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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-04-10
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n EUCH has been related of the
MI spiritual observances of merry
- old England at the Eastertide,
and too little told of the culinary
achievements that tickled the palates
of peasants and courtiers alike on that
great feast day, writes Marion Butler
In the Chicago Tribune.
Not only were these Easter dishes
intriguing in appearance and taste, but
they were made doubly fascinating by
folk ceremonies that attended them.
Nearly every day of the old Eng
fish Easter week had its own special
dish and unusual practices to go along
with it. Shrove Tuesday was, and
still is, in some sections, known as
''Pancake day." Although the term
''shrove" was originally derived from
the Anglo-Saxon SERBIAN" meaning
to levy a penance, the English cpl
cures evidently invented q most de-
lightful way of paying up, for on this
day it became traditional for every
family to bake thick, mealy pam
cakes, favored with sherry, and serve
them sizzling hot for breakfast.
Maundy Thursday was the day on
which the kings Of England used to
distribute baskets of food, known as
''maunds," to the poor. These were
especially coveted for the fine, white
bread that they contained. leaves such
as those being rare delicacies of that
time. James II was the last SOW
ereign to perform this ancient cere-
mony with all the elaborate church
rites that attended 1t.
Good Friday fairly abounds in curl
GUS legends and customs connected
with hot cross buns. In the early
hours of Good Friday morning, Eng
lishmen used to be abruptly torn from
their pleasant slumbers by the great
hue and cry of the bun vendors, who
paraded the twisting, narrow streets
Of the towns, pushing their unwieldy
bun carts before them, and chanting
from dawn to dusk the familiar, old
refrain: "Hot cross buns! One a
penny. two penny! Hot cross buns!"
Since modern warming contrivances
were unknown in those days, these
vendors had a difficult time keeping
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-04-10

wholly sinister, a place of mystery
and terror.
None of the other casters" quite
come up to this standard, but there is
a touch of the creepy about the great
cavern in South Patagonia which has
been named Easter Hole. Most caves
have slightly sinister air, and this
is particularly large and awe-inspir-
ing example. And Easter Sunday
canyon, in Arizona, has something Of
the same forbidding character.
It's relief to come to our own Eas-
ter-Good Easter, tiny village in
Essex. But Good Easter hasn't always
been good. Start delving into it's past
and you find that it has specialized in
witches.
It's only some 60 years ago that
some Of the villagers threw an old
woman into a pond because she was
suspected of being a witch, and the
ordeal by swimming" was one of the
favorite methods of the old witch-find-
ers. If woman was witch she float
ed: If she wasn't, she sank.
More recently even than that, Good
Easter still had its witches" or be-
lieved that it had them. One man,
who died some years ago, had this
reputation because his cabbages were
always better than anyone else's, so
people believed that he "bewitched"
their gardens.
A strange story, too, was told about
this mans wife. 1t was said that,
meeting another woman with a hand
some baby girl, she exclaimed:
what a beautiful child! But it
will never get any bigger" And soon
afterwards the baby died.
Good Easter seems healthy enough
place. and it's people live to ripe old
age So far as it is concerned, the
sinister element belongs to the past,
not to the present.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-04-10
OF INTEREST TO
THE HOUSEWIFE

Lard used in deep fat frying should
be strained through cheesecloth
after use to remove the food parti-
cles which accumulate in the kettle.
Oysters have a better flavor If not
overlooked. They may be rolled In
fine cracker crumbs, dipped in egg,
rolled again in crumbs and fried In
deep fat at $50 Fahrenheit. r9
When securing with wire wool use
snap clothespin to hold wool, this
saving your hands.
To bring out the brilliancy Of cut
glass, add ammonia to the water In
which it is to be rinsed.
A tablespoon of boraX placed In
the water in the tea kettle will re-
move the coating that forms on in
side of kettle.
Cut flowers will keep fresh much
longer if removed from the table
after each meal and placed in the
refrigerator. Cover stems with water.
Tie little bow of bright colored
ribbon on the handles of the scissors
and they can be quickly found in the
sewing basket.
9 Associated Newspapers.-wNU Service.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-04-10
The Egg Is Pagan

