H. MH. M. H. M. H. MH. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M.
S 6 32 4 55 11 51 6 30 4 58 11 55 6 26 5 111 58 6 17 5 10
M 6 33 4 54

6 311 4 57
6 271 5 0

6 18 5 912 8
Tu 6 34 4 52 12 50 6 32 4 55 12 53 6 281 4 58 12 56 6 19 5 8 1
W 6 36 4 51 1 53 6 34 4 54 1 54 6 30 4 57 1 56 6 20 7 2
Th 6 37 4 50 2 56 6 35 4 53 2 57 6 31 4 56 2 58 6 20 5 3 1
Fr 6 38 4 49 4 3 6 36 4 52 4 3 6 32 4 55 4 3 6 21 6 4 2
Sa 6 40 4 47 sets 6 371 4 50 sets 6 33 4 54 sets 6 22 5 5 sets
S 6 411 4 46 5 16 6 38 4 49 5 19 6 34 4 53 522 6 23 5 4 5 33

M 6 49 4 45 6 0 6 39 48 6 3 6 35 52 8 6 24 5 4 6 21 10 Tu 6 43 4 44 6 50 6 40 4 47 6 55 6 36 4 51 6 59 6 25 5 3 7 14 11 W 6 45 4 43 7 46 6 42 4 46 7 52 6 38 4 50 7 57 6 26 5 2 8 13 12 Th 6 464 42 8 49 6 434 45 8 54 6 394 498 59 6 27 5 1 9 14 13 Fr 6 17 4 41 9 55 6 44 4 44 10 0 6 40 4 48 10 4 6 28 5 1 10 18 14 Sa 6 484 40 11 3 6 45 4 43 11 7 6 41 4 47 11 10 6 29 5 0 11 21 15 S 6 49 4 39

6 464 42
6 42 4 46

6 30 4 59 16 M 6 50 4 38 12 10 6 48 4 42 12 13 6 43 4 46 12 16 6 30 4 59 12 24 17 Tu 6 52 4 37 1 16 6 49 4 41 1 17 6 4+ 4 45 1 20 6 31 4 58 1 24 18 W 6 53 4 36 2 21 6 50 4 40 2 22 6 45 4 45 2 231 6 32 4 58 2 24 19 Th 6 54 4 36 3 24 6 51 4 40 3 24 6 464 44 3 24 6 33 4 58 3 22 20 Fr 6 56 4 35 4 26 6 52 4 39 4 25 6 47 4 44 4 24|| 6 34 4 57 4 19 21

6 57 4 34 rises 6 53.4 38 rises 6 48 4 43 rises 6 35 4 57 rises 22 S 6 58 4 34 4 56 6 541 4 38 5 0 6 49 4 43 5 3 6 36 4 56 5 15 23 M 6 59 4 33 5 33 6 55 4 37 5 38 6 50 4 42 5 42 6 37 4 56 5 56 24 Tu 7 0 4 32 6 15 6 56 4 36 6 20 6 51 4 42 6 25 6 38 4 55 6 39 25 W 7 1 4 32 7 1 6 57 4 36 7 6 6 52 4 41 7 11 6 39 4 55 7 26 26 Th 7 2 4 31 7 51 6 58 4 36 7 56 6 53 4 41 8 0 6 394 55) 8 15 27 Fr 7 4 4 30 8 44 6 59 4 35 8 48 6 55 4 40 8 53 6 40 4 55 9 7 28 Sa 7 5 4 30 9 39 7 1 4 35 9 43 6 56 4 40 9 47 6 41 4 54 9 59 29 S 7 6 4 29 10 37 7 2 4 34 10 41 6 57 4 39 10 44 6 424 54 10 53 30 M 7 7 4 29 11 37 7 3 4 34 11 39 6 581 4 39 11 42 6 43 4 54 11 49

Sun on Meridian of Washington
Day of
Day of
Day of
Day of

Day of
Month H. M. S. Month H. M. S. | Month H. M. S. Month H. M. S. | Month H. M. S.

