Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1917 — Page 2

PicturesQue Ancient Customs o f Holy Week

Where monarchs bathe the feet of beggars and why hot cross buns are eaten ott Good Friday at breakfast:: Impressive church services

, HKIST’S moment of triumphant entry into .Jerusalem. witen the people look! palms nnd went to meet him, 1' !IS been cohiinemorHted in tlu* church• * tiu tin* .Sunday before Easier. which f day. therefore, has been railed "l’alm (fjQjr As guA-is-tlie hoginnliJgL.iiULuLy ._ week, it is a happy iinerlude bctween the devotional rig<as ot tlit? six days. In which all religious exercises and i*ersonal . sacrifices are redoubled imtil the routing in of the greai feast of Faster. Palm Sunday sivms also to foreshadow the.coming of the spring, at least from a merely mundane point of view, because of Ihe great throngs of . Worshipers' who pour into the streets from Roman Catholic and Protestant Episcopal churches, wearing or carrying the hits of pultu, green branches or willow slips which have been distributed by the priests. In this country palm is almost always used for this purpose, hut in some countries, where this lent is not available.-its place is taken by bits—- . of native green. Box and yew also have been used from time to time as a symbol of Pal in Sunday. Generally the greater part oF the palm is distributed in file form Of lit this -being so especially in the case of the men worshipers. The women receive crosses or large or small brunches, according to the fashion of different parishes. Rome in Holy Week. * In the years before the war the Holy, week services at ltmue drew thousands of persons from all parts of the world to that city. These ceremonies begin with the beautiful I’alm Sunday •procession at St. Peter's. In all Roman Catholic churches everywhere the Palm Sunday procession, Jn which palms are carried in imitation of thefirst Palm Sunday procession, is a stately and picturesque spectacle. In the churches under the care of* the religious orders, such as the Society of Jesus, the services of Holy week, including those of Palm Sunday, are usually very benntiftd and elaborate. "Maundy Thursday." the good old English name for Holy Thursday, was so called front the French “mande,” from the Latin “mandatiun" -—in allusion to (Christ’s words spoken at file hast Supper, “A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another.” In commemoration of Christ’s act of humanity- in washing the feet of his disciples on the occasion of the Last Supper one of the most important ceremonies of the day. since the early middle ages, has been the washing of the feet of 12 or more poor persons by some one of higher worldly, standing than themselves. Iu the very early church this ceremony is not known to have existed, hut from the fourth century it became yearly more popular. Finally tile rite came to be performed by the pope, all Catholic sovereigns, prelates, priests and nobles. At Durham cathedral until the sixteenth century every charity hoy had a monk to wash his feet. When Queen Elizabeth was thirty-nine years old she performed this ceremony for HO poor men and women at her palace of Greenwich. it being then the cuslorn for the sovereign to wash tin* feet of "as many

persons ms she was years old. Emperor and Beggar. On thfs occasion, history recites, the feet of the honored beggars were first washed by the yeoman of the laundry. Afterward the subalmouer washed them and then the qtteen herself, kneeling, after washing each foot, made the sign of the cross upon it and kissed it. In Continental countries this practice is still kept up. The late emperor of Austria*never failed to carry out the rite. The devotees of the Greek church also use this ceremony at Moscow, I'etrogrud and Constantinople. Tlie day of the Passion. .Good Friday in English. supposedly from “God’s Friday,” is the most solemn day of the year in the church. From the beginning to the -end of the three hours’- service which commemorates Christ's agony upon the cross there is no lifting at the deep. gloom eltar- . M'-teristic of the occasion. Altars and celebrants are draped in black - in the Unman Catholie churches. In the Lutheran churches also the altar and pulpit are draped in black. The three hours’ service is used in the Episcopal church, and in lids church, as in the ltoinan Catholic, the history of the Passion according to .St. John is part of the .Good Friday ritual. This is followed in the Roman -Catholic church ■by the adoration of the cross, an ancient ceremony, And the mass of the presanciitied. so called because the elements have been consecrated the day I adore. In tlie-Greek church als<> tiuGopfl Friday fast is extremely the mass very long. —— . : . Churches FittSff jJo Limit. More persons flock to the churches on Good Friday than on any other day of the year except Easter. In some of the churches in New qrk it is netd-ssnry t.» issue cards for- the services -on hoth these days, as there is no other way of controlling the great number of worshipers who seek admission. Despite the length and solemnity of the Good Friday service the desire to attend is so gfeat that it Is no uncommon tiling to see devout men and women standing in long lines in front of the offices where the cards are distributed, fearful that they may even then he too late to gain admission. ■ The most popular of the secular customs connected with tiiis day is the serving of hot cross buns. The genuine hot cross bun is rather a small one, spicier than ordinary buns, and has a brown, sugary surface mailed with a cross. It Is said that ttie hot cross bun Is of pagan origin and can he traced hack to- an ancient custom of worshiping the Queen of Heaven by the eating of sacred cakes. But the buns that existed previous to ilie Christian era were not in reality those<of today, “because bore no cross. In very early times t ■ - -• ■ *~ r '-. 1 -. jr .

