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The Washington herald., 1912-03-13
A LITTLE TALK
ABOUT THE POEMS
The Series Has Created Interest
All Over the Country.

Come. let us have a little talk together
this morning about the many questions
that have been asked me during the past
few days! l have been deluged with in
duiries concerning the department Of
Poems that Have Helped" They have
excited interest all over the country. and
hundreds of verses have been sent me
in consequence. After the poems have
been peacefully reposing in one of my
big desk drawers for a little time, await
ing publication, the letters pour in ask
ing the why's and wherefores of my fail
ure to publish certain contributions to
this department.
Only one poem can be published each
day. unless they are unusually short. and
even then their publication is sometimes
suspended for day or two, because they
are crowded out by more pressing inter-
ests. So don't you see you'll have 10 cul
tivate that patience microbe lurking
somewhere in your system?
In some cases poems submitted have
been so long that they would take a half
page in print, and are therefore impossi-
ble for the series. Again they have been
written on both sides Of the paper. which
is against the rules. you know. In some
instances they have been written in pen
ell and the lines have become so dim be-
fore reaching me that il has been impos-
sible to make them out Any one Of the
above may be the reason that the par
ticular verses that have helped you have
not yet appeared in The Herald's Page
for Every Woman, or again it may be
just simply because they have not thus
far fitted into the particular space pos
sible for the feature.
Poems submitted for the series of help
full verses will not be returned. but as
many copies of them as are wanted can
be procured when they are published.
J,C NJ
The Washington herald., 1912-03-13
Trimming for Plain waist.
A Dickens Contests

Reader: This excellent contest came to
me from England In using It leave blank
the spaces for the titles of his stories.
which are to be filled in by the guests.
] am sure many OF our readers will well
come this scheme. as II Is especially
adaptable for clubs and literary socie-
ties.
''OHver Twist had some Hard Times
in the Battle of Life" having been saved
from THE Wreck OF the Golden Mary
by Our Mutual FRIEND NICHOLAS
Nicklepy," VINO nad Just nnisneu reurng
"A Tale of Two Cities" to Martin
Chuzzlewit" during which time THE
Cricket on the Hearth was chirping
Right Merrily" and THE Chimes" were
heard from an ''Adjaccnt Cnurcn.'' wnen
Seven Poor Travellers commenced sing
ing "A Christmas Carol" and 'Barnapy
Rudge" arrived from '1ne UId curiosity
Shop with some Pictures from Italy"
and Sketches by Boz to show, Little
Dorrit," who was busy reading PICK
wick Papers, David copperfeld. af-
ter taking american Notes." arrived and
informed THE Company" that Great
Expectations" of "Dombey and Son" In 70
MRS. Lerrlper's Legacy" had not Deen
realized, but that he had seen Boots at
the Hollytree Inn" taking Somebody's
Luggage" to MRS. Lerriper's Lodgings"
which is in mo Thoroughfare" opposite
BLEAK House." where '-The uncommer-
ciaI Traveller had Just given one OF ''Dr.
Marigold's Prescriptions TO THE Haunt
ed Man" while brooding over The Mys-
terry of Edwin Droed.''
The Washington herald., 1912-03-13
MEALS FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.

BREAKFAST.
Liver and Bacon Stewed Potatoes
Diamonds Coffee
LUNCHEON
Veal Pinaud
Baked Apples Cookies Tea
DINNER
Rice and Chicken Soup
Pot Roast of Beef
Whipped Potatoes Baked Turnips
Cheese and Celery Salad
Cardinal Jelly
Coffee
Veal Pinaud-Cut cold boiled or roast
veal into half-inch dice. For one pint
mix together IN n saucepan over the fire
one tablespoonful each OF butter and
-four. Gradually stir In one cupful Of
hot milk: season with one-half teaspoon
full Of celery salt, a dash OF paprika and
a slight grating OF nutmeg. Add the veal
and one-third OF a cupful of chopped
mushrooms and simmer together for
fifteen minutes. Have ready some cooked
Swedish timbale cases, two Cor more),
hard boiled eggs cut in quarters and a
tablespoonful Of chopped parsley. FIJI
the cases with the veal mixture, and on
top Of each arrange a quarter of an egg
surrounded with a circle of the parsley.
The cheaper and lighter the pan the
whittier and lightepyour bread when you
bake in a gas range.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-13
LESSON OF THE THISTLE.
SCANDAL