Sa

MOON'S PHASES, 1942 (EASTERN STANDARD TIME)
Last Quarter.

ID.
1H.
18M. First Quarter

15D. IH. New Moon

8
10
19 Full Moon

22

3 Morning Stars-Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn. Last Quarter

30

8 Evening Star-Venus, after Nov. 15.

56M.
24
37

Day of the Month

Sun

12th Month DECEMBER

31 Days (Local Mean Time, A. M., light figures; P. M., black)

To obtain Standard Time, see directions on page 158
Calendar for
Calendar for
Calendar for

Calendar for
Boston,
New York City,
Washington,

Charleston,
New England,

Connecticut, Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, N. Y. State.

Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri, Kansas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Colorado, Utah, Texas, New Mexico, N. and S. Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska,

Nevada, and

Arizona, and Washington, and

Wyoming, and Central California. Southern California
Oregon

Northern California.
Sun Sun Moon Sun Sun Moon

Sun Moon Sun Sun Moon
Rises Sets R. & S. Rises Sets R. &S Rises Sets R.&S. Rises Sets R. & S.

H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M. H. M H. M. H. M. H. M.
Tu 7 9 4 29

7 4 4 34
6 59 4 39

6 44 4 54 7 10 4 28 12 39| 7 51 4 33 12 40 7 0 4 38 12 41 6 45 4 54 12 46 3 Th 7 11 4 28 1 42|| 7 6 4 33 1 42| 7 1 4 38 1 436 45 454 1 44 +

7 12 4 28 2 48|| 7 7 4 33 2 47 7 2 4 38 2 47 6 46 4 54 2 45 5

7 13 4 28 3 57|| 7 81 4 33 3 55 7 3 4 38 35+ 6 47 4 54 3 48 6

7 14 4 28 5 9 7 9 4 33 5 6 7 4 4 38 5 4 6 48 4 54 4 54 7

7 15 4 28 sets 7 10 4 33 sets 7 5 4 38 sets 6 48 4 54 sets 8

7 16 4 28 5 29 7 11 4 33 5 35 7 6 4 38 5 39 6 49 4 54 556 9

7 17 4 28 6 31 7 12 4 33 6 37 7 7 4 38 6 42 6 50 4 54 6 58 10 Th 7 17 4 28 7 39 7 12 4 32 7 44 7 7 4 38 7 49 6 51 4 55 8 3 11

7 18 4 28 8 49 7 13 4 32 8 53 7 8 4 38 8 57 6 511 4 55 9 10

7 19 4 28 10 0 7 14 4 32 10 3 7 9 4 38 10 6 6 52) 4 55 10 15 13

7 20 4 28 11 7| 7 15 4 32 11 10 7 10 4 38 11 12 6 53 455 11 18 11 7 21 4 28 7 16 4 33 7 11 4 38

6 544 55 15

7 21 4 29 12 1+ 7 17 4 33 12 15 7 11 4 39 12 16 6 54) 4 56 12 18 16

7 22 4 29 1 17 7 18 4 33 1 17 7 12 4 39 1 17 6 55 4 56 1 17 Th 7 23 4 29 2 19 7 19 4 33 2 18 7 13 4 39 2 17 6 56 4 56 2 14 18

7 23 4 29 3 20 7 19 4 33 3 18 7 13 4 39 3 17 6 564 57 3 10 19

7 24 4 30 4 2017 201 4 34 4 17 7 11 4 40 + 15 6 57 4 57 4 20

7 4 4 30 5 17|| 7 20 4 34 5 14 7 11 4 40 5 11 6 57 4 58 4 59 21

7 25 4 31 rises 7 21 4 35 rises 7 151 4 41 rises 6 58 4 58 rises Tu 7 23/ 4 31 4 57 7 211 4 35 5 2 7 151 4 41 5 7 6 58 4 581 5 23 23

