Show CAESAR AND JULY FOURTH Not that even the most astute astuto augurs of Rome Homo could have seen an event ent twenty twenty twenty ty centuries away down own the tho lon long corridor corridor corridor corri corri- dor of time time the the perspective o is is much too great but great but the birthday of the tho modern republic republics a republic greater reater than that of ancient Rome occurs in inthe inthe inthe the samo amo month and on tho the same da dav that gave gayo o a Julius to tho the world The Tho mighty Julius was born in the month mouth of July Jilly to w which when ho Ito got ot big biJ enough he gave a 1 his name that name that is is on the fourth day nv of the seventh sc month of the rear year the old namo of DC which was Quint is or fifth month the year then i I bc beginning with March This date is given iven following accurate calculation ma made mado o by modern caln calendar ar makers Caesars Caesar's birth birthday a has not been celebrated celebrated celebrated cele cele- for nearly twenty centuries an and when observed was probably only a small family affair aUen attended e by bv Caesars Caesar's I own household a few nephews an and nieces and perhaps a maiden cn aunt Junt or two two The celebration did id not extend exten into into into in in- to the of Augustus who was somewhat envious of the reputation of Ins his great uncle Th The youngsters of Harlem evoked c ren recently 11 a game ame that is is enjoying re g-re greet t I popularity among amon- them A coin coca ml IS' IS placed on a crack in the tho sidewalk and asi i j J the two players stand opposite Eeb other and at an equal distance frog froc the crack usually upon the tho next one 1 1 I IA A rubber ball is then aimed aimo and thrown 1 at tho the coin com and caught on the the houn boun jbv j- j bv h the he opposing player The coin COlD or iU itt Ita t th oi of t I equivalent becomes the possession I Ithe the player hitting it It is is a gam gambli ng t abl r 1 that is ia of f but I game ame course courso I what t gives cs it tho the vogue it enjoys enjoys- J Now New w York Sun |