Show The Old Order l Modern times have changed changed and and none for the better our better our manner of celebrating the New Year It was once a popular custom to spend the last three hours of the year singing hymns and giving thanks for blessings received This while it might have been unpleasant for the younger generation was an excellent preparation preparation prepa prepa- ration for whatever lay in the year ahead It was somewhat grounded in tradition as was the old custom of graciously paying and receiving calls The downfall of this manner of receiving receiving re re- the New Year was started soon after the Civil War when the prodigious growth of the larger American cities caused them to begin begin begin be be- gin to lose the spun home-spun aroma and take on the faster more exciting exciting exciting ex ex- ex- ex citing tempo of city life lite As time wore on it became more and more the custom to make the New Nev Years Year's eve a time for indulging sin in in one ona more last fling before the disagreeable business of turning over a new leaf leat |