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rpHB New Tear begins precisely at
midnight, and almost everyone now
adays sees the New Year in by general
festivities and many good resolutions,
which are promptly forgotten on Jan
uary 2.
The festivities marking this occasion,
says Hereward Carrington, scientist
and author, are very ancient, and in
old Saxon days it was the custom to
partake of a bowl of spiced ale, which
was passed around with the expression
"Wasshael," which meant "to your
health!" Hence the origin of the Was
sail, or Wassel bowl.
We now keep New Year on January
the first but the Chinese, Jews, Turks
and many others do not observe it on
this day. Even Christian countries have
not always so observed it the Romans
began the year with the March
equinox. The later Teutonic nations"
for a long time continued counting the
beginning of the year from March 25.
It was only in 1563, by an edict of
Charles IX, that France changed the
time of the beginning of the year to
January 1. In 1600 Scotland made
the same change, and England only
did so in 1752, when the Gregorian
system was adopted there. It will
thus be seen that the New Year, ob
served on January 1, is relatively new,
though we are accustomed to think
that it dates back from time im
memorial.
It was Julius Caesar, in the year
46 B. C, who first reformed the calen
daraided by the Egyptian astronomer
Sosigenes. He made it a few minutes
too long, and a second correction was
necessary. Pope Gregory made cer
tain changes in 1582, A. D., and ad
ditional minor changes were made later
on, from the "old style" to the "new
style" calendar." We now employ the
new style.
After the French revolution France
decided to set up an entirely new or
der of things. A new calendar was
made. The Christian era was wiped
out, and was replaced by the new
French era, beginning September 22,
1792. Instead of our week of seven
days, a week of ten days was estab
lishedin accordance with the decimal
systemthe tenth day being set aside
for rest.
Instead of the mythological names
of the months, others deduced from
the prevailing seasons of the year were
substituted.
Everything was to be based upon
reason! The Notre Dame was con
verted into a "Temple of Reason."
|Mme. Momero, the young and beautiful
wife of a Jacobin printer, was chosen
to represent "Reason." And so it
went.
The months were chosen and given
French names which were thought to
be characteristic of them. Thus,
autumn had a vintage month, a foggy
month and a sleety month. Winter,
a snowy month, a rainy month and
a windy month. Spring, a budding
month, a flowery month and a pasture
month. Summer, a harvest month, a
hot month and a fruit month.
Each month began somewhere be
tween the 18th and the 22ndaccord
ing to our reckoning. Thus the first
month of the autumn trio began on
September 22, and lasted until Oc
tober 21, etc.
With the restoration of a stable
government in France, this calendar
was repealed, and the usual one sub
stituted. But for a time, as we have
seen, New Year day did not begin on
January 1, in France, so late as the
last century, and it does not begin
on ihat date in non-Christian coun
tries even today!
A Gentleman's Privileges.
We have all been brought up on the
axiom that whatever a woman does a
{y.
jentleman may retaliate only verbal
Apparently the convention is
Ranging. At least, there is docu
mentary evidence now to prove that,
according to standards prevailing In
fhe magazines, a man may retaliate
physically in one particular case, If
she bites, that is. She may still,
suppose, throw a plate at him or
threaten him with a pistol, and his
Only reply must be a sorrowful word
of reproach. But if she bites he may
hit her. Whether this has become to
any extent a convention in life I do
not know. We will hope that, In life,
ladies who are beautiful as the dawn
and wear clothes to match their beau
ty, whose lives have been "sheltered"
and whose mammas are the mold of
form, do not bite, even when they are
irritated by their husbands. The ex
traordinary thing is that they should
be biting in contemporary fiction. In
all Kipling I recall only one lady who
bit her husband, and she was a na
tive of Kaflrlstan, wedded amid much
conch blowing, against her will.
From "Treat 'Em Rough," by Kath
arine FuJlerton Gerould, in Harper's
Magazine.
Acoustic Facts.
Architects find no more difficult
problem than that presented by the
acoustics of lecture and concert halls.
The subject has been Investigated by
one of the physicists at Harvard, who
offers some interesting conclusions.
