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The Washington times., 1911-02-06
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FEBRUARY FACTS
Birthstone Is Amethyst.
Verse Famed as Good
Month to Wed.

~ ECAUSE the cabbages sprouted
- of the year, our old Anglo-Saxon
ancestors called it "Sprout Scale
month.
The birthstone for this month Is the
amethyst, and this signifies the power
OF deep love.
The birthstone =. for this month is
The February born shall find
Serenity and peace of mind,
Freedom from anger and from care.
II they an amethyst shall wear.
Italians like to celebrate weddings
in February-possibly they are in
fiuenced by that little rhyme which
says:
Married in Februarys sleety weather,
Life you'll tread in time together
II you do decide on the second month
in the year for your matrimonial plunge,
the first, third, nineteenth, and twenty
first are supposed to be especially pro-
pitious days. These numbers may not
fall on days that appeal to you, in
which case you may cheerfully remem-
Der that they are only superstitions
after all and defy the fates by choosing
a day to suit yourself.
The primrose is the flower for the
month.
Many notable birthdays there are in
February-and our Washington first,
Lincoln, Charles Darwin. Daniel Boone,
Edison, Marcella, Sembrich. Paganini.
Cardinal Newman, Victor Hugo, Rochel,
Rossini, Ellen Terry, Mendelssohn, and
Horace Greeley.
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ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES
OF THE TIMES READERS
By FRANCES CARROLL.

p AM never unmindful Of your re-
quests. There is never a thing thai
you ask me that seems ''unimport-
ant to me, as some one suggested
last week because space did not permit
the publication of the information she
desired.
Every request for information that
comes 20 me l make every effort to Sc
cure. and just as soon as there is suf-
ficient space on this page your question
is answered.
You must bear in mindAthat the Ques-
tions you see answered through this de-
partment are hardly half of those 1 am
asked
Requests for information are made
every day oyer the phone, and answers
given through the same medium.
Many more involve the names Of busi-
ness firms, or are of such a nature as
to make it impracticable to answer them
through this page. Where these are
accompanied by>a self-addressed envel-
ope they are given prompt attention
through the mail.
Here is the information desired during
the past week that has been crowded
out until now:
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Prices Changed Little
In the Local Markets

| Both wholesale and retail markets
are dull today. While Monday Is rarely
good market day, the snow storm of
last night and today has put further
damper on it's activities. Prices show
little change from Saturday. 1t is
thought, however, that the present Sc
we're weather will. before the end of the
week, stiffen the market somewhat.
Probably the commodities most imme-
diately affected will be fish, eggs. and
butter.
Tomatoes are selling at 20 cents a
pound. Florida beets bring 10 cents a
bunch. New potatoes, which are rather
too early to be of good quality, are
Selling at rs cents a peck. Lettuce Is
very plentiful for this time of the year.
and good heads can be bought for 5
cents. Early rhubarb of very good
quality has made its appearance among
other Florida produce; it is selling at
10 cents bunch.
Egg and butter prices will be changed
tomorrow for the week. 1t is not
thought that their prices will be re-
duced, for most commission dealers are
of the opinion that they have reached
bottom prices for this season OF the
year.
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CH|LDREN'S GAME
Of MAKING STARS
Mother Should Take Care to
Direct and Not Build for
the Little One.
By MARGARET LOUISE WALLACE.

BY mARGARET LOUISE WALLACE.
IT HEN four of the eight blocks
M have been placed in a square
on the table, mother places
the other four at the cor
ners Of the square, so that their bases
are parallel with the base of the large
square, and the corner of each single
block touches the corner of the inner
square. The lines on the table will be
great help in getting the form true.
Now build the pretty star yourself,
Ned"
So Ned takes the blocks, but he Is
slow, and must be shown many times
before he begins to understand. Do not
let him get weary OF this. The educa-
ton Of eye and hand in the perception
OF the beauty of line and the skill to
produce II readily is very slow matter.
From the first star may be produced
another pretty one. by moving the four
outer blocks in from the corners so that
point Of each block touches the point
where two Of the blocks Of the inner
square meet. In none of these forms Is
one block piled on another. They must
all be made of the eight blocks lying
fat on the table.
1t Is best never to destroy one form,
that is, push the blocks about careless
ly, but let each figure seemingly grow
out of another, in something the way
the pictures in Kaleidoscope change.
To accomplish this always move the
blocks systematically. And remember
that when Ned Is building it is better
to show him. without touching the
blocks, II possible, how to remedy his
error, rather than to correct them
yourself. He must never depend on you
TO build for him, only to direct him.
But, as was said before, a little of
this play is enough. When Ned is tired
and the blocks have been reformed into
the cube and put back in the box, he
will enjoy an action game, perhaps the
wrist movement, which consist in hold
ing the elbows close to the sides and
moving the hands gently back and forth
from the wrists. Here is a pretty song
for that:
''As the weather vane is going
While the stormy winds are blowing,
Thus my little child shall learn
III in play TO twist and turn.
las the little bird is flying,
Thus my little pet is trying.
With his little hands to learn,
All in play to twist and turn
IT will not be long before Ned learns
the songs and can sing them or say
them as easily as you can.
The Washington times., 1911-02-06
Cracked Lips.

