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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-19
BRIGHAM.

Especial to The Herald Republican,
brlghams Dec. ia pleasant surprise
was given Ia honor of Mrs Ray W. Evans
by a large Humilep of her friends ineiud-
ing members of the Mutual stake beard
oIIcers, of which Mrs. Evans was a
member, fhe surprise was given at the
Meme or Thomas Evans in the Third
ward, Mrs. Evans was the recipient of
a fine picture frem the members of the
board Those present were AfT. and Mrs.
brigham Wright, MIR, and Mrs E. p.
Horsle5, sir. ana Airs. s, n, Lee, AfF, and
Mrs. ~ H. blackburn, AfF, and AIRS. w.
g; GidHe9, AtF. aad Mrs. II. L. HRsign,
Mr. and Mrs, l.. Beers, mir. and Mrs. Vic
Tor f. MadseH, AiF. ana Mrs. Charles
Wight, Jr, AR, and Mrs. Wright Evans,
Mrs Oleea n, 5tehi, Mrs, Sophia Valen-
gins, Airs, Lottie Cozier, Mrs, Vienna
Pearse, Mrs, Amy Wright, Mrs, Geneva
Wright Miss Eileen Cozier Miss Eliza
Thompson. Miss EUnice Ensign, Miss
Miriam Evans and Earl Wright, Virgil
Evans and W. c. Horsley.
Wednesday evening Elmer Rasmussen
youngest son of Mrs. Maria Rasmussen
and Miss Matilda Olsen, recently of Ber-
gen, Norway, were united in marriage
the ceremony being performed by Thomas
II. Blackburn. The wedding took place
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. A M Nele
son in the Second ward.
Ralph c. Richards of Riverside and Miss
Ethel Ford Of Centerville were married
in the salt Lake temple Wednesday of
this week. They will make their home in
this county -
Monday evening q successful surprise
was carried out on Miss Lillian Higgins
at her home at Second East and Forest
streets. The party was in honor Of Miss
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-19
WILLARD,

Especial to The erald-Repubiican.)
Willard, Dec. 18.-Ephraim White left
the first Of the week for the northern
states, where he viii spend the next few
years in missionary work.
Mr.. and Mrs. MILFORD INITIAL have
been visiting friends here for the past
week
Joseph Wait, formerly Of this place
but now Of Cache valley, has been Wis
iting friends here for several days.
Miss Hazel Davis, who has been Wis
iting in Malad, Ida, for the past two
months, has returned to her home here
John Owens, who for the past few
weeks has been in the hospital at Salt
Lake, is visiting his father, Owen
Owens.
Elihu Call Of Salt Lake is visiting rel
atives and friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Fauer Of Malad,
Ida, have been visiting relatives and
friends here the past week.
Henry HaltOn, who for several years
has been in Idaho, is staying here for
a few days visiting friends. Mr.. Halton
is on his way to the coast.
The following students of Willard
have returned home for the holidays:
Miss Eliza Hubbard. Miss Zina Cole,
| Misses Mary and Amelia Taylor, Lester
| Owens and William Dalton.
William E. Morgan, who for the past
few months has been in Salt Lake, has
returned to his home here.
After a few weeks trip to the coast,
| John Gill has returned home.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Zundle of Logan
! are spend 3 a few days here visiting
| friends.
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article on Indian Song and Legend was
read by Mis Emma Dougau. Current
events were given by members.
Mrs. Goff Of Sandy was IN Springville
Sunday, the guest Of Willis K. Johnson
Frank Gemmen, who has been at
Moore, Ida, is at home for the winter.
Mrs. D. G. Huntington returned from
Pays0n, Friday, where she has been Wis
ting her sister.
Mrs. Gertrude Harwood is at home from
Moore, Ida.
Mel and Nose ROylance are at home for
the winter from Moore, Ida, where they
have completed their canal work
Ralph Wood, owen Mckenzie and
Frank FriH are al home for the holt
days.
DR.. Arnold Hines of Gooding, Ida, was
a Springfield visitor Sunday.
Bishop TeW and daughter of MapletOn.
We're in town Saturday.
Mrs. Nellie Rash and Mrs. Sadie Payne
have returned to Salt Lake after visiting
a week with their mother, Mrs s. A.
Boyer.
David A Crandan has returned from
Idaho.
Mrs. P. T. Chase was in twon Tues
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hardman are staying
at Mrs. WatsOn's home.
John Patrick has returned from Idaho
to spend the holidays in Springville,
Miss Eva Berry IS visiting in Provo to-
day.
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STATE Society,"
sPRINGVlLLE.

