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Even the cannibals of the South Sua Islands and savage tribes of Central Africa celobrato the beginning of the new year with somo sort of ceremonies. Ono general characteristic, however, marks all the celebra tions, and that Is the spirit of rejoicing and roasting. Many of the customs are quaint and -unusual, but still fraught with the spirit of rovolry and good will. la our country, of course, especially In the large cities, merri ment and conviviality hold full sway, though Ihe watch-night serv ices In the churches appeal more to thoso of porlous bent, to whom the passing of the old year and the welcoming of tho new are causes for reflec tion, meditation and even sadness. In New York. Chi cago and most other cities the Now Year's frolic Is a veritable lledlam of noise and revelry. Millions are spent In wine and costly suppers, and as the hour of midnight x&r r&ivtovva!rja&&-- juzj&: strikes a rail ke1r4 thousand glasses are raised aloft la the Joy palaces, and the health of the New Tear la iraak. The lobster ahow place of New York human and crattaoaaa are fanned to the doors, with the tables engaged weeks before hand. The noise tad the wlae-drlaklng soae eitends fully ten miles, wltk every foot of It packed by a yelling, struggling, good-natured crowd, marching la un ending procession up and down the streets. At nldalght the din, the roar and the rattle that has kept up unceasingly since the electric lights were turned on breaks loose la one mighty blast that threatens to tear even the subway trains from underground and Jar the elevated from their tracks. Nowhere else In the country Is the celebration so blatant, so ridiculous and so reck lessly extravagant as there. From the spectacular standpoint and the long list of notables on dress parade no celebration equals, perhaps, that at the White House, at Washington. All society of the capital attends. Second only In splendor of display to the glitter lag vatforms of the diplomats and the army and aavy officers are the floral settings. Uncle Sam (furnishes the flowers from his wonderful green houses and likewise tho musto, the famous Unit ed States Marino band, that always plays at White House functions. Every vantage point Is seised upon for the banking of flowers and extreme care has to be taken that they will not lmped the progress of ,the 10,000 people and moro who surge through the rooms at tho recoptton. All mantels are cov ered with blooms and palms and bouquets In vases are placed at every convenient point. The president takos his place In tho bluo room and the procession boglns with the foreign am bassadors, headed by tho dean of tho corps, and the ministers and attaches of tho various lega tions. Then como tho chief Justice and tho other members of tho Judiciary; then the senators, rep resentatives, army and navy officers and other officials of the government Later In the day tho president receives the people at large, and their waiting llae generally extends from the front door- of the White House out to and down Penn sylvania avenue for several blocks. At the present Instant old 1912 changes to new Ills, a million miles of telegraph wires and countless wireless stations will publish the g1ad tidings to every city and village In the country and to ships at sea. And this will be official, too, for the message will come direct from the United States naval observatory at Washington, and still more directly from an old sidereal clock that has long held an honored place, la that Institution. This plain-faced old clock la always correct, aever varying even one fadredth of a seeoad from the astronocatcal reading of the stars. It furnishes standard time for half the world, and as the new year Is born will send Its message clear up to Alaska, to South America, to China and to London. Over In France New Year's day Is not entirely one of rejoicing; that Is, unless one la able to rise above such mundane things as finance, for New Year's In France means bills! .It Is the universal paylng-up day of the year. All the dear, familiar old bills that have been Jogging along and accumulating during the year sud denly pile In en masse and greet the head of the house on New Year's morning. It Is not difficult to obtain credit In France, provided one pos sesses the externals of a comfortable compe tence, and the tradesmen and landlords and shopkepers are contont to wait until January first. Then they drop their gentle little remin ders In the malls or, more frequently, present them through representatives. The butcher, the baker, the candlostlck maker and all the gal axy of "their sisters and their cousins and their aunts" are to be reckoned with. Festival, banqueting and merrymaking like wise hold htgh carnival. From New Year's eve until the morning of the second day of the new year the streets of Paris are en fete. Beautifully gowned women, In richly decorated carriages, and groups of berlbboned holiday-seekers form a boulevards. Cafe