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The Washington herald., 1912-02-14
Points for the Hostess.

Have you ever had a delicious dinner
ruined by warm salad? II you have,
YOU were doubtless enraged and blamed
the cook She probably told you that
the salad Just came from the refrigerator,
and II she is truthful she left you with
out argument.
Refrigerating is about the only method
Of keeping salads cold that most women
know. They think II the ingredients are
put in a dish on the ice everything has
been done.
Here is how one woman, noted for her
delicious salads, keeps them Icy cold The
fruit, meat, or other ingredients are made
ready early in the morning Of the day
they are to be used, then wrapped in an
old napkin or clean muslin and laid nat
on the ice; there they stay until the last
possible minute for mixing.
When ready for use they are taken out
and mixed by laying with the mayonnaise
in a bowl that is chilled by standing in a
larger bowl Of ice. The mayonnaise is
kept in the refrigerator until needed and
the lettuce Is washed as soon as bought,
then dried and wrapped in a cloth and
put fiat on the ice until used.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-14
WOMAN'S LACK OF PRIDE IN HER WORK
By DOROTHY

women is that they have no financial
independence. Their husbands pay their
bills with mutterings and grumblings. but
II is easier TO get blood out of a turnip
than II Is 10 get the average man to
make his wife a definite allowance for
her own personal expenses. The result
is that the wife OF many a well-to-do
man never has even accent that she can
do with as she pleases without having to
give an account for It.
I. hold that II the woman did not under
value her services the husband would
not. She makes her labor slave labor be-
cause she works for her board and
clothes. and. II she Is willing TO do this
naturally the man is willing TO take H.
Each Of us write our price tag in this
world, and IL we mark ourselves down-to
40 cents, no philanthropist IS going to
come along and take us on the bargain
counter and mark. ug up. and put us
up among the precious articles that a
man has. to pay for before he can get.
It's women's lack OF pride in their
calling that makes their husbands hold
them cheap, and II is up to them TO
demand for services that take all Of
heart and brain and body-services so
great that no money could pay for them
at least as much as q man pays his
cook or his typewriter.
II Is for women themselves to take
wifehood and motherhood and home
making out of the ranks OF the jack-leg
trades and put It where It belongs.
among the learned and highly paid pro-
fessions. But they will never do IL until
they get to the point where they take
some pride in their work.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-14
Three Useful Hints.

For removing the dark stain which is
frequently seen in vinegar cruets, make
a suds Of hot water and white soap and
put into the cruet a half teaspoonful of
fine shot. Shake the shot around and
the discoloration will entirely disappear.
Rinse well with scalding, water.
A piece OF beddcking. about a yard
square, preferably old. Will save your
kitchen towels and many a burnt hand.
This square should be hemmed and a
loop Of tape, by which to hang 1t, fas-
tened at one end. 1t is the best kind of
holder for handling hot utensils or tax
ing pies and cakes from the oven.
When wishing 70 drive a nall through
hard wood, irst push It through a cake
Of hard soap. II will then go through
easily and will not split the wood. When
using a hammer, grasp the handle near
the end, and not in the center, as Is
the way Of most women.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-14
TRUST.

PubHshsd at the request Of Gnee Porter HopEins.l
I do not ask that God shall always make
Ny pathway ngnt,
only pray that He win hold my hand
Throughout the night;
1 DO not nope TO nave the tnorns re-
moved
That pierce my rect.
] only ask 70 ma HIS blessed arms
My sare retreat
II He affiicts me. then. IN my distress,
Withholds His hand,
II all His wisdom I cannot conceive
Or understand.
I do not think TO always know HIS why
Or wherefore, here;
But sometimes He will take my hand and
make
His meaning clear.
II in His furnace He refines my heart,
To make It pure,
I only ask for grace to trust His love,
Strength to endure;
And II fierce storms beat round me, and
the heavens
Be overcast.
] know that He will give His weary one
Sweet peace at last.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-14
By DOROTHY DIX