The acoustic properties of a hall de
pend upon two variablesthe form
and the materials. The essential fea
tures of the materials are their ab
sorbing and reflective powers. The
art museum lecture hall was modeled
Jailed
fter Sanders theatre, Cambridge, but
to reproduce its excellent
coustlc properties. The reverbera
tion of sound lasted 5.62 seconds, an
intolerable length. But, putting San
iflers theatre cushions in the seats,
floor and part of the hall, Jhe_reiex-
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beratlon period was reduce? to 1.14
seconds. An open window Is an ab
sorbent of sound. An audience ab
sorbs per square meter .94 as much
as an open window. An Isolated
woman In the auditorium absorbed
.54 as much as a window, and an Iso
lated man .48, apparently a tribute
to the superior excellence of female
apparel. Hair-felt on the wall ab
sorbed, a square meter, .78 as much
as a window.Washington Star.
Real Optimist.
"Wlckham Steed, the London editor,
condemned the dullness of a London
newspaper In an Interview during his
American visit.
"That sheet," he said, "reminds me
of Stoke-sur-Sea, where a friend of
mine once spent his midsummer holi
day.
'Well, Smythe, old man,' I aaM to
my friend on his return, 'did you have
a pleasant holiday at Stoke-sur-Sea?"
"'Oh, very pleasant, thanks,' said
Smythe. 'There was a lot of rain, and
that, of course, kept people away, so
that there was very little to do, but,
I tell you what, I learned to knit Jolly
well, by Jove!'"
Still, She Could Drive.
Of course I could drive the car, I
insisted, so finally I was permitted to
venture forth alone. I somehow made
my way to the gas station, up the
driveway to the filling pumpbut the
old thing wouldn't stopdown the out
driveway to the street, around the
block, up the driveway to the filling
pumpcouldn't stopdown the out
driveway and home to hubby.Chi
cago Tribune.
CHANGES I N ARCTIC OCEAN
Seals Said to Be Finding Temperature
a Little Too High, and Ice Is
Less Plentiful.
The Arctic ocean is warming up, ice
bergs are growing scarce and in some
places the seals are finding the water
too hot, according to a report to the
Commerce department from Consul
Iff at Bergen.
Reports from fishermen, seal hunt
ers and explorers all point to a radical
change in climatic conditions and hith
erto unheard of temperatures in the
Arctic zone, exploration expeditions re
porting that scarcely any ice has been
encountered as far north as 81 degrees
29 minutes. Soundings to a depth of
3,100 meters showed the Gulf stream
still warm.
Great masses of ice have been re
placed by moraines of earth and
stones, while at many points well
known glaciers have disappeared.
Very few seals and no white fish are
being found in the eastern Arctic,
while vast shoals of herring and
smelts, which never before have ven
tured so far north, are being encoun
tered in the old seal-fishing grounds.
Ingenious, but Futile Plea.
When a robbery is not a robbery,
was told a Judge of General Sessions
In New York, when a negro was
charged with entering a house and
taking a $3,500 diamond ring. "Did
you?" asked the judge. "Jedge," said
the prisoner, "It wasn't no burglary.
It was summer time and the windows
was open. The windows was open an'
I went in and this yere lady Woke up
terrible scairt. An' she put up huh
hand to huh haid and somethin'
spahkled. Oh, Jedge, If it on'y hadn't
spahkled! An' I said: 'Lady, whut
you got thaih on yoh hand?' An' she
said: 'Take it, an' please do go ra't
out immediate.' Jedge, the lady re
quested me to tabe that spahkler an'
go ira't out im-mee-dee-ate. An' I
took it and went. Jedge, it wasn't no
burglary." It seemed that the prison
er had undergone a similar painful
experience at another apartment not
to speak of a record of four previous
convictions. He will sparkle In Sing
Sing for fourteen gears.
PSYCHE KNOT FOR WARRIORS
Seems Rather Incongruous on the
Heads of Fierce Headhunters
-,,_ of Island of Luzon.
