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The Washington times., 1914-07-20

XIII.
= THINK Mary and I may at last
begin to think of settling down.
Now that our honeymoon is at an
end. I am looking forward to our
life together. shorn of the excitement
Of wedding. honeymoon, and furniture
buying. 1t Is this excitement. know,
that has kept Mary SO overstrung and
petulant.
Ny furnitude has arrived. Ny pretty
little home-it Is at the end of lane OF
pine trees, just outside Of the town
where mother and dad and Mary's peo-
pie live-has been scrubbed from cellar
to attic by Norah Geraghty. Each night
go home whistling, pretty sure that
will find things arranged at last In the
proper room and looking like a real
home. Each night I am a little cisap-
pointed. -~--.-
1 know Mary is busy. She L. moving
all her clothes and wedding presents
from her mothers home. But somehow
I can't for the life of me see why all
the furniture must stay huddled up In
burlap and Jumped about grotesauely in
great heaps. / took the bull by the
horns today.
Nearly through moving clothes and
things, Mary?" 1 asked. -.
Yes" said Mary. II finished that.
Peter, day before yesterday" -
well" I nearly said. What In the
world have you been doing them" But
+ didn't. .-
Never ask a woman in q puzzled tone,
what she has been doing. You'll find
yourself in heap of difficulties
She'll instantly grow grieved and mag
nifty each task Of her day in to bug
bear until you wonder why all the work
of the universe was heaped so indis-
crimina tely upon the shoulders Of one
fraiI little woman. j, who by the way.
had been the very frankest of young
fellows, was growing mighty discreet
in even these-the first-few months of
my married life.
asked Mary why she looked so tired.
To tell the truth, Peter" sighed
Mary, IL do nothing at all but write
notes"
Just little notes thanking people for
the wedding presents.
And 1t keeps you SO busy that you
haven't time for anything e.se?
Ihere were nearly OSU III lhcii-
confessed Mary. guntily. "and I'm not
half through yet"
Who started this Internal cat and
mouse custom of wedding presents ana
notes? Now that / know what keeps
Mary so busy and flushed and tired
l have watched her closely. Every
spare minute she has she flies to her
desk and writes a note. The furniture
stays burlapped-and Mary writes notes.
The dinner has burned more times than
I care TO count because Mary was writ
ing notes. She's tired out and nervous
and I am 50 conscious OF a sense of
impatience with 1t all that at times II
is very difficult for me not to scold,
Yet Mary insists that she would be
in the heart of a scandal II she doesn't
write and write and write these foolish
notes. I'd call the givers up by tele-
phone. Silver and cut glass are piled
high in the parlors and the hall. We
eat In the kitchen. but still Mary writes
notes, And when she isn't writing
notes she's entertaining callers intimate
friends who'd like to see the house
"just as IL is, my dear"
More and more do I dislike the fol-de-
rol revolving about a fashionable wedd-
ding Ny daughter shall el'p. Mary
Is tho center Of a whirlpool of custom
The Washington times., 1914-07-20
POLY TRIES TO LEARN TO DANCE.

