Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 54, Number 27, Jasper, Dubois County, 12 April 1912 — Page 3

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LTHOUGH Easter, more than any other holiday of the year, may be said to be a worldwide festival and is celebrated in one way or another in scores of different countries, there is one phase of Easter observance which may be said to be strictly American American in origin and American In development, inasmuch as few other countries have copied this phase of Yankee life. This unique feature of the joyous day is fashion's parade on Easter

ön Easter morning we came pretty near saying, but that would be incorrect since the annual 'fashion parade is no longer restricted to the morning hours of the most significant holiday on tho church calendar. Fashion's parade on Easter merely means, of course, the ceremonial display of clothes, brand new clothes of course, and more Important yet, new hats. Easter has attained a position of pre-eminence as the one occasion above all others in the

Whole year when it Is incumbent upon all those Who essay to bo well dressed to mako their appearance In now and distinctive styles. Insofar as Damo Fashion Is concerned Easter Sunday, on whatever date it falls, is accounted the first day of spring the occasion or tho "spring opening" of tho wearers of cos aim es calculated to cause comnent. Therefore, even though the temperature, by some freak of nature, bo closo to zero, milady who desires to observe tho con. ventions will appear on Easter morning in all the glory of tb,o newest creations of milliners and dressmakers. She may be tempted to shiver in the chilly blasts of an early

Easter, but her prido in her new linery can usually bo relied upon to help her combat the Icy winds. A movement was started some years ago to induce the women of tho United States to unite In robbing Easter Sunday of its significance as a "field day" for the new fashions. According to tho new mandate It was not to be considered "good form" for a woman to appear on Easter resplendent In fresh additions to her wardrobe. She might display her new treasures for, of what use would nice clothes be to a woman If she could not show them on the Sunday preceding Easter or on the Sunday following Eastor or at any other time, but the custom was to be decried of turning Easter into a grand review for marshaling the newest products of the dressmakers, the bootmakers and tho milliners. Tho new plan was all very well in theory, but the persons who suggested it evidently did not figure on (ho persistency with which the daughters of the republic can cling to a cherished prerogative. Tho American women simply declined to abandon their Easter fashion .parade and consequently the season's surprises in new raiment continue to be as indespensable adjuncts to a regulation Easter observance as aro tho Easter lilies and the Easter eggs. The credit for tho preservation of tho traditions of the Easter fashion parade Is given to the women because it is the members of the fair sex who both as spectators and participants are the most numerous and most enthusiastic supporters of tho function. At the same time it would be idle to insinuate that many or the opposite sex havo not succumbed to the influenco of tho Eastor dross parado. Among tho male contingent there is a bravo representation of spring overcoats and spring suits, that .make their appearance for the llrst time, but tho ono pre eminent touch which proclaims the occasion is the array of new collars and ties. Some men there may be, who, because of prejudice or pocketbook. will not indulge themselves in tho new conceits of tho tailors on Easter, but there aro none who need forego the lndosponsablo of a novelty In neckwear. As has been said, fashion's parado on liastor marches up and down tho entire land. There are some famous Easter fashion parados In tho United States, notably thu one on Fifth avenue, Now York, and tho ono on tho Boardwalk at Atlantic City, hut there is carco a city or town or village from Maine to California or from Michigan to Texas that does not enjoy its own Easter panorama particularly if tho community in not so small that there are no church service to act as nn Incentive to draw forth tho birds of plumagi And just hero, it may be noted In wonder, v.int such is tho perfection of our modern system of fashion distribution that tho Kastor parado In the moat remote town affords proof tlit hor feminine residents are little behind New York and even Paris in the main essentials of tho "new styles." While on thU phase of the subject It may be remarked that very few of tho fashionable 'pantders In the Easter throngs realize how farretching na?t bn tho preparations for this

