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NUDIST CULT SHUTS DOWN FOR WINTER Members Already Lay Plant for Next Summer. * 1 -New York.? New Jersey's mOre or lees tempos Sky farms' nudist colony ?an aggregation of "the original, non commercial nudists of . the United States"? -has shut up shop for the win* ter ? going Into hibernation, as It were. Officials of the organisation want It known, however, that whatever capita latlon the news may suggest to biased minds the reason Is the rigors of the new season and not to the convention alities of society. Indeed, the mem bers are just as much nudists at heart and by inclination as ever, It Is stat ed, and the new spring will And them holding forth in their original birth day suits as defiantly as ever at the same old stand. Some attempt will be made to carry on through the winter ? In fact, a Man hattan gymnasium has been rented by the society and here a half a hundred men and women of the colony plan to gather two nights a week to swim and work off by calisthenics the avoir dupois that mars a perfect nudist Will Wear Bathing Suits. Because "It Is no use taking any chances," according to Carl Becker, founder niid secretary of the organi sation, they wear bathing suits. But Sky farms, their 30-acre camp near Liberty Corners, N. J., Is open all year, and though members go there through the winter chiefly to get out 1n the country, on warm days the hardier ones do a little nude sun bath ing. The Sky farms nudists are Incor porated In New Jersey as the Ameri can League for Physical Culture. They have only pity for the rival nud ists of the Olympian league, and al though Camp Olympln, which flour ished last summer near Highland, N. Y? had 400 acres and Its own private lake, they consider that It was "com mercial from the outset." "We are the oldest and the biggest ludlst organization," said Mr. Becker, a German In the Importing and ex porting business. "We are a private club, equally for the benefit of all members. Nobody makes any money. We don't admit the press even when reporters are willing to go nudist, too. Naturally we want our Idea to spread, but it can't go like wildfire. We have URGED FOR CABINET Friends of Bruce A. Campbell of East St. Louis, one of the leading Democrats of Illinois, are hoping that President-Elect Roosevelt will offer him the position of attorney general In his cabinet. Cholera Takes Heavy Toll in China Epidemic Peiping, China. ? Cholera took a ter rific toll in China during the summer i of 1982, according to the bureau of public health. Dr. J. Heng Liu, the director of the bureau, Is authority for the statement that, while official reports from vari ous provinces give notification of f>0, 000 cholera cases, the correct figure may be accepted as having passed the 100,000 mark. Doctor Liu believes that during the summer more than 80, 000 persons died of cholera. Cholera first appeared In Shanghai, spread to Nanking nnd advanced to Other cities on the Yangtze river. Cases soon were reported in both north and south Chlnn. The situation In Shansl, Rhensl, flonan and Hulyuan provinces was so severe that all rail Way traffic was suspended. to educate the public, but we alio have to look out for the privacy of ota member*." The (roup has 220 member* In the metropolitan district, Mr. Becker said : 1 It would be more than 600 tf the de pression had not caused many to drop out. Asked why the depression would affect ? cult which means less wear j and tear on clothes, Mr. Becker laughed gently and said there were dues to pay and the matter of rail* road fare to Liberty Corners. "Our purpose is the promotion of cleaner relations between the sexes by eliminating perhaps the greatest evil of western civilisation, sex curi osity," he went on. "This can be done by bringing both sexes together In a perfect state of nudity, providing the proper place can be found ? a secluded farm where til kinds of sports, swim, mlng, and general camp life can be In dulged In. Build Own Quarters. Mr. Becker founded the league three years ago after a visit to Germany, where he "got the Idea." That sum mer the nudists camped out In the Catskllls. Since then they have had rented farms In New Jersey and In Rockland county, N. Y. Police de scended on the latter, but the nudists were freed In court. Last winter, with the treasury com fortably full, they bought the plot of dense woods, with running brook at Liberty Corners. In May they moved out In tents; by July 4 they had built with their own "hands most of a dormitory with sleeping accommoda tions for 48. Now they have 3ust finished a swimming pool. An archi tect and several carpenters nrnong the membership led In the building opera tions. A plumber member put up an outdoor shower for use until the pool was finished. There are also 12 bungnlows which members built themselves on plots ? ? ?' ' ??