Not many people realize that the
word Easter, although the name Of
Christian festival, is a survival Of
paganism, says Tit-Bits Magazine. 1t
takes it's name from Eostre, the pagan
goddess, who was identified with the
Aurora Borealis, the 'rising light Of
day and spring." Norsemen welcomed
her annually in festival of celebra-
ton featuring an egg and rabbit
as symbols of fecundity. The survival
Of this custom is our present Easter
egg, tinted in imitation of the culver
ing beams of the Aurora Borealis.
AS the Christian festival comedies
with the period of the pagan one, and
there is a certain beautiful similarity
between them, the name has naturally
been retained.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-04-10

dough, having the sign of the cross
perforated in it. The peasants care
fully hung these loaves from their
cottage roofs, leaving them there until
Good Friday morning of the following
year as special talismans to protect
their homes from fire. In the dark,
superstitious days prior to modern
medicine, to these curious loaves were
attributed the healing powers of the
family doctor of modern times.
Whenever an Illness fell upon them,
these devout peasants Of long ago
would dissolve small bits of the bread
in water, and drink it with as much
faith In its curative qualities as we
would have in the scientifically pre-
scribed medicine or tonic of today!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-04-10
Play Just as Important to
Well-Balanced Life as Work

A vacation helps to balance our
powers, to give us more symmetri-
cal development. 1t keeps us from
becoming one-sided. 1t improves our
judgment.
People who alternate work with
play, who frequently get close to Ma
ture, preserve the sweetness of life
are sounder, saner; have more COM
nonsense than those who never
drop their work.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-04-10
Cross Stitch Kitchen Towels That
Are Fun to Embroider-or Give Away


rather than a duty. These motifs Of
glassware and china-in cross stitch
are easy to embroider. This half
dozen makes fine pickup work. and
also a grand prize for bridge party
or most acceptable for a fair dona-
ton.
Pattern 7S7 comes to you with a
transfer pattern of six motifs aver
aging Az by 91A inches; details Of
all stitches used; and material re-
quirements. ..s ....,-
Send Is cents in stamps or coins
(coins preferred) to The Sewing Cir
Gle, Needlecraft Dept, SO Eighth
Avenue, New York, N. Y.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-04-10

now, they were really products of pre-
Christian times! Egyptian priests
used to sell buns in front of their tenn
Piles, compiling small fortunes from
these strange Admission tickets"
In primitive England, pagan tribes
rudely mixed ceremonial buns of
coarse grain and water as an offering
to the coming of the spring sun, an
event which they celebrated at wild
festivals. With the coming of Chris
tianity, the clergy waged warfare
against this pagan practice. but met
with such scant success that they
evidently decided to make the best Of
a bad bargain by converting the buns
into Christian symbols through the
holy mark of the cross.
Another strange kind of bread.
baked by old English cooks on Good
Friday, was loaf Of very hard biscuit
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-04-10
This story will interest
many Men and Women

MOT long ago was like some friends
1V have. low in spirits. rundown. .out of
Sorts. tired easily and looked terrible. knew
/ had no serious organic trouble SO reasoned
sensibly. .as my experience has since proven...
that work, worry, colds and whatnot had just
worn me down.
The confidence mother has always had in
SSS. Tonic. which is still her standby when
she feels rundown. convinced me / ought to
try this Treatment. Il started a course. the
color began to come back to my skim. L felt
better Il no longer tired easily and soon /
felt that those red-blood-cells were back to So
called fighting strength it is great to feel
strong again and like my old self. 0s.s.s. Co.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-04-10
EGGS AT EASTER