Picture a man whose long hair is
done up in a psyche knot, with a ban
deau of beads around his head then
add to this the heavy features, full
beard, and mustache of a swarthy bar
barian, and one has some idea of the
appearance of a warrior type of the
northern part of the island of Luzon.
These men pertain to the fierce
tribes of head-hunters, and their elab
orate dressing of the hair, which in
civilized countries is considered a
purely feminine vanity, seems gro
tesquely incongruous with their savage
pursuits. Not being obliged to waste
any time on their wardrobes, since
clothing Is practically unknown, all
their efforts toward adornment are de
voted to the head and are much more
elaborate than those of the women.
The dandy of the Kallnga tribe bangs
his hair heavily over the forehead,
training it so that it has almost the
effect of a low pompadour. Above this
Is 'built a structure of feathers and
flowers, the latter branching out and
drooping quite artistically over each
side.
At the back his hair is arranged to
hang long and flowing or is put up in
a chignon. His ears have enormous
holes, in which are plugs of wood fanci
fully carved. Sometimes many strings
of beads are about the neck and the
face and chest are tattooed, but the
main efforts at adornment are directed
to the hair.
A little cap woven of bamboo, about
the size of the "pill box" of Tommy
Atkins, is often worn on the back of
the head to cover the coll of the hair.
Boudoir caps trimmed with pink rib
bons have not yet penetrated to the
interior of Luzon but if they ever do
it is safe to say that they immediately
will be appropriated by the warriors
to the entire exclusion of the feminine
contingent.
The wearing of false hair is allowed
the women.New York Sun.
YOUR "LITTLE NEW YEAR"
By MARTHA B. THOMAS
rpHB Little New Year" is a
very eager youngster. He
pops into view overnight in
fact, one second's difference is
the margin between his being
nothing at all and then appear
ing as something very definite
to reckon with. From the min
ute he claps his eyes on you, he
belongs he is your "Little New
Year" and you've got to decide
pretty quickly what to do with
him. There is no possible way
of escaping this parenthood.
He's going to stick to you like
a burr for 365 days, every min
ute, every hour. It's really quite
alarming.
Are you going to bring up the
little fellow on underdone resolu
tions?
Are you going to make him a
present of malnutrition by feed
ing him on irregular meals of
procrastination
Are you going to ruin his char
acter (and maybe your own) by
rows and rows of pleasant fibs
to prevent a feeling of discom
fort about his growing up into a
harum-scarum boy? Like human
children, he needs watching and
guiding and discipline. You'll
never have the opportunity of
"raising" this particular lad
again. He will slip from your
fingers on the night of December
31your "Little New Year"
grown into whatever manhood
you've permitted him.
Let's send him out a fine,
sturdy fellow!
1922, Western Newspaper Union)
HOW JAPAN GREETS NEW YEAR
Custom of Oriental Countries Is to
Give Special Performances in
the Play Houses.
t'TPHE Oriental methods of greeting
the New Year differ greatly from
ours. In Japan, as well as in other
Oriental countries, special perform
ances are given in the theaters.
In the temples and shrines priests
and attendants entertain the people
.with special dances. The Kagura, or
Sacred Dance With Music, is the fa
jvorite, for while it is being given
[prayers are offered for the continued
,happiness of the nation during the
jcoming year. This very old dance is
(performed by young girls, while the
,priests are the musicians. All are in
appropriate costume.
Another ceremonial, which has been
handed down for centuries, is the Shu
Sai, or Dance of the Ancestral Sanc
uary. This is given within the palace
the imperial family on January 3,
and it celebrates the founding of the
imperial house, centuries ago.
A NEW YEAR'S CARD
Now what is here
A word of cheer
,To herald in another year
[May all its days be free of blame
A little nobler than your aim
jMay all its labors be contest
A little better than your "best,
And all the joys within its scope
A little brighter than your hope
'And may each year be found, when past,
A little dearer than the last.
Arthur Guiterman in Woman's Home
Companion.
Post Office Catlon8 Hunter.
Approach of the hunting season
prompted the Post Office department
to Issue Instructions the other day
regarding the shipment of bodies of
game animals and birds through the
malls, the Boston Transcript states.
