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upon the coming Halloween's evep
There were also curious dramas
which groups of masquers performed.
They were generally given in the
kitchens of the great house." but
often the family as well as the serv-
ants were present. Sir Walter Scott
insisted on having q New Years play
in his home every year.
Seeing the Old Year Out.
In some cities of this country it
used to be the custom to fire off can
non and musketS. The ringing of bells
is Il result of the religious side of New
Years. After the midnight services
were started the ringing of the church
bells followed as a natural sequence
and was intended to remind absent
r'embers of the congregation that the
year was passing.
Many superstitions are connected
with New Years day in all lands. In
Hartfordshire, England, the peasants
believed that If woman was the first
person to enter the house on the first
day of the year the whole twelve
months would be unlucky. 1t was sup
posed to be unlucky to meet lame or
blind man, a monkey, a weasel or a
cat.
Odd Christening Custom.
In the north of England, If q child
vas christened on New Years day a
little bow was pnpapod tO meet the
baby as it was taken from its home, so
as to avoid the possibility of meeting
a woman first. The boy received q
cake and cheese wrapped in paper, for
his services.
And SO when you hear the bells ring
out this year. whether you hear them
from your bed, a pew in some church,
an easy chair by n SmOldering fire or
q chair at a restaurant table, don't
think that what you are doing is any,
thing new. You are watching a year
die and hoping or praying for the year
which is just born.
And back through the ages, through
thousand generations men and wom-
Ell have done the same and left some
trace of themselves in some half-for-
gotten custom as you may do, quite
unconsciously, when 1920 makes it's
bow 70 the world
~ AIyY a. VzT-E;%1E@~
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new YEARS. GIFTS
English Monarchs Practically Ex-
torted "0fferings" From
Their Subjects.
. - ENRY vi is probably the first
English-speaking ruler to

