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The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
SMART HATS ARE MADE
OF SOFT FRENCH FELT

The newest thing In the way OF q
sports hat Is the very soft French felt,
which is being shown IN many different
shades II has a round crown and a sortly
turned-up brim bound with black Eins
ribbon A popular trimming for this
style OF hat Is a couple of ornaments
worked In wool. placed one above ths
other to hold the brim In place. This
hat comes well down over the hair. and
IL very serviceabls for wear IN the coun-
try. There are also smart sports hats
OF the widsavaks description, made ot
suede and decorated with leather cords
and tassels. Similar hats are to be OBJ
taIned in vslveteen Of beautiful are
shades, blues and purplss being favortts
colors
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
Good Rules for All the Year.

Live for the higher life
Seek the sunshine and draw others
into the light with you.
Speak the kind word and do the kind
deed.
Remember that another day Is given
70 Us and determine that the new day
be as bright as we have wished that the
old one might have been
And remember that no one ever re-
GREETED doing kind deed. speaking =
kind word, or seeking 70 brightoa -.
Life Of anothar.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
TWO NEW WAYS OF
USING PEARLS

The new way is 10 use the pearls at
tached at the sides to the turban or to
the filet that is worn round the hair,
and having done so TO let the loops fall
under the chin in graduated lengths. the
last one reaching TO the waist. This plan
is certainly most impressive in effect.
but to the majority OF women a second
method would probably appeal as, a more
practical device.
1t is to fasten the pearls at the back
Of the corsage. where the bodice is cut
in V for evening wear, under a very
handsome ornament, and to bring them
over the shoulders TO be weighted by a
medallion or richly jeweled pendant.
This is a good plan for reception or
for wear In the stalls at the opera, but
not in a box. where the display would be
half hidden,
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
pnmnkin Chips.

Eight pounds of pumpkin cut thin and
rather small pieces. four lemons, sliced
very thin, 5 cents worths Of ginger
foot. nve pounds OF granulated sugar.
Put this all together and let stand all
night. Next day boil II four hours. then
take from stove. let stand until cold, put
in Jelly glasses, and cover with parsran-
This is especially good az breakfast. as
II makes an inexpensive and very pAla-
table rnarrnalade.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
NEWS NOTES OF SUFFRAGE
MOVEMENT HERE AND ABROAD

en- were doing nine-tenths Of the work
Of the church, the present situation with
regard to their vote on matters which so
intimately and obviously concerned them
was really scandalous.
In France a bill has been introduced TO
grant municipal suffrage TO women. and
a petition for giving them the parlia-
mentary vote has been accepted by the
committee of the chamber. Two hundred
and forty members of Parliament have
pledged themselves to the measure
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
From Mothers Cook Book.

old-fashioned Fried cakes''-Cream
two tabIespoonfuls OF sweet lard with .
cupful OF sugar and add to this one cup
full of milk. a teaspoonful Of mixed Gin
namon and nutmeg, two well-beaten
eggs, three teaspoonfuls Of baking pow
der, and -four 10 make q soft dough.
Roll out. cut into shapes, FRY, and
sprinkle with fine sugar.
Sour Cream Crullsrs-Crean third OF
a cupful of butter with a heaping cupful
OF sugar and add a beaten egg. Whip
all together well, put in a half cupful OF
sour cream and TO this add two cupfuls
Of -four with which has been sifted twice
a scant teaspoonful OF baking soda Add
enough flour to make stif dough. roll
out and cut into suitable shapes.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21

The popularity Of the little velvet or
silk bunch of flowers for the eorsase.
with beautifully chosen colors-oright
ones or weary ones together only in
one bunch-has led 10 the fashion
abroad OF another sort OF little posy.
They are choosing punches OF sweet
meat flowers for the table, and very pref
ty these are and quite easy to make.
You get green-covered wire and a
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21

sign on the centerpiece to reveal the
bright color underneath. For example.
wild rose centerpiece. stamped in q
rather conventional design on gray linen.
has the five petals Of the roses under
laid with pink linen and the leaves with
green linen. The work is not difficult.
and Is extremely effective. The under
lying linen is basted on directly under
the portions Of the stamped patterns
which are 10 show the color.
The edge OF the pattern is then en-
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
Tomato soup.