THE use of eggs at Easter time
l. follows custom Of greatest an
tiquity, the egg having been con-
sidered In widely separated pre-
Christian mythologies as the SYM
boil of resurrection. 1t is probable
that the Christian church adopted
and consecrated an earlier custom.
The egg is generally regarded as
the symbol Of spring. life and fe-
cundity Of nature.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-04-10
When Christ Arose
By AMY VANCE WEEKS
in Indianapolis News

Z11HEN Christ arose on Easter day,
u/The sunbeanls burst through
clouds of gray;
The Uiolets bLoomed their bluest
blue,
And hyacinths increased in hue
While jonquiIs looked Bit more gay!
The hilltop breezes stopped to play
With tulips blooming by the Uay;
The starry-eyed narcissus kneto
When Christ arose!
As angels rolled the stone at0ay,
n choir Of lilies breathed lay;
Wee buds tuere cfristened sUith the
deso,
And bluebells chimed the anthems
through
Each Ho,Uer rejoiced, and knelt to pray
When Christ arose.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-04-10
HOT CROSS BUNS

THE custom of having hot cross
L buns on Good Friday is very old.
The buns originally were supposed
ly made of dough kneaded for the
host and accordingly marked with
a cross. They were said to keep for
IL months without being moldy, and
were often hung up In houses ~
charms against evil.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-04-10
DARKNESS OF cRUcIFIxIoN

THE darkness over all the
L earth" at the time of the cruel
tixion could not have been caused
by an eclipse of the sun for the rea-
son that it occurred just after the
passover, at the time of full moon,
and an eclipse can only occur when
the moon is between us and the
sun, or at the time called 1.-THE dark
Of the MOON"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-04-10
Pattern 1877

Just a bit-but a telling bit-of
decoration is all that's needed today
to make our household linens smart.
And so, simple cross stitch brings
color and life to humble tea-towels
which make dish doing a pleasure
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-04-10

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the orig
inal little liver pills put up go years ago.
They regulate liver and bowels.-Adv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-04-10

Patience Mighty
Patience in weakness is mightier
than impatience in strength. %"
Evening star., 1936-06-03

chinists" and knew he had not given
his brother any amount derived there
from" and had spent no money for
clothes
The second indictment. entered on
four counts. charges that the sums
alIegedly concealed from the trustee
for the bankrupt estate belonged to
the estate and were on deposit in the
name of Mrs. Dawson or Mrs. Helm.
and that the false oath" was given
before the notary public in declaring
himself bankrupt, whereas he was
the owner of S5.143.67."
Sued on Unpaid Note.
Mayor Dawson, former director
of the Commercial National Bank in
washington, was sued last July on an
unpaid note in the amount of $4,000
after the bank went into receivership.
Judgment was rendered against him
and entered in the Corporation Court
here on November 5.
His bankruptcy petition was filed
shortly thereafter. on November 18.
During the bankruptcy proceedings
Mrs. Dawson and Mrs. Heflin we're
directed by Referee Flynn to show
cause why they should not be required
to turn over to the bankruptcy court
approximately $1,000 alleged by the
court to have been transferred by
Mrs. Dawson on October % from a
Joint account with her husband to a
joint account with her daughter.
Paid Claim of $7,102.13.
Hearings on the show cause" order,
returnable April IA, were not held be-
cause Mr.. Dawson was automatically
released from his bankruptcy petition
4 on April after he paid in full one
claim against him and another was
withdrawn.
Through his attorney, Harry F.
Kennedy, Mr.. Dawson paid into the
bankruptcy court the sum of So, 900 on
April to pay off the claim of Robert
c. Baldwin, receiver for the CONNER
cial National Bank. The receivers
claim totaled $7,1O2.12
A second claim, filed by Mrs. Hefiin
and her husband. George M. Heflin,
in the amount of $l,400, was with
drawn by their attorney, William S.
Snow.
At the time, Mayor Davison's at
torney stated the Commercial Ma
tional Bank note was signed by him
in connection with a proposed pur-
chase of bank stock. He had been
advised the note had been Cancelled
when new corporation was formed
to purchase the stock, the attorney
said.
Evening star., 1936-06-03
HOWARD SHOW AIDS
POLICE BOYS CLUB
Proceeds From Midnight Perform
ance Tonight Will Go to
Fund Campaign.

