The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-04
The HAs1KIN5 LET TER
EASTER FOR TIE CHI DR. IN OF THE WORLD
BY Erederie ). Hasan.

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.lschi1dren The Saturday before Easz
tier the altar is removed and a tree
IDS erected in its place. This tree is
Fgayly decorated and, In addition to
small gifts and bon gbons, each child
lsrecetvess number Of bright colored
Eastere For theSnext three days
Il there are social games in which the
4 eggs fill IA prominent part. and the
Echildren go from one home to another
to exchange eggs and see the Easter
I4trees. a4 Ak
\ Religious Festival.
In most OF the other Latin Ameri-
can countries Easter is distinctively
a religious festival. IN. Costa RIGA,
1.-the celebration begins with Palm
" Sunday. when a procession goes to
EchurchS over a palm Gstre~n path. In
3church.over palm strewn path. Breil
5tifu1 floats bearing the aprettiest chill
idren in the rillages$w are dressed
Ito represent groups OF gels The
I Easter egg and secular festivities are
unknown in Costa RIGA, save as-ther
have been introduced by oreignsre
dents. 4. -5. a
In Argentine the children OF the
! larger cities have their eggs ard keep.
\ Easter in! about the same way as. do
those OF European cities. tInsthe In
l.terior a number OF strange celebra-I
tons taoke place. These include
1 semi-religio parades and folk dane
ling. lis interesting to remember
that the Argentine Easter is not al
spring festival. as with us. because
| the seasons are reversed. It is really
the autumn fiesta usherdng in the Ar
I.gentine winter, which comes at the
same time as the northern summer.
Brazil, Chile and Peru have adopt
ed many tof the European customs,
that OF the Easter egg being gener-
/ ally accepted In Panama. a festival
iisimilar to the 8N1ardi Ora s. of New Or
Ileans has been stablished. 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 for
hidden to quarrel, and told to be
humble and quiet. At eleven o'clock
on Saturday every. bell In the country
tpeals forth, and after this joyous
sound, the boys are permitted to re-
open any quarrel which has been in
allegiance. In the interior towns a
number OF quaint celebrations take
place. In the province Of David the
men and boys dress up in quaint cos
tune partly com posed of palm fiber
They march to- the church and are
present at the resurrection services.
Austria celebrates Easter byta
great luncheon, in which 5consecrated
meat is the i'm portant feature. This
meat is always eaten cold and accom-
panied BY liberal quantities of hard
boiled eggs. special cakes and other
l.de1icacies Baroness Won Hungel-
muller. former Austrian ambassa
dress to this country. delighted In de-
scribing the Easter luncheon in her
fathers. castle. where the Ia bles were
never laid for less than a hundred,
and Throughout the entire week We're
Kept supplied with cold dishes of
many! kinds. The Austrian children
'lreyelx in bright colored. eggs care be, e,
ing taken to have as many colors and
designs as possible. Boys and girls
plays at knocking the eggs together.
and. according to Prince Alfred zu
Hohenloe-Sch an attache of the
Austrian EN- bassy the boy whe4
breaks the shell of a girls egg with
/ his. is entitled to kiss her.
| Military Display.
In Hungary, special services pre-
vail in military towns the day before
Easter. hen soldiers are stationed
in the churchesst to guard the sepul=
chre before the resurrection. After
dress parade IN which the soldiers
give exhibitions OF their skill in
shooting strai ght p in the air for
4 the, benefit of he populace..
The distribution Of eggs in some
Of the Hugarianj villages is unique.
The girls provide them. On Easter
Monday the boys sally forth with
cans containing water. which they
throw u pom the girls in small guam
titles. The girls return the compliSI
5ment bystossinE colored eggs! to the
boys. Who dexterou catch them
without break. their shells The girl
who has no water thrown upon her
upon: Easter Monday Is regarded as
unluckNs forth year. ID
In: the Balkans. Easter has been,i
sce1ebratedaby SO 4nluchash citing that
it has been dangerous to go abroad
in some of the-villa geE. In Belgrade.i
tits now restrained by the police.
Even the small boyssof that countryI
have been ccnstomed to shoot upon
Easter. a and while certain amount
of paper caps and blank cartrid gesI
were used, bullets were entirely too
grade issverysga socially during Eas-
ter week, Every one pays. calls and
.congratulates his friends u pom an
other resurrection. IL @
5 -ts III II 8 claim tina the legend Of tho
Easter egg being laid by the rabbit
originated in Germany, and on Eas-
ter morning. ach German child ex-I
poets toshnd his rabbits nest contain
ing bri ght co1ored eggs and rabbit
mad eS either OF ric hs and shig hly dec
Grated candy or OF plain. 4sweetg cake.
The German Easter is only FOR chill
dren. Adults pay little sattent ION to 4
ut. The same is true of Swede en-, Den
mark and Norway although in Nor
way ia certain egg drink similar to
egg nog Is ssup plied liber-
ally upon Easter and three days ar
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