Take three quarts of stock and let IL
come to a boil; add 10 IT one can of
tomatoes, or its equivalent in fresh
tomatoes. half cuptul OF rice, ana boiI
from one and a half to rwo hours. when
the rice Is thoroughly done add a Iump
Of butter the size OF an egg, season with
pepper and salt and tablespoonful OF
sugar.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21
COLOGNE water.

The following recipe for cologne water
Is highly recommended: Mix together one
dram Of oil OF lavender. one dram Of OIL
Of berEamot. two drains OF oil Of lemon.
two drams OF oil OF rosemary, nifty drops
Of tIncture Of musk. eight drops Of oil Of
cinnamon. eight drops OF oil Of cloves.
and Z pint Of alcohol
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21

for II does not speak to me alone Of the
growing desire OF the sex TO keep abreast
of the worlds work. but OF a still more
splendid tribute to the one woman whose
inspirational service TO 5000 other women
marks a splendid chapter in the growth
OF woman's interest
Since the beginning OF her public work,
classes have been formed without Miss
Richards solicitation. and in each in
stance she has been asked to show them
how the history OF the world is made.
These classes could be multiplied beyond
the handling OF any woman had the
noted lecturer but a dozen personalities
with as many sets Of brains to conduct
them, but there must be time from her
paid classes for a great many lectures
which she gives for charity, or otherwise
gratuitously, and for the yearly trip she
makes to the countries across the big
creek.
Believes In Votes for Women.
Last summer she was at The Hague
during the peace conferences. and made
a personal investigation Of woman suf-
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21

Lady Aberdeen, in an address before
the public health congress of Great Brit
ain, declared that in order to popularize
any great movement and bring 1t back
into the habits and homes Of the people
It must have the support Of women or 1t
will fall
The names of Susan B. Anthony, Betsy
Ross, Clara Barton, May Arkwright
Hutton, and other prominent women Of
history, as well as many now living, both
local and national, are 10 be perpetuated
in the State of Washington by having
voting precincts named after them in
various cities.
Mrs. Blankenburg, wife of the mayor
of Philadelphia, says: II have lived TO
see the women OF Pennsylvania become
owners of their property and their own
clothes; I have lived to see them partial
owners Of their own babies; have lived
TO see them able to collect their own
wages and write their own checks, and
hope TO live TO see them become full
citizens and people in the eyes of the
law"
The women Of Persia are joining in ths
national demonstrations against Russia
They have organized professions, and
women speakers have appeared IN the
mosques and addressed meetings in the
public squares. II Is reported that they
are doing their utmost to enforce the
anti-suffrage boycott by smashing the
windows Of shops where Russian goods
are sold and compelling men to remove
Russian collars.
Many Of the theaters in California are
using slides showing the women casting
their ballots at the recent elections. This
Is being done in support Of the amend
ment granting the franchise TO women
which the snti-suffragists are attempting
10 have revoked.
The bill enabling women to become
members Of county and borough councils
IN Ireland has passed both the House Of
Commons and of Lords. This Is the sec
ond act Of Parliament which the Irish
Woman Suffrage Association has sue
ceeded in putting through
The Bishop Of Oxford. England. at the
representative church council few days
ago. made a motion TO include the votes
Of women in the elections of representa-
tivss IN various church conferences. He
Addsd that In view Of the fact that wom-
The Washington herald., 1912-01-21

