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The Washington times., 1914-11-16

Copyright. 1914. by r z Yoderh
. HE number of dark-haired
doiiies who were in Tabby-
land seemed TO increase
every day. Some said that it
was because fair-haired dollies were
So much more popular with children
the world outside Of Tabbyland, and
others claimed that IL was because
dark haired dollies had mean disposi-
tons. anil that they were not wanted
any place.
Whatever the reason was, the
dark-haired dollies did not tell, and
they seemed lust as happy as II they
had remained with the human
beings
The last remark that the dark
haired dolls had mean dispositions
was made by Cottontsil. He really
did not know, but he was standing
around the tov shop with some of the
other animals and wanted to have
something 10 say about the new
COmers
Some one told them. snd they be-
San TO wonder who this Cottontail
might be. One day they niade up
their minds that they would make
hlm take them out to hunt for chest
nuts in the woods. They were rot
even angry with Cottonteil for say
ing things about them and We =
rather inclined TO want TO laugh at
him. He was such q funny bunny
Thcy drove DIP In a cart and stop
ped In front of the ioor of Cotton
tail $ house. AT their call ne came
running out. Now standing In front
of store with other animals and
saying things about the dollies was
very different thing from having
them drive up To ores own door,
Cottontail was very pc tie and when
he saw what beautiful curly headed
young ladies they were he was very
hattercd 10 be asked 10 go at all.
He bowed and scraped until his
long ears almost touched the ground,
and put one foot so far behind him
that he almost lost IL. The doll es
giggled in their handkerchicfs, and
whispered, Isn't he funny" but
they did not let him hear them.
So poor Cottontail, with his chest
siI pGffed out with conce!t. got on
the front seat and Grove the dollies
away TO the woods. He talked all
OF the time.
"Over here is the Tabby house
and over there, the Field" He
waved the whip as he spoke. He
was so interested in hearing himself
talk that ne did not notice the dol
lies. What other creature besides
a bunny has great long ears?" sud
denly interrupted the dolly whose
hair was in the tightest curl. The
other doDies began TO laugh. but
Cottontail did not even hear. I'VE
have arrived" He jumped down and
The Washington times., 1914-11-16

ices without pay. The National Board
of Education. however, il giving an
impetus to the school garden feature m
the public schools, by the appointment
of well-paId specialists along that line.
who will inspect the work throughout
the United States. tsg
Miss Susan B. Sipe. the teacher Of
botany In the Wilson Normal School
Is the supervisor OF gardens. and the
model for the school garden is in the
rear Of the same normal school
The gardening impetus 10 not confined
to the grounds oustide. In the dead Of
winter. many of tina school rooms show
verdure and gayety of blossom that
one only looks for in summer.
When the bulbs are planted in the
earth for spring. emanysaerthe same tima
are inferred in window boxes or in glass
bowls flied with pebbles and. water.
About Christmas they commences bloom
ing and q succession Of bloom In kept Hp
until the melting snow permits the
buried crocuses and danodils to appear
out-of-doors.
Undoubtedly the school garden Is still
In its fncipiency. and possibilities still
await DEVELOPMENT, in the way Of prac-
tical agriculture. ="
The Washington times., 1914-11-16
Book Review

WHY. JESUS WAS A MAN AND NOT A
WOMAN. By Sydney c. Tapp. Missouri:
Kansas City. Published by the author.
In series Of sermons which take quota
uons from the Bible as their text, the
author Of this book strives to show
why Jesus was a man and not woman.
Outside Of the statement that Jesus
was a man Of flesh--a male Of the NOR
tai creation in order that He might un-
dergo all of the temptation Of the ser
pent," there is no lucid explanation OF
why He was a man and not a woman.
The book was published by the au-
thor. He makes many references to
the serpent, which is sex, nd irtinates
that we all started wrong. that the frst
misstep in the garden OF Eden was
natural result Of the creation Of woman
Woman. by the way. is the drawing
force of man. the cause of the disturb
ance. In her the serpent resides.
Now everything is repeatedly ex-
ulained wonderfully. But the author gets
very hazy when he tries to tell who this
serpent is, where he came from, and
why God the creator. would wish to
deliberately wreck plan which seemed
all fair until the coming Of the ser
pent. He intimatcs that the serpent is
Of the same state of mind as the fallen
angels. who We're jealous Of God and
were cast out Of heaven. But as to the
actual facts concerning this primal dis
cord the author is silent: his prolific
Imagination evidently deserts him.
The book is, indeed, curiosity.
The Washington times., 1914-11-16
Dailv Editorial for Women

