| Show 1 i t j f MARKING TIME DOWN THROUGH THE AGES TO THE PRESENT i i i iI 0 I M JI I GOING GOI to send QT made home calendars to io all my friends this thi s year rear they're they're- so Z t i J ca easy y to make makee and ande s e 1 eD jy s thI tine is so It edi S. S no The pre pre- pre holiday holiday oliday remark sounds perfectly reason reasonable ble nowadays nowadays- when ready ready- to stick ca calendars abound at stationery counters counted and o drug druz stores stores and when any amateur who is skillful j with ca camera nera brush or paste can oln wonders oo e tube n achieve With tile the aid of an idea ideo or t two wo plus hs a n Ii little We fingerr finger- finger r play to use po a kindergarten o technicality nut Hut if you had said a 11 Dung like that about the middle of December December Decem Decem- 0 ber back ia in in thc the middle ages arcs people would have P One Onee e month n h. h on eyed you Wi with t surprise ad th their I J a g almanac perhaps touching f t t. t z 1 foreheads significantly and amI exchanging the current cracks about squirrel food c v For For the he fashioning of an approved device for marking time in that period when everything every every- r thing wag conscientiously handmade made was no trifling task The primitive form then f In fn I use e. e was called caned in in England a clog clOI almanac and was usually cut on the four sides ides of a block 01 or clog of oak elm box or fir fk wood about eight inches Ion long It was called also a rim stock and prime staff a and d in Scandinavia a a Runic staff f from om the Runic characters used for number numbers made mad of q I Sometimes the a almanac n nac was wal brass bone or h horn rn but according to Dr plot riot a a. a seventeenth century historian rian who 1 f. f found it still In use among amon the common people of England it was usually u a square piece of wood containing three months on each fach of f the four edges The number of days lays In them is expressed by br notches the first day clay by a notch with a 1 patulous stroke turned seventh I by large up from it and every elery a sized notch Some are are perfect containing the dominical dominc letters as well welt as the prime and marks for the feasts upon them and nd such are our prime staves in the Museum at Oxford others imperfect havi having g only only the the thc prime and immo immovable able feasts on them End and such are all those I met wl with h. h In Staffordshire There were also special symbols ls to represent represent rep rep- resent the new moons tl throughout the year In Jn the days dars of old people were not urged to speed up their Christmas shopping as astl tl they ey are In in our seething times s but surely it b behooved ho ed the maker of oC gift clog almanacs to sharpen the family ax and get get his New Year Tear chopping done early I ITHE I r HE words almanac and and calendar r THE alike nUke cl claim im an an ancient a and d ho honorable lineage and they have ha much In common as as' as asto t to their functions but to employ a classical classi class cat cal and scientific figure of oC speech the almanac almanac alma alma- na nac nac sees the calendar and goes it cue ae e better Where the calendar is defined a as aya a mode of adjusting the natural divisions of time with I r respect p t to each oiher other for of f ci civil il Hf t the b. b almanac is a y year book ar or calen ealen- calendar ale dar giving the thc order of oC the days of the w week ek and anti tb a astronomical agronomical data tide tables ee ecclesiastical festivals ad and fasts and other Tar varied ed Information Exploration Explorations gin In Egypt Babylonia and other ancient lands l prove ro-e ro that the habit of noting the tLe passage age of time and and ind recording observations ob observations ob- ob of the heavenly bodies dates back k c to antiquity Even EIen savage peoples d del develop el p pa j a rude form of calendar for it iti requires Jit little observation and scholarship to to note and ani fix upon certain natural standards standards- the the lay day defined by alternate light and nd darkness darkness dark dark- ne ness and the lunar month from new moon to new new moon Many moons ago ao in the d days ys of our forefathers says Big Dig Chief to the thet t pal paleface face in Indian stories Our primitive primitive primi primi- tive UIe forebears also noticed after aCter p. p while that t the seasons season came ame around pretty regularly regu regu- lary and a period roughly c corresponding to tot t the thee present year was a fixed fixed Upon though jt it was not standardized for some centuries and it isn't yet settled t to everybody's satisfaction satisfaction salis- salis satis satis- faction that leap year is the best solution of he the e over leftover hours It is lucky for lor us that the adjustment of the calendar isn't left to the lawmakers as After Business pi THE country where ministerial sal sal sal- d 1 iries tries ries are small the fees which cler clergymen men sometimes obtain from Crom genero generous s bridegrooms Jor or performing marriage ceremonies are a welcome addition to their incomes They mar may appreciate therefore such a puff for this branch of their caUin calling as a reverend gentleman recently received from a country paper paper It was in the following