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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-10

crees arc never invioiatc where wo-
man Is concerned. and--a scufiier Is
absolutely feminine"
Taking a young widow, who is the
mother Of four babies, rs heroine,
and her scuifles with life as plot,
the author has tale unfolded which
is compounded OF wit, wisdom and
woe. courage, hope and despair, with
wisdom and courage always showing
a tendency TO neutralize the other In
gradients.
II mas been whispered that the Boil
,ngbroke Of the story is Richmond, and
That those citizans Of Richmond who
do not live on benjamin Street, where
Theodora's house was. are at least
familiar with 1t as a favorite prone
made. However that may be. and
whether or not the reader has ever
lived In Richmond or walked on
Franklin Street. no will hnd Theo-
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man for their guardian-angelship over
Theodore.
And "Calline" and "Inetta" arc real
darkies. We have all had them in our
service, and have 'scuffled" with vary
ing degrees of success to make them
stylish and efficient maids.
The children arc real children.
There is no sawdnst about those three
delightful small Dogs; nor about the
little Theodore. Sweet and gentle as
she is. she Is genuine flesh and blood.
And Cousin Gertrude" is genuine
only too genuine-and so are the feel.
ings. she arouses In poor Theodore 8
breast and in the breast of the reader.
Indeed. it is all SO genuine that.
brief as the story Is. We know the
characters that step in and out OF Its
pages as well as IL o. whole volume
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dora real flesh and blood woman
with a woman's tender, If sometimes
foolish, heart; woman's high cour-
age, no less her own if she has to
glance in her mirror occasionally to
give 1T boost; a woman's fervcnt
religion, mixed with woman's han
kering after worldly foliies; a wo-
mans devotion to her children, with
her little jealousies OF the children of
her prosperous neighbors; n woman's
ambition for her children and for her
self; a woman's hunger for love, with
Il woman's gift for remuneration.
Theodoras hoarders are real board
ers, too--the genuine article. The
bores among them are genuine bores
the pigs genuine pigs. the cats gen
uine cats--pigs and cats In human
shape. There are some real angels
In human shape, too. Miss Arabella"
and Mr.. Beverley" are no less hu-
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We arc offering SPECIAL VALUE at s.a7s; worth
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Other excellent values $500 to Ss375
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NEW WHITE GOODS

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nao been written about each of them
we lay this appealing and graphic
history of Theodore and her "scufies"
down with. a sigh, but with the COM
iorung belief that that very real, very
interesting, but perfectly detestable,
boarding house on Benjamin Street Is
about to tumble down, and that this
two Theodoras-mother and daugh-
ter-will be happy ever after
MARY NEWTON STANARD.
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light and dark grounds
No two arc alike in color and style prices range be-
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We are also showing complete line OF BLACK SWISS
- DN9ofo Tor mourning wear Sa47s $337s
we will offer tomorrow SPECIAL VALUE in TAF
FILA and MESSALINE ONE-PlECE DRESSES for
$500; worth slo75.
ne Measalines in navy black and brown with hair
line stripes the Tafeta white grounds with brown nav,
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"scnflIinR Tier Way"