Women and religion go together.
thsS aAsOciatiGn is proverbial and
nceaaa, for the church is the spiritual
hoGns fVS which the woman is ulti
nAAAlr responsible. She has shoul
derSd this responsibility for many
years. and has served with a faith
fulness and often with n brilliancy
for organization and detail which en-
titles her TO a recognition of her
abilities.
Her religious sex once recognized
as legal, the mower of woman even
though it be merely in the capacity
of q subordinate, for advancing the
causes of humanity and Christianity.
will receive the practical Endorsement
which will multiply 1t a thousand
fold.
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Garden Work In Schools
Shozvs Effect in Homes

School gardens were introduced into
the public schools of the District twelve
years ago, but it has only been within
the last two years that Washington has
been cosnizant of the fact. The patient
work In the schools toward arousing a
love Of flowers in the hearts Of the
children, initiated by Miss Susan b.
Sipe the teacher of botany In the
James Ormond Wilson Normal School,
is beginning to seep through into the
home. Not only the school yards and
Fairgrounds have been made over from
barren spots Of earth into little gar
dens of Eden. but the front yards and
the back yards at home are blossoming
out with seasonabIe posies- ...
While other cities have exploited the
school garden for some years. its value
in Washington was not recognized until
long. after II had been taken up by the
educators of Northern and Western
cities. The Department Of Agriculture
has given immense support and en-
couragement to the movement from its
and greenhouse facilities have been do
mated, and equally valuable aid 10 sup
pied through the bulletins in regard 20
planting. cultivating, and harvesting the
crops.
7 The school garden encourages the boys
and girls in actual out-of-door labor.
giving them = practical fund OF In.
formation in regard to the growing Of
vegetables and farm plants. 1t also
projects the study of botany from the
schcolroom into the open. The chill
dren naturally carry their interest home
to the improvement of front lawn or
back fence, while the psychological ef-
feet on the child Of contact with flower
and shrub. though it is hard to measure,
is undoubtedly real and vital.
The children are glad to do all sorts
of hard work in getting the gardens
in condition or in tending the plants.
because they have come to know the
pleasure that comes when tho garden
begins to bloom. BoTs haul dirt and
spade up the soil. The children like
red. and their tastt in flowers runs
along the line Of all the plants that
are red-geTaniuIns, sage cannas, red
tulips, and red nasturtiums.
All of the public schools are encour-
aging the work of flower gardening and
making it as vital a part of the school
life as the limited appropriation for that
department and the lack of school
facilities will permit. The movement
for the school garden is only possible
low through the voluntary work of the
teachers Of botany. ard others who are
sufficiently interested to give their serv-
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Peter S Adventures in
Matrinony
By LEONA DALRYMPLE.

place I know his voice. and in the sec
ond ] know his face. He probably
doesn't know we've moved here. and is
trying that old trick again. Suppose
You slip downstairs and phone for the
police
You keep out of his way" I advised.
''or he'll recognize you. Call Mrs. Mar
tin in and tell her TO let him 80 on
through the apartment I'll SO down
and phone"
Mary called in Mrs. Martin. and we
told her to let our enterprising gas man
have free play Of the apartment while
she went ahead with her starch max
ing. As soon as he got safely started
through the rooms she was to lock the
kitchen door. We decided in the end
that Mary should go down and phone.
while 1 slipped into my room, got my
revolver and waited in the hallway.
Doubtless" ! thought gri1nly, "he
has his pockets full of my belongings
BY this time. And we'll get him at the
door" ,.
he had found a leak in the library, and
after producing a very businesslike kit
OF tools he went to work doing some-
thing or other to the fixtures. 1 heard
an auto drive UP downstairs. and felt
AN unholy delight as I reflected that 1t
was likely the police. 1t was. They
came upstairs-two. great. braWny sons
of Erjn-with Mary at their heels.
Hes there In the library / Whis-
pered. well get him finely And, re-
voiyers in hand, we tiptoed toward the
library.
copy't, 1914. Newspaper Feature Service Inc
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The way to purify drinking water is
then carried out in this fashion: The
contents Of quarter Of pound can
Of clTiorivated lime IL added to @ gal
lon Of water and well shaken until
thoroughly mixed. A half-pound pack
age Of the sodium thiosulphate is now
added to a gallon Of water and also
thus dissolved.
A gallon Of the former solution is
enough to sterilize 5000 gallons Of ordi-
nary drinking water A teaspoonful
of It II enough to sterilize eight gall
Ions Of well water. clear river water or
spring water In fifteen minutes In
any case an equal amount Of the So
dunn thioSulphate solution will then
clear away all unused chlorine as well
as Its bad taste and its bad odor
These mixtures can be used in army
camps. city reservoirs. wells. fountains
Strings or in ordinary gallon bottles
Of table waters. and eliminate from
them all danger Of water-born mala-
dies.
CCoDyrisht. 1914 Newspaper Feature servics.S
The Washington times., 1914-11-16

