“New Year's Day is with us once again, and optimism reigns in the heart of man. Good resolutions and an optimistic outlook on life always appear to go hand-in-hand with the New Year celebrations, and this is as it should be. The coming of a new year is an affair of prime importance to everyone, if only by reason of the stimulus the event affords all of us to improve upon the record of the past twelve months, and to push cheerfully ahead with whatever task the days may bring forth.”

—Our London Correspondent.