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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-23

from the wide veranda at the back
of the Executive Mansion, they dance
and laugh and play and SEND tneir
bright eggs rolling down the gentle
slopes and hummocks.
And all the while band plays
merry tunes. And, too, all the while,
the little ones are getting their pretty
frocks and themselves all messed up
with the contents of broken eggs. But
nobody minds that for. bless you. ism
that exactly what they come there
forl
Well, to return to Sammy. 1t is
necessary for you to understand tnat
the only grown-ups admitted to the
White House grounds on Easter Mon
day are those who have children with
them. This is done to prevent over
crowding and it's consequent inter-
ference with the little tots at play.
And right there Is where Sammy
comes into the story.
Now, whether he thought it all out
for himself, or whether some older
boy put him up to it, is not known.
But the fact remains that the youth
full Sammy availed himself Of the OPP
portunity and earned nearly three
dollars in a very short time. And ne
did it in this manner:
"Oh. Celia" said one young woman
to another. isn't it shame that we
can't go In! That policeman on duty
at the gate says no adults can enter
the grounds unless they have children
with them. And l did SO want to
see"
Hey, lady" OF course 1t was
Sammy speaking and, If the truth be
told, Sammy was not altogether po-
lite, as you can see for yourself or ne
would never have spoken when grown
ups were right In the midst Of talking.
But Sammy was a newsboy and. alas,
he was an orphan with no one to
teach him good manners. Hey, lady,
he continued, having attracted their
attention, "Ill be your kid II you
want to get in--for a dime!
"What-what do you mean, little
boy?" asked Celia not understanding
exactly what the little street gamin
really did mean.
WELL" explained Sammy. in a most
business-like fashion, you see. you
two ladies wants'--yes, Sammy used
bad grammer-"to git in an see tn
kids roll eggs. don't you? An you
amt got any kid of your own an the
cop says you can't pass without a kid.
don't he? Well. let me be your kid;
ketch hold of mu'h hand jest like you
was taking me along to roll eggs. An
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to represent Judas Iscariot, the disci-
pie who betrayed Christ for thirty
pieces of silver, you remember.
And now, another long sail and we
are in Russia. the land of the Great
White Car. See what a dandy time
the little ones are having with their
brightly colored Easter eggs-and they
will continue to play with them for a
whole week. TOO. Watch them ex
change eggs with each other, just as
their parents do. And-listen! Can you
hear that little boy say to the little
girl beside him, Christ is risen from
the dead" and did you catch her reply.
"Yea. verify, He Is risen!" Why, you
could almost imagine they were
grown-ups, couldn't you? But. you
see, they have remembered what the
good priest told Their, to say to each
other on Easter day.
So much for Russia. A whirl of
f1eecy cloud and presently we are in
Palestine, on the banks of the River
Jordan. Thousands and thousands of
people are here bathing in the river.
and among them are many little boys
and girls. Hundreds of them have
come long, weary miles to bathe in the
same waters in which Christ was
baptized. Hark, how they shout
''Hosannal" as they rush into the
stream!
In Germany, the children are even
more interested in the singing of their
Easter carols than they are in playing
with their eggs. They have practised
these joyous songs and hymns for
weeks and they sing them very earn
estly in the great churches. Their
Easter eggs are always hidden-either
out-of- doors or in the house and the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-23

