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1 AFFERENT localities throughout the Uni-Dted States have varied forms of Eas­ter observance, each novel and dis­tinctive in its way, but it is safe to say that the most spectacular of these events is the great Easter parade on the board walk at Atlantic City. Each American city, to be sure, has its Easter parade along about church time on the joyous morning, but none of these, not even the famous show of fashion on Fifth avenue. New York, can ap- ' Tproaclt in magnitude and splendor the informal pro­ cession in honor of the spring holiday at the seaside. most of the women In the Easter pa­ rade wear furs, but as a rule the air is bracing and mild enough to encourage lengthy constitutionals. Incidentally it may be remarked that the luxurious rolling chairs which constitute a dis­ tinctive feature of life at Atlantic are not so'well patronized at Easter as in dog days. Easter weather is of a kind to encourage walking , and the chairs which are abroad at tbis season are housed in with glass. The student of human.nature--and there is no better place in the world for such study--instinctively draws contrasts between the Easter throng and the summer vacation crowd at At­ lantic City. In July and August, when the city by the sea is entertaining some 200,000 visitors a day, this whirl­ pool of humanity is filled for the most part with wage earners and salaried folk and their families who can afford but one vacation a year and elect to enjoy it here, tarrying beside the sea for a week or ten days or two weeks. ^mcscoprptCMTfP BY wri&w fxwcrrr Y mm A favorite: AfiusE/iFJiT or mr i/rriE roixs W£ C/?£Ar £A6T£tf PAMD£ AT ATLAffT/C c/ry is no commonplace sight, this pano­ rama 150,000 people, all attired in "•their itiost impressive raiment, tramp­ ing up and down an esplanade five "miles long to see and be seen. Perhaps, if you haven't been initi- =ated, you raise your eyebrows at the thought of Atlantic City as an Easter resort We are wont to think of sea­ shore resorts as bleak places In wln- 'tter, with biting winds sweeping over rttie sand stretches and whipping mournfully the tattered remnants of last season's ice cream signs. Surely BO person bent on enjoying an Easter vacation would go elsewhere than' to « southern r«aort--certainly not far­ ther north than Old Point Comfort, at •any rate. That logic is passing, how* -ever, for all that it was very well in its way and sounds plausible even to- iday. The people of the pastern part of the United States have come to « accept Atlantic City generally as the pre-eminent Easter mecca and the pleasure loving residents of the middle west and the far west are gradually taking the same view, although they had long been accustomed to recognize it only as a sum­ mer paradise and the middle west to this day reserves its main pilgrimage for August, when •one may see in bathing at pne time as many ipeople as reside in the state of Wyoming. Just what converted Atlantic City from a sum- /mer playground into an all-the-year resort, with especial fascinations at Eastertide, is difficult to determine, although the residents of this pleas­ ure metropolis ascribe it all to their discovery that the Gulf stream comes nearer to the coast off Atlantic City than at any other place north of Florida and thus moderates the temperature atid softens the ocean breezes in a degree not enjoyed elsewhere. Candor compels the confes­ sion that there have been Easter Sundays when Atlantic City presented a decidedly chilly aspect out of doors, and even under the best conditions 1 RESURRECTION. "Palm Maidens," each flourishing a festive gold- embroidered handkerchief, go from house to house singing their happy carols. Holy Thursday, radiant with red sashes from every balcony--fluttering symbols of the bright­ ness of the spring--i3 the great egg-dyeing day. With the first egg dyed the fond mother forms the sign of the cross upon the face and neck of her dear, wee nestling, saying: "Mayest thou grow as red as this egg and strong as a stone." Then gen­ tly she places it beside the icon of the Virgin where it remains during the coming year--per­ haps for a tender reminder to the holy image of the wish that the earthly mother has Just ut­ tered that the divine mother may grant its ful­ fillment. At 12 o'clock Easter even a midnight mass is celebrated. The Gospel is read in the church­ yard "beneath the silent stars." There follows the joyous hymn "Christ Is Risen"--the glad out­ burst of firearms, the clattering tongues of bells. The priest, holding up a