Time is a Great Teacher, but Unfortunately it Kills all its Pupils

摘要

Towards the end of the year in many papers and magazines illustrations of doddering old father time carrying an hour glass and leaning on his scythe were once common. He was often gazing fondly at a grinning baby, representing the new year, who was about to take over. Perhaps the decline in popularity of this December image is associated with the current pressure to look modern at all costs and the diminishing number of readers who know what a scythe is. An old woman wearing a digital watch and leaning on a two stroke Whipper Snipper doesn't have the same appeal does it.