Theninth meeting of the 103rd year of the Travelers' Club was held at the home of Nancy Calabrez. Continuing the group's study of Poland, they fo­cused on the country's Easter celebra­tion. Calabrez served a traditional cake in the shape of a lamb for refresh­ments.

The music and drama commit­tee, consisting of Betsy Davison, Janet Loehr, Jessie Twohill and Nancy Ca­labrez, presented a Polish Easter. Tra­ditional Easter celebrations in Poland are as old and elaborate as Christmas celebrations. As such, they involve ex­tensive preparation. In Poland, many traditions, legends and rituals, espe­cially in rural areas, have been practiced since before the Middle Ages. Many of the Holy Week traditions in Poland are similar to those observed today; how­ever,

some differ, and like ours, many have their roots in ancient pagan prac­tices. Loehr prepared an Easter basket that was filled with the traditional foods of her Polish background. Easter bread was topped with a cross or fishto repre­sent Jesus, the Bread of Life, horserad­ish, symbolic of the Passion of Christ and meats and ham were provided as a reminder that Jesus was the "lamb" of God. Plain and decorated eggs in­dicate

new life and the Resurrection of Christ.

Eggs are probably the most impor­tant part of the Polish Easter celebra­tion. Polish eggs are decorated in a variety of ways. There are several exact Polish names for the kinds of eggs that are presented. Eggs which are painted in one color are called malowanki or kraszanki. If patterns are etched with a pointed instrument on top of the paint, the eggs are then called skrobanki or rysowanki. Those eggs decorated with specific colorful symbols with the use of treated wax are called pasanki. Pasan­ski eggs are the most common eggs and the ones that we see when we view the decorated eggs from Poland today.