THE COMING YEAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 159, 5 January 1914, Page 7

THE COMING YEAR.

A (il/JOMY FORI"OAST. '■OLD MOOKfiVi" PREDICTION. A melancholy series of national disasters, with little redeeming brightness, is set forth in "Old Moore's Almanac" for 1!)14. Even in these -enlightened times many people place a good deal of credence in this annual prognostication of gloom and trouble. The publication is the successor of the Vox Stellarum of Francis Moore, the first number of which .was completed in July, 1700, and eonfained prediction for 1701. The death of a royal personage in the first quarter of the year is predicted ;i» one of Ihe events of the year in the United Kingdom. Towards the end of the year there is to be public mourning j for "a death in high circles,*' and a fruitless attempt will be made to shoot an unpopular Minister. To these mis.fortunes will he added a national strike and the downfall of a great institution. Koreign nations will share grave misfortunes. The Turkish Empire in En- I rope is to be sponged off the map, a new rebellion is to break out in China, a 'horrible massacre of villagers is foreshadowed in Asia Minor, Italy is to experience the horrors of a great volcanic eruption, war between Germany and France will be only narrowly averted, and an international dispute in West Africa will be. productive of much trouble in Europe. Among the few people who will have occasion for rejoicing in 11)14 will be the suffragettes, .who, it is said, will come into their own. The year wijl be a marked 'one among enthusiasts for women's votes, and it is predicted that in March or April a measure will be passed by which tax-paying women will be enfranchised. As ti result, the appointment of females to public positions will be a marked feature of the year, particularly during the month of December. The list of disasters is appalling—cinematograph fires, the partial destruction of a hospital, the burning of a Government building, mining explosions, numerous earthquakes, another volcanic eruption in Krakatoa, destructive gales l disasters, cattle pestilences, are but a few of the alarming incidents that will occur n 1014 There is, however,' ane bright interlude. September 8 to 12 nr? •peculiarly favorable, days for love af•fairs. Proposals on these days will be accepted, ami marriages effected on them will turn out to be happy unions.