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which renders Fifth avenue; New York, memorable on this occasion. So to in most of th smaller cities the church hour is accounted the logical time for fashion's review because there is nothing to call forth the population en masse at any other time in the day unless It be, mayhap, to evening church service when, of course, It is too dark to have fanciful toilettes appear to the best advantage. in BOine of our cities, however, notably in tho national capital, it has come about that in recent years there are in effect two fashion parades on Easter. The llrst is held, as above mentioned, at the conclusion of tho morning church service, but the newer and more popular promenade comes lato in tho afternoon, when well dressed people of all ages traverse the principal residential thoroughfares inspired by a frank Interest In

their fellow-beings and their raiment. The morn-

Cedar Lake. Edwin PloeU, fifty years old, formerly of Chicago and a wealthy hotel keeper here, wa drowned under tho Ice of tho lake when he attempted to save Adam Mozar, a hired man, from drowning in an ice channel. Mozar later was pulled out of the icy waters more dead than alive, after he had hung to an Ice cake for two hours. John Kennedy and John White saved him. Mrs. Ploetz and her son Walter wore standing on the shore of the lake when they saw Ploetz break through the ice. The son ran to the aid of his father, and he, too, fell into the ico channel, but was later rescued by Mrs. Ploetz, who threw a rope to tho drowning men. The son succe-eddd In climbing out of the water with the aid of the rope, but the father snk. His body was recovered. Goshen. After having bean held as a prisoner in tho Elkhart county jail since last December, Joseph Clark of Toledo, Ohio, one of Ave men who blew the Hixon brokerage snfo at Middlebury, was given his liberty and left the community. Clark and William Murray were arrested at Auburn Junction. He made a confession and told the officers where to

find George Gibson, "Michigan Red," leader of the gang. Gibson was caught in Toledo and with Murray is

serving time in Michigan City prison.

Clark was given his liberty in return for his confession.

Columbus. Mrs. Hazel Phlpps, i j

seventeen years oiu, wiuow oi

Frank Phipps, who died suddenly two months ago, was married to her father-in-law, John Phipps, sixty-five years old. Rev. John Stltt performed

the ceremony. This is tho third matrimonial venturo of Phipps.

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Colnmbus. Tho servant question

has become a most perplexing one since it has been assured that a shirt factory is to be operated here,

which will employ 300 girls, and a servant famine is feared. Already

Ing fashion parado lind9 girls have begun "giving notice," and

almost everybody aloot Mt -is belleve.d that gins aro hol oud

if tho weather bo at all going to bo scarce in the city, but pleasant, but in tho that those willing to do kitehon work

"moving plcturo" that is will demand fancy prices for their

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display and how far back, in point of time, have extended the preliminaries for the burst of glory. Milady may not even realize that tho milliners who "did" her hat have been working literally night and day for a fortnight before Easter and that tho delivery boy who distributed the "confections" of lace and ribbons, had precious little sleep on Easter eve. But the trail of preparation goes yet farther back. It extends as far as fascinating Paris, where all the styles originate and where the ammunition for the Easter broadside was a matter of concern to hundreds of designers and seamstresses and bonnet makers and llower workers In the days-when you and 1 were busy with Christmas preparations. There Is usually at least three or four months between the in-

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ception of a costumo idea in Paris and the realization of the "dream" in America and consequently American dressmakers and milliners were paying hundreds of dollars for advance Information regarding the Easter styles and furtive peeps at tho new Easter hats ere the prospective wearers in America had commenced to bother their heads on the subject. The traditional hour for the Easter fashion parade is after the morning church service and this timo continues the accepted interval in most communities. It Is, for Instance, in the interim from twelve to one o'clock that one sees the impressive procession of gorgeouslygowned women and correctly-attired men