Special to The Herald-Republica
Springyille, Dec. 18.-The Relief society
ana the Y L. M A Of the Third
ward are conducting a successful bazaar
this week The great variety OF booths
which they have arranged are attract
ing considerable attention and the town
people are assisting in every way pos
sible in boosting for the new church Of
the Third ward. Each night programs
are given. Hot dinners are served every
day at noon
Daniel SumsiOn's new home is nearing
completion. This is the second house in
town built OF cement blocks
III. Leo Bird and wife and Heber JeX
and wife of Provo, came over Tuesday
10 attend the opening of the Third Ward
bazaar.
Herbert and Walter Robinson are
Spending the week in Salt Lake.
Professor Mark Robinson made a trip
to Nephi on Saturday.
The boys of the senior class entertained
the girls Of the class at the nome OF VIZ
girl Bird last Friday night. A delight
ful evening was spent.
The opening of the ballroom or the
SpringvilIe theatre last Saturday night
was a grand success. over 800 people
were present.
The opening Of the new theatre by Miss
Blanche Douglas in The Girl of the
Golden West" was the society event OF
the week.
The local lodge of the l. O. 0. T. was
reOrganized last Thursday night as fol-
lows: n. G., Joseph Nane; Y. G., stan
ley Staten; secretary, Karl Cameron
Il easurer, Walter Graham.
The III l. A. Of the four wards is or
ganizing a choral society, with PrOfes-
sor Mark Robinson as director. One hum
cred have Joined.
The junior class of the high school en-
tertained the other classes with a tine
program on Friday morning.
A dancing club. consisting of one hun
dred members. has been organized, with
r. A. Deal as president. The club eX-
poets to give a number of select dancing
parties during the winter the first to he
given on the night Of December g.
VIII Startup Of Provo attended the ba-
zaar opening on Tuesday night.
The local lodge of I. o. o. L. save
very successful dancing party in the new
hall on Wednesday night. Punch was
served throughout the evening. A large
number attended from Provo.
The freshman class OF the high school
is preparing a social for January Z.
The senior and Junior classes Of the
Hungerford academy held a social at
Fraternity nall Friday evening. An eX-
cellent program was given and light re-
freshments were served.
John Smith was in Salt Lake on Tues
day and Wednesday on business.
John W. Alleman is working for gym
nasium for the mutuals of the four wards.
The WOman's club met at the home
of Mrs. Eliza Hardman Friday afternoon.
The history lesson, Settling OF New Eng
land, was led by Mrs Bessie Bailey. An
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Higgins birthday. Those present were
Miss Amy. Lee, Miss Violet Madsen, Miss
Lillian Higgins, Miss Nettie KnudsOn, Miss
Lily Horsley, Miss Lucy Larson, Miss
Louise Berg, Clarence Houston, Charles
Brown, J. c. Leadbeater, Willie Knud-
son, Willie Brown, Bert Flinkinger and
Axel Higgins.
Wednesday evening the students Of the
Box Elder High school gave a pleasant
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-19

If you haven't found your
work" as yet, you have an urg-
ent want ad task before you.
YOUR chance to save dollar
probably appears somewhere in
today's ads. It's worth a look.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-12-31

and her lips moved as II she were
speaking the names of her dead ones.
For many minutes her reverie was
unbroken, and she heard not the tick
tack! tick-tack! Of the steady old
clock.
Mine - ten - eleven!" suddenly
called the clock. The son? All! how
absentminded l have become! Well
do / remember the day a woman with
a pale face and frightened eyes opened
the door and handed you a letter,
which bore the insignia of death. You
opened it with trembling fingers, and
next moment you were like one dead.
Their were days and days when you
lowered between life and death, and l,
for my part gave up all hopes. Died
in a foreign land; buried among
strangers over the sea. 1t was a blow
aimed at a heart twice broken"
The woman covered her face and
moaned in anguish, and the clock con-
tinued:
Don't grieve so, the dead are at
rest forevermore. Lies mistakes may
need to be washed away with tears,
but the dead reaped their reward. You
are old and poor and broken, but who
can tell what new friends the new
veal may raise up for you? l cannot
tell you to forget the past, for a moth
er's heart ever goes out for her dead,
but the new year may have more
sunshine. Come, now l am about to
strike the old year out and the new
year in. Let us greet the new with a
smile of welcome as l count-ten-
eleven-twelve-a happy New Year,"
The woman did not move.
"Heigho!" called the clock: I'VE
have left the old behind!"
Her hands had dropped beside her,
and her head had fallen.
Dead" clicked the clock, as the
last faint echoes of his bell died away.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-12-31
The OLD Year
and the New

