The Cairo bulletin., 1905-12-26
GRACE AND BEAUTY
Herald the New Year Now
About to Dawn Upon is
WORKS OF AIT IN SHAPE OF CAL
ENDARs I'M ALL coLoRs
FROM BRILLIANT REDS
TO DUTCH BLUES.


But then in what a blaze q glory he
new wear is coming in, II you don :
believe just take glance az the store
windows. or 1t Won have few min
ntes 10 spare from the business Of the
dav ana don't mind being josrled and
pushed about, enter the store Itself
ana study he lines and lines OF beau
fiful calendars which this year are
absolute works of art They are Of
all colors from brilliant reds TO pate
Dutch blues; of all size from pocket
calendars to vail calendars, three ana
four feet long, illuminated with all
kinds of poesy and sentiment both
foolish ana o berwise, There are Glib
SON calendars Christy calendars, Fish
ar calendars and Underwood calen-
lars. One ornamented with Gibson
drawing is particularly fitting for the
season. an it strikes the keynote q
the reason for the existence OF them
All It pictures the new year in the
form OF a cupid being served up pip
ing hot on a salyer
The Christy calendars with their
dellcately tinted shades are beautiful.
beyond description ana an apothe5is
of the queen rose of all girls. name.
IN the American girl Above the pro.
safe tale al data and Sundays Mon
days, Tuesday Wednesdays Thur
DAYS. Fridays and Saturdays she ap
pears in countless bewitching sancy
attitudes rs tempt with the desire OF
possession the most cru ty bache.or
OF them an And ii is fac thaf men
crowd these counters more than any
other of the others.
Christie Is tha premier porjrayer Of
The American gri and The calendar
bearing his initials are great favor
ties.
The new thing in this line his year
are the calendars ornamented with
water colors. These while not attract
ne the average buyer are unique and
very dainty and Likewise very cost
IT. Those graced with sepa drawing
are perhaps the most artistic and She
word exquisite Is quite apt 20 use
when describing them Mos Of these
/ are ornamented with very fine copies
az paintings Of biblical characters and
scenes and their rich warm browns
lend readily themselves Dan appro
PIRATE setting forth OF sucn characters
and scenes The effect Of H ffmaA
Christ in The brown is fine and is
ict he thing for this time
Many Of these calendars, however
| are valuable also from an eiucationa
standpoint. There are Shakespeare
calendar. Tennyson calendars, Long
Fellow calendars. ETC. with a quotation
from the works Of he author for ev
cry day Cf the year On the Long
fellow calendar in some brave words
from Hyuerion, the reader is urged tc
Go forth 10 meet shad0wq future
wit hout fear and with a manly heart
Below the quotation on many Of the
calendars is a statement of some i'm
portant historical fact which occurred
on tina particular day.
II one has a penchant for dates and
a lively curiosity as TO when things
are going ro happen and cares to dive
beneath the leaves of these beautifu
specimen Of the printers and paint
ers art. one will note that the secular
holidays OF 1906 win occur as follow
New Years day. ON Monday St
/ Valentines day on Wednesday; Wash
Eingtons birthday on Thursday; Ne
mortal day ON Wednesday; indie
pende1ce day on Wednesday, Labor
day on Monday September 3 Hal
IluNo'en on Wednesday October 81
/ Thanksgiving day on November %
and Christians dag on Tuesday.
The feasts and fasts observed by
.he adherents of the religion founded
By Jesus Christ VII run thus:
Epiphany. January 6 Septuagesims
sunday. February II: Sexagcsim-
Sunday February IS; Qginquage- ima
Sunday, February %, Shrove Tues ay
February q; Ash "Wednesday Feb
ruary 2S: Quadragesima Sunday
/ March : Palm Sunday, April Goo
Friday April ~; Easter Sunday. Apfi
( a.. Low Sunday. April p; Rosatior
Sunday. May 20, Ascension day, MAY
Lea: Whit Sunday June 10, Corpus
I Christi, June Il: Advent Sunday, De
cember .. Chris mas day December
%.
Ply this time perhaps one VIII be in
terested TO know that the year 1906
corresponds TO the wear G6f9 of the
Julian period. the year 1866 1861 o
he eJwish era Ohe year 5GG7 begin.
at sunset September 49,; the yea
2G59 ince the foundation of Rome, ac
cording TO Varrio; the year 25C6 o.
{ the Japanese era, and the 39th yea
of The 1924 Of the Nohammedan era
I or the era OF The Hesira begins on ih,
25th day of February. 1896: also Ina
ijhe first day ri January. 1906, is th'
t2.H7.212th dav since the commence
melI % abe Julian period