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nome, even though the latter be equipped
WIN the latest conveniences and be kept
with iaboratorylike neatness Despite it's
white sink, polished spigots and shining
range, the average modern kitchen is
not homelike place. ana yet it is the
only sitting room the average mistress
provides for lonely girl in which to
spend her scant leisure. The servant of
nalf a century ago worked harder for a
traction of the modern wage but she re-
ce1ved consideration-that most important
but somewhat elusive quality too often
found to be lacking among the mistresses
OF today. In return the girl gave faithful
and honest service and usually showed
herself absolutely loyal to the interests
of her employer. The changed social con-
ditions make it harder for both women
today. hut 1t is the mistress who first
should adapt herself to the new order of
things. and this SO far she has failed to
do save in exceptional instances
One OF the first difficulties is that, con-
sciously or unconsciously, every woman
is trying to initiate as nearly as possible
the mode of life of the woman who is
just a little financially and socially her
superior. The woman who keeps but one
maid wants her to wear a white cap and
apron and to present as good an appear-
ance at all times as the girl who answers
the doorbell in the house next door The
fact that the woman next door EMPLOYS
two maids and that the girl who answers
the bell does not have to run away from
some untidy work in the kitchen il gem
orally overlooked. The knowledge that
the maids of a generation ago frequently
took a devoted pride in the social stand
ing OF their families and made an extra
effort to maintain il is frequently quoted
as PROOF or the degeneracy of the mod
ern servant without reference to the diff
ferent attitude which the mistress of
that day assumed toward her maid
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-29
Increase of German Army.

BERLIN, March pa bill increasing
the German army by 1900 officers. 1900
on-commissioned officers and 1895 pri-
Yates has been adopted by the federal
council. The peace strength of the ac-
tive army is thus raised to approximately
SO 900 men with the colors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-29

High View homes have been purchased
by their present owners for all these reasons.
Every one is in favor of the purchaser.
That's why we are already at the close of
this great home selling operation-the very
largest single home selling operation in the
entire city's history.
Over half of these homes have been sold
upon the recommendations of those who first
bought here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-29
Wants More Sprinkling.

MIR Frederic Egner's letter of the 18th
instant was a. timely and vital suggestion.
Washington has more asphalt street i'm
provement than any city of its size in
the country. and, therefore. affords the
wind every advantage in catching up the
dust unless regularly sprinkled. There is
no city in this country where water is
50 cheap, and, therefore. it's free use in
sprinklinE the streets seems to be a
Lack Of some authority among the pow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-29
Greets Women Visitors.
Wilson's Views Reiterated.

The Presidents tariff message, complet-
ed and passed upon yesterday by the
cabinet, 1t is understood. will follow close.
ly the line Of his tariff views expressed in
his campaign speeches.
He has long felt certain of his ground
on the tariff question, and has favored
immediate downward revision. Little
change was made in the draft of his mes
sage as it received the approval of his
advisers.
The message does not purpose that the
special session shall be devoted exclusive
ly to consideration of the tariff but does
urge that the question should have right
of way as paramount in Importance. The
door is left open to the disposal of cur
rency reform and other measures should
1t seem desirable to consider them after
the tariff is out of the way
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-29

The Richmond and Kappa hannucx
River Railway Company has been grant
ed an amendment to it's charter to en-
able ii to increase its capital stock from
$500 600 to 100000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-29

told that she had contracted the disease
from sleeping in a damp cellar while in
domestic service for woman whose
name frequently appears in the society
columns. The physician making the eX-
animation ordered an investigation by
the board of health. 1t was found that
the two maids of the house had to sleeE
in room opening out from the coal cell
las. which was damn that pools of
water frequently collected upon the floor
The mistress complained continually OF
the odfor-nothingness of her servants
and that she was forced to depend upon
foreigners. whose language was difficult
to understand. No self-respecting Amer
lean girl could endure the conditions of
the home and no foreign-born girl would
stand it any longer than she could avoid.
1t is hard for the American mistress to
recognize the fact that there is M SCI.
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bureau in quest of "a maid She was re-
ceived by dignfied lady, who made
many inquiries as To the kind of a room
provided for the girl. the number Of hours
off duty. the privileges of receiving COM
pany and other matters upon which the
prospective employer gave satisfactory
assurances. Then the agent said: Now,
YOU say you want a maid What is IT
that YOU want her to do? Is she to be
expected to act as waitress we'll as to
cook, to do the work of laundress as
we'll as that of chambermaid, and to
be at the beck and call Of her employer
for any odd unstipulated service which
may come up at any timer" The lady
naturally was embarrassed at having her
wants stated SO BADLY, but admitted that
she practically expected those services
from the girl she employed
Then" answered the agent YOU are
asking great deal more than you have
any right to expect and are behind the
times In your demands. This is an age of
specialization. and this idea should apply
to houseWork as we'll as to other indus
tries. Until mistresses cease 10 make UNI
just demands there will be no better do
mestic conditions. If You cannot afford
to pay waitress. you should not expect
your cook to act in that capacity but
should be satisfied to have her pace your
food neatly upon the table SO that YOU
can serve yourself. If you cannot afford
to have a chambermaid. you should be
willing to make your own bed every day
and be thankful If your cook is willing to
do Your heavy sweeping once a week.
You have no right to expect her to dust
and arrange your rooms If she is also to
be burdened with the laundry work.
can supply you with a good, honest girl,
who can do reasonable amount of
housework and plain cooking, but ] cam
not undertake to have her perform the
duties of three persons"
After some hesitation. the lady engaged
the girl feeling that all her former idea
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-29
EXPECTS TO PLAN
CLEANUP DETAILS
Executive Committee of SAM
tary Campaign Will Meet
Monday.
SUGGESTIONS OFFERED
BY DISTRICT CITIZENS
Elijah E. Knott Desires That
Sprinkling Carts Be More in
Evidence Here.

