The Supply Republican (Supply, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 29, 1921 Page: 2 of 8
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■- l OHM AN HARDY was boro
ou New .Year's day. nml
[Xl deemed the fuct a decided
W w misfortune. There was one
“Tjr- feature In which his father
«|ieclallsed— system —ami
• this Involved discipline. "A
strict dlaclplinarlan," he
would boast to his nelgh-
hors. "That's me,” und he looked It
and acted It out until Norman fancied
he hud been placed in the world simply
Vo become the butt and victim of rigid
rules.
When Norman's tenth birthday was
< nly eight hours distant, his father
( tve the order, sternly spoken: “You
will be In the house for the night at
seven o’clock," and Norman moped
In a murtyrllke way, envying his boy
friends who had mapped out u Joyous
New Year's eve program of skating,
hill sliding, and like boyish pranks.
Me wondered whnt was coming, but
his father simply viewed him specu-
latively and sent him to bed at the
usual time. Me was awakened to find
his father roughly pulling at his arin.
"(let up. Norman, and come down
to the kitchen," said Joel Hardy;
"you needn't dress."
Nortuan arose, rubbed his eyes, and
followed his father downstairs. There
was a light on the
table and beside
It the house clock.
Norman noticed
that It told the
time as ten min-
utes to twelve.
All was still and
,wlemn except Its
monotonous tick,
and outside nn
^l|y s' " y 'W caslona! echo of
7~ {^ shoot lug, au-
-^5r-«sal' w \ Im" nntincing Impa-
tient celebrants
already prepared
to herald In the
new year.
"My boy," spoke his father after
a moment of ominous deliberation,
"when 1 was a lad of ten, my father
taught me a lesson that lias left Its
Impress on my whole life In a salu-
tary way. t'pon the tick of midnight
Just preceding my birthday he always
called me down to the kitchen and
gave me a good sound strapping. It
hurt him more than It did me, he used
to say, but the reminder would be
ever present with me. Until I whs
twenty-one, regularly, upon each birth-
day the strap played Its part and
I think It did a good deal towards
teaching me that 1 had n master and
in making me a better man 1 have
concluded to adopt that feature with
my system. You’re a pretty good boy,
but for fear you might kick over the
traces I’m going to bulk the system
until you are of age. Now. then,
take your punishment like n man."
Joel Hardy produced a short, thick
piece of tanued cowhide and Norman
winced, hut did net cry out during
the unique castigation. It whs five
years later, and with the usual routine
late In the afternoon Joel Manly re-
minded Norman of the pending mid-
night event. Ills eyes bulged and Ills
face betrayed overwhelming amaze-
ment as Norman stood up before him,
a tall, well-knit stripling, almost men-
acing In his bearing as he said:
"Father, there will ba no atrapping
The New Year
I T H the whirling and
drifting of snows
Comas breathless the
wild New Year)
While bitter north wind
blows,
O'er the fields that tie stark and
draar.
Yat hope is alight In her eyes
As >hs looks from the heart of the
•torm,
"Earth sleeps in her shroud," she
cries,
“But the life in her heart is warm.
“Death is but a dream of the night
And the hymn of joy is begun.
For slowly^aeeking the light
The great globe turns to the sun.
"Behold, I will bring delight
In place ef darkness and cold)
Safe under the meadows so white
Is hiding tha buttarcup gold.
"And summer’s splendor shall reign
In placo of tha wintor’s dearth,
Her color and music again
Shall gladden the patient earth.”
Hark to the Now Year’s Voica
Through the murk of winter drear!
Oh, children of men, rejoicel
At the tidinge of hope and cheer.
—Cetta Tha*ter.
this time. I'm through with It. Half
the town has lienrd of It, end the
hoy* taunt me and the girls twit me.
Not that I care for any of them ex-
cept Mllly I builds, and aim's true
blue and stands by me, und I won't
have her humbled and shamed. I'm
going to spend this New Year's eve
with the crowd, and I'll be home to
breakfast."
“If you don't report here by ten
o'clock I’ll send the town marshal
after you." pronounced his father, with
fire In Ms eye.
