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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-12-31

ner with two savage inonarchs ON
the island Of Haiti. After this meal,
history says, the discoverer Of Amer
lea had his first smoke Of tobacco.
Whether he enjoyed 1t Ii not recorded,
but he left 1t to a later generation
Sir Walter Raleigh Is generally cred
tied with the function-to introduce
tobacco to Europe.
The Pilgrim. Fathers and the first
families of the older states of the
Union enjoyed quiet holiday as each
year came around. They Toasted,
but not until they had attended re-
ligious services.
Fer . years up to the dawn Of
1920 and the era Of wartime pro-
hibition, the celebration in large cit
les became noisier and more expen-
sive each year. Thousands used to
crowd into places Of merriment, while
principal thoroughfares were packed
with throngs Of lnerrymakers with
squawkers. clappers. bells and confetti.
Every hotel and most of the res
taurants were jammed with gay
diners. In 1908 II was estimated that
$1.000,000 was spent In the New York
white-lieht district on New Years eve.
After that statisticians gave up try
ing to figure out the sum.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-12-31

for the Siamese New Year on April
1, and afterward could have five
months of sightseeing before reach
ing Arabia for the Mohammedan
New Year on September 4. He could
then cross the Red Sea and make a
quick journey into Abyssinia to take
part in the New Year festivities Of
that country on September 10. Re
turning 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
8uld return to the Western hemis-
Ihere to spend the Christmas with
which he is most familiar at his own
hearth side. In six days less than
seven New Year and two Christmas
celebrations to his credit.
"The 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 1856 .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. 1t Is
as though clock had half a 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 solstices and the spring
and autumn equinoxes; and all of
them have been made to mark the
beginnings Of the years in some parts
Of the world. The Gregorian 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
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-12-31

aSf4Vf65 will soon begin to write
hgAW4lH history that will go on to
be bound with the thou
sands of other records we call years.
May 1922 bring us counterparts of the
happiest days of the year just closing,
and heart for "any fate" and may
we all learn the lesson Of how ito
labor and to wait"
Now for a jolly New Years eve
party that you may like to get up.
Send out invitations for watch
night" party or remembrance"
party, as one girl is going to call the
intimate little affair she Is arranging
for New Years eve. If you can sketch,
draw an hour-glass, a Father Time"
or clock face with the hands at mid
night or the last leaf on the calendar
with December 81" done In scarlet.
Ask each one to tell Of their happiest
day In the year that is past and in
what month 1t happened.
You may play cards, dance or "rem-
iniscences," just as suits you best.
Have cake with IL candles sur
rounded by wreath Of holly and mis-
tletoe and the favors symbolic of the
years special days; for instance, a
calendar for January, Cupid or
heart for February, kite for March,
a tiny umbrella for April, a pOsy or
bouquet of artificial flowers for May,
or wee May pole; a doll bride or 4
basket of roses for June, firecracker
for July, a golf set or picnic basket
for August, bunch of grapes or tiny
washtub for September, the latter sig
nifying Labor day."
Represent October with wee jack
o'-lantern cut from an orange, a
pumpkin or football for November, or
a turkey, and for December a minia-
ture Christmas tree. These articles
could be procured In duplicate and be
used to find partners, or they may be
placed In q Jack Horner pie made to
represent the face Of clock, red rib
bons going to each place.
This is an occasion when the for
tune nuts may be used. taking perfect
English walnuts and removing the
meats, inserting narrow strip Of
paper bearing a pleasant prophecy for
the coming season, and then gluing
the shells closely together. These
may be gilded and passed at the
table. A wise hostess who knows her
guests we'll will be clever In making
these forecasts right.
Much merriment ensues when the
girls ask the boys to dance, invite
them to supper, and In general reverse
the usual order Of social conventions.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-12-31

New Year festivities, adding 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-
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
Z in America.
"By remaining a 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 IA. BY
pushing on and making good connec-
lions he might be able to reach Singa-
pore, or by experimenting steamers
with airplanes could reach China IT.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-12-31
The Passing Years

6EE1 YEARS whose cup Of life
HTIyyyVB Ger brinmed
HEs%&aA With joys that could not
HAW.%EA be contained;
al2Sh o years whose light Of joy
was drained;
Though on our lives are craven deep
The records of your Aeeting stay,
When we with you did laugh or weep,
You took NO thought of US away.
O years to come, in silent 6le,
Out of the future nearing fast,
You soon will pass us by and, while
We greet you. mingle with the
past.
Though ON your front the sunbeams
play;
With garlsnds gay your brows be
twined;
We know, when. you have passed
our way,
What deep regrets you'll leave be-
hind.
And yet we welcome in its turn
Each new year whate'er gifts u
brings
For ever in our hearts doth burn
A spark of hope for better things,
Ever unquenched to live and glow
Till fade the stars from out the
sky;
In that great day when we shall know
That all our years have passed us
by.
Walter Lewis Patteson in the Illinois
State Register.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-12-31
A Stitch In Time.

