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The Washington times., 1909-06-20
CORRECT ANSWERS
TO MENU CONTEST

A public notice and Christian
name ..-,.....-.......--...B Bann-Anns
An unruIy member.......-.-.-.T Tongue
An iron vessel and eight ciphers
Potatoes
A shoe and relative.......Pump-kin
winters harvest and the bovine's
best ....,............s-.....-Ice-eream
4 measure. re...................... Perch
Perpendicular .....................St Steak
Part of a head. part Of stove. and
part OF a fsh.....-.........D Drum-fish
Part Of a calf, a necessity.
Sweet-bresd
Mother earth and a tiny thing much
uszd but little valued. Terra-pin
Lilies do not, Penelope did, mature
age ......---.-..--........s. s.....Spinach
A tree. a weapon. and a sobriquet-..
ASPARAGUS
A beverage and vegetabIe......-..-
Coffee bean
A prefix and to go .En-dive
Two rivers end t,east.-...............
Dan-De(e) lion
A celebrated singer and a sweet..-..
Patty-cake
Part OF an erninence. Partridge
A shoemaker's Punch
Part of a boat, part of the anatomy.
an egg layer.....Canvss-b
A delicious bird. minus one letter,
would make a countryman of for
eign nd...................P(h )easant
A break and a human failing..........
Cracker (err) |
A vegetable and social functions..
Potato balls |
A perfume and a nuisance. .Musk-rat
Running streams. Currants
(currents) |
A fruit and name......Appie-Jack
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ERA OF PLAINNSS.

There viii, sooner or later. he a re-
vulsion from the overornate il women's s
clothes and reversiOn TO tb simple.
This is aot 10 he doubted, If Pe are 10
judge By the history OF fashhns that
have passed RumOr has It tha Ger
tain relief is experienced by thewearer
OF the plain jabOt This is descrbad "a
3 perfectly uaoEnamented strfD of a
handkerchief linen, hemstitche5 = tbe
sides and end, and pleated into the most
perfect OF frilIs
bomehOW II seems "a have q conforf-
able, clean. ami satisfactory sound rom
start 10 finish. Il suggests no sea,ch-
Ing for the lace, no wonderful paf,srn
10 master, no long hours of fine stfeb.
ing and no sham battle with the lam
dress
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Season Is Marked
BY Smart Styles
For Little Folks

Some OF the fashions for small girls
are in their way as smart as those de-
signed for the wear OF their elders. All
kinds of bright colors are used, but
there is generally to be seen on the
toilette the least touch OF black.
Some of the frocks and millinery to be
seen in the best houses that specialize
for girls clothes are really too elaborate
to look well on a child but many are
original and yet simple Most of them
sufficiently follow at a distance older
fashions to be cut en- prfncesse. One
toilette for girl of about twelve was
a dress of hampagne-coiored silk
cashmere.
An embroidered Japanese silk coat OF
natter blue was cut IN a loose kimono
fashion; IL was outlined with a bias OF
black satin. fringed with black silk.
There was large cloche hat of the
same Japanese embroidery, with a tam-o'
shanter crown A black satin ribbon
was tied round the crown IN a large
he--, with fringed ends at the right
ha1d side. Most Of the hats for small
gs-is are OF the cloche variety, with
bows and ends OF ribbons fioating over
the brim and down the back
The shops are showing socks for chill
dren with wrfsIiet tops sufficiently elias
tic to allow the socks to slip on easily
and makes them At snugly about the
little legs They come In plain white
and tan Isle, In gay plaids and in
white with colored tops.
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Parading Trouble
Proves Poor Way
To Get Sympathy

Did you ever know a person who
made IL business to parade her woes
If you did, she never saw you if you
saw her first. Our stock Of sympathy
is limited and soon dries up with ex-
cessive demands upon il.
What is the good of parading trou-
bles. anyway? Does il make the burden
lighter 10 be constantly holding It be-
fore our own eyes. or 20 pour It into
uHinterested ears?
There are times when, If we can dis
cuss our wees with the right person,
the sting may be eased. To brood in
silence IS neither healthy nor wise.
What We need is TO learn the difference
between hiding our troubles from the
world and keeping them hidden only to
corrode our very soul.
What most OF US need is 10 learn to
keep unpleasant things 10 ourselves.
Try just for a day leaving unsaid the
word OF complaint or repining. When
ones attention Is called TO il, it is sur
prising how many of our pin pricks we
needlessly shift to the shoulders of
others
Covering up our troubles is like bury
Ing tubers In the sand: bringing them
10 the light causes shriveIiug and use
lessness. Keep them we'll hidden and
they keep sweet and wholesome.
Parading trouble is not only a bore
TO the listener. but makes for selfish
ness in US. When we have our vision
trained on our own woes our horizon IS
soon TOO narrowed 10 see the worse i'll
of our neighbors. Thus do we deprive
ourselves OF the help Of contrasts to
tighten our bitterness.
If you seize each opportunity to tell
OF your aches and pains. your wrongs,
real or imaginary. you VIII steadily lose
friends. Even those who take the most
interest and have our welfare closest
al heart cannot stand the strain of
chronic grumbling.
II only as a sympathy winner-co yer
I'D your troubles. There is no one who
gets more feeling Of compassion from
her friends than the woman who has
gTiefs which she pluckily hides.
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Oily Skin.