"ScnniinG Her WAY,
once III while book appears
Is usually small book--so sIIca
WIN mat greatest charm a book ran
"aNs--human interest --that tho road
ef teels he has happened upon some
.hihg real" while wandering in tha
land of Make-Believe. He seizes b,s
md with surprise and delight II
draws real laughter from him and real
Tears and he feels better and wiser
i"r both experiences.
Snch was the charm OF Mar,.
Claire great, little book. which fas-
cinated first Paris. then the rest OF
The world. and which a well-known
critic has termed "a divine accident"
Sich Is tho charm OF al, that class
OF books particularly known as "hu-
man documents" and such is the
charm Of "scuh1ing Her Way" a story
by sally Nelson Robins, which came
out In three indictments in recent
masazlne-a story Of gripping inter
est. fresh and breezy ms It is human.
scuiiter lis one who struggles tn
keep that station In life in which God
mas placed her. but from which man
essays 10 Dust her" sayx the story, in
tho beginning. Happily. mans dc.
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ships that put in new light ocrtain
phases OF his character. $500
His biosrapher has rendered sig
nal service to the many who read what
he wrote and knew him only as au-
thor OF trnnscsndcnt Imagination who
painted his books and stories with such
glowing word colors as to stamp them
permanently on the mind. Miss Ken
nard has made the connection bstweon
the man and the author, by lifting the
veil from life that was largely spent
by Hcarn In alien lands. Unknown to
the world at large, possessing just a
few friends, II is since his death that
l,afcadio iearn's place In the English
world of letters has been fully accord
ed him. That the work of his latest
olographer VIII help in the rendering
of honor where honor Is due Is the best
praise that 1t deserves, and that it
will rcceivs.
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"1hc Lone Adventure
by Halliwcll Sutclinc. George II
Doran Co, Of New York. Si.35 ie,.
The subtitle OF this hook rronerty
charactertzcs 1t as romance oil a gal
liant campaign.
Ihe campaign wsS the uprising OF
La ncasier in the Stuart cause. when
honn'e Prince Charlie headed II and
but FOR the laundering, Interference nj
Lord Murray, would have ridden on 10
London and como into his own again.
MI tn stubborn loyalty of the flisb.
lhnders for the Stuarts, all the devo-
non OF tho leaders Of Lancaster, Famed
hrSt for the lighting qualities Of lis
mon and next for the beauty OF lis
women all til. grim endurance on the
i"fE marches in the going southward
ana retreatinS northward all the vail
ING Of the haSpipcs. when the note.
Of 'Thc Flowers of the Forest sound.
ca NJ hill and down dale on the Nintry
march. All the dead living stark on inc
battlefield of Culloden crowd the
phSes OF the hook and appeal to Tho
INA ''lhatinn with the appeal made nv
In ialth OF years long past. yet sill
aiiYe. in the spirit that has survived
tIen,. -
ne special art of the writer is sx
lchdcd 1T his description Of Charles
$500 '''hrl. as lender, as SOiil n
rs man among men. as "A fugitive
htSsinS the fair hand of Flora Mac.
noh"id before cmbarliing in the boa,
that Is to take him away from the Isl.
81 SKYE and set him on The path ~
sd! Fly toward France-always -oIlan,
always kinEly, always in manner and
"ea ring instinct with the Qualities
"hich led men to die in the service ,of
INC men Of his line and their rai,b
The story of the book cnnIr.,
nround the home OF Sir Jasper Ro,d
hidShongh. In Lancaster. The cIdcr
Ioh ana heir of Windyhough. Runer;
,tpy", was born wcakling. Rut he
o"no himself and came into his man
noods cStat, during the great uprising
| re proved the mcttie Of his couraro
! BESIDE the prince at Cullodon IL
"""e MIN farewell when ne went over
seas TO France Then after he b.d
hl"td in the escape of many fupjtivrs
ne ana his mother and his future wif,
io' aboard at Leith and so went "a
s"lety and happiness
| Inc cause OF tho Stuar,s Won, ,o,
i !" defeat Is the world estimat q d.
ie't' out the spirit of their cause ,ivce
! to-"ay' and thrills the hearts Of men
{ ",.n women as II did when the pin,s
! Pi"Jed their lament ovcr r,,IIo,.. -
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SPECIAL TOMORROW! $3.50 Quality
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of honor where honor Is due is the best
praise that 1t deserves, and that It
will rcceivs.
"Sister CRrric.'
BY Theodore Dresser. Harper and
Brothers, publishers. Sl.S5 net
remarkably we'll written book
The only pity of IL is that 4 writer
who has such clearness and fore, as
Theodore Dresser should care TO ex-
pend 1t In describing the evolution of
woman of the ''Sister Carrie" type.
For woman who is unfortunate be-
cause of her environment and lack OF
proper upbringinG, or who is betrayed
through her affection for an unworthy
object. there should be the charity and
consideration that is born of COM
mon and humane womanhood. But for
II woman who deliberately orders h.r
HE with reference to ease and luxury,
who chooses fine clothes, good food and
luxurious surroundings as the chief
end and aim Of existence, putting aside
honest independence as degrading and
poverty as an Ill no, to be borne. there
remain only pity and contempt. The
desire of Sister Carrie for something
that came TO her as gift of the men
whom she could influence. the things
that they represented to her OF what
she considered to be the easeful and
beautiful phase of existence. is n desire
that every woman recognizes as an
influence for evil and impulse not 20
be tempered with for an instant.
That A man should elect 10 fill 8
book with the sordd details of what
Sister Carrie did and said yestcr-
day and the next day is n matter Of
amazemcnt. That any man or woman
possessed OF literary and intellectual
n, q tny, oh Il
book is another natter of amazement
Why should any one wish to know how
such n woman, self-ccntrcd and self
seeking from the beginning. threw
aside one man when she had gone
sufficiently beyond him to perceive the
coarseness of his calihrc. and another.
when h. had become too poor to give
her the things her nature cruved and
demanded as her due?
Surely in this moncy-lovinS Amer.
lea enough is daily known and seen Of
the greed of grain. without anaJyzing
It's power in fiction. Surely Tie kind
of woman who expands Simply I'm an
atmosphere Of aduiation and applause,
wherein fine clothes and Jewels arc in
dispcnsable factors, is not til. Kind to
he exploited as heroine by an au-
thcr who knows his profession as Mr..
Dresser does
For Theodore Dresser has ability Of
nigh order. None reading his books
can doubt that. But whether sister
Carrie housckceps iii Chicago or a
New York apartment, or whether she
ioiicws the upward trend OF hiSal:,
successful actress, she is not n healthy
tyre TO consider from any point of view
she Is too entirely prcduct of tho
period in which she lives, period moro
ana more lacking In cheerful accep-
tancA of the Ills as we'll as tho bless.
inss Of life, in meeting poverty with
brave heart. and accepting work with
spirit that makes II seem not d nee
esst'y, hut an answer to q real need
AMI purnosc in life.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-01-11
= =
= MUSCULAR SEOTH AND y
x CONSTIPATION =
BY w. c. Cotton.