the woman who works in an ONCE or a
store as distinguished from the woman
who works in her own home. Why. the
wife and mother does ten times as much
work every day OF her life as any old
Scrooge OF an employer ever wrings out
of his women employees. There's no
eIght-hour law for the protection of
mother. as there is for the protection
of the factory worker
Yet II Is universally conceded that
wife and mother isn't workingwoman,
and the humorous part of II is that wife
and mother. with her poor fingers worked
to the bone. comedies in the view. I
fhave had thousands OF women who were
ideal wives and mothers and home max
ers say to me:
1T must be fine thing TO have some
work to do In. the world. wish I had" !"
Great heavens, woman I cried.
aren't you making a good man happy
Aren't you raising VI" a nice family OF
children? Don't You make a home that
Is blessing and benedicton to every
body who comes near it?'
bly,. but would like to do. something
really important"
And the pathetic part of this II that
possible, and she gets no joy out OF II
because she has no pride in 1t.
The Cause of Trouble.
It is because women have no pride in
their work that they have so much
trouble with their husbands on the
money question. One Of the potent
sources OF domestic discomfort with
The Washington herald., 1912-02-14
Modes of the Moment.

There is a perfect craze for platinum.
Platinum set with diamonds and pearls
Is the combination par excellence for
those blessed with the purse OF fortune.
One Of the new fashions is to stud
the Quill Of a long ostrich plume with
tiny pink rosebuds. These may be
placed at intervals Of two inches apart.
It Is rather painting the lily and gliding
gold; II is not probable that fastidious
women will accept II or like 1t.
Among the most quaint hat shapes for
children are the Dutch bonnets with the
pun crowns and the strikingiy prominent
sides curfously- bent and standing away
from the face. This style is built up IN
fascinating ways, the ears" being Of
contrasting material and quite orna-
mental Metal laces are often employed
for this purpose.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-14
TWO MORE DAYS TO
SOLVE THE PUZZLE
Hundreds of Clever Lists Already
Received.
By JULIA CHANDLER MANI.

ny JULIA ShANDLbh MANLs
feel pretty much swelled up with
pride this morning because the Puzzle
Circle has taken all sorts of sentiment
to its heart IN honor of St Valentine.
Not only have solutions OF the valen-
tine puzzle, published in The Washing
ton Herald's Page for Every Woman.
both Sunday and Monday, poured in
through every medium since Sunday aft
ernoon, but inclosed with almost every
list OF answers to the puzzle there has
come to me a valentine, bearing some
word of good will, some wish for me
and for all the dear folk to whom
talk every day through these columns
I have hardly known which to feel the
more pulled up about-the hundreds OF
valentine greetings that have received
from you or the cleverness which you
have displayed in solving this weeks
puzzle.
You see, We nave fused and fumed
along with puzzles OF and on for good
long time, until have come to know
your signs OF keen delight in a problem
given you to untangle-signs which have
to me in delighted verses, descriptions
Of parties planned for this afternoon or
this evening at which the puzzle is to
be used. and, better still, in the dozens
of assertions that nobody cares whether
they win any one OF the three cash
prizes offered in the puzzle contest this
week or not, so long as they are al
lowed the pleasure of Untangling the
Tslentine enigma.
Proof of FascInation.
When the Puzzle Circle gets to the
point Of not caring about the money,
take of my hat to the charm of the
puzzle upon which work is in progress.
I admit 1 am deluged with lists Of
answers to the valentine tangIe; / ad-
nit that these answers are, in the main,
exceptionally interesting and clever, but
] have nothing to say when some one
calls me over the phone and begs TO
know If any Of the solutions submitted
have been correct. .
That, you see, is another question.
I want to remind you, however, that
only two more days remain Of the con-
test. The gate closes promptly at noon
on Friday. and no solution will be eligi-
bic for the prizes that come to me after
that hour.
I want to say also that / am Just as
interested in the solutions that are vet
to come as l am in any of those that
have already beer received, and, fur
thermOre, that l have just as high hopes
Of their success in winning a prize.
SO be no whit discouraged II your list
of answers is incomplete. 1t is prob
ably more nearly correct than any that
have thus far reached me. So send Il
along with all speed possible
The Washington herald., 1912-02-14
SAID ABOUT WOMEN.