The Metropolitan Police Boys Club
campaign for $l35,000 is expected to
receive a considerable boost tonight
when proceeds from a special midnight
show at the Howard Theater will be
turned over to the organization s
treasury.
Shep Allen. manager Of the theater,
has arranged a three-hour variety
show, which will include music by
Blanche Calloway's Orchestra, the Po-
lice Boys Club Hillbilly Band, boxing
contests and other features. plus a
screen attraction, II Married Doc
tor" starring Pat O'Brien and JOS
ephine Hutchinson.
The campaign total today stands at
S52,977. Receipts yesterday included
founders" memberships of 500 re-
ceived from the Potomac Electric
Power Co., The Evening Star. the
Washington Times and Herald,
Charles J. Brand. Hugh Reilly Co..
Alvin L. Newmyer and Lansbursh &
Bro.
The latest precinct reports follow:
No. l, $l.248; No. 2. s4,4l0; No. 3
SAILS; No. 4, S42l; No. 5. $764; No. s,
$1,379; No. z, s1,0l6; No. s, $l,35O:
No. 9, s483: No. 10, $1482; No. IL,
$268; No. IL, 1921; Women's Bu-
reau. SAL; Detective Bureau. $l46;
Traffic Division, $3.50, and Harbor
Precinct. $50.
Evening star., 1936-06-03
Indian Marionettes, Growing
Famous. to Make Ki,uanis Debut

The famous Indian marionettes OF
Haskell Institute have arrived in
Washington. They are the creations
of a class in puppetry at the celebrated
Indian school at Lawrence. Kans., and
have come to the Capital to make their
premier Eastern appearances.
Four boys and two girls OF the
marionette studio, chaperoned by Miss
Sibyl Malm. are in charge of the dolls
and operated them at their debut
before the Third Triennial Conference
of the Associated Country Women of
the World in Constitution Hall last
evening. They also will play at the
Shrine Auditorium on K street at 8
pm. tomorrow, public performance
arranged under the auspices OF the
Washington Kiwanis Club for the
benefit of the Boys and Girls Com
mittee Fund.
The Haskell marionettes represent
something new in puppet drama. Put
together piecemeal. they are the first
Indian dolls of their kind ever con-
Evening star., 1936-06-03
CLARA D. MOVES,
Go, DIES IN CAR
National Director of Red
Cross Nurses Was on
Way to Office.

Miss Clara Dutton Noyes 66, ma
tional director of the American Red
Cross Nursing Service. and descendant
of William Brewster Of Mayhower
fame, died suddenly today while driv-
ing to her office in company with her
niece, Miss Lucy Lay Noyes. with
whom she lived at l4ll Twenty-ninth
street.
Presence of mind on the part Of her
niece avoided a collision, when she
pulled on the emergency brake as Miss
Noyes collapsed near Emergency Hos
pital.
The Internationally nursing
head. a native OF Port Deposit. Md,
had been decorated with the Florence
Nightingale award for meritorious
service, and also by the French govern
ment and Bulgarian, Latvian. Polish
and Costa Rican Red Cross organi-
cations.
During the World War Miss Noyes
was assistant director of the Red Cross
branch which enlisted the services OF
$4,000 nurses. Prior to joining with
the American Red Cross as first as
sistant to Jane Delano, famed World
War nurse, Miss Noyes served as super
intendent OF nurses at the Bellevue
Hospital in New York and Johns Hop
kinS Hospital in Baltimore. She was
graduated from the latter hospitals
school of nursing in 1896.
Miss Noyes had distinguished her
aditn,. of the
Red Cross publication, American Jour
nal of Nursing. and co-author OF
History OF American Red Cross
Nursing" She also was editor OF the
Johns Hopkins Alumnae Magazine.
She was the daughter OF Enoch
and Laura Lay Noyes of Connecticut.
Descended from Brewster on her pa
ternal side, Miss Noyes also was a
descendant of Rev. James Noyes, who
came to this country in 1884.
Organizations of which she was a
member include:
National Committee Of the Ameri-
can Red Gross Nursing Service. OF
which she was chairman; American
Nurses Association. of which she was
member Of the Board OF Directors,
Women's Joint Congressional Com
mittee, American Association Of Uni
versity Women's Clubs. International
Council of Nurses and Alumnae ASso-
citation of Johns Hopkins Hospital
School of Nurses.
She also was a member of the
Presbyterian Church and was past
president of both the American
Nurses Association and the National
League of Nursing Education.
Evening star., 1936-06-03
Marriage Licenses.

