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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
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On the day preceding this luncheon the food is
blessed by the priest. AS the castle is usually the
center of the community, the peasants or farmers
bring their food there. When the priest blesses
the castle luncheon he also bestows a blessing
upon the food of the servants and peasants in the
lower hall. During the entire week following
Easter Sunday visitors are invited to partake of the
cold dishes on the Easter luncheon table, which is
replenished as necessity arises.
Landowners receive gifts from the peasants On
their estates at Eastertide. One may bring his
best calf, another his latest pig, ana a woman
her largest chicken or duck. In turn the peasants
receive presents of money and other valuables.
The children play with eggs on Easter Sunday
in much the same manner they do on the White
House lawn in Washington. In Austria-Hungary
the same ceremony is observed, with the exception
of the great luncheon. Always on Good Friday
the emperor and his court attend divine service
for an hour.
Easter in France is primarily a floral celebra-
ton. The flower market along the Seine is re-
dolent with the perfume of lilies and other as
fragrant, though less stately blooms. Every one
wears a flower at Eastertide, and poor indeed is
the household that does not display a floral SYM
Dol of the resurrection and the life"
1t Is not one of the great celebrations of
France, but Is decidedly a children's day. OF
course, it is a legal holiday and the banks, gov
eminent buildings and schools are closed. There
are the usual religious services to be found in a
Catholic country. The. Partisan child makes mer-
Ty with Easter eggs, which are generally painted
In vivid colors. For the children of the Weather
class are eggs of chocolate and sugar. either solid
candy or followed out so as to conceal pretty
favors in the form of small toys,
In Italy, Easter is quite the most important re-
ligious festival of the year and a time of public
and private rejoicing. In Rome on Easter Sunday
and for several days afterward religious process
sions are to be seen on the streets. Dignitaries
Of the church, clad In gorgeous raiment, march
from church to church, blessing the baptismal
fonts and reminding the altar fires that were ex-
tinguished on Good Friday in memory of the death
of Christ.
A unique ceremony marks the observance of
Holy week In Florence, Italy. 1t is probable this
ceremony will be discontinued before many years
because of the fatalities and serious accidents
which have occurred in recent years.
At noon on Saturday of Holy week a ceremony
called the ~"scoppio del CAIRO" (the explosion of
the carl takes place in the Piazzo del Duomo. just
In front Of the Battistero. 1t is in %fulhllment of a
provision in the will Of the de Pazzi family, an
ancient F1orentine household, certain members
of which brought fints from the holy land with
which to kindle the fires on the affairs at Easter.
The "car." which resembles an altar and Is
nearly as large as a small frame house, is drawn
to the square before the cathedral by a team Of
white oxen, where it is filled with fireworks and
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
wAFRO-AMERCAN CULL|NCS

A woman lives in Philadelphia who
has seen three centuries; who has
been an eye witness of the changes
they have brought; who has herself
been most thrillingly affected by them.
Her name is Mrs. Kate Whitehurst.
and her century and more of life was
most of it lived as a slave in the South
long years before there was a dream
of questioning seriously the rights of
slavery to exist.
Her home is at 2237 oxford street
with her daughter, Mrs. Caroline
Mitchell. She is still able to move
about, although feebly, for she suf-
fered a serious nervous shock a few
weeks ago, when fire broke out right
in her bedroom, and she vas saved
by policemen when she vas not very
far from ~suffocation.
She is known to be in her one hun
dred and fourteenth year, but she may
be somewhat older, and one estimate
gave her age as n hundred and sew
enteen. But the recollection of her
age by a daughter of her old master
in the South, based on the record in
her sales papers as a slave, is that
she was born at the end of the eigh-
teenth century, and she may be the
senior by a few months of Aunt Ma
hala Ayers, whose one hundred and
fourteenth birthday celebration has
been planned as an event this year
at the Home for Aged Colored Peo-
pie. Mrs. W%hitehurst's own memory
of dates in her long life carries her
back as. far as 1911, when the great
comet, from whose year the most
famous wines of Europe have been
dated, vas visible and gravely af.
Fighting all over the world.
81 saw the great star fall" she says,
when she refers to that overshadow-
ing event in her childhood, the one
thing which could leave an indelible
impression on the mind of a girl slave
not yet in her teens, when all the
ignorant, startled throng around her
lived in terror of the great stars fall.
She still sees herself standing in
the midst of other Slaves, at night IN.
der the soft southern sky, staring'u
at the awful portent and wondering
while her elders in that doubly hap
less horde argued its consequences
of pestilence and war.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

