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BP HERE'S A SIMPLE FROCK FOR THE LITTLE GIRL Simplicity in children's frocks seems to be the. fashion -at the pres ent moment, and very sensible it is, as well as beautiful, 1 The little pinafore frock pictured Is of white cotton jean with a band of dark red cotton around the bot tom and about the elbow sleeves, headed with dull blue braid of dif ferent widths. A white cap of Turkish toweling trimmed to match the dress gives an individual touch to this little cos tume which can entirely be made by any mother. o o DIARY OF FATHER TIME December, in the old Roman calen dar, was the tenth month, getting its name from the Latin decern, meaning ten. Then an agitation, hotter than the present Mexican question, was started, to get more months. This was during the time of Lucullus and was the cause of all the trouble be tween Rome and Mithradates the Great. Lucullus was peeved at "the way Mithradates became dictator of Phrygia and refused to recognize him, like Pres. Wilson is refusing to recognize Huerta. Mithradates then called an election causing himself to be elected. Then the Greeks began to laugh at Luculhis and he told Mithradates he would either have to resign or face a war with the Ro mans. Mithradates promised to resign but kept putting it off on every possible pretext and Lucullus hesitated to op pose the small country with the strength of the Romans. Finally, as a last resort, to further postpone his resignation, Mithradates added two more months to the calendar and the whole world laughed. Lucullus got so touchy about it that whenever he gave one of his celebrated Lucullan banquets, he always banished from the table anyone who laughed be tween jokes or seemed to be amused at anything on the side. Mithradates finally, brought the affair to a crisis when he demanded that Lucullus re sign, then took to the wood's. Every one laughed, even Lucullus. ' '-o o A healthy horse eats nine times its weight in food in a year; a healthy sheep six times.