life then la wild and brilliant surging, happy pageant that throngs the spacloua and the students from the Latin quarter con tribute their full quota of roistering and revelry In the restaurants and along the streets. The German celebration of the New Year Is not lacking In wholesome good cheer and festive pranks, but It Is pre-eminently a decorous one. In Berlin elaborate musical programs are ren dered and everywhere anthems and festival songs are chanted, beginning at twilight of the last day of the old year and continuing until the bells peal forth the glad tidings of a new year born unto the centuries. There is one German custom that dates from the year 1848 that has no little of the spirit of the typical "bad boy" in It. On New Year's eve anyone walking along the streets of Berlin and wearing a high hat need take no umbrage if a couple of German students, who may have endeavored a trifle too sealously to find the bottom of the flowing bowl, slip up' behind him and smash the aforesaid hat down over his eyes. This Is the penalty ho paya for wearing such a hat at such a time and he has no kick comlngto him, even If his hat Is knockod off his head and kicked until it ceases ,to be a hat. Tho good folks In tho Rhenish provinces have an adaptation or this custom that Is more gontle and yes less expensive, considering the dam ago done. This consists of stealing up upon a friend as he Is walking along the streot and whispering in his car: "Prosit Neujahr." The friend thus accosted straightway comes across with a little present, such as a cigar, or a drink or an Invitation -to dinner. In Frankfort-on-the Main the entire city rushes to Its windows as tho old year dies, flings them open and, glasses in hand, drinks a toast to Father Time's latest born. Then the windows are slammed down, the merriment ceases and all retire for a peaceful night's slumber. ' In England the New Year customs are of very ancient origin and even more generally observed than In this country- Every English family sits up to see the old year out and the new year In, and always there Is a bowl of hot punch, etc., with which to drink the toasts to the New Year The custom Is a survival of the time when the head of the house assembled his family around a bowl or spiced ale from which be. and they drank each other's health and the health of the New Year. The words used In the toast were: "Wass Hael." meaning "to your health." Pres ently, the toast bowl came to be known aa the wassail, or wassel bowl. la Scotland the wassel bowl Is tho center at the celebration, which Is a dlstractlngly mad and merry one. God-cakes, triangular In shape, filled with mincemeat and about -a half-inch thick, are eaten on New Year's day in both England and Scotland. They are sold In large numbers and can be purchased for from a penny apiece all the way up to one pound. Feasting Is really the chief feature of the Scottish celebration, more so than at Christmas or any other time of the year. Steaming hot wassel, too, Is carried from door to door and Indulged In by neighbors and friends. Iu Russia the Julian calendar Is still In vogue and January 1 there corresponds to January 14 of our calendar. .The Russian festival begins on. New Year's eve and lasts' until the fourteenth day of the New Year. At midnight, as the old year Is dying and the new being born, the Csar attends public mass, and precisely (in the stroke of 12 o'clock a hundred cannons are discharged and the revelry beglna. At the end of the cele bration two weeks hence the people fast and attend solemn religious services, marking on the doors of their houses, also, a cross to prevent Satan from crossing the threshold. In the rural sections the Russian children make the day peculiarly their own, for, armed with peas and grains of wheat, they sally forth in bands early New Year's morning, stop at every house, enter and wake the Inmates, with a bombardment of peas or by scattering the wheat over the sleepers. Later In the day they choose the very finest horse raised In the village that year, decorate it and present it to the nobleman who Is master of the village. In return he scat ters small coins among them. Their elders, too. make presents to the nobleman, " such as cows, sheep and fowls. The strangest or all Russian customs, perhaps, Is the gathering around a Jar or water by each family group In the belief that. If their faith Is sufficiently strong, the ralracje performed by Christ in Cans of Galilee when he turned the water Into wine will be repeated. New Year's day In Japan Is picturesque to the extreme. The emperor holds a formal court reception, much as our chief executive- does, which Is attended by the foreign diplomats and high officials of the Japanese government. The celebration among the people lasts five days, and preparations for It are begun long before. The fronts of all houses are covered with em blematic decorations; branches of pine and of oamboo are planted In large vases filled wtth earth and placed