play the accordion. and thev are 60
ing to learn to dance
Tommy rose UP on his elbows and
shook his paw in the face of big
Toby. You gump," he laughed;
why didn't YOU tell us sooner.
He'll make a Jack of himself tonight
for sure. and all that we need to do
cure him is TO let him know that We
have seen him.
They rolled and hugged one an
other and laughed, then jumped UP
and sped down the road One by
one they crept up to the window at
Granny Tabby's house. Slowly
slowly Tommy peeked and Binkis
pccped. and Toby peeked-and they
saw just what you see in the pic
ture.
Fannie Hicks looking very scared
on the floor sat Miss Flax with the
accordion. The three heads duckcd
down and three paws were stuffed
into three mouths OF different sizes
to keep out the giggles. Finally
they we're Strengthened out and
pulled themselves up to watch care
fully But 1t was not long that they
waited.
Now, then" called Miss Flax.
two: one. two. three, start and
Poly started. Fannie Hicks held
on: they went for two stAps-then
they began to get tangled up. Poly's
foot flew one way, he grabbed
Fannie. she grabbed him, and-arms
and legs miXed-they banged down
on the floor together. \The three
people In the window stuck their
heads inside and cheered, Go 1t
PoIy,'' shame to hang on to
girl" yelled the naughty Toby
Hicks A.. ..u
Fannie had sense enough left to
turn and see the grinninS puppy
and kitty boys IN the window. Poly
raised his head cautiously from the
aoor and stared with his mouth
open-but just then Fannie Hicks
..you did this on purpose TO make
fun of me-" she screamed. slapped
noor Poly in the face, and. picking
herself up flounced out OF the
honse "Tu never speak TO you
a%ain /" she added as she left. Poly
nas ashamed and morutied-l
thoupht I could DO it he num-
bIed as he picked himself up. ut
locked so easy he started for the
w'indow remembering the three faces
hat had witnessed his defeat. But
when he got there the place was
smptv, and all he got was a long
lecture from Granny Tabby on be-
ing too conceited,
HI, reign was over.
(copsrighl uiA Florence 2 Tsdss1
The Washington times., 1914-07-20

vidual effort is what I am most
concerned about. especially in re-
gard to the work of the homemaker.
II there is waste, for instance, in
the food used in the home. or IL
there Is waste in the method which
she uses at work. l regret II, but l
am most sorry when she herself
wastes her own effort so that she
herself is deprived of necessary
energy.
In fact, all our efforts are finally
aimed to benefit the human woiS-
er. II I tell a woman to raise her
sink, or IL / show her how to
market economically. I am doing so
only that her personal effort shall
The Washington times., 1914-07-20
Entire Company Thrown
Out of Work by Eclair

over a score Of players were affected
last week by the decision Of the Eclair
Company to discontinue their Eastern
producing company and rely solely on
the Western company for American
made pictures. The action came as a
surprise, both to film men in general
and to the players at the Fort Lee
studio. Among the players affected are
Barbara Tenant, Oscar Lund, Alec
Francis. Bert Starkey. and Stanley
WalpoIe. Clara Horton. formerly Of
the Eastern company, has been trans
ferred to the Tucson. Ariz.. aggregation,
under, the direction of Webster CullisO1.
All OF the Eclair players were i'm
mediateIy placed under contract by the
Peerless Feature Film Company. which
is working at Fort Lee. and producing
prominent Brady and Blaney plays.
The Washington times., 1914-07-20
By FLORENCE E. YoDER.

" HIS is story about a puppy
boy who thought too much OF
i himself. Ever since Poly, the
puppy boy. had rescued the
little pups from the burning build
ing he was the most popular person
in Tabbyland He was invited out
to supper every night in the week,
and all of the kitty girls and puppy
girls were tickled to death il he
paved any attention to them. Fannie
Hicks. the puppy girl of whom he
thought the most, had been angry
with him because she thought that
he had given her some ugly handker-
chiefs to be unkind But she made
up with him after the fire, and he
explained that IL had not been his
fault.
OF course the other boys in Tab
byland began TO feel jealous after a
while. Poly thinks that he owns
night "He makes me run all of
his errands when he comes to see
Fannie, and he "He acts like
a silly over all Of the girls put in
Binkie Tabby. Tommy said nothing,
but he wrinkled his little black nose
and twitched his whiskers. and hitch
ed up his trousers just as If he were
getting ready TO give some one
licking.
The three were sitting out at the
end of the yard in the Tabby lot. on
the outside. up against the fence,
watching the passing animals, and
wishing for something to do.
Tom stretched himself and sighed.
81 like Poly first rate" he said, as
he rolled over on his stomach, but l
think that he has worked his
bravery to death He thinks too
much OF himself-that's what he does,
l wish that he would not be so shut
mouthed about what he does
"Why?" asked Binkie.
Well Tom replied, IF we onIy
knew what he was doing this even
ing, say. we could help him per
haps-'
.'or hinder him." grInned Toby
Hicks.
But the funny part is" continued
Tommy. that If we just let HIM
alone he will come to grief bv him
self He has run around too high in
the air Ia not set fall We
wouldn't need to do anytnin., to him
But ] would like TO see him lose
his dignity
Giggies and rurrs and rrowI.
greeted tins statement. and Tom
added. Il wonder where he is to-
night"
Il know that -ri~i.i Ty-y
Hicks. for l saw him take my sis
mothers. Mias Flax Ii going 70
The Washington times., 1914-07-20
charlotte Burton Was
Famous Child Actress