~ OUBTLESS you have so many
W "a things to do on Easter each
year that you couldn't even
~ imagine anything more boy
or girl would like to do to celebrate
the great day. What with your going
10 church and Sunday School and
singing your Easter carols and the
good time you have today and tomor-
row with funny little paste board rab-
bits that open up and reveal loads
and loads of candies. why. a child
simply couldn't find time to do any
thing else, could he?
oh, yes, we've forgotten the eggs
those beautiful blue and red and
golden eggs that Mamma SO carefully
dyes for us; well, that makes 1t all the
more certain that there isn't anything
else that would be good fun on or
fitting to the great festival, doesn't 1t!
But there Is, indeed there Isl Just
let's imagine we can take sail away
on some feecy cloud this glad Easter
morn and look down on the children
celebrating the day in other landsE-
and they can't see us at all. remember!
First we fly over Poland. All during
Holy Week the children have followed
the example set by their parents and
eaten no meat. Now, see, they are
going into the great churches with
their fathers and mothers to praise
God for the gift of His Son to man
kind and the glorious Resurrection.
After church is over, they will go to
the huge castle of the rich landowner
in their neighborhood and there they
will find set forth for them on long,
long table an Easter luncheon.
And what strange things to eat they
have, too, according to our way of
thinking There will be heaping
platters of cold meats, many kinds of
sausage and pig roasted whole; but
the greatest delicacy is "baba." which
is a cake always eaten at the Easter
tide. AS the fathers and mothers,
with their children-be they rich or
poor-enter the door of the great
mans house, he and his wife meet
them with plate II eggs Each per-
son entering takes piece of an egg
and eats 1t, exclaiming "Hallelujah."
And the little children go through
the ceremony, too, JUS as gravely and
piously as do the grown-ups. The
Polish boys and girls also play with
brightly colored Easter eggs-much
the same as you do on Easter.
But-whew.-hold tight! A puff
of wind has come along and blown
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-23
Easter With Children in Other Lands

and we are in sunny Italy. Look,
there stand little Bettina and Antonio
with their Mamma watching the great
religious processions pass through the
streets. The priests and the monks
march solemnly along clad in their
gorgeous robes and bearing aloft en-
blems of the Church All Ital.- is In
holiday attire and the streets are ring
ing with the joyous shouts of the peo-
pie and the sweet music.
Another jump and we are clear
across the ocean into Mexico, the
country, you remember, in which
there has been such dreadful fighting
for several months past. Today, every
one is celebrating the great Easter
tide. And what strange customs they
do have, to be sure!
Look, what is that hanging high
up in the air dangling on a long rope
thrown over the branch of a tree?
Can it be a man? And-why even
the little children are dancing around
beneath it and shouting and yelling
and jeering at iti No, it isn't man.
though it does look mighty much like
one. 1t is a mans clothes, you see,
stuffed with straw and old rags and
Just think of this--with candy and
cigarettes and little gifts.
Listen! How the children are shout
ing And the grown-ups are shooting
at it with guns and hurting stones at
1t and--suddenly, there Is a loud ex-
plosion and the stuffed-ma Is blown
to pieces. A perfect shower of candy
and gifts falls to the ground and, oh,
what good time little children have in
scrambling around picking up the
pretty things that were inside the
figure! This, by the way, is supposed
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running day nursery. Go and play
marbles with the rest of the children"
"Skinny's" face grew red but he
didn't say a word. He stood a
moment kicking at loose brick in
the sidewalk, then, giving Carl and
Earl in turn a straightforward, puz-
zling glance. turned away and walk
ed toward the site Of the new ice
plant. BY the time he reached the
spot where the men were working on
new well, the lump had gone down
in his throat and the blush had left
his face. The men were at work
about fifty yards away. He overheard
one of the men ask:
why did the boss order a new we'll
drilled?"
Because" replied the other. "the
chemist found too much iron in the
water of the old one. and ice plants
have to be mighty particular about
the quality of water they use.'
skinny" watched the men pre-
pairing to dig a new hole. He was so
interested in. watching the operations,
and the men were so busy In the work
ing of setting up the drill, that no.
body noticed little Florence Anderson.
the pet of the neighborhood Little
Miss Anderson had wandered away
from home and was standing on the
very edge of the old well.
Now an ice-plant necessarily needs
larger well than common. So the
hole was over a foot in diameter
Consequently, 1t was little wonder
that when one of the men saw
Florence leaning over the we'll and
shouted, she tumbled to the bottom!
Thirty feet below the surface, in
enough water to drown her! The
man gave a shout and soon a half
dozen, including skinny" had rush
ed to the hole.
Somebody get a graphing hook"
ordered the foremsn.
"A graphing hook would kill her.
Get a rope and maybe she will catch
on to it."
A long stout rope wac brought.
"She would never catch hold of the
end" said the foreman.
The men seemed to be dazed. Even
Skinny" stood shaken with terror.
For heavens sake. do something!"
shouted the foreman, in desperation.
1t was then that skinny came to
himself. 1t took him not second
to see his duty. on came his coat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-23
A YOUNG HUSTLER