Norman marched out of the house,
hung around dowutowa until eight
o'clock, and then repaired to tlie
agreed on rendezvous of the crowd, an
old buggy shed attached to a great
barn owned by Farmer I.ogan. Me
felt uneasy, stubborn and nettled. Re-
cently lie had been dared by his com-
panions to smoke a cigarette. Me
had met the dare and now. with two
of them In Ills pocket, he lit one. aud,
In sheer rebellion ugalnst his father's
system, was about to puff out his re-
sentment when the signal cry of his
comrades echoed forth. Carelessly
throwing the lighted cigarette Into a
corner of the shed, he hounded out
and for over an hour forgot all save
the excitement of the moment. Tlie
unruly coterie rolled a giant snowball
and let It slide down the hill leading
to the town common; they got up Into
the town hall tower and rang Its hell,
lu the midst of sotting loose a drove
of cattle from a live stock enclosure
Ihey were attracted by the dush and
rush of the village fire cart, making
for a vivid, spreading glare,
"Why, It's Farmer Logan's place!”
shouted a chorus of excited voices, nnd
Norman Hardy's heart stood still. He
recalled the cigarette and the littered
woodshed. Me stood dumb and
scared. The flames cpnipletely en-
gulfed the great frame barn. Norman
slunk off alone by himself, oppressed
with nn appalling sense of guilt Ills
emotions were doubly Intensified when
he heard some one say:
"Logan thinks It was set ablaze.
Arson. 1 pity the firebug If he's
caught. It's straight 14 years In the
penitentiary."
"It will ruin Logan, they say," spoke
another. "The barn was stored with
grain nnd machinery and the Insur-
ance ran out last week."
Norman was crushed with a sense
of his culpability. Me felt like flying
from home, town nnd all the peo-
ple he hnd ever known. He skulked
behind a hedge as a group of girls
came along. They were discussing
the fire so excitedly that they paid no
attention to u lone member of their
group trailing on behind them. Nor
limn noticed her, however. She was
Mllly Daniels. He stnrtled her by
stepping directly In her path.
"Just linger for a moment, will you,
Mllly?" he spoke under high agita
lion, "or I’ll wulk with you n lilt. I’m
In terrible trouble, and I'm going to
leave town for good," and Norman re-
cited the entire story of the evening.
"There's /only one way out, don't you
see It, Mllly?" he said. "I don't dare
to face Farmer Logan; I’m going away
to make something of myself, and the
day I have got the money to make It
square with Mr. Logan I'm coniln*.
hack. And Mllly, dear, you have been
my truest friend and have aluwys
stood by me. Will you try to think
of me while I'm gone, will you—will
you wait for me? For I shall never
love anybody but you."
Five years went by. Not a word
had been lienrd from the truant son.
Joel Hardy hnd forbidden even the
mention of his name In the home.
Mrs. Hardy, half heartbroken, repined
lu silence. Mllly Daniels became an
orphan, and when Mrs. Hardy needed
a nurse and then
a companion. It
came about thnt
she found a per-
manent home with
the mother of the
man she loved.
She Htid Mrs.
Hardy, with the
tyrant father, nil
unaware of It,
cherished a mut-
ual memory of
the absent youth
and took comfort
In watching and
hoping for Ids re-
turn.
It was a few minutes after midnight,
five years to a day since Norman
Hardy hnd gone forth Into the world
to seek his fortune Mllly hnd pleaded
to alt up nml watch the old year out
nnd the new year In. All three of
the family, though In different ways,
were thinking of the boy who had run
away from home. The bells had Just
finished a resonant chime when the
knot) of the outside door turned.
There stepped Into the room a bronzed,
stalwart young man, at a sight of
whom Joel Hardy gasped Incredu-
lously, his wife uttered a Joyous
scream, and Mllly stood breathless and
Muttering.
"1 waited till 1 was sure the final
hour of discipline and the strap was
past ami gone." spoke Norman Hardy.
"Mother," a warm enthrnce. "Father,"
and a sturdy hand reached out.
"Mllly," and the young girl swayed
to and fro nnd would have fallen
had not Norman caught her.
