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The spectator., 1921-12-27

lsA-AA pleasure and happiness 10
 that household during the entire year. There are many interest ing ways of entertaining New Years party, but the favorite of all Is the masked dance or party. and the most interesting way of having this sort of entertainment Is to give ghost party. The invitations read in this manner:
 Our good old Father Time
 Has promised to convene
 The shades of many notaples
 To meet yeu New Years cen.
 We'll look for you. you know,
 To help to make things go,
 And incidentally to meet
 Some ghosts you're sure to know.
 There should be 20 or more guests, and after the invitations have gone out. the hostess has little private chat with her guests over the tele- phone She requests them to come dressed to represent some famous per son now dead pantomime, words. ges- lures and costume being used to carry out the impersonation.
 Dressed in misty black robe cov- cred with stars cut from gold paper, the hostess will receive her guests in room draped all in white. Sheets or cheesecioth can be used for this. No word Is spoken until little red imp distributes cards and pencils to the assembled guests. Then each In turn speaks some word or does some stunt to suit his or her character. The person guessing the greatest number correctly receives a pretty copy of the hook, "Ghosts Have Met"
 Games, contests and dancing will follow, and the supper or refresh ment table will be filled with things tempting enough to attract even the most ghostly appetite. The table dec orations should correspond with the festivities of the season. New Years pie made of crepe paper over n deep pan is filled with dainty little favors for the guests or cards upon which some funny rhyme Is written for each individual guest. Part of the entertainment for the evening may be the telling of fortunes, informing each guest of their fate for the com ing year.
 Whatever you do, don't let anyone shatter your faith in New Years reso- lutions. They are the best things ever if you know how to handle them, and the most dIscouragtng things If you don't.
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Manitou Happenings.

Well We are trying to get well of our Christmas spree. we had branch water and tooth picks for breakfast the same for dinner and tooth picks with that said branch water for supper. and my. what a time we had.
 Our exercises went off very nicely at the Christmas tree. We had some of the best order ever saw anywhere. everybody gave good attention all the way through.
 We learned from some of the gossip that Mir. Oscar Perry and Mrs. Smith were married one day last week at Altus. Judge Town send officiating We wish them joy and happiness all through life.
 Mr.Cyrus Williams boarded the the dinkie one day last week fol up country. Say, go up above Poping and see how much timber the Dinkie tore down when i, turned around side ways to bring Cyrus down here. for we saw hin bruising about town. Ed.
 There is quite a bit of sick ness in this locality at this time, There was a number of the people in this district that could not get out to the Christmas tree.
 Ye Scribe went out to sec Santa Claus. and believe me we had . race. He could run but al
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for the Siamese New Year on April l. and afterward could have five months of sightseeing before reach. ing Arabia for the Mohammedan New Year on September |. He could then cross the Red Sea and make quick journey into Abysslnia to take part in the New Year festivities of that country on September 10 Re turning to the Red Sea and taking q steamer north he could easily reach Jerusalem in good time for the He brew New Year, October 8.
 "The holiday hunter would now have taken part in all the principal New Year celebrations of the world and could return to the Western hemis- phere to spend the Christmas with which he is most familiar at his own hearth side. In six days less than year he would have chalked up seven New Year and two Christmas celebrations to his credit.
 "Tha worlds multiplicity of New Year Days and Christmastides Is due to the fact that our calendar is largely an arbitrary device The earth re wolves around the sun in 365. .2422 days. which makes the true year very odd measure of time. And 1t Is almost as difficult to choose logical be- ginning for the year as 1t Is to find the starting point of circle. Different peoples have selected different start Ing points and have also assumed the year to be of slightly different lengths. This has not only resulted In the years beginning at different times but has also caused the times of be. ginning to vary in their relations to one another from year to year. It Is as though clock had half dozen or more hands all moving around the dial from different starting points.
 "The most logical starting points for the year would seem to be summer and winter sostices and the spring and autumn equlnoxes; and all of them have been made to mark the beginnings of the years In some parts of the world The Gregorlan calendar that Is now in use in the United States and throughout most of the Christian world, Is the Julian calendar slightly modified. When Julius Caesar
The spectator., 1921-12-27

