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New-York tribune., 1912-01-07

the food greatly 10 his advantage as
strong man. holding huge lions mouth
extra wide open with perfect ease ana Saz-
ing earnestly into the interior, with the
intention of asccrtaininG what 'hl'r!o'
grade Of breakfast food he used
Numa appreciated this picture very muci',
as il appealed to his despotic nature ana
standing there his eye travelled down 10
the little squares setting off the months OF
the year, and he idly counted them' lro'h
one to ten An idea struck him; why
not make It an even dozen"
Could there be Il more novel, high handed
and tyrannical thing TO do than change
the calendar by adding two new months
We'll. he did it. and tackled them on TO the
from, end OF the year, calling the first one
Tanuarius in honor Of the god Janus. Ihe
podlike duties OF Janus consisted in pre-
siding over the doors and thresholds ana
Numa wisely couiecured that he would
want to be dOorkeeper for the now year.
&C. he named the first month after him.
hopinC to tickle his vanity and thereby get
y stand IN" with the gods.
JaDus was very we'll adapted for his po-
.itfon. for being two faced, he stood at
the dividing line made faces and stuck
nut his tongue on the other side Of the old
war. uassing mean remarks on personal
appearancc, etc. with many suggestive in
citations to retire and make room for a
marc capahle successor. Ills other face,
turned toward the new year, was bright
New-York tribune., 1912-01-07
This Ancient Holiday Was Instituted by the Germans,
Who Sought Thus to Break the Monotony of ldeness
Which the Shows of Winter Forced Upon Them

did not see much of each other again unul
the November SHOWS had covered up the
grass and made outdoor stockraising an i'm
possibility.
The year was divided into two periods
winter and summer-and as there was not
very much to do in the cold weather but
be comfortable and enjoy social life, TINS
seemed good time to begin the he"
wear and celebrate it with suitable festiNl-
ties. OF course, there were some chores
TO do, such as getting up early to milk the
COWS, and i'm extra cold weather httle
pieces of red flannel had to be tied on the
chickens feet to keep them from freezins'
They didn't have any water pipes to worry
about, but. almost as bad. for a prize-win-
ming dachshund in those days was too long
TO be entirely accommodated in one build
ing, so, with his head and shoulders in
the house and his hind legs standing in the
stable. all the intervening space had to be
wrapped up in old rag carpet. just as
carefully as a valuable water pipe, There
,yerc no plumbers then, but had there been,
they would no doubt, have welcomed with
omen arms such a time consuming job as
soldering up a frozen length of dachshund'
The women attended to their pretzel bak-
ing and gossiped around the iireplaces, and
il really was an sll-around good time 10
begin the new year and celebrate without
interfering too much with business.
Many years later ST. Martin became one
of the most popular and genial saints on
the Church calendar, and the date OF his
death November II, was set for the op-
New-York tribune., 1912-01-07

with welcome. Turing tho baby year IN, only
10 treat him as outrageously at the next
season.
The Rornans, with their invasion mort"
carried several elephant loads OF the ne"
calendars, gotten out in plain but suostah-
tial editions, which were distributed TO tht
CONQUERED, free of charge, and before very
long the whole known world had adopted.
perforce, the new style In place OF the olu
ten-month schedule, and the Roman cal
endar hung in nearly every household IN
prominent place over the mantelpiece.
II Is rumored, however. that some persons
Of these days, after reaching certain num-
her of wears in age, are often detected ilG-
rring up their birthdays by the old ten
month calendar. For instance comeIy
lady OF fifty years, Roman style, decides 10
revert TO ancient German style She multi
plies her fifty years by two, ana the re-
suit one hundred, is the number or months
Younger she is by the old calendar Ihis re-
duced EQUALS ten years and subtracted from
the original fifty leaves the fair mathena-
tician only forty years old, and after Knock
ing off ten more for luck-but TINS Is get
ting too complicated.
The old customs were fraught with super
stition which we have not altogether
brushed away yet. Men used to girt on
heavy swords and at midnight 80 up OH
the damp, cold roofs anXiously awaiting
whatever the New Year sent in the way OF
good or bad things. The swords were pIoo-
New-York tribune., 1912-01-07
Noise and Feastne by Way Celebrating New Years Centuries Oo
1t Has Survived Several Changes OF Date anu INC
Years Has Become Identified with Many ''lahse S"''
toms and Ceremonies the Meaning OF Whicn 10 rorsoeh

