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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-10
AWfuIly Nice TO Be Able TO
Appear at The Morning
Table ALFRED ina nnO-
nOdnd petticO0t and With
Hair Done Up In Curl
pdperS-A New Idea OF
Business Women" {. :.

you must try some Of these when they
are finished. just to see how good they
are Breakfast doesn't seem like break
fast TO me without fried apples. I've
had fried apples every single day sincs
I've been here"
Everyone being able to get those
bits OF home life here is what makes
this our fat. and not my nat said
the artist, who was enjoying her Gus
tomary two chops and buttered toast
az tie kitchen table.
People who nave never had 10 en-
dure the disheartening unIoveliness OF
the furnished room or boarding house"
sad the little actress. can't imagine
how the soul OF the woman who has
had to stand such an existence for sew
eral years grows to long for a bit OF
home life
She drew a napkin OF coarse linen
from the table drawer. spread it op-
posite the artist. and began to set it
with bits Of china from her cupboard
shelf with evident satisfaction. Our
kitchen table is stained green, which
gives it a rich, artistic appearance, and
II really looks invitingiy dainty on Sun
day mornings, when spread with snowy
napkins and dotted with the best pieces
Of china everyone possesses. The art
student brought her frying pan from
the stove as the actress sat down, and
insisted upon distributing spoonfuls OF
steaming savory apples. fried rich
brown, which proved irresistible.
Lovely Morning Gossip.
II love these morning gossips while
the coffee is making" continued the lit
tie actress. as she poured tire syrup over
her buckwheat cakes. I've always APP
preciated a socIabIe breakfast hour ever
since 1 tried keeping a fat by myself
thought I would be smart and indie
pendent, and have home OF my own.
you know. But oh. the loneliness of that
Nat and of those breakfasts, without a
soul to even say good morning tor
II wish some one would solve the
problem of keeping this pen from over
flowing" said the physical culture
teacher, who entered at that moment.
Sunday morning is a busy time in
our fat Not that we work. Oh. dear.
no But there are so many little things
that the woman who is busy during the
week puts of until Sunday TO do. There
are skirts to brush and press. and hair
10 be shampooed, and gloves 20 be
cleaned and mended, and home letters
answered, and the Toilet silver polished
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suddenly. of the art student. who stood
by the stove. enveloped in a long ging-
ham painting apron, and gently stirring
the contents OF steaming frying pan.
That certainly is the most delicious
odor 1 have smeIIed in a long time
If IL keeps up much longer ! shall be all
out Of conceit with my sausages and
hot cakes. And I've been looking for
ward to enjoying them SOL"
The art student laughed. She is our
"baby member" and speaks with low
Southern drawl.
Fried apples she said. why,
expect you don't know much about
fried apples. do you? Well. L declare,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-10

ITO those who are unfamiliar with
the immense amount of foreign
money-that is, money from other
sections of the United States
which the proprietors of Washington
hotels spend with the marketmen and
merchants generally. the figures were
known, would be very surprising
II is not supposed that hotels are
as much value to a city as they
really are Merchants and marketmen.
however. and the breeders OF turkeys
and other birds. the growers OF garden
truck OF the best kind. and all en-
gagged in produce business. as well as
all who come in contact with the thou
sands Of employees of the hotel. many
of whom receive better pay than en-
ployes of the Government. who do SINH
lar work. have a very fair idea Of how
money passes in and out. This money,
however. is expended through so many
channels that it is hard to trace the
exact good It does. beyond keeping It In
circulation where il is needed. Like
wise. Il is impossible TO get exactly the
amounts expended by all OF the hotels
in the city. but the proprietor OF one
Of the largest hotels puts the figure at
no less than $4,000 annually for food
alone.
