The Crowder City Guardian (Crowder, Oklahoma), Vol. 9, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 24, 1913 Page: 2 of 8
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Mrs. Wilson of Nashville, Tenn,.
is , famed the world over for
her wonderfully delicious cakes.
Thar M.i shipped to all parts -
of the GloJjeJfor special affairs
where the teat of (Jakes are
- demanded.
. HUls year, as in forrneir yeitrs,
Mrs. Wilson enjoys the distinc-
tion of . making the President's
Christmas-Cake, using Calumet
Baking Powder.
Mnf. Witan!* B^ing Motto is ^
To beveuigpUte success with
no f«>rvircgk. care should be'uied
■ fa seiec^of Bsfci* Pdwder." <
BAKtNOIHVWDER
kit study kind investigation of the
By repaid. 1 am firmly convinced.
Some little tint* ago I made a i
baking powder subject and I lei
from the results I have received that there is no baking powder to
equal Calumet for wholesoijteness and economy, and I also recommend
Calumet Baking Powder for ici'never failing results.
December 9, 1913. ; Mrs. Betty Lyler Wilson. H
Calumet also received the Highest Aware)* at the World's Pure Food
Exposition, Chicago and Paris, France, 1912.
Buy a cap of Calumet Baking Powder at once,vand use
it in your Holiday Bakings, making your vJhristmas Cakes
as good as the President's.
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OWHEHK does Now Year's cere-
mony irle'an more -than in tb land
of. th people whose faces
linvo become familiar f' "H 011 Pa-
pur faiiH. Indeed, from a national •
point of view, this Beosun Is the
greatest occasion of the year.
Elaborate preparations are made
long In advance. Houses are
cleaned Inside and out. Doorways
are decorated with rlco ropes and
fern leaves and evergreen. Every
housewife buys a pot or two of
"prosperous age plant," a mlnlaluro plno tree,
some bamboo, and some plum" twigs, to win for
her home by ornaments like these the favor of the
Jealous deities that guard the future.
The city streets resound with the mallet blows
of the dough pounders making "mochl," the Jap-
anese equivalent of plum pudding All deLls are
paid. New clothes are bought. There are toys
for the children, and picture ehrds that bring good
fortune and are good to dream on when tied se-
curely to the wooden pillow,
O, happy New Year! Day will hardly dnwn be.
fore each town and vlllng" will be stirring Thero
Is so much to do In celebration First there will
come the ceremonial breakfast, when the health
of all the family must be drunk in that rice wine
called "lonl." Then visits must be paid to all
acquaintance. Father will wear no tr.ore the tra-
ditional costume, fantastic and peculiar. For him
the frock coat now, of European manufacture. Ilut
mother. In her quiiln! kimono and elaborate head-
dress, will look Just as she lias looked on New
Year's day since time Immemorial
The children will be decked out In gorgeous
colors; they will throng the streets, clattering
along on their wooden clogs In pigeon toed but
Joyful haste, and shouting "Banzai!" to friends
and foreigners. In the streets clowns will per-
form strange antics, exclaiming loudly mean-
while:
"Hall, hall, ye gods of heaven and earth! Sig-
nificant omens are In the air, and U)e universe Is
full of lucky signs."
To accompaniment of flute and drum, two-
legged Hons will give the "lions' dance" In
masque Strange masqueraders will dart hither
and thither through streets and temple gardens.
It will be a happy time for Japanese children.
For three glad days every little girl will export
to play her favorite game of shuttlecock and bat-
tledore The boys will fly their brand new kites.
The children will pluy games with brightly col-
ored balls, chanting countless rhymes Qrown
people will play Now Year's card games. Tho
firemen will give acrobatic exhibitions on their
ladders Every nook and corner of Japan will bo
In gala dress and galu mood.
Northern France Is not far behind Japan In ap-
preciation of the significance of the New Year.
