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800 IN WOMENS
FIRST LEAGUE
FOR LIFE SAVING
To Teach Swimming and The
Methods of Rescue From
Drowning.
"FIRST AID" A FEATURE.
Want Every Girl to Know
How to Take Care of
Herself in Water.
AID" A FEATURE.
By Marcuerffe Mooers Marshall.

BY Marguerite MOOers Marshall.
There has Just been incorporated In
the State OF New York an ~organiza-
ton called the National women's Life
Saving League. II Is the frst woman's
i~fe-saving league in the United States,
and II already has over three hundred
local members. with branches In New
Jersey. Connecticut and Massachusetts.
Here are some OF its important purposes,
as defined In the leagues constitution.
ITO ncourag swimming by women
and children.
ITO cooperate with other %organiza-
lions, wheneve advisable. in the dis
semination of knowledge on ~life-saving
from drowning and 'nrst aid to the In
jured.
ITO hold annual competitions for
medals, prizes and the like.
ITO encourage and advocate simplicity
and r~ationaiism In bathing and swim
ming costumes.
ITO establish an athletic branch for
the supervision of athletics for women
by women. In order to raise the dignity
of such ranch OF outdoor sports so that
eli women nay participate In the health
full and instructive exercises OF swim
ming and life-saving without subsection
I, any embarrassing conditions. az
sometimes arise where only men are
In charge OF arrangements.
To advocate the general adoption OF
swimming and Neutrality-suspicious. and
Resuscitation-as q branch OF elemen-
tary education"
1T sounds like a busy programme
remarked to Miss Katherine F. Mehr'
tens, president Of the league.
TO MEET TWENTY TIMES EVERY
MONTH.
TT IT," she smiled. This winter W,
shaii meet twenty times q month. Ever.
Monday evening there WIN be swimmin,
Instruction for beginners and improverI
ct the East Tw~enty-third street publl'
baths. In charge Of n Of our expert
. enced members. Every Tuesday evening
such instruction will be given at tn
West Sixtieth street baths. and ever,
Wednesday evening At the Preslden
street baths. In Brooklyn. Then W
shall meet one night zach week at eacl
Of the baths mentioned for recreation
and there 10 a special night for iInprov
srs at the East T~wenty-third stree
bath. Besides. we shall hold . com
petition and games sor prizes ono
month.
I'VE believe that every girl an,
woman should know how to swim
Every girl in our league learns how 4
take care Of herself In the water. an,
most Of them could take care Of some
body else"
How did the idea originator !
asked.
Ton or Q dozen women swimminl
teachers we're the nucleus Of tn
league" said Miss Mehrtens. Mis-
Adeline Trap. the Brooklyn champion
who swan twenty-one miles down tn
Hudson last summer and has made tn
perilous He'll Gate swim. was anon
the founders.
But o WI have stenographers
trained nurses. artists. actresses. work
era In shops and stores. n a grea
many school teachers. Many of the iai
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Stern Brothers

dc IlOW SlOWlHS Ill ulcI OllOp TOT Wei
Shetland Wool Jackets & Waistcoats
embracing all the desirable qualities of Angora, having the same
soft "sik.fke" finish and elasticity, with more wearing quality
ideal garments for all outdoor purposes.
WAISTCOATS, ats13.SO
JACKETS, $3.50 and 22.SO
TUESDAY, AN EXCEPTIONAL OFFERING OF
Negligee Shirts, of Satin Striped Madras,
in plain and pleated effects, attached stiff cuffs, also ST. IN
Mercerized materials with soft turn-back cuffs, AsAO
Regularly $500
Neckwear, Pure Silk Accordion Knitted
Fourin-Hands, in all colors, with cross stripes in 4 En-
various corresponding coors, Regularly $3.50 AsCU
Bath Robes, of Viyela Flannel, in @ En-
desirable patterns and all sizes, Regularly stt.25, CsOU
Mems Hosiery, of Plain Black Silk, with cotton ENC
sohs and tops, Regularly $500 pair, at CU~
of Plain Silk, medium weight, orc
in black or colorS, Regularly $3.50 pair, at CS
of French Silk, in plain colors, En-
with self clocks, Regularly $3.50 pair, at Lou
Mems Seasonable Underwear,
%Balbrggan Shirts and Long or Short Drawers, 7Sc
heavy weight, reinforced, Each, 10
Natural Grey Merino Shirts, and Long or Short NNc
Drawers; reinforced, in heavy or medium weight, Each, ~
West 23d and 22d Streers
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'E FULLY INSTRUCTED
LIFE SAVING.