The regulations prohibit the accept
ance for mailing of any parcels of this
sort where the game has been killed
or offered for shipment In violation
of the laws of any state, territory or
district. In cases of the sending of
bodies of game animals and birds
lawfully the packages must be proper
ly marked and conform to all local
statutes.
Postmasters are cautioned to see
that these rules are observed through
out the hunting season.
At Profanity's End.
"Is there any more distressing sen
sation than that caused by seeing
what moths did to your last winter's
overcoat?" said the man on the front
seat as he pointed to a network of
holes in the shoulder of his coat. "Thfcs
garment was put away with full recog
nition of all the rules. First it Tfas
cleaned, then packed in a clean trunk
with moth balls enough to satisfy a
flock of hungry moths. This is how
my trust was rewarded. The worst
part of the whole thing was that I
couldn't find a moth upon which to
vent my ruge, and I've stopped swear-
ing."
Wild Animals Near City.
A man who lives only seventeen
n\iles from New York city says that
predatory wild animals have made It
Impossible for him to raise poultry.
Among those that killed his chickens
were foxes, raccoons, skunks, opos
sums, red SQulrrels, minks, weasels,
rats, hawks, crows, snapping turtles
and black snakes. Of one hundred
and forty chickens and ducks that
were hatched not one managed to get
more than half grown.Youth's Com
panion.
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MAKE HOBBY OF GRIEVANCE
Probably Many of Us Know Persons
Who Closely Resemble This
Sensitive Cousin Lucy.
Cousin Lucy seldom goes any place
that she doesn't get her feelings hurt
In fact, she spends the greater portion
of her time nursing a grievance of
some sort or other. At the last fam
ily dinner, which has been a custom
of the family for several generations,
ehe^had the following to say over the
telephone to someone who has man
aged to keep from offending her for
several weeks.
"Well, you can say I am too sensi
tive if you want "to," she said in a
voice that carried all the feeling of
an early Christian martyr, "but I
guess you would be, too, if someone
made a remark to you like Aunt
Sophia did to me about the President
when she knew my husband worked
for his election as hard as anybody
around here. It was just another way
of insinuating that John's judgment
was poor, and I'm sure it's as good
as Uncle Samuel's. Of course Aunt
Sophia says she never meant a thing
by it and that I know she always has
been a Democrat, but then," If she
didn't mean anything, why say it to
me of all persons when she might
have known I would resent it?
"John never pays any attention to
things like that and says I'm foolish
to do it, but I tell him I don't like to
have my day spoiled by having some
one picking at me, and I'm not one of
these two-faced people who will get
mad about something and never say a
word about it. I don't mind being
slighted, as I frequently am, and often
suggest staying away from the family
dinners since I seem not to be badly
wanted, but mother always went and
so I'll continue going unless I am told
to stay away. But I notice a lot of
things people may not think I do. It's
got so when I move my chair over to
where some of the others are talking,
they don't seem nearly so lively and
kind of quit talking. So, of course, I
can't help believing they were talking
about me, can I? Or else they don't
want me to hear what Is being said.
Then, maybe, I imagine It, but it
seems to me they all look relieved
when we leave early. Not that I care,
but I can't think of a thing I have
ever done to make people dislike me
or want to get rid of me. Well, all
right. But it seems queer to me that
someone always comes to your door
when I call you up."
And Cousin Lucy slams up the re
ceiver with a new grievance to nurse.
Kansas City Star.
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No. 875. This Folding Basket is
something new and useful. Can be
folded and set away when not in use.
Extreme measurements as follows:
14x20%. No. 28. This stand is made of oak and
birch finished golden, weathered,
fumed, mahogony and natural. Size
top 11^x11%. Height 18 inches.
No. 35. Fancy Towel Rack with Mir
ror. On par with other premiums.
No. 425. This Folding Table is made
of solid birch. Size of top 28x28.
Height 30 inches. Finished flat. Na
tural Birch suitable for a card or
lunch table.
