| Show observing new years i IM L YEARS day wit ean t whal lial it used to be this Is in it mail avay va to the addition to elie consal conati cution of some dry rending reading matter in still greater I 1 part art it li ii I l i i because the international ob ib m maslon sion for celebrating whenever la fa ther time nine takes n fresh freh start in pilot ing tin the earth around tile the sun is thou finds ands 0 of years eals old the manner of i bF been ervIng ing the day da lias has changed greatly through the centuries the hie urge to give ghe presents at least once a year ear was felt even before and santa clous claus came into the he scheme of things and the ancient greeks chinese egyptians and romans tendered their gifts to one another on the first day of tile the year ear kings got into the turbit t of receiving receding extra gifts from their subjects on loin these days das and liked it so well they the began extorting linger larger and larger stints f this practice got so bad 13 rome under the caesara caesars cne ars that claudius called a halt it spread to other countries however and the english had their new liars celebration spoiled annually b by rapacious sovereigns until queen elizabeths modest demands of her subjects cut gifts down to a minimum lu in those das dais the celebration of new years day had become worldwide with mth variations to suit all nationalities it consisted everywhere eer where of eating drinking and motley merriment christopher columbus so far as Is known was the first white man to jubilate on new years year s day in the western hemisphere while mille his ships were und undergoing repairs irs on january 1 1493 lie enjoyed ened a sumptuous dinner with two savage monarchs on the island of haiti after this meal altor hl history tor says the discoverer of arner amer ten lia had his first smoke of tobacco whether he enjoyed it Is not recorded but lie he left it to a later generation sir walter alter raleigh is generally genera 1 cred tied with the function to introduce tobacco to europe the pilgrim faters 1 ath rs and the first ra families milles of the lie older states of the union enjoyed H R quiet holiday as each year vear came around they the fenstad denst d hut but not lint until they hall had attended religious sen services ices per for 25 i years eins up to the dawn of 1920 and tile ern of ani anle prohibition hibi tion the eleb milon in large cities became lecomp mid and ninie more eapen sive le eath each year used to crowd into places of merriment avillie ivere ri packed with lin nt s of UK im iki ihrl r I 1 e 1 IK rn ettl every een lintel ancl aind mot inot mo ino t of tin the res ipg vire are vi re bummed till in pay fl iners in alius 1 mii llad hat I 1 01 00 MI H nellt K nt in ill the lie sen now lierk ork district on oil new Year seve efte i t it lit sail Kl ain gave up all t ir ry im lo 10 ligure ali ine i til III the nm HER RL SOLUTION have you mads made any gold eions for the new year dessir Yes sir lr im ym goire ta t quit alt bucal mens mena hearts 1 |
