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The Washington times., 1914-03-14
MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK.

cleaned by carrying the sweeping pro-
cess through all the rooms, after that
the busting, and finally the mopping.
a number Of minutes were saved In
the second instance. when there was no
CnsnSe of shift
Much time is lost in the household
through poor arrangements of equip
ment. worker made a cake in twelve
minutes, but it took her four unneces-
sary minutes to lay away her beaters,
bowls. and food supplies About 80 per-
cent of inefficiency in all cooking tasks
is due to waste motion caused by un-
scientific placing of kitchen equipment.
IThere ere two main processes in
kitchen work. the preparing 70 food,
md the clearing nwHy of food. In
the first process food in taken from
the storage, prepared On a table.
cooked on n stove, and served. There
arranged in the following order, The
1nntry or stOruEe, the kitchen table,
the stove the serving table. In clear
Ing AWAY food the soIled dishes must
be taken to the sink, washed, drained
and laid away. Therefore the stncit-
| tnble should be at the right of the
| sink, the drain Mt the left, the china
md utensiI shelves at the left of the
drain.
Arrangement of Tools.
Utensils and tools should be placed
| near the largo process of which they
form O. part. Generally tea is kept in
, a pantry thirty feet away from the tea
pot on the kitchen shelf In the eff
| cient kitchen tea and pot are adjacent
so that both can be lifted down at the
same moment Instead Of keeping can
| opener, parer. corer in drawers. they
should be hung directly over the pre-,
, pairing surface; In my own kltcheni
finished Mrs. Frederick. every tool Is
placed exactly where it is needed for
thu. actual work-the bread knife near
th- bread box. and so on
Then she showed me an interesting
time table she had prepared. whirh
illustrated the difference between cook
ing one thing at a time and cooking
several There was really scientlilc
reason back of grandma's baking day
even If she didn't know II.
"Ry preparing several dishes at the
same time -" summed up Mrs Frederick.
the time spent In grouping the ma
t-rials is cut down one-half and the
time spent in clearing away is cut down
more than one-halt.'
.A card catalogue system II an-
other grcnt help In the household
Simply MI box or drawer with
three-by-Hye cnris, the subheads In
dicatinS th1. household dntH to which
reference Is constantly necessary.
Some indices generally useful arc
household accounts household rec
ords GncIudIng linen list. preserve
list. and similar ItemsD, librnry rec
ord., family medical records. house
hints address list. The aVernEe
woman wuStes motion tremendously
'. hen sut!den My called upon 10 produce
an address, a receipt, or IA bundle Of
la id-nwny clothing.
Modern Appliances Save Time.
There are certain simple and mex
pensivo tools that greatly Increase the
housewives efficiency. II took seven
minutes to chop ore pound Of meat
using the Old-fashioncd CaOpping bowl
and knife. II takes one minute to
grind three pounds of meat in mGit
grinder. When a women holds tho
bowl In which she mixes cake or muf-
The Washington times., 1914-03-14
HaIE WauER BaRRE11

