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CELEBRATION OF ~~
GREAT FEAST DAY
Story of Easter and Description of Some of the Easter
Customs?Use of Eggs and Hares.
Tlio festival of Easter hi one of thoso
luiouu und spokpn of us a movablo
least. \\rliHe thoro lum never, been
any question as to thc perfect pro
prlely of Ua celebration and hut slight
difference aa to tho character of Its
obaervance, as early aa the Hocond cen?
tury of the Chrlstlan oru- great diver
ulty of oplnlon rose as to tho proper
tlnio Avhen Its celebration should tuko
place.
Easter Avaa lnstituted ln the Chrls?
tian church about C8 A. V.. There ls
an oplnlon 'even noA\- AVldely held by
rnatiy Chrlstians of dlvers creeds that
the ApostlcB o'rdalned the anniversaries
of the Passlon, llesurrectlon and As
tension of our Lord, and the descent
of the Holy Ohost on the day of Pentc
cost, and, theroforo, lt may not be ini
probablo that they also ordalned the
celebration of Easter.
On one point all churohmen agree
Ihat the observance of the day of tha
"taklng aAvay of the Hridegroom" was
ltept from tho earlicst tlmes with cx
traordlnary liumillatlon .and sanctity,
wlth the strictest fasting and fervent
prayer, lt, tlierefore, was but natural
that tho fulfllrnent ot thelr ardent
hopu, that culmlnated ln Chrlst's won
tlerful rcsurrectlon from the dead,
Avhen hopo becamo certainty, Avould be
observed with reverent but "joyous
ceremonles. AVhat form those glad
cercmonios took on none iioav kiipws;
we can only imaglne them. In later
times they becamo very elaborate.
Why Disputes Arose.
Early dlsputcs as to the date for ob
Bcrving Easter aroso because the cele?
bration not only commumprated the
resurrection, but Avas u memorial of
the Chrlstian passover, the atonement
made by Christ upon tho cross. ln tho
East, the Chrlstians ltept thelr paschul
teast upon the samo day when tho
Jows kept thelr Passover, that being
on' tho l'ourtcc-nth day of Nlsan, the
month cbrrespondlng avIUi March and
Aprll. Western ehurohes knoAvlnif thut
the Ixird's rcsurrootion took p.ucu on
Bunday, and to. mnko more effectual
Distlnction between their paschal teast
nnd the Jewish Passover, observed it
on tho Sunday following the four
tcenth dt Nlsan. Then followed taunt
tng between Eaatern and Western
church, the former niuintninlng that
tho latter Avas departlng from the cus?
tom of tho Apostles, and the latter de
cluring tliat the former waa JoaaMsIi
and not Chrlstian. Polycarp, lUshop
Vf Smyrna, plcudod for the fourleenth
of Nlsan becauso ho had colobratod tbe
Ceust wltli Salnt John on that dny.
Anlcetns, Bishop of Itoine, citod tho e.\
amplo of .Sapit 1'oter and Salnt Paul
as observlng It on the Sunday after tho
fourtconth of Nlsan,
Thc Nicean Rule.
Early In the fourth century tho
mattor assumed such Importauco that
a great Ecunienical Council Avas called
nt Nlco; A. D. 325, and tho rules to
govorn tho flxlng of Eastor Avero Jald
down by dlrocting "that tho 21st dny
of Muruh should bo accountod the vor
nal equlnox. That the full moon hap.
penlug upon oc next nfter tho 21st of
March should be taken fur tho full
inoi'n of Nlsan.
"That tlio Eord's Dny noxt following
flrst full moon should bo Eastor day."
"But lf thoL full moon hnpponod on
Bunday, Enster duy should he tho Sun
tluy nftor."
Thls is tho rulo iioav obsorvod. But
tl avus long aftor tho canon of the
Council of Nlco avuh decreed boforo
tt avus cntlroly cfCoctlvo, for th0 hls?
tory of tho Irish churcll, nnd conso
quontly of tho Church of Scotland,
showing thut us lnte us tho slxth cen?
tury they woro-stlll ln opposltlon to
thc ennon, provo how dcop and strong
tho foollrig of churchinon must hnvo
boen.
