Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-03-27

Jupiter and Leda, who came forth from an egg deposited by Leda while in the guise of snow-white swan. Castor and Pollux had so distinguished themselves with Jason in search of the golden fleece and in the Calydon- ian hunt that they were made the Geities of boxing, wrestling and all equestrian sports One of these twins, Castor, was mortal and was killed in combat with the sons of Asrhareus. Pollux, who was immortal, implored Jupiter to allow him to die also that he might not be parted from his broth CT. Instead, Jupiter permitted Castor to return to earth on condition that Pollux would spend half his life in hades. When Jupiter saw that the affection of Pollux for his brother did not hesitate at this condition he trans lated them both to the skies where they form a bright constellation. The position of this constellation, which is known as the Gemini, determined the date of the Roman egg festival.
 While some think that we may have derived our Easter egg custom from either Persia or Rome, others incline to the belief that it comes to us from the Jews, who in turn derived it from the Egyptians. Eggs were held by the ancient Egyptians as an emblem of the renovation of the world after the deluge. The Jews adopted this emblem to their own use as type of their deliverance from the bondage in Egypt. It was because of this that we find an egg among the articles pre- scribed by law to be placed upon the table at the Pasch.
 In some parts of Russia it was the custom for every person in the parish to give aAcolored egg to the pastor of the church on Easter morning. Some of the Russians wear a gold egg as an ornament during the entire Easter season, while the custom of making parts of the country. In Russia these eggs are given directly, while in Ger many it is essential that they be not given from hand to hand; they must be hidden and found, else no good luck will follow.
 Another very common egg game is that of rolling hard-boiled and colored eggs on the ground. This game is played with few variations in nearly all parts of Europe In the. United States the egg rolling on the White House lawn on Easter Monday is an annual festival to which hundreds of children look forward.
 Another familiar Easter symbol is the rabbit or hare. The presence of the hare may be quite likely accounted for by the fact that the hare has long been the symbol of the moon, and, as every one knows, Easter derives it's date from the moon, the Council of Nice having decreed in 325 that Easter should be celebrated upon the first Sunday following the full moon which comes next after the Fist of March. It is more than likely that it is from this fact of Easter following the moon that we find the hare mixed up with our Easter celebration.
 In Germany the hare is usually pic tured sitting beside nest of colored eggs, and on Easter every German household boasts small image of hare executed in chocolate
 In the county of Warwick, England, there was an old custom which bound the parson of the parish to give a calf's head and 100 eggs to any young man who would catch a hare and bring it to the church before ten o'clock on Easter morning.
 From Lancashire comes an explana- ton of another familiar sign of Easter the Easter lily. The beautiful Lan- cashire myth has it that after the resurrection the places where our Lord trod were marked by white lilies which sprang up and blossomed in his fOotctapS