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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-31
TRADITIONS OF PEASANTS

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The peasants OF Galica tell legend about happy
land. called Rakhnanc beyond the seas where the
pie lead pure siness lives refrain from eating
all days Of the year excepting Faster On this
day they believe the shell of Easter egg
floats across tho from the happy land to their
shores. l3Ss5s5s5sf As&a8
Among tho Italians it has. been custom for the
heads Of families to send charger filled with eggs
sometimes many as twenty dozen-to the church to
be blessed. After the the charger Is taken
back OF tho house and placed on great table srewn
with flowers About 1t placed dozen dishes OF
Wealthy families display all their silver in the
During Easter week guests are led into the
chamber and each Is given egg.
The egg figures in the superstons OF countries
where Christianity is not the prevailing religion. By
delivering four eggs to the fret stranger she meets.
widow in Trtpo believes she transfer her troubles
In Guinea a9negros often sends egg to enemy The
egg signifies Choose the kind of death which will BIO
easiest forfyou; otherwise shall choose for you OF
course, the receipt Of tho is usually followed by q
personal encounter. of the two foes .5ss{
IN early times slaves received their freedom Easter.
This survives in the letting loose Gagged birds
in Russia In England it was the custom for monks
to give dramatic plays concerning the Resurrection In
churches The usually represented the tomb
Christ On Easter Day there dancing and great
rejoicing. "
On the Continent games Of ball were played in the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-31

lectual work can be done at this hour Of the morn
ing.
get up, eat hearty dinner, take another nap, get
up an hour after midnight and take up your work.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-31

~ TRACE the custom of breaking eggs to- birth
and learn the of the association of the
hare with the day, must go away back to the
days when Osiris worshiped along the Mic
and the Phoencans knelt to the goddess of the moon
The ancents looked upon the egg as representing tho
germinal principle life, In the spring of the year
celebrated the resurrection Of natural life by coorng
eggs. Them Christianity inherited the custom of
giving to children their great festival OF the
resurrection Of the Saviour.
Nothing is fascinating than tracing myth to
its sourccif any be found Through dusty,
volumes is taken through the centuries
long backward journey he learns the customs and
religions of ancient peoples who have long erished and
whose great cities have laid in ruins buried in
sands.
From north SOUTH from east to west across waste
plains and oceans the investigator visits alien nations
primal tribes. and in varying forms finds the myth
fitting about like the embodiment of elusive ideal
s Thus with the Easter rabbit and the Easter
This morning, you watch the little tots dancing
tp-toe with ecstasy their nest, probably have
deeper thought than in enjoying their pleasure
Yet there is significance in both the rabbit and the
eEg-a world Of mythology and romance and folklore
which has survived the centuries
Why is the rabbit associated with Easter? Ten
one you do not know. 4
or the wonderful life of Buddha--''the Enlightened
e One-nany tales Of noble and kindly deeds told;
his life has been invested with fables sgnifying the
n goodness of the man. Yet perhaps of the most
parents is that Buddha, while Journey
a5starving traveller. *
OF food he had none. sheer kindness he changed
himself into hare and threw himself into fire. where
he roasted. For this translated in the form
the hare to the noon where he abdes. AS they look
AZ at the the starry-eyed little Indians believe they
the form of the hare the bright face
IA ot the lunar disc.
Many other Hindu myths and myths of other! nations
connect the hare with the moon. and the
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"of course, many persons could not do It, Others
"ouu ma the hours agree wonderfully we'll with them.
'Ihe reason Is simple At this hour everything s
quiet The vibrations which assa ono during tho day.
dlsconfertlng the mind. unconsciousy dstracting u.s.
have become quiet.
ihe man UP early with ha candle has all the world
70 hlilselt; ne can concentrate his mind. lot his
imagination soar lIe can devote himeclt entirely to
the work in hand ae484#
AS soon az the sun comes up tho thousands OF
people rush into the strects trolley begin dronng
wheels rumble. the, hidsous ghriekB and noises.
ne man who was n monarch at night IL now q
n'Fe gram OF sand Ills mind becomes trammeled,
lAeh'al4y ana physically he gocn with tho crowd.
ile Gun concentrate his mind only by extra effort
NhturallS, the man could do better work ut night
" .aity ~ me morning. when everything ia quiet N
40 not mink one could mako general Htato-
hsht pnd cay that II would 10 beat for every pAa y
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-31