from one end of the world to the
other to find suitable subject, but
there were two sides to every ques-
ton that he considered portraying.
He was almost in despair, when one
day he met in the street a girl who
had wandered from the path of vir-
tue, and a few PAGES beyond he met
her brother. who had had a similar
experience.
In a moment he recognized that
he had before him the model which
he had So long sought FOR the stat
ue of injustice, and he said: IT win
make a statue Of the fallen girl and
her fallen brother. No one can
mistake the meaning Of the group"
The world came and looked and
said This Is Injustice"
The Standard of Reformation.
Until We establish the snme stand
ards Of reformation for men and
women and are ready to give the
helping hand as much to the woman
as to the man, We have no right TO
say that it is easier for q man 10
reform than q woman We are
manifestly dishonest when we say
that this is so.
/ believe 1t Is Just as easy for .
woman to reform AZ a man. for.
even with the tremendous odds
against her. know thousands that
have done 50.
am not finding fault with society
for doing too much for men,
think that II IL right and proper SO
to do. Because OF the sane attitude,
thousands OF men are filing posi-
lions of honor today Instead Of
being tramps and ouecasts, they are
men Of character and position.
II the same treatment had been
meted out 20 women it would have
had q similar effect I would not
have society do less for men. but
more for women / would have you
use the same sympathy and kind
ness toward the girl in the Florence
Crittenton Home that you show to
the same class Of men to whom you
minister every day, and for whom
you open doors Of opportunity.
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on Tina's head, and he Jumped from
the stand. taking the cage along with
MIN, for his paw was through the bars
when Polly picked at him and he did
not have a chance 10 free himself until
he fell.
Toby was asleep by the kitchen stove,
but all tfis noise awoFc him, and when
lie came in he saw Tira falling with
Polly and the cage and knew what had
happened.
was so surprised to neve Tony bark at
him tfat he stood still for n minute
looking at him. but when he saw his
teeth she ran up the stairs and Toby
after him
Tim ran under the bed. but Toby did
not go down stairs. He sat by the door
and watched Wnen Miss Patty re-
turned Polly was screaming from her
upturned cage on the floor and poor
little Trckey was huddlc5 in one cor
ner Of his cage terribly frightened.
The rumpled cover on the table
showed Miss Patty what had happened
10 Dickey. and she suspected 1t was
Polly who had saved him But who
had saved Polly. she wondered, and
where was Toby.
bark answered. but he would not leave
the door before which he sat
When Miss Patty went upstairs he
ran toward the bed, barking and jump
ing, ana Hhen MISS Patty looked under
1t there was Tim curled up as thougl
he was asleep, but his head showed
that he was guilty, and from Toby S
actions Miss Patty knew Tim was a
had puss and ungrateful. so she gave
her away 70 a family who did not have
birds for pets, and Tim lost a nice home
ana soft bed and plenty Of cream.
In her new home she had 70 hunt mice
and sleep on The floor bv the stove. ard
no one called her good puss because she
had forfeited the right 10 be called that
You may be sue Toby was patted end
given the best part of the meat for his
supper that night, and Polly tried to
tell her mistress all about il by calling
out Bad Tim, bad Tim nd Pretty
Polly! good Tobyi good dog,
The Washington times., 1914-03-14

compass her ruin, 1t does not matter,
the act. and the act alone, has
weight with tho public. No consider
atons other than that, will guide the
hand OF Justice in writing the SEN
tence.
woman tell, as a mark Of her Chris
tion character or condescansion, THAI
she has taken such a woman in her
Kitchen as her servant, but never
that she had made such q one her
friend or the TEACHER Of her children
This same woman will brag that her
preacher was once a terribly bad
man, but he has reformed
Fear of Exposure.
In view Of these facts, is 1t any
wonder that women lose heart IN
trying to reform and only those suc-
ceed who have sense enough to keep
their mouths shut Even then the
fear Of exposure takes all tho pleas
ure out Of lie. II this fear II sufn-
Gent to make a man run away from
his friends, as was the case In Cum
berland, what chance would q poor
defenseless girl have under tho Same
circumstances? Many q girl has
bought silence at the price Of their
A man can at once re-establish
himself but a woman must wander
alone through the upas shaded
valley of distruct with nothing to
fill her heart and life, but the
crumbs that fail from the srich
mans table"
The worry fact that bar partner. tho
cannot be harmed against his Will
receives such different treatment
fills her heart with bitterness for
the falsity and hypocrisy of the
whole social system, and q feeling
that its smile is too hollow and false
for anyone to strive for.
But in spite OF all these difficult
ties. women have made good by the
millions and are today blessing the
world by their faithful and fruitful
efforts for humanity. They have
been big enough to live their own
lives, without trying to wrest from
Society grudg1ng Endorsement.
Such women, by their force of
character and genius, have risen
so far above society that they have
been worshiped as stars of the first
magnitude and, after they have
been dead 500 years. have been can
onized BY the church which ex-
communicated them when alive.
A king once ordered an artist ia
carve a statue of Injustice which
would be 50 eloquent that no title
should be needed to make all rec
osnlze what 1t typified. He Travelled
The Washington times., 1914-03-14
The Vital Question.

