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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-04
Three Minute Journeys
Where Four Servants Do the Work
of One
of One
By TEMPLE MANNING.

~ T the housewife in lands where ev-
cry modern convenience lies close
at hand, has difficulty in securing
good servants, you can we'll imag-
inc what a woman on the East African
coast must endure She has plenty Of
servants, but what servants they are
II was once my good fortune to spend
q delightful month with a friend who
had established his home in Najrobi.
He would not hear of my putting up
anywhere but at his house. 20 which
he instantly carried me off.
That night slept soundly. so sound
IL that the next morning. when / was
awakened by a terrible yell, I sprang
out of bed, reached my revolver, and
was halfway out Of doors when my
host stopped me. His wife had sent
for a cook, and the candidates had ar
rived
Later ! went out on the veranda and
watched my charming hostess give au-
@ience and select her 'm'pezi" (cook).
II was no easy task to make a selec-
ton from the host of excited, chatter
ing negroes. Her house boy" had lined
them up in order of their arrival, but
sttll they were crowding through the
gate. At the foot OF the steps stood an
other of the house boys" who handed
TO madam the dirty. pasted together
'-baruas' (testimonials).
The Testimonials Were Interesting.
Now, these ''baruas" are usually
worthless. because the natives buy or
steal them from each other. and a
useless servant may present a fine
-m'pezis" credentials. Still you have
70 give them some attention In the
midst of reading one of the "baruas''
my hostess startled me with H loud
laugh Instantly there was a commo-
ton in the throng, and the hoy who
had handed in the "barua" dashed for
his life away.
StiH laughing. my hostess handed me
the testimonial. It read: ITO whom II
may concern: The bearer is n thief
and the worst cook II was ever my mis-
fortune TO have Please kick him out. -
Finally, from the tbrong, d cook was
engaged, and two others were told 10
return in case the first did not live W
70 his promise.
Theoretically, servants are supposed
70 pay for their own food out of their
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-04

own salaries. but il never happens. Not
only do they eat at your expense. but
they adcrn their persons with Jour
best butter rubbing it all over their
bodies until they shine in the sun.
My host told me that his wife could
never keep dish TOW. els in the house
the servants always stole them to wear
ON state occasions. The red borders
made them fine decorations When she
bought plain bordcred towels they still
disappeared-they served for everyday
wear.
The customary staff OF servants for
small family in Nairobi includes a
I'm 'Iczi'' cook. a head boy" to-
to- Cyouth), to assist them. and a
IN shenzf' (untrained nativc) for odd
jobs around the garden. Cook and boy
each receive about s.. and TIE other
two half as much n month. And yet
enc good American servant would dc
the work Of all four much better and
with more satisfaction
Copyright. 1914. Newspaper Feature servic. }
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-04
An Overhead Clothes Dryer.

One of the best drying devices
ever come to our notice is that seen
at a recent exhibit. 1t is an over
head dryer which may be placed in
any kitchen or laundry II consists
of rack of rods which has a serv-
ice of fifty-fiye feet, and which is.
therefore. equal to about two hun
bred feet of clothes line. This rack
can be attached TO the ceiling so
that il falls from the ceiling in a
horizontal manner. and it has a
pulley device which permits IL to be
raised and lowered with ease. The
idea is that the clothes should be
put on Il when wet as the rack is
lowered TO the height of the woman,
and then Ii Is TO be lifted to the
ceiling of the kitchen or laundry,
where the warm air of the ceiling
will dry the clothes quite rapidly. IT
Is also excellent to be used merely
as an ironing rack, having IL before
the work as she irons. so that she
a. lay the ironed hnsn upaa It. the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-04
"Whdt's Nezu for Dinner
Tonight? 2"
By MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK.