7 26 4 32 5 46 7 22 4 36 5 50 7 16 4 42 5 55 6 59 4 59 6 10 2+ Th 7 27 4 32 6 38 7 22 4 36 6 42 7 16 4 42 6 47 6 59 5 0 7 1 25

7 27 4 33 7 31 7 23 4 37 7 36 7 17 4 43 7 40 7 0 5 0 7 53 26

7 27 4 33 8 29 7 23 4 37 8 33 7 17 4 43 8 35| 7 0 5 1 8 46 27

7 281 4 34 9 27 7 24 4 38 9 30 7 18 4 44 9 33 7 1 5 1 9 40 28

7 28 4 35 10 27 7 24 4 39 10 28 7 18 4 45 10 31 7 1 5 2 10 36 29

7 28 4 35 11 27 7 24 4 40 11 29 7 18 4 45 11 29 7 1 5 211 32 30 7 29! 4 36 7 25 4 41 7 19 4 46

7 2 5 3 31 Th 7 29/ 4 37 12 30 7 25 4 42 12 30 7 19 4 47 12 31|| 7 2 412 29

Sun on Meridian of Washington
Day of
Day of
Day of
Day of

Day of
Month H. M. S. Month H. M. S. Month H. M. S. Month H. M. S. Month 'H. M. S.

12

H. M. H. M.
H. M. H. M.

H. M. H. M. Boston... 5 29 6 9 5 37 6 9

5 44 6 11 New York.. 5 27 6 11 5 35 6 11

5 41 6 14 Washington 5 25 6 13 5 32 6 14 21

5 38

6 17 Charleston. 1 5 17 6 21

5 24 6 22 21 5 30 6 26 MOON'S PHASES, 1942 (EASTERN STANDARD TIME) New Moon

8H.
59M. Full Moon

32D. 10H.

3М. First Quarter

14
12
47 Last Quarter

30

1

37 Morning Stars-Mars, Jupiter.

Evening Stars-Mercury, Venus, Saturn.

7D.

The Calendar in Standard Time for Cities in the U. S. (How to ascertain the same for 120 United States cities from Local Mean Time Calendar on the

twelve monthly calendar pages immediately preceding) Use Calendar for

Use Calendar for
Use Calendar for

Use Calendar for
Boston
New York City Washington, D. C.

Charleston

.. sub

9 Cb Pueblo.

....Sub

Gary..

M.
M.
M.

M.
Idaho
Connecticut
California (Central)

Alabama
Boisé City....add 45 Mb Bridgeport....sub 7 E San Fran..... add 10 Pe Mobile.......sub
Pocatello.... add 30 M Hartford.... .sub

9 Eb
Colorado

Montgomery ,,sub 15 O
New Haven...sub SE

Col. Springs..

ом Maine

Arizona

Denver
Portland .....sub 19 Eb
Illinois

OM Phoenix, .....add 28 M

2 M
Chicago
Massachusetts
springtield....sub 1 Ce

Delaware

Arkansas Boston.......sub 16 E

Wilmington ...add 2 E Hot Springs. .add 12 Cb Fall River....sub 16 E Indiana

Little Rock...add 9 CD

Dist. of Columbia Lowell.

Evansville. ...sub 10 Ce Washington...add 8 E ..sub 15 E Springfield....sub 10 E Fort Wayne...sub 20 C

California (Southera) Worcester ....sub 13 E

..sub 11 C

Kansas

Los Angeles...sub 7 Pb Indianapolis...sub 15 Ce Topeka......add 23 C Monterey ....add 8 Po Michigan Kokomo.