w
Amy woman OF good moral character
sixteen years OF age or over may join.
Our headquarters are at No. 9oi FIFTY
NTH street, Brooklyn. The initiation
fee Is 81 and the dues 10 cents per
year.
After the girls learn to swim they
are instructed In the technique Of nfe-
saving.
First they are taught how to grasp
the victim In such a way as to break
the dangerous strangie holds.
Then there are six different methods
OF keeping a person ailoat. These In
clude the head. the under-arm, the b.
ceps, the German arm and he breast
stroke and side stroke carry
After that comes resuscitation. We
follow In general the method employed
,y the United States Volunteer Life
Saving Corps. The irst thing. OF course,
Is TO get the water out OF the body.
This may be done by tickling the throat.
or, In severe cases, by rolling the body
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1t is not alone the
convenience, or
the freshness, OF the
c~rispness, or the un-
usual food-value, or
the digestibility,
or the cleanliness, or
the price, that has
made needa Biscuit
the National Soda
Cracker.
1t is the remarkable
of all
of these things.
If every
where, knew how
good they are,
everyone, every
where, would eat
them day.
Sold by grocers in
every city and town
Bought by people
of all classes.
Never sold in bulk
always 5 cents i'm
the moisture proof
package which
keeps them oven
froch
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ENdhSr SnC "~".,. ,.,.,.~. was calling
70 her, and she would try to answer,
but, of course, inside a suit case one
cannot make enough noise to be heard
outside.
1t was certainly a most unhappy week,
with no one to play with her, no tea
parties, no comfortable bed to sleep on
and no attention from anyone Much
as Ellen disliked ii when Mrs. Evans
said one morning, We'll this is the day
for Ellen to go home" the news was,
nevertheless, welcome to Hannah Dolls
ears, and she felt happier than she
could ever remember of having felt.
When they came to pack the suit case
and Ellen saw the doll lying inside it
she remembered how she had neglected
her, and took her up and kissed her. and
called her pet names; and she dressed
her all up and put the Sordered blanket
around her again, and held her in her
arms when she got on the train.
The ride home was the most delight
full part OF the whole trip to Hannah
Doll, for she felt sure that back in the
country she would get the attention she
mad been used to: and when thew drove
up to the door of the farmhouse and
she saw Ellen's mother waiting to re-
ceive them she thought it was the hap
piest moment of her life.
7 don't want any more visits to the
city, she said, as Ellen tucked her
close up to her in bed that night Il
had rather stay where there are not so
n any things to divide ones attention,
and where little girls have time to take
good care of their dolls
tTomorrow's story: Jack Rabbits Sec
Ond LeSSOn.)
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tance she had to ride, and before she
knew it she was being hugged by Han
nah Evans and Mildred Ransom. whose
mothers had brought them to the sta
tiOn to meet Ellen.
Hannah's doll got rather roughly
handled during the greetings, for little
girls who have not seen each other for
a long time hug pretty hard and the
doll thought two or three times that
she was going to be squeezed all out
OF shape
Ellen went first to Mrs. Ransom's,
and for an hour after supper Ellen and
Mildred talked as fast as their tongues
could wag, Ellen telling her all about
dred eNpaining what she had planned
for Ellen while she was with her. And
all this time the doll lay with the blan-
ket still around her and without any
attention from Ellen. But at bed time
Ellen remembered her and took her up
TO her room, where she undressed her
lust as she did at home. But for all
that, the doll felt rather sighted and
she did not close her eyes quite as tight
as usual when Ellen put her on the pill
low beside her The next day, was a
very busy day for Ellen. She went
walking, and she went riding and saw
the biggest stores she had ever seen, so
big that she wondered where there
were enough people to buy all the beau
tiful things she saw in them. And all
day long Hannah Doll was left alone
in ElIen's bedroom.
Hannah Doll. Nobody gives any atten-
ton to anybody but themselves.
wasn't half dressed this morning, and /
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SANDMAN STORIES
For Just Before Bedtime
THE HOMESICK DOLL.

