The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-29
FIRST APRIL FOOLS.
How the Death of Good King
I'Scamma Gave Rise to
the Festival.
WISE "DoN'Ts" FOR THE DAY
What Jersey City Society People
Find to Do During the Dull
Season Of Lent.
WISE "DON'Ts" FOR THE DA,

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all the imps concealed in the small
boy and girl seem to be let loose. and
society in general has cause to tremble
Next Monday is one of these days. It is
April Fools Day, the day of days when
the imps hold high carnival. The snares
they set for unwary feet! The very
thought of it makes the old folk shud-
der and the young ones laugh with de-
light, and there is no getting away from
Fools Day. 1t IS universally cele-
brated. Even the Hindu see how many
they can make, only their day is
March 81, instead of April ].
AS is the case with many of these days,
Fools Day originated in the Orient.
The story most popularity given is sim
liar in its characteristics to hat of the
Sleeping Beauty. There once lived in the
of Chiccook a model king, In
ocomosama, who was healthy, wealthy
and wise" His only enemy was an old
Ciongock, who fancied the
Queens grandfather had done him a
wrong. After a time a son was born to
the King, and in the midst of the re-
joicings four, good fairies Qike the Sleep
ing Beauty came in to bless the child.
One, Zoimane. said, Govern like thy
Asaide said. BE a friend of the
gods; Zinzine said, BE wise and rich,''
and Alecmidoc said. "Be amiable." Vt
instant. Ciongoek, the old enchan-
ter. came to the palace in a big black
cloud and said that he would be an
enemy to the boy, and that all the good
gifts from the fairy would be useless
to him. This so frightened the Queen
that she died. and Zoimane took charge
Of the child. who was called L Scamma.
THE OLD KING DEAD.
The old King died soon after the
Queen, and when he was eighteen, T.
Scamma was. declared King. No sooner
Zoimane left the palace than Cion-
cock hove in sight. The people were
Tai Stamina Da'si K.ng sne ana pd'A + s5e scam mad
Just come out when Giongock made the
run away from the gate n see
Ciongock had stationed there. I scamma
was naturally very much grieved to see
his people act that way, but ne was too
wise a King to visit 1T upon them, so
them, and. as before C.ongock called
them away.
A short time after this it was re
were at war. and. as one of them was
an ally, + Scannna gathered an army
and started to help. When he got to the
lOuHu lutIt WAS no. wal, dIlu
the. King, seeing I Seamma come with
such a force, thought he had come to
make war, and so gathered his men to-
and pu I Scamma and his force
When 7 Scamma returned to his own
country he found that Ciongock had as
sumed his shape and the people We're OPP
Ciongock to meet him in single
combat, and Ciongock did so, and killed
r scamma. AS 7 scamma fell he cried.
THE MAGIC TALIsMAN.
Immediately Ziomane appeared with a
Amida." The enchanter fell before it.
changed himself into a rock. The
rock was melted before the talisman; He
man dried It up with the exception Of q
small lake of putrid water in which
floated the nfeless body of T. scamma.
was the first of April when I scamma
people Went out in the plain as If search
ing for him; When they did not find
him, they threw stones into the lake
say to their children, GO, seek j.
scamma, and he will give you gifts"
thee thy husband" And philosophers
would say to their scholars, Find :
They ali sought Z Scamma, but none
found him, and finally when T seamma
to be known as All Fools Day from the
fruitless errands on which people went.
Years and years ago was the first man
told, You're an April Fool" but all
those years have not taken the sting
away. It has Just the same mount Of
bitterness, whether Q are a child who
has worn april Fool" on his back all
through school or whether you are a
young lady who has just been told she
has dropped something.
APRIL FOOL DON'TS.
Perhaps a few don'ts',. might be wise
at this point. Don't take any candies
next Monday unless you are pretty GER
tain where they come from. If someone
says you have dropped something, don't
believe him; it's nothing but a footstep.
Aslry your nose too deep in flow
ers; there may be a pin. Don't sit down
too suddenly in a chair unless you are
there is no one near; If not, you
pehhaps, find no chair to sit upon.
With these few suggestions you ought
to get through the day with comparative
ease, but don't crow till the day is over.
You may find the bed clothes vigorously
together. Above all other don'ts,
il on Tuesday someone plays you a trick,
don't forget to say
sThe first of ApriPs past and gone.
You're the fool and l am none"
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