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a legend of the easter children one flour for ajj baking by leslie pinckney hill the legends say children were first to be abroad that easter day when morning out of darkness burst and angels rolled the stone away for childrens hearts are quick to feel the deadening pall of mortal pain and childrens hearts are first to heal when light and comfort come again and they had loved the lord christs face i and on his knees had laughed and cried and heard him say the heavenly place is where all childlike souls abide and they had often heard him tell strong men by pride and greed defiled that they could never please him well till they were humble as a child and they had heard the tale that grieves all little hearts how one so dear was nailed upon the cross with thieves and tortured with a poisoned spear and how the temples wondrous veil was riven by the lightning stroke while mingled with the womens wail the earthquake and the thunder broke and how there came from northern seas aterrified brigade of gulls swept on by some unearthly breeze to screamabove the place of skulls and how black night came down at noon and ghosts from graves that open ed wide skulked out beneath a bloodred moon when he that loved the children died for two long days no girl or boy in galilee or jordan plain could laugh or sing for hope and joy in every little heart was slain but when the earth that third day morn was flooded with such golden light as never since the world was born had come to dazzle human sight thenevery child the legends say knew that the time was at an end knew that the stone was rolled away and flew to meet the risen friend and long before the madgalene had reached the empty sepulchre or peter heard what she had seen or fleet john hastened after her the children had gone forth and found the master in the garden walk and scattered lilies on the ground and seen his smile and heard hiia talk i no child was puny halt or lame or hungry or in tatters clad but clothed as if in light they came and all were whole and strong and glad they throng along the kedron rill they thread the city through the gates straight up to josephs garden hill where he that loves the children waits they dance they sing they climb the trees they circle round in ring and file they know they cannot fail to pjease and win the guerdon of his smile he lifts his hand i bore the pain of death for men by sin defiled i rise henceforth to live and reign 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 what makes that garden spot so bright the learned rabbis stroked their chins theyknew not yet the love is light that knowledge fails where love begins but somehow still on easter morn the world is beautiful again bake what you will bread pies or cakes you will get satisfactory results every time if you use quaker flour quaker flour is always of uniform quality it is milled to a high standard and tested hourly to maintain that standard it is made entirely from the finest hard western wheat by actual daily tests in our own bake shop quaker flour is proven the best for all baking purposes r tnequstteroalsgmfaw 13 our always the sameafoags the best it is easy to bake homemade bread the quaker way write for our tested recipes they will be mailed to you without charge a product of the quaker mills peterborough and saskatoon 233 stiver bros stouffville distributors w s lapp uxbridge 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 proclaims 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 and in each childlike heart is born j affection of heart committing spirit- some yearning of good will to ual welfare to the keeping of the vie- men- seme haunting- sense some happy dream of singing birds of daffodils of olive branches or the gleam of dewshine on the syrian hills the cave of the colored eggs by daisy d stephenson when rose camevrto grandfathers justtjefore easter she felt lonesome her mother was traveling miles away and would not be home for a month but she began to feel happier when she remembered the six little crane children who lived in the pine cabin on grandfathers place she had played with them on her last visit but before she and grandfather had driven half of the way home she learned that the cranes had moved away im sorry rosebud grandfather said kindly but there isnt a young ster within three miles cant you get along with making the pets gjg der and every one was marked with an r oh said rose wasnt it dear of auntie to climb up here to hide my surprise how did she guess that wed come exploring she picked up the four eggs and put them carefully into her pocket then she started down the hill at the chickenyard gate she found aunt sara who looked anxious when rose showed her the eggs and thanked her aunt sara was plainly puzzled but youhavent found my surprise she said i have no idea who hid those in the cave then i walked off with somebody elses eggs shall i take them back asked rose it was decided that after dinner she should return the eggs to the cave meanwhile she and bobby explored the corral andin a warm corner of a shed she found a covered basket in- 6- a day of hope happy there are some new kittens a red calf a brown colt and bobby burns your aunt sara and i will do our best to make things lively bobby burns was the beautiful collie that was frisking ahead of tho car riage oh thats all right rose assured him cheerfully but although she really had a lovely time with the friendly pets and although auntie cooked all the good things that children like to eat rose secretly longed for a playmate there is a little boy over that steep rocky hill aunt sara told her one day ive seen hjm only once ills father goes to work in the woods and paul goes with him most of tho time then he cant play with me sigh ed rose to herself but she forgot her disappointment when her aunt said that there was an easter surprise hidden somewhere outdoors and that she must keep her eyes open for il when she had gather ed the eggs she didnt give me a hint so i dont know when im hot and when im cold laughed rose us sho danc ed away in the early spring sunshine sho patted bobby burns who was going to help her hunt the surprise and enjoyed picking tho fuzzy laven der hopaticas that peeped up in spite of the snow lets protend were seeking a new country she said to bobby oh but this is a big hiii i never saw so many rocks in my life rose stopped to look at tho farm buildings spread out below why she cried sudden ly theres n big crack in that rock 1 leis look in the crack was a narrow gate that opened into an archway of rock bob by burns and rose entered curiously if it isnt a little cave said rose in delight a cosy one we could keep house in whats this in one corner he spied a sort of nest made of alfalfa and bobby was sniffing at tho contents rose was down beside him in a moment to ex amine the treasures in the nest there were four beautiful easter eggs fink