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Show rrmrnmnm? WHEN Would you ask tor Money Heaped in golden store? Remember old Carnegie, W ho say9 that wealth's a bore, When you hear the New Year Knocking .at the door. NOV-TEAB- a When you hear the New Year Knocking at the door, Would you wish for Power, Like monarchs held of yore? See the Czar of Russia. Bombarded, aft and fore. When you hear the New Year Knocking at the door. DOOR When you hear the New Year Knocking at the door. Which, of all your wishes. Would you ask him for. If he said he grant you One and Just no more? When you hear the New Year Knocking at the door. When you hear the New Year Knocking at the door. Muke tne wish thats best of all. Be what may in store Tis to keep the old friends. Beloved of your heart's core. When you hear the New Year Knocking at the door. John S. McGroarty. When you hear the New Year Knocking Rt the door, Romance of the Year ' Time Civil. Ecclesiastical and Astronomical-Da-te of New Year Variable Equinoxes Alone Constant Customs of New Years Observance In Ancient and Modern Times. All nations and people have a par- days, so that from new full moon to new full moon, there Is remethlng more than twenty-nindays, which Is called a synodical month, or lunation. No nation up to the present time has devised a system of absolute acof the curacy in the measurement colar year. Some ancient nations, such as tbe Chaldeans, reckoned the year as 360 days. This, is the principle of that most ancient astronomical term, tbe Zodiac. The Zodiac iB a belt encircling the heavens on each side of the ecliptic, within which the planets known to tbe ancients always revolve. It extends eight degrees on each side of the ecliptic. It is divided into twelve equal parts, called signs of the Zodiac. It is a great cycle, and is divided into 360 degrees, like all circles; hence 360 days in the Chaldean year. The Egyptians counted 365 days in their year. As tbe year contains 365 days nearly, such systems could not fall to work great inconvenience, for the seasons would move round in a cycle from one time of the year to tbe other. Let me make this quite plain. Take the winter solstice, for Instance, which happens on Dec. 21. At the end of four years the solstice would be not on Dec. 21, but on Dec. 22. The sun would be behind time. In order, therefore, that the seasons should occur at the same time in the civil year, it was necessary to take account of this traction of a day. Julius Caesar, the great Roman emperor. determined to rectify the error. He called the celebrated Egyptian ass tronomer, Soslgines, to his aid. suggested the addition of a day every fourth year. This day was added to February, and is known to us as Leap Year," but to the Romans as Rissextlle (Bis, twice, sextus, sixth). This corrected calendar became known as the Julian. But as it made the year consist of 365 days, 6 hours, it was in excess of the actual time by 1 minute 10.3 seconds. Small as was this fraction, it accumulated to about one day in every 134 years. The calendar needed reform. Time, civil and ecclesiastical, required readjustment. But to urge the necessary change was dangerous, as the learned Friar Bacon found to his cost For pointing out errors in the calendar he received as a reward for the advocacy of the truth a prison, where he remained ten years. As often happens, ecclesiastical requirements minister to civil necessities. The immediate cause of the correction of the calendar was an error in the time of observing the Easter festival. The Council of Nice, in A. D. 325, decreed that Easter is the 8unday following the full moon, next after the Vernal equinox. Owing to disputes arising from this decree Pope Hilarius. in 463, ordered that the paschal moon should not be the actual full moon, but an ideal one, falling on the 14th day of the moon by tbe from Metonl, metonlc cycle a Greek philosopher, who discovered it. It consists of nineteen years, at the end of which the sun is in about the same position he was at the be- But sundials are only useful when the sun shines; hence some other measures of time became a necessity. The Egyptians were successful in inventing such a contrivance. They called it the Clepsydra (kleps, to steal, and hudor, water), by which time was measured by a continuous flow of water at a uniform motion. The Clepsydra is first mentioned by Empedocles, who flourished