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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-30

Wood, announces that no examination fol
merit badges or higher rank will be held
until after the Boy Scout tag day. April 5
Troop No. -. of which Lord Eustace
Percy is scoutmaster, camped in the v
entity Of the Chain bridge during the
holidays. The boys spent Wednesda,
and Thursday in the open and had fine
time of it,
The following scouts have successfully
passed meritbadge examinations during
the past week:
Scoutmaster E. Z. Jones, Troop No. A
craftsmanship. carpentry. cooking civics
personal health and public health.
Scoutmaster j. V. Hyde. Troop No. 80
craftsmanship, carpentry, machinery
life saving and electricity.
u. A. Biggs. Troop No. 81. craftsman
ship, signaling and civics-
Leslie B. Downing. Troop No. 50. crafts
manship and cooking.
Devere Weldon. Troop No. -. crafts.
manship and cooking.
{. Throckmorton. Troop No. L. crafts
manship, carpentry. machinery ano
cooking.
Paul Beal. Troop No % craftsmanship
Chantry Davis, Troop No. /. carpentry
machinery, life saving and civics.
Fred Reed Troop No. II. carpentry.
John Stochard. Troop No. !, life saving
Scoutmaster {. n. Filkins. Troop No
43. swimming. personal health and public
health.
d. 0. Woolf, Troop No. /. swimming.
Leslie Simpson, Troop No. 81 swim
ming. signaling and civics.
Frank Tibbetts Troop No. 81, signaling
and civics.
Frank White, Troop No. 81. signaling
and civics
Neal Franklin Troop No. ~. civics and
cooking.
The sergeant of the watch of the Zoo
Loo - ,,-Io nnYfS RI
quarters that a number of trees in and
about the park have been SCARED with
hatchets. Boy Scouts are instructed by
headquarters to be very careful i'm pass
ing through the park not to use their
hatchets in any way on trees and shrub
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-30

which will enable him in few years to
become a wholesale merchant with an
income sufficient to provide his wife the
means of employing as many servants as
she desires. These instances are neither
impossible nor even infrequent. Every
American girl of average educational in
telligence always has before her the pos
sibility of some day becoming a mistress
herself. This makes her hesitate to pace
herself in a position where she is subject
to the orders of another woman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-30
Need of Recreation
An Important Feature

sidering the number of servants who fire.
auently are found to be in league with
thieves and burglars, mistresses some
times claim that such a rule is necessary
for their own protection. The proper ad
Justment of the need of recreation and
companionshp for a girl in domestic en-
ployment. especially in houses where only
enc servant is kept, is in the eyes of
many students of the subject, the most
important matter connected with the
servant problem.
This problem is most discussed in the
larger towns. and yet it must be ad-
mitted that the woman in the city does
not suffer SO much personal discomfort
and fatigue from her inability to secure
neip In the work OF the home as women
IN the country or upon large farms out
| or reach of the conveniences for tighten
| ing Their work. 1t is quite usual for the
| VIE OF prosperous farmer TO have TO
perform with her own hands all the la
oor OF cooking. baking. washing and iron
ing. not only for her own family. but for
seVerai extra men as WELL in addition TO
keeping the home clean and in order.
she cannot send her soiled clothes to the
laundry, procure her bread and cake
from the bakery, and rely upon the deli
catessen store for her cooked food, as
can her sister in town. TO her even
| incompetent servant is better than none.
ana thefe are girls in such situations who
are earning much as $40 a month and
having all the privileges of a member of
the family in addition While such wages
are not usual, the scarcity of domestic
heip' together with the awakened ambi-
ton of women on the farm to get some
pleasure out of life. instead of remain
ing continuous household drudges render
them more probable each year
The fact that the servant OF today may
be the mistress of tomorrow has a most
important bearing upon American domes-
tic Embellishments. The girl in the kit
chen may marry the grocers clerk, and
he NAV have Snpcial h,iSipa0c Dacffv
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-30
The MODERN WOMAN.
IV-WOMEN AS SERVANTS.
BY Frederic ]. Haskin.


