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toilet. The "beaux," and "dandies," Z"
and ''gallants' attired themselves in
their best and started out early in the
morning. calling first at the houses
where matrons received, and afterward
upon the younger ladies'. The drinks
that were offered at every house of
any prominence were ardent and di-
verse.
1t was not until about the middle of
the century or thereabouts that the
abuse which finally led to the Gus
TOMS decline began. For years the
dGndies rivaled one another in the
length of their calling lists, and the
calls soon came to be nothing more
than hasty gorgings of cake and gulp-
ings of wine.
Then the ladies-the matrons as
well as the young women-began to
vie with one another In the number of
their callers. This led to the most
extraordinary practices. Callers were
recruited, drummed up. Cards an
nouncing that Miss This-or-That would
be "at home" on January l were sent
out almost indiscrlminately. The Sun
Gay newspapers began to print lists OF
those who would receive, and the
houses of those mentioned In the lists
were sure to be besieged by numbers
of men whom the ladies had never met
or heard of and desired never to meet
again.
Men would go calling in couples
and parties, and even in droves or ~
or more, remaining as short time at
each stopping place as possible, and
announcing everywhere how many
calls they had already made, and how
many they expected to make before
they finished. At every place they
drank. The result was most ap-
palling assortment of Gags" long be-
fore sundOwn, and crowding OF the
police stations at night.
This New Years observance hnaily
became SO abused that 1t was called
a national evil" and was attacked by
reformers everywhere and ministers
tbundered against 1t from the pulpit.
Finally fashion set Its face against IL
and It died gradual death.
Its place was taken after while ps
eating and drinking in the restaurants
and by the street carnivals.
If Croesus himself had come Dach
70 earth and had visited New York
or any big city in the country-in l9oo'
he couldn't have got seat IN any
restaurant of note after ten O'Clock the
night of December 81. for all MS
fabulous wealth. In fact, he probably
conldn't have got inside the door.
Every table was engaged-at Dig
prices and long in advance. Diners
had to get out at nine O'Clock ana
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Wings Of Birds and Fishes

ay,n. studying the wing structure Of
d Ms. asn IN authority on the flight
hre us .a mas found that their wings
for 'One . Tour or i've times as efficient
G 1,s. soaring flight as the wings Of
mi ne attributes this to the fact
Sidss.' 'ns I'm rays formed projected
kins. VI the under surface OF the
hsS,o,s sy Experimenting with models
~ u - on similar lines, he found
As nm ray caused . sheltered
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A New Years
Greeting
By Emory J. Haynes


L stance, that stone forged
head Of man. 1t stolidly stares
out Of sightless eyes over the
wastes Of sand. Now think of q
big town clock in the forehead of
that hard face. The hour hand
has been wagging around and yet
around for all these centuries.
And now it marks the beginning
Of another New Year. Does the
stony face smile1 No. Do the
granite lips move to bid us, of
this age, Happy New Year? No.
do they hear? Never.
0 Such senseless, heartless thing
y Is time. 1t knows US not nor cares
for us. 1t has no eyes to see US,
whether we be Greeks, Egyptians
or Yankees. AS well might be the
countless grains of the desert
sands, we and the generations
gone before us. Our laughter and
our tears are alike to time. If we
living beings carve clock on its
brows; If we renew its wheels as
they wear out; If we wind 1t day
by day and appoint our children
to keep 1t going after us; If we
make its iron tongue strike the
hours on bell, 1t yet Is nothing
to the sphinx of Old Time. We
only are the living ones. Time
Is not alive. And If there were no
living ear of man or beast on the
vast Sahara there would be no
sound of the striking clock.
M We speak in error of the New
y Years coming. It is we living
souls who come and go. Time
never comes, never goes; is not
new, not old. Time is fetish,
an imaginary thing. Man is all,
in fact, since the soulless beasts
take no note of time, and Gods
measure Is Eternity.
SUWhat we do on New Years day
Ills to take note of our existence.
Away back of us are multitudes
of human lives to whom we real
ize our relation. We say back Of
us. Why not say before us? For
they are the procession that
passed this way. Are we the head
of the column, or is 1t they who
have gone before? In either view
we are all one. 1t Is Humanity
that is passing over the earth.
The Sphinx is nothing since it has
no soul to see us pass, or to hear
us as we pause and toss our caps
in the air before him In New
Years festival.
M Instead of the pyramid let us
Hook up to Father. How differ
ent the thought! Eyes has He
and He sees us; ears, and He
hears our thankful acclaims.
Hands has He, which extend
themselves to sustain us, to help
the toddling children, to upbear
the aged, "For a thousand years
in thy sight are but as yesterday
when 1t is passed, and as watch
in the night"
MWe think today Of brotherhood.
" We are conscious alike of our
mortality and our immortality.
Life seems sweet and we are glad
to be alive. Life seems all en-
bracing, all conquering, for we
have survived 80 many trials and
yet are living.
MIn vain does one seek to put 1t
Hin words, this mighty shout of men
into the faces of the aged stars
and to the sunrise. "a Happy New
Year." 1t is a day Of tinkling
bells and music with dancing feet.
Yet poor indeed must be the mind
that cannot also rise to say
when 1 consider Thy heavens,
the work Of Thy fingers. the moon
and the stars, which Thou hast
ordained, what Is NAH that Thou
are mindful of him?" And SO give
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MAKING THE YEAR

