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The Washington herald., 1912-11-24
SILVERWARE FOR THE TABLE

odd shapes with a silver cover and spoon.
One is a gypsy kettle; another is in pear
form. Each holds about a glassful OF
jam, which is a convenient amount.
A novelty coffee or tea pot, especially
designed for the breakfast tray, Is formed
OF three pieces in one. The cover Of the
pot is shaped to hold the cream, and this,
in turn, has a cover which is designed to
hold the sugar. These may be had in
either plated or solid silver.
Orange knives are made with the saw
edge, and the grapefruit spoon, which
differs from the orange spoon by being
made broader at the end Of the heel Of
the bowl, is new only in pattern; in fact,
that is about the only difference that
could be made in 1t, for, contrived on the
basis OF the size Of the grapefruit cells,
II could scarcely be improved from It's
present plan.
A cut sugar crusher is about all else
that may be added to the breakfast table
in silver novelties. This Is great con-
venIence, for 1t divides the sugar sue
cessfuIy in the portion one may need.
which makes all the difference In the
world to the breakfast beverage, whether
IL may be tea, coffee. or cocoa.
The season particularly recommends
grape dish OF solid silver. The design Of
grapes and vines Is carried about the
edge, and up the rod. which overhangs
the dish, with the fruit scissors pendant.
these are matching In design. The plate
Is almost round in form.
Cake dishes are not more used with
handles than without; q sensible pur-
chase Is one Of the new rose holders
which Is made with q round tray, the lat
ter removable, this can then be used for
cake plate One with an ornate plate,
which has pierced edge, Is particularly
good for the purpose. The vase which
goes with It Is about twelve inches high,
and as q silver vase Is the loveliest Of
all things for roses, and as roses are the
years flowers. It Il a most satisfying
possession,
A large slipper Of solid silver is shown
as bonbon dish for a bridal gift: the
silver Is pierced; but the article on the
whole Is rather more odd than beautiful
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Hogan Rice herself dramatized one Of her
books The comedy became as instantly
and widely popular as the book had been,
and /" Mrs. Wigs Of the Cabbage Patch I"
proved to be one OF the few American
plays that really prospered on both sides
of the Atlantic.
Margaret Mayo, whose Polly of the
Circus and Baby Mine ;" have earned
for her a mint of money, is an example, Of
what splendid success it is possible for a
woman to win as playwright, II she will
take the necessary pains, be willing to
work hard enough, and make no objection
to following the advice OF those who
know more about the needs of the stage
than the author, especially the new au-
thor, ever does Rachel Crothers, with
her Three Of Us" and a Mans
World" is another instance of what a
woman can do as a playwright. Anne
Warmers Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary"
has been a winner from the start Among
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be dipped into absolutely boiling water
for q moment ... ..
It Is an important matter to wash the
milk bottle in which milk Is now COM
monty delivered to customers. BY this we
refer to the washing of the full bottle
before It is opened. 1t is safe to say that
this Is seldom done. But notice the bot
tie as 1t Is brought into, the kitchen. the
milkman grasping 1t with his hand over
the top.
These hands perhaps more often than
not have harnessed his horse, have been
graspng the reins all the morning, have
opened and shut doors. run along stair
ratings. have perhaps wiped mouth o..
nose. and yet the thoughtless housekeeper
or cook, regarding the white cap as full
security from the outer world, pours out
The milk over a very dirty bottle briu
MIX bottles should be put under the
hot water <S'30s t-r moment and viped
dry with clean cloth ~ opening.
Most housewives agree that ...If bottles
should be carefully rinsed before they are
returned. perhaps more from a feeling for
cleanliness than for absolute necessity, as
the milk bottles in all well-managed
dAiries are thoroughly scrubbed and
washed before refilling. If such violations
Of this practice as recently came under
observation are noted, when the driver Of
q dairy wagon washed out some milk
bottles IN public drinking fountain pro-
vided for horses. refiIled them and dis
posed Of them to other customers. COM
plant should be made TO the dairy and.
II this is not sufficient. to the Board Of
Health
The Washington herald., 1912-11-24
BEST WAY TO WASH DISHES