NO. Ia.
Mr.. BURGLAR CALLS AGAIN.
TT was about this time that Mary and
Il had an adventure which gave US
i both intense satisfaction. AS re-
member it, 1t occurred one morning
-one Monday morning. indeed. just AZ
ter the washerwoman had arrived, and
while Mary and were eating break
fast.
| was very late that morning, and so
was the washerwoman. ! had had one
Of my splitting headaches, and l found
myself absolutely unable to stand up
without my head spinning 30 dizzily
that ] staggered. Therefore IT was cas-
i'y $50 when. at last, Mary and SAT
down to breakfast.
Mary was pouring me a second cup
of coffee when some one knocked at the
kitchen door.
cacies of starch making, answered II
herself. My back was toward the
kitchen door. but | could hear very
plainly what followed:
Good morning" said mans pleas
ant voice. There has been some COM
plant In this neighborhood of leaking
gas fixtures. I'm from the gas company.
and I'm TO inspect all your fixtures
Mary gasped. She was Iacins .he
peter" she whispered, that's the
very man who came to the other apart.
ment to inspect the gas fxtures, ano
stole ali my jewelry. What snail we
do?"
tone. nv, 49, g..
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"A Schoolgirl Outfit From
Our Stores for $21.33

most adorable umbrellas for 80 cents.
and shiny new cover-up rubberS for 80
cents more.
Is her highness in gym class? She
can play basketball to her hearts con-
tent in her MILDLY with it's saucy red tie,
serge boomers and gym shoes. This
whole good-time dress can be bought
for s2.9S-S1 each for hloomers and
MILDLY, IS cents for shoes. A skirt to
match the boomers will convert this
outfit into an extra school dress for 81
more.
Mothers handkerchief box needn't be
ravaged any more on school days, when
little cross-barred handkerchiefs are but
25 cents a dozen. Young ladies who like
to coast will revel in the warm, fuzzy
sweaters they make for them nowadays.
Such sweaters can be bought for Sl.15,
with furry, pussy-cat mittens at SO
cents
Here We have the small maiden ready
for all kinds of good ti-nes-and her
mother will be surprised to find that
the entire cost is only &21.33.
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Yvonne de Treville, world renowned
coloratura soprano, who is spending
a day or two in Washington pending
her concert at the Columbia Theater
on Tuesday afternoon, November l.,
stands back of this statement with
all the vehemence of her dynamic
little personality.
cit matters not whether a woman is
q wife, housekeeper. business woman,
or prima donna, let her think, ac.,
and manage herself, not allow some
man to do it for her.
For years i was a slave to the
superstition that must have a man.
ager. To be sure, they worried me
nearly to death. But ! told myself
a singer must have a manager. She
can't attend to the work herself-it
Then. finally, when 1 was unusual
ly exasperated by some delay or bit Of
poor Judgment, told myself / didn't
care whether It was done or not. /
Now, am a firm believer in the
common sense and intuition of wom-
an. / think it is usually better
guide than the logic of man. Men do
things according to precedent, Gus
tom, rules. Women go straight at a
thing, disregarding everything but
the main issue, which is to get a GER
tain result.
$50 / started out to put my theory
to the test. Business management is,
after all, simply what an old New
England friend of mine used to call
'gumption.' When you want to do a
thing and don't know how, just Do
TT! Make start. Take f1rst step.
Walk up to the telephone. or sit down
to your writing desk, or put on your
things and 60 to the lessee Of a con-
cert hall. Do some one definite. COM
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New York shops claim to outfit the
school girl who hasn't reached her
teens for &a5. Washington shops have
taken the matter up and are prepared
TO outfit Miss d. c. for little more than
so.
For s21S3, to be exact may be had an
overcoat. hat. a pair Of shoes, school
dress of serviceable serge, a ralny-day
costume including raincoat, cap. rub
bers and umbrella: gymnasium cos
tune, consisting of MILDLY, boomers
rubber-soled shoes and a skirt;
sweater. mittens, and handkerchiefs.
Overcoats in a wide selection of warm
materials-chinchilla, zibeline or boucle-
are S. IS; velours, velvet and plush mats
NAV be bought for 81, ard small feet
can be neatly shod for $3.50. A school
dress Of serge or cashmere, as carefully
made as mothers cloth gowns, costs
s.
Rainy days will have no terrors Tor
Little Miss 1874. when raincoats with
caps to match may be had for S.Ss the
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Church Recognizes Women.
Bv BETH TEFFRIES.