3. K.-I am sending YOU by mail a
good prescription for oily skin. Though
It is somewhat troublesome TO make
cold creams and emulsions, because
they require delicate and careful ma
nipulatiOn. the satisfaction of knowing
what YOU are using should repay YOU
many times over II you will give your
skin vigorous scrubbing with pure
olive oil or CASTLE sCSp and tepid water
every night. using a bristls brush FOR
the purpose, with a Dash of cold water
afterward, and use the lotion for which
l am sending you the recipe, you will
find that the pores will soon become
normal. and the Oiliness will disappear.
The length of time that will be required
30 accomplish this will depend entirely
upon how long the condition has ex-
listed
The Washington times., 1909-06-20
MYSTIC WARDROBE"
NEW TIMES CONTEST

Part of the body, a dog, a leader.
A military attendant. an official
garment of professional men.
An animal, small stream.
One of an ancient tribe, a mes sure,
grain.
A river, 100 square meters, a con.
sOnant.
A tract of low ground
An exclamation, foundation OF
happy marriages.
Trivial, fur of a beast.
4 band, to Join.
An envelope
To strike.
An infants morning dress, a eats
expression of cententment.
Crosswise, tegument.
A support. taverns.
A body of troops. cliques.
A vegetable, a prefix, a seafowl.
10 embrace, present indicative plu-
raj of verb ito be-"
To supply, participial suffix.
TO hang. to make a mistake.
A promontory.
Subordinate, merchandise.
A narrow tract of land, an obliga-
ton.
Lateral, part of a fowl.
4 bird, part of weapon.
A letter of the alphabet, a preposi-
tion.
a suffix, shade of color.
The act of cleansing. the body, a
garment, which if one letter were
omitted would mean to pillage.
MISS L. B. MANNAKEE.
1919 Eighth street northwest.
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MORE EDUCATION
OF GIRLS IN INDIA

According TO the director Of public IN
struction IN the Punjab the education og
women in that province is on the whole
making satisfactory progress. In most
of the large towns a very eonsidera bic
proportion OF Hindu little girls are
learning to read and write their mother
tongue Mohammedan educa ton has
greater difficulties TO contend with. since
Urdu, which is taught ia MOhammedan
schools is neither their mother tongue
nor the language OF their religious
books.
The prejudice against female eEiuca-
ton is said 10 be lessenfng and the chief
obstacles 10 progress are the lack Of
qualified teachers and the fact that
most of the schools are accommodated
in rented houses which are fl ventilated
added to which tae facilities for pFvsi-
cal exercises is niI.-Westminster Ga
zette-
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Yeniently-sized pieces. Season these
with salt, pepper. and a light sprinkline
OF oil and vinegar. e
Lay the celery in the bottom of .
salad bowl. mixing II with the valnuts
top. i ei4e
four over the sauce. put a border OF
prepared lettuce, pulled In srnsn ,,Ie.es
round. ana garnfsh the salad with Slices
Of peeled tomato. hard-boiie eggs and
strips OF anchovy. -'1
II hKed, arrange small portions for
each guest on small salad fshles
Pheasant or any gana is quite as silt
able a chicken
portions Aoui teen
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Laws in Various States-

c. c. Mn most of the States which
have laws on the subject twenty-one
years Is the a sc for males: IN California
Delaware, Idaho. and North Dakota
eighteen: in Tennessee. sixteen. and for
Females, twenty-one years in Florida.
Iowa, kentucky. Louisiana. South Da-
kOta, Minnesota, Montana, Nebrs ska
North Carolina. Pennsylvania. Rhode
Island, South CacOlina, Kansas Utah.
Virginia. West Virginia, wisconsin, ana
wyoming, and eighteen in all the other
states having laws. except Delaware.
Distriet OF Columbia, Idaho. MaryIs1d
is sixteen years and California a,5
North Dakota, fifteen.
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Canned Rerries without Sugar.

