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ELHIlftATRD by religious obaerr
unco and festivals among the
Hgyptlans. ChlncBo, Jews, Rom
una and Mohammedans many
centuries bo f ore the Christian
era, New Year's day Is still the
one holiday celebrated by all na
tions, civilized or savage. While
truo that the first day of the
now jroar does not fall si mill
taneously In alt sections of the
globe, since all countries do not
U8o the Christian calendar, It Is,
aovorlholess, a fact that each nation has Its own
New Year's day. 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
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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
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Infants and children, and see that it
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A pretty girl will turn a man'a head
In spite of the boll on his neck.
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A COLD WAVE
caoMt anxiety among, those who an
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don't remain in that condition
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