AT the convention of the diocese or
New York, held recently. IL was de-
cided that women would be admitted
IN narish meetings, with the right to
sneak and to vote.
II Is still necessary that the legis-
lat,,re ratify the action OF the church
bv amending the laws governing re
lieious corporations so as to give fuil
force and effect to this decision.
1t is almost inconCeivable that this
action has not been taken before.
since it is mainly through the efforts
of women that the church propaganda
has been carried out and made pos
sible in churches all over the CIV
ilIxed world
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nonsense act. The start made, the
rest is compa ratively easy. One step
leads to another, and the first thing
you know, your mind is working
beautifully, and things are happening
thick and fast.
Anyhow, that is my experience.
Managing your own concert tours is
hard work But If there is anything in
this wcrld more satisfying than hard
work, I don't know what II is. No
body minds hard work when results are
satisfactory. 1t is only ainlless drudg-
cry that warps the soul and wears out
the mind and body. Interesting work
is the strongest stimulant / know OF.
II is the breath of life to me, and
think all women are learning the JOY
Of the past. Every intelligent woman
is doing something nowadays. And
civilization has reached a stage where
woman's work and womans viewpoint
are vitally necessary to the progress OF
the world
The little woman who drops all this
wisdom from her lips is known all over
the globe for her gift of song and her
philanthropies. Besides conducting her
own musical affairs. she is sending piles
Of knitted socks and muffiers to the
suffering soldiers of France and Ger
many. and doing much to advance the
campaign for the utilization Of Ameri-
can cotton in wearing apparel and fur
nishings. She has had many Of her
concert frocks duplicated in cotton
fabrics. and the audience cannot tell
The difference between the cotton ones
and the silk ones to save it's life.
Miss de Treville. like the princesses
in fairy stories, is as beautiful as she
Is good. She is a Dresden china shep-
herdess Of lady, with red-brown hair.
humorous blue eyes, and dimples
wherever they can be put
The Washington times., 1914-11-16
Answers to Health
Questions

Patron-How can noise In she head
that sounds like escaping steam be
stopped?
Electric vibration, hot air applica-
tons. electrical treatment. and blowing
up the eustachian tube often relieve
this.
Doily-Am sixteen and have an un-
usually large bust. Is there q remedy
to reduce its size to normal without In
jury?
The only thing to do IL to grow in
proportion in the rest Of your body.
You will soon catch up.
The Washington times., 1914-11-16
Constipation a
Penalty of Age

Nothing 10 so essential to health
in advancing age as keeping the
bowels open. It makes one feel
younger and fresher and forestalls
colds. piles, fevers, and other de-
pendent ills. .
Cathartics and purgatives are yio-
lent anil drastic in action. and
should De avoided. 4 mild, effective
laxative-tonic, recommended by
physicians and thousands who
have used it. is the combination OF
siu7lc herbs with pepsin sold by
dr"a-sts everywhere under the
name g Or. Caldwelrs Syrup Pep
sin. Tn price Is fifty cents and
one dollar a bottle For free trial
bottle write to DR.. W. b. Caldwell,
4S1 Washington St. Monticello, HI
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Dear Annie Laurie
] am nineteen years Of age. and !
have been going WITH Young man
for over a year, and nc ~ tweHlH
one. think q great deal az hinl.
lie is kind to me, and always takes
me wherever he goes. MN tather
runs a store in the country, and he
never misses a night but what he
comes in to sec me. He has no nah
habits Whatever. and he hasn't gone
with any other girl since he started
to go with me.
together, and | danced four or five
times with one boy | knew, ana he
was very angry about this. J. didn't
do anything to insult him In any
way. And he gets angry It i talk
and tussle with other boys ! know.
am a jolly girl and full of fun.
""a' e'i'"'u BROWN EYES.
-ELL me this. Brown Eyes. would
YOU like it if your sweetheart
danced five times with another
girl while you were there. OF
even when YOU weren't IF you would
but you know you wouldn't
Why do you expect him to endure
what you would not stand for min
ute? Talk and tussle, what on earth dc
you meant
No girl old enough to think Of sweet
hearts can possibly romp with men as
you seem to mean and keep her self
respect OF make them respect her. Put
"~r"""lr' in your sWeetheart's place,
treat him as you want him to treat you
,...>. u,cl ytnIng Whl be all right.
Doubtful-H do right to ignore the
man who forced his attentions on your
younger sister when YOU stepped out OF
the room. Your sister should do like
wise.
FTiVolous-Gour parents are right not
TO allow YOU to go out with men they
do not know. You are to young to judge
for yourself. so should rely upon their
judsr ent for several years to come. al
least. Their opinion on such matters Is
apt to oe better than yours always, as
they have lived longer and seen more
Of the world. A seventeen-year- old
girl should not be running around with
men at night in automobiles under any
conditions, much less with men she has
just met.
think as your parents do, that yor
would not mind havinE your sisters who
The Washington times., 1914-11-16
Women Should Be O7vn
Managers, Says Yv0nne
De TreOille, Soprano
By FLORENCE E. YODER

