The evening times., 1897-12-25
CALENDARS FOR THE YEAR
The Latest Thing Is Homemade, and
Poet AlmanatS Are passe

New York. bee. 25. 1t has broome fis',-
ionabie within the last few years to give
ornamental caiehtiars To ones friends for
New Year presents. Printers and psb
fishers have accumulated d considerable
amount of revenue from the custom, .Ind
are constantly making more and more
attractive designs There are the L,.-eii
Calendar, the Loncfeiiuw ai,ntc-spea re-, md
,ther pccts' calendars, gotten up by 1if-
ferent publishers, with quot alton fro IL
the literary patron saint OF each for every
day Of the year.
Whether il II iecause the sa Wings of
the standard poets have beconie ex-
hausied. or whether the general public
has acquired 4 TOO iEsat iai,le thirst for
originality, the popularity OF the poets'
calendar Is Winning. and is giving place
10 the craze for congioinerate aliiiaIi:,-s
made up by ones friends This new
kind of calendar. like Il surprise party.
is undertaken and engineered by one,
or POSSIBLY two acquaintanc,s. in tins man
ner: Mrs. brown, we viii suppuS., +
compiling an alinanac for her dear friend.
Mrs Jones, and her first task r. TO max.
out 365 slips Of paper or pieces Of carl
hoard, writing or lettering thereon the
successive days and months OF the year
She mails or carries one or risore OF these
10 ovariousnat n friends MI cqua inta r.c.S,
who are requested to write a quota alton
or an original sentiment on each or the
slips appropriate IL TIE date which :hey
bear. and IN sign and return at the earliest
possibl. date.
The promoter OF the scheme then fast.ls
all the slips together in the order or I heir
dates in any TORN she chooses. puts a
decorative design or lettering arouna Ut
about IL somewhere, with something TO
hang It by. aud the calendar is com
p1ete. These directions are purpesei
made somewhat indefinite because there
are as many ways OF ma king caiendirs as
there are stationery manufacturers in the
country-to put it mildly-and as there
is no copyright On that part of il, one
may simply select the kind one likes best
and follow that.
In the distribution of the slips with
their dates it is well To scatter the same
names through the year at as long inter
walls as possible, in order that III. sanIe
friend may not coIne up too frequently
for n little while and then he dropped for
the rest OF the year. Ones friends my
be permitted to express as tender senti-
ments as they care To do, and it is by no
means necessary to confiae the expressions
OF them to tie women Of ones acqua int
ance-
Since one hut the ''promnter'' of the
calendar and the recipient are supposed TO
see these sentiments. there need he no eni-
barrassment about writing any sort OF fool
ishness, which one Cares to express Tor
perusal by dear friend at some fat,reday
OF the year, as the promoter is boaad m honor
not to revea! any such cpufidcn.cs which
come to her knowledge Ia this ma TAR. All
I'm all. the idea is very pleasant oae-that
OF being une xpectedly reminded cf otnecear
friend by tearing off the old slip Of The day
before and finding underneath .soIne kind
words inscribed mcnths before in the band
writing Of that very person. The ski!lfHl1nd
tactful compiler will alternate the 1;in IS Of
her friends mere acquaintances with those
whom she knows to BE- nearer and .Ieaccr. II
she happen to bc clever with brush or pen,
she will make decorative designs for the
beginning OF each month, and with thus
much devotion to the happiness OF her friend
her gift may become a work of ;nt, as
well as q treasure OF sweet memories roIn
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