A New Year II the starting place.
Let's leave II with smiling face.
Let.s start with laughter and with song
And whom tomorrow comes along.
Let's cling to all our happy ways
Until we've built q stack Of days
And weeks and months Of faith and
cheer,
And made Of 1t . happy year.
-Detroit Free Preas.
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"s,int Tammany."

st. Tammany, the tutelary genius
of the famous Tammany society u
New York city. was famous ih,
dian chief. about whom many fancied
legends have gathered. He ~ sun
to have been a native OF Deiawal
After attaining his majority st. is
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Watch cuticura Improve Your Skin.
On rising and retiring gently smear
the face with Cuticura Ointment
Wash off Ointment In five minutes
with Cuticura Soap and hot water. It
is wonderful what Cuticura will do
for poor compilations, dandruff, itching
and red rough hands.-Advertiseme
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area to appear back of the ray when
the model moved through the ar. ms
conclusion Is that this sheltered are"
acts as force to drive the w'ns
ehead when soaring.
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guards at the doors saw that none ex-
cept those with credentials got In. Dur
Ing the last hour of the Old Year the
people feasted, and at the first stroke
of the New Year everybody in every
restaurant arose, wine-glass In hand,
and drank health to the New Year.
1t was comparatively quiet indoors,
but the people in the streets made
noise enough to scare young 1905.
Every sort of noise-making implement
known to man except cannon and dy-
Mantle bombs was in active use.
Get your horns and tlcklers!" was
the prayer roared by thousands of
takers all evening. Trucks and
wagons were halted at the curb, load
ed with tin horns and thin sticks with
bunch of hackle-feathers at the tip.
| If you were real devilish New
Years humorist you proceeded like
this First, tickle some stranger un-
der the chin with the feathers; then,
as he turned to protest, you blew the
horn in his face.
A universal custom of New Years
of those days was the carriers New
Years address. This was often In
rhyme If the carrier or any of his
friends could string he jingling
lines together or find an old carriers
address TO copy. Such verses as these
were popular:
This day devoted now to mirth,
To open house and social hearth,
New friendship mounts on airy wings
And gives her tuneful harp new strings
While plenty spreads festive board,
OF wine and food and ample hoard.
In idleness and laughter gay,
| To spend the hours this happy day,
All save the carrier, whose snowy feet
Still must pace up the snowy street.
| So give to him a moments heed,
Since he alone this comfort needs,
And to your ample, jovial store
Let him not find closed door. etc., etc.
By 1914 there were strong fndlca'
tions of a saner celebration of New
Years. The feasting In restaurants
New Years Eve was still in full blast
with singing and dancing added. But
most of the large cities had ordered
the police to enforce sane" celebra'
tion on the streets. In consequence
there was less noise and rowdyism out
of doors. Chicago, for instance, for
babe horns, confetti and ticklers.
Cleveland probably had the "sanest'
New Years Eve in 1914. That city
gave the New Year community
greeting" in keeping with the spirit
of community Christmas celebrated 9
week before. Twelve bands, with 28C
musicians, were massed in the public
square. To an audience of thousands
they played hymns and patriotic airs
Announcement by the police that thu
midnight closing law would be en-
forced rigidly cut hotel and restaurant
festivities down markedly. In Gin
cinnati the police had the promise OF
every hotel, cafe and saloon keeper to
close promptly at midnight. Similar
conditions prevailed in Detroit and
indianapolis.
Then came the Great War. And
then prohibition.
SO at present the celebration of New
Years Eve and New Years Day Is be
twixt and between.
What will 1t be ten years from nowl
And what century hence2
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Only those who travel in the straight
and narrow path can be depended upon
to give us straight goods.
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RuinouS.