..sub 15 C

Wichita. ...add 29 Ce San Diego....sub 11 P Battle Creek..add 41 E Terre Haute..sub 10 Ce

Santa Barbara.sub 1 Pb

Kentucky
Detroit,
... add 32 E

Frankfort....sub 20 C
Iowa

Florida
Grand Rapids. add 42 E

Jacksonville..add 27 El Lexington....sub 22 C

5 C Burlington, ...add Minnesota

Cedar Rapids add * Cb Louisville.....sub 17 C Key West....add 27 Eb Minneapolis,.add 13 Cc

OC
Davenport....

add 21 Eb

Miami....

Maryland
Montana
Des Moines...add 14 C Baltimore....add 6 E

Georgia
Butte........add 30 MC Sioux City....add 26 Cb

Missouri

Atlanta......add 38 Eb

Augusta.

Jefferson City add
New York

..add 28 E Nebraska

9
Macon.

add 34 E Albany. .sub 5 E add 27 C Kansas City. . add 18 C

Savannah....add 24 E Binghamton, . add 4 E

Omaha....... add 24 C Springfield....add 13 Ce Buffalo, add 16 E

St. Louis..... add 1 C

Louisiana
Poughkeepsie. sub 4 E
Ohio

0 CI New Orleans..

Nevada Rochester ... add 10 E Cincinnati.... add 38 Ee Carson City...sub 1 P

Shreveport...add 16 C
Schenectady..sub 4 E
Cleveland ... add 26 E

Mississippi
Syracuse
. add 5 E
Columbus.

New Jersey
.. add 32 E

1 C Utica. . add 1 E

Jackson.
add 37 Ee Atlantic City. sub
Dayton,

2 E
Sandusky..... add 31 E
North Dakota

i Eb Vicksburg. ... add 3 0

Trenton......sub
Toledo
Bismarck..... add 43 cd
...add 34 E

New Mexico

North Carolina
Youngstown. .add 23 E

4 MC

Santa Fé..... add

Raleigh. .....add 15 Eg
South Dakota

Pennsylvania
Plerre........add 41 Cb

South Carolina

Oklahoma
Easton.
....add 1 E
Muskogee. ...add 21 Cg Columbia ...add 24 Eb

Charleston...add 20 E
Oregon

Erle

..add 20 Eb Okla. City.... add 30 Cg Portland ..... add 11 Pc Harrisburg ... add 8 E

Tennessee Salem..... ..add 12 Pc Philadelphia, .add

Utah 1 E

о се

Memphis..
Salt Lake.....add 28 Mb
Pittsburgh....add 20 E
Washington

Nashville.

.sub 13 Cc 3 E

Soranton..... add Olympia...... add 12 Pd

Virginia

Texas Seattle

Norfolk. 9 Pd

5 Ee Rhode Island

Austin

Richmond. ... add 10 Ee Spokane......sub 10 Pd

...add 31 CI Providence... .sub 14 Eb

Dallas

.add 27 C Wisconsin

West Virginia El Paso ...add 6 M Madison......sub 2 C

Wyoming

Charleston ...add 26 E Galveston.... add 19 CI Milwaukee....sub

8 C Cheyenne.....sub 1 M Wheeling.. ..add 22 Eb San Antonio..add 34 Ct

Lincoln.....

...add

... add

...add

METHOD OF USING THE TABLE ABOVE, WITH NEW YORK CITY AS AN EXAMPLE Directions:--For New York City, subtract 4m. Central, Mountain or Pacific, according as the from the Calendar for that city and the result is

letter E, C, M or P is found in the table. A small in Eastern standard time; for other cities, use the

letter indicates that in case of sunrise and sunset,

a correction for latitude is advisable, which corCalendar named at head of column and add or

rection is to be found in the table below, in the subtract the given number of minutes, this gives column headed by the small letter and on line with the required standard time, which is Eastern, the date.

CORRECTION TO SUNRISE

h

M
sub 9
sub 8
sub 6
sub 4
sub 2

M add 4 add 4 add 3 add 2 add 1

Jan.

Feb.

March

April

sub

May

1 15

1 15

1 15

1 15

1 15

1 15

1 15

1 15

1 15

1 15

1 15

1 15.

