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New-York tribune., 1911-01-01
TIE >Sbadot~ed Holiday
Wellesley Girls Save Their Christmas Money
for the All-devourins Building Fund.

There is shadow on the face or the
Wellesley girl home for the holidays
Christmas vacation Is shorn Of half OF Its
,oys. for the usual holiday lavishness Is
forbidden her.
Save your Christmas money, girls Tor
the building fund" was tho command or
tho committee whose word is law, ana the
homeward bound students, picking up
their suitcsses, trudged of to the railroad
station vowing TO be economical or ole
However, the psychologists on the buiidihs
fund committee are too keen TO let the
matter lie in that indefinite form. Better
80 cents in the hand" they argued than y
or S in the bush" So they extracted
nromise from every student to bring back
from the holiday at least so cents. That
would mean 500 from the whole student
body. a trifie not to be despised IN q coih-
munity which counts every penny saved -
a penny earned for the building fund
So that is why the castle in Spain' d.
though still unbuilt, is casting gloomy
shadows over the Wellesley girls vacation
FIFTY cents is a small matter, but 1t can
make much trouble. 1t means sitting In
hack seat at the matinee or buying q
elovas instead of that beautiful soft 81 oo
kind II means taking little sister TO
datr,, lunch counter when Minerva brings
her into tho city on the annual AFTER
Christmas pilgrimage to the toy STORES
II does not, however, mean gong WITHOUT
candy or violets and carfare, because no
self-respecting Minerva has INDUCED IN
such yanities for months.
n was early In the fall that the Welies-
lev girls decided to speak for themselves
John They have known for two years
that they simply had TO have big studeh'
building like the Harvard Union. costing
sco coo or as much more as they couio
get Like the famous recipe for fudge useo
bv Wellesley chefs. which calls for "all
the sugar you can borrow, all the butter
yo, can steal and all the chocolate you
can buy: and anything else you see'-the
building fund decided to receive unto i.sen
all manner Of contributions. IL was tneh
that the committee was formed, win MISS
Dorothy i. Applegate, H. as chairman
and the toy banks made their appearance
IN the classic halls. The girls began 10 oe
haunted on all sides by the vlgilant com
mittee members. crying, why, Jane Jones,
don't YOU dare send picture postcard
again to that cousin. Put the money In TINS
hank right here" and Sally, aren't you
ashamed? Black your own shoes' you
selfish thing, and put the nickel IN thi'
bank" BY such drastic measures the com.
m!ttee gathered in s12 the first week aho
started in again on Sunday morning with
renewed enthusiasm.
Soon the Wellesley cabmen turned their
faces toward the almshouse, and the smali
boys who used to offer so blithely TO carry
suitcases from the station stared coldly
at each and every Minerva as she tramped
New-York tribune., 1911-01-01
DAUGHTERS ODDS
Contending Parties Arm t0r
COming Election.

The elections OF the Daughters OF the
american Revolution never lack interest,
but the one scheduled to take place in
Washington this spring promises to be
even more exciting than preceding ones.
The last Continental Congress, although
held in an of year" was as stormy as d
presidential congress. and the election OF
group OF vice. presidents gave the admnls-
tration which Is very strongly intrenched,
an opportunity TO show its power and It's
temper. Every candidate suspected OF SYM
pathy with the opposition, headed by Mrs.
William Cumming Story, of New York,
was knitted without ceremony, and In this
denouement Mrs. Donald Mclean, expires
ident general. was credited with leading
part.
As the leader OF an insurgent party her
self, Mrs. Donald Mclean made a long and
bitter fight to overthrow the precedent
which required the election OF some woman
OF high official position to the presidency
OF the Daughters. Now she is the bulwark
of the administration and is popularly re-
garded as its real head.
Mrs Story who was defeated by Mrs
Scott at the last election will contest the
presidency with her again this year, and
the air is full Of charges and counter
charges between the two parties The in
surgents, or "conservstors,' as they pre-
FER TO be called. have asserted that Mrs
Scott's own state is not standing by her
because OF an alleged promise that she
would not seek q second term. The officer,
| of the Illinois state society have denied this
! Tho regulars have sounded an alarm lest
Mrs. Story, who is an advocate of votes
! for women. should introduce this issue into
| ;hc councils Of the Daughters, and Mrs
Story has issued en- indignant statement
| pointing to her previous record as sufficient
proof of the groundlessness OF these fears.
To add TO the complications, a document
signed by Mrs Joseph Wood, state regent
| for New York, Mrs. Ellen Harden Wal
worth and Miss Anna Maxwell Jones who
are designated as "the committee" has been
| issued calling for I reinterpretation OF the
constitution. This. combined with the fac
that Mrs. Wood has been sounded by soms
| chapters on the subject OF the presidency
The appearance of the document wa.
promptly followed by secret meeting OF
| the state board. and In order to put q
| ouietus on the story of the third party 4
appointed Mrs. Wood campaign manager
for Mrs. Story.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-01