: srlotte Burton. the popular star Of
v American Film Company, had n
sUed career in 'legit'' before becom-
X affiliated with the silent drama.
b, made her debut AT the age of eight,
l. ing a principal role in the Brown
r in Fairyland," going on the road
i'I the company managed by Samuel
, edlsnder.
: fter playing several child roles. she
- -ed. and went to the public school
san Francisco until almost sixteen,
hon she played small parts With
R.nce O'Neill at the old Grand Opera
oIss in san Francisco before the fire.
J iter she went into stock at the
Ia DounsRh Theater in Oakland with
l. Nordant- Humphrey Company. play
l. ingenue roles; and later played
p tile with same company, after which
lr led a company on the road for two
- sons In Western and middle Western
tics ending the season IN Chicago,
'u-n whence she went directly TO Santa
g rbara, joining the American company
! raI3
The Washington times., 1914-07-20
Question Box

Mrs. Henry c. Tenell-The rccincs
which you request are given here:
Orange narmaIadc. Slice two dozen
unpeeled oranges. remove the 60 eds.
Mix with them two lemons. These as
well as the oranges must be shredded
very thin. Measure the Juice and add
enough water to- make three quarts Of
liquid. Put all in a stone crock, cover,
and set in a cool place all night Turn
into preserving kettle and bring
slowly to the boil. Simmer until the
peel is very tender. Now STIR In a
pound OF sugar for every pint of juice
and boil until the skin is clear in ap-
pearsnce. Remove from the fire, and
when cool turn into jelly glasses.
Grape fruit marmalade. Prepare ex-
actly as for orange marmaIade, using
grape fruit instead OF oranges, a dozen
and half or twenty instead of two
dozen unless the fruit are very small.
Lemon marmalade. Weigh the lemons
and TO every pound allow a pound and
a quarter sugar. Crate the sind from
half OF the lemons and peel the others
Chop the fruit. removing the seeds as
YOU do so. Press all the juice that you
can upon the sugar. add a little water
10 this and put it over the fire STIR
the sugar until il is dissolved, then boil
for five minutes, skimming of the scum.
Stir in the chopped fruit and grated
rind ard boil for half an hour. Put
up in jelly glasses.
Mint jelly-The most acceptable mini
jelly is simply apple Jelly favored with
mint. To make apple Jelly, quarter
without peeling tart. juicy apples. drop
ping them into cold water. Put the fruit
with a little water-enough TO keep from
burning-into a kettle and simmer
gently until the juice flows freely. Boil
slowly until the apples are tender and
broken. Turn a little at time into
a flannel jelly bag and allow the juice
TO strain through. If the bag is squeez-
ed the jelly will be cloudy. Measure the
Juice and to each pint allow a pound
of sugar. tCatcd in the oven. Boil the
Juice over the fire for twenty minutes.
skim IT, add the sugar. and stir until
dissolved. Boil for a few minutes and
remove from the fire. Add fiavoring
made OF fresh mint sprigs. scal6ed,
crushed ard strained. and pour into
jelly glasses TO cool.
An Ardent Reader-Thr Times does
not know the address of the person toe
whom you are hunting. .-. .- 800. -, -.
The Washington times., 1914-07-20
ILL THE TRUTH PETER DO NOTHING BUT WRITE NOTES.
By LEONA DALRYMPLE
newell. Diane Of the Green van." awarded Prise Of
and g. g. Mcclure a. Judges.