"1 said 1 wouldn't come back till 1
could pay for the damage I did to
good old Farmer lxigan,” continued
Norman. "I've kept my word. 1 hear
you are struggling with a two thou-
sand-dollar mortgage, father; I can
pay It off and loan you ns much more
If you need It. Mllly, dear, am I wel-
come? 1 have come to keep ray
promise true."
Joel llHrdy left the room. He re-
turned with the strap that had been
so familiar to his son. Taking out his
pocketknlfe, the old man proceeded to
cut the strop to pieces and flung them
Into the blazing grate.
"You've cheated me out of severa
years, nty son," he observed, “but
forgive you. It's enough to know tha-
you are hack home safe and soune
this blessed New Year's day l"
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KW'YEAR'S night quiet and
clear indicates a prosperous
year.
On New TeaFs eve while
tbs clock Is striking 12 re-
peat three times: “Good St.
Anne, good St. Anne, send me s man
as fast as you can," and you will be en-
gaged within the year.
Spend on New Year, spend all tbs
vesr.
The Chinese say that If a man alts
up for ten years In succession and
sees the new year come In he will
have a long Ilfs.
It Is unlucky to refuse • beggar any-
thing on New Year's day, qr to refuse
a request of any kind.
It Is lucky to rise early on New
Year's morning.
If the first carol singer who comet
to the door on New Year's morning Is
brought In at the front door, taken
all through the house, and let out at
the back door, It will bring luck to
the house for a year.
When the wind blows on New Year’s
night. It Is a sign of pestilence.
If your first caller on New Year's
day Is a male, you will have good luck
aud many friends; If a female, bad
luck and few friends.
The Chinese think New Year's day
Is the luckiest of the year.
If you wash clothes on New Year's day,
You'll be sure to wash a friend away.
Turn your pillow at midnight of the
81st of December aud you will dream
of the one you are to marry.
It brings good luck to place a piece
of money on the window on New
Year’s eve.
If the first man you speak to on New
Year's morning hHS his hands In his
pockets, you will liuve a hard time get-
ting whut money you wunt during the
year.
It Is nn old Dutch superstition that
If you want to marry the girl you love,
your voice must be the first one she
hears nnd your face the first she sees
on New Year's morning.
Superstitious folk consider It Impor-
tant to notice whom you meet the first
thing on New Year’s day. If It Is a
tuan, you will have good luck, if a
woman, had luck | If a priest, you will
tile within a year; If a policeman, you
will have litigation.
The first person of the opposite sex
you meet on New Year's dny will bear
the Christina name of your future
partner.
If Ice melts on Junuary 1 It will
Ireeze on April 1.
Feed the birds well on New Year's
morning by placing n sheaf of wheat
or barley or some bread outside your
house, then good luck will attend you,
and good crops nnd prosperity come to
you during the whole year.
On New Year's eve take your hymn-
book to your bedroom, blow out the
lamp, open your book, nnd mark a
hymn (In the dark), put It under your
pillow, nnd sleep on It. Next morning
rend the hymn, and It will Indicate
the events of the year.
It Is unlucky to have clothes hnng-
Ing on the line when the New Year Is
born.
Cook cabbage on New Year’s day
and you will have good luck all the
year.
Decorated npples stuck on three
skewers are exchanged for luck on
New Year's dny In Great Hrltaln.
Bum nil the visiting cards that
have been received throughout the
year on January 1. If you keep them
from year to year you will have bad
luck.
If you have not provided yourself
with a calendar before the New Year
conies In you will be behind hand In
all your undertakings during the year.
In Japnn oranges are hung up on
New Year's day as a chnrm to Insure
the long life of the family.
The Chinese believe It bad luck to
pay all of outstanding accounts on the
last of the year and begin fresh and
straight on New Year's day.
Just before midnight on New Year's
eve the Chinese put on new or clean
garments, so as to enter the new year
purely, and thus gain good fortune to
themselves.
On New Year's night It was an old
Welsh custom with the wise and cour-
ageous old men of the parish to sit
up all night In the church porch. On
that night. It was said, a voice, eman-
ating from beneath the altar table,
pronounced the names of those who
should die within the coming year.
Your conduct on New Year’s day Is
a forerunner of your conduct all the
year.