in the fifth century before Christ. It was brought to a high degree of perfecand is an Arabic word meaning flight), tion by a philosopher of Alexandria, which occurred A. D. 622. The Jews named Cteseblus, and continued down reckon their dispensation from the to the intention of clocks, probably in creation of the world, but In reality the fourteenth centfiry. Watches fol, their lowed in due course, till they have chronology begins with the Exodus. Moses Intentionally introbecome an almost necessary requisite duced a new calendar, and makes of everyday use. Ablb their first month. It has been Most people are under the impressupposed that the Jewish Sabbath is sion that the rotation of the earth the same as the seventh day on which has never varied from one complete God ended His work, but as Moses turn in twenty-fou- r hours. But this is changed the first month to Abib, be an error. The motions of both earth changed the first day also. The first and moon have not been invariable. day of this new year was the first There was a time when the lunar day of the first month and the first month was twenty-nindays Instead of first of the week. The day Sabbath twenty-seven- , as It now is (Sir R. being held on the seventh day, it must Ball: Time and Tide). The synodical of necessity have been changed also. month, therefore, was between thirty But being changed, it could not be In and thirty-on(A synodical days. correspondence with the seventh day month Is the interval from one new of creation on which God rested." moon to the next.) So that primitive Christians date their epoch from the man, reckoning, the month as a synodibirth of Christ, the expression for cal period, or lunation, may not have which is the Latin words Anno Dombeen so inaccurate as we in our suini, or A. D., the initial letters of the perior wisdom imagine. words. Five centuries elapsed before an attempt was made to authoritative, Going back from this epoch to the Infancy of the mood, we come to a ly fix the date of the Nativity. This time when the day and month were was then undertaken by Dionysius of equal duration about four hours Kxlguua (little), who fixed our present each! Going forward to the old age It is now generally alchronology. of the earth, we come to an epoch lowed that he was four years out in when the day and month are again Jila reckoning, and that B. C. 4 is the correct year. This corresponds with equal. But this time. Instead of being four hours each, they will be 1,400 the statement by Ireneus and Tertul-liahours. Just think of it! One day lastthat Christ was born about the ing 1,400 hours! When the day will year of Rome 751, of our present days, equal Different nations have begun their what will be the length of the year? count of time at different parts of the But we must not stop at a 1, r twenty-fou- r hours. The ancient f day. Going still forward in the Babylonians. Syrians, Per future, we come to a time when the elans, the modern Greeks and the inface of the earth will be always habitants of the Balearic isles reckon turned to the sun, as the moons face their day from sunrise to sunrise. Why is now turned to the earth, and as she the ancient nations began the day at will continue to be. Then there will sunrise is evident from their early rebe a perpetual day, for the sun shall ligion, which was Magism. Fire was never set, literally fulfilling the words a chief object of reverence with them, of the prophet: Thy sun shall no and the run as the grand symbol of more go down, neither shall thy moon their worship received especial venerawithdraw Itself. (Is. lx: 20.) The tion. Hence they began their day as romance of time! How it fascinates! they began their devotions with the The new year has been observed rising sun. with festive rejoicings from remotest Others, like the Athenians, the Chinese and the Jews hare counted the antiquity. Its celebration by religious, as well as secular observances, preday from sunset to sunset. Why the vailed generally among the nations of Jews begin the day from sunset is Hindus. And Egyptians, antiquity. potent from their religion. The charChinese, Persians, Jews, Romans and acteristics of the Jewish religion are Mohammedans.