7 OW would you like to get up at 1 o'clock in
II the morning and 90 to workl
Professor IIallopcan, an eminent brain
specialist Of Europe, at the recent food
ongress in Paris, declared that the best intel
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-31
Do Your Brain Work at i IA. N. Say Physicians

a number Of American physicians coincide
with Professor Hallopean's views, although as they
say, the advice would not hold good in all cases. It
is, after all Q question of temperament. However,
their advice is--try it. M
opinion expressed by prominent brain specialist
After being engaged throughout the day person,
according to the doctor Isl so to speak. wound up"
and usually do better than that done during
the day. l25 4. .sI M ~ 3s
For some persons the custom Of getting up at 4
o'clock might work admirably With others would
be failure. Generally speaking hoWeyer3I am OF tho
opinion man. after his days work. can still do
better at night.j g}
Take a physician who has studied and worried
himself patients all day. over some distressing
case; his nerves wrought up night wound
to such pitch that to write STUDY is absolute
relief At the time his condition usually tends
to brighten his mind. and he thinks much more
clearly. 5S
"a student believe could probably get better
results from study at night after the noises have
ceased know men who cannot work during the day.
There others again who nnd At impossible to do
any amount work requiring serious thought late at
night" " a B 5 ,
at an unSanny hour Of the moEnin all pyslo aa
y tors md no two cases are exantlX pltlxAe
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-31
EGGS SOUGHT FOR LONG AGO

On "Pash Sunday it early customFin Scotland
young persons early In tho morning and go
out on tho search wild fowls eggs. II "a
nest was found, this considered a. lucky omen
In England eggs boiled hard, colored and given
by one friend another remembrances Formerly
they were consecrated.
For many centuries eggs used for ball playing
the Monday following Easter. Perhaps this was how
the practice boiling hard originated. Afterward
it customary various towns to engage in ball
games with each other after Easter Sunday with gayy
coored eggshaped balls, The games accompanied
= by great pomp. 'g53. 555 sESl5#
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,lSTTH HERE Is doubt. to my mind" said Or.
Albert Ecrnheim, welknown Philadelphia
- physician that better work can be done at
o'clock III the morning than ut ! In the after
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-31

It has long been custom in Vienna friends to
exchange gifts of eggs made OF silver pearl
bronze filled with jewels. money or trnlets
In Russia, beautiful eggs of crystal. decorated with
flowers presented by the Gar and Czarna to their
co,,rtiers Russian peasants color Easter in
memory blood OF Christ. On Easter they often
oren the cages of birds and give them freedom
The hare, in Russia is ANNA which figures large
ly in supersttop,s If bridal couple meet a hare
their way church. it Is considered bad II the
carriage the animal, 1t is looked upon
sinister sign for the entire world
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Some Curious Facts and

gIN ERNtNY carries lnrgo trade in the export OF
I ~ cnnnrcs. Every year che sends fewer than
- 100000 or these birds to America. 1900 to England.
and about 1000 to Russia. The nursery tho
breeding IIarz Mountains Many of tho
peasants engaged in the work OF rearing tho birds
and receive OF from $50 to $l25 for their
troublc-nn important addition to their earnings
Birmingham, England. boasts OF tho largest pin fac
tory in tho world where 100000 pEs manufactured
every working day
BY way OF experiment, American made wager
in Vienna with athlete that the latter could endure
the falling Of n pint of water his hand drop by
drop, In spot from height OF only thrco feet Tho
athlete had fnnd, lined with skin almost
thick tough cowidc. But when about 300 drops
had fallen there change OF opinion, and at tho
42oth drop he declaring that he could no longer
endure the torture.
Residents ., England have s55oooooo invested in
mortgages in foreign countries.
One OF tho greatest drug stores In tho world exists in
Moscow and is 203 old Since 1893 1t has been In tho
family Of the proprletors It Is building OF Inn
posing dimensions, with many departments including
OF professional education for the staff which numbers 700
They make up about 1000 prescriptions day.
The nut trees of tho world could tbs calculated.
vide food oil the round for tho population OF tho
globe Brazil in such profsion that thousands
OF tons of them wasted every year.
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.iciOHSs cream chocolate ana real eggs WoliGH&
svith suoudcrfnl Ines, Then thcrc. arc cries of
delight as they find 1.-THE Easter nest Of.
svhich they haze been dreaming for scceks.
To the Child Easter is a day sohcn ca,l-$E
died rabbits and eggs loom large. 70 the eld-S
ers it is essentially areHgions feast
Then hos0E did the custom origindtc$$of
preparing nests on this day for tho httle ones?8
III zollat corner of The earth and IL so11at:fe-
mote time did child first crack a coloreds
cgg2 Ind sohat significance has the.rabbitsor
hare? No doubt you haze often scondered.
ported into from Germany. There 1t has been
for long the custom to give the little oncsof
family colored eggs at the Easter festival
But where do these come? They are not
like those tho barnyard chickens This not
unnatural question Of the children S@s4s&
plain that eggs had been laid by rabbits IN the fields
every Easter morning the children clamored to be led
fields search for the wonderful rabbit nests
really the hare and not the rabbit which ira
associated with the spring festival, but then not
too fine geological distinctions have been drawn
the ceremonies attending many Christian festivals
are OF the of the anclents, Who
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-18
TO TRAIN AT BRIGHTWOOD
Preparations Being Made for Lively
Season at Track.
One Hundred washington Horses
VIII BE Tried Out Before Begin
ming of Regular season.

