HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1924-4-16, Page 6By LESLIE PINCKNEY
HILL
noonThey thread the oily through the
And ghosts from graves that open gates,
Straight up to Joseph's garden hill,
ed wide Where He that loves the children
Skulked out beneath a blood -red moon, welts.
When He that loved the children the
Spring Glladtreee•
The happy spring agate le here,
The beds of • promise. rich appear,
All nature doth with verdure shine,
Our hearts are failed with joy divine;
For Easter bells so sweetly ring
*Rimy ring
The glory of our risen Icing.
Behold the striekeiied watch at dawn,
For,, lo, the Lord of life is gone;
Saw but the place where Jessie lay;
Angels had • rolled, the stone away,
The conqueror, of death's dark night,
We .hail,.
We hail Him as the Prineo aLight,
1
The budding and unfolding bloom
Portrays the rising froth the tomb;
Ceasing the dormant prison bower,
how black nig came
ht down at They throng along the Kedron
The legends say children were first And
To be abroad that Easter Day
When morning out of darkness burst,.
And angels rolled the stone away.
For'ehildren's hearts are quick to feel
Th deadening pall of mortal pain,
y dance, they sing, they climb the
The
e died.trees, •
are first to healThey circle round in ring and file;
When light and comfort come again.For two long days no girl or boy They know they cannot fail to please,
And they had loved the Lord Christ's.
In Galilee or 3o P And win the guetd
And children's hearts.
ley
n hrret'a Jordan
lain on of His smile.
face Could laugh or sing, for hope and joy He lifts His hand: "I bore the pain
And en His knees had laughed and In every little heart was slain. Of death for men by sin defiled;
i But when the earth that third day I rise henceforth to live and reign
cried,Lord of the Kingdom of the Child,"
They vanish, and He stands alone;
And when the women come to weep,
The garden flames with flowers new-
blown—
The children are at home asleep.
And heard Him say the heavenly morn
place Was flooded with such golden light
Is where all child -like souls abide; As never since the world was born
And they had often heard Him tell ll Had come to dazzle human sight,
Strong men by pride and grit Then every child, the legends say,
defied Knew that the time was at an end,
That they could never please Him well' Knew that the stone was rolled away,
Till they were humble as a child. And flew to meet the risen Friend.
And they had heard the tale that And long before the Madgalene
grieves Had reached the empty sepulchre,
All little hearts; how One so dear' 1 Or Peter heard what she had seen,
Was nailed upon the cross with, Or fleet John hastened after her,
thieves, The children had gone forth and
And tortured with a poisoned spear; � found
And how the temple's wondrous veil; The Masteroundin the garden walk,
Was riven by the lightning strokes'
While, earthquake the thesn's waile thunder'And scattered And sen Hisismile,nandoheard Him
ound,
The roke; talk.
broke; halt or lame,
And how there came from northern. No rhhn � puny,
tatters clad,
seas But clothed as if in light they came,
e terrified brigade e unearthlyf gulls, And all were whole, and strong,
on bysome breeze,
Sweptd glad.
To serosa above the place of skulls; and
PLANTING AND CARE OF
HARDY HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS
Endowed with beauty, grace and
power,
Then for the love that crowns our
days
We give,
We give Him' our exalted praise.
Born on the -wings of faith, we see
That we shall in His like ees be,
At home on that immortal shore,
Where Jesus lives to die no more;
The Christ fulfilled his promised word,
We crown,
We crown Himassour living Lo,+'.
"What makes that garden spot so
bright?"
The learned rabbis stroked their
chins;
They knew not yet the love is light,
That knowledge fails where love
begins.
But somehow still on Easter morn
The world is beautiful again,
And in each child -like heart is bort'
Some yearning of good will to
men—
Some haunting sense, some happy
dream
Of singing birds, of daffodils,
Of olive branches, or the gleam
Of dew -shine on the Syrian hills.
Spring Flowers.
Of all the flowers that bloomed at
Easter time,
And brought their message from
earth's dusky sod;
To me, frail pendants in a stranger's
hand,
Flashed Resurrection's eight—re-
vealing God!
"Thedog-tooth violet," I smiled. She
said "Is that its name" passed
on, while I, for hours,
Was left with haunting memories of
spring woods,
Where, with a saint, I knelt among
the flowers.
—Rosamund Hovy.
lie
The crack was a narrow gate -that
opened into an archway of rock. Bob-
by Burns and Rose entered curiously.