Hey-Buy that car second hand?
Dey-No. My wife and son have
been driving it.-New York Sun.
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No dentist should hurl defiance in
the teeth of the patient
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than the swifteSt racer.
Clever, but the Latin says 1t more
6rcibly: CrOwned-with-laurel Horace,
what you say Is true: Flies than the
southeast wind faster time the devour-
q Of things.
And the second quotation above
neatly supplements the first by say
Ing: Times change and we nre changed
Ii them.
all of which suggests most forcibly
that time has destroyed the old-fash-
bred method of observing several OF
our American national holidays; that
The times have changed and we in
them.
Now, there's the Fourth of July, for
Example. The old-fashioned Fourth
so entirely gone that we don't quite
know what to do with the day. In the
Old days we used to twist the Lions
tall when we didn't know what else
10 do, but since we fought side by side
WIN the British in the Great War,
mat seems us out OF place us do fire.
crackers and the casualty list of small
boys.
And It's just about the same with
new Years Day. About all that's
leit US Is to listen to the whistles blow
ms at midnight and to make good res
olatons' And what changes the day
nas seen since first Americans began
lts celebration!
Americas celebration of New Years
LAY owes nothing to Puritan New
England. In the North New York, be-
as Dutch, was the center of New
iears gayety. The South, being Eng
nsn, but not Puritan, also celebrated
enthusiastically. The custom of max
ns calls probably is as old as civilized
man 1t is likely that 1t originated
|~uependently in almost every cline.
|olatlme European chieftains used to
sa New Years" apart as a, day on
which they would condescend to re-
N'se substantial tributes from their
nueriihgs. Queen Elizabeth re-
se'ea New Years calls every year,
ana 'here was always much rivalry be-
.seen her ambitious courtiers as to
.ae quantity and value of the gifts
lucy should bestow upon the virgin
.v'erelgn. !. 1t was on New Years Day
.a .na' sir Walter Raleigh gladdened the
sseeas heart with memorable pair
=. Dix stockings-the first ever made
And worn in England.
", M holland the custom of making
h.w ,os Years calls had been general
Vus before the settlement of New
w.. and the natives of the
Ne.neriands who came to live in the
,h.' " world brought the practice with
n,su asm. And, of course. they had
bb.su'y boy to eat and drink-for who ever
seas ,easu or Dutchmen who did not take
''uu W. care of their stomachs?
up up to the beginning of the Nine
oh..N l century the typical New Years
Thsa Tp.sivahce was a neighborly custom.
Nv w. ,a II became an observance decreed
N, ]. .asnion and was observed In every
n y. VI any size In the country.
ho,. ae younger women of such house
pssss Ss US had daughters were the host
Nh ana great was their rivalry, one
N .. mother. in respect of richly load
eshnent tables and elegance of
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ed with precious goods. her sails out
spread, on her decks men busy with
rigging and oars. A Japanese poem is
also printed on it:
Ma ka Xxi yo NO,
To no ne fu RI NO,
Mi ma me sa me
Ma mi no ri fu ne no,
o to no yo XII ka ma.
Translated roughly, this means:
After q sound sleep of long night,
Resting awake in bed,
l hear a cheerful sound
OF sailing weasel
Gliding over the billows.
The poem in translation loses Its
power of calling up associations. But
one can imagine himself living near
an inland sea, with Its hooks. bays and
ofYings, pine groves and plum blossoms
hanging over from the hilly shores,
the sun as yet below the horizon, and
IN the mist he can discern vessel
gliding smoothly, leaving merry songs
cf sailors behind to be carried away
b.. the spring breeze.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-07-14
DANISH MAlEEMS HAVE CHARM
r'e'sy Girls in Profusion to BE Seen
on the Famous "St:eak" in
Copenhalen.