Woman should be her manager.
opinion of Yponne de Trepe the who comes
TO the Columbia Theaer tomorrow, concert.
holds the and intuition of
provided both better guide than the logic of Men
things she said interview according precedent
and custom rule. Women straight thing dsregarding
everything but the main issue which obtain certain result
She tells the following interview of her following
these theories.
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THE TIMES BEDTIME STORY
COTTONTAIL GOES CHESTNUTTING.

said We had mean dispositions,
they cried. We'll. perhaps You
were right We are not going TO
stay here all night while you make
I'D your mind how TO get down. We
didn't ask you to go up there.
With tHat they went away. cart
and all, and left Cottontail high and
dry in the tree. 'Oh. why did J
ever talk about those dolls, he
cried. "They never would have
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then helped the doliies out.
who shall climb the trec?' they
asked, and Cottontaii, proud to
show off, said, 81 will" Nov every
one knows that a bunny cannot
climb a tree, but Cottontail hoped
on n low limb. and then on another,
and finally he was actually up the
tree. II was wrong 4or him to try
to 60 up i, too, 10: Dummies We're
not made to climb trees
But he was so anxious to show off
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chlorine
DRINKING WATER
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known who ! was il had kept my
mouth shut He looked over the
edge of the limb. and at the far dis
tant ground. covered with sticky
chestnut burrs.
Then he shut his eyes and pump
ed There never WAS such a rabbit
jump before or since. But Cotton
tail took no pride in it. t.ia feet
were full Of stickers, and as he
sat and drew them out with his
teeth as the sun went down. he
decided that something was wrong
with HIS disposition. too.
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ODD and INTERESTING FACTS

A Yorkshire England. firm of wagon
builders has just received an order for
1892 pairs of wheels and axies. The
enormous amount OF materials involved
may be gathered from the fact that II
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that he did not think that he was
doing wrong. He shook down the
chestnuts and the dollies gathered
them. They cracked them oDen
right under the tree and left the
hulls there. with their great long
stickers covering the ground.
Come down. now cried the dol
lies. I'VE must 90" Cottontail look
ed about. The coming down was
much harder than the going up.
He could not move. At last the
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the wheels were placed end to end in
one continuous line they would cover
distance of nearly nine and a half miles.
The total weight of the material TO be
used is about 5l.3l9 tons.
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How You May | Puriify
Your Drinking Water
By DIR. LEONARD kB ENE HIRsHBERe,

Il. D.. M a. M D. lJohn5 HopklnsI.
a POSSIBLE worldwide epidemic Of Asiatc cholera,
~ disease borne by drinking water, has to
n most dcsir able alertness upon the house
holds. not only in the European the
conflict England America. Asiatic chol-
era. spread has begun. a connagra-
ton, which RACES around the world like prairie
There question that drinking respons-
lbie for its extension when once it begins to spread
One Of the impo rtant methods by which cholera,
we'll typhoid fever, dysentery. and other
maladies prevented 10 to dsnfect drinking
winter that there shan be microbes left to IT, yet with
unpleasant tasto or remaining bring about
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Question Box

E. A. F.-This column cannot print
addresses Of corporations, but IL you will
write again to this office, enclosing q
stamped envelope. you will receive
reply
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E. NJ. M-The tuberculosis Hospital
Is located at Fourteenth and Upshur
streets.
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j. 1.-The last concert in the smith
sonian grounds was held on Thursday
August y,