kiss three times, first on one cheek, then on the
other, and the last time on the other cheek again.
This represents the Joy they feel on account OF
the Saviors resurrection. The custom is some
times continued for several days, and the peas
ants often kiss those whom they have just met
Following the half-hour church service there Is
a night mass held, the only one during the year.
This is not usually ended until 3 o'clock in the
morning. From the church the people return
home and have what is really an early breakfast,
but which is more like a feast. They eat hard
boiled eggs, "pascha' and "coolitch,' which form
the features of the Tepast.
The custom of kissing is also observed in the
court. Easter day the emperor receives the mem
bers of his household, his bodyguard and repre-
sentatives from the officers and soldiers Of the
regiments stationed in and near st. Petersburg.
Easter is a joyful occasion for the children. For
two or three days previous their elders dye eggs
for them, much as is done in this country. Easter
the children roll them and play with them. 1t is
also the custom to exchange eggs, and many peo'
pie carry a few with them to present to their
friends after the church service. The children
play with their eggs for a week after Easter and
sometimes longer. The "pascha' and "coolitch"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
Re buked.

The Bostonian who had opened a
grocery in st. Louis was called to the
telephone in great haste.
Does some one wish to speak to
Mr.. Perkins ?" he asked.
YES" said the young lady at the
other end of the wire, mamma wishes
me to tell you that she wants the eggs
she ordered this morning very bad"
Il am sorry" replied the o%bliging
gentleman, that we have not, to my
knowledge, a bad egg in the house.
Couldn't your mother possibly use,
good ones?"
Dear mel" he said, hanging up the
receiver, 81 wonder why she rang In
my ear that way?" .
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

as they have closed all the United
States east of Minnesota to the Ameri-
can elk. whose former range was as
far south and east as South Carolina
and northern Georgia and Alabama.
Deer have been coming back to
their old feeding grounds in New Eng
land-in such numbers, indeed, as TO
cause complaint among farmers whose
clover fields are ravished. It was the
custom of Thoreau to talk with old
timers who had beheld the animals in
the country of which he made such
an intimate study. There are deer
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
REACH OLD FEEDING GROUNDS
Deer Are Coming Back In Large Num-
bers to New England, After :.
Long Absence.

A map printed for the purpose OF
defining the distribution of the north
ern white tailed deer, the representa-
tive of the race above the continental
divide, shows that within recent years
the animal has come almost to the
outskirts of Detroit. the Toledo Blade
states. It would seem that 1t still
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
Justly Condemned.

What an unfortunate contretemps
that was of Mrs. Goldthwaite's at the
Ro~ckingham's last night"
81 know it. l was tellin' Josiah on
the way home that l was surprised
that a woman who's the mother of
grown-up daughters should of wore
such a thing, and with her long neck,
too"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

cur in that part of Ontario border
ing Lake Erie, and in the northern
part of the southern peninsula of
Michigan. to mention only sections
near by where 1t is known.
But over all that sweep of country
which stretches from eastern New
York to southern Minnesota, including
northwestern Pennsylvania. the whole
Of Ohio, wild deer have not been seen
for many years. Agriculture. the
hunters. the lumbermen and the fire
that follows the lumbermen have
closed the region to the white tailed,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

