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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28

vary and of the grave. The lighting
of the new fires symbollzed the resur-
rection.
1t seems incongruous, at first
thought, that Easter-the principal
festival of the Christian church-and
All Fools Day-a day of practical
jokes and horseplay-should fall on
the same day-and on Sunday at that.
On second thought, however, there
is nothing incongruous about 1t, ex-
cepting the fact that All Fools Day
should fall on Sunday-and that is the
fault of our fearful and wonderful
calendar.
Both Easter and All Fools Day had
their origin. away back in the begin
nings of the race, in delight at the
approach of spring. 1t may be easily
understood that the winter was a
hard season for many oe the primeval
peoples and that the increasing
warmth of the sun and the %springing
up of vegetable life meant literally
a renewal of life. So the vernal
equinox celebration of primeval peo-
pies was largely expressed in actions
of exuberant joy.
Even after the coming of Christian
ity Easter was celebrated with games,
songs. dances and dramatic shows. In
the Middle Ages 1t a the custom at
Easter for the people to listen to
amusing tales from the pulpits of the
churches. Special cakes were baked
our modern equivalents are hot-cross
buns and simnel cakes. Brightly
painted eggs were presented to friends.
So there was originally little diff
ference in the celebration Of the two
days. In fact. the modern celebration
of All Fools Day Is probably a sur
vival of the less serious features Of
Easter day.
Anyway, All Fools Da. is apparent
ly just as old as Easter. The Scotch
! call the victim of an All Fools Day
Joke a "gowk' or Cuckoo" The
French name for him is sun poisson
d'Avril'-April fish. The Romans cell
ebrated the Feast of Fools on Febru-
airy IT. The Hlndus have their Hull
festival on March 81.
So it is likely that the popular cele-
bration In this country Of april Fool
Day" is the survival of some pagan
festival Of the ancient world largely
devoted to horse play and the playing
Of jokes in sheer exuberance Of spirit
because Of the coming Of spring.
The pictures show three phases of
the celebration of April 1, 1923. One
shows a crowd of ~worshipers going
into st. Thomas church on Fifth ave
nue., New York city. Another shows
a survival of prehistoric days-the
egg-rolling on the White House lawn
by children on Easter Monday. The
third suggests the pranks of All Fools
Day.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28

giving and Christmas, for instance,
that thousands of people in turkey
states like Texas and Missouri and
Kansas bend all their energies to have
their turkeys ready for the market at
the psychological moment.
And when everybody wants turkey
the general public eats less meat.
Hence the butchers and market men
have to keep a watchful eye open.
Now, as everyone knows, Easter is
preceded by the Lenten season of 46
days. During Lent the American
people eat less meat than usual and
more fish and oysters and more eggs.
So it makes a lot of difference to a
lot Of producers whether Lent begins
In February or in March.
Then there's the climax of the de
mand for eggs at Easter. Besides, the
demand for baby chicks Is so great at
Easter for advertising, display and
gift purposes that many %incubators
the country over have to set their
hatchlngs with Easter Day in mind.
In short, it seems a truism that
holidays, whether of festivity or fast
ing, patriotism or prayer, are reflected
In the busy marts Of the country. And
one of the most f%ar-reachfng In influ-
ence is Easter, with its month-long
variation in dates.
Easter is the principal festival of
| the Christian church, commemorating
/ the resurrection of Jesus Christ from
the dead.
Nevertheless, Easter has an origin
far a%ntedating the resurrection of
Christ-one that goes back TO the
early days of man.
Casters original significance was
the celebration at or near the vernal
equinox of the beginning Of q new
year. It celebrated the end of win
ter and the approach of spring-the
coming of light and heat-and life.
At Rome the sacred fire in the tenn
Pile of the Vestal Virgins was kindled
anew on March l, which was%the be-
ginning of the new year. A CORE
spending ceremony is still common In
various parts of Europe. Bonflres are
lighted from a fame originated by
the priests on Easter V These
fires are kindled every year on the
same hill. which usually is given the
name Of easter Mountain" The sig
/ nifcance is this: AS far as the light
Of the bonfire reaches the fields will
be fruitful and the houses safe from
| fire and disease. AS the fame1 die
down, men, women and children lear
through them as q protection against
disease.
When Christianity came to the
front it adopted the pagan holiday OF
Easter. 1t explained that the extinc.
tion Of the old-year fires on Easter
eve symbollzed the darkness of Cal
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28
AntedateS Lauder

