THE WNEHURST
OUTLOCaC
YOL. XXIII. NO. 8
DECEMBER 31, 1919
PRICE 10 CENTS
CHRISTMAS GAYETIE& FOR
THE CHILDREN
On Christmas Eve the children of the
■winter colony gathered in the Carolina
Ballroom in honor of St. Nicholas and
there made merry the whole afternoon,
and with games and singing went
through the category of Yuletide fes
tivities.
A grand chorus »f fifty small voices,
led by Mrs. Cummings, proclaimed the
glad tidings that Christmas was here.
The young choristers ranged in age
from six months up and even though the
Avords of the carols may not have been
entirely infelligible to these little tots,
nevertheless, they caught the infectious
spirit of the occasion and sang lustily in
their own language.
No sooner had the carols ceased than
Mary Grace O’Brien stepped on the
platform and in a most admirable
fashion delivered a recitation appropri
ate to the occasion. She was followed
by Kate Rose who offered to her young
listeners a thrilling story written by
herself and narrated as only the author
ess horself could do it. A recitation by
Miss Josephine Boylan completed the
program of declamation.
Tlie audience, manifestly desirous of
Anewing the promised Santa Claus and
])ossibly in doubt as to whether or not
he really would put in an appearance,
broke into wild shouts of delight when
he hinjself, driawn by -|four rfeindeefr,
dashed in at last in a heavily-laden
sleigh. ITewett Swoope made a suffici
ently rotund Santa Claus and Cora
Swoope w'as his pretty fairy angel; ard
tlie reindeer were none other thnn
Charlie Swoope, Sherburn Merrill, Cln”-
ence Edson and Forbes Wilson. Tl'.-'
delirium of joy reached its height when
Jack Frost, in the person of Irwin
Swoope, put in his appearance, rolling
IleAvitt O’Brien into the room, Hewitt
by some twist of nature had managed to
insinuate his lithe form inside an auto
mobile tire and as Irwin gave the tiro a
spin it rolled across the floor with
Hewitt curled up irt^ide. Young
O’Brien is now turning down offers by
enterprising managers in the vaudeville
world.
After a hilarious snowball and con
fetti fight, the hostesses distributed ice
cream and cake, and many gifts, and
dismissed the little guests with heartiest
wishes for Christmas and the New Year.
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THE LIBERTY CALENDAR
A certain doctor claims our present
calendar is a “ferocious mess” and he
is exactly right. A more inconvenient
arrangement could hardly be conceived.
There is no regularity in its construc
tion and its months are of several differ
ent lengths.
We absolutely must have a better
method of ‘'measuring time” and here
it is.
The new LIBERTY CALENDAR
will, when adopted by Congress give us,
njonths of exactly four weeks each.
This is done in the following manner:
First, New Year Day becomes an in
dependent legal holiday. It is not in
cluded in any week or month.
Second, another independent legal
holiday, called “Correction Day,” is
])rovided for leap years. It is not in
cluded in any week or month.
Third, the remaining 364 days are
divided into 13 months of exactly four
weeks each, every month commencing
with Monday. That’s all there is to it.
Every month will be just Tike it for a
million years.
Neither the number or length of our
months is governed by the moon or any
natural law, hence they can be changed
as we see fit. The months in the new
form are: January, February, Liberty,
March, etc.
The use of the word ‘ ‘ Liberty ’ ’ is
especially fitting, and in more ways than
one.
The advantages of this form cannot
be over-estimated. The saving of time
and mental effort would be immense.
All holidays and anniversaries would aJ*
ways fall on the same day of the week.
A promissory note given for any num
ber of weeks, months and years would
always come due on the same day of the
w'eek it was given. The plan also pro
vids that Good Friday and Easter Sun
day shall always be observed on certain
fixed dates. This was contemplated
when our present calendar was adopted.
This splendid simplified form has been
approved by the highest authorities. It
could be adopted to take effect on Sun
day the first day of the year 1922 and
the change would cause scarcely any jar
or friction whatever.