IF half q dozen dinners Of your
friends and mine were laid out
i on a table without any name,
we could probably pick out
which was the typical dinner of the
Joneses. or the Browns, or the
Smiths. By this / mean that In
many families there is a tendency
to get into a rut in the matter Of
the kind Of meals. / know one
family where they don't think II Is
dinner unless they have a quantity
of meat with thick BLOWN gravy:
another family thinks It's a poor
meal indeed which does not include
a steaming plate of soup every
night; some husbands feel unhappy
IL a single meal should lack
potatoes.
1 lived for three years In an in
stitutional boarding house where the
girls had dubbed the ever-present
daily creamed potatoes library
PASTE" and we threatened to go out
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-04

Inoeed, some mall order ana Dusl-
ness houses have men who do little
else than sort out mail according to
the handwriting recognized.
After all, letters and all hand-writ-
ten epistles are actually intended 10
carry more between the lines than in
the words that are scrawled.
Their one merit is to carry the liv-
ing writer into the readers presence.
as he really is. undisguised by the
words, studies, and arts used.
Handwriting is really just as fleet
ing as is the spoken word. 1t should
pass away, like the sound of the
voice. Even when the linked phrases
do not fade. though they are hauled
into life to plague you years after
when you wrote the spoken word. not
as you are at another moment
The exceptions to this are in in
stances of certain maladies such as
general paralysis of the insane
chronic alcoholism, syringornylia, and
other enduring maladies.
1t Is almost a simple task to recog-
nize the weak, flabby- minded, self
enabled, proud, shallow minded lead
ing man in professional and commun.
fly life by his handwriting
A child. what does II know OF world.
-
billion? Therefore the scrawling words
are large and -unshapely. Once the
youngster begins to build his charac.
ter 20 integrate his habits, the writing
takes on a vigor all its own.
EK-President Taft's handwriting In.
dicates a nature peaceful. kindly and
malleable, whereas that of the Mighty
Hunter of the Congo and the Amazon
has all the fist marks of power
strength. integrity, ambition. and or
iginality.
President wilson's decision, stanch-
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family to depart from what they like
in a meal.
When I showed a young friend
how to make a beef loaf, she was
delighted. but a short while later
told me her brothers, for whom she
was keeping house. refused to eat
It. Similarly. guests at my homo
have enjoyed a mock duck Of mex
pensive round steak. but have re-
marked that such and such q MEM
Der Of the family would not eat
made" dishes.
think one Of the best influences
now at work is the tendency among
many to adopt the foods and dishes
of other countries into their menu
from time to time. How much each
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-04
By WINIFRED BLACK.

II she does much housework there anywhere
I'm glad the rich girl is going home-she wouldn't
have made good all.
Nurses Qualities
The first requisite of a good Tatence.
the next Is obedience tho next attention
details I'm afraid the rich girl very plainly
single one OF these most
tial qualities.
The Joctor has mad "drudge' of a trained nurse
the life Of a patient for him and again,
and she wouldn't have saved the life at all II she hadn't
willing and to do a of drldgery"
knew very brilliant priest high order
renowned for its learning academic polish
This priest came of famous family his father
one of the leading generals in great civil war; his
mother woman OF the highest social gifts and
position
The priest who went into the church proud
man. brilliant, quick-witted ironic a an,bous
One dav while he "A It was whis
percd that there going be distinguished guest
to dine the college.
The refectory was adorned with flowers there
special bouquets in the chapel the whole place
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-04

on strike II we
had pork chops
more than three
times a week. As
I analyze the
matter. 1t seems
to me not 50 much
a lack of knowl-
edge on the part
of housewives as
to what Is new
and changeful in
the menu. but an
unwillingness on
the part of some
members of the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-04
A Hardfood Cold Mangle

Very often women ask If so-calIed
cold mangles are efficient. They
have In the past not been entirely
satisfactory. but there has come to
our knowledge a firm that manufac-
lures mangles which are very good
indeed for much of the fiat work
in the home. They iron towels, pill
lowcases, small sheets and under
wear most successfully, and are pat
termed after those which have been
used for a long time In England.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-04

chief purpose Is to render the tendons,
ligaments and muscles So plant that
natures expansion may be accomplish
ed without the intense strain SO often
characteristic Of tho period OF expect
ancy.
At any rate II is reasonable to believe
that since Mothers Friend" has been a
companion to motherhood for more than
half a century no more timely advice
could be given the inexperienced mother
than to suggest its daily use during ca
pectancy.
Friend" a penetrating. external liquid
Of great help and value. And write to
RradfieId Regulator Co. Sn2 Lamar bldg.
Atlanta, Ga, for their book Of useful
and timely information to eNpectant
mothers, 1t contains many suggestions
that are of interest to all women.-Advt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-04
THE SERVANT ROUTE TO
HONORS