There Christmas, so Important on our calendar, Is
scarcely celebrated, except by attendance at mid-
night mass and by a festal supper Hut the last
night of the year, the Vigil of St Sllvestre." calls
for observance, and the f;rst day of the new year,
"!e Jour de I'an." or "le ]our d'etrene," Is dedicated
to the renewal of friendship and to general gift
giving
So universal. In fact, has tho custom become of
giving presents and pretty little souvenirs that the
expression "bonne etrene" means good fortune
and "mal etrenne" misfortune, t'andy and flow-
ers are acceptable gifts In France, but there Is
only one real rule In tho matter -a New Year's
(Ift must not be useful.
In most Scotch households, as In France New
Tear's day takes the place of Christmas, an evl-
dence of ancient sympathy when both countries
regarded England as a mutual enemy. On the last
night of the year, In rural dlsM let, groups of men
and boys go dlsgulshed from ,.ouse to house sing-
ing curious rongs, such us this -
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Rise up. good wife, and shak' yer feathers. >
Pinna think that we are beggars;
We sre balrnles come to play.
Rise up ond give us hogmanay.
When they hore received tho cakes and coins
fliey expect they go on to the next place, first,
however, having chalked the house, In token of
good luck. Next morning sll the children got up
saiy and view with wide and Interested eyes the
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blue and whlto marks that decorate every dwell-
ing In the village.
Scotland Is, us well, tho land of cakes, and at
this season the bakers' shops nre filled with
toothsome dainties, BUgar covered and inottoed
le Ice.
tlermany observes various customs. Calls are
made on January 1, and gifts are exchanged;
delicious little cakes are enten In honor of the
festal day. Different neighborhoods have char-
acteristic rites and superstitions.
Thus, In tho Black Forest a.workman llkea to
work a little bit at his trade tile flrsi day of the
year, to coax luck In business; most picturesque
Is the vender of clocks, w ho sets out to sell one at
least of his wares. Munich drinks deep to the
health of the season In good Bavarian brew.
Jena, whose people recognize descent from thoso
ancient tlermans who believed In a god that
brought light and warmth each year Into the
world to overcome the cold and dark of winter,
builds In Its public square at New Year's time a
great bonfire, which typifies this ever new gift
of the genial old deity that loved warmth and
gave light.
Thither at midnight the people carry the things
they wish to enst out of their lives with the old
year.
l-tre as a New Year's symbol Is favored In
\\ ales, ss well There fires are burned on New
Years day to purify the house for the entrance of
a new and gladsome era; and the ashes uro kept
sacredly from year to year, esteemed for special
medicinal virtues
The ringing of bells to announce the death of
the old year and the birth of the new one Is
common In England and Scotland and In some
Paris of the liilted Slates In many English
churches Impressive midnight services are held
In the dales of Westmoreland It Is usual to
.open the west door to let the old year out ani to
op^n (he east door to let the new year In.
In Etiglund It Is still an enjoyable practice to
offer a mince pie to every caller during the last
week of the old yi>ar, for every pie eaten under a
different roof represents a happy month during
the year to coine. Often ns January I draws near
one hears the expression:.
"Thvqks, 1 have eaten my twelve, so please ex-
cuse me "
What probably Is the strangest New Year's rite
Is held In the Cevennoa mountains, In southern
France At the last evening mass of the old
year the herds and flocks of the peasantry are
gathered before the portico of the little stone
church high up on the mountain side and ara
blessed by the priest and sprinkled with holy wa-
ter by the acolyte who follows him, In order that
that this, the Bole wealth of the countryside, may
Increase and prosper during the year to come.
The sight of the holy hour la wonderful. As the
church bell tolls above them the frightened ani-
mals Meat and bellow and try madly to escape.
First the oxen are blessed, then the cows, next
the sheop and lambs, and finally the goats and
pigs.
Throughout Europe many delightful customs
prevail. In Scandinavia a feast is always pre-
pared for the little birds, which might otherwise
go hungry, on account of the deep snows.
In Holland, ns In Scotland, the wind Is noted
with care, becauso the luck of the year will be
determined by the direction whence It blows. The
south wind brings heat and fertility, the west
wind milk and fish, the north wind cold and
storm, and east wind a fruitful season.
In Italy the New Yenr Is a day of greeting and
good will and special feasting. Sicilian peasants
take advantage of the fete to drive to fowr. in
their gay carts, so that the coun'ry roads are
merry with' the piusic of tinkling bells.
