The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-01
. New Year 8 Day Ways.

&. New Year 8 Day Ways.
There was time within the |
memory of Americans now living, and |
not SO very long ago. either, when menSl
got up. onsNewf Years Day with-Ethe
someWhatisolemn conviction that they
had a big days work before them.
Not, indeed, in the counting-room,
stock exchanges, selling goods behind
the counter, toiling over lawyers
briefs, or compromising drugs and all
that sort Of thing, but, they beheld be-
fore them a day of exacting effort to
take on their best manners and, most
alluring and effective phrasipg, as they
went the rounds and paid the canpli-,,
ments of the season to groups ofswom-
en-, goWned and adorned in all the fab.
RIGS and fashions which can make even
the plainest women attractive.
| Womanly beauty was at its best on
New Years Day. The occasion was
test Of physical endurance for men and
women. In large cities, from 10 a. m.
until i 2 midnight. the carriages rolled
bearing their twos and tIlrees and.
Ifours of men. the old hands att the
business having a grim business look.
entering houses mechanically. ex-
changing greetings and seasonal jokes.
/ The younger linen {, were jolly
enough untill3the shades of. 4 evening
gathered and the daft hours drew on.
4 The old hands were prudent in the use
/ Of alcoholic beverages and partook of
| solid refreshments at i or 2y4o'clock.
The young men, not so proof against
the alcoholic allurement. snot infre-
lquenf1y INDUCED too freely. The men
who could boast of eighty. to one hun
dred calls upon the fair divinities of
1.-The open houses, were classed among
il the heroes. It was very hard work,
4 despite the atmosphere Of feminine
beauty.
The old way has passed out Of. sight.
The formal reception is quite out Of
4 fashion. The devotees of chic will
. have none Of then1.s = p ossibly3s 'the
growth Of the temperance movement
had something to do with the change
: t-h8C1uS1VS COllec 1dIlu TClioCoAeslo Couiu
not prolong the custom. 1t had
ceased to be a simple samilyl reception
: of friends. It became the custom fol
the ladies of several households to. as
Isemble at, one residence, and make
, very fashionable function oft. 4ssaa Ani
: it was a wearying function for the
ladies.
| r. d, 49, ~,
, function has lapsed People get tired
: of doing the same thing to be in fash
!. = ion, year after. year. That is tn
ID reason fashions In clothes are con
: stantly changing and going back to tn
: old and forgotten types. There is n
X lioriginality in male or female cos
;, tunes. The mind of man or woma
= cannot invent any new form Of clothes
:. The "dandiacal body as Carlyle call
:. it, is incased. generation after genera
y ton, with some garments fashione
closely after the sartoria1 fancy an
: ingenuity Of generations previous.
: So social customs change. Me-
= Years Day .observances change. Pc,
Ehaps we shall, are long, behold the ir
|
land custom of Nollaig, which impose
= upon the master Of the household tn
duty Of rising early, kindling a fir
= sprinkling the family profusely, viii
= yet In bed. with, GELD water; then a
most suffocating them with the smo Oh
of juniper bushes, topping off with tt
% administration Of a stiff glass Of viii
fol iS aft
- ALL Not SO severe, indeed, as a de
g occupied in compulsory. visitation.
Pliny tells that In: old Rome on Ne
IL Years Day friends sent presents
ID each other and wished each 9th
&c health and prosperity. An interestil
n sight it must have 'beento see t
p Esuave Roman citizen, after spendil
an hour or SO adjusting the comp
ISL Gated folds of his toga. SO as to be pr
u cisely in fashion, starting. out WI
n great dignity to pay his seasonal cor
re pliments to his neighbors. We are
ce day, doubtless, ), returning ito 1.-The di
nif1ed simplicity of the L olds,s Roma
eo gentleman. .=9a :
m ~.
as Whether they can pass muster with
ed voters league is a question which can
dates for city offices will have to consid
ng along with other things, before they dec
1ys to enter the arena in Minneapolis he
nd after. -, 80