The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-02-27

these are national. Acts Of Congress
aud Presidents pronounccmcntS In
this respect apply only to the District
1 of Columbia and The territories. The
states usually follow suit, but as a
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 aud
Bennington and New Orleans anil San
Jacinto; the all but forgotten Fast
Day of New England, stlll surviving in
New Hampshire; Patriots Day In
Maine and Old Defenders Day IN Ral-
tlmorc, Pioneer Day in Idaho and The
various Admission Days popular with
| other Western states, Confederate Me
mortal Day in the South. together with
the birthdays of Lee and other heroes
Of the COnfederacy.
Two states have Independence Days
Of their own. Texas observes her sep
ar0tion from Mexico on March ., North
Carolina commentaries the Halifax
Independence resolutions on April T.
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
Among the fayoritc months for holI.
days the world over November leads,
with % out Of its possible 80 dayS.
May comes next, with % ana an addi-
tional Sunday not otherwise cclebrat-
ed, thus actually tying November in
the number of days closed to business
March, on The other hand, is tie long
est all around business month, having
only 10 holidays
New Years Day Is the only holiday
universally observed. But, alas, 1t falls
on II different dates in different parts
of the globe. and some countries oh.
serve more than one of them. Curious.
ly enough, one Of our OWE states Mas.
sachusetls, does not make This n legal
holiday, though her citizens generally
observe it.
January ] IS observed as New Years
Day in every country in all Europe eS-
cept Bulgaria, Greece, Roumania Rus
sla SeVia ana Turkey; in all EIlro.'
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 exl
cept Aslatc Turkey and in Australasia
In Bulgaria, Greece, Roumania. RlIsl
sia Seryia and Turkey the old style
calendar prevails and the New Yead
begins accordingly on January II.
The Japanese New Year does. InJ
decd, begin on January l, but 1t Is aIsd
celebrated on the Sd and 9th of tha1
month.
Then there are the Hindu New Year
ON April 1$; the Chinese New YearI
February II to IA (Which, by the way
is legal holiday in part OF the Unit |
cd States-HawaID; the AnnamitJ
New Year, February II and Is, anal
the Second Annamite New Year JunI
10; the Parsi New Year, Scptembe,l
II; the Persian New Year. March oil
to II; the Mohammedan New Yesr
December 10 and II, and the Jewisl
New Year, September -, 13 ana 14l
lt is surprise to learn that the onl,
nation on earth making the Jevlshl
New Year legal holiday is Turkey.
Christmas Day. due to Its relIrlou.l
significance. is not SO generally OIL
served as New Years Day. II has
moreover, only three different dstesl
The Armenian Church still obserYs.I
January 6. Countries where the oldl
style calendar prevails still ceIebrat.l
January 7.
From the ancient Olympic games and
Dionyslan festivals down to our own
time holidays have been inilm,tct
connected with the most profound -,
wen as the most frivolous aspect, ~
human nature.
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