~ r ENRY VI is probably the first
English-speaking ruler to
make capital out Of New
Years gifts. During the
reign OF Elizabeth the custom rose to
its greatest extravaganza. The Virgin
Queen, who apparently never lost an
opportunity for extracting money from
her subjects, practically ordered an
astonishing collection of gorgeous
presents of all kinds. The donors
ranged from the highest officers Of
state down to the very street cleaners.
Sums of money, costly ornaments.
caskets studded with jewels, neck
laces, bracelets, gowns, looklng-glass-
es, fans and curiositieS from the new
" discovered continents of North and
South America were among the pres
ents
testers Greed Costly.
Another story of New Years gifts
concerns Archy Armstrong, a court
jester of Charles 1, which appears in
1.-The Banquet of Jests," printed in
1884. Archy was given a few gold
pieces by certain nObleman from
whom he expected larger gift. He
turned them over diScOntentedly in his
hand, muttering that they were too
light.
The nobleman, who would undoubt-
edly have made success in modern
business, remarked: "Prithee, then,
Archy, let me see them again; and, by
the way. there is one of them which |
would be loath TO part with" Archy,
expecting larger gift, returned them
to the nObleman, who pOcketed them,
saying calmly: II once gave money
into the hands of fool who had not
the wit TO keep it,"
New Years Eve Mosques.
Mosques in which the youngsters
took part were often given on New
Years eye An old writer says of the
performance: For this purpose they
don old shirts belonging TO their fl
theirs and mount mitre-shaped casques
of brown paper. Attached TO this is Il
sheet of the same paper which. falling
uOWn N front, COVERS the WuOlc ldCc
except where holes are made 10 let
through the point of the nose and af-
ford sight TO The eyes and breath TO
the mouth. Each is, like a knight OF
old, attended by a sort of humble
squire, who assumes the habiliments OF
q girl with an old woman's cap and
broom stick and is styled Bessie
Bessie goes before her principal,
opens all the doors at which he
pleases TO exert singing powers and
bushes herself during the time of the
song with sweeping the floor with her
broomstick or in playing any other
antic that she thinks may amuse the
lndwellers. The common reward for
this entertainment is halfpenny. but
many churlish persons fall upon the
unfortunate guisers (masqueraders)
and beat them out of the house. Let
such persons, however. keep a good
watch upon their cabbage gardens
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1T said Mcclure land would rather
talk I'll tell
cimeanything the
mind doing anything
$4,000 I'll condition that
o
Mcclure killed Schoembs Francisco when the detective climbed
William ChaStan
is
tearfuy
husband hanged
life of her
Every gaow He
wasa
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weStern lands really belonged 10 the
Is original states, which might call for
the rentals. gave II list of the deposits
made with the various states by the
treasury under the act of June %,
1886. as follows:
Maine. $3.50, S3s.25; New Hamp-
shire. 5000. 0S6.79; Massachusetts, ST.
33S. 173.5S; Vermont. $669, 0S6.19: Con-
necticut. S76i,670 co; Rhode Island,
FS322.;;Ss;3;5.30; New York, $4.014. 520.71 !;
New Jersey, S764,670.60; Pennsyl-
vania. s.. SCI. 5147S; Delaware. $3.50
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when gold
Monday
That Monday
o her
girl
with He
out
other
a
automobile II Finay
With
be-
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15l49 Maryland $25 Virginia S29S4799; North Carolina ST.
SG90S69 louisiana 477O914; Mississippi SS23353O;
Indiana SSo254f Illinois, $4779914;
He said that at the principal and interest s2OO
the
senat
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dulOlStS Stoou III opcii-ihouiitN sthnDN-
ment. looking at what appeared 10 be
auto tires endowed with life. some
rolling with perfect balance. others
reeling drunkenly from side to side
and at the end of the hill landing in
heap.
Upon closer observation the tires
were found TO be filled with small boys
curled snugly in the inside of the rim
and hugely enjoying the surprise or
the paSsersby.
Tire racing is the latest fad in the
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JUnn SHlICN OF tIlt EdSI tIU, UP IUT
examination in a case of assault and
battery. He did not deny that Emil
Emilson hired him to beat up Joe
Lansky or that he got So from Emil
for beating up Joe. But he strongly
denied that he did beat up Joe. Final
ly they got the truth out of John, who
thus explained the seeming inconsis-
tencies of his statement:
"When q fellow is hired to do up
another guy he goes and tells him
about it. Then they get together and
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ment Tor interstate traffic in stolen
cars, ii will doubtless check local
thieving by cutting down the market ::
ii also makes the business of the
fences" exceedingly dangerous.
The new law is likely to make
lot of business for United States dis
trict attorneys. The department of
justice estimates that 100000 cars
are in use today. totaling an expendi-
ture OF S7.S00.O00.0OO.
Chicago suffered the loss of GIL
cars stolen i'm 1918. according 10 gov
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taken all together constitute record,
which, l believe, cannot be equaled by
any people anywhere in the world in
the same length of time. 1t is record
creditable alike TO the Porto Ricans
themselves and 10 the great free re-
public 10 which they owe allegiance"
Almost every sphere of human life
and work. the governor says. has been
completely metamorphosed, and prob
ably the most striking evidence of
these changes is shown i'm the public
improvements of the island and the
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New Year Thoughts

IN VERY first of January that we
II arrive at is an imaginary mile
- stone on the turnpike track OF
human life; at once a resting
place for thought and meditation. and
a starting point for fresh exertIon IN
the performance of our journey. The
man who does not al least propose to
himself to be better this year than he
was last, must be either very good or
very bad, indeed! And only to pro-
pose to be better is something; II
nothing else it is an acknowledgment
of our need to be so, which is the trst
step towards amendment. But, IN
fact, to propose to oneself TO do well,
is in some sort TO do well, positively,
for there is no such thing as sta
tionary point in human endeavors; he
who is not worse today than he was
yesterday, is'better; and he who is not
better. is worse.-Charles Lamb.
WE ARE on the threshold OF
wv a new year. We do not
w know what the year holds
for us, but we are not afraid
of il. We have learned to look for
kindness and goodness in all our
paths, and so we go forward with glad
hope and expectation.
1t is always a serious thing to live.
We can pass through any year but
once. If we have lived negligently
we cannot return to amend what we
have slurred over. We cannot cor
rect mistakes, fill up spaces, erase
lines we may be ashamed of, cut out
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her mothers lap and asked all about
stars in the window. Then she ex
pained about Miss Mills. her teacher
in the sub-primary grade at the Nash
school. Each time they were perfect
in their lessons the teacher gave them
a little slip marked 100 per cent
When they got ten OF these she gave
them a gold star.
I'm going 10 get gold star" said
Marijane. when / do will you put IL
up in the Window"
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Deeply penitent because the de-
pendents of Anton Schoembs. San
Francisco detective. have been robbed
OF his support. Floyd Lee Mcclure
wko killed Schoembs. today offered TO
auction his interstitial glands to the
highest bidder as q benefit TO the
widow and children of Schoembs Nc
Clure had been told that a business
man had written 10 doctors at San
Quentin prison offering $4,000 for the
youth-giving interstitial glands of
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automobile
old the member his
HILL Il
required When
properly firmly
away spinning h ending
Franklin
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Two Decades Of American Progress in Porto Rico

