The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-12-09
Reporters: Maxine, Gaddis, Ruth
Sutherland and Catharine Sutherland
HARDNESS AND THE MYSTERY
OF THE HENS EGG

gaTten was well attended again this
week by both young and old. Some
few came strolling in rather late, and
Mr.. Pickett followed with short talk |
on hardness both at meetings and on
your job. He spoke very plainly of
the necessity of being on time, what
ever you attend or whatever you are to
do. If class is worth attending, it
is worth attending all the time, that is,
the time devoted to it-not half or
third of it. Besides, ii is bother to
those interested to have some one COM
ing IN late, stumbling over feet and
chairs in order to find a seat that suits
his fancy. Again, if a job is worth
doing it is worth all the time and at
tention that can be given to it. and
when you are thirty minutes or an
hour late. the job is deprived Of at
tention and you suffer in loss of ener-
gy and in non-service; and this in
jures your mentality. Again, it is al
ways the boy or the girl who is always
on time and ready to start the ma
chinery first, who will make a leader
in the world. He who waits for the
other fellow will wait his life away.
1t is very plain. too, that those who
are interested in their classes or their
jobs are the ones who are on the job
before time; and that those who are
not interested are the ones who mar
the others attention by coming In aft
ter the class has started. those who
are interested in their work never hear
the starting bell or the quitting bell.
Their minds are SO absorbed in their
work that there are not hours, days, or
weeks enough in which to do their
great undertaking. When ! see a per-
son pulling out his watch or looking
at the clock with a long-drawn face,
wishing for the bell to ring for dinner.
| also see a dissatisfied mind. There
may be many reasons for its dissatis-
faction. He may be tired. or sick, or
he may be the kind of man who never
( can find a job and never seems to
want to. Here in NewlIano, all but the
latter condition can be quickly rene
died. The person who is sick or is
tired is not asked to work, and the per-
son who does not like his JOB can
change to one he does like; but when
a person is so particular that he can
not find a suitable occupation among
our many industries, then there is just
one Of two things he must do sooner
or later: adjust himself to conditions
or leave. There is no place here for
the dissatisfied person. He is like an
Englishman in China-he must adjust
himself or things will adjust him.
But there is little possibility of a
really industrious human finding any
thing else but satisfaction here; be-
cause the advantages are six to one as
compared with those of almost any
other place he can go-that it, when
it comes to real education. Prompt
ness is the mother Of industriousness.
Thus. if we expect to be foremost
in the movement of civilization, we
must be on time, backed by the spirit
of interest.
Mr.. Pickett then read detailed ac-
count of the termination of the hens
egg. The egg Of the hen is fortified
by the rooster, and when the egg is
hatched, if we will remove the shell
from one side, we can see white spot
which is the sperm Of the father. Il
the shell be removed from the other
side, we can still see the white spot
This is because the germ always stays
on the top side Of the yolk, that it may
be close to the breast of the mother
After a few days warmth, the germ be-
gins 10 develop. First tiny head can
be seen; later, legs; then wings
AS the chicR grows. it takes its nour.
ishment from the white Of the egg an m
grows until it fills the entire shell.
Hence we can readily see how easy j
lis 10 test eggs after few days in.
cubation for those that are fertile. Il
no dark spot appears, no chick is there
and the egg may as well be discarded
Surely. next Friday evening, all val
Be there early 10 hear this marvellous
story Of reproduction,
SYRUP MAKING