It wns lu tlio yenr 6C1, at a gront
RSBoinbly held boforo tho JClng of
Northumbriu, that a contention . bo?
twoou Bishop Colinnn, roprosontlng
tlio Irish ohuroh, nnd Wllfred, a no
maii monK, sont to Urltain by Popo
Uregory of Koino, ua to tho dato of
Enster, Avas dooldeil hy tho King ln
fayor of Homo.
Name ot Festival.
But in a cortuln Avay tho Islandors
woro avongod for tholr tlofent. Boforo
this timo tho foast In'tlie J.utln und
Grook, and, ln all langiingos dorlvod
from them, Imd.hpon callod. l'aseha,
puseh, Piieqiiu', PiiBcua, Paqiies, from tho
Chaldoo avomI Pascha, tho oqulvulont of
tho IIphroAV (PesriRhi Sinco thon, ln all
Engllsh-spcdklng countrlos tho hollduy
hai; beon known us Eastor, from tho
Teutonlo godiloss px-ppring?Eustrc.
> Hor feast wns kept in tlio spring,
?na bIic was a sort ot Toutoulc Prosor.
plnc, who dwelt lialf tho year wlth her
mother, Ceres, ln Olympu's, and hulf
tlio year wlth" her spousc, Pluto. ln
Hudes. Whon Proserplne returned to
earth the lllles and daffodils blossomcd
ln her honor. So Eastfe waa a go<J<K'ss
of wlnds and of flower3. For her,
Easter flres were kindled; her comlng.
slgnalizing tho breaking of winter'a
icy sleop of death and tho awakcnlng
ot naturo to the resurectlon of sprlng.
Earliest Easter Customs.
Wlth a tendency to tho veallsm
whleh afterward resulted inthomlfaclc
plays of thc early drarna, lt Ib not
strunge that ln many of the oldest
churches ln England and on the con
tinent a "holy sepulchre," or tomb,
was erected near tho altar, which at
Easter-tlde was the centre of attrac
tlon in tho Easter ceremonles. These \
sepulchres wero of wood or stone, sup- j
poscd to represent the tomb where
Joseph of Arimathea lald our Lord.
Kome like that stlll preserved at Iieck
Ington in Lincolnshlre, English, aro
very elaborate. This ona just named
has carved figures of tho lioman sol?
dlors either on guard, watclving, or
thu rellef sleeping around tjie tomb.
More eommonly, however, thoso Easter
sepulchres wero only recesses i^tho
wall by tho slde of the chance! near
the altar; bu{ not a few of theso wero |
real tombs. Beforo these tombs from .
Good Frlday till th0 dawn of Easter,
when the cholr broko forth ln tho an?
them, "Chrlst is Rlsen," a watch was i
kept and the paschal llght was burned,
und tho guard inalntained wlth mlll- ]
tary exnetitude. lJrior to' tho Iloforma
llon tlils custom was invariable ln ull
churches. After that the custom pass?
ed Into desuctudo.
An Inteiesting book mlght be fllled
wlth a deseription of Easter customs
of oltlen days in every county of Eu?
rope, from tho sweot-volced slngers
which wako the truveler ln the Tyrol
on Easter mornlng, to tho gamos play?
ed on tho vlllnge groona of England.
Evcrywhere ono feature is in evldence?
tho eggs?typlcul of both tbo blrth
und resurrectlon of our Lord. In no
two countries exaetly allkc, yet slmllar
in thelr goregous coloring. A unlquo
foalurq of llyrolose Easter eggs Is tho
addltlon of orlglnal mottoca wrltten
upon the shell, oach "being of an in?
dlvldual character to fit tho rolatlons
betweon donor und roclplent. Espoclal
dlshes supposed to bo peculiarly flt
tlng for tho day are also found, as in
Englund tansy calccs and puddlngs
mark tho Easter feast.
