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Evening journal., 1918-06-21
Uncle Ichabod---War Critic

II was Gineral Haig, by heck" says Uncle Ichabod
ia Jest OUTRAGE old Hlndenburg. ! wouldn't rod
I'd bring my right wing side left
And I'd smash him with center holered his mother
I'd disnfect all Europe from that peky plague
That's what I'd do, and do II Gnerela
II / was Gneral Foch. by gosh." Uncle Ichabod
I'd simply them % he sod
I'd bring that army OF reserve hear much about
And I'D stick the German German snsu
And when old Hin weled Kameradr I'd Booher
That's what I'd do to Hindenburg, II Glnera
III was Gineral Jack-Black Jack" says Uncle Ichabod
I'D gather all my Yankee troops tremendous wad
And Ia ram EN- into Germany. ] wouldn't do one thne
Except to show those Dutchies that Jack a king
And wouldn't stand around awaiting e-terna crack
ia st somo action quick and II Glnera
II them three ginerals says Uncle Ichabod
A-settln here three inside a
AND not don nothn but TO chatter through hat
Or maybe buy bond or darn little think like that
I'd like TO betcha I'd like to becha odd
They'd shet up tight and let fight" says Uncle Iohahod
Copyright 1918. ~ p. A.
Evening journal., 1918-06-21
ANNOUNCEMENT LUNCHEON.
Military Motives.

The favors will be tiny flags on
standards, liberty bells and thrift
stamps.
Place flag at each plate, attach the
place card with a thrift stamp loosely
placed in one corner TO the nag stan
with narrow red, white and blue rib
bon. Run the narrow streomer TO the
center piece, then up over a hoop
which hangs from the ceiling or chan
deller. This hoop Is wound IN red,
white and blue ribbon. The narrow
streamors have a tiny liberty bell at
tached TO the end and these bells hang
over the center hoop above the table.
For a center piece arrange a mounted
cannon. In the base or cannon fOunda-
tion VIII be concealed the surprise gift
for the guest Of honor.
Your Council Of Defense viii supply
thrift stamp books for the guests who
haven't started saving. Your gift stamp
nay be the beginning Of great war
savings.
Evening journal., 1918-06-21
DANCE AT GEORGETOWN.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
GEORGETOWN Del. June 2i,-Young
people OF the town will give dance
in the Peoples Theatre tonight. The
Millsboro orchestra viii furnish the
music. Many out Of town people are
expected 10 be present
Evening journal., 1918-06-21

ers) looks to the good faith and Of
ncial conduct Of certain officers OF the
municipality whose appointments were
made by the Mayor and confirmed by
The Council. These officials are paid
by The Council and they expect bills
contracted by them 10 be paid by The
Council. We feel that we would be
derelict in our duty TO the public # we
did not prosecute this investigation 70
a satisfactory conclusion in regard 70
the action Of the members Of the Board
Of Public Utility Commissioners con-
cerning the increase granted by them
20 the Wilmington and Philadelphia
Traction Company OF from five to seven
cents per fare"
Evening journal., 1918-06-21

price s223; value e2.75. Another small
lot girls patent pumps, this week. spe-
cial prices Educator shoes for chill
dren. Old prices on this special lot.
Souvenirs this week. Forman's, Fourth
street, between Market and King streets.
ADV.
Evening journal., 1918-06-21
BAKED STUFFED ARrIcHOKEs.

0rtichOkeA
55 C. summer sausage chopped fine.
II c. cooked rice.
tbsp. butter.
Mix sausage. rice, melted butter and
seasoning. Prepare the artichokes as
for boiled artlchokes, boil them thirty
minutes. and drain. Stir with the above
mixture, and place in baking pan. Pour
over the artlchokes the cup Of strained
tomatoes seasoned 10 taste Place IN
oven and baste frequently. Bake about
one hour In q moderate oven.
Evening journal., 1918-06-21
SHRIMP sANnMICHEs.