II he resolves that he'll cut loose from the companions he has had-the jolly fellows who are not just what they ought to be. He makes up his mind that he'll quit turning night into day, larking around until the wee sma' hours and attempting to work the next day. He makes up his mind he'll save money. Instead of going out with the boys he'll hunt up the nice girls whom he knows and spend his eve will choose one girl who shall be nearer and dearer yet than all others. He thinks he has had quite enough of bachelor life-in fact that he'll marry and settle down.
 The married mans thoughts ard along quite different line. He makes up his mind to cut down the number of clubs to which he belongs and give his wife the new cloak she has been pining for. He will forego the stag rackets that he has been accustomed to join in, telling his wife that he's been to prayer meeting. He con- cludes to give hIS- wife little more pleasure in the way of outings, and to pay her pretty compliments to keep her heart from whitening alto- sether. He'll cease sneering when she speaks of her relatives and refrain from treating them shabbily when they pay her visit.
 The father-in-law's thoughts take 6 different turn. After long and serious thought on the subject. he concludes that he will shut his eyes to his son. in-law's peccadilloes, give him help ing hand instead of grumbling at the manner in which he Is keeping bis daughter; that he'll not take sides with either when d family row is on.
 The free lance concludes to cross of all the married from his calling list and to turn his attention to the women who are heart whole and fancy free.
 The conductor on the trolley car concludes thst be will begin the new year by stopping at just the corner that people want to get of at so that he may gain the thanks of the tray elers Instead of the upbraidings of irate passengers who are obliged to walk many blocks back.
 The rounder who depends on the lunch counter for his daily fare con. cludes that he will accept a job from any man who Is inclined to give him a square deal. The gambler thinks he will turn his attention from the tricks of his trade because gambling is pro. hibited in his state He thinks he may pick up nimble penny by becoming rousing rsvlvalist chasing the ds'il round the stump. The milkman con. cludes not to stop at the town pumE for drink, the dashing chauffeur con. cludes to put his name and address in his Identification book when he Eoea joy riding.
 But do you thipk that these men will keep these resolves? It Is good thing to hope.
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sleep on the benches and under the fraii protection of the leafy trees. What matters that these men have offered their lives, and are brothers to them who sleep in Flanders field? Modern goddess philosophy glorifies selfishness, and has no care for a man longer than he can be useful to some selfish purpose.
 Fruits of Passion
 From this crimson flower of hell there is fast ripening the bitter and damning fruit of Sod om. Anarchy, robbery, divorce. infanticide, and murderous crimes of violence are multiplying-a deadly nightshade.
 Last winter the Mexican Con- sul-G General in New York asked permission to employ special guards to protect the consulate against New York gunmen. In that city alone four hundred not. ables robberies and thefts have been featured in one months time. Daylight 'hold-ups, and open attacks even in the great hotels are not uncommon. There were one hundred mystery mur- ders in that one city last year.
 The insurance companies re- port a loss of one hundred million dollars through burglary and em- bezzlement dutlng the last year to say nothing of the losses of those who had no insurance, which was probably as great or greater.
 The jails and courts are full of criminals. Some prisons are re- ported so overcrowded that trus- ties must sleep in the corridors on cots. The majority of the present.day crop of criminals are young people. The district attor- ney of Kings County, New York. reports that two thirds of the present-day criminals in New York are between sixteen and tWenty-one.
 Of 1873 pubIic-school children questioned about the Ten Com. mandments, only 573 knew any, thing about them.
 No statistics can disclose the tragedy of bright minds shut up in prison. of great careers ruined by indulgence of grief-crazed parents whose son has been shot in a gambling-hell, or whose daughter has been raped and killed by some drunken brute.
 Gospel Trumpet.
The spectator., 1921-12-27

cess over the true year of II minutes and l4 seconds. This excess caused the nominal January to creep gradually farther and farther beyond the winter solstice so that by the time of the Church Council of Nice in 326 1t was eleven days beyond the solstice instead of seven.
 By the time of Pope Gregory's cor rection in 1882. January l was 21 days beyond the solstice and Christmas IA beyond. If the calendar had re- mained uncorrectei, Kew Year Day would have gone on creeping forward, drst into spring, then Into summsr."
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caused It to be constructed. the beginning of the year, January 1, was placed seven days after the winter solstice, and not in con Junction with 1t as logic would seem to dictate. The Julian year was made. by m . ns of the leap year device. 385.2b days long, which was an eX-
The spectator., 1921-12-27
Liberty Candy.

