| Show n NEW YEAR IN ASIA I 2 EL U GA How the Day la ColobratstI on the Other Sldo of the WorlJ Chlldron Who Uatho Water Feast of Durmihilanuio < Their Grandmothers on Now Yonraln Turkey and Japan I > Jl J I l btrpmnaaHo tl tan Sows Next Monday will be New Year dty In America It will not be New Year all I I a 1 1 rtm war the world Nearly every Asiatic C wrlon lies lit own calendar The New f t hi Year fettltllles I of the Chinese take uo s place during the latter part of January a III u or the first uf f I ebrutr KutU hat u i at I It New Year about twelve dAys dilferent t t II tv from our and the pretty girls of Our I I a III L man do not celebrate I I their New Veer I t Ai until about the lint of April In my trip Lh ti ryra JollI I around Ihe world l a ftw ears ago I I r struck A number of queer New Year a I l an celebrations and 1 find that every nation e t WU il I celebrates the day differently The I r 11 n I with people of llnrmah and Silent have the i r J m I I I Et tau most curious debut The Murmsnt a t a 11 I i 1 think that a spirit kin at tint time de I I Jt II o I sands from heaven lu earth and upon J I the tanner ol hit coming depend the amt alial I en muter Ts prosperity the year The I astrologers CLJ k Well fix the time of his appearance I and they yle I Ittral I l give the signal when he has come in pmcnt ben cannons are fired nuns are shut v uiu star UU ecru tl and every man and woman In I the country To Jt coun-try nukest a prayer and 1 w urs a libation It Entnttttt of water on the ground this is the the Rra out nt last night the old ar and the neat C Ill9 > I morning into be the lttlnnlm of Ihe g tunnet New Year holiday I juj Vbl < t Till MJMMItM WATkR HiAST 01 ar i 13 lit run New Year In llurmah begins with a ru-n tci l in great water leant and the Ilurmete girls lu dui lulueio I ju and women fur Ihli day reign supreme tflhobutr I vtlth I could thaw you a Ilurnfete l girl which lat I She Is a ° pretty at any of her kind heW he-W d ft In world over She It I straight well formed nsf a tn tdv reel med and fine looking Her 1 red Ills are ut r t E I luscious her ces are large brown and Wit Ul velvety and her cheek are the color oft of-t a her the cream of your own jersey cow with bi tntmy eau 101 a filnt tinge of red in the center She tllUt wean but Uo garment one Ii A while rue le saque of fine silk 1 or cotton which I t Rood or cover the anus and bust and falls l to the Hit cotta waist and the other It a strip uf till ur which I tt cotton ol the bilghtetl I endure which Is dull i ripped tightly uiound her I wall hips ititnca I i and inI and fastened with a Ivtltlal I gOI the front It falls tuber feet and when of alic of the walks the kick her bare heels out teitl cut behind to lint the only exposure of her hhlt at person Is from I her loot sro her knee 10 hur Site wears lines In tin lobes oilier cars Ira eatT as big around as a sitter quarter I and i trI 1 the 1 smokes clears as lone as a lead pencil till lictl pen-cil and as thick as the wrist of a tea dcTuUni I year old baby ell has more I rights In Of the way of business and lovemaking To than lus her American sister and on Irll uf New fear day the It more giddy than uu ultra ncr At soon as the day break the allon Celt a tqulrl gun made of tin orbamhoo ti water oat lac and with a nCc WISH a And with a bucket of water goes out lo cVtarot saturate her gentlemen friends No one eiC IK Is I safe from her and boa and girls men well I ur and women denote I Ihe l day tan rrlnk t ire ling and talking each other I No one It < r has the rignt to gel mad on this day and I a boy hut the I right to pour water over hit lather and the girls drori buck nult from the roofs of their honors down the back of their parent and I uropwra ai well at Americana me soaked At a New fear not long ago an bngllthman In a tall plug hat arrhed at Kangoon Burmah on New Years day lie I had letter ol Introduction and he went lu Ienl thou e wearing a high Ink hat a long frock coat and light pantaloon At the front door he found III 7 ri lour t elty Hurmoe glrli who laid him In theme Imgii they wcie going lo throw WIlIer uver him He thought they were I aching whether he wanted to ace their father And he