The spectator., 1921-12-23

 Anne, good St. Anne, send me man as fast as you can,' and you will be en- gagged within the year.
 Spend on New Year, spend all the year.
 The Chinese say that If man sits up for ten years in succession and sees the new year come In he will have long life.
 It Is unlucky to refuse beggar any thing on New Years day. or to refuse a request of any kind.
 It is lucky to rise early on New Years morning
 If the first carol singer who comes to the door on New Years morning Ia ; brought In at the front door. taken all through the house. and let out at the back door, It will bring luck to the house for year
 When the wind blows on New Years night 1t is d sign of pestilence
 If your first caller on New Years day is a male. you will have good luck and many friends; if female, bad luck and few friends.
 The Chinese think New Years day Is the luckiest of the year. If you wash clothes on New Years day, You'll be sure to wash & friend away Turn your pillow at midnight of the 8lst of December and you will dream of the one you are to marry.
 If bruvS pnnI lupl. fu ilapa n njoca of money on the window on New Years eve
 If the first man you speak to on New Years morning has his hands in his pockets. you will have hard time get ting what money you want during the year.
 It ls an old Dutch superstition that If you want to marry the girl you love your voice must be the first one she hears and your face the first she sees on New Years morning
 Superstftlous folk consider it impor- tant to notice whom you meet the first thing on New Years day If 1t Is a man. you will have good luck. If a woman, bad luck; if n priest. you will die within a year; If policeman, you will have litigation.
 The first person of the opposite sex you meet on New Years day will bear the Christian name of your future partner.
 If ice melts on January 1t will freeze on April l.
 Feed the birds we'll on New Years morning ny placing sheaf of wheat or barley ar some bread outside your house, then good luck will attend you, and good crops and prosperity come to you during the whole year.
 On New Years eve take your hymn book to your bedroom. blow out the lamp, open your hook. and mark u hymn Gin the dark), put 1t under your pillow. and sleep on IL. Next morning read the hymn. and it will indicate the events of the year.
 It Is unlucky to have clothes hanx. ing on the line when the New Year Is born.
 Cook cabbage on New Years day and you will have good luck all the year.
 Decorated apples stuck on three skewers are exchanged for luck on New Years day in Great Britain.
 Burn all the visiting cards that have been received throughout the year on January l. If you keep them from year to year you will have bad luck.
 If you have not provided yourself with n calendar before the New Year comes in you will he behind hand in al your undertakings during the year.
 In Japan oranges are hung up on New Years day as \ charm to insure the long life of the family.
 The Chinese believe il bad luck to pay all of outstanding accounts on the last of the year and begin fresh and straight on New Years day.
 Just before midnight on New Years eve the Chinese put on new or clean garments, so as 10 enter the new year purely. and thus gain good fortune to themselves.
 On New Years night IL was an old Welsh custom with the wise and cour- ageous old men of the parish to sii up all night In the church porch On that night. it was said n voice eman- stlng from beneath the altar table. pronounced the names of those who should die within the coming year.
 Your conduct on New Years day Is 6 forerunner of your conduct all the year.