terms tWe Ve had a pleasant call caU last Jut Monday from the Rev Harkins who spent an hour bour or two in our sanctum He lie made madeus madeU U us a present of some of the finest strained hone honey made last summer by bv his own b bees s that we e ever er marred sampled Girls when von TOU want to get gee married r give the Rev Mr Harkins r d fb the fo for job of tying tt the knot He can do it as neatly as anybody in the county There There are places placers however howeler where the mini minister min- min i aster ister r comes cornea comes into sharp competition with the justice of th the peace in this relation and he too knows know's the virtue of printers printer's ink A western paper contained the following ad advertisement advertisement ad- ad ement If f a mans man's in love Jove that's his bis business if a a. a girls girl's in love Jove that's her business if they contemplate matrimony that's my business William Willfam Blanks justice of the peace Rights reserved to kiss the bride Orders by ty telephone telegraph mall mail or messenger promptly attended Terms lib liberal lib lib- eral time eral-time time if it desired desired or or will take stove stove- wood baled hay dairy calves secondhand second second- secondhand hand milk cans or most any old thing in ill P part t payment Among Neighbors A s I COUPLE of women omen In a small Ohio A t town wn were one one day discoursing In rather rathers s philosophical strain when one observed How true It is that one-half one of the world doesn't know how the other half Un lives That may b be true of the world in general general gen gen- eral ral replied the other who was a native of f the town in question but it doesn't ap apply apply apply ap- ap ply to this town I nn r ft 1 m Copyright 1922 oy by I By C Cor Corinne R Rockwell 9 I Inv nv Il II'S Swain it ft was in the time of the Romans Romans- when the you jou ou happened to be Uc c one of the the- parties partie pontIffs pontiffs had sole char charge t pf of of the matter and amI alluded to corrupt officials us used d the power cr unscrupulously Everybody vr body J Jv the loved the the thc we r for the gratification of f their frien friends s cies cis CIS CI'S in in the old oid old almanacs alma almanacs acs indeed inde d tit it iG is isor IS or the annoyance of their tbell enemies They not so long since since Americans read them them with with lengthened ned or curtailed the year jear ear often that thata like interest t and aud nd faith in our our native native patent patent- a magistrate or farmer of taxes might enjoy medicine n almanac manac hanging jn in in the ll l place lace of j tI s lo ger or shorter lease Jease of office than was honor nor onor beside beards t the e clock dock shelf in m th the the farm permitted by V byla law larv and without regard to the kitchen lichen n n and Hodge Hedge doubtless s' s guffawed guf uC unsettlement uns of the se seasons sons fa wed over the same old jokes too ton for thu the Len L en Julius Caesar became dictator he Jle te almanac wheeze is a hardy perennial and aud straightened out the these e abuses and with the the practice of combining jests with the thc lore lor aid nid of an Alexandrian astronomer of time and weather began long ago Tb The standardized the Jul Julian an calendar afterward after after- wandering merch merchants or cI chapmen sold ballads bal bal- Isar ward used for many mallY c centuries There were lads and vulgarized zed versions of popular occasional hitches and tangles the old stories bound into Bangles o over chap books and these cap year ear fragment wl which ich had bee been incur incur- collections olle were often combined with alma verily figured figure out The error accumulated These stor story books bools were cre usually usually- coarse se with inn incle increasing easing sm botheration to Church hure and ana end and nd deleterious to public morals and alid I d In in State and in 1111 1577 1 Pope ope Gregory XIII III issued 1 France Trance rance as late laic as 1852 a check chec checkas was as I set upon Copyright 1922 oy by I By C Cor Corinne R Rockwell 9 I Inv nv Il II'S Swain it ft was in the time of the Romans Romans- when the you jou ou happened to be Uc c one of the the- parties partie pontIffs pontiffs had sole char charge t pf of of the matter and amI alluded to corrupt officials us used d the power cr unscrupulously Everybody vr body J Jv the loved the the thc we r for the gratification of f their frien friends s cies cis CIS CI'S in in the old oid old almanacs alma almanacs acs indeed inde d tit it iG is isor IS or the annoyance of their tbell enemies They not so long since since Americans read them them with with lengthened ned or curtailed the year jear ear often that thata like interest t and aud nd faith in our our native native patent patent- a magistrate or farmer of taxes might enjoy medicine n almanac manac hanging jn in in the ll l place lace of j tI s lo ger or shorter lease Jease of office than was honor nor onor beside beards t the e clock dock shelf in m th the the farm permitted by V byla law larv and without regard to the kitchen lichen n n and Hodge Hedge doubtless s' s guffawed guf uC unsettlement uns of the se seasons sons fa wed over the same old jokes too ton for thu the Len L en Julius Caesar became dictator he Jle te