N'"her" except on Fifth avenue.
we" l"rN. Go Sou see 50 many pretty
S'''S IN The SPACE of u short walk as
you 60 on the "Stveuk" The maid of
N"i'rnhnT"n Is nothing Ut all Ike ones
pFecoh"pi'cd notion OF what a S.andl-
na'ian girl should be. Up in Norway
yo" encounter the flaming red cheeks
ana yellow locks and robust forms
""i"h AnGers ZOrn has llnmortalized
on canvas. But the maid Of Copen.
nnSen, the typical one, the kind that
you Will always remember when YOUR
thoughts dwell on the Danish capital,
- nor like any Of these. She Is petite
ana trim. neatly dressed. with hair that
Is copper brown as often as yellow.
A walk along the Streak" on a SUM-
ny afternoon at the shopping hour re-
Veals to perfection the charm Of CO.
penhagen. And II you stroll up to the
l,angeltnie. the delightful park that
skirts the harbor, or venture into the
grounds OF the Rosenberg palace, 1t
VIII be much the same; pretty girls,
DOZENS or them, alone, or In twos and
tn1ees. or escorted by devoted swains
girls as chic and Parislenne, with com.
pieXiOns that the fogs and winds of
the Baltic have made into worthy RI
walls OF those Of England, chatterlng
Ike magpies, bursting into smiles that
reveal whole nests Of dimples, tripping
along with life and mischief in their
eyes ana charm In every inch Of them.
NO wonder visitor to Copenhagen
can never get too much OF afternoon
prome'Adtng! How sincerely does he
growi curse when dusk begins to
STROUD the fair metropolis Of Denmark
ana put an end 10 his enjoyment Of
the beauty parade on the "Streak."-
The World Traveller.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-07-14
How She Helped Mamma.

A teacher at certain private
school strives to Instill fllal devotion
In her pupils. Recently she asked her
class In what way they had been help
Ing their parents. Various answers
were given OF a more or less to-be-
expected nature. till she reached a
little girl who had been casting rather
contemptuous glances at the hum
drum reports. When her turn came
the eyes Of the others were fixed on
her as she lives in an opulent home
that boasts a stan Of servants. well.
Oracle" the teacher asked, what
have you been doing to help mamma :"
"Oh. lots" was the scornful response
OF Oracle, but mostly 20 to the
Country club and get cigarettes for
hsr."-San Francisco Argonaut.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-07-14
SPECIAL DAINTIES FOR LENT
How Risors Of the Season Of Fasting
Were AieViated in the Good
Old Days"

Our ancestors We're in the habit OF
observing Lent with such str!ctness
that they promoted the fish Industry
almost rs greatly as they did their
own spiritual welfare. But their re-
liSious zeal did not altogether dlscour-
age their "picurean taste. and certain
particularly palatable ways Of prepar-
ing fish became great delicacies.
Herring pie tlckled the fancy even
OF royalty. The city OF Yarmouth.
England, was bound. by an ancient
charter. to make the king an annual
present OF 100 behring's baked In "a
pies. and certain gentlemen in the
reign OF Edward l held their land by
tenure OF supplying these same dain-
ties Tor the royal table. Lampreys
were also favorite Lenten dish.
These became SO popular that they
formed the subject Of various royal
edicts. and DEGREES, and the city Of
Gloucester gained great renown
through the excellence Of its prepared
lamprey product. The whale. the pOr-
poise, the grampus and the sea-wolf,
while not exactly fish. were considered
fishy enough to be suitable for Lenten
consumption, and great prices were
paid for especially toothsome morsels
Of these animals
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-07-14
Restoring Ypres.

The ruined city Of Ypres Is being
completely restored at a pace astound-
Ing to the hordes Of American visitors
who have passed that way bound for
the south of France and the Algerian
and Egyptian resorts. The Cloth hall,
that marvellous building Of the age Of
guilds. Is gradually assuming the light
and delicate beauty which has made
1t rank with the lOveliest of the
medieval halls. But many Of the
Americans who have dropped by Ypres
have been highly amused by the
mayors proclamation. in French and
Flemish and then translated into only
one foreign tongue. English. to the ef-
feet that the visitor Is on holy ground,
and that stone or piece OF gravel
must not be removed. since all will
again he gathered together in the re-
habilltated structures.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-07-14
PseuIiaritiss OF tho WhaIs