the cross was placed on the bun to exorcise its pagan spirit. For two dozen buns scald one cupful of milk, add to it a tablespoonful of butter, quarter of a ciinful of sugar and a salt-spoonful of srilt—When lukewarm- add half a compressed yeast cake, softened in a little warm water,- and a pint of Hour. This should he mixed early In the evening. Beat well and let the hatter rise until foaming and double its original bulk. Then add a half cupful of sugar, quarter of a toaspoonful of mixed cinnamon, nutmeg and mace, a half cupful of currants, n tahlespoonful of shredded candied lemon peel and enough flour to make a dough that can be kneaded.. ' Knead well and set In a warm place overnight. In the morning turn oht on a well-floured hoard and divide into pieces weighing about three ounces each. I’at them out round, let them stand for a few minutes, then roll into oblong shapes and lay in a greased dripping pan far enough apart for expansion. Anglo-Saxon myth and Jewish nnsrlia are supposed both to have played a-part in the construction of the Christian Easter. Whether Easter was named from the Anglo-Saxon Eostre, goddess of spring, or from another root which signified “the rising," the meaning seems much the same, and today the universal use of flowers as the most appropriate Easter token testifies to the general recognition of their Appropriateness as symbolizing a rising from the dead. Why New Clothes Are Worn. The idea of new clothes on Easter, thought by nnr? r 'TiTrfTfwTsin'“fafTas truly symbolical of the festival as the Easter egg or the Easter flower. To burst afresh upon the world in festival attire is an instinctive demonstration of

APPROPRIATE DISHES FOR EASTER WEEK

Eggs. haro. chicken and salads figure conspicuously in tlie Easter menus, the eggs and chicken because of the Easter symbolism; ham, since it is connected with eggs from*"a gastronomic standpoint. and salads . because when Easter comes fresh green viands are particularly enticing. Here is a good recipe for smothered chicken, which may well he the principal item of an Easter luncheon or dinner. Split the chicken down the back, season with salt and..pepper, arid dredge well with flour on both spies. Put into a hake pan a small cupful of stock and a quarter of a pound of luittpr;"’Arrange the giblets on the bottom and on them lay the chicken, breast down, (’over the pan closely and haste every ten or twelve minutes. Allow about fifteen minutes to the pound in roasting. When tender take out the chicken and lay on a hot plate. Wash the -giblets. add a cup of rich cream and serve-with blsVrtit These should he buftermilk or beaten bisT,> make chicken a la Baltimore, prepare the chicken ns for boiling: then cut into joints, wipe" dry. season well vrtfff salt and pepper and dip into beaten eggs~r-tben roll in fine bread crumbs. I’luce in a well buttered pan, pour olive oil or melted butter over them and bake In a steady oven for twenty-five minutes. When tender remove to a hot dish. Make ji good cream gravy to fieur over tite chicken and serve with corn fritters and thin, crisp slices of hficon. A savory egg dish foff an Easter luncheon or supper includes eggs ami artichokes. To make this dish steam or cook In highly salted water as many artichoke buttons as there are guests to serve. Brown delicately in butter as many rounds qf thin bread, each piece a little larger in diameter than qre artichoke buttons. Place tlje artichokes on the rounds of bread, and then over each one dgop a poached egg. trimmed to the exact size ,of the bread foundation. Pour over the egg a small quantity of sauce Holhtndaise. Add a dash of paprika and serve hot. To make tlie Hollandnise sauce rub to a cream a half cupful of butter; then add the yokes of two eggs, one at a time, beating well after each