Several. owners and trainers Of trotteTs
and PAGERS have visited Brightwood dur
ing the past week TO obtain stable ae-
commodations, and unless the weather
is unfavorable for work, the old track
Will begin TO grow lively about the first
of March.
There are nearly one hundred horses
in Washington that viii be tried out be-
fore the racing season begins. and more
than fifty Of this number. that have al
ready gone through early educations and
have shown good speed on various cur
cults, are sure TO go TO the races this
year
Alonzo Corbin is the only regular trainer
and driver who has remained az Bright
wood drought the winter Within the
next month IL Is probable that Leonard
Acker, with Peter Taylor's trotters, Mon
tana Guard and Carstairs, and PAGERS,
Jubilanta. Gaiety. and Direct Mack. will
be located there. az VIII James Marrow,
with Javin's Brothers Bedworth jr., Bed
ford Boy 5. ID. r., and The Brewer. and
Tom Cannon with Horace A. Schwartz S
Miss Clean. Al MOrans Maid Marion,
Bruce COlton's Happy Russell colt the
LOTUS Brothers pair. and four OF five
other good green ones. Frank Thomas
viii also nave a string in training. and
It is probable that Lee Dorsey viii come
down from Rockville with q big bunch.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-18
PLUMBERS CASE CLOSED.
Findings of Arbitration Committee
VIII Be Announced Soon.


President Jackson II. RalstOn, Of the
Plumbers Arbitration Board, which
has for several months past been con-
sidering the differences existing be.
tween tho Master Plumbers Associa-
ton and the local Plumbers Union.
has finally. after innumerable delays.
completed its sittings and reached a
verdict.
Just what this verdict is Is not
known even TO the parties concerned.
After listening to the final statements
of attorneys Stuart Mcnamara, for the
j0urneymen, and J. S. Easily Smith. for
the master plumbers the early part Of
last week the board announced that
another meeting for consideration Of
the claims Of both sides would be held
before a verdict would be announced.
This meeting was held Friday evening
behind closed doors. with no one pres
ent other than the members Of the
board
Upon its conclusion President Raj
ston gave out word that the findings
would not be announced for several
DAYS, when they will be given to the
press This. he said. was due TO the
fact that they would have 10 be care
fully prepared and arranged. 1t is
probable that the verdict viii be an
intricate one. as there were many points
in dispute. and as many different
phases Of each individual point
There is but little doubt that both
parties viii abide by the decision. II
viii be distributed simultaneously to
the opposing attorneys, the interested
parties. and the press.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-18
BASEBALL NOTES.

