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How Much Shall We Sat
People ate constantly asking how
much should we vat. They are anxious
to rtnd out.’for instance, what consti
tutes a proper amount of food each day
for a full-grown adult. in this con
nection it is important to consider that
there are several needs of the human
body which we must undertake to sat
isfy. First of all. there must be a
proper proportion of protein which
builds muscles. nerves ."A tissues.
Then, there must be a_ satisfactory
amount of heat and energy producers
which Include the ,carbohydrates and
fats. There should also be aome sweets
classed, of course, as carbohydrates
and a considerable amount of fruits am
vegetables tn all times and all ages
bread has constituted the staff of life
and this is as essentially true today
as it has ever been at any other period
of human history.
To begin with, a loaf of bread a day
is an ample amount for the average
man weighing 16” to IS” pounds. In
most instances, he will not consume as
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much bread as this, especially if he has
a well-balanced ami satisfactory ration
in other respects. At this time when
the conservation of wheat is essential.
‘ he may eat bread made up of three
fourths wheat flour and one-fourth corn
- meal, oat meal, hominy or rice. He
i ’c.ight also eat three-fourths pound of
> whole wheat bread and the additional
cereals mentioned in separate and dls
t ti.set iorm. For instance he could eat
i corn meal, mush or oat meal porridge
at breakfast. Another manner in which
’ the bread part of the ration may be
• supplied avould be one-half pound of any
I of the cereals mentioned or such other
as he may care to use along with two
‘ or three medium-sixed sweet or Irish
potatoes. .
L'nder the head of meat he will need
one-quarter pound of what we would
class as lean meat, and four or five
ounces of dried beans or peas. It has
been our custom to eat much more
meat than the amount indicated and to
ignore the use of the legumes mention
' ed. Meat is essentially valuable as a
source of protein. It is a muscle and
nerve builder as already pointed out.
Dried peas and beans also contain much
protein and can be substituted for meat
to advantage. They therefore enable
us Jo save meat so that it may be sent
abroad for the use of our armies and
those of our associates. If we ate less
meat we would also be healthier and we
would utilize she products which may
' l>e grown in every backyard garden, and
! which we do not now cultivate on any
‘ thing like the scale needed to meet our
dietetic requirements in the most sat
isfactory manner. Det us therefore re
member the importance of cultivating
legumes and using them as extensively
as possible in our-daily ration'in the fu
ture. Those who are doubtful as to
their utility for this purpose should re
member that the Chinese and Japanese
obtain the greater part of their protein
from various kinds of legumes, ali of
I which may be grown with success in
the United States.
In addition to meat and legumes,
) there should be at least three ounces
iof fat available in the daily dietary.
■ This may be derived from meat, but
ter. lard or lard substitutes and vege
table oils. We use a good deal of vege
table oil, but not nearly as much as
we should. We have just recently
found cut that we could grow peanuts
with wonderful success in the south
eastern states. They produce a very
t superior type of oil and a large amount
of it per ton. which is valuable for
' use in cooking and also in the making
of salads. As a matter of fact, we
seldom cat the fat on meat. It has
been the custom to waste it, and if
we are not going to eat the fat it
should be cut off and saved and use!
for other purposes, such as frying and
| shortening for biscuits.
I In the matter of fruits and vegeta
i bles. we seldom eat as much of these
wholesome foods as we should. In
spite of the fact that we have sucn
large areas of land devoted to truck
crops, fruits and vegetables are rela
, tivelv high in most of our consuming
centers and difficult to obtain in r.
strictly fresh condition. There is no
reason, however, why thousands and
thousands of families should not have
plenty of these two great delicacies an I
essential food commodities because thev
can grow a plentiful supply on a very
limited area fend for a relatively small
outlay o! money and labor. Fruits
and vegetables not only keep the sys
tem in a good condition physically, but
they help to lessen the consumption of
bread and meat.
There is a natural craving for sween
on the part of most human beings, and
this may be satisfied in various ways
We use some sugar directly for the
sweetening of our beverages We also
obtain part of the sugar needed through
the use rs syrup, preserved fruits. jam«
and jellies. The daily ration should I
contain about three ounces of sugar or
at most four.
