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Show H 1 1 ' A JOYOUS NEW YEAR. ' H'i r ' - ne ew Year s C0SG upon us. Its coming B o j .9 has been hailed with joyous acclaims since be- B' ' ' , "M fore history or even tradition was born. The B j M , first record speaks of it as a day of festivities and B. k J as though it always had been such a day. The Bl " B shortest day, the longest night of the winter have Bf ill ' passed. The lengthening day:ight is a notice Mbf If In f that "ne sun uas sorted on his return, and it car- i- ' ! ' 19! I r'es w'tu It the promise of spring blooms and the B1 ' H fruition of another harvest. The day brings Bl I M 'IB I varied emotions. To the young tne memories of B' 1 1 I H I tne year ust close(1 arG all joyous and hope paints V now delights and new triumphs for the year to B ( B come on the mind. There are homes where there B t ' m l aro resn tears over the spectacle of an, empty B I $M chair, there are other homes where the coo of a B in ; baby that the old year brought, fills the house Bii j , IB j with music. Echoes of marriage bells that were B hi im I last year rung still beat with perfect rhythm on 1' I '! I tno ears of young wives, and expectant brides B lK I i are almost sure that they already hear their mel- Hi ; If ilm ody. Br. L fW flj si' Mil There have been fortunes made and lost in Bji'i jjrff ' tho year just closed; men have redeemed their H ' r 1 1 1 ' tarnished names, other men have lost their good H ' I & 1 1 B names in the year just passed. Our country has B , J ' f S ; maintained its high place aisong the nations ; B i 1 1 If I never was the world outside so much awed by its B s i ) prestige and power as now. And It has been Bj (3 jl greatly blessed. The harvests were wonderful B 1 1) I f ' I in tlaelr masuitude and quality, the wheels of B j j 1 1 1 1 ' industry are everywhere rolling with ever-in- B Hj'llJ creasing clamors; even tho strikes that are dis- B p & I 9 j trading the public mind are strong evidences of B ij ,' 1 1 prosperity, for in times of depression there are B (f j 51 I no strikes. The mineral harvest has likewise M ij Iji. : been ample. This is fast becoming a metallic B'i" if 'i age, the age of iron and of gold; there is a me- B'i j i talUo ring in all things from the running of a B I 11 mine to the selection of a husband. There have JH s , 1 If keen troubles among the men in the cities who Bi"r $4 throng the stock exchanges and gamble on fu- B1 i II I tures, but thoy in their troubles give another Hi' II proof oi the mighty strength of the country, for B ; rl' H onl3r a wonderful general prosperity could have H I I Jin supplied the material to keep tiiem in roar as ) ''fll they haVe been noW for flve years Past- But fl ! I llB af ter a11 th0 New Year ls a home day specially. I '' II In th0 ll0mes tlie "Happy New Years' are spolc- fli I' ''' sll en' In tlie nomes tne year passed is reviewed, the V' ' J Bir year t0 Come ls plannecl for' the hopes and fears B; I1 1 B I oC each aouselaold aro discussed, the children are B 1 Ml 'l 1 I marking how much they have advanced mentally B I I B I and physlcally the old people are noting that B i Nl 1 1 one more year sone and thdy are stiU here' lt fl I r 1 Is around the homo altars vnere rests the I I mi I strength and power and influence of our na- B I 88 tlon' the UnIts of tne lxomea make the splen- H ' ' 1 'BP d0r of the agsregate and the land will be safe B r a&M B0 lons as tlie sacre(1 home influences control. H I 'iBK That there are no clouds in our country's sky on kP") 1 lfi the comIng of tho New Year is oecause in twen- il f'Hi ty mlllIons of homes in our land the impres- Wm I ! I m Bl0n ls flxed tliat there is no other land like Wm ,1 ilsi ours; no other land so free, no other land that Rfi J " opens so many opportunities to her children; no H J ',?H8 othor JandYhere hopes are So wight, whoro re- ' B H J '' M$r Hllh If Jllgjfllll wards are so certain; where the people can so joyously sing the New Year aongs and count on more years of prosperity and peace and that progress which culminates in national greatness and full enlightenment. |