Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-31
WELCOME FOR19O2
Manner in Which Rock Island
Will Greet the Glad New
Year.
A QUIET CELEBRATION PROMISED
Tribute to First Year of Century,
Observances of the
Day.

When tomorrow dawns Father
Time VIII have claimed another year
for his own and Will have placed it
in the musty storehouse of the
ages. The unfamiliar features of
1902 will be before us inviting our
attention before we have come to
realize that 1881, with whom we had
scarcely time to form Il passing ac-
quaintance, is gone.
Some will east Il backward glance
in sorrow for the pleasures and as
sociations that went with the year
never to return, or mayhap, for the
misspent days and departed oppOr-
tunities. Few will be seriously af-
fected. One ignorant of mans
chronology, if placed in the streets
of Rock Island tomorrow, would note
nothing unusual in the faces of
passers. Human strength or weak
ness, human JOY or sorrow he might
see in evidence, but the finite pres
ent would claim the attention of all.
Tomorrow will be observed as a
holiday, as holidays go. No business
but that of a prefunctory nature will
be transacted and people will seek
diversion. From the degree of prep
aration that is being made New
Years day promises to be very quiet.
There will be few public functions in
Rock Island outside of the usual
church services. Many, no doubt,
will keep open house, and more will
not. Some will visit, but the major
lily will remain at home.
watch Meetings.
Tonight there will be watch meet
ings in the six principal Protestant
churches. the First Methodist, Mem
oriaI Christian, First Baptist, and the
Broadway. Central and United Pres
byterian churches. The hours kept
will be from S to II. Each pastor
will open and close the services at
his own church and i'm the interim
will travel about to all the other
churches and delive- addresses. OF
course there will be the usual num-
Der of private watch parties.
In Other Churches.
Tomorrow being the feast of the
Circumcision, there will be mathis.
and celebration at 10 a. IN. at Trinity
church.
Tomorrow the Catholic churches
will hold services at and 1920 a. m.
much the same as those held ON the
Sabbath. Beyond this there Will be
little doing of public nature. The
young folks will find rather indiffer-
ent skating on the slough and the
canal, and many will spend the day
at this sport. of which there has been
IL,
noon the afternoon Club will give
its second dance at the armory and
in the evening there will be a num-
Der of balls ard parties. including
the Goth annual affair of Twin-City
lodge of the Il. of L. f. at Industrial
hall. and the stag party by the Sher-
idan club.
At the Y. NJ. C. A
The Y. NJ. c. \. has prepared an
interesting program for the day. 1t
will open in the morning at Q o'clock
with a game of basket ball between
two junior teams. Then from 10 till
- there will be contests by the I'M
Tors in checkers. shuttle board and
bowling. From > till ) in the after
noon there viii be contests open to
all men in bowling. checkers, shuttle
board and crOkinole. From $50 to Z
there will be a luncheon and at 8
will begin fun making contest par
ticipated in by the young mems class
divided into two sides. This includes
Indian club. relay. crab, obstacle and
lhurry-skurry races, OK pull. rooster
fight, tug of war, game of babylonia
and basket ball game. An admission
will be charged to the evenings en-
tertainment.
The Argus will make holiday with
the rest and there will be no issue
of the paper.
The postofiice will be open from z
till 10 tomorrow morning and there
will be one general delivery covering
the entire city and beginning at 0
a. m.