Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-11

finally laughed. like the sweet, good-tem-
pered girl she is.
you DEAR / said. You have put your
finger right on the weak spot. Your whole
trouble comes from not beginning the day
Alright
So many schoolgirls have exactly the
same trouble that 1 wonder very much why
it is that their mothers and teachers do not
help them out of 1t, and that their own
good sense does not come to the rescue.
The truth is that successful day for a
schoolgirl begins at o'clock the night be-
fore. AT that hour she should say good
night to everybody and go to bed. If she
has had dinner early and feels a bit hun
CRY, 1t will do her no harm to take very
simple luncheon of bread and milk before
she goes to her room. Then without undue
delay, she should undress. say her prayers,
put out the light and go to bed and to sleep.
1t is the wretched habit of sitting up until
1870 or IL o'clock in a warm room. with
the family talking, singing, playing games
or the piano, or perhaps studying too late,
that makes the girls drowsy in the morn
ing.
Sleeping In an iIl-ventilated room helps
along. Be very sure that you have fresh
air to breathe while you are asleep, and
protect yourself against cold, II necessary,
by wearing garment of outing flannel or
of some wooden stuff instead of too thin a
night dress If a girl goes early to bed
and sleeps soundly all night, she will be
able to rise as soon she is called. Haste
In the morning upsets one terribly, and lit
orally pursues one like a fend all the rest
of the day.
Rise In time TO take a sponge bath from
mead to foot, to arrange your hair, and to
have few tranquil moments for devotion.
Never think of leaving your room to begin
any day without kneeling In prayer to the
Heavenly Father who has watched over you
during the night, and who will guard you
during the day. Eat your breakfast slowly,
gather your books and papers with delibera-
tlon and set off to school with light heart.
Hurry and worry devour ones ease OF mind
and make it impossible for one to do justice
TO her own powers.
/ think / can tell In looking around the
group Of girls which of them are in the
habit of beginning the day in this leisurely
and sensible manner. and which tumble out
of bed and into their clothes and lose Their
wits and their tempers before they have
attacked the days business.
An ancient philosopher once said that
there was everything in keeping an even
mind Those of us who have a good deal
to do in the course of day or week are
well aware that we accomplish nothing If
we lose our heads and rush where we should
instead go slowly.
So great thinker as Francis Bacon, who
was a very learned man, said in an essay
on dispatch that above all things order
and distribution and singing out of parts
is the life of dispatch. For he that doth not
divide will never enter well into business.
TO choose time is to save time, and an un-
seasonable motion is but beating the air.
] knew wise man that had 1t for a by
word when he saw men Fastening to a con-
clusion, stay little that we may make an
end the sooner"
If so great a man as Sir Francis Bacon
thought it well TO act with deiiberation and
map out his days with forethought, do you