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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-06
Plan Annex to Y. W. c. A.
For Industrial Girls

At the first regular monthly meet
ing of the Board of Directors OF
the Y. w. c. A. yesterday afternoon
the committee studying the prob
lem of providing an annex gave its
report. The committee, including
Mrs. William Jennings, chairman;
Mrs. Edward Bailey, Miss E. Blanche
Clute MRS. William NJ. Hahn and
Miss Mary Hoffer reported that a
centrally located place has prac-
tically been decided on and that al
though the project is not generally
known, $500 a year has already
been promised, out of a possible
$500 needed sto carry on the work.
Following this report. and state
ments from heads of different de-
partments of the Association, the
election of officers was held. The
committee consisting of
Mrs. Mabel Cronise Jones, chairman;
Mrs David S. Funk and Miss Mary
Hoffer gave its report which was
accepted.
The officers elected for this year
are: President. Mrs. John w. Reilly;
Mrs. d. NJ. Gilbert;
treasurer, Mrs. j. Frank Palmer;
recording secretary, Mrs. F. e.
Downes, and corresponding secre-
tary, Miss f. Blanche Clute.
Mrs. ]. f. Wilmer. of 504 Curtin
street, was hostess for the Tuesday
Afternoon Club yesterday. Z"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-06
MONTHLY SESSION
OF YOUNG PEOPLE
Luther League Society of Me-
mortal Lutheran Church
Are Guests of Miss Smith

The first regular monthly business
meeting and social for this year of
the Luther League Society of the
Memorial Lutheran Church was held
at the home of Miss Helen Smith. Al
North Seventeenth street, Monday
evening.
Miss Evelyn Eckenbarger. the new
president, presided at the business
meeting held prior to the social.
Plans were made for the various
works of the society and committees
appointed.
The officers of the society include:
Miss Evelyn Eckenbarger, president;
Miss Mary Laudenslager. vice-presi-
dent; Miss Esther DENNY, secretary;
Miss Ella Stoner, treasurer, and Miss
Mary Titzel. organist.
The committees include the fol-
lowing members: Missionary COM
mittee, Russell Welsh, chairman; c.
Earl Whitmoyer. Miss Dorothy Egolf
and Miss Elizabeth Ulrich; devo-
tional, Musser d. White, chairman;
Miss Elizabeth Gardner, w. G.
Hoover. Mrs. Harry b. Thompson
and Miss Wilda Wallower; member
ship, Richard Charles, chairman;
Miss Ruth Comp, Miss Sara Meyer,
Miss Sara Allison, Miss Mary Van
Dyke, Miss Ruth Huntsberger and
Wilbur Eschenour; social, Miss Grace
Saul. chairman; Miss Helen Smith,
Miss Marguerite Yoder.' Miss Jose
phine Zug and Wilbur Kremer; mu-
sic. Miss Elsie Hill. chairman; Miss
Mary Fleisher. Frank Hetrich and
Howard Achenbaugh; flowers, Miss
Edith Springer, chairman; Miss Mar
garet Hill and Miss Margaret Lau-
denslager, and a special committee
who cares for the general welfare
of the members enlisted in the mill
tary service comprises. Miss Bertha
Maurer. as chairman; Miss Esther
Yeager. Miss Gertrude Drawbaugh
and Ira Charles.
Following the business a social
hour with knitting, chatting and
music furnished by Musser d. White
and Miss Grace Saul, was enjoyed.
Refreshments were served to the
officers and committee members as
we'll as to Sister Harriet Franklin,
the Rev. DIR. L. C. Manages, Miss
Eleanor Weaver, Miss Catherine
Shillinger, Miss Ruth Spotz, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Smith and John Smith.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-06
TROLLEY LINES
STILL CLOSED
Big Crews Work Hard to
Shovel Drifts Off
Tracks