A Chicago business man. with many
relatives, some of whom were weII-to-do
but grasping. recently sought the serv-
ices of his lawyer 10 draw up his will
When. after much labor. the docufne mt
was completed, the client asked:
Have you fixed this thing as / wished
It tight and strong?"
II have done my best" said the law
Yer.
We'll" continued the client, Il want
10 ask you another thinS-not profes-
slonally, however. AS friend, and
man to man. who do you think stands
the best chance OF getting the property
when ] am gone?"-Harpers Magazine.
The Washington times., 1914-03-14

danger of laceration or other accident.
and the period will be one nf supreme
comfort and joyful anticipation.
Mothers Friend is one OF the great
est of all helpful influences, for it
robs childbirth Of all its agonies and
dangers. dispels all the doubt and
dread. all sense Of fear, and thus en-
ables the mind and body, to await
the greatest event in a woman's life
with untranmeled gladness.
You will find 1t on sale at all drug
stores at S1.00 a bottle, or the drug
gist will gladly get 1t for you. Moth
er's Friend is prepared only by the
Bldg, Atlanta. Ga, who will mail an
instructive book to expectant mothers
Write for II today~Adyt.
The Washington times., 1914-03-14

fins she wastes half her enerby keep.
ing the utensil in position. She will OBJ
tain much better results when il is
clamped to the table.
inefficient home-making means high
cost of living. discouraged women and
social and industrial loss" Mrs. Fred.
ertck summarized succinctly. But
believe efficiency principles will In t1-
ture revolutionize the American home
and make home-making womap's great
est profession"
The Washington times., 1914-03-14

It IL not tho double standard Of
morality that raises the greatest OBJ
stacls to the rehabilitation Of .
woman.
Tho insuperable barrier Is tho
deadly difference between the help
Society is willing to extend to the
man and not to the woman and tho
opportunity for service 50 willingly
extended to the man afterward.
Every hand is held out to the
man, every helpful agency is denied
the woman.
An opportunity TO use his best
gifts IL found for the man: men
rally around him and women press
their help upon him; no sphere Is too
sacred to receive him: home, church
and state open their doors to him.
The daily press shows ouch ones
marrying. being ordained Gin some
church or elected to some high Of
flee. One such at the present time
governor of Oklahoma For an
other in Cumberland. Nd. 500 men
and women signed a petition for his
return to take up his work, which
he had left when 1t was discovered
he had q past. I am not saying this
Is wrong. 1 am showing the differ
ence between men and women and
the lack OF Justice In making the
statement that 1T is easier for a
man to reform than a woman" with
out taking into consideration the diff
fc,llties which lie in the path Of
each.
Shadow of a Past.
No woman has ever reached 50
high an elevation or 80 secure a po-
sition that, II tho shadow OF a past
or the taint Of immortality should
rest upon her. she would not be
bounded from her emlnence and cast
into the bottomleas pit. reecrved by
public sentiment for those tho have
sinned against its standards set for
women
The only hope for = woman, with
q past, is that 1t shall remain
buried. She can never use her per-
sonal experience to point a moral
or adorn q tale. The worst of it is
that no extenuating circumstances
will be taken into consideration.
Motive Plays No Part.
In order that correct punishmeaa
may be meeted out to other crimes,
the motive behind the aot is studied.
Even murder is rated as murder in
the first or second degree or man.
slaughter, because OF the motive or
the extenuating circumstances But
II the highest aspirations Of a woul-
ans heart have been played upon to
The Washington times., 1914-03-14
in connection with tests on twenty
women.
Tables and Stoves Made Too Low,

4doleS ana StOVeS NdQe LOO LOW.
"Half Of the drudgery in dish wash
ing, for instance, Is because the sink
Is So low that the worker must bend
her back. Tables. stoves and ironing
boards are universally made too low
for comfort or for the right amount OF
, pressure to be applied TO the work
being done on them. The first step In
the standardization OF housework is rails
ing tables, shelves, oven and sink to the
most normal height for the particular
worker
That seems the simplest sort of COM
mon sense l commented. But why
Is 1t inadvisable to change the shift
in housework?"
There are two rea sons replied Mrs
Frederick .'One Is loss of energy, the
other loss of time
Take any muscular work in the
homo, like cleaning which subdtvides
into sweeping. busting, mopping, or
done with a different bodily movement.
Now. every time the body changes the
muscular adjustment there IS loss of
energy. When one process is continued
| for some time there Is a speeding-up
| which is lost II the process is discon-
tinued and suddenly changed to an
| other. This speeding is spoken ef In
tennis and other athletic work as warm
Ing up
Room Cleaning Planned
Then every change Of shift also ne
cessitates change Of tools or utensils
Time studies were made OF two meth
| DDS of cleaning three rooms. In one
case each room was cleaned separately,
sweeping first, then busting. and last
mCpplng. Then the same rooms were
The Washington times., 1914-03-14