WS
ANON

M add 17 add 14 add 11 add 8 add

4 and 1 sub 3 sub 7 sub 11 sub 15 sub 18 sub 19 sub 19 sub 17 sub 14 sub 10 sub 6 sub 2 add 1 add 6 add 9 add 13 add 16 add 17

M add 8 add add 6 add 4 add 2

0 sub 2

4 sub 6 sub 7 sub 8 sub sub

9 sub 8 sub

7 sub 5 sub 3 sub 1 add 1 add 3 add 5 add 8 add 8 add 8

sub

1
sub
sub 3
sub
sub
Sub
sub
sub
Bub
sub
sub 1
sub

1

0 add 1 and 2 add 3 add 4 add 4

M
sub 4
sub

3
sub 3
sub 2
sub

1

0 add 1 add 2 add 3 ade 4 add 4 add 4 add 4 add 4 ad 3 add 3 add 2 add 1

0

1 sub 2

3

4 sub 4

M
sub
sub

6
sub
sub

4
sub 2
sub

1 add 1 add 3 add 4 add 6 add 7 add 7 add 7 add 6 add 6 add 5 add 3 add 1 sub

1 sub 3 sub sub sun sub 7

June

M sub 17 sub 16 sub 12 sub 9 sub 5 sub 1 add 4 add 8 add 11 add 16 add 17 add 18 add 17 add 16 add 14 add 10 add 6 add 2 sub 2 sub 6 sub 10 sub 13 sub 16 sub 16

add 2
add 4
add 6
add 8
add 9
add 9
add 9
add 8
add
add 5
add 3
add 1
sub 1
sub
sub
sub
sub 8
sub 9

July

Aug

Sept.

sub

Oct.

sub sub

Nov.

Dec.

NOTE--The same correction is applied to sunset as to sunrise, but in the opposite way; subtracted instead of added and vice versa.

Ready-Reference Calendar

For ascertaining any Day of the Week for any given Date within Two Hundred Years from the

introduction of the New Style, 1752 to 2000 inclusive

7 3 4 725
5 1 2 5 7 3 5 11 4 6 2

1896

1772
1812 1840 1868 1896 1908 1936 1964 1992 3

7 2 1776 1816 1844 1872

1912 1940 1968 1996 1 4 5 1 3 6 1 417 2 5 7 1780 1820 1848 1876

1916 1944 1972 2000 6 2 3 6 1 14 6 2 5 3 5 1756 1784 1824 1852 1880

1920 1948 1976

4711 4 6 2 4 7 3 5 1 3 1760 1788 1828 1856 1884

1924 1952 1980

2 5 6 2 4 7 2 5 1 3 6 1 1 2 3 4 5 6

7 I Monday 1 Tuesday 1 Wednesday | Thursday 1 Friday 1 Saturday 1 SUNDAY 2 Tuesday 2 Wednesday 2 Thursday 2 Friday 2 Saturday 2 SUNDAY 2 Monday 3 Wednesday 3 Thursday 3 Friday 3 Saturday 3 SUNDAY 3 Monday 3 Tuesday 4 Thursday 4 Friday

4 Saturday 4 SUNDAY 4 Monday 4 Tuesday 4 Wednesday 5 Friday

5 Saturday 5 SUNDAY 5 Monday 5 Tuesday 5 Wednesday 5 Thursday 6 Saturday 6 SUNDAY 6 Monday 6 Tuesday 6 Wednesday 6 Thursday 6 Friday 7 SUNDAY 7 Monday 7 Tuesday 7 Wednesday 7 Thursday 7 Friday 7 Saturday 8 Monday 8 Tuesday 8 Wednesday 8 Thursday 8 Friday 8 Saturday 8 SUNDAY 9 Tuesday 9 Wednesday 9 Thursday 9 Friday

