The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-04-14
THE WEEKS EVENTS

way to sympathy and inspiration, and
instead Of wishing bodily comfort we
wish spiritual content
For this reason the Easter gift above
all else is the gift of flowers, for flow
ers more than anything else carry
with them the elusive note of spiritual
awakening. The woman who is wise
enough and lucky enough to have
her own greenhouse or hotbeds can
bring no end of>happiness. At a small
original outlay she can have a pro-
fusion CT bulbs in blossom by Easter
time, and these sent to her friends
with note Of Easter good will are
the most acceptable of gifts. You will
find that it is as much of a pleasure
to yourself to nurse these tender
plants during the late winter months
and to watch them unfolding under
your care as it could ever be to re-
ceive TENN. A few lily of the valley
pips, hyacinth or tulip bulbs or Eng
lish violet plants will, at a little ex-
penditure, give you a beautifully va
rtety of color.
II you are not lucky enough to be
able to grow your own Easter plants,
you will find a profusion of flowers
cut and potted, in the florists shop
Perhaps the most delightful of all that
he has to offer at this time are the
potted azaleas and rhododendrons It
would be hard to find anything for the
IS or IS that one of these plants
costs that would bring a greater
wealth Of color and freshness. Es-
pecially welcome are these plants in
the sickroom or hospital. The fact
that they are almost free from odor
makes them welcome in a sickroom
where other plants might be debar-
red.
Less expensive among the potted
plants are the hyacinths, tulips, lilies
Of the valley and daffodils Easter
lilies, suggesting as they always do
the solemnity and sanctity of the al
tar, are always welcome messengers
of Easter good will Perhaps the most
decorative blossom that we have at
this season is the japanese ounce.
One spray of this brilliant flower adds
an air of festivity to a whole room.
There is a beautiful custom practic-
ed in many of our churches of making
memorial gifts of flowers on Easter
eve. Could anything give more pleas
ure to the sorrowing heart than to
feel that her little offering in the
shape of some fragile lily was raising
its fragrance before the altar on East
er Sunday? To some of a more prac-
teal way of thinking the idea of car
rying memorial flowers to hospitals
and other institutions appeals more
strongly; though surely there is no
place where flowers are so suitable or
more widely appreciated than in the
church.
And now what are you going to do
with your time on this glorious Easter
day? 1t is ever the part of women
to remember the feast days. Men in
their busy lives would long ago have
forgotten the customs of the seasons
If women had not recalled them to
their minds. To begin with, you must
go to church. That is the little at
tention you owe to those who have
gone to so much trouble to make the
churches beautiful on this day. Even
If you have not been to chuch since
so long ago that you are ashamed to
say when, you must go on Easter. In
the big cities every one goes on Easter
Sunday-saint and sinner. society's
elect and society haters.
OF course If you are a "churchgoer"
you will go to your own parish church
for the morning service. That is an
unwritten rule we all obey. In the af-
ternoon you will probably go to some
other church where the service ap-
peals to you. Nowadays in the big
cities one sees almost as large a
crowd at church in the afternoon as in
the morning.
There is some stranger in town
surely who needs your thought on
Easter day. That little woman in the
apartment or house next yours whom
you speak to but have never called
on-run in to see her with an Easter
greeting and an invitation to accom-
pany you to church. And don't forget
the sorrowing ones on this great day.
The note of sympathy. the short call.
is never out of place. and remember
that unselfishness is part Of the spirit
of the day. Just as an exercise of So
cial endeavor, try to see how many
people you can make happy on Easter
day. Especially IN cities, where
most people spend too many holidays
in selfish solitude. is this spirit of So
cial attention to be desired.