There is no grace that Is taught
by the dancing master. no style
adopted into the etiquette OF
courts. but was first the whim
and mere action OF some brilliant
wOman.-Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The conversation OF women In
society resembles the straw used
in packing china; II is nothing.
yet without it everything would
be broken.-Mme. De salm.
Woman is seldom merclful to
the man who is timid.-Edward
Bulwer-Lytton-
He that hath a fair wife never
wants trouble.-Proverb.
The starry crown Of woman is
in the power of her affection and
sentiment and the infinite en-
largements to which they lead
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
A woman who has surrendered
her lips has surrendered every
thing.-Theophile viaud.
Some women are so just and
discerning that they never see an
opportunity to be generous.-An-
onymous.
A man without religion is to be
pitied, but a goddess woman is a
horror above all things.-EIiza-
beth Evans.
There are few husbands whom
the wife cannot win in the long
run by patience and love.-Mar-
guerite De yalois.
Men love at first and most
warmly; women love last and
longest. This is natural enough.
for nature makes women to be
won and men TO win.-George
william Curtis.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-14
The Fashionable Belt.

The fashionable belt of the moment IS
about an inch and a bali in width and
is made Of black patent leather deco
rated with buckle to match. or with an
antique silver one. A perfectly plain belt
has its votaries. but in some cases an
introduction is made OF tiny white but
tom trimmings, which look very smart
indeed when the buttons are clustered at
the back in a pyramidal form designed
to give grace to the figure.
Narrow. satin belts are being issued
also, and some Of the dressmakers in
troduce by their means a contrast In
colors to the rest OF the costume. using
shades Of pink. blue. and maiIve most
dexterously folded into the narrow COM
pass at their command
The Washington herald., 1912-02-14
POEM THAT HAS HELPED

Editors Nete-Every woman Il In
Vited tO send me q copy of the poem
nearest and dearest TO her heaFt-tha
little verse that has given her fresh
courage In some dark hour, renewed
her hope, and uplIfted her spirit. II
does not matter how obscure the
verses, 80 long ~ the thought con-
tnIned In them n upIIftinE. The heart
thrOb poems sent me for this series
will be published N fast as space per-
mifs, and will furnish every woman
who clips and saves then q collection
she could obtain under no one book
cover. In copying your fayorite poem
for the series, please write only ON one
side OF the paper.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-14
HaddockNa Ia Rarebit.

Prepare fish as for baking. Make a
rarebit mixture Of one cup hot milk. one
quarter pound grated cheese, one-haIf
teaspoonful OF salt. one-quarter teaspoon
full Of mustard. one tablespoonful of
flour, one tablespoonful Of butter Blend
well and pour over fish. Bake fish until
done. Do not season fish or use butter
OF pork. as the rarebit mixture makes
the dish rich enough. Serve, garnished
with parsley.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-14
Children Arc All lTimics.

Most Of the fur coats this season are
fashioned with straight, gracefuI lines
and rounded at the front. Some are
slashed at the side-not for beauty, but
TO follow fashions latest whum. rneIr
sleeves are generally long and ciose-fit-
ting, and finished without the gathers az
the top, like those OF mans coat
The Washington herald., 1912-02-14

Nickel ornaments on stoves, &C., may
be kept bright by using ammonia and
whiting. Mix together in a bottle and
apply with cloth A very little polishing
gives q fine luster. Dip soft cloth in
kerosene. then in whiting, and rub vigor-
ously on the nickel Dry and polish with
a wooden cloth.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-14
Oysters ana Cheese.

Slightly scald oysters, or till plump. and
turn them into q well-buttered baking
dish. Over them turn a white sauce
made very thick. Do not use too much
sauce. Cover with cracker crumbs and
cheese Use one pint Of large oysters.
one cup OF milk, two tablespoonfuls Of
bread four. one tablespoonful of butter,
one-tbird tablespoonful salt. Heat one
cup Of milk and pour it over one-quarter
pound Of mild cheese, crumbled into bits
and mixed with one heaping cup OF fine
cracker crumbs- When cheese Is melted
add piece OF butter size OF a walnut.
When thoroughly hot and melted, turn
over the oysters and white sauce. Dash
Of cayenne over top. Bake until cream
is set" and the top well Drowned.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-14
GOOD RECIPES THAT OTHER
WOMEN HAVE PASSED ALONG

Editors NOteThiE
Of
The Washington herald., 1912-02-14
To Bake Potatoes Quickly.