"If it isn't a little eaveb" said Rose in
delight. "A cosy one we could keep
house in. What's this'?"
In one corner she spied. a sort of
nest made of alfalfa, and 'Bobby was
sniffing at the contents.. Rose was
down beside him in a moment to ex-
amine the treasures in the nest. There
were four beautiful Fatter eggs,—
pink and blue and yellow and •laver-
der,—and every one was marked with
an "R." -
"Oh," said Rose, "wasn't it dear
of auntie to climb up here to hide my
surprise? How did she .guess that
t
By W. T. Mucoun, Domii.>t m Horticulturist for the Ontario Horticulture
Association.
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No flower garden is complete with- careful consideration by those who
out perennials. Even though the plot aeriale they havetoremay tact Inelarge.
of ground be small, some of the space'
borders the beet effect? anobtained
shouldshould be devoted to this useful and` by massing several plants
f one
varied class of plants. Few flowers' color, or several varieties f one ape -
require as little care as hardy herb -1 cies, and also arranging
aceous perennials if given the proper tinuity of bloom, but in smaller bord-
to to t with. ars and where the number of plants
A Children's Party.
"Will you please plan a simple
Easter, party for children?", asks a
busy mother. •
Yes indeed! Write the invitations
on Easter cards and seal, The envel-
opes with•bunny seals. Decorate the
table with Easter favors,,and make
a nest of white crepe paper (cut in
narrow strips) for the centrepiece.
Fill the nest with Easter eggs (one
for each; child) and .have a downy
yellow chick emerging from an egg-
shell on top. For the favors, make
little erepe-paper baskets and fill with
candy eggs. Have the older children
play "b°lind feeding the blind." Spread
a sheet on the floor, and having blind-
folded two players, seat them on the
floor, facing each other. Give food, Children always like to play "march- and struggle upward, if we
such as',ground pop -corn or puffed ing to Jerusalem, "blind man's buff,"; life
el i faith—and
t —andh. work—every Easter
rice. and let each attempt to feed the and "follow the leader."
Making wash day pleasant
,THE hardest part of wash -day,
1 rubbing, rubbing, rubbing, has
Just use Rinso where given . way to the new method of
you used to use bar soaking the clothes clean with Rinso.
,
sap—for soaking, This wonderful new soap gently
boiling. or in your loosens the dirt and a thorough
mashing machine. rinsing leaves things white and
glistening as you never could get
them before. -
Only spots where the dirt is ground -
in, such as neck bands, cuff edges,
and the like need a light rubbing,
and a little dry Rinso rubbed on
these spots quickly makes the dirt
disappear, -
Rinso is sold by all grocers
and department stores
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A DAY 4r HOPE
Raster Days bring a benefit apart
from specific religious belief concdrn-
ing its eignifleapee, To have a', least
one day in the year devoted to hope,
the highest and most daring hope, is
greatly worth while, To encourage
the faith that life will eventually
swallow up death le needed 'with per•
:sees a special urgency for our thee,
Ecclesiastes, the ancient pr'eaeher,
declared that there is nothing new
under the sun. It is at least true that.
his. frequently despondent though re-
signed philosophy is restated with
conviction all too often to -day:
'One generation passeth away, and
another generation cometh,
'"The sun also aeiseth and the sun
goeth down, and hasteth toehts place
where he arose. :
"The wind goetli toward the.sopth,
andturneth about unto the north: it
whirletb about continually. -
"All the rivers run into the see, lyce
the sea is not full; unto the p
from whence the rivers come,' thither
they return again, All things are full
of ;labor; man cannot utter. it." ..
Weary and incessant cycles of
change, both in outward• nature and
inward experience, generations ap-
pearing and departing like leaves -of
a mighty forest—this plaint of the
futility of existence is heard with.
slight change, as a too frequent mod-
ern comment upon life,
But Easter proelaims the pitiless
iron circle broken at last. Grief and
darkness not always to revolve with
crushing authority upon joy and
light. One Life untenable by the
power of death, potentially shattering
that tyranny over all other. lives.
Trust .reviving through a positive
achievement of personal survival of
death. For those implicitly and with
affection of heart committing spirit-
ual welfare to the keeping of the vic-
torious arid mystically inclusive Life,
assurance of their own immortality.
It is' indeed a most daring hope,
To be envied, those wile cherish it.