lighted candle, bids all "Come and receive light," and in happy confuSiot) the throng lights its candles. With these litt!e flickering torches in their eager hands, they turn to the church. The doors are closed and locked. Loudly they knock, their voices raised in solemn chant: "Lift the gates, O ye rulers of ours, and ye eternal gates be lifted, for there will enter £hrist, the King of Glory!" A voice within demands: "Who is this King of Glory?" And the answer breaks fprth exultantly: "He is the Lord strong and powerful. He is the Lord mighty In war!" Home from the service, many slip-red eggs un­ der their sleeping children's pillows that when the little ones awake Easter morning they may _ . . .discover that Paschalla, the female personification •^ays. a . wr!te.r in Housekeeper. On Palm of Easter, has surprised the household with a fairy visit. .' A magic wand hath touched the sleeping earth. And at its summons, lo, a glorious dawn! To countless joys rock, field and hill give birth. And myriad triumphs in a breath are born. «©ld winter's woe, like mist, hath rolled away And over all a rose-hued splendor glows; TXove, pleasure, hope--as flowers--adorn the day; Ecstatic peace in every- streamlet flows. ^Sveet spring is here! The Easter of our souls! O'erfllled with promise; burdened with de­ light; A noble purpose in each hour that rolls; A precious treasure in each moment's flight. O magic wand 1 O faithful band and true! We give thee praise and gratitude for this-- 'Thy touch hath quickened blood and b?ain anew And thrilled otlr lips with fresh-filled cub of bliss. Lurana W. Sheldon, in Metropolitan Maga­ zine. STRANGE EASTER RITES. In no corner ot this whimsical old world of ours «an there be found more naive traditions of Eas- ' tertidt than those treasured in the heart of the Macedonian race, on the border between Europe •and Asia. Even before the 40 days' fast is quite over, the rejoicing that is to flower full-blown at Easter begine, crocuswlse, to push its bright way up­ ward through the gloom of abstinence and vlgi ys a writer in Housekeeper. On Palm ./Sunday, in little bands of three and four, the At Easter, oh the other hand, the assemblage at, Atlan­ tic City is recruited largely from the wealthy and leisure classes--It is the rendezvous of fashion at this period. Just as are Newport and Bar Harbor in midsummer. For all that the influx at Easter does not equal that when the summer excursion business is at flood tide, almost all of Atlantic City's one thousand hotels and boarding houses are open to receive the spring merrymakers who pour In at the rate of 300 carloads a day for several days before Easter. What the Easter invaders lack in num­ bers they make ijp in spending power and this insures them a double welcome on the great amusement highway where the opportunities of retail trade are such that as much as ?3,Q00 a year rental is charged for a tiny store room. That the Easter rush seaward means such a golden harvest for the hotel keepers and mer­ chants at the Brighton of America is all the more significant when it is taken into consideration that many of the Easter visitors come only for the "week end"--that Is, for the- interval from Friday afternoon to Monday morning. Atlantic City at Eastertide is the board walk and the board walk Is Atlantic City. In the sum­ mer the great bathing beach is, of w>iirse, the prime attraction for many of the visitors, but. nobody cares to indulge in a dip in old ocean at Easter unless, mayhap, it be some venturesome individual In quest of notoriety. This being ths case, the board walk becomes the center of attrac­ tion and right well does it meet the responsibil­ ity. Following the example of Atlantic City, al­ most every seaside community has erected a board walk, but the one at Atlantic City is In a class by Itself. It is upward of five miles long, is 40 feet wide throughout its main section and cost more than a quarter of a million dollars. On the one hand this board walk affords prom- enaders an unobstructed view of the sea, while on the other the marine esplanade is lined with hundreds of restaurants, amusement places of every imaginable kind and the most fascinating shops in America. Interspersed at frequent inter­ vals are art auction rooms. A large proportion of the visitors to Atlantic City are women and of course no woman can resist the temptation of real bargains--a ia&t of which the wily Japs who conduct these auction emporiums are manifestly well aware. Aside from the never-ending proces­ sion of variegated humanity, unlimited free amiiseinent is provided by the picturesque "bark­ ers," the fakirs, the street musicians and the sand sculptors who line the board walk. Finally great anme^'ment piers of steel construction^--each, in effect, an "annex" of the board walk--extend sea­ ward from the beach a third of a mile or" more and afford visitors all the sensations of life on an ocean, liner save" the seasickness. On these pierg are the ;great music hulls and concert audi­ toriums, where are held the popular dances for which Atlantic City is famous. PACKERS INDICTED GRAND JURY BRINGS IN INDUCT- WENT AGAINST ELEVEN CONCERN®. 