Connecticut western news., 1918-01-24
Only 81 Days in 1918 in
Which the Worlds Bust
ness Is Not Interrupted
Somewhere by Holidays
and SUNDAYS.

these are national. ActS or Congress
and Presidents announcements in
this respect apply only to the District
of Columbia and the territories. The
states usually follow suit, but as q
matter of custom only and not Of law.
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American local holidays are rich in
historical significance. OF such are the
commemorations of Bunker Hill and
Bennington and New Orleans and San
Jacinto; the all but forgotten Fast
Day of New England, still surviving In
New Hampshire; Patriots Day In
Maine and Old Defenders Day In Bal
timore, Pioneer Day In Idaho and the
various Admission Days popular with
other Western states, Confederate Me-
mortal Day In the South, together with
Of the Confederacy. & st.t
Two states have independence Days
of their own. Texas observes her sep
aration from Mexico on March 2;lNorth
Carolina commentaries the halifax
independence resolutions on April II
and the Mecklenburg declaration on
May 20.
1t remains for Frederick county, Md,
to celebrate all alone the Reputation
of the stamp act, one of the most local
celebrations of an important national
event on record. ..'e
Among the favorite months for holt
days the world over November leads,
with 26 out of its possible 80 days.
May comes next, with % and an addi-
tfonal Sunday not otherwise celebrat-
ed, thus actually tying November in
the number of days closed to business.
March, on the other hand, is the long
est all around business month, having
only 10 holidays.
New Years Day is the only holiday
universally observed. But, alas, it falls
on IL different dates in different parts
Of the globe, and some countries OBJ
serve more than one of them. Curious
ly enough, one of our own states, Mas
Sachusetts, does not make this a legal
holiday, though her citizens generally
observe it.
! January l Is observed as New Years
Day in every country in all Europe ex
cept Bulgaria, Greece, Roumania. Rus
STA, Servia and Turkey; in all Euro
pean colonies in Africa and In Liberia
and Morocco; in every country and
colony in North, Central and South
America and in all parts of Asia ex-
! cept Asiatic Turkey and in Australasia.
! In Bulgaria, Greece, ROumania, Rus
STA, Servia and Turkey the old style
calendar prevails and the New Year
begins accordingly on January IA
| The Japanese New Year does, in
deed, begin on January 1, but it is also
celebrated on the Sd and 9Th of that
month.
Then there are the Hindu New Year.
on April 10; the Chinese New Year.
February II to IA (Which, by the way,
is legal holiday in part of the Unit
ed States-HawaiD the Annamite
New Year, February II and IS, and
the Second Annamite New Year, June
10; the Parsi New Year, September
II; the Persian New Year, March 81
to "a; the Mohammedan New Year,
December 10 and II, and the Jewish
New Year, September IL, 13 and IA.
1t Is surprise to learn that the only
nation on earth making the Jewish
New Year legal holiday is Turkey.
Christmas Day, due to its religious
significance, is not so generally OBJ
served as New Years Day 1t has,
moreover, only three different dates.
The Armenian Church stir observes
January g. Countries where the old
style calendar prevails still celebrate
January z.
From the ancient Olympic games and
Dionysian festivals down to our own
time holidays have been intimately
connected with the most profound as
well as the most frivolous aspects of