The Polish Celebration.
In Polund, Easter. ovo ushors tho
"resurreetlon servlce," which lusts un?
tl) 8 o'clock, when some authorities
soy Christ rose. Tho churches aro
crowdud to suffocation; all press
around tlio hlgh altar whero mass ls
held. When tho supremo moment ar
rlvos, ani tho Kosurrectlon words aro
spoken by tho-priosts, tho pooplo as
somblo at "tho sopulchro," saylng
Easter hymns and holdlng lighted
candles in tholr liands,
As in Itussia, In Poland. thoro is
much Easter gorging as a relaxatlon
l'rom ti.o long Lonten fast whon tho
peoplo eat no moat for forty days.
Even tho peuuantu savo up for some
eggs, a blg- loaf of bread, aausago,
ciiocso, hnm arjd cako, Thoso who
brlng homo a sucking pig und plonty
of vodka enjoy. distlnction for tho i-est
of tho yoar,
Easter Eggs and Hares.
Tho uao of eggs at Eastor goos back
us far as?tlio anciont Persjuna, fire
woralilpporB who regard tlio arrival of
tho vornal oqulnox as a speclal bloss?
lng, Tho oggs colored wlth Tyrlan
dyos woro presented by frionds to ono
anothor, tho egg contalnlng tho poton
tlal blrd synibolizlng to tho Poralan
mlnd tho'power of aprlng brgaklng tlio
sholl of wlntor.
Tho Poralana probably, l|ko othor
brunohoB of tho Aryan fumlly, dorlved
tlioir idons about eggs from tlioir un
costora, l'or in Indla tho bollof ia al?
most uulvorsal that tho world It?
self was hatchod from an ogg.
A lator Engllsh tradltlon ls that tho
word wua creutud on Eustar Sunday.
Tho connoction of harea wlth Eastor
and of hares witu oggs ls ofton u
inystory to tho avorago inir.cl, but lt
laoaally. accouutod for ln thls way.
Among all Toutonio pooplos (ho huro
wus liohj socrod to Enstre, and tho
godrtosB bolhg, of Eastorn origln, tlio
relntjpn nf tho huro to tho ogp,B of tho
Aryaiis und Poralana- la at oneo np
paroiit, Tlio poddosB was tlio qupen of
spring, nnd about Tibr worQ ln thelr
mlnd oHistorod tho omblcms of tho
i rosurroctlon senson.
EASTER NOVELTIES
Easter Bon-Bon Cases.
The cases for holding Easter ' bon
>ons aru as pretty as they are novel.
n addltlon to the eggB, great and
small, Jllled Avlth candies, there uro
i
reallstlc rabblts, and there are charm?
ing little flower maldcns whose heads
Uft off to show the pretty sAA'eets con
cealed beneath.
There aro SAvans Avlth Avings that
anfold so that tho French comfita
which they hold may be gotten at;
hero aro flower-cascs Avith candies
:ucked aAvay in thelr petals, and there
ire all kinds of devices that tho lmag
inatlon can conceive of ln' chocolates,
from svvans and hares down to smooth
brown and speckled chocolate eggs.
DoAvny Ilttlo golden-feathcred chlck
ons dollght tho children walklng abioad
to vIoav tho Eastor slghts. Chl'dren
aro getting tho most pleasure posslblo
out pf tho season, as thoy generally do.
Littlo toddlers aro hugging baskota
of eggs ln thelr arms and vlewlng Avith
open-eyed and open-mouthed dellght
tho rabblts and clilckens arranged al
lurlngly in tho AvindoAVS.
Ono of tho prottiest ,of tho Eastor
bon-bon casos Avas a miniature man.
dolin, Avlth a bunch of Bcented vlolets
attnehed to Jfwlth a ribbon.
Novelties in Bric-a-Brac.