BY W. c. Cotton.
There are many cases of chron-
ic constipation that are due to
mere muscular sloth. The vic
tim lets his whole system Sag"
the contents of his abdominal
cavity in particular. His abdom-
inal muscles stretch and frow lax.
In vulgar parlance, he becomes
pot bellied."
: The cure for this kind of con-
stipation is exercise. Get busy
on a; course of physical culture.
Especial care should be paid to
strengthening the muscles of the
abdomen. This is done by bend
ing, combined, with deep breath
ing Try touching your toes
with your fingers (without bend
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-01-11
ing your knees) so times a day.
AT the same time breathe deeply
and SLOWLY
THE FARCE PLAYED OUT

The significance of the mar
velous growth of the independent
or non-partisan spirit in munich
palities cannot be overestimated.
The farce of conducting local
elections on national issues is
played out, and it is mighty
hopeful sign for the future that
men everywhere are beginning to
look at political facts with their
eyes instead of their prejudices.-
r c Cook
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31

What can I do with my last years
gown? Is the question that scores Of
women are asking themselves at this
time Of year, for even dainty frocks from
last season have a way of looking be-
hind the times when pulled out from the
cedar chest.
Fortunately. however. the fashions for
the new season are such that any num-
Der of ways of renovating last years
gown can be evolved.
Kimono sleeves cut of Just below the
shoulder and with a new bottom with
quaint little pun undersleeves will
transform a waist, while the bIb-like fin
ish in the front, combined of lace and
satin. will be found fashion both new
and attractive.
Make Fichus for Frock.
II such a finish for the frock is not
practical, and the dress is simple of de-
sign, why not make one Of the new and
lovely fchus that not only finish the
shoulders, but cross in the front and are
carried around under the arms. ending
in a wide sash-like finish at the back
that gives a. quaint high-waisted effect
and a charming touch to any plain gown.
Still another method OF making over
is the use Of the new coates of tafreta
or lace, which are excellent to make, not
only for a spring frock, but to wear
with lingerie gowns for the coming
summer.
II the coat is of taffeta and is to be
worn with a cloth dress a vest OF frills
Of lace should be made to wear with II,
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
THE GOLF COAT IS
POPULAR IN ENGLAND