When the lining next the collar Of
your wrap begins to show signs of
wear, get few inches Of wide silk
military braid, matching the color, and
sew 1t neatly over the worn part. BY
pulling thread at the edge the braid
will be perfectly smooth and the gar
ment will not appear patched.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-12-31

cess over the true year of II minutes
and IA 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
1925 it was eleven days beyond the
solstice instead of seven.
by the time Of Pope Gregory's cor
rection In 1882, January 1 was 81 days
beyond the solstice and Christmas IA
beyond. If the calendar had. re-
NAMED uncorrected, New Year Day
would have gone on creeping forward
FIRST into spring. then into summer"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-12-31

UT3EESHp lance than Christmas. High
bSTtNH land laddles form process
HkAZlI sions and go from house to
house singing and receiv-
ing food and gifts. From Scotland
also comes the curious superstition
that 1t Is unlucky to take anything
out of the house on New Years day
before one has brought something in
hence members Of the family may be
seen carrying a piece of coal or any
small object into the house, to prevent
misfortune during the new year.
quaint New Year custom in Her
fordshire, England, is to weave black
thorn into a crown, SINCE 1t slightly
over fire and stand around 1t repeat
ing the words, "Old Cider" The
crown is then hung up for luck during
the year.
~
The wassail bowl or loving cup,
filled with spiced ale, was in use in
New Year celebrations In Old World
countries, and children would 20
about the streets earoling.
In England December rs was the
New Years day until the time of Will
liam the ConQueror. His coronation
occurred January /. hence the year
was ordered to begin on that day.
England, however gradually fell into
unison with the rest of Christendom.
and began the year the 25th Of March.
The Gregorian calendar restored jan
uary / as the gateway of the year but
1t was not until 1862 that England
adopted this date.
The custom Of exchanging New Year
presents 'still holds In France and the
Latin countries.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-12-31

1KEHI a small way attributable to
G5S$A1I the addition to the Consti-
AlEMYdEDI tuition Of some dry reading
matter. In still greater
part it is because the international OBJ
session for celebrating whenever Fa-
ther Time takes fresh start In pilot
ing the earth around the sun Is thou
sands OF years old. The manner of
observing the day has changed greatly
through the centuries.
The urge to give presents at least
once year was felt even before
Christmas and Santa Claus came into
the scheme Of things, and the an
Gent Greeks. Chinese, Egyptians and
Romans rendered their gifts to one
another on the first day of the year.
Kings got into the habit Of receiving
extra gifts from their subjects on
these days and liked 1t so well they
began extorting larger and larger
sums. This practice got so bad In
Rome under the Caesars that Clau-
dius called a halt.
1t spread to other countries, how
ever, and the English had their New
Years celebration spoiled annually
by rapacious sovereigns until Queen
,Elizabeths modest demands of her
subjects cut gifts down to a mini
mum. In those days the celebration
OF New Years day had become world
wide. With variations to suit all ma
tionalities, 1t consisted everywhere
OF eating, drinking and motley merri-
ment.
Christopher Columbus, so far as
is known. was the first white man
to Jubilate on New Years day In the
western hemisphere. While his ships
were undergoing repairs on January
e 1493. be enjoyed q sunptuogs din
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-12-31

ardly ana nung Dack, or
temerarious and rushed unwisely in;
and how every day and all day long
we have transgressed the law of kind
ness; it may seem paradox, but in
the bitterness of these discoveries a
certain consolation resides.
Life is not designed to minister to
mans vanity. He goes upon his
long business most Of the time with
a hanging head, and all the time like
a child. Full of rewards and pleas
ure as 1t $50 that to see the day
break or the moon rise, or to meet
friend, or to hear dinner call when
he is hungry, fill him with surprising
joys-this world is yet for him no
abiding city. Friendships fall through,
health fails, WEAKNESS assails him !;
year after year he must thumb the
hardly varying record Of his own
weakness and folly.
1t Is friendly process Of detach-
ment. When the time comes that he
should go, there need be few illusions
left about himself. Here lies one who
meant well, tried little, failed much !;
surely that may be his epitaph, Of
which he need not be ashamed. Nor
will he complain at the summons,
which calls defeated soldier from the
field; defeated, ay. if he were Paul or
Marcus Aurelius but If there Is still
one inch Of fight in his old spirit, un-
dishonOred. Give him a march with
his old bones; there, out Of the glorious
sun-coored earth, out Of the day and
the dust, and the ecstacy-there goes
another Faithful Failure.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-12-31
ANNOUNCEMENT

