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i . f ? V > !^ A. â- r. ^EW YEARS DAY ii more gen- ^^ eraUy celebrated throughout tb* world than any other holiday despite the fact that the new year does not begin January 1 In many countries. Advent of the new year is hailed universally with good will, celebra- tions, hospitality and, in many coun- tries, with an exchange of gifts. Origin of the New Year's celebra- tion is lost in antiquity. About 3,000 years before the birth of Christ the people of Babylonia kept a New Year's festival which lasted for 11 or 12 days. In the days of the Roman Empire . the year had only 10 montlis, begin- ning with March. When the months of January and Feb- ruary were added to the calendar, Jan- uary 1 was desig- nated as sacred to Janus who, accord- ing to mythology, had two faces. Ro- mans believed Janus aJ looked backward over the past year with one face and turned the other face to the future. When the Ro- mans became Christians, the festi- val still was kept although it was observed as a day of prayer and lasting. The modem trend «rf festivities and merrymakings to herald the new year has been in vogue for three or four hundred years. In America and Ihroughout most of ttie world celebra- tions begin on New Year's Eve. First to Celebrate New Yearns Day Chatham islands. New Zealand, is the first place in the world to cele- brate New Year. A British colony, the islands are inhabited by 200 per- lons, largely shepherds. The islands are at the nearest itarting line of time, and when New fear arrives its is only 12 noon in London and 7 a. m. in New York. As it dawns on the islands, the few Year begins its race westward UoDg the equator at a speed of 1,000 miles an hour. By the time New forkers gather to ring in the new |car, the Islanders are sitting down Id dinner. How Can I? By Anne Ashley Q. How can I remedy dry hair? A. A hot oil champoo is good for dry hair. Heat pure olive oil and apply to the hair and scalp thoroughly at bedtime. Bind the hair with a towel to prevent itaininK the bed linen, and then next morning wash with a mild, Kquid shampoo. Use this treat- ment about once a week. Q. How can I make string beans retain a bright color after cooking? A. If a pinch of baking soda i* added to string beans while they are cooking, it will soften them aad also preserve their color. Q. How cjta 1 prevent the thread fro a curling and knotting white sewing? A. Before cutting the thread from the spool, tfircad the necdk and make a knot at the frcahly- CQt end of the thread. Q. How can I remove oil stains from carpets? A. Cover the q>ot with a paste â- wde of fuller'a aarth and water aad let it remain for 24 hoora. Scrub with jaenxine if the oil is from the streets. REAL ORIGIN January, the flnt month of the year, derives Its nam* from the Soman god Janus. Because Janus was a two- laced god, represented by the Romani as looking backward as w«n as forward, the idol was considered a fitting symbol for fba turn of a new year. Standing iraoly at the juncture of the new and tiic old, Janus could look back on the past year and h>ok forward to the new. U. S. Officiat HORIZONTAL 1,6 Pictured Chairman of U. S. Congres- sional Com- merce Com- mittee 11 Baking compartment 12 Comply !5 Roman garment 16 Electrical units 18 Symbol for actinium 19 God of .stormy sea (Norse) 20 Lord Lieuten- ant (ab.) 21 Aitected elegance 22 South Dakota (ab.) 23 Vase 24 Greek letter 26 Male 28 Rodent 31 Increase 32 English ac- • count money 33 Pronoun 34 Seine 35 Organ of hearing 38 Reward 40 Bone 42 Believer in popular government 45 Compass point 47 Thong 49 He represents (cb.) 50 Minute 52 Food-fiyh 53 Retained 55 Cry of sorrow 56 Planetarium 57 He is a mem- ber of the U. S. VER'nCAL 1 Jaw 2 Elliptical 3 Hardened 4 Bury 5 Measure 6 Beside 7 Articles 8 Ship's record 9 Shield 10 Enclosure 13 Nonsense! 14 Small shield .