More women are working in domestic
service than in other gainful occupa-
irons. despite the great and growing
unpopularity of such employment. Ac-
cording to the ,as.. census report. more
than fifth of the s;otr.e9O women en-
ployed in gainful occupations outside
or their own homes are engaged in
domestic service. The greater number
OF white woman servants are foreign
born During the present generation
this class OF work has become so un-'
popular that American women prefer
almost any other field Of activity, often
at a much smaller remuneration and
less comfort than would be assured
them by taking service in average
American homes. The various causes
which have brought about this condition
of affairs have become the subject of
study and consideration by the women
of the entire country. both privately
and through their numerous organiza-
lions.
The difficulties in the adjustment of
the domestic help problem have become
so important that they have received
the attention of the old Department Of
Commerce and Labor which for some
time contemplated an investigation of
The whole matter. 1t was deferred be-
cause OF the appar Ill. difficulties in the
way OF securing accurate information
although several plans are nov ssoder csS
sideratfon which may remove this OBJ
lection.
The work probably will be Undertaken
by the new Department of Labor The
question of the earnings of domestics
mas been considered of especial value
IN the compilation of full economic re-
ports of national industries. These vary
SO much in different communities that
while the labor statisticians make the gem
eral statement that domestic service is still
more remunerative than any other in
dustriai occupation for women in pro-
portion to the entailed expenditure
they are not yet able to furnish detailed
reports. '..a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-30
berry. and to exercise every vigilance to
prevent others from doing so.

Scout Commissioner E. S. Martin. who
has been confined to his home during the
last week because of illness. is expected
to be at his desk tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-30
Peasants From Europe
Keep Up the Supply.


ice because it is easier than many other
occupations. Moreover. in Europe the
maid servants position entities her to a
certain amount of respect. The fact that
she lives in a larger house; that she is
intrusted with the handling of fine china
and the care Of the family silver and
other valuables, gives her certain pres
uge among other peasant girls who are
living in cottages supplied with neces-
saries of the plainest kind. She is not
looking forward to commanding servants
of her own In the future, because such a
sudden Transformation is inconceivable
to her. She may expect to marry some
time a man of her own class. who will
at best have charge only of a small farm
or be engaged in a small trade. In either
case she hopes that her present mistress
will be her future patron, that her
faithfuness Is not quite free from self in
terest.
A number of young college women be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-30

100 miles and slept out of doors
every night They did their own cook.
ing. The patrol leaders returned te
Washington Thursday morning
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-30
Many Conditions
Need to Be Changed


vestfgator reports that woman serv
ants in the United States are treated
vestlgator reports that women SER
wants in the United States are treated
with less kindness and consideration
than in any other country and she
suggests that il is only natural con-
sequence that in no other country are
servants as class so inefficient and
unreliable. Most of the Investigations
tend to put the blame for these condi-
tons largely upon the mistress despite
the thousands of individual cases in
which the maid is treated with all the
consideration given TO another mem
Der of the family.
Loneliness is the greatest hardship
suffered by the girl in the average
home in which only one servant is
kept She has no social intercourse
with any member of the family She
eats her meals alone and spends her
scant leisure alone in kitchen which
generally has little to make it attrac-
tive. Frequently when on her day
of she has no friends to visit and no
place to go but on the street or To
some cheap theater. She is debarred
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-30

The class distinctions of Europe pro-
vide continuous supply of young peas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-30

The rule that girl may receive no
callers at her place of employment has
driven many
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-30

The Investigations made by private
agencies have brought TO light many
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-30

Assistant Scout Commissioner Frank C
Wood. announces that no examination fol
merit badges or higher rank will be held
until after the Boy Scout tag day. April 5
The Detroit times., 1913-02-27
Il OF INTEREST TO WOMEN g=(-*=-;.:...)

meeting Thursday, in Bethany Pres
byterian church. Addresses were CIV
en- BY Miss Elizabeth Cameron. field
secretary OF the Presbyterian Board
OF Home Missions. and the Rev. w. I.
JaGucss.
Detroit Equal Suffrage 'Wb will hold
sale O. home baked deicaCies. Sat
urday, March l, in Weber's hardware
store. No. 10 Gratiot-ave. A cake made
by Mrs. Clara b. Arthur. president Of
tho Michigan State Suffrage HsSocia-
ton. will be sold to the highest bid
der.
A musical program will be given
Thursday evening. in The Fort-st.
Presbyterian church house for tire
Mothers circle. The program will be
given by Mrs. John Pollock. reader;
Miss Ruth Fraser. violinist, Miss
jeanette Fraser. cello; Miss Zaida
Barnum, pianist, Miss Ny rifle Melon
AID. soprano. There will he stereoptt
con views and refreshments.
%
The excellent minstrel show given
by the Loyal Order of Moose MINISTRIES
q few weeks ago. will be repeated in
Moose temple, Friday evening, Feb.
2S. The program includes an old-fash-
toned minstrel first part and an clio.
In addition TO the fine talent among
the lodge members, which S. A. Wat
rous, the director OF the show, has de-
The Detroit times., 1913-02-27
NAZlMOvA.