The New Years jewellers swarmec into
the city SQUARE. All eyes were naed on the
big clock I'm the tower. whose hands at last
pointed to only n few minutes before u
That was why only one person saw the old
man as he tottered down from the clock
tower He had Just reached the subway
AT last, At last he muttered, with
feeble Sigh Of relief. In another moment
he would have been lost to view In its
depths, when the person who had been
dogging his footsteps all the evening seized
him by the coat collar.
Not so fast, old man." she cried. You
don't get by me until you give an account
Of yourself. What have you done for us
this last YEAR,"
Madame" said the man, civillS. ~ you
will release the pressure upon my vocal
cords / can artlculate more fresly."
The assailant Yielded the coat collar and
secured hold on one OF the tattered
sleeves.
Now. then, hurry. You haven't many
minutes more"
well, madame, | gave you back Teddy
Roosevelt safe from the wilds OF Africa
Pooh, We didn't want him. Race sui
cide''
well, I gave YOU the Pennsylvania sta
ton and the new tunnel anC'-
Yes and they took away our special
cars"
A new store. madame, two new operas,
Sarah Rernhardt and
Now. see here Father Time, didn't you
do blessed thing just for US women
The old man rubbed his wrinkled brow.
Just for women. eh?' Then he frightened.
up-only TO tremble again as he looked at
his companion more closely.
The hobble skirt. madame" he said,
obviously
The woman's face writhed with scorn and
Father Time collected his belated wits Just
in time.
Madame" he gssped ARE you one OF
those suffra gettes?"
"I am
"Oh we'll, just let me think a moment. 1
know I have done great deal I'm your
line, madame. Just be patient l shall give
you no cause for violence. All | have it!
Yes. indeed! Madame, several of your
friends have already thanked me. You
know Mrs. Carrie Chapman Cate"
We'll, rather"
Then you know the Woman Suffrage
party only began enrolment this year and
now has 1900 members, all organized In
New-York tribune., 1911-01-01
TIE Beauty Budget

very few drops Of water. over gas stove
until iellied 4 few drops Of perfume and
YOU have the best thing for your finger tips
20 rest in. Two other ingredients must not
be omitted-benzoin and the ever useful
lemon. Armed with these you can make
your nails into "obtets dart" whose pink
and white trsnslucence" will be JOY to
you as well as 10 YOUR neighbors.
Every one knows how to manicure-Knows
how TO soak an trim and pare and polish.
If you don't, tr.it yourself to 1 trip to a
first rate place eni earn.
The softness and whiteness Of the hands
do not depend OF ideness. The busy elder
daughter of q large family mas hands that
are like snowflakes, and they are a. useful
as they are lovely She owns to one ex-
travagancc The family means do not ad-
init OF too large bills at the French clean
ers, and very fine waists, Of handmade
lingerie. CannOt be trusted 10 the China
man; 50 the busy daughter launders them
herself. But she uses only the finest soap
for this purpose, not only for the sake Oi
the delicate garments. but Tor the sake OF
her own hands. WHAT" she argues, lis
the use OF saving on laundry soap, and
having Cne's hands made into nutmeg graf
ers thereby
I Some skins roughen. no matter what
soaps you use. The owners of such skins
should make little bags OF cheese cloth and
I'LL them with olIopd meal Such bag
used instead of soap. will leave the hands
soft and smooth
| A lotion that agrees with nearly every
body can be made very ineXpensively. Into
a six-ounce bottle put
/ Two ounces OF good whiskey (astringenO
| Two ounces of glycerine (emollienD.
| Two ounces Of rose water (emollient and
fragranD.
Some persons prefer lemon juice to the
tar ftflC to xttftt tta,1 trfo
agent In this case a few drops Of perfume
should be added
{ By all 1nesnS sleep in cotton gloves after
the hands have been smeared with a good
cream.
( In cases OF sudden damage-from ink OF
the Ikea fine pumice stone may be used
TO advantage For lesser discolorations dif
the end Of your orange wood stick into
peroxide.
The subject Of the hands and OF gloves
and of keeping ones fingers warm Is toe
vast 20 be exhausted in one paper. So the
Budget will have more 10 say about hands
some othG timA FRANCES HAHhbk
New-York tribune., 1911-01-01