Liberty candy calls for one cupful of white sugar, half-cupful of water, pound each of raisins and dates. and two pounds of nuts. Chop the fruit and nuts separately. then com. bine them. Cook the sugar to sirup that strings from the spoon. add flavor, then mix in the fruit and nuts. Spread in . thin layer on buttersd tin, anA vshsn almost cold cut Into sQuaysA
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self to take part In { h Q m o s { thoro II 2 h goi In 2 New Year celebra ton In the world, the Chinese New Year.
 A | er { h e Chinese New Year celebration, { h Q traveller cOu l d pursue his holiday Il Il n { 1 Il { l @ s $ strenuously for a while. He could arrange to arrive in Siam in time
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Welcome, New Year

lIf=57sTT57 HAVE written a welcome, BIy2sA2dIa rhythmical welcome. HdE40SA A message glad-hearted AEpfSIH and true. llsA- -Ag4 l want you to read 1t, per
 haps you may need 1t For it was intended for you. l have written & greeting, a versifisd
 greeting,
 With every word pertinent, true. To welcome the glad year, the merry,
 the sad year,
 The wonderful year that is new. l have written welcome, love.
 inspired welcome, Read on till the story is through. This New Year advancing, inspiring,
 entrancing,
 This New Year depends upon you. Will you make it a treasure and fill it
 with pleasure,
 Its skies of heavenly hue, Will your earnest endsavor snshrins
 it forever, This wonderful year that is new2 l have written a greeting, . wids-
 scattered greeting, The best that my pencil could do, But the joy and the glory of making
 its story
 A blessing, reyerts unto you. If at last you have crowned it with
 good deeds and bound it With kindly intents not . few, Then through your sndeavor you've
 hsllowed forever
 This wonderful year that is new. Il. M. Thornton. in Orange Judd Farmer.
The spectator., 1921-12-27

New Year festivities, adding a couple of Christmas celebrations for good measure" according to bulletin from the Washington headquarters of the National Geographic 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- Slavis, Rumania. or Bulgaria In time for Christmas in those countries Christmas Is also December 26 in the countries named according to their calendars, but corresponds to January in America.
 By remaining week In the same country he could also spend New Year Day, called January l. but cor responding with the American and western European January 14. By pushing on and making good connec- tions he might be able to reach Singa- pore, or by supplementing steamers with airplanes could reach China It.
The spectator., 1921-12-27
Ethics of The Jungle.

lawlessness of our modern SOC iety, and the general depravity and godlessness of the age are shocking even to the most stolid 0 bservers. For example: the editor of Roman Catholic paper recently wrote of the modern dance: There are, in fact, some features so flagrantly vio- lative of public decency that they would not have been tolerated in public dance hall by the police as recently as twenty years ago, Jewish rabbis, judges. and sec ular writers have all joined in a cry of alarm at the terrible state of public morals today.
 Drinking is said to be coming into fashion among the so-called upper class more than ever, because, owing to the fact that it is prohibited by law, liquor is more rare and costly and it's presence a mark of wealth and wantonness. A recent writer estimates the profits of boot leggers last year at one hundred millions of dollars.
 The nudity and indecency of modern fashions of dress are to be seen even in the remotest towns and villages. Women and girls expose their persons In a way that would have barred them from decent society few years ago. Secular writers from Europe frankly assert that these fashions are conceived with in- tent to lure the men, becausa, they say, men have become relatively scarce in Europe owing to the war and women must make a bolder effort to attract them.
 A glimpse of modern conditions IS given by the common report that in many places young men will not dance with young women, unless the latter first remove their corsets so as to yield more readily to the amorous em- braces of the dance.
 A noted woman writer says; Ten years ago the girl who would go to mans room in a hotel, party or no party, would have thrown away her good name the instant the fact of her visit was known. Since the war all this has changed" /"
 And yet foolish optimists tell us the world is getting better fast. If it is getting better, 1t is getting better for the devil.
 A recent newspaper account of an orgy or party among moving picture artists. after describing
 he luxurious wealth of the house, he dancing and liquor indulgeo in by one hundred guests. the jndecency of women's dress. and the dalIying in numerous love nook:," goes on to relate how tC the sound f Oriental music anC under the glare of spotlights 2 living child-a small boy - was solemnly carried in in 2 coffin. Then one of the star: ''garbed in cloth of a mirror, book in hand, officiated as at 2 funeral. Next the child was grabbed out of the coffin. anC after beng wildly dragged about the floor, he was set on 6 platform and worshiped by { company. Following the ritua came a orgy which is declared tC be without equalint the history ol America"
 What it was like may be in ferred from accounts of othel parties where liquor and drugs were freely indulged, and where gambling-games were played, al which women and men gambleC awav ono hv Onp the last oar
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Iodine otains,

