Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-01-07
New York Nuggets.

Especial Correspondence from New York;
The Hundred Year Club is the latest
arrival in clubdom, and the object in organ
izing is to encourage longevity. The only
obi CATION of members alter paying their
dues is to pledge themselves to endeavor
to live more than one hundred years.
Centenarians will be admitted as honorary
members. Colonel George w. Smith is
founding this unique soei.ty. The pro-
spectus saws, " the Hundred Year Club is
to be formed for the study OF longevity IN
its va Jus phases, IN entail and physical, as
it is aft cted by her dity and envll onment.
Its aims will be to collect and MAINTAIN
library to contain everything Ct value
Wi itten on the subject, including the the
cries of Incia, Egypt and the ancient He
brews, as well as more modern ideas. We
will have in our publications the essence
of the secrets of various orders that sell
their IDEAS at fabulous prices, with tedious
rites and ceremonies" DR.. Alfred Wal
ton, one OF the en- husiastic members, said :
:. Our main object is to teach persons to
enjoy lite every hour and moment OF their
lives. Nowadays, men grow old too
quickly. Everyone should attain ripe old
sge, and that should be the highest endeav-
or of all. In India there are men who
have reached the age OF $50 years"
| The next purpose OF the club after col
lectng the library OF works pertaining to
longevity will be to carefully examine into
all m .dical and surgical discoveries. The
secre tary said that even If conducted as a
purely social organ cation the clubs meet
ings could not tail to be interesting, as the
scope OF It's investigation, In accordance
with its avowed purpose would cover any
thing from cholera epidemic to cable
car. Among those who have Indicated
their desire to become charter members are
Lieutenant Richmond Pearson Hobson,
General Grenyille M. Dodge, General
| Thomas Wilson, Colonel Henry H.Adams,
Mrs May Bank Stacy, George K. Vie
land of the Yale University museum and
many others.
The postmaster OF the New York post
office and his staff have sent out pretty
New Years card. 1t is printed in colors
and pictures ship transferring mail at the
quarantine station in the Bay. A border
OF holly leaves surrounds this and beneath
are the words, with best wishes for
happy New Year" On the back are fac
SMILES of the first date stamp used at San
tis 60 and other .storeign-American" places
and the seal of the New York postt flee
department.
The old Roman god Janus was the por-
ter of heaven and is commonly represented
as having two heads because every door
locks two ways. He is the guardian deity
of gates and his temples at Rome were
numerous. They built statue OF him and
paced it at the city gates, with one head
turned toward the city and the other look
ing into the country. Then they named
the month which stands st the gateway
of the year after him, that we might sy mool-
ize his heads, as one turned to look back
over the past and the other looked in the
direction OF the future.
Mr.. Rudyard Kipling tells an amusing
story at his own expense. During his stay
in Wiltshire one summer he met little
Dorothy Drew, Mr.. Gladstone's grand
daughter, and being very fond of children
be took her in the garden and told her
stories After a time Mrs. Drew fearing
that Mr.. KIpling must be tired OF the
child, called her and said, "Now, Dorothy,
hope you have not been wearying Mr..
Klpiing." "Oa, not bit, mother" re-
Piled the small celebrity, "but be has been
wesrying me-
MIR. Klpling's locomotive sketch ''0O7n
reminds the .sCape Times" thai when the
author was last at the Cape he amused him
sell after bis fashion, and one fashion was
riding on engines. He got q permit to
play with the locomotives of the Cape