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Old Year's Party By Marguerite Hope It was New Year's eve and a thin old man with a wizened face was sit ting by th3 fireplace. At first sight you would have said that he was rather a disagreeable 01(1 chap, but on closer inspection you found out that he had very bright eyes and quite a humorous smile round his mouth. It was surprising that Old Year was feeling rather sad. It was his last night on the dear old IEarth. The A next morning, long before it was day light, he must fly away in a big snow Storm, and New Year, all fresh an( rosy and splendid, would take his place. . .Old Year wasn't the least afraid of what the future might bring, only he felt a little sad Sgood-by" to his friends, and a tiny bit jealous about New Year's arrival. As lie sat there musing a pretty a i little snow flower S dropped on the floor at his feet. "You beautiful thing 1" he cried. "Where did you come from?" As he spoke the flower expanded, throwing Its petals all over the floor, bind a little man stepped out. Hie was white from head to foot. "Bless me I If you aren't Brother January 1" said the old mann. "What }brings you to visit me? It's only the thirty-first of December." "But I'm last January," said the little fellow. Old Year laughed. "Of course you are. You came in my 'waistcoat pocket and popped out be fore the others-they were afraid of the cold." "Oh I glad you haven't quite forgot ten me. Now listen, Old Year, we Months have a great scheme for to night. We're going to feast you in the Ice Palace on Time Mountain. We shall all be there, the whole lot of us, and you must come, too." "You're very kind," said Old Year, "but really I'm so tired I'd rather sit t here and dream away my last hours." "Now, don't talk like that, Old Year, the party can't take place if you don't come. How can we Months hold to gether without you?" Old Year smiled. "All right," he said, "I'll come, but all my clothes are worn out." "Another excuse," cried January. "Come along, they're all waiting. Be sides, there's a surprise outside." Old Your started at the word "sur prise," and then he, strode out of the house with 'January on his shoulders. Now although lie had lived every minute of the year there was one :hing that Old Year hiad never done he had never flown in an airplane. So imagine his astonishment wvhenm he saw a gi'eat white biplane covered with sil ver frost o1:1 ide Is door. A gay, breezy little fellow, whom he recog nized as March. sat in the pilot's seat. He wore silver goggles and looked every inch an aviator. Old Year and January got in behind the pilot, and soon thle great silvery bird was soaring up into the cold, starry nighlt. They passed over cities and vil lages, hkkes and forests, and every where Old Year noticed preparations for the coming of his successor. "They'd be surprised if they knew whlere I wvas now," he thoughlt. And then he gave up his spirit to the joy of the flight. Fcinally Time Mountain came in sight, and as thley approachedl they saw a dazzling sight. The whole mountain was blazing with light, and the trees shone as their boughs radi ated electrielty. -When the airplane came into view a great cry of joy wams heard, and a chorus of happy v o ic es criod: "Hurrah I for (Oh( Year I" March ex 'ecuted a wvonder fuli vollane and1(1 * softly the Silver Bird settled to earth at the foot of the mountain. Tlihousands of lit- ' tle people rushed to greet the 0O(1d -Year, These were the Minutes and the Seconds. T1hey were dressed1 in 4 ~ with electricity, and they talkced very taut, S Old Year patted them kindly withl his big hands. They flew round him very quickly, and in some magic wvay Old Year was carried to the top of the mountain. There lie sawv a won derful ice palace and over the door was written in huge letters "In Honor of Old Year." Accompanied by the Minutes and seconds Old Yeair entered the palace, and in the great bright hail he sawv 12 of his dearest friends, theMots Very beautiful they looked in artistic -groups about the hail. 