One of the most famous of all Easter breads is the Russian kulich, a tall but delicate sweet yeasted bread that is sugared and decorated with the initials XB, which stand for “Christ is risen.”

Mrs. G. W. Luhr, of Oakland, president of the California Congress of Parents and Teachers, went off the deep end a few days ago and took a blast at the current high school football regulations.[…]But in this instance, I am of the opinion that Mrs. Luhr is slightly off base and, while she undoubtedly meant well, the PTA bosswoman must have been prodded on by some outsiders who have been instrumental in keeping our high school sports on an outmoded basis for so many years.

Deathes daunting dart where so his buffet lights, / Shall shape no change within my friendly corse: / But dead or liue, in heauen, in earth, in hell, / I wilbe thine where so my carkase dwell.

It is a dispute among the critics, whether burlesque poetry runs best in heroic verse, like that of the Dispensary, or in doggerel, like that of Hudibras.