wore an air of unmistakable festive
adurnment.
The young noviCe was sent for.
Now" he thought, 81 shall be of
some Importance" but they only want
ed him to go into the kitchen and help
peel potatoes and strip corn and shell
peas for the big dinner. to which he
was not invited. even in tie humble
capacity of a waiter.
When the dinner was over and the
Young novice was helping to wash the
dishes and listening to the stories or
the wit and clOqucnce of the guest
from the others in the kitchen who
had heard a few choice sallies-throuSh
the kitchen door-a telegram came to
the convent. 1t WAS from n distinguish
ed body Of statesmen then in conven-
ton assembled close by, and they ask
cd for the honor Of the young novice's
presence as chaplain to their meet
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-04
* Hints for Housewives X

whole rack later to be lifted so as TO
dry the linen more perfectly. or have
II out OF the way until II is to be
laid away. 1t is very easy to install
this clothes dryer. and as II costs
only a moderate sum, II should an
peal TO many women at this season
Of the year. when so many rainy
days prevent using an Outdoor drv.
ing area
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Ing.
Tho novice hurried office Of his superior with
III. telegram The superior read it-"Um. he said-ah-
have you finished washing your dishes? Mo- GO
back and wash them"
And that was all the novice ever heard OF the
-s.t dinner to be chaplain {" the great
convention. :,
Tho priest Who told this story laughed, when ne
.,s a He said Il took him almost six months to learn
to laugh about it.
Tried and Found Wanting
II wasn't your linen closet thai was under the test
nv poor little Ricn Girl 1t was you and you didn't even
guess at II.
Watched in the balance and found wanting-trat
,.o verdict doctor found in Jour little
r,o. Girl all the dollars in all your fathers
-, On, alter doctors opinion OF you and your
-. for the high holy calling of
For n eve there high and holy calling it
the profession of nursing
" vnu went do rcor little Rich Girl. won't do
-. III You're lust a nice. sweet, pretty kind hearted
little doll 1t takes woman to 90 "omans work in
World that Is net made for women.
"A mr. Tsssurs ssrvtaA)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-04
Answers to Health
Questions

ADM1RER-Bave an awful habit OF
biting my lips and am nervous.
You need more sleep. an outdoor
life. bathing. swimming, exercise, and
different thought and habits. Physical
culture also helps.
ANXIoUS-Is there any way to cure
or to alleviate red veins in face?
Eat less and only when in need of II.
Keep the stomach well drained out,
and do not exceed your muscular ca
capity when active.
H. C. S.-Please name powders to re-
move hair from face.
The sulphide shaving powders can be
made by any druggist. The New Stan
dard Formulary and the National For
mulary Of Druggists give these in de-
tail.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-04

Is q splendid eXter-
nal application sold
in most drug stores
under the name OF
Mothers Friend"
IT IS a penetrating
and many and
many a mother tells
how II so wonder
fully aided them
through the period
of expectancy. Its
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-04

THE rich girl isn't going 10 be a
trained nurse after all. She tried
i It for three weeks. and she said.
There's too much 6rudgery
about it,
II wanted to be n NURSE said the
rich girl YESTERDAY to a newspaper re-
porter who was asking her about II.
because l thought could aid suffer
ing humanity.
II have been at the hospital for some
weeks now and ! find that three
fourths of my time was taken up in
busting. sweeping. and making beds.
And yesterday the doctor made me
go to work and clean up a whole linen
oloset-just because he didn't like the
way The sheets were arranged r. I'm
going to do everyday house work,
might as we'll 60 home and do it in
my own house.
So the rich girl Is going home.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-04
Secrets of Health and Happiness
Why Illness Is Shown
by Your Handwriting
By DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRSHBERG
AB. ND. Oohn, Hopkins)

