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The Washington times., 1911-01-14
Fish Dealers Want Cold
AS Buoy to Dull Trade

Fish dealers are hoping for a cold
SNAP, for the warm weather of the last
week has worked havoc with the
market. Cold weather will go far to-
ward restoring former prices.
Bass, a week ago selling at % cents
a pound, has dropped to IA cents Jump
ing mullet and winter shad are both
in excess of the demand with a conse-
quent fall in price. About the only fish
commanding fair prices are the Florida
shad, which is scarce at present, and
jSouthern herring, which is just begin
ming TO come in.
with the first shipments of early
String green groceries from Florida the
market began to assume better tone.
Beans show an increase in supply every
dav, and are of very good quality
While the first shipment of green peas
was small. it was, nevertheless, a PROM
ise of more and it will not be long be-
fore they are coming in regularly. Egg
plants have dropped from 81 to 75 cents
apiece in the last week. and marketmen
will soon begin looking for regular
shipments.
The Washington times., 1911-01-14

What do you want?" she asked
thinking he was a beggar.
Il just wanted to make sure yor
would let Alice stay here before wen
away" he said.
pulling him into the hall; did you leave
that poor little thing on the steps ir
the cold? You ought to be beaten
jamie did not answer. He knew that
she was angry, but he did not under,
stand
Here's the villain that left the baby
she said. as a lazy came down the
Are you going to keep her?' Jamie
asked again. But Alice had heard his
voice. "Brover, brover," she called, run
ming as fast as her little legs would
carry her.
jamie dropped his bundle and took her
in his arms, the tears streaming down
his cheeks. while Alice covered his face
with kisses.
The maid wiped her eyes, and the lady
told jamie to sit down and tell her why
he left Alice on her steps. Jamie told
her that his mother was dead, and that
the judge had sent his father away
that he had tried to take care of Alice.
but he was too small to get work that
would support both of them. He wanted
Alice to have a good home, and he
thought as they were rich they might
want little girl, and so he brought her
there. The lady was crying when Jamie
finished his story.
We do want a little girl" she said.
We have lost ouT little girl and our
little boy. too, and We are very lonely.
You and Alice must stay here until
your father returns, and then we will
see what can be done
And so jamie found a home for him.
self as well as Alice, for when their
fo N L.
away again by the judge, who also de-
cided that their father was not the sort
Of man to have the care of two such
good children as Jamie and Alice.
The Washington times., 1911-01-14

HAT shall we play witt
nv your ball today?" asked
w mother, when the time
for the play-lessons has
come.
Ned suggests a game, and they play II
merrily. Ned thinks it is all play, bu'
mother remembers that the bright eyes
and the soft little hands must be learn
ing to work with Ned's brain as ne
plays. So pretty soon 1t is her turn tc
suggest the game, and she chooses
something that will illustrate the poin'
she has in mind. Perhaps Neds httlf
fingers are clumsy about catching anC
holding the ball So, Shall we pla!
the Master Came" she asks.
what is the master game, mother|
asks Bess.
Il will show you. You and Ned
stand up together. and l will throw yot
the ball. Now you toss It up once and
catch. Oh, but you dropped it. Now
it is Ned's turn
Aha! Ned dropped it, too''
Now you try again, Bess. There
Now you are an apprentice. When yot
throw 1t up and catch 1t twice YOU VIII
be an assistant, and when you eaten II
three times you are master. Now be
gin again"
The mother will find this an excellent
game to train the children to be care1u
and sure AS they grow expert the
number of times the ball must be caught
TO gain the Master" title may be in
creased, and a great many little stories
may be told to make the game more In
teresting. For instance:
Once there was a boy named Tommy
He was a nice little boy, with curly hair
and blue eyes. and he wanted very much
to be a master. So his mother told him
that If he wanted to be a master he
would have to practice hard, and every
time he threw the ball up he must
watch il carefully and hold 1t tight when
he caught it. So he tried to do as
mother told him, though sometimes the
ball would not go where he expected II
to, and once even came down on his
curly head-do you remember when
yours did, Ned?-but he kept on trying,
and one day he found that he could
throw II up and catch ii quite easily.
Show me how he did it, dear. Yes. SO
then he was an apprentice. Then he
kept on trying, and ->5n ne Gould throw
II up and catch it twice. You do it now.
Just that way. And then he was an
assistant. Then at last he threw it up
and caught it-Oh, away up to the CELL
ing-three times. Yes, just as you do,
and then he was a master
Perhaps 1t will seem a very simple
thing TO make the child toss the ball
as high as he can and catch ii three
times In succession, but 1t is not quite
so simple as il seems. The child may do
it several times, but fail several more.
What Is necessary is to teach him to
do il, exactly the same way. every time
he tries. And that, surely, is worth
trying. for 1t will mean that brain and
eye and hand are trained to work IN
perfect unison in the little action, and a
step on the way to skill and sureness
in the more important duties of life will
have been taken.
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Daily Horoscope
"The stars IAcIine, but do not
compel"
Sunday, January IS, 1911.
Now shall thine word
Re widely heard,