No. 780. Foot Stool. This foot stool
is made of solid oak, upholstered in
genuine Spanish brown leather. Size
14 in. wide 17 in. high. 18% ins. long.
AIRPLANES TO LOCATE LAKES
Plan to Use Flying Machines in the
Finding and Photographing of
Alaskan Inland Waters.
Locating and photographing undis
covered lakes in the national forests
of Alaska are the latest uses to which
the airplane has been put, says Ameri
can Forestry, quoting the United
States forest service. We read:
"It has long been known that there
are many lakes on the headlands and
islands traversed by the inside pas
sage between Seattle and Skagway
that do not appear on any map. Dur
ing the New York-Nome flight made by
army aviators, lakes were frequently
sighted which could not be found on
the latest and most authentic maps of
the territory. Tales of unknown water
bodies are constantly being brought
in by trappers and prospectors. Less
than a year ago a lake four and one
half miles long and one-half mile wide
was discovered at the head of Short
bay. This lake nab over 1,000 acres of
surface area and is less than one and
one-quarter miles from tidewater, yet
because of the surrounding territory's
rough topography has remained un
known and unnamed. Recognizing
that many others ol these 'lost lakes'
may be sources of valuable water
power, the forest service has laid
plans to map this no man's land of the
North by means of aerial photographs.
A few day's flight, it is said will be
sufficient to cover the area with a
degree of accuracy that would require
many years and great expense to ac
complish by ordinary methods. The
work, which has been approved by the
federal power commission, will be
done by seaplane, flying from Ketchi
kan as a base."
Dogs Confer at School.
A congress of dogs of all sizes and
makes meet mournfully daily at the
school gate of a public school in New
Rochelle. It meets just after the "last
bell" has rung at nine o'clock.
Many of the youngsters own dogs
which trail along -with them gleefully
to school each morning, but the clous
are barred from the school yard. So
when the classes begin they \^ait hope
fully for a while, peering through ti^e
iron gate, and for a time commune
among themselves. Then, convinced
that their young masters will not ie
appear for one more frolic, they trot
off home again sadly to wait for the
lunch period at 11:30.
One dog, an Airedale, named Jim,
accompanies his youthful oirnei
daily to school, plays with them until
the bell rings. Then he hustles home
and amuses himself until just brtore
We are glad to have the opportunity to thankyou
for all your business during the past year, and we
will strive to merit a continuance of your favors.
General Merchandise
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O Cash Basis January 1, 1923
After Jan. 1, 1923, we have decided to put our business on a CASH BASISpay as you purchase.
We have studied the matter quite thoroughly and from what we have learned from the experience of
others now on the Cash plan, we are convinced that it will be an advantage to all our customers. It will
give us this opportunityto receive cash for our goods and in turn we can buy for cash at a discount
permitting us to pass it along to you with the satisfaction of buying goods at a lower price. In carrying
book accounts it means that the customer has to stand his proportion of the extra expense necessitated by
carrying these accounts from month to month. The new plan will help to eliminate some of this necessary
overhead charge and give you a chance to profit thereby. Ask us about the plan.
OUR NEW PREMIUMS
The store that appreciates your trade and is willing to pay for it, and as an advertisement and inducement to en-
courage cash buying, we are not only going to sell you goods at the lowest price, but offer you absolutely free, any
of the articles advertised below when your purchases reach the amounts specified* This is to induce customers to
come to our store MORE OFTEN and to place in each home some good useful article as a living reminder of our
place of business.
No. 252. This pedestal is made of oak,
finished, fumed and golden. Size of
top 13 in. Height 16 in.
No. 500. This Panel Mirror, size lOx
36 in.., the glass beveled which has
four coats of silver fitted with a 2V2
inch frame. Finished in Circassian or
Forgewood assorted.
No. 30. This Flour Bin is made of
Birch, nicely finished in Natural or
Walnut color, fitted with seive and
pan for taking care of the flour. Ca
pacity of Bin one hundred pounds,
13% inches wide, 24 inches long and
36 inches high. This is a most neces
sary article for every home.
No. 35. Rocking Chair. A handsome
piece of furniture on a par with other
premiums.