To Our Trade:
We wish to announce that Mr.. l. T.
J. Brown. better known as "Col.
Brown" of Princess Anne, Md, is
now our Manager of the Salisbury,
Md, branch of our business.
We bespeak for him your consider
alton and patronage and assure you
that he will get our hearty support.
Very truly yours,
Horn Ice Cream Co., Inc,
Per J. w. Strigle.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-12-31

caused 1t to be
constructed. the
beginning Of the
year, January l,
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 e ans of the
leap year device,
365.25 days long,
which was anA&&at
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-12-31
Ne,r' uear
Parties

Here's to the old year, drink boys,
drink.
Hers's to the days that haze fled,
Old friends, old vine, old memories;
Drink to the joys that are dead.
Here's to the New Year stretching
ahead,
To the days that are bktheSome
and gag, 4
Moy the joys of the old be the joys
of the new,
Its sOroDs fade gently ascay.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-12-31

self to take part
in the m os I
thoro u G h e o / n e
New Year celebra-
ton in the world,
the Chinese New
Year.
A fter tn e
Chinese New Year
celebrat ton, t h e
traveller coul d
pursue his holiday
h u n t in G lie s 8
strenuously for a
while, He could
arrange to arrive
in Siam in time
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-12-31
LET Me HATCH YOUR EGGS
FOR YOU.

Established % years. Am sure
can give satisfaction. Send for circu-
lar and engage space as soon as pos
sible. l use and sell the Magic
Brooder. This brooder is the best
made.
COMMUNITY HATCHERY
| Church st. Berlin, Md.
H. w. Taylor, Prop.
Dec-31-tf.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-12-31
NOTICE

We have been appointed Sales and
Service representatives for the HUP-
MOBILE. When in need of Service or
parts, or interested in new car
give us a call.
SHRIVER & SHAW,
104 Market Street,
Pocomoke City, Md.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-12-31
Peace on Earth

} LOOK back upon the past
year, and see how little we
have striven, and to what
small purpose. and how
often we have been cow
ardIy and HING hQpk nP
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-12-31
Pill SAY so

PRINTING-th mother of progress.
ESTIMATING-the father of failure.
SALESMANSHIP-the uncle of con-
tent.
ADVERTISING - the grandaddy of
'em all.
-Typothetan.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-12-31

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
no rticipata in civ or ceypY1
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-12-31
Observing
New Years

EW YEARS day isn't what
1t used to be. This Is In
a small way attributable to
the addition to the Consti-
tuition Of some dry reading
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-12-31
Quaint
New Year Customs

N SCOTLAND New Years
day has even more impor-
lance than Christmas. High
land laddles form process
sions and go from house to
honsa SINGING and ranaiu.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-12-31

MOTHER New Year comes
to us with a volume all pure
and unspotted, on which we
will soon begin to write a
history that will go on to
be hound with the thou
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-27

boishevik forces. amid the crowds
OF steadfast witnesses To the faith, the
patrsarchs oficiated NJ Easter.
Easter eve. for two hours before
midnight, n hears the Acts OF the
Holy Apostles read. Meanwhile tho
lamps and candles. lighted one by one.
swim like planes In ones ken. The
church swings In the shadows like n
huge censor. Then the gates OF the
sanctuary open and. In the vestments
Of royal purple. %patrlarchs. bishops
and priests. with silver and crystal
crosses. like a torrent. flood the church
with song. Christ Is risen I"
The jeweled gospels are numbered
In different languages from the four
corners Of the church to all the earth.
In the orchestra of voices the festival
bell OF the tower Of John the Great
companions the mighty voice Of the
a~rchdeacon.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-27

ways into the teeming plaza. There
on all sides you hear CHEEKY greetings
In the musical Italian tongue and are
nor than likely to come upon every
acquaintance you have In Rome.
Pre-lenten ceremonies are elabo-
rate. Maskers throng the streets
throwing confetti and engaging In ev-
cry form of. j%ubilation. the young
people having by no means a monop-
oily of the funmaking. All sorts OF
pranks are played and much horse
play INDUCED in. all of which is taken
In good part.
Riderless horses are turned loose
with fireworks tied to their tails to
race madly down the corso. The clos
ing revel Is termed the "m0ccoletti'
when everybody carries a lighted an
die and each person tries TO blow out
the candle of his neighbor. Some
carry bellows for this purpose and
others use handkerch.efs and towels.
The streets are a blaze of light and
tina festivities of the evening con-
tinue for about two hours. Then a
bell strikes to signify that the carni-
val Is ended, Il cannon booms from the
castlesof ST. Angelo and for six weeks
thereafter the city Is transformed
into a scene Of solemnlty that is not
broken until the dawn Of Easter Sun
day.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-27
MERRIMENT MARKS
EASTER AT ROME
Impressive Church Ceremonies
Followed by General
Rejoicing.

