Evening star., 1915-04-04


the northern summer.
Brazil, Chile and Peru have adopted
many Of the European customs. that of
the Easter egg
Panama Festival being generally
Like Mardi Gras ams festival
leans has been established. During
holy week the bells are silent and the
churches are closely attended. From
Holy Thursday until Easter the small
boys of the town are forbidden to quar-
rel and told to be humble and quiet. At
II o'clock Saturday every bell in the
country peals forth, and after this joy
Gus sound the boys are permitted to
reopen any quarrel which has been
held in allegiance. In the interior towns
number of quaint celebrations take
place. In the province of David the men
and boys dress up in quaint costume
partly composed of palm fiber. They
march to the church and are present at
the resurrection services.
Austria celebrates Easter by great
luncheon, in which consecrated meat is
the important feature. This meat Is
always eaten Geld and accompanied by
liberal quantities of hard boiled eggs,
special cakes and other delicacles
Baroness Won Hungelmuller. former
Austrian ambassadress to this coun-
try, delighted in describing the Easter
luncheons in her fathers castle, Where
the tables were never laid for less than
a hundred, and throughout the entire
week were kept supplied with cold
dishes of many kinds. The Austrian
children revel in bright-colored eggs.
care being taken to have as many col
ors and designs as posslbie. Boys ana
girls play at knocking the eggs to-
gether. and, according to Prince Alfred
zu Hohenloe- -Schilling, an attache OF
the Austrian embassy, the boy who
breaks the shell of a girls egg with his
own Is entitled to kiss her:
in military towns the day before
Easter. when soldiers are stationed in
the churches to guard the sepulchre
before the resurrection. After the
parade in which the soldiers give ex-
hibitions of their skill in shooting
straight up in the air for the benefit
Of the populace.
The distribution of eggs in some Of
the Hungarian villages is unique. The
girls provide them
distribute Eggs Easter Monday the
boys sally forth
LII nuA6oAy' with cans contain
ing water, which they throw upon the
girls in small quantities. The girls re-
turn the compliment by tossing col
ored eggs to the boys. who dexterousiy
catch them without breaking their
shells. The girl who has not water
thrown upon her Easter Monday is re-
garded as unlucky for the year.
To hca a.
brated by SO much shooting that 1t has
been dangerous to go abroad IN some
of the villages. In Belgrade 1t Is now
restrained BY the police. Even the
small boys Of that country have been
accustomed to shoot upon Easter. and
while a certain amount Of paper caps
and blank cartridges were used, bull
let's were entirely too numerous for
public safety. Belgrade is very gay
socially during Easter week. Every one
pays calls and congratulates his
friends upon another resurrection.
1t is claimed that the legend of the
Easter eggs being laid by the rabbit
originated in Germany, and Easter
morning each German child expects to
find his rabbits nest containing bright
colored eggs and a rabbit made either
of rich and highly decorated candy or
of plain, sweet cake. The German
Easter is only for children. Adults pay
little attention to it. The same is true
of Sweden, Denmark and Norway, al
though in Norway certain egg drink
similar to American eggnog is sup
piled literally upon Easter and three
days after.