Charles J. Langley. 90, 5000 sth st. Sc.
and Ruth L. Cookman. 20. Bennings STA
tion. D. C.; Rev. @. 7. Bowling 5
Lawrence Reilly. SO, 9l6A Ing 6sn 81; sho ~ !
Elizabeth Geagan. 30. Az BUCHANAN ST.
Rev r. ]. Froehlich. ..
Louis Livingston, 40. and Marietta Steven
son; A. both Of Chicago. ILL.,; Rev. on'er
John RS;ssSs Hogan afs.r 3a Jasss0G s oakfand Mss
Nd: Rev. J. J. Rives; go
T st.. an and deorsia di H.. Eastman go, 1887
Rhode Island ave-; Rev d j. 9ueaY;
AifgsS Esf. 'SsksSn Wilson ROCK sSS % Point. it, Md
Rev. G. NJ Rankin.
Henry 4, Cumberland. IT.. S5. 2l35 & st.
and Violet j.. Kidwen. 20. HyattsVile'
tt Nd; s; Rey; J. g MsSopTssx; &C 1sx, 18th st and
Jessie Marshall. 90. Tennille. Ga; Rev
Ql:intin PaTsdes, ir 81, shoreham Hotel
and. Eva I. Paxton; 23; l5ia Pennsyl-
Clover stewart axs fx Rae '9 i1oa sth and
Ruth Cassidy. 81. 1884 9TH ST.; Rev.
Gaetano Pusiisi. se 3e9 sth st. ne, and
Grace L, Marucci, 20. 4l6 st. me-
John asV W. T. fioo9' M 1s ssrS s., Gas Bryant st. and
Elizabeth NJ. Jones, 80, 14a1 l2th ST.
Emmett T. Molioy. 20. and Anne N; Rey-
nolds. %. both of Newark. N. j.; Rev.
Charles ". Tobey. jr e5. Temple. n. H.
and Ruth T. Murray, II. 63lo Coioraoo
ave-: Rev. j. II. Garner.
BLIGHT H. Lee. "a, Alexandria. Va. and
Marssres = HARPER. ~. Ariinston' va
y.Fnon Hsg T. seooss GrSyerss % sss7 1stnoi. ave.
Nd; Rev. J. II. Garner.
Evening star., 1936-06-03
OFFERS FARM PLAN.