%HMMrr lu I'rtMittUN fu^xlr nW(21'jMS?'S)^ValfelHaE ISlO'UiTlMigSlAfoTlP" :-t P ; I Mg l Al Nl ar Heavenly body Snake L^nnecessary Veiled ridicule Month Stir Exist Make edging Maxim Corded fabric Dance step Soul (Sanskrit) 40 Norwegian capital 41 Mix 43 Single 44 Court of Common Pleas (ab.) 45 Thin strip 46 Otherwise 48 Royal Naval Reserve (ab.) 51 Winglike part 53 Kentucky (Eb.) 54 Till sale (ab.) CHRONICLES OF GMGER FARM By Gwendoline P Clarke Happy Xew^ Year, Everybody! And won't it *be nice to start a brand new year with all the trou- bles and trials of the old year left. like a hea\-y pack, on the road behind us. That new paclc we are taking along with us into the Xew Year is going to feel a little light and empty for awhile, isn't it? But it will soon fill up a bit â€" you'll see. But I wonder with what? May- be that is up to ourselves. Supposing each one of us starts out with an empty pack and has the opportunity to fill it up with whatsoever we like â€" what a vari- ety of things there will be! * « * This kind of pack is so differ- ent from other baggage â€" it will carry sui shine or gloom; kind deeds or selfishness. And strange to say the weight of the pack de- pends not so much on how full it is but what it carries. Kind- ness and sunshine weigh far less than selfishness or gloom. No matter how much happiness we load there is always room for a little more. As for kind deeds they take up hardly any room at all â€" and they are so light it is never any trouble to carry them around. But, oh my â€" just try toting a few selfish thoughts along with you and your load is soon as heavy as lead. And worry â€" worry is the worst burden' of all. But that is mainly because of its heavy wrappings. Take the wrap- pings away and let the good, clean air and sunshine get to the inside package and immediately it begins to shrink, and sometimes evaporates completely. Worry al- ways acts that way â€" given the opportunity. * • • Just think of the old pack you left with 1947 â€" you will remem- ber it wasn't the joy and the laughter, the kindness to the old folk nor the patience with the young â€" they were not things that made it heavy, were they? No, it was the hurt feelings that were being carried around the little petty jealousies, the determination to "get even," the discontent and nnrefl â€" it was those things that weighed to heavily all the time, don't you think so? But, oh dear, let's forget about that old pack â€" it belongs to the past, doesn't it? Our concern now is with 1948, and here we arc with a nice new pack â€" and we arc not going to let it become a burden, are we? Or, if it does show any sign of overweight, we can at least have a houseclean- ing â€" turn the pack inside out, let in the sunshine, throw out the gloom, and start all over again. * * • But do you kno\ what? â€" 1 don't think we had better>T>ut in too many New Year resolutions. They do seem to clutter things up so badly. They have a nice ap- pearance, and you don't like to be rough and throw them out, but after all what good are they when they are just shoved on one side and forgotten? They are some- thing like a pretty girl without any worthwhile personality â€" nice looking but useless. There is another thing that weighs down a pack rather badly, and that is debts. Oh my, yes, debts can get terribly heavy! The Chinest realised that long ago so what do they do? They pay every- one they owe before the old year dies and then they are all "velly, velly" happy. Maybe we can't all do that â€" sometimes it isn't even good business â€" but t least we can look after the little bills that should be paid. We might at least clear up the nuisance debtsâ€" the $1.50 owing at the grocer's, that $2.90 at the butcher's for meat sent out with the mail-man, and for the apron that Bilf brought home on approval. Why add to the work of the store-keeper by having him send these little ac- counts out time and again. Of course we are being kind to the government. Every stamp that is bought adds to its revenue. Well folks, that's my Xew 'Year's message â€" the best of luck to you, and may your pack be light the whole year through. New Year QUOTES "The object of a oew year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. . . . Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective. . . . Unless a man be bom again, he shall by no means enter Into the kingdom of heaven." â€" G. K. C3)esterton. "New leaves, to be surd Let them turn them that are ashamed of their old ones." â€"Edward Paysob PowelL "Ring out the okl, ring In the new, Bing, happy bells, across the snow; Tlte year is going, let him go; Rfaig out the talse. ring in the true." â€"Alfred Tennyson. • ' • • "We are bound, by every rule of Justice and equity. to give the New Year credit for bc- kM a good- one â- ntil he proves him- self unworthy the confidence we repose in him." â€"Charles Dickens B.ue Ribbon Shorthorn â€" "Kelhurn Banker Royal" iooki placid with his blue ribbon as champion shorthorn at the International Livestock .Show. Chicago. Herdsman. Percy Webb. hold.s the prize animal, owned by James Richardson &; Sons or Winnipeg, t7anada. Boxes All Dressed Spelling Slip Mother of a boy at Dartmouth got a telegram from him last Thursday reading, ".A.RRIVIXG FRIDAY EVEXIXG BRIXGIXG SEVEX FOR DIXXER AXD TO SPEXD THE XIGHT." The poor woman gathered herself and dash- ed about, rounding up sufficient sheets, blankets, cots, and towels to deal \yjth the invasion. She turned the living room into a dor- mitory and got in an extra maid. He son turned up on Friday, sure enough, accompanied by a plea- sant, towheaded young classmate named Sven. â€"The Xew Yorker Safety First Barber â€" "Here comes a man for a shave." Apprentice: "Let me practice on him." Barber â€" ".\11 right, but be care- ful not to cut yourself," So Yow^re Going On A World Tour! Most people like to plan tours ol the world, even if they have •• intention of ever actually taking one. So here's a quiz regarding various places on the world's sur> face â€" with a choice of location* under each. You're to try aad tell the correct ones. The answers will be found, upside-down, under- neath. 1. THE DOLOMITES ARE â€" a Mountains in Italy: b. a dia> trict m the .â- \lps; d. hills in Dal- matia. 2. THE HEBRIDES ARE â€" a. Islands off Scotland; b. Lakes in Xew Zealand: c. English hills. 3. THE CRIMEA IS â€" a. .\ river in Turkey; b. a region in .Maska: c. a peninsula in South Russia. 4. THE GHOR IS â€" a. \ cave \a Kentucky; b. a mountain in Tibet; c. a Dead Sea valley. 5. THE SUDAN IS â€" a. A South -African plain: b. re- gion in Xortii Africa: c. an ancient city of Egypt. 6. THE BANAT IS â€" a. .\ farm district in Yugoslavia; b. Japanese mountain range : c Bul- garian lake. 7. THE APPENINES ARE â€" a. Islands in the Pacific; b. Gre- cian peninsulas; c. Mountains of Italv. S.'THE RAND IS â€" a. Welsh mining district; b. hunt- ings district in Sweden; c. African gold territorv. 9. THE ANTILLES ARE â€" a. Mountains in Peru; b. Mexi- can desert regions: c. The West Indies. 10. THE DECAN IS â€" a. .\ river in Mesopotamia: b. hill country in Xorthern .•\Iberta; c a region in India. THE ANSWERS. 1â€" B: 2â€" .-V; 3â€" C; -tâ€" C: 5â€" B; 6â€" A: :â€" C: 8â€" C: 9â€" C; 10â€" C. WHEX VISITIXG TORGXTO THE WARWICK Every room wilh bati. Rates from $:i CEXTRAL Permanent ffu«?«t9 Eacpllent Cu Cor, .^arvif? anii D-.i:':<Jas St?. MAKE YOUR HOTEL hower and ra«iio. 00 single, invited. 'sine. 160 D HOME AT MODERX undas St. E. d^ljTistnvas 1947 /i^^S-^SI iHtnrp C^tttma^." TKese simple words are once a^aia eckoing an<l re-echoing across this lanJ 01 oura . . . 4>ringing hands and hearts together at the gladdest time of tbe year. The ]'oy that belongs to Christinas is for everyone. It IS a time when we develop a deeper regard for the things of true wortK : the unselfisliness of a neighbour . . . the •£Fer of kelp from a passerby . . . tbe spontaneous good dee<L In presenting Tke Dow Award from time to time to Jeserring persons, we like to feel tbat we are promoting a greater appreciation of sucn qualities ... a new pride in o»r sitiseiiMiip and in tne acnievenaents of our fellow Canadians. V DOIV AllTARD CVrvMnlxl/or \ifuttlanJing xfXtroUm .Jtf ..* » • •W â- RBWBaV * MCNTKBAL *•>••â- Â«- -^tn-' --»««fc«S•fe*r^A^^