Connecticut western news., 1917-01-04

THE fashions in New Years reso-
 lutions will be dominantly phil
 E osophical with religious shades
 very much in evidence, says q writer in the New York World. Long and waving lines of self expression will largely supp.ant the tiGAt effects of otscr years. although self control will still be permissible. Introsrec- tions will be pupIlar. trimmed with pSychoanalysiS and new thought. Econ omy and anti-nicotine may be worn during the very ca:ir part of the sea son, but these wilt be draped in the most exclusive circles by tunics of simple life or very iiu" philOsOphic netting. In other wGr1S. I've been nosing around asking people what New Years resolutions they are going to make. and l found mighty few who were willing to let the season pass some bad habit.
 <'1'm going to be less vain. less hum ble, less contrite and less self right eous," was the enigmatical statement a woman who is looked upon by many as an ideal wife and mother
 Don't you know" she explained. that vanity and humility are just diff ferent phases of the same disease? And remorse and self righteousness are almost identical. The girl whose mind is filled with thoughts of how stunning she is is simply crushed when she fails to stun. The man who ex- aggerates the importance of his own virtues is always the loudest mOurner on the bench when he is convicted of sim
 "Oh, yes," she added, 'l want my children to be good, but don't want them to make a business of it. Be cause then. if they were bad, they'd be sure to make business of that. The woman who told her son. Johnny. don't go out of doors. but if you do go out put on your overcoat. was pret- ty good philosopher. Disobedience is an issue. but so is catching cold. and there's no need of tying the two to- gether. That's why I am SO particu- larly against vanity and self righteous. ness. self depreciation and remorse. If you try to tie the whole cosmos into one knot you're apt to get Straneled in the moose"
 "I'm not going to make any resolu tion," said serious minded humorist (My humorist friends are the most serious people know1 ''I might make some if knew what to make hut I'E} past forty now and haven't the slight est idea whether l suit myself or not My acquaintancos seem to like ne but few of them know me. and I'Hn sure 1 don't want to bc the k.nd of man they think I am. think I'll open up little more; make my whole life "n open book. not try to he. agreeable G: disagreeable. but just do what I want to do and say what l want to say. re sgardless of anybody'S prctudices and opinions. I might eventually get A genuine appraisal of myself. something to base any proposed changes upon.
 No, couldn't either" he added sad ly. "Everybody would laugh and sa? that I was funnier than ever"
 I'm going to economiZe and begin smoling," was the brilliant decision of a newspaper man. 'I haven't smoked for three months," he said. and 1t k getting expensive. Where l used to. spend an evening with pipe and book I, have to go out now and find q game of billiards or a musical comedy. Going without tobacco has its advan tages, I admit, but unless get raise in salary l can't afford to continue the fight against Miss Nicotine
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