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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1919-02-20

iollen mir getpoItfnm Sen 8inen oes
Rinbes breden ei1t5ig lnb alein
aus bem @rnnoe. Inn Inn ben &err1
al aeigen. eine Metbobe. bie befonbers
ben 8dtern bdufig eigen lit uno Sic
aamdblib gum 9raurigiten, mas es
spiiden @ltern nnb &in0enr geben
fann, 5ir gntfremoung fubrt. grbal-
ten mir unieren &inoern ben feiten
8iaen, onrb Ben iie rSelbitdn0ig-
felt gefiibrt meroen; lie mer6en i'm
hrauden I'M 2ebem 6enn nidt INNER
fonnen mir i'm tie fem nno tie
ldiiten. ..
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1919-02-20
Citation for Hearing on Final Account
and for Distribution.

Estate of Edward Fischer, Deceased.
State Of Minnesota, County Of Stearns,
In Probate Court.
The State of Minnesota to all per-
sons interested in the final account OF
the estate of said decedent:
The representative Of the above
named decedent, having filed in this
Court her final account of the admins
tration Of the estate of said decedent,
together with her petition praying for
the adjustment. and allowance of said
final account, and for distribution of
the residue of said estate to the person
thereunto entitled.
Therefore, you, and each of you,
are hereby cited and required to show
cause, il any you have, before this
Court at the Probate Court Rooms
in the Court House, in the City of st.
Cloud, in the County of Stearns, State
Of Minnesota, on the
18th DAY OF MARCH, 1919,
at 81 o'clock "A. NJ, why said petition
should not be granted.
u Witness, the Judge Of said Court,
and the Seal OF. said Court, this 18th
day of February, 1919.
Court SeaD J.. B. HIMSL,
A. H. KLASEN Probate Judge
Attorney 20-27-6
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1919-02-20

@ie begesnet mon bcnn Gigenit1a
hes &inSeS?


8eim g%rnadIenen 1T cine Ser er.
fen Euge1loen Ser feite 8iue. rDie
Sterne reibt's bonn Simmel, 0as cine
8ort: SD Mill" ruff inns Der 0idter
al, nnb bunbertmal baben mir es be-
Itatiat geIeben on ntlieenr groBen
Mdnnern, an unleren &riegsbeloen,
ober auh i'm tdgliden Seben, oaB
ser feIte 8iue es. lit, ser ben Men-
iden iiber li6 ielbit unb iiber a1t-
here bitai,sgebt. Ser ,eigene Bile,
ser @igenpiue lit bem Menifen n1t-
geboren, ,t1O er lit es, ser neben 6em
&adabmungstriebe oas &ino foroert,
iobaB es in SduIc ,nb aus rro I'M
ipdteren 2eben ettpas Eiidttges lei
Itet. 0urd Sen @iuen lernt es fih
ieIb5t unb feline boien SSnitinfte met
itern, ntto sic ridttse gr5ieb11ng be-
itebt tpeoer BARN, benz &inbe aaen
@iuen at Iaiien, mie piele glauben,
baB eg bent Sobrbunbert bes &in-
bes~ eemGb lei, mobur6 es anfangs
gum Epranren bes Sm1ies, ipdter 81
einem bolsItorrigen @goiten nirb,
mod, BARN, mie es biele @ltern, Die
nod on Ser vgrtet olten Mrt" bdngen
nnD fid) babel o1f Sic 8tbel bernfen
iponen, 0en @inen 0es &inoes 81
brehen, ioooB es in biinoilder sfla=
herei Sic Suite fiiiien ion, Die eS ge=
idIagen bot.
Die mobre grsiehung 1tebt I'M
&inhe ribt eine onoere Spe5ies bon
@eien, Ionbern ben, menn o1b nod
unfertigen Wenid,en unb b%ebanoelt es.
nls Iolden. 8eim gan5 flet1ten &t1oe
f0rnen mir uns natitrli6 nlr oblen=
fenb perboIten, menn es ieinen Wtlen
orf linn id6blthe ober r%t1geetgnete
0inae rihtet, inbem mir ibrn ettpas
onberes seigen ober geben, melfes
linn bos norber @etpiinidte pergelien
modt. Sc ]beritdnoiger ober oos
8inb tpirO, umIo cher fonnen tp1r
ihm nit gernunftsgriinoen beifom-
men, un6 oas ltmio leidter, le 1tfe=
rer es iiberseugt Iein fam, Bob Die
gItern ibm GrIarbtes gert gonren
unb boB es niemols 2atne tit, tpas
Elm Gerbot %herbprrl1ft, lonoern oaB
itets quite @riinoe fir oosielbe nor=
Iieaen. Oa gibt es aber leioer @l=
tern, ste Bel unihuloieen, %erlonbten
9ineen 6ieie bertpeigern, MIR tint Dem
&in6e Semml1ngen fiinltli6 gu idiot
FEM, Tim es gegen ieine l1eber5engnng
uno Iein beiieres 0iiien gum @ebor=
lam Al, spingen. Mnoere pieoer boz
ben ibren SpaB oaran, Die &i11oer
o1rd Iefen 11nb Narren IN Auf=
regung u. l1nrube gil berfeben", 1bnen
einmoI ait perpeigern, tpas lie 1bnen
ein onbern1al erIol1ber, neil tie met
men, oas @ino miiiie nnbeotngt nod
ibrer Bfeife tonser rtro 6ies 6os &ino
10 redt fiiblen ~Iaifen, ibm tpomoelt@
IN aeiItiger 8eiie BEN SUB III ben
Haden ieten molen. 9ar6 1olde
Mrt, beionoers ourb Die nngleid-
mGbigfeit in Ser 8ebanolung, miro
bas berb%orgerufen, mas mir @tgenltm
nenner uno pos aqeroings oanr
idtper %uusrottbar 1T. Mber aud
bier miro es MIR nit 2iebe, MIR blr6
aiitiae unb gerebte 8ebanblnng mog=
lid iein, oen itarren Sinn BEG &inbes
aunt @uten, 5um piini6entperten,
feifen @iaen ur1sutpanoeln, inoem
man IdIimmitenfans bas &ino einmal.
Sic idlimmen Tolgen ieines @igenz
Times trogen lGbt. Niemals aber
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1919-02-20
Spnntaasaebanfen

