' "?-'tiiS THE ALAMANCE GLEANER -i ? ? ?" ? ? . ,. ',..1 .. VOL. LIII. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY DECEMBER 29, 1927. NO. 48. ' ? ?? The Old and the New Year iazszasasgsassasHzszszsasasHsas A New Year Understanding i By Katharine Edelman ?S25S5iSZ5?5E52S25252S252S252SE525r ?NE afternoon, as the old year was nearlng the end, Pauline Wilson knocked nervously at the door of Lawyer Warlng's office and entered In the same manner after his sharp "Come In" fell upon her ears. Seating herself In the chair be ofTered. she sat tense for a moment, then with startling abruptness, she said It: "I want to get a divorce from Charlie." The suddenness of the announce ment ruffled Lawyer Waring out of his habitual manner for a moment "Why, Pauline!" he said. "1 thought you and Charlie were the happiest couple In town." "We were until a month ago." Paul ine was beginning to sob now and Lawyer Warlng's face assumed the masklike appearance that had left it for a minute. "Tell me all about It," be said In his most professional manner. It might be well to add here that Lawyer Waring had known Pauline since she came into the world and had managed her father's afTalrs until his death, Ave years before. And all through the story Lawyer Waring sow that the thlDg that seemed to hurt Pauline most was the fact that her married life was so dif ferent from that of her' father and i ? I Llil ? I l *aulln? Sat Stiff and Tan* at 8he Told tho Story. mother. For she brought to over anil orer again the Ideal life they had lived, the wonderful happiness that had been theirs, and shore all the lore and deration her father had always ahown. "Why. he would bare died." ahe whispered, beginning to sob again, "rather than treat mother aa Charlie has treated me." Waring sat rery still In his cbalr after Pauline had finished. A queer amlle was playing around the corners ?f his month. Presently he turned Pauline and the smile was still larking there. -What would you think, my dear- he asked. If I told **u your mother tiled herd to do the vary thing yon urn trying to do today a?d her story waa area more coorlnc tag than yourar Coming eioser to her, the old man. Wend and counselor of the family Ma hand tendeny on her shoal ** and whispered to her the story. Neu? IJedr's Prescriptions Bij Qertrude IDalton AS I entered Fred Lursoo's room on New Year's morning, be smil ingly pointed to bis dresser on which was a large bottle labeled In tbe familiar handwriting of his prominent father. Dr. Fred Larson, Sr.: "New Year's prescriptions for my son, Fred Larson, Jr., to be taken regularly up on arising each morning, at noon, and upon retiring at night." Inside the bottle were typewritten slips of paper; upon the first slip which I drew out was written these words: Adult doses for each morning of 11)28. L Slogan for each day ol tbe year ?"Smile, Save, Serve." 2. Ten deep breaths of fresh air, mixed with smiles and clean, happy thoughts to relieve "pessimism pain." 3. One cupful of water with the above mixture. 4. Frequent bathing, plenty of sun shine, exercise, with above mixture to relieve "procrastination pain." 5. Wholesome food diluted with plenty of water and tbe above mix ture, eaten slowly, to strengthen my entire "saving system." 8. One targe spoonful of words, re peated aloud: "I am thankful tor an other morning of life. I love tbe weather, I love men, I love God. To day I will smile and serve God's crea tures. On the second slip were these words: Smile, Save, Serve. Adult dose at noon: L One ounce bottle, equal to fifteen minutes of complete relaxation of bod; and mind. 2. Walk slowly to tuncb. mince your luncb with smiles and high thoughts. 3. One tablet of words which con tains grains of "no criticism" to re lieve fault-Bndlng feeling. "0 God, help me to smile and serve Thy crea tures In the Jesus-Way," better tbls afternoon than I did this morning. 4. Clean recreation wltb clean com panions. On another slip was tbls: Adult dose at night: Slogan: I will smile, save and serve. 1. Plenty of sleep on a diet of light, happy thoughts mixed wltb fresb air, 2. One heaping spoonful of words, after reading something wholesome to build up my flabby moral muscles, repeated aloud: "1 am thankful for this day; for Its failures which brought Its lessons. O God. check out my faults and failures. Scatter any seeds of smiles and service I may have sown, so that the reaping will be not all shame and sorrow. I will smile, save and serve." ((SI 1917. Western Newspaper (Talon.) ?? There was a new expression Id I I'aullne's face as she listened to the I story that was unfolded to her, of the coldness and misunderstanding that had arisen between her parents?ol even worse?the pang of jealousy that her mother had foolishly allowed to creep Into her heart?of