The first meeting of the executive COM
mittee of Washington's clean city organi-
zation. which is to direct the big sanitary
campaign to be waged here during the
weeksof April II to 10. will be held Mon
day afternoon at > o'clock in the boa I'd
room of the municipal building. Notices
TO this effect were sent out today by DIR.
Arthur l.. Murray. secretary.
Composed of the officers of the general
board and the chairmen of the subcon-
mittees. including those OH, sanitation,
legislation, publicity, membership and
finance tine. executive committee is
charged with the preparation of a suita-
bic plan for the carrying on of the cam
paign 1t will map out the details for
the mammoth undertaking and submit its
recommendations to the general commit
tee at a meeting to be held probably
April {.
Suprestions as to how a cleanup cru
SADIE should be conducted are being re-
ceived from citizens i'll every mali ana
these will be considered by the executive
body at it's session Monday. me commit
tee will look carefully into the merits of
each recommendation. for 1t is anxious
to make its plan for cleaner ana health
Ter Washington as comprehensive as pos
sibla
Commissioners Also Interested.
The District of Columbia Commission
ers again today manifested their conf
dence in the. clean city organization by
turning over to it communication which
they had received relative to municipal
sanitation. The Commissioners, several
DAYS ago. issued proclamation designat-
ing the period of April IA to 10 as city
cleaning week, and they are manifesting
eyery interest in the preparations being
made for the propaganda.
several communications received by the
committee point out the necessity of OBJ
tanning the cooperation of real estate
man who have control of vacant lots. The
vacant lot problem, it was found in the
last campaign, is one of the most diff
acult to handle. Effort will be made this
snrine TO enlist in the cleanup crusade
the aid of every real estate dealer in
Wa shington.
That the street sprinkling cart should
he more in evidence in the National Capt.
tai is a suggestion made by Elijah f..
Knott. In a communica ton addressed TO
Tbe Star, which has been turned over
To the clean city committee. Mr.. Knott
says:
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recognize the fact that there is no ser
want class in
NO servant class A m r lea and
Exists in America. ena. sue ea"n not
ceve the servie attention which the
mistress in other countries receives from
helpers whose ancestors served hers for
generations. Domestic work in the United
States ultimately must be put upon the
same basis as other industries and the
employer of home work has no more
right to exact extra duties than her hus-
band would have to demand extra hours
without. extra pay from the girl working
n his store or Office.
Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley believes that in
the home of the future few. it any. reg
ular servants will be kept. The work of
the home will be performed systematical-
~ by number of people who will come
i'm by the hour to do certain specified
tasks. The duty of the mistress will be
to direct these workers, just as the fore
man of a factory oversees the workmen
under his direction. Mrs. John Mac
PhersOn of New York has established
new business which will help to carry
out Mrs. W!leys idea. She has founded
dishwashing and service company,
which Will perform any domestic service
upon demand at a reasonable price. For
30 cents trustworthy maid will take
care of the children while the parents at
tend the theater. Windows viii be wash
ed for cents each, Cleaning is done by
vacuum cleaners and all other modern
appliances. Dishes are washed by ma
chinery and careful handling of fine
china is assured
In the southern states and in some 9TH
er parts of the country negroes are de-
pended upon, almost exclusively for do
mestic service. But the relation of mis-
tress and maid of today in the south is
very different from that ,feudal bond
which devoted the mistress to the maid
quite as much as the maid to the mis-
tress lin the days "befo' de wah The
new negro is better servant I'm point
of efficiency. but the barrier.o of race that
once permitted almost unrestrained con-
fidence, has been made insurmountable
by education. The white mistress does
not pretend to hold her negro maid ac-
countable to her own code of MORALS and
is content IL her populations be concealed.
1t is this careless attitude that is the
most grievous fault of the modern mis-
tress of a negro maid, and to ii is due, in
4 larger measure than the mistresses are
willing to admit, the increasing difficult
ties incident to The domestic service
problem in the SOUTH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-29
Deals With Tariff.