Giibrt man9er Beg 6nr9 Didi9t un6
Dorr
l1n6 lit bod Der re6te -
@ebt mande 2iebe ourb 3petfel un6
3orn.
l1n6 lit bod Der e9te.
Die i1nge Gral1 9r. 81. NOR redt
betriibt. SIR @atte tpor in miB>
m1tiger 2aune fortgegangen, unb
bas bate 5ralt 8eate iebr geffrdnft.
Sic ipann ii6 INNER meiter in lire
@rregung unb ldlieBlih fiiblte tie ft9
redt ungliidlib. Sic bergoB iogar
Srdnen. &aum fanb ite 3eit, bie
perrdterii6en Granen meg5ntpiiden,
als ibre Wrtter tie bel udte.
,Nun?" 80
Sn Dem einen Nort logetl cine
Menge Srogen. l1no 5rolt 8eate
NOR jung 11n0 fiiblte ltb troltbe0iirf=
tigt. Sic. beidtete nnb flagte. @an5
rltbig blteb bte Mfutter. &ein @tn=
murf fem Gabel: l1n6 als Die iunge
6rou bon sen fleinli6en, briiden6en
Mutdglt9feiten ipra6> hires @atten
6eftigfeit unb Mibmnt, Ga ibiittelte
sic alte Dome Ben &opf.
~Gu bift ungeonloig, 8eate."
r&onn i6 INNER ge6nl6ig, INNER
gut ooer ergeben bleiben, Mutter?"
n@s mag ni6t immer mogli6 iein,
meme Sodter, ober sic MeuBerung
9einer @timmungen f0nnteit Du ber=
mei6en. @arum ipridIt Du arger>
lt9e @orte, tpenn 9ein @atte iol6e
lpri6t; nar11m biit gu nnfreun6li6,
menn er miBmutig lit? Dur6 @elbitz
519t fannit gu ener 2eben GIT einem
inneren un6 boberen geitalten."
vgs lit nidt leidt, Mrttter; Grid
fritiiiert oft, lit n0rgelig 11n6 rei5bar,
nnb mid modt Der &leinfran1 oeS
Cages mii6e."
vl1no penn Grid aben6s beim=
fommt?"
uDonn iBt er nnb idldft, M1tter."
v@ino, meiBt gu, 6ab gu auf bent
beiten @ege bit, elm iGones, lebens=
fairies @luf gu 5eritoren> peil gu
9einen 2ultnen 6ie3igel i6ieBen laBt
uno fin6ii9es Mitleib nit Dir ielbit
bait? 8iefe 6rnl1en iir6 BEN glei9en
@ea getpnnbert mie Du, biele famen
5l,r grfenntnis nnb febrten l1m."
r@s 1T ,1nmoelid, immer Selblt-
beberridung 5n iiben; 6ann mare ia
ntein 2eber Elm Sdeinleben. 8ei Den
Dienitboten muB i6 man6en Nerger
bim1nteri6luden, m1tB cine fren11o-
ltde Miene 5eigen, no i'd toben mod-
to-"
,@arnm Deinem @otten nidt?"
u8eiI er .eber mein, @atte lit, bon
bent i6 tpiirfbe, DOB ct ieinen Merger
Dor Der @austure ab1dnttelt nn6 mir
einen frennoIi6en Grub btetet."
Suit SUI esq Cine Sran 1T nldt
MIR Nebmenoe, 1on0ern an4 @e=
benbe; lie lit ba5u oa, I'm 5toBe 81
Dermei6en un6 ab5uI9md6en. MetBt
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1919-02-20
@oblsemeinte 8infe fir nniere Gle
I. mG11nfr. m.