A man receiving the above quantities
of food should be highly nourished and
capable cf performing a vigorous day’s
work. Those of sedentary habits should
not eat so much, and those perform
ing unusually hard tasks might need
more.* The average human being would
probably not require over two thirds of
the abovt ration. The same would be
true of children above the age of six
to ten years. Small children would
probably not require over one-third to
one-half. and. of course, very young
I children could not utilize foods of the
character mentioned.
To feed an average man for a week, I
therefore, one would require about six |
loaves of bread or its equivalent in 5 1-4
pounds of wheat flour, corn meal, oat (
meal, hominy or rice. Another way of
providing the necessary bread ration
would be through the use of three and
a half pounds of cereals and one-quar
ter peck of potatoes We are asked to
(conserve wheat flour particularly, there
' fore the amount of wheat bread might
be cut down to three loaves, and corn
bread or other cereal substitute to the
extent of three pounds used during the
week. It is Important that potatoes be
used. Either sweet or Irish will an
swer. They give variety to the dietary
which wculd otherwise be lacking.
In the case of meat, one and three
quarters pound of fresh lean meat and
two nounds of dried beans or peas would
supply the essential protein for seven,
days. One and a half pounds of fat
would also be necessary, derived from
' any of the sonrees previously mentioned.
" Provision should also be made for six
• pounds of fresh fruits and vegetabes.
' the greater the variety used the bet
ter One and a quarter pound of sugar
or one quart of syrup will supply all the
sweetening needed
This will give some idea of the quan
[ i titles of food necessary to maintain the
II average adult for a period of seven days.
The quantity of food needed for the
I proper nutrition of a family of five
II during a single day would bo about as
11 follows: Four and a half pounds of >
i bread or the same food value obtained !
from the use of three pounds of wheat j
flour, corn meal, oat meal, hominy or j
rice: or two and three-quarter pounds ,
of cereals, and five or six medium- |
sized potatoes. Three-fourths cup of
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA. FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1918.
butter or other fat; a little more than
one cup ol sugar or the equivalent of
some other sweet. Four pounds of iresh
iruits and vegetables. One or two ol
the tollowing, the choice depending on
the age of the children; Three quarts
ot milk and one pound ol other food
taken from the meat and meat substi
tute group, or two quarts of milk and
one and a half pounds of other lood
taken from the meat and meat sut>-
tlilute group.
'i hi 11-.uii'i sueiits tor a family of live
lor one week may be supplied as fol
lows. ilreatl made fom seven pounds
of wheat llour, ten pounds ot corn meal
and three jHMinds ol hominy or grits or
their equiva.ent. Neveti pounds of lean
meat with eight pounds ot dried peas
or beans, and lour pounds ol fat meal,
or putter, bird or vegetable oils. f ive
pound', vi given vegetables and fruit
‘ and p«c!> o» ih tatocs Iwo pounus ot
1 sugar and om- quirt oi syrup, colfee
1 one | ouud, arid one glass ot milk tor
• each th.ld pct day. This will give
some idea of the quantities of lood
1 null'd tor the maintenance of an in-
• oividual and a family.
This data lias been prepared and pre-
• j sented for the information of our read-
ers because of the many inquires as to
the quantities ol food needed for pur
-1 | oses indicated.
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Soy Beam, as Soil Improvers
u . ..a . writes: A tow*
i ianit (lie >ir;i:t- of soy tieailH as a noil
i i..r i ~v<-•I Lavi to t so many haixls tnat
I ii:«,o dei-lilei! that tile loss will prubutiiy
ik les.- in tiie tong run if i iry to liiilid up
luy laioi. If 1 aiiu.it turn the vines under,
I i toe roots will Help some.
I , Soy Leans should have about the
' same ability lor enriching and improv
-1 | ing the ground as cowpeas and othe-'
, legumes. Much depends on the variety
' I selected and tiie growth obtained. Ord;
' narily the Mammoth soy bean shoul-l
■ get out ot the air from So to laO pound-:
lof nitrogen. Os course, if the crop is
(cut oil at the ground and the leave,
■ and stalks and seed harvested and car-
• . ried away from the land (the greater
'I part of tiie •nitrogen is thus removed.