TREMENDOUS marked the first 20 admins
i in
Rico under
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Gold Star in the Window for Marijane Aged


in memory o +.
railroad night AIariane
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Uncle Sans War on Automobile Thieves Is Now On

WILL the federal law curb the automobile thieves?
all
authorized from WASHINGTON by providing
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Almost Forgotten Incident in Our Early History

THE house debate the bill Is 275
l
Andrews Nebraska after
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Alas! This Is An Age Of ingenious CamouHage

ri YORK-Ths
IL
camoufge Now the
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Small Boy Finds New Use for Automobile Tires

bithey Cees
~ nparkh traffic blockade Tenth
week Passing pedestrians and
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industry, commissions
tualy
with
tribunals commissions
detail which
the following general estimate Salaries and roll: First class b per
$4,000 S66
S3262OO0O Travelling
employees $4,000 S1S56OOO office
office equip
S1S567OO Printing exclusive of labor furnI
S1,94591.OOO"
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Much Activity in the ntersttiaI Gland Business

AN FRANCISCOThs be
something editors
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pages unworthily filled. The irrevoca-
bleness of life ought alone to be mo-
tive enough for incessant watchfulness
and diligence. Not a word we write
can be changed. Nothing We do can
be canceled.-J. r. Miller.
ME everyday cares and duties,
which men call drudgery, are
the weights and counterpoises
of the clock of Time, giving its
pendulum a true vibration, and its
hands a regular motion; and when
they cease to hang upon the wheels,
the pendulum no longer swings, the
hands no longer move, the clock
stands still.-Henry w. Longfellow.
mo NOT dare to live without
Z some clear intention towards
which your living shall be bent.
Mean to be something with all
your right.-Phillips Brooks.
MAT great mystery of Time,
were there no other; the IL
- limitable, silent, never-resting
thing called Time, rolling,
rushing on, swift, silent, like an all
embracing ocean-tide, on which we
and all the universe swim like exhala-
tons, like apparitions which are, and
then are not: this is forever very lit
orally miracle; thing to strike us
dumb-for we have no word to speak
about it.-Thomas Carlyle.
III EAUTIFUL is the year in its
coming, and in its going-most
49, beautiful and blessed, because
it is always the year of our
Lord. Lucy Larcom.
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HEARD SfTNE| J
at the CAPITALS; |
Estimate for Annual Budget of League Of Nations


Nations. F. the
icanA nlfnralas ton Mr.
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Dolph says In part:
Il concede that / have no data or
Information as TO the cost of commits
sions to return with proper pomp and
ceremonial TO his Britannia majesty
the skull Of the sultan of Mikwawa.
nor to return TO his majesty the king
Of the Hejaz the Koran of the caliph
of Gilman, nor the return of the
leaves of the triptych of the mystic
lamb.
Evening star., 1920-03-07
CONDITION OF TRADE.

NEW YORK. March 6.-The trade
reviews of the week say that the re-
action in commodity prices and the
extension of conservatism became
more marked. although high prices
are still being paid for merchandise
which is in less supply than the de-
mand. Dun's Review says:
Some of the weeks developments.
the sharp recovery of sterling ex-
change and the return of the railroads
to private operation among them,
have Influenced business sentiment
<favorably. and the multiplying evil
dences of commodity price reaction
mark a more wholesome condition.
That prices, in general, are under a
greater measure Of restraint a COM
tions has clearly demonstrated; and
actual yielding has appeared in some
quarters, where buOyancy had long
been the outstanding feature. Such
tendencies as these, il disappointing
to some interests, are only what
might have been expected to follow
the great rise of prices that occur
red during the war era and afterward
and not a few buyers. quick to sense
the change in some markets. and be :
lieving that the price readjustment
will carry farther, are combining
their commitments within the closest
possible limits"
RradstreetS says.
"A gradual extension of the feeling
of conservatism observed in recent
weeks is reflected in the week 8
trade advices. Business in wholesale
and jobbing lines continues with but
little change from conditions pre-
yiously noted, and manufacturing re-
mains active, but retail trade seems
slightly quieter. From many sections
indications come of a disposition on
the part of buyers to limit purchase
to Immediate needs and generally 10
exercise caution in buying
Evening star., 1920-03-07
New York Sugar Prices.