Observation-Disclosures! Do you hear
that" asked the old clock in the cor
ner. Here it is a full hour after your
bedtime, and yet you sit there staring
into the fire."
In front Of the fire sat an old wom-
an-gray haired, wrinkled, feeble. The
voice of the clock did not disturb her.
but as she watched the ttful flames,
one could have read her thoughts.
But it's excusable on this night"
continued the clock, in soft ones.
"Heighoi but it's the last night of the
old year! Three hours more and we
are done with 1909. You and / are
going to watch the old year out to-
gether. Let's see? How many years
have l seen come and go? Forty-ex-
actly forty with this one. That's a long
time, long time"
The woman rocked gently to and
fro, and by and by the clock suddenly
called out:
What. tears in your eyes! Come.
now, but that's no way to end the
year. We are thinking of the same
thing. Yes. he was a good and loving
husband, and I'll say this for both of
you. that l never heard an unpleasant
word between you. 1t. is II years
since he died. | could only look into
his face as he lay on his dying bed,
and il ever heaven SEN it's light to
lead a soul across the dark valley it
was given to him. | remember your
tears and means and sobs, and you
prayed that death might come to you
as we'll"
The woman wiped her tears, and
there was a feeling of suffocation as
The let memory bring up the events.
"Eight-nine-ten!" called the clock
after a while. How time does fly! l
distinctly remember striking the last
hour of 1903. Let me see! Some one
then wept with you at that bedside.
There was a son and a daughter. All!
now l recall their faces-their gentle
ways-their loving words. Two years
latter there was another ~death-bed,
more walls and sobs, and l saw the
pa%ll-bearers as they carried the daugh-
ter's body out of the house. 1t seems
as if the last blow must crush you,
and | we'll remember saying to myself
hat it wouldn't be long before you
we're called to GO"
The m choked back her sobs,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-12-31

THE. NEW YEARS CHOICE
II is Well to Choose Wisely for tho
Time That is to
Come.

Once, long ago, the Lord appeared
in a vision OF the night to a young
man with the offer. ASK what l shall
give thee" And a decisive moment
was that in which the young king
weighed against all others the thing
which he most desired.
Centuries lie between US and the
young king, Solomon, but still-and
especially on each recurring New
Year's-God appears to each Of US
with practically the same offer. ASK
what l shall give thee" And, as with
Solomon, so with every heart, there
lies the choice of the gift. Were the
question an audible one, what would
your answer be?
Each recurring New Years, IN ct.
feet, says: Ask what | shal give
thee" And the choice for the coming
year may be our choice for all the
years Of life. 1t is by choice that men
seek wealth and learning and by in1u-
ence. And it is not a question OF this
and that. but of this or that. To
choose is to decide between. to leave
as we'll as to take. Therefore, what
will be our choice for the year before
us? God Himself asks the question.
makes the offer.
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cannot be carried in this way are in
serted in the newspapers. In mill
tary and official circles ceremonial
visits are paid.
The Russians are great at fortune
telling, and on New Years eve the un-
married ladies and gentlemen send
servants into the street, or go out
themselves, to ask the names Of per
sons they meet. These will be the
names of persons they will severally
marry, and many a bashful Russian
lover has speeded himself in his suit
by taking care to be the first man his
lady's servant met.
When midnight is reached, each
member of the family salutes the 9TH
er with a kiss, beginning with the
head of the house, and then retire,
after wishing each other a Happy
New Year.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-12-31
Being and Doing.

1t is said, ITO be good is the way
to be happy" but to be good and to
do good is the way to be happy. What
a happy world this would be if all
would do the best thing for them
selves, if all realized that the only
way to get out of life is to put into
it, that the way to receive is to give,
and the only way to be helped is to
be helpful, and the way to gain life is
to lose it for others, and the way to
go up is to go down, for THE meek
shall inherit the earth" He that
humbleth himself shall be exalted" Il
is petty to live for self, it is grand to
live for friends, but tits glorious to
live for mankind, and, as one has
said, THE only way to work for God
is to work for man."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-12-31