The message deals exclusively with the
tariff. it is understood. The Presidents
opinion is understood to be that the tariff
has become a system of favors which the
lnaseulogy of the schedule attempts to
conceal! Changes should be made. ac-
cordng to the Presidents views as they
are understood, in such way and at
such rate as will least disturb business.
He favors caution. but not delay In the
legislative procedure.
The message is a general argument for
downward revision. The market basket
he would have relieved of all tax con-
ceiving that the cost of living is no longer
fixed by the law of supply and demand.
but by private agreement. This is sup
posed to be the only matter in the CUES
ton of revision that is specified as re.
curing specific consideration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-29
Formerly Treated
as Social Equal.

BY side and in most instances SHE re-
"eived as much consideration as a daugh-
ter in the family. She was cared for in
illness and her leisure was apt TO be
spent largely With the family The
Kitchen i'll which she performed her
work, or most of X, was CHEEKY, home
ike place used extensively as a famiE,
sitting rsom and differing in every way
rem tiNch eer,ess kitchen or the modern
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-29
Girl Proves Success
Under New. Method


a success. and gave satisfactory service
for nearly three years. The principles
advocated by this agent were too radica
for most of the members Of the alliance
and the usefulness of the employment
bureau was short-iived. although to many
women these ideas after little consid
Grafton seemed only reasonable.
A large proportion of the mistresses O
the present are only single generation
removed from ablect poverty. and, there
fore, are ever upon the alert to impress
others with their IDEAS of proper Iivins
standards Most of these have been gained
from novels and n slight social contact
with those who have beent accustomed, Il
live comfortably and employ servants fol
generations. 1t is the .uewly~ arrived mis-
tress who has done most TO make domes
tic service hard for every one She lis sc
anxious to have SNOWY furniture ant
elaborate bric-a-brac In her parlor thai
she will spend nothing to make comfort
able and attractive the rooms which are
occupied by her employees. In some houses
which seem to possess every comfort &c
the social visitor. the accommodations fol
the servants are worse than in some OF
the cheapest tenements in the slums
a victim of tuberculosis. who applied &c
charitable organization for treatment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-29
Stand of President.

The Presidents tariff views AS OK
pressed in his responses to the committee
of notification of the national democratic
convention last August, were as follows.
I'VE do not ignore the fact that the
business of country like ours is exceed
ngly sensitive to changes in legislation
OF this kind. 1t has been built up how
ever, inadvisedly, upon tariff schedules,
written In the way l have Indicated and
it's foundations must not be too radically
or too suddenly disturbed. When we act
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-29
HIGH view HOMES
Price Cash Per Month
$4,000 $500 S27.s2

The last of these High View homes just
completed and now for sale are an improve
ment on the first High View homes which
sold SO rapidly, every one having been dis
posed of in record-breaking time. The result
is home with more available floor space and
an improved room arrangement, etc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-29

In the earlier period the girl employ ed
as helper I'm the home was treated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-29

number of women's ORGANIZATIONS
throughout the country are giving attep-
ton to provid-
women 0Oclet1eS ing some means
Look Into Subject die au,uyslns the ne
the present domestic servant problem
The most influential of these is the
Housekeepers' Alliance, which. has
branches In most of the larger cities. The
alliance opened an employment bureau in
Philadelphia a few years ago with the
idea that the rights and privileges of
the employee -tthe, alliance objects to the
word 'servant'D were to be as care
fully guarded as were those OF the sm-
ployer. II even went SO far as to at
tempt training school for mistresses,
although this last Was a rather unsuc-
cessful experiment.
member of the alliance went 10 the
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After some hesitation. the lady engaged
the girl, feeling that all her former ideas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-29

1t is hard for the American mistress to
recognize the fact that there is no SER
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1913-01-04
500 Reward. S100