N1 ERCURY in the greatest heliocen-
IFA trio latitude north this day is in
a place relative to the full Moon and
TO other planets that make his tendency
and influence. according to astrology,
mighty for public utterances. The time
is held to be excellent for public speak
ers, educators, lecturers, orators, states
men and ministers.
Announcements of any nature should
fall on fruitful soil in these twenty-four
hours.
The rules are held to indicate sharply
that circulars. pamphlets, advertise
ments and all other means of attracting
the public attention are under unusually
good auspices.
There is also a sign tending to make
ar atmosphere conducive to helpfulness
and reSourcefulneSs. II should make
this day good for making plans, devising
ways and means and studying how to
do things that one has long desired to
accomplish without being able to decide
how.
Witty and ingenious persons are under
good signs.
The time is held excellent for witt
ings especially for letters TO friends and
relatives.
There is an augury of great happi-
ness and solaCe" in visits to aged or
infiTm Dersons.
The household this day is we'll gov
erned, according to astrological rules,
for entertainment and hospitality. In
the kitchen the sign is read as good for
ba king. roasting and doing anything
connected with fowls.
Persons whose birth-date this is are
under aspects held to offer them ad-
vantages in executive work during the
twelYe-month.
Children are born today under signs
L IL
Inclination toward being very masterful,
arbitrary and autocratic.
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JAMIE was little boy eight years old
but he felt the weight of years upon
his shoulders as he looked at little Alice
sleeping and saw a tear still wet upon
her little thin cheek. She had cried her
self to sleep from hunger, and Jamie
felt that something must be done al
once. His mother had been dead four
weeks now. At first his father kept
sober and worked, and they managed
to get along very well. Jamie took care
Of Alice and the house, but one night his
father did not come home, and then
jamie was told that the Judge had sent
him away for six months The fuel was
nearly gone and the food had given out
the day before. Jamie had not eaten
anything but crusts of bread for two
days, He had managed to get milk for
Alice until today, but the last of the
money he had received for a locket of
his mother s was gone now.
Il shall have TO sell her ring" said
Jamie, taking it from a corner of a
drawer, and she told me to keep it for
Alice and tell her when she was old
enough that she left It for her. but |
will go while she is asleep"
He could not keep back the tears
when he handed the ring to the pawn
broker.
What's the matter, kid?' asked the
man, good-naturedly.
Jamie told him as well as he could,
for he was crying now.
The man looked around, to be sure
that no one saw him, for 1t would never
do to let anyone think he had kind
heart; then he took a quarter from his
pocket and gave it to Jamie.
Here's the ring" he said; keep it "
Jamie was too surprised to say any,
thing but Thank you;" and he ran to
the store and home as fast as he could.
Alice was awake and crying for
"brover." He gave her some bread and
milk, and then he washed her face and
The Washington times., 1911-01-14
Table Linens Edged
With Fine Lace Braid

Fine lace braid. almost transparent in
its delicacy, can be used very effectively
as edging for table linens of the lighter
sort-doilies, tray cloths, bread-dish
covers, etc.
The braid is sewed into leaves and
flower petals and stitched around heavy
linen. For a larger piece, a good effect
Is gained by using four small squares OF
the liner and forming them into a NAL
tese crC IS by braid loops between the
squares.
This same braid can be used also 10
advantage in braid crochet as a border
to heavier pieces and in appliqued de-
signs. like coronation braid, on center
pieces.
The Washington times., 1911-01-14
TABLE DECORATIONS
BECOME BAD FORM
Simplicity Shows Taste In
Preparing the Dinper
Board of Today.i
ASHTON is tickle in table service
- as well as in other things. The
dinner table of today is not what