The Bishop Of Oxford. England. at the
representative church council a few days
ago. made a motion TO include the votes
Of women in the elections of representa-
tivss IN various church conferences. He
Addsd that In view of the fact that wom-
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and as a result we have had some sur
prising work. The outputs of the steam
shovels have been doubled. and a single
shovel has excavated about, 1000 cubic
yards in one day. while another has
record of having loaded more than S.
600 cubic yards in one month. That first
shovel did the work of over 600 men
Now when ii is remembered that we have
something like 100 shovels on the 18TH
mus you can see how much 1t means
that all should work well Altogether
the shovels alone represent a force equal
to the labor of forty or fifty thousand
men. and the same is true of other great
machines on the isthmus. such as the
track shutters and spreaders, each of
which does the work of hundreds.
Indeed, the amount of labor saved at
Panama by the use of machinery is enor-
nous. Uncle Sam is doing nothing that
he can get steam, electricity or COM
pressed air to do. and he finds that it
pays. Scientific studies are made of
blasting and drilling. and the men know
Just where to use and where to save
dynamite. In connection with the steam
Shovels, the government employs seven
/ or eight hundred men in drilling and
blasting. II the work were done by hand
it would have to have two or three thou
sand men and would use about three
times the amount of explosives. The track
shutters and spreaders. which are han
died by three white men and six labor
ers, can move more than a mile of track
in a day, and they can spread down an
eighteen-foot dump 10 wide road of
nine feet 1t is estimated that the nine
men so working are equal to a gang OF
600. which would need nine foremen to
handle them. The Lidgerwood unload
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Uncle Sans Canal Will Cost Four Hundred Million Dollars