1 can shrimp.
4 green pepper.
tbsp. lemon Juice.
olives.
c. chopped celery.
u @. mayonnalse dressing.
1 bunch water cross.
Soak the shrimp In Ice water flfteen
minutes, drain, dry on towel, remove
the veins and break in pieces. Squeeze
the juice OF one lemon over the shrimp.
add the seasoning and toss about light.
ly to mix well. Mix with mayonnaise
dressing TO which Is added onion II
liked.
Evening journal., 1918-06-21
poEs YOUR pOCKErB0oK sTIFFEn

from high shoe prices2 Try Forman's,
the store with fair prices. Specials this
week. Women's fine dress pumps,
sl.95; patent and gun metal; regular
s3.25 and $3.50 values. Small sizes only.
Boys Low Shoes, sizes TO 51s only.
Evening journal., 1918-06-21
DAYLIGHT DINNER MENUS

Baked Splced Ham
Sweet Potato Triffles
Spinach
Baked Apple Sauce
Beef Bouluon
Homlny and Cheese
Lettuce with Thousand Island
Dressing
Rhubarb Sauce
Rolled Oats Cookies
Scotch Broth with Barley
Dried Beef Rareblt on Toast
Carrot and Nut Salad
Pineapple Bavarian Cream
Roast Beef Yorkshire Pudding
Drowned Potatoes
Baked Canned Tomatoes Stuffed
Orange Marmalade
Waters
Coffee
Lobster a la Newburs
Beets with oleomargarine Sauce
Rice Cakes
Stuffed Date Salad
Potato Sand Cake
Coffee
Tomato and Corn Soup
Cold Roast Boef Corn Bread
Baked Potatoes Creamed Peas
Peach Short Cake
Coffee
Roast Duck
Sweet Potatoes In Casserole
Creamed Onions
Red Currsnt Jelly Corn Meal Sticks
Ice Cream with Hot Chocolate Sauce
Coffee
Menu.
Fresh Strawberry and Peach
Cocktail
Shrimp g la Newburg
Asparagus Tips
Marshmallow Surprise
Coffee
Red, White and Blue Opera Sticks
The Want Ads offer good positions IN
1fllces, and domestic help should ad-
gertlse IN the Want Ads during the
,omlng two weeks.
Evening journal., 1918-06-21
RECIPES
PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICHES.

2 Q. peanut DuIIer.
@. finely chopped colerY.
q c. chopped olives.
Alay0nnaise dressing
Mix all ingredients well, molsten with
dressing and spread between the slices
Of Liberty bread,
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WATCH FOR DAWN OF EASTER
Thousands Gather on Mountain Of
Southern California to Take Part
In Religious Ceremony.

In one of the lovehest spots in south
ern California, rising above the green
orange and lemon groves Of the val
ley, stands bare and rugged noun
tain peak. Growing its highest point
is great wooden cross. Nearby on
huge powders are swung two iron bells,
and set in another high bowlder is
bronze tablet recording that this noun
tain top is dedicated to Fra Junipero
Sierra, a sturdy old Spanish priest who,
many years before California came into
the Union, many years before the revo-
luton which created the Union, strobe
back and forth across the desert Chris
thanking and civilizing the Indians.
But nowhere does his actual spirit
seem to dwell as on this lonely noun
tain. For every year, at the dawn of
Easter, people of the valley and Of the
entire state climb the mountain and
take part in religious ceremony
which cannot be duplicated in the
world.
All night before the event the roads
are filed with pilgrims-in motorcars,
In carriages and wagons and on foot.
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There are several versions Of the
connection Of the hare with Easter
but the hare custom ls exclusively pa
gan In origin and has nothing to DC
with the Christian festival. In the East
the hare played part In the mythical
life and adventures Of Buddha. IN
fact, several hare myths come cut Of
india, the great reservoir OF religious
symbolism.
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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 1t 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-
Tiers; yet the words of st. Paul Il Cor.
5:7-8) seem to sanction If they do not
recommend an observance Of some sort
and foreshadow the thought which
came finally to underlie it: "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 wickedness, but
with the unleavened bread of SINGER
ity and truth" According to the jew
ish tradition, the Passover commemo-
rated the passing Of the Angel Of
Death over the houses Of the Israelites
In Egypt, the doorposts 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
lor became the true Paschal Lamb, and
the new festival commemorated His
resurrection on the third day following
the Crucifxion.
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
tians it was at that time celebrated on
the same day as the Jewish Passover,
without regard to the day Of the week
on which 1t might fall. Among the
Western Christians, who held that the
crucifxion occurred on q Friday and
the resurrection on a Sunday, there
had arisen a custom of celebrating
Easter on the first Sunday following
the 18th 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, beganin March, when the sun en-.
tered tho constellation Aries. When the
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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 1852,
again changed the day on which the
year began, although in England 1t
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 Cstara, the name Of an old
Anglo-Saxon goddess, in whose honor
Spring festival was celebrated.
Grimm was unable to find any mention
Of a deity Of this name among the an
cient Germans, but from the fact that
the month Of April still bears the name
ostermonat Tin Old High German os-
tarmanoth), he did not doubt that such
a goddess, probably "the divinity OF
the radiant dawn" had been known
among them. The old Oster festival
was clearly Of solar character, eel
ebration in honor of the birth or the
rejuvenation of the sun of the new
year. This Is made evident, aside from
the known character of similar fesu-
walls in other parts Of the world, by
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IN THE SPRING

