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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1908)
Four Celebrations of New Year s Day BW YEAR is celebrated In this country nt least on four different dates In ad dltlon to the regular na tional New Year's celebra tion on January 1. The first of those foreign celebrations will bo that of tho Greeks and Russians and a few other nationalities which adhere to old stylo dates. Thoy will have Now Year on January 14, 13 days lator than the Now Year of tho new style. Next In order conies the Chi nese Now Year, on February 13, and, but a day later, February 14, comes the Mohammedan first day of tho year. Tho Jewish New Year falls ncaly nine months later, about the middle of Sep bor, on tho first day of the month of "TlBhrl." The celebrations vary both in ac cordance with the religions of tho va rious peoples and their climatic, racial and national characteristics. With tho Greeks, Russians, Servians, Bulgarians and Macedonians, all of whom adhere to the Greek Catholic church, New Year's Is ono of tho most pleasant If not tho pleasani.est festival of the year. With tho Jews, on the contrary, tho Now Year, Rosh Has nana, as it is called, is far from being a pleasant affair. It is a day of retri bution, of judgment. It is preceded by weeks of prayer, fasting and peni tence, and is followed by ten days Jcnown as the days of repentance, which wind up with Yom Kippur, the day of atonement, a most growsomo and weird day, dreadod by every or thodox Jew. Greeks Celebrate Two Days. Tho most interesting and joyous celebration of the New Year is that of the Greeks. Tho Greek Now Year lasts two days. In theso two days the Greek nature with its unbounded joy of life comes into Its own. Tho heart of every Greek thrills on that day with unbounded joy. Passionately ho awaits tho evening, when in his little Greece, in a genuine Greek restau rant, with male cooks and attendants, he can get his genuine Greek food, Hellenic dishes, and wasli them away with Greok wine which was purpose ly imported into this country for the holidays. "Christmas Is a great holiday with us;" said a prominent Greek, "but it Is after all a solemn day. It Is a relig ious holiday. No gifts are exchanged on Christmas and tho three days which the holiday last are given over to religious meditation. How different It Is with tho New Year! Next to our national holiday on March 25, which commemorates the date of our inde pendence, just as July 4 commemo rates the birth of tho Amorican na tion, Now Year's days, for wo have two of them, are our greatest holidays. In Greece New Year is essentially a family holiday. There wo have a chil dren's afternoon which is devoted en tirely to tho young ones, who aro giv en tho utmost opportunities to enjo'y Gentle Hints. "Darling, you're sleepy." ''No, I'm not, mamma," responded Daisy, who wanted to sit up longer and got sonio sweodes: "It's only my eyes aro tired because they have been looking so long for some candy." Hnl timore American. The Servant's Excuse. Employment Agent Come, now, how Ms this? You stayed two weeks In your las.t place. How' did that hap pen? Domestic Sure, 01 dunno. 01 muslit av overshlept mcself. N. Y. Weekly. Putting Another Face on-It. "Do you llko that manager?" "No: I don't liko tho oast of his countonanco." "Well, I don't llko tho countenances of his cast." BaUlmoro Amorican. Not a Matrimonial Campaign. I Papa (reading his papor) i seo mo until) havo won this time, Llttlo Fvoddy What did tho aunties win, pnpa7 Tho unclcB? Uultlmoro Americun. themselves. In this country, how over, it is slightly different. Out of tho 13,000 Greeks living in Chicago only 200 have their families hero. Thero are only between sixty and eighty children, and as wo are only just planning to build a school of our own, wo havo not yet the means nor the call for a children's afternoon on New Year's day." Still, many of tho Greek families, will observe this ancient custom In this country. Thoy will havo their children's afternoon. Thoy will have their delicious New Year's pudding known ns "king's pudding." In fact, in many cases the pudding will bo oven .more delicious than It would havo been in old Athens. For ono of tho ancient customs nmong the Greeks Is to hide some gold coin in ono por tion of the pudding and ho who gets tho share of the pudding with the gold coin In it becomes tho favorite as well, as tho leader of the two days' Joy and sport. In this country, where gold is more plentiful than In Greece and whore it is more easily earned by the Greok fathor, tho pudding promises to contain more gold and be much more delightful to the finder of tho same. Russians Like Our Food. Russians in this country celebrate but ono day, and they, too, attempt to produce a homo atmosphere. How ever, home food is not thought of. The bread, the meat, and tho wino of the United States are consldorod as good as and even far better than tho products of their ' own land. The Macedonians, Servians and Bul garians celebrate the Now Year, per haps less elaborately, also on tho same day as their Greok and Russian co religionists. The Turks celebrate their first of the year witli tho modesty character istic of people who have not yet any hold on a place. The Chinese will have their cus tomary celebration of tho Chinese New Year on February 13 with feast ing and enjoyments with which the, holiday is observed in the Celestial empire. In striking opposition to the spirit of joy and happiness which pervades tho New Year of the Greeks and Christendom generally is tho New Year of tho Jews. With tho Jews, who also observe the New Year for two days, the days aro not days of feasting and enjoyment but days of judgment. According to the belief of ovory orthodox Jew, every member of tho Jewish race is tried on the Now Year. Tho books kept in heaven aro oponed on that day, tho record of each man for tho year just ending is looked through, and taken under advisement for ten days. On the tenth day, tho day of atonement, tho fato of eacii man for tho coming year is drawn up, whether he should live or die, prosper or be poor. On tho day of