THE bacteriologist finds no kitchen
i clean enough and the ordinary
method OF washing dishes he Is
likely to call a smear"
Dishes have been tested to determine
the number OF organisms that remain on
them after ordinary" washing as COM
pared with a method that requires an ap-
plication Of hot water with the help of
soap or, better still, carbonate Of soda,
q thorough rinsing In hot water, and WHIP
ing with a sterilized cloth chat is, one
which has been In boiling water since II
was used before.) By this latter method
the dishes were practically sterile. while
many organisms were left on the dishes
that were washed by the ordinary 20
method
One might ask, what harm win they do !?
oftentimes none, but II the bacteria are
those which convey disease. dirty dishes
may be the means Of giving II. to well
persons. But most Of all, persons who
are at all thoughtful Of such things do
not want any dirt which may be pre-
vented by good methods. simply because
dirt in Nself is sufficiently unpleasant
In washing milk utensils It IL first
necessary to remove with warm water all
traces of the milk before scalding water
is used. Because Of the cream adhering
to the sides soap il used also, but the
greatest care must be taken to remove
by repeated rinsing every trace Of soap.
A telftale flavor Of soap In the morning
cream has more than once revealed care
less habits In the kitchen. and made IL
evident that all the soap was not re-
moYed In rinsing. The utensils must then
The Washington herald., 1912-11-24

IF young couple living in New YorB
i or any other large city are contemplat.
ing marriage and the prospective hus-
band earns but 500 a month they need
not fear that his income is insufficient
for their needs during the first year OF
married life.
Young people know there are two sides
to married life, the substantial and the
sentimental They know that they must
have some place to live, something to
eat, and clothes to wear, with a little
extra for car fare, amusements, and per-
haps a doctors bill.
They can get along happily and COM
fortabIy on 500 a month If the wife is
willing to help and do her part. and most
girls that are considering matrimony and
expect to marry a man who is getting
not over 500 a month should understand
how to take care Of their own home, the
The Washington herald., 1912-11-24

there in conservative souls, and women
still come upon It Unexpectedly now and
then, even in those vacations where they
have worked longest and most success
fully. But 1t has weIl-nigh disappeared
from the dramatic field. and in all prac-
teal matters the woman playwright now
adays suffers no disadvantage because
OF her sex. But many Of US remember
well the days when a woman had to en-
ter a competition where fictitious names
gave no hint OF sex II she wanted to have
any serious attention paid to her work.
Martha Morton, 1t will be recalled, got
her start in that way with her prize play.
:" The Merchant" There have been many
others, Josephine Preston Peabody end
ing the list, so far. with her splendid
drama of The Pied Piper"
In New York the American Dramatists'
Club has been the particular lair Of this
conservative and doubling attitude. When
It was organized by Bronson Howard. and
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many works and her brilliant successes
furnish another instance of feminine abil-
ity as a playwright.
The field IS a comparatively new one
for women. and IL must be admitted, con-
siderins how few the years they have
been working in II. that they have done
we'll Alice Ives. who wrote The Village
Postmaster" and Lottie Blair Parker. au-
thor Of " Way Down East" were the pio
neers with those two plays. produced
generation ago. Both OF them sold their
plays outright, and so made but little
money. The winnings-and they have
been enormous-have all gone to other
people. Through all these years both
plays have been very popular, and even
yet either one OF them will pack a house.
Until recently women playwrights have
had to contend against the same prejudice
that has been met by all women who,
during the last half century, have tried
to open new paths. It fingers here and
The Washington herald., 1912-11-24