Tho big question is, whether we hui
roans do not suffer something too, ana
,yo,,Id II not be better TO risk having
q fcw ouet. old-fashioned demons aro,ind
than 10 experience the long roll which ls
now annually beaten on our sensitive ear
drums.
The New Year gift fad is a very ancient
one also. and it used to be considered
lust the thing 10 ask for gifts at THIS
season. and vcly bad form 10 refuse
such requests King Henry III OF Eng
land took advantage OF this every year.
with as frank manner as any rlcn
broadway beggar. He went over the
house with his pad and perch taking
notes OF just what was needed In the
way OF refurnishings, such as silver
plate. bedroom sets. davenports. Morris
chairs and mission furniture sending the
complete list out 10 his various dukes,
counts and ears. Everything was
forthcoming. too. for while IL was pad
form TO refuse any one, II was also bad
policy TO refuse the King. and II the sill
yer plate turned out TO be bogus, or the
furniture second-hand-look out!
Most of the old customs have come down
to us. some of them modified and some OF
them augmented. There IS still some SUPER
stition I'm our blood that calls for midnight
watches and bids us sue for favor from the
New Year by giving him hearty welcome.
We all recognize IL as the season to begin
over. turn new leaf and start right on
the now course, but, sad to relate GER
tain class Of US insist on 50 blotting up tn' .
New-York tribune., 1912-01-07
ATLANTIC CITY
New Year Celebrations and
Crowds on the Boardwalk.

Atlantic City. Jan. 6.-Late Tuesday night
I.cbt SNOW began falling upon the sea ana
Roardvalk. and when the sun rose N"dh''-
dav morning the surface Of Absocon ISIah"
was covered with its first whit" coat "t inc
yoar But Atlantic City is maintaining h'r
well known slogan-a snowicss BoardW'lN'
Tho annual winters getting ready FOR
sn,.irc is busily to the fore along tho
walk. Interiors are being torn out ana
beautiacd: fronts are being taken down
and rebuilt along more aesthetic and pleas
ing architectural lines; old buildings are
being razcd and up-to-date, modern s'ruc'-
ures erected in their place.
or the building of apartment houses by
tho son there seems to be no end. one OF
the most elaborate in the resort is soon to
be started at Rhode Island avenue and the
B9ardwalk The building will be hVe
stories high. 7Oxl2j feet. and will cost $50
600. The building will contain % house
New-York tribune., 1912-01-07

Rowerv district for better quarters IN"
character Of the Atlantic Garden naturaiE
changed II lost its German features; thc
Observation-Disclosures regular guests as
scmblcd-becamc deserted, the German the
atrc w2a transformed into liddsh play
house. and the days of glory were gone, 70
return no more. Tho great orchcstrioh
that stood in Machinery Hall At the Chi
cago Worlds Fair, and which was pur-
chased II a cost Of $4,000 70 replace tn"
original instrument. ana a mass of furnl-
turc and fixtures waiting to he called 70"
Lv the purchasers are all that now re-
main Of the once important place. and In
q short time a twelve story lott building
will occupy the lC) by 20 foot plot which
IN its day was known as Germany in
America.
when Blencker's regiment and the Carl
baldl Guard were organized early in the
civil War" said a veteran cmpoyc, the
recruiting stations were near the Garden,
and before the men marched ITO the front
their going was celebrated there by the
friends who remained behind Patriotic
meetings took place there all through the
Civil War time. and great crowds assem-
blcd to hear bulletins read containing news
from the front. y reminder Of those days
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we're not infrcquonuy arranged. That wa
when the Germans Of New York lived
downtown. when 18th street was consid-
cred away uptown and when the howcry
was an important business centre To you
young people the passing Of the Atlantic
Garden means nothing: 90 us who sii.l IiF'
down here il means the taking away "t
the last reminder of the good old days be-
fore the war
Tho Atlantic Garden was founded J..
William Kramer I'm ls-s lu an account
which ne wrote oU the occasion of ih"
/ thirty-siXth anniversary the founder said
. that he saw. four years after his Wrir'I
/ in this country. the necessity io" Gor-
! man concert "rdc". and, having 50. hc
! interested TWO friends who invested SINH
lar amount. and with this WorhInS capita
! the place was opened on a site then occu-
pied bv Il ccal yard. which is mo-" Nos o.
/ - and Il Bowcry TI. main building fac
/ ng ihc Rowcry. ocruuICs the plot on which
stood the EIU's Head Tavern, ono" occH-
! pied boy Washington d- his h'adqu1rt"r So
! The cutcrpris. was success from lh"
start, bat Il great boom was created IN
! 1886, wien Mi Kramer purchased from
the Grand Dghc of "ador an CrOh srgicn
and installed b. I'm his concert hall. The
fact that the great sum Of $500 had been
paid for it was no.sod about. and people
! Gockcd 10 see and 10 hear the unique in
strumcnt.
Early in the orrh,au.ou crl Mr. kramer
bought out Tie interests Of his partner ana
became the sole owrcr Cf the place" which
was made additionally attractive by AN or
! cIestra confused exclusively If women
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A Landmark of Note Passes
With Sale of Atlantic Garden

