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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, January 13, 1914, NOON EDITION, Image 10

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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.
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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. '
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A healthy horse eats nine times its
weight in food in a year; a healthy
sheep six times.

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