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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14
By VIDA SUTTON.

Today we are visiting Les Cantines
Maternelles. They are the dining
foems where nursing or expectan'
mother may get two free meals daily,
with ne questions asked
Every poor district In Paris has such
q canteen, and we 60 from one end OF the
city 20 the other In our visits. The first
and oldest Of such places 10 in the Mont
martre, a short walk from the Sacre-
Occur, It was started seven years ago.
and IL no doubt largely responsible for
the healthy-looking children in its popu-
lous and miserable neighborhood. From
II O'Clock to 6 there Is a continuous line
ia and from its doors, and its rather
small dining room Is never empty. 1t is
the DUAL Hotel de Vile. not far from
Notre Dame and on La Rue Gutenberg
In the west
Perhaps the most crowded and poorest
looking mothers are to be seen in La Rue
Lahlre. In the south. This very popular
canteen IL a short walk from the Place
du Jeanne dsArc. All sorts and eondi-
tians Of mothers are to be seen there
moor girls. OF sixteen or seventeen, on
heir own resources, abandoned by a
lover, perhaps. and who. but for the hu-
mainly OF the canteen. would starve or
be driven to the streets. Sweated work
ora from the shops, mothers Of large fam
lilies. wives of men who drink. workers OF
ali kinds throng in and out. And for all
their poverty they are cheerful lot. The
dining room is beautifully white-walls.
tables, chairs-everything. On the door
outside, just above the sign Of the can
teen, is a charming picture OF mother
with a child at her breast. The women
come in as II into their own home, with
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MOTHERS CANTEENS IN PARIS

their names and take their places. That
Is the extent of the formaities.
With Nine. Siegfried, the president Of
charge. We visit the newest and most
modern canteen. 1t r in the ex-
IRENE north. near the Gid wall. in the
Batignolle, not far from Port ST. Odeon,
on the Boulevard Bessieres In addition
to the dining room and coy, tiny kitchen
there Ia a consultation room and free
consultation at certain hours. 1t is
poor district though not SO wretched as
La Rue Lahire neghborhood. The women
are needle workers chiefly. and at
wretched pay-thirty-iiye centimes day
q cents).
The ''well-to-do'' have carts and sell
fish or garden stuff and fruit. In their
blue aprons, black shawls and wooden
shoes. with their attractively laden carts,
they are picturesquely grouped along the
streets. But the poor needle workers sit
all day in their tiny holes. bent over me
embroidery or stitching. II is these We
see In the Canteen Bessieres.
what do you know of them OF their
lves?" we asked.
Nothing at ALL" replies Nine: seg-
babies and are hungry. There are only
mothers in the canteen. The bond be-
tween US Is the child The healthy chill
dren we are giving the state Is the an
swer. We are saving the children for
France. The hungry mother is hungry
for two The object Of our federation Is
to extend the system over France. that
there may be In the whole republic no
hungry mothers. The government recog-
ntxes the Importance Of the work. and
gives to each canteen a thousand francs
yearly. We do not think public money
could be better spent France has set the
example for all other countries. We were
first. Berlin, London and Dublin fol-
lowed II Is our hope that the world will
follow There Is no better place to begin
social uplift
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Some Cautious!

Heard on a Capitol car the other MORN
ing: A lady was talking to Senator Will
liams about the secretiveness OF some of
the secretaries of public men.
"A friend OF mine went one day to see
the private secretary of Mr.. Aldrich,
when he was senator from Rhode Is
land" she said. ~ would like to get
little information. asked my friend of
the young man who sat pounding the
typewriter.
THAT Is impossible responded the
secretary. The senator Is out Of the
city and I can give nothing out while
he is gone
But, insisted my friend. I only wish
to ask what are Senator Aldrichs ini-
tials?'
.'The secretary pondered a while.
pulled down the shade. coughed slight
ly and after much hesitancy replied:
4 do not care. my dear sir. to answer
that question. l will be obliged to re-
fer you to the senator himself tor such
information
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A Bad impression.