Lindsay Winslow, born a slave, for
AZ years a messenger in the war de-
partment, body servant to a success
sion Of commanding generals of the
army, and known to every officer in
the military service, died from a
stroke Of ~apoplexy at his home in
Washington. Messenger Lindsay was
f1fty-nine years old, having been ap-
pointed In the government service
when a youth Of seventeen years.
Lindsay was born In 1855, the prop
erty of the Temple family of Fred
e~ricksburg, Va. Miss Temple, n
of the daughters of the family, who
o lives in Richmond, Va, never
came to Washington without calling
on the old family slave, whom she
held in great esteem and watched
over.
1t was during the Civil war that
Lindsay first made acquaintance with
the army, with which he was to be
associated for the rest of his life.
In 1865, when ten years old, he used
to sell pies to the soldiers of the army,
encamped near Fredericksburg. One
of the veterans of that campaign, now
an official of the war department, tells
of an attack of indigestion which he
charges against a bit of pastry bought
from Lindsay.
A year ago Lindsay made his first
appearance as an actor. In the role
of himself, playing the part of a mes
senger to the commanding officer of
the army, in a playlet written by
Captain Mccoy of the army, he APP
peared when the play was presented
at the dinner of the Carabao society.
Lindsay say service in Cuba during
the Spanish-American war. Detached
from the war department he accom-
panied General Bell, in command of
the army of pacification, and was his
personal attendant throughout the
campaign.
Appointed a laborer in the war de-
partment July l, 1872, Lindsay was
given a freman's job November 1,
the same year, July II, 1879, he was
made a messenger. Transferred to
the door of the adjutant general of
AN al my oN mat III II SCiillihAu
ing officer of the military service, No
vember 4, 1879, Lindsay was given the
rank of an assistant messenger be-
cause of the change of service. June
16, 1898, he became a messenger at
$40 a year.
When the office of adjutant general
of the army lost it's directing influ.
ence, and the office of chief of staff
was created, Lindsay was transferred
from the one office to the other, main
tanning his dignity and responsible.
ties. He was relieved for temporary
duty in Cuba October 6, 1906, when he
accompanied General Bell. He re
sumed his duties as messenger Janu.
airy 4, 1907. IS
Lindsay served as messenger and
personal attendant to every adjutant
general of the army from in~cumbency
of General Drum to hat of General
Corbin, and of every chief of staff OF
the army since that time.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
CANDID OPINION.

If a widower doesn't buy his wife's
tombstone till after the first year of
his bereavement he is pretty sure to
save money on it.
Love is made In the same old way,
but every boy thinks he has hit upon
an important improvement.
Mans superiority over animals is
further shown by the fact that they
can't swear when they get mad.
Most men would rather have money
here and fame when they go where
there are nc dollar-marks.
All the literature that has been
made to order wouldn't cover a mos
quito's left hind foot.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

now roaming at will almost to the
banks of Thoreau's beloved Concord.
Strict game laws and a humane inter-
est in these former inhabitants have
served to bring this about. 1t will be
interesting to people who care for
such things to watch If deer, recover.
ing their boldness and widening their
present narrowed range, venture again
to seek a living within the borders of
Ohio.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
WhenGrunpus
Struck Us

Cheer up" said
Mr.. Gladstone,
As he and Grump-
us met;
Cheer up. the SUMS
still shining
And the sky's
above us yeti
Cheer up, there's no
use signing;
Fair ahead the fu-
lures lying,
And there's many.
a prize out yon-
der still for you
and me to get"
Che up" said
Mr.. Gladstone,
As they parted;
whistle, sing;
Who can tell what
Joy, what bless
ings,
Fate may by to-
morrow bring?
Yea, before the sun
goes down
You m a r u {
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
Changes In Geography.