and convention that Is keeping her
away from the ordering of her home.
We cannot afford a maid. but Mary
Knew that before We were married.
There Is an accumulation of three days
dishes in the kitchen. I mentioned thar
diffidently tonight. Mary burst into
tears.
Peter" she said forlornIy. YOU
you know very well before you married
me that j don't know very much about
housekeeping. 1 told you SO. I'll get
Strengthened out In time"
II don't think I ever realized so
vvidly before just what this means.
I'm going to hire Norah Geraghty IN
the morning to wash the dishes and
unburlap the furniture while Mary
writes notes"
The Washington times., 1914-07-20
What Is Inefficiency?
By MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK.

be diminished. Some women write
me that they feel that this effici-
ency idea would be an added burden
on top of their present work, that
IL would be harder to impose new
schedules and new plans than to go
on with what they are now doing.
I tell these women they do not
understand what real efficiency
means. 1t does not in any way mean
added effort. 1t means simply elimi-
nation, or cutting down OF present
faults, For instance, the other day
a woman said to me, IF this eff
ficiency idea OF yours means a lot
of expensive utensils. I'm no. 60
ing to have anything to do with it,
Or, another writes, You don't mean
what L should add a complicated
system of work to my present du-
ties" On the contrary. I mean that
both these women and others should
merely sit down and study how, at
present. there may be waste In their
management. They do not need to
add a cumbersome system. or
dozen pots in order to be efficient.
They need only see how they work
they use now, notice what waste
motion or effort there Is at present
in various tasks or routines. and
then merely eliminate some of this
unnecessary work, this waste mo-
ton. and this superfluous effort.
If a woman once gets firmly fixed
in her mind that efficiency means
the elimination of waste, she has
the key to this whole. new stimulat-
ing idea. It may be a waste in her
food supplies. in the fuel she Is us
ing. a waste OF time Between various
tasks. a waste of effort walking
twenty feet unnecessarily. Then II
she cuts down this waste In what
ever department she finds 1t, in
whatever task or routine she Is In
at the time, she will become effici-
ent.
Ard the result will be not only
saved materials and time, but the
great final saving effected by all
efficiency-saving human effort.
Copyright, 1914, by Mrs Christine Frederick
The Washington times., 1914-07-20
THE BEST
Fhotoplay Department in
WASHINGTON
rug Evil ShoWn in
Startling Manner
by Ne1D Screen
MelOdrdn1d

r ccornition of the photoplay as
|ublic big facts of life and bring
be about the curing of many of the
vi that exist has been very slow
b coming but it has been given at
sst Reform organizations, the
e. dis of religious orders and the in
il duals in charge of various phases
f the uplift work have at last
Eome to understand that the most
tr king manner TO bring the fact at
icir command before the people is
h ough the agency of the moving
iCtdre screen. 1t is probable that in
hc future the principal means of
Erecting attention to the evils of
uch things as tuberculosis and kin
|rcd subjects will be the photoplay,
ec,use in the play the people, can
ee acted in a striking way a story
|hat will appeal to them in way no
Iterature could do. There is some
him real about the action of play
Thlch the mere telling Of the story
oes not possess.
J. the past few months there have
|eeN several ulays produced that are
n sual examples of this class of
|roDaganda work. OF these the most
|mI ortant is prabablv THE Drug
fe~~or." which is to be produced in
hi citv for the first time tomorrow
! nc Wednesday at Crandall's Thea
Ter II is a well-known fact that the
/ 81 Of narcotics has grown in terrible
|roportion during the past few years.
Ehere the drug user was once a
|ar.tv he is now numerous. People OF D..
] n classes of society have sought
Emulation or exhilaration in drugs
|ha, could not be obtained in other
|ssvs The DEGRADATION of the drug
So is far greater than that OF
|he drunkard. The person who has
|Ui waited this craving becomes the
pot miserable and pitable of hu-
pan beings.
the powers that are fighting this
|Nrl that are making it Impossible
|hTuugh State laws to sell drugs or
|hre character as freely as has been
|hC custom in the past. have run
n'r powerful opposition in the men
Fnn would continue 10 trade Tor
r. own personal gain. And there
pa. rcsn IN apathy among the people
Di me country toward the drug evil
hat has not helped the corrective
20 success. In order to
place before the people in a start
ing way just what evils result from
The Washington times., 1914-07-20
Nixon to Write PLAYS.

