Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-06-07
AROUND THE EVENING LAMP.

Misslsslpfl valley. ,
| AROUND THE EVENING LAMP.
J. II. Pioda. Swiss Minister Mt Wash
| ington, gave q public lesson in democ-
racy the other day when he stopped his
carriage to get some soda water and
brought out glass OF the beverage to
the coachman OF the box.
A curious bull occurred recently in
an English paper called The Christian
| which remarked: THE remarkable
proyidential escape of the Prince OF
/ Wales from assassination has
called forth chorus OF profound regrets
from all tho European governments and
almost the whole of the Continental
lress.
Speaking of bulls girl pupil at the
| High School sprung one the other day.
| She was speaking of a person of Irish
lineage and made that old remark about
his having the map of ireland on his
| face. When she remarked that she
could make out Edinburgh her friends
quickly reminded her that she Ind
made discovery indeed with reference
to the map of ireland
A mother fox and eight pretty cubs
find home in the bills not many miles
away from Claymont.
Some time ago one OF the WON en- s
associations of New York determined
to find out il possible Just how many
steps woman takes In day in per-
forming her household duties. The in
vestigatiop was undertaken with q view
Il rs ,1i, ha &c he
home that many steps would be saved.
Acting upon the idea of the Household
Economic Association one woman who
is we'll known as writer upon house,
hold matters has Investigated the sub
ject for herself. She lives in fat and
heI family consists of herself husband
and little baby. She is n practical
housekeeper does all her own work and
being woman of much common sense
and decidedly clever probably conducts
her work in much better fashion than
the average housekeeper. She wore a
Iedometer for one day aud noted results
aud found that between the time of
rising in the morning at I O'Clock and
going to bed at ., she had walked in
doing her necessary work seven aud two
iifths miles. She is thoroughly sys-
tematic;' she has studied the art OF
economizing steps and yet in one day
! she took Is, 900 steps. At this rate she
walks nearly 5000 miles year.
In getting breakfast she walked one
fifth of mile. In putting the house
to order afterwards She travelled two
, and three quarters miles. Then came
, the washing and dressing OF the baby
in which she iourneyed half mile
The trip to market covered third Of a
mile. The preparation of luncheon
came next, and though it was simple
meal, tha pedometer showed record
of mile and half. Another two.
J tiftbs of mile were recorded when the
dishes were washed and put away.
] Then came little ironing. and the
, little instrument marked up three
, Fights of u mile. Several trips to tie
door further added to the record
, Taking the baby out for an airing
8 covered three-quarters of mile. Their
: dinner was to be prepared, ard as this
was the most elaborate meal OF the day,
, throe-auarters Of mile was covered IL
getting it ready. Cleaning up, putting
the baby to bed, and arranging for the
night footed up the total of seven ant
!. two-tifths miles, This record is mad,
n by woman who carefully plans hei
:, work, who has but three in the family
and whose house is all ON one floor
a What must be the record OF a house
i keeper with large family to provid,
@ for, house Of two or three stories Il
% cover, and without much system in hei
j.. work? Her feats of pedestrianism mus
a be something stuIenduus. The work.
n is beginning to find out that woman's
work in the home, which is regarded
SO lightly by the men folk and the un
thinking, is one of tho most exactin,
r mentally and most wearying PHYSICAL.
= of professions.
A curious historical parallel in con
. nection with tho total eclipse Of the sun
II says The Baltimore News, is the fac
that on the same date, May 2Sth, u
y the year d. c., ls5, the most inemorabl
y eclipse in history took place. 1t wa
during the progress Of fierce battl
. between the Modes and Lydians. TIL
u light of the sun suddenly became dar
and the incident was taken by the IN
- tending armies as a warning fror
~ heaven, and hostilities ceased, resultin
80 in immediate peace.