7s UNLAWFUL COMBINE CHARGED Return of True Bills Follows Three Month* Investigation--Armour, Swift, Morris and Others Are Named. Chicago.--Federal investigation of the packing industry in Chicago on charges of violation of the anti-trust law resulted In indictments Monday of the National Packing Company and its subsidiary corporations ill Illinois, Michigan, Kansas, Missouri and Colo­ rado. The defendants are as follows: National Packing Company of New Jersey. G. H. Hammond Conipany of Michi­ gan. Fowler Packing Company ,of Kan­ sas. United Dressed Beef Company of Missouri. Hammond Packing Company of Illi­ nois. Omaha Packing Company of Illinois. Anglo-American Provision -Company of Illinois. Western Packing Company of Colo­ rado. St. Louis Dressed Beef and Provision Company of Missouri. Colorado Packing and Provision Company of Colorado. New York Butchers' Dressed Meat Company of New York. Coincident with the return of the in­ dictments, a petition to dissolve the National Packing,. Company and its subsidiaries was filed by District At­ torney Sims in the United States cir­ cuit court. While none of the packers was named in the indictment, they are mentioned in the suit in equity. Those who are made defendants to the suit in equity besides those corporations which were indicted are: Armour & Co. Swift & Co. Morris & Co. Edward Tilden. Louis F. Swift. Edward F„ Swift. Charles H. Swift. L. A. Carton. Frank A. Fowler. J. Ogden Armour. * Arthur Meeker. Thomas J. Connors. Edward Morris. Thomns E. Wilson. L. H. Heyman. Continental Packing Company. The indictment sets forth that all of the defendants except the National Packing Company, which, it Is charged, is merely a holding company, are en­ gaged in the beef-packing industry; that they buy live cattle at divers points in the United States and slaughter them at the plants of the various concerns located in Chicago, Kansas City, St Joseph, East St. Louis, Omaha, Denver and New York city; that the beef resulting from the slaughter of the cattle is shipped to various markets throughout the United States. The biH charges that the necessary effect of the union ot these interests in the management of - the National ' Packing Company is to destroy com­ petition, not only among the con­ stituent companies of the National Packing 'Company, but also between those companies and the Armour, Swift and Morris companies. STATE HAPPENINGS Jury ~gr OLDEST STREET IN AMERICA * ^Government Is to Build Postoffice on Historic Ground of Plymouth, "Massftchusetjs. - i f " ' * 1 , • ' • -- - Plymouth, M^s..* is about to have * public building built by the govern- sanent for a posstolflce and custom (bowse. and the lot selected Is on a tfiLstoric site at the corner of Leyden apd M<in..••street extension, the •tl¥ !t All the property In thla locality U historical, as this was the first street laid out by the Pilgrims, and the only street in America dating back to that time, that Is ns It avas in the early days. The whole of this elde dt the street, comprising seven acres, on Jan­ uary 2, 1637, came into possession of one James Cole, as the land wis grunted to ~hlm by the court, "to be- | long to his dwelling house." .-'.The land, part of which will be oc­ cupied by the building, belonged at one time to Elder William Brewster, ,afid nearby stoc^d his ho^se.. This house abounded in many antec- dotes, pud when Gen. Goodwin lived there, at the time of the revolutionary war, he entertained many famous gen­ erals of his time. * On the corner of the Baptist-church lot IS the famous Elder Brewster spring from which excursionists In the summer stop and drink, and. it4* prob­ able that more people from different | parts of the world have drunk from this historic spring than iauy other similar place in the United States. Showing World's Progress. The average Frenchman of to-day can at a smaller price have much bet­ ter wine than the wealthy Frenchman of the fifteenth or sixteenth century, and .this is made possible