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THE SEATTLE POST-ENTELLIGEXCEE.
SEATTLE. WASHINGTON, SUNDAY, APRIL 1«. 189".—PAGES IT TO 20
Easter has long been considered a sea
son of great festivity. Even before the
apostles brought the Christian faith Into
Europe the day ».ts celebrated in honor
of the Germanic goddess Estera. and stal
wart warriors hid eggs beneath bushes
and about thHr tents for Che Httle ones
to And and make merry over. The hatch
ing of the eggs was then supposed to
symbolize the re-birth of the g>»d Baldur,
and the eggs of Easter were left white to
Indicate the " white god Baldur." After
these children were taught the new Gospel
the e»i>rs w.-re stained red to symbolize the
death on Calvary. This In the course of
years has changed Into the using of all
colors and various deigns, so that the
religious stgrrtfi< amr In the coloring Is
loat. The custom of .<avin* up eggs for
Easter Is a very old one. In fact older than
Easter Itsvlf. for the people of the earliest
agvs used them as a symbolic gift.
In no country were the ancient customs
of the Easter festival more curious than
those whirh prevailed among all rar.ks
throughout England. One of the observ
ances was the playing at hand ball for a
tansy rake, the winning of which de
pended chiefly on swiftness of foot. This
name waa Indulged In by all the dignita
ries. including the clergy. Another cus
tom was "lifting." or "heaving." as Itf
was called In some places. This began on
Easter Monday, when, between the hours
of 9 and 12 in the morning, the men went
about from house to house lifting the
women within. On Tuesday morning at
the «ame hour the women, in parties of si*
or eight, went about lifting the men. The
victim was laid in a horiaantal position,
and with two at each leg and two at each
arm they raised him as high as their
heads times amid loud uuza.'hs. and
then to «ro to another In some lo
calities a chair covered all In white was
used to "heave." and was raised three
times with frre'«t shouts. This manner of
ceJebratSrst originally meant to typify the
resurrection of Christ, but ifl ttme came
to be ©nl> a rough frolie indulged in by
the Ignorant classes, and is now 'julte lost
•ijpht of
Another OF the old FlngUah customs WAS
the pulling off of the shoe buckN-s from
the pass-r-by In the streets and demand
ing a forfeit for th- 1 return, the f rf» it
being sometimes a kiss and sometim -s
mor.ey but it wa* all a verv good
and unembarrassed give and taae.
A very pretty celebration was that <f
the children from the parish schxrta who
would march to a church, and with th tr
backs pressed cl -se aaalrst the walls,
would Join their hed hands until
they completely encircbd th*- church.
This was called "clipping " After ore
church was "clipped" they would march
to another, .Mid so on until all were done.
In Russia there is a strar.sre bit nding of
rMy and Jo'Hty in the Ea.ster season.
With them East'f day is the greateat na
tional holiday as *•*!! as th" greatest re-
Jigtous feast, and It is the spe<-tal time for
the gtv'ng of presents For a w.-ek *ll
places of t-usin-*** are closed an-1 the w'-ole
country gives Itself tip to the eei<-hr*?ton
It Is th" gr»at seawn of house cleaning,
but unlike that dreaded time In m
C»">untrles ft is made aa occasion of m ; . h
g-viety With brushes fa«teT;ed to th-ir
f.>et the rrn skate over the rti*->rs to
a *e-mpaniment of the women's «lnr!r"g
When the hause ha« be. n cl'sr - *! from
to c«'Uar every orif prepares th-ir
gifts for the F-aster mom The strec's
are ltn» I wt?h booths, from wni.-h all
krnds of toys and Kaster #«f« are eold
h-tftle and excitement is very much
ttke the day before Christ ma a *ith nv
The earlv niom-.ng hours of Easter 1 v
are giver ever to re! gi .is servtce. V it
aft»r that the day la f -1 wth *■ * 4 . tl
p;> wut*' aid gjiefj.'-s. Pv«oi * la holiday
«tt!re go out t:pen the strewtg *rd greet
each other with *"t'hrt«t has rtser.,** to
m >. ffiiaf* the ->r «w« r "He 1. r-*er in
jnj w »nd then rated egt~*
and every thin* hi I* direct contrast 'o
solemnity of the pr*vk:* w >k.