IUchmond Broad Street merchants
are shOAvJng In department stores
many charming and new deslgns in
bric-a-hruc. Qualnt Tlffany vases and
lloAvor-holdors appear in iioav shapes
thnt insuro thelr popularlty. Thoro
ls much lloral ornamontatlon, forgot
mo-nots Avroatlilng a numbor of pretty
and qualnt concelts ln artlcles intended
puroly for ornamontatlon.
Lamps aro things of beauty boyond
EASTER SUNDAY IN RICHMOND
Eastor is the doorwny between wlnter , t
and sprlng, Ono pauses on tho thros.
Ijold to glanco back for an Instant ovor
tho months of coid and storm, then looks ,
glndly forward from the rlgors of months
past to tho gontlo dellghts of thoso which
aro coming.
Tho human ehrysu.ls ahows itself In
accord wlth tho spasnn. Penltontlal
robes of Kudness are cast nslclo nnd tho
Enster nmldon ln hor soft slilmmorlng
sllks, hor bofeathorod and boflawered hat
ia a radlant vislon on whlch th0 oyo
rests wlth dolight.
Tho season ln Itsolf bogcts joyousnoss,
ao much so that tho mind swlngs back
through oyclos of tlmo to tho nrst tradi
tlonal Eastor mornlng nnd tho nrst ln
tho croatlon of the world, when Ood rost
Ing from Hls wr#k, buw that lt was good,
and tlio mornlng sturs sang togothor- for
gladllOBB,
- Day and Season in Tune.
Tho rosurroctloo dny nnd senson nro
qttuned, tho ono to tho other, and the
glad Eastor hymns and muslo soeni only
a natural part of tho grout spirit of celo
bratlon. ,'
Tlio flawors, tlio (wnutlful gown.a wo. n,
and tho ojiecrful. liappy iilr wlth' whtah,
when tho sorvico ls onded, tho crowds
of mon ahd womon stroam out Into tho
stroots and the tlmo-honored Eastor an
rado beglns, openn anothor of tho duy'B
IncldontB,
For yoara ln Wchmond tho niovlns
Irond of thoso who Joln In tho Sundny
parado turns tholr footstops westward np
Qraoo and Franklln Stroots toward tho
?Leo Monument, whl(;li la usunlly tho ob
.ectlvo polnt of tho pedostrlun. tlirong,
All up tho atroeta' porohos {ind Windows
a. o. crowded witli sjieottUors to wu.cli
^/rSTgy? ziL&rzs . fM^fforj-fODSs
!onipnre thi3 scuscm, and will at onco
.ttract tho eyo of thc sceker after
Castor novelties for Easter brldcs.
iut tho purchaser of bridal glfts need
lot now ilnd any loss if a halt *s mado
icfore a bric-a-brac cablnet, for the
nost exactlng tasto canuot fall to be
atlsfied in so dolng.
Parasols, Gloves and Ruffs.
Among the daintiest and prettiest Eas
:er novelties shown on tho counters of
ligh-class IUchmond stores are tho par
isols to be used with afternoon tollots
ir dress. occnslons, nnd the pretty neck
uffs, Ia all shades pf chlffon?pnle bhip,
)lnk, goldcn und dark brown, light and
lark lavender, and in whlto and blaek.
Tlio handsomest parasols ars in Avhlte
jrocade- silk, tho pattorn carrled out in
lellcato Dresden tlnts of pluk and greenj
ind the handlo in whlto wood, AVith
tualnt sllvor trlmmlngB.
One pecullarity of the chlffon ueo.tl ln
the neck ruffs is ihat lt ls so sliirrcd
?>r raveled nnd curled os to produce the
sffect of soft littlo. fonther plumago that
renders it A'ory effectlve. "
Gloves are ahvnys acceptablo Enstoi
jifts. Cons'equcntly tho glove counters
iro busy placos durlng this Aveek, thc
long gloves, ln dlfferent shades of kic
ancl silk, bolng hiBpccted nnd approvet
by a rnnjority of Easter purchasers.