before the doors, and over the projecting roofs or the houses are strung garlands of plaited straw. These latter bear leaves of certain trees, shell fish aad other charms believed to be potent factors In bringing good luck to the household. The people flock to the temples, which are open all New Year's night, aad there cook their sooml, a sort of rice cake, always eatea before the sun has risen. Later, on New Year's day, there Is much visiting and tea drinking aal ex change of good wishes for the coming year. If he can do no better, even the very porest of peasants wraps pieces of dried fish la paper. tied with a peculiar red and white striae used only on this occasion, and sends them to his friends as his New Year's gift. The Japanese new year date rails simultaneously with oar owa. they having adopted the Gregorian calendar la 1872. The Jewish New Year Is usually celebrated some time In September-and Is called Rosh Hoe hanah, also Yom Hardin, which last means days or Judgment New Year's eve Is observed wHh fasting and the day Itseir with feasting. "May .you be In favor with God this New Year" la the Jewish form of salutation, from which the Gen tile greeting. "Happy New Year." Is said to be a contraction. BREATHE THROUGH YOUR EARS In those prehistoric times "When yon wre'"a tadpole and I was a frog." we breathed through our gills, and If we still did tuberculosis and all kindred germs would have a batting average of .000. Such are the teachings or Dr. John G. Davis or the Unlverolty or Virginia medical department delivered before a local body or medical students, according to. a Washington correspondent or the Pittsburgh Dispatch. "You can exhale Vr through the ears bow. Just take a chest full or air, close the nostrils and try to exhale. The air will come out through the ears. Muscles or this old breathing organ have been out or practice for a few thousand years and It will require some practice to get them la order. "I would advise mothers to train their children In this new but old mode of breathing. It will greatly help against many troubles, as there would be no chance of getting Infections matter Into the lungs or throat After a little practice a child will be able to close .or shut his ears Juat as a fish works his gills. "Originally the nose was used for smellta only. After a while man began Using Ions, gen erous smells, and later developed his breather Into a smeller at the expense of bis 'gills.' If my advice were followed man would have tbret breathing organs Instead of two within two gen ratloaa." talMONAL SbNMrSOIDOl Lesson (By B. O. SELLERS, Director of Eve-, nlnsr Department The Moody BlbU Ia stltuts of Chicago.) LESSON FOR DECEMBER 29 REVIEW, GOLDEN TEXT-"If any man wllleth to do his will, he shall know of th teaching, whether It be of God, or wheth er I speak of -Myself." John 7:17 R. V. The golden text is In this case a very good Introduction to the review of the work of the past quarter. Jesus had sent his disciples up to the Je rusalem feast, while he remained In Galilee, whither he had gono for fear of the Jews (John 7:1). When they arrived In Jerusalem they found a sharp division among the people, some for and some against him (John 7: 10-13). Jesus secretly followed his disciples, and suddenly In the midst of the feast he Is found In the temple teaching. That his teaching was dif ferent is evidenced from John 7:15. It Is also evident that he had a thor ough knowledge of cultum and the things of tho scholastics of his day. The Inquiry as to where he acquired his knowledge elicits the reply that, "My teaching is not mine, but his that tent mo," and then as if to prove the accuracy of his assertion, he uses the words of the Golden Toxt Those who desire to know the will of God will find that his words express that will perfectly, and as men obey his words tho divine origin of them will ha demonstrated. His Claim Valid. The lessons of the past year, but particularly the past quarter, arc all strong illustrations of the validity of bis claim as well as the truth of this general proposition. If we omit the temperance lesson, the lessons of this quarter are confined to a few months ot time following April, A. D. 29, and In particular present Jesus as a worker and healer more than a teacher. In the first lesson we read of his command to his disciples to cross the sea. They obeyed though it sent them Into the storm. In the midst of their perplexity he appears, superior to the laws of nature. Lesson two shows Jesus defending himself and tho authority ot the Word ot God. Two Ideals are presented ot the kingdom, and the proof of the di vinity of his Ideal will always coma to those who obey him. In the third lesson Jesus teaches this same truth to two Gentiles, the Syrp-Phpenlclan woman and the centurion. Lesson four gives us the account of the second feeding -of the multitude. It showa us how our poverty may; ha transmuted Into wealth as be takes such aa we have for the satisfaction of the needs ot mankind. In