removing furniture and stripping pictures
flom the wall: 1t makes me sad to see
this place so. / remember whcn it was
for ,he Germans Of New York all that the
Arion, Ledcrkranz. Harmonic, Freund-
schdft and the Dcutscher Ncrcin combined
are to-day 1t was for the German a con-
eregating place where all classes felt wei
come If q prominent German came TO this
country and a 1andsmann' wanted to see
him it was unnecessary to look for his resi-
dcnce All one had 10 do was TO go to the
Atlantic Garden, and there the visitor would
surely be found Men brought their wives
and their children there TO enjoy the music
and the beer and The German Leckerbis-
sen which were 10 be found on the res
taurant counter Banquets were held there
when birthdays and weddings were ceIe-
brated and in the great hall solemn fes-
tiviues where cu.ogies were pronounced
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keeping apartments and % bachelor apart
ments.
The Boardwalk is now being widcned be-
tween Florida avenue and Noung's Million
Dollar Pier. and great numbers Of men are
at work sinking the huge concrete pillars
to support the additional decking, into the
sand of the beach. When completed In this
portion the great wooden way will. with
here and there space a tridc narrower, be
sixty feet in width from Florida avenue 10
Heinz Pier. a distance Of nearly two miles.
Mr. and Mrs Leo Schwab, of New York,
spent New Years Day at the Hotel Shell
buruc.
Mr. and Mrs +. ". Patrick, Of New
York spent New Years Day at the Hotel
Dennis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oswald y. Jacoby OF New
York. are at the Traymore.
Or and Mrs \. I. Ruger, Of New York.
are at the Hotel Jackson.
Mr. and Mrs. c. H. Jamison and family,
of New York. are at Youug's Hotel.
d. II. Virgins and Mrs. Virgins passed
New Years Day at the Hotel Strand.
Mr. and Mrs l., b. Pierson, Of New York,
are at the Hotel Frontenac.
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Musical and Dramatic Tradi-
tons Galore Surround Build
ing Once a Favored
Haunt of Germans.

