Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-01-01
SEVEN NEW YEARS
 IN WORLD COUNTRIES

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 31.-- "The American is apt to regard his New Year as the New Year. Had he a penchant for celebrating holidays he could travel in a more or less leasur- ely way around the world, and in the course of the year could participate in six or seven New Year festivities, adding couple of Christmas celebra- tions for good measure, according to bulletin from the Washington, D. c. headquarters of the National Geo. graphic Society.
 "Our American might start his pro- gressive holiday jaunt by going to some western European country for the approaching New Year which the United States too will celebrate. He could then travel to Greece, Jugo- Slavia, Rumania, or Bulgaria in time for Christmas in those countries. Christmas is also December 25 in the countries named, according to their calendars, but corresponds to January l in America.
 A Five Day New Year Period in
 China.
 "By remaining a week in the same country he could also spend New Year day, called January 1, but cor responding with the American and western European January IA. By pushing on and making good oonncc- tions he might be able to reach Sing apore, or by supplementing steamers with airplanes could reach China it. self to take part in the most thorough going New Year celebration in the world, the Chinese New Year which will be observed in 1921 for the five days from about February 8 to Is.
 After the Chinese New Year ccle- bration the traveller could pursue his holiday hunting less strenuously fGr a while. He could arrange to arrive in Siam in time for the Sfamese New Year on April l, and afterward could have five months of sightseeing be- fore reaching Arabia for the Moi,am- medan New Year on September 4. He could then cross the Red Sea mod make quick journey into Abyssinia to take part in the New Year festiv- ities of that country on September 10. Returning to the Red Sea and taking a steamer north he could easily reach Jerusalem in good time for the He- brew New Year, October 3.
 ''The holiday hunter would now have taken part in all the principal New Year celebrations of the world and could return to the Western hemi- sphere to spend the Christmas with which he is most familiar at his own hearth side. In six days less than a year he would have chalked up seven New Year and two Christmas celebra- tions to his credit.
 Worlds Calendars in Tangle
 "The worlds multiplicity of New Year days and Christmas tides is due to the fact !hat our calendar is large ly an arbitrary device. The earth re- wolves around the sun in 3652422 days, which makes the true year q very odd measure of time. And it is almost as difficult to choose q logical beginning for the year as it IS b find the starting point of a circle. Differ erent peoples have selected different starting points and have also assumed the year to be of slightly differ ent lengths. This has not only resulted in the years beginning at different times but has also caused the times of beginning to vary in their relations to one another from year to year. It is as though a clock had half dozen or more hands all moving around the dial from different starting points, at different speeds.
 "The most logical starting points for the year would seem to be sum- mer and winter solstices and the spring and autumnal equinoxes; and