SNA-NbAlJ.
Published at the request Of Miss A. NJ
A woman TO a holy father went;
Confession of her sins was her intent,
And of her misdemeanors, great and
small.
She faithfully to him rehearsed them all;
And chiefest in her catalogue Of sin
She owned that she a tale-bearer had
been:
Had borne bit of scandal up and down
To all the long-tongued gossips Of the
town.
The holy father heard her story through.
Then said, My child. a penance you
must do;
Go, take this thistle bloom and far and
wide
Scatter its seed DER hill and dale and
mountain side;
8Rd' when this penance you have done
right we'll
Come back and where you've sown them
tell"
The woman, thinking this a pensncs
fastened to do his will that very night.
That his command she had obeyed right
WELL
The holy father said: Now, 1 insist,
Go, gather up those thistle seed, let none
be missed"
But, father" the woman cried, lit
would be vain
To try to gather up those seeds again;
The wind has scattered them both far
and wide,
Ger hill and dale, and up the mountain
side.r
Stern spoke the father: Now, let US
hope from this
The lesson have tried to teach, you will
not miss,
sown,
Can ne'er by any penance be again un-
done"
The Washington herald., 1912-03-13
ARTISTIC CURTAINS
OF COTTON CREPE
Crinkled Surface Takes Paint of
Stenciling Admirably.

Because girls home, by force OF cir
cumstances, may happen to consist of
one room in boarding house. it does not
mean that she will always be forced to
confine her tastes to four walls. She
viii. in all probability. come into a home
of her own some day, and in preparation
for that more or less distant date, II
might be a wise plan to experiment on
her present limited surroundings.
Not only for this reason should a girl
care to arrange her room at its best, but
also because a daintily decorated room
is thing of joy TO its possessor. an oasis
in desert of dull working days, a place
to come to with a sigh of comfort and
relief.
Has Many Uses.
Have you ever seen a room furnished
in pretty and inexpensive cotton crepe?
We know its use for blouses and under
wear, but have hitherto failed to. realize
that # makes delightful curtains, table
covers, and sofa pillows.
Think of being able to take down your
curtains every ten days, wash them out
in several waters, hang them out to dry
and put them up again after a little
shaking.
Besides its laundering value. the soft,
crinkled surface of cotton crepe takes
the paint of stenciling admirably. Lovely
results are thus possible with good color
schemes and rapid conventional designs.
Designs can be bought or, IL a girl
can make her own. are easily cut with
sharp penknife. Directions can be
found in the stencil outfits sold in art
stores.
For those who know nothing of stem
Cling, it may be well TO state that the
principle is simple. 1t is merely apply
ing color through holes in cardboard
which is cut to produce a design.
OIL paints in tubes OF an inexpensive
variety are used, a little turpentfne for
thinning. two stencil brushes-like shaw
ing brushes. but stitfer-and the card
board pattern.
How TO Apply the Paint.
The paint is applied with the brush
held at right angles TO the work. 1t
is best to use the paint rather thick.
work It well into the brush, then wipe
the brush until it is nearly clean. The
great mistake of beginners is using so
much paint that il runs.
The material to be stencied should he
pinned TO a table. which is first covered
with a blanket or pad of felt. Try the
brush and test the colors OF the ma
terial.
Do not attempt too many colors in a
design, and see that the brushes are kept
clean. so that the colors are clear and
do not run.
selves TO the artistic woman. Pink and
green on gray crepe looks delightfully."-
japanese. and brown conventional designs
look well on yellow.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-13