r. ASHTON is nckle In table service
- as well as in other things. The
dinner table of today is not what
it was a few years ago. All the
orrateness of decoration has departed,
and centerpieces no longer resemble
jungles, While one can eat at ones
case without being surrounded by silly
little china Cupids and swans.
The whole scheme of decoration for
the modern dinner table makes for sim
plicity. Any suggestion of ostentation
is bad form. The table is not strewn
with trailing smilaX and loose flowers,
nor is the bare mahogany seen as of
old, except for luncheon or breakfast.
There is a reversal of taste in favor
of good linen. plain glass, good flowers,
ard a general practical simplicity of
service in every detail. Glass bowls with
q few well-selected flowers are even
supplanting the silver ones, but the
latter are often of such real beauty
and lend to the table such distinction
that it will be difficult to supplant them
entirely.
Odd little novelties for the table have
crept in recently. One of the newest is
small Cruet frames for each guest, and
these Cruets contain nothing but pep
per of different kinds. Cayenne, Nepaul,
Ali from Peru Hungarian, paprika,
and Chile powder are used so that each
guest may flavor his food to his taste.
The really up-to-date person nowadays
pretends TO be an expert in pepper.
The Washington times., 1911-01-14
Toilet Preparations.

Sixteen-O A simple way Of bleaching
the face is to give it daily bath In
buttermilk. This is not an instantan-
eOus cure, but. If used for several days.
your skin will lose it's yellow tint A
few drops Of benzoin added to the water
in which you bathe your face is also
whitening.
O2) Use pure olive oil on the eye
Iashes. You can buy a small eyebrow
brush at any druggists with which to
nightly apply the olive oil.
(3) The following formula will remove
the most obstinate freckles: Corrosive
sublimate, grains; powdered borax X
dram; lemon Juice, l ounce; rose water,
4 ounces.
This preparation is poisonous and
should be put out of the way of child
rem and careless adults.
The Washington times., 1911-01-14
Skipping Rope and
Hoops Are Beneficial

The opinion is expressed by men who
have made a study of exercises for
health that it is a pity the skipping
rope and hoop have gone out of fashion
for children.
1t is suggested they are more excel
lent mediums for the physical develop
ment than bicycles and roller skates.
The fact that small children are al
lowed to have bicycles, and conse-
quently make no use of natures means
of progression, is offered as an objection
to them.
The skipping rope and hoop require
them to run and walk. Young children
should be encouraged to do this as
much as possible, and always with a
springy step. They need TO use their
feet and legs, and exercise that brings
these into play Is beneficial
The Washington times., 1911-01-14
REAL LOVE TESTS
EASY FIGURED AS ,
RULE OF THREE
By DOROTHY DIX.

THE real tests Of love are as simple
and accurate as the rule of three.
They are unselfishness and serv-
ice. The man that really loves
woman puts her happiness before his
own. He finds his greatest pleasure in
working for her. He surrounds her with
tenderness. The woman who really
loves man has no thought of herself;
only of what is best for him, and she
hnds no drudgery in doing even the
meanest task If it is for him.
But, curiously. enough. these genuine
proofs OF love are passed over by most
people in favor of spurious and spec
tacular tests that really mean nothing.
You never hear anyone say, for in
stance, how devoted Mrs. Brown is to
her husband, because she does her own
housework to save the price of a serv-
ant, and in wearing her last years hat
Without murmur. because she thinks
he is working too hard and wants him
to feel that he can afford a midwinter
vacation
on the contrary, every one says,
How frantically in love Mrs Perkins
IS with her husband!' because she
spends half of her time marcelling her
hair and manicuring her hands so as
to keep them in a nice squeezeabIe con-
dition and always dressed I'D in her
pgettiest frocks so that she will look
attractive to him.
The Washington times., 1911-01-14
Simple Opera Bag
In Three Materials

About the simplest possible opera bag
is made OF a piece of satin, linen or
moire, sixteen by seven inches, with .
lining of china silk the same size.
Sew bag material and lining together
and stitch up the sides. Make slots
for the drawstrings, thread silk cord
through them, and there you aTeI
OF course, IL You wish to be q lfttla
more elaborate, embroidery and hand
painting are in order; and then there
are the little pockets inside for powder
puffs, mirror, theater tickets, etc. But
the bag is certainly most easily made,
and a very pretty and dainty one IL Is.
The Washington times., 1911-01-14
Designer.
Florida Vegetables
Arrive in Markets