ugBie fommt eg benn," miro man6-
nal ser cine ober onbere @bemann
fragen, u6oB meme Grau % Derftimmt
lit? Sic lit nidt mebr mie ionif, inn
n1er ib1er 2al1ne, ia tie madt Elm 8e=
li6t, als lei ibr bas Mergite begeg=
net"
Die Mnttport baranf lit iebr frr5
un6 i6 mill Tie Sir iagen: Wetl tie
(1eine Srou) feline Entertaining ge-
nieBt. 8ebenfe einmol, mie btel Det=
ne 6rau id)offt, pom friben Morgen
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1919-02-20
Gnqlanbs gbemifer finb eifrig ba.

bet eth Berfabren altsf1n01g 3u mo-
den, gier nno WbisfeD in f%onbenffer=
ter 6orm aIs BiIen ber5nitellen. So
nit geoenft man einen f6tDungDonen
Snn6el nod Ben Ser. Stoaten at be-
treiben, mer11t bieies 2anb troden
miro. Sir England braubt man biefe
Hiine1 nidt gil erfinoen. Das engliide
Golf tpiiroe iih 8robibition niemals
u=f6 1tnter fetnen nmitdnoen ulf5pin=
gen 1aiien. 9afiir 1T es gu fl1g ur,o
5n ftol5.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1919-02-20

.Sbre"
8raut gum 8rdutigam, Der ft1 ieiz
ner grammatifden aenntnii1e ribmt):
WeiBt bu aud, @9aB, pie bic 3uz
funft Don nausgeben" beiBt2
8rdutigam: SD nerbe ausyeben,
natirli9!!
8raui: 5eblgeidoffen! 81 9auie
bleiben!
5tDBfeuf5er zines
y Of ulers. .Wenn elmer in elmer
5prade Bebler maht, p nen1t mar.
Das: nnfen1tuis. lpenn es Elm garz
ses 8olf tut, 10 beiBt es Dio<
sleft!!"
DIT &latf4ba { n. -
.5aanfpieler: u6ahen sic fir Das
5reibtlett aud 1udtig geflafidt2S1' III
5rou Maier: rAl, bod altDeil nit
per 5rau gdulse, Die neben mir
lab.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1919-02-20

Glf MiQione1 Jra11en ioll eg ii nm
Ierem 9oroe geben, 6ie iel~bitdnoigem
grtperb nobgebenL ntb 90 nddH IN
Ser got cine Sranenfrage beron, bic
Der Mntio11 eiirn1oI onerlei Natiel n1f-
.gebert tpirb.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1919-02-20
! @etduf9te 6offnung.

= @etduf4te 9offnung.
Mus peinft bu benn, Rarl9en2
Ser Yapa fat mir gu meinem Sc
bnrtstage einen ri@tigen l~ebenotgen
fleinen 6 1el per1pro@en, unb nun
babe ih einen !9auslebrer befommer,
BEN alten Glel fam id ntdt leiben.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1919-02-20
Gin bernnnftiger @oridlaa.