81. Patrick's Day Luncheon.
observation-disclosures is a delightful
Irish luncheon for a st. Patrick's Day
entertainment:
Cream of potato soup with powdered
parsley.
Celery curls (pigtails).
Sailed almonds.
Pigs in BLANKETS (oysters skewered in
slices Of bacon and broiled.
Coleslaw.
Croquettes shaped like potatoes, resting
in beds Of cress.
Stuffed baked potatoes (fiNed with tiny
wooden skewers to resemble pigs).
Spinach served in Shamrock decorated
cases.
Shamrock-shaped bread and butter sand
wiches.
Sweet watermelon pickle. or spiced
peach. decorated with Angelica
Shamrocks.
Salad OF French beans, peas, and pearl
onions. in lettuce leaf.
Ice cream in slices. decorated with green
sugar Shamrocks.
Small cakes decorated with harps OF gold
candies.
Coffee.
For favors there are Irish hats, clay
pipes. Irish flags. harps, Shamrocks, bon
bon boxes, green snakes, ct cetera. Ok
alis answers for Shamrock and pots of
fairy lamps or green shaped candles
make a pretty, inexpensive centerpiece.
ChiIdren's Party.
II. NJ. D.-YoI will doubtless recall the
tunes to these old game songs; they will
delight little children who generally en-
d., -, ,,;n1 ,ha sap,o fbipyr that ynothar
used TO.
bush" form circle, with a leader IN the
center. and sing the following:
Here we 20 'rUund the mulberry bush.
The mulberry bush the mulberry bush
Here we 20 round the mulberry bush,
So carly IN the morning.
All stop and rub faces with hands and
sing:
This Is the way wash my face.
] wash my face, wash my face.
This is the way l wash my face,
So early in the morning.
Joining hands again, all sing the first
verse; then, This is the way / brush my
hair, This is the way I wash my
clothes" This is the way I iron my
clothes" each illustrated with appropri-
ate movements. The last two verses are:
This is the way I go to school, (slow
steps,, 1nl5 Is lne way L come IrOm
schooP' CQuick steps,. Children love ac-
ton plays, and this Is a general favorite.
81 sent a letter to my love" is another
game. A handkerchief is folded like an
envelope. the leader gives 1t to a child,
who walks around the inside ring sing
ing:
sent q letter TO my love;
lost, found IL.
She illustrates by first holding the en-
velope behind and then in front of her.
] sent a letter 10 my love;
Oh. what Is this around iti
Looking wonderingly around the circle,
the player sings:
Who will take my letter. my letter, my letts-;
Who viii take my letter to my lore from met
Choosing a boy. she approaches him
singing:
You win take my letter to my love for me.
Dropping the handkerchief at his feet.
she runs across the other side of the
ring, the boy runs and breaks through
the ring after her. II he can touch her
with the letter before she gets into his
The Washington herald., 1912-03-13
WOMANLY WOMAN
LOVES CHILDREN
Evasion of Motherhood Can Bring
Only Sorrow.
BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.


There seems to be a strange and un-
natural type Of young woman growing
up in our midst.
She belongs, as a rule. to the educated
and well-to-do classes. but she is found
AMONG the self-supporting and laboring
people. also.
This is the young woman who OBJ
jects,strenuousIy to motherhood, and who
does not hesitate to make her ideas
known to young men when she Is sought
in marriage. She will consent to being
a wife only as she is assured she need
1ot bear children.
One can understand how a very poor
girl, obliged TO work daily for a living
might feel that she could unite her fate
with a man she loved, even IL he were
not able 10 give her freedom from the
toll and the comforts of a home; and
one can understand how in this situation
she would wish to avoid the response
biiites OF motherhood until better days
come.
s- Not the Working Girl.
But it is not .he working girl mated
10 the !aboring man who most frequent
" fights against motherhood.
1t is the young wife who has comfort,
and even luxury, who strenuousIy objects
to bringing children into the world.
Any young man should pause well be-
fore he thinks seriously of marrying
girl who has no maternal instincts.
There are two qualities which a wom-
anly woman must possess:
She must love children and she must
have love and reverence for the Creator
Of the universe. She need not be ortho-
doX.
She does not need a special creed, or
great knowledge OF dogmas. or aggres-
sive piety. but she does need faith and
reverence to make her a lovable and love
ly woman.
She must possess the humility and the
Intelligence to be conscious of the won
dsrful power which formed this uni
verse, or she can never be an agreeable
and sympathetic companion for a man
through all life's vicissitudes. a rever-
ent faith in a woman is what fragrance
Is to a flower.
Evidence of selfish Nature.
And the woman who does not care for
children and who has no maternal in
stincts is abnormal: she lacks the finer
feminine qualities and a certain hardness
and seI1shness will display themselves in
her nature as time passes.
1t Is a wise woman who objects to
motherhood. If there is a taint in the
blood OF either family. Children, like
fruit should come from good soil
Where there is "A combination of ig-
norance and poverty children should not
be born. But the woman. who objects
to offspring because she wants her free
dom, or because she does not like chill
dren, is woman to distrust. She lacks
the large, wholesome, moral qualities
which God gave as a foundation for her
nature.
Benjamin Franklin was the sixteenth
child in a family Of poor tallow chan
dler.
Abraham Lincoln was born Of poor par
ents.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-13
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The Washington herald., 1912-03-13
To Dry a Sweater.

