Evening Star Newspaper, July 7, 1926, Page 23

"~ Homemakers and Their Work . Time can be caléulated by epoens | as well as by the 1sual calendar mfid of dividing it. Into 'days and s, THE HOURGLASS MAY TELL TIME BY ° MINUTES, BUT EPOCHS ‘MARK IT OFF BY EVENTS. centures, etc. 'The first .method is full of interest, the second is purely mathematical. = Periods of develop- ment of the earth have names used by geologists, such as the stone age, etc. These are so familiar to’ the student they are immediately recog- nized as divisions of time.” Periods of development .in civilization are similarly tabulated into epoch-mak-|if ing eras, such, for example, as the medieval times, renaissance K etc. History also divides time into other periods marking the years when certain monarchs. relgned or countries became settled and estab- lished, such as the Victorian. : the BEDTIME STORIES * movor A Wry Face, o0d and drink be 1ot 100 hasty: ol lfiilfix"&'fii‘)’b‘wbi‘ SE. Danny Meadow Mouse, who was a prisoner in the airplane—which the little people of the Green Forest and the Green Meadows call a. Man Bird— wasn't a prisoner long enough. to suffer any from hunger. ‘In fact, he was up ih the air only a couple of hours. He knew by the feeling when the great Man Bird bégan fo go down, down, down The engine had stopped. Presently there was a little bump or two, and he knew that they were roll- “BAH!" EXCLAIMED 'DANNY IN A SQUEAKY LITTLE VOICE. ing along the ground. Then the ma- chine came to a stop. Danny heard the aviator talking and other people also - talking. Presently the aviator opened the little cupboard door and pulled out some of that cotton waste of which Danny’s bed was made. He ‘@ian’t discover Danny, but he did leave the little door ajar. Danny took a long whiff of the fresh air. It was different. air from what he was used to: him that the people who ‘| Mouse. He around our heurts, d ‘cautiously we guard our little pride, Not seeing, foolish mort; that the wall Is worse than any hurt it heeps & BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. weeks and months, years, /| enough, And s0 we find there is sanction for S e days, weeks, months and ‘years. . The = homemaker ~Who ‘Thost and in the complish able’ way will find division of time offers by greater . interest. 4 ahead the things of ac s that -they ' get accomplished - de- icdedly gquicker than when the cal- endar - division of time .ls consid nize them as such or not. There was the time when you first went to| pa school, the time when you graduated, the time when you married, the time when you started housekeeping, the time when. your first little child was |, put into’ your drms, and then follow | immediate superior-—and all the epoch perfods of his young life. [ man was told to leave little Milly You find yourselves reckoning from |alone. 3 & or uncon- | Then our heroine got a raise. Her|' important, She usly ; sciously. They divide your lives Into ' position was epochs, and are not these of far more | hacame & much more impressive made impressions never to ba 1 .. ; understarding of those about h Interest of Epochs. ;:o d‘l‘.l‘m“t:l n:;t" )nu" 'v:lt It is well to ‘recogrisé the epoch m elibera! Ing method of dividing our days into por- | her job away from Lr From that tions, Know '.h%“:ly”m be the one |time forth, Mildred 1ind in forming | ponent steadily and consclentiously. ‘Where she and ' that is most ntial happiness and 'in developing char- acter. ~ Without undervatuing the | co-operated, they necessary routine of housekeeping and | Mildred kept close \watch on her methodical running of a home, put | would-be rival. ~She spent a great this epoch method in advance of them. | deal of valuable time trying to over- You will find that the‘very interest it | hear Miss 's remarks to develops will make you speed up on |other girls. She sensed treachery detail work and it will also be of in-|everywhere. Eventually she told her estimatable value in making you dis- | superior about Miss F.