HANNAH RANSOM was the dolls
name, ard she was one of the
Christmas gifts that SaIta Claus
brought to little Ellen Window. Ellen
had named the doll for two Of the dear
est friends she had. both Of whom had
moved TO the city 10 live. But although
they had gone, Ellen still loved them,
and she often wrote letters to them tell
ing them how much she missed them
end how much she would like TO see
them.
She was therefore very happy when
her mother one day got a letter from
Mrs. Ransom and another from Han
nah Evans mother saving. The chill
Gr"n have been talking about having
Ellen come +" visit them. aud we have
planned it all out to have her stay
week at each Of our houses. You can
put her on the train and we will meet
hor at the station when she gets here"
"Oh, mother, can | Co?" cried Ellen.
Il will talk it over with your father
Tonight" said her mother. and tell you
in the morning"
Ellen didn't sleep very much that
night. She Lad never been to the city,
and all :hr wonderful things the letters
from her Shl friends had told about
Only made her the more anxious to so.
in the morning the first question she
asked her mother was What did father
s;.v?''
He said Yes. if I could get you
ready"
- goody," said Ellen; lets begin TO
get ready right now"
There were dresses TO wash and iron,
a new hat to be made and d score of
other things 10 do, but at last they
were all completed. and Ellen with her
heart dancing with joy, was riding to
the railroad station to take the train.
She had not forgotten her SOll, either,
for Hannah Ransom, warmly wrapped
in pretty ribbOn-bordered blanket, was
hugged up close in Ellen's arms as she
rode along.
The ride on the train was most inter
eSting. She saw many new faces
and so many new things that she
scarcely thought anything of the dis
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Couple Busted
With Other Thoughts.

1t is quite possible that the uuiet little
woman whom the younger one has iron
ically set down in her mind as mar
ried," is thinking of the little frock she
fas promised to finish for Elinor on the
morrow il time for the party of a
schOolmate, and that the mans brain is
turning over the chances for the success
of certain deal that he must push
through on the morrow.
And what of II. my dear young lady
of tie lrOni cal observations?
That you may be able to pick out
the married couples" is to their credit
That life has marked them with the
TO responsibility and duty does not i'm
ply that their love is less strong
The man who has asked you to be
his wife. the one who hangs on your
every word, loves you maybe. but hi:
love Gas been as yet untried by re-
Sponsihility. He has not yet gone to
battle for you. He has not yet main
tained a home and helped you fight a
loyal fight for the best in life for
your children and his
And so, with light heart, he offers
his love and his life to you, and you
look from his enthusiastic youthful
face to the man on your left whom
life has tried and found in him no.
ing wanting and you sigh because
he is not hanging animatedly on every
word dropped from the lips of
woman at his side.
And even while YOU sigh the hanG
OF the man who has neither faltered
nor failed in his love through many
wears of self-denial and hard won
battles, goes out and Claps the hand
Of the earnest little woman at his
side. conveying to her all the love
all the appreciation. all the tender
ness, and all the sympathy and all
the loyalty Of which a good man Is
Capa BILE.
The Washington times., 1911-02-22
Cold Roast Pork for
Making Croquettes

about half a pound, chop it very finely,
mix with it one tablespoonful of flour,
well chop a small onion and a shallot,
and boil them in half a cupful of good
stock: add to this the foured meat, f1a-
Voring it with pepper. salt and a tiny
bit of sage, also well chopped.
Make this up in the form of sausages,
slightly tlattened; egg and bread crumb
them and fry them a light brown color.
The remains of any cold meat NAV be
used for croquettes made in the same
way, emitting the sage and adding lit
tie mushroom ketchup; in doing so. care
must be taken not to make the mixture
too moist.
A few Spoonfuls of cold mashed pota-
toes, of bread crumbs, or of well-boiled
rice may be mixed with the mince: less
meat will then be required and the cro-
quettes will. If anything, be nicer.
The Washington times., 1911-02-22

Long Polo Goats So Com
Portable That They Are
Becoming Vogue.