the fifth lesson Jesus rebukes the materialistic, sign-seeking Pharisees and warns us concerning the leaves (evil) ot their hypocrisy. Lesson six Is the temperanco lesson, and If a connected review is desired. It will have to be omitted, as It does not belong to the systematic studies of this quarter. In the seventh lesson Jesus ques tions his disciples to see as It were how firm a grip this principle has se cured upon their lives. Divine Authority. The Incidents of lesson eight fol low immediately after those of les son seven. It is as though he would restore his disciples to a full loyalty that they behold the special revela tion apon the Mount of Transfigura tion. Those heavenly visitors talked aot of the "glory" but of "his disease which ha should accomplish at Jeru salem." thus adding their testimony to the Divine authority of his words. The ninth lesson is pre-eminently one that illustrates the fundamental principle ot this entire review. "I believe, help thou mine unbelief." Twas a faltering reply, but indicated his surrender to the word and will ot Christ The demonstration he re ceived of the DlvineTauthorlty ot the words of Jesus was that his boy waa restored to him fully healed. Again in lesson ten this principle that an absolute and complete submisT aion to God's will is a necessity is Shown by the teachings of Jesus which oenter about the child that was set "in the midst." Lesson eleven deals with the sub ject ot forgiveness. In reply to Pe ter's query Jesus taught his disci ples that forgiveness la not a more matter of formal observance, but with God It is limitless and he calls the disciples to a definite testing of his words that they might not only know that this is the divine method, but that they might enter into fellowship with God. Jesus here shows the re-' verse side of the picture when he reveals the fate of the srvant who was) compiled to pay "all that is due." ' In the twelfth lesson Jesus re! bukes the false spirit of his disciples and in bis treatment of the would-be' disciples he emphasizes the fact that' to follow htm involves the setting aside of all else. "No man looking back la fit for the kingdom." plainly means that he who camo to establish this kingdom has the right to demand obedience, and as we are obedient to the laws of the kingdom we shall come to know to a demonstration its divine origin and to a full realisation of his power, and that we should fol 'ow and profit by those divine admenl 'Ions of the teacher. PLEASANT TIME IN PROSPECT Bachelor Brother Now Knows Some thing of the Duties That Fell to 'the Young Mother. "I was visiting my married slBter In Toledo last week," relates "Buck" Hnwes. "She's got a three-year-old kid, and, while 1 am fairly fond ot children, I am a bachelor and some what sot In my ways. I was rather dismayed, therefore, when my sister proposed leaving me in the house with the child ono afternoon. And here's what sho said: "'Don't put yourself to" a bit of trouble he can take care of himself. See that ho doesn't climb up to the pantry shelves and keep an eye on him so that he won't get Into any mischief. He won't annoy you. Don't let him gb down cellar and watch that he doesn't get hold of the books In tho library, and ho'll amuso himself nil right If he cries, givo him a cooky, and if that doesn't stop him, ride him on your back. But don't lot him bother you a bit. I'll be home In an hour!'" Cleveland Plain Dealer. s What Worried Her. "You say your wife threw a plate at you?" "Yes; It was a flno china plate. It broke against my head." "Didn't sho appear sorry after she threw it?" "Vea, she appeared very Borry.." "Ah, Indeed. And what did she. , Bay?" "She said she was a fool not to con trol hor temper." "Good. And what else did she say 7" "She said she didn't believe she could match that plate ngaln If she hunted the town through." Pliota Bits. - Neat Knock. Hobey Baker, tho football star, was lunching In his native Philadelphia. A young girl, over her queer alliga tor pear salad, mentioned the nams of a Princeton sophomore who had played rather badly on his class team. "He Is an awfully nice boy," she said. "What was it he played on the eleven, Mr. Baker halfback, quarter back, fullback?". Tho handsome and herculean "Ho bey" smiled. "I think he played drawback," hs said. Locating the Fool. A Btout old gentleman was having trouble with the telephone. He could hear nothing but a confused Jumble of sounds, and finally he became so exasperated that ho shouted Into the transmitter: "Who's the blithering fool .at the end of this line?" "He's not at this end," answered a cool, feminine voice. Important te Mothe Examine carefully every bottle ot CASTORIA. a safe and sure remedy for Infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of in use ror uver 80 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Caatorla LSSjnXtrtZ, w -Wwm w "-a wtt- - Best Way to Find Out He What would you say it I should kiss you? 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