- - although differing in sharp contrast to those of other nations. The aim of Moses was to widely as to the time from which they teckon the new year, all regard It with wean them from the grossness of especial' interest of a joyous kind. oriental religions. Hence the contrasts and antitheses. If the worshipers of The Chinese begin the year at the the elements begin the day with sunVernal equinox, and make it one of rise, then the followers of Jehovah the most v splendid festivals. All will begin theirs with sunset. Moses classes mingle together, and unite in can have no concord with error. thanksgiving for mercies received and The Egyptians and pagan Roman prayers for a genial season and good crop. priests began their day at midnight ginning).-In Most European nations follow the With the Hindus the first day of the 1582 it was found that the real same rule. Americans have also adoptnew year is sacred to Ganesa, the equinox tell ten days before the nomed the custom. Astronomers, however, inal one. and from the error In the god of wisdom, to whom kids and begin the day at noon, when the sun Metonic cycle, Easter had got four wild deer are sacrificed amid illuminala on the meridian. Among the days wrong. Then Pope Gregory tions and rejoicings. To Hipparchus, a Greek philosopher, XIII reformed tbe calendar, called mountainous tribes a buffalo is sacwho flourished about B. C. 150. must rfter him the Gregorian calendar, by rificed before vast multitudes of peobe given the credit of dividing tne the aid of Cl&vlus, a learned Jesuit ple. day from midnight to midnight into The equinox of 1582, which should The Sabeans held a grand festival twenty-fou- r hours, or two equal por- have fallen ' on March 21, fell on on the day the sun entered Arus, one tions of twelve hours each. This sys- March 11. Gregory cut the Gordian of the signs of the Zodiac. Priests tem prevails generally at the present knot by decreeing that Oct. 6 of that and people marched to the temples day. But astronomers count continuand sacrificed to the planetary gods. year should be counted as Oct 15. hours. ously for twenty-fou- r The first method of measuring time, In the British Isles the Druids beThe week, as all know, consists of as far as we know, was by means of on March 10th, with the seven days. Christians and Jews the obelisk. The pyramids of Egypt gan the year solemn ceremony of cutting the mishold this division because God created very probably answered the same purtletoe from the sacred oak. On that the heaven and the earth (the solar pose, Josephus states that Moses two white bulls were tied by the forms and of life erected, at Heliopolis, in Egypt, a pil- day primordial system) horns. When a Druid, clothed in white in six days, and rested on the lar for such purposes. The cloudy robes, mounted the tree and cut off But it would 'seem that pillar that accompanied the Israelseventh. the mistletoe, after which the sacripagan nations selected seven days be- ites in their forty years' wanderings in cause of the seven planets known to the wilderness, and which was a pil- fices were offered. The Mexicans on new year's day them, after which they called the lar of fire by night, most likely anadorned their houses and temples sun moon inand The were days. swered the same purpose. Pliny states cluded in the planets. They were: that an obelisk, now on the Thames and engaged in various religious cereOn such occasion human Sun, Mercury, Venus, Moon, Mars, embankment in London, and known monies. Jupiter, Saturn. We call three days as Cleopatra's Needle, was erected sacrifice was offered to propitiate the of the week directly after the planets gods. by Mesophres about B. C. 1700, likely In modern times it is also an occaSaturday (Saturn), Sunday (Sun), for similar uses. We all know, I hope, and inter Monday (Moon), and four through the the reference in tbe Bible to the sun- sion of social rejoicing Saxon names for the others: Tuesday dial of In England, change of courtesies. Ahaz, about B. C. 740. Accord(TuescoMars), Wednesday (Woden ing to St. Jerome, who revised the old under old style, the year began on Mercury), Thursday (Thor Jupi- Latin Bible Into what is called the March 25. On the change of date to ter), and Friday (Frlga Venus). Vulgate Version of the Holy Scrip- Jan. 1, great opposition was offered The month, no doubt, originated tures. It was a pillar erected near a by the people generally. Many really from the phases of the moon. These, flight of steps (translated degrees in believed they were being deprived of are four in the English Bible). Berosus was the eleven