INQUIRER was recently asked for a
recipe for canning biackberries without
sugar, and had to admit that ] had
never heard Of doing this. Some reader
of The Times was good enough 10 phone
me yesterday that such a thing is pos
sible and gave me She following recipe.
Use one cup Of water 10 one quart OF
berries. Let boil just a few minutes.
when they will be ready for the sealed
cans. That is certainly very simple, and
was assured over the phone that the
berries would keep perfectly.
The Washington times., 1909-06-20
The Fears of Children

Another fear that is very closely as
ISOLATED with the fear of the dark in
the minds of children Is the fear Of
animals. Children of both sexes have
/ been frequently known to have vivid
mental pictures of the eyes of lions,
tigers. and other savage beasts-eyes
that burn into them from out the dark
| like Goals of living FIRE, while their SEN
sitlve imaginatiOns have no difficulty in
/ picturing huge shapes Of storied BEASTS
creeping steslthlly about the room.
Tales that are told children. particu-
larly wild jungle stories and blood
curdling tales Of crime, return in all
their awful detail to the child's mind
when he lies awake surrounded by all
the big blackness of the night.
Do you know anything about the sort
of tales your children hear? Do you
select, personally, all the stories they
read. stories which are going to form
the character that will make or break
the futures of your children? Do you
know?
Impressions
Hard to Remove
In the tender years between two and
twelve years children are like plaster.
Impressions you stamp on them will
harden with each year. and 1t will not
be possible to erase them. They will
neither wash out nor wear out
I want TO tell you the plan Of q ST.
cessful mother. She has four children
who are lust like stair steps, so close
together are their ages. While she en-
ploys a nurse to help her with them,
she sees to it that the darkness does
not close over impressions which are
harmful to the highest development of
courageous manhood and womanhoo5.
One precious hour, just before the
coming OF the sand man. she gives to
them. In that hour she receives their
condolences and probes deep into the
happenings of the whole day. If any
child among them has received an i'm
preston calculated 10 create fear, or
shrinking. or a false viewpoint of life
that impression is corrected by their
mother before they close their eyes in
sleep. II there is anger between any
two of thm It is dispelled during this
hour. All things are made right by
mother" She creeps right down under
those little hides during that twilight
hour and learns the things that are in
their hearts If these things are such
as are calculated &c warp the little
lives in their growing. they are swept
out into the darkness If they are beau
tiful things, they are tenderly cherished
Strong Bond
OF Understanding.
What a beautiful bond of sympathy
and understanding exists between these
four little children and their mother as
a consequence of this custom. They
understand ju e and are without fear.
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MsyOnnaise of Chicken.

Six ounces Of cold cooked chicken free
from bone); one breakfast cupflf OF
crisp white celery (cut IN rings. one
teacupfut OF peeled and broken-up wal
nuts Two small lettuees, two tomatoes
two hard-bOiled eggs, two fIlets az
anchoNies, about gill OF mayonnaise
Cut the chicken into neat. CON
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". S. CT should observe the same
etiquette for the S O'Clock wedding on
the lawn that ] would observe were il
10 De INDOORS. Full dress is the only
perm issible suit for the bridegroom after
. O'Clock. Gray suede gloves are some
times worn, but the most acceptibIe
color IN gloves is white. / should dec
crate with plenty OF japanese lanterns
There Is no prettier decoration than
iaany such lanterns after dark In fact
japanese lanterns would be about the
only DECORATION that would show up
after dark. ] am sending you a n,eniI
for the wedding refreshments By mail.
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To Remove Stains.

Mrs c. W E-You did not tell me the
nature Of the stains upon your old rose
silk gown. Are they FRUIT stains. ink
stains. grease stains. tea or oofee sta,ns7
] canot tell you what to do to remove
them until know their nature. as dlf-
The Washington times., 1909-06-20

DR.. Schindler's Peanut Oil Butter can
not be equsled for plcnics parties.
iuBCheOus, and all occasions All
grocers. 1oc ard s0c.
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LOCAL MENTION.
The ChiIdren - ii

Berens' Bakery Rye Bread not only
tastes good 10 them, but strengthens
them as well. II is pure, nourishinE-
and healthful
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You Can't Help Liking Ice Cream
II YOU once taste Quality" Ice Cream
straw berry favor, made from fresh
EAnc. 1903
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Fear of Ghosts
Another Bugaboo