A coal region team is being organized in
Central Pennsylvania.
WATERFOWL IS willing to step in in case
Syracuse withdraws from the New York
league.
Tie Boston Nationals have refused Gin
cinnatis offer OF Bob Ewing Tor Young
Cy young.
Sunday baseball is prohibited in every
city on the Cotton States circuit except
Vicksburg
O'Nei, the catcher, who was with the
Eoston Nationals last year. viii join
Johnstown IN the Tri-State League.
Charley Comiskey and Adrian Arson
have agreed 10 play against each other in
an ante-season exhibition game at Chi
cago.
West, the exploded pheuom. who won
twenty-three of forty games for Wilkes
barre, has been released by Cleveland TO
Toledo.
Because Of his medical studies. Scanlon
viii not go South with Brooklyn, nor will
he pitch any away-from-home games until
after May /
Mike Donlln's BLUM about not playing
unless he receives more money from the
Giants is considered q good joke by the
magnates.
Hub Hart, the former Georgetown ath-
lete. has reported 10 COmiskey in Chicago
The White Sox viii retain Hub as a
relief catcher.
Schaefer and O'Leary, the Detroit in
feIders, have been ordered to report at
Hot Springs this week to begin training
with the Tigers pitchers.
Pittinger. of Philadelphia. who is Nick
AItrOcks rival for the $4,000 beauty prize
will draw a much smaller salary during
the coming season than he did last year
OF course Pittinger balks and says he win
not sign. but wait
silk" OLoughlin, the premier umpire
of the American League, is getting into
shape for the coming season by doing
road work near his home at Rochester,
y. Y. silk" takes a five-mile jaunt
every few days
Barney Dreyfuss, Of Pittsburg. admits
that the only reason he resigned Mike
Lynch was because he believes that the
former Brown Varsity pitcher VIII be
able to win the majority of his games
against New York. The Giants always
had trouble in connecting with Lynch s
delivery
Report has it that the Cleveland club
pays its players $S00c0 for this coming
year. What nonsense. At that rate
Cleveland would be 50 fan in debt at
the end of the season that not even the
championship would get the team out Of
the financial slough The New York clubs
would make precious little If they had
an $4,000 salary list, and their other ex-
peGses I'm addition. The American League.
nor any other, is boosting" salaries
War has ended New York Herald
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-18
COLEMAN PARK FOR SALE.
New Suburban Subdivision Is Placed
on the Market.

Coleman Park is the name of a new
subdivision which the George P. Robinson
Company is placing on the market in the
interest of suburban home buyers. The
subdivision is five blocks north of Con-
necticut avenue bridge, well located, and
viii be offered for sale at an average of
10 to Is cents a square foot.
Coleman Park is well known by many
Westinghouse, especially real estate
men, as il was subdlvided In 1898. and was
/ improved with beautiful winding road
ways, which were graveled and put in
fiIst-class shape equal to any of the drive
ways in Rock Creek Park. The property
was also graded. beautified with shrub
berry and Towering plants making it in
every sense a park, it being the intention
OF the parties then owning it to sell TO
the government rs a part of Rock Creek
Park. At the time a bill was introduced
into Congress for this purpose, but did not
become d law.
The tract which contains fifty-two
acres. has recently been acquired by the
George P. Robinson Company. and will.
no doubt, meet with ready sale, not only
On account of the low prices asked. but
because there is a growing demand for
villa sites of one to two acres in the fash
ionable northwest section on and near
Connecticut avenue extended.
= In this locality are the homes of
number of Washingt0ns leading profess
sional and business men. who have ac-
quired acreage holdings on which they
have built handsome homes. The open
ing of the new Connecticut avenue bridge.
which will be some time in the coming
spring, will witness rapid development for
that entire section on both sides of Con-
necticut avenue for some distance cut.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-18
DAILY COURT RECORD,
Court of Appeals.

Assignments for today
On heariug-No. 1892 District of Columbia vs. Dur
gee. Appellants attorneys =. II. Thomas aad H..
z. Blair; sppeiiees attorneys. ]. c. Cuttings and
I. J. Hogan.
Regular csll-No. 1895. Howisou w. Mason. Ar-
pellant's attorneys HaIlam d Hallam: appellee g
attorneys. L. a. Jones. Blair & Thom. and H. r.
Taggart
No, 1877. Brown vs. District q Columbia. Ar-
pellant's attorneys. L. S. Douglas and L. Il. David
appelees attorney. H. P. Blair
No. 1904 Morse Hine. Appellants attorney.
John Selden. aDpeilee's attorneys. ". II. Robson.
". II. Russell and G.. 4. kegwin-
No. I709. Collins IS. McBlair. Appellants at
toTueys. C. ". Fits ard =. :. Musscy; appellee s
attorney Irving Williamson.
No. I1l0. Capital Traction Company rs. Brown.
Appellant attorneys, r. Ross Peuy d Son and e..
Thomas Dunlop; appelees attorneys. J. L. Taylor
ard Hayden johnson.
No. EI5. ODWyer vs. Northern Market Company
appellants attorneys, c. II. Merillat aad C. F. Ca
uisi; appellees attorneys Z. H. Thomas. Il. p.
Blair. Hamilton. Colbert & Hamilton. and Arthur
Peter
Nos. us ana I7l9 Stone vs.. Fowlkes and Fowlkes
vs. Stone. Attorneys, r. =. Hiliard, J.. s Essby-
Smith. and Leigh Robinson
No. E27. Harten vs.. Loef7er. Appellants sttor-
neg l. 4. Bailey; appsllees attorneys, Leon To-
brfGgT and Preston B. Ray
No. lbs. Macfariand vs. Barber Asphalt Paving
Company. Appellants attorneys F. H. Thomas and
J. I. smith, appelees attorney, a, :. Worth
ington.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-18
PREP. RELAY TEAM CHOSEN.
Two FOurs Selected to Compete In
the Federal Games