Arise.
"Ho ls rlsen; TTo is not horo;!"
Tho empty sepulchro soo.
Alloluius swoet, to all hearts doar, -
Noav fill tho Avorld wlth gleo.
Arise desr soul?come to llfo,
Burst through sln's tomb,
Llko nature wlth beauty rlfo,
Castlng olt Avintor's gloom.
Allolula! Bo glad; rojolco,
Radlant as tho Eastor skles,
SIn-free, mako Ood your choico;
Arise, doad soul! Ariso!
KATIILEEN DON LEAVY.
lio long llno, ns lt winds slowly nlong,
vlth a frou-frou of sl^ken guruients, a
?Ipplo of gny lnughtcr and. n murinur of
ow-tonod convcrse, a prlsmnliu blond
ng of ralnbow colors and tho porfumo
rom countlcss violets, lllles-of-the-viilley
ind Amerlcun Beautles reiiderlng tho alr
rngrant.
Story of Other Easters.
Just as tho story of to-dny ls to bo
-epeatpd in tho linppy trlumph of do
mtanto and Eastor brldo-to-bo, just so
t was onacted years ngo whon othor
joautlful womon wero tho qticens-rGgnnnt
if Itlchmond socloty, when stutoly golden
lialrod Mlss Mary Trlplelt, ln llicihen
T.een or lllmy whlto passed by; whon
ovoly Mlss Llstislo Cabell followed and
noddod gayly to Miss Mattlo Ould, us
Iho lattor loitorod, llnshlng a brillliint
3inIlo und a bon mot at a pwaln, clnlm
Ing her uttontlon for n moment;
A fow yours luler und tlio' Enster'sun
wna shlnlng down upon tho rod roses
.QVorlng thu gravo of Mattlo Ould In
llollywood, MIsb LI?i!lo Cabell, us Mrs,
Alhert Mtoliin, wus llvlng ih llnltlmoro,
nnd Miss Mary Trlplott, ua tho brldo or
Mr. Phlllp 1-luxull, wiih roekoncd onn of
tho lovcllcst young niatrons ln Uleh
mond,
Coming down tli rough tho years, ono
recall* in. tho nftor Enster proce sslotia,
Mi'h. Wlllle Allen, who ? cuniu to Itteh
moird us n brlclo, und now llves ln New
YorU; MIhh Pngo Aylctt, who marrled
Mr. XV, 1? Uoynll; MImh Irene l.unyliorijo,
ul'tfrwiird Mrs. C.iarfou linna (Jlliuoir,
Mlss Llsszle Hrldf.es or Mra. Onihum
Hobson, ns she ls now called; Mlas Muy
IJniuly,'spending Ealer tlils yenr lu t(jo
South wlth Kor luiHliilnd. Mr. Jiuiu-s
Brown Potter, and scores of others who
havo ttUUed l^ tho reputnUoii ot" Uleh
THINGS IN
THE STORES
Easter Eggs This Season Are
Enormous?Table
Service. /
Among tlie Easter novelties doslgned
for this year for tho convenionco of
liostcsscs and children allko aro clabo
ralo and beautlful Easter ples that
Avill dlvido honors Avlth Easter llowers
for tablo decorationa.
These ples aro cunnlngly constructed
of eriukly paper, and have their tops
covered Avith iluffy masses of Easter
Ulles and ribbons, tlie lattor bolng at
tachod to the glfts and serving very
excellent purposo whon tho tlme comes
for plums to bo pulled out.
Almost equally popular ls a largo
flOAver-pot, within Avhlch blooms a
short-stemmed hnlf-blown plnk cab
bago roso, a qualnt roceptablo for
Easter souvenirs, hlddcn Avlthln Its
pctals anil disponsed nt a luncheon,
dlnner or supper party. Crouchod on
tho rhn'of tho ilower-pot, an Easter
bunny holds tho Avhito and green rib?
bons to bo used in drawing tho souvo
nlrs from tholr placo of eoncealment.