'January, Flebruary and March were Sstanding together in a' miniature park, wore wInter :drees n February was '' skating costume. April and ?May were sitting on a grass bank. April was dressed like a beautiful .Bloodroot, in a pure white dress; with yellow stars in her hair, and she wore shoes and stockings of a blood red color. May was lovely; she looked like dutfodiils on a moss bank, and tiny streams trickled off her dress. June was a glorious mass of roses and green leaves. She iluttered with pleasure as Old Year approached her, and threw a rose at him crying "In memory of the happy morning when you bade me live." July was resplendent and Old Year felt warm all through when he got near to her. "Beautiful summer month," he murmured, "is this the lust time I'll feel you?" As he said this May let one of her little streams trickle down --she was crying for the Old Year. August wore a sailor costume and smelled of blue grass. September and October were a mass of colors. It wasn't very long since Old Year had visited them, so they were quite familiar with him. October t o s s e d some of her pret ty leaves into his face. This was / \ \ her way of kiss- f ing. November look ed1 hale andl hearty, and De- - tember, in snowy " robe, carried a Christmas tree over his shoulder. After exchanging kindly greetings with the whole company, Old Year stepped up to June and asked her to open the ball with him. For reply she strewed him with her petals, and then such a dance began as never was seen before. The Minutes flew in by the windows, and the Seconds jumped out of the cracks in the ice floor. Everyone was giddy with joy and excitement, and Old Year,who a few hours before was meditating by the fire, now danced till even lively June began to weary. Then he took sweet April in his arms and the little red feet and legs positively twinkled round the hall. March executed a wild dance with October, and blew so hard that bits of his partner's dress were strewn over the floor. At half past eleven some of the Minutes screamed out that supper was served, and Old Year and his friends flew to take their last meal together. Every imaginable dainty was on the table and the dancing had made the revelers hungry. The Minutes and S'conds ate like lightning, and then one after another, they fell asleep round the table. They would never wake again, but " utheir short lives had been very ff(B EM happy. Then the Months began to get sleepy, and Old Year too. He sank into a big chair and tired June fell into his arms and slept cozily in their em brace. At last De comber and Old Yeca r were the only ones awake. Then the clock struck midnight, and they closed their eyes and slept, too. At thuis moment some beautiful snow flakes flew in through the windows. They formed themselves into a kind of blanket and wrapped Old Year ten derly in its folds. Just as they were going to cover up his face a pale blue spirit floated over him and kissed his sleeping brow. It was the Spirit of New Year kissing the Spirit of Old Year. More Time to Work. One good Newv Year's resolution is to complain less and work more. A New Year's GREETING to All Our Friends By Mr. and Mrs. Eugene T. Skinkle I f you were superstitious 1Il tell you what we'd do: We'd send a bunch of lucky charms to all of Ayours and you; Aswastika, a rabbit foot, a four leaf clover, too, A lucky stone, a dry wish bone, also an old horse shoe. But then you know there is no show for these old charms of yore, They've had theirday, and passed awaywith myths that's gone before: So we will send to you, dear friend, our gret ing full of cheer, Our kindest love-hover ing above-you all throughout the ear. -- - - r' -" '- r_ "" ","."r ? L.IJ1IpJ pJVeJ 4iL VUAirVJ1JU4 THIS IS THE YEARS "lAISE your hat to the Clad New Year! Rlaiso your voice with a hopeful cheer I I Make a vow that while it stays You'll make the most of its glorious days, And- I What? That sort of resolve is old? Sounds like a tale too often told ? You've made it every New "Ycar's day, . Then frittered the live-long ycir awav? . Well, s'posing you have? \\'hat's thalt to With this particular year? I i's new ! New, you grouch, not the same obl kind " . Of muddled up year you've left hid! New each day and each minute to,! New; each second is fresh-laid, new I New for the things you've left unlne I; New for the races you haven't ruu l + New for ambitions unachieved I New for mistakes unretrieved ! New