when we git past the big fat cop.
then you ALI gives me a dime an
we'll, that's all!''
Then the two ladies saw the point
quite clearly-indeed, yes! So one of
them took Sammy by the hand and
the three of them marched safely past
the policeman on duty at the gate.
An hour later, after they had seen
the children at play within the
ground, they came out by the same
gate. Imagine their surprise when
they heard a familiar voice exclaim-
ing:
Hey. lady. I'll be your kid"
Yes, it was Sammy-the very same
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-23
The Pest: Story of Boys Heroism

and he approached the foreman.
Look here! I'm the only one
who's thin enough to go down that
we'll. Tie rope around my feet" he
commanded.
He lay fat on the ground.
Hurry up!" he ordered. as the men
hesitated.
The rope was tied in hard knot
around his feet.
Now lower me until you hear me
yell"
Headfirst, into a. dark hole, he was
lowered 1t got darker as he went,
and it seemed he would never reach
the bottom. Finally, his hands struck
water and clutched at piece of cloth.
He shouted as loud as he could. The
men stopped lowering His hair was
now wet, though he could see nothing.
He kept a firm hold on the piece of
cloth and gradually drew it to him
until he got hold of the foot OF the
child
Somebody from the surface shouted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-23

the policeman! And, moreover, he
had been doing that very same thing
all afternoon! They questioned him
and he proudly displayed two dollars
and ten cents as his earnings so far
that afternoon-which was far more
profitable than selling newspapers as
any one will admit.
But what do you think about It?
1t showed that young Sammy was a
hustler, without doubt. And perhaps
he deserves a great deal of credit for
that. But, after all, don't you think
it was just a little bit deceitful? And
just a wee bit. well--not exactly
honest?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-23
Irish School Children

- UPPOSE, when you arrived at
your school each morning, you
~ found basin of water waiting in
which you were to wash your hands.
wouldn't you think 1t strange? Well,
in a number of schools in Ireland
there is such basin kept on the
porch Of the school building for the
pupils.
Nearly all Irish school children 20
barefooted--at least in the summer
time. Some do even in winter. but
boots and shoes are rapidly becoming
used more generally. Often, at that
though, little IrisM boys. accustomed
to roaming about i'm their bare-feet.
leave home with their shoes on but
quickly take them loff and hide them
away until it comes time to return 70
their homeA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-23

our flying cloud clear over into Fr~nce.
Here two things are to be seen every
where-fowers and children. Indeed.
the French child seems to think more
OF Easter than he does of Christmas
almost! And you can't blame him,
either, for he receives many gifts from
his father and mother and his aunts
and his uncles and. oh, pretty nearly
everyone who knows him.
And what a good time they do have
with their eggs. which are generally
dyed redl Indeed. they seem to en-
Joy them more than we Americans
do. But no French child could think
Il really and truly Easter unless he
is given at least one egg made of
chocolate or candy and followed out
SO a. to conceal a tiny favor or toy
within its sweet shell.
Flowers are to be seen everywhere,
and every little boy and girl has a
fragrant blossom pinned upon his coat
or her dress-just like Papa and
Mamma have!
Again, swift rush through the air
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-23
Easter Legends

~ HERE is beautiful legend about
the crown of thorns placed on
- Christ's brow that seems all the
more beautiful just now in this the
joyous Eastertide. After the Cruel
fixion. the legend runs, a holy monk
picked up the crown where it had
fallen from the Masters brow. Rev
erently, he carried 1t to his monastery
and placed 1t upon the altar before
the worshipful gaze of his brother
monks.
On Easter morning he went to the
altar and, to his amazement, found
that the crown Of thorns had been
transformed into wreath of beauti-
full, fragrant flowers that perfumed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-23

r N Hungary, there Is a queer legend
that has been told and retold for
many, many centuries at Easter
tide. A few days after Christ had been
put to death, it runs, crowd OF the
faithful women in Jerusalem went to
the palace of Pontius PLATE who, you
remember, was afraid to declare Christ
D free man and washed his hands as a
sign that he would have nothing
further to do ith the trial-but
which in reality condemned Him to
death. They surrounded his palace
and hurled bitter reproaches at him,
calling out Coward! Coward"
Finally, PLATE could stand It no
longer so he sent his soldiers out to
drive the women away by throwing
water upon them. This they did,
putting the women to fight. But a
while later, and to Pilates complete
CONSERVATION, as he was passing
through the streets attended by his
guard, from all sides came the cry of
Coward! CowardI" but not woman
was to be seen.
A sudden shower had come up and,
the legend narrates. every single drop
OF water as 1t fell called out the terri
Bile word Coward" at the miserable
man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-23