The fear of ghosts (the supernaturaD
and the fear of ridicuie are two other
fears TO which children are sensitive.
Of course, there are hereditary fears.
instructive shrinkings, noticeable even
in very young infants, fears that are
born OF a baby's utter helplessness and
dependence. Timidity is bred in the
bone. But 1t is not until intelligence
and Imagination guide the chiId's mind
that fear beco..Ves a vivid moral suffer-
ing, a suffering universal IN the chiId
world, and Ole which. in my mind Is
given too litCIe consideration Alto
gether too little Is done to prevent the
fears Of children, many Of which carrV
disastrous Impressions through life.
OF the seven fears most common to
children (fear of the dark, fear of ant
mails. fear Of God. fear of the suDer-
natural. fear of the devil. fear of cor
poral punishment, and fear Of rfdiculel.
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a Cans 80. en- -.

High-gf ade Prunes. Sc 10; large cans
Pears. &C. 2lums, i0c; Fish Roe, Sc. 2
cans Tomato Pulp, lOc; lbs. Starch. 16c.
3 Oleine Soap. 10c: large bottle MoIasses
l0c; vinegar. Sc, 9Th and II. NV, and D.
7. d. PyleE' u other stores.
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Fresh Every Day Finest Lynn Haven
Bay Hard Crabs. Family orders filled
Schneider's, &39 Lincoln.
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Anscuers TO Inquiries From Readers of TIE Tines

ferent cleansers are effective for differ
ent stains, and Wnat would SUCCESS
fully remove one would not remove an
other.
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he Mystic Wardrobe"
This Weeks Contest

The Mystic Wardrobe" won the ma
aority of votes. and viii therefore be
used as the prize contest subject for this
week. ] cannot say by large ma jor-
ity,' for the contest was very close. BY
far the majority of voters wanted an
other guessing contest; few wanted an
other Mystic Menu; but many voted for
Hidden Plays Of Shakespeare. ''
s'JumbIed Flowers. Hidden Authors. ."
and the Love letter in which words
would have 10 be resTranged 10 make
sense"
The Mystic Wardrobe received the ma
sority of votes but the others will be re-
served for other contests of other weeks.
as well two or three very clever
guessing contests which were received
the latter part Of the week and were
not among the subjects given you to
vote upon at all.
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Same
Regulations.

The regulations. otherwise. which gov
erned last weeks coolest viii govern
the mystic wardrobe 'this week. Your
solutions viii Re considred in order Of
their receipt The first tree most near
" correct answers received viii win
The. three Prizss of $, 8. nd 81 respect
lively
The ,sst is open t. YOU until 2
O'Clock friday afternoon. Prize win
nsrs will be announced te1rf Ss5,ysls,-
afternoon as usual
EDITOR WOAfAl's PAGE.
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An Ideal Luncheon

Ioc Cans Lakeside Mil4 &C, at
J. T. y. Pyies' 13 stores.
The Washington times., 1909-06-20

OIL Cookers-Gas Ranges-WaterH Heaters
tls y - c 4. Muddiman & CO. I204 @ ST
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Twentieth Anniversary.
Wedding on the Lawn.

Inuuirer-The twentieth wedding aE,li-
versary is the china wedding.
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Unwise Tales
Source of Trouble.

The telling OF unwise tales 10 chill
dren should be avoided and it should be
seen to by his mother that he is not
associated with any person so thought
less as to indulge in such a habit
The fear Of ridicule is suffering to
some children that has no equivalent in
language: 1t is the fear that withholds
his confidence from his mother-this
fear of being laughed at. OF being belit-
tied. Have you never seen him, this lit
tie fellow who stands self-consciOusIy
shifting from one foot to the other,
craving TO pour out his childish heart
to his mOther-yet not daring?
The fears. the joys, the sorrows. or
the ambitions-how they shrink and die
within the heart Of the child who fears
his mothers belittleing laughter He
soon learns his lesson OF silence, and he
learns also to crush back the noble i'm
pulses Of his heart lest they spring forth
and be ridiculed. I know OF no fear that
will so crush out the individuality Of
any child as this fear OF ridieule I
know Of no picture so heart -brea king
as the picture OF this little boy 1 have
Just given you
Is he yours?
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Number to Wear.