Easter is the sun smitten mountain
peak of -human faith, . in a world
where so many valleys are still wrap-
ped in night '
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other. Shouts of laughter- follow their Now is Christ risen from the dead
futile efforts to feed: and be fed, and become -the first fruits of them
A Japanese game called "ribbon's that 'slept._
end'' is played by the children, who Easter- Day reminds us that death
are graded in size,. and who line up
with hands on each other's shoulders, is not the end—for in the miracle of
the smallestone at the end. One child the Resurrection, Life has triumphed
is chosen as catcher, and she makes over Death!
an effort to catch the end of the "rib- - -
•
bon," while the whole line of players If, like the budding trees and open -
twists and turns to prevent her. ing flowers of Spring, we look upwards d
condition s i
The soil should be a good loam is limited, itis often not thought pos- we'd come explorring. sand
which will not bake, and well -drained.' sible to get this, and sometimes one She ickeh upthe four egg
When planted, most perennials should' part of the border will be without Then she carcarefully
b into
cheher
pocket.
llee left undisturbed for a long time, bloom.
hence the soil should be -well prepared, During the growing season the sura At the chicken -yard gate she found
In=the beginning by trenching and• face soil should be kept loose and free Aunt. Sara, who looked anxious.
digging under a liberal supply of from weeds, and, in the summer, the When Rose showed her the eggs and
well -rotted stable manure. Most per -taller growing plants will need stak thanked her, Aunt Sara was plainly
ennittls thrive best in full sunlight, ing, as fine specimens are liable tobe puzzled. "But you haven't found my
and, where possible, they should bel broken by storms if this is neglected. surprise! she said. "I have no idea
planted where they will get the most When the plants have ceased bloom- who hid those in the cave."
Favored conditions. A southern' ing the old stalks should be cut off else heggs! Shall I taken I Walked off tem back?"
near the ground.
Just before permanent frost sets asked Rose.
in, the border or bed should be given It was decided that after dinner she
a dressing of about four inches of should return the eggs to the cave.
straw manure or leaves. This will Meanwhile she and Bobby explored
form a good'muleh for the protection the corral, and in a warm corner of a
of the plants in winter and at the shed she found a covered basket, . In -
same time enrichthe soil. The mulch side were a dozen cheeping downy
ought not to be removed too soon in yellow chicks, her Easter surprise.
the spring, as often most of the dam- When Rose again climbed the hill
age done to perennials is done at the she thought she heard voices, and,
season of the year when so much walking softly round the big rock,
thawing and freezing takes place. she nearly stumbled over a boy and
After raking off the coarse material a girl at the mouth of the cave.
in the spring, the shorter manure may "Are you Paul?" asked Rose.
be dug in to enrich the soil. The boy nodded and then his eyes
fell on the basket. "Did you get
them?" he asked,
lovely time with the friendly pets, and
aspect is the most suitable, an
where there is protection from the
gold winds the plants do beat. `
planting may he done eithern
spring or autumn, but spring plant-
ing is hest for most kinds of peren-
nials.
In malting and planting a border it
is most important to plant those kinds
which will give a continuity of bloom
from early in the spring until late in
the autumn, and to arrange them so
that they will be most effective. The
dates of blooming, heights of the
plants and colors of the flowers are
matters which should be" given very
THE LORCAVED EE OF GTarn CO
BY DAISY D. STEPHENSON
Rose explained, "1'm so sorry. I
although auntie cooked all the good thought that Aunt Sara had hidden
things that children like to eat, Rose them for me when 1 saw the initial."
secretly longed for a playmate. The little girl laughed. "lie hid
"There is a little boy aver that them forme. I'm his cousin Ruth and
steep rocky hill," Aunt Sara told her I came for Easter." But she insisted
rt
.one day. "I've seen him only once, that Rose share the pretty eggs with
Itis father pee to work in the woods, her.
When Rose came „to grandfather's and Paul goos with him most of the "Come home with me," Rose invited
just before Easter she felt lonesome.' tinier"
"Then he can't play with nuke'sigh-
ed Rose to herself.
But sho -forgot her dieappointnteilt
when her aunt said that there' was an
Exeter serpriso hidden somewhere
Her mother was traveling miles away
and would not be borne for a month;
but she began to feel happier when
slie renieinbered the six little Crane
lehlldren who lived in the pine cabin
,n grandfather's place. Site had outdoors and that she must keep her other," said Ruth, "for now, we can
ptsyed with them on her last visit, eyes open for it when she had gather- play together."