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genuine Easter feeling. Unfortunately, of late years the spring hat no longer plays a leading part as an Easter symbol, for, as it insists on appearing with the New Year and won’t stay in its shell until Easter time, it can no longer make an Easter entrance with any dramatic effect^ - Those who complain that it is difficult to remember the date of Easter should glance over the records of the troubles of the early Christians in this regard. It was maiiy7~niany years before it was possible to settle upon the method whereby the date of Easter should be determined, and so violent were the disputes over the matter that different schools of Christians arose, some following one decree as to the Easter celebration and others obedient to entirely opposite pronunelamentos. Discrepancies in Dates. / There was such difference in calculations as to the time of the feast that Bede records that in n certain year Queen Eanfleda. who had received her instruction from a Kentish pries* of the Roman olfbdienee. was fasting and keeping Palm Sunday while her husband. Oswy, king of Northumbria. foil owl tig* the rule of Ihe British church, was celebrating the Easter festival. In 325, at the council summoned by Constantine, it w T ns decided that Easter day was to he on Sunday and Hint it was to be calculated at Alexandria, the home of astronomical science. From this arose the present method of calculating Easter, which sets the day as the first Sunday after the first TuTTmoon after the vernal equinox, provided"TFaT full moon does not fall on Sunday. Should it do so, then Easter is the following Sunday.—New York Herald.

addition. Prit in the juice of a half a lemon, a saltspoonful of salt, a dash of paprika or cayenne and a half cupful of boiling water. Set the bowl containing the mixture in a saucepan of boiling water and stir rapidly and constantly until it thickens like boiled custard. Tarragon vinegar may be used in place of the lemon juice, with the addition of ft few tarragon leaves blanched and cat up very small.

Scrambled eggs with green peppers make a very good Easter dish. For four or five persons at least six eggs should he used. Toast slices of bread for each person and lay in a dish to keep hot. Put a tablespoonful of butter in the frying pun., and while heating break the eggs Into a howl. Allow a tahlespoonful of cream or water to each egg. Milk js riot good for omelettes or scrambled'eggs. As soon as the butter is melted* arid begins to bubble, turn the eggs in, and as the whites begin to-set lift and stir \vith_ji silver fork. Have ready-two finely .chopped sweet green pep pers from which the seeds have been retrieved, and aficr the eggs begin to nook stir the peppers through the mixture. <’ook a half moment, dish on the hot toast, garnish with a little watercress or parsley and serve at once. ~ A beuutifuFlooking salad to serve at Easter is the water lily salad, which is ns delicious to tin* taste as its appearance suggests. To make this salad cut tlie whites of hard-boiled eggs into pointed. petal-like strips. Keep out a couple of yolks, but mash the rest. Mix with mayonnaise and fill the calyx of the arranged petals with the mixture. Put the remainder over the petals to give the appearance of pollen. Cut lettuce leaves in fine points to simulate the outer leaves. Served- on a low glass dish this salad appears at its best. It is better served cm individual glass dishes than on a larger platter. Green pepper, lettuce and tonmto salad. Crisp the lettuce leaves by laying in cold water fqr half an hour. Then shake dry and lay on the ice. Take the-sweet green or red peppers arid with a pair of scissors cut the peppers ill lengthwise ribbons. Slice the tomatoes. Arrange the tomatoes on the lettuce leaves and sprinkle the pepper ribbons over all. Dress with mayonnaise or French dressing.—New York Herald.

