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* .22 s W| THE TIMES fir VOL. LXV1. HO. 16. PART II UNION. 8. C., FRIDAY, APMIL 31, 1{>1? . ' y lO Its ^1 (lit V VPAll /St?Ff\ ThePotof Tufips flflvissa Mackip Copyright. 1916, by American Press As sociatlon. IUCY SIMMS looked across tin way where the new franu ^ house stood bare and glaring In its white paint. "Not a spear of grass, and then won't be until June." she said, with t bitter edge to her tone. "My house is old. but, thank the Lord. I've got goot green turf and a few flowers!" Mrs. Jones glanced sharply at hei ' sister. "Now. Lucy," she remonstrated "don't you go to sneering about Len Harlow's new house. You was en gaged to Iiem Harlow for three years and if you was fool enough to let youi best friend. Augelinc Pepper, step it and get him away from you it's fool ish to hold a grudge over it" "Do yftu think I'm holdings grudge?' asked Lucy in a tense tone. "I don't know what else you cat call it you and Angellne never speak ing all these years, and now Lem's come to Coldspring poor and built this new house you're acting terrible queei -over the matter. What happened twenty years ago ought to be over and done with." "So it is," said Lucy quietly. She saw the stout form of Angeline Harlow with her daughter Hester toil l Tunnnnrr m a ?>.> . ua. M.W u U1U A rvi OF TULIPS." ing up the Incline to the new house. Angeilne looked careworn. Youug Hester Harlow wus slender and supple and glowing with a certain rich dark beauty that bad been her mother's endowment. A pang struck Lucy to the heart If she had married Lena Harlow, thus she might have walked with a young daughter instead of spending her years in loneliness. Mrs. Jones snid: "Mrs. Weed says that Angelina brought the girl there to buy her a hat; but. laud, there didn't seem to He anything they could afford, so they went out without spending a penny. She said Hester looked fit to cry. Lem llarlow's turned out good for nothlug, Lucy. I hear he drinks, too." "Let me see, Ada, next Sunday's Easter, ain't it?" usked Lucy calmly. "Yes. And that reminds me. Mr. rinckney's depending on you for some tlowers to help decorate the church for the Easter service." "I've been expecting he'd ask foi some," suid Lucy, with a satisfied glance at the flower stand in the bow window. "Have you seen that pot oi white tulips? I planted twelve bulbs in that pot, and by next Suuday they will look like a muss of snow!" ?* The next morning young Jimmy Jonw came whistling down the road Lucy frowned. Life was certainly com plex! Here was nephew Jimmy, twen ty-two and working for advancement Ih tbe local bank?here was Jimmy going out of his way so as to pass Hester Harlow's house! "<;ood morning. Aunt Lucy," Jimmy ] called, his dark eyes dancing. "Good morning. Jimmy! What are you doing way over here?" Lucy could J not help asking this question. Jimmy reddened. "Oh. I get tired of going to work the same old way," he muttered. "Besides. I thought you might give me a flower for my buttonhole." he ended, audaciously. Lucy could not help smiling. "Come along and help yourself," she invit-1 ed. "There ain't much blooming yet. Thefo's some violets in the corner"? "Here are some punsies?say. these are beauties!" sighed Jimmy, bending over the little clump of gay faces. "They're all I have so far. Take 'em. boy." said Aunt Lucy recklessly. Jitumy vanished down the stns>t. still whistling. Once or twice he looked back, but Lucy saw that his glance was directed to t'.ie Harlows. "Harlows seem to get everything." muttered Lucy as she thought that Angeline's daughter would steal away the heart of Jimmy. And Jimmy hud denuded her garden of its only bloom\ ing plants?the violets and pansies. * Last night her slstor had told her ' that Angeliite Ilarlow had refused to Join the Ladies' Aid society because t Lucy was its president and was known ^ to be unfriendly toward the newcomer. I "She will have a dull time if she don't belong to the aid society." Ada had remarked as she bustled away. At the time Lucy had felt a faint thrill of triumph to think that her false friend was now suffering. Now 1 she felt uneasy as she completed