years of their existence. sharp and number: the new moon, first quarter, first to construct a sundial proper, in Rev. F. P. Duffy, Secretary Amerifull moon and last quarter. Each of B. C. 540 the firt recorded in pro- can Church Bible Institute. these phases occupies about seven fane histor-Ravenswood, Illinois. ticular epoch from which they date the era In which they may have lived. The Romans dated their chronological events from the founding of the city. The expression, The year of Rome," or the letters A. U. C. (ab iirbs ) refers to that particular epoch. The Mohammedans express their sequence of time by the year of the The date is from the Hejira, prophet. or the flight of Mohammed from , Mecca (Hejira is pronounced The New Bridal Fan. At a recent New York society wedding a decided novelty was in evidence. Instead of the orthodox bouquet of orange blossoms or white and silver prayer book, the bride carried a fan of costly point lace, which was attached to her wrist by means of a narrow white satin ribbon. Her long and narrow point applique veil was so arranged as to conceal little of her hair. The top was twisted in a loose fold, which was arranged in two loops, one much lower than the other, at the side of her moderately high coiffure. A very long and full spray of orange blossoms was fastened at the left of the tulle loops and trailed almost to her shoulder. A still larger spray was used on the corsage. A Smart Storm Coat Rain coats have become so general as to be counted among the necessities of life. This one is smart at the same time that it serves its purpose well and is suited to all the many waterproof materials in vogue. As shown. e con-dlta- Hej-l-ra- . n e . fifty-eig- 400-hou- well-mad- e follow-lowin- e Sosi-gine- begaiters protect the ankles from excuse is enough which coming damp, for wearing them aside from the fact that they are modish. Although many A Postscript prefer the small checked effects, the A Paul girl had a very little St the gaiters prettier style is to have family connection to pray tor the same color as the sklijt, thus mak- large one and night when she arose froa ing them inconspicuous. Housewifely Hints. her knees her mother said: bread fine Rub Ughl gloves with Why, Edith, you forgot grandma' Princes Wrapper. crumbs after each time of wearing. If No other garment yet devised She got rignt down on her knees agsi. you allow them to get very dirty, home but means the comfort and relaxation of and said: cleaning is seldom a success; Oh, God, wouldnt that give morning gown. This treated In this way they will look the cold feet! I forgot grandma!" c. jg. M nice for quite a long time. B., in Lippincott8. If lace is Ironed directly after washing, first under a cloth, finishing off Cause and Effect with nothing between It and the iron, Jack So you asked old Gotrox br there is no need to starch it Ironing his daughters hand in marriage, eh while wet gives It just the right Tom Sure, and it was a regular amount of stiffness. walkover for me. After baking a cake stand the tin Jack A walkover! directly you take It from the oven Yes. The old man walked Tom on a cloth which has been wrung out aU over me. of hot water. Leave a few minutes, The cake will and then turn out. Same Old Grind. come out without any trouble. Gotrox used to make hay Gyer When furnishing use the same patand water stock on a New England tern carpet In all bed rooms; then, farm when he was a hoy. when the carpets begin to wear, or Whats he doing nowr Myer you move to another house, the best Gyer "The same thing in toor of one can two be joined part street. gether, and will make quite a presentable carpet. Very Similar. What- In thunderatloa Roderick Milliners Ban on the Veil. are those Indians singing. I cant It will not do for the pretty girl to make any sense out ot it hide her passe hat under an accumulaVan Albert College songs, prob tion of gauze veilings any longer. The ' , ably. milliners have found her out. In convention assembled they have deAfter the Proposal. nounced the veil and jeered at the woman who wears It. It gives too much opportunity to economical women to look smart at a trifling expense to suit the other women who live by the hats they sell. Mme. Hunt, an officer of the National Milliners assoIt is a dangerous ciation, says: fashion, a style which puts money in the pockets of the veil makers but takes it out of