The whale u able to hold his breath
for long time, sometimes for 45
minutes. and he Is able to open bis
mouth under water when eating. be-
cause his nostrils connect directly
with his wIndpipe and not with the
back Of his mouth, as in most other
animals. When he comes to the sur
face he blows the air out Of his lungs.
1t has by this time become so heated
that II forms a column Of vapor when
expelled into the cool air Of the sur
face and this Is what happens when
he Is said to spout" Incidentally
the most famous whale Of history
the one which swallowed Jonah--was
not whale at all, but is called in the
Bible "a great fish,"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-07-14
Standard OF Measurement.

In 1889 twenty nations decided to
take their standard Of length from
platinum scale; now France. the
Jealous guardian Of this piece Of metal,
Is alarmed to find that 1t has length
ened by demimicron. or five-mil-
lionths Of metre, says the Scientific
American. The only explanation avail
able Is that the annual cleaning Of the
bar may have been responsible for dis
placing the platinum molecules. 1t
will be carefully watched for the next
ten years and the cleaning may have
to be abandoned.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-07-14
How It Happened.

Frank and Paul are playmates.
Paul is one year older than Frank,
and, accordingly. Is in an advanced
class at school. Franks father Is con-
stantly urging him to study with
greater energy that he may come up
with Paul. The other day Frank came
home from school, his face radiant
with smiles. ...
He exclaimed: Papa! Papa! I
am up with PAUL."
Good, my son." said his father,
I'm what class are you nowf'
"Oh, I am in the same class" re-
piled Frank.
But I thought you said you were
up with Paul?"
"Well. am. They put Paul back"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-07-14
ROTATION URGED IN GARDENS
Farmer Should Avoid Planting Same
Crop on Same Land for Two or
More Seasona

Remember that it Is Just as neces-
sary to rotate for garden crops as for
field crops; therefore. In the manage
ment Of the garden keep this fact In
mind and avoid planting the sama
crop on the sare land two or more SEA-.
sons.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-07-14
PLAN TO AVOID CAPE WORMS
PESTS Can Be Guarded Against by
Putting Little Turpsntine In
Drinking Water.

Now that warm weather Is coming
%, cape worms will soon put in al
appearance In certain localities. They
ian often be prevented by putting q
ew drops Of turpentine in each quart
pf water-and scattering air slaked
lime about the coops and runs.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-07-14

Mouss.rael, m Snow

MouSoSfaoNs N Snow.
Prince William Of Sweden obtained
during his African hunting trip fine
geological collection for the Royal Mu-
scum Of Stockholm-1.O coo mammals,
including II gorillas. 1900 birds and
more than 5000 insects In climbing
great volcanoes to an altitude of 49,
600 feet he found snow on which were
the tracks OF mice although intense
cold prevailed there.-Sclentific Amer
lean.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-02-26

held March 25 at the Mount Pleasant
Masonic lodgeroom, 18th and Kenyon
Streets northwest.
Senator Irvine l.. Lenroot Of Wis
consin was the principal speaker Al
the entertainment held by National
Capital Post. No. l2l. Veterans OF
Foreign Wars, at lis last n"etiIlE.
Music was furnished by the posi-
orchestra and the Boy Scout Drum
Corps. Tom MURRAY entertained win
singing and dancing. \ business
meeting OF the post will be held FRI
day. when it will vote on the ad"p-
as elect delegates for the department
encampment. 10 be held in June this
year.
As the feature of the George Wash
fngton birthday celebration at St
United States Veterans Bureau Band.
under the leadership Of Dr. f.. X.
Holt. rendered a concert. This was
the first public appearance OF the Vet
Grams Bureau Band. Many members
of the American Legion are members
Of the band and Dr. Holt announced
there are still several vacancies for
wind as well as reed instruments;
Any one playing an instrument AMI
desiring to Join the band is requested
to attend the rehearsal scheduled Tor
"Wednesday night at tn" Veterans BH
reau. Vermont avenue and 18TH STREE.
plans are being laid 10 give a co!
cert at least once a week at on" 81
the several hospitals in this NicInItN
at which service men ar" benz
treated. The next concert viii b."
given at the silver Spring training cen
ter. silver Spring, Md. in the near iu-