Mrs. J. R.-For the prevention OF
cracked lips the best application is hall
an ounce of wax, one ounce OF almond
oil, colored with ten drops of solution
of carmine and favored with two drops
of oil of rose. There are two causes
for the cracking of the lips, one is the
dry, cold air passing over them, and
another is the irritation of tooth pow
der.
~ The following is formula for Gu
cumber cream that agrees with most
skins better than any other:
One half pint expressed juice of Gu
cumbers.
One and a half ounces deodorized al
cohol.
Three and one-fourth ounces of oil of
benne.
One drachm shaving cream.
One and three-fourths d-achms
blanched almonds.
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so the wife who had given the best that
was in her to building UP gets dis
carded for her pains"
Yet we want to help our husbands" !"
repeated the woman in sage green.
How are we to do 1t without driving
them from us?''
Il sometimes think said the woman
in blue" that the only way to help a
man is to be a h:ndrance, and that the
heavier burden a woman is to a hus-
band the more she strengthens him.
That is paradoxical. but 1t seems to
work out satisfactorily in life. II you
will notice, you will see that the women
who have to have money always have
husbands who make 1t, while the
women who can do without things
never have them"
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WOMAN BECOMES
A TASK MISTRESS
HELPING HUSBAND
By DOROTHY DIX.


VIZ and not a sawdust stuffed,
dressed up doll, yearns,
above everything else, to be
OF some real assistance to her nus
band.' sad the woman in sage green,
''but there is no other problem on earth
20 great as how to do it, Beside the
question OF how to help your husband,
the riddle of the Sphynx becomes a
conundrLm so simple that a child Can
guess it,
'Right-o," assented the woman in the
plue marquisette, you can't do your
duty by your husband without 3po;nng
him."
None of US like the people TO whom
we are under obligations" satd the wo-
man with the picture hat, and :he min
grateful to his wife, he begins to hate
her DID you ever see a poor patient,
self-sacrihcing wife who worked her
fingers to the bone TO help her husband,
who wasn't neglected and mistreated?
Story of Alice
Illustrates Point.
Il have just been thinking said the
woman in sage green, about a crop
per that some friends Of mine have
just come that shows what a difficult
matter II is for a woman to help her
husband. and how her very zeal to do
the best for him may be her own un-
doing. Ny friends name is Alice and
she is remarkably pretty, intelligent
ana attractive woman in every way
and she is brimfulI of energy and am
bltlon. Some ten years ago she fell in
love with very ordinary young fellow
and married him.
"He was a poor young lawyer of
very mediocre ability and OF easy GO
ing slothful, unasplring disposition.
He came of very plain people, and
lacked polish and the manners of the
great world. None of US could i'm
agtne what Alice saw in him to fancy,
but she was simply daffy over him,
ana. from the very hour of the we'd
dIng she has bent every energy of her
mind and body toward helping him.
She has helped him study UP his law
cases; she has made clients for him: she
has stimulated him, and stood behind
him pursuing him on. She has scrimped
gantly dressed. She has made him
beautiful home. She has done every
thing for him that a woman can possi-
bly, do for a man, and has literally lifted
him into success. You wouldn't know
him today for the man she married.
And the reward of all this devotion
Is that last week he told her brutally
that he was tired of her, and that he
had fallen in love with a younger
woman, and that he wanted her to go
TO Reno to get divorce, so that he
COulQ marry lnlS Otner woman. Poor
Alice is broken-hearted. When she told
me about it she kept moaning over and
over again, I can't understand it, for
tried so hard to help him., and l
didn't have the courage to tell her that
that was just the trouble.
She Became
Task Mistress.
I'm trying to help him she had set a
pace at which his lazy. pleasure-loving
nature rebeIled. She had come to seem
TO him like a taskmistress, and so he
turned from her to a woman who
wouldn't urge him on to the struggle,
or hold him up to any standard, and
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ADD TOUCH
OF DISTINCTION TO
LINENS AND SILVER