the tide of auger that caused ber to seek the breaking of the chain that bound her to the man she loved. And her eyes grew very tender as the old man told her of the peace and understanding that came to her parents because a friendly, well-meaning lawyer lent a helping hand to guide a young couple over oDe of the rugged spots moat young married people have to travel. That evening Pauline's task to bring back the happiness she bad al most lost was made easy because Charlie, too, had been thinking of things and had resolved to make one last effort to win back Pauline's love. For he had felt of late that she haj ceased to care for him. that their mar riage had been a mistake. The New Tear was a good time to try and begin agalD. If only Pauline would. He would do anything, would make any promise If things could only be as they were before. But Charlie did not get far In tell ing Pauline what he wanted to tell, for before be bad spoken a dozen words her arms were twined around him and she was whispering that It was all ber fault, that Cbarile was the best man la the world, that she loved him better than ever, and that she wonld try. obi so bard to make blm happy from now on. After several minutes of blessed reconciliation both agreed that It would be a good plan to work things out on a real partnership basis, with love and understanding the eMef as sets of the Dim 80. instead of a wrecked aad shat tered bark lying broken aad spent upon the rocks, a staunch and steady boat sailed out bravely lato the New Tear. j (A 1917. Win SiwiWe Bak?l ? JlVS*-' +0+0+0*0r r r ?ij jj The lieu? I] ear, Blithe and Bold ??j Frances Monjan 1?11 Ji i JJ | . bringing tbe comforts of home, I * I [ alike to friends and strangers ^ ' ; I and tbe exhaostlesa merctA""of ? [ God to all mankind.?William L ! j | ' Gaston. I ! I 1 (A HIT. Wssura Nswsaavsr Daha.) ] | i ^?a?aia?a>aH6W>i?a>a?aiw y ? 01 I Etirrg Sag a ? I S % New f ear ? R Sg C. S. Cgma 5? GLORIA JAMISON sat woodertng thai beamlfnl New Tear's morn ing why folks didn't go aboat doing nice things for people oo that day as well as oo Christina* day. She reaolred that she would try It Per haps she didn't glee purchased gifts, bat she gave kind word* smiles and good Ideas, made several cheering calls and wrote several happy letters. Tbe remainder of the day Gloria spam la making notes. On an old tablet she pot down num bers from ooe to three bond red and sixty-four, for the remaining days ef the year. Beside each she Intended 1 Jotting down good deeds she might da She supposed It would he a hard task to provide for that many days. Tea the task was hard?for she found a year should have a thousand days to accompli ah all the kind deeds dr thought of to do for others. m. test. Westaea Oiisnn gaol The Passing I of the Old Year j BWW18Bi8WWBB8Wil f ALL the festive occasion* which J mark onr celebration of tbe pass ig day*, perbap* the moat significant i Mew Tear's Etc. Mo matter bow llartoas may be I be crowd of friend* nd relatives; no matter bow cay tbe ipa and favor*, bow fast and furious ]* dance, bow jocular tbe quip* and ?ts; no matter bow delldooa tbe food lere come* at midnight a moment ft eep aerlonaoe** that beats through is sodden silence and darkness Ilka lie throb of a heart. Tbe lights of >27 fad* out, and In tb* blackness acb of ns looks back tbrougb the ear just passing, and sees It all la ne flash of memory. some 01 us sums in um oars a I re membered Joys. There area the trip te Europe, ao long anticipated; the wed ding of oar two dearest young people; the new baby In the family; tbe new booae completed and the lire lighted. Others at tbe long supper table drop their bra re cheerfulness for a moment, and think with a pang of the deer one who baa gone, of the bitter failure of another, of hbpea bleated, and of deso late daya and nights. Then tbe great gong In the halt atrlkea 12. and the next moment the brilliant lights flash on, announcing 1928. There la a clapping of bands, a rousing cheer, laughing wishes and congratulations, and the boet raises bis glass la a toast to the New Tear. Tbe music starts up, a grand march forma, the dancing begins again. Toong people look la each other's eyes, wondering what tbe year will bring forth. Elders are mote sober, also wondering. . , . wondering. And so we are off again, en another cycle. Tbe hopes spring op afresn, the determination to do better la 1928 than we bare erer done before, rtaee up buoyantly. A new year, like a new day, unfolds Infinite poaslbllltleai Hay your New Tear bring tbe realization of all tbe aspirations and consecra tions of your moment la tbe dark, aa the old year passes.?Kansas (Sty Star. w Re wanted to do something tor tbo dainty little lady who bad prayed for tilm. What could be do? "Nothing, as roo mean It," ahe answered, "bat, go ye. and do likewise I" No longer Is the "Happy New Year!" an Idle wish, when tbe man ?trolls Into tbe throngs of men and women, as tbe sirens shriek and tbe whistles blow. To the woman there came a still small voice which said, "I was hun gry and ye fed me." and she answers, "I ras so glad I" ? (A ISIt. Wasters Newspaper Ootoa.l Delbert Found a .New Year's Friend ? 