for unfinished efforts too! New for the things you mean to do ! Never one day in its bill of fare Is like another day anywhere. And if a year can be fresh and new Why in the dickens can't you be too? You can! So wash from your care-stained face Of memory's dirt the last small trace. Put on Ambition's garments bright, . Light your cigar with the Future's light And say to yourself: "The old year's dcal. - Bury it deep! Look right ahead ! . Here's a New Year laid out for me, As full of chances as it can be, So out of my way and let me go ! It's up to me, and by jings! I'll show 1" Then start ! And keep at it! Hang on I Stick You'll notice the difference mighty quick, And you'll find, before t's half-way through. It's the Happiest kind of a year for you! --Paul IWti. By KIN HUBBARD No so ne is th' s pii o' Ch i t t - - me ti we're seized o We jStaro th Ner W etQ incniusly fAll it'Eam etosec Nov oone an' tke aspiritoa Cinvoice eyn h'otsit ou an glemny eastled til wae're seizedrnoe saohrhbt hti shwit' sprth moa'l rarncfin'an',wrsiallihry~ii'oser afte ah clseo o' th'ecoin', year. So n n hbtta s on uht NwYe ar ofet an Yerth' cornrwf raeatyls~cddituti resolui onsl We'll qit adrinkin'ec cit.orin ee 'goet Livewn -smookin' taeaprsarinoc'. al l~auodaeknhv Mayb omny resoletionk al inletrbt n et ut we' neerse m tcm' year. o' h' n n NwYa'rsltos wear ohe thi e er~i~ ot Iirsmn hngs twe might elimi raefoluto. 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Te'etee tip eer' ennyhe gts hs hade onevhr' lots o' fours woe don'k or th feler wo lld~ n t'ever in'e any smoe owYear'sr roin s. sent hat omes i~ ~lusolvav cary' ful heiescline' trs. flySl)pi~~n./ ' I ~proms, Adamhe refugsfor th'vicen Many Historic Events' Have Happened on New Year'sDay By RENE BACH . EN'S of utmost historic 1w portance, many of them tragic in ch actter, are associated with New Year's day. It was on the iirst day of January, 1518; that Juati )iaz de Soils, the cx jlore', consting in a sailing vessel along the eastern shore of South America, discovered and entered the mouth of a mighty river, He called it (by reason of the date) the January river, or Rio de .aneiro, the nime it bears 11(1 which is also borne by the city at its mnouth, the cnpital of Brazil at the preent time. The tragely, in this instance, came liter. TIlree years afterward the saine i(IveiiIirous explorer again en tered the river mouth. The natives were issi'leious of his intentions, and wheni he landed'( they enptured and killed him, nmid within sight of his ship runste'(ii his bo(ly over a fire nanl ate it. Thuis i perished a man who, iii his (lay, was reputed the ablest of living nalvigators. Bartholomew E!steban Murillo, great est of the Spanish painters, was born on the first (lily of January, 1018. For ninny years his services were ei ployed by the churches and convents of Seville, whlch were enriched by his ittietupalratble. masterpieces. lie' enrn('i by his art a considerable fortune. When at the height of his fame he was invited] to 01ad1z, and( there executed f his magnificent picture of St. Cath erine, the mother of Jesus. Just as the work was on the point of comple tion he fell from a scalfold and was killed. It seems rather o(1d that history should take the trouble to record the delth, on .lanunry 1, 1630, of so unim portant a Person as Thomas Ilobson, a carrier of Canbridge, England. He made It business o1' hiring out horses. Ilobson was merciful to his beasts, and enforced a rule that required for each one of them a certain measure of rest. Those which had not had their proper time of rest he would not al low to go out. "This or none," - he would say, indicating the horse that was available for hire. Whence came the familiar term, "Ilobson's choice, this or none." On the first day of January, 1776, the town of Norfolk, Va., was burned, not by the British, who were threaten ing the place, but by its American in habitants. Lord Dunmore, the royal governor of the colony, having ahan (1011e the town 111(1 sought safety on board of a ship (one of a number of vessels that were under his command in the harbor), found himself in dis tress for provisions. The frigate Liverpool, on arriving, threatened to turn her guns loose upon Norfolk, because