The readers OF this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure now known to
the medical frternity Catarrh being a
constitutional disease requires a con
sttutional treatment Halls Catarrh
is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the founda-
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lent strength by building up the con-
sstitution and assisting nature in doing
its work. The propretors have so
much faith in its curative powers that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials.
Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton Advertisement
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1913-01-04

the demand for milk. AS an illustration,
Greater New York increases $4,000 per
month, in itself sufficient number to
populate large town. This means $500
families, and they all want some milk
just about a carload.
The milk department of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad further stands ready to be
of assistance in locating prospective
milk producers on farms in good dairy
communities. Inquiries of this character
should be addressed to F. B. Barnitz,
MIX Agent, with offices i'm Room 21S, Ar
cade Building, Philadelphia.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has under
taken the dissemination of farming lit
erature. This is being done, the Com
pany announces, to offer the farmers in
the territory which it serves the benefits
of scientific research and improvement
in methods resulting from careful study
and experiment. The first pamphlets is
sued were on Alfalfa and The Use OF
Lime on Land" Some 10000 comics
were distributed. Later four booklets
on orchard development were sent out;
the subjects of these were Planting"
cultivation" Pruning" and Spray
ing" Following these, boks were issued
on The Essentials OF Soil Fertility"
Potato Culture" Seed Grain Sugges-
tions," Corn Culture Beef Production
in Pennsylvania" Use of Dynamite on
the Farm" Farming Possibilities of the
Delaware Maryland Virginia Peninsula"
Good Roads at Low Cost" and 1.-THE
Pennsylvania Railroad and the Farmer"
Farmers who buy land and locate along
the Pennsylvania can at all times have
the opportunity of consulting the Com
pany's Agrculturist, H. S. Lippincott,
with offices at Broad Street Station,
Philadelphia He is prepared to advise
as to the agricultural conditions in every
State through which the Company's
lines run
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1913-01-04
Leaks On The Farmland Everywher,

The following is taken from the cur
rent issue of Farm and Firesde:
THE little leaks on the farm seem in
Vulnerable.
There is the waste occasioned by
poor fences. Waste in both money and
time. Live stock will in an hours time
ruin enough of crop to more than pay
for new fence.
We find high priced farm machinery
unprotected and weatherbeaten standing
in various places about the farm.
IF the housewife would set a SIS
sewing-machine in the rain for an hour,
she would be branded as a good for-noth-
ing, careless housewife, and rightly So
but what about the husband that leaves
a $3.50 binder in the rain, sun, snow and
sleet for months, and the corn pillow
where he finished the last row of corn,
and the wheat-drll half full of wheat in
the corner of the field until time to use
them again?
Corn is thrown to the hogs on muddy
ground, bushels at time, and half Of
1t is wasted Good, fresh, warm sep
arator milk is pCt.red into leaky
trough to the pigs, and the greater part
of it is permitted to soak into the
ground.
Live stock is not properly protected
in the winter, and a greater amount of
feed is necessary. Hay and other rough
age is fed in such manner that the great
er amount of it is trampled under the
animals feet
THE average American farmer makes
money, communes with nature continu-
ously, lives in approved American style,
enjoys life thoroughly, but think of his
bank account being doubled, just simply
by stopping the leaks"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1913-01-04

Nervine, and must say it helped me
wonderfully I have had no severe nerv-
BUSINESS for several years"
MRS. DAN KINTNER,
1902 Pleasant St.. Defiance, o.
Many remedies are recommended
for diseases of the nervous system
that fail to produce results because
they do not reach the seat of the
trouble. DR.. Miles Nervine has
proven it's value in such cases so
many times that it is unnecessary
to make claims for it. You can
prove its merits for yourself by
getting bottle of your druggist,
who will return the price if you
receive no benefit
MILES MEDICAL CO., EIkhart, Ind.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1913-01-04

81 had stomach
trouble when / was
eighteen years old
that broke down
my health, and for
years l suffered
with nervousness.
headache, indiges-
ton and nervous
s p a 8 m s. T h e
spasms got so bad
/ would have them
three or four times
a week. After try
ing nearly every
r e m e d y recon-
mended, I began
taking DIR Miles
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1913-01-04
A Nervous Woman Finds
Relief After Many Years

Women who suffer from extreme
nervousness, often endure much
suffering before finding any relief.
Mrs. Daniel Kintner, of Defiance,
o., had such an experience, regard
ing which she says:
The Denver star., 1913-10-04
NEW MEETING HOUSE FOR
MOUNT SINAI CONGREGATION.
Successful Work of the Rev. John H.
Taylor In Baltimore.

The Rev. John II. Taylor. one OF the
younger Baptist ministers of Balti-
more, has been most successful during
his nine years rs pastor of Mount
Sinai Baptist church. He organized
the congregation nine years ago. and
the membership is now nearly 500
While pastoring in Baltimore the
Rev Mr.. Taylor studied mt Clayton
Williams university. from which he
received the degree of bachelor OF di-
vinity He is now chairman OF the
board of trustees of the university and
president of the colored Baptist con
vention of Maryland.
He is hard worker among the Bap-
lists His congregation is now having
handsome two story brick and stone
church erected at Ashland avenue and
Hillman street. 1t will be completed
this fall