Show OLD MAN WINTER The Indians lived close to nature They measured time by the leaves on the trees and the snows in the winter They did not need to look at a calendar to see on which day winter was due to arrive If they had any bills to pay they would have calculated the due date by the phase of oC the moon The wa ways s 's of the Indians had their virtues In case you have not noticed the leaves falling winter is just around the corner The calendar tells us it arrives arrives on December 22 at 8 17 AM EST There are many pleasant thIngs about winter even In the coldest limes climes One of the best is the Christmas Season when there seems to be a spontaneous renewal of faith and hope And when the holidays are over and we have entered the new year with renewed strength there is the crowning con con- consolation consolation that each day clay the sun rises a little earlier and sets a little later and when the first spring days arrive we think of oC the long longwinter longwinter winter just past and life becomes twice as sweet That is one of oC the virtues of oC winter It makes you appreciate spring Meanwhile as the days clays grow shorter is isIt isit It going to be a mild winter or a tough one Capricious old man winter has confounded the experts and the almanac more than once |