1t Is not true that the Scotch Ian
guage was invented for Harry Lauder.
whether you call it a dialect or a
language, the Scottish tongue is a
thing whose history entities it to be
cherished by those to whom it be-
longs" Professor Craigie, the we'll
known Oxford philologist, told the
V~ernacular Circle Of the London Burns
club.
THE elements of the Scottish tongue
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28

all the time now, also am picking up in
weight. | will tell any n that your
medicines r wonderful, and you may
publish my letter if you wish. Mrs.
Ed. BoEHNLEN, 1130 Ash ST., Louis
vile, KY.
Backache, nervousness, painful times,
~irregularity, tired and rundown feel
lnrs, are symptoms of female troubles.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound should be taken whenever there
Is reason to fear such troubles. 1t con
tains nothing that can injure, and tends
TO tone up and strengthen the organs
concerned, so that they may work in a
healthy, normal manner Let it help
you asst has thousands of others. Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is
now selling almost all oyer the world.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28

"Why don't you spend some of your
money-liye better, enjoy yourself
more?"
Because If l d." he said, people
will. expect something of me. If they
don't know I'm we'll off they will not
expect anything of me and they'll do
for me. So, l keep my private affairs
to myself" And then he added, as
though the Woman might be one Of
those who expected him to pay for
her lunch, too"
"And, besides, I'm not so well Off
as you think. New York Sun.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28

tween March % and April 25.
AT first the Christian Easter syn
chronized exactly with the Jewish
Passover. This was rejected in the
Western Church on the ground that
the resurrection took place on the
first day of the week after the Pass
oyer and should therefore be COM
memorated on Sunday. After much
controversy the particular Sunday was
definitely fixed In the Sixth century
to be the Sunday between the fifteenth
and t~wenty-first days of the moon In
the first month of the Jewish lunar
year, the computation to be made ac-
cording to the tables of Yictorius of
Aquitaine which were introduced in
ATS a. D. Followed another century
Of controversy. Then the matter of
the date of Easter was finally dis
posed Of at the synod held at Whltby,
England, in 1864. After this date the
clergy of the British Isles conformed
TO the general practice of the West
ern Church.
So now both Protestant and Roman
Catholic churches observe Easter on
the first Sunday after the full moon
on or mex after March 81. Thus
Easter cannot fall earlier than March
% or later than April %.
Easter seldom m as early as
March %. In fact 1t was away back
in 1918, more than a century ago, that
Easter last fell on this early date.
The nearest approach was March %
in 1856 and 1913. Between now and
1850 its earliest date will be March
"a in 1910.
Thus Easter may fall more than a
whole month later some years than
other years. For example, it fell on
April %, the latest POSSIBLE date, In
1856. 1t will fall on the same date in
1913. 1t fell on April "a in 1859 and
on April % In 1905 and 1916.
Easter and All Fools Day only oc.
casionally fall on the same date. They
coincide in the century 185O-195O, but
six times-1866, 1877, 1888, 1928. 1884
1915.
well, what of it2 What difference
does 1t make whether Eastern falls
early Or late-falls on March % OF
April 257"
As a matter of fact many of our
American holidays have a nation
wide influence in many ways. Thanks.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28
In a Manner of Speaking

The Browns lived In a third story
apartment. Mr.. Brown, coming home
n evening, found his better half in
an excited frame of mind. She has
tened to tell him of an experience she
had just had.
Smelling smoke In a room off the
light court, she thought the building
was on fire, and proceeded: 81 tore
down the front stairs, and found
everything all right there; then l tore
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28

as it IS now known" the professor
said, "came owe to the country with
the Angles In the Fourth or Fifth cen
fury. It is now substantially the same
as the tongue of the Scottish border
ers in the Seventh and Eighth cen
turtles"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28

down the back stairs, and found 40
sign of fire there"
Here afr. B interrupted long
enough to inquire: "Tf you tore down
both the front stairs and the back
stairs, how in the world did you get
back up here?'
Brown got no dinner that evening.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28
Much Pine Marketed.

OF native trees. the white pine is
one of the most valuable, says the
American Tree association. 1t is q
tall, straight tree that grows to a
height Of 100 to $50 feet. 1t made
fine lumber and was Jne of the first to
be exhausted.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28
A Well.Guarded Secret.