r 1 ' The Risen Christ's Easter Message , -

The message of Easter is identical with the truth that each Lord's day proclaims to men the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The central thought of the apostle's ministry was the resurrection of their Lord and Saviour. It has been the dominant theme of every gospel message. The risen Christ's first communication was sent to his discouraged disciples that they might rejoice because ho was risen from thd dead. Does Easter find you discouraged? Have you made a bad investment of your life and labor? Are you disturbed as to tho future? Has death terror for you? Then let us rejoice, for Christ has won a victory for us. Let ua give thanks because he is risen. His resurrection contains tho promise of our endless life, it Is also prophetic of tho Christian's resurrection when Jesus shall come again. The hopes of eternal life should inspire us with a dynamic force by which we can, through the presenco and power of our risen Lord, rise above the difficulties, discouragements and defeats of this present ago. His resurrection has solved our problem, removed sin and burdens that have filled us with despair, and turned our apparent defoata Into ono glorious triumph, Tho gospel of tho rusurrcctlou proclaims a victory of regeneration over degeneration, of construction over deformation, of lifo over death, that Christ hau secured for every creature that will believo on him as their risen Saviour. To tho diaclplo that denied him early on Eastor morn Christ nent a moasage that recalled Peter to his service. Havo you been following Christ afar off? Has your life been marred by ain? Have you denied your Lord? If so, Easter has a mosiago for you. Repent, return to your Lord and then you will rojolc that ho Ib risen and ho will resCoro unto you the Joy of your salvation. The last message that the Masttr save to hi disciples wrb delivered near Öothany, while they wero tili In lht of thi capital city of

Jerusalem. On this Easter morn from Bethany's study overlooking the Capital city of our nation I would call upon all the followers of the Christ to obey him and enter into the Master's work of winning the world for their Lord. As he commanded, so I would urge that you obey hi3 call to evangelize the world with the gospel, enlist disciples for his service and educate all believers to bo obedient to whatsoever our Lord has commanded. The Christian conquests of tho centuries, the marvelous missionary awakening of Christendom preparing to conquer the world for the glory of Christ by the consecration of men and means and by the co-operation of the Christian forces under the leadership of the Holy Spirit is one of the many modern testimonies of the power of the risen Lord that is leading the hosts of God on to complete the triumph of Christ when he revealed on resurrection morn his power over lifo and death. The religion of Jesus contains tho only hope for tho world. His is tho only religion that meets tho needs of all men. Ho is the only founder of a religion that has risen from tho dead and offers everlasting life to all. Lot us consccrato ourselves around his empty tomb this Easter morn to help him save the world by carrying the gospel of his resurrection to all that are lost. Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson.

Man With Only Half a Brain Thcro Is ft man with only half a brain In the convalescent homo of tho Sabbatborg Banltarlum at Stockholm, Sweden. 111 numo Is Blomqulst, and h Is ft young soldier who was hit by h stray bullet at firing practice last summer. The bullet went through the left tempi and passed out again through the right sldo of the skull. It waft a bad case, but the surgeons, finding that no motor centtrs of the brain wero injured, proceeded to oprat although thoy had llttU

o'clock In tho afternoon a considerable proportion of the paraders aro

m5fflMm, rlajres and motor cars

having the preference. Each modo of locomotion has its advantages from

the standpoint of tho Easter paraders. Those afoot have tho best

chance to bo seen, where

as those in motors or

carriages have tho best opportunities to see, and

since the aim and object

of this fashion parade is

that Its devotees may see

and be seen It will be

roii7Pfi thnt it is virtually a standoff between

those who walk and those who ride.

In point of numbers participating, easily tho greatest Easter fashion parade in America is that which takes place on tbls eventful day on

the Boardwalk at Atlantic City. People llock

from all sections of the country to the New Jersey resort. They come, many of them will tell you. because Atlantic City is supposed to have

a mild and equable spring climate, but the real

reason in most instances is a realization that

the "natural study of mankind is man" and

that hero may be found a greater assemblage

of representatives of the human race than at any other Easter mecca on this side of tho At

lantic. There are sometimes as many as 100,000

people in the Easter parade at Atlantic City

and they devote themselves to marching and countermarching on that five-mile elevated

esplanade because there Is little else to do at

Atlantic City at Easter when it is, of course,

too cold for sea bathing.