9 Saturday 9 SUNDAY 9 Monday 10 Wednesday 10 Thursday 10 Friday 10 Saturday 10 SUNDAY 10 Monday 10 Tuesday 11 Thursday

11 Friday 11 Saturday 11 SUNDAY 11 Monday 11 Tuesday 11 Wednesday 12 Friday 12 Saturday 12 SUNDAY 12 Monday 12 Tuesday 12 Wednesday 12 Thursday 13 Saturday 13 SUNDAY 13 Monday 13 Tuesday 13 Wednesday 13 Thursday 13 Friday 14 SUNDAY 14 Monday 14 Tuesday 14 Wednesday 14 Thursday 14 Friday 14 Saturday 15 Monday

15 Tuesday 15 Wednesday 15 Thursday 15 Friday 15 Saturday 15 SUNDAY 16 Tuesday 16 Wednesday 16 Thursday 16 Friday 16 Saturday 16 SUNDAY 16 Monday 17 Wednesday 17 Thursday 17 Friday 17 Saturday 17 SUNDAY 17 Monday 17 Tuesday 18 Thursday 18 Friday 18 Saturday 18 SUNDAY 18 Monday 18 Tuesday 18 Wednesday 19 Friday 19 Saturday 19 SUNDAY 19 Monday 19 Tuesday 19 Wednesday 19 Thursday 20 Saturday 20 SUNDAY 20 Monday 20 Tuesday 20 Wednesday 20 Thursday 20 Friday 21 SUNDAY 21 Monday 21 Tuesday 21 Wednesday 21 Thursday 21 Friday 21 Seturday 22 Monday 22 Tuesday 22 Wednesday 22 Thursday 22 Friday 22 Saturday 22 SUNDAY 23 Tuesday 23 Wednesday 23 Thursday 23 Friday 23 Saturday 23 SUNDAY 123 Monday 24 Wednesday 24 Thursday 24 Friday 24 Saturday 24 SUNDAY 24 Monday 24 Tuesday 25 Thursday 25 Friday 25 Saturday 25 SUNDAY 25 Monday 25 Tuesday 25 Wednesday 26 Friday 26 Saturday 26 SUNDAY 26 Monday 26 Tuesday 25 Wednesday 26 Thursday 27 Saturday 27 SUNDAY 27 Monday 27 Tuesday 27 Wednesday 27 Thursday 27 Friday 28 SUNDAY 28 Monday 28 Tuesday 28 Wednesday 28 Thursday 28 Friday 28 Saturday 29 Monday 29 Tuesday 29 Wednesday 29 Thursday 29 Friday 29 Saturday 29 SUNDAY 30 Tuesday 30 Wednesday 30 Thursday 30 Friday 30 Saturday 30 SUNDAY 30 Monday 31 Wednesday131 Thursday 31 Friday 31 Saturday 31 SUNDAY 131 Monday 131 Tuesday

How to use the Ready Reference Calendar-To ascertain any day of the week, first look in the table for the year required, and under the months are figures which refer to the corresponding figures at tne head of the columns of days below. For Example: To know on what day of the week July 4, 1918, fell, look in the table of years for 1918, and in a parallel line under July is figure 1, which directs to column 1 in which it will be seen that July 4 fell on Thursday.

In leap years the month of February has 29 days.

Chronological Cycles, 1942

Dominical Letter
Epact

13 i Sunar Cycle

5 19

Roman Indiction
Julian Period

10 6655

Chronological Eras
Name
Began
Name

Began
Grecian Mundane Era

B. c. 5598. Sept. 1 Grecian or Syro-Macedonian Era B, C. 312. Sept. 1 Civil Ers of Constantinople 5508. Sept. 1 Era of Maccabees.

166, Nov. 24 Alexandrian Era.. 5502, Aug. 29 Tyrian Era..

125. Oct. 19 Julian Period... 4713, Jan. 1 Sidonian Era.

110, Oct. 1 Mundane Era. 4008, Oct. 1 Julian Era.