Linglestown, isolated so far as
street car communication is concern
ed since Monday morning. was again
given connections with this city to-
day when gang of men working on
the lines of the Harrisburg Railways
Company opened the last stretch of
track just beyond Progress this aft
ernoon. AS soon as the line was
opened, cars were run through to
Linglestown and the cars were get
ting back on schedule again.. The
gang of men, many of them residents
of Linglestown, offered to remain
with the company and help open the
Rockville line. A force, made up of
the company's own employees, had
already been at work on the Rock
vile line, and with the new force,
indications were that the line would
be opened tonight.
Cars will be operated on the Hum
melstown line as far as Rutherford
tonight, and there is bare possi-
bility that cars may be run through
to Hummelstown. A big force was
working. beyond PaXtang to-day and
the men expected to reach Ruther-
ford late tonight. Their work this
afternoon resulted in the releasing of
a car and a sweeper tied up in drifts
since Monday. Another gang is
working from Hummelstown toward
this city. The tracks at noon were
cleared through to Hummelstown
and for considerable distance out
side the town. The loop on the Mid
dletown line in Middletown was
opened last night and to-day cars
were running over the entire line.
From Front and Chambers streets
Steelton, cars We're running to En-
haut and it may be that the line will
be open through to Oberlin this
evening. All of the city lines were
opened to-day for their entire
lengths except Riverside, cars on
that line running as far as Seneca
street
Progress in opening the various
lines is slow. due to the fact that
men must shovel away the snow al
along the tracks. Drifts were so high
that the big sweepers and plows were
practically useless. Beneath the snow
is heavy coating of ice on the
tracks, too, and this is delaying the
operation of cars considerably. The
labos shortage is also proving a Sc.
rious handicap, officials say.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-06
COUNTRY CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS
Charles H. Bergner Heads Or
ganization, With, Walter P.
Mcguire as Vice-President

Charles II. Bergner was unani-
mously elected president of the
Country Club of Harrisburg last
evening at the meeting of the newly
elected board of governors following
the annual meeting at the Board of
Trade. Walter p. Mcguire was elect
ed vice-president and Frank J..
Brady, secretary.
John Fox Weiss, the retiring pres
ident, presided at the members
meeting, presenting complete
financial statement and report on the
new building and affairs of the club,
together with a statement of the
winter plans. Mr.. Weiss was ac-
corded thanks for his services as
president for the last three years,
during which many arduous duties
fell upon him.
Samuel c. Todd, Henry S. Evans
and A. A. Vert acted as tellcrs for
the election of governors.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-06
Enjoyed Country Life
at Cold Springs Cottage

Not as a summer resort alone is
Cold Springs cottage, Williams Mills,
with Mrs. Mcclure, hostess, noted,
for those who spent the past week
there are enthusiastic about the joys
of country life in the winter. Great
log fires to warm one after brisks
walks outdoors and to chat around
in the twilight as well as the de-
licious fare made the following
guests ready to go again on the
slightest invitations: Miss Henrietta
Kohlbenslag, Mrs. Edith Madden,
Miss Mary Cleckner, Miss Irene
Rhoads, Miss Isabelle Rupert.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-06
Miss Rudy Is Hostess
to Two Young Soldiers

Miss Estella Rudy. of $50 Kelker
street, entertained at her home in
honor of two soldier boys. Private
Robert L. Gully, of Company 4,
109th Machine Gun battalion and
Private George IL. Lilly of Brad
ford, a member of Company B, 103d
Field Signal battalion, Camp Han
cock.
Features of pleasure were dam
cling, singing and buffet supper.
Those present were: Miss Mabel
Ossman, Miss Maude Mace, Miss
Cora Shaffer, Miss Mary Lands. of
Halifax; Miss Anna Rudy, Miss
Estella Rudy, Robert L. Gully. Geo.
II. Lilly, George Craig, Leroy Spahr,
John Krepps, William McLaren,
Sinclair Gully. Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd
Shettle and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Rudy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-06
Little Frances SwOpe
Has a Valentine Party

Miss Frances Mussenia Swope,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. W. NJ.
Swope, 23O Hummel street, had a
delightful party in celebration of her
sixth birthday. Games, music and
stories were enjoyed by the children
preceding refreshments.
The table was arranged with
Valentine decorations and the favors
were tiny red, white and blue boxes
filled with candies.
In attendance were the Misses
Emily Bright. Martha Slotower,
Dorothy Myers. Virginia Kennedy,
Marie Wueschinski. Eleanor NJ.
Swope and Frances Swope.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-06
Suburban Notes
HUNrNIELSTOWN

Misses Mary and Ruth Light spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Light at Harrisburg.
d. w. Cassel and daughter, Gers
trude, were Harrisburg visitors on
Sunday.
Alfred Sutcliffe and Samuel letters
spent Sunday afternoon at Harris
burg.
Lieutenant Russell Hummel and
Misses Elizabeth and Mary Grove
spent Monday afternoon at the Har-
rsburg Hospital, Lieutenant Hum
mel leaving from there for Philadel-
phia, where he will spend several
days with his sister, Mrs. Harry Sny-
der. before returning to Camp Han
cock.
Mrs. d. w. Cassel spent Sunday
afternoon with Mrs. Mary Cassel at
Pleasant View.
Miss Adella Lentz has accepted a
position in the Hershey chocolate
works.
Mrs. S. D. Hartz and Mrs. George
risburg Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin U. Huffer. of
Reading, were recent guests of Mr..
and Mrs. P. V. Behney.
The Reformed consistory met at
the home OF J. NJ Brightbill on Mon
day evening.
Mrs. Frank Wilmer was a Harris
burg visitor on Sunday.
Miss Esther Searfoss, of Penbrook,
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Walters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Reed enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. George Kar-
many and son, william; Mr.. and
Mrs. William Karmany and Mrs.
Reed to a turkey dinner at their
home in East High street on Sun
day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-06
Smileage Books Are Going
Well in the Upper End

