COL, CHE 15 A. LINDBERG
gy ELMO SCOTT WATSON
Thirty dayes hath
April, June, and Septem
February hath xxvill
And all the
— Richard
fecies of England”
November
ber,
alone,
rest have XXX
Grafton's Chrone-
1590
F COURSE that isnt
actly the form of the well
known jingle which you
learned us a child, but it's
the earliest known state
ment of the cause. Sowe
thing similar to it is
quoted among the Quakers |
in Pennsylvania who say: i
ex
still
eleventh, ninth and sixth,
days to each affix;
other thirty-one
the second month alone.
Fourth,
‘Thirty
Livery
Except
A more complete statement, and one
nearer the present-day version,
given in “The Return Parnas
sus” (London, 1606) as follows:
wus
From
Thirty days hath September,
April, June and November,
February has twenty-eight alone,
All the rest have thirty-one;
Excepting leap year—that's the tin
When February's days are twenty-nine
And the New Englanders have made
it a little better verse by phrasing it
thus:
Thirty days hath September
April, June and November,
All the rest have thirty-one,
Excepting February alone,
Which hath but twenty-eight, in
Till leap year gives It twenty-nine
fine,
All of which serves to remind
that February 20 is approaching and
the appearance of that date on our
calendars means that this is a leap |
year. As for what a leap year is and i
why it is called that, let Mr. Webster
explain as follows: “Every fourth
vear In which any fixed date after
February LEAPS over a day of the
week and falls on the next week day
but one to that on which it fell the
year before. Centennial years which
are exactly divisible by 400, as 2X),
and others exactly divisible by 4, as
1008, are leap years.”
Mr. Webster's dictionary aot
explain how February happened to
become the month which would be
affected by leap years but Mr. Cham
bers’ Days” does. Here is
what
us
does
jook of
he says:
February was one of the two months
(January being tbe other) introduced
into the Roman calendar by Numa
Pompilius, when he extended the year
to twelve of these periods. . . It
has been on the whole an {ill-used
month, perhaps In consequence of its
noted want (in the northern hemis-
phere) of what is pleasant and agree-
able to the human senses. Numa let
fall on It the doom which was un-
avoidable for some one of the months,
of having, three out of four times a
day less than even those which were
to consist of thirty days That is to
say, he arranged that it sho..d have
only twenty-nine days, excepting In
leap years; when, by the intercalation
of a day between the 23rd and the 241.
it was to have thirty. No great occasion
hore for complaint, But when Augustus
chose to add a thirty-first day to Au-
gust, that the month named from him
should not lack In the dignity en-
joyed by six other months of the year,
he took it from February, which cor.d
least spare It, thus reducing it to
twenty-eight in all ordinary years In
our own parliamentary arrangement
for the reformation of the calendar, it
being necessary to drop a day out of
each century excepting those of which
the ordinal number could be divided by
four. it again fell to the lot of Feb-
ruary to be the sufferer. It was de.
prived if its 20th day for all such
vears and so it befell in the year 1800,
and will In 1300, 2100, 2200, ete.
Since 1028 is divisible by four, it
is a leap year and that may be a cause
for rejoleing by some of us, not be
cause the much-abused February gets
back its 20th day this year, but be
cause girls and women who have had
to walt in vain for a proposal of
marriage need walt no longer. They
can take matters into thelr own cap
able hands and be perfectly justified
by custom, tradition or what-not in
doing a bit of proposing themselves.
Just when the privilege originated
giving women the right to do the pro
posing during a leap year is unknown.
It may date from 1288 when a law
Admitted
Mr. Martin was talking at the
Christmas dinner table In his usual
manner about the Inconsistency of
woman,
“These girls who protest they are
never going to marry I” he hroke out.
“EByerybody knows they will belle
thelr own words at the first opportu
nity.”
He paused, and evidently hoped
that Mrs. Martin would come to the
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ALBERI C
NRUTCHIZ
which read
enncted in tiand
follows:
was
as
It is statut an yrdaint t! during
the rein of hir i Megente
for ilk yeare knowne as lepe yeare, ii}
m len layde of bothe highe and lowe
es t shall hae bespeke Ye
man she likes Albeit he refuses to taik
hir to be his Inwful wyfe, he sh ail be
mulected in ye sum ane pundis or less,
as his estait may be; except and
gif he can make it appears that
betrothit ane ither woman he then shall
liberte to
nwis
he i»
be free
Perhaps the custom goes hack even
further than that, but whatever
origin It has become =a
of our social tradition, even though
it is probably more of a popular joke
than an actual custom, limited to reg-
ular four-year periods, For the men
who are hold enough to say that they
know all sbout women will tell you
that
1 oy
its
fixed part
First, then, a woman will or won't, de-
pend ont,
If she will do't,
an end on't,
But if she won't, since safe and sound
your trust is,
Fear is affront, and jenlousy injustice
—Anron Hill's "Zara”™
she will; and there's
Which, in the case
question.” can be translated Into the
statement that If she decides to pro
pose, she will whether it's leap year
or not, and if she doesn't so decide
it wouldn't make any difference to
her if every year were leap year,
of “popping the
Fiction furnishes several examples
in support of the above statement, as
for instance in William Dean Howells’
story, “Dr. Breen's Practice” where
a real proposal comes at last for the
heroine herself, the lover being too
slow in coming to the point so she
helped hin along.