atonement tho fato is soaled and nothing can change it any more. A Cheering Motto, Pedler Wouldn't you liko some mottoes for your . house, mum? It' very checng to a husband to see a nlco motto on tho wull when ho comes home. Mrs. Do Jagg You might sell mc ono if you've got one that says "Hot tor Late Than Never." N. Y. Weekly. A Sure Thing. "I bet you don't know tho namo of tho place, whore tho aviator keeps his machine." "I bet I do." "What is it, thon?" "An aviary, of course." Baltimore American. Just It. Ffrst Itinerant Novollst What do you think of this tramp existence? Second Ditto I think it is a bum life. Baltimore American. A Far-Sighted Friend. "What kind of a chap is ho?" "Oh, the kind that gives Christmas presents far enough ahead to allow tlmo for roturn glftai" NOT ALWAYS EASY TO SMILE. Did You Ever Practice Cheerfulness In Narrowing Clrcumctnnces? It Is comparatively easy to bo pleas ant and cheerful when our brend-und- butter problem is solved, when wo aro strong and healthy, when wo havo bar- monious, comfortable homes and money In tho bunk; but tho test of character comoa when there is a fam ily to support, when a wife and little ones aro looking to us for broad and clothing, and the wolf Is protty near tho door; when wo aro struggling against poor health, a discordant homo, a dishonest partner. It Is a very difficult tiling to be cheorful and hopeful when a man is out of a job, with no money In tho bank, and an Invalid wife and children depending .upon him. It is comparatively caBy to be optim istic when the granary Is full, whon there are no clouds on tho horizon, but a very difficult thing to lie hopeful and cheerful when tho capital is smnll and business poor. It Is hard to bo optim istic when notes and bills nro coming duo and thero is no money to pay for goods which Ho unsold on tho sholvos. It is easy to smile when wo aro well and everything Is coming our way, but when everything goes wrong with us, when undergoing misfortunes or hard ships, whon those near to us are sick and in distress, when poverty pinchos, when tho flour is getting low in tho barrel, and hungry children look long ingly Into olio's lace, .then it is not bo easy to smile, to glvo tho cordial hand shako, to bo serene, balanced and poised. But this is just the time that real character, that line training, will stand one in good stead. Orison Swett Marden, in Success Magazine. Champion Carrier Pigeons. B. A."Vogg of Hunts Mills, Garland, Is tho possessor of some rnro carrier pigeons. Ho has ono pair of which the father and mother havo a record of flying from Minneapolis, Minn., to Bos ton in GO hours. For tho last thousand miles of their flight they flow against a northeast storm, arriving with lco and snow irozen to their plumage. This pair had nover llown west of Buf falo before. They partook of no food on their trip. Mr. Fogg also has a pair of English enrriers, tho father and mother having a record of Hying over fi.OOO miles. These birds are tho same breed as those that flow from tho bal loon of Andre, tho Norwegiuu explorer, who perished in his attempt to reach the north pole. He lias also 12 humors that ho has been Hying from points In Maine. Ono pair has a record of flying from tho Uangor fair grounds to Garland, 25 miles, in 2S minutes, and from Skowhegan, 50 miles, In 00 minutes. Kennebec Journal. Gesturing Over the Wire. "It was tho constant gesturing of that follow at tho other end of tho wire that made it so infernally hnrd to eatcli what ho said," growled tho man who had been wrestling with tho tele phone. "How in the world could you tell ho was making gestures?" asked the in credulous listener. "By the jerky way the words cumo over Hie wire. Many people get no excited whon telephoning that thoy gesture as frantically as if they woro talking to a man face to faco. Their buuneing around and sawing the air breaks the voice and tho sentences conic over tho wire in fragments. J havo talked with so many people who, 1 learned later, were dancing a jig at tho other end of tho wlro that I al ways can tell when that gesticulating is going on." Mot Very Useful. A man who stuttered bndiy went to a specialist and after ten difficult les sons learned to say quite distinctly: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." His mentis congratulated him uiion this splendid achievement. "Yes," said the man doubtfully, "but it's s-s-such a d-d-dcucodly d-d-dlfllcult rem-mnrk to w-w-work Into an ordl nary o-c-convers-s-sa-tlon, y' know." Everybody's Magazine. Another Chicago Novelty. "Yes, they havo a now sort of func tion in Chicago that is quite tho rage." "What is it called?" "it's culled amoviiig-ln party. Whon tho hostess learns that llto empty house next door Is to bo occupied she calls her guests by telephone and thoy como and draw cuts for tho front windows, and then sit there and slzo up tho new neighbor's Fluff as tho movers carry it in." Love's Awakening. "I'm almost sure the count Is In lovo with mo," oxcltely oxclainied tho first heiress. "WhnL makes you think so?" in quired tho other. "lie asked mo today how much I was worth." Young America. Six-year-old Ray's toucher was en deavoiins to glvo some vory slmplo In Klrurt Ioiik in fractious. Klin nddud' "If Jnuo has six eggs and uses half of them to bako a cako what nart w 111 sho havo loft?" Quickly cumo tho u twer: "Tho shells! "Tho Uollueuto r. LEWIS' "bINGLli BINDER." A hand-nindo cigar fresh from tho tablo, wrapped In foil, thus kooping fresh until smoked. A fresh elgnr made of good tobacco is tho Ideal smoke. Tho old, woll cured tobaccos used aro so rich in quality that many who formerly smoked 10c cigars now snioko Lewis' Single Binder Straight Cc. Lewis' Single Binder costs tho dealer soino more than other 5c cigars, but tho higher prlco onnblcn this fac tory to uso extra quality tobacco. There uro mnny Imitations; don't bo fooled. Thero is no substitute l Tell tho dealer you want u Lowls "Singlo Binder." Saved the Trouble. "Your wlfo has eloped with your chauffeur.'1 "I don't caro. I was going to flro him, anyway." Waiting for a Rise. 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