Iodine otains.
 Iodine stains will disappear over. night If lief: in wate. to wsich has bosn ad,ied common dry ma.,Ard.
The spectator., 1921-12-27

HE first conclusion that a
 man arrives Ut when he
 thinks of the new year is that he will turn over a new leuf, observes Laura Jean Iibbev. If he's single
The spectator., 1921-12-27
Turning the Leaf
9. la2I. by Meclure Newspap.r syndle..e

'I have not found today 50 vain Nor yesterday so fair and good That would have my life again And live 1t over fl l could
The spectator., 1921-12-27

For Job work and garden break ing. See Andy Alston, Phone 17.
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HE American IS apt to re- gard his New Year as The New Year. Had he a penchant for celebrating holidays he could travel In a more or less leisurely way around the world. and in the course of the year could
 participate in six or seven
The spectator., 1921-12-27
New Years Ghost Party

HERE Is a pleasant old SUI perstition that jolllty in a
 house during the first week
 of the New Year brings pleasure and happiness to that household during the
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-18
FEW CARS OF COAL
LEAVE HEAD OF THE
K THIS SPRING

Duluth, Mimi April ls.-Further
evidence of the sharp blow delivered
the coal trade during the present sea-
son is furnished in the report OF the
Western Weighing bureau for March
in which it is shown that shipments
for the month totaled 745o cars from
the Duluth and Superior docks. com
pared with 2o,177 a r during the
game period last year. Two years
ago. in March 1919. 13,441 cars OF
coal left the Twin Ports docks. u
inc the past month, shipments from
the duluth docks were 1910 cars
AGAINST 4,140 from the Superior side:
For the first three months OF this
wear. shipments aggregated only -
OF cars, as compared with I!,as'
cars during the first quarter OF 1920,
..1cordinx to the bureau. Dock op~
erators asserted that demand for coal
is at 4. minimum In all parts of the
d district and in contrast to dock &C
,ivities of the first quarter last wear
when holiday operations and. extern
siye overtime work prevailed, !tne
irwin Ports docks are loading only
three days a. week. This condition
been in evidence throughout the
greater part Of the winter. operators
declared. .
In an effort to reduce stocks to the
minimum before the stream of lake
steamers with the new season's a
supply begins TO pour into the local
|harbor. dock operators are exertins
every means to stimulate resumption
of coal buying in the district. AS a
result of the quiet trade condition i'll
the head Of the lakes territory ship
n,ents of bituminous coal are being
made to points ordinarily OUTSIDE OF
this district. =,
stocks on the Twin Ports docks at
the present time are estimated to. ap-
.proximate 10000 tons.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-18
NEW TREATMENT FOR SEED.

Carmansay, Alta. April IA new
process of seed identification. "A meth
cd Of treating seed as a means Of in
creasing the yield. checking the spread
Of fungi diseases and improving Tue
quality Of seed. is being tried out here.
The process which. it is claimed. has
been successfully tried out in Great
Britain, is known as the Wolfyn -Elec-
trA-ChAmical process OF Seed e%lectri-
fication. 1t, consists in placing the
seed to be treated in a bath containing
q suitable metallic salt. such as calc'~
um or sodium chloride. M weakly
electrifying the same for a length OF
time appropriate to the seed under
treatment. The solution is then run
Off and the seed taken out and dried.
The object OF the salt Is not only to
decrease the resistance or, in other
words, to increase the ~conductivity Of
the seed-coat. but to maintain that
conductivity during the period Of ger
mination. Calcium and sodium in
correct proportions are, moreover.
plant foods and assist in the after
stimulation Of root production.
A plant for treating seed has been
established here and already its ca
pactty is taxed to such an extent that
an enlargement will he made imnedi-
atcly. Trials conducted in England
last year were very successful. Results
showed a gain Of . to Z bushels of
wheat to tho acre: ) IA to ~ IL
bushels Of oats and 5 to 16 bushels OF
barley to the acre.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-18
LEGISLATIVE NEWS
FROM MINNESOTA