almanac wheeze is a hardy perennial and aud straightened out the these e abuses and with the the practice of combining jests with the thc lore lor aid nid of an Alexandrian astronomer of time and weather began long ago Tb The standardized the Jul Julian an calendar afterward after after- wandering merch merchants or cI chapmen sold ballads bal bal- Isar ward used for many mallY c centuries There were lads and vulgarized zed versions of popular occasional hitches and tangles the old stories bound into Bangles o over chap books and these cap year ear fragment wl which ich had bee been incur incur- collections olle were often combined with alma verily figured figure out The error accumulated These stor story books bools were cre usually usually- coarse se with inn incle increasing easing sm botheration to Church hure and ana end and nd deleterious to public morals and alid I d In in State and in 1111 1577 1 Pope ope Gregory XIII III issued 1 France Trance rance as late laic as 1852 a check chec checkas was as I set upon C Leder company high standing Every cry leading country has has has' seen the rise of or almanacs o of this character a afew jy few lew of v ich ma be Alma Alina- may be named name here the thelma the l notional National l of Prance France the de t GO Gotha hn a at first Gel German nan then under unde Na Napoleon Napo Napo- o- o ill leon eon con I 1 French and since si ce the Franco Francov Franco till iii II sian War liar of 1871 published in both l languages lan Ian l lof Oliver Boyds Boyd's s 's Edinburgh Alma Alma- Almanac nac ac Thoms Thom's Irish Almanac and and the British Nautical Alman Almanac c. c One cannot help feeling f I that tha the present nt distaste for for royalty in d li i. i various quarters must eosins I somewhat th the resources rs of such of such books bools as the Alm de do t Gotha orbs otha whose leading feature has long on been i r information u about th the thc royal loyal families The t I world world at present is more in cabbages cab cab- I bagel bages than in m kings especially lIy in the hunger hunger N districts A The TIle earliest American almanac is credited to fo William Bradford d of Philadelphia his and and aM waS was published In Of or course the bright part particular colas star among American almanacs cs I lose lose a little later when i Benjamin Franklin i J m l began began- his famous Poor Richards Richard's AlmaN Almanac Alma Alma- i I i N f nac MC li 1732 2 in Philadelphia and won non ref ic- ic A now for its wise and witty kitty sayings The j American AJ Almanac anac and Treasury of pf I Tact Fact act L a II meritorious publication began in 1878 1873 j l lU The Thc patent medi medicine l almanac has with ne s been with with- i U us for many decades and is still among those those t I 11 present ept though slightly modified in form an and u ma matter a t Her t r a 1 Space a and ld time are are lacking for oven even a small f part of the interesting lore ore which clusters clusters clus clus- j p t about ut those thos commonplace ce and literally t t everyday e aff the calendar alendal and the thc r r almanac almanac tore lore that h t richly repays repays th the reader reder I p k t who cares cates to look beyond the the numerals numerals an anthe and Z the signs gns of f the We z zodiac d ac II I o i rt Y 1 A Ai i fJ l I Jy I p p- p I i i r- r i. i i k I c fi e ui II jr if y r Iti 1 N The earliest manuscript almanacs preserved ed belong to the twelfth century century cen- cen n a mandate to correct the err error r. r The im improved improved im- im tury In the fifteenth century they form 0 were printed for a definite period r proved ed form m wa was adopted promptly by the I Catholic countries more slowly by the Protestants Prot- Prot n J but in li 1751 l it became universal That the American citizen from rom now on must After the French Revolution th the fife first think not In national terms alone but in of American citizenship and mill world fellowship fellowship fellow fellow- that his obligations lie Hc enthusiastically abolishing old institutions institutions institutions t international terms and 1 ship are arc inextricably joined involve him in fa inthe inthe will citizen American Americana i tri trig trie d out a new system In France w with witha ith itha as an nn What a day dap of varied emotions and ex- ex ex experiences the broader relations of world citizenship a ten day week and new for far the months but names it was that Armistice Day at Just what the demands of this new rela vela relationshIp relationship it di didn't nt work out satisfactorily Arlington f W We Yc e were a a gr great at national family fam fam- dare will be one hardly guess so II end and In tit was abandoned in 1806 under Napoleon fly ily mourning our lost sons sons With our past fast is history being made But Dut we have the used favor of th the Gregorian calendar previously traditions of f isolation and aloofness s we Were ere right to tobe hope that the oncoming generation G Gt acut acutely ly conscious that sharing this intimate be too well informed in world WorM affairs to cry nati national sorrow were representatives 0 of the of do Let impatiently as too many us U'S pHE earliest manuscript anus almanacs t world at the feet of the placing of THE Powers preL preserved pre- pre 6 Russia starve |