—how the girl cern the essentials of life. '::d 'azt'u'l:'yh‘;lorun_‘ against her in- * Estimate Lif st er. 3 . e Mildred was o bright girl and she'd For example, is it of more impor- | worked hard, so the superior humored tance that you should get cleaning all |} or again—he sent Miss F. off to an- done by a special hour and be weary | other department, and peace when your husband returns home, or.| once more. that you should let a little of it go and | yntil the day ‘Milly found a crowd F003 aith whon you. wekcoms AT | ke’ et o "‘"""'mfl" Sae Begaa 15 eal en you % she n to The happy hours spent together in the nmm o8 companionship are epochs that make - 're all against me, for happy homes. The. hours spent |paijed to her employer several weeks with your children are rarely beautl- i ter after she’d worked in an at- ful ones when you give your full at- Imoll;hm which she found intolerable. tention to entering into their little ““They sneer at me, refuse to do any- games and come to W them. | hing' to help me, ‘take delight in Every mother realizes that she can making me stay after hours.” lglve her :\xllt time tmuuwork and | "unfiey Johnson,” ‘her employer told leave out these priceless periods. that Which is the most worth while? And | her kindly, “you've got the iden you value these epochs of a life- time, will you not find them so ab- sorbingly interesting that you will simplify r;wxum of . housework and eliminate thé unimportant in order to office is against you one way or the You'll never amount to any- . you learh to, work with other girls. If they are all antagonistic to you, there must be something wrong about you. They along well enough with each other. The thing for you to do is to stop complaining about the way they treat you—try to change yourself so that you'll fit in better. Don’t regard them all with suspicion. Other girls W. BURGESS office hostile. 'nuz‘.- would gq away, Danny was thirsty. He was more thirsty than hungry. He| with your feminine ites? §ol’1.‘ that if g; :rudt slip t.:-“th and :leé Then before yo‘l'l‘ &hmo lh:lm. find -out just. a wee of water he would | what's ot feel quite himself again. %l 1020.) After a long, long time it became very quiet. Danny ventured out of the little cupboard. ' There were none of those two-legged creatures to be seen. Danny climbed up where. he could look out at the Great World. Backof him was what! logked Oeh | . Beautife xpressio of was wi mt 1 and healthy e: n like the Old Pasture at home.. In|arises tg:m ‘he ‘natural luster and the distance he could see the houses | humidity of the eye. In abnormal of those two-legged . 5. 08lled | characiers these two But Danny aidn't stop to do much | Promee? VAT looking. He wanted & drink. of the eye and in healthy ‘wanted it right away. Just e constantly secrete a lubricating way from where he was he saw a|fuid, ‘which veral little puddie of water. He looked | o begin with, it assists the eyeball in anxiously this way and that way, but | rotating. This saw no one to be . He| purposes of moistening and dissolving climbed down ffom the airplane and|the particles of dust which in & dry ran swiftly through coarse, stiff | state would cause great irritation. grass growing out of the sand, until| The luster of the eye arises partly he was close to that e. Then he|from the equality or fineness of the ran out and plunged his little nose | nervous mechanism. Moisture of the into the water. He took one good|jips and eyes are evidences of healthy swallow and then such a wry facelgction in both of these features, while as he made! My, my, my, such a Wry ary eyes and dry lg,mfl un- face as Danny Meadow. Aivuse i |healthy conditions. siclans make! You see, that water was salt. |gujded in their diagnosis of disease Danny was at the ore. _He|py the dr: and molsture of these didn’t know it, but that's’ where he|features, as well as by the - and moisture found in other parts of “Bah!” sexclaimed . Danny in° a|the M.M face. > squeaky little voice,"and ran back| Naked'eyeballs standing in open into the grass, for he didn’t dare|gockets depict a -picture of an un- stay out there in the open. That|pridled temper. ' taste of