NAZiMOvA.
Editors Note.--Nazimova, the fam
Gus actress now appearing In Bella
Donna" has here written her philos-
ophy OF clothes especially for the
women readers VI this paper. She tells
us this is the first article she has ever
signed Tor newspaper publication)
The Detroit times., 1913-02-27
SOCIAL and
PERSONAL

Among Detroiters at present in
Battle Greek are Mr.. ard Mrs. J. D.
Standish, G.. s. Ritter and Z. Bewick.
Mrs. Frederick Sweet Stearns aud
Miss Stella Ford will sail from New
York for Egypt, March ~l5.
Detroit Banner hive, No. 9. L. o. T.
nj. o. L. W., will give a charity pedro
and dancing party, Monday. March 8,
in Schmidt's hall
o.
Miss Jeanetta Ziegler Will give read
ings from the works Of I,orgiollow
Thursday evening, in the Lothrop
branch library.
Detroit Association for the Aid OF
Sick and Crippled Children viii NEE,
Friday afternoon, March 7, In the
Els temple.
Calvary" play written by the
Rev. F.. l.. Kennel, Redemptorist
priest, will be presented in Holy Re-
deemer parish hall SundSy afternoon
and evening, March 2, by 90 members
of the Holy Redeemer Gray's Drama
tic club.
o.
\ whist game under the auspices OF
the .Woman's Whist league, Of which
ArsS Charles -Rielman,-of Detroit.
Is president. will be played IN the por-
loTs Of the Griswold house, this even
ing. The game will be played under
the Howell system.
@
The women Of the Detroit P-csbv-
7ter,al society held an ali-day player
The Detroit times., 1913-02-27

style just as il has become SO popu
lar that IL is being dropped by the
most fashioned BILE, IL woman OF timid
conventional temperament, who rarely
does the right thing at the right
time, no matter how much she de-
sires to do SO.
II ! had TO play the part OF an limo
cent young girl | would dress the
character In immaculate white piQue
II is SO easily soiled and so quickly
mussed and wrinkled that | think il
typifes the momentary freshness and
unspoiled beauty of youth more than
any other material.
Girls VINO can do so should always
wear something white--a crisp ma
terial like linen or pique or soft
goods like lawn or chiffon.
The business woman, to my way Of
thinking. should wear browns, greens
navy, blue and black-any decided
color. They should Immediately make
the impression of decision and bust
ness-like activity.
Gowns that are worn by the home
woman should be OF the colors that
blend with the decorations Of her
rooms.
And, lastly, be very careful of the
cut CT your gowns. am below
medium height but every one who sees
me on the stage thinks me a very
tall woman. 1t Is because ] always
use unbrcken lines. They say YOU
cannot add one "cubit' to your
height, but you can add to your height
In the other persons eye-and a great
deal more than n "ruhif
The Detroit times., 1913-02-27
''F1Le WoWau!' Cries This Man
But MISS BILLIE BURKE POKEs HOLES ARGUMENT
BY BILLIE BURKE.