furnishing Of the apartment, keeping the
home, purchasing and preparing the food,
making some of her clothes, and at the
same time laying aside for a rainy day.
Little apartments Of four or five rooms
may be found in q good neighborhood in
Upper Manhattan, the Bronx, or Brook
Ign for SIS a month within the five-cent
car fare limit.
These small apartments can be made
most attractive. The parlor or living
room may be fitted up very inexpensiveIy
and at the same time comfortably. Every
housewife takes pride in the dining room,
and with the furniture to match as near
as possible the wood work, rug in har-
mony with the wall paper. q window
seat, a few artistic baskets or pots Of
flowers, this room is very attractive. The
bedroom furniture may be white, the
walls tinted In color, with cretonne hang
The Washington herald., 1912-11-24
USE OF THE sCOOIHOUsE FOR SOCIAL CENTRE LOPNlENT

question by the Endorsements Of both
Col. Roosevelt and woodrow Wilson In
the campaign
On Nov. 20. the Second National Con-
ference upon Social Centre Development
will open at Lawrence, Kan. It is ex-
pected that the President-elect will speak
upon the use Of the schoolhouss as citi-
zen comm2n-council chamber. There viii
be discussion OF the use Of the school,
house as an employment office. an in
formation bureau. where, In Woodrow
Wilson's phrase. " jobless men may learn
OF jobs and meniess jobs may learn OF
men"
Prof. John r. Commons Of the wiscon-
sin Industrial Commission. will lead in
this discussion The use of the school
house as a headquarters OF cooperation.
especially in rural communities. will be
presented and discussed by several Of the
leading students Of rural problems. Judge
Ben B. Lindsey will speak on the For
matory in Place Of the Reformatory."
And the relation Of the wider uses of the
schoolhouse to the prime work of the
school will be discussed by United States
Commissioner OF Education, P. P. Clax-
ton, and by President FairchIld of the
National Education Association
These are but a few of the phases of
this great problem which will be consid-
cred at the Lawrence meeting. The
theme of the whole conference is ex-
pressed in these words: I'VE have spent
a hundred years in devising machinery
by which things should work together
for good. The next job is to coordinate
machinery by which folks may work to-
gether for good"
Copyright by sturgis & Walton Col
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the women playwrishts who have recently
come forward Miriam Nicholson deserves
mention. The play, by Charming Pollock,
made from her book. I'm the Bishops
Carriage" has been a favorite since its
first production. and has been played by
many companies all over this country,
Canada, and Australia Her play. /" The
Duchess of Suds," was produced IN
America by Henrietta Crosman. The
English rights have been secured by
Fred Terry for his wife, Julia Nelson,
who will appear IN London this season in
the title role.
Mrs. Mary Austin, who entered the field
SO recently with her Indian play, " The
Arrow Maker" won her spurs at once.
Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Dawn
of a Tomorrow" notwithstanding her
long list Of important books and plays
that preceded it, showed just as much vi
tality and had as thrilling an appeal as
any Of its predecessors. Martha Morton's
The Washington herald., 1912-11-24

secretary OF the Social Centre Az
ISOLATION of America.
= Asst Fall at the first National con-
ference on social centre develop
IL ment, President-elect Woodrow
Wilson said: The movement ID
a recovery Of the constructive and ere
alive genius o: the American people"
Yet it is hardly so much a recovery as
a natural development of that genius. The
social centre movement is as American as
Plymouth Rock While in one sense 1t is
the newest Of the many practical appli-
cations Of the twentieth century idea OF
utilizing hitherto wasted values, it is In
itself simply a revival of the old idea
that the schoolhouse is the social and
civic centre of the neighborhood.
They did not call it that in the old days,
when revival meetings and singing schools,
spelling matches and dances, town meet
ings. and political conventions were held
In the schooIhouses. But the social centre
movement means exactly the same thing,
and the foundation, OF the whole idea Is
the use of the schoolhouse in the even
ings, and on holidays as a place of meet
ing for all sorts OF interests. It Is not In
any sense a development of the social set
Element or any other institution. It means
simply that we are restoring the school
house to the place it held in the early
days as the heart OF the neighborhood,
the citadel OF a common democracy for
adults as well as for children
The first step in social centre develop
ment is logically the shifting Of the polling
place into the schooIhouse because the
ballot box is not an institution OF any
The Washington herald., 1912-11-24