- KINNY" was forever in the way,
as Carl Anderson remarked to
- Earl Whitaker one afternoon.
THAT kid is pest" said Carl.
Why doesn't he stay with his own
crowd instead of hanging around US
big fellows?"
Skinny Is all right in his way"
continued Carl, but he ought to play
marbles with the other school kids
and not follow us around"
yep, that's the correct proposi-
tion," replied Earl.
Both boys were members of the
f1rst-year class in high school, and as
freshmen they naturally felt their i'm
portance keenly, and wishing to up
hold the dignity of their class had
about reached the limit of patience
on the tagging proposition" Conse-
quently. when skinny" Caldwell
showed up that evening. as usual.
Carl said:
Look here, Skinny you've got to
quit following us around. We amt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-23
MAKE EASTER POSSIBLE.

27uHEN you enjoy your nice choco-
Ill late and candy Easter eggs to-
W day. stop and think a moment
of the girls who labored so hard to
make them for you. They are but
fifteen or sixteen years old and they
toll in long, stuffy rooms. far into the
nights. dipping the eggs In chocolate
until they are actually sick of even
the smell of chocolate. Eat one?
Why, bless you, they wouldn't taste
a chocolate Easter egg for love nor
money-they are so tired and weary
from making them,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-23

little German children have ju-- loads
of fun searching for them upstairs,
downstairs and in My Lady's cham
ber"
Easter in Costa Rica, and in nearly
all Central and South America for that
matter, is an extremely religious one.
There are long professions of beauti-
fully garbed religious bodies and
wonderfully decorated floats" The
children in these countries do not
roll Easter eggs. In fact, if you show
ed them one they wouldn't know what
1t was for.
So, you see, perhaps we had bet
ter hurry back on that swift-sailing
cloud of ours to our own land--or We
won't have much time left to attend
the Easter celebration in our own
home, will we?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-23

but 1t was so faint he could barely
hear it, for the voice seemed miles
away.
Ready" he yelled. with all his
lung-power.
He felt himself going up. He kept
a tight clutch on the baby's ankles,
and gripped them with a joyous feel
ing of victory. Up and up he went,
the bundle dangling beneath him.
Strange to say. all he could hear was
the splash of the water into the we'll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-23

the entire sanctuary. From this fact.
many used to believe. came our pres
ent day custom of using SO many
flowers on Easter day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-23

- HIS is the story of a little boy
named Sammy who lives in
Washington, d. c., and who,
- last year, earned nearly three
dollars in less than three hours-and
in quite the strangest way you could
ever imagine. Moreover. it is a true
story.
Every Easter Monday, you perhaps
remember, the children of Washing
ton are invited to come with their
mammas and their nurses and roll
their Easter eggs on the verdant,
velvety lawns of the White House
grounds. There, often with the Presi-
dent of the United States looking on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-23

the foot and get farm implement.
3. Behead a place where agricui-
ture is carried on and get part OF
the human form.
a. Doubly behead a father or
mother and get q torn place IN
garment.
DIAGONAL.
This diagonal contains seven woros
of seven letters each. II the woros
are rightly guessed and written one
below another their diagonal letters
beginning with the top left hand iet-
ter and ending With The lower right
hand letter. will spell the name q sn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-23

BEHEADINGE: Il. SoId-OId. 2.
Shoe--Hoe. 8. Faril--Arm. A. Par
ent-Rcnt
DIAGONAL:--Verbena. Cross-1c0rds,
l. Vinegar. 2. Ledfet. 8. Furious.
4. Harbour. 5. Prayers. 6. Mundane.
7. America.
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WORD SQUARE.
My first Is at the very centre OF a
thing.
My second is the senior of two per-
sons.
My third is n word meaning fare
well.
Ny fourth are ranges of rocks or
corals in tho sea.
MY fifth is a corporation.
BEHEADINGS.
/. Behead to have disposed OF
something for cash and get extreme
age.
3. Behead something belonging to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-23