Charles Z. Nixon, whose resignation
from the position of general advertising
manager of the Selig Polyscope Com
pany was recently announced, will in
the future devote his time entirely TO
the writing of scenarios. an occupation
in which he has already proven himsek
worthy.
Selig's Coming Of Columbus" one OF
the greatest historical films made in
America, was conceived by Mr.. Nixon.
Among other films to which he ac-
knowledges authorship are: Pauline
Cushman.' THE Eye OF Conscience.
Belle Boyd" When Wilderness Was
King" THE Witch Of the Everglades, '
THE Seminole's Sacrifice. Red
Jacket" and many others too numerous
Ia yuapttQn $780,. rt--.- -
The Washington times., 1914-07-20

away. Morning by morning, regret
to say, Mary was growing little more
careless about her attire. In her trous-
seau she had had a profusion Of gauzy,
fluffy pink things covered with lace
and ribbon and about as sensible for a
prospective housekeeper as white gloves
would be for me for street wear Wo-
men, think, delight In ownfng wholly
beautiful. and .incident'y. wholly use-
less things.
remember our first morning in our
little home. Mary bal co,ne dant,ly
downstairs in silky things OF ravishiny
beauty and, for all, j admired ~ tx-
ceedingly,- I did wonder how In the
world, she expected to rraii about a kit
chen floor In IL. She did md 7ow the
result is woefully apparent Marys
fii,ery is all bedraggled ard d dirty, but
She wears il still
THIS II Urning she WAS wearing de~f,
at-heel slippers that clattered noisily
np and down as she walked and she mad
rot comped her hair. Now, it is hard
To arise at seven when y,.u have been
accustomed to wake at nine and
breakfast 'luxuiously in bed-but surely
Mary can discipline herself for the sass
flf,. If our love- to this russeder form OF
thought Of mothers trim brown
NAcSccS set OH Win Wnlte collar and
Guns do not think that I have ever
In my life seen mother sloyenIy. b,,t
then mother was not q hothouse flower.
nor was she spoiled, ns I fear Mary
was. by doting mother.
Mary" ventured, gently, "vhy
wear those hlssy things In the. early
morning? Wouldn't you Ike a brown
linen gown with neat white cuffs and a
collar-like--like-moth
. Peter" exclaimed Mary, petuiantly.
How horrid Of you, When I don't
have minute to dress In the morning.
1 just slip into this and hurry down.
stairs. and-and it's 50 bleak and gray,
and I hate the kitchen with ali the
dishes lying around from the night be-
fore"
I did not suggest that the aftermath
Of dishes in the morning was easily
obviated the night before. merely
kissed Mary and helped her TO get
breakfast.
Suppose, said at breakfast; Sup
pose 1 set the clock for Et.le earlier,
dear. Then you'll have loads nf time
Mary BIT her lips and looked hurt.
and ! sighed.
Is a woman born with the same sense
of personal neatness as q man? A
cynfc tells me that the ktrnono has
wrecked many a home. 4
CONTINUED Tomorrow)
The Washington times., 1914-07-20
More Pickford Films.