by the fact that wine is nowadays kept largely in bottles, while in the past only casks were used. E?en at the table of Louis XV, wine was rarely served la bottles. Cairo. -- The third errand here within ninety days was in­ structed by Judge William N. Butler to probe the recent race riot here. All the jurors are white men, including representatives of every Cairo church and leaders In business. They were summoned by Sheriff Nellie, whose deputies, partly negroes, fired into a mob assembled to take from jail a white women's negro assailant and lynch him. Judge Butier told the Jury that Cairo's lawless element is trying to create the impression that it is supported by the. majority and better element of citizens. He added: "Officers of the law must be upheld in enforcing ,the law." Chicago.--Getting drunk on candy has become such a widespread practice among men, women and chil­ dren in the stockyards district of Chi­ cago that the state food department announced its purpose to put a stop to it. "One particular candy has got the vilest whiiky backed off the boards for intoxic ating results," said Assist­ ant Commissioner John B. Newman. "It is a medical intoxicant with 32% per cent, ether, 2% per cent, ether oil and 65 per cent pure alcohol. It causes n$J only drunkenness but sick­ ness. We also found that lots of candy filled with whisky is sold to women and children." Chicago.--A boy and a girl, each about. four years old, who said they did not know where they lived, were taken to the West Chicago av­ enue police station by a man who found them at West Harrison and South Halsted streets. The girl had the boy's coat buttoned tightly around her and wore a black dress, shoes, and stockings. The boy wore a black sweater, trousers, shoes and stockings, and a tan leather cap. The police think the two are twins. "My name is Georgle Alfred Wright," was all he would say. Chicago.--A building owned Follow this advice. Quaker Oats is the best of all foods; it is also the cheapest. When such men as Prof. Fisher of Yale University and Sir James Crlchton LL.D., F.R.S. of London spend the best part of their lives In studying the great question of the nourishing and strengthening qualities cf differ- ent foods, It is certain that their ad­ vice is absolutely safe to follow. Professor- Fisher found in his ex­ periments for testing the strength and endurance df athletes that the meat eaters were exhausted long before the men who were fed on such food as Quaker Oats. The powers of endur­ ance of the non-meat eaters were about eight times those of the meat eaters. Sir James Crlchton Browne says-- eat more oatmeal, eat plenty of It and eat it frequently. 59 An Irresistible Petition. "And now, Lawd-uh," a bit ominous­ ly proceeded square-headed Brother Tarr, in his supplication, "in de cpn- volution dat am gwine to take place soon's I meet up wid Brudder Dingford --sneaky scoun'rel wid side-whiskers dat's been up-slippin' an', up-slidin' 'round muh yaller wife--be nootral, Lawd; dat's all I axes--I'll do de rest! "I has been, as you. kin see for yo'- se'f by de church books, a pillah In good an' efficient stan'in' for lo dese many yeahs, an' de tudder gen'Ieman am a puhsldln' eldah; so I hasn't de brazen statuary, Lawd, to ax yo' to take muh side in de battle. But If yo' kain't help, dess hang off an' be noo> tral. Git yo'se'f a comfable place in de shade som'ers, an' sed down, an' yo'll see one o' de peartest fights yo' ever had de pleasure o' wltnessin'. Amen!" DRY SHAMPOO BETTER SOAP AND WATER. THAN (From the New York Graphic) "Once in two or three months is as often as it is advisable to wash the hair with soap and water," says Clari- bel Montague, the beauty expert. "The fubbing, drying and rinsing, together with the action of the alkali In th% by j soap--especially the alkali--tend to- the Pabst Brewing Company at make the hair coarse, hard and brittle, 2156 Montrose boulevard and occupied ^°° much moisture causes the hair , t _ j u become thin and lose its color. "A simple and satisfactory dry sham? poo is made by mixing four ounces of powdered orris root with four ounces of therox. Sprinkle a tablespoanful of this mixture on the head audi brush thoroughly through the hair once or twice a week. That Is all there is to ft. This treatment not only keeps the hair light, fluffy and lustrous, but therox produces the growth of mew hair." PITTSBURG GRAFTERS HIT Forty-One Councilmen Are Indicted for Accepting Money from a Milling Company. Pittsburg. Pa.