45, Jan. 1 Jewish Mundane Era. 3761, Oct. 1 Spanish Era.

38. Jan. 1 Era of Abraham. 2015. Oct. 1 Augustan Era.

27. Feb. 14 Era of the Olympiads. 776, July 1 Christian Era.

A. D. 1, Jan. 1 Roman Era (A. U.C.). 753, April 24 Destruction of Jerusalem.

69. Sept. 1 Era of Metonic Cycle 432 July 15 Mohammedan Era..

622, July 16 The year 1942 corresponds to the year 7450-7451 year of 680 Olympiad commencing July 1; 2602 of of the Byzantine era: 5702-5703 of the Jewish era, the Japanese era, and the 17th year of the period the year 5703 commencing at Sunset, September 11. Showa; 1360-1361 of the Mohammedan era, the 1942; 2695 since the foundation of Rome, according year 1361 commencing at Sunset, January 18, 1942; to Varro; 2718 of the Olympiads, or the second the Japanese chronology dates from 660 B. C.

Church Fasts The Roman Catholic Days of obligation are: 1 year except Christmas Day and the Epiphany. Jan. 1 (Circumcision of Christ); Ascension Day The three Rogation Days are days of Solemn (forty days after Easter Sunday); Aug. 15 (Assump- Supplication. In the Greek Church the four printion of the Blessed Virgin Mary); Nov. 1 (All cipal fasts are those in Lent, the week succeeding Saints' Da"; Dec.

Whitsuntide, the fortnight before the Assumption, (Immaculate Conception); and forty days before Christmas. Dec. 25 (Cnristmas), and all the Sundays of the

Ember and Rogation Days are certain periods of year.

the year devoted to prayer and fasting. Ember The Roman Catholic canon law prescribes absti- Days (twelve annually), about the beginning of nence for every Friday of the year. Abstinence and the four seasons, are the Wednesday, Friday, and fast together are to be observed on Ash Wednesday, Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, in Spring; the Wednesdays and Fridays of Lent (in the United after the feast of the Pentecost (Whitsunday). States), the Ember Days, the Vigils of Pentecost, Summer; after the festival of the Holy Cross, the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Sept. 14, Autumn, and after the festival of St. feast of All Saints, and the Nativity of Our Lord. Lucia, Dec. 13, Winter, Ember Weeks are the weeks The law of fast alone is prescribed for all the in which the Ember Days appear. remaining days of Lent except Sundays.

Ember Days in 1942 are Feb. 25, 27, 28; May 27. In the American Episcopal Church the days of 29, 30: Sept. 16, 18, 19: Dec. 16, 18, 19. fasting or abstinence to be observed, according to

Rogation Days occur on Monday, Tuesday and the Book of Common Prayer, are the forty days of Wednesday immediately preceding Ascension Day, Lent, the Ember Days, and all the Fridays of the and in 1942 fall on May 11, 12, 13.

Jewish Holidays, Festivals and Fasts

Festivals and Fasts Hebrew Date 1938-39 1939-1940 1940-41 1941-42 1942-43 New Year.

Tishri

1 Sept. 26 M. Sept. 14 Th. Oct. 3 Th Sept. 22 M. Sept. 12 S. Fast of Guedalla

Tishrt

3 Sept. 28 W. Sept. 16 S. Oct. 5 S. Sept. 24 W. Sept. 14 M.

Tishri 10 Oct. 5 W. Sept. 23 S.Oct. Day of Atonementt.

12 8. Oct. 1 W. Sept. 21 M. Tabernacles, 19t Day. Tishri 15 Oct. 10 M.Sept. 28 Th. Oct. 17 Th Oct. 6 M. Sept. 26 8.

22 Oct. 17 M. Oct. 5 Th. Oct. Tabernacles, 8th Day.. Tishri

24 Th Oct. 13 M. | Oct. 3 S. Rejoicing of the Law.. Tishri 23 Oct. 18 Tu. Oct. 6 F. Oct. 25 F. Oct. 14 Tu. Oct. 4 Su. Channukah..