The Smileage Book campaign in
the upper end of the county. which
is in charge of County Recorder
James Il. Lentz, is going wonderfully
well. Books have been placed on
sale at Wiiliamstown, Wiconisco,
LSyalton, Elizabethville, Gratz, Pill
low. Berrysburg, Millersburg and
Halifax and efforts are being made
in those localities to have one book
of tickets placed in the hands OF
each soldier from those districts
Information concerning the books
may be had from Mr.. LentZ.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-06
Sailor on Furlough
Is the Guest of Honor

Mr.. and Mrs. d. J. Unger $50 Ma
clay street, last night entertained in
honor of their son, Walter A. Unger,
a sailor on the United States ship,
George Washington, home on a fur
Tough. An enjoyable evening was
spent and refreshments were served
to the following:
Miss Helen Robson, Miss Iona
Shaw, Miss Isabelle Unger Miss
Mary Bowman, Mrs. f. X. Conrad
Mr. and Mrs. ]. X. Machamer, Mr.
and Mrs. Rosenberg, Mr.. and Mrs.
B. J. Unger, Paul Nornholdt, william
Gearing, Charles Unger, Walter
Unger.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-06

Mr.. and Mrs. n. L. Maus. of 431
Harris street, announce the birth of
a son, Nelson Leroy Maus, Jr., Sun
day, February 8, 1918. Mrs. Maus
was formerly Miss Grace Lenhart.
of North Front street
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred L. Seltzer. of
1920 North Second street, announce
Hle birth of son, George Seibert
Seltzer, Monday, January 2S, 1918.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart f. Porter. of
Cincinnati, former Harrisburgers.
announce the birth of a daughter.
Lyle Marie Porter, Monday, Feb
ruary 4, 1918.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-06

Miss Cleo Palmer, of 173 North
Fifteenth street, is slowly improving
in health after an operation at the
Harrisburg Hospital
Mrs. Chester NJ. Martin, of 1915
Penn street, has started for Nogles,
Arizona, to join her husband. Lieu
tenant Martin, now stationed there.
Mrs. David NJ. Clark has returned
from Augusta. Ga, where she visited
her husband. chief musician of the
Eighth Pennsylvania Cavalry band
now stationed at Camp Hancock.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-06
ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT

Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. May, 1909
North Sixth street. announce the en-
gagement of their daughter. Miss
Rachel Marie May, to Edwin IT.
Scharadln, son of Mrs. Jane Schara-
uln, 1929 Green street Miss Nav
was a former student of Central
ilgn school. Mr.. Scharadin is con-
Hectea with the bethlehem Steel
20. NO date has been set for the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-06
CAMP HILL CIVIC CLUB
UNABLE TO HOIn NTI-E~TN-~

Owing to the coal situation tbe
February meeting of the Camp Hill
Civic Club will not be held to-ror-
row afternoon, the appointed time
In place. of this the board of direc-
tors will meet at 2.3O o'clock AT the
home of the acting president, Mrs. c.
w Harding.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-06
NEW BUFFALO

Mrs. Margaret Slocum, trained
nurse, is at Millerstown this week.
Benjamin Bowman, in the United
States service at Camp Custer, Bat
tie Creek. Mich, is visiting his par
ents, MIR. and Mrs. J. T. Bowman.
Mrs. Margaret Johnston, of Nc
Creary, Manitoba, Canada, has re-
turned home after visiting her
mother, Mrs. Lucy Jackson.
Isaac Higgins has gone to Harris
burg, where he has secured employ
ment,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-06
TO SPEAK TO Y. M. C. A.