. A'e think, however, there wguld prob-
I ' ably be left in the stubble, roots ayvl
i | fallen leaves enough to jmpiove the
• ( land to a slight extent. We dp not
t think tl ere is as much merit in soy
I oeans for this purpose as cowpeas, a ;it
thus cowpeas are more favored than
■ soy beans, because of our longer ac
quaintance with them and their more
general cultivation. Personally we think
soy beans are well adapted for growth
in the red lands of north Georgia and
promise to be an exceptionally valua •
ble crop for this section of the state
They make a good yield of grain, whic;
is high in protein and other essential
elements Tiie resulting meal is ex
ceedingly valuable as an adjunct to feed
with corn and other concentrates to all
class of live stock.
PURE PEANUT MEAL A WHOLE
SOME I\JOD.
J. 11. K.. Laurel Hdl, N. C„ writes:
Where could 1 pureliase sonic pure peanut
meal? 1 think it is the cheapest feed 1 can
buy for hogs and ehiekens. What can 1 .
; use to make peas in uiy corn, as I cannot
get them to grow? 1 icnke good < rops of
cotton and corn, but cannot get the peas
1 to grow rank. Is nitrate of soda good fur
sweet potatoes and jieanuts?
Your letter is somewhat confusing as
. at the outset you ask for information
. relative to where you can purchase purd
, peanut meal and later you indicate that
you wish this for the use of hogs and
chickens. By pure peanut meal we pre
sume you have in mind that which is fit
| for human food. In this event it should
1 contain no hulls. A meal of this char-
■ acter is manufacturer by several con
’ cerns in the south, and so we feel it
should not be difficult for you to ob
i tain the same. If you only wish the
I commercial peanut meal for feeding to
! hogs and chickens you should have no
trouble in getting it almost anywhere,
I as there was a large quantity made in
j Georgia and Alabama last year. In this
' meal, of course, the hulls are included.
As they are ground up fine, however,
they are not objectionable. Moreover,
' they help to give volume and bulk to
i this food. We regard peanut meal as
I one of the most valuable adjuncts the
I southern farmer possesses for use as
I food at the present time. It can be
fed with safety to all classes of live
stock.'including chickens. It is one of
the cheapest sources of protein available
for our people. It probably stands sec
ond in this respect to only cottonseed
' meal. It combines well with corn and
various other foodstuffs which are not
rich in protein, therefore it can be made
to increase or piece out the feeding
value of corn, which is a very desir
able and important end to attain. It
will give the -best results when fed tn
combination with some cereal such as
corn, because by itself it tends more or
less to produce rather a soft pork.
When one plants peas in corn a good
method of procedure would be as fol
lows: They may be sown rather close
to drill row. We prefer, however, to
put them in the middles. We plant
them with an ordinary' grain drill, cov
ering them to the usual depth. At the
time of planting we generally drill un
derneath the row acid phosphate at the
rate of 200 to 300 pounds per acre, the
larger amount being preferable on land
that is at all sandy. Peas on soil adapt
ed to their cultivation should be able
to gather such nitrogen as they need
' from the air. We have had no difficulty
i in making them grow satisfactorily un-
I der such conditions. Os course, if the
peas are planted in a variety of corn
which grows very large and which ie
planted close together so as to exclude
the sunlight they will not make much
growth, but if used in rows five feet
apart or planted with small-eared or up
land varieties such as Marlborough’s.
Hastings’ or Whatley’s. they should
make a very good growth. Sometimes
the land is too acid for peas to do well.
At other times It is infested by Nema
tode worms. In that event you should
plant only the resistant such t.s
the Iron or Brabham. Sometimes the
land needs to be limed for this crop, and
we would advise that you use one or two
tons of crushed raw rock per acre. The
lime should be broadcasted over the
ground before the corn is planted. No
fertilizer should be mixed with <t.
though fertilizer may be applied to the
land a few days after the lime has been
'added to the soil.