Man* vears aco It was the g~n*r 1 c •-
torn al! over E l irope to exchange etf'* n
Easter day. hut now it is i-oafln-1 to- ?y
n f. w In s>~vrte
fyvords show items of m ley
spent for bread to be distributed a— • g
poor l» w-s» d-->r a fur r • * »e,
tao An "arjprl ' was v to c -r v p
th« church steeple te throw it d< wn -o
he scratr.bl<-d for a-.d tr. wk» »ns*a- a
hss b!re »as roted as * per.<-e foe hi* rv
les. In Endan-t. t.vi there were maty
«joe*r
which nurs-« used to tell jitt|<» r* s
Otte was that they must break t* ir -hi
®fier eAttnjc the to
witchea ferm tak -< th m f - rts An
other was that th«* sun dar. •! tvr y
' on EM!»m sore *»>•! no • rs-* * uH -lis
puts tfeau fvr ii ths-y k- ksd at tat j .a
y j yyl. •«***«»*« TTm^l^rn^X yfT 2 * y^^gy^aA^AsT^S! l ** *-" : :<afri tMgtos^^BAf—fl
they would soon be rewarded by seeing
it dance, and even the water reflected this
motion.
In Germany the hare or rabbit 1s sym
bolic of the joyous Easter season, and lit
tle children ar« seut out to look for the
harm's eggs on Eastern morning. Tho
French represent the symbolism of the
eggs In a m »st charming manner. Mean
ing the rehirth. it also ni ans the future,
and the future, the realization of our am
bitions and desires. S<> they make a huge
egg of sugar and starch, with a little
window to look within, and there the
child sees a castle or a lovely landscape,
or dancers or soldier* or some childish
dre.im reproduced within the egg
Th. Spaniards Portuguese and Italians
celebrate the ancient f.-stlval In much
the sami way. The Thursday before
"Good Friday" every town is in the d«*e{»-
e«t mourning and a gioom Is cast over
everything, this continues until a few
hours before Easter morn, when the
church bell* ring Joyously and all is
again brightness.
Even in the far East the converts to
the Roman Catholic church celebrate
K -'.r b':t in a half Christian and half
Buddhist style. The Chinese discharge
flrecrack'r* and play weird mu«ic on
queer-looking Instruments to soothe the
spirits of the other world.
With us perhaps th<- most beautiful and
1m; re«dve celei-mti •. of the Ea-ter fes
tival is that of the Moravians. The
quaint little town of I Vet hie hem attracts
triny visitors at Easter time to witness
these Inspiring and profoundly beautiful
servlC'S. Holy week is ohsorv>wl by ap
propriate services and the East*r morn
Is heralded by th' blowing of horns and
trumpets In the jttreet-i pealine forth the
glad tidings that "Christ Is tiswn."
TAI.MI6I. «»\ rwrilt FI.OWF.RS.
He See» n Mr«»n* anil Trne HellKlona
*> niit«ll«m In Them.
Fourteen times In the RiMe is the Illy
nv ntioned—or'y twice the rise, Pr. Tal
mige writes In the N> w Tork Journal.
Caesar had his throne on the hills. The
lily had her thror.e in the valley. In the
greatest sermon thit wis ever preach' d
there was only one finwT. and that the
lily The Bedford dreamer. John Bintyan.
entered the hou*e of tb« interpreter and
was «hown a Hurtf* of flowers, and was
t Id to "consider th" fi "s" I take the
lily as typical of all flowers, and Easter
garlanded with all th* opnl- nce of floril
her-:if» s> em« to address us. saying:
•V" r.5- b'-r the It' ** >n«i 'er ths sraleaa,
jo- the fuchsia* consider the ole
and* r».**
The flowers are the angeta of the grasa.
V irt'.n I.ather always had a fower on his
»k for I'-aplratlon. Th-oriirh the erack*
of the prison floor a f, wer grew op to
r » ~ r |h M ineo Park, the great
traveier and explorer, sink down In the
d~»ert to d'e hut. seeirg a flower near by,
he got up with new .-oarage and traveled
o" to safetv.
What are flowers good for? They are
« od ff»r the hrtdal day So much of the
P ttbway of life is cm-ered tm with thorns,
wft oi»ght to cover the beginning with
orange blossoms.
T* are goo<l to and comfort the
•-"-»"-OWfes the «nr«i ga«h wr made into
rhe *' r.' the esrth is the g of the
grat-e There needs s methlr.g to cover it
i for the ca»k->t. fhr the hearse,
for the cemetery.