First boil for fifteen or twenty minutes
and then put in oven, and they VIII
fnish baking in q short time and taste
as good as though baked otherwise
The Washington herald., 1912-02-14
TEACH LITTLE GIRLS
TO DO PLAIN SEWING

In spite of the sewing taught in the
elementary schools, plain needlework is
fast becoming a forgotten art, and as
Cor the fairy-like, almost invisible stitches
used by our grandmcthers-the possessor
Of a sample Of these looks upon it with
wonder.
Perhaps the sewing machine is partly
10 blame for :his. but it is really more
the fault of the mother who does not
see the necessity of teaching her little
daughters the use of the needle.
Hemming or slip-sutching a sheet would
indeed be tedious work for the small
maiden. but dolls clothes hold a world
Of fascination and in making a miniature
petticoat the small girl will learn almost
every plain sewing stitch she needs to
know.
Children Arc All 1IimfcE.
Every one knows what mimics children
are, and If the mother sets a bad example
by having scissors, needles, and thread
tucked into odd corners she cannot ex-
pect her children to keep their sewing
neat
Mothers work basket always has a
charm for the small girl. and when one
of her own is held out as an inducement
TO learn the different stitches and to
make them neatly the work OF teaching
her will be immensely simplified
An outfit for the doll is merely a pre-
iude to the wider experience which will
follow when the small girl grows and
finds that she knows how to make her
own clothes and especially in a family
where the income is small is the home
iressmaker appreciated.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-14
Entitled to BraE.

You would think that any one who
had the transcendent ability and the
marvellous versatility required to pull
OF an artistic performance Of a wife
and mother and home maker would think
that she was a headliner in humanity.
and entitled to have her name in large
electric lights over her door. II she
also thought that she was starring in
the biggest role in the drama Of life
and went about Dragging about It and
about how she got the glad hand from
her husband and children and an ad-
n1iring audience of friends, We might
smile over her swell-headedness, but We
would have to admit that she was tusti-
fed in IL.
But how do women really view this
subject? They are so little proud Of
the great work they do-and that most
Of them do so well-that they do not
think that It is anything. They don't
even dignity it by calling II a career
or a life work. They think II Is nothing.
There is NJ other piece OF sarcasm on
the face Of the earth like that which
applies the epithet, ''workingwoman.' to
The Washington herald., 1912-02-14

Consider, also. woman's lack Of pride
in her work.
The great primal function Of woman
is to be wife and mother. That is
what nature originally created her for,
and the greatest and most important
work that she can do in the world
the one vital necessity that she renders
TO society--is TO be a home maker.
Now 10 be a good wife and mother
and make a good home is the most stu
pendous, the most complicated, the most
wearying and wearing job on earth.
Moreover II is one that calls for the
greatest diversity Of talents and abilities
ana the exercise Of almost superhuman
powers Of patience and endurance.
Any fairly intelligent person can, by
study and energy make himself or her.
self into reasonably good lawyer, doc
tor, preacher, diplomat, caterer, dress
maker, milliner, school-teaoher, nurse,
shopper, financier, entertainer. cook,
chambermaid. or clairvoyant.
But the wife and mother and home
maker has TO bunch all Of these pro-
fessions and a dozen others in her own
person. She must be lawyer and Judge
who can Justly settle all the disputes
that rise among her children. She must
be physician and nurse who can care
for them when they are alling. she must
be a cook who can get dinner. and
a society lady who can scintillate at the
head of the table. She must be clergy
man who can direct her children's feet
toward heaven and bridge a player who
can hold her hand with her circle Of an
evening. She must know how to spend
her husbands money so as to make one
dollar look like two and be clever enough
to cover her tracks. Above all. she must
be seereSs enough to divine her hus-
bands mood when he comes home of an
evening and discover before he speaks
whether II is the psychological moment
to strike him for the new parlor curtains.
or whether II is the part OF wisdom to
hustle the children up the back stairs
and lock the cat in the cellar.
Rather a difficult undertaking, isn't 1t,
to be a good wife and mother and home
maker? Yet the fate OF the universe
hinges upon q woman being able to do
all these parlor and kitchen tricks with
one hand while she appears to be enjoy
ing herself with the other. And the
wonder of II is that the great majority
OF women are this kind Of prestidigi-
tators.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-14
sausaEes i'm white sauce.

