The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, December 27, 1917, Image 3
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.
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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