Show HOLIDAYS OLD AND NEW I The mtovabie Christian holidays are Hasten Has-ten Ascension Day ten days before Whitsunday Whit-sunday Ash Wednesday Good Friday Palm Sunday Penticost Saxagesima Sunday Sun-day and Trinity Sunday All depend for their date on Easter Sir Isaac Newton in his Commentaries on Daniel says that the ecclesiastical festivals were originally fixed at cardinal points in the year without reference to the dates of the incidents dates which it was impossible to ascertain I The Festum Sancti Pdtri ad Vincula i held on August 1st was the continuation of a Roman festival in honor of the victory victo-ry won by Octavus over Anthony < at the Battle of Actium Its observance was continued con-tinued but ilts object changed by order of i Theodosius I A fortnight after Easter the English formerly observed a festival called Hock Tide It was customary for the women togo to-go out Into the streets with cords and bind the men whom they met until the latter purchased their release with small contributions of money I I The Greek holidays and festivals were Very numerous There were fifty beginning I begin-ning with the letter A and besides these special festivals there were times set I apart for the Isthmean Newman Pythian and Olympian games all of which were I I i popular holidays I Arbor Day is a holiday in the states of Rhode Island Kansas and Wyoming the I day being appointed by the governor In Nebraska the date is fixed for April 22d I ii California it is September 9th tin Colorado Colo-rado the third Friday in April in Utah the first Saturday in the same month In I Idaho the first Friday after May 1st January IDth the birthday of the Confederate Con-federate general Robert E Lee is a legal holiday in Virginia Georgia and North Carolina The propriety of making It such has been discussed by the legislatures of several other southern states but no definite defi-nite action has been taken by any other than those already named I Labor Day is now observed in California Califor-nia Connecticut Colorado Florida Georgia Geor-gia Illinois Indiana Michigan Montana I Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New York Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania I South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee TExas Utah Virginia Delaware Iowa Kansas Maine Massachusetts and WashIngton Wash-ington The Romans had two great holidays In January six in February five in March five in April four in May five in June seven in July four in August two in September Sep-tember two each in October and November Novem-ber and one the Saturnalia which lasted a week in December 0 that on the hole j they were as well supplied with holidays as we are with Sundays |