Should the scheme proposed by Isle
of Wight councillors for a tunnel to
the mainland go through the island
will merely be reverting to its ancient
bond OF union. For there is the evil
Once. not only OF geology-convinc-
ing enough-but of a Sicilian writer.
who speaks Of Ictis as a market for
tin. the theory being that Ietis is the
Isle OF Wight, and that an overland
route existed just before the begin
ming of the Christian era, by which
the tin was brought from Cornwall
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
All, Mel

Did you have a pleasant voyage?"
NO." sighed the beautiful American
heiress. 1T was one of the saddest
experiences of my life. There we're
two counts and a duke aboard, but the
weather was so rough that they never
came out of their rooms"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

Tuskegee institute was opened July
4, 1881, in a rented church, a mere
shanty, with 80 pupils and one teach
er. To bring a school with such a
beginning as hat up to what it is now,
and to gain for it a more than national
reputation in the lifetime of one man,
is a marvellous work. Back of it all
is a master mind. There are scores
of well-trained teachers, preachers
(from Phelps Hall Bible training
school, farmers, mechanics, trained
nurses, seamstresses and good house
keepers sem out every years from this
school, carrying with them the spirit
of Tuskegee to uplift the race.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

a Pittsburgh man
has just discov-
r e that his wife
secured q divorce
from him ten
years ago"
"Heavens!" re-
piled Mr.. Hen
neck "Tpn vnar0
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

At low water the carts were able to
cross the Solent to the Phoenician
galleys lying at anchor in Rickaster
Cove. One must not forget that in
the sixth century the Island OF Jersey.
now separated from the mainland by
a gulf Of waters. was linked to France
by a plank bridge.-London Chron,
icle.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
The RulIno PassIon.

How was it that Mrs. Dubbs paid
80 much more for the same article
than you did?"
"oh, she got hers in a bargain sale
rush"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
Mixed.

How do you like my biscuits, hub
by? l got the recipe out OF a pa
per"
well. my dear. ! found a button
in one and a feather In another. May
be you got the cooking recipe mixed
with the fashion hints"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
Farthest Limit.

"Henpeck doesn't dare to say his
souls his own"
Its worse thar that. His wife eyen
tips the waiter when they go out to
lunch together"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

Next day when Mr.. Gladstone
And the happy Grumpus met,
Mr.. Gladsome's heart was heavy.
He was prone to snarl, TO fret;
Every minut he got sadder,
Every hour he got madden;
He was envious of Grumpus, who had
struck it rich. you bet.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

dressed in mourning, the women go to church and
pray for an hour. The grave Of Christ is always
represented at the church, and 1t is before this
prayers are said. Saturday, too, is spent in fast
ing and prayer. Easter Sunday the great lunch
con, or "swieceny,' as it is called in Polish, takes
place. At the castles of the nobility refreshments
are prepared for hundreds Of guests. The tables
are laden with cold meats, pigs roasted whole.
various kinds of sausa ges and great cakes, or
''haba," which are always eaten at Eastertide.
During the afternoon visitors call. 1t is the Gus
tom of the host and hostess to meet their guests
at the door with a plate of eggs, each visitor
takes a small piece and the greeting of the day,
"Hallelujah," Is exchanged.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

From a little farm owned by John
Jones, a former slave in Shelby county,
Tenn, has come to the Supreme court
Of the United States the question of
whether former slaves are entitled to
inherit from their brothers and sis
tiers who likewise were in servitude.
The supreme court of Tennessee
had held that ex-slaves have no In
heritable blood. One Of John Jones'
brothers has taken the ease to the
United States Supreme court seeking
a reversal.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
OF cnurss.

THAT fellow Smith has his wife
well trained" said Mr.. Gabb.
Yes" replied Mrs. Gabb. He can
make her do almost anything that she
wants to ."--Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

The things you wished for as a boy
Would. If o a them, yield no joy:
Cheer up-the joys denied today
May, when you're eighty-one or two,
ent and weary-limbed and graz.
Have not a single charm for you.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
In Old Missouri.