BISHOP BLOEGRAM. discussing in
- Stroudsburg the case OF q clergyman
who had been caught demonstrating.
said;
I'VE should always be ourselves. We
should never accept secretly outside aid.
Even when this aid Is innocent. it is apt
to do US harm. Like Gladstones case.
you know.
Once. when Gladstone was very old. he
was travelling, and at every station the
people in hordes insisted on shaking his
hand. AS Gladstone was in poor health.
this began to weaken him considerably.
so a secret service man knelt beside
Gladstone. and from beneath Gladstones
rug shook hands with the people through
the window one by one.
This scheme worked very well. indeed,
Gladstone's strength was restored, but his
admirers, after their false handshake.
would comment after this fashion:
'Hain't the old man got a hand7
Goodness. what a grip!'
Aye another would hiss. but did ye
notice his pails?'"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14

sioner Philander p. Claxton In this
bureau there has come to light. per-
haps. the best work OF all-education
of women who for some reason or an.
other have not been able to avail them.
selves of the advantages of the public
schools: At the present time there are
about 100000. people in the United
States who are unable to read and
write.
The bureau OF education interested IT.
self in the education of the mothers OF
mountain districts. through the pleas
that came from Mrs Cora Wilson Stew.
art, who is now conducting an educa.
tional campaign under the bureaus
auspices.
Women who are good housewives,
splendid mothers, coming from a stock
that is distinctly and essentially
American, have been brought into the
night schools-"moonlight schools" as
they are called. At first they are shy,
but gradually they realise that by
reading and writing they will be able
to benefit their children. Then. slowly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14

Evening came-a hot July day-ahu W
Purdy laboriously squeezed himself INTO
some evening clothes and went arounu
to the Lands domicile. MRS. Lahois
seemed surprised, but welcomed MN ana
finally asked him in to dinner. Inc
guest found that he was not expected
and that Mr.. Lands was not at home.
Mrs. Lands and Mr.. Purdy went into
the hotel dining room, and had just begun
their dinner, when Mr.. Lands appeared
i'm the door. II they expected him to be
chagrined and penitent they were disaD-
pointed.
why. Milton" he said. advancing to
ths guests chair, "you didn't think !
meant 1t. did your"
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H{1UNDER The Biz WHITE DOME[Ev

Pointer now in the upper house. Senator
pired March 4, was the only other West
Pointer who has been elected to the Sem
ate for several years. Du Pont achieved
distinction in the civil war as an artillery
officer. and is medal of honor man.
Over on the House side Hobson Of Ala
bama is the only Naval Academy man in
that body since Weeks promotion. Weeks
graduated in the famous class of 1881 at
the Naval Academy, served two years be-
fore resigning and was also a volunteer
officer in the Spanish war. Hobson who
was one of the heroes Of that war. grad
uated in 1859 and resigned from the serv-
ice in 1903. There is not a single West
Pointer in the House.
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The Better Name.

CHARLES FROHMAN was talking in
~ New York about his plans for the
winter.
II hoped that George Alexander would
come over" said Mr.. Frohman "Alexan-
der is, Of his type. the best actoF aiivs
today"
Alexander isn't his right name Is
itr the reporter asked.
mo" said Mr.. Frohman. ms liz.
name is Samson. II was pity TO chsnse
the name OF SAMSON for tnat OIL -AieA-
"Rnt Alexander conquered the world
YOU know" smiled the reporter
"samson. however. IS the more appro-
pirate theatrical name" MT. Fronma S IN
s...S s,s. the first actor who brought down
the house?"
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EA11 OF EXPERT GAMERS DEMONSTRATING
AT A s TATE. FAIR