< ? J ? . . they rented from the Imim for from 910 to $25 a year, and several Jobless nudists are living in their bangalowa all winter. Next year they plan a social tell, tennis courts, an archery 'field, and other facilities for sports, and a restaurant At present cooking Is done camp fashion. > < Would-be members are looked over by a membership committee which is so adept that in three years only four persons have been expelled. "They did not do anything, they were Just uncongenial," Mr. Becker said, and the rules are even stricter now. No one is admitted to the camp until the membership committee has approved, then the applicant Is taken out to Sky Farms for a week-end, and If he likes It his membership Is assured. Blind Inmate of County Farm Elected to Office Pierre, S. D. ? Among the vagaries of the Democrtlc landslide In Bon Homme county of this state was the election to the post of state's attor ney of a man who Is blind and has been an Inmate of the county farm for a number of years. His name was put on to fill out the ticket, and he won. He was at one time a practicing lawyer, but after he lost his sight he repaired to the county farm, and had been there since. In Badlee county a resident of Iowa was elected to the position of coroner. After filing his candidacy he left the state and established residence In Iowa, but as no withdrawal was en tered the name went on the ballot and was voted for along with the other candidates of the nominating party. In many South Dakota counties names . were placed upon the Demo cratic ballot "Just to fill out" as the party had never been known to carry counties In which no really strong can didate came forward. But this year the landslide carried them In, weak and strong, and the old-time Demo crats who always had a desire for office, but who declined to have their names presented, are now wishing they could have looked a little further into the future. SURVEY PROVES YOUTH IS NOT "GOING TO THE DOGS" . & Figures Show Juvenile Delin quency Decreasing. Washington. ? Figures do not Justify the conclusion that Juvenile delin quency is on the Increase, according to a recent report of the National Edu cation association which has Just com pleted an Investigation of the truth of the oft-repeated assertion that youth is "going to the dogs." Reports from several of the large cities Including Chicago and New York do not Indicate that delinquency has grown faster than the population. In fact, the number of delinquent hoys per thousand population has decreased by one-half during the past twenty years In New York, where there were 85,000 boys brought before the Chil dren's court from 1902 to 1911. and only 64,000 In the decade Just closed. The total number of Juvenile delin quents brought before courts each year In the United States has been esti mated at approximately 200.000. Juvenile delinquency seems to be closely associated with certain envlron ?mental and hereditary factors, though no agreement exists as to the relative weight of them In contributing to the waywardness of youth. The economic uncertainty and lack of control In broken homes, are very frequent fac tors. Older children who are delin quents often lead younger children into crime. Neighborhoods In which the population frequently changes Beem to lose those social controls that reduce delinquency. Street trades and other employments of Juveniles either tend to attract or develop delinquent children. A summary of surveys of delin quency shows that certain personal factors such as race, nntlvlty, sex. age. Intelligence, and physical condition have a bearing upon delinquency. There Is a larger proportion of negro children appearing before the courts than might be expected. Homes In which qne or both parents are foreign born seem to supply more thr.n their share of Juvenile court cases. Roys who face the' Juvenile Judge outnum ber ftlrls more thnn Ave to one. Any delinquency Is recognized as too much. The study shows thnt the fol lowing efforts among others, are being made toward a still further reduction Elopers in Their "Muleobile" Waco Brady, 18, and Geneva Turner, 10, both of Martin, Ga? In the odd vehicle, * combination of mule and automobile, In which they eloped from their horn* to Walhalla, 8, 0., n distance of 40 mile*, where they were married. i ./? i ' A -<?' 1 1 of delinquency. State laws provide for 24-hour-a-day parental schools ; special day schools for truants and In corrlglhles are being established In many cities; special classes, behavior clinics, mental hygiene, educational and vocational guidance, education In the wipe use of leisure, and lu char acter. are now part of the regular routine In hundreds of schools where the objective Is the prevention of de llnouency rnther than the cure of it. London Drug Turns Sap Into a Samson London. ? The age of the super man Is near, according to research workers at a London hospital who have discovered a new drug for which they make the following claims : It will prolong life, eliminate fear, breed courage and stimulate the Intellectual and physical strength. It will make sheep as strong as oxen and cats as ferocious as panthers. Already sheep and cats treated with the drug have fought and' killed dogs. It will ndd ten years fo the av erage span of life and produce a race of supermen. "We are afraid to contemplate the ultimate physical and social ef fects," one of the experimenters Raid. Lawsuit Reveals Horse's Victory Over Motor Car Nashville. Tenn. ? A contest between a horse nnd an automobile turned out more or less of n victory for the horse, according to a suit filed here. Ralph Ilarter. seeking $5,000 dam ages from L. P. Watklns, charged that he was a passenger In a car when It overtook Watklns* daughter twelve years old. nstrlde a horse belonging to Watklns. The girl pulled over to the right hand side of the road. Ilarter said the car was moving slowly by the horse when the latter backed Into the vehicle. Its weight crushing In the side and door. Ilarter says his elbow and three ribs were broken. The horse was not hurt. Forgotten Coat Saves Kansas Farmer's