districts. with leaders, like real-excuse
me-like the other political parties. Then
in the international Woman Suffrage Coun-
ell ! gave you four more nations. Your
Washington sisters received the franchise,
and | have told little 1911 10 give It to
California and
Now, YOU needn't 20 SO fast Father
Time. Just get your breath first" inter
rupted the woman. with a reassuring pat
Oh Father Times elbow. Now. then,
what did Mrs Gait say about the move
ment as a whole"
she said Il had become the question of
the day. not only I'm New York, but all
over the world. A year ago you had only
stirred the surface OF the subject, and now
you are grubbing away at the roots
though-though -er-she did say YOU hadn' /
reached the roots yet"
"Humph We will. though. Well, who
else said anything"
The president OF your National Woman
Suffrage Association-Rev Anna Howard
Shaw"
Well
She told me herself only Friday that she
was grateful TO me for making this the
greatest year OF the whole movement
Aha"
THAT # had gone forward with the great
est speed and gathered in members from
all classes. or course. | told her / had
nothing TO do with II. You ladies have
done II all. but she was gracious enough TO
thank me-more than some women do to
men However she said you had gone
away ahead OF the English movement, be-
cause you won a victory and they haven t.
And It is all the greater because you have
won II without resorting 10 their methods.
She said you all were willing to do what
they have done II It is necessary, but she
| hopes American men won't compel you TO.
The victory In Washington, which put
New-York tribune., 1911-01-01

christmas presents are all very well
said O popular young woman VINO got d
great many of them, but there real!y
should be a licensed exchange where IN
sppropriate gifts may be swapped on, vaiue
for yaIua I'm sure il would be paying
venture and one that would bring In quick
returns. too The only outlay would be ior
n roof In a central part OF town for two
weeks time and cards to announce the
purpose OF the place. The first week would
be receiving week, and each oeposi'or
would get O ticket which would be good IN
choosing week for an article equdi !"
value TO tho one deposited. A charge OF
25 cents might be made for the deposit ot
anv article worth over 81 so, and OF 10
cents for anything less, down to 40 cents
Under that 10 cents would be enough 10
ask ANY article more expensive than the
on, deposited nigh, be secured by making
I'D the difference IN cash, but no rebate
should be allowed when less expensive
article Is taken. The danger or advertising
unannrecIated gifts would be minimiZed
by a large patronage. for then many du-
pllcates would be sure TO come In.
Christmas holidays in America are be-
land, when gay parties assemble IN the
great country houses. This means IN
crease OF revenue 10 many small villages
for I'm America few estates are far from
country town and the American landnolder
considers II a duty TO patronize NEARBY
plsces In consequence. the shopkeepers
take pains at the holiday season to lay In
stock OF the various edibles which they
know their patrons like and TO provide the
hest OF holly and other green's for the deco
rations which are lnvishly used.
subway traveller noted recently that
the men to give up their seats most
praciou.ly were the Italian laoorers, though
dusty as the miller from the soil or
hard days work. Also that men with
broad shoulders seem TO consider any
woman hanging 10 strap an adequate
brace. supported by which they read their
papers without fear Of falling. though
other straps dansle plainly before them.
Furthermore. that the we'll dressed woman
gets a space wherein she may stand COM
forta bly or a seat from some well
dressed man far more quickly than does
a poorly dressed one The subway Is GER
tainly a revealer Of character. and once
In while the observers own acQuaint-
ances may be noted among those who have
left their manners at home.
How startled would be the passersby II
the delivers in foundations below New
York's crowded streets We're TO break forth
into song. as they are wont TO do IN
sunny Italy, whence they mostly come.
There in the field or even In Rome, as
they dig or engage In other work they
sing, and even when motoring through
mountain passes one hears the wood gath
erers floating song on tho air Do the
ssatrSstsrs whsa hixias thslx "sanr n
New-York tribune., 1911-01-01