milk, one cupful of chopped corn, one
cupful Of grated cheese three eggs
one-half teaspoonful of salt. Melt
Thoroughly in. it. Make a sauce
out Of the -four, milk and cheese,
add the corn, cheese, yolks and season
ing. cut and fold In the whites beaten
stiffiy. turn into a huttered baking dish
and bake in moderate oven thirty
minutes.
Made with skinned milk and without
butter. this dish has a food value slightly
in excess of a pound Of beef and pound
Of potatoes. Calculated cost about
twenty cents.
You wouldn't believe that Uncle Sam
runs a marriage bureau. would you? Well,
he does. Not only that. but the bureau
for the especial benent: Of the. japanese.
and it is located on the Pacific coast. 1t
has proved a splendid aid to the Japanese
Workingmen, and as it is entirely bene-
fetal there has been no test of It's legal
ity.
This bureau runs its quiet way under
the direction of Commissioner Of Immi-
grafton Caminetti. The bureau of immI-
grafton does many things to aid foreign
women who have come to this country,
but the marriage bureau is the most un-
usual
1t works in this fashion. The humble
Japanese workman. arriving unwedded.
decides that he will take unto himself a
wife. having previously resolved to re-
main in this country. He writes to the
bureau and requests that a wife be To-
Gated for him. In some instances. where
he names a girl. word is sent to her
These. however. are very rare.
There are many japanese maidens who
are waiting in the land of cherry BIOS
SONS to be called as wives. They send
their pictures to the bureau and, sub
sequently. they are forwarded to the
ardent swain. II he likes one he sends
for the girl. Taey are happily married
and the immigration bureau smiles a
cupidish smile as it realizes that. besides
helping woman. it has assisted in as
surfing the stability of one of the male
residents within the nation bounds.
Much other work for foreign women
does the bureau of irnmfgra ton accom-
plish. For instance, there are hundreds
of foreign wives, mothers and sweet
hearts who each year come to this coun-
try utterly unacquanted with its Ian
guage and customs. The immi grafton of
ficials take them in charge and through
the officers they are able to locate their
friends or relatives.
In the Interior Department is the
bureau of education, under Commits
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14

IN the Capitol, while the tariff bill was
In the House. and 'Fitz" was showing
his colleague some pictures of his chill
dren:
For heavens sake. how many have
your" asked Metz.
''Seven." said the chairman of the APP
propriations committee. Five boys and
two girls. / am thinking about getting
an automobile to carry them around"
"Save your money" replied Metz
gloomily when Oscar Underwood's tariff
bill gets through with the chemical sched-
ule my drug business will have gone to
smash and I'll donate to your children an
eight-ton truck that won't be of the
slightest use to me. Load EN- all on at
oncel'
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Father to the Man.

roHN PURRoY Mitchell, the fusion
tst candidate for mayor OF New York.
Ia very young. blu. his success as poll
tician has given him unusual seif-assur-
ance. Apropos OF this his enemies arc
telling a story about his boyhood.
"Mitchel, one summer"-so they tell
the tale-"decided to work during his
vacation. Accordingly he got job In q
grocery. He was then about eight years
OF age.
After he had worked in the grocery q
week or SO. his uncle. meeting the old
grocer, asked:
=" well, how are you getting along With
Johnny at the store?
~ seem to please him. said the old
grocer. with a grim emile. ] seem to
please him. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14
Empty Stomachs.

CERTAIN shocking revelations OF the
- underpayment OF girls caused . New
York politician to say at a luncheon in
Albany:
"And yet these poor creatures manage
to make both ends meet. But do you
know how they do it?'
There was an impressive pause. The
politician looked about him.
How" cried various voices How"
These girls" said he. make both ends
meet by leaving the middle empty"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14
The Service in Congress.

When John w. Weeks succeeded MUIR
ray Crane as the junior senator from
Massachusetts he achieved the distinc-
ton of being the second graduate of the
United States Naval Academy to fill a
seat in the United States Senate. Senator
McEnery OF Louisiana. who died couple
OF years ago. was the first.
West Point. on the other hand, has sent
a number of sons to the Senate. The
Military Academy has not been largely
represented in recent years, Senator du
Pont OF Delaware being the only West
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Ouch !!

asked for an hour in which to speak.
Do the members have to be here when
this speech Is delivered?' asked Repre-
sentative Burnett Of Alabama, his
thoughts wandering to the ball park a
couple of miles away
IF 1t would keep some members from
the places they intend to be in, Mr..
Speaker" retorted Ragsdale, lit might
be well to compel them to be here.'
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~zN2
UNCLE SAM TAUGHT HRB
WRITE. MEIGHTWEEK
SHE Is. SEVENTY YEARS OLD