Life Aurora, Kan. ? Lady Luck certainly Is on good terms with Med Cote these days. Cote, farmer living near here, saw dark clouds approaching as ho worked *n the field. Deciding to quit work, he started driving his team hon*w. Suddenly he remembered leaving his coat In the field. lie went back for It, lenving the horses. In his momentary absence a lightning holt struck the team. Three horses were killed. Cote received only a slight shock. Glass Roofed Houses Future Landing Fields rhlladelphln. ? (lions-roofed houses will cover the cities of the future. In the opinion of Joseph 8. Pecker, an engineer who has been associated with Harold P. Pltcalrn In the American development of the Autoglro, and will provide convenient landing fields for autoglros. O OPEN a bank account at New Year's was considered lucky in Old England, the custom growing probably from the belief of many centuries that whatever you ^o on the first day of the year will be an Indication of what will happen during the months to follow. So deep seated was this superstition In the minds of men that even after the festival was declared a general holiday, many clung to the old-time, belief, and to Insure work for the coming year would set the pace by spending at least an hour or two In some useful pursuit The first day of the year has been more generally observed than any oth er holiday, and over a longer period, aa well, Its observance dating back to the Druids In England and to ancient Babylon when It was made an occa sion for a celebration lasting from ten to twelve days. With every nation this holiday hns been considered a time for the expression of good will and the renewing of old friendships. The effort to demonstrate the kindly spirit led to the custom of making gifts, often very expensive Jewelry and large sums of money. But it was not necessary to remember one's friends In that lavish way for custom made it possible also to express good wishes In a fitting and very humble man ner. Almost every nntlon has welcomed the New Year with some form of ?ere inony, not, however, on the same date or in the same way. The Druids cele brated the New Year on the shortest day of the year, the time, in their be lief, when the sun, which Journeyed away from earth during the cold months, turned homeward bringing with It sunshine, light, warmth and good cheer. The superstitions that clus ter around the day began away back in the time of these sun worshipers when the priests led the people to the forests of the gods for small sprigs of mistletoe which would bring them health and prosperity for the year. So Important was the event the peo ple marched in processions to the groves, led by the priests, selected for the sacred dnty of cutting the mistle toe, being armed with sickles of gold. And Just as primitive man made his plans for the beginning of a New Year the Mexican, Japanese, Chinese, Persian, Turk, In fact, every nation on the globe followed In his footsteps, each celebrating according to his own Ideas and customs. Omens of good and bad luck have always been associated with the New Year, all founded more or less upon the belief that supreme power wns vested In an unseen deity who coil Id bring good luck If properly appeased or mete out punishments. The Ro mans named their New Year in honor of Janus, the two-faced god, who had the power to look back over the past, and also In a prophetic way could look Into tho future. He wns represented with a key In his hand symbolizing hip power to open doors, and gateways, and this holiday wns one of grent gny ety lnstlng severnl days. The festival wns not observed In midwinter, but In the spring, when tho Romnn yenr be gnn, and had only ten months. loiter when two months were ndded to the cnlendnr, Jnnunry and February were plnced nt the beginning of the yenr, tho New Yenr wns celebruted on the first of Jnnunry. Among the old superstitions nre mnny qunlnt customs thnt hnve been observed for centuries nnd hnve come down almost to this dny nnd nge. Among them are the following: To bring good hick one must wenr something new on the first dny of the yenr. according to old English custom. In some pnrts of ftnglnnd nnd Scot land It Is supposed to he unlucky to leave n house until some outsider has first entered It. There Is nlso nn old superstition concerning tho weather told In nn old legend ns follows: "If New Ynnr night wind blownth ?outh, ft botokancth warmth ami prrowth; If wpnt, much milk, nnd flnh In the *cn; ff north, much cold and atorm* there'll be; If cnnt, the treee will boar much fruit. If northenet, flee It, man and brnte." It wns considered unlucky also for one to make n present on N?w Year's until one had first been received. An old snw pertaining to this custoAi In ns follows: Taka out and take In, Had luok In sura to begin, Rut take In and take out, Good tuck will coma about. How Times Have Changed ? HE custom of celebrating the advent of the New Year is sunk in antiquity. Let us Klance down the centuries toward some of the first stunts in which the populace indulged and see if we aren't inclined to draw a breath of relief as we exclaim, "How times have changed 1" Long, long ago, before the dawn of civilized stomachs, It was a good old pagan custom for the people to cele brate the New Year by gathering in the open where they circled around two wild boars that tore each other to bits. The meat of the dead animals was then divided between the people to feast upon, the best pieces being reserved