And SwlAs folk, practical. Industrious, Stop their
work for the nonce and visit .frlendB, even wher
they have to carry their babies down the moun
ta'n Blopes In cradles on their heads.
Bulgaria's heart history Is of especial momen'
JiiBt now On hnppy New Yeaf's day in Bulgaria!
Villages Ihe small boys run frdm house to hftusr
waving branches of the cornel tree and shoutlup
greetings as they tap all they meet with the luck
bringing branches.
Bulgarian girls go through an Interesting cere
mony In an effort to pry into the secrets of th«
days to come. On New Year's eve a queen, chosen
by lot, guurds a kettle full of water, In which both
men and nmldens havo dropped finger rings oi
some personal trinkets Till dawn she watches.
Then to an open place In tho center of the vll
lage she takes the precious kettle, covered with a
cloth, a dancing, singing crowd following her. An
oracle, who has been selected for eloquence ol
speech, proclaims successive fortunes. He cries:
"The lucky girl whose ring shall appear shall
marry the best man In the village."
The queen of the festival dips her hand Into
the kettle and brings forth a ring, and Its owner
receives It from her secure In the belief that good
luck betides her matrimonially before another
New Year.
GETTING BACK.
"Why do you Insist on trying to sell me beef,
steak and beans and buckwhont cakes?" de-
manded the barber "I told you all I wanted
was two fried eggs."
"Well. I was In your sl\pp yesterday." retorted
the restaurant man. "All I wanted was a shave
but you bulldozed me Into a shampoo, a foanr
flu. and a tonic rub."
WOULD HAVE THEM HANDY
Married Man's Explanation of Large
Order Will Be Understood by
Many Similar Unfortunates.
A brisk Individual with the accumu-
lated look of 20 winter" of married Mfe
entered a hardware shop and without
waiting for preliminaries asked:
"Do you keep hammers here?"
"That is our specialty, sir." "
"But me down for a dozen. How
about screwdrivers?"
"Our great feature. Patent reversi-
ble or plain edge?"
"Give me a dozen of each; If you
have any other varieties I'll take 'em,
too. How about gimlets?"
'You are now mentioning our pet
product. All styles."
"Give me all styles—long, short, me-
dium, thick, thin, from the size of a
needle to a pickax. Sawe^'
"Of every description."
"I'll take 'em—say half a dozen or
5—cross-cut, plain, round and square."
"It's down, sir. Can I intereat you in
nails?"
"You can indeed. I'll take some of
all that you have, put up in separate
packages; also tacks, brads, screws,
rivets, staples—everything. And I
want hooks, every hook you have, big
and little. Also—"
The clerk leaned forward.
"Pardon me, sir," he said. "You
seem like a sensible persou. UnleBS
you are opening up a business, I am J
at a loss to understand your require-
ments."
"It Is perfectly simple, sir," said the
brisk 4>erson. "I have been married
for 21 years, and not once since the
ceremony have I been able to locate a
single Implement when 1 wanted to
put i)P a calendar or do any other nec-
essary thing about the house, and the
next time -there Is need of anything
done I am going, so far as human fore-
sight oan provide for It, to havo .the
means instantly to put my lmpulsu in-
to play."—Life.
Bad- Form to Be Amazing.
There are no posers on the grand
scale now. Our musicians have short
hair and play golf. Authors caunot
be distinguished from ordinary men.
Art students are abandoning their
amazing clothes. Even poets havo
given up poetical locks, and Instead of
writing pretty fancies worry us. with,
poems of the outspoken natural school.
Music is In tweeds, literature la In.
navy blue, and poetry le in a bowler
hat. Apparently there Is no chance of
any return of affectation. The world
becomes more natural every day, a'nd
every hour some neglected pose diea
a natural death. There are no startling
and picturesque figures. The glitter-
ing Whistler was the last of the artis-
tic masters to pose, the last man will-
ing to spend an hour before a looking*
glass, the last man—to use his own
word—who could be called "amazing.'*'
For now it is bad form to be amazing,,
and every one is expected to be as In-
significant as possible. The only af
fectatlon left Is the affectation of be-
ing natural. And there could not be a.
duller one.