ours. Many women 4566 Princess Wrapper, 32 to 42 bast. conceal old hats under fluffy masses Design by May Manton. of brown veiling and then forego the pleasures of a new hat. We must ex- excellent model is well adapted to its use and Is suited to many materials. pose this practice. It also can be made either high or - She Do I make myself plain, Mr. Tea Punch. with a square neck. As illustrated it Ergent? He Well, I might say you're not Make a strong Infusion of tea, pour Is made ot blue challle dotted with lng a quart of boiling water over a black, the yoke being of ecru lace and as attractive as you were. tablespoonful of Ceylon or English the trimming black and white braid. The Horrible Example. breakfast tea and letting it stand un- The wrapper combines lose fronts How is it business has so much til cold. Strain and add to the with a fitted back, but is made over a in the side show? asked the mixture: The juice of three fitted front lining that means perfect lemons and the juice of three oranges, neatness. The pointed yoke with the man from the main tent I started the living skeleton to the pulp and Juice of a shredded pine- sleeve caps give the breadth of shoulapples and one pint of sugar. When der that is so fashionable, but the smoking cigarettes, replied the hu the sugar is entirely dissolved add square yoke can be substituted and tllng manager. I don't see why that should dm one quart apollinaris and one box tbe sleeve caps omitted if preferred. To make the wrapper for a woman people. fresh strawberries or raspberries, Yes; every mother takes her boy used whole. Pour over a block of ice ot medium size will be required 11 ft in the punch bowl. A cupful of claret yards 27 or 7 yards 44 inches wide, in and points out the horrible examr and a tablespoonful of curacoa may be with Vt yard of lace. A May ple. Philadelphia Record. added if desired. Manton pattern No. 4565, sizes 32 to Asked and Answered. 42, will be mailed to any address on Where, asked the female suffrage Velvet Coats Fashionable. receipt of ten cents. were It Odd coats of velvet are more fashorator, would man be not for wonu.n? ionable than ones of cloth. Made in r She paused for a moment and lengths, they are exI repeat, looked around the hall. tremely handsome affairs, and are she said, where would man be seen in a variety of different shapes. were it not for woman? The smartest are made to fit loosely And a voice from the gallery anat the back, with straight fronts which swered: Hed be in tbe Garden ot from the shoulders. white hang Heavy Appliques stitchings are alwa Eden, eating strawberries. in satin or cloth make a pretty trim- smart on black.. Fur scarfs are broader and long ming, although some of the most efDreadful Possibilities. fective coats are very simple as to than last year. Nero was fiddling In the red glare ot cut, the beauty of the garment dependShirrings form girdle effects i burning Rome. Stop and hear our ing upon the good lines and the ma- many pretty frocks. ruler playing, said the senator; are terial White and pale colored zlbeltnes a you running because you are afraid used for dressy gowns. of the fire? Contra La Migraine. The average woman looks best in No, responded the wise man ot A delightful essence to inhale when fine net veil without spots. Rome. I am afraid he will start on Have two or three sets of linger suffering from headache is composed Liawatha next. ot one drachm of oil of lavender, one sleeve raffles for the one gown. ounce lump camphor, three ounces liDreading such a calamity, the twe Insect forms of jeweled gunmet friends hastened away. quid ammonia and one pint alcohol. are worn at corsage and in coiffure. Dissolve and bottle. Nervous headSafety lies fealfway between a droc Too Bright aches are often relieved by applying ing blouse and a bodice. Dat wuz mighty poor comfort dey towels wrung out of hot water to the Yoke and sleeves of gold net add face and head. Use as hot water as rich finish to the white evening gow give Brer Thomas on his sick bed, said Brother Dickey. can be borne. Mirror velvets are the lightest ai What dey tell him? best fitted for tucking and shlrrli Preacher tol him dey. wuz a bright . Gaiter Now in 8tyle. conceits. Most women are at their best in tl prospect ahead of him. Smart women are adopting the EngEn what he say ter dat? lish custom of wearing spats or gait- dainty fluffy things they call hon er