Meifterin: @ie, idon mieoer
gebIt ou nab 8ier? 81 meiBt, oaB
i6 oas l,idt ieben fam!
2ebrinnge: Nh, liebe Trou
Meeltcrn, noller sic ni6t Die Mu-
Gen Elm biBhen 5uma6en?
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1919-02-20
INN e111ge

Mber, Goni, mann 81 s. Is MuB,
Die s. trrnfen bait, 10 guat g'idmedfr
baben, tparum biit NADIA 10 milo
norm?
@idmedt bdb'n +, quot marin
+ d, aba einig'idenft marin 10,
miierabel, baB a Seiliger q raien0
'moroen mar!
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1919-02-20
Orr ~Janrngteril

EHA@E@E
s5S Rrr Ilnrngtern ...
sis tief III sic gsadt biil,1eiin lpie lie
Old begt nnb pflegt; tpie lie fodt
u,no mirfibnftet. pust uno fegt orb
net ur0 ~nusbeiiert; ME biel Maiibe
ll1n6 Blage, ibr Die Rinoer peruria-
den, pie Tie bieien, 10 lange tie nod
flein ooer franf iinb, Sic Nadt nod
opfert, Sic iie bod iebr our Gr6ol1ng
n6fiq bdiitte; mie iie oen1od mieoer
am na6Iten Worgen lobalb Der 9ag
arartt un6 Du nod in ben tpetben Sc
Bern rltblt, am SCRIBE itebt ur10 Sem
Nriiib1tiid, i'm @inter Dir Elm tpar-
mes 53in1mer bereitet; mte lie nit III
rem fnappen Boden- uno Monnts-
geI6e fin aue 8eoarfntiie iorgt uno
aae Deine Wiinfbe bon Deinelt Mlt-
qe1 ablauI9t- nnb bod bait gu ME
Elm Wort 6es 2obes ODER Der 3ufrie.
6enbeit fir Deire 2ebensgefabrtin!
81 meinit freilid, es beritebe it6 6as
Mneg por, lelbit un6 miiiie 10 fem.
@hau' Sid uber eirmal I'M, ab aqe
Irm.en 70 tiihtig, praftiih nno gez
niaiam lin6, mie Die Deinige. Wobl
Mrs aud lie tire 8ebler baben; bat
obueer cine anoere Sra1 ntht aud Die
ibrtqe1 nno piellei6t nod groBere;
ober bi1t Du ettpn f%eblerfrei?
Welh' ubIe 2al1ne bringit Da1 nit
nod bauie, tpenn in Deinem 8ernfe
iih niht Mnes glatt abtptfelt ooer
Elm gorgeiebter Sir cine &iige err
teilt! Wie biele S6nierigfeiten ltel=
len ltd oft Deinem brapen @eibe IN
grfHanng ibrer gflid)ten %entgegen,
Sic es meiltens 3u iibermtnoen peiB.
Wenn aber eine &letnigfeit feblt ODER
nidt aon3 in 0r0nung tit, mie i9nen
Bit 81 Bel ser &on0, Ben Wf11no gu
beraiehen un6 Dein b~ielgeplagtes
Weib I'll taoeln! SIT es oa Elm Wun=
ser, tpenn 6ieie Sen Wel1t berliert uno
o11h sic @tirne in Salten legt2
8robire es einmal anoers: 1t11ter=
briife einn1al Ben Ta6el gegen 9etr
anoereS Sd uno gi5 ibr man9mal
elm q11tes 8ort, 8. 8. menr Seine
W4lde in b%lenoenoer Sronnng I'M
&olten 1iegt, ober tpe111 es O1r De1rt
oo;bnorihf ,.odht 1hmndhaft auberettet
hot; lprid ser Srau 9eine :Srenoe
oqriiber aug un6 fomtte 9n ielblt bis
tpeilen einem ibrer leiien Wnnlbe gu
Dor. Do miro bo16 6oS MngeltN
Geines 8eibes lib aufbeiferr1 1etne
Muqen tpeeroen gldn5en, pie ipenn o1e
@onne hinter ben Molfen berporfame:
9ein bisber teilnumloies, betr1btes
Weib miro an ar Deinem Slt1t nno
@treben Elm %ol1ffaaenoes S1terel1e
aeioen: es miro ale Miiben nnD Yla=
den nm Deinetmiaen gering abte1t,
Ser 6robiim intro onf ieiner1 S1ppen
1ftpeben, es miro Die @orgen bon
Deiner gtirne ldenden, Std I'M
Glide ooppet begliiden, nno ~
mir5f an Inn in &re115 un6 2eio eine
tre11e @efqhrfin unr6 Troilfterin n11o ie=
npraeit cine 1iebenbe @enoliim baben,
Sic I'M Eade Ser SCOT beg beloenbat-
telten .Gpferml1tes fdbig 1T. 49,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. y q q
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@anne + (im @pdtberbite): Sd
merb' nl1r nod Sic eoloene nbr nit.
gebn beiBen, . 6enn nit Dem, mas
i9 Big iebt auf benz &erbbold babe,
f0nnte i9 b0bitens Big Neuiabr Der
I'M e%ingelperrt mer6enl
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-04-19