ferent places all over the Canal Zone. and
IL one part Of tho work goes much ahead
or behind the others in cost that part 10
Investigated and the reasonsis known.
A great many have wondered that there
has not been some scandal connected
with the canal purchases. They cannot
see how 100000. 600 can pass through the
itching palms OF thousands Of weak. ava
ricious human beings without large per
centage sticking thereto. Indeed. IL
would be risky We're IL not for the safe
guards. Uncle Sam has his purchases
well watched. and there Is an army or
detectives always on the outlook for
frauds. One great protection is the
method by which purchases are made.
This provides that every contract Tor
WORK or materials TO the amount Of 81 .0a
or over can be awarded only after bids
and then only 70 the lowest bidder. The
bids are made upon plans and specifica-
tons and upon accurate descriptions q ;
to the machinery and material OF which
the goods are composed. Every bidder
has to send in a bond with his bid or
certified check of not less than IL per
cent of its amount for his faithful carry
ing out of the same If IL should be ac-
cepted, and IL he backs out he loses this
money. and if he starts and fails TO COM
plete the work he is liable for damages
Bidding of this kind is done as 10 small
contracts as well to large ones.
have before me the circular which gives
the proposals for the great lock gates
which 1t will be remembered were awarded
to Pittsburgh parties at a cost of over five
million dollars. 1t fills many pages and II
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that Of another Uncle Sam knows II. and
his books show Just how much the
cement and sand in each yard OF that
concrete cost. 1t is the same with the
dredges and with every bit of machinery,
even to the oil used In greasing the same.
The cost of excavation per cubic yard Is
figured out to the hundredths of a cent,
and the variations from month to month
are estimated. This is. per cubic yard OF
work done, and Ii shows just what we
are getting out of the men and machines.
Take for instance, the Gatun locks. |
am looking at the records OF last year
During the months of July, August and
September the average cost, per cubic
yard. of work there was little over
s.. % In September II was about 50. in
August almost So and in July only little
over g.
This was made up of items like the fol-
lowing: Cost of drilling, 30 cents; blast
ing. % cents; loading by power. ; cents,
by hand. a. cents: track transportation.
81 cents; tracks, one cent: division eN-
pense. IL cents: and so on, making up the
total that l have given. | would say,
however. that / have only quoted the
calculations is carried out to the hun
dredths of cent.
When you divide a cent into hundred
parts and make your calculations on a
Job of four hundred million dollars you
are getting things down to a pretty fine
point. But this is done as to everything.
In each cubic yard on the Atlantic. where
the dredging costs 10 cents. they know
to this fraction of cent just what the
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Sam receiving the worth of his money?
The job is not cheap. and nevertheless
Uncle Sam is getting the worth of his
money. He Is getting more than any
other great company or government has
had for similar work. Let me give some
comparative figures. When the French
started this canal in 1879, 1T was planned
to build it at sea level and at cost of
$40 oO0. 600 The first company con-
tinued it's work for ten years. after which
time ii became bankrupt. In that time
it spent s26O.0OO,OO0 and excavated about
90. 100000 yards Of earth and rock, so that
the average cost of digging was about 81
a yard.
Uncle Sam, with all his preliminaries in
the way of sanitation and getting ready
for work has been on the job less than
eight years and at the end Of last Feb
ruary he had taken out over 100000, OO0
cubic yards of earth and rock. He has
been able to use little less than 10000
600 yards of the French digging and has
now total excavation all told of little
more than 20O0OO.O0O cubic yards with
something like 20,OOO.0OO yet to dig.
The French cost. as I have shown, was
81 a yard. Uncle Sans cost was at
one time 81 yard, but it has been stead
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cost OF the use Of the pipe lines is. They
know the repairs of the dredges. the cost
Of operation Of the dredges. the cost of
sthe tugs. the cost of the barges, the rock
breakers. of the big boats and the little
boats and of everything that can possi-
bly, enter into that work.
On that division there are fourteen diff
ferent items which form part of the
unit cost of getting one cubic yard of
earth out of the sea and landing IL and
the total cost is only a. little over 10 cents.
In addition to this is the administration
and general expense account, which is a
little more than cent and which must
be added
In getting out stone from the quarries.
the stripping, drilling, blasting, loading,
transportation. tracks, power and main
tenance Of equipment are taken into ac-
count, and in the concrete comes the
sand stone, cement, the mixing and other
things Similar work ds going on In diff
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10000 means. Suppose you had to earn
il and your wages were s. day no"
long would II take? 1t would take
1oooo0 600 days. or more than 100000
wears The history of man goes back
only 5000 years, and you would have had
10 work one hundred times the life OF
this world as far as history IS concerned
10 have done this job
Four hundred million dollars. Suppose
il were all in silver coins. such as are
now paid to the men who are doing the
digging. What pile and wha. a weight.
one thousand such dollars equal fifty
FIVE pounds, and the whole sum would
weigh in round numbers twenty-five mil
lion pounds. or eleven thousand tons. At
a ton to the wagon it would be enough
10 load a train of two-horse teams, max
ing single file over sixty miles of road
way, and the noses of each team might
rest on the tailboard of the wagon in
front of il.
Indeed it IS a soodly sum, Where has
1t gone? And is Uncle Sam getting the
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is accompanied by designs which show
just what the locks must be. The pro-
visions state how the steel must be
made, how tested, what the constituent
elements of each part must be and also
such an infinite number of details and
provisions that a full page of this news
paper would not contain them all.
After such contracts are made the gov
eminent sends it's scientists and engineers
to the various shops to watch the con-
struction and to see that all the details
of the contract are carried out. These
men make chemical and other tests from
time to time. They assay the metals
which 90 into the various parts and meas
ure to the thousandth of inch every
piece of the machinery The least varia-
ton may destroy a contract and the re-.
suit is that Uncle Sam usually gets what
he orders, although the contractor may
go bankrupt in furnishing the same. /,
FRANK G. CARPENTER. ;
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Ike age or n1teen, mas just Deen MADE
colonel OF the 14th Regiment of Lancer<,
one of the crack Russian organizations,
BY her peace-loving father. Tatlana's
birthday does not roll around until the
10Th of this month, but so anxious was
she TO don the smart uniform of her new
position that fond Nicholas could not re-
sist her pleadings to advance the appoint
ment Whereupon both Tatiana and her
elder sister We're photographed together
arrayed in all their regimental trappings.
Curiously enough. il was the grand
mother of the two Russian grand duch-
esses upon whom the incongruous honor
OF colonel OF a regiment was first be-
slowed When Princess Charlotte o.
Prussia, sister OF King Frederick William
". married Car Nicholas I. the German
ruler gave the Russian autocrat a COM
mission as colonel IN his famous 9Th Regi-
ment of Cuirassiers. The cars Prus-
sian wife was passionately fond of mill
tary show and glitter. and attended most
OF the reviews with her husband. riding
al his side a. stTaiSh. and erect a. The
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At the SeaSh0re.

