Show new year n acar day da ya ts world round around a 0 a by DANIEL lot rigby amit W DI by na right A I 1 atto raun EW TP it is 6 no not the day lu in the united states that it la is in foreign countries lu lit early new england days it quite a tb irk ir k by the PH grims who vilio belie believed ed that its observance wua as a recognition of N veneration ene ration of the roman god janus he of the two faces the one looking balk back in retrospect and the other looking forward in hope and anticipation yet the mi ma theology of the new world ot of father time falling and dying and a newborn personification ilsung out of his la is no less pagan in its essentials noth both are nevertheless beautiful and ep expressive ressi e and worthy of perpetuity VV vatch atch night Is pro bab the most distinctive teatsie feature ot of the coming ot of the new year bear religious services are held in almost every church and some times three or four sermons are preached there are also man gith g ith erlinga in clubs anti and hornes homes to watch the old year out and they are occa of much reel revelry rr and the repeat ing in humorous wais the tion alons 8 believed in in olden times much ot of the social prestige of the day re mains such as calling and exchanging gifts la Is due to the early dutch set tiers who kept the old customs alive until the middle of the last century FRANCE N EUROPE it was waa the custom until the time ol of oliver Cro cromwell miNell or of e exchanging presents C ak on new year a day N but in the western world generally the IT A practice has been absorbed by the christmas festival there Is honn however ever a striking exception to this rule in fiance new years year a Is the chief festival of the sear and the gift Is the chief feature of the festl val nal it Is believed that the french observance of the day combines the an e lent dent customs of the diulus romans a and nd christians since it involves the highest lio homage niage to mo womanhood manhood a isa ea tur turn nallan altan effect in liberties to bonds men and the gala day of romping free doni to children chil dien new i ear ears s day la Is en everybody er body it i day each one of these features has hag its special history which would require the space of a special story to SCOTLAND S IN frince france so BO in S scotland c 0 t I 1 a n d new year s Is the chief festival of the vear ear the eve of the day i and tho the day itself are called daft or crazy dis and the eve separated biorn its daft associate Is c called a I 1 I 1 e d hogga na but neilt ft hit this means no one seems to know the application of the term Is la in a custom of children to en robe themselves them seles in a street and go the rounds of houses on new sew years year s eve knocking at the doors and crying in ies i espouse they al was get an oat cake rich with fruit and sometimes la in addition some c heese cheese and goodies this is their housewives are kept busy days in advance preparing little cakes for their ghostlike visitors and it Is regarded as something of a bad omen to run short and not be able to supply tha th demand hog inanity is the usual cry it Is often sup planted plen ted by tro llola and the more daring will add the privileged rhame rise kise up kule gude wire and shake our fea the s think that we e are beggars IN e are afe baarns come to play and to sack our ENGLAND in eng land are very simi lar and in many cases interchange able with those of scotland LA alven en to this day the an c dent I 1 e n t salutation C N ass asa hael or 1 to bour our health Is jovially given ghen and this song Is sung NN assail I 1 kNas assail sall or the toun our toast it Is N akle I 1 ite our alo ale it Is bro brown n our bov bowl I 1 it Is ia made fiade ot of the caplin trie we be good fel fellows loNs all I 1 drink to thle in paita of angland the old ear is swept out P bv men and boys who nho black their faces to resemble s and in other places it Is lung out bs muffled bells until the midnight hour i then allowing the clear notes to sound thereafter the hot gintof theas the was sall sail at the midnight hour Is still quite common the front and back doors are opened at 12 0 clock also to let the bad spirits out and the good spirits in while all peacock feathers are thrown away before this event lest lit luck follow during the ear also bundles of bits of money bread wood coal and salt are placed on the door steps and if any one calls whose int bials may be formed by straight lines like A or F r he be la Is admitted given alvea a present presen an and p passed s 0 out the bick door to admit one having curved initials like 0 or 0 moans bad luik aulk lui k for a y year car GERMANY 11 N MANY gernian german cities and especial y in berlin new X years year s eve or otherwise V known as syl vesters vester s to la the occasion of 04 rough set ludicrous onslaught upon in and unwary poisons who are caught wearing a tall silk hat the victim la Is greeted by the cry hut ab hut ab and ere he Is aware his fin fine hat la Is smashed down over oer hiss his ears by a arod crowd ot of jokers vhf ft ho surround him this custom had its origin in the riots on Sil SI vesters daa da 1848 when the lower classes resorted to this method of displaying their hostility to the most of whom wore the high hat the salutation prosit prasit Neu jabr however la Is more universal and better characteristic of the now new year celo cele bration by the beimans thus thua greet ed one Is made P a captive by custom and must pay a lantern not however until ho be has haa acknowledged ills his captor s sovereignty by the answer melster RUSSIA N THE T 11 r country to town 11 of russia new years Is the great feast day for the children hoys boys fill their pockets with A ith dried peas and wheat and go in bands banda from house to house people they have any grudge against art ard doused with nith the peas while the shower the wheat upon their friends A ceilous custom also Is festooning festoon ing the handsomest borse in the village and leading him to the house of a nobleman the pea and wheat shoot ers era follow la in droves both guests and horse are admitted to the parlor of the lord and the guests receive pres ants of small coins cans the origin of the custom Is not known but it Is interpreted to mean a greeting of the peasants pea to their lord while the horse Is being entertained in the pallor there comes coines to the house a drove of oxen goats hogs etc gayly decorated and led by the children these are not admitted but admired from the window ly by the lord next net appeal old women with bir barnyard nyard to fowls Is decorated with A ith evergreens ever greens and beirley these are given to the lovd lord as a TURKEY new year custom Is observed in the turkish ort orl ent where here tile the greek subjects 0 of r the sultan live it is the special event in caesarea where st basil was born new years ove eve Is more often called st basil see s eve the city Is decorated and the shops teem with tos sweet meats and festoons fes women days be ba fore squat and joke around a low table making st basil a cake of which they bake great quantities on new years eve the rajah raj ill boys in droves go on the rounds of houses knocking at doors until the master of the house responds according to the cus cua torn tom let the bo boa a in at once give them money fruit and all that they can carry 0 of st dahll s cake come on servants fill their pockets while they give us ua their song the boys then sing a customary song ending by calling down doun do wn blessings upon the household THE FAR EAST N JM the new year s day of the th e gregorian calendar A Is observed it la Is a universal r rule ul P there and in china that all 1 11 abts must he be settled at the end of the year hut but the feature of the day in japan 13 P in calling on friends and the giving of aall aw all a kind of mussel shell as emblem ot of times long ago when their forefathers were nere of necessity ver fru gil g il this Is also interpreted interi feted as a warning against luxury in china the people meet in the streets on new nears day and salute each other with iab kungel I 1 ilum hum ill alv wish iou jo oi 01 sin hi may lay jo jc be bours 5 ours hie cities are gal decorated with lan and artificial flowers with red laper mottoes on the he houses hie blue paper ja Is seen it Is a sign that there has been a death during the 3 icar ear |