st. Paul, Mimi, April 1S.-The per
capita tax limitation bill, directed
particularly against large local and
school lcvics in Iron Range towns.
was put on the list of special orders
on bills of state wide Importance"
todayo on a 50 to SO vote in tbs house.
This action followed defeat. - to
d3. Of Representative +. w. Hitch.
cocks motion to indefinitely postpone
the bill.
The senatc today by a votc of IS to
IL lassei a bill! eacmptlng workers on
state highways from the eight hour
day. TIL" bill, as it passed the house.
also included agricultural workers in
state institutions, but this exemption
wa; eliminated in the senate.
The Semi-state activities appropria-
ton bills, the fourt1 of the big ap-
PRECIPITATION bills to come before the
present legislature. was introduced in
the senate today. 1t carries approxi-
mately $4,000. The biggest items
arc for the state fair, $4,000. the
forestry. department $500 600. and
tho soldiers home 100000. Some
100000 was saved in state sppro-
priations. but Was used up in rrovtd-
ing for new activities requiring state
funds.
Fly a vote of 80 to 20. the Mime.
sofa senate today passed the bill pro-
l1ibiting cities and villages OF Mime
sofa from levyins any ~wheelage tax
whatever.
The Child bill. amended 50 As to
limit the wheelage tax to one-third
the tax on motors levied by the state
under the highway act. was put over
until 5 O'Clock tomorrow afternoon.
The agreement in the senate was to
pass the proposed bill and SEN it
over to the house. If the house re-
fuses to pass it. the Child bill may
then be taken up and passed in the
senate.
Senator p. Fl. McGar~. Walker.
today introduced a bill appropriating
Sl35.0O0 for the establishment Of the
new school Of agriculture at Grand
Rapids. The bill was referred 70 tho
finance committee.
IN amendment to the state CHR
opody law, making it a misdemaanor
for anyone Blu 4. c~hiropodist to pre-
scribe or sell any device for the cor
rcction of foot troubles, a passed
today by the senate after being
amended SO as TO exclude shoe deal
crs. AS shoe statesmen were the peo.
pie at whom the penalty amendment
was aimed. sponsors OF the bill at
tackled their elimination as a multi
tiCalion OF the law on the statute
books.
The senat adopted the amendment
exempting shoe dealers by a vote Of
IS to Z and then passed the bill,
As to /.
The appointment of c.. NJ. Babcock
as commissioner of highways and the
reappo:ntl1:ent Of ]. &. Arr1son. now
chairman of the tax commission.
were announced this morning by Gov
ernor Preus. and. the names sent to
the senate for continuation.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-18
LATEST MARKETS
GRAIN.


Minneapolis. April 1s.-Big re-
ce;pts in the southwest. a large run
of wheat here and absence of crop
damage claims from the southwest
turned wheat prices downward after
a firm and indecisivc start. May
wheat started a shade higher but
pressure Of hedging and scattered
liquidation put the market down far
enough to unnerve Saturdays bull
converts. Stop-loss selling carried the
price down 3 IL cents from previous
close to $1.19 1-2. A fair rally fol-
lowed, but close was at a new low
for the day, 4 "a down. July broke
5 rs cents early and closed on a
second break at low for the day.
Winter wheat was unchanged to .
cents higher: turn in the weaker
Quoted cash demand and wheat
weakness gave coarse grain futures a
weaker tone.
Corn futures declined IA cents.
Offerings we're fair with scattered de-
mand. Oats were firm. except skim
grade. Demand fair. Rye was steady.
Demand fair. Offerings moderate,
Barley was unchanged, moderate re-
ceipts in fair demand. Flaxseed ruled
steady. Demand fair.
COTTON.
New York, April 1S.-Cotton fu-