With the first early shipments Of
Florida vegetables, the market begins to
take on noticesbiy better tone. While
the present shipments are small. they
give promise Of steady increase from
now on. Prices, as usual on early vegs>
tables, are high. Green peas are selling
at 50 cents a quarter peek. beans from
Is TO Is cents a quart Eggplant has
dropped from 81 TO 75 cents apiece.
Cabbages are plentiful, and are selling
at and 10 cents apiece New Cork
potatoes sell for 81 a busheI. Celery Is
plentiful. and may be bought as low as
cants a bunch. Brussels sprouts ara
selling for IS cents a basket
It is probable the butter and egg mar.
ket will be little lower next Yeek
The Washington times., 1911-01-14
The Little Priests
Frock the Latest

The little priests frock" is the latest
development. In shape 1t closely re-
sembles a cures soutane, being fash
ioned of soft black satin with a row
of crochet buttons from the throat to
the hem, while the fat sash with
tringed ends accentuates the effect.
A little simulated bolero of bright
bishops purple satin Is spliced into the
gown. while the high black satin collar
Is finished with q. white lawn stock.
The Washington times., 1911-01-14
Cold Tapioca Pudding
Made By Simple Recipe

Put one cupfuls of tapioca into a
saucepan add two cupfuls of water and
soak over night. In the morning add
two pints of milk, stirring gently, and
boil about twenty minutes; then add the
beaten yolks of four eggs, one cup1ul OF
allow to boil for a few minutes longer !;
flavor with teaspoonful of orange ex-
tract, and pour into pudding dish.
Beat up the whites of the eggs stiffly
then gradually beat in four table
spoonfuls of sugar; cover the pudding
with this meringue. Serve cold.
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Duchess Cake.

Make a rich puff pastry from eight
ounces Of -four and an equal quantity
of butter and roll It out thin. Cover
1t with a mixture of four ounces Of
ground almonds and six eggs. Sprinkle
half pound of sugar over the top and
bake it on a CREASED tin In a quick oven:
Cut it when cold into finger-shaped
pieces.
The Washington times., 1911-01-14
DAILY FASHION TALK ~ ~
Il. II TO TINES READERS
With the Mezv Marro4v Skirt

YouNG girls al
ways find sep
arate skirts and
shirt aists neces-
sary to their COM
fort. This skirt is
one of the very
new ones that L
made in two pieces
With seams at the
sides cnly. 1t is
chic and smart yet
n OF exaggeratedly
narrow. and 1t can
be made from any
seasonable mater
ial. 1t can be TRIM
med with wide and
narrow braid as IL
Illustrated, OF with
braid arranged at
each side of the
seams, or with a
wide band of con-
trasting material,
or, indeed, in any
way that is becom-
ing to the wearer.
The waist is a sim
pie one but opens
slightly to the left
of the front, which
feature is m u C II
liked this season.
II can be made
with the shirt waist
sleeves illustrated
OF with plain ones,
and II preferred,
II can be finished
with a round collar.
Serge makes this
skirt and the ma
terial for the waist
Is albatross in
matching C 0 o r.
With IL is worn a
dainty embroider-
ed muslin collar
with jabot. Wash
able waists are
much liked. how
ever. and a great
many girls wear
them at all seasons
and this one will be
found admirably
adapted to linen,
madras a n d all
such materials.
The quantity of
material required
for a girl sixteen
wears of age will be
for the waist In
yards "A inches
wide. rs yards 50
or , yards ~; for
the skirt will be
needed 8 yards 81 or
=. . yards A or 81
inches wide. and
for trimming, bra i'll
according to I Il 2
width.
A May Manton
pattern of the
waist, No. $3.50,
sizes II and Is
years, or of the
skirt No. 6S35, sizes
II. is and IS years,
is obtainable at
Golden berg's s.
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Caramel Custard-Melt one cupfui
of sugar for caramel, stirring con-
serve one-half of 1t. Have custard
cups cur ready buttered and quickly pour
a little caramel into each; Tip the
cups so as to coat them with II. Beat
three eggs slightly. beat In one ana
one-half tablespoonfuls sugar. sur IN
one mint scalded milk, one-half tea
SPOONFUL vanilla, and fill the cups
nearly full. Bake like cup custards
and when cold turn them out IN
serving plate. Serve with cold cara
mel sauce.
cararn.l Sauce-Add to the caramel
reserved one-half cup boiling water
and keep hot until caramel dissolVes.
The Washington times., 1911-01-14
Bananas.

