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Issued to: Edw. C. Smith _From_ Worryland _To_ Laughter
(To be used only on The Foolish Almanack 2nd Limited) GOOD TILL DOOMSDAY
_With the Compliments of the Season_ John N. Luce & Co.
[Illustration: SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC UP-TO-DATE]
THE FURST CINC THE INTRODUKSHUN OV THE MUK-RAKE IN MAGAZEEN GARDNING, AND THE SPELING REFORM OV OWR LANGWIJ
Thair hay bin uthur Yearz but non like this. Thingz wil Hapn.
313 Dayz wil kum and 313 Dayz wil go and thair wil be 52 Sundayz evn in the best regulayted Familiz. Thair wil be at leest wun 23 for yu in eech munth.
By kind Purmishun ov the Jawn D. Rawkyfelurs the Sun and Moon wil be purmitted 2 Arize and Shine. The Shuberts wil regulayte the Starz, and the Planits wil du the best they kan.
Hetty Green and J. Peerpont Morgun have garanteed the Wethur.
_WITH APOLOGIZ TO THE KARNAGY SPELING SKOOL_
PURPETRAYTED, WITH THE AID OV WALLACE GOLDSMITH'S PICTURZ, BY
JOHN W. LUCE AND COMPANY _BOSTON_ 1906 _LONDON_
_Copyright, 1906, by_ JOHN W. LUCE & COMPANY _Boston, Mass., U. S. A._
_The Plimpton Press Norwood Mass. U. S. A._
Time was, is, and will be. Almanacks have come and Almanacks have gone. But Time has survived. Only the Foolish Almanack has been equal to the pleasant Task of Killing it.
Do not give way to vain regrets because you did not keep the good resolves you made a year ago. It might be worse. You might have kept the resolutions and have had no incentive for leading a better life this year.
If there are as many Eclipses as during 1905-6, it will be a hard year on grafters and bosses. The editor is optimistic, however, believing that the sanitary revolution which swept the country has about blown over. Public confidence and laxity have been restored in a large measure and the time is now about ripe for us to get it in the neck again.
[Sidenote: _DRESS HINT_: The first costume on record was a hand-me-down from the fig tree.
_AN ICE AGE_: Now is the time to cut ice. "Doc." Osler won't like it if you wait until after you are 40.]
MONDAY Do not swear off anything. Wait 'till tax time.