The money expended In wages and sal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-10

kitchen one Sunday morning recently
Sunday is the morning TO find MS at our
best. The kitchen is always clean and
shining after its Saturday scrubbing
and securing, for one thing. AID we
have had leisure TO don our curl papers
and don a becoming neSllge before
meeting at breakfast. The actress is
one Of the first 10 arrive at breakfast on
Sunday. for she goes to church. She
was sitting on stool with the coffee
mill between her knees, busily grind
ing sufficient of the aromatic bean for
her morning cup on this particular oc-
casion.
What are you cool1ing?" she asked.
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OF the country-is due to the cosmopoli-
tan nature Of the population Of the city
and the visitors The chefs at the Ar
lington and the large Pennsylvania Ave
nue. Hotels have to be prepared at any
minute to cook a plate of hominy and
sausage or the favorite dish of the EN-
peror of Korea. with all OF the myriad
connections between those extremes
Once In a while potentates from India
Japan, Central Asia and Africa drop in
and demand banquets of Interminable
courses, all cooked in the native fashion.
In some Of these cases, however. a ma.
tive chef is in the party and he aids
the regular staff This is usually the
case with Mohammedans. who insist
that fowls or other animals be killed
in a certain way. and with Brahmins.
who would have to undergo long pun
ishment if they allowed a hated infidei
to handle their food
Favorite Dishes of Every Locality.
AS TO favorite dishes OF the United
states the managers of the hotels
make 1t part OF their regular menus
to have served daily one of the best
liked dishes of some section. Thus one
can have the gumbo of Louisian-, the
wild turkey of Virginia and condi-
ments. the beans of Boston. the chile
con carne and tsmales of Texas and
the border States, the half Spanish and
half Indian dishes OF Arizona. New
Mexico. Indian Territory, and California.
and other characteristic preparations. In
addition to the best menus OF excellent
French chefs. And IL seems that the
visitors from the sections mentioned de-
mand their home food with such fire.
quency that the hotel managers are
compelled to serve them.
High Salaried Employees.
But to return TO the expense of oper-
ating the hotels and the amounts the
managers are spending in Washington.
Among the employees the chef draws the
highest salary, next 20 the manager.
The chef at the Arlington is paid s. 600
year. which is the highest I'm the CITY.
The New Willard comes next, and then
the amount goes all the way down to
$50 month. There is always a chef.
even where only one cook is employed.
and he is a chef" II he is working for
little more than what he eats in the
smallest of cheap restaurants. The sec
ond cooks I'm the hotels receive as high
as 800 a month. and the other cooks.
IN the large nOlels, tnefe DelnR dozen
or more each, receive from $50 down.
The head waiter frequently receives $50
a month. the others $40 and $50 The
waters, however. earn almost as much
in tips as they do I'm wages. Clerks re-
ceive from SIS a month down to $50.
Porters and the hundreds of others ret
all the way from $50 a month down.
Then there are hundreds OF special en-
ployes, each OF whom does not earn
less than $50 a month. These are nearly
all owners of homes in Washington,
though many of them go TO the sea-
shore and mountain resort hotels in the
summer time. 1t is in Washington,
however, that they spend their money.
II is said there are no less than 5000
persons who earn thei: living i'm some
capacity for or around the Washington
hotels. and act as the distributors of
the money paid them by the pr)prietors.
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Flat. Each woman's room Is her strong
hold. to furnish and care for according
TO her inclination and income. In the
kitchen each has her shelf in the cup
board and her closet reou for supplies.
No two seem to wandcr in to prepare
breakfast at exactly the same time in
the morning, and those who lunch at
home invade the kitchen at odd mo-
ments as the fancy strikes them. Oc-
casionally several may Join together
and treat themselves to q real home
dinner AT night. but, being busy
women. the general order OF things is
TO dine out
We were discussing the subject fin the
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Longed for Comforts Realized.

aries for the employees OF the various
classes is estimated to be S.OO0.C9O a
year. 2cpairs. renovatiOns and improve
ments amount annually to $500. 900.
max a total that the proprietors OF
the hotels alone spend of S12. 500. 900.