Of Contradictory Weight.
"What does you undcrstan' by 'cir-
cumstantial evidence?'" asked Miss
Miami Brown.
"As near as I kin splaln It, f'um de
way It has been splalned to me," an-
swered Erasmus Plnkley, "circum-
stantial evidence Is de feathers dat
you leaves lyin' round after you lias
done et de chicken."
Posts, Up or Down?
The agricultural experiment station
of Ohio has beeii making some tests
as to which end of a post should bo
set In the ground. Farmers generally
believe In planting It *!th the butt
or root end upward, on the principle
that, as It Is easier for the sap to run
up the tree than down It, setting th®
post upside down tends to prevent the
rise of water and helps to keep tho
wood dry.
The Ohio officials planted 156 black
locust posts 20 years ago. One-thlfd
of those set top down have rotted off
and only a little more than one-sixth
of .those set top up have met a similar
fate, Thsy reach the conclusion that
there-. Is no difference which end la
put Intp the ground, except that tho
sounder or longer end should hava
the preference.
Slow to Realire.
"My dear." said Mr. Bickers to his
wife, "I saw In the papers today a de-
cision of a Virginia court that the wife
may. In some cases, be the head of the
family."
"John Henry," replied Mrs. Bickers,
"the courts are sometimes very slow In
finding out things!"—Puck.
Give me
A SAO AWAKENING.
"Warden, where are my flowers?
those flowers."
. "Those flowers are for an embezzler In tho
next cell "
"flowers for an embezzler, with a murderer
In the same Jail* A life of crlrm> is not what I
was led to expect"
NOT DIFFICULT.
"1 wish I could do something startling." Hld
Gladys Gloom, sick unto death with ennui
Well, Gladys. thst Is easily accomplished"
said her close friend Bella Blazes "«}0 back
to that little old-fashioned town where vou were
bom and smoke a cigarette on the public
■quara." '
Plain Prophecy.
"What did the doctor tell you today
about old Uncle Jake's condition?"
"He was telling us that hla mean
temperature was—"
"Telling you about Ills mean tem-
perature, was he? That's no news.
Everybody who knows Uncle Jake
knows that ho hasn't anything about
him that Isn't mean."
Hs Got It
"The doctor told Hobbs that he
must take longer rest, so he bought
himself a racing automobile."
"Did that bring him rest?"
"Oh, yes. He's in a nice, quiet hos-
pital for three months now."
Modifications.
"Your speeches Indicate that your
views have changed "
"Not exactly. My constituent*'
views have chaogtd, and I am keep-
ing In touch with tho wisdom of the
plain people."
Sensible Realization.
Qulnn—Where Is the young poet
these days?
De Fonte—Doing well. Always haa
a dollar and wears a new suit. He'a
realized something.
Qulnn — Sold some of his poems,
eh?
DeFonto—No, realized that he la
not a poet and got a Job as boo&
keeper.
Recreant Auditor.
"You went to sleep during your
wife's speech."
"Yes." replied Mr. Meekton. "Hen-
rietta has been rehearsing that speech
for a week. 1 told her I had better
not come here. I knew something lik
this would happen If she couldn't shout
'Are you listening, Leonidas?' every
now and then."
Cranky Speeders.
TJark—Ever notice these motorist*
winding up their machines In front?
Every auto must carry a crank.
Bjenks—Y'es, from the way soma
motorists yell at pedestrians soma
autos must carry two or threa
cranks.
A Marvelous Linguist.
"Dobbs will never let himself ba
downed by anything."
"For InstsnceT"
"He was reading a newspaper oat
loud the other day and when he cam*
to a pled line he translated It without
a moment's hesitation."
' ' Uncomplimentary.
Hicks—Your wife has no linn of
humor.
Wicks—You never saw bar. Ho
do you knowT
Hleka— She married rot '
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Henderson, J. B. The Crowder City Guardian (Crowder, Oklahoma), Vol. 9, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 24, 1913, newspaper, December 24, 1913; Crowder, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc274696/m1/2/: accessed April 20, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.