raited Int 1 In I and natal tn Upon tlilt he got about lour gallon ol water and he wan drenched to the akin Another iinliiinian I I who I wa treated lu this way picked tip the girl and dropped her into the bath tub Iron whetire the wan Kelting the water She wa n high lontd Hurnine girl till anion sac entirely contrary to New toot ellipielte and caused it It said I the young nun t ser lal I Mtramni I rilkV BUIIX Itttm KA < DMITlllt I lime 1 Siamese New Year Is l lira 1711 of March and the holldayt Ul lor Are days 1 here It no Ux on gambling at this lime and all the gambling houses ol thousands Bangkok ale opened riiousandt ul I Diet half naked hiameae tquit about playing Ian tan and one of he lunnlett cutlomt In that the children have ol bathing their gramlmothert on Newt New-t r The iighett looking old women of the world are lime Slam The nitldent ate plump and bright yell They are hurt teldoin once live feel I III height but they are alralght and well 1h formed They wear nothing hutanrlp uf capon ckilhaaid wide and about three jrue long winch they wind about their hlt I and iI fatten hy pulling ea ends through beta ecn line leg and lucking II I Into the belt t tl Ihe back Tint U the dress of Ihe cumninn woman and It It only the better classes who have any thing nhuul the thuuldern the butt and the neck In ouch a costume a plump III lItl wrlniklcnl rl I 1 1 kill Intake well but a scrawny wrinkled I old wuman looks horrible The SUmwe women cut their hair thort It I gruel coarttr at they grow older and It utands up I like a hoe brush All over their laud theae 1 grandmolhen have l bristle about an Inch long They all chew line betel I and long belore they have grandchildren their teeth are bUck and their 1i114 are cracked and ttalncd Tiley I goat around the house on their haunchet doing little but nosing cigarettes and chewing Iwtel nut und they vary the pulling out the tmoke with the putting out betel 1 iulce 7hra betel juice it red and II Irroko I lceTl hi look Just like Moo1 The trust ol I the houses of llangkuk are right on the river and Ihe children dip up she water In bucketi and pour it our lhe e old hag hiIhef tit on the purifies In the tunthlne They act at thouKli they I loved their irandmutheit 1 und they b nn IIII r probably do After they are throiixh pouring the water over them Ihoy tnrlnkle them with perfume and imwder heir necks and lace fhey alto n e them a new null uf clothe on NIW I I Vears i ray en ink oft n of u m w wail loth and i U j i a towel > The celebration of iw Y ars Diy In I auctioned by the Ilu < ilhislt and the Siamese believe tint Ihe noels of thote Huddhlttt who have I gone to purgatory name back lo earth on that day The eopi pour water out on the ground In celebration of this and they always go lo shrines Ihe temple and visit the thnnet Every I idOl In the kingdom It bathed with perfumed water and Incense h I burned by the anal I They lay flowers upon the idol and they weave garland and nut them Into 1 lluddha hand The children play trick uron one l another much the name aa we do on llolloween or April first They black each olhert face and put each other into the river They have a water celebration much Ihe nine III In Durmah and the king hat a reception of hit officers much the tame at ha our President IAIII MOCK KINO Speaking ol the king Slant han another queer holiday during which the king nominally give his power over to a mock king and Ihe whole of Slam take nan In lids celebration The governor ol Ihe province enl me an In viiatloii lo It while I was In Bangkok anal I watched the proceeding In company AI fI r Jt pany with an AuttrUn prince who was Uniting Sum at flat time There were thniMandt on the streets and the rich Siamese at well at the poor were out Them were lull of royal rnliei whoM who-M ere dressed nothing mil diamond remember I one young prince who had a cupiul of dlamiindt upon him and hit wla dress can IIIue and a lIver belt Me was about four loans old and he woo smoking a cigarette there wire Iota of pretty Siamese guts many ol whom wore ethic waist clotlin and through I the crowd came a < number of Siamete debtor deb-tor with drama about their Irgt They net going lu woik and wire