will be the great test Of life and death
struggle on the Western front. In the
everyday walks Of life, II Is the spring
time that brings III health. One Of the
chief reasons why the rundown man
finds himself in bad state Of health in
March or April, is because he has spent
nearly all his hours for the past four or
FIVE months penned up within the walls
Of house, factory or office. It Is the rea-
son for our diminished resistance-that
is, lack Of outdoor life, coupled with
perhaps over-eating, lack of good exer-
else, insufficient sleep, and CONSTIPATION.
furnace with food but do not take out
the "clinkers," and our fire does not burn
brightly. Always keep the liver active.
There is nothing better for health than
taking an occasional mild laxative, per-
haps once week; such a one as you
can get at any drug store, made up of
May-apple, jalap, aloes, (sugar-coated,
tiny, easily taken J, which has stood the
test of fifty years Of approval-namely,
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. But for
the Spring Fever" the general rundown
condition, the lack of ambition, the
"blues," one should take course Of
treatment every spring; such q standard
tonic as DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
coVery, now TO De nau IN taDleC IOrin III
sixty-cent Walls. Watch the people go,
plodding along the street. There's no
spring, no vitality. A vitalizing tonic such
as this vegetable extract of DR.. Pierce's
gives you the power to force yourself into
action. The brain responds to the new
blood In circulation, and thus you're ready
to make fight against stagnatt6n which
holds you in bondage. Try 1t now! Don't
walt! Today is the day to begin. Gain a
little pep" and laugh and live. VIM and
vitality are the natural out-pouring of AZ
healthy body. 1t does not spring up in a
night. Try this spring tonic, and you gain
the courage that comes with good health
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EASTER.

