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Show Page THE JOURNAL 10 ONCE OVER New Year, 452 B.C. Prostrate Pines Celebration of New Years Day on January 1 began in Romo in 452 B.C. and therefore, contrary to logical reasoning, had nothing whatsoever to do with the birth of Christ. The Julian calendar, effective by decree of Caesar in 46 B. C., was adjusted to the Christian era in 516 A.D. by Dionysius who meant to begin the era from the year of Christs birth. However, an error in chronology figured the event four years H. I. Phillips never worried Trees hadThe big ones in the reyard seemed so sourceful and free from security programs. But suddenly the big iwinds came, and flat on the lawn for the 10 count were our two finest specimens from the forest primeval. What to do? We never felt so futile. In all our garden tools there was no derrick. No birthdays had brought us a steam shovel. There wasnt a steel cable in the joint. There must be somebody to call in such emergencies . . . City Hall? self-depende- later than it actually occurred. Therefore, the latter half of the 20th century should have begun four years before 1950, and 1950 should have been 1954, reallyl nt, The famous "Jour de rAnNew Years day is probably the gayest day in the calendar of the French-CanadiaThat is the time of famand of exchanging of ily gifts. It is a religious celebration also, with the city churches conducting Years eve, midnight mass areas there are no the in rural but church services to celebrate the arrival of another year. The "blessing of the patriarch," is the most touching ceremony of the day. When the French-Canadiagets up in the morning on January 1, he speaks not a word until after he has been to his fathers house, and asked for his blessing. Each one goes down on his knees and says: "Father, give me your blessing," and the father in reply holds out his hand and says: "May God bless you, my child; I bless you with all my heart." The children then turn to their stockings and dig out their gifts and fun begins. n. hair the phone book? . . . Any "Day & Night Tree Uprighting Company? . , , "Timber Division of National Red Cross"? . . . "Federal Tree Security Adiminstration?" . . . Nothing in the book . . . What a Is n ' Bit by Snake, Man Finds Wife Is a Whiz With Cures ATLANTA, G a. Obstruction Takes Precedence Over All in Divided Congress By Wright A. Patterson rtf ITH THE OPENING of the 82nd congress, we can hope for and expect a reversal of the socialistic trend that has dominated legislation since 1932. It will be a Democrat-co- congress, but legisLondons doctor will lation enacted will be the lines agree with, his patients wife did a of the Jeffersonian along Democracy, the lot for London when a rattlesnake brand of Grover Cleveland and bit him recently. While he recuperated at the hos- Woodrow Wilson, rather than that of the New Deal or the Fair Deal. pital, his condition improving, Mrs. Southern Democrats, the London explained that when he are the dominant eledragged himself to their farm home, of ment the 82nd congress. In bitten on the leg: "I first poured some rubbing coalition with the Republicans, alcohol on the bite. 'Jhen I dusted it they are in a position to say with snuff. Then I turned up a bot- .what legislation shall 'pass.' The tle of turpentine and poured that President asked for a Democrat- io congress. The voters gave on. Then I gave him a glass of fresh cream with powdered alum to make him one, but they did not give him a socialistic Fair Deal conhim vomit. "Then I started frying eggs and gress. It is a coalition of southern, Jeffersonian Democrats putting them on the wound. As soon and one would as Republicans that is in conegg get cold, Id put trol in both the senate and another hot one on." house. A Presidential veto can London credited his wife with savprevent the repeal of any legising his life. The doctors were doubtlation now in effect, just as a ful about that, but they smiled and nodded assent when he said: Presidential veto could stop the "She sure did a lot for me." enactment of new laws that are unsatisfactory to the executive. The strength of the Southern Democratic faction lies more in what it can prevent than in what it actually can do. 'It can prevent the passage of any additional socialistically inclined legislation. It can prevent any further encroachment on our ' free enterprise system. Whether or not the 82nd congress is to provide the economy we have hoped for will depend largely on the Republicans. There are enough Democrats in both economy-minde- d senate and house who will vote for any economy measures, decreased appropriations for bureaucratic payrolls, and other needless expenditures, but such measures must be that Charles . one thing GRASSROOTS A. ntrolled Dix-iecrat- Republican-le- HANDS ON TIIE TIME . . . Cecilia Bialy Is lighting the old year out and the New Year In and making sure the hands of the clock get safely to midnight at the Old Sturbrldge Village museum and crafts center in Sturbrldge, Mass. The clock collection at the museum Is one of the largest. In the country. Rtlcaiti by WNU Features d and Republican s, sup- ported if they are to be resultful. It is purely a question of will the party leaders sanction the cutting out of jobs they expect to fill in 1952. They had a more definite op- taste. portunity in the 80th congress but did not improve it. The 82nd will be a congress whose legislative action will be more in keeping with the ideals of Jefferson and Jackson, than with F.D.R. or Truman. From ,a a, iA everyone persR to sue hiT ; beef platte nolded New Year Calls Were All the RaJe In U.S. in 1900 them as tree surgeons," said the wife. We finally got hold of one. He was very busy. Could see onr trees only by appointment. "How about next Thursday at 10:45?" It was really nrgent, we argued. "How serious is the condition of your trees?" he asked. "Flat on their backs," we explained. "Not even able to sit np and take nourishment." "Ill see them Wednesday at S:30. Keep them quiet. No visitors!" he snapped. Jake y ce sine The custom of making short et on New Years Day wa in t? swing in the United States the turn of the century. before the las P thus Newspapers carried at home notices hours during which R specifying visitors be