Enster eggs thls season are onor
mous, and havo a pretty llnlng of
cropo or fringod paper. A woman
Avho ls golng, to sorvo thoso inam
motli eggs nt hor Eastor break
fast has lillctl ono Avlth tx reglment of
tln soldlcrs anil, anothor wlth a baby
doll and her Avardrobc. A Hon and
clilckens, miniaturo Toddy lloosovolt
bears, itud a toy plano aro somo other
souvenirs selocted. Tho tablo avIU ho
lighted Avith n hugo eloctrlo ogg ln
tho contro of tho tablo.
In so far ns tho tnblo sorvico to ha
used, thero are mnny iioav and nttrnc
tlvo doHlgns. A salnd liowl ls shnpod
llko a lnrgo loltuco liond, tho plntes
roprosontlng a slnglo lettuco leuf and
both having tho ulilquitous bunny
porchod porklly on the rlm.
mond ns a city noted for Its bcnutlful
Avomen,
Winter's Page Repeated.
Lust wlntor mndo ao oxooptlorial re?
cord ln the number nnd brillluncy of lls
oiitertnlnments. Tho Eastor season Uiila
fnir to copy out tho winter's pngo nnd
tlio Enster parado ls to tho aoelui pro?
gram wliat the overturo Is to tho operu,
Novor in Iho hlstory of tlio Avorld hna
Avoinon's nppurolllng beon rlcher ln ma
torlnl, . moro dellcntoly lovely Jn color,
moro'olegnnt In nll tlio ombrolderles nnd
Incos thut coiintltuto tho liiviah ornu
muntntlon used.
Thls boliij? tho cuso, ono cnn imttglno
tho offoct proilucod by tlio proecHslon of
liumun bulterllloa, nltlred in crontlons
thnt for Aveoka pnst hnvo testod tlie Ineo
nulty of tho moilisto niul tho mllllner to
tho utmost,
Add to tho rlolinoss of attlro, a nnturnl
gayety nnd prottlnpss of youth, nnd ono
ciin limiKlno tlio rosuit of so noodly a
cumbliuiUon.
Music of the Past.
Ilovortlng ugqln to pnst Euslor dnya
nnd fnshlons, ono reculii) how the Monu
iiicntnl ChuiTli used to ba crowded nl -
ways on the nflnrnoop nf iSaatcr SuiuUiy,
Its pilfllV, wlth Alr. l.co WJiouti us niKiiiA
Ist; Mra.'Loekeriiiunii, ns lendlng Hoprnnoi
Mr. Jtiiiu Jledfiii'd,- ns tenor, uml Mr.
Onint, us liiii'liomi slngi'i', supplying
liiuaie thut ull tho lliehiuond world wus
glud lo llsten lo nnd oiijuy. Ou DilH
Enster day ull tho cjiurclies ln Uiu eiiy,
liicluding tiio gruild nt'AV catlieili'ul iu tllO
West End,, wlll bo lllleil .wltli iiiuhIo, but
tliein' wlll bo "u minor" in the strulna
of HliiiliH'hs, in nieiuiii'y <>f otlior ISusUira
thnt. have piit-ssd and. thoao tluil liuvn
gdii.o with tlicui,
S GLAD DAY
. IN SCHOOLS
-loliday Celebrated With Many
Interesting Ceremonies
by Pupils.
Eastor is always a welcomo hollday ln
he schools, comlng as it does In tlie
ludding season of tho yenr und glvlng
0 students and school chlldron an oppor
unlty for brlef rcluxutlon and enjoyment
lefore they enter upon the homestretch
recoding tho flnal examinatlons.
The liollday. as a holday, has always
cen one colebratod wltii due rogard to
ts meunlng and Importiinco ln Vlrglnla
otiools. Class work la suspended on
."hursday so that students so deslrlng
lay attend Good Friday services. Tho
lOllday oxtends through Easter Monday,
nd,' us that fulls on Aprll Fool's Day
hls year, any amount of merrymaking
uny be expected ou tho part of tlie young
?eople.