Y ESUS of Nazareth w0s dead,
II and has bruised body had
been laid IN the neW-cut tomb
of Joseph of Arim0thea. Joseph
waS a rich man Who believed in Je-
sus; when the Word came from the
hill called Golgoha that Christ was
dead, Joseph had gone to Plate, the
Roman Judge, who had found no
fault IN this Just man, and begged
ChriSt'S body. He had wrapped the
body in fresh linen and laid 1t IN a
neW sepaGcher, Where no mans body
had euer been. And a great stone
Was rolled in front of the entrance
of the Sepu5cher, and 1t waS sealed.
Al Was ouer, the disciples told
each other; their master waS dead,
and the dream ended. There was
black despair among these humble,
loving followers.
Now, early in the morning of the
first dag of the Jewish week, two
days after the crucifrion, Mary
Magdalene, and Mary, mother of
James, trent to the sepu7cher, TAX
ing With them spices and ointments
bought out Of their scanty savingS,
Wherewih to anoiht the body Of
Jesus. It WaS the last service they
might do him. And as they trent
along they wondered hon they Would
roll back the heauy stone from the
door of the sepulcher, that they
might enter in.
Bat wben they were come to the
~Sepulcher, behold, the stone was
rolled array and, entering, they
found the body of Jesus was not
there; the linen clothes lay there,
Wherein Joseph had wrapped his
Lord, and the linen cloth that had
been bound around has head, folded
and lajd aside. And they began to
Weep. Then they saw tao men,
witb garments of light sitting one
at the foot and the other at the
head, ~here the body of Jesus had
been, and the men said:
"Why seek ye the living among
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-04-19
Immense Food Supplies for
Brave Yanks Across Seas
The Daily Stocks in Hand

Whoever goes hungry in Europe this
winter it will not be the American
soldiers, notes a correspondent. The
daily stocks in hand reported by the
uuartermaster's department of the
American expeditionary forces gives
an idea of supplies only when 1t is
remembered they represent reserves
held between daily consumption and
arrivals known to be IN route. Po-
tatoes furnish a striking example. The
stock in hand at the last report was
$4,000 0 pounds, and yet the Ameri-
can forces are receiving 10000 tons
of potatoes a month, which makes co.
O0O,OO pounds, chiefly from Ireland.
Potatoes being perishable, 1t would
not be wise to keep double the daily
stocks in hand. Others were as fol-
lows:
Fresh beef, 100000 pounds /;
timed beef, %, 10000 pounds; timed
bacon. 26,300,000 pounds; timed sal
mon, 9,440,000 pounds; flour. 100000
600 pounds; oatmeal, 2.000,0 900 pounds ;
cornmeal, 100000 pounds; dry beans,
100000 pounds; baked beans, 81
100000 pounds; rice, 100000 pounds;
onions, 100000 pounds; tomatoes,
100000 pounds; jams, 100000
pounds; prunes, 100000 pounds;
sugar, 29,OOO,000 pounds.
This list does not include other
foods running beyond a million pounds,
like dried vegetables, syrup, bacon in
bulk, bareback, hominy, dried and
fresh fruits, as well as cheese, maca-
roni, butter and lard.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-04-19

the dead? He is not here, but is
risen, as he said"
and. looking on those bright,
grare faces, the Women kneW that
they tehezd two angels. Then they
an into the city and told the dis
cipIeS, and Peter and John returned
miH them, and John outran Peter
and came first TO the sepuIcher, and,
stopping doWn, he SaW IN Uery
truth that the tomb WaS empty.
And Peter rent into the ~Sepulcher
and SdW the linen clothes lying
there, and the other disciple rent in
also. and they marUeled, not get
being sure what these things meant.
For they were simple men.
And they went array again into
the city. But Mary Magdalene
stood Without at the Sepulcher and
mept. and as she waS going away,
bearing the gifts she had not been
able to 7eaUe him, she saw a man,
Whom size supposed to be the gar
dener.
lie said:
woman, Why WeepeSt thoug'
MdrU said to him..
"Sir, # thou haze borne him
hence, tell me Where thou hast laid
him, and | wiU take him away."
He made anSWer:
"Mary."
And at that Word she looked into
has face, and 1t Was Christ the Lord.
"MaSterr she cried.
Jesus, NTH a smile of infinite
compassion, said to her:
"Touch me not, for I am not get
assembled to my Father; but 90 to
my brethren and sag to them 1
ascend unto my Father, and your
Father; and to my God, and your
God"
Then Mary Magdalene returned
into the city, and her Sorrow was
turned into gladneSS, and she told
the disciples hoW she had seen the
risen Lord.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-04-19
CLAIMED BY CHINA
Custom of CoIoring Eggs Said
to Have Originated in
That Country.