usual habits of cookery. One of them in
wolves the use of broken rice. which can
easily be prepared by the use Of an ordi-
nary meat grinder. The following recipe
for stuffed tomatoes is little different
from many used in this country:
Two tablespoons cooked rice, one-half
pound raw mutton. two onions. Pass the
materials through a meat grinder. season
fry in pan for ten minutes, stirring
constantly. wash one dozen. smooth
round tomatoes. cut a thin slice from the
stem end. leaving a little of the skin for
a hinge. remove the seeds and pulp and
fill with the meat mixture. Ba'-e in
pan for twenty minutes, lift out with
broad knife and serve hot.
Boston Roast.
One pound can Of kidney beans or
equivalent quantity Of cooked beans. one
half pound of grated cheese. bread
crumbs, salt Mash the beans or put them
through a meat grinder. Add the cheese
and sufficient bread crumbs to make the
mixture stiff enough to be formed into
roll. Bake in a moderate oven. basting
occasionally with butter and water.
Serve with tomato sauce. This dish may
be favored with onions, chopped and
cooked in butter and water.
Rice Fondue.
One cupful Of boiled rice. two table,
spoonfuls of milk. four eggs, one cupful
OF grated cheese. one-half teaspoonful OF
salt. one teaspoonful of some commercial
meat sauce or similar fiavoring. Heat
the rice in the milk, add the other in
gradients and cook slowly until the
cheese is melted. Serve on crackers or
toast
The food value Is not far from that OF
a pound Of beef of average composition,
and the calculated cost Is Is cents.
Corn and Cheese Soufhe.
One tablespoonful of butter, one table
spoonful OF chopped green pepper. one
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Blumng It Out.

F or m e r Repre-
sentative Charles
r. Lands OF. In
diana, long a MEM
Der of the House.
once invited Nil
ton D. Purdy. then
trust buster for
the Department OF
Justice, TO dine
with him and Mrs
Lands at their
hotel in Washing
ton. Mr.. Lands
then promptly for
got the invitation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14

Herman A. Metz
OF Brooklyn. who
r e re s ents the
tenth district Of
New York In
Congress, is one OF
I h o g e democrats
who has to sit by
and smile a sickly
and ill-conditioned
smile as he sees
the u n d z rwood
tariff bill tear
down the protec-
tive tariff on a
business In which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14

r e pr e sentative
]. w. Ragsdale Of
South Carolina. one
Of the new demo-
cratic members Of
the national House,
Is an active stu
dent of currency
reform, and asked
permission of the
House recently to
make q speech on
the subject. Mr..
Ragsdale fixed the
following Fri day
as the time, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14

suffer this Strain; whereas. standing
erect, she could do the same amount OF
work with much less fatigue. To learn
exactly the loss In energy means a
saving In every home where the wom-
en- do the household work, not only a
saving in time, but also in the health
of the woman. this being vitality inn
pOrtant."
For the purpose of determining ex-
actly how much time the woman loses
proof. alright compartment which is
used for the purpose. This is room
into which pipes send the air at an
exact temperature for certain num-
Der Of hours. The food fed the person
In this room is measured
In the proposed plan the department
will require the woman to iron a GER
tain length Of time sweep in different
attitudes and with different sized
brooms. and do other simple household
duties exactly as though she were in
her own home. The energy required In
the performance of the different duties
can be measured exactly by instru-
ments which connect with the cham
Der.
IT believe we could show the house
wife many remarkable things as re-
suit Of this experiment" is DR. MIL
ner's prediction.
Two facts which this division has de-
termined Is that mutton. splendid
food source. should be eaten in greater
quantities. and that cheese also should
be more generally consumed by the
American people. The experts have alb
solutely punctured the theory that the
consistent eating OF cheese proves I'M
healthy To establish these facts with
out question the entire star OF the
division ate cheese steadily during one
period and mutton during another.
Every recipe which was prepared was
examined carefully-prepared In fact,
under the supervision of the chiefs Of the
bureau. Recipes but little heard OF in
this country were tried. and unless high
ly successful were thrown aside. Here
are some Of the recipes prepared for the
use of American women:
Mock Venison.
Cut cold mutton into thin slices and
reheat in a sauce made in the following
way: Two tablespoons butter. two table
spoons flour. one cup water or stock.
one-quarter cup red currant jelly, one
tablespoon catsup or other meat sauce,
salt Make a brown sauce out of the
butter, -four and water or stock. Add
the jelly and other flavorngs.
Turkish Stuffed Tomatoes
In Turkey a number Of dishes are pre-
pared from mutton which are interes ing
from the point OF view OF the food Gus
toms Of another country, and also palat-
able. The recipes here given have been
modified somewhat to accord with our
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Queer Letters.