-HIS man paresis," quoth my secretary
y" why" she smiled, his letter only tells of
il nervous troubles and headaches"
ut doesn't matter what he writes. He has
psress," my mischevous yet truthful rejoinder.
How do make that OUT" she specifically replied
BY the handwriting"
This is correct. 1t is second third Daniel come
30 judgment. shrewd guess any handwriting
the wall 1t acknowledge scientific truth that
Hike the apparel, handwriting oft procl aims the
Just muscular actions shape your mental state;
Just impulses your arrive the central
exchange there reayed again the muscles
defect sensations, in your common sense
in character vour
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ness. puritanism, lack Of feeling and
emotion and intellectual supremacy
are plainly to be seen in his linked
paragraphs. Here also are to be seen
his stubbornness. fiXity of purpose
and high resolve.
Age, like adolescence. may be dag
nosed in the mails. Loss of strength
from temporary, acute illness, too, is
quickly visible.
Grossness. selfishness. temperament
and disposition, as we'll as character
and pathology, are apparent in some
types Of penned paper.
Copyright, 1914. Newspaper Feature Service.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-04
Planning for the
StOrk's Arrival

Among those things which all women
should know Of, and Tany of them do,
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Brown Eyes-If you know some
thing about the man YOU write Of, II
he is a nice chap and the kind Of per-
son you wish for a friend It Is quite
permissible for you to call him up, as
he asked you on going to his homo
town to visit.
Copyright. 1914. Newspaper Feature Servtcs)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-04

individuality
Colonel Malone
differences
Letters More han Words
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-04

I UST few years ago this sort Of thing would
have been impossible. Not because Irritation
had not been invented. Oh, no! Filtration is
old as apple trees. And not because very nice
young chaps were never up in the air." Oh, no,
again!
This sort of thing didn't happen because gasolene
birds hadn't been invented, and because the feminine
heart had not yet learned to be extremely susceptible
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-04

Miss Laurie will welcome letters of
inquiry on subjects of feminine inter-
est from young women readers OF this
paper and will reply to them in these
columns They should be addressed to
her care this office
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-04
Advice tO
Girls
Dear Annie Laurie.

Dear Annie Laurie.
have the dearest sweetheart. but
every time he calls on me he wants
me to sit on his knee and kiss him
all the time. After I do that for
about three hours, I become tired
OF Il, and then he wants to go home
when 1t Is still real early. Do you
think he really loves me. or does he
stay just because / love him and
make fuss over him? He SAYS he
loves me, but he never asks me to
marry him. Do you think he might
ask me to marry him IL I wcre to
make more fuss over him?
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-16
WON'T GET NEW TERMS

When the terms of School Trus-
tees Harding, HUFFMAN, Dibelka and
Sethness, recently bounced by the
mayor and then reinstated by court
order, are up on July 1 they will not
be reappointed by the mayor.
In their places will in all prob
ability be chosen John w. Eckhart,
John A. Metz, Joseph A. Holpuch and
Axel Strohm.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-16
TO PROBE OAK FOREST

President Mccormick of the Coun-
ty Board yesterday appointed COM
mittee to investigate conditions at
Oak Forest. Incidentally he white
washed his own bunch and fastened
the blame for the poisoning of the
Oak Forest inmates on DR.. Charles
Eberlein.
Commissioner Daniel ]. Harris said
that 80 patients in the tuberculosis
hospital became i'll yesterday.
The committee named by McCor-
mick includes Jane Adams, Rev. Ed
ward Kelly, Rev. P. ]. O'Callaghan,
Minnie F. Low, DR.. Albert ]. Ochsner,
Thomas Siemiradski, Agnes Nestor,
Mrs. George Bass, DR.. A. L. Graic-
zunas, DR.. Rosina Wistein, Mrs. Ber-
nice Napieralski, JaroslaV Zmrhal,
Allen B. Pond, DR.. Henry B. Favil and
Miss Mary Mcdowell.
WHAT THE COUNCIL DID
Sent back to finance committee all
matters relative to contract for SUI
perstructure on first municipal pier
on North Side.
Aid. Nance wants dry sweeping in
loop stopped. Referred to streets and
alleys committee.
Aid. Richert had 10 civil service
employees, fired for old age, reinstated
at So per cent of former salary.
Passed resolution on death of Adlai
E. Stevenson.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-16
TERRIFIC STORM HITS PARIS
MANY HURLED TO DEATH