custom of presenting
Easter eggs, like so many
other graceful customs orig
mated probably in China.
The following story accounts for the
use of colOred eggs by the Chinese:
Wen Kung, one of the wisest rulers
of the Tsin dynasty, to elude the
murderous snares of Li-Ki, his fathers
favorite wife, was compelled to flee
from his capital, Phu. In his flight
he was accompanied by his faithful
friend, Kiai-Tse-Tu. When, after an
absence of 10 years, the emperor, in
625 B. c., again returned to power,
Kiai O%bstinately refused all the re-
wards offered him, and, to escape the
urgent solicitations of his grateful
sovereign, hid himself with his mother
in the Nian-Shang-Shang ("Cotton
Mountains'). The prince, after a long
vain search, gave him up for lost, and
in memory of his answering devotion.
changed the name of the mountains
into that they now actually bear. viz,
Kiao-Shan ("Unswerving Mountains').
Now, In connection with this story,
there Is a legend that refers to the
hard boiled eggs used by the Chinese
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-04-19

at their spring festival. The men sent
out in search of the fugitive set fire to
the forest, so as to drive him out from
his hiding place. Whereupon Kiai took
hold of a burning tree and thus per-
ished in the flames. In memory of this
event, which, according to tradition,
occurred in the third month, the GUS
tom arose in northwestern China of
never kindling a fire during the whole
OF this month. This custom soon be-
came general, and was known under
the name of King Yen, "smoke prohibi-
ton" or Hen-Shi, "cold meat" in view
OF the fact that only cold food was
possible. Since then it became Gus
tomary to eat hard boiled colored eggs
during the whole of this month.
Every year, at the time of the vernal
equinox, when the sun is in the sign
OF the ram (the rat of the Chinese
zodiac, heralds everywhere proclaim
the emperor's command to exdnguish
all the fires and not to rekindle them
before the expiration of the third day.
AS during these three days no cooking
can be done, and consequently nothing
but hard boiled eggs and other cold
food is being consumed, the Using
Ming festival is popularity also spoken
of as the feast of cold meat" How
I9uch earlier hard boiled g were in
Use in China is a matter that cannot be
established with certainty. Their in
PRODUCTION, however, is traced to a very
early period, being ascribed to a prince
of the King-Tsu province, who is said
to have been the first to lay up sup
plies of colOred eggs and present them
to friends and relatives at the very
season in which we celebrate our
Easter holidays.
In the fourth century it was pro-
lhibited by the church to eat eggs
during the forty days preceding Easter,
but as the hereto hens could not be
prevented by this prohibition from lay
ing eggs there was always a great
abundance of eggs after the feast.
They were given to the children. and,
to make them more attractive, were
colored and otherwise adorned. This
was probably the first step in the evo-
luton of the Easter egg.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-04-19
SAVE H SURFACE
Save the surface and you save

4 Save the surface and you save !
4 all. Disintegration and decay
X are conditions which usually !
4 start at the surface Of any ma !
4 terial. Protection against de-
X %terioration or rot of substances, !
K therefore, should begin with !
X care of the exterior. Provided a !
X material does not carry within !
X itself the element of sure decay, !
K proper surface protection will 4
X undoubtedly lengthen Its life. !
4 4 X K 4 4 4 K 4 X X 4 K 4 4
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-04-19
U. S. January Expenses
TotaIed ST ,962,350,000

Big payments to allies under credits
previously established, as reported by
the treasury, raised the total of al
lied advances in January to $290,250,-
900, and aggregate government ex-
penses for the month to $1,962, 100000.
This is $97, 100000 less than the record
of December. War savings sales
reached $40, $4,000.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-04-19
WITH THE SAGES

It is a proof of boorishness
to confer a favor with a bad
grace. How little does a smile
cost !-Bruyere.
Without thought there can be
nothing done that can be truly
called a work.-T. A. Edison.
Ill fortune never crushed that
man whom good fortune de-
ceived not.-Ben Johnson.
We should be ashamed to
think what we should be
ashamed to dow. Pickford.