THE silversmith has discovered that
one of the first destinations to a
woman are the new and beautiful
things that she can procure for her ia
BILE, and so silver novelties are constantly
to be found for II.
The f1atware, that is, the knives, forks,
and spoons, also reflects the mode OF
change and trend toward the new, for
never is there an attempt to match
grandmother's silver" but rather the
forever question comes from the shopper,
" Which is the latest?"
The present vogue is for simplicity, so
that one Of the most popular patterns Is
the Jacobean. which Is designed to es-
pecially harmonic with the new dining
room furniture Of this period. 1t Is made
after Heppelwhite lines. and is plain or
engraved with a pattern taken from the
inlay Of the furniture. 1t comes in three
weights, but the medium weight. for
everyday use, is the best. This weight
allows twenty-six ounces to the dozen
dinner forks, and other pieces are in pro-
portion. This design has the merit Of
being reserved for solid silver. and Ii
not made In plate.
The little ebony handles which have
prevailed on tea and coffee pots for many
years have now been replaced by all SILL
yer. for it was found that the ebony was
impractical, for It burned out at the
Jennings and made the handles loose.
Few gold services are used, and not
many even OF the gold plated. Nor is
there any attempt to mix silver and gold
in service, for II savors too much Of pre-
tense to win favor as custom.
Plate is used entirely for electrical ap-
planes. There is no demand for solid
silver In so much as a toaster rack. Pos
sibly this is due to the difference In cost
There Is a new toast rack made Of sill
yer combined with china plate. This Is
made to hold four pieces Of toast. and
two rings Of silver connect which are for
two boiled eggs. 1t is lifted by the silver
handle. which Is IN one piece with the
rack. and this, in turn. clamps to the
china plate. 49,
Tiny fancy Jam pots OF glass come In
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efound that II offered place where they
might catch up in their thinking and keep
abreast OF their growing children The
keenest interest in the social centre was
shown by the households of a neighbor-
hood as soon as 1t was known that here
was q place where not only the father
and the older children, but the mother.
too. might find the mental stimulus of
civic discussion.
More important than all of these was
the demonstration that the schoolhouse
might become place Of acquaintance be-
tween young men and the young women
wherein the beginnings OF future house
holds would be laid in a clean and whole
some atmosphere.
Within a month after the opening Of the
first schsolhouse the second was opened.
at the request of the citizens of its neigh
borhood, and in another month the third.
By the end of the first year twelve school
houses had been opened as community
centres. At the end OF the second year
there were sixteen.
Then the University OF Wisconsin.
quickest Of all American institutions to
appreciate movements for the common
benefit, established a department Of So
cial centre development in the Extension
Division, and other State universities,
Texas, Oregon, Washington, Kansas, Mis-
souri, and Virginia followed suit.
Since that time the National Educa-
tionaI Association, the National MunicIs
pal League, the American Prison Con-
gress, the National Federation OF Wom-
ems Clubs, the Men and Religion For
ward Movement, and many other civic
and religious bodies have warmly ap-
proved the idea and now II has come be-
fore the public as an immediate, live
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one party or section. The cities OF Los
Angeles. Milwaukee, Denver, salt Lake,
Grand Rssids, worcester, ana others,
have demonstrated that the use of the
schooIhouse as a polling place Is not only
an economy, but is educationaIly desirable
because II gives to the future citizens an
actuaI starting point for their understand
ing of the processes OF democratic govern
ment
In California and I'm washington the
,novs,,en, m vote IN the schooIhouses has
The Washington herald., 1912-11-24
A BATHROOM SEAT.