her j simple tasks and sat down to sew. j Soon her carefully planned garden r would be a beautiful fragrant place. ^ 1 admired by every one. It was Lucy's privilege to supply t , flowers for the church every Sunday [ throughout tho ooor ? ? ? t ( Sbc bad Reen Angollne Harlow and Hester digging a garden In the hope( less sandy lot surrounding the bouse, j Lucy guessed that there was no money , . to buy seeds to plant or shrubs or [ I rosebushes or vines? I "She's got everything else. My flow- j era are all I've got." Lucy reminded c herself. And at that very instant flew t into her thoughts the memory of last ^ ' Sunday's sermon. It had been about 8 ^ _tbe woman who had taken all that she g had?the box of precious ointment?find e poured It over the Saviour's feet. / t And with the thought Lucy Simms flung aside her sewing, and, catchipg j up the pot of white tulips, she rushed to the Harlow place. Wheii ?be kn9ck- J ed at the back door it was young Ilea- ( ter who opened It. The girl looked as t though she had been crying. She t stared at Lucy and the pot of tulips. t "I am your neighbor, Lucy Simms." ^ said Lucy faintly. c "Come in and sit down. . Motherl" ^ she called us she ushered Lucy Into a ^ neat but bare sitting room. t Angeline Harlow came out of the kitchen. She was very stout, and Just now she was worn and anxious looklug. She glanced in a hostile manner j at Lucy and the pot of tulips. "Good morning." she said coldly. Lucy said softly: "I brought you some flowers. I thought maybe you'd like a pot of tulips. You haven't had time to grow v any flowers yet." ^ Angeline Harlow sat down and put c j her apron to her eyes. She sobbed i I violently, while Hester, with a lovely j smile at Lucy, went ami put her arin v around Augeline's neck, pillowing the v weary head on her young/bosom. j, "Poor mother's so tired. I guess I've j been worrying her about clothes. You ^ see, we put everything into the house. ]< and there isn't anything left. 1 know c it, mother, but she won't repeat what c I've said. She's kind and friendly or , she would never have brought us her beautiful white tulips. I heard that e you were growing them for Easter d Sunday lu the church." c "I guess I was growing 'em for t where they'd do the most good." said Lucy thoughtfully. "And now, Hester, do you go over to my house ami bring over the pot of variegated tulips ^nd the Lady Washington geranium." Lucy and Angeline talked and talked. and when they had concluded all bitterness had been washed away in a tears and a new understanding of each p other and what life and its lessons ? mean for each one of us. Angeline had consented that Lucy give Hester " the soft blue voile she had bought in 11 the city for her own summer gown. e and they schemed how they would * make it together. And when Lucy went she^ralled hack " over her shoulder: "Remember, Saturday is Jimmy's afternoon of!'. I'll get ' him to help set out some shrubs and v vines, and there's no end of hardy I' plants I can Just as well divide with n you. Jimmy will do all the hard work , ?he's big and strong!" Her eyes met 8 I Hester's shining ones, and Lucy felt ^ strangely thrilled. Just as If she was r , bathed in the reflected glow of Jimmy c ( and Hester's young love. And who ^ shall say that she was not? fi h The Difference. h Mart has fashioned the world. Re 0 . has tunneled Its peaks, bridged Its 0 , chasms, drained Its floods, laid cables f( across Its oceans, cut its isthmuses. g I farmed Its deserts and set up Its elv- tl , lllxatlons. He fashions. Woman fol- tj lows the fashions?that Is the differ- p , ence,?Life. \ EASTER FLOWERS' E " ' ' * I hi io blossoms from our gardens, if w4 J () iavc gardens, can be relied 60 . A uake the Easter table beautiful. Dep'i \ ic content with (lowers only v linuer table. Have them at braMphMi Qi 0 begin tbe day with. A tultpatafcCbgl A date gives ;i festive appearance to ^ One of tbe pretty place cardjgttHBjM t Saster dinner makes use of JZ vtllow. Draw the outline < lead on a small card and _ itissy willow In position for >ody. Then draw a tall and j ind you have an amusing W >lts can be made in the J vith tbe pussies from