The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-12-24
81 :

IN wild" night has dts
HN appeared and has
N been replaced By esls-
hfatioas more In
ksspaag vith the passing Of year ee
Dns& o0portunities. and the making
q noN resolutions for the coming
yeaR. % this costinent at least, the
eight has bses given up to rsvelry
sHonsiy condemned by right thinking
Doopss.
Al 90 dne New Years eve in BsT-
Nm vas Q time that might have glad
SsosA he heart Of the most exuber.
ant Undergraduate. being from dusk to
dawn Q succession Of practical jokss
sAd eso1-natsss1 raging" But now
aAayo tAe tov1 shows . more sedate
ssmpss. and u h . very German way
. bose - . vins Journey" Ito give
he German exDression) often reminds
enc IN ths small hours Of what used
- b sssa st the same time Of the
year n the ancient world. the days
seem = have passed by when 1t was
unsafe 0oe Q oabman to show himself
b tAs city before dawn. for fear OF
having aone joker ride away on his
snhasnasssl Polly"
In thoee dlss the silk hat was
moro voss thaa today. and still more
setea vas crushed in or thrown across
the street by some Of the more ram
Dageess. 1t b said that one could
then Wv . cheap edition of the silk
hat that ha1 gloss that would last
through ths evening. and at . price
that maAs its disappearance quite suf-
ssrablA
Today such practical Jokes have
dropped Int the background. Berlin
and the rest Of the empire indulge in
. celebration cf the New Year that
has something Of the French reveil.
hoo. something Of the Scottish festivi-
IS. and also some reminders Of April
Fools day and Gunpowder Plot day
IN England. and the Chinese New
Years Feast Of Lanterns"
New Years day In Germany II the
DAY for sending the Jokes and would
b Jokes that are generally held over
antil April In France and England
cigars that might seem to be burn.
Ing. references to such rarities - the
peacock's eggs. and all the SELLS" that
can be thought Of. Then. ~ the Eng.
lish OF the North may eat toffee and
'parkin" on the eve Of the 9Th Of
November. the Germans have 4 special
fare Of pancakes and jam. with punch.
The rattle reminds ono Of the Orient
II 10 the srticls Of the day. or rather
Of the nixht. Even the biggest stores
In the capital head their weekly cata-
togue with q list Of the styles OF rat
ties that they have to sell. and no
self-fespecting Beriiner 10 without one
whom he sallies forth late in evening
to make . round OF the town before
saluting the emperor with the guard
In front OF the palace in the Lustgar-
ten at nine o'clock.
The occasion also offers another ex-
ample OF the extraordinary powers of
endurance In the matter of entertain
ment that the Berliner possesses. Al
though business begins at eight, and
in some Offices even as early as half
past seven. there are as many In the
cafes between two and three in the
morning Is one would see. for exam
ple, between one and two in Paris
a much more leisured city.
And on New Years eve the com.
pany does not 60 home to bed with
the milk. as in the French capital,
but sees 1t out until it is a question
Of whether luncheon shall come be-
fore or after the sleep.
Supper in the better-known restau-
rants in the center of Berlin and in
Charlottenburg's fine avenue Of Kur.
furstendamm Is much on the lines of
the Paris reveillon. There is no men
ton OF the traditional "Boudin avec
puree de pommes," but In return the
pancakes and strip get their place,
and there Is always some punch in
the making.
New Years eve is marked at the
Court of Vienna by a ceremony some
what reminiscent Of Hamlet" with
out the chief character. The diplo-
matic body Is invited to the Hof-
burg to wish the emreror the compli-
ments Of the season, but his imperial
majesty never attends to receive
them. Since the days of Maria Their
esa 1t has been the custom for the
grand master of the court to depu.
tize for his sovereign on this occasion.
and no member of the imperial family
is ever present
This ceremony. which is commonly
known as the homage to Gessler's
hat" is SO strongly resented by some
diplomats that they purposely absent
themselves from Vienna at this time
Of the year in order to evade it.
At Queens college, Oxford, besides
isdlan Marriages Recognized.
That n marriage cOntractod ho+,ro>.