Nitrate of soda will make a good side
application for potatoes, if you wish to
start them forward very rapidly. It is
nqt desirable to use it on peanuts, as
they are a legume and should be able to
gather all the nitrogen they need from
the air. Only moderate amounts should
be u«ed with sweet potatoes, say 50 to I
100 pounds per acre. Apply it relatively j
.early in the growing season when the i
plants are small. Use only as a top '
dressing for this crop.
Feeding Irish Potatoes to Hogs
J. L. I’.. Stockton. writes: I will
have n s<>'*l i-ron of frl-'i potatoes, and ns
there is no market f,-r them I wan wonder
ing if it would pai to fei-d them to my
bogs, of w!ii<-h I have ntio'it seventv hend.
t have corn and peanut rm-at Would it
nav to mix the potatoes with these anil |
■ ive full feeds?
With regard to your potato crop, per-1
wilt me to sav that the old crop Is now [
getting off the market. There was an
excessive supply of them, but as yon
know they cannot be «hipned much
longer into Georgia because they wi’i
not keep, nor do they rook srttisfac
torily. I suggest, therefore, that you
let your potatoes- mature before diggin
them. This will probably take some |
days yet. They wil] then keen to better'
advantage than they would if dug when
they are soft and easily abraded. Under
these conditions they are much more '
likely to rot than if they mature. More-I
I over, digging potatoes before they are
1 V LIZZIE O THOMAS i
Names of the Months and Their
Meanings
The question concerning the number
or Sundays in February has brought me
some interesting letters, and the ques
tion was asked me why the second
month was called February.
As you know, we use. with a few mod
ifications. the Roman calendar. Rome
was mistress of the world and her con
quered provinces were elevated, not de
graded. She improved her territories
, and encouraged literature. The man
who wrote “Omnia Gallia divisit est.”
was the founder of laws and roads as
well as the one who put us under a
more universal method of computing the
pissage of time by introducing Roman
methods everywhere. England was, of
course, the one from whom we got our
weather lore and fables about the
months, but they are of Roman origin.
January was named from Janus, the
porter of their mythological heaven, or
abode of their gods. He was repre
sented as having two faces, looking over
the old year and the new. There was
a (festival to this god on the first day
I of the year, and it is from this ancient
merry-making that we get pur new year
celebrations. Janus was also worship
ped as the god of the sun. And while
I am writing this I am reminded that
three wise men who visited our Savior
were afterwards, according to tradition,
baptised by St. Thomas in January, and
I their remains were put in the beautiful
. cathedral that was at Cologne, but is
now a mass of ruins. Until Numa Pom
pilius, who died 672 B. C„ the year had
I only ten months. He added January and
February.
This second month has two sets of ex
planations. Some say it comes from
the word Februus, a title of Pluto, the
i god ot the lower regions. Others say
! it comes from februare, meaning to ex
• piate or purify. The Romans had a
date of purification in the month, but it
was not at its beginning.
March gets its name from Mars, god
of war. He was next to Jupiter in hon
ors. and we know that today there is a
typical representation of Mars on earth
April was dedicated to Aphrodite
Venus, the goddess of budding beauties.
“March winds and April showers
Bring forth May flowers.”
And our month oi May derives the
name from Maia, a feminine divinity
who was worshipped on the first dav of
May.
Our sixth month was named for Juno
the queen of mythology, and was at
first called Junonius. The- Anglo-Saxons
called it Midsummer nionth.
July, “with his fervid noon unsinews
labor.” When March was the first
month of the Roman year July was
called the fifth month. But Julius Caesar
named it for himself, although it was
proposed by Marc Anthony, and I think
he. too. should have been honored. As
so many questions are asked about dog
days I will state here that they origi
nated with the superstition that the
star Sirius made dogs go mad from the
third of July to the eleventh of Au
gust.
St. Swithin’s day is July 15 and if
that day be fair we may look for a tem
perate winter, and a wet Saint Swithin’s
day means forty days of rain, says su
perstition.
