frock-
coated fathers carried with what I'M
rabbits or chickens, while mothers
proudly held the huge clusters Of tulips
Or daffodils from too close proximity to
their Easter gowns. ..a "
Everybody Prepares. s
It was bound to be Joyous Easter
for everybody had made elaborate prep
| aration for it, from the elderly parent
who had pure ased coop of downy
dren themselves who had been dyeing
everything in the house for the past
| week in an endeavor to prepare the
vari-colored eggs. --.-.- 49,.
Everybody was out in the sunshine
which was poured with such prodigality
over the city. Automobiles, carriages
wagons. bicycles and perambulators
rolled thru the streets. and those who
could not ride privately went on the
streetcars or on foot. The lake cars car
ried a large representation out into the
country, and most of Minneapolis wa:
awheel at some time Of the day
The churches were beautiful in theil
Easter decorations for the tall white
lilies were used wherever they could b.
placed with palms and ferns to furnish
an effective background. Many of thu
flowers had been sent as memorials O:
friends who had passed away-a custom
which adds even a tenderer interest t.
the great Christian festival. Specia
choirs which had been increased in siz
and accomplishments, and sermons il
which the dominant theme was one o
triumph, made the services differen
from those Of other Sundays.
Membership Increased.
Many of the churches enjoyed an in
crease in membership yesterday. Til
First Baptist gained thirteen by bar
tism, thirty new members were adde
to the First Unitarian church and six
teen to Wesley. The Church of tn
Redeemer also received number o
additions to it's. list Of members. =
In the afternoon Nicollet avenue wa
given a touch of old-world ceremony
when the Knights Templar, in full UNI
form, with the exception of swords
cuffs and &gauntlets, marched from til
commandery rooms to Plymouth churcl
where there were special services. Re,
I. H. Hallock read the Scriptures an
the address was by President Bridg
, man of Hamline university. The of
GERS of the different communicates wei
!. on the platform with the ministers.