'old-fashioned. sweet-scented flower.
The cross-words are: 1. A very sour
liquid. 2. A little printed tract. 8.
The lines in an aged persons face.
4. safe place for ships. g. Suppli-
cations. 6. OF or pertaining to the
world. Z. The name Of country.
ANSWERS
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-10-09
1.-THE FAD"

The Power OF the Cross reel
feature, Thursday, October 9th.
"The Broken Vow"-2 reel feature,
Monday, October 18th.
Cheyenne Massacre"-2 reel fea-
ture, Friday, October 18th.
Bookings Juvenile Orchestra, Sat
urday Evening, October 18th.
Baseball Results-World's Series.
Given every night.
Saturday Matinee-2:30 to 4:30-5c.
Evening shows at 1880. Its 1Oc all
the time.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-10-09

c. A. Johnson & Son received three
new 1914 Bucks the latter part of the
week.
Mrs. Shirley OF Leroy, H., arrived
last evening from a visit at the home
Of her daughter, Mrs. A. Fry.
Prof. and Mrs. Howard Loomis de-
parted Monday morning for a visit Of
"a month with relatives at South
Haven, Mich.
DIR. and Mrs. d. E. Cutler Of Sioux
Falls, arrived Tuesday evening for a
few days visit at the home of his
brother, Vim. Cutter.
Mrs. j. Lovett of Cavour, was a
guest at the home Of Patrick Hurney
the latter part Of the week, going from
here to Aurora and Elkton.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. ID. Douglass expect
ed to leave for Florida this week, but
Mrs. Douglas was unable to travel and
is now confined to her bed.
]. w. Shultz of Rogers, Arkansas, a
former resident of this county, has
been here this week visiting old neigh
bors and looking after his farm.
Prof. H. C. Solberg went to Winona
Sunday night to attend the good roads
meeting there on Monday and Tues
day. He was on the program for one
of the principal addresses.
Mrs. l.. II. Comstock returned Sat
urday morning from a visit of a week
or two with her son at Britton and
with friends at Aberdeen. Miss Lula
who accompanied her, returned home
Monday.
While working on the addition to
the rear end of the laundry building
Thursday afternoon ]. II. Roberts fell
from a scaffolding and sustained a
slight fracture OF the ankle, besides
bruising his leg badly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Watson autoed up from
Rochester and spent a day or two
this week. Mr.. Watson formerly con-
Quoted the popcorn stand next to the
Columbia and was local manager for
Geo. w. Egan during one strenuous
campaign.
We are to have with us on October
13-14-15 and 16 at the Leon hotel, Prof.
Orr, the noted eye expert Of Chicago,
who Is now located at Aberdeen. No
difference where, or how many times,
you have tried and failed to get glasses
that were right, he will correct your
vision or cheerfully return your one
A we'll known local a~uctioneer re-
marked to us the other day: Il don't
want to throw any bouquets, but the
Register certainly gets out the neatest
and best auction bill of any printing
Office in the county, and ] have tried
them all. There Is something distinct
i've about your work that attracts at
tention-and that's what We get the
auction bills out for"
The high school football team will
play Madison at the college park Sat.
i. urday afternoon, the game being the
|, first end of the double-header. This
!, should be one Of the most interesting
r contests of the season, as b Madison
y coach and Coach Dillon of Brookings
were on the Illinois normal football
. team together and each one Is out to
q win the victory. The second game OF
; the day will be State College and
, Carleton and this should provide a
splendid afternoons sport. The first
game will be called promptly at one.
!. thirty.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-01-15
ASKED TO GO ELSEWHERE.
Lynchburg Suggests That Some Other
City be Selected by Farmers. :

Lynchburg, Va, Jan. 15.-lt is prac-
tical!y certain THAT the delay in the
completion of the new Virginian Ho-
tel will mean that the State conven-
ton of the Farmers Educational and
Cooperative Union cannot be held
February as, as scheduled.
The Chamber of Commerce has adj
vised President Blakenship that the
large delegation would experience
great trouble in being housed here,
and suggests that another convention
city b. secured for this year.
Just recently the Lynchburg Anti
Saloon League had to and declined to
entertain the State league in annual
convention late in February because of
Inadequate hotel facilities.
The new hotel cannot be completed
until in March.