=
A man writes, taking me 20 task
for some OF my advice, and says very
cnustic things about women in gen
c!ai. He says he reads the Billie
Burke letters and 'admires' ny adj
vice on obtaining beauty Trough
health, but ADDS!
Just like nearly all women, you
cling 10 the creams. etc. Any I'M
rroyement that may be ottajaed
through the outward application or
creams, is artificial and credit for &c
Lelcngs TO the creams, none ID the
person, for the result is not a Fart Of
the body. | never could understand
how a woman could hope TO maintain
the admiration OF a man when part OF
her make up-is artificial and false.
Pity the man trapped by such msiUs,
This man makes a statement which
he cannot carry out to logical con-
clusion. For instance: The use OF
cream upon the skin is merely
cleanser, or an emollient 70 soften AMI
make Ii more supple and fine 1t has
The same effect as when you put oil
Upon burn: it relieves the dryness.
and gives back to the skin some OF
TIC NHiNu
out of IL by our climate, the wind. our
oyer-heated rooms, and the universal
use OF soaps.
IL this gentleman objects to the use
OF cream In outward application he
might, with quite as much sense, OBJ
iect to the outward use OF sosp and
water. The properties of pure cream
are quite as cleansing to the skin and
ofttimes not DIS hurtful as a soap
which contains much I've.
Just at what point artifci.lity in
women becomes menace 10 their
bodies, as we'll to society, Is lebat.
able. l do not believe that anyone
nowadays will insist upon a woman
going without teeth, simply because
otherwise she must wear false ones.
IN fact, do not thing many men would
greatly admire to5thless wsnan
simply because she was afraid OF be-
ing artificial. Neither do think that
anyone can object to the fill'ng OF
teeth with white substance instead
OF gold, simply because II is more
natural looking aud Therefore odds 20
beauty.
Men Insist upon beauty In women,
but many OF them also decry any en-
deevor to obtain H. | wonder III they
remember poor I>ovey Mary's plea In
Mrs. Wigs OF the Cabbage Tatch. :
when she said. Cant ] never have
nothin' a'tall, jes cause ] wasn't born
With IT,"
The Detroit times., 1913-02-27

building. Monday afternoon. Narch 3,
ann Tuesday evening. March by
Mrs. James ii. Brewster. Tor The bens-
III OF the Girls Friendly society. Mrs.
brewster. whose husband is n nro,ess-
or IN the University Of Michigan. WIS
formerly Miss Frances stanton. OF
detroit She has made deep study
OF Peruvian history and hei lectures
are said TO be remarkable and unique.
Monday afternoon. Mrs. Brewster will
Sleek on The children OF The sun"
taxing her hearers through the PERT
wan highlands, the seat OF TIE ancient
meas. The second lecture. Tuesday
evening, viii be Mrs Brewster's own
translation, inverse. OF a fye.century
oid lyric drama, composed before the
Spanish invasion and kept for cen
turtles in Peruvian monastery Mrs.
Frank Osborn. No. SS4 Jefferaop.aye.,
has charge of the sale OF tickets.
The Detroit times., 1913-02-27
BY ALA NAZIMOVA.

Dress your character not your
figure.
This Is the frst rule for the woman
who would be we'll gowned.
II Is not likely TO be followed by
very many women because 1t requires
much thought to think out your
Z clothes And it Is easier 10 spend
money than brain force.
The many things to remember are
the time, place and the circumstances
OF your wearing.
One Of the reasons we see 30 many
addressed women IL that they buy
things because they look pretty as
displayed In the stores and then they
wear them for no other reason than
that they have them in their closets.
No great actress-or mistress of
the art Of dress-would be guilty of
this. Each Of them thinks out sar-
torfally the character she Is to rep
resent. Then she has photographed
her creation on the mind OF her audi
ence before she speaks single syl-
liable. She has made herself an in
dividual!
Since have been playing Bella
Donna there has been great deal
bStlo VI the Eepllilldn WOMAN WHICH
some people seem to think ! have
foreshadowed In my dressing OF the
role.
I can truly say that | did not con-
sciously start out with such an idea
In mind. l think some snakes are
very fascinating and beautiful and
they don't really deserve the dread
ful hatred that almost every one of
us has for them. In fact, think
Bella Donna is worse than most
snakes. Snakes, however. are cold
creatures and Bella Donna is quite
the reverse.
Perhaps, unconsciously, give her
In the coloring and line OF my
clothes, the sinousnesa grace and.
weird fascination OF reptile. be-
cause OF the symbolism. You know
in all Christian countries to call a
woman "snaky" is the most repel.
liant thing you can say of her.
Every womans dress is more or
less symbolic OF her nature, and she
tells ofttimes more about her real self
than she thinks,
For instance, the woman who wears
anything at all because she thinks ii
The Detroit times., 1913-02-27

may improve her outward appearance
without becoming in any way demon.
allied. To improve ones face does not
mean to paint II out OF all semblanco
tn nature. bur she may even 40 this
without cracking any OF the great NOR.
alities OF life. IL would be in very bad
taste. but as for trapping" any man
BY this procedure l would think il i'm
POSSIBLE. Surely men are not srca
weak creatures Al all that.
The Detroit times., 1913-02-27
SUFFRAGE LEADER
APPEALS TO VOTERS
Calls Attention to Fact that
Monday is Last Day for
Registration