August was formerly called Sextllis.
but. the Emperor Augustus took the
same liberty with names that his ances
tor did and changed this name to mem
orize himself.
The other months were allowed to
keep their Roman numerals although
September is no longer the seventh
month.
And October has this quartrain:
I “October has its name from octa, eight;
Though ’tis the truth, perhaps ’tis
well to state.
Such sixes and such sevens the months
were knocked to.
That ten became translated into octo
November and December are only
Latin names for nine and ten. and the
mature in a rainy season may cause
them to rot.
We are disposed to think there should
be a somewhat better market for pota
toes in the course of a few days than
now exists, by reason of baring the
market of the old potatoes. We believe
that if potatoes are held a little while
they will sell to better advantage. We
think this is practical, as we have dug
them, put them in the shade and pro
tected them from the light and kept
them for a considerable period of time.
Remember, much depends on the skill
with wtitch you handle your potatoes
Rough handling is to be avoided with
this crop.
Irish potatoes could, of course, be fed
to hogs. They are very watery, however,
and relatively low in nutritive constitu
ents. They will not produce rapid or
economical gains in hogs in our Judg
ment, as compared with many other
food materials which you could use in
Georgia. We would advise against their
use. therefore, for this purpose save as ,
a last resort. If they are fed to hogs
they may be allowed to eat them raw
or probably better steamed and cooked
and mixed with equal parts of corn
meal and peanut meal. This will produce
more rapid and uniform gains, a more
satisfactory quality of pork and enable
yo uto utiliz? the potato crop to better
advantage than if fed without the com
panion concentrates.
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A Tribute to Our Soidisrs
Dear Mrs. Thomas: In my musing'i
' it seems sometimes as I have almost a
vison of our grand and glorious army
( of khaki-clad boys, described as the
[ most magnificent the world has ever
’ seen.
’ These boys are the noblest, the
1 bravest, the best fond and loving par
' ents can give. All of your Liberty
’ Bonds are not a drop in the bucket I
• compared to these gallant knights who
i ' arc fighting and preparing to fight so; i
i the freedom of humanity. Our boys j
( l were not brought up on German kultur
I and militarism, but were taught from |
! the cradle the sacred truth that al> I
' | men are equal; that ail have a right '
1 to life, peace and the pursuit of happi
ness. Hence, it is a trying ordeal for
them to actually have to kill their fel
lownien. On Tuesday of last week fifty
of our home county boys had to report
1 to camp. Many hearts were saddened
I that never knew sorrow before, but the
’I spirit of 1776 still lives in this wonder
. I t'ul nation of ours and the memorable
I ! words of I’atrick Henry. “Give me lib
l I erty or give me death." have not been
i | forgotten. Not long ago 1 visited tne
. home of a young man who was to leave
I I for camp next day. A nobler, more pa
[ triotic boy I have never heard talk. L
He said: “1 go not to fight for myself,
but such as those.” as he mentionel
! four tiny children who were near him.
, His dea- old mother, whose dark tresses
. : are now mingled with gray, spoke many
words of encouragement and he never
saw her shed one tear. She said. “I’m
no better than other mothers, and for
the cau -e of humanity he is no better
than other boys who have gone. I know
that our men will never commit such
atrocious crimes as the Germans have
1 done, but will do their duty and lead
clean lives. Thank God for our Ameri
! can boys! ‘‘Greater love hath no man
• than this, that a man lay down his life
for a friend.’’ -MAUD.
’ HOW ABOUT IT?
Dear Mrs. Thomas: I am coming to
! your page for help. It has been several
. years since I wrote to the Household
! page. I was an invalid then and re
| ceived many nice cards and letters. I
| am able to do most of my housework
now. but not all of it, and I want to
1 J find a good, quiet lady between thirty
five and fifty years old to be company
and help me in the house. I want her
to live as one of the family. I can
! give the best of references.
1 would be glad to get. good letters
' from the Sisters. Will try to answer
: all. Hor.e the Sisters haven’t had ttje
luck I have had raising chickens, the I
rats cought fifty or sixty of my nice
Reds. If any good lady sees this and
, will come, please write at once, and
send references.