n JOTHING gives so distinctive a
nj touch as initials. Whether in
/ silver, stationery, handker-
chiefs, and household linen, a
monogram or initials enhances the value
of gift
There is much difference in engraving.
SO 1t pays to get your silver or jewelry
where you know artistic marking is
done.
Letter and note paper for formal cor
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we'll together, slightly mashing, and
line it into a round basin, reserving
enough to cover the top. Chop fine that
tough beef, season well with salt pep
per and onion juice and pack it into the
mold. Cover with rice, stand it in pan
of water and cook in the oven for thirty
minutes. Put on a bot dish and pour
cream sauce around It.
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minutes; cover the bottom of a baking
pan with buttered paper, and drop the
mixture on it in small spoonfuls. or Il
can be put in muffin rings. Bake for
twenty-five or thirty minutes in brisk
oven.
Cream for filling: Boil one pint Of
milk, heat together one cupful Of sugar,
two eggs and one-half cupful of -four;
stir this into the boiling milk and let
it cook for three minutes, flavor with
lemon or vanilla: cut circular piece
out of the top Of each puff, fill with
the custard and replace the top.
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No General Rule.

Per DIEM Whether per diem employees
of the Government are entitled to pay
for legal holidays and also to pro rata
sick leave is a matter settled by the
department employing the per diem
people. No general rule is laid down by
the Civil Service Commission.
The Washington times., 1911-02-06

rally useful smart
sort that Is always
desirable. The coat
can be made in the
length illustrated
or longer, and with
notched collar or Of
the one-piece point :
ed collar. A feature
Is found In the
pockets, which are
really s strai ! g h I
strips of the mate
rial applied over
side fronts, while
their ends are in
cluded In the seams.
The seven = gored
skirt can be made
with inverted plalts
or habit back, but
the habit back Is
by all means the
smarter just now.
The band can be
cut to any desired
depth, as il Is SIM
ply applied over the
lower edge. For a
more dressy cos
tune the model
would be effective
made of velvet or
velveteeR, and the
skirt can be left
plain or can be fin
ished with a band
OF fur, and narrow
fur banding used on
sleeves and pointed
collar. Rough fin
ished cloths are
greatly in vogue,
and the new ratins
makes exceedingly
s m art costumes,
while c h g v ! o ( S,
serges, and the liko
are always correct.
The fronts of the
coat can be cut
away or finished
plain and straight
Ss preferred.
The quantity OF
material required
for the medium size
will be for the coat
~ yards q inches
wide, 27s yards A..
or "a yards 81; for
the skirt will be
needed 10 yards q,
Ps yards A. "a
yards 81, II mate
rial has UP and
down, but II not,
~ yards q. 3G
yards A. 81 yards
II will suffice. For
the skirt will be
needed u yard OF
velve et, and the
band will require
additional material
according to tho
width.
A May Manton
pattern Of the coat,
No. 6.S24, sizes "a to
a. bust, or of the
s kirt, No. 6,SR,
sizes = to y waist.
can be obtained at
Goldenbergs.
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This demonstrates how a very appetiz-
ing company meal may be prepared
at short notice when far from market
or shop. sur pose two unexpected guests
arrive shortly before luncheon time and
the contents of the larder are found to
consist of a tough end of beefsteak, the
mackerel that was put to soak five min
utes before for the next days breakfast,
q pint of cooked tomatoes a small
pineapple cheese and a good sized bunch
of creSs.
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Stuffed Peppers.

Constant Reader-Seed and cut the
tops from six large bell peppers. Cut
two thirds of a pound of round steak
and put through a meat grinder; add
one-third as much bread crumbs. Mix
thoroughly and fill the peppers with
the forcemeat. Replace the caps of the
peppers and pin them on with straws
or toothpicks. Arrange in a baking pan,
the caps uppermost. Cover the bot
tom of the pan with uncooked rice.
Put in more II the pan be small.
Strain into the rice a can of tomatoes,
season with salt and a little sugar.
and bake at least one hour, adding hot
water as the tomatoes cook dry and
I the rice absorbs the liquid.
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Cream Pufs.