Now that "woollies'' are so much worn
many housewives are worried by the
problem of washing them successfully.
Few things are more exasperating than
a sweater that has heightened out to
twice its original size in the wash.
When the sweater has been carefully
washed in warm suds and rinsed thor
oughly, take a large dripping tin and
line il with a towel TO prevent possible
rust Place the sweater in the tin and
put il In a warm oven.
Turn and shake the garment frequent
ly. When dry It will appear light and
fluffy. A sweater treated in this man
ner will never lose its shape.
Any knitted garment may be dried in
the oven, and the result will be much
more satisfactory than il dried in the
air.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-13
REFUSED TO WED CARNEGIE.
Parental Objection stopped Mar
riage with PIttsburg Girl.

Frun the New Tork Times.
Thirty-five years ago Mrs. Zslie Passa-
want Emerson. then Miss Passavant. re-
fused to marry Andrew Carnegie This
incident had been almost forgotten until
to-day, when Mrs Emerson's daughter,
Miss Zelie Emerson. now of jackson.
Mich, who enjoys a $1,000 annual income,
spoSe of having heard from her.
The Passavant family was well known
here through the founding of the Passs-
want Hospital by DR.. William Alfred Pas
savant. The Passavants lived at 1852 Cen
ter avenue, and this was the house in
which the mother OF Miss Emerson was
born. Old residents say that she would
have married Mr.. Carnegie had not
parental objection been so strong be-
cause Of religious differences.
Later Miss Passavant met Rufus Emer-
son, who was in the oil refining business.
After a short courtship they were mar
ried. and went TO the West to live.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-13
WEDS VICAR FROM WHOM
SHE ONCE RAN AWAY

order to arrange a scheme Of political
blackmail. The real prince seemed 10
have fallen for the scheme and quit his
Job. His eyes were opened, however.
and he dKulged the plot to the police
which resulted in RajceyIc's arrest
FLASEUR.
CCOpyright. 1872. BY Court Gossip syndicate.l
The Washington herald., 1912-03-13
TO THE QUESTIONS
THAT ARE ASKED BY EVERYBODY

reliable
The Washington herald., 1912-03-13
For the Porcelain Tub.

A flannel dipped in spirits OF turpen-
tine will be found very useful In cleans
ing the porcelain tub or sink. Kero-
sene will answer almost as we'll.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-13
A New Skirt.

A very new skirt has an opening in
front with a wide 1ap. the same idea
being carried out In the back seam.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-13
POEM THAT HAS HELPED

Editors NOte-Every woman II in
Nlted TO send me q copy of the poem
nearest and dearest to her heart-fhe
little verse that has given her fresh
courage in some dark hour, renewed
her hope, and upIIfted her spirit. Il
does not matter how obscure the
verses, SO long the thought con-
tained In them Is uplifting. The heart
thrOb poems sent me for this series
will be PualIshed as fast as space per-
nItE, nnd will furnish every woman
who clips and saves them n collection
she could obtain under no one book
cover. In copying your favorite poem
for the series, please write only on
one side OF the paper.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-13

place, she must send the letter back
again; II not, the boy sends it, &C.
VIII some kind reader send me a copy
OF Every Year by Albert Pike, re-
quested for the series of poems.
The Habit of Interrupting.
Martha-It is very rude to interrupt
person, and IL is distinctly bad form.
But unfortunately IL is a habit which
the young people of the present day
seem very frequently TO feel themselves
quite at liberty to practice at all times.
Nothing is more disagreeable than TO
have a person constantly breaking in
on a conversation, and nothing makes a
young girl more unpopular as unwilling
ness to give another a fair show in
talk.
II Is really a matter of habit and
frequently Is the result OF lack Of train
ing when young. or course. you know
better than to interrupt. Well. II you
do. then let me advise you to watch
yourself and he careful never to let
yourself fall into this most discourteous
and unattractive habit.
Trimming for Plain Waist.
Mrs. c. p E.-One Of the incest and
also newest trimmings for the plain en-
broidered waist is a narrow edging of
Irish crochet. This edging is applied
around the cuffs and collar and front
closing. The box plait is usually omitted
on the new waists. one side closing over
the other.
The collar and cuffs may either be
stiff or soft as both are worn now, and
the embroidery is on either side Of the
front closing.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-13

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The Washington herald., 1912-03-13

The cheaper and lighter the pan the
whittier and lighteasyour bread when you
bake In a gas range.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-13

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place, she must send the letter back
again; II not, the boy sends il, &C.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-29
DE PALMA IS STAR
FLYER DURING PRACTICE
Wishart, Wordngham and Bergdon Test Cars for Sat
urday's Big Race at Elgin

formances. Few of the pilots tried for
high speed. but merely breezed around
the course in order TO familiarize
themselves with ii. Teddy Tetzlaff.
who on the previous day had set new
speed records for the course, returned
with his Fiat seventy" and made two
or three rounds. the fastest of which
was 1888. On Tuesday Tetzlaff made
a round in sos. and expects to do
much better than that in Saturday
big speed battle.
Erwin Bergdon, winner of the Fair
mount Park road race. came out with
his powerful Benz and circled the
course three times. his best round be-
ing made in 1893. Hughie Hughes
demonstrated that his Mercer special
will be a factor to be reckoned with
by the drivers of larger and higher
powered machines. Hughes only went
| two rounds. but made one of them in
1923.
The Stutz cars appeared for their
first practice. Gil Anderson and Char
| lie Merz were the pilots. but neither
| of the drivers made any attempt at
ran we'll and indicated that they will
| make the others go to their limit to
| beat them
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-29

Ralph De Palma was the star of
yesterdays practice work by drivers
entered in the Elgin road races of
Friday and Saturday. The famous
pilot made his first appearance at the
Elgin course. but unfamiliarity with
the circuit did not prevent him from
hanging up some fast time.
De Palma took his big Mercedes
racer out of the express early in
the morning. and when practice be-
gan at IL O'Clock it found him ready
for work. He made four laps of the
eight and one-quarter mile course,
and one round was clocked In 7:15,
which is considered good in view of
the fact that early morning rain
had made the track slippery ia sew
eral spots. The Italian followed up
his good work with successive rounds
in 1929. 1876. 1922 and 1924. Then. aft
er declaring the course to be one of
the best he ever raced over, De Palma
quit for the day. He will appear again
in today's practice.
Thirteen machines and fifteen driv-
ers out of the thirty-four entries
came out for practice, and most of
them went through satisfactory per-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-08-29
WHITE SOX FALL
IN DEFEAT TWICE
Hose of Red End Eastern
Invasion of Galatians in
Disastrous Way.

Boston, Mass, Aug. ga double
defeat at the hands of the Red Sox
wound up the last eastern trip of the
White Stockings yesterday in any
thing but the proverbial blaze of
glory. Calahan's men were licked, 5
to 8, in the first half, and to the
absolute zero in the second.
The Sox left for the west last night
with an Indefinitely suspended ath-
lete in their midst in the person of
Morris Rath, who is suffering for the
deeds of an enemy named Carrigan.
In Tuesdays wrangle with westervelt,
when Weaver and Rath were chased,
Carrfgan, who was the cause of the
trouble. sat on second base and hurled
pebbles and sand at the bunch of
kicking White Sox.
One Of the larger pebbles hit West
erveIt in the back of the neck and
suspecting Rath of the murderous
deed, he reported to Ban Johnson the
attempt on his life, and back came
Ban with a Geographic suspension. I.
did not reach Westervelt until the
third inning of the first game. so aft
er a consultation with Umpire SILK