Representatives
get odd letters
frequently. Rep
resentative Sam
uel w. Smith of
Michigan received
a lengthy COM
Inunication from
q " 0 IN a n ! n
his state asking
for full informa-
ton regarding the
widows pension
bill. The letter
concluded w ! { h
the statement: Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14

am not a widow yet but expect soon
to be-"
Representative Lindbergh received
recently a letter which consisted OF
page after page of closely written mat
ter pasted end to end till 1t would
reach thirty-six feet from the first to
the last sheet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14

The general work In these foreign dem
onstrations Is in charge OF ". ]. SPILL
man and Bradford Knapp. both of whom
are men imbued with the modern idea
The general assistant to the department.
upon whose shoulders falls most Of the
real work, IS o. II. Benson. He began ex-
periments In the canning Industry in the
basement Of his home three YEARS ago.
After messing around considerably he
succeeded In developing the thing which
was OF vital interest to every woman in
the country who does her own cooking,
namely, q portable canning arrangement
that was easy to handle, certain and not
dangerous. This really represented the
beginning of the canning elias 5 which
the government Is now establishing all
over the nation.
According to the demonstrators who
elderly women who attend the womens
club meetings at which the canning de-
vice II shown are overwhelmed at the
notion that corn, peas. carrots and Seet
potatoes can be kept throughout the year
as easily as the old fashioned berries.
Their entire notions are upset and they
stand around like children asking ques-
tions until the demonstration has fairly to
break his way through them.
AEe-old notions about canning and
ptonane tmany housewives are confident
at the present time that to eat canned
foods Is to take ones life in ones hands,
are shattered by the demonstrators by
the easy but efficacious method of show
ing what is TO be done.
This scientific canning of vegetables
and fruits is largely "A reversal of the old
idea OF preserving as practiced by the
housewife. She permitted her preserves
20 be lifted from a boiling kettle through
the air and into the jar There was al
ways an air space after the preserves
had cooled, an air space which had not
been subjected to the heat of the pre-
serves and hence made decay possible
The modern Gamer, showing what
Uncle Sam can do In competition with
the housewife when he tries. preserves
and cans without once letting the air
into the jar. The canning ARRANGEMENT
may be one of five styles-quick hot
pack taluminum) steam pack. slow pack
and so on.
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he Is personally interested. He and
Fitzgerald of New York
were sitting In the latter's big Office in
the appropriations committee chamber
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1t Is a big cylindrical vessel fit at
the top with gauge for determining the
steam pressure. The fruit or vegetable
Is washed. covered with strip lin the case
OF fruit or plain water lin the case of
vegetabie) and the top is put on and
the can or jar placed in the cylinder.
Then the steam gauge shows the pres
sure of the steam inside. A table is fur
nished the housewife Gamer by which
she can know exactly how long to leave
the jar In the steam chest
Talking with o. H. Benson, who con-
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n the study and Improvement OF the
ousewifely arts the Department Of
agriculture leads all OF the executive
apartments. Three branches OF the
-grtcultural service devote their time TO
Protecting the housewife and improving
Ter condition.
First among these IS the bureau OF
dentistry. under the supervision OF DIR.
ari Alsburg. IL is this bureau which
a!owly but certainly is driving out Of
ne field OF commerce the manufacturer
gho puts dangerous foods upon the mar
let. And while the prosecutions at law
re essential TO the work, they are only
Incidental TO the lessons which the
housewife learns.
When the woman in the home" said
~. Aisburg recently. can learn to ex-
4 mine carefully every package she buys.
'nowinS the same care that she does
tEen she purchases raw materials, the
York OF this bureau will be nightly ad-
sanced"
By It's constant pounding at the evils
= aduiteration an6 by demonstrations
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y the midst OF the
great complexities
ot national govern
Inent. collecting
revenue. admins
tering affairs gen
orally. ncle Sam
has evolved plans
for the betterment
and education or
womankind unex-
celled in any gov
ment today. 1t all
chat the average