nUuwich oflBHSr fo y willows for the bodljffc BomjUpM Aj 1 big pussy can be psof for tbe?H|,t < ind a smaller one for the lieftBs^Hf he pussy cat or rabbit is the ariHHjfcTg ind yellow flowers in the center of able. At each place have a small >asket full of candy eggs. Attach ribions for traces to the basket, and in * he traces put a tiny toy white rabbit or a horse. Perch a fluffy yellow ?a hick on tbe edge of the basket for a 1 Irlver. Have all tie baskets facing in be same direction, and the effect will ^ ?e quite attractive. J tt k K O Pretty cards show little chickens or ] abbits drawn In outline and then tilled Y? 11 with Ink In tbe manner of silhou- j ttes. These are drawn very easy to uake and are quite effective. ^ * r ? ( At dinner u long stemmed duffodil vith tbe place card tied to tbe stem sm vith a bit of narrow pale green or ^ ellow ribbon is quite effective. The j euterpicce can be formed of daffodils. f there is no objection to a high cenOrillbPn f ItO /laffrt/lllft 1? ?1 * w.t..vw uuuwuiis uu ue fjiacuu vith plenty of green In a rather tall ase, or else they can be propped up J n a low, flat dlsli by means of the Ch apancxe bulb standards that can be 0* ought at any Japanese shop. If a { jw centerpiece Is desired, the stems aa be broken off and the daffodils an be banked in a bed of moss. It K It Yellow, green and white seem pre- 8 mluently the Kaster colors for table yel ecoratlon. but any other pale color tac an be used. Sometimes faintly pink vet ulips can be used with good results. pla lad BURNING OF JUDAS. > Ancient Easter Custom Observed Near Constantinople and In Bavaria. Judas puppets are burned every year J* 1 t Kaster by the Greeks living in the ittle suburbs and towns surrounding a 8 Constantinople?or were so burned be- 8* ore the outbreak of the great war? s well as in certain villages in the ?n ilghlands of Ravarla. The custom was ?' ven practiced during the first half of ng he last century In the Herman city of a^' Cologne, where there are many Cafho- *ori Ics. '?? Evidently this custom was brought rom Cyprus, the copper Island, in the vake of the export trade of pig cop- ^ er. copper Ingots and copper imple- ^ c lents along the great commercial lgbways and water communications. uch as the Danube, the Elbe, the Mol- co? ava. Pruth. Dnieper and Dniester. tle caching by this Intercourse various ountrles of middle and north Europe. Ine 'or the human sacrifices practiced durig the age of heathendom In Cyprus oreigners were especially selected, as anded down to us by ancient writers, prh Perhaps some tradition may have "1 een kept nnd may count as well for edl; ne of the reasons why the Christians tra< f Cyprus introduced Into their Kaaier *Ka k 1 *?- - ?- ? c^ivivaiti Inc iiuiuiug ox lUB JUGA8 WD* y. often dressed as a foreigner, a M abit which the extremely conserra- bis e Cypriotes preserve down to the wei resent day. Rlc S / M mk visaing tou 0 happy Bastcrl | Song I r 801^6 of sunshine through the ralm )f spring across the snow, balm to heal the hearts of pain, I peace surpassing woe. r%fip your heads, ye sorrowing ones, ind be ye glad of heart r Calvary and Caster day, ir&fs saddest day and gladdest day, Here fust one day apart I [VlCn shudder of despair and loss 4 Che world's deep heart was hen rochs were rent and ghds/ff* '\fc-ms 5tol? forth in street and mart it Calvary and Caster day, trth's blackest day and whitest day, Cflere Just one day apart 1 JO hint or whisper stirred the air Co tell what Joy should be. it sad disciple grieving there ^or help nor hope could see. t all the while the glad, near sun ^lade ready its swift dart, id Calvary and Caster day, le darheat day and brightest day, Here Just one day apart I when the strife of tongues is J loud Jnd the heart of hope beats low, ien the prophets prophesy of ill Jnd the mourners come and go, this sure thought let us abide Ind keep and stay our heart? lat Calvary and Caster day, rth's heaviest day and happiest day. Here but one day apart I ?Susan Cooltdge. Easter Dessert. boulii your dessert be an Ice choose low (orange) or green (mint or pishe). The mint Ice is delicious and 7 pretty. Serve one jonquil on