These figures do not include the restau-
rants. the boarding houses. nor the
money spent outside Of the hotels with
the merchants by the guests at the ho-
tells. which amounts TO many millions
more. In fact the hotel men assert.
with much evidence at hand to support
their assertion, that there is no other
business or trade. or class of men out
side of the Government itself, which
brings so much money into the city as
do the hotels. Real estate men and
bankers dispute the assertion. but they
seem to be in the same position as the
great steel industries. when It is COM
pared TO the efforts Of the busy Ameri-
can hen. The hen in the United States
produces goods which supply the world,
and which exceed in value annually
the iron and steel products by nearly
SIS. 000.O O0 Sales Of property worth hun
dreds OF thousands of dollars are fire.
quent in Washington, and many mag
nihcent buildings are being erected. but
they are not in the nature Of continu-
Gus performance like the hotels.
What the Managers Say.
To get exact information on the sub
tect three Of the most successful hotel
proprietors in Washington and the Unit
ed States. Roessle. OF the Arlington, tho
hosiery under whose roof have lived
more notables than any other in the
western hemisphere; Devine. of the
Shoreham, and Staples OF the Riggs
and National. were consulted. and from
them were obtained the facts. The pro-
prfetor Of the Arlington put his expen-
ditures at nearly one-fifth of the whole
amount Mr.. Devine estimated that the
cost OF supplying his hotel patrons with
food and attention amounted to $500, 900 a
year. Mr.. Staples put the expense Of
his two hotels at 100000. In the
twenty years / have been in Washing
ton have spent for the Riggs House in
the Washington market alone -. 900, 900
for fowls, meat, game, fruit, and vege-
tables. And all OF II was in cash pay
ments on the day the goods were deliv-
cred. The figures do not include provis-
ions bought outside OF the market
proper"
Fine Cuisine.
II is said that because Of the high
class of their patronage there are no no
tells in the United States which furnish
better cooking and food than do those
OF the Capital There is no dainty or
delicacy known 10 the natives from
Maine 20 Mexico and from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, nor in Central nor South
America for that matter, which is not
to be had in season, and often out of II,
In Washington hotels. and added TO this
varied menu are thousands OF goo6
things that can only be obtained in
Maryland or Virginia. or just over the
borders of these States. In fact, all OF
Washington cooking outside OF the no,
tells where costly imported chefs reign,
is grounded upon the cuisine OF Colonial
Virginia and Maryland. This cosmo.
politan condition-that is. the cooking
OF things men like at home in all parts
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the end Of the hall meant more than this.
1t represented touch of home life, a
place in which to get breakfast or a
bite of lunch; the convenience of being
able to press out neckwear or handker-
chefs. or do little washing II one
should wish.
From the first she had planned to ask
references OF her dodgers. and then to
let them enjoy the independence she
herself wished. But the kitchen she
had thought of as her own. Now she
decided that they should share it, also.
with all the comfort kitchen must
mean to any woman
Independence is a watchword in Our
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-10

~ ONE of US wanted to call Our Flat
Crawford. but others objected
- strenuously TO the title. They said
that Crawford was the abode of a
lot of old maids. or course. no one had
meant to intimate that we were other
than the most up-to-date. approved sort
Of bachelor girls. Only. Crawford was
a place inhabited solely by women. So
is Our Flat.
On one occasion a man had been sug-
gested as Iodger. and you should have
heard the cutlery. man lodger in Our
Flat. Alas for the delightful informal
ity Of breakfasts in dressing sacques and
pigtailsl And what of those Sunday
morning gatherings in the kitchen when
the most correct costume is a petticoat
and kimonoi However. the business
woman turned up before the week was
out and Our Flat is stil exclusively fem
mime and the only bachelor girl estab-
lishment of its kind
A Base LIBEL.