To the accompaniment of the auctioneers
warning. Going. going, gone" Thousands
~ chairs. tables. benches, crockcry, glass
y,are flags. decorations and everything
cIso that went 10 make up the furniture Of
the old Atlantic Garden, in the Bo"ei},
passcd out Of the hands OF the Kramer
family on Friday and with this distribut-
ing process the famous resort went out Of
existence.
A venerable man. whose otherwise gooc
English had an unmistakable German ac-
cent. said as he saw the pOrters at work
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.bo rrice Of a new headpiece.
nv W s.iI observe this noisemaking Gus
tom. and the poor spirits VINO nave ilo'
long ago been put out of the way by her'
vous prostration. tumble their charms,
turr tail and fly at the first blast ol
stoam whistles. boom OF guns, or otheI
terrible sounds made possible by the mod
ern noise inventors
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scryancc Of the new year and called Mar
finmas. and the celebration under this name
spread into Gaul and Great Britain. Poor
st. Martin though a good and worthy man
when he died. got a very bad name after
ward through the wild way i'm which his
admirers observed the date Of his demise.
It was a riot more than anything else and
ST. Martin had to shoulder all the blame
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they had no set day or date, knew by eli
matte conditions just about when to pull
of the celebration. They were a nomadic
3acc. and made a speciality of raising cat
tie, poultry, pet stock and long, sylphhke
dachshundc. some Of which have even
reached down 20 this generation.
In the summer, when grazing was good.
they all scattered out with their fiocks. and
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came when the Gariblldi Guard all that
was left of it-cccbratcd one OF It's amt
vcrsares few years ago, Wnch els"'
thousand people helped to drink IN" ocean
Of beer which was poured out on that
occasion TO give you an idea OF what
celebration by the Germans in Atlahuc
Garden meant in the days when the Ger
mans hung together and before lhey hid
become so thoroughly AmencanZed as
they are to-day. YOU should know thaI
when the Friedensfest took place In April
after the Treaty Of Versailles. the Garden
butcher furnished the first day 40 POUNDS
OF Frankrhrter sausages 500 pounds on III"
second day and 800 pounds On the 'hlrd
day, and would have giyen more II he
could have made them
And how much beer did the people drink
~ don't knov--but they drank II all
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last page on New Years Eve that the stain
soaks clear through to the last leaf in the
ledger of life, and they wake up on the
first morning OF the New Year with dun.
throbbing headache, and a dark brindle
taste I'm the mouth, even more ignorant and
unciyilized than their far back ancestors.
who had the excuse of not knowing any
better
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him. lie stared in amazemcnt and then spatchcd the
paper from my hands This was the paragraph which
had bceu engaged In reading when he rose from his
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-06-08
Correspondent PertinentIy OBJ
serves Apathy Existing Here
On Public Reputation.

Editor Evening Bulletins: -
In recently received copy of my
home paper noticed the following:
Town spirit can be created any time
a sufficient number of citizens care to
take it out of its hiding.place and let
the fresh air get at It: and right there
Is Gananoque's remedy: healthy
town spirit that will forget the nOnes'
sentials and remember first, last and
all the time Gananoque and its well
fare" That extract applies so init
nately to Honolulu that have not
cared to throw 1t in the waste basket
before making an effort to have 1t do
some good to our city.
Someone Is kicking our houn' dog
arOun', and we ought to put a stop to
It. There came from the Coast a
short time ago a man who had not
been here for six years, and one Of the
first things he said for publication
was: that Honolulu was much dirtier
than when he was here before, and
that the dust was thicker and more
obnoxious than in any other city he
could recall. Now | am not so much
interested In the inaccuracy Of this
statement as am in the fact that this
vigorous kick at our pet houn' was al.
lowed TO go by default; hence this
communication to you. In the first
place, Honolulu is not dirtier than II
was six years ago. During that period
several miles of cement sidewalks
have taken the place of the old'timo
dirt.paths The streets of the city and
the roads surrounding II are In far
better condition than they ever have
been since the days of Kamehameha
the First. and. besides all this. Homo,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-06-08

Kamchamcha Day. June II. which
falls on next Tuesday, will he cele-
hratod littingly by Hawaiians through
out the Territory. Following the GUS
toms which they have observed in past
years. the members of the order Of
Kamchamcha and the Kaahumanu So
siety will hold their annual services
In the historic Kawaiahao church to-
morrow morning at IL o'clock.
j X. Kanepuu, who is succeeded by
William Chung lIoon Sr. as president
of the order of Kamehameha, will de-
liver the annual sermon. The must
cal program, according to the present
plans. includes solos by Fred Butler,
the celebrated bassO: Tom Carter, the
Hawaiian tenor, and a number Of 9TH
or well-knOwn singers.
The members Of the Order Of Ka-
mehameha, as usual, will wear their
ahuuas and silk hats, while the Ka-
ahumanus will turn out In black no.
lokus and yellow leis. Their presence
in church in the ancient Hawaiian
symbols Of royalty win be impressive.
The attendance this year Is expected
to be larger than that of any of tho
previous years.
Ordinarily, the services tomorrow
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-06-08
why DOES HONOLULU ALLOW
MISREPRESENTATION, HE ASKS