MIDST women are finding the long polo
.AN1 coats such a comfort, that they
have become quite a vogue. Naturally
the separate coat would call for trim
street dress, usually on rather tailored
lines. They are generally made of a
fine French serge, chiffon broadcIOth,
or a voile in rather dull shades of blue,
brown, or green, trimmed with folds of
veIveteen in shades to match, or in
harmony with that of the material, or
with embroidery in Persian or Bulgarian
effects.
The combination of Ladies' Home
Journal patterns, Nos. 569i and 423l, Is
a most charming design for a tailored
dress, adaptable TO serge, a lightweight
cheviot or a heavy Shantung 1t could
be made in dull blue, with the girdle,
and. trimming bands at the neck and on
the sleeves of velveteen to match, with
friIls of Persian satin. The yoke and
under-sleeves might be OF cream net
or a pale ecru princcsse lace.
The waist is a tucked blouse, closing
at the side-front, with d fitted lining
closing at the center front. 1t can be
made with the round yoke and standing
collar, but If preferred the yoke may
be omitted and the waist worn with a
slightly low round neck. The sleeves
are two-pieCe full-length with a one
piece oveTsleeve, and the waist can be
made with or without the shaped trim
ming bands. The pattern is cut only in
sizes 32. 81, y, 40, and A. inches bust
measure.
The skir, Is made with habit back
and cut in four cores, With seam at
the center front. 1t has a comfortable
width at the lower edge, the medium
size measuring three and one half
yards, and the pattern is cut in sizes
-, a. 2G, IS, and 30 inches waist meas
ure.
For the design OF the left a hunters
green panama would be very attractive
and SeryiCeable with the collar, cuffs,
and the belt of Persian embroidered
banding. The tiny buttons in the front
could be made of gold cord, with satin
loops, or a pretty enameled button might
also be used.
The waist, pattern No. jig9, closes at
the center front with standing collar
and shaped yoke, below which the
waist is, tucked in clusters, and has full
length shirt-waist sleeves. The pattern
is cut only in sizes -. "a. 36, IS. 40, and
= inches bust measure. The skirt pat
tern No. 300, is in ten cores, closing at
the center front and plated in clusters
on the hips and at the center
front and back. The pattern is
cut in sizes -, -, q, @6, ~, and 30
inches waist measure. The Ladies'
Home Journal patterns are obtainable
at S. kann, Sons & Co.
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haven't had a minutes attention all day
long. ] wish ! was home"
The next day was even more unhappy
Tor Hannah Doll than the first one, for
she was not dressed at all, but Law on
n chair with her head hanging over the
edge in most uncomfortable way.
And the next day, well she couldn't
keep back the tears, for she was put in
dark closet and the door was shut
light, and NJ one came near her, and
there she lay for all the rest of the
week until she was packed with her
clothes. all wrinkled and mussed, into
the suit case to go along with Ellen
over to Hannah Evans house.
AND what do You think, they didn't
take her out of the suitcase when they
unpacked it, but locked it up again with
Hannah Doll inside Every time she
heard Ellen call Hannah" to Hannah
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ScOrn Cold Storage.

We are considered very barbaric in
our use of ice. or rather our abuse of
it. Fish, as you all know, may not
decompose for weeks If kept on ice,
hut that it loses it's fine flavor and be-
comes oily no one denies. The same
is true Of poultry and many other
things which we use daily and think
but little about. The French cook
would look with scoTn upon our cold
storage food products.
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For Travellers.

Women who travel much in the win
ter should remember that furs and
heavy outer garments take so much
room in the trunks that everything else
must be reduced to the minimum of
space Therefore, see that many
of your undergarments as possible be
combinations, three and two piece, an
make even underskirts and corset COW
ers as far as possible of Isle or china
silk Then they can be rolled up inlo
almost nothing, and room will be left
for more conspicuous. though not moro
important. clothing.
The Washington times., 1911-02-22

john W. Whitley-InforTnation relative
to the proper method of Securing en-
pigment on the Panama canal can be
secured by addressing the Panama
canal Commission. Washington, d. c.
Since the establishment of a perfect
sanitary system in Panama, the climate
is considered healthy. Temperature is
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Hints and
Snegestions|

motives to suit her own taste. The con-
meeting lace-like arrangement Of chains
and picots can always be adapted to the
requirements of the pattern.
A design lor yoke and set of sleeves
to be worn with a yelling gown is car
ried out in string-colored crochet silk,
as fine as can be procured The mo-
tives are roses and butterflies. The
solid part of the lace is represented H.
double crochet.
Shape First
Drawn.
TIE shape of the sleeve and yoke is
first drawn on some dark green linen
This is done in Chinese white, so that
It will not rub off. The motives are az
ranged on the pattern, being firmly
fixed into place. The connecting LACY
chain work is then done until the
sleeve. or yoke. is finished. The pat
terms are detached and the whole is
ready to be sewn into the dress.
The tiny litic zouave garnitures now
worn can be made in the same way,
the whole being shaped on the cut-out
lining, which should be fitted before the
motives are sewn into place. 4 suitable
crochet edg!ng finishes the edge of the
whole. These can be made In silk or
linen thread to match the gown and
this should be rather coarser ihan that
usually used, as II makes the work
more effective.
Detached motives sewn on at inter
walls are very effective, especially il
arranged in conjunction with embroid-
cry and braidinS around tunic.
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Practiced 1t, Too.

BloX-I saw by the paper that jim
Ghorner was buried yesterday.
KnoN-So did 1; and / hope he's salts
fed now: YOU know, he was always
preaching Back to the Land"
The Washington times., 1911-02-22
Cornmeal Mush.

