IE this were only New Year's we should outdo ourselves in the way of resolutions. Indeed we think more Kindly of" the hackneyed phrase! "Every day is a fresh beginning." "Happy discovery, so it iv!" we say to ourselves, and immediately apply ourselves to some Dit of mental, moral or material advancement. "When do we begin to study French, or at lerist to bru: up all we are supposed Known about it once? When do we: Join study groups nnd reading ch les?' When do we attack new: problems in ow downtown business ¢5, or open elaborate budget systems in our housekeeping? When are we persuaded that we really should go fon committees and boards? Why in the autumn of course. Statistics Prove that the amount of extra energy garnered up in the summer! and turned loose in Shanghai about this time of year would run three
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