MISS ELEANORA SEARS is as witty
1V1 as she is athletic, and Boston has
recently been smiling at one OF her
'.mots."
Miss Sears. so the story runs. was dis
cussing at tea the strange, softening
effect upon the heart that the seashore
seems TO occasion.
This effect was amazingly brought
out" she said, at Coronado Beach in
March. There was a house party there.
including six young men and six girls
You'd hardly believe it. but
Miss Sears smiled archly.
You'd hardly believe IL, she said.
but on their departure from Coronado
there were thirty-six engagements in the
party"
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EIFTY Royal Princesses
I and Grand Duchesses
Who Are Colonies of the
Crack Regiments of Ger
many, Russia and Other
Countries-Close Upon 90, 900
Troops, in Theory at Least,
at Their Beck and Call-Ap-
pointment of Grand Duchess
Tatiana, at the Age of Fiji
teen, to the Command of
Russian Regiment, Makes
Her the Youngest Petticoated
Colonel in the World-The
Russian Czarina Leads No
Less Than Four Moscovite
and One Prussian Organiza-
tion-How the Kaiser Keeps
His Amazons Up to the Mark.
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PRINCESS VICTORIA LOUISE REGIMENTALS.
of

adventures, she was highly delighted
when she received her commission as
colonel in the I'd Silesian Dragons.
Mounted upon her black charger, her
head topped by the great black plume OF
her regimental hat, she never misses an
opportunity Of leading her men.
When thine Grand Duchess Of Mecklen-
burR.Schwerin, mother OF the German
crown princess, rides forth as colonel
OF the I'd Mecklenburg Dragons she looks
for all the world like some warrior of
many campaigns. For. in addition to
her bright uniform, she wears, stretching
across her breast, a collection of medals
and decorations that Kaiser William him.
self would find 1t difficult to match. There
are crosses, and stars and medals and
ribbons and sashes of many climes and
countries. Unfortunately for her military
record, these dforations were not won
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worth of his money! These are some of
the matters / have been looking into this
week. have gone over the canal work
and hunted for leaks, and have also made
notes of some places where Uncle Sam
Is using the principle of scientific man
agenent and modern economy. l had
look at the books in the administration
building here at Culebra and with the
clerks have gone over the ledgers to learn
how Uncle Sam counts the cost and TO
show YOU what has already been spent
and what We must spend in the future
But first let me satisfy you as TO the
total. President Taft and Col Goethais
have estimated the cost of the canal at
1913, 100000. In one way they are right
but there are other items which will
amount 10 at least So. O00, 600 more. These
nual sum we pay Panama. and the forti-
ffcations. The first estimate of the cost
of the latter was S19,O0o,OOO and Congress
has now cut ii down to S12c0O.c00 q
have already spent more than $4,000"
and we will run up to $4,000. 600 before
we get through. Moreover, We have agreed
TO pay Panama $4,000 year. beginning
with nine years after the treaty ny
which we took the canal Eight years
have already gone. and a year from now
we will be spending that quarter of
million, which VIII be a fixed charge upon
the Treasury for all time to come. Two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars is the
annual interest on more than six mil
that six millions and add it to the cost
of the canal. And you have the
twenty-five millions without going far
Their. making. as / have said, a total OF
four hundred millions.
Now let us see where the money has
gone. We shall first take 1t in the
rough We spent $4,000. 900 at the start
to get control of the canal property. The
French company received $4,000. 900 for
its rights and the work it had done and
Panama got s1O.O0O.oOo for the Canal
Zone and other rights. Then we began
to clean up the canal. to organize the
work and to dig. We spent less than
81 ,0Oo.o0 in 1904, the year we bought the
canal We paid out about s5OOO,O00 in
19o5 s11 oOO,O 600 in 1905. s21 600 600 in 1907
and from then on have steadily Increased
until we are now spending millions
month. BY the Both of June next we
shall have used up the total appropria-
lions so far made by Congress, and they
now equal the vast sum of S293, $50, So l6
AT the beginning of this year We had al
ready expended more than $3.50. 600, 900
and the remaining So. 100000 is the cost
of the current six months.
Is the job a cheap one and is Uncle