Moire and pekine striped moire
and satin are favonte materials. and
the Innings are passing dainty.
White moire, colored silks and white
kid Innings for inner framed COM
partments are found even in bags Of
small cost. Tassels finish bottoms
not only Of pointed bags but also
often of those with square or
rounded bottoms.
Many Of the new bags, both in
silk and in leather, are plated or
The Washington times., 1914-03-14

CST enough Of the new hand
bags are in to give one a pretty
- clear idea of what will finish
the line later. Like everything per-
talning to the up-to-date toilet. they
are distinctly feminine. with all
sternly practical characteristics kept
well in the background.
The best OF the new bags are
made OF silk. pin seal. cross grain
morocco or some other fine leather.
Black is again the predominant
note among the bags. though some
of the handsomest new ones have
bright trimmings The pouch bag.
pointed at the bottom or mitered
and finished with a tassel. Is again
popular, but 1t is smaller.
The Washington times., 1914-03-14

volNed. II is q
penetrating ex-
ternal application
after the formula
OF 4 noted family
doctor. and lubri-
Gates every muscle.
nerve, tissue, or
tendon involved.
BY its daily uss
there will be no
pain. no distress,
The Washington times., 1914-03-14
Standard of Reformation

is difficult for to reform than for man. de-
clres Kate Waller Barrett today her conclusion the discussion
the standards Of reformation society," Any other statement
would be dishonest she asserts society prepared extend
the helping hand Thousands
possible in spite the cruel injustice and hypocrisy of the
present social system.
The shadow of past It's baneul influence many life
that might bless the wod by faithful and fruitful efforts humanity
she declares
Mrs. Bdrrefs series of articles community
standards published exclusively In THE WASHINGTON TIMES
nearing its close The articles
brought nnumerable letters from and epey
Lte Mr. Mill give of these letters at the
cluson of her series.
By WALLER BARRETT
The Washington times., 1914-03-14
The Joy Of
Coming Motherhood
A Wonderful Remedy That Is . Nat.
ural Aid and Relieves the Tension.

Mothers Friend is the only remedy
known that Is able to reach all the
different narfs In
The Washington times., 1914-03-14
Home Economy Expert Opens
Series of Exclusive Articles
in The Times With Summary
of Household Inefficiency.
Loss of Energy and Loss of
Time Chief Reasons for Ap-
pIication of Common Sense
in the Household.
By FLORENCE E. YODER.

BY FLORENCE E. YODER.
Put your home on business
basis.
That is the answer of Mrs.
Christine Frederick to the intricate
problem of modern home-making.
Mrs. Frederick has been engaged
by THE TIMES to give a series of
talks on the new housekeeping,
beginning NTH Monday, March Is.
Her pdluable set of papers tells
the woman how to free herself
from wearisome physical drudgey
and increase her allowance of time,
health, and happiness, provided
she will only employ in her home
the same principles of scientific
management that her husband
adopted long ago in his office. She
sums up a new gospel of house.
work.
The Washington times., 1914-03-14
Reforms Begin At Homo.

Mrs. Frederick is the author of "Th,
New Housekeeping" and a frequen
! contributor to magazines. But to IN,
| the most interesting thing about he
| is that she is a practical workin.
| model of her theories. She has neve
put on paper a single suggestion unles!
it has met her own stringent ideas o
usefulness. Literally. all her reform.
begin at home.
She believes in the individual family
abtding-place, as opposed to hotel o,
community life But she believes, too
that the new-fashioned home will diff
fer from the old. This is how she
sums UP that difference:
The old home, supplying the manu-,
factures 1t needed within its four walls
required principally labor and manual
skill The modern home requires less
manual skill, but a great many more
mental and spiritual attributes. The
old fashioned woman-however attrac-
tive in romance-is unable to cope with
modern demands. She is merely a
housekeeper and her housekeeping is
far below the standard of today"
Old Methods Full of Errors.
Just exactly what is the matter
with old-fashioned housekeeping?" I
asked Mrs. Frederick. a bright-eyed,
low-voiced young woman whose most
obvious outward characteristic is an
utter freedom from nervous manner
isrