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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-02
DEMAND THE BALLOT
Women of Ireland Want Home
Rule Bill Amended.
MASS MEETING IN DUBLIN
Resolution Adopted Setting Forth
Aims of the Sufragists.
PREMIER AsQUITH's MISSION
Will Soon Visit Ireland and Inspect
Public nstitutions-Master of
Rolls Named.
MASS MEETING IN DUBLIN
PREMIER ASQUITH's MISSION
,reign Correspondence Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star
DUBLIN. June q, 1912.
mass meeting Of Irish suffra gists was
held this week In the ancient concert
rooms, Dublin. The meeting was unique
in that it was the first time that Irish
women from the north, east, south and
west-women of all shades OF political
opinion, suffragists militant and non mill
tant-were gathered together unitedly to
demand a government amendment In the
home rule bill enfranchising rrishwomen
The hall was gay with flags and pen
nants. the orange and green of the
Franchise League and its branches; the
declarations: the dark blue and gold Of the
daughters Of Erin. while all round the
hall. the second largest in Dublin, were
ranged shields bearing the names of the
various centers which had sent delegates
The platform was occupied exclusively by
women, and all the speakers were wom-
en-town councillors, graduates from the
two Irish universities, poor law guar
dams, woman doctors, working women
artists. actresses. teachers. nurses-pre-
sided over by Miss Hayton the lady sena-
tor of the national university
The societies represented were the
Irishwomens Franchise League. the
Irishwomen's Reform League, the Irish
women's Suffrage Society. Belfast, the
Munster Women's Franchise League the
Irish League for Women Suffrage, Lon
don: Waterford. Lisburn, Newry, War
renpoint, Birr. Armagh. Limerick, Derry
and Wexford suffrage societies: the
Irshwomens Workers Union. the Ladies'
Committee and the Irish Diapers Assist
ants Association.
Support and Sympathy.
Messages of support and sympathy were
read from the Rev. ]. o. Hanney, Nine.
Maude Come. Miss Malone. George Rus
sell. Miss O'ConnelI Hayes, DR.. Sophia
Bryant. Mrs. Dryhurst. James Connolly,
Miss Patricia Hoey and others. Cable
grams were received from Miss Vida
Goldstein. representing the Womens Po-
litfcal Association of Victoria and from
the woman suffragists OF America
The following resolution was adopted:
That. while expressing no opinion on
the general question of home rule, this
mass meeting Of delegates from the Irish
suffrage societies and other women's or
CARNATIONS. representing all shadse OF
political and religious opinion. profound
ly regrets the proposal to establish a new
constitution In Ireland on a purely male
franchise. and calls upon the government
to amend the home rule bill in commit
tee by adopting the local government
register, which includes women. as the
basis of the franchise for the new par
lament
Copies OF the resolution were sent to
every member OF the liberal cabinet and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-02
Mass Meeting Planned.

In the evening great meeting will be
held In the Theater Royal. the largest
hall available for such a gathering. Ad-
mission to the meeting will be by ticket,
for which a charge will be made vary
ing from $3.50 downward. The stage,
which will be turned into a platform for
the occasion. will be reserved exclusive
~ for Irish and English members of
parliament, lord mayors and mayors and
the cha1rmen OF county councils. The
meeting will be under the presidency of
John Redmond. and in addition to Mr. As
qulth's address speeches will be delivered
by Mr.. Birrell and the master of Eli
bank. 1nasmuch as the accommodation
of the theater will be wholly Inadequate
to hold many Of the people anxious to be
present, it Is understood that after the
meeting a great popular demonstration
will be held in the streets. The form
which that demonstration will take has
not as yet been definitely settled
The question OF the admission Of women
to the meeting has not yet been decided
The Irish Women's Franchise League
has sent letter to Mr. Asquith request
ing him to receive deputation of Irish
woman suffragists on his visit to Dublin
They remind him that when he spoke to
their Irish representatives at deputa-
tion that he received In London in No
vember. 1911, he said that the mass of
lrishwomen needed special consideration.
They ask him, therefore, to take this op-
portunity of hearing IrishWomen In
the capital Of their own land put their
special claim before him to be included
in the home rule bill.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-29
FURNISHING OF CHINTz ROOM
Thought Bestowed on Decoration Will
Be Well Repaid in Cheerful,
Homeiike Apartment.

There is a pleasing LONELINESS
about chintz room which gives it a
subtle attraction. Most women at this
time of year are attacked with a
laudable desire to redress their rooms
SO that the time of summer and the
singing birds is suggested and win
ter's sunless cold forgotten.
The most obvious way to achieve
the redressing is to choose a suitable
chintz and to order loose covers for
all the chairs and sofas, ottomans and
cushions in the room. The favorite
colorings this season give range of
tulip shades, purple, rose red, deep
buff or scarlet. These have some
times a black ground, as in the days
of Louis Philippe. Huge soft cush-
ions, square or round in shape, are of
down, covered with silk, and have no
pendant flouncing.
A successful room can be obtained
in oriental patterns, and the furniture
or bibelots in the Chinese taste, which
is now so much to the fore, accord
we'll with such designs. An excellent
result is obtained if panels of the
printed linen or chintz are placed on
the wall instead Of paper, and old
prints show up well with such back
ground
Old needlework is now reproduced
in glazed chintz, and fine Italian pat
terms glowing with subdued blues,
reds and browns, with that clouded
mauve only seen in italian silks, and
bed of anemones gives a touch of
distinction to any room.
A single mauve cushion and one of
black in soft silk are generally intro
duced as daring note. Pomegran-
ates, picotees and peonies figure and
the twisted stems form arabesques.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-29
MADE UP OF ODDS AND ENDS
Very Pretty Are the Candle Shades
of Lace Designed in I'll Shapes
and CoIors.

Very fetching are the new candle
shades whose foundation is a finely
plated fiber, and that can be had in
all colors. The straight narrow EN-
pire shade is the favorite, though some
of the designs spread sharply at the
bottom.
The decoration is varied, some have
festoons of tiny, ribbon flowers in soft
tones, others have inserts. Of filmy
lace combined with the flowers, and
some have bands and frills of lace
headed with narrow metal gim2.
A candle shade that looks well with
all color schemes is made of crystal
beads, strung into fanciful designs and
finished with bead fringe. The favorite
is pagoda shape, another is bell shape,
and some are square. These beads
are usually made up over white lining,
but are effective over warm yellow,
green or American Beauty tone.
The girl who has odds and ends Of
lace can put them to no better use
than to make a set of four candle
shades. Finish the top with tiny
lace gimp, which may likewise con-
ceal the seam If the lace must be
pieced.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-29
Decline of Jet Jewelry.

For ages the jet trade figured as
one of those domestic industries which
were such feature of England before
the industrial revolution. A consid-
cradle portion Of the population of
Whitby devoted their energies to it.,
SO much so that it was the staple in
dustry of the village, ousting fishing
and other coastal pursuits. The Whit
by craftsmen working in their own
homes acquired very high reputa-
ton for their decorative skill. The
decline of this ancient domestic in
dustry is to be attributed to many
causes. In the latter part Of the Vic
torian era jet ornaments went out Of
fashion, and nowadays they are sell
dom worn even in times of mourning.
Moreover, the industrial revolution,
occasioning as it did a great demand
for iron and coal, attracted the jet
miners to these industries owing to
the higher wages that could be OBJ
tanned.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-29
Honor for Paul Mauser.

Paul Mauser, inventor of the rife
of that name, who has just entered
his seventy-fourth year, began work
as an unsalaried apprentice 60 years
ago in small German arms and am
munition factory. He is now presi-
dent and chief proprietor of the plant
in which he started his career, and
has the degree of doctor of engineer
ing from dozen colleges and uni
versities, in addition to possessing the
coveted German title of privy coun-
cilor of commerce, In honor of the
sixtieth anniversary of his entering
the factory, ten government arsenal
workmen erected monument in the
factory yard bearing in bronze relief
his portrait. He was present at the
unwilling.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-29
FERNS NEED SPECIAL CARE
Too Frequent Watering of This Sensi-
tive Plant, for instance, Is to
Be Avoided.

Is your fern suffering from summer
complaint?
If it is you have failed to learn the
most important of all facts in the care
of ferns, which is that too frequent
watering is not good for these delicate
plants. The Boston variety, or short,
curly kind, is generally considered
difficult to keep in a thriving conGi.
ton, yet one woman finds the task
comparatively easy.
This housewife, who takes pecu-
liar joy in all the beauty pertaining to
a home. declares the fern should be
kept in front of window, where 1t
receives the morning sum- 1t must
stand on a soft surface, sand in jar
diniere much larger than the fern pot
being one of the best arrangements.
This allows it to get plenty of air, an
essential point in its care.
Do not water the fern more often
than every other day. Now and then
1t is best to wait three or four days,
as a good dryout is most advisable
Take the fern into the laundry or
basement and give it a good bath
once or twice a month.
Never let the temperature average
more than 20 in the room where the
fern is kept, a cooler atmosphere be-
ing better Keep the plants free from
dry or dead leaves. If possible, place
the fern in shady place in the yard
for its summer outing, packing earth
we'll around the pot, treatment
which increases its growth.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-29
Ice in SURGICAL Practice.

Perhaps it is in the hospital and
sick room where ice plays it's strong
est part in the alienation of human
misery DR.. Gorrie's discovery arose
from his effort to find means of cool
ing the rooms for fever patients. Now
the cold storage facilities of the hos
pital are likely to make possible many
seemingly impossible operations in
the way of grating tissues or even
transplanting some organ from the
body of one person to another The
results of several experiments have
led physicians to believe that it will
be possible to preserve healthy human
tissues for months in cold storage. BY
this means the man who has had the
skin of his arm destroyed by an ac-
cident may be supplied with new
epidermis from the cold storage room,
which may have been taken from the
amputated limb of some other un-
fortunate.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-29
BEST FORM OF DIET JUST A 'CUss WORD
But It Broke Up Wifey'S Threat
ened Crying Spell.
An Instance, and a Warning for the
Married, Against the "Sins of the
Tongue"-Sense of Humor
Saved the Day.

81 never can understand why a wom-
an wants to keep room as dark as a
pocket"
"And / never can see why a man
can't read paper without having
every blind in the house wide open!''
Sunday noon-a cloudy Sunday
when Paul had felt too tired to go
to church and Frances had gone alone.
Returning in the state of readiness for
irritation that often follows spiritual
uplift, she found her husband in the
parlor, haloed by tobacco smoke and
encompassed by Sunday papers. Every
shade was up to its full height, every
curtain pushed aside.
The sermon had been on 1.-THE Sins
of the Tongue" If it hadn't been for
that, Frances felt she would have said
| volumes as she went about the room,
| Strengthened curtains and shades. AS
her efforts narrowed the light which
fell on her husbands paper, he looked
up with some annoyance.
| You make it so dark | can't read"
he commented.
There's no sense in having every
thing sprawled wide open like that. 1t
makes the house look horrid to have
the shades clear up to the top Of the
windows!"
And Frances left the room with dig
nifty, her head very straight. To go to
church and say your prayers and come
home feeling happy and good, and
then to be met by thing like this
the moment you got into the house!
What was the use?
Like profane echo came the MUIR
muir from the room she had quilted:
"Oh, hell, what's the user"
Frances stood still. Should she go
upstairs and cry or go back and laugh.
Then-was it the sermon or the swear?
she began to giggle. That saved the
day. She dropped into seat on the
bottom step and broke into a shrek
of laughter.
"Hullo! What's the matter?" from
Paul
It's SO funny! Here l come home
feeling pious and prayerful, and lose
my temper the first thing and scold,
and you swear! Say, isn't it funny?"
Pauls mouth twitched.
eff that's the way you look at it"
well, it is! Leave your old papers
all over the room, if you want, and
put the pesky shades out of the win
dows if you like. | don't care. I'd
rather have an cd mess than a row.
| 7 cts ha cnmforfahlni, -
Paul made circular grab at the
papers.
They may go hang for all me!
| thought you were going OF to cry"
81 was!"
well, I'm glad you know how to
break up a weep. One little 'cuss
word worked the cure. BY George
I'm glad l married good sport!"
|
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-29
New Idea in coIorina Maps.

Herr Freytag of Vienna, has devised
certain improvements in the stereo-
scopic effect of relief maps by means
of a color scheme. The effect is said
to be well shown when a square is
colored with the reds in the center
and the yellows, green's and blues
ranged outside the red in the order
named Such square appears to the
eve to be raised in the center. If the
order of the colors is reversed, the
central part Of the square appears to
be depressed In arranging the colors,
the tints are varied by careful gradu-
alton and violent contrasts are
avoided
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-29
HER LITTLE HAND IN HIS
Mr.. Pickles. Explanation as to Reason
Somewhat DispeIled the Odor
Of Romance.

Henne and Pecke were two henpeck-
ed married men. The other day they
met, and, after few casual remarks
concerning the weather, the subject
of women and unfortunate husbands
was-perhaps NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. To
Henne, however, suddenly came
thoughts of years ago, when he was
a happy bachelor, and (unconsciously
Of what Fate had in store for h1m)
was walking out" girl who was,
later on, destined to bring him sor-
row and misery.
Pecke, seeing "far-away' look In
his companions eyes, inquired the
meaning. Henne retorted dramat-
ically, Il was just then thinking, old
fellow, of those happy days long ago
when l used to hold that girls hand
In mine for hours-when-"
But the equally unfortunate. Pecke
suddenly cut his companion short by
exclaiming: "Why, that's nothing!
Cheer up! Do you know, only yes
terday | held my wife's hand for three
solid hours"
'What?" said the startled Henne.
"Yes, it's a fact" resumed Pecke,
sorrowfully; "and l declare If I'd let
loose she'd have killed me."-London
Tit-Bits.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-29
HOW MANY OF US
Fall to Select Food Nature Demands
to Ward Off Ailments?

A KY. lady, speaking about food,
says: 81 was accustomed to eating
all kinds of ordinary food until, for
some reason, Indigestion and nervous
prostration set in.
"After l had run down seriously
my attention was called to the neces-
sity of some change in my diet, and
l discontinued my ordinary breakfast
and began using Grape-Nuts with a
good quantity of rich cream.
I'm a few days my condition
changed in remarkable way, and l
began to have d strength that / had
never been possessed of before, a
vigor Of body and poise of mind that
amazed me. 1t was entirely new in
my experience.
my former attacks of Indigestion
had been accompanied by heat flashes,
and many times my condition was dis
tressing with blind spells of dizziness,
rush of blood to the head and neural
gic pains in the chest.
"Since using Grape-Nuts alone for
breakfast l have been free from these
troubles, except at times when I have
INDUCED in rich, greasy foods in guam
tity, then l would be warned by
pain under the left shoulder blade, and
unless needed the warning the old
trouble would come back, but when l
finally got to know where these trou-
bles originated I returned to my Grape
Nuts and cream and the pain and dis
urbance left very quickly.
81 am now in prime health as
result of my use Of Grape-Nuts." Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich.
There's a reason" and it is ex-
planned in the little book, 1.-THE Road
to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letters A new
ons appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true and full Of human
interest
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-29
RED, ROUGH HANDS MADE
SOFT AND WHITE

For red, rough, chapped and bleed
ing hands, dry, assured, itching, burn
ing palms, and painful finger-ends,
with shapeless nails, one-night Cuti-
cura treatment works wonders. Di-
rections: Soak the hands, on retir-
ing, in hot water and Cuticura Soap.
Dry, anoin with Cuticura Ointment,
and wear soft bandages or old, loose
gloves during the night. These pure,
sweet and gentle emollients preserve
the hands, prevent redness, roughness
and chapping, end impart in a single
night that yelvety softness and white
ness so much desired by women. For
those whose occupations tend to in
jure the hands, Cuticura Soap and Gu
ticura Ointment are wonderful.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-29
Thai One Thlnn Lacking.

Lady Augusta Gregory, the able and
ardent apostle of the modern Irish
movement, is fond of telling the fol-
lowing real Irish story:
1t was the wedding day of Pat and
Bridget, and they were having a
church wedding 1t was grand af-
fair Pat was dressed with patent
leather shoes, white vest and flaming
tie. Bridget shone attractively in
many colors. The ceremony was over,
and the happy pair walked down the
aisle, out into the street, where a
great crowd greeted them with delight,
Once seated within the cab Bridget
leaned over to Pat and said, in loud
whisper, Och, Pat, if we could only
have stood on the sidewalk and watch
ed ourselves pass, wouldn't it have
been hiviin'"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-29
WERE NOT AT ALL DIVERTING
Serious-Minded Quaker Saw Nothing
to Smile at in the Lighter Poems
of Whittier.

The late Gertrude Whittier Cart
land, cousin of Whittier, the Quaker
poet, presented an ideal picture of
the sanity aged Quakeress. Her
sweet, serene face, framed in its tight
little bonnet, seemed to shine with
clear, spiritual radiance; to hear her
recite, in voice of tranquil music,
the hymns and graver poems of her
famous relative was always delight
full
But she did not have her Cousins
lively sense of humor; and it was
hard to tell whether this lack lessen
d or increased the effect, when in
eAactly the same grave, even tones,
she occasionally read aloud some of
the verse that he wrote, not for pub
LEGATION, but for the pleasure of his
intimate circle. That was always
light, frequently gay, sometimes fair
ly rollicking.
Her admiration for the writer made
her try very hard to appreciate his
fun; and she thought she did SO; yet
mirth seemed always an alien to her
tongue DIS a T6u TOS0IL6 pIuu0u UPON
her dove-gray shoulder-shawl would
have been to her costume. This in
congruity was felt, doubtless, by an
other Friend, of even more serious
mind than she, who once said to her
reprovingly:
'The verses are harmless, and
perceive they are intended to be
diverting; but they do not divert me,
Gertrude, and l do not think they
really divert thee. Be honest with
myself; if thee read them and did not
know thy cousin Greenleaf wrote
them, would thee not consider them
extremely silly? Thee knows ! mean
no affront, and greatly admire thy
cousin Greenleaf Surely he is a
great poet; but a great poet may some
times write such silly stuff. And sure
ly this time thy cousin has done it.
Reflect and thee will agree with me-"
She refiected-on the necessity of
care in selecting an audience for a
ioke.-Youth's Companion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-08-29
Wnrthv Example.

When Louis Mann first met his
farmer neighbor, Shag Rossman, up
state, Shag was very much interested
in the Thespian. es
so yer a actor, eh?" he asked.
Indeed, It's true replied Mr..
Mann
Good one?'
"Ahem!" came from Mr.. Mann.
Some people say | am"
well, you gotta go some to beat a
actor l seen in a show one time.
said Shag.
$50? Who was he?'
"Pve forgot his name said Shag,
switching his chew to the other cheek.
''but seen him with my own eyes
turn a back somersault on top of a
horse that was runnin'. New York
Telegraph.