AnxiOus-Into a pint of saIted boiling
water gradually sift corn meal, stirring
all the while to prevent Jumping, until
the mixture thickens. Turn into a mold
to cool. When cold slice and fry to a
crisp brown on each side Eat with
maple syrup. Mush may be eaten hct
as a cereal. If preferred. with cream
and sugar. If more than the quantity
given above is desired use a quart II
boiling water.
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who has soothed baby woes and listened
to childish cnthusiasms through every
day of every week, of every month,
sips off the tension and rests quietly in
the enjoyment of an evening out with
her husband. She is most unwisc of she
doesn't.
has made his home. mothered his chill
dren, sewed and mended, and worked
from sun TO sun-and then some-doesn't
feel quite so inclined to jabber away all
intermission in playhouse as the
fresh young thing at her side who
hasn't the slightest idea of the meaning
of the light of anxiety in the mothers 5
eyes as she turns to the man at her
side with a GuaverY expression of con-
Germ for the baby left in other hands at
home.
The Washington times., 1911-02-22

Acoustics.
I. G. Thompson-It is impossible to tell
what wiring should be done to effect the
acoustics of a court room without know
ing the height of the ceiling, size of the
room, etc. Any architect who has in
spected the room can suggest a remedy.
The Washington times., 1911-02-22
High Art
Among Irish.
Rates to California.

Mrs. ]. Wiltis-Rates to California de-
pend upon the class of passage and the
destination. Excursions or reduced rates
to the west are most frequent during
the winter.
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Court Records Open.
Canal Employment.

Constant Reader-The records of the
Orphans Court are open to the public.
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Answers to Inquiries OF
The Busy Times Readers
Acoustics.

much the same the year around. being
about 50 degrees.
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Cost of This Frock in Tavo
Materials

French Serge.
So yards 44-inCh French Serge,
75C a yd....................... .A.32
7s-yard iS-inch all-over lace for
yoke. $l.50 Observation-Disclosures. 1.32
%-yard 24-nCh velVeteen for
trimming bands 81 yd............ rs
3Ia yards edgIng for frils, SOC yd. 1.75
IL yards 36-inch lining. 2jc yd.... IS
Ladies' Home Journal. Patterns
Nos 5694 and 423l. 80
-
SS2
Panama.
So yards 44-inch panama, 75c yd $432
"a yard 1S-inch net for yoke, 3l.50
yQ. .-..-.-.-..---..-..... LIZ
"a yard 19-inch satin for trim
ing bands, 75c a yd.............. IS
IL yards Persian satin frilling,
~ yards 26-inch lining, 25c yd.... .3S
Ladies' Home Journal Patterns,
Nos. 569i and 423l. 30
7.73
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Fashions
and FadS
MARRIED COUPLES -
EASILY DETECTED
AT THE THEATERS
By FRANCES CARROLL.

TT was during an unusually long in
termission at a Washington play
i house last week that my companion
turned 10 me.
I'll wager that ! cnn pick out the
married couples in this house with sell
dom an error" she said.
The remark shook me suddenly out Of
my colnpla, cnt frame Of mind. for the
girl who made the remark was hardly
twenty, and if had been interested in
her close scrutiny of the house l had
supposed it due to gowns and not we'd
ded felicity.
Just how would you distinguish the
married couples: BY what method
would YOU separate the lambs from the
goats ! questioned, banteringly.
She glanced at her watch and remark
ed, with apparent irrelevance: It's
most II o'cIOcIr'
What has that to do with your abi-
itv to pick out the married coupleS?' l
asked.
The married ones arc sleepy and stu
PIC at this hour. The ones who only
hope TO he married have forgotten that
there is any such thing as time.
Il have observed before tonight she
went on, that the unmarried man who
companions an unmarried woman 30
place of amusement is untiring i'll his
efforts to amusc her during intermiS-
sioEs IT doesn't matter how late the
hour, he hangs on her words as though
they were the thread Of his life.
How 1t Goes
After Marriage.
After a few years Of married life the
same girl will have TO give him little
dig in the ribs to attract his attention
10 thrice repeated remark" she end
ed with a little ironical laugh, as the
curtain went up on the last act.
The young woman's observation is too
true of any audience for denial.
I believe one COULD pick out the
married couples, but l do not agree with
the TONE of the remarks which i'm
piled disCredit to the married folk.
1t is Derfectly true that the man who
has toiied all the day Of every DAY of
every week to make the woman at his
side Cand the children who may be
asleep at hOme) comfortable has sense
. Of combined duty and pleasure done
that permits him to relax when the Op-
Iortunity comes to him.
1t is perfectly true that the woman