--After a day of sensa­ tions in matters pertaining to graft, the grand jury Monday evening added to the sensation by handing down a list ef 41 indictments against council- men for accepting $100 each from the A. M. Byers Company of Pittsburg for vacating a street in the interests of the mill owners. Dallas C. Byers, head of the steel company, was indicted for bribing the councilmen, but fled to Europe, where he is supposed to have died. Among those indicted are William McKelvey, formerly police inspector at Pittsburg and now head of a large private detec­ tive agency: P. B. Kearns, hotel keep­ er and considered one of the Demo­ cratic leaders of Pittsburg; Morris Ein­ stein, formerly political leader of Al­ legheny before the consolidation with Pittsburg; Dr. C. C. Long, one of the leading physicians in Pennsylvania. Fred Herriiig, another of the indict­ ed men, sought a private interview with District Attorney Blakeley and made a complete confession. The dis­ trict attorney will ask that sen­ tence be suspended in Herring's case. Blakeley announced that the other 40 indicted could secure immunity from prosecution by appearing in open court and confessing. Otherwise they will be sent to the penitentiary, he asserts. Man Pays for Self at 35, Winsted, Conn.--The average child at one year of age represents an in­ vestment of about $75, according to Prof. E. H Arnold of the Yale Med ical school. At the age of 15, he says, the child owes the W;orld about $2,000 At 18 he begins to keep him­ self and at 30 or 35 h® has given back all that he has cost. Goes to Berlin. Peking--The appointment of Sir Chen-Tung Liao Cheng as minister at Berlin has been gazetted. Rich Man Found Dead. Los Angeles, Cal --'The finding of the terribly mutilated body of David Wilmot Dwyer. son of a wealthy Holly­ wood family, in an isolated ranch house in the mountains gave the sher­ iff a mystery to solve. Prison for Fake Racers. Council Bluffs, la.--John C. Mabray «nd nine others convicted of fraudu­ lent use of the mails in fake raciug swindles were Monday sentenced to two years in the penitentiary aud fined 110,000 each. by both a saloon and a church was partially destroyed by fire. The blaze started on the second floor in the rooms of Charles Friebertshauser, owner of the saloon. The church, which used the hall in the back part of the second floor, is the Queen of Angels Catholic church. Its pastor is Rev. Frank JL. Reynolds. Chicago.--A celebration in a sa­ loon at 2452 Clybourn avenue re­ sulted in a revolver fight in which one man was shot down by three assail­ ants. Sava Raditch, 27 years old, 1634 Dfversey boulevard, produced a weapon after he was fired upon by the three. The police are searching for the men. As a clew they have a trrafl of blood from the saloon, indi­ cating that the victim shot wfth tell­ ing effect. Bloom ington.--George Granger, the Kankakee dealer who had been carrying on a business in col­ ored oleomargarine, which he is al­ leged to have palmed off as creamery butter, has been assessed a fine of $10,000 after the federal and state au­ thorities had conferred regarding the case. Granger's recent arrest caused a sensatfon fn* central Illinois owing to his high standing hi the com­ munity. Chicago.--Two patrons of Mus- sey's billiard rooms, 105 Madison street, attempted to lift a ban placed on gambling on pool and biliinrd games and were arrested by Inspector Larin's detectives. They were taken to the Harrison street station, wh«re they gave the names cf Frifnk Smith and W. H. Fisher. After being booked on charges o4 gambling they were released on bonds. Chlcigo.--Tired of life hecsnis* he had few friends, Henry Goet- zelman, 2400 Warren avenue, ended his Iffe at night by asphyxiation In the kitchen of his home after he had; placed: a table against the door to> pre­ vent rescue. Goetzelman had prac­ tically lived the life of a hermit and! had spoken to few persons since his wife died 11 years ago. He was 8S years old. Watseka.--Examination of tales­ men in the trial of Dr. W. R. Miller, Mrs. Sayler and John Gruadon for the murder of John B. Sayler con­ tinued. J. W. Keesler of Danville, former state's attorney ot Vermilion county, is assisting )the state in the examination of veniremen, relieving States Attorney PaHissard. Chicago. -- (Leo Andolson, four years old, 1949 Wilmot avenue, was killed by a Milwaukee avenue car at Western avenue. According to the West North avenue police, the boy ran in front of the car and was crushed beneath the wheels before the motor- man, John Barnes, could apply the brakes. Marengo.