Professor A. e. Williams, OF New
York, will deliver an interesting and
Face and What 1t Reveals" at the
weekly Saturday evening lobby social
in the city Y. NJ. c: A. Second and
Locust streets. This announcement
was made this morning by Robert b.
Reeves. general secretary of the as
sociation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-06
WITH PoLYCLINIC AUXILIARY

Mrs. Samuel 4. Shope, president,
presided at the monthly meeting of
the Ladies' Auxiliary or the Poly
clinic Hospital which was held yes
terday afternoon in the Y. NJ. C. A.
y outline business was transacted.
Mrs. c. II. McEnroe was the hostess
of the afternoon.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-06
NEWPORT

Miss Carol Kerschner, a teacher
at Bethany Home, Womelsdorf, has
returned to her duties after spending
several days with her parents, the
Rev. and Mrs. U. o. H. Kerschner.
Miss NJ. Larue Ritter has return
ed to Frederick, Md, where she is a
student at Hood College, after
spending her vacation at the homo
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. L.
Ritter.
Earl Kline, a sophomore at Frank
lin and Marshall College, Lancaster,
spent the weekend here as the guest
of the Rev. and Mrs. U. o. II. Ker-
schner.
Miss Lulu Bixler is being enter
tanned at Harrisburg by friends and
relatives.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-06
MRS. HARRY KONHAUS BURIED

Mechanicsburg, Pa, Feb. 6.-Fu-
neral services were held yesterday
afternoon for Mrs. Harry M. Kon-
haus at her late home, sos West
Main street, the Rev. s. S. Garnes.
pastor of Trindle Spring Lutheran
Church. officiating. Burial was
made in Chestnut Hill cemetery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-06
Miss Mary Jane Orr. of 11ss Derr,

Miss Mary Jane Orr. of 116S Derry
street, spent the weekend with
friends in Carlisle.
Miss Esther Wengert, a student at
Dickinson College, spent the week
end with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
W. A. Wengert, of Market street.
Mrs. G. II. Widder, of 1854 Derry
street, is spending some time with
friends in Washington.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-06
MLLERSTOWN

A party of young people from
this place sledded to the home of
Miss Louise Gray, in Tuscarora
township, on Friday evening.
. Josiah Rowe has been i'll at his
home on Main street.
Miss Lille Nankiwell, of Steel
ton, spent Sunday with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Nankiwell.
Kenneth Ulsh has returned to La
fayette College, after several days
vacation here.
In order to conserve fuel the
Presbyterian congregation is holding
cottage prayer meetings.
Miss Sue Kline, of Shiremans-
town, visited at the home of d. NJ.
Rickabaugh on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stackpole, of Lewis
town, spent Sunday with Mrs. Stack
poles parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Josiah
Rowe,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-06
ENTERTAINED IN READING

Burton E. Commings, of IA North
Fourth street, is home after visit
with relatives at the Windsor hotel,
Reading. Among the pleasures of the
trip was a turkey dinner given in
honor of Mr.. Commings and Mr.. and
Mrs. A. B. Commings, who were re-
Gently married.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-06
VISITS IN PHILADELPHIA

Mrs. William Fulton, of 1873 South
Fourteenth street, left yesterday for
Philadelphia where she will spend
some time with her daughter, Mrs.
n. G. Oakford, who is recuperatinS
from a recent operation.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-03-30
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Probate Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division, Cordova
Precinct, at Cordova.
In the matter of the estate of Erma
Bell Walker, deceased No. 118.
The undersigned Administrator of
the Estate of Erma Bell Walker, de-
ceased, hereby gives notice that all
persons having claims against said
Estate are admonished and required
to present the same with the proper
vouchers to the undersigned Admin
traitor of said Estate, or to the Judge
of rne above named Probate Court, at
Cordova, Alaska.
Dated at Cordova, Alaska, this 18th
day of March, 1918.
D. w. WALKER,
Administrator of the Estate of Erma
Bell Walker, Deceased.
First publication March IA, 1918.
Last publication April =
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-03-30
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that a gen
eral municipal election will be held
in the town hall at Corduva, Alaska,
on Tuesday, April 2, 1918 Polls will
be open between the hours of 8 a. m.
and p. m. There will be selected by
the votes of the qualified electors of
said COrdOva, seven councilmen and a
clerk of the school board, and a refer
endum will be taken on an ordinance
adopted by the town council granting
the Cordova Power Company, it's sue
cessOrs and assigns, franchise to
operate a steam-heating plant in said
town.
The qualifications of a voter for
councilman are as follows: He or she
shall be citizen of the United States,
Of one who has declared his or her
intention to become a citizen of the
United States, over u years of age,
who has resided continuously one year
next preceding the date of said cleo
zion within the territory of Alaska,
md in the town of Cordova for the
six months next preceding the date OF
said election.
All adults, male and female, who are
citizens of the United States, or who
have declared their intention to be-
come citizens of the United States,
md who are residents of the town of
Cordova, are qualified to vote for the
clerk of the school board.
EDWARD +. MEDLEY,
Town Clerk.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-03-30
EASTER SUNDAY
new YEARS DAY
Originally Marked the Beginning
of the Twelve NOTWITHSTANDING
Festivals in Vogue Long
Before the Time of
Christianity.
BY REV. ARTHUR HOLT.