not al I board lo h lAke tart In Ihe fallvltle The celebration took place In a great rj8 count near the city market of Bangkok We wailed about three hour before we heard Ihe procnuion Tile a noise erne like that of a thousand diii with tin can lied l lo I their tall rattling user the ttonlett ul tlieelt and a moment baler we taw about xou naked legs carrying Iowa half naked Slamne who carried banners and encurled a wrinkled old prince an their king This old king wan as Muck At the ace of tpade and hit under jaw was no thicker than uur finger lie wi drettcd 111I gold and mlver clothing and he had a crow n on lilt head that looked like a pyramid of ice cream The People cheereil I him at he came up and Ile 1 Ilolped In Iron 01 our patty and wagged Ids thin laser Jaw al the goner Iran saying suntething that 1 could nut l IIIjI nfe i onidenranl e Right scar here there was a Krul swing fattened lo a beam acrot two talcs nlxiut hoe feel high From I the lop of tint beam the ropes holding the awing were hung and on the I board at jl foot four II oaken SUmete stood A pui te of money was tied to A long bam IOU fulling wle and fattened lo one of the uprights to that Ihe money hung I about thirty feet out from the swing I The pole was to bent 1 that Ihe bag of money hung quivering Irom the topmott I point farout to the lido 01 theiwlngert rho I teat I was for Ihem to get the money while the stt Ing was mov ing 1 They first knelt and prated f to the king 11 then went up and duwn upon the tw ng until they swung IheniMlvc high up in the air and nearer end ncirer the money At hut one of them nuclied 1 II According Accord-ing to Ihe rule he had lo I lie It on tt ilh lilt teeth and lo hold the money In lib in uth until the nit Ii g I taiqc i I lui < it no imy i it anal I tin p < uilr wit nil 11 r Then other four men look Iheir plan on Ihe suing and more money was put up and to It went on I was not able to learn Just what It meant but I wj told that it was tenn religious In char arler and shut It came from the llnh mini tunas CHINIM CUSTOM The Chinese New Year itttlvillet often last for three week The people prepare pre-pare for them And the last day of the rJ ntng ryOI old year are the busiest Every one want money and the storekeeper are getting ready for their I annual nettle Intnl All i debts are 17o11 be paid at Ihe end of Ihe old year and every one figure up el hit accounts The ren f 1 women celebrate the occasion hy cleaning clean-ing hose The floor are washed the chair are covered with red l cloth and trips of red paper marked with name of good fortune wealth and happinew me jutted outside the front door The last of the old year is I celebrated ttllh a frail and on the last night the little uoyt of China run trout the streets yet Ii C1 II ling out aural r lolutmn I One ul tfulr erie It that they will tell their folly and their Itly habits lo any line who will buy In order that they may be wiser next year UI Ihe last day ol the old year the Chinese pray before their an canal tabled They go out to the groves and they worship the gods In the temples They fare on rVrrracken lo scare ell the had splrlln and New Yeara night In China i In a good deal I wine than U Is In America Now Year nlorlllnil finds all the shop closed The I day It devoted to calling and vltllmg Present are given The I ladiet visit one another anal curry gilts ol candy At won allaY ° A-llaY come in each guest is served with A cup ol tea m which an almond hat been placed as an emblem ol good I fortune for-tune 1 he official hold receptions at we do and IIHI prince at Peking I call upon the emiwror nnd say that they hope he will I reign loouo years These New War festivities are kept up for days Presents are sent between fntmU and one of the most common presents Is I a cake at round as a ball fried In oil The Chinese watch the uealher ery carefully on New Vear and on the week following It If I the first ten drt of heft year are good they believe I that flue wllolu arc lrrneI t el hofoear will be fine and that everything every-thing will flourish There are loll uf proplieti tootliMrrs and gambleriand the whole country fur the time goes wild The beggar are out In force They go about