Saturday, April 1, 1922. Changing Seasons.

The Saturday magazines were out, and Judge poked fun, a bit, at an eternal theme.

The Literary Digest anticipated Easter, with a young woman looking less than thrilled by the probable contents of a box containing an Easter Bonnet.

And in Washington, D. C. apparently there were long lines to license automobiles.

At one time scenes like this were common locally when everyone had to obtain new plates at the county courthouse.

The United Mine Workers went on strike.

The Provisional Government of Ireland took over governing 26 out of 32 Irish counties.  On the same day police officers in Belfast murdered five men and a seven-year-old boy in retaliation for a sniper killing of a policeman.

Sir Hugh Trenchard became the first British Air Chief Marshal.

Emperor Charles I of Austria, who had failed in an effort to regain his Hungarian crown, and then fell ill in early March, died at age 34.  His last words to his wife and nine year old son were "I love you so much".  His death took place in Portugal, where he was living in exile.