salt water made him even with lids closely drawn ‘often thigstier than before. what | are found in rogues, liars, sneaks and shall T do?” thought Danny. Jjust | avaricious beings, while eyes too wide must hdve food and water. T'll' go|open indicate inaccuracy of and exploring.” ‘absence 3 for accurate or So Danny went exploring and pres- | truthful description of things seen. ently he came to a bathhouse, al | _ {(Copyright, 1926.Y" though, of course, he didn’t know. it = was” a bathhouse. There was fresh water there, sweet, fresh water, drip- ping from'a faucet. A very little was all Danny needed. When he had had that little he felt like a new Meadow under the . bath- of ex- there for a while. He was the spirit of adventure curiously he never once ught of home. He didn’t even wonder if he would ever get back there. He was out in the Great World ence more and he wanted to see more of it. “There must be & lot to see hére,” said Danny right out loud. / “There is,” sald a voice close to him, giving him such a start that he almost squealed gloud. P (Copyright, 1926. Emigrants Seek Cities. In 1920 there were about’ u,go.go o more than 10,000,000 lived _cities and large towns. Of this number more than 6,000,000 e: the eou:ftr{ after 1900, while rural sections. .It’s a death sentencesran flies, mosquitoes and roaches in your home. BLACK FLAG doesn’t miss one} Brack Frc kills every kind of bug in the home, hardware and Powder gun, 10c! And 15c up.. the lowest' prices every member of your own sex in this |. tions. ht the Mand‘: i of 2 3 ‘which Bathe the eyes now-and then with 1. Those Across. ‘who ‘cause ‘misfortune, Negative prefix. 10, South American city. .- To total. 2. Small child 18. Ostrich-like Australian. bird. 16. Passage moneys{plural). 18. A _cheer. '0_observe. Constellatio: Eiderly person (slang) Answer to Yesterday’s Puzzle, [BIR[o]c [RTA[S] T]1 INTATT] To[W] QENE GO olvi110] Flelvie] IE] ISIE Wl S| ISIN|AIPERU (R] 1IN IOINIS] IVIE}S [TIN[GlolT] SIEIA[R]S] MlolSTETS] R L] OlUISITAN1IF] have held your position and not found | 1t tired, and, if you are you. 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It will 00. swelling too. is an excellent ideato bathe the but it collects on the and irritates. ographer—I do not think that have any effect upon hair, 2 ‘There is no reason why be as slender after the as_formerly. Make a values, and regulate accordingly. a hair tonic in which there is some sulphur’asa preventive against further trouble with dandruff. " Chilean Aristoorats Rule. Chile is a republic, but as the gov- has been in the hands of a FLAVOR ‘It’s great! Brings :ultli and . ‘THE BRAN FOOD R 2 it TN i § i men Who Have Important Tasks 2E FEFE i Miss Peterson’s surveys . ne to primary sources for. & great part of her material; studying ' only a few other out., siders had ever before been allowed i § 4 i% i i 2ot i i iy | §iz siz 8 ; E ; ¥ Hr ’ ‘com. on artificial silky 1t tin to 103 pagee, ran to B with 63 statistical tables. - e g | | e i 558 E:g lsa; iigg E;gs BiiE il k ! H : k g i f in the United States of its output; its raw materials and its labor require- ments. It also treats of the inter- national aspects, with amount of com- petition and the price and tariff his. tory and decisions involved. : Outside of her regular work in these .| 8 years, Miss Peterson has made three speak | trips abroad, studying for a year in 1908 at the Lyceum in Stockholm: “|and going in 1923 as a member of the Trade Commission to Scandinavia, under the #uspices of the Southern ‘Commercial Congress. - She is a mem- ber of the American Statistical As- sociation; the Washington Soclety of Statisticlans; the American Associa- tion of University Women; and the League of American Pen Women. 7 : i i ¢ § i i it ) i | 2 £ Lessons in ‘English BY W. L. GORDON. ‘Words often misused: Don’t speak of a “lovely gown,” “lovely book,™ “lovely supper.” It is a much abused ve. A Often mispronounced: Arkansas. - Pronounce Ar-kansaw and accent first syllable. Often misspelled: Defendant; ant. 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