Tol em dat what wuz ers. For the ones who wear low gowns. him it wuz so bright it wuz blazin shoes all winter this is a very comFor the street there is the coat ai Atlanta Constitution. fortable style. On stormy days the skirt costume of navy blue velvet walking length. Gather the full turnover collar. s eeves into a wristband, and stitch hems, cuffs and collar. Put a big square outside pocket on the left front, and fasten the garment with pearl buttons. g y 4641 h a Coat, 32 to 40 bull three-quarte- Design by May Manton. e however, it is made of Oxford stitched, and is trimmed with straps of the same held by bone buttons. The coat is loose and simple at the same time that it is shapely and Includes sleeves that can be slipped on and off with ease. The shoulder cape means warmth as well as style and the fitter collar provides both comfort and protection. To make the coat for a woman of medium size will be required 6 yards 44 or 5 yards 62 inches wide. A May Manton pattern No. 4541, alzes 32 to 40, will be mailed to any address on receipt of ten cents. crav-enett- far-of- Inexpensive Bath Robes. Pretty wash flannels in pink or blue are just the thing for bath gowns. Iney are warm and comfortable for room wear and save a more elaborate gown, says the Philadelphia Bulletin. For one of average height six yards is enough, and as they need no trimming the cost of the gown is trifling. Cut In three widths, one in back or two in front; hem, and mount on a double yoke, finishing the neck wuh a wide tight-fittin- A 8MART AFTERNOON g True. BLOUSE. Prune. To Cook When prunes are served they she fall apart from the stones and be v In order that the pro tender. should reach the perfection of tern ness it is better to soak them in t water for twenty-fou- r houra bel cooking. First they should be was thoroughly in scalding water; t; put to soak. After the soaking t may be boiled with sugar not much or they may be soaked a ond twenty-fou- r houra in milk and tl served with honey. Honey is alw better with erfeam than sugar Is. d i Visitor Well, my little man, how old are yon? Kiddle Five. Visitor And what are you going to be? Kiddie Six. Stray Stories. Quick Change. Mister, Im starving. Mr. Close 1 never give somethin! for nothing. Beggar Well, er would you mind meal tickets fer buying twenty-eigh- t de price of a drink? Beggar' Pertinent. Maple Sugar Sauce for Ice Cr Add a pound of maple sugar, br into bits, a very little water and until it begins to thread. Thick with shelled English walnuts have been broken into small Pour while hot over the ice cream serve immedii.tely. To restore linoleum. To restore Unoleum that has los freshness first clean it and dry It, the Chicago News. Melt a little nary glue in a pint of water an night go over the linoleum with a nel that has been dipped in the water. Next morning the oilcloth have a fine, hard gloss. Readers of this paper can secure Manton pattern illustrated above by all blanks In coupon, and mailing, wi to E. E. Harrison A Co., 85 Plymouth cago. Pattern will be mailed prompi Helen And George? George Er not like other Helen Who why do you love A because you nr one reason. for girls, were the other girls? why Severe on Reggy. Why does Reggy wear bis trousers turned up so high? Ida To show his ludicrous hose. Ernie "I thought probably it was to show his Ignorance., Ida Well, such absurd figures are , ignorance. One Girls Scheme. Lucille Myra ia certainly a schemer. Marguerite Because why? Lucille Because her age Is 29, and she makes the nine upside down so It will read 26. Ernie m Name M lowu.... State. Pattern No No. 4557. -- Design by May Manton. Waist Measure s Simple waists with deep yoke are greatly liked for home afternoon wear both with matching and contrasting skirts. This one is made of reseda crepe albatross and is trimmed with fancy black braid and carved gold buttons. The narrow cal-lar- plastron front, formed by the extensions of the yoke, is peculiarly smart and the drooping shoulder line marks the latest designs. A May Manton pattern. 4557, sizes 32 to 40, will be mailed to any address on receipt of ten cents. Bust Age (if for skirt) Measure (If for waist) (If child's or miss's pattern) Write plainly. Fill We. Mall to E. E. Harrl Place. Cbicawu. Date of Hie Downfall. Kind Lady (pityingly) How long, my good man, have you been a tramp Tramp Madam, ever since I bought United States Steel. Life. |