The golf coat known to sporting women
for the last six years or more has but
lately become so distinctly popular in
England. the land from which We get
our sporting fashions and fsds. that the
modist outfit of to-day is considered in
complete without one handmade wrap of
wool.
These coats are either long or short.
single or double breasted. and although
they are warm and comfortable in ma
chine knitted qualities. the woman who
cTochets or knits as a recreation will
find no more attractive work and no
more satisfying result than in these hand
made wooden coats.
The last touch to this excellent style
has been found In a Norfolk jocket shape
knitted Of worsteds to match the dark
tweed skirt.
The separate pieces of a Norfolk
Jacket or a coat should be made in what
ever stitch desired, and then Joined to-
gether with crochet stitch, so that an
elastic seam Is obtained.
Stained feathers are used for belt, col
lar, cuffs. and buttons for these golf
coats, and the colors of both leather and
yarn vary from olive or bottle green TO
russell and even old rose.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
Sensible Laundry Bag.

A laundry bag can be worked out in
bilious pinks or greens, or in delicate and
perishable colors, defeating its own end,
or it can be Of restful shade of tan,
trimmed with golden brown. and en-
broidered with the initials Of the own
er in plain block letters.
Gray crash with Chinese blue forms
n pleasing contrast, and gray with black
and pale yellow is capable of being
worked into large, effective designs
Golden brown linen with dark brown
and yellow accents is a sensible color
scheme for a laundry bag.
The construction of the bag is ex-
tremely simple, with dust-catching frills
and furbelows eliminated and a COM
Portable roominess insured
II should be washable, and of a ma
terial that is loosely woven. so that air
can be freely admitted. These points
anent color, size, and material are wor-
thy Of your thought If you have the
shaping of this little accessory in mind
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
QUESTION OF MAKING
OVER LAST YEARS GOWN

while ruchings Of taffeta may be used as
a finish about the bottom of the skirt.
II the gown to be made over Is for even
ing, however, O coatee OF lace or net
finished with rufies or bands Of satin
may be used. broad apron-like panels
of the lace running down the front and
back of the skirt from above the waist
line, finishing q costume dainty enough
for any occasion with but a small outlay
Of money.
Panels Of lace edged with corded bands
of taffeta trim many OF the imported
gowns this year. and these two may be
used to make over a frock of last spring,
Not Much Change in the Fashions-
There is, however. so little change in
the general trend Of fashions that unless
a dress actually needs making over It
is wisest not to cut into the goods. es-
peciaIly n Il fits and sets well, for that
is the real secret OF a stylish gown,
and, once achieved, the rest is easy.
The slightly high waistline will still
be seen on the lighter gowns, while lit
tie boleros, cutaway coats, and fichu will
reign as a finish TO the frocks, the XII
mono sleeve. however. having given place
to a slightly bell-like sleeve made with
a long shoulder. the bottom part OF the
sleeve being set In without fullness be-
meath a tiny tuck. piping Of cording OF
color or a bit of ruching.
OF the laces used this season and which
will be called upon for use IN renovating
the gowns, filet, Irish carrickmacross. and
the limitations Of old designs will be
most in favor, scant founces OF them
finishing many Of the new skirts.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31

As usual, the dIctators are not content
with the continuance of a style that is
generally adoped for evening wear.
They. with ruthless disregard for our
purses, have decreed that a departure
from the straight bandeau Of metallic
lace, tapestry, or jeweIed ribbon is now
in order.
The Powered wreath is the latest form
for the evening couture. Soft silver or
gold tissue is the material to be used
to make the petals of the glistening
FORMS
Metallic ribbon Of the thinness Of
gauze can be used. and prevents the
nerve-racking fraying of the edges Of
the material with which you are work.
ing. Fold the strips, and, beginning at
one end, sew in quick running stitches
a series of pointed lines, first up to the
folded edge, then down to the double
edge. Draw the thread as you proceed,
and the petals will be there in any re-
quired number. Twist these In a flower
like form and fasten together. The tiny
yellow stamens can be purchased at the
milliner's, and when added to the center
of each flower give an attractive touch.
These golden daisies should then be
sewn upon a narrow ribbon or strip OF
gauze, the band just long enough 70 en-
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
Burnt Sugar Cake.