Reader-Bananas are, perhaps, th'
most digestibIe of all fruits when eater
raw. You will find 1t to your advantage
to bake them. This is done by slicine
them, sprinkling with sugar. and COW
ering with cream (or milk and baking
for about ten minutes in a hot oven.
(2) Singeing the hair is done when the
The Washington times., 1911-01-14
Credit to Man
Who Turns Slave.

Does the man who gets humpshoul-
dered and old before his time, slav-
ing to provide his wife withs frills and
furbelows, get any credit for giving
proof of being inspired by a grand pas
sion? Not at. all. The man who is
pointed out ASIAN ideal lover to his wife
is the one who makes pretty speeches
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Question Box of The Times
to she
promptly possible print.
rherey

ends are split 1t does not matter
whether the hair is long or short. When
hair splits at the ends it loses its VI
tality and finally falls. 1t is very bene-
fetal to have all split ends singed twice
year. This will often prevent the hair
from falling out.
The Washington times., 1911-01-14
Embroidery Novelties
Numerous This Year

The devoted embroiderer is always
looking out for novelties. Here are a
few ideas for her winters work.
The Washington times., 1911-01-14

room confronting some picture in which
Unbalanced, suspended action tortured
your nerves?
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Afternoon tea sets, tray mat, tea coZy
and serviettesF embroidered to match.
The Washington times., 1911-01-14

Cracker boxes to hand around at tea,
being the ordinary boxes covered with
silk inside and OUT and embroidered
with ribbon work.
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Waterproof Leather.

Waterproof Leather.
Subscriber-A well-made shoe should
not leak whIn it is new. OF course,
after some wear, water will pepetrats
the soles, as Leather is not waterproof.
Your dealer can best advise you IN the
matter of buying a comparatively water
proof shoe.
through this department as soon as I
can secure the information you deSirs.
Designer.
Mrs. C. C.-We do not purchase pat,
tern designs for embroidery.
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Do Not Realize
Mans Red Love

These women do not stop to consider
that real love would make a man will
ing to make any sacrifice to save his
wife. and that he would eat apy kind
of servant girl food forever before he
would have her dear hands worked be-
yond their strength.
Jealousy Is in reality the ultimate in
suit that men and women can offer each
other 1t is an open accusation of ones
doubts and suspicious of another, and
yet it is almost universally regarded as
a proof of love. A man is rather fiat
tered when q woman Is jealous of him,
and a woman is never more sure that
a man really and truly loves her than
when he gets green-eyed II she speaks
to another man.
these mortals be"Sespecially in love
The Washington times., 1911-01-14
To Reduce Flesh.

Constant Reader-PhysicaI sdltuRe Ok,
ercises and massage will redEce the
flesh about the abdomen.
The Washington times., 1911-01-14
Evening Dress Bows
Fad of This Season

Every evening dress one sees this
year seems to be trimmed somewhere
with a bow or two. These may be ap-
piled in various ways.
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to his better half and very likely lets
her take in boarders to support him.
And the queer part of the situation
Is that we accept these absurd stand
ards of value in love ourselves. Who
has not known men who actually en-
joyed being henpecked half out of
their lives because they considered that
their wives petty tyrannies showed that
their spouses were always thinking
about them and anxious for them? Who
mas not known a man whose career in
HE has been wrecked by his wife's re-
fusal to let him go away from her for
few months, yet the man took this
evidence of monumental seIfishness on
his wife's part as a token of her great
devotion to him, instead of realizing
that 1t only showed that she was in
capable of affection for any one but
herself?
1t is also common to hear a poor
sickly little woman who needs rest. or
change OF air and scene, brag that her
husband loves her so well that he cant
bear to be parted from her long enough
to let her have the winter in the South
or the summer in the mountains that
would save her life, or that she. has to
do most of the cooking because her hus-
band Is so fond Of her that ne thinks
that Just her touch makes the food
taste better