The chronicle=news., 1913-12-31


cakes aud cups OF ale. hut in scot
land as recently AZ lOO year. sgo
first footing MAS a democratic social
nistitutiOu. In which few were t6O
proud to share. Tue prineipai sIreets
of, k:dinLurgi. il u said. We're more
crowded between twelve and one On
New Years hay morainx than at
ao0a on business days.
A simple eeres0sy. mol YET OHIO
iSle. consisted in u0bairing the
front dOOr ~ lii. clock struck Twelve.
IN LIT the old year out and the new
year In. II the isisaA u 6uernsey
the chiislr-a .saradsti the street. ear
ryins the effisy Of = man. subisn.at-
ir Of ths dying yrsr. This they bur
led al midaixhI "a the ~easborc.
with elaborate ritual. ~ isurxhsad
in Morsyshi'.. th-y k-p, New Years
Eve by ''tsuTnisx the eisvi-," They
msds huge piles of hestiae barr.ls.
and set fire tn them with peat, The
burhiax -a,,'-ss they esrIis1i hone
io their Lous.-> "a. protection
against whatever evils the year
might hsinr.
Msss SestcA cssssns.
On New Years bay the ssot.h of
byson- generations believed nu fire
saouid ~ Out af tho hou.~, u IL
we're xixsn. misfortune might b- pre-
vsalsd By throwing hursias peat In
TO = tub of water.
There Is son~thisx susx.siiv. ot
the RuAsiAu EA.ier In On- 'fir.t
fousins' .usioss oss- iopaisr in scot
isad asd knxisnd. The fif., ,isii"r
TO hess~ 10 k-~ Y.sr. morsias
hasi the priS iies~ NJ ks..ias the per-.
sna that oi'-ncd the duor Perhaps
tacT- IL a Renaissance of ancient
dr- worship In the shso shire .t;s-
ton af .,irriax tho fire .n N-~
Year. morning. b~fos- un.ri"s -
word.
Nsv Years. DiAhss.
Ni,heash lh-s- as~ fee Aois~.
uh-s- N-~ Year. nay j. aSs~s, -,
With It's aii,isv Hospitality. ia. day
Il not ~hniis Divorced fruas the
though, al ss.,d ,hisxs so sat The
: tslis alosss <-~ Years I've dinners in
the biz .i,, restaurants ha,- so .p'-
sisi .senifisss.~. b-ii 'h-s. ag- --s.
,sis ii.hrs ias-tsss.iy Hs'"s ia'-'i
with the day.
Oa- of shes- !. susst f'.Ss.. ~hi.b |
10 perhaps ss"s- liked in snsisaa
than Aa,-si.as inss e,-a ,aos~ char |
asicrtsiis arr taos~ admirable litt'. !
cake. which .am~ frum G-rmaay.
sad which arr Imported IN lin sus.
"a Gesssss suoks has- msis thea
tor .eatast-ss have is,tsh~si thrit |
,iss- asd ~n-ss, 90 h-u d-s.ss. asJ
n~A' fiasoss. sad tho ss.uis II . cake
- ~sssiiss, lksi IL aa.s always b.
tho spesiai asiishi %. the N.s Year
fesss. Tai.rstA.. ~ rissst. surely.
nu., ~ i~M us r. 8 ~
'cssrisss AAAsssA"1al Vanished. |
70 ~sctlis us. = ss~ tsssssas Mes
Years ssks sAas u ~sssue' ~ ~s,si
for . chars. siks ,h~ N-s N-~rs Est.
ssk- Of ifslaad t'sr this ~as thruun
axais., the ~all aai nsuk~s ls'a.
risv-.s The first fragment In '"n.h
the srvusd ~s. eagerly -ssishi. for
hc ~bp sic u 80. snEr .f q rcsts
Happiness. Th-s~ ~as ass,h pleasure
ia the bskias II shs cake. u Vas
,issed ua = sfidtrpn before the op.
ca iis-. aad it.asts'iaas ~er- suus
4. secure the .ucv~ss ~ the csrm.
ar ,h. .n.iom. of merr rcs-a'
siss,s u ts .usSi, pity That tbs
New Year. poesss az the sc~.so,~ %
tic Carriers Address u ~ss called
-ha. disappeared. All ih~.~ aocu-
m-a,. ~-sr Interesting. ssd some "f
chem ~-s- aol ls.hinx IN shE-~d
humor. Calendars are po"r .Hhs'i-
tut~s for then.
Perhaps they will eom~ hack. Per.
hap.. tos. the slssardi,y of lcsSias
home ~ this of ell aiehis Of tie
year will b- cyidcat. sumc time. To
those ot us who have hpmc~ Aad
p~rhsp. New Years ~ili be once
asaiu something ssor- than q drrars
period. In which QUE hs. a h~adsrhc
aud rvec,,cs bills.
.rAnnln Linnifcn