The Washington herald., 1907-12-30

MIR. 1905, the younger brother of Mr..
1907, who is now in Time Hospital.
whence DR.. Day expects TO see him de-
part this life most any hour, will not
arrive In our midst unheralded and un-
sung.
Not that Mr.. 1907 himself had any
slouch Of a time. as they say in Mark
Twain or other standard works. but then
it's been so long since he came here
not Mark Twain, but Mr.. 1sO7-that most
people have almost forgotten those pleas
ing little incidents that marked his ar
rival.
It's a sort of 'the King is dead, long
live the King with the years, only
people don't wait quite so long in the
case of the Messrs. 19-as they do in the
case Of Messrs. King. Dr. Day doesn't
have a chance to proclaim that Mr.. Year
so-and-so is about TO go from US, when
along comes Madame Tomorrow and
presents the next aspirant for our min
ute attention.
Nothing Less Remarkable.
From all indications-this is a habit that
indications have-the celebration of Mr.
1S0Ss advent into this world OF Browns
villes, third terms. shooting expeditions
and so forth will not be any less re-
markable FOR its observation end than
was that OF his brother
Let's see about Mr.. 1905 When he gets
through giving his greeting to Doumas
and Diets. London, and the great At
lantic. he Will pop up out Of the Potomac
into Washington amid various degrees of
enthusiasm, prepared in advance for his
coming.
The first things that brother is likely
to notice is that this is a noisy world. II
he hasn't remarked this before he gets
through with a few other countries. he
will certainly be compelled TO hear it IN
the United States.
Like the coming Of all other kings.
noise is with him. either in COW bell
chime Of the night. a wOman's discus
sion of his coming, or a man elated by
too much-well in some way in which
men get elated.
He Will find a few dances. which
started, perhaps, when he was still out
OF reach OF wireless but which have been
hopping along, waiting for him to ar
rive. Among others viii be that Of the
Eagles. which will be one Of the largest
Of its kind ever given
The Central UliOn Mission will observe
Watch Night in its rooms. in Louisiana
avenue, in the same manner. This watch
night. which begins long before z O. clock,
lasts until every whistle and other noise
making device has been going for some
twenty minutes. and then keeps up a
few hours more.
Midnight Service.
At the Hamline Methodist Episcopal
Church there Will be midnight services.
preceded by the same watch-night Gus
tom. The watchers will gather at tn!s
church at 9 o'clock, and Will probably
leave shortly after they are sure Mr.
1905 has really arrived
At the Church Of the Epiphany the
same services, practically, will be OBJ
served, with the exception that the hour
Of beginning viii be changed 10 Il in
stead Of 9 o'clock
At the Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion building there will be TIE regular
watch night. which viii be accompanied
by few social hours and many social
talks
At the Fifth Baptist Church there will
be watch night services. which will be-
gin at 1O. o'clock and last until Z o'clock
On the first day OF Mr.. I90S's existence,
Washingtonianally speaking, he viii wit
ness some other things.
President Roosevelt viii, some time
during the day, receive number of peo-
pie and several organizations out of the
usual run OF Presidential visitors. Among
these will be DR.. William Starr. who ceIe-
brated his one hundredth Christmas a
few days since. The Army and NAVY
Union and the Grand Army of the Re
public in the persons of many of their
members will also be received by the
President
Receptions Will be held on the day by
the WOman's Christian Temperance
Union. the Young Women's Christian AS
sociation, the Rechabites. and several
other associations At the Y. NJ. @. A.
there will be open house all day. while the
Central Union Mission viii serve its an
nual New Years dinner to the poor.
Dances Are Scheduled.
There will likely be many dances
throughout the day. among which will
be that given by the Saengerbund.
feature of the day Will be the dedica-
ton Of the new Cosmos Temple. which
will be the occasion for large crowd.
The day will. of course. be a holiday
and the government buildings will be 81
lent as a tomb. or words to that effect
The government, as does many another
employer Of labor. precedes such holidays
as Christmas and New Years with q
half day of liberty. so that everybody
can get a good start
There will also be noise on the DAY.