He was rich and close. The Woman
had known him since childhood days.
The other day she said to him, as
they met at the same table at a down
town restaurant:
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28
She Was cnrreot

"T want a license for my dog" said
the fussy dame. Eyes, madam" re-
sponded the clerk. "What Manner
-BIdo," said the fussy dame.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28

me. l was In bed Tor
eight or nine days
|e~verymonth and had
a great deal of pain.
The doctor said my
only relief was an
operation. l read of
Lydia E. Pinkham's
medicines and tried
the Vegetable Com
pound and the Sana-
tive Wash, and they
surely did wonders
for me. | feel fine
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28
Tenth Century Find.

Greenland was discovered and named
about the end Of the Tenth century by
a Norseman. who established a colony
there.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

ASTER Day and All
Fools Day both fall
on April l this year.
This is bound to hap
pen every now and
then because of the
fact that All Fools
Day always falls on
prl l, while Easter
hobs around on the
calendar anywhere be-
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28
NO OPERATION
FOR HER
She Took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and Escaped the
Operation Doctor Advised

Louisville, KY. wish to thank you
for what your medicine has done for
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28
Everybody Pleased.

A young lady at q crowded seaside
resort was explaining TO a circle OF
admirers yes, It was dear mammals
birthday, yesterday. I gave her a
crimson parasol, with broad white
stripes. She is 50 pleased! And so
am I. Mamma is pleased to have a
new parasol, and I am pleased because
now I can see her coming a long
way off"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28

DR.. Peery's Dead Shot" is not a ''loz-
enge" or syrup" but a real old-fashioned
dose of medicine which cleans out Worms
or Tapeworm with a single dose. Adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28

There Is no evil but has a compen'
sating good.
Evening star., 1923-04-25
COMMODITY NEWS
WIRED STAR FROM
ENTIRE COUNTRY

DETROIT, Mich, April 25.-Presi-
dent A. B. c. Hardy of the Oldsmobile
Company said today that while his
concern had no intention OF increas-
ing prices. present quotations were
ssCraping the bottom hard. The pur-
chaser, he said, never had such an op-
portunity to buy good machines SO
cheap.
CLEVELAND, April o5.-The artifi-
cial silk plant located here. which
was established a year ago last De-
cember. has shown net profits for the
first three months of this year of
s183,175. as compared with $346,280
for the entire year Of 1922. Sales in
pounds for the first quarter totaled
1886. The plant Is operated night
and day, Sundays and nearly all holi-
days.
FORT WORTH. Tex. April 90
Grain elevator and cotton gin sup
mand throughout this section today.
Old plants are being overhauled and
many new ones erected.
SAN ANGELO, Tex, April 25.-wool
on the sheep's back is being con-
tracted for around here at so cents
a pound, or about Z cents higher
than the price paid year ago in mid
summer. at which season the peak
price Of the year usually is recorded.
Lambs are being contracted for de-
livery at weaving time next fall at
$3.50 per head.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 25-The
high price to which hay has risen in
this section today is attributed by
dealers to the fact that high freights
and low prices last year resulted in
shortage developed in New Mexico
and Texas caused an unexpected
drain upon the supply.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calf. April 90
California will produce only 60 per
season, according to a state wide sur
vey by the California Prune and
Apricot Growers Association just COM
pleted. Late frasts this month damaged
the blooming trees in all prune districts.
KALAMAZOO. Mich. April 25.-,
concerned. today over their inability
to 5oo cope % with tn the Crown ns" n, rot About
Intensive celery cultivation are
affected The worst feature is the
golden heart variety, for which there
is most demand. is the worst sufferer.
PITTSBURGH, April 25.-steel maxi
ers in this district have increased their
river shipments. The Carnegie Steel
Company today is operating two
steamboats, and about thirty-flve
barges between Pittsburgh and New
Orleans. and Jones & Laughlin are
handling a similar tonnage between
here and st. Louis. Eight to ten
thousand tons of heavy melting scrap
have sold at $3.50. A month ago sales
were made for the same delivery at
S27.50..
CLEVELAND. April 25.-Formation
OF a $20,000,000 spring and axle COM
pany here indicates the confidence felt
today in the future of the motor ac-
cessory business. The plans an
nounced provide for the merging of the
Torbensen and Eaton axle companies
and the Perfection and Pontiac spring
concerns. The new company will be
known as the Eaton Axle and Spring
Company, and will have plant capacity
for 10000 sets of axles and about
100000 springs a year.
Evening star., 1923-04-25
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star OA6ce