8 ? fi By Eleanor E. Kins EVEN New leer's Is a doll day when one knows no one. Is In ? large city with multitudes of people s round, and no place In particular to go. Delbert, as be stood wondering what to do. ooticed a sign In a little cramped shop, across the street. , It read: "Special New Tear's sale of books. Any book In our store, today, for half price." Delbert. wading through the slush of the new fallen snow, proceeded across the street. It would be Interesting to look through some of those old musty books and, perhaps, pass half an hour or so of this long day. An hour passed. Delbert was having the time of his life. "Where In the world do you ever And these old booksT Here Is one dated seventeen hundred and sixty eight." The old gray-balred proprietor looked at Delbert disgustedly. He luughed. showing bis barren gums or namented by one front tooth which looked as though the first gentle zephyr of spring mlgbl prove Its un doing. "It's Just the young birds like you what comes In here and aays to me. 'Well. I'a, I brought these ole books clear from home, but my stomach tells me I'm golo' to part wld 'em soon. Vou nln't never done It yet 7" "No. How much do you want for this book?" Delbert left the shop with bis 'fa vorite book of Tennyson's poems on der his arm. Seated In his room, be prepared to peruse the hook at his leisure. "Thai waa a happy thought. I hare ooe friend In thla big city 1 can apend New Veur'a visiting with." He aat thumbing over the pagea when auddeuly be turned a leaf aod Mopped wltb a Mart "What, a twenty dollar bill I The aerlee of eighteen hundred I wooder what peraon In bla dotage bid tbat bill In thla old book. Safe keeping. Quite an Idea. Perhapa thla peraon died, they pawned bla booka and furni ture to bury him. And I waa the lucky one to get the money. Funny aowe one dee didn't Bnd It before thla. Some friend." he aald alapplng the cover of the book. "A profitable New Tear'a afternoon. I will Journey to your place often. Pa." Ida tan. Waaura Nrwrpvpvr Oalaw.) Beginning the New Year A New Tear, the turning of another page It. the book of oar Urea. La. It la before oa a clean white page, a alab of anow-whlte marble, whereon me tnuat record the events of the coming year. What ahall wa write thereon? "flapplneaa and Joy. aorrow or grief. Truly aa Longfellow aaya: | "Life la real, life la earnest. Let 1 oa then be op and doing wltb a bean for any fate; still achieving, still pursolng. learn to labor and la wait* i (PrtptrM br the National Qcotrtpfeta boclcty. Washington. D. C) LIKE ancient Gaul, Guatemala , may be divided into three parts, ( with a special brand of climate | assigned to each. There are | the lowlands of the Atlantic and Pa cific?the hot country; the uplands, ranging from 8,000 to 6.000 feet?the temperate land; and the highlands, where fanglike peaks stretch np to i 14,000 feet above the sea?the cold 1 country. In Guatemala climate Is a 1 thing of altitude rather than latitude. I The American visitor to Guatemala Is likely to land at Puerto Barrios, on the Atlantic or Caribbean side of this country. This port, set on the Inner rim of Amatlque bay. Is alluringly beautiful from the steamer. Though one accepts It as a tropical dream come true. It does not bear close In spection. Here Is the north coast ter minal of the International railways and Important buildings of the United Fruit company. Aside from these, Puerto Barries does not Intrigue one as a site for permanent residence, nor Is the hotel the type to which one yearns to return. A few decades ago the Guatemalan government concluded to build a rail way connecting Its capital and west coast coffee plantations with the north coast markets. When this road was half-finished, both money and credit ran low, leaving a pair of rails begin ning at tidewater and ending at a spot In the broad, warm desert sur rounding El Itancho. Then an Ameri can stepped Into the breach, com pleted the railway, and made It pos sible for passengers to ride on a well equipped train from the sblpslde to most of the population center* of the republic. First Impressions of Guatemala bare to do with countless bunches of green bananas, for this northern Fringe of the republic Is bansnaland. I"he great fruit farms are recent, and to make them, the low, rich, swampy roastland was drained and made sani tary. Race Between Time and Decay. Railways, banana walks, adminis