Every number in the Mystic Ward
robe" represents something TO wear. /
will add that in every case the answers
are familiar things. The questions are
clever and TIC answers clear. Yet be-
cause there are so many things to wear
that might be represented by Miss Man
nskees questions. you must not be In
the least discouraged if you are not sure
of the answer. Send in the solution that
seems 10 you right and don't be guided
by the opinions of others.
l was asked several times last week if
members of the family in which the
Mystic Menu was composed were elig-
ible for a prize / was asked this ques-
tion BY outsiders and not by members Of
Mrs. Covington's family. 1 have given
his question a negative answer so
many times that IL seems hardly neces-
AIRY to repeat il IN connection with this
-eek's contest
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Snrinp Stock.

caveriy's plumbing. 1881 C St. N. W.
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= 7 iEUlh
Get Togeer.

This doc not mean that friends are
prohibited rom getting together and
trying TO sVe the puzzle. This is quite
permissible.
In addiuoito this rule ] want you to
KNOW that ass Mannakee voluntarily
wrote me a etter in which she said
that she had1ot told the solution 10
her mystic Erdrobe' TO anyone, and
mar sne wouIokfve no clue TO any num-
Der upon II tony one throughout the
week, should IT contribution be Vot-
"a the subject this weeks prize con-
IN writing the.enteaee stipulated up
on your solutias. Original means
merely Ihat YOU ave had no heiD from
anyone having srorekpavyIefige of th..
}uzzle HELP irol friends who are de-
pending. Ike yorself, entirely upon
their own brains ar solution of the
Mystic wardrobe 8. permissa bic. Sew
ersl have told me tht K was lots of fun
70 guess the contest lIbjects. with which
] quite agree.
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BY
VIRGINIA TEMPLE

some need never exist at all, and others
could be palliated.
Fear of the darl Is the hardest fear
TO overcome In children. but it may be
overcome. and IN most cases it need
not exist at all A childs first vague
uneasiness Is often caused by some
thoughtless conversation OF an elder.
There are, of course, instances where
Impressions are gathered outside OF the
home influence Suggestions are made
TO the young mind through the stories
of other children. and in some cases the
fear Of the dark is hereditary. When
YOU know that your child feels insecure
in the dark you may avoid the fOrma-
ton oS definite fear by giving him
your companionship until his feeling Of
insecurity has fed.
Ridicule
To Be Avoided.
Where il is possible, prev ent the child
from realizing the difference between
day and night When YOU notice an in
stinctive shrinking from the shadows,
above ali else avoid laughing at him.
There is a better way Explain 10 him
that the only difference between day
and night is the difference made by
shadow Go with him into the dark
room and with him touch each familiar
object, so that he may realize that they
are unchanged in the dark or by the
dark. His unstable nerves will soon
strengthen under such treatment, and
he will gradually lose his insecure feel
ing in the dark. Never accustom
child to sleeping in a lighted room. 1t
is pernicious habit, and has many in
juries, and is also a habit which II
once formed is hard 10 break. It but
accentuates the child's fear of the
shadows.
The fear of the dark is not infre-
quently accentuated by the fear Of ami
mails. and it is certain that his fear of
animals is greater In the dark. Dark
ness Is favorable TO fear-tO the con-
juring up of all tiie strange, weird tales
the child has heard in the day time.
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one Living
N Make Guess.

ehers have called me up and stated,
their opinion. that no one living
cSd give every answer TO the Mystic
Mu'' 10 coincide with Mrs. Coving-
tol answers. and asked me directly If
lew whether the prize winners had
anSoreknowledge Of the answers be-
forthey sent in their solutions. No, I
do r know. But I have great faith in
the hmen readers of The Times and do
not tieve that anyone would take an
unfaiadvantage.
NeFtheless, because have been re-
oueste BY so many former contestants
10 do 81 must ask this week that every
contesht write the following sentence
on ner'olutiOn 10 the Mystic Ward
robe"
ann no way connected with the
euthor the Mystic Wardrobe and
my ansvVs are all original
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Children Made
To Fear Creator.

Her mother found her one brisyht sun
shiny morning irantically stoning clay
image she had set up la the back yard.
The mother paused in horror at the
torrent Of words that were proceeding
from the baby lips.
you horrid, nassy God, I'll jus kill
your eyes, and the devil viii get your
shrieked the child, as with stone after
stone she disintegrated the clay image.
Do you know whether your children
are being made to fear their Creator
through some such ignorance or care
lessness? Do You know
Ignorance is a crime. when that ignor-
ance Involves the future of the child
which YOU have brought into the world
Last Sunday re had d heart to heart
talk (only 1 did all the TALKING on the
result of corporal punishment and the
thrusting of q child into dark closet.
/ hope I made these points very clear.
l hope ] can make it just as clear TO YOU
today that your babies are subject 70
other fears which are an impedirnent to
their highest development If they are
not eliminated, or at least palliated.