.NORIH'POLE
S PREVIOUSLY arranged, the
Esquimaux go forth from their

snow hutS or ice caves IN
pairs, one of each pair being dressed
in women's clothes. They gain en-
trance to every igloo in the village,
moving silently and mysteriously. At
last there is not a light left In the
whole place, and having eXtinguished
every spark of fire they can find, they
kindle a fresh one, going through mys-
terious ceremonies meanwhile. From
this n source all lamps and fires in
the district are lighted anew.
In the Indian empire, the day which
corresponds to other New Year cele-
brations, is called Hooly, and is a
feast in honor of krishna. Caste tenn
porarily loses caste and the prevailing
hue Is red. Every one who can afford
it ear red garments. They throw
red powder at one another, and mix
it with water and squirt it from syr-
inges on passers-by. This is taken in
As good part as ~snow-balling is in
northern chimes.
Complimentary visits between the
merest acquaintances are exchanged
in Germany, and New Years gifts are
made to the servants. The eve of the
New Year Is called der Sylvester
Abend," and while it is deemed not un-
becoming for the young and thoughtless
to while away the evening by dancing,
the day in more serious households
takes on a semi-religious aspect. Dur
ing the evening there is prayer at the
family altar, and at midnight the
Waterman on the church tower blows
his horn to the birth of the
New Year.
The Jour de Fan" Is a great period
almost all v France, and many of
the customs common with US at
Christmastide are transferred to New
Year. In many parts of that country
masquerading by children continues
for three days, the youngsters going
from house 10 house, singing and beg
ging for small presents.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-12-31
DEATH OF THE OLD YEAR.
BY CHARLOTTE BEAUMONT JARVIS.

BY CHARLOTTE BEAUMONT JARVIS.
Miserere! toll the bell,
Let the earth send forth a knell.
For a great soul takes his flight.
None knows whittier, in the night
Miserere!
Stretched upon his snowy bier.
Dying lies the good Old Year:
And upon the midnight gale
All nay hear his parting wall
Miserere!
In the old kings chequered reign
There were mingled joy and pain;
Friends proved false, while foes were
true,
Sinners many, saints-a few
Miserere!
There were hearts that suffered wrong,
Bore 1t bravely. and were strong:
Hearts there were, so black within.
Satan wondered at their sin
Miserere!
Carriers full of fruitful store,
Measures pressed. and running DER:
Famine in the streets at night.
Doing deeds too dark for light
Miserere!
Rang the church bells for the wed.
Tolled they also for the dead:
In one home a joy was born,
From another joy was torn
Miserere!
Sue earth's sorrow, such its sin.
All must end where they begin;
Snow which wraps the New Years feet
Is the Old Years winding sheet
Miserere!
Now his spirit goeth fast,
Midnight hour will be his last;
To your knees. earth's worn and vearv-
0iserere! Misererel
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-12-31

Americans are too busy to take
many holidays, but few Of them fail
to observe New Years day in some
way or other. The good old custom
of making calls on ones friends fell
into disrepute long ago because it
was SO abused by the ~over-convivial,
but family gatherings usually mark
the day, and the church folk all over
the country still hold watch meetings
in the religious edifices to usher in
the new year. Our ~observances of the
day, however, are not SO picturesque
as are those of many other countries.
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@M2EN9MERR2
SGAIDGD6M
APAN'S New Years day is the
twenty-ninth of January. BY

- APAN'S New Years day is the
Ct tw~enty-ninth of January. BY
this time all accounts have
been adjusted and all disputes settled.
Everybody puts on the regulation
dress-a sort Of light blue cotton
and starts out to visit relatives and
friends. The visiting lasts for three
days, and they send letters of con
graduation, in stiff, set phrases. to
those in distant places.
They go to their favorite tea gar.
dens, and there is a grand procession
in which all trades are represented.
Drums and stringed instruments are
played by numerous bands, and wax
figures are sold by the thousand. They
amuse themselves with top spinning,
kite flying, jugglers, actors and fire.
works, and the ladies of quality
please themselves with the butterfly
dance"
Presents are offered of cooked rice.
roasted peas. oranges, and figs. The
peas are scattered about the houses
to brighten away evil spirits. and on
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({AENPWE e
S EVERY one who has seen a
Chinese quarter in a large
city knnmc .stha haathan Chi.