the te beside its cool green color for the ies and a tlnv boutonnlere of violets the gentlemen The Smile. ye tulk of a smile of defiance. There eally 110 such thing. Such a so callsmile Is nothing more nor less than narl, a survival of the way oilr sav) ancestors had of showing their th in order to strike fear Into the irts of their enemies. The real smile pleasure begins with slightly openthe mouth, and Is. or course, trucee to the joy of those same savage efathcrs of ours at the prospect of d. Coffe? In Java. t Is said thut nowhere la the world offee, the drink, worse than in Java, ere coffee, the bean, Is supposed to at Its very best. Javauese distill fee essence of extreme strength. hotIt and pour a few drops into a cup hot wnter when they wish refreskut.?Argonaut. Th? Other Way. Then you don't want to leave footits upon the sands of time?" Mix," answered the politician guardjr. "All 1 want is to cover up mj jks."?Louisville Courier-Journal. Tha Family Jar. Irs. Adipose?A man always wants way. Hubby?So would yon If yon n't afraid to get on tbe scales.? bmond Times-Dispatch. Garden of Getheeman /jmmuE site of the garden of Getl seinnne. on the western sh>| of Olivet, has been recently ii closed?there is nbont a illircl of a acre?and is maintained by the Krai ciscnus. Eight olive trees of very grei age are among the Interesting feature of the garden, and it is thought, wit some probability, that they may ha* sprung from the roots of those wliic were there in the name of our Lord. Three special sites are shown t travelers?the one known as thet'hupi of the Agony, in a cave, and revere by tha y pilgrims, the place wlioi tiie til Jlsciplex slept and the sp< j where! ias gave the kiss of imirm-i The last two are not mentioned by tli early chroniclers am! have possiltl been added at a nnieb later date. In an uge 'ijien few could read an write and \^n there were no eoi venient guidebooks sites and objeel were pointed out quite innocently a memorials of the details in the stor which pilgrims were following. I must be remembered that vast nun bers of pilgrims today?especially Km sians?cannot read and expect to sc marked the exact spots of the gospt incidents. When a simple minded pea? ant has traveled hundreds of miles t see the holy places and is shown th scene of the denial of St. Peter he wi undoubtedly expect to be told wher the cock crew. Eaater Lilies on the Dinner Board. Select a potted Easter lily that Is no too tall and has three or four bloom for tlie center of the table, covering th pot with crinkled green paper. By pul iug the upper edge a rufllod effect ca be produced. Around this group fou potted daffodils or four small glas vases of cut daffodils. Between thes vases place tall glass or brass candle sticks with very tall white wax can dies, unshaded. The lily should b highest, lighted candles next and yel low daffodils still lower. The effect 1 simple, springlike and charming. At each place have a tiny basket fo salted nuts made of yellow and greet crape (taper to resemble a daffodil These are easily made, the green petal around the yellow cup being made t lie on the table, furnishing a place t< print the name. - * I L . .v Old ctrofrfr on Easter In 1045 parliament forbade this bj law, providing that the money spent for cakes should in future be used tc buy bread for the poor. At Easter let your clothes be new Or else be suro you will It rue. The boys in the north of England will tell you that if you do not put 01 something new on Easter day somt misfortune will befall you. Underneath most^aster customs and carols lies the symbol of Christ's resur reetion. Eggs at Easter. The use of eggs at this season is undoubtedly symbolical of the revivification of nature, the rebirth of life in spring. From the Christian point ot view this feast of eggs has usually been considered emblematic of the resurrection and of a future life. But the custom is not confined solely tc Christians, as Jews use eggs in the feast of the Passover, and we are told that the Persians, when they keep the festival of the solar new year in March, present colored eggs to one another. What We See In Easter. We see in Easter