the people refused to furnish food supplies, but in response the inhabitants set tire to their houses and even wiped out the plantations for a long distance back from the wa ter, in order (hit nothing in the way 2'f subsistence might be obtainable by tile enem'iiy. Exnetly five yearsa later', on Janui ary 1, 1781, an incident v'ery aliarminig to the cause of tile Amierienn colon ists occurlred att Morristown, N. J1. It, was nothing less than a revolt of, troops of tile Pennsyl viana line, who liad enilisted for three yeiars' service. Th'le termI~ hanving e'xpired, they (de imanided thleir dischairge. The inlciplint rebellion was promiptly suppressedl, however. On the fir'st day of January, 1801, the astrioomer Plazzi, at Pailermio, dlis coveredl Cer(es, the first of tile minor phi nets, or so-catlled "itsteroids," reC vealed by3 the telescope. It is -.ess than 500) miles in diameter. Since thea a greait many of these babhy sis ters of the earth have been "spotted" by eat erlri sing star-ganzers, though none of' tem is so big as Ceres. One of thiem, Eros, is twins, two littlie globes revolving ab~out eaceh oIther. Up to dateI, 822 of t hese niiinor plaune'ts have beeni discovered. Here He Is, I ..N~ , When New Yeah's Calls Were Made Cal. Tertvilliger Biuegrass Le. gui tour. Folks somehow aren't as sociable As in the good old days, When, sal, a certain grace an' cha'? Distinguished, social ways; Fo' instance, sah, on Ncw Yeah's Day, When chivalry arrayed In fcathas fine would gathah, . sah, An' New Year's calls were made. We greeted one anothah, sah,. With smile an'coily bow, An' round the brimming punch bowl sal, We gracely mu'mu'ed "1o1wI'" And conve-sation sparkled, sah, With wassail's kindly aid Butt that tWas in the goldcn days When Net Yeah's calls were mnade. Pure tectah was that New Yeah's punch how gencrously it flowed! The season's compliments vere passed; One's heaht, sah, fai'ly glowed. The recent gene'etions, sah, Old customs hate betrayed But, ah those olden, golden days When New Ycah's calls were mn ade. -Paul T. Gilbert in Cartoons Magazine. ''he first day of January, 1810, was (11(de metorable in l'anst lidhat, bynn., by a happening that was in its vay wholly extraordinary. Thero vere in the town nine unmarried young women, and it had been do.. Ided that husbands must be found for hem. Accordingly, in the spirit of an nlightened public enterprise, nine nen agreed to marry them, and on the lbove-mentioned date all of them be :me wives, an elaborate ceremony and much rejoicing signalizing the :vent. On New Year's day, 1914, London xlperienced a most remarkable fog. l'he city was immersed in a sea of sus )ended moisture that extended for a listance of 70 miles beyond its out. skirts. Business was at a standstill und many people lost their llvca by Calling into the Thames river and into. manals. Four years later, on the first of January, 1818, the White House (which ha( been burned by the British troops in August, 1814) was for the first time thrown open to the public after that t ragie event, at a New Year's rocep (ion given by President Monroe. Even then, however, the building was still undergoing repairs, which were not ottplete( for more than a twelve tiontth. It had newly received its first 'ont of white paint, to conceal the tartks of lire thalt marred the brown sh stone of which it was built. The post of reconstruction was $240,400. On the first day of January, 1$25, Ireat Britain recognlzed1 the lnde )etilence of the South American re Ptaul Rlevere, hero of the famous 'ide, was5 horn January 1, 1735. Mason and Slidell, the Confederate :ommttissioners', left Fort Warren for Entglatnd Jaury 1, 1802. President- Lincoltn issued his procla nttin Imancipating the slaves Jlanu iry 1, 1863.. These are only a fow of the many intable events that have mtarked New Y'ear's. da." In history. To give any hinig like a comnprehenelve list of thena itor could not lbe. attemipted. Some of lhe tmost imtporitant hiappenintgs of an 'lent titmes, inRm, in Greece and ~lsewhere, are iloassociated with the irat day of the year. New Year Hint. Was it Confutelus or Lao-Tse ,who mid. "'Good resaI otis, like fa iting v(foen, should( be carried out ?' 'hiilelpila TIcedger. Ught on Tfime