Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-12-26 | Page 4 | Chinese New Year in Ogden on January 1

I I IE CHINESE NEW YEAR IN OGDEN I jffl ON JANUARY 1. I ! 31 j i : ' I j After Christmas, New Years oi I II course. But this New Years is to fj have tho added importance of being r: the first to he celebrated as the be- S) ginning of the year by the people of I tho great- Chinese empire. On next Tuesday evening, Ogden's Chinatown is to join with the people of Ogden in ushering in tho new year. Heretofore Chinatown, computing com-puting time by the Ming dynasty calendar, has been six weeks or more behind the Christians who have been reckoning time according to the rule fixed by Pope Gregory of adding one day every four years to the montli of February. Now Ogden's Chinese population pop-ulation is to bo up-to-date, and, if there is to be any firing of bombs or burning of punks, the uproar is to occur at the time the bells are rung and whistles blow by tho equally noisy American. The whole world is marching onward, on-ward, as this forward step by the most benighted civilized people on earth proves. With the Chinaman discarding his queue and observing New Year, the last of some very old customs are disappearing.