--John7 Barlow Babcock. aged 79 years, died here. He was for 38 years editor and publisher of the Marengo Republican and a civil war veteran and was prominent in the northern part of the state. Chicago.--E. J. Summerhays, an Insurance agent, convicted of using the mails to defraud, who was sentenced to two years in the federal penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth by Judge Landis in the United States dis­ trict court, will appeal his case to the United States circuit court of appeals. Bloomington.--Otto^ Gang, aged 26, of this city, recently, dis­ charged after five years' service In the United States navy on the cruisers Wisconsin and St. Louis, was found dead here under suspiciQjus circum­ stances. His body lay on the shore of a small lake. Kewanee.--Thomas Hudson, state mine inspector of the Cherry dis­ trict, who has been at the Ill-fated shalt since November 13, said It prob­ ably will be two weeks before it will be safe to explore the third level to get 66 bodies yet unrecovered. Mr. Hudson declared reports that the fire Is out are wrong, saying it Is still in progress in many back entries. Joliet.-r-Truraan A. Mason, pres­ ident of Miet National bank, died suddenly of heart disease at his home, three days after celebrating his sixty- fourth birthday. He caa« to Joltet (a 1869. Driven by Hunger to Desperation. Mrs. Mode had just returned home from the country, to discover lxer pre­ viously well-stocked wardrobe empty. "Good gracious, Herbert," she cried to her husband, "where are all my clothes? And what in the world is £hat big black patch out on tho lawn?" "Nelly," he replied mournfully, "after f had starved for two whole days, you wrote me that the key of the pantry was in the pocket of your bolero. Well. I don't know a bolero from a bo*- plaited ruffle, and I was desperate; so I took all the thinks out on the lawn and burned them. Then I found the key among the ashes."--Success Mag­ azine. "How Sharper Than Serpentfi Tooth." An irritable old farmer and> his un­ gainly, slouching son were busy grub­ bing sprouts one hot, sultry day, when the old man suddenly stumbled over a small stump. "Gosh durn that everlastin' stup!" he exclaimed. "I wish it was in hell!" The son slowly straightened up from his work and gazed reproachfully at his father. "Why, you oughn't to say that, pap." he drawled. You might stumble over that stump ag'ln some day."1--Every­ body's. An UngalTant Outtocte. "Again, the ungallant outlook of some husbands causes dtvoree," said ex-Go*. Pennypacker, in a witty after- dinner speech im Philadelphia. "It 1b amazing what an ungallant out­ look some men have: I said one day to a Bucks county farmer: " 'Have you got a wife, Hans?' " 'Why, yes, to> tell the truth, I have,' Hans replied. 'Fbr the little bit the critters eat, it ain't worth a man's while tie be without one.' " The Modern Spirit. "Can anything be more indicative of the spirit of the time?" asks aa ob­ server, writing from Paris, than this: "A group of three at a fashionable restaurant table, old lady, middle aged ssan and young woman of the 'society age.' The man, giving an order to the waiter: 'Bring my mother a glass of milk, a beer for me and an abemtho for my daughter/ " A LITTLE THING Changes the Home Feallng. Coffee blots out the sunshine from many a home by making the mother, or some other member of the house­ hold, dyspeptic, nervous and irritabU There are thousands of cases wher the proof Is absolutely undeniable-: Here is one. A Wis. nother writes: "I was taught to drink coffee at ai- larly age, and also at an early age b« came a victim to headaches, and as grew to womanhood these headaches became a part of me, as I was scarcely ever free from them. "About five years ago a friend urged me to try Postum. I made the trial and the result was so satisfactory that we haTe used It ever since. "My husband and little daughter were subject to bilious attacks, but they have both been entirely free from them since we began using Postum in­ stead of coffee. I no longer have headaches and my health is perfect." If some of these tired, nervous, Ir­ ritable women would only leave off coffee absolutely and try Postum they would find a wonderful change in their life. It would then be filled with sun­ shine and happiness rather than weari­ ness and discontent. And think what an effect It would have on the family, for the mood of the mother is largely responsible for ihe temper of the chil­ dren. Read "The Road to Wellville," to pkgs. "There's a Reason." Kt« rend |ke above lctterf AM* » • • a p p e a r * f r o m t i m e < • t T f c e y •re semla% «*•* *** tall •< ha Interest* a;,