New York Stock Exchange Thu: sday,
the recently listed issues of fnter-
national Telephone and telegraph
gained substantially while Nndvale
Company after reacting ALMOST a
point made up the better part sof the
decline.
General Petroleum crossed III on
very few sales while SeaboSrd Oil
& Gas was in demand just utder Its
top prices on reports that, despite the
recent 10-cent cut in crude, earnings
for the present quarter are cunning
well above those of the past three
months as the result of increased pro-
duction
Southern States was another that
displayed activity the receSt bring
ing in of new wells Is said to have
added materially to the asset value OF
the company's stock. Official esti-
mates placed Southern States asset
value at $31 a share.
Independent OIL and Gas, sold down
to a new low for the year, and an
other sharp break occurred in Mann
moth Oil. the stock losing S1s points
over night.
Cortex Silver was exceptionally
active reflectingr reports from the
property that a rich gfld vein had
been encountered.
Evening star., 1923-04-25
COTTON PRICES UP
IN TODAY'S TRADING
Pronounced Strength Shown on
Unfavorable Weather Reports
and Good Cables.
Ry the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 25-The cotton
market opened firm at an advance of
to 38 points on relatively steady
cables, an unfavorable weather map
and rumors that trade interests in
tended to take up the first May no
tices.' The latter were estimated at
$500 bales. and May contracts were
Well enough takep to cause some in
terest In the premium over July dur
ing the early trading.
Futures opened firm. May, 28.25
July, 27.16; October, 24.75; December,
24.26; January, 24.00.
NEW ORLEANS. April 25.-Cotton
futures opened steady. May, 27.25:
July, 21.O2: October. 24.a0: December,
23.S3; January, 23.67.
Pronounced strength was shown by
COTTON today and advances of 46 to Sc
points were established in the first
nalf hour of the session. May rising
10 27.6S and October to 24.39. May
was the strongest month, owing to
the nrst tender notice day for that
month. Much higher cables than due,
further rains in the belt and contin-
ued better inquiry for spots were a
support. One local firm sold 500 bales
OF spots after hours yesterday.
NEW ORLEANS. April 25-Noon
6ias steady; May. 1854; July. 27.33;
october. Pap; December, 2403: jan
uary' 1898 asked; March, 1856
NEW YORK, April 25.-l1:45 am.
oids steady; May. 2S.2S: July, 2739;
october. 24.95; January, 2416
Evening star., 1923-04-25
BY WILLIAM r. HEFFERNAN.

NEW YORK. AprA 25.-Operations
for the rise continued today in a
number OF selected industrials and
these were actively bid W. some OF
them to new highs for the year. REQ
Motor. crossing 19, established new
top, while active buying occurred IN
Goodyear common. the stock gaining
almost point before realizing sales
were encountered.
The new issues of Universal Pipe
and Radiator preferred and common
We're traded in around 7o12 for the
former and 1914 for the latter. At
these prices they were out Of line.
that is. above parity with Iron Prod
ucts' stock on the big board selling,
around SO. lnasmuch as the union
or the two companies provides that
each share Of Iron Products will be
exchanged for e-half of share in
Universal! Pipe preferred. and one
snare of common. the parity should
have been above 81 for Iron Products
stock.
Cuyamel Fruit was a feature re-
spending to word that the stock
would make its appearance on the
Evening star., 1923-04-25
LIVING COSTS RISING
FASTER THIS YEAR
Prices Leap as Far in Two Months
in 1923 as in Half
of 1922.

The April issue of the Monthly La
bor Review Of the United States bu-
reau of labor statistics shows whole
sale prices Of 404 commodities had
Increased as much in two months of
1928 as in all the last six months of
1922
This barometer of living costs. in
dicating a definite upward trend in
the expenses of the average house
hold In coming months, is contained
in the following comparative figures
from the publication, in which 100 is
the average Of 1913 wholesale prices:
July. 1922, 1856; December. 1922, 1856;
January, 1928, 156; February, 1923,
167.
Using the same scale, the commod-
tiles are classified. with their whole
sale price fluctuations. as follows:
Evening star., 1923-04-25
ADVOCATES
INSURING FOR CROPS