What are fl-.ir*rs g d for* For rellg
i is nyiiiWisß! T* * PiS'e is an arbore
tum a divine
the br*\-lfy of the v r". t human life
you -ar',; f ;uo ?e Job; X rr - n cometh forth
a« a fl wer and is cut ■* wr **
Flowers h.tve no grander us-- than when,
ft Ert«'er morr.'.r* w. oeiebrate the re
ar of Christ from the catacombs.
Ar 1 so I twist all the f s-*s| flowers of
all the h '.rrhe* of with all the
*• s-tal e.iwer* of and cathe«lra!s
of all Christendom into one great chain,
ar. 1 with that chain. 1 hind the Raa*~r
r - mt ~;g« of our io.• •< w*h the closing
Ess-rr of the world's history—of the rcaar*
rcct:or.
EADTEB
N'ew Tort Jr otiL
Vpon that blessed S*bla»th morn
When dawa was bin-hsng Into day,
The angel of the appMred
Ar i mfJed th# por \'r i* s T ne away.
v ■ *v* - r*'. * •. 0 in
ryf VHT; usi'"*
* Pr is- ye His name O ransf-med man*
P. • ■ ■». re; tee for •~h rtst has ris- n.**
t>- r-rg *!*: v >*«rs the rum *-t
<' : - k :"v» u g jv. .id ha* 'a
cixuvi from "i to 2^l.
In the Easter aeaaon, as ** Christmas
time. the otht-r great festival of th*>
Christian church, the pictured fact, of the
Christ is perhaps triors often wtn than
at any other period* of the year. It is a
face of a Jistinct type. no matter where
or bow reproduced—a face filled wUh an
overpowering sadness l . pity. *nd deep love,
but is It the face of Jesus Christ*
Does th< re remain in the feature*. in tha
general cast of countenance, in any par
ticular at all of the face which is now
looked upon as that of the roan Jeaus. any
likeness to th< countenance which it Is
intended to represent? Or Is it merely an
idealization of the human face by artists,
who. with no ground work of fact to go
upon have built up for the world a picture
of Its Savior by successive attempts to
portray in the features evidence of all
those high thoughts and exalt-d emotions
which marked the life of the Christ as set
forth in Holy Writ?
Of the comet preaervati n of the teach
ings o' Jesus there is no doubt They have
b» .>n handed down to the present genera
tion through an unbroken chain, distinct
and traceable from the present to the
time of his contemporaries. In the case
of his likeness the chain. If It evtr exist-
I nllniahed Head of ( hri« by Klanol.
ed. Is shattered and Its place supplied only
by legends of the most uncertain charac
ter. J r-sus the Christ is preserved. but
It Is doubtful whether any semh!anoe
bearing even a remote likeneaa to Jesua
the man Is left.
There Is however, a face, dlff- ring in
minor particular* in Its various repres.-n
--tatlons. but in its gT.eral < b tr •-t-rlstl a
the same, which is regarded as that of the
Savior No great picture of the Christ has
ever widely departed from this likeness.
The face, in Its Important details, may he
traced back a considerable period, but be
tween the limit of this period and the be
ginning of the ('hrtstiart era there Is a wide
gap. filled in only by evidence so broken
and of so lezendary a character as to
make it the subject of severe doubt.
There are portraits of Jes-js ascribed by
legend to the work of his contemporaries.
At a very early period in th* history of the
Christian church there were several pict
ures In existence whl'h were believed to
be likenesses of its founder One legend
claimed as the work of St. Peter, drawn
by him from memory on a han Ik- r h'ef
with a stylus at the house of Pudens
when one of the women of the company
a«ke<i him to show tb.em what the Lord
was like. Another Is the St. Veronica
Hoffman's -Head at ChrtMtS*
{mag- miraculously printed oa the hard
kerchief of Veronica whew at • ~al
*t over the Sa> s r * : 1
another waa found on an ©ld cous on
earthed la Ir< rand, and there are several
n. re. oae> attributed to St. L.-ike Hvw
«>er .'j at >*• ta
Tntll that fair first Easter room
None knew that death was life.
Before man's eyes the world, reborn
Each year, with joy grew rife.
A lovely Spring-time goddess gave
Earta resurrection frotn the grave*
To man alone she brought no hops.
