The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-15
ny COn1NNE nncIlMELL

Iiy CORlNNE WELL.
I'm going to send homemade cal
endaga to all my frlcnda this year
they're 80 easy to mako aud Wl
time iH 20 limited
Tho pfoholiduy romarlt sounds
perfectly reasonable nowadays
whom reD1y.to-etIck calendars
abound ui stHtluuoTy Cunu'rrH and
drug s'oirv. ana when my pmutcu'
who is HUliful with oumorD. brush
or pasto tube can achieve wonders
with th" aid Of uu idea or two. plus
l'tlu FINGER pint. 20 usu o. Nud"r.
carton ttHhuir1ilty nut N you had
Hnid u tulur lIlfo that about tho
middle of December hack ln the
middle ages p'upio would have Dyed
you with surprise. perhaps touching
their fprohorda signlucnuuy ana OK
changing tho current cracks about
Huuirpl food
l'ur the i1ahIuuing ~ nn approved
dovico for martlpg time. LOO thtt po.
riod whom everything was DousDlcn
uuuHIy handmade, was no trlfIlng
task TNr primitive form then ln
usr was called lu England 'rlng
almanac btd Wns usually cot Hn
tho four HiduH ut n BLOCK ur 'Dlug'
of oak, elm box ur fir wood about
eight lnthoH long. n Vpa called also
n rim siogE' and prime stair pnd
IN Scandinavia Bunic stare from
tho Huulc characters usol Tor NUM-
bors
Sometimes tho almanac was made
OF brass. bone ur horn but accord
Ing to Dr. Plot. a seventeenth ccn-
tury historian who found " Htih I'm
use among tho common people ot
England, u wnH usually "a square
piCre Of wood. containing three
months on each of the four edges
Tho number ~ days iu them IN OK
pressed by notChes. the first day by
a notch with n patulous stroke
turned up from it, and every seventh
by large sized notch. Eomo are
perfect, conta aiming the dominicnl
letters as well as the primo and
murks for tho fcasts ongrnven upon
them, and such are our prime Atavea
In the museum ut oxford. othors
imperfect having only the prime
ana immovnblo foasts on thom, and
such are all those | met with in
Stnffordshlre"
There wore also special symbols
TO represent the new moons through.
out the year. In the days OF old.
people woro not urged to speed up
their Christmas shopping. as they
are In the scothlng tlmca, but sure
~ II behouves the maker ~ g!:. etc"
nlmanacs 10 sharpen the family aN
ana get his New Year chOpplng done
early!
The words almanac" and "colon.
dar" alike claim nm ancient and
honorable lineage, ana they have
much IN common as to their func-
tlous; but (to employ classical ana
scientific figure of specch) the al
manac sees tho calendar ana goes II
ono bettor. Where the calendar is
defined az mode OF adjusting tho
natural divisions OF time with re-
spect TO each othor for tho purpose
OF civil lifo. the almanac is "a year
book OF calendar giving the order OF
the days OF tho week ana month.
astronomical data. tide tablos, ecclc-
siasticnl festivals and fasts and
other varied Information"
Exploration In Egypt, Babylonis
and other ancient lands prove that
the habit OF noting tho passage OF
time and recording observations OF
the heavenly bodies dates back TO
antiquity Even savage peoples de-
velop u rude form OF calendar, for
II requires ll,tle observation and
scholarship TO note and fix upon
certain natural standards--the day
defined by alternate light ana dark
moss and the lunar month from new
moon TO now moon. MANY moons
ago. In the days OF our forefathers,"
Gays big CHIEF to tho paleface, In |
tho old Indian stories. our primi. |
Awe sareheac= alsa noticed after
while that the seasons came around |
pretty regularly. ana period |
roughly corresponding to the pres
en-. year was fixed upon, though II
was not standardized for some con-
turtles and II isn't yet settled 20
every body's satisfaction that leap
year ia the best solution OF tho left |
over hours,
II Is lucky for MS that tho Rd
justmCn; OF the calendar isn't lcft |
to the lawmakers, ms Il was In tho |
timc of the Romans. when the pom |
tifts had sole charge OF the matter 7.
and corrupt officials used the power |
'unscrupulously for tho gratlflcR-
tlon OF their friends or tho annoy
nnco OF their enemies They
heightened or curtniled tho year,
often that n magistrate or farmer
of taxes might enjoy "A longer or
shorter lease OF office than was per-
mittcd by law and without regard
60 the "uuSottlcmCut ~ the scasons.'
when julius Caesar became die /
tator he stroiEhtened out these |
abuses and with the aid OF sosigencs, .
AN NlcNaudrian astronomer, stand /
az digrd the Julian" calendar after /
ward used for many centuries There /
were occasional bitches and tang'es
over the old leap year fragment,
which had hccn incorrectly figured
out Tho error accumulated with
0otheration TO church and
state and I'm 1917 Popo dregory