and blue and yellow and lavon- were a dozen cheeping downy yellow chicks her easter surprise when rose again climbed the bill she thought she heardvbices and walking softly round tho big rock she nearly stumbled over a boy and a girl at the mouth of the cave are you paul asked rose the boy nodded and then his eyes fell on thf basket did you get them he asked rose explained im so sorry i thought that aunt sara had hidden them for me when i saw the initial the little girl laughed he hid them for me im his cousinruth and i came for easter but she insisted that rose share the pretty eggs with her come home with me rose invited her half an hour later the children were playing with the pets while aunt sara prepared a real easter tea party with candy rabbits isnt it fine that we found each other said ruth for now we can play together yes in the cave of the colored kegs laughed rose youths com panion easter days bring a benefit apart from specific religious belief concern ing its significance to have a east one day in the year devoted to hope the highest and rriost daring hope is greatly worth while to encourage hie faith that life will eventually swallow up death is needed with per haps a special urgency for our time ecclesiastes the ancient preacher declared that there is nothing new under the sun it is at least true that his frequently despondent though re igned philosophy is restated with conviction all too often today one generation passeth away and another generation cometh the- sun also ariseth and the sun goeth down and hasteth to his place where he arose the wind goeth toward the south and turneth about unto the north it whirleth about continually all the rivers run into the sea yet the sea is not full unto the place 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 torious and mystically inclusive life assurance of their own immortality it is indeed a most daring hope to be envied those who cherish it easter is the sun smitten mountain peak of human faith in a world where so many valeys are still wrap ped in night spring gladness the happy spring again is here the buds of promise rich appear all nature doth with verdure shine our hearts aro filled with joy divinaj for easter bells so sweetly ring they ring the glory of our risen king behold the strickencd watch at dawn for lo the lord of life is gone saw but the place where jesus lay angels had rolled the stone away the conqueror of deaths dark night we hail we hail him as the prince of light the budding and unfolding bloom portrays the rising from the tomb ceasing the dormant prison bower 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 shalf in his likenessbe at home on that immortal shore where jesus lives to die no more the christ fulfilled his promised word we crown we crown him as our living lord a childrens party will you please plan a simple easter party for children asks 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 anest 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 crepepaper baskets and fill with candy eggs have the older children play blind feeding the blind spread a sheet on the floor and having blind- easter day reminds us that death folded two players seat them on the is not the end for in the miracle of floor facing each other give food the resurrection life has triumphed such as ground popcorn or puffed over death i rice and let each attempt to feed the other shouts of laughter follow their futile efforts to feed and be fed a japanese game called ribbons end is played by the chiren who are graded in size and who line up with hands on each others shoulders the smallest one atlhe end one child is chosen as catcher and she makes an effort to catch the end of the rib bon while the whole line of players twists and turns to prevent her children always like toplay march ing to jerusalem- blind mairs buff and follow the leader jtpaysf usb for furniture floors woodwork write to hcoci ofifics montreal for free pobldet home painting made easy v sold bv silvester bros s stouffville ont the greater spring flowers of all the flowers that bioomed at easter time arid brought- their message from earths dusky sod vo me frail pendants in a strangers hand flashed resurrections light re vealing god tha dogtooth violet i smiled sho said ir that its name passed on whilo i for hours was left with haunting memories of spring woods where with a saint i knelt among tho flowers rosamund hovy o now is christ risen from the dead and become tho first fruits of them that slept planting and care of hardy herbaceous perennials tiij wt macoun dominion horticulturist for the ontario horticultural association no flower garden is complete with out perennials even though the plot careful consideration by those who desire to make the most of the ma- terial they have or may get in large of ground be small some of the space borjcrs i should be devoted to this useful and varied class of plants few flowers require as little care as hardy herb aceous perennials if given the proper condition to start with the soil should be a good loam which will not bake and welldrained whenplanted most perennials should bo left undisturbed for a long time hence the soil should be veil prepared in tho beginning by trenching and digging under a liberal supply of wellrotted stable manure most per ennials thrive best in full sunlight and where possible they should be planted where they will get the most favored conditions a southern aspect is the most suitable and where there is protection from the cold winds the plants do best planting may be dorio either in spring or autumn but spring plant ing is best for most kinds of peren nials in making 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 if like tho budding trees and open ing flowers of spring we look upward i that they will be most effective the and struggle upward if wo live tha dates of blooming heights of tho life of faith and workevcry easter plants and colore of the flowers are will be a rebirth matters which should be fciven very by massing several plants of one color or several varieties of one spe cies and also arranging for a con tinuity of bloom but in smaller bord ers anil where the number of plants is limited it is often not thought pos sible to get this and sometimes one part of the border will be without bloom during the growing season the sur face soil should be kept loose and free from weeds and in the summer the taller growing plants will need stak ing as fine specimens are liable to be broken by storms if this is neglected when the plants have ceased bloom ing the old stalks shed be cut off near the ground just beforo permanent frost sets in the border or bed should he givei a dressing of nbout four inches of straw manure or leaves this will form a good mulch for tho protection of the plants in winter and at the same time enrich the soil the mulch ought not to bo removed too soon in 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