Show WHEN THE OLDEST YEAR GIVES PLACE TO THE NEWEST Pat Upon the Minute Change Will Wilt Take Place to ment of Much That Has Gone With Other I t Occasions of Similar Sort tf t S By Ross C. C C Miller 0 5 t fl I T T IS no longer any secret that to tonight tonight to- to IT E. E night at 12 o'clock a certain long- long bearded q headed d-headed and altogether altogether alto alto- gether world weary old 04 gentleman will wUl gather up tho the ends of his frayed and out of date robes sling his hiA stage property scythe over his shoulder and go shuffling off into the shadows amid the following demonstrations of ot public approval Blowing of horns ringing of bells screeching of whistles popping of cor deleted deleted by censor clan clanging in of gongs whirring of rattles chiming of chimes and other sounds of midnight revelry Nor is it any longer necessary to hold for release the announcement that at the same hour minute and antI second seconda a very ery bright and ruddy cheeked youngster dressed a la Ia cherub will move into the foreground amid a crescendo crescendo cres cres- cendo condo continuation of ot the abovementioned abovementioned abovementioned men above alarms and antI excursions Those two old veterans veterans the the one is really not as old as he looks and and the theother theother theother other is by no rio means inexperienced inexperienced- have havo been at it for tom so long that they know their respective parts by heart Ne New NeV faces appear in the and the restaurants and hotels and at Bonneville BonnE park whore large crowds are wont to gather to lo dance in annual festival But the elderly ederly looking pal party y with the whiskers and the scythe and his l teammate with the smile and the somewhat tropical taste in the tho matter of dress will be back hack at the th same old stand In the same old W way wiy though the tho I censor may froth at the mouth at this premature premature announcement of the tho event Tiny They are arc tonight ht as I 1917 nd 1918 IHS Of or course couise it isn't supPOsed supposed sup- sup posed to be known mown that th they y aro masquerading maR mas but hut in the interests of un ito ito- deleted truth troth it must he be said that that is just what they are doing And they have havo been doing it for so long it is surprising that no one has caught onto I it ft There must bo ho at ut least east a shadow of suspicion in the minds of those who I tomorrow pick up their newspapers and read once more mora of tho the exit and entrance en en- trance trance- of this perennial pair And now that the cat is out of the bag as the saying is there there- seems pms to be no objection to goin going still further and exposing the time whole conspiracy There is a belief in Inn mummy many n minds that tho bC bearded party alty called 1917 and nOd the tho mere slip of oC a n. thing called 1918 are e to total total to- to tal strangers ers never having t been for i mally introduced and ard In fact never I having n a a. chance to meet the one jumping Jump jump- 1 ing lug tho tIme midnight ht express going out just as the tho other reaches town on Father athEr Times Time's limited But th that t is still stilla ri 1 a mistake One Ono who was permitted to togo gr go b behind hind tho lImo scenes today declared that hat with witt their carnival makeup off thero was wac a l. strikingly Iy family blance between the two perfo mers In tact fact at ho lie said in som some lights light it was dif clif- lit lit- to tell one from tho the other Front From what ho bo was wao t W He this I I I TJ- TJ man did lId not hesitate to predl that 1918 would grow to loo look exactly like 1917 if 1917 if not more so On the Bother hand hanel this investigator tor tar said it was pretty hard to t tell ll any of the years apart when you went be behind behind be- be hind the scenes The Tho strong blanco blance between 1917 and 1918 was second second sec see ond and on only to the resemblance e which h 1917 bore bore- boreto to B. B G. G which ho said was really wonderful The The- pair Jail would be taken anywhere for twins he thought But of course this is only one n s 's opinion It hardly carries weight against the fixed notions of oC the public backed hacked up by a a. censor who in his in Infinite infinite in- in finite wisdom has ruled any statements statements state state- ments meats of an alleged Inside source that would tend to cast the upon Progress ress of Civilization Accordingly Main and State streets and ever over t so o many other former cow paths and Indian trails now paved and called streets of Salt SaIt Lake will duly luly celebrate tho the departure of the old ohl fogy 1917 and tho tIme arrival of the brand new product 1918 at midnight and there- there before and thereafter as is the custom of the theland land But according to the wise bird who saw behind the th scenes the greatest of ot all the places for celebrating ing lag this event will be at Bonneville Donneville par park where W. W J. J OConnor O'Connor manager of the dancing pavilion has promised a special program of oC events vents for th the watchers who will dance out the ol old year ear and christen the new |