The Atlantic City parade of fashion starts In

the moraine, though It Is not timed to accord

with church services, for the simple reason

that only a small proportion of the Easter vis

itors to Atlantic City take time to attend di

vine worship on this day of days. Instead they

spend their time on the great wooden highway walking or riding in those odd and lazy

wheelod chairs pushed by porters or propelled

by tricycles. At Atlantic City also there is an

other fashion parado in the afternoon, though

to be strictly accurate we should not say "an

other." In reality it is a continuation of the

same grand march of tho gaudy dressers. How

any of them manage to get lunch is a mystery, for the crowd on tho Boardwalk never suffers

any diminution from mid-morn to dusk, and in

deed this spectacular continuous performance

even goes on after the electric bulbs aro aglow

and Easter nromenadcrs in other cities havo

long since sought tbelr own firesides.

hope of saving the man's life. For two weeks

tho patient was unconscious, his breathing was

feeble and he had to bo artificially fed. Then by doKrees consciousness returned. His speech

and eyesight wero badly affocted, but both Improved gradually. Today, apart from gomewhat dimmed eyesight and general weakness, h 1 well on tho road to recovery, but retains one conspicuous defoct, ho cannot road or write. Ho can distinguish letters, but Is unable to connect them into words. The part of the brain he has lost, it appears, l;i the sense of memory of what ho loaruod In his youth.

Party Fetllng. The Excited Spinster 'Oh, liXhel, wo'rc going to have such a tlmo at the party. The new curate's coming, and no's color blind! Ethel Well, dear, what difference does that make? The Kxclted Spinster Why, he thinks all the hollybrrli art mistletoe. Londita Sketch.

Bloom Ington. John T. Wood-

ward of this city, who has boon

employed by the Illinois Central as special right of way man in acquiring

property for tho extension of the nioomlugfon Southern from this city

to the Monroe county stone belt, eight

miles south, is just homo from Chi

cago, where he has bean consulting

with the officials of the Illinois cen

tral concerning the firthor plans of the company, v

South Bend. Tho weather bu-

reau at fs'otre uaine umvuionj

was opened with L. Armiugton of the

Chicago weather bureau in charge.

This will not be a forecast siaiion.

Predictions will continue to come from Chicago. At the new station measurements will be taken of the maximum and minimum temperatures,

the velocity and direction of the wind, the rainfall and tho barometric condi

tions.

Shelbyville. Capt. Henry M.

Endsley, veteran of tue lYiesicau

and Civil wars and leader In county

politics here for half a century, celebrated his ninetieth birthday anniversary at the home of his daughter, Mrs. T. B. Carey, at Fairland. He was

once a member of the state assembly

and is counted one of the most distinguished citizens of Shelby county,

Newcastle. The district meeting

of Red Men attenoeu Dy more than three hundred braves from this

and surrounding counties was held here, ending with the initiation of a large class of candidates by tho New Lisbon degree team. State officers in attendance were Great Sachem R. S. Harper, Great Senior Sagamore V. G. Emig, Great Junior Sagamore George Sweigart of Hartford City, and Great Prophet Norris of Rushvllle. Columbus. Benjamin Disney, twenty-nine years old, was arrested by Sheriff Miller on a charge of ntealtng a set of harness, the property of Jacob Wagner. When arrested Disney had tho harness In his possession and the sheriff made him put it on and wear It to the county jail. Disney confesoil to the theft.

Jason vllle. At a special election Jasonville decided by a major !ty of 27 votos to incorporate as a city. This Is the fourth time similar action has been taken but heretofore something hud prevented tho carrying out of tho plan. This time, however, It will go through. The first city election will bo held In about ono month.

Rochester. Battling successfully against tho swift current of the Tlppecanoo river, William Hanna of this city made his way to shore, rushed to the homo of a nearby farmer and with his aid effected the rescue of his companion, Charles Bailey, at a time when another moment's delay would havo resulted In tho latter death. Bailey and Hanna, while hunting in a steel boat, were thrown Into fifteen feet of water by the orerturmi of their craft.