, by. bag I'm hand. Though the way b
dreary and the suitcase weighted With
lead. Minerva always muses. on the virtue
Of Christian Science and fresh air az she
fingers lovingly the coin in her glove
"ThatIl buy at least two bricks for the
building" she murmurs proudly. Then the
wintry landscape vanishes. and she sees In
her minds eye a large and idyllic building
the heart Of the campus. Her fascinated
gaze penetrates its astral walls 70 the
great auditorium which actually contains
a seat and the hygienic amount OF air
space for every student In the college A
well equipped stage in full view OF the room
gives promise of plays and lectures at
which II will not be necessary to use the
interesting but perilous step ladders
pyramids OF boxes and dictionaries now
the first aids 10 those who would see the
stage.
In the new building. too. the long famous
Village problem" will meet It's end. 10
longer will the freshmen wander homeless
though boarded and roomed-in the vii
lage Kltchenettes and small dining rooms
viii open their doors invitingly TO the
youngsters who long for conviyiality.
Reading rooms for the hypothetical grinds,
a dance hnll, that the coming generations
may not grow corns by dancing on sur.
face like that OF the barn" where dances
are held. home offices for the homeless
slumna returning after long years 10 an
unfamiliar alma mater. and headquarters
for the various undergraduts organization
With a vision Ike this looming betoTs
each and every loyal daughter, II is no
wonder that self-sacrifce has been the
order OF the day. Nothing has been too
| lowly. nothing too arduous. one girl has
gained fame and fortune by turning hef
! automobile into a cab service-only FOR the
| faculty, OF course. as no student patronires
/ any vehicle. Another blacks the shoes ior
the dormItory aristocrats; hair dressers
masseuses. tailors and members OF stock
| ings have bloomed in every classroom
/ Less interesting, but equally serv'ceaos
| TO the all devouring fund, are the persona
pledges OF those who have bankoooks /"
/ those who expected checks from rich uheies
at Christmas and contributions from
/ alumnr and faculty Plans are ALREADY
/ started for a fair 10 be held IN Decemoe',
! 1911 The mems colleges have been cahed
upon in time OF need. and have responses
/ with brotherly fervor. The Amherst rA
matte Club has promised one performan'
and the Harvard Delta Epsilon anotne'
Individual brothers are expected 70 N-
spond with equal fervor when ticks" u'
issued for the annual Ice carnival and otne'
nav-as-you-enter festivities. Twelve mou'
sand seven hundred dollars-a Whole esn''
part OF the necessary Nooooo-has alfsaay
materiallzed The rest will come s0n
there IS no doubt What wellesley IA
made UP It's mind to have that 1t VIII S.
even at the expense Of 80 cents out OF eaea
Of its Christmas stockings.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-01

7, & moi perbaps, a question 10 De easily
A.o,ded whether beauty gives most pleas
ure 10 the owner or the beholder OF li''S
c,,, NJ the gods. But one beautiful thing
spreIv is a ioy 70 both, since the owner
can see it without glance into her Hllr-
ror-namely, beautiful hand.
Beautiful hands are less frequently men
TONED i'm literary works now thah they
used 20 be. one novelist, indeed makes d
prettv reference TO them in the 'Cohiouhu-
ing of Camilla" Her lover has been
preaching to her about her sins, and says
IF YOU had an ink stain on your finger
nail YOU would be more eager TO wash IL
off than YOU are to- rid her nature oi
some glaring fault II the Budget remem-
hers ariehp. Camilla, at the allusion 70
her nails. looks down al 'the translucent
,dnk and white of those objets dart.
tsautiful nails-in fact, beautiful hands
ere lust that: objets dart! You can wash
and otherwise treat face and hair and hope
that the business is done-for some hours
g, least, But the hands are In constant
contact with something that may soil then
.translucence," anu 50 they need more
constant care than any other part Of the
BODY
az course here. a. elsewhere. cleanliness
is the beginning OF beauty. But when the
hands are clean they must be beauthed.
II Won have time, do your own manicuring
though a visit TO a really good manicurist
occasionally may give you some ne"
"ur,nkles" You need good powder,
good paste. a bottle Of some Trustworthy
FORM OF peroxide. a buffer OF chamois
leather and one or two simple implements
two pairs Of scissors, one for the cuucIe
and one for the nails themselves. Have
bowl of warm water into which two drops
of perfumed ammonia have been put o'
into which, and this is better, a little soap
tslly has been dissolved. Make your own
soap Jelly, too. Bits Of the purest CastIie'
or any really trustworthy soap may DC
sliced and reduced to jelly oy Deihg III
A~vsA 10 sumner, with the addition ef
New-York tribune., 1911-01-01
isaprog.
The Apologize of the Old Year
Collared by a Suffragette. Father Time ieNs
What He Has Done for the Cause