NOT STINGY.
“No, Genevieve, I ain’t got stingy,
Out I made a resolution that all mi
pennies goaa to tha haathena this
yearl"
Peanut Butter Taffy.
2 cupfuls molasses, 1 cupful peanut
butter.
Boll the molasses and peanut butter
to the crack stage, and then pour Into
pans. When partly cool pull like any
taffy. Cut off Into two-inch pieces
with sharp scissors
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• ACROSS lha qaidatu of Lift tf
** A strange, ill-mated pair;
Bq paths u?har« nauqht but
Bq paths naqUctad u>hara qaunt |
it hand in hand, throuqh
rardans of Ufa thaq
Tha ona is old, and grtra, and qraq.
His ages stara off, lika ona in draams;
Across his braast his white locks straq;
Tha sands in his qlass fall daq bq daq;
Over his shoulder his icqthe-blada ql
And ha is old aud errim, and qraq.
Arc! ohe is qounq, and briqht, and
Tha golden curls about his head.
Shine as a halo; his rad lips dare
The birds in song; he knows no care,
Joq in his heart is never dead~~
to love and he) is fair..
'^5
Hoar-headed Time was never qounq.
And Love on earth can not grow old;
And qet, since first to that hand he clunq*-*
Since first his tender souq he sunq,
Since first his love-tale he had told^
And to a dart his d>ow had strung-^
Toqether, throuqh waqs oj joq, of woe,
Thouqh one is old and one is fair,
Dq paths where nauqht but blossoms blow,
Bq paths neqlected where qaunt weeds qrou^
Toqether, a stranqe, ill-mated pair,
Across the gardens of Life theq qo7
♦♦♦•♦♦♦MS 11 ************
New Year’s
Ghost Party
MMMMMMMMMMMM
HERE Is a pleasant old su-
perstition thut Jollity In a
house during the first week
of the New Year brings
pleasure and happiness to
that household during the
entire year. There are many Interest-
ing ways of entertaining a New Year's
party, but the favorite of all Is the
masked dance or party, and the most
Interesting way of having this sort of
entertainment Is to give a ghost party.
The lnvltutlons read In this manner:
Our good old Father Time
Haa promised to convene
The shadee of many notable*
To meet you New Year's e’en.
We'll look for you, you know,
To help to make things go,
And Incidentally to meet
Some ghosts you're sure to know.
There should be 20 or more guests,
and after the Invitations have goue
out, the hostess has a little private
chat with her guests over the tele-
phone. She requests them to come
dressed to represent some famous per-
son now dead, pantomime, words, ges-
tures and costume being used to carry
out the Impersonation.
Dressed In a misty black robe cov-
ered with stars cut from gold paper,
the hostess will receive her guests In
a room draped all In white. Sheets or
cheesecloth can be used for this. No
word Is spoken until a little red Imp
distributes cards and pencils to the
assembled guests. Then each In turn
speaks some word or does some stunt
to suit his or her character. The
person guessing the greatest number
correctly receives a pretty copy of the
hook, "Ghosts I Have Met.”
Games, contests and dancing will
follow, and the supper or refresh-
ment table will he filled with things
tempting enough to attract even the
most ghostly appetite. The table dec-
orations should correspond with the
festivities of the season. A New
Year's pie made of crepe paper over a
deep pan Is filled with dainty little
favors for the guests or cards upon
which some funny rhyme Is written
for each Individual guest. Part of the
entertainment for the evening reay
be the telling of fortunes. Informing
each guest of their fate for the com-
ing yeur.
Whatever you do, don't let anyone
shatter your faith In New Year's reso-
lutions. They are the best things ever
If you know how to handle them, and
the most discouraging things if you
don't.
Resolutions i
Let's us girls form little clubs in*
boycott th' inop top hair cut.
Let’s break up th' practice o' wearin’
cloth top shoes with broken arches,
Let's all resolve t' spend our money
at home.
I?*
Mothers, keep a closer surveillance
on your daughters In 1922.--Xbe Martin.
Iodine Stains.
Iodine stains will disappear over
night If left In water to which hat
been added common dry mustard.
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