Lint before she and grandfather had cd the eggs. • "Yes, in the Cave of the Colored
driven half of the way home she "She dfda.'1 give me a hint, so 1 Eggs," laughed Rose,—Youthet Conn
Seamed that the 1 'noes had moved j'j dope know when l'm hot and when panion,
arvav I I'm cold'' laughed Rose, as she dam -
And he saith unto .hent; -'Be not
affrighted; yo seek .Jesus of Nazar-
eth -which was crucified; Ile is risen;
her. •
Half an •hour later the children
were playing with the pets while
Aunt Sara prepared a real Easter
tea party with candy rabbits.
"Isn't it fine that we found each
"Pie sorry. Rosebud," grandfather ed away in the early spring sunshine.
said kindly, "but thele i$n't a young- She patted Bobby Burns, who was
vter within three miles. Can't you
se along with leakiest the 'sets
ealipy?'there are :mine new kittens,
f at :red calf, a brown roll and Bobby
se:Puree. /71)11 i• Aunt :fare and i will do
mus best to make things lively,"
Robby Burps was the beautify] collie
Gtli It was frisking ahead of the car -
?=tinge.
"001' that's all right !" Rove assured
kiln elieerfully.
Bel, :although she rosily had a
going to help her hunt the surprise,
and enjoyed picking the fuzzy laven-
der He is not here; behold the plake where
hepaticas that peeked ❑p in spit they laid Ilia.
of • the snow, •
"Let's 'pretend we're seeking a new
country," she said to Bobby. "Oh,
but this ee a big hill! 1 never'saw sm
many rocks my life." Rose stopped
to look ac the farm buildings spread
out. below. "Why," she cried sudden-
ly, "there's e',. a his rrahk in teat rock I
Let's look in!"
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The Spring Festival
In Switzerland and. Austria, as well
as the entire Continental Europe, the
Easter holiday is kept with' every
ceremony of ancient times.- The pea-
sants, plain, simple country folk, en-
joy this=spring holiday and honor the
season, accordingly. The Tyrolese
have always been famous for their
bands of singers, who traverse the
valleys, singing the beautiful Easter
hymns, making their own music upon
many ancient guitars, calling
te
folks to the doors, where entire fam-
ilies, grouped nbout, join in choruses,
and 'they too rejoice with gladness
upon this anniversary.
Naturally the question of food and
refreshments for the singers and their
friends, as well as the communities at
large, has played a prominent part in
the housewifely lore of the times, and
it le hero we find that the housewife
'offers to her guests eggs prepared by
boiling in the shells and dyed in many
gay colorings. - It has been told that the gayly col-
ored eggs were usually prepared for
the children who accompanied the
singers as aides, carrying the person- -
al belongings of the singers. The good
housewife had the eggs prepared'
early against their need, and the
children with gayly colored baskets
called at each door for their share of
the eggs. The singers were also in-
vited in for refreshments and hand-
somely regaled for their Easter car-
ols, dancing the old folk dances,' and
merriment reigned supreme, and with
the falling of the shades of night,
away home went the weary singers
with happy hearts.
The Pasch° or Pascal eggs have
formed a part of the Easter celebra-
tion from time immemorial, and so
closely have traditions been handed
down, both by word of mouth and in
literature, that we, too, feel that the
egg is necessary for the true cele-
bration of this great holiday.
The German and French quickly
adapted this idea into their cooking,
and eggs are made from cake mix-
tures, also from sugar so shaped that
they resemble the egg and aro coated
with various colored icings as well es'
covered with chocolate.
The Bidden cakes are also a part of
the Easter festival in many parts of
Europe, and particularly In Kent,
England. In the parish of Biddenden
there is an endowments so old that all
trace of its history has been lost, for
malting a distribution of cakes among
the veil, poor on Easter Sunday. H-
is from old traditions like this that
the calces, candies and certain special
egg dishes have become a part of our
Easter traditions. '
Our brothers ,over the sea have ever
been tuneful aid have commemorated
many of tho holidays in vete, song
and doggerel; here la one th rt le sung
among the English folks: ,
"Sugar, rake or wino,
Or for a taneey_let us pay,
Tho loss be thine or mine,
If my dear the winner be, .
A daliring ID the great hall
The wager•thou shalt have, and me
And my misfortunes all,"
This ie the season of many engage-
ments and weddings; and teeny for-
feits between the , lads And leseie:
ending with an Eas er iravrisge,