1.  The following rules were in force at Mt. Holyoke College in 1837:

“No young lady shall become a member of Mt. Holyoke Seminary who cannot kindle a fire, wash potatoes, repeat the multiplication table and at least two thirds of the shorter catechism.

“Every member of the school shall walk a mile a day unless a freshet, earthquake, or some other calamity prevent.

“No young lady shall  devote more than an hour a day to miscellaneous reading.

“No young lady is expected to have gentlemen acquaintances unless they are returned missionaries or agents of benevolent societies.” …..(School  Activities)

 

2.     Intimation of Immortality….

A veteran nurse (quoted in The American Magazine):  It has always seemed to me a major tragedy that so many people go through haunted by the fear of death—only to find when it comes that it’s as natural as life itself.  For very few are afraid to die when they get to the very end. In all my experiences only one seemed to feel any terror — a woman who had done her sister a wrong which it was too late to right.

Something strange and beautiful happens to men and women when they come to the end of the road.  All fear, all horror disappears.   I have often watched a look of happy wonder dawn in their eyes when they realized this was true.  It is all part of the goodness of nature and, I believe, of the illimitable goodness of God.

3.      AMERICANA…..Excerpts from The American Mercury

Intellectual government in Los Angeles is progressing as shown by the Associated Press….”For two hours the City Council argued the question of whether dogs can read, then delayed action on the subject because no expert opinion can be found. The argument was over a proposed ordinance requiring  dogs, chickens, cats, turkeys, canaries and donkeys to be silent in the city between 10 pm and 6 am.  Councilman Bryan Brainard precipitated the argument with the question” “Can dogs read? How will they know when they should  not bark?”

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Colorado: The Colorado Springs Independent issues a statistical report on petting conditions in the Great Open Spaces:

A story is being told of a tourist who at nightfall found himself lost in the Garden of the Gods and finally resorted to firing a gun he was carrying, in the hope that the sound might bring aid.  Imagine his surprise, following the report of the gun, to be able to count the headlights of 159 automobiles, just turned on.

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District of Columbia:  Results of one of the highly important investigations undertaken by bureaucrats, as reported in “Uncle Sam’s Diary” a magazine for federal employees:

Work habits of field mice have been clocked by federal scientists:  6 am, reveille: breakfast hunting, until 7:30 am; rest period until 11 am; lunch 1 pm,; general nosing about until 2 pm; dinner, 4:30 pm; half hour for napping, and then to bed at 5 pm.

 

(It is now time to smile…..and know that things never change)

 

More later……….bye peeps