Not that we imagine that ours Is the
only fat occupied solely by women. Co
operative fiat keeping has been tried by
women scores OF times. and. oh, the
tales OF woe of those who have made the
attempts, BY this time II has become
a well known saying that. no matter
how good friends a number of women
may be. let them attempt to live to-
gether in a fiat and they will be sworn
enemies before a month is over.
That saying. however. we have dis
proved. Three OF us have been together
over three years. and the other three
Joined our circle more than four months
ago. And we seem to all grow better
friends every day. You see now that
Our Flat is unique of its kind Al
least. If there is another conducted like
it none of us. nor any one we know.
has heard of it.
The Secret of Success.
The real secret of our success is that
while we al live together we each live
separately. There is no attempt at CO
operative housekeeping in Our Flat-no
parlor or dining room and no maid. In
fact. it isn't our fat at all though
we call it so. It belongs to the artist
She says that when she took it her only
idea was TO get good sized studio with
out paying rent She procured a corner
apartment. with a front room facing
north for herself and rooms facing east
All along the side. which she proposed to
let. But unfinished rooms were not so
easily disposed Of as she had ima~
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[IF NJ sorry, madam. but 1 think it
best that you be removed to a
4 hospital where you can have
better and more systematic
treatment" so spoke local physician
to one of his patients few days ago.
This action of the physician calls to
mind that while the very mention of the
word hospital throws one into a
nervous fit. at the same time there are
very many worse places in the world
Out OF the large number of sick people
in Washington each year few II may
be said have the benefit of hospital
treatment and the others know little or
nothing OF life in a hospital. IL is not
all clouds and sorrow, but sunshine and
joy are found in equal proportions, thus
taking away in short time that dread
Of being a hospital patient"
When one enters a hospital for treat
ment, 1t is necessary first TO report TO
the superintendent. who takes your
name. age. address and previous condi-
ton and incidentally calls on you TO pay
in advance your first weeks expenses.
A nurse stands nearby 10 conduct you
TO a private room or ward-whichever
your choice may be. If a ward patient
all eyes are turned on the newcomer.
and various comments are made by the
other patients-those who have the good
fortune TO be there first-quietly among
themselves. But the glances exchanged
which do not escape the latest arrival.
cause one to feel like "a stranger in
a strange land" This initiation is soon
over and II will generally be found tina:
some kind-hearted person will make an
advance and others follow and soon the
barrier Is removed and the new patient
becomes one OF a happy family
Having been assigned TO a ward, the
first requirement. and. incidentally, one
of the most stringent rules Of the hos
pital. is that the patient take a bath.
No use to tell the nurse you had one
just before leaving home. Expostulation
Is In vain, so to acquiesce. even though
II seems useless, is the better way Yet
somehow 1T seems belittling 70 be or
dered around like a child, and to feel
for the first time IN years that your
chief business is to do what you are
told to do.
Restraint at First Calling.
The restraint that is necessary in
hospital is at first very gs ling. but the
feeling soon wears away. for nurses and
physicians all seem intent on doing ev-
erything in their power for your COM
fort and complete restoration to health.
IL certainly is for the interest of the
patient TO gracefully accept the condi-
lions as they. are. and bow submissiveIy
to those in authority.
When meal time arrives, all who are
able 10 walk are expected to go 20 the
table, except the diet patients" who
are not to have such liberty, and must
remain by their beds and eat uncom-
plainingly their scanty allowance from
server.
Al O'Clock p. m. sharp the lights are
turned out, which, to those accustomed
to spending the evening in reading or
writing, is misery indeed. This, too,
is a rule that is Interchangeable. therefore
must be complied with.
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At $50 a. m. the house physician
makes his visits to the patients. Many
amusing things occur in the course of
day in the hospital. and these but
serve to brighten the patients The
house physician in one hospital, ap-
preaching a patient doomed to have an
operation performed that day suddenly
said: Woman. have you false teet1?''