Frank Stockton, in “The Late Mrs,
Null,” takes a humorous view, placing
his hero and heroine outdoors in an
advantageous place. Being sure of
this desired catch, she said: “Mr
Croft, 1 am going to give you your
chioce. Would yeu prefer being re
fused under a cherry tree or a8 syca-
more.” There was a smile on her lips
which he did not quite Interpret, but
he sald, “1 decline being refused un
der any tre” “Well, 1 prefer the
cherry tree, and there Is just the one
nearby.”
And if we believe what we “see In
the papers,” leap year proposing this
year is neither a popular joke nor
fiction, tut a very live fact. Here is
the news story that came from Em-
poria, Kan. recently:
Emporia’s bachelors, at least 100 ot
them, are rallying to parry a thrust
made at them this week when Probate
Judge Wilford Riegle published in an
Emporia newspaper a list of men
whom he declared were the most eligi-
ble bachelors In the city. Judge Riegle
presented the names with the sugges-
tion that, this being leap year, the men
would be avallable for marriage, and
he recommended each one on his lisi.
The news of the publication of the
lst spread rapidly, Telephones began
to ring and the bachelors were fairly
swamped with calls from women As
a result the men have organized a pro-
tective alliance.
“Milllons for defense, but not one
cent for matrimony,” was the motte
adopted.
If women needs historical precedent
for taking advantage of the leap year
rescue of her sex. But that discreet
woman held her tongue,
“Why, Mary,” he continued, “you re
member how It was with yourself, |
have heard you say more than once
that you wouldn't marry the best man
nllve.
“Well, | didn't,” said Mrs. Martin —
fos Angeles Times
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und such
plentiful enough,
instance, the
Puritun m
question «di
Alden would
tradition
dents are
for
the
the
proposing prece
cnge
giden, who didn't put
*
rect v
although
been a dullare
didn’t know what she
when she sald “Why don’t you speak
for yourself, John?" Somewhat simila
is the of the Adel
who is sald to marked to the
man who later her
when he told all Paris
saying that “Well
why not? 1 happy.”
Another Queen
Victoria ited a man
be her escort and ms
Albert, She was
the question,
nearly lost him.
have
case late inn
have re
becnme
her that
they were en
+ 1
am
gaged,
I will be
the late
young
sure
instance is
who inv
ile
a bit slow in popping
{he
Lt] gossips say,
grandson,
Wales,
whole
tion
marry and make
of Windsor will have an future
princes of Wales, still seems
much content to remain a
He Is, therefore, one of the
ible mien in the world for some
year proposing. Of
“cawn't be done” in
ward Albert David
judging from all the fuss that
made over him when he visited this
country a year or so ago and the way
in which he was sought after by
matron and mald alike, even he would
Edward Albert, prince of
despite the anxiety of
Empire over
he Is ever
sure that the
iritish the
of when
gues
very
bachelor
most olig
leap
course, it simply
the of Ed
Windsor, but
case
if he came to America again in 1928
If some fairy should promise the
average girl that one of her leap
year propopals should be accepted by
any one of three eligibles she might
name, it iz doubtful, however, if the
prince of Wales would be the first
on her list, For Miss America seeking
a husband-that-might-be has a new
hero who holds first place in ber af
fections. In the United States army
he Is known as Col. Charles A. Lind:
bergh, but to the whole world who
has thrilled over his exploits in the
air, he is “Lindy.” And what Amer
fean girl would not place “Lindy”
ahead of even the prince of Wales
in her list of three?
Going on the assumption that they
would be two of the three, who would
the third man be? That might be the
most difficult selection of all, for there
is a great variety in the opportunity
offered to the girl who wishes to ex
ercise the prerogative of “woman pro-
poses” this year. This year's crop of
desirable “catches” among the world:
famous single men include not only
an internationally known aviator and a
prince of royal blood, but among
others, a world's champion prize
fighter, a President's son, a famous
gcientist and explorer. a Presidential
possibility, a United States senutor,
and a famous editor and author. Who
are they? Why, Gene ‘Tunney, John
Coolldge, Lincoln Ellsworth, Gov. Al
bert (&. Ritchie of Maryland. Senntor
Robert M. LaFoliette, Jr, of Wiscon-
gin, and Henry L. Mencken, editor of
the American Mercury,
There's a list for you! “Leap year,
girls—Get your man!"
enttle and food for bees. Gradunily
its use ns a vegetable became known
in Greece, and at a later date in Brit
alin,
Parsnips were similarly despised
until a short while age, and shallots
grown merely as a useful and effective
antidote for snake bites,
Travelers from Asin introduced the
onlon. The best imported onlons cums
from Brittany, Tripoll and Madeira
being of more dellente flavor and lex
ture than the Spanish voeriety,
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EASY LESSONS IN
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By PAUL H. SEYMOUR
Author of “Highlights on Auction Bridge”
10.8.9
(Copyright, by
A AP
Jr.y
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Hoyle,
Article Twenty -Three.