the ant night of the old > ear with bucket of paste und red placards on which I are written good fortune for-tune nnd 1 New i ra tt Ithc They paste these on the wall and door ol the haute of the people I who are well to do and come around early the next day and Iwg for a gift as a reward for their llf cord the night before HOW TIIII KOKKAN ILY kITU Some of the queerest I people I have II IJ ever runt are the Koreans The world knew nothing about them ten eart ago and they have today about the same custom which tho Chinute had four hundred year ago They are to n large extent nation of children and New YeAr It I a great day with them On Hilt day men and boy turn out to llv kites and they keep tills kite flying up during the New Year holldai Ul In n they are over they cut the strlngt ol their kites and Ul 1 them tly nwa believing be-lieving that I the rites will carry of any mncrtr ill iI luck which nuy eew crtr their owners A Korean kite It I dillrrent from AllY other kite In the world It hat no t nl > ail im iru it I ire it 1 mitli ol thin Ii in f JlII K as I ia n I uh paler with a hole m Ihu aalter I ir at that It has no tall m tlres l it 1 require great skill lo operate it and the kore > i II 1 mdinngn Instead I of hath U n tin > gtl their kites high up In llim air tin y try lo make them swing this way Ya ami r that so they will cut the strings of their neighbors and when I the tiring become entangled their I owner pull at them I and the one who I get hold of his enemy a kite first has the right to It These kite fight are very skillfully I managed and a thousand eople often watch them with as much interest as the Spaniards I do a bull flglit and we Americans Amer-icans do the race truck one llHDlY A RAN RA-N w Year day It I a sort of a Korean Sabbath It It I the only Sunday Ihe Koreans have and the tame may be said of the Chinese In Korea no one ever work on New Year and there Are family reunions IIka our Tlianktglvlng day Children on this day are guwcted to gn home to their 1 parent All debts have to be paid anal every one expect to get Ills bill at the last of the year On New YeAr morning Ills I Impcmthe that you call upon our friends I and you are expected to sacrifice lo your ancestor i Iexfi giving New Sear present U I common and these presents are al way tent out In a certain kind of box known as New Years boxes Iver I one comes out in I new clothes and fur A week little else than fea ting Is done The I Koreans are very superstitious I I and one of their New V ears customt Is I lime making of efflgiei I of straw representing I themselves In these straw men am hidden pieces 1 of money and also a piece of paper on which l is I written n praer Hiking thai the owner be delict creel from all plagues and disease and mia fortunes for the year to come Hoys mil for these tmgfes and they cut them up to get the money out of them The more they are cut Ihe boiler will be the luck of the person who make them After they are torn to piece the re malmlera are thrown at some cross road where lhey are burnt The Japanese celebrate Ihe New Year eeAc n d fn liar li mush the I same as do the Chinese Call are made pretend exchanged and settlement are expected The children are out In force They play all tort of game and they make snow men just at our but do in America Now IKAR IN TIRkEV The Turks have A number of holidays I wan Coustantlnoplii ° Mohammed Irlrlhday and the ieople were all out In their hell dollies and I Matched the sultan go to the mosque I alto SAW the procession which gun ever I year acrotl Constantinople to kiss the mantle of Mohammed The Mohammedan ear It eleven clays slimier than ours and Ita New Year day changes Irons year lo ear The astrologers the exact beginning be-ginning of U by firing a rocket Iron one 1 uf the heights about Conttlntiuopleaml the Turk celebrate it In great thspv The sultan gins a reception In one of his palaces and In this reception everyone every-one gene n New Thor gift In the shape of some Turkish gold pieces which are especially minted I for the purpose I All Ihe high class Mohnllll dAn make presents lo their households on this day and nearly ovary servant get a piece uf money FRANK I C CAKPINTKK |