Wostmlnstor School, Miss EMett's
Ichool and Mlss Morrls' School for young
,irls and children closod Thursday, as
lld Woman's Collego nnd tho other
irlvato schools ln tho clty.
Tho High School and tho grammar
chools of Rlclimond ulso- dlsmlssod tlioir
tudents and scholurs on . Thursday to
lio Joy of tbese young peoplo and thelr
ouahors, to whom tho hollday ls much :
if a roliof as to tho youngstors.
A toachors' conforonco will bo hold ln
lynchburg on Easter Monday, and many
?f the teachers throughout tho Stato will
ittond lt. School girls who go bomo from
loardlng school for tho holldays will tako
.uests wlth them, and mnny houso purtlos
ire consequently projoctcd throughout
/Irginla.
ln tho boardlng schools of the Stato
1 genorutlon ugo Easter hollday was
hought of nnd. prepnrcd for weeks bo
Corohund, Inimedlatoly nftor tho glrla
who spent the holldays at homo ro?
turnod, tho Eastor play, for whlch nti
tnorous Invitations hud boen sont out,
was presontod. Somotlmos tabloaux
took tho placo of tho Eastor play, wlth
olaborato costumlng and all tho pret?
tiest glrls of tho school ln the prlnclpal
parts.
Aftor tho program hud beon duly gono
through with,' thero was an Enster dunco
wlth lco-cream and cako ut tho last.
Judgcd by presont-dny stiuulards tho
pluys mlght not seem so suporfine aa far
as hlstiionlo talont comos Into consldcrn
tlon, und tho Uibleuux mlght bo ndjudged
too sontlmentnl. But thon they wero
rapturously applauded und, us thoy
served tholr purposo, nnd wero then
thought to bo qulto perfoct, it seenis
hardly falr to asauniu nt thls dato a
crltloul uttilude.
Easter Good Cheer.
Tho Eustor senson ondlng tho lonjy
Lentcn porlod hns nlways boen marked
wlth Bpoelal preparation by Vlrglnia
and Itlchmond hostessos, who aro rond
of puttlng on their tablos many dnlu
tles und dollcneies ln honor of tho
great sprlng fostlval that symbollzys
tlio ond of wlnter .ind the udvont of
sprlng.
Nothlng could bo ,. rottlor or more up
proprlato ln tbo Way of Eastor table
(looorution than Eustor llilos wlth a
inuHBliig around thom of lllles-of-tho
valloy and uspnrugus foru. Pluuo
curds may bo tled wlth green und
whlto rlbbon to souvenir liouqucts of
llllna-of-tlie-valley. Whlto candles in
greon shados will adil oi't'oetlvonoss to
tho color Boliorno to ho also olnboruted
in china und other uppolnimeiu*. Tlio
followlng dlnnor nienu muy bo served:
I MHNU.
Bnullloii wlth whlppod cream.
Flngor Holhi.
(31ii.fl Iloe, Lottuco und Egg Snlad.
Hhoostrlng Botutoos.
Brolleil Sppljiff OltloUon, llomlny Cukcs.
tlrcou i'L'uti lu CluseK,
Aspurugus Tipn on To^Bt.
TouuitOKS with Muyonuuiso.
Clu.i'letti! ituaso, Nnsmilroclo l'uddlng,
Conservoit Mint Leaves,
Coffoo.
BEAUTIFUL
FLOWERS!
Display Never More Notable
Than That of This
Year.
If ono dosires to brcathc In'tho frarV
granee of tho Enster spirit to the full,:
ono only has' to onter tho realm of the
IUchmond iiorlst and step one's sense*.'
in tlio perfectlon of fragranco and color.:
nll around and about. Tall Easter Ullpa;
swlng their perfumcd censers in the
falnt brceze; whlte lilacs glvo out thelr
Orlentiil odors; roses, carnatlons, vioietS,'
tullps. hyaclnths, orchlds, mignonette;',
jonquils, azaleas, rhododeridrons, ln tha;
dlfferent shades of yellow and whlte,:
plnk, rose, crlmson, scarlct and purple,
make a rainbow blendlng of tlnts and an
appeal to tho senses ln sweetness that ls
slmply intoxlcatlng.
