The Dolores star., 1922-04-14

Thus week of and way by the
Cross, lead TO this brightest morn of tms TO the
shining mount Of immortality, to the glorious vision
of eternal life What gift is life! What Joy
1t is to live! The joys of sight and the visions of
the eye: the joy of activity and work. the JOY of
high and noble aims, the joys of the heart, of
friendship, and love- the joy of elevated thoughts;
the manly JOY of overcoming difficulties; the high
transports OF doing good and sacrifice for truths
sake; the JOY in tie sense of the beautiful and
sublime in nature; the ecstasies in the rapt har-
monies of music: tie JOY in religious worship and
prayer-what tongle of archangel can tell the joy,
the bliss, the rapture, embraced in this all in all
lifei
But sweet, varied and glorious as is this gift of
life, we see confronting It the black spectral in
evitable figure of DEATH Who, then. but must study
this question which concerns his happiness
deeply than all elseS This death, which steadily
creeps toward me, will it really wrest from me this
priceless possession Of life? This is the supreme
thought for every living soul to reflect upon on
Easter Day. To study in the light of the Gospel
of the Resurrection
Nature here is our first teacher. She is full of
emblems of the Resurrection. Could YOU forecast
the golden fruit from tila withered blossom or the
bird from the broken shall, the brilliant plum
aged Insects wings from the chrysalis coffin from
which 1t emergesf So spring is full of signs Ey-
cry spring, in forest, ga-den and field, death is
swallowed up of life. AL winter the trees stand
stripped and bare; the shrubs, the grasses, the
flowers sleep in cold white sepulchre of snow
But In the spring comes the dawn of a new life
The drifts melt the fountains fow the rivers burst
their Ice bonds the trees put forth buds and leaves
the grasses awake from their chill slumbers and
the crocus and myrtle peep from the ground-the
advance guard Of that lovely army of flowers which
will decorate the whole summer with their plu
mage.
1t is the Resurrection time of the visible crea
ton 1t is the Easter of the world. It is natures
prophetic answer to the nquiring soul of man.
nI1 iS tha Er,i,
mortality, written by the finger of God upon the
strata of the earth.-Rev. J. B. Remensnyder
There Is one day in the year which custom
requires that the grounds of the White House
ordinarily sacred against intrusion shall be thrown
open to all comers. 1t is Easter Monday, which is
par excellence the chldren's day in Washington
On that occasion the little ones from far and
to roll eggs the smooth lawns in the rear
of the executive mansion, and their prerogative in
this regard is of long standing.
1t is Of the prettiest customs of the festive
kind that survive in this part of the world and
nobody knows exactly how when it originated
Ever so long, perhaps century ago in the neigh
borhood of Baltimore and adjacent counties of
Virginia, It the habit of the children to 20 out
In little parties on Easter Monday and roll eggs
For some reason unexplained the sport has become
in manner localized in Washington and in earli-
er days the egg rolling done on the caDtol
grounds as well as at the White House. But on
one unfortunate occasion so much damage was
for the nation promulgated decree forbidding the
practice.
Thus 1t has come about that the children all as
semble at the White House where the grounds
are specially adapted to that purpose being of
rolling contour, with many small moundshaped
hills, down the slopes of which the eggs easily
travel Mckinley took much interest In this Easter
pastime and usually found time to go out himself
into the crowd and watch the sport for few min
utes. General Grant used to do the same thing
nfOop in hig
child when she lived in the executive mansion.
herself took part in the games. Benjamin Har-
rison's grandchildren did the same thing
The festival is one to which nearly every child
in Washington looks forward when Easter time
comes round, and not the least part of the fun is
the decoration Of the eggs, which must be dved
beforehand in all sorts of colors. The older younp
sters take pride in coloring their own eggs while
the younger ones depend upon mamma By Satur
day night the eggs must be ready, snuggled in n
little basket, with some green excelsior If possIh1e
to counterfeit grass. Then, when Mondays sun
has risen, with promise of favorable weather the
BARNS start for the festive scene in most cases
accompanied by parents nurse.
II is ar Gll-day affair this business of epa, roll
fEG and the children anxious to begin IT ms