Trials for the Georgetown Props relay
team were held yesterday on the straight
away track IN the basement Of the Healy
building. the time averaging faster than
that of last years crack relay team.
The three successful candidates. who.
together with Capt Earl Mohn, viii
make up the senior relay four for 1907.
are John Martin. Harry Gibbs, and Tom
Smith. The fastest time was registered
for Martin. who was considered one Of
the best men on the Props team last
year.
An intermediate team was picked after
the trials Of those men who ran next
in order of time to the senior. preps. It
is composed Of Hammond. who was
member of the Props team last year;
". Sitterdng. the quarter back on the
eleven; Mead Lewis. Of last year S Junior
Props, and Lucas. end on the football
team. This team viii endeayor TO ar
range matches with high school or junior
teams.
Ed O'Kelley intends to enter the 40
yard nun At the Federal games. together
with Lucas. in the mile Martin and
Moha in the dashes. and Smith. In the
quarter. Schane will enter the high
jumps. and ". Sitterding and Cunnif the
ShOt-pUt
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-18
PRINCETON TRACK DATES.
Unusually Attractive Schedule Ar
ranged for the Tiger Squad.


Princeton, n. J., Feb. 1.-THE schedule
for this spring of the Princeton track
team has been announced by Manager
A. D. Walsh. The programme is varied
and Well arranged, so that Tiger athletes
will be afforded many chances to try out
before the intercollegiate games at Cam
bridge. Indoor practice has been going
on for some time here under the direc-
ton of Coach COPELAND and Capt Arm
strong.
The prospects for success on the cinder
path are good this year for Princeton.
Most of last seasons men are still in
college, though there is considerable anx-
iety expressed in regard to Gamble, who
secured a place in the 20-yard dash in
the intercollegiate last spring He has
been i'll recently and was unable to take
all the midyear examinations. The facul-
~ is however. considering his case. and
he may be placed IN good standing again.
Next to Capt. Armstrong. Gamble is the
most valuable track man the Orange
and Black can offer The schedule:
February p, indoor games Of First Regiment Ma
uonsl Guard Of Pennsylvania, in First Regiment
Annoy. Philadelphia March r. indoor games Of
New York A. C., IN Madison Square Garden q.
annual indoor games at Princeton; April Is. inter
class games al Princeton 90 eleventh annual inter
scholastic games at Princeton; May T. dual meet with
. Cornell. at Ithaca II. dual meet with Yale. at
Princeton; Is. dual meet with Columbia at Prince
tom NAY 81 and June J. ulirtysecond intercollegiate
track meet at Cambridge.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-18
HELD FOR JEWELRY THEFTS.
watches in Possession of Baltimore
Prisoner Identified.

While trying 70 dispose Of several pieces
OF jewelry which had been stolen from
show cases in this city in the last week
OF 50, John Burns, age q. was arrested
on Saturday by the police of Baltimore,
Md
They Immediately notified Capt. Board
man If the Central Bureau and Detective
Cornwell supplied with a complete list Of
the missing articles went there yesterday
morning Mrs. Alvon Ansley, Of III Penn
sylvaTna avenue northwest, from whom d
quantity OF 1ewelry was stolen, went with
him and identified the watches which the
man had In his possession at the time of
his arrest az being those which he had
stolen from a show case IN the front OF
her store. The police recovered in all,
eighteen watches. several Of which are
I believed 10 be some which were stolen
from a show case belonging 10 Louis
Ambrosia. Of 233 Pennsylvania avenue,
who was also robbed.