for those highest in author ity. It's a far cry from the midnight supper of today with its carefully chosen hors d'oeuvrea to stimulate the flagging appetites of guests whose stomachs revolt at the sight of spilled blood. In old Scotland a more savory diet was enjoyed on New Year's eve when people thronged through the streets between twelve and one o'clock at night bearing steaming kettles of spiced ale, known in that day as the wassail bowl. As they passed each other on the way to visit neighbors, they, stopped to give and take sips, so that their spirits were mounting high when they arrived, to be generously fed on buna and cheese. This pleas ant custom persisted for many years Old New Year's and the New New Year's AS8ACHUS15TTS made New Year's a holiday lonjj after the American custom of New Year's calls, which Justified Its observance, had ^one the way of the polka ami the hoop skirt. There Is nothing American about the carnival-like merry-making which nowadays welcomes the now year. Or can It be that even thin Is a metamorphosis of the watchnlght meeting of 40 years or more ago? To deacons and elders, to all anxious heads of families, It used to seem fitting to spend the last three hours of the year In singing lugubrious hymns and giving thanks that they had been singled out for preserva tion when so many had been removed by an equally discerning Providence. Hut to the young the watchnlght meeting was always a dreary servlre, only to be endured In vle\^ of the Joys of the morrow. And when the life and color were taken out of the observance of New Year's Itself, there seemed little sense In ushering In a day of gloom with a still gloomier New Year's eve. So they left the watch night meeting to those who found no more pleasure In their days, and for themselves Introduced the practice how generally prevalent of Indulging In a last fling In preparation for the morrow's disagreeable business of turning over a new leaf. They have rerlved the old pagan ceremony, ex until it was abused by the wild youth of the land who took advantage of the occasion for the commission of law less acts. At one time the New Year was cele brated by the giving of presents Just as Christmas Is today. Gloves were a popular contribution to a lady's wardrobe because of their rarity. If the gentleman was hesitant in select i ing the gloves in person, it was per j fectl.v proper for him to give money for their purchase, which was known I "glove money." When pins were first invented, about the beginning of the Sixteenth cen ! tury, they were an even more accept nble gift in feminine circles. They were rough hand-made pins, but were considered, rare pieces of workman ship compared with the skewers of bone and wood then in use. If money was given for their purchase, It was known as "pin-money," a phrase which ! has clung to the language, and con notes money used for any extras, plna or other. In early America the New Year was celebrated with the simplicity that was part of the times. With no steam cars, motor cars or telephones, peo ple had to depend on stage coaches and ox teams for transportation. It was said that It was of no use to sit up and watch the old year out as the "clocks did so vary that they knew very little of the crossing." So the settlers celebrated by making multi tudinous calls the next day, Jingling merry sleigh bells and shaking off snow on the door step. Refreshments consisted of great slices of cake, doughnuts, coffee and cider. The cus tom of making wholesale New Year's calls persisted for many years. Only a short time ago It was still the fash Ion for families to hold open house. The Chinese are said to celebrate New Year's In the most unusual fash Ion of all. They actually feel com pelled to pay off their debts before they can be at peace with the world. Of all the customs of various nations, this is perhaps the one most worthy of emulation. ? Indianapolis News. cept that no mlninture skeletons are passed round nt the feast to remind them thnt they nre mortal. Nothing In this modern New Year's eve ahan don, however, commends It as a sub stitute for the old and grai.lous cus tom of paying and receiving calls, n custom whose desuetude was hastened by the prodigious growth of the lnrgo cities In the 2.r> years following the Civil war. As people's acquaintances Increased numerically their circle widened geo graphically. Horse-drawn vehicles were Mill the Indispensable ways of getting about. A gentleman who in 1800 could call upon 100 or more ladles and find room In himself for an orpin I number of cups of coffee or glasses of sherry, was compelled, in 1875), to reduce his calling list by half; be could not get all tho way round, even If bis brains and his legs held out. As It became npparent that either the custom or Its observers must shortly perish from the earth, tho custom languished and died. Such of the old observers as survive spend tho day sndly. There Is nothing they can do to make thern repentant.. There Is no pleasure in making good resolu tions which you can't break If yoti try. ? Hoston Herald. A TOAST What though the wiiven of yen Iprycnr Return ?> p?'? n our h^ach, An<l coin* again nn<l Rllp away Forever out of renrh l.et's reunite the torch of <1nyn An'l hall the new born year Old Father Time's young proKony la worth a rotislng rheer! ? A C. ('I/A PP. In Chicago Dully New*. N#?w Ymt'i Not* Ah n rulo tlioro'H nothing now nbont n Now Yonr'g pnrty oxcopt Uio Now Ynar,? Worann'B Homo Oompnnlon.