Boil six saussges for fifteen minutes;
cool. remove the skin, and cut into small
pieces. Melt three tablespoons butter,
add three tablespoohfuls -four and three
quarters OF a cup each Of milk and
cream. Add the sausages. season with
salt. pepper. and cayenne; let the mix
ture come to boiling point and serve.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-14
Mock Turtle bean soup.

one quart of mock turtle soup beans,
two onions chopped, four stalks OF celery
cut small, the corn beef liquor. pepper.
Dice Of fried bread, one quart Of cold
water, and set them where they win heat
for an hour without burning. Stir up
often from the bottom. At the end OF
this time add the beef liquor (after tax
ing on the faD. the onions. and celery.
Cook gently three hours until the beans
are boiled to pieces. Strain. season, put
back in the kettle, boil up. season with
pepper, stir in the butter. rolled in -four
Simmer i've minutes and pour upon the
fried bread in the tureen.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-14

There are few husbands whom
the wife cannot win in the long
run by patience and love.-Mar-
guerite De yalois.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-14

A man without religion is to be
pitied, but a goddess woman is a
horror above all things.-Eliza-
beth Evans.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-14

The frst woman suffrage association
ever organized in the world was that OF
Indiana in ISL; the second was that Of
Ohio in 1852.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-14

The Patriotic women's League OF Ger
many has appointed a committee to pro-
mote a law for compulsory military serv-
ice Of German women in war and peace
times as nurses and helpers.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-14

Some women are so just and
discerning that they never see an
opportunity to be generous.-An-
onymous.
, 1912-05-16

ton Of his discrimination, and the
h~ousekeeper solemnly accepted his
statement.
Mr.. Grayman rode to his office and
Immediately summoned Police Com
missioner Braman by telephone. That
ofHcial did not think it beneath his
dignity instantly to answer a call to
the onlce Of William Grayman. a call
that anne from the Millionaire himself.
When the commissioner arrived
Grayman took him into bis innermost
sanctum and Immediately astonished
him beyond measure.
Commissioner" he said. my daugh-
ter disappeared last night from my
house. and want you to find out what
has become of her"
The commissioner caught his breath.
~Your daughter! Disappearedw he
gasped.
stop a momentT said Grayman.
Understand that this is a profound
secret and must remain SO. l will
make 1t worth your while to shut the
mouth of every detective that you en-
ploy. No questions must be asked Of
the servants that could possibly lead
them to suspect that an inquiry is on
foot. They think that my daughter
has gone away on a visit. You can
draw on me for any amount at any
time until the girl is found. Now.
listen"
And Grayman proceeded to tell the
story Of the morning. When he had
finished he asked in his blunt, auto
cratic way:
Now. tell me what you will do.
What is your planr
The commissioner begged for a little
time to think it over.
Il" can have no plan yet" he said,
but I'll find n With your permits
sion I'll send a confidential man to
your house and get a basis for further
action"
very WELL" said Grayman: ''let 1t be
Done. But remember my restriction.
Not a word must escape anywhere
not a single word or hint"
The chief promised the most abso-
lutte secrecy and. with great perturba-
ton of mind. returned in all haste to
headquarters.
When Mr.. Grayman was left alone
his self command relaxed. His daugh-
ter was dearer to him than his for
tune. He could not drive the agoniz'
Ing thought Of her strange disappear
ance from his mind. 1t unnamed
him. He refused all callers. pretend
Ing to be too busy to see any N II
was the most uncomfortable morning
he had aver spent,
Toward noon the wireless telephone
bell In his sanctum rang sharply. only
his exclusive intimates ever called MIN
up here. The apparatus was reserV-
ed for the secrets of high tinance-se
crets that could be intrusted only 10
soundless ether. He put the receiver
to his ear.
"Hello!" came a voice that he dlo
not recognize. Reply undirected-"
This meant that Grayman should TO
sAond with a 'hello" sent out hY IN