ABSTRACT
1. Many Channels of social life have not simply a beginning and an end but are circular in character. The large section of the channel which leads food from the grocery store into the mouths of the family members or into the garbage can is actually a part of another circular process. This process includes dishwashing, receiving money from the husband, and other sections of housekeeping which follow each other in a circular way. Many of the sections are interdependent in that finishing one starts the next.