This query startled her. making her
think she must encounter a dentist as
well as surgeon. But he gravely in
formed her that he was the inferno. -
and in taking anesthetics patients with
false teeth sometimes swallowed them.
causing complications. He was assured
his patient had no false teeth
Not long after the day nurse came in
and said:
Good morning; have you any false
teeth?'
Wanted a Notary.
This was too much. and the patient
asked that a notary be called. The
nurse asked what she wanted with a
notary.
You are not going to die and don't
need TO make your viii. as yours is
only minor operation"
Nevertheless the suffering patient re-
peated the request. to make oath to the
fact that she had no false teeth At
this the nurse tapped her head signih-
cantly, and saying something about
cerebral excitement, left the room: re-
turning soon, a look of anxiety on her
face. and with a little stick of a Their
mometer, resembling a cigarette. in her
hand.
Before / take your temperature. she
said. I want you TO tel me il you
have any false teeth"
This was too much, and the patient
gave vent to some eXasperating remarks.
whereupon the nurse propped the Their
mometer into her mouth. leaving her
to deliberate for what seemed an hour.
On returning, the nurse seemed sur
prised to find her temperature normal.
The days when clinics are to be held
that is, when there is to be a visit from
from the various medical in
stitutions for the purpose of having
practical ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS especially
busy ones, and there is a general air of
expectancy among the physicians and
nurses who have charge OF the surgical
cases.
Never Hear of Death.
One very peculiar thing about the lie
Of patient in hospital is that. though
there may be a death in the little iron
bed on either side, so systematic are
all the arrangements that the patient
never hears of 1t. One might go to
bed at night with a. kindly good night"
TO the neighbor IN the next bed. and in
the morning find that bed cleanly
sheeted and the neighbor gone. as
though the bed had never been occupied.
Some might imagine it a dreary place,
indeed, but there are many redeeming
features connected with life I'm a hos
pital' The inmates often assemble in
the parlorS for social enjoyment, and
1t Is here the ladies who are able t 81
bring their fancy work and chat while
their hands are busy, or while awaS
the time reading or writing to absent
friends The monotony IS often broken
by the pleasant calls of friends The
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The Delights Of keepind
House All by Themselves
in a Flat, With No HOrrid
Men AbOut-BreORfOSt
Cooked BY Each Edter %
suit Herself, and Served
With "LOVeIu Gossip" :.
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ined. and when two whole weeks had
passed without bringing her a single
ledger she sat down and did some hard
thinking
Longed for Comforts Realized.
The artist had had a long experience
Of living in boarding houses and
furnished rooms as a student, and
the fiat was to bring her all those little
comforts and conveniences she had long
ed for in vain ever since she left home.
IL was to bring her the independence
of a studio. and in addition there was
the comfort of a bath and plenty Of hot
water. which few but high-priced
studios possess. But the little kitchen at
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He-Roadster. the millionaire turfman.
has bought a country place. and has
given IL a very appropriate name.
She-What does he call it2
He-The Suburban Handicap.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-07-22
Weakness the Mother of Crime.

It-was the duty of the writer at one
time to examine large number of the
inmates of penitentiary. After con-
siderable observation and study he
bad associations had more to do than
heredity in starting these men wrong.
The other was that the predominant
feature to be observed among the in
mates was weakness rather than inher-
ent evil Subsequent observations Of
other criminals have confirmed both
impressions.
The heads low in the frontal region,
the receding chins, the sensuous, self
indulgent mouths, the vacant or sullen
look-all these were signs that he who
would might read. Written all over
these faces was indecision. On each
Of them was left the stamp of mind
without serious purpose.
Nature abhers weakling. The law
Of life everywhere is that the strong
shall win. Among animals this is sim
ply the strength of muscle. Among
men 1t is transmitted into something
higher-strength of will and Of charac-
ter.
If you would win your way, If you
would live decent, self respecting life
you must be man; you must let your
mind and not your body rule; you must
be strong