Mother Seigel's almanac & home companion 1914 : full of interesting facts & information, entertaining-useful-instructive / [A.J. White Ltd.].

  • A.J. White, Ltd.
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1914
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Credit: Mother Seigel's almanac & home companion 1914 : full of interesting facts & information, entertaining-useful-instructive / [A.J. White Ltd.]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    y 3rd, First Quarter B 6.294.m.|16th. Last Quarter C1012 pm\y + Oth.Full Moon © 9.31 p.m.|25th,.NewMoon @ 2.35am = © - THE LANGU AGE of the POSTAGE STAMP. : : ees roe ae _ Just as there is a language of flowers and ¥ 3 | Sunday 4.32, | 7.23 precious stones, so there is a language of stamps, 4 | Monday 4.30 | 7.24 and very interesting and amusing it is too. ‘| 5 | Tuesday 4.28 | 7.25 Suppose you place a postage stamp on an envelope “| 6 | Wednesday | 4.26 | -7.27 upside down, top left-hand corner, then this means rs - | Thursday 4.24 | 7.29 that you love the person to whom you are writing. ~ | 8] Friday 428 | 18k noo be careror! ie 9| Saturday 421 | 7.32 stamp p aced crosswise on top left-hand corner 10 | Sunday 4.20 | 7.34 says,—‘ My heart belongs to another.” 1 | Monday * 4.18 | 7.35 Placed right side up, and on the same corner, it : 12:| Tuesday 416 | 7.36 || 2!so. says, ~Bye-by, dearest.” Listen to the 7 43 | Wednesday | 4.14 | 7.38 ||. laughter of the postman. < 14°| Thursday 4.13 | 7.40 || A stamp at the left-hand bottom corner means | 45 | Friday ge aed oe, Wea eyon, . | 46-| Saturday 4.10 | 7.43 placed in a fine with a surname on the left- hand “ 17 | Sunday 48 | 7.44 side, the meaning is, “ Accept my love.” - Yours, of 18 | Monday 4.7 745 course, not the postman’s. “149 | Tuesday 46 | 7.47 If placed upside down in the right-hand corner, 20 | Wednesday | 4.4 748 the silent message is “My: heart is another’s, you } 24 | Thursday 4.3 | 7.50 So write no more.” % 92 | Friday 42 | 751 acing a stamp on the right-hand, crosswise, : 93 |. Saturday 40 7.52 asks the question, “Do you love me, dearest’? | 24 | Sunday 3.59 | 7.64 || Don’t expect the postman to wait for an answer. — | 25°| Monday 3.58 | 7.55 If on the right side of the surname, right side ap, ‘196 | Tuesday 35701 7.56 the useful stamp says, “‘I long to see you, darling.’ | 27 | Wednesday 356. 758 At the bottom right-hand corner of the envelope; ° 28 | Thursday | 3.55 | 7.59 || . 2 Stamp placed crosswise signifies “No,” in answer _ | 29] Friday 3.54 | 8.0 ars geal sitio - | 30 | Saturday 353 | 81 in the same place, and right side up, the answer 81 | Sunday 3.52 | 8.3 is “ Yes ; _— BIRTHS. iWwitanever: achild is born, to comply with Fike law the father or the mother must give _ the local registrar of births information of the. birth within forty-two days. The register must also be signed. If the father or the mother do not give _ this information, it is the duty of each person present at the birth, or any person f » having charge of the child, to do so. When births are not registered within “three months, lengthy legal formalities have. to be gone through, and fairly heavy ‘ fees have to be paid. Itis therefore to the benefit of the parents to inform the registrar within the period named. os a DEATHS. 2 : AN deaths have to be notified to the registrar by the nearest relatives within five days. If there are no relatives, or if they are abroad, then the duty is placed on the ate or Epo the person causing the body {f a doctor nas been in attendance it is aiso his duty to give a certificate to the the cause of death. MARRIAGES. a in the case of marriage by banns, if the parties are living in two parishes,. the banns must be published in. each parish If the wedding does not take place within three months of the publication of the banns, then the banns become useless. - Marriages can take place before a Registrar, or in any place of . common licence or special licence. In Scotland the banns may be published on cne or two Sundays. Notice of marriage can also be given to the registrar of a district, or an “‘irregular’’ marriage witnesses that the man and the woman wish to become husband and wife. within three months.
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