A LOW stool with broad seat. most
"A convenient for drying the feet. for
putting on shoes ard stockings or
pedicuring, Is given a toueA by one
housekeeper that makes 1t effecHye and
sanitary. The cushion indeed most OF
the framework 10 covered with a neal
lifted slip, with square top and sid.s
made OF thick white TpxkiAA- towaitns-
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ave a more Intelligent gov

eminent"
Upon the older boys Of the neighborhood
the good effect of the social centre was
immediate. The street corner gangs that
had been a nuisance for years soon disap-
peared. Their members had Joined the
social centre clubs. The women, espe-
cially the mothers, of the community
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welcomed the social centre idea The Al
derman OF the ward said at this meeting:
" II every member of the Common Coun-
ell and every other public official had
frequently such opportunities as this to
come before the people whom he is sup
posed to represent. and to discuss with
them the things in which he is supposed
TO represent them, it would mean that
The Washington herald., 1912-11-24

The movement to use the schoolhouse
as a common headquarters for social and
civic meetings. young peoples clubs. and
neighborhood entertainments OF all kinds
was begun In Rochester. N. Y. On Nov.
1. 1907, the first schoolhouse was opened.
the Civic Club being the basic organiza-
ton. At the second meeting Of this first
club 1t was found that public officials
The Washington herald., 1912-11-24
By EDWARD ,. WAND,

Secretary of the Social Centre As
ISOLATION of America.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-01-24
ciose 81 stoesholders' Meeting
Yesterday.
LOCAL INDUSTRY HAS
VERY PROMISING OUTLOOK.
Remarkable Progress Has Been Made
in Putting Product On the
Market.

The annual meeting OF the stock.
holders OF the Haskins Glass Company
was held at the offices OF the com
pany. in the Schmulbach building. be.
tween the hours OF 40 and $40
o'clock yesterday afternoon. when a
board OF directors and officers were
elected for the ensuing year.
feature OF interest To all OF the
stockholders yesterday was the an
nouncement that the board OF direc-
tors had decided TO pay regular
monthly dividend OF one-half per cent.
OF six per cent a year. all of which
Is significant Of the fact that the com
pany is ENJOYING a substantial in.
crease in business with prospects that
IL will continue indie initely
In its extensive experiments with
illuminating ware the company has
been laboring under some difficulties
for the past year or more. but now II
is apparent that this well known local
concern is on a solid financial basis.
having perfected these experiments to
the entire satisfaction OF the stock
holders as we'll as the rapidly increas-
ihg trade. Some time ago the com
pany established demonstrating
headquarters in Chicago. and by this
means II is enabled TO show the merits
of its superior wares. 20 the end that
builders OF large buildings are aided
In determining the exact lighting re-
quircments. as an Eliminating engineer
OF the company co-operates with the
architect OF the building.
one OF the specialties OF the com
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Thousands OF people have learned
so well now sure and dependa bic
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets are for all
stomach ills that they are never with
out q package az home and at the
office. and upon any indication that
the stomach IS "A little weary. they
take Stuart's Tablet after each
meal Tor a few days until the digest
i've organs are rested up again.
This i "a splendid plan 20 follow
and ALWAYS results in much good
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Use them frsely-ihey are as harm
less as sugar would be and are by
no means To be- clasSed as medicine n
They have no effect whatever in tho
system except the benefits they bring
Won through the proper digestion o.
your food.
All drug stores sell S'lart's Dys-
pepSia Tablets. The price is 80 cents
per box Physicians use and recon
mend them. II you wish To try them
before purchasing. address r. y
Stuart Co. $50 Stuart bldg. Marshall
Mich and "a trial package will be
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Watson Machine Fears
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Acan exec s'it- committee ana all be
published the ia-' OF the week hx-
senator = a. Sco', Is making an .;
TORI 20 attend tho affair Other
speakers who have signified their IA
fention % attending are: Goyernor
". p. Giasscock. charles swisaer.
Charles Dillon. Senator Hatfield. Sen
aior David Elkins. Hon Howard
Sutherland. and others
Friends OF Harold Bremen. who re
Gently announced himself as can
didate for prosecuting attorney. stated
that he is being stronly supported for
the office. Mr.. Bremen is making
an active campaign and is well known
In This city where he has resided all
his life.
For some reason the Two-We. the
official organ OF the Watson.Chilfon
machine Is not giving any space 70
IN" McGraw meeting. There's a
reason.