NEW YORK, March S.-There was
no change in the local raw suga,
market today, and no fresh business
was reported. The undertone, how
ever. was hrm. and offerings were
light Prices were 1oE for cnbas
cost and freight, equal to 11.54 fol
centrifugal.
In refined one rehner was said tc
De allocating moderate amounts a,
l@k for fine granulated, while 9th
ers were pretty well sold up, with
prices generally ranging from IA to
16c for fine granulated.
There was a little more interest ir
the futures market, and prices were
firmer for the later positions on scat
tered buying, which was credited te
trade interests. At the close Ma,
was points lower. while other posi-
tions were to rs points higher, with
sales of 800 tons.
Evening star., 1920-03-07
Money to Loan

Secured BY First Deed Of Trust On Real Htnea.
tlilg Interest ard eenaiatsa.
joseph I. Weller e S w:sa: ..s L Z r.!ss
Evening star., 1920-03-07
REBOUND marks
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
Other Conspicuous Features
of Weeks Transactions.
Call Money Rates Lower.

NEW YORK, March GA surpris-
ing rebound in foreign exchange. the
entrance Of the railroads into a new
era of readjustment and the majority
opinion of the Supreme Court alb
solving the United States Steel Cor
poration from charges OF illegal prac-
tces were the conspicuous features
OF the week in the financial markets.
OF these the most important was
the movement of exchange. not be-
cause 1t gave rise to rumors Of heavy
gold imports. but because it was at
tended by indications that the British
trade balance is making rapid prog
ress toward normal.
There was sharp reaction today.
to $3.57A after the close of the mar
ket This wiped out much Of the
gain of the two preceding days. and
probably resulted from denials that
European gold imports were immi-
nent.
Return OF Railways Approved.
Although the return of the rail-
roads was hailed with general satis-
faction. there are as yet no signs
specting those properties has ma
terially altered. Contracts for new
construction and equipment were
awarded. but no new capital offer
ings were announced
Analysis Of the steel trust de-
cision dampened the first outburst of
bullish enthusiasm and was without
favorable effect in other quarters
where important judicial decisions
are yet to be rendered.
Except for lowering of call money
rates. the turn into March brought
no change to the protracted credit
stringency. Heavy payments Of taxes
are to be made within the next
fortnight. involving possible strain
on bank reserves.
OutstandinE stock Features.
Outstanding features of the stock
market were restricted to such shares
as motors. oils and related issues,
which strengthened, chiefly in re-
sponse } favorable trade conditions
and partly on the activities of pools.
In other branches of the list evil
dence was not lacking that the period
of liquidation. prompted by reduc-
tion of speculative loans under the
supervision of the Federal Reserve
Board, was proceeding toward or
derby readjustment.
Evening star., 1920-03-07
FINANCIAL
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF tho
WASHINGTON
SAVINGS BANK.