Take one-haIf cup sugar. burn black.
then add one-half cup Of boiling water.
boil till like molasses. For the cake take
one-hah cup butter. dreamed, one and
one-haf cups sugar, yolks Of two eggs,
one cup water. two cups -four, all beaten
for hve minutes. Then take three tea
spoons OF burnt sugar, one teaspoon va
nilla. one-half cup -four with two tea
spoons baking powder. last add the
whites of two eggs. Bake in hot oven.
Frosting: One cup sugar. one-half cup
milk. one teaspoon burnt sugar. Boil
together till stiff Ia cold water. Beat
Ill ready to spread
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
THE PROPER USE OF
HOOKS AND EYES
The Eye Is Rarely Used in Fine
Work.

The pitiable novice in the sewing room
never knows anything about the nook
and eye, notwithstanding the amount
that has been learned about this pro-
voking little piece OF wire.
Let US begin. for her. with the small
est of all. They are No. o, and their
use is confined. firstly. to collars; sec
ondly, Jokes of net or lace. and. thirdly.
to the hooking over of lace flowers or
leaves on certain elaborate creations 70
bring about q perfect smoothness.
The No o hook is a very tiny affair
indeed, and to prevent its turning over
its two eyelets should be spread apart
with the scissors tip before they are
sewed fast.
This spreading process applies TO
every other size as well. and serves also
to make more shallow a great many
hooks and eyes when the hem space Is
too narrow for long ones.
The eye is rarely used in nice work.
and when necessary for frmness. the
invisible eye is chosen. This is, at times.
embroidered over; and, again, In its
stead, there is used a tiny brass ring,
embroidered in buttonhole stitch. II
may be more readily worked after II has
been sewed In place. The ordinary but
tonhoIed loop Is more frequent than the
others. and the old-fashioned eye-a
wicket-shaped affair. that usually re-
veaIed itself when IL should have re-
manned concealed-is now discarded.
Best Hooks for Yoke..
Nos. 1 and 2 are good yoke and bodice
hooks, and when the vent of a skirt is
carefully made, so that IT does not strain
and gap. a very small hook proves more
desirable.
Two No. hooks. with invisible eyes,
are better on skirt bands than one be-
roic-siZed hook that presses into the
spinal column.
When the shirt waist and skirt are
Joined in this rather primitive but most
successful way. the three hooks on the
skirt should be No. SIS, but the eyes
(wicket-shape0 on the skirtband may be
quite large.
cept on cloth capes and coats. where
they are placed with a view to conceal
ing all except the goosebiIl, and their
eyes are usually a loop of tubular braid
or silk cord sewn along the extreme
edge OF the other side OF the garment.
How do We sew these fasteners on?
Well. very frequently with thread. Very
coarse thread where strength is required
and finer thread on sheer materials. be-
cause silk allows the hook or eye to
slip.
Thread must positively be used for
fastening the hook to a lace surface.
because silk stitches, in this case, are
always evident, and wax is the warmest
friend OF the hook-and-eye specialist
Rubbed on the thread. wax will tend to
hold the thread in place until a firm fas-
tening is accomplished. 1t is nervous
work at best. and calls forth every pos
sible suggestion that may help the busy
woman.
To facilitate the finishing OF a gown
and to avoid unnecessary work. these
fasteners may be placed further apart
wherever there is no strain, and to save
time in the fitting process they may
be sewed on as soon as the line of fas-
tening has been determined. Remove
them from the card with a sharp knife.