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THEDAY'BOOK N. D. COCHRAN ' EDITOR AND PUBMSHER. 600 s. rEom.t st. Chicago. u.u Circulation, Monrse 3S2G Subscription By Carrier ir Chicago, 50 cents a month. By xMail, United States and Can ada, 50 cents a Month. Entered as second-clais (natter April 21. 1314, at the pogtoffice at Chicago. Jll., under the Act of March 3. IS79. EVERY YEAR'S A LEAP YEAR NOW!" Nineteen-sixte'en was leap year. There won't be another leap year, the' calendar says, until niheteen twerity. , But the calendar-lies. , EVERY year's a leap year these days. EVERY year sees woman's pbwer and prestige and privilege grow. The mere frivolous pK'ense that, in leap years, only, can a, woman ask q man to be her mate is dead defunct .decedent. We reckon as many will do the asking in 1917 as in 1916, if they happen to feel the urge. The leap, year just passing saw a woman elected to congress but she will take her seat this coming year, and then will her greatest "Service commence. v The leap year just passing saw a woman fly from Chicago to New. York. But in the year coming, which Cis not a leap year, she says she will cross the continent through the air. The calendar still observes leap ' .year. But the sex doesn't. o o Apparatus to enable a man to cut his own hair or that of other jnen without instruction is a recent in MOSTLY ANYTHING It used to sound foolish to ask; "what time does the ?:15 train gett in?" y ' t In these days of rotten weather, however, you can ask it and will? probably be toM:. "Oh, about 12:30." Well, it's alj'over. Did you geti what you wanted? . Tljere was many a slip between thg home and the office tfris, morning. ' But we had a Vhite Christmas, anyway. Folks with a large head this morn ing probably felt like saying: "Be it therefore resolved that I will abso lutely lay off booze until next Mon-. day morning between; the hours of 12 and 1. 'Tis the day after Christmas; from kitchen to parlor not, a blamed coin is sUrring, not even a dollar. ThatChristmas tree that -the Ex aminer had installed in Grant park is a beaut Have you seen it? L Advice to fhose who go out of doors today: Walk out i'n.fhe street, close to the-Gurb, where there is some snow. The sidewalk took great pleasure , in flying up and slapping many a pe destrian in the face this morning. - Some folks e'njbyed'th'efr Christ mas so much they are singing to-s day: "Turn Back the. 'Universe arid Give Me Yesterday." . - V DO YOflRt CHRISTMAS! EARLY!, A' "r? c vention. ,