Life has loneliness to sell.
All beautiful and splendid things,
Blue waves whitened on cliff,
Soaring fire that sways and sings.
And children's faces looking up,
Holding wonder like cup.
Life has loveliness to sell,
Music like a curve of gold,
Scent of vine trees in the rain.
Eyes that love you, arms that hold,
And for your spirits still delight,
Holy thoughts that star the night.
Spend all you have for loneliness.
Buy 1t and never count the cost,
For one white singing hour Of peace
Count many year of strife we'll lost
And for breath of ecstasy
Give all you have been, or could be.
Sara Teasdale in Poetry: A Magazine q
Verse.
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that do not belong to the out-of-doors
are found In prodigal lavishment at
the florists and these have been car
ried to the churches for the feast of
the lilies that is styled Easter day.
Somewhere all these lilies had their
original habitat. And now they are
widely cultivated.
There is the lily Of the annuncia-
ton in its spotless white and heart
of gold. There is the Easter lily,
that curves back its petals so that the
golden center may CLEAN like the
light from the heart of the star.
There are the lilies-of-the-valley that
exhale their precious perfume in a
wealth Of odor that exhilarates and
intoxicates. There is the lilium
auratum, the gold-banded lily that
appears to be the crown of grace for
the beneficiaries of the resurrection.
There, too, is the red-spotted lily that
seems to emblemize the crucifixion.
Is 1t not this lily of which it is said
that 1t grew at the foot Of the cross
and received some drops Of the blood
that trickled therefrom? Then there
Is the tiger lily, with its splotches Of
vivid color, that seems to set forth
the passions Of humankind that the
resurrection rebukes. In the gardens
Of the Southland are already bloom
ing the brown-spotted garden lilies,
and they seem to tell of the common
life and its trials and Affections and
humble circumstance. They, too, are
lilies fit for the open tomb Of Easter
day. ..H
But the lily that stands cold, exotic
and passionless, the Gala lily, is not
to be lost sight of. For refinement
and culture and the type of life that
is preserved from much of the out
ward harshness of existence needs to
be symbolized today and the Gala
lily is its symbol. But faith is like
wise present in that red lily found
in warm windows, the amaryllis. 1t
seems to carry the
7: !: !: : !: !; ! !
warmth and in q
tensity Of faith n MAY
with it So life CNLOW
is replete with T&<LIN
lilies and the GSl
day sees their I'M (N NW
folding at the &Zm
tomb in celebra- WHM
ton of the renew GAN ~
al Of all life with TWAoW }
the coming of WRD
spring, including w
human life.
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KEEP old CUSTOM
People Of Brittany Combine An
Cient Legends With Easter
Ceremonies.

~ F all annual festivals among
Christian nations, Easter
seems to have made the most
serious impression, and the
customs connected with its first cele-
brations to have fingered the longest.
Europe, with. Its many nations, and,
therefore, many peoples, has ever been
the scene of various ceremonies dis
tinctly belonging to the separate coun-
trias, with the Latin church always in
the lead in the matter of picturesque
symbols and professions.
The war last year and this will
make difference in some districts,
but wherever there are few gathered
together in his name in the neighbor-
hood Of mighty cathedrals still stand
ing, or tiny kinks in the heart of the
woods or along the sea, there will
some feature of the story Of the Atone
ment be told in symbols.
In Brittany, a southern province Of
France, which nestles close to the
Pyrenees, and in consequence perhaps
takes on something of the colorful at
mosphere' Of its neighbors, the Spanish
provinces, many interesting customs
are observed. It is land of legends.
On Easter morning at the Church Of
St. Cronlev, in the village of Finistere,
Brittany, every man, woman and child
Of the vicinity is in attendance. The
women and children are in their best
frocks and snowiest caps, and the men
are leading the cattle to the door Of
this church, which would do credit to
a city Of size.
There the priest receives the men
and animals, and while the women
cluster around, gravely listening, the
cattle are blessed and the care Of St.
Crowley invoked in their behalf. This
saint is a great favorite all over Brit
tany; and, like SO many traditions Of
the Bretons, his story is connected
with many legends.
He was hunted by wild men until
death seemed near, when suddenly
every pursuer was turned into a stone,
and SO they stand today, one group
forming a regular border along the
road from Carnac to Kerlescant.
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PALMS Significance.