Paris, June 16.-It is believed that
the death list in the storm which
swept Paris yesterday will reach a
score. Workmen have begun dig
ging in the debris of several houses,
sunk in by the terrific deluge of rain
which burst conduits and undermined
buildings.
Four are known to have persisted.
The bodies of two, a man and wo-
man, have been recovered from an
excavation fifteen by thirty feet. A
man and woman in taxicab were
engulfed in sliding mass of earth
and crushed to death. Several persons
have been reported missing.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-16

earnings of their children. It pro-
duces an unnatural relation. 1t
makes the child independent of par
entail authority and liable to acts of
lawlessness and ignorance that only
parental authority can prevent.
The industrial wealth of country,
its human timber, is lessened in quail
ity by the laboring of children who
should be building up their bodies and
minds in schools, in Fairgrounds and
in the home.
It is bad for the manufacturers
who exploit children and child labor
The products of these factories are
the poorest in quality and only by
the adjustment of child labor will
they be rendered better and more
saleable in the market.
And child labor weakens the citi-
zen. 1t robs him of his vitality, it
weakens his children, it increases the
populations of public institutions and
puts this added weight and expense
on the community to bear.
The remedy is laws like the Palmer
Bill; education of both the commune
ties and the child itself. An enlight-
ened public opinion, in time, will for
bid an atrocity like child labor. But
while that time is coming there must
be laws to regulate and knowledge to
understand the problem. That is why
the Palmer Bill and other laws like it
should be passed. 1t will not only
regulate child labor but its enforce
ment will call the attention of the
public to the problem and will result
in a demand for the adjustment of
child labor. When that demand is
heard, child labor will be thing of
the past.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-07
FLORIDA WELCOMES THEM

By hundreds and thousands the
surviving remnants of the armies
that made such tremendous history
in the service of the Confederacy
fifty years ago are gathered in jack
sonville to hold their annual reunion
and that city is signally honored in
the opportunity to entertain them.
They come Together now, as in all
previous reunions, from motives that
are purely sentimental and in which
there is no sordid or unworthy
strain, no cohesive power of per-
sonal gain, no purpose to perpetuate
the venomous hates of war; and the
man who would grudge them the
right to do so carries more cant on
his lips than patriotism in his heart
and is less worthy than the least
of them to be an American citizen.
Educated, as their fathers were,
to that Interpretation OF the constl-
tuition which made the Union vol
untary compact of States to be dis
solved when any member of the com
pact thought the cause sufficient,
they went to war with no doubt Of
the justice of their contention and
they fought out the issue manfully
on dreadful battlefelds where only
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-07

real men could stay and fight. The
world applauded their devotion and
courage and still applauds-and not
the less because they lost. Not vet
eran among all the thousands in
Jacksonville today but is loyal to the
reunited nation and its flag, but he
would be less than a manly man and
unfit for the citizenship he enjoys
were he disloyal to the dear and sa-
cred memories of those terrible years
of war when he fought and bled and
starved and saw his comrades die by
thousands on glorious fields Of both
victory and defeat, and all the
people of his section making sacri-
fees and enduring priyations and
sorrows not often if ever paralleled
in modern times.
Thank God that those grim and
awful days are but fading memories,
and that innumerable ties, political,
commercial, social and sentimental
now cement the nation into solid
and enduring whole; but the dear
old fellows who made the material
for such great pages in our history
in their young manhood at the call
of conscience and duty will be prec-
ious to us as long as one remains
alive and they are entitled to the
unchanging love and honor of the
Southern people.
We are glad there are so many
left to come together in comradeship
up in jacksonville, and hearten each
other as they tell again the oft-told
tale of what they saw and did dur
ing the progress of the vast tragedy
which Almighty God ordained; and
if patriotism means the love of ma
tive land and willingness to die in
its behalf, they who lost in the war
between the States were equally pa
triots with those who won.