MRS. A. E. CARRINGTON.
Route 2, Howard. Ga.
FEBBUABY’S SUNDAYS
I saw a question in this department
May 31, 191 S, from Mrs. E. Blair. Mount
Airy, Ga.. and will answer same if you
' will allow space in the Household. The
question was when has there been five
Sundays in February. Answer: Years
1784 1824, 1852, 1880, and will be one
, each In the following years: 1820, 1948.
1976. So you see there are intervals of
twenty-eight to forty years between
‘hose. Heap years have five Sundays.
People who born the 29th of February
don’t have quite as many birthdays as
uther people, hut I guess they are just
as lucky, as their birthdays come only
once in four years.
The good Lord said:
“Suffer little children to come unto
' Me and forbid then, mt tor of such is
the kingdom of heaven.”
Bring them uu iu the way they should
go and when they become old they will
not depart from it.
Ah. the dear little children who went I
to their rest,
Ere their lives bad been sold by
sin.
The angels of morning still tarried I
a guest.
Their spirits pure temple within.
All are there, all are there, in that’
beautiful land.
The land by the river untrod. '
Their foreheads star-crowned |
by zyphers are fanned — (
That blow from the gardens of God.
With best wishes to the Household
land its readers. I am. respectfully,
GEORGE W. LEWIS.
Februaries for Tears to Come
Dear Editor: My husband. J. D. ,
j Cole, is a subscriber to your paper,
and I am delighted by reading the,
i same, especially the Household depart- 1
ment and what the writ'-s have «o
say. I have been reading the inquiry
in the Semi-Weekly Journal as to
when February last had a fifth Sunday
and when it will’occur again. 1 have
a blind uncle who can answer any
question on this line you wish to ask.
Had the calendar always been as
now. a fifth Sunday would have come
| in the year in which Christ was born
and so on every 28 years until the year
1736. This is in accordance with the
old style time 'table, but the time table
was changed in the year 1752, being the '
shortest year since Christ, and only
i 355 days long. February had 5 Sun- |
days in 1756. being the shortest inter ;
val between the five Sundays. Then I
in the year 1784. in accord with the|
new style time table, there was no leao
years at the ending of the 18th and
19th centuries. Tn 1880 was the last
time February has had five .Sundays.
In 1920 is the next time it will occur,
then every 28 years till the ending <>f
the 21st century. And will only occur
13 times in each four hundred years
till the ending of about the 40th cen- ;
tury.
My uncle knows by heart what day I
of the week of each and every January |
'.’or 120 years backwards for the next ,
80 years to come, and where they will ,
appear in each and every month in ev- i
ery year you may mention. And he i
can answer the day of the week as fast I
■ as you can name dates in the past cen- |
I tury and tn the present, and knows the • i
i first day of every century from the j ’
j birth of Christ till now. Onl.v a minute !
lor less is required to answer any date. <
' F'nr instance, the great George Wa-h- | '
ineton was horn on Tuesday and died I
'o Saturday.* The Declaration of In
lopendence of the United States was J
-igned on Thursday, and thousands of I
•ther dates he can answer just the I
ame. |
Tn all ordinary years January and I
■ ><-tober begin with tlto same day of I
i-he week and end the the same. You I
»will notice both commence this tint'- I
jwith Tuesday and end Thursday. ■
f Sincerely. 1
- MRS. J. D. COLE.
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Foor girl!
Fold her hands, cross her feet.
Leave her to her slumber sweet:
She hath earned it well.
Every day for many years
Cause had she for bitter tears.
And they daily fell.
See the hollows in her cheek.
Marks of woe she could no? speak;
| See her sunken eye;
»Vorn and wasted is her frame.
None too soon her slumber came.
Touch her tenderly.
Hard as iron was her tale,
Life for her was desolate.
Full of yearnings vain;
Sympathy and loving care
Fell not to poor Mary’s share;
Wawe her not again.
All she trusted faithless proved.
Every creature that she loved
Shortly changed, or died.
Good it is for her tp rest.
Seldom, sure, was human breast
More severely tried. *
Often has she slept before.