tration buildings. Imposing hospitals, modern towns?these have all been built In order that a fleet of vessels may be fed two-score million bunches of bansnos yearly. It Is efficiency and organization par excellence. Reduced to Its least common de nominator, It Is a rare between time ?nd decay. The cutter, male carrier pick-up train, fast steamshlpi radio telephone, fruit dispatch, all combine to deliver this highly perishable com modlty from the banana farm to the corner store In lows before tot over takes the fruit and turns profit Into loss. We leave bananaland aboard the little train of the International rail says and start south. From Qulrima the railroad winds up the Motagux valley through plantations, skirting abrupt hillsides. The train trnaati the Motagna river every few kllome ters. and, all along the way. passes somen standing under palm sheds on the stream bonks, washing clothing children and themselves After leaving Zacapa the long climb to (lustemnla City begins over a road that winds In horseshoe curves, at mountainsides, through cuts and tun nets, over Alls and bridges. Now and then one glimpses the shingly gravel bars of the llotagua and the brush tlshtrape set by the Indians. There ?re vlllnges where vegetahle gardens ire built on stilts, and perpendicular cornfields. And still one climbs, past hot sul phur springs with steam clouds curl ing above them and deep railway cuts through volcanic ash. The air grown ciuil u the altltnde - Increases. *1 ?unset the ptsfilss ef purple peaks ttand oat against a yellow sky. Then conies night with more chill and 0nat ty. below In the plain, the twinkling lights of Guatemala City. Capital Often Osetrsjsd. Guatemala City Is not of the New World. It belongs to Old Spain. It to i city suggestive of the Moon, with narrow streets, varicolored bourns, deep-eat barred windows, bright pa tics, porticos and colonnades. Guate mala's capital has always been Vul can's plaything. Ba has aha ban K down, even destroyed K, and has ansa It rise again oo three different sites In 1537 Pedro de Alvsrado began the first city oo the lower slopes of Ague- In 1541 came a night of tor rential rain, lightning, tbnndar and earth rumblings, then a terrifying shndder. The crater of Agon waa torn apart and the lake which filled It rushed down to orerwbelm the city. A new capital, built a few miles In the northeast. Is time became asm of the most Imposing cities of Urn New World, with splradld palaces and more than 00 Impressive church hold ings. The old city was bat n msmsty, earthquakes were forgotten, and ah seemed well as the new capital grew richer and more powerful, la 1T1T, with an eruption of PUegn, came on earthquake that leveled the city. Again it was built and again shaken down la 1773, the year of the Boston Tea party. The capital was again transferred, ? this time 30 miles army to the nits of the present city, and the life of the people moved on until In 1017 came n series of tremblings that first cracked the thick adobe walls and then canned I hem to crnmbta. Since 1017 the capi tal city has again been practically ra built. thus lllnstratlng the tenacity with which people ellng to homes that have been erected where the shadow of some volcano falls. On the Mlxco Road. Ten mile* away, la Ike village at Mlxco, live the Indiana who each day carry to the capital the foudstatfo which Ita people boy. The road IHa Mlxco to Guatemala Clt) la oaa at the fascinating morlng plctaraa at Central America. Dawn In lllxce flnda ereryone sp. preparing for the long, dally walk la the market place and back home ngaln. Early risen set oat with their wares packed In a broad basket, boraa on the head If the carrier be a weak en. or If i man. In a eacaste carried no the back, with a broad leather tompllne leading from either ride at the load about the forehead By nine o'clock there Is a procea si on tea miles long, more fascinating, railed, and Interesting than any cir cus parade that erer followed a cal liope. Women with leathery, wrin kled skla. gray hair, and shriveled hare arms and legs, still trot hack nnd forth on this 20-mile errand each day, carrying to market a crate ad eggs, a half dreen fowls, a tray at ngocatea. or any one et a hundred things to eat and wear. Bare cornea a family. The tether heart a henry load of corn or beans or other vegetables, bending forward under the weight and balanct^ K srth the tumptlne. The mother, per haps. Joggles a wide wicker tray at vegetables on her head, while aha carries a pair of cfalckeoa la either, hand and an Infaat swung la a shawl about her body. A brood of rhlldiaa ^ size and capacity. The 'fondly" dfoh'-i unemle, apologetic, la always ta the/ party and rreaaently wear* a aacfo lace of dried leaiiaaa ha waul ? i 4 A Young Maid of Guatemala.