city knows, the heather Chi
nee celebrates the New Year in a
right royal fashion. In the mother
country the rejoicings absorb fully a
month, during the first part of which
empire.
But the refreshments are of a light
kind-peanuts, watermelon seeds,
sweetmeats, oranges, tea and typical
ly Chinese cakes. Presents of cakes
are given to the poor, and brilliant
cakes" supposed to help the children
along with their studies, are distribu-
ted from the temples.
At an early hour on the second of
February-their New Years day
they propitiate heaven and earth with
offerings of rice, vegetables, tea, wine,
oranges, and imitation paper money,
which they burn with incense, joss
sticks, and candles. Afterward they
worship their household gods and de-
ceased ancestors and living relatives.
All this is carried out in the most sol
emn manner, and offerings are made
to everybody except the living.
Images of gods are carried in pro-
cession to the beating of a deafening
gong, and mandarins go by hundreds
with congratulatory addresses to the
emperor. Their robes are .gorgeously
embroidered and are heavy with gold.
Numerous amusements are provided
for the public, the chief of which are
acting. illuminations, and fireworks.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-12-31
InE ENGINEER
By DANIEL W.

BY DANIEL ". GALLAGHER
Under the old earth's outer crust
Mic bedrock fragments and lava
dust;
Watching the axis turning slow,
The Old Year stood at his dynamo
In the power plant which time maintains,
And numbered losses and figured gains.
1--WE done quite well" said the aged seer
MY records good as an engineer,
I've kept things hurnming, above-below.
olks can't complain that I've been slow,
And now I'm off when midnight calls"
Then he started doffing his o~veralls.
He washed his face and brushed his hair
Then leaned far back in his armchair
In pensive mood till a sturdy chap
Clambered up to the old mans lap.
And said: "Old Year-they tell me you
Are sorter thinking of getting through"
Fright you are" cried the aged man.
"Your task awaits you, little Jan.
Get into your buds and start right in,
will wait right here until you begin,
For l wish to see if l rightly guess,
Which of the levers you first will press"
Then Jan marched up to the dynamo.
He passed the levers of want" and
"Woe"-
Nor touched the levers of "War" or
Fame
Stopping the while to read each name:
Then a handle grasped-as he turned to go,
The Old Years face seemed all aglow.
Sc when the dawn of that day began
Man thought of his stricken brother man.
With ready help and an honest tear.
For them that knew no glad New Year.
Twas the lever of Love in the midst of
gloom
That Jan had gripped in the engine-room.
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SWl41Hl1IHHhE>|AA G.
2.m9RWE4GtANS
HE hospitable Norwegians and
Swedes spread their tables
heavily for all who may come

'"SbSo SPlSdu llCli loDACo
heavily for all who may come
In, and in Stockholm there is 2 grand
banquet in the Exchange, given to the
king and his family. On this occa-
sion the monarch throws aside the
divinity which doth hedge a king"
and mingles with his people as citi-
zen to citizen, in true democratic
fashion.
Danes greet the New Year with a
tremendous volley of cannon and old
Copenhagen is shaken to it's founda-
lions at midnight. 1t is also consid-
cred a delicate compliment to fire off a
gun or a pistol under the bedroom
window of ones friends at a very
early hour.
Dwellers in Cape Town, South AT.
RIGA. are an exception to the general
run of English colonists. After the
custom of the early Dutch settlers,
they celebrate New Year for an en-
tire week. Every house is full of Wis
itors, every man, woman and child is
dressed in his best, and no one has
any business except to seek amuse
ment, which he does frantically. There
are picnics to Table mountain and
pleasure excursions in boats. There
is a dance every evening. At the end
of the week everybody settles down
to business. and the settlement Is as
calm and we'll ordered as if it had
vel heard of New Year.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-12-31

the fourth day of the New Year, the
decorations of lobster which signify
reproduction, %cabbages which mean
riches, and oranges which mean good
with poughs of fruit trees and flowers.
This is to signify the near approach
Of spring, when the winter garment
of repentance" shall be thrown aside.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-12-31
Christmas Fairies.

An old English tradition has It that
at ChriHtmas-tide, elves and fairies
may mingle with humankind in the
festivities, and the holly, bay and ivy
are hung that the fays may find hid
ing places. They are also hung to at
ford a refuge to the woodland sprites
who. at this season. are half-frozea
In the forests.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-12-31

is heaped up over a large pile, and the
father, after seating himself behind
the pile, asks the children If they can
see him. Upon their replying that
they cannot. he says he hopes the
crops will be SO fine the coming year
that he will be hidden in the fields.
The Russian New Year is IL days
later than ours, and is a gala occa.
sion for all. There is a grand cele.
bration of mass In the morning. and
the rest of the day is devoted to con.
gratulatory visits. Good wishes that