Dreaming woe was hers no more—
Life and sorrow past;
But from such delusive sleep
Evermore she woke to weep—
Peace is hers at last.
Poor girl!
True and tender-hearted one;
Hard it was that death alone
Comiort had for her.
Fold her hands, cross her feel.
Lay her, robed all white and sweet.
In the sepulcher.
—Exchange.
Eclipses of the Sun
I am.writing on the afternoon of Jun-i i
8 and waiting lor the sunlight to wane I
and darken, with an eclipse of the sun. j
The people who claim to know say there- ;
will not he another .sun eclipse until
1955, and only visible in India. The
second will be seen in Africa in 1973.
Some of ’ s do not expect to see either
of those later darkenings.
Perhaps there are some young people
who des’re to know howe these eclpises
come about, and the encyclopedias te'l
us that i» happens when the mo* - gets
in between the sun and the earth. In
deed. an eclipse of the sun might be
properly called an eclipse of the earth, i
< aused by the moon's shadow falling
upon it. If one could take a posl
tion on the outside the matter vvoui-T
be doubly interesting. At first a blaet;
spot appears and then this penumbral
shadow widens and extends until the
shadow prevails partially or entirely.
It is singular that all animals are
aismayed by the dismal aspect of na
ture. The prevailing twilight is pecu
l ar. tn ■ the year 1868 there was a
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corona of light, of silvery whiteifess. I
i remember a later eclipse, as 1 recollect
in the ja'rly nineties. Neither were total
eclipses.
In London there was not a total
eclipse iroin 1140 to 1715. In peace
times a'tropomers and scientists will
circuit the globe to be on hand where
a total eclipse can be observed. It is
one of the greatest things ever seen
by the natural eye in the heavens.
Amontr savage tribes ( the darkening
of the sun filled them with superstitious
terror. Tn our own country it is record
ed that the ignorant, people believed 't
meant the coming of the end of the
world.
The ar pearance of comets was also
' linked with (he supernatural. I was a
■ small girl when a comet appeared. anJ
a man by the name of Miller printed
thousands of pamplffets announcing th-j
millennium, and among other things sai i
the living saints would not only escape
death, but would ascend to heaven. Lots
of poor lanaties believed what Miller
said a.i 1 called themselves Millerites,
refused to start a crop and prepared
ascension robes, etc.
I retn-mber the exciement which pre
vailed ’t the time. I got enough of it
in my small brain to make me afraio
to look at the comet, and I would hide
behind my mother’s skirts when any
body left the house to see it in the eve
nings. 1 was afraid to stay inside and
afraid to look on the outside. Many
people vent crazy over Millerism. ex
pecting the end of the world. T have
nearly filled out my article and still
the sun is shining, so I will tell you
if anything strange Tiappens in next
week’s paper.
The Georgia Women Doing Men’s Work
, The Liberty Loan Bonds were
pressed night and day and the woref
j came from Atlanta that the men
actually turned over the drive altogeth
er and depended on the prominent wom
en of the city to raise an immense sum
during the last Liberty Loan drive.
The drive for Thrift Stamps was
I largely made by willing workers of the
feminine gender. The Red Crosia work
is largely in the hands of patriotiG
women, and the war activities of wopt
en who have volunteered for foreign
I service is actually bewildering to thinn
about. •
Truly, truly it is the woman's day. /
for colored women are putting on over
t alls and doing track work for rail
roads. and there are women street car
conductors ;»nd motor truck drivers.
Really it is hard to find a war activity
or business activity where women are
not doing equal work in this day and
time —doing it well, in good time and
order.
All this is gratifying to an old lady,
who has been a pioneer in the advocacy
for rights and privileges for the
women of our country, who bear the
' burdens of domestic life along with
these later activities. The men, the
politicians, are appointing women to
serve on political committees. If our
women can work ail day and into the
night to do men’s work it stands to rea
son that they could not do much harm
to womanly modesty to go to the polls
once or twice a year and cast a ballot,
and be no more exposed to contamina
tion than to ask for their mail at the
potsofflee.
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