lulu Is not i'm the same class as San
Francisco or even that nonpareil of all
cities, Los Angeles, as a diffuser of
dust 1t is possible in our city to wear
collar throughout the day and yet
take It home in fairly presentable
state; lady may wear white gloves
in our town without getting them GOV.
cred with q Pittsburglike CRIME, but
this Is not possible in either of tho
two cities | have just mentioned. But
why, In the name Of decent civic
pride, do we let people come into our
fair town and tell us these things and
lei them get away with It?
This morning DIR. Clark Of the So.
mona told me that. he was with the
steamer on its trip to Panama, and
while IL was very fine voyage, he
added that for beauty of scenery and
surroundings of tropical nature, that
Honolulu and even Hilo had Panama
backed off the map. Now we who be-
long here know this to be true. The
kamaainas of Hawaii travel more than
any other class of people; they go all
over the world; they see all that Is
worth seeing, but no one ever saw
real hdllddlld WHO uluh say dlltl Ht
had gotten back to his native beach,
that Hawaii was the country for him.
When II comes right down to clean.
ness and greenness and sweetness of
the scenery, and sociability and hos.
pitality of the people, Hawaii bears
off the laurel wreath from all the
world, and WE KNOW IT. But when
some disgruntled malihini chooses to
come into our city and stay over be.
tween steamers to gather data for an
exhaustive history of our country, we
let him go away from us, after eating
our dinners and drinking our wine, and
call us all the names he can think Of
without our saying anything back.
That may be very dlgnifed perform.
ance. but It hurts our Gown just the
same. G. q. b.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-06-08

For Sale-Good house and large lot
planted In bearing fruit trees and
grape vines at Kalihi
For Rent-Fine cottage In town
with gas and electric light and quiet
Observation-Disclosures
A comfortable renovated 4-bed room
mouse with all modern improvements
and large lanai; completely screened
$1,000
A good house with vineyard at Kali.
hi--S15.00
by July 1st.-A stylish 2.bed room
cottage. mosquito proof gas and cleo,
trio light, in best location at Kalihi-
$4,000
An almost new 2-bed room cottage
with gas, electric light and sewer con
naction, on Pua St.-Sl7,
.. n. scHNAck, 1877 Merchant Street
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-06-08
HAWA|IANS Will REVIVE
ANCIENT CUSTOMS TOMORROW

would have been held on Tuesday, June
II, Kamehameha Day, but as it falls
on week day, the members of the
two Hawaiian fraterpal organizations
decided to commemorate the occasion
tomorrow.
At the Kamehameha Schools chapel,
n special service will be conducted by
the chaplain. Rev. J. l.. Honwood The
musical program includes II number
Of the favOrite hymns sung during the
days of Princess Bernice Pauahi
Bishop, benefactress Of the Kameha-
meha Schools. .. .r..
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-06-08
Honolulu Stock EXCHANGE
NAME ON STOCK.
Bid. Asked

Saturday, June 8.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-06-08
HUI NALU THANKS
COMMITTEE FOR DUKE

The Hawaii Promotion Committee
yesterday received "A communication
from the Hui Nalu acknowledging with
thanks the action Of the committee
In apprOpriating SIS month for four
months toward the expenses of Duke
Eahanamoku. the Hawaiian swimmer
now In the East and a prospective en-
trant at the Olympic games In Stock
holm. The committee appropriated the
money some weeks ago
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-06-08

Sales-Between Boards $4,000 Hilo
Fix. Is, 941s $4,000 Hilo EX. Us, 9i1a ;
$1,000 IIilo 1901 Gs, 10OA; $1,000 Hilo
1901 Gs. 1909; $4,000 Waialua IS, 1903 (;
$500 o. X. 4 l.. Co. rs, 1893; 22 o. K
4 l.. Co., 10; 20 Oahu, 2S1s.
Session Sales 10 McBryde, 9a
10 Oahu. 2Sh; : Oahu, 2Sl2: 10 Oahu
2Sh; 81 Hawn. Flee, 1926; $4,000 Olaa
Gs, 97Ia; 10 Waialua, 49, Waialua
1871; 80 Eva, 80; so Eva, 33; % Eva
49, > Onomea, SO.
Latest sugar quotation; 1893 cents,
or $3.50 per ton.