not merely a memorial of a long gone pnst, but a witness to the truth that the grave is al ways empry, mat tlte living are never to be sought among the deail and that a divine presence ever walks the earth, the companion now. as then, ot those whose eager questioning needs answer and whose earnest but perhaps almost despairing hope needs inspiration which only He can give, say* the Rev. I)r. Lyman Abbott. Pat'* Retort. An English tourist was being taker through the country by an Irish jar vcy. They were traveling along the road when an ass put its head over the fence and began to bray with all its power. "Well. Pat." said the Englishman, "is that the 'Weurin' of the Green?' " "Arrah. no. yer honor." said Pat; "that's 'Johnny. I hardly knew you.'" ?Chicago Ilerald. Glaciers Are Brittle. An authority on the subject says thai the substance of a glacier is brittle tknnnl. orvll.l - .1 - " iuvu^u ouiiu, <iiKi 11utl us uesceni uowi: a valley is caused by its constant frac ture produced by gravitation and tbc sliding forward of the whole mass, the surfaces of the fractures speedily re uniting by regulation. Ornamented. Old Mrs. Blunderby was telling her caller about a play she had been to the evening before. One of the characters was an Englishman of the "silly awss" type. "He did look so awfully ridiculous with that monologue in his eye." chuckled the old lady.?Boston Transcript. : LTIkC? I f Easter m?f 1 By MINNA IRVING is y Copyright, 1916, by American Proas Asl? sncintion. ' l | N Bastcr angel o'er the e world IMs wings of glory spread. ? "Ctlbat Bastcr gift shall I ? bestow 't! On mortals now?" he said. "No blossoms in the gardens grow; ,t Che fields are brown and s bare. ,e Mahe me a flower for Baster n day. ? O powers of earth and air!" ^"'RBN Nature tooh a little e bulb. H dry and withered thing. 9 Hnd from It caused a slender r stem * Hnd clustered leaves to 9 spring 0 She made a blossom llhe a 3 star I Hnd filled its heart of gold 1 ^he fragrance of the DG9CGNDING In the sll- * ver dawn. Che Gaster angel sought i H fitting sbrtne whereon to I place Che flower divinely wrought. | fie found a child at morning prayer ttllthln her chamber stilly. Hnd In her sinless baby arm9 fie laid the Gaster Illy An Easter Story. It is said that an iutidel princess on her deathbed ordered thut her grave be covered with a great granite slab ' and that around it should be placed great solid blocks of stone and the whole be fastened together with clumps ( of iron. She also directed that on the stone should be cut these words: "This burial place, purchased to all eternity. uiuai ucvi-i ut* opencu. Alius sue meant publicly to proclaim that bet* grave would never be opened?never. It happened that a little seed was buried with the princess, a tiny acorn. It sprouted under the covering. Its tiny shoot, soft and pliable at first, found its way through the crevice between two of the slabs. And there it grew slowly but surely, and there It gathered strength until it burst the Iron clamps usunder and lifted the immense blocks and turned the whole structure into an irregular mass of upheaved rocks. Up and up through this mass of disordered stones grew Lhe | giant oak which hud thus broken the bars of the sepulcber. That oak grows , there today a veritable tree of life.? Rev. Dr. David Gregg. ** m I , Russian-American Calendars. The Russian calendar is thirteen days behind the calendars of other Chris' tlan countries, and unless this fact is familiar to correspondents in the United States considerable confusion arises over the dates of letters, telegrams. ^ etc. Usually in Russian business correspondence both dates are used, the J Russian date having after it the letters O. S.. meaning old style, and the date of foreleu countries V s mmini?i? ' now stylo. For instance, the Russian ' Christmas occurs on Jan. 7 N. S. and the Russian New Year's day on Jan. 14 N. S.?Commerce Reports. Houaokesper's Reason. "What is your chief objection to moving pictures?" "The dust that lias accumulated be- ' hind them."?Birmingham Age Herald It is easier to ascend to the ctoudy heaven without a ladder than to depend entirely on self.?Jape?o.