- ASTER Sunday was formerly
' - equivalent to New Years day;
though not the first day of the
year it was the day on which
the opening of the year was celebrated.
Historically the Christian Easter is
simply a continuation of the Jewish
Passover, which was celebrated on the
18th day Of the first month of the jew
ish year-that is, on the day of the
first full moon next following the day
of the equinox. 1t has been questioned
whether any special observance of this
day was practiced or enjoined by the
apostles and the early Church Fa-
theirs yet the words Of st. Paul Il Cor.
5:7-S) seem to sanction if they do not
recommend an observance of some sort
and foreshadow the thought which
came finally to underlie 1t: For even
Christ our passover Is sacrificed for
us. Therefore let us keep the feast,
not with old leaven, neither with the
leaven of malice and wlckedness, but
with the unleayened bread of SINGER
ity and truth" According to the Jew
ish tradition, the Passover commence
rated the passing of the Angel of
Death over the houses of the Israelites
In Egypt, the doorpCsts and lintels of
which had been sprinkled with the
blood of the paschal lamb. The Chris
tians, in adopting the festival, gave it
a new significance. For them the Saw
Tor became the true Pasehal Lamb, and
fhn factIuol fu
resurrection on the third day following
the CrucitiXion.
The proper day for celebrating East
er was one of the questions which the
Council of Nice "a. d. $3.50 was called
upon to decide. BY the Eastern Chris
the same day as the Jewish Passover,
without regard to the day of the week
ON which ut might fall. Among the
western Christians. who held that the
crucitixion occurred on a Friday and
the resurrection on a Sunday, there
had arisen custom of celebrating
Easter on the kGst Sunday following
the 14th of the first month, and to this
custom was given the official sanction
of the council. Furthermore, the rule
then established for fixing upon the
proper Sunday was designed partly to
prevent the possibility of Easter ever
falling on the same day as the Pass
over, but the rule has failed on several
occasions TO prevent this coincidence
and at rare intervals the two festivals
came together.
Changes In Calendar.
The old Roman year. like the Jewish
year. began In March, when the sun en-
tered the constellation Aries. When the
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-03-30

recorder of Chitina recording precinct,
at Mccarthy, Alaska, in order to hold
said claims under the provisions of
section 1924 of the Revised Statutes of
the United States, and the amend
ments thereto, approved January 22nd,
1880, concerning annual labor upon
mining claims, being the amount re.
quired to hold said lodes for the period
ending on the 31st day of Dec. 1916.
And If within ninety days from the
personal service of this notice. or
within ninety days after the publica-
ton thereof, you fail or refuse to con.
tribute your proportion of such ex.
penditure as co-Owner, which
amounts to seventy-five dollars. your
interest in said claims will become
the property of the subscribers, your
co-owners, who have made the requir.
ed expenditures, by the terms of said
section.
J. J. MILLER.
OSCAR HANSON
First publication January %, 1918.
Last publication April 2, 1918.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-03-30

calendar was reformed under Julius
Caesar, the year was made to begin on
the first day of January. After the
adoption of Christianity in Europe, the
date of the beginning of the year was
changed to March in most countries, so
that Easter became recognized as a
New Years day. The reform of the
calendar by Pope Gregory, In 1882,
again changed the day on which the
year began, although in England it
continued to begin on the 25th of
March until the adoption of the "new
style" there in 1852.
Christianity found Spring festivals
already in vogue in heather Europe,
and to these oldtime festivals many of
the customs and superstitious rites still
connected with Easter are clearly
traceable. The name Easter, given to
the day by the Teutonic nations-the
Roman nations have retained the old
Hebrew name, pascha, under modified
forms, as the Jour de Paques, of the
French-is derived by Bede from Eos
ter or Ostara, the name of an old
Anglo-Saxon goddess, In whose honor
Spring festival was celebrated.
Grimm was unable to find any mention
of deity of this name among the an
cient Germans, but from the fact that
the month of April still bears the name
ostermonat lin Old High German os-
tarmanoth), he did not doubt that such
goddess, probably ''the divinity of
the radiant dawn" had been known
among them. The old Oster festival
was clearly Of solar character, a cell
, ebration In honor of the birth or the
regeneration of the sun of the new
year. This is made evident, aside from
the known character of similar festi-
walls in other parts Of the world. by