"T beg your pardon" said the polite
stranger; can you direct me to the
foundry"
(which one" asked the Missouri
lady; hash or. iron?"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

In Denver a woman can sign her
husbands nam to a check even when
the bank account is in the latter's
name.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

What do they mean by aItruistic p
Well, an ~altruistic man is one who
will buy you a drink without expac,.
ing anything in return"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

A bill providing for women judges
in the children's court has been intro
duced in the New York legislature.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

Vancouver recently received a ship
ment of 1875 cub foxes from Skagway.
Alaska, valued at 500, 900.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

Margaret r. Mcnamara has been ap-
pointed chief matron of the Industrial
School for Girls at Delaware, Ohio.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

The United States has become the
heaviest buyer of South African dia-
monds.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

Sweden this year will import coal
Spitzbergen.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

There are two wage-earning women
to every five wage-earning men in
Great Britain.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

The colored man in America has
gone through the same experiences as
the white man. He gave $50 years Of
unrequited toll to build up the ma.
ton. In the Revolutionary war Girls
pus Attacks, a mulatto, was the first
man to shed his blood that white men
might be really free.
One hundred and nine of the 425
dauntless sailors who fought with
Perry at the battle of Lake Erie were
colored men. Nearly 100000 colored
soldiers fought with white men in the
Shareholders rebellion in defense of
their common country. In the Span
ish-American war the colored troopers
did their duty splendidly at Ell Caney.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

1t is estimated that rs per cent of
the laws have to do with the home in
some way.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

Boston is planning to establish mu-
nicipal lodging houses.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

Gas City, Kan, has a population of
1900, but abolished the office of city
marshal for the reason that there has
been nothing for him to do in a long
time.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
HIS HARD LUCK.

IL read in one Of the papers the
other day." said Mrs. Henpeck, that
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

Two carpenters and a plumber from
England have recently been travelling
in Belgium. Vocational scholarships
were awarded to them, by means of
which they are investigating old and
new methods of house construction.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

Not many ear ago Russia was a
strong rival of the United States in
the production of petroleum. Now the
Russian empire yields only about 60
per cent as much old as California
alone, and not much more than Okla
homa.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

Wyoming mines and oil wells in 1913
had an output valued at $37, 900, 900,
and live stock gave the states ranch
ers revenues totaling more than $685.
100000.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11
Consolation.

Of Joy taken right out Of the poo fell
life"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

In the British museum there is to be
the first envelope ever made.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-04-11

ASTER in foreign lands is the gala
day of the year and is celebrated
with a sest rarely found in this
country, where the chief features
of the occasion are choral serv-
ices and Dame Fashions parade
of Easter finery. Easter festivities
abroad are elaborate in the ex-
IRENE and marked by many
unique customs and ceremonies.
During Holy week no meat is
nnAnn L. Dnlnnd Good Friday
Morris tribune., 1914-05-08
THOUSANDS OF NEW SETTLERS
Five Thousand Farmers Came to Minnesota This Year

Minnesota has approximately 5000
more farmers this year than she had
last. according to figures complied by
Fred D. Sherman, Commissioner of
immigration. Taking these 5000
farmers and calculating on the usual
basis of five to each family, it means
that Is, 600 immigrants have come to
Minnesota during the past year.
These figures are arrived at by a
system of correspondence with land
dealers all over the state. Thirty
days ago Mr.. Sherman sent letters to
3, 900 land dealers in Minnesota ask
ing them to give him the names of
parties to whom they had sold Mime
sofa land in other states who had
moved to Minnesota and were occupy.
ing their farms. To these letters
445 have replied, which when totaled
show that 2, 1853 living in others states
have bought Minnesota land and
moved here. The states contributing
to this immigration are as follows in
order named Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska,
South Dakota and Indiana: and the
balance scattering from practically
every state in the union. According
to returns every county in the state
has received some new farmers. Oh
the number received Pine County tops
the list with 152 reported in; Cass
County comes next with III: Swift
County 116; Beltrami 107; Watonwari
50; Wilkin 65: and the lowest
county gives report of 10 new farm.
ers.
A significant feature Of this report