Kin Hubbard Essays

Hon. Ex-Editor Cale Fluhart on “The Duties of an Editor

“Next t’ walkin’ at th' head o’ a minstrel perade with a big wooly overcoat nil’ cane ther haint nothin’ tliat looks as fascinatin’ as editin’ a new'spnper,” said Hon. Ex-Editur Cale Fluhurt, this mornin', as he mailed a stove pipe full o’ carrots t’ a niece in Virgin ny. “Th’ feller that stands up on th’ nineteenth story o’ a steel frame iu January an’ ketches red hot rivets in his apron is a loafer compared t’ th’ editur o’ a newspaper,” continued th’ pioneer publisher. * “A Panhandle conductor has n tranquil existence when you figure up th’ responsibilities o’ a reg’lar editur. A editur must he a great diplomat. He must he - both evasive an’ dlrecj; he must understand th’ manly art o 1 self defense an’ talk entertaiuin’ly about th’ European war; he must use rare disFrotforTTh" W ’distrTßutioh o T theater pusses an’ church supper tickets; he

“Ther's th' Ole Chap With th' Greasy Stiff Hat an’ th’ Stained White Whiskers That Wants t' Look Thro' th’ Exchanges for th’ Dunkirk Standard.”

must he willin’ t’ carry a lot o’ magazines under his arm when at large; he must 14 fond o’ musical treats an’ conversant on th’ zinc schedule; he must have a dress suit an’ be able t’ go gn hour without smokin’; he should wear glasses on a cord an’ have a pale forehead an’ not be afraid o’ paste; above all he should have an uiiyieldin’ spine an’ th’ courage t* say ‘Yes.’ “An editur has many callers an’ he should be a reader o’ human nature er th’ circulation will dwindle. Ther’s th’ feller that’s taken th’ paper since its first issue nn’ who wants his sidewalk grade changed; ther’s the ole chap with th’ greasy stiff hat an’ th’ stained white whiskers that wants t’ look thro’ th’ exchanges fer Th’ Dunkirk Standard; th’ statesman with th’ frock coat an’ black cravat that lias been misquoted ; tfi’ girl who Sundayed at Seymour an’ who w-ants her flrnt name spelled ‘Edythe’; th’ mother o’

Somewhere in th’ East th’ slow, tedious process of restorin’ a Great Auk (also spelled Aik, Awk, Alck and Alka) is in progress. This bird belonged t’ an antediluvian race o’ monsters even exceedin’ in dimensions th’ celebrated Diplodoecus Carnegie!. If alive t’day an’ able t’ be up an’* about th’ Great -Aiik .imuM. easily pick flowers off th’ roof o’ th’ Woolworth buildin’. While th’ Great Auk wuz distinctly Arctic in its proclivities his huge bones are frequently unearthed in Floridy, which shows that he wuz some little traveler

When All th' Neck Bones o' th' Great Auk Are Collected an' Set in Place It Will Be Proven t’ th' World That He stood at Least a Head Taller in His Bare Feet Than th’ Famous Gigantosaurus Augustus Africanus, of Which So Little ls~Known.

an’ often wandered for from headquarters. Still, fer a bird o’ his size it wuz only a step from Spitzbergen t’ Jacksonville. When all th’ neck hopes o’ th’ Gteat Auk arc collected an’ set in place it will be proven t’ th’ world that he stood at least a head taller in his bare feet than th’ famous Gigantosaurus Augustus Africanus, of which so.little is known. Accordin’ »’ a distinguished Berlin scientist th’ Great Auk abounded in Labrador as late as th’ Tildeu campaign, while a Vienna authority o’ repute writes that large flocks O’ th’ bird were seen on lh’ funks off th’ south coast o’ Newfoundland, ah’ that it wuz th’ only North American bird without wings, defendin’ its young by kickin’. A section o’ th’ Great Auk’s spine measurin’ thirty-nine feet wuz found in Floridy in 1880 an’ is included in th’ present frame now under construction in th’ East. At present a party o’ scientists are spadin’ fer th’ wishbone east o’ Seattle, while still other scientists are follerin’ a clew in Sumatra with th’ hope ri*- apprehendin’ th’ clavicle an’ a couple of muchneeded ribs. Who furnishes th’ money t’ run down these tips, an’ how society is t’ be benefited by a complete skeleton o’ th’ Great Auk is not known, au’ Jxow those who aye spendin’ ther time

