Show new years day the first day of january as marking the beginning of the y year ear was observed as a public holiday oliday li in rome from at least the time of the julian reformation of the calender on that lay day all litigation and fand strife was suspended friendly exchanging of visits the giving and receiving of presents presen abs bs feasting and jollification was the order of the I 1 day acty throughout the empire lib anias A D speaks of it as being in his day the one great holiday oliday li common io al all under the roman rule when about the ath century the 25 th of december had gradually become a fiat festival commemorative of the nativity the first of january ultimately also assumed a specially sacred character as the octave of christmas day and as the anniversary of the naming of the christ child and ft nd aa such it still figures in the ca landers of the various br branches nelies of the eastern tand and of t the lie western Oliu churches relies tho only as a feast lay day of subordinate import importance ince tomorrow is the last day of 1910 and would it not be a good idea for each man and woman young and old to take stock of themselves and summing 9 up their commissions commis ions and omissions during the past year and in ii cases of the path having some crooked marks in it make resolutions to not have those same game mistakes show in the next years journey |