crop insurance, which would pro-
tect the farmer against hazards Incl
ueht 10 agriculture. was recommend
eo by Secretary Wallace yesterday
oeIore special Senate committee
consider it highly desirable" he
SAID, that some way should be de-
Vlsed by which the farmer could be
relieved. in part. of the hazards of
weather. over which he has no con-
troll. If the risks could be distribute d
so that. substantially, all farmers in
the wheat belt participated. or all
farmers In the corn belt. by way of
Illustration. / believe an equitable
form of insurance would be possible
The individual farmer must look TO
farmers at large participating in such
insurance. Otherwise 1t would not
be practicable. / want to state my
opposition to the government going
INTO crop insurance. Mutual associa :
uons among the farmers. by which a
wide distribution in risks would be
obtained. would. in my opinion, be
successful.
Evening star., 1923-04-25
FREIGHT CAR OUTLOOK.

NEW YORK. April 25.-Railroad
executives expect that by the end of
this year there will be about 100000
freight cars in active service on the
lines throughout the country, an in
crease over the previous peak re-
corded in 1919. at 2.426.00 At the
start Of the current year there were
2,350.000 freight cars throughout the
country. The managers and operat-
ing officials look for the addition of
about 250000 new cars during 1929.
which. making allowances for the re-
tirement of perhaps 100000 cars to
be sold for junk. would make net
gain of 1900 cars for the year.
Evening star., 1923-04-25
EIGHT GRADES OF EGGS.
Government Names Glasses to Aid
Marketing Economy.

Eight tentative grades of eggs have
been proposed by the Department Of
Agriculture to promote efficiency and
economy in marketing. The grades
Gated by condition of shell, air cell.
albumen and yolk and by develop
ment of the germ. Size, color and
weight are not indicative of the ed
ible quality of the eggs. 1T is pointed
out, but since they may have con-
siderable influence upon the market
value, they should be considered in
sorting and packing.
The tentative grades are: U. S. Spe-
cials, L. S. Extras. L. S. No. 1, U. S.
No. 9 and L. S. Culls for eggs of
sound, clean shells; L. S. Dirties No.
and U. s. Dirties No. 2 for eggs of
sound. dirty shells, and L. s. Checks
for eggs with cracked shells.
Evening star., 1923-04-25
T0DAY'S SUGAR PRICES.
Raw Market Holds Firm. But
Business Is Rather Quiet.

NEW YORK. April 26-The raw
sugar market continued firm early
today. but no fresh business was re-
ported. with prices quoted at size
for Cubas cost and freight, equal to
828 for centrifugal
The strength of the spot market
and reports of good export inquiry for
refined sugar caused another advance
in raw sugar futures with prices at
midday to II points net higher
July sold at $50 and September at
6s2. or new high record prices for
the movement.
The market for refined was firmer,
and prices were 90 to 40 points higher.
with fine granulated now quoted at
10.00a1o.25. Business, however, was
less active.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 25.-Cane
sugar will advance to S10.45 a hun
dred pounds tomorrow, two refineries
announced today. The advance in two
weeks has been ST.
Evening star., 1923-04-25
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
PHILADELPHIA. April 9. 1923.

FffIIAATIEIsT .tI'TII b. IV-sI
The annual meeting of the stockholders ot
tne I.ANSTON MONOTYPE MACHINE COM
PANY will he held at the Elks' Home. corner
Prince and ROYAL SITS. Alexandria. Va. al L.
O'clock on THURSDAY. the Sd day OF
May. 1923. for the purpose of electnC board
OF directors TO serve for the ensuing year OF
scting upon proposed amendments TO Article
vi. Section !. and Article I. Section III Of the
bylaws. permitting any vice president. in the
absence Of the president. to sign checks stock
certificates. etc. and creating and defining the
duties Of the Office OF assistant secretary. and
of transacting such other business as may prop
erlv come before the meeting. Transfer books
will h~ closed on April % at o'clock .. m.
and " i'll be reopened May at 10 o'clock
am. BY order of the hoard Of directors. .
W. ARTHUR SELI.MAN. Secretary
Evening star., 1923-04-25
Under Amusement.
.om the Philadelphia Public Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
"A newly elected squire in Wis
consin," says a western lawyer. was
much elated by his honors. but was
not sure that he could carry them
gracefully. So he haunted the court
house to gather stray crumbs of wis
dom from higher courts which sat
there.
'One day he sat in judgment on his
first case, and when the testimony
was all in and the argument made,
he announced:
The court takes this case under
advisement until Wednesday morning
next, when 1t will render a verdict ill
favor of the plaintiff