the fifth star on your Suffrage nag was
especially significant. becaute II was man
yindication Of woman. You had the l.IE
chise once in Washington. and los' II
through a technically. Evidently tho re-
suits were ,uch that men want TO try II
again. The victory there confirmed you all
in yolr belief, she said, that when you sot
a chance TO appeal to the people you VIII
get what you want.
That's not so bad father. Most men
couldn't remember all that. Well, any
thing else?"
About your militant sufrragettes?
Pooh, We haven't any here. FASTING
up dodgers and holding street meetings
isn't militant. We can't deserve that title
till we throw stones, though we did hiss
the President-ha ha! Well. what about
the 'gettes?'
Lots OF prominent men in England have
come into your movement because they are
so impressed with the women's earnest
ness So Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch tells
me. That Lady Constance Lytton, you
know, who was treated so badly In prison
well, her brother, Lord Lytton, has made
up his mind he won't have his sister treat
ed so. and he has gone into your mems
society And I've heard American men
speak the same way. Gee" they say,
those women must want II mighty hard to
stand on street corner and argue for II.
Guess I'll help 'em along. Lots Of them
have done Il. too. Look at the way they
go to your meetings and your lunch places
In 3tth street-sixty-n men there Thurs
day out OF one hundred and fifty people
who had luncheon there. You ought TO be
glad OF that madam. You'll never get your
vote till the men say So
"Humph, BY the way, father''-the suf-
fragist clutched the old mans coat sleeve
tighter and peered into his haggard face
do you believe in votes for women"
"Er--I haven't arrived at any decision,
madam, whether II would be expedient."
Yes. I've heard that before. Well. |
don't care for the way YOU have been say
ing your movement and your cause and
you women all during this little converse
tion. Hereafter you say our movement.
DO you hear? And here's a votes-for-
New-York tribune., 1911-01-01
Some Ways of the World

recently landed immigrants impress upon
them that no songs are allowed, or s "
nostalgia and American commercialsn
that has quenched their spirit. IL mu"
in the latter, for settlement workers say
that the children do not sing either u
this country.
In one of the side streets OF New iof
is row OF red brick houses. stsn'
ing three stories In height. with Wills
marble trimmings and white muslin CUT
tains at the windows, they look like man
other rows OF houses in New York sS'
for the fact that several of them sho'
in each window from the basement 10 wv
top floor pots OF scarlet geranlums. IheN
gay little plants suggesting nominees ana
cheer within. gladden. the eyes OF the pas
sersby and redeem the houses from eos
monplaceness. one OF the occupants OF taS
cheerful row says that her geraniums es
her but 10 or Is cents apiece, and that
they grow spindly she sends them TO wv
rear windows OF the basement, keePhs
them cut down until spring comes, NN'
she allows them TO come up 70 the oudd"s
stage, and then they bloom the seeVH'
time in her outside window boxes, aga.
making the house look a contented aha
happy home TO those without.
The bon vivants Of Baltimore are sna'
ing their heads sadly over some st@'''
which the legal lights OF the MaryN"
clubs have raked up about the oyer-aOsN
dance Of terrapin in former days. They se'D
ally had law, il appears. which require.
that slaves should not be fed entirely -
diamond backs" as was the practice
some degenerate masters who desired
save pork. Even the "canyssback' doesN'
seem to have been appreciated in those oA's
TO Judge from the records OF the feas"
the time IL is said that the saddest nls'
ings known TO clubdom occur when F'',
delphian and Baltimorean meet ana
ment that their forebears should n'
thrown 10 the slaves that which can sea-
ly be had now at any price.
The old negro buffers who used "
Tor the magnificent silver used by "s@
Southerners had a method Of cleanins
which produced results apparently w. VIZ,
tainsble by modern pastes and ~ ~,
Every two months IL was put into W.
and boiled for an hour OF more Win "A
Ing soda. A mixture ot hartshoih 49,
whiting was then put on. allowed W.su
and rubbed of with chamois SAN h.ned
the highest possible lustre was oo,s oo,.. cut
often the repousse pattern was deepgyo
so that the whiting stuck IN the
and for these parts brush was us q
The boiling takes OFF all old pss"Ilscss
powder and all Of the grease tnat 60, mt
IN some mysterious way on all slNs' Aid
is out daily, SO that the polishihs -,
this has been done hrinss out ay ~, b
beauty OF the ware. THIS process h'',
used also to test the antiquity o. $40 oo-
Old silver has a white geam wnsn uct
ished that the alloy of to-day uo's soif5
possess, and after a piece has oesnht been ost
In soda and water the color ptoa5,soSSB
iSs ~ w 8s!ss.: SS:nHtt T. ~ Sssssss:is & u sa~
New-York tribune., 1911-01-01
FLORAL COOKERY.

In all Chinese restaurants OF the better
class may be found at New Years time
experts busy in tho surprising tasks OF
irving beautiful La France roses or pre-
paring orange skin and nuts with which
to cook a duck. Chrysanthemum fritters
are one of the time honored New Year 5
dellcacies. ana the dinner is no more com
plete without this remarkable concoction
than an American Thanksgiving dinner
would be without turkey.