Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-15
TIE COUNTRY HOME
CONDUCTED By, MRS W.H.EEETON
DAYLIGHT SAVING

The decree that was issued by
governmental authorities in 1918 to
set up clocks and watches an hour,
and for labor on public buildings and
ships and in munition works to
I"start an hour earlier, according to
sun time was made as a war meas
ure. This year, 1919. another de-
cree was issued to do the same thing
again, for a limited number of
months. although war with Germany
closed on November II, 1919.
am a light sleeper and any I'M
usual noise rouses me from my ear
~ morning slumber. 1 was raised
largely on a plantation, and it was
the habit of the country people to eat
breakfast by candlelight in winter
months, and to be ready to go to the
field at sunrise in the summer
months. 1t does not go hard with
such as 1 to get up nowadays and
watch for sunrising in the glowing
eastern sky. This bright April morn
ing l stood at an east window in my
sleeping room and saw one of the
most beautiful transformations from
a dull gray horizon to rosy lights and
blooming radiance, that I remember.
The god of day in his glorious char
lot, was coming up, swiftly, and the
heraldS of the sky were pulling aside
the gray curtain so that the coming
might have all that belonged to
successful entrance on the waiting
stage of action. No painters brush
could ever hope to rival the bold, but
delicate cOlOring of our eastern sky,
as l witnessed it this bright April
of many southerners to sleep late,
take a cup of coffee before rising in
the morning, and then get up leis-
ureIy for a late breakfast.
This is the routine of luxurious
habits, but they miss the most truly
beautiful part of the day, when they
disregard the glory of a sunrise in
April, when winter has retired for a
season, and spring is abroad in the
land, to display the beauties of ma
ture in the most charming colors,
rosy pink and tender green, and
bright gold. 1t may go hard with
households where the meals must be
prepared by daylight, and dinner
rushed to be ready for wage-earners
at sharp eleven, but we must not
forget the long afternoons and the
early supper, with everybody glad to
1 find that some of my neighbor
men put in ex ira fire work on thei~
gardens-in the afternoons-and I
am sure they will have early vege-
tables therefrom.
There are very many more incon-
venient things than daylight saw
ine-gettinr M at DAYLIGHT and
starting the days work ahead of
time.
My mother used to tell me that it
was a good time for girl to prac-
tice on the piano, and once [ asked
her if she thought it was kind to a
sick neighbor to have me wake her
up by this early practicing. She
laughed at the idea that l should
use such an argument when she
knew I thought it was really irk-
some to get up so early.
She said, get ahead of your work,
my child Then it will get along
better. People, who are run down
with what they are actually obliged
10 do, ere the COmnl9inin". ti~cd AVID
disheartened ones. If you keep ahead
you will take pleasure in your work.
If it gets ahead of you it will be
an unpleasant drag on your ener-
gies."
That early piano practice worked
out amazingly we'll. AS a schoolgirl
1 had lessons to learn in the after
moons, and in the early days we went
to school the best part oe the day.
between and o'clock, with
short hour for dinner.
The dear, good neighbors of that
early time were kind enough to tell
me that my music was good in the
early mornings. The birds sang and
all nature was in q good humor, and
l only added another musical fea-
ture to the early morning program.
L was so enthused this morning
+iv,fc IN 1oIy
dawn that l have filled the space al
Iotted to me in The Semi-Weekly
home column and have made a long
story out of small happening.