The Washington herald., 1920-03-10
HOLIDAYS MISS
ONLY 94DAYS
Festal Dates Of World Cover
Practically the Entire
Calender.
SOME EXCLUSIVE ONES
Brazil Heads List With Sc
Local, National and
Church.
SOME EXCLUSIVE ONES

Only % days are left In the year
which are full free and untram-
meled working days the world
around. says New York dispatch.
There are ia days still. remaining
in the annual calendar which are
not yet holidays anywhere But 20
Of these are Sundays. IT 10 becom-
ing more and more difficult for a
country to pick an exclusive holi-
day. With all the new countries
which have been carved out OF the
political map the rush for new holi-
days may start at any time.
There are reasons. OF course. for
some of the days being celebrated
as holidays in many countries, like
New Year and Christmas. But who
could figure that August 2, for in
stance. would be q holiday in II
different countries or possessions
and two of our United States. 1t
is a bank holiday in the United
Kingdom and in many British pos
sessions. But in other places II is
a holiday for reasons totally unre-
lated. as follows: India. Cocoanut
Day; Rumanis, st. Elias pay;
Switzerland. Arbor Day; Cayman
Islands, Emancipation Day, and
Kansas and Missouri, Primary Day.
Here Are Some Causes.
Who is responsible for this wealth
OF holidays? The 1920 issue Of Bank
and Public Holidays Throughout the
World" just issued by the Guaranty
Trust Company OF New York, credits
our South American friend, the Uni
ted States of Brazil. with topping
the list. Brazil has IL national or
State holidays. ...
1t has II more days which are
church holidays. While they are
not legal holidays. they are gener-
ally observed as such. Then there
are 58 more days illegal holidayD
observed locally in the different
Brazilian states. With national.
church and local celebrations Bra
zil can boast Of Sc annual holidays.
The Empire OF India boasts 81
general holidays in the year In ad-
dition to more than q score Of spe-
cial holidays for Hindus. Parsees.
Mohammedans, Jews. Jains, Chris
tians and representatives Of other
religious beliefs.
Egypt has a heavy list. too, on
account of her many peoples. Egypt
recognizes "a holidays, ranging
from Nau ROE. the Mohammedan
New Year, to the Jewish Passover
and the GENTLE Christmas.
Twenty Holidays In Germany.
The Chinese New Year was cele-
to %. 1t Is the most important OF
I.A A.vA IL N
China. The others are the Spring.
Dragon or Summer. Moon or Au-
tumn and Mid-Autumn festivals.
The holidays and festival days make
a total of 1s.
Germany lists 20 holidays at pres
ent and none is in honor Of royalty's S
birthday. As the Bank and Pub
lie Holiday" volume pertinently
says: with very few exceptions
the birthdays OF royal personages
have ceased to be public holidays
none OF the new republics thus COM
memorating any of their former
rulers"
Persia has only 10 holidays. but
their names include: Leilut-el-Kadr
Might of Power): Ramadhan 1.-TWO
days): Idull-Azha, Nau Roe tNew
days); Idul'l-Azha. Nau Roe New
Year, and Birth OF the Prophet.
Monaco. which includes Monte
Carlo. makes only eight days a year
holidays.
To Liberia goes the low holiday
score. The republic lists only FIVE
Year. Good Friday,
Independence, Newport Day and
Christmas.
The days which are holidays In
the greatest number of countries
are New Year, Good Friday. Easter
and Christmas.