received. Hosts and hoste having duly received, closed open house to become guests Ultimately Dr. Widgeon, the tree somebody elses. Open House on New Yearll) surgeon, showed up. He walked around our fallen Druids, shook his was introduced into America 1 head and said, "This is serious. the Dutch who settled in Its a CBO . . . Completely Blown Amsterdam. Friends were ac Over case," he said. "An RTAE tomed to dropping in to offer too. Hoots Torn and Exposed." "Can compliments of the day and you do anything?" we asked. He freshments centered around hi thought so. The trees had led good made snacks, plus the hosts lives and were the rugged sort. But orite concoction of punch. The custom grew with the u they would have to go on a waiting list! "Fifty trees ahead of em. Be try, finally attaining the new; over soon as possible with truck, per announcement stage, with and scum hoists and tackle. Meanwhile, stop eventual to ano1 of sense house worrying. Dont convey from one open fear to trees." Then he dashed It was inevitable that some pi away. We sat up with trees for a after a succession of nine or week. They looked pretty sick. After punch bowls, sometimes ei a while we phoned Dr. Widgeon. He rassed their tenth or eleventh N ... e. ce J n,bl Jfo her diffet the conceptions ' of Democracy of the Jeffersonian Democrats, the American people have never had any reason to fear. They stand for strict interpretation of constitutional government; they would uphold every right of the states; there is nothing that savors of socialism in Jeffersonian Democracy. And that is what we may expect during the two years of the 82nd congress. So long as we can have conditions didnt recall the case. We refreshed such as those we now seem to be his recollection with difficulty. Oh, facing it should not make any dif- those!" he said. "My staff filed the ference to the majority of the Amer- card wrong. Sorry. Get around to ican people which party proves suc- them soon as possible." cessful in the 1952 elections. It is "But my trees are in awful before that the next presi- shape," we said. probable dential election the Jeffersonians "Got worse cases," insisted the will have recaptured the control of tree surgeon. their party and its machinery, and "Be patient. Suggest aspirin every the nation will be on an even keel, four hours, hot water bottle at night with the old parties in normal op- and maybe a sulfa tablet." eration for the first time since 1932. "For the trees?" we asked. There are a number of the old "No, for YOU!" he said. Jeffersonian Democrats both in the house and the senate; there are others who have only been lukewarm YE GOTHAM BUGLE Ima Dodo got so mixed up she Fair Dealers. It is from these classes that the southern Democrats asked for tickets to "Ring Around will recruit the strength needed for the Sun" and "Season In the Moon." the recapture of the party. When, . . . Shudda Haddim missed that and if, they do, it will be fully rep- daily double on "Dime and "Jobs "I knew that after 1 resentative of Jeffersonian and town." Jackson Democracy, from which bet two bucks Id be down to my last we would not have to fear the weldime," he weeps. "And I had aljob in fare, socialistic state that would ready spoke for a part-tim- e make mendicants of our children, Coral Gables. Yet I dont get a or the purchase of the constitutional hunch!" . . . Since Gotham redcaps rights of the states through federal began charging 25 cents a bag ye ed appropriations. That, alone, will gets off a train and asks for bids represent heavy savings in the . . . "Hosts of Guards Protect Truman at Army-Nav- y matter of government costs. Game. head-linBut none protected Army . . . $ "Such Love Is Seldom," a new book It is not one car, but two, for by Anne Cawley Boardman has a every garage. dramatic story far beyond the ones the movies buy. It is a terrific tale On the evening of Nov. 28, Secof an immigrant girl, Mary Walsh, of State Dean Acheson used who soon after landing in New York retary several thousand words, 30 min- began devoting her life to the servutes of radio time, an ice of the sick poor. Out of it grew of his cultivated English aca great charitable order. The accent, and said nothing. He left our count of her sacrifices and triumphs foreign policy as much up in the is more moving than any Book of air as his past mistakes, or worse, the Month Club choice. have placed it. He made no effort to explain or apologize for his past Shudda Haddim missed "Trummistakes, or worse, but intimated peter" at six to one. "And I have that the same policy would con- a with a guy in the mutuel tinue. The President says Acheson linefight who says Im hornin in on will continue as secretary of state. him!" he exclaims. "Still 1 dont Released by WNU Features get no hunch until after the heat!" over-abundan- submitted Well, "I think the phone book lists PARAPLEGIC HUNTER . . . James Conroy, a Watervliet, N. Y., paraplegio veteran of World War II, looks over the deer which he and his two brothers shot on a hunting trip to Nova Scotia. Conroy bagged one of them himself from his wheelchair. . Sooe up Jn curlers bki the New Year. ihuTi re-unio- ns on-Ne- house slipp,,,, . . . Nope! . . . The local political No dice! . . . How about leader? ... Gayest Day in Canada Is the 'Jour de I'An' GliEETLNCS . . around In sit time-tabl- e Icupi A chei Stmai sixt I tab! ess; and receptions sometimesti crashed by total strangers ed by the possibility of freewellpi as Perhaps it is just New announced a la se reception is no longer cm the publicly If only a small percentage home dwellers inserted at metropolitan in their favorite papers, non , colossal what, would result, what headactoj the everybody, from to the w linotype operators ing newsboys. Converted Tokyo Is Into Green Forest Year Six Days Every rf first yeaMt'has she A caste been the U c Japanese to And green forest in Jap have changed of the few years, much cn . jr T J decorated. e On each side of afiortU household that can and ba $ pine trees otter and straw of rice ' will grace t goes th It is a custom spaei) 900 years or so, ( eve forest in a city tb its six days. ,. t truJ, green branches, the and truth eternity, symbolize bamboo the &( manly courage. 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