Three-Point Program Is Offered in
South Dakota.
PIERRE, S. Oak, June (E9.-South
Dakota Republicans offered a three
point farm program, aimed at equaliz-
ing agriculture and industry, to the
party's platform builders today.
Protective tariffs, a two price" sys-
tenn of farm marketing and lower in
terest rates on agricultural loans were
unanimously approved at the State
convention yesterday and passed on
for consideration at the party's ma
tional conclave in Cleveland next
week.
A flexible tariff to eliminate ruin
Gus prices" occasioned by foreign COM
petition was proposed in the first
recommendation. The provision said
the American market must be re-
stored and preserved for the American
farmer"
A two price system" one for prod
ucts grown and consumed within the
Nation and the other for "exportable
surpluses," was proposed in the second
plank along with lower interest rates
for farm programs. The last section
urged governmental research to obtain
new markets for farm products.
Evening star., 1936-06-03

structed. When operated on a stage
and against scenery built for them.
they present traditional Indian leg
ends. including "Scsrface" and dances.
Tony Sarg, master marioneteer. has
called them marvellous" and DR..
Arthur D. Gray, Hazelle Hedges and
other specialists in puppet history and
art also have acclaimed them.
Each of the dolls is e perfect mech
aniSm. coStumed in authentic Indian
style and fashion. The operators must
have months of training before they
are competent to pull the controlling
strings and recite the parts assigned
to the different characters. Miss
Mains group consists of experts in
the manipulation of the figures.
John Collier, commissioner OF Indian
affairs. invited the marionettes to make
the trip and Is sponsoring their ap-
pearances. Last nights performance
was abbreviated to 40 minutes. but
tomorrow nights show will run its full
length of more than two hours.
Evening star., 1936-06-03

before Clara M. Smith, notary pub
lie, when he filed his petition in bank
ruptcy.
An agent of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, which recently COM
pleted an investigation of the Dawson
bankruptcy proceedings, was one of
the witnesses before the grand jury.
The perjury indictment charges
Mayor Dawson with having testified
under oath before Referee Flynn that
he was bankrupt at the December 6
hearing when he allegedly knew that
approximately $4,000 In the Citizens
National Bank in the name of Mrs.
Laura L. Dawson, his wife, or Mrs.
Laura M. Hefiin, his daughter, was
held for him and his benefit.
said money, funds and credits were
then and there owned by and were
the property of the said Emmett C..
Dawson and were held for his benefit
and use," the Indictment reads.
Salary Check Involved.
A second count of the perjury indict-
ment charges him with perjury In tes-
timony relative to the disposition of
a $387.61 check received as salary
from the International Association Of
Machinists on November 18, the date
he filed the bankruptcy petition.
On December % Mayor Dawson
testified at a hearing before Referee
Flynn that he did not know the
amount he received November ID, that
he gave $3.50 to his brother in Balti-
more 'for the protection of his fam
ily," that he also gave his brother
S25 or $50 for medical attention and
that he purchased an overcoat with
another part of the money, accord
ing to the indictment.
Whereas, the indictment reads, he
"knew he had received $387.6l as
portion of his salary asNecretary OF
the International Association OF Ma
Evening star., 1936-06-03
Division suspended relief to employ

Division suspended relief to employ
ables.
The man has been assigned to Tug
welltown from the Municipal Wood
Yard. but in recent weeks has been
given but one days work. The family
is badly in need of food and faces
eviction II the rent is not paid.
Case No. 16.
This family is composed of Mr.. r,
his wife and seven children, ranging
in age from 9 to years.
The husband and father is employed
on a Works Progress Administration
job as a laborer, earning S45 month.
To save car fare, he walks TO and
from work daily, a distance of five
miles each way. He goes without
lunches and, unless a fellow worker
has an extra sandwich to share with
him, he is obliged to labor without
food, except a light breakfast.
Until the Public Assistance Division
was forced to drop employables from
its rolls, Mr. r received aid which en-
abled him TO pay his rent and buy
adequate food. Since April /, Mrs.
R has bought only what food she
could get after the rent was paid.
The nine members of the family
sleep in three beds in two rooms.
There is no yard for the children.
They have an oil stove for cooking
but have been unable to buy oil. The
children beg in the neighborhood for
scraps of wood for an old stove for
cooking.
Three children attend school and
are the only ones who get fresh milk.
Mrs. R again is an expectant mother
and, although she is being attended
by visiting nurse. she is unable to
get the proper food prescribed for her