Mrs, Carrie c. Oostdyk. chairman OF
Wayne County Equal Suffrage asso-
citation, has issued the following APP
zeal to the voters of Detroit:
"On behalf OF the Michigan Equai
Suffrage association, whose campaign
for the ballot will be decided April z.
| would point out TO all men friends
OF woman suffrage in Detroit, not al
The Detroit times., 1913-02-27
NAZIMOVA

Il woman clerk. Unlike the men. they
do not. when they leave the office. in
drlge in long conversations about their
work Men babble 10 men Ear more
than women do to women Miss
Charlcsworth, Chief superintendent Of
the Local Government Boards 1ypists,
in testifying before the Civil Service
Commission, likewise praised the
loyalty and efficiency CT womeu.--Les
hes.
The Detroit times., 1913-02-27
Women Are Nor Babb/eys

Women are great takers, but they
don't publish business secrets in their
small talk. In this respect they seem
70 DO little better rhau men There
can be no doubt that women are far
safer as clerks than men says Miss
Florence, secretary Of the Women
Clerks and Secretaries Friendly So
ciety of London. A business secret
Is rarely, II ever, divulged outside by
The Detroit times., 1913-02-27

No sensible woman today attempts
an artificial charm unlesS she can
make IL seem real. She has learned
that health is the basis OF beatty, but
that beauty Is greater than heath, be-
cause she caa-bc healthy Within be-
Ing beautiful but she cam OF be eau.
tiful without, being healthy. Therefore
ste. feels that after doing everything
possible TO obtain physical health she
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-04
DEATH OF
JOHN
Came Here From Mt. Pleasant for
Treatment and Died in
Local Hospital.

John Bartruff, a former we'll known
resident of Keokuk. died at $40
o'clock this morning at local hos
pital, of Bright's disease. He was
brought to Keokuk a short time ago
for treatment and though every effort
was made that professional skill and
the most careful nursing could devise
were given him, they proved of no
avail and he passed away as above
stated
Mr.. Bartruff was brother of E. 1
Bartruff Of this city, and was with him
several years in the clothing business
He was a quiet, capable and attentive
business man and popular among
those who were intimately acquainted
with him. He left here few years
ago and finally vert back to his oie
home at Mt. Pleasant from which
place he was brought here when the
| fatal disease had fastened upon him.
He had many friends in Keokuf
and vicinity, who will be saddened t
hear of his death. 1t is understood
/ that the remains will be taken to MT
/ Pleasant for burial.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-04

Ice. Such Ice is subject to the same
Danger as the original water, but to
less degree, as the amount is less
The use of such ice in direct con-
tact with foods or for cooling drinks
by direct contact or melting in the
liquid Is fraught with danger and is a
constant menace to users of the same.
Storage OF ice will improve its
quality from sanitary viewpoint, and
it is true that impure ice is better to
use late IN the summer or fall than
it is in the spring or early summer.
There should be some regulation
as to where and how ice is harvested
and under what conditions it is dis
tributed. No ice should be allowed
attributed to the public that is not
free from danger and all distributing
companies should be required to turn
ish a certificate as to the purity o.
their ice intended for distribution
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-04
PERILs I'M IMpuRE re-

In bulletin just issued the state
board Of health gives warning to per-
sons intending to put up ice for do
nestle use Pollution Of streams and
lakes from which the ice is to be TAX
len must be guarded against to esca pc
bad results. The bulletin goes on to
say " :
BY companies which put M Ice on
"a large scale for distribution rail.
roads and private individuals nuttjng
up Ice for their own consumption the
leEer increasing danger of putting M
natural ice from the streams and
lakes Of Iowa should be horne in
mind, saws G. n kinney chemist TO,
the state board, in the bulletin
II Is fact that the increasing no,
luton Of our streams and lakes Ia,
reached a point that practically all q
them are unfit to use for drinl,ins
purposes raw or untreated.
Freezing water diminishes mncl
! lof the impurity and therefore ice mad,
, from impure water is much bette
than the original water or the wate
left behind after freezing. Anslvse
have shown, however, that while
large part of the impurities are elm
mated in freezing some are left In IN,