Housekeeper-Str together in a sauce
pan one cupful of butter with two of
-four; when well mixed add half a pint
of boiling water. stir smooth, and when
1t boils set aside to cool; when cool
add five eggs and beat for two or three
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A Rose of the Old Regime.

William whalen-"A Rose of the Old
! Regime wars published on this page
January 3. You can secure a copy by
sending cent, or calling at the circu-
lating department of The Times.
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LUNCHEON.
CWhen unexpected guests arrive.)
Tomato Soup.
Boiled Mackerel, Maitre d'Hotel Sauce.
Boiled Potatoes.
Beef Timbale. Cream Sauce.
Whole Wheat Bread.
Cress with French Dressing. Cheese
Omelet Souffie. Coffee.
The Washington times., 1911-02-06
No Premium on Quarter.

Inquirer-Depending upon it's condition
the value of a penny of 1903 and 1907
is worth from cents to 25 cents.
There is no premium on a quarter Of
1859, a half-dime OF 1858, or a Scent
piece of 1856.
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Poem Wanted.

Will seme one possessing a copy of
"GrowinG Old'' be kind enough to send
q to me for publication in the series of
Poems Women Should Know? do not
know its author.
The Washington times., 1911-02-06

For the beef timbale boil for twenty
minutes a cup of rice; drain II, add a
tablespoonful of butter, tablespoonful
of salt and a dash of pepper. Mix ali.
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respondence is Invariably marked. Most
women have several dies, one with their
address for business and ordinary corre-
spondence, the other with monogram or
crest for personal notes.
Just now the letters woven into circles,
diamonds or oblongs and placed at the
upper left hand corner Of note paper or
card are extremely popular Conserva-
tive women remain true to the three
block initials. rather small, placed in
center of paper at left-hand corner.
The hostess who entertains frequently
has her monogram or crest stamped on
gilt or silver-edged place cards, which
are Kept always on hand for emergen-
cies. The die from ones MONOGRAM
paper can be used, the stamping being
done IN gold or silver unless to match
special decoration.
Monogram on
The Handkerchief.
A 3-cent handkerchief will take quite
a new air IL the initials of the owner
are embroidered on II. The lettering for
ordinary ones Is In small, plain letters
across one corner; for more elaborate
ones monogram or initials inside a
medallion Is preferred.
Bureau covers, table scarfs, linen pil-
low slips and centerpieces which can be
picked up cheapIy at white sales will
look vastly better II marked with
initials.
Bolster rolls Of plain linen are better
looking If they have three five-inch IN
itials worked in the middle They Should
be heavily padded to stand in bold re-
lief.
Should Put Letters
On All Belongings.
The girl who has little time for fancy
work should learn only to embroider
initials. 1t does not take long to mark
ones belongings, and it increases their
beauty. Especially for gifts is letter
ing useful 1t makes them attractive
and personal.
See that the padding is regular and
well rounded and that the covering for
the satin stitch is taken firmly with
stitches close together, but not over
tapping. and with edges even.
The chief fault in lettering is the use
OF too coarse cotton for a given ma
terial, irregular pulling of the tA:ead
and misplaced direction Of the stitches,
which should :. run in the same direc-
ton, whether taken at right angles to
the outline or diagonally.
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DINNER.

DINNER.
Baked Lamb Chops.
Cheesed Potatoes. Creamed Carrots
Celery Mayonnaise.
Orange Pudding. Coffee.
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The Daily Menu;
How to Prepare 1t

BREAKFAST.
Quaker Breakfast Biscuit with Cream
Southern Hash. Rye Mullins.
Coffee.
The Washington times., 1911-02-06
She Became
Task Mistress.

In trying to help him she had set a
pace at which his lazy. pleasure-loving
nature rebelled. She had come to seem
TO him like a taskmistress, and so he
turned from her to a woman who
wouldn't urge him on to the struggle,
or hold him up to any standard, and
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nT VERY woman who is a woman,
"H and not a sawdust stuff ed.
dressed up doll, yearns,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04
WASHINGTON
SIDE LIGHTS

Arthur B. Prague, OF Spokane.
Washington, Is the correspondent
whose optimistic view OF the oppor-
tunities furnished by the government
service surpasses anything ever :
fore brought to the attention Of the
government officials.
Prague's letter is written on d
sheet announcing his candidacy for
the state legislature OF Washington.
as the "Newsbey candidate Ac-
companying the announcement ia his
picture. showing a tail, bony young
man, with a great abundance of curly
hair and a most expansive smile,
holding a bundle of papers under hie
arm. a long list of names of per-
sons said to be prominent citizens,
who are trustees" Of Prague's cam
didacy, Is appended.
The Spokane young man declares
that he cares not what are the wages
or the hours of the job which he
wishes Secretary Meyer to give him;
all he s%tipulates is that the position
will serve to blaze the way toward
Capitol Hill and put him within
grasp Of q senatorial toga.
1t vas stated at Secretary Meyers
Office that a reply would be sent MI.
Prague, expressing the regret Of the
cabinet member that he had no posi-
ton which might be considered pre-
paratory to a senatorial job.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04
BANKS FOR SOUTH AMERICA.