This opportunity is open to both old and new customers. Always ask for your coupons with each purchase*
Save your coupons. Premiums purchased with our coupons cost you nothing.
A FEW SPECIALS
We are offering a mighty good bargain in three special lots of Men's Winter wearing apparel. Note the Reduction:
One Lot of Leather Vests at Cost One Lot of Mackinaws at Cost One Lot of Sheepskin Coats at Cost
NEW YEAR GREETINGS
11:80 when he goes"back to the school
house, meets the youngsters and ao
companies them home.New Tori?
Son.
Oddity In Cheese Industry.
An oddity in the way of cheese hv
dustry is the cheese offered for sale,
by a German religious community
which devotes Itself to the rescue of
fallen women.
The cheese is described as "pure
cheese made by the pure hands of re
pentant women." "Every purchaser of
20 kilos or more," according to a let
ter sent out by the community, "will
be credited with a memorial mass,
which we will celebrate at our chapel
on the death of the purchaser. Retail
purchasers will receive with each pur.
chase a prayer coupon, and when five
of these are sent to us by the same
person they will be exchanged for a
mass coupon.
"As it Is made at our home by wom
en of scrupulous cleanliness, our cheese.
Is of incomparable quality, and to
taste it means to buy it."
This Benighted Land.
He wore a distressed look as he
approached the clerk in a fancy groc
ery. "Where," he inquired, "can I buy
some 'burr' buckwheat? Never heard
of it? Where were you born, and how
long ago? Well, you ought to know
then. 'Burr' buckwheat is the kind
that is ground between the old fash
ioned mill stones. The flour is coarser
than grain ground by the roller proc
ess, but it is meatier and a good deal
better. From it can be made the kind
of cakes your mother u^ed to make
from the batter she mixed the night
before and set in a warm place to
'rise.' I've visited five stores and no
one seems to know what 'burr' buck
wheat is. We are becoming a he
nighted country." And he disconso
lately shook his head as ho went out.
Detroit News.
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An Ear For Music.
A very deaf old lady, walking along
the street, saw an Italian turning a
peanut roaster. She stood looking
at it awhile, shook her head and said:
"No, I shan't give you any money
for such music as that. I can't hear
any of the tunes, and besides it smells
as if there were something burning
inside."The Farmer. x.
LOCAL MARKET QUOTATIONS
The quotations hereunder are those
prevailing on Thursday morning at the
time of going to press:
Grain.
WheatNo. 1 $1.12
WheatNo. 2 $1.08
WheatNo. 3 $1.04
WheatNo. 4 96c
Flax $2.16 $2.38
0a Ryp
Money to Loan on
Low Rate and Quick Service
EVAN H. PETERSON
Princeton, Minnesota
Amount Customer Must Trade to Get
Each Article.
No. 875 Sewing Basket $60 00
No. 28 Taboret $80.00
No. 35 Towel Rack $1.15.00
No. 420 Table $140.00
No. 780 Foot Stool $190.00
No. 252 Pedestal $215.00
No. 500 Mirror $225.00
No. 30 Flour Bin $300.00
No. 135 Rocker $390.00
No coupons redeemed in cash or
merchandisepremiums only.
Eggs accepted same as cash.
No coupons given on accounts un
less paid promptly every 30 days.
With the hope that 1923 holds in store for you the"
fullest measure of health and happiness, we extend
to you one and all our best wishes of a Prosperous
New Year.
M,Smm^ki
Long Siding, Minn.
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30c 34c
72c 74c
Barley 44c 48c
(These prices are subject to change
at any timp.)
Potatoes.
(Potato quotations are per cwt.)
Cobblers 55c 60c
Round White 40c 45c
Russets 55c 60c
Triumphs $1.50 $1.55
Kings 35c 40c
Burbanks 55c 60c
Livestock.
Dairy Cows $30.00 $50.00
Hogs, per cwt $7.00 $7.90
Beeves $3.25 $5.00
Calves, live $5.00 $7.00
Hens, light 7c
Hens, heavy 13C
Spring chickens lie
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