(Continued.)
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I trate a number of points
the present subject:
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West deal d finds that he ennnot
bid because
contain three sure
an
his five-card suit does not
and his hand
He
ist pass also
tricks
does not have (wo quick tricks
passes and North and |
South as fourth hand realizes that
should not make an original bid with
| ially strong han one
promise of
iit an er
that
f |
gives
hut he has three suits protected and
four and a tricks, As the
| pre hahle tricks are obtained by dou
would
eninge ame
going games
half quick
trick values this
ile
{i biir ick
1g the qu
tricks or gn
me, so
make
he bids one no
nine proba
trump after which all
i“
pass,
rih best
of
mmy
Senior leads the fou
the seven of clubs, Du
and de
two hands to est
long suit
sAnre
on the table,
is spread
looks over
the number of probable tricks
the
out a campaign for the play.
The applic
shows him that
ation of the rule of elevi
junior holds two clu
and that if senior has
must hold thre
hese
above the
five clul }
of Junior's mn » an honor
if senio
would
seven,
taken, must
If it loses
will make four
the diamond trick
Declarer has four
in spades
mond dnesse. if
towards senior.
hans five clubs he
i
1
hem, which with
will prevent game
in diamonds
get three In
finesse towd
i 2
| sure tric ks one
in clubs, and can
even If that
funfor fails provided junior has
no te lead. Therefore de
| clarer decides not to try the diamond
finesse but to hold up hls Ace of clubs
until the third round and then
Having analyzed the hand
| In this way he nd
i and one
| hearts rds
at that
time “club
finesse
{ the hearts,
proceeds promptly a
{| plays as follows:
CO
Cs
Ce
HK
Dé
38 H
iis De
ie De
52 SA
s9 SK
Eo SJ
. 1:8 {1
“ . DE 4 DQ
Declarer Secures three odd tricks
-
At trick 5 East leads dia
| cause that suit Is dummy's greatest
| weakness and South promptly puts on
the Ace, because he has decided not to
{ take that At tricks 6 and 11
| declarer overtakes his tricks in
| order to leave the lead where he wants
ponds be
finesse,
own
i It
| The
i deal are:
survey;
points to be studied in this
(1) making the preliminary
{2) holding up
adversary's suit; (3) refusing to take
{a tempting finesse towards an ad
versary holding established cards,
When dummy contains a long suit of
Ace and five small cards and no entry
in any other suit, and declarer holds
long sult, a sitnation is
which many players fail to handle
properly. The adversaries bold four
of that suit and If they are evenly
divided declarer cin establish the suit
by leading the King, following with a
small card and winning with the Ace
in dummy: but if the adverse cards
are divided 3-1 the suit would be
blocked on the third round and de-
clarer would get only two tricks from
it. This Is too great a risk to run,
thus the proper way to play this com.
bination is to lead the King, then fol.
fow with a small card and play low
from dummy (called ducking) giving
the adversaries the second trick. When
declarer again gets the lead he leads
his last small one to dummy’s Ace and
makes the three remaining small cards
good, taking five tricks In the suit
Such a suit should be led early in the
game before the adversaries have any
established cards to play when they
are allowed to take the trick.
presented
Religion Bows to Hunting
When the news comes to a church
full of Faroe islanders that whales
have been sighted man, woman and
child drop everything and run. The
islanders depend very largely on the
whales: for their winter supply of
meat fat and oll
The Faroe islanders are a very
ligious race and so A messenger goes
to the church, opens the door quietly
and whispers “Grindabund” to the
pearest man. He, In turn, whispers
to his neighbor and tiptoes softly
from the church, and so the message
is passed on to all who are to take
part in the drive.
the sacrament is being administered
no message is sent to the church. No
man would leave the Lord's table to
join tn a grind. Should he dare to do
gn, no blessing would follow him or
hie Tha Forum.
An Alsatian Dox Hero
The hero of the day fn weitern
Washington, in the United States, is
u big Alsatian dog named Arnold von
Winkerlried, His latest feat was the
rescue of a hoy scout after the young
man had fost for more than
three days in the dense woods of the
Cascade mountains,
After a
ties had failed in
find the the
thirtieth
has never hind a
heen
number of searc!
helr
doy succeeded,
and
ng par
attempis to
This
fur
hoy,
fu Lis Fescne 80 Lie
failure,
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Drinking
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Salts to Flush Kidneys and || !
Help Neutralize Irrie I
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Friendship’ s Blessing
token of
{ri ends hi
affectionat
carries with it a blessing
gard,
all propo bid
fo the flo
Moore.
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interesting facts re
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number
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