AMI FOR SOUTH AMERICA.
Washington, Jan. 4.-The crying
need of American interests in South
America is the establishment of AM
erican banks, according to Prof. Paul
s. Reinsch, OF the University Of Wis
Hconsin, who recently returned from
the Pan-American Conference at
Buenos Ayres, Argentine.
1--WE have the business" said Prof.
Reinsch, land row we need banks to
accommodate American firms doing
business in South America. The
banking methods prevailing in South
American cities are extremely slow
and Anticipated. They would quickly
be forced aside should an American
bank enter into competition with
them.
cat present the only method of ex-
change is through London or other
European financial centers, a most
roundabout and inconvenfent system
for American shippers. The banking
business in South America is practi-
caIly entirely in the hands of foreign
ers. In Buenos Ayres, for example,
outside of the National Bank of Ar
| genuine, all the other banks are own
ed by Europeans. There are several
British banks, an Italian bank, Ger
man banks, French banks, and SO
| on"
Prof. Reinsch's views are shared
by Secretary Of the Treasury Mac
Veagh, who in his annual report sub
| mitted to congress, urges legislation
| which will permit national banks in
the United States to establish branch
es in foreign lands. This attitude is
endorsed by officials of the State De-
partment.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04
WORLD WINS IN
BIG LIBEL SUIT
Under Federal Law,
Court Decides.

Washington, Jan. 4.-The criminal
libel suit begun at the instigation Of
President Roosevelt against the Press
Publishing company, publishers Of the
New York World, has been ended In
| the supreme court of the United
| States. Chief Justice White read an
opinion, In which all of the associate
justices ~concurred, affirming the judg-
ment Of the United States district
court for the southern district of New
York, quashing the Indictment re-
turned against the company. The de-
cision effectually disposes Of the case
against the World.
Both the cases were undertaken at
the behest Of President Roosevelt. The
alleged libel consisted in the publica-
ton of a story which coupled the
names OF President Roosevelt, his
brother-in-law, Douglas Robinson, and
Charles P. Taft Of Cincinnati with an
alleged speculative venture in connec-
ton with the purchase by the United
States government Of the franchise
and property of the French company
In Panama.
In the opinion delivered by the chief
Justice the freedom of the press is re-
asserted and the Immunity from whole
sale federal prosecution Of newspapers
published In the states is reafirmed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-04
COLLEGE boy
IN A ROBBERY
Pistol in Hand, Takes S5,-
600 in Diamonds.

Marion, o., Jan. 4.--Robert p. Crist,
nineteen years old, a freshman at Ohio
Wesleyan university at Delaware and
a Phi Kappa Psi fraternity member,
is locked up In the county jail charged
with a most daring daylight diamond
robbery. Shortly before noon he en-
tered the jewelry store Of George w.
Bowers.
Mr.. Bowers and his wife had yVhe to
lunch, leaving Miss Ethel Krause; a
clerk, alone In the store. Selling the
girl by the arm and pointing a revolver
in her face, the young man compelled
her to go to the show window and
procure for him a small tray contain
ing diamonds valued at $4,000. With
the revolver still leveled at her, the
youth made Miss Krause retreat a
dozen steps to the cash register.
get me 81 out Of there he com
manded, that's all / want"
The terrorized young woman oheyed
tremblingly, Placing the diamond tray
In his o%vercoat pocket and the two
silver dollars In his trousers, the sty-
lish1y dressed desperate backed out
the front door with the warning words,
I'll kill you II you give an alarm"
Miss Krause, screaming, Thief,
thief?' ran to the sidewalk. Calmly
pointing his gun at several pedestrians
and threatening to shoot, the thief fed
down an alley. He surrendered him
self after running three squares.
Crist in his confession to the police
says fast college life 100 much society
and poker made him desperately in
need of money