The herald., 1898-01-04
CALENDARS FOR e
COMING yeah
The Latest Thing Is Home Mad
and Poet Almanacs
Are Passe.
A NEW YEAR GIFT
Signed Sentiments Are Dali
Reminders of Friends who
Inscribed Them.

It 6u8soo me fashionable Within Il
las fsw' ys.rs to Give ornamental ca
endars to onars friends for New Ye,
presents Printers sind publishers ha,
accumulated a considerable amount
revenue from the custom. and a
constantly making more and more a
tractive designs. There are the Lowe
Calendar. the Longfellow. shahespear
and other poets calendars gotten /,
by different publishers, with quot
ton from the literary patron saint
each for every day of the year.
Whether it is because the sayings
the standard poets have become q
hausted or whether the general publ
has acquired too Unsuitable thirst I,
originality. the popularity OF the poet
calendar is waning. and is giving pla.
20 the craze for conglomerate almana,
made up by ones friends. This ne
kind Of calendar. like a surprise part
is undertaken and engineered by on
or possibly two acquaintances, in tn
manner: Mrs. Brown, we will suppos
is compiling an almanac for her de,
friend, Mrs. Jones. and her frst ia.
Us to make out three hundred and oil
ty-five slips Of paper or pieces OF ca,
board, writing or lettering thereon I,
successive days and months OF Il
year. She mails or carries one or mo
OF these to various mutual friends ar
acquaintances. who are requested
write quotation or an original sent
ment on each OF the slips, appropria
to the dates which they bear. ana
sign aid return at the earliest possib
date. The promoter OF the scheme tho
fastens all the slips together in the O
der OF their dates in any form Al
chooses. puts a decorative design or lie
tering around or about It somewher
with something to hang 1t by, and Il
calendar is complete. These direction
are purposely made somewhat indej
mite because there are as many wa,
Of making calendar as there are ct,
tionery manufacturers In the country.
to put 1t mildly-and as there Is
copyright on that part Of It, one ma
simply select the kind one likes be.
and follow that.
In the distribution of the slips viii
their dates 1t is well to scatter Il
same names through the year at
long intervals as possible. in order this
the same friend may not come up &c
frequently for little while and the
be dropped for the rest Of the yea
Ones friends may be permitted to Q,
press as tender sentiments as they cal
to do, and 1t 10 by no means necessar
to confine the expression Of them
the women Of ones acQuaintanc
Since no one but the promoter OF Il
calendar and the recipient are SUI
posed to see these sentiments, thei
need be no embarrassment about wrf
ing any sort Of foolishness, which on
cares to express for perusal by q dee
friend at some future day Of the yea
as the promoter Is bound in honor nj
to reveal any such condolences whic
come to her knowledge in this name.
All In all. the idea Is a very pleasar
one-that Of being Unexpectedly n
Of some dear friend by tearin
off the old slip of the day before an
finding underneath some kind words II
scribed months before in the hand-wrii
ing Of that very person. The skillfl
and tactful compiler will alternate. tn
names Of her friends mere acquaini
ances with those whom she knows I
be nearer and dearer. If she happe
to be clever with brush or pen. sh
will make decorative designs for tn
beginning of each month. and wit
thus much devotion to the happiness {
her friend her gift may become q wor
of art, as well as a treasure Of swee
from ones dearest associate.
A. L. w.
1897, by Bachelor Syndicate