Kislev 25 Dec. 18 Su. Dec. 7 Th. Dec. 25 W.Dec. 15 M. Dec. 4 F.

Tebet Fast of Tebet..

10 Jan. 1 Su. Dec. 22 F. Jan. 9 Th Dec. 30 Tu. Dec. 18 F. Purim

Adar

14 Mar.
5 Su.

Mar. 13 Th Mar. 3 Tu.
Purim (Leap Year) Adar Sheni 14

Mar. 24 Su.

Mar. 21 Su. Passover, 1st Day Nisan 15 Apr. 4 Tu. April 23 Tu. Apr. 12. S. Apr. 2 Th. April 20 Tu.

Nisan Passover, 7th Day

21 Apr. 10 M. April 29 M. Apr. 18 F. Apr. 8 W. April 26 M.

Nisan Passover, Last Day 22 Apr. 11 Tu. April 30 Tu. Apr.

19 S. Apr. 9 Th. April 27 Tu.

6 May 24 W. June 12 W.June Shebuoth Feast ofWeeks Sivan

1 Su May 22 F. June 9W Fast of Tammuz

Tammuz 17 July 4 Tu. July 23 Tu. July 12 Th July 2 Th. July 20 Tu. Fast of Abh*....

Abh
9 July 25 Tu. Aug. 13 Tu. Aug. 2 S. July 23 Th. Aug. 10 Tu.

The months of the Jewish year are: 1 Tishri; •If Saturday, substitute Sunday immediately fol

2 Chesvan (Also Marcheshvan); 3 Kislev: 4 Tebet lowing. Yom Kippur. All Jewish holidays, etc.,

(Also Tebeth); 5 Sebat (Also Shebhat); 6 Adar; 6a, begin at sunset on the day previous to that given added month some years, Adar sheni; 7 Nisan in the table.

8 Iyar; 9 Sivan; 10 Tammuz; 11 Abh; 12 Elul.

.

The Sun The sun, which has a diameter of 864,100 miles, The radiating surface of the sun is called the and is distant, on the average, 92,900,000 miles photosphere, and just above it is the chromosphere. from the earth, is supposed to be about 143 times which is a kind of atmosphere in a constant state as dense as water. The light of the sun reaches the of agitation, as if stirred by spouting gases. The earth in 498.7 seconds, or somewhere more than 8 chromosphere is visible only during a total eclipse. minutes. The average surface solar temperature has and looks like a reddish layer with faming prom:

inences here . been estimated at 6,000 degrees, centigrade, equal

Above the chromosphere is the corona also visible to 10,832 degrees, Fahrenheit. But against

this ess only at the time of a total eclipse. Its pearly light timate is the fact that hydrogen and helium which surges as far, in places, as 1,000,000 miles or more. astronomers guess abound on the sun, require a

The corona, in the opinion of astronomers, probhigher temperature before

they emit brilliant lights. ably always is visible at points outside the atmosHarvard astronomers announced in May, 1937, phere of the earth. that they had found a temperature drop of 1,500

The composition of the corona is unknown. In degrees (centigrade) between the surface of the the spectrum it is manifested by a green line, possun and its overlying atmosphere.

sibly due to an unidentified element. There may Twilight on the spectroscope forms a continuous be an intimate connection between sun spots and bright spectrum composed of all the colors of the the corona. rainbow, crossed by dark lines. This leads to the Sun spots are dark, cloud-like regions from 500 belief that most of the earthly elements-iron, to 50,000 miles in diameter which last from a day copper, sodium, etc. --are also in the sun, and are to a week, and increase in number in 11-year cycles. vaporized into light by intense heat, mingling with The sun sends out 400,000 times as much light the so-called permanent gases such as hydrogen, as the moon, and 90 million times as much as the oxygen and helium.

star Aldebaran.