No word had she for him.
His heart through all the ages broke
His eyes with nusts wvre dim.
His loved one* fled, he know not where,*
Nor dared h - hope tht> UveU
diviner air.
these portraits niay appear In the tight of
the present day, there Is no doubt that
tom« at least among them are very old
and have had a creat effect upon the work
of the artists who subsequently attempted
to portray the face of the Christ. The
idosl likeness of Jesus came into exist escs
at an early time. Whether or not it was
originally founded on a real likeness is the
question.
If it were so founded, the far* of the
Christ, which, through the w rk -f succes
sive generations of artists, ha# been de
veloped, may yet hold i r semblance to
the countenance it is Intended to repre
sent—a resemblance perhaps but slight,
but still present If It wire not so founded,
it displays merely the fruit of the labors
of many painters endeavoring to in*UU
l)rl«r«M-hr's "Hf«d of Christ.**
Into the human f.iee a]] of the mood and
beautiful which were In their power.
The Chicago Tribune has Interviewed a
number of prominent clergyman and
artists on the subject and ftom their re
mark* a few extracts are made. affording
a *ood iib'a of the conception formed by
those who have griven tpeclal attention to
th«* subje t.
Bishop Fallows says: "We must reject,
of < urse. as purely lepndary th" St.
Veronlan portrait alleged to have bepn
transferr»'.| miraculously from the feature®
of the dead Christ to the haadkerchlef
spread over his face.
"The tradition that St. Peter drew the
likenssa of Christ for the daughters of
Pudens r«-«ts upon no substantial founda
tion. Hut wnlle that particular explana
tion may have to be rejected. It la quite
possible. If not probable, that vry early
In the history of the Christian church at
tempts wrr«* mn<le to portray the Savior
by those who were perfectly familiar with
him It is an a!solute certainty that In
numerv.ile qu«»sti;:ns w»re asked of tho«e
who knrw him reaardtng his face and
form. To am *er these Interrogation* an
effort would naturally be put forth by
competent to iflve an Idea of hi#
Ktraharh'* of
Vrronlra."
appen ranne. It may tru*. therefore,
that * h**U of ft*'*! may «W for theaa
current liker,****** of th* Hon of Man
"In Munkmr** Vbrltt B«fora PlUt«*
ther« i# * manifest departure from tha
prevailing *rtm«Mr conception of f*hmt.
But this very departure, whlrh is Intended
to be * purely ideal presentation «»f t*»
»rf jal Christ. may but sterve to
stae the correctness of tb* *>ipp< % »Hi sn
«oro-»h>r« Sn the earliest «J *r» of «"hr!»-
ttantty *o original delineation trmr hava
drawn by Jovtn* hand* of 'the on«
ait'KrethT Invt-ly ' **
R«rs. N D. Hli'ia aays w* Rrm*n
writers aa Hortrnstua and PJtny »*c*Uad
Jn the art of deUneatin* the charactera <-.?
gr'*t men. b*,t t»e of Car..*; wera
neither art «?* nor »tuients «k;;!*d in per
sonal delineation. The history of tha
eighth eentury ha* in<iar«i •*«? down to
UJ, a tetter of John of Damascus. sfa
says: "Jeans vu of lt*t(4y rrowth, with
eyfOro*s that Jottsad '• -t- " • r
eye* car!/ hair. Irs the prime of Mfe »i'h
Ha Hi beard and with a yeU< w e»mpi<t.- n
and Son* fevcef* Ittw mother" Tr-ia
W.tec, he we ver, U*« m<-r o<h-r- rhit
»- s » ttr.» down from tr,« p •' :«»'•■ it
authority o* ere-««*Nty. The »«rtjr r.-n
--torioNt te**B» wtth portrait# and pt-rsfmal
des»- rtptfoa* of Christ. bat c- fcolan -ira
*ere*d that not one pnrtnitar* t» earil-rr
than the third c-ntury. Tfc~ portralta of
Rathael, D» Vinci, and ail otht-rt. down
ta H&Stt-s j "2;>-Cy ol CJ«*rt is lis
Msr? r.is Mk Orenan if AIT ■
l%r Mr !V? i % %•. J
EASTS* HYMN.
Bright flay. now *tren to th* heart
Near nineteen hwmirsii years,
£. ster. we grro-et thee, day ajvirt
Frvm ail earth's rrtef an J tears.