Misplaced Energy

th’ boy that got color-blind while workin’ in a grocery; th’ liberal advertiser that wants his divorce kept quiet; th feller, that thinks some o’ gittin’ his friends t’ insist on him coinin’ out fer mayor; th' woman whose lilac bloomed twice in May; th’ oldest inhabitant who wants t’ set tli’ paper right on th’ date o’ Horace Greeley’s visit; th’ feller that helped build th’ ole mill that burned down etist o’ town; th' woman whose little boy kin draw’ anything; th’ feller that likes th’ editur personally but don't agree with th’ paper; th’ farmer with eighteen peaches on one twig; th’ hobo that’s walkin’ from Bangor, Maine, t’ Portland, Oregon; th’ circus agent with red striped cuffs an’ dyed mustache; “th’ perfumeladened queen that’s giftin’ up a ‘home talent’ fer charity (?) ; th’ farmer that found a Indian dart while plowin’; th’ woman winise name has lieen OUilftPd from th’ list o’ those present, an’ last.

but fer from bein’ th’ least, th’ feller with th’ three column communication written on both sides o’ th’ paper entitled, ‘Th’ Possibilities o’ Concrete’ er ‘Th’ Longevity o’ Vitrified Brick.’ “Tli’ modern editur* must have th’ generalship t‘ handle this motley army in such a fashion that each an’ all o’ ’em emerge from his sanctum sliakin’ with laughter. Then, when th 1 shades o’ evenin’ gather an’ th’ streets are deserted th’ editur’ll call his wife up an’ tell her not t’ set up fer him an’ fill his pipe an’ write a column editorial on ‘Th’ Future o’ Alasky.’ Aside from an occasional umbreller left behind er a, pole se-gar tossed on his desk th’ editur 0’ a newspaper gits jist about as much out o’ life as a stationary engineer.!?— Resumin’, th’ grizzled journalist said, “But th’ most trouble I had when I wuz u editur wuz beepin’ my wife from heatin’ th’ paper out.” — —

an’ means in th’ project expect t’ recoupe is also a mystery.— What a pity it is that so much money an’ energy is annually wasted in diggin’ up th’ fossil refnains o’ feathered skyscrapers an’ long-waisted dinosauruses when ther’s so many things o’ comparatively recent years that might be restored t’ tli’ real benefit o’ ever’buddy. netTJurseientlst.'i-git.-t-’getheE, an' devise some way t’ allay th’ fears o’ th’ little handful o’ men who have cornered th’ wealth o’ this country. Let them knock off work on th’ Great

Auk fer a while an’ set about t’ restore confidence. (Copyright, Adams Newspaper Service.)

Land of Many Reptiles.

Australia is supplied with 100 species of snakes, throe-fourths of them venomous. The big pythons and-redk—-shakes are harmless, but as one travels from the. tropics southward the. dangerous .varieties increase in number and in Tasmania all are venomous, though only five are really deadly, and fortunately these are rarely s^en. The continent Is also abundantly supplied with lizards. Three hundred and ninety species are recorded, and they may he seen not only in woods and' prairies and deserts in the among rocks and trees, but also in the less frequented city streets.

Out of the Mouths of Babes.

“Mamma,” said a small miss of three years, “our Sunday-school teacher said God would punish us if we were bad.” “He certainly will,” replied her mother. “Does God wear slippers; mamma?’* the little one asked anxiously. • • ' - ■ In China and Japan men nnd women of all classes, callings and profjHH sioas carry fans. ; « ■