Imugino a great tablo nbout four feet
wlde, occupying tho centro of a room"
many feet long, masscd wlth lilies, Btand
Ing strnight and tall, thelr whlte and golc
showing clearly row on row against
bacltground 'Of green cnclroling thefl
thelr snoAvy purity strlkingly emblornetl
of tho Easter llo'ral nnd splrltual slgnlJl:
cancc.
Imugino haskcts aud baskets, ln green
and groen and Avhlte; Imported oslorSbas?
kets, iu all shapes and deslgns, holding
lllles-of-thc-vulley nnd Avhlte hyacinthsr
und vlolets thnt wlll be bought and sent"
by hundreds us Eastor glfts within tho
next feAV daya.
Imagino a masslng of tlers of flowers..
beglnning wlth red rumbler rosea and
bright crlmson nzulons; then lilies, 'tbeti.
pink azaleas and carnatlons, then whlto
lilacs and bright red carnatlons.- Inter-'i
sperscd hero. and thoro tho bright golil'?'.
of jonquils and tho bright gold and crIrri-:;
son of tullps, tlio plnk und whlte oti
tullps, tho dusky purple of hyucinths anoT.1
tho plnk, purple und roso of rhododen
drons. '?' ??' \
Imagino a alalrway bordored with. lltiea
und palms und forns, tho tlowers reachlng
to tho top of tho bnlustrado, und Uio nar-t
row pathsvuy botween Just porralttlng.pnai,
to bond over und tako ln breaths of de?
light. - -
Imagino ovory whero, on evory side, tha
whlto lilacs, the Easter llower of Perslan
orlgln und of conturles old?ono ,mosfc;
closely assoclacod Avlth all Enster itiemorlea'
ancl tradltlona.
Imugino all tlils, and consider what
.such uxhlbltlons of the tloriats mean, la
tho iniportunco nnd vnltio of thu ivarlt'
thoy carry on nnd tho Eastor sales they
mako. \ v vi? V.
Tho bulbs that hiiA'o budded nnd bloY?
somed for Easter wore, manjr of them;.;
brought from ueross tho sens, planted lnst
uutuinn, und tended carefully evev sinpe.
While bnsketry has beconio nn ImportuiU,'.
liuliistry lu tho Unlted Stutes, now Eu?-','
tor' deslgns ln Horal rccoptucles nre ?Uir
Importcd ln the more artlatio Kihnpua and;
wuuves. The vlolet boxes to hoW ' tbe
seentud blossoms for Beauty's Easter
uduriilng are prettler than ever bctoro,"
und aro tied Avltli purple gnuzo or satli*
ribbon. Vlolnt silk cords and tutssols ,un4
nmothyat plns^ nccornpany tlio boxes, ,to
lio used for the convenlenco iinii ncconl?
lutr to tho pruforeucQ of tho falr wcuret','
-Equally pretty ure tho whlto-ltned box??j
tied wlth green, for holding Ullea-of-tho
vnlloy, u most approprlato dvbutunte'i
llower, and one or thu most sultublo fdf
KiiKtor pro.sotilat|on.
Tho llorlsia report un enormous salo in'
lloAVt'rs, llllns-of-the-vnlloy, violaU, Kain
ter lilies nnd white Ilines being pritn*
fuvotltea, roses, rarnntlons und asuleui(
following lu r^Bular successlon, Cgt llow?
uis and potted plnpts uro nlready bein
urtlerod fur up into, tho thouaands,
llorista'are ull vory busy people thi* w?(i
nnd avIU doubtloss enjoy tho ront ot
ter Sunduy when lt unlvt-a.