A :*bt to K'.ikJe our failing fe«*
'Till Hsavea » perfect day we rreeC
Then came a glorious day-
Man waiked no more for kirn.
An angel roiled .» way
A stone, and Hope was bona
A grave gave up its dead.
And life eternal crowned a Savior's sscrat
head.
Oh. Thou who conquered deafh*
Our risen Christ and Lord.
This day. with thankful bresth.
We praise Thee and Thy word.
Our heart > to Thee we briii*
Ail £ast«r offering.
Temple," are without exception idea) por»
traits Strang® enough they follow the
Oreek models rather than the Jewish type.
All of th< «e ideal faces are Interesting, but
not one is authoritative.
Ralph Clarks>n. the artist. sa>«: "To
depict the head of our Savior has gl\cn
art its greatest problem. No other sub
ject has shown the limitations of the
painter's craft to a grester degree. Fr»m
the time of the fourte« nth century. when
expression w.vs added to symbolic form,
artists have tried tu picture the features
and character of Christ. No one has sue
ceeded In exprt -sing all. few mors than
one phase of that grand character. Tho
impret- lon of the artist* Individuality
may be di-a*re« ible to us, and his conc< p
tion entirely different from our Idea. The
representations tliat have giv. n me the
most satisfaction are those that are *ug
g ■•live, leaving rm m for the flights of
the im-igination. The pastel head by Leo
nard! da Vinci In tl: Urera of Milan Is like
a vision of Christ. He la there the
"Man of Sorrow.«t," acquainted with grief.
Its charm is that It encourages the ob
seiv»r to weave his own ideal Into the
vague suggestion before him. So It is
with Velasques's 'Christ on the Cpus.'
The head is thrown forward In shadow
and surrounded with mystery, inviting the
I* holder to build around the indistinct
visage his own conception in Tinto
retto's 'Crucifixion' at Venice it is onljr
the Christ idea that Is given forth. \
figure hangs on the cms*, the one tran
quil spot In s scene of dire confusion ami
human w<>. and passion. It overwhelms
u* by showing the difference between di
vinity and hnmanity, but this is done
without portraying the feature* or fv»rm of
Christ.
"Titian In his < hrist in the Ilttl palace
gives the intellectual character, noble anil
dignified. Guldo the patiently suffering."
Legrndary Llkeneaa attributed to SC.
Lake.
B. Oatertair prefer* th" Christ of Rem
brandt in his "Supper at Rmmaus."
Ix.rado Taft considers that the Orm.ini
have triv* 1 us som» <-f the purest «*hnst
facf-s **H"ffman's 'Christ In th* <»ar<i« , n*
is one of the finest that I kmw," he says.
•thr>u*h the technique of th* pt< tore la
hop*le**;y bad Mia famous Chrh»t In
the Temple' la another beautiful work.
Cm the whole. Frits von I'hde's pictures
have m«* mor» than any other
mxiem ;>*tnt!itsr« I reff-r to tha
earlier on< •. of Christ v!«" r ia In mortem
p« a»ant i rr % p»rtl« ularly t lie one sh .w-
Inft Christ amid the school children.
M>ink.i« -*y"s 'Christ B» ' r < Pilate* is
wonderfully dramatic and la most «ffec
t: \»• but sfw.-wa a »vt* tv • • w it if
n<-t positively vf lous. It is a literal
likeness of a well-known Parisian mortet.
•U»ertnltte Is on- of th»* f» w Frenchman
who have be* n a bis to tr. st the Imina
In a reverent way. I admired mu ' h hla
'S >PT>er at Fmmau* ' at the Columbia# *x
p»«itlon, wh*re h« wis w!«<* en-.- i»h t"*
throw th* l supremo fare Into t f-» shadow.**
Ad» -•'•rr' n fJe*"-« « fven by LuMit,
who says:
"The noble oval of the countenance is
shaded by long brown hair, parted In th«
ftsldo's "Erre Homo."
IT M:« t- e eyes are U'*e »nd thO'J«htfu|,
the no«* \'-ng and narrow, the* mouth
nin and mi;i, and the beard almost yomn
fuJiy terider."
who ««i *»r»Po*"-d to ?•>«*•
• f -iof j .< i.-i t«
tUe-.rtUed Uta *M>»of **m.t+xly %

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