The picture makers seem bound to
esL the popularity Of Mary Pickford, IL
oi enlarge IL. while at the sarge time
81 ping some profits for themselves.
I nnday the Biograph dug up fifty-four
,, kford reels Of the days when May
L. yed for the Bio. They viii be re-
pa sed one daily until used ZIP.
ne ImD also found some former Pick
ord reels they had on hand, and be-
ides the Famous Players is featuring
ss.S PicSdoIS e. Ieag-rseled films.
The Washington times., 1914-07-20

WYE have talked so much
W. about efficiency that 1t
w might be well to stop a
moment and consider
what is the meaning of its opposite.
inefficiency. / believe that the best
and simplest one-word definition of
efficiency is conservation. Likewise.
sum up inefficiency in the simple
word. waste
Yes, inefficiency means waste,
either in a process of work. the ma
terials with which the work is Done,
or with the worker. The great prob
lem Of efficiency, therefore, is to re-
duce or eliminate the amount of
The Washington times., 1914-07-20

waste in any
Of these three
lines. 1t is un-
fortunate II there
Is a waste In
materials; 1t Is
also to be re-
gretted II there
are wasteful
methods. but II
Is still worse IL
there is wasted
effort in the in
dividual worker.
Waste in indi-
The Washington times., 1914-07-20
Behind the Screen

solax releases. Dan Baker is another
player recently added to the SoiaH
forces.
Among the players who will be seen
| in slIpport of Ethel Barrymore in her
picture debut with the All-Star Com
pany are Charles Stevenson. George An
drews. William Courtleish, j-., and Con-
way Tearle.
William Fables, who is to take the
part of the goat in the forthcoming
Edison spIit-reel Buster Brown come
dies has had twenty-five years expert
ence at playing stage animals He mas
been a bear in the 'Alasksns and
parrot in Humpty-Dumpty.
Pearl white. star of the "Perils Of
Pauline" is spending July Win 'her
mother at Gulfport. Miss.
The film version of I'll Trovatore" in
six reels will be ready for showing
around August ].
Henry Arthur Jones, the English play
wright has made arrangements to nave
his plays produced III movies In this
country. Daniel Frohman. who at one
time controlled the rights TO the plays
has made arrangentns to produce them
in pictures for the Famous Players.
Down in Bermuda, the Victory Com
pany has been working on numoer
Of feature films. The director In each
is James Gordon.
Foul Play is a feature play which
the American Pathe Company is buslly
engaged in producing at present. The
rIayers recently went TO Bermuda and
hack for some "exteriors." In this COM
pany are William Riley Hatch. Sheldon
Lewis. Eleanor Woodruff and virginia
Pearson, with Director Nerbout IN
charge.
Nellie Bell, who recently resigned
frc-r, the Frontier. is now the bride OF
Carl Widen, a Kaiem photographer.
Mai Wells has been engaged by the
Sterling.
Since the 6rst of the year four wed
dinRs have occurred within the ranks
OF the Frontier at Paula, Cal.
The Washington times., 1914-07-20
TOMORROW.

TOMORROW.
"T'he nilifOB Dollar Mystery
fourth installment, Olympic Park,
Fourteenth and v streets.
"lhe Drug Terror" CrandaIIS,
Ninth and + streets.
'.The Lions Bride" the Parkway,
Twenty-second and p streets.
Mutual Program, Central Park,
Ninth near G streets.
'The Creation, the BeIasco, La.
fayette Square.
The Washington times., 1914-07-20
WHAT THEY'RE SHOW.
ING IN WASHINGTON,
TiD NY.

- Born Warrior" Parkway,
Twenty-secOnd and r streets.
Mutual Program, Central Park,
Ninth near G street.
Francis Y. Bushman In His
Stolen Fortune Olympic Park,
Fourteenth and v streets.
Mary Pfckford in "Beasts Al
Bay Crapdalrs, Ninth and z
streets.
"The Creation" the BeIasco. La
fayette Square.