At Washing gton. in the District Of Columbia. at
the close Of business February %. 1s:o.
RESOURCES.
l. Loans and discounts
including redis-
counts Except those
shown in and q .3l0s. $50 .3S
Total loans. .$l0s $50. .36
.. Overdrafts. secured. s17.5o: uu-
secured. $A. ............ 41A
3. o. s.. government securities
owned:
Loaned ......... 81 5000
Unpledged ......... l21OO.O
War savings certif-
Gates and thrift
stamps ........... a0e 50
Total U. S. govern
ment securities. SEQ 65s. 50
etc, other than
u. s.. including pre-
mium on same. .$21sJ45.1,
Total bonds. securities etc
other than L. S.. olS543. -
6. Ranking house ............ 45,Os2 80
Z. Furniture and fixtures. 1914 A.
.. Due from national
Due from all other
pahks ......-....... 3, b,S34.SS
------ 65.4l2 10
10. Exchanges for clearing house. 9s9 II
II. Checks and other cash Items 1882
II. Cash in vault. ................... 15.7S7. .36
IA. Expenses .................... 643. 10
Total Observation-Disclosures. .s47e $50 10
LIABILITIES
IL. Capital stock paid in. ......... $65 200 90
l6. Surplus fund. ................... Is, 552. so
Il. Certified checks. s94.31
Demand deposits deposits pay
able within 80 days):
check ................:..... l6S. .o4s. SO
S- Other demand deposits. 1S5. AZ. q
Total demand deposits. items
II. 30. 23 "a, 25, 26. -
and %. 90. 49,. 1851 .sss.Os
Time deposits payable after 90
days. or subject to 80 days
or more notice.:
20. Certificates of deposit tother
than for money borrowed) go. 20. 3e1. 90
81 Christmas Savings Club. q. 931 .23
Total Of time deposits. items
=. 30, 81 and 81. .$A,3 ,32s 3
S. Amt. paid on 4th I. B. Club. 5000
~. Amt paid on 9TH L. B. Club. $1,000
Total NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .$47s 6eo. 20
District Of Columbia. City Of Washington, ~
1. VIM NJ. PHELAN. president Of the above
named bank, do solemniy swear that the above
statement IL true to the best Of my knovLedxe
and belief. WIN. N. PHELAN. President.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9Th
day Of March, 1870
(seal.) JAMES H. MARR.
Notary Public. D. c.
]. D. Leonard Tbos. d. Walsh,
James r. Brennan. VIM. +. Russell.
Geo. b. Bryan, Eliot " Noyes,
s. J. venable. j. r. Brown.
Directors.
Evening star., 1920-03-07
Federal Reserve Bank Statement.

NEW YORK. March 6.-The state
ment of condition of the federal re-
serve bank of New York at the close
of business March shows:
Total gold reserve. $500.633.170.
Total reserves, $500, ,863.062
Total earning assets. S1.1O2,017.997.
Uncollected items and other deduc-
tions from gross deposits. $141.034.-
326
Due to members reserve account.
$7c1.470.536.
Total gross deposits, $S84,510.731.
Federal reserve notes in actual cir
culation, $S31.6S3,95O.
Ratio of total reserves to deposit
and federal reserve note liabilities
combined, 3S.1 per cent.
Evening star., 1920-03-07
DOUBT THAT ALLIES
HAVE GOLD FOR us.
Great Surprise Abroad Over
England and frances De-
cision to Pay Loan.

LONDON, March 6-Financial edit
ors OF London morning newspapers
discuss reports Of an impending ship
ment Of gold to New York. and most
of them concur in saying there is
not gold enough available here for
the shipment of amounts which have
been suggested. and, in any event
the amC mt of gold that could be
shipped would not be sufficient to
affect exchange conditions.
opinion is expressed by the financial
expert of the London Times that the
rise in sterling may be readily ex-
planned by the decision to repay the
Anglo French loan and freer dis
position on the part of American
houses having knowledge OF that de-
cision to purchase sterling bills.
The financial editor of the Daily
News thinks the main cause of the
improvement in exchange is salts
factory evidence that low exchange
is working its own cure. He says
steamers arriving from the United
States are carrying smaller cargoes,
while, on the other hand, Great Brit
ain is selling more goods than ever
in the United States. thus creating
a favorable condition of trade.
Decision Causes Surprise.
In it's editorial columns the Times
ish and French governments have de-
cided not TO renew the 1000 100000
pounds sterling Anglo-French loan
falling due in October will come as
much of a surprise to financial Cir
cles here as Thursdays sharp rise
in sterling exchange in New York
shows it to have occasioned there.
1t remains to be seen, the newspa
per continues, whether it is intended
TO provide the 50.000.000 pounds sterl-
ing in gold. which it has been sug-
gested be shipped to New York out
of the stocks held by the Banks OF
England and France, or whether 1t is
intended to purchase the current out
put of new gold.
May Go Into Market.
Both institutions. however. the
Times says. have a sufficiently large
stock of gold to enable them to provide
this amount without diminishing their
reserves. but in any case the British
and French governments will OBJ
viously be compelled to come into
the market as buyers of a consider
able amount of dollars between now
and the loans maturity. The editorial
goes on:
Few people had expected such an
early beginning-even though it is a
relatively small one-to be made in
the redemption of our foreign debt.
which is more important. of course,
than repayment of the internal debt.
It's effect on British and French
credit abroad is already reflected in
exchanges. AS far as the country is
concerned the payment of this loan,
which was the first raised in the
United States during the war. will
be to reduce our indebtedness to the
United States to 935,000 pounds ster-
ling"