The palm so connected with the tri.
umphal entry Of our Lord into Jeru.
salem is the staff st. Christopher used
when as Offero he unawares bore
Christ Himself on his shoulder in his
work of carrying the weak and small
across a raging river st. Clara,
founder Of the Poor Clares, when she
made her vows, received from st. Fran
els palm, which in those days was
especially mark Of holiness with the
Crusaders
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many Of the observances which it be-
queathed to Easter. Thus it was for
merly custom all through the north
of Germany, on the night Of Easter
Sunday or the third night following, to
kindle bonfires on all the heights, Of
fording magnificent spectacle, when
these fires were to be seen here and
there over miles of country. This Gus
tom had become simply mode of
merrymaking, but 1t is held with plaus-
Utility that originally the bonfire was
symbolical Of the new fire that was to
warm the earth and quicken it into re-
newed life after the cold embrace of
winter.
Ancient Popular Belief.
Another indication of the ancient
solar character Of this festival is an
old popular belief, said to survive still
in Brandenburg and Saxony, that the
sun at the moment Of rising on the
morning Of Easter gives three joyous
leaps, that he dances with youthful
Joy. This curious belief was not con-
fined to Germany. In the middle dis
tricts Of Ireland, according to Brand,
1t was customary, after spending East
er eve in merrymaking and carous-
ing-watching the pot boil, the con-
tents Of which were to break the long
Lenten fast, yet must not be touched
before the growing Of the cock-fOr
the whole company Of jewellers to go
out just at daybreak to see the rising
sun take his three Easter leaps. Sir
Thomas Browne, writing Of popular
errors, mentions thus quantity the ex-
istence of this belief in England: eve
shall not, hope, disparage the resur-
rection of our Redeemer, If we say that
the sun doth not dance on Easter day ;
and though I would willingly assent
unto any sympathetic exultation, yet
we cannot conceive therein more than
a tropical (figuratiye) expression"
Perhaps there Is no more striking illus
| tration than this Of the power Of an
inherited belief to live on In spite of
the testimony Of all experience against
1t. In some places, apparently as an
alternative for giving up the belief
wholly, 1t was held that in order to
witness these three leaps one must
look, not at the sun itself, but at the
reflection of it In pool Of clear water.
AS last resort, to save the belief, the
sun might be made to dance. Brand
could recall that when he was boy
he had seen "a vessel full Of water set
in the open air, in which the reflected
sun seemed to dance, from the tremu.
lous motion of the water" If the
mountain will not come to Mahomet
then Mahomet must 60 to the noun
tain.
Among the customs handed down
through long ages and accepted by the
Church were those of Easter eggs and
the Easter tale which the preacher told
from the pulpit, In lieu Of sermon
connecting it with Christian reminis
cences. Later still there were In Ger
many dramatic shows, named Oster
spiele, executed by twelve performers
one Of whom, apparently, was ths
leader, and represented Summer beat
ing Winter out of the land. The dance!
and sports prevalent at this season IL
Germany among the youths and maid
ems appear sometimes to have beer
! marked with something Of the loose
ness characteristic Of the floral game
| In Italy.
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BI:;'E|S ;Iia;EIJ5 ! G Ssess

from a Bone SPAWN, Ring Bono
Splint. Curb, Side Bone, or similI
troubles and gets horse going SOUND
1t acts mildly but quickly and good n
suits are lasting. Does not bliste
or remove the hair and horse c.
be worked. Page II in pamphlet wi
each bottle tells how. So. so a bottl
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A WeIshman's Prayer.

A supplemented man in Welsh
coal valley is character in his wayI
He always insists on taking his turn
in the devotional services of his chapel
His prayer the other night was soneII
thing like this: Almighty God, thou!
hast heard about that old kaiser.
read in the paper that his throat is
bad, and that he has difficulty in
breathing. Well, Lord, thou knowest
how far to go."-Cardiff Western Mail
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lilies OF EASTER
In Every Variety May Be Found a
Symbol Of the Faith Of the
Christian.
EVERYWHERE

EVERYWHERE
they are blooming,
lilies in the fields
Of life. But there
needs no symbol
ism for welcome
Of the lilies at this
season Of the
year. The lilies
are opening their
petals and look
ing out upon the
spring sunshine
and the fields Of
green. And those
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Through the dark they travel in Sc
lence for the most part, for the hour
is solemn. Before the dawn there are
as many as $4,000 people on that noun
tain top gazing into the pale eastern
sky. Suddenly the pale sky is pierced
by pencil Of golden light. Then an
other, and then The morning sun. A
cornet solo halls it first, followed BY
the music and the chanting OF the
Mass. Would that it were given to
every soul OF us once year to climb
a mountain top with a great multitude
and lift up our hearts to the pure
dawn. -Rheto Childe Dorr.
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delivered. Horse Book 9 R free.
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for mankind, reduces Painful Swellings, ~
larged Glands, Wens, Bruises, varicose Vein
heals Sores. Allays Pain. Will tell "
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The mountain we climb often wor1
ries us less than the grains Of sand
in our shoes. Is