The years at the spring and Italy
again celebrates Holy Week. 1t Is prin-
cipally in Rome and Venice that the
sojourner's interest centers-about the
historic plazas of st. Peters and st.
Marks.
In Rome, IL you would gain entrance
into the great cathedral OF ST. Peter.
you must rise before daybreak. Only
women will be allowed seats within
the church this morning and, to gain
the privilege they must be yelled in
black and wear garments of somber
hue. Long before the hour for service
the edifice Is packed. hundreds OF be-
lated visitors being turned away.
At nine o'clock the papal regiment
enters and makes room for the pope's
guard, which, with other .ecclesiastics.
enters and takes up a position among
the diplomatic corps. About $50 the
music peals forth impressively. the
soldiers present arms, and then the
pope, attired simply in white. Is car
ried In on his chair of state. As he
proceeds up the aisle he blesses the
devout congregation to the right and
left.
AT the close of the impressive sers-
ice you are borne down the great
aisles by the surging congregation and
with them are belched from the door
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-27

their pitiful earnings all through the
year in order to make this trip and
receive the blessing OF Russian priests
In Jerusalem.
When they reach the Via D~olorosa.
or Road of Sorrows. that threads Its
way like a white ribbon between the
city buiwarks and the dusty hills OF the
Mount of Olives. they pause and shout
their %hosannas. for was II not owe
this very road which Christ passed on
his way TO Gethsemane7
While Holy week with its holy fire
and other big celebrations Is n mem
orable occasion to them. frequently
the one event OF their lifetime. II Is
the visit TO the River Jordan that l.
marked on the calendar of their days
ever thereafter. While the men are
being baptized in the holy waters. the
women roll their skirts To their knees,
remov their shoes and stockings aud
wade In the mud along the shore. on.
ger for contact with the river which
Is bound to wash away their sins.
When all the men have been imi-
mersed the women take their turn, the
Russian priests officiating the same as
for the men folk.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-27
PAGAN Traits Remain.

Complete separation of Christian
festivals from the pagan celebrations
that preceded them has proved diff
cult. Our term Easter" is strictly
pagan, for example. being named In
honor of the ancient Morse goddess of
Spring. Ostara. The term Lent" is
derived from the old Saxon word
Lencten. signifylng spring, and the
festivities of the carnival period are
no doubt a persistence OF the festival
spirit In which our pagan ancestors
used to celebrate the return of spring.
All these things to bear out the
declaration Of Ulysses: II am a part
Of oil that I have met" for In spite
Of centuries Of civilization some Of
the pagan traits Of our prehistoric an.
cestors still abide with US.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-27
OF
RUSSIAN EASTER
Impressive Services in Moscow
Held Under the Regime
OF the Cars.

In the days before the suppression
Of the patriarchate by Peter the Great.
on Good Friday, or. M the Russians
say, Great Friday-the patriarch. In
humble imitation OF our Lords entry
into Jerusalem. rode on an ass from
the Church Of Blessed Basil. in Mos
COW, across the mosaic of fiuttering
doves, through the Gate of the Savior.
UP to the Kremlin, but last year the
patriarch was forbidden entrance In
the ancient way. says the Detroit
News. Indeed, II WAS late on Easter
eve before his holiness knew with GER
tainty that he should be- allowed TO
celebrate In his own cathedral on the
morrow. In spite OF the Smelling and
Dissertation of the ancient citadel by
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-27

Weep not beside His tomb.
Ye women unto whom
He was great comfort and yet great
er grief:
MOI We. ys faithful few that wont with
Him to roam.
Seek sadly what for Him ye left. 60
hopeless to your home.
Nor we despair. ye sharers yet to be OF
their belief.
Though He be dead. He is not dead.
Nor gone. though fed.
Not lost, though vanished:
Though He return not. though
lie lies and molders low;
In the true creed
He is yet risen indeed:
Christ is yet risen.
Sit II We will, sit down upon the ground,
Yet not to weep and wall. but calmly look
around.
Whate'er befell.
Earth Is not hell;
Now, too. as when 1t first began,
Life is yet life, and man Is a
For all that breathe beneath the heavens
high cope.
Joy with grief mixes. with dependence
hope.
Hope eonquers cowardice. Joy. grief;
Or at least. faith unbeiief.
Though dead. not dead
Not gone. though fed:
Not lost, though vanished.
In the great Gospel and true creed
He Is yet risen indeed:
Christ is yet risen.
Arthur Hugh Clough.