A bill has already been introduced in
Congi’ess.
COTTON PRICES IMPROVE
THE PINEHURST CHAPEL
SUNDAY SERVICES
Holy Communion, 9:15 A. M.
Childrens’ Service, 10:00 A. M.
Morning Services and
Sermon 11:00 A. M.
Unity—Fellowship—Inspiration
ROMAN CATHOLIC SERVICES
Early Mass 6.15 A. M.
When visiting Priest is at Pinehurst
Second Mass 8.00 A. M.
THE OLD-WORLD VIEW
This much I do know about your coun
try, as seen from Europe: That you are
tlie hope of years to be; that without
you all Europe is like an old man, grey
and shaken with weakness. You are the
youth of the world; in you is concentra
ted all the fresh romance which across
seas they seem to have lost. Do you
realize what it means for you to have
gone to Avar for an ideal? You may
have been daunted for your commercial
aspirations in the past, but now you can
never again be so described—as the
country of the dollar.
In the history of humanity the United
States occupies a unique position, due to
this war. The French Revolution was a
Avar for self-defense; its influence was
widespread. Your Revolution was also
in self-defense. But -Avhen you sent your
army across seas you sent an army of
idealists. It was not necessary from the
standpoint of selfishness of the nations,
for you to go. From ocean to ocean
your country is sufficient unto itself;
you could get on very well without the
rest of the world. But here is the sig
nificant thing: the world cannot get on
without you.
Let me tell you that the man who
goes to the White House weighs more
than all the Kings assembled together.
—Vicente Blasco Ibanez.
Both spot and futures have shoAvn
large gains during the past month.
Near months are very strong, some of
them inaking new high records, Deo. has
has touched tlie 40 cent mark. The
month has seen large fluctuations due to
to unsettled conditions prevailing. The
rei)ort that Japan has placed an em
bargo on the shipment of cloth outside
.Jaj)anese possessions is very bullish, as
it Avill leave P]ngland, America and
Frnce to supply the entire Avorld with
cloth. Of course the unsettled labor
condition in America are against the
nuirket, especially the unsettled coal
strike situation; Avhile on the other
hand, th appreciation of silver all over
the Avorl'd, especially in India, China and
Mexico has given the people of those
countris a tremendously increased pur
chasing power.
Exports have been increased steadily,
totaling for the month of October .’52,-
231 bales, as aginst 383,995 bales for
October 1918, according to the Depart
ment of Commerce. In the last ten
months cotton exports aggragated 4,-
755,593 bales, compared with 3,173,-
859 bales for the corresponding period
of 1918. The large export during the
month show the readiness with which
England takes cotton and does much
to dispel the belief that the spot demand
has dried up. The takings of the Ameri
can mills are also increasing, and at the
present rate of consumption there will
certainly not be the large carry over from
this crop that there was last simimer.
Keep a close watch on the market and
sell judiciously and take care of all un
sold cotton.
FolloAving are given quotations for
middling cotton on December 3rd, at a
feAV of the different designated spot mar
kets over the belt: New Orleans 40 cts.;
Gah^eston 42,25; Savannah 40; Norfolk
38.75; Memphis 40; Atlanta 39.90; Little
Rock 40.25.—North Carolina Dept, of Aff-
riculture.
Mr, and Mrs_ F. C. Boustead’s Danc
ing Class will meet for the first time
this season on Monday January 5th, at
2:.30 P. M.
wilTing~ to“sell
‘ ‘ What are you taking for your
cold?”
' ‘ Make me an offer. ’ ’
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Editor
HERBERT W. SUGDEN
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MRS. WILLIAM L. HURD
On Sunday afternoon, Dec. 28th,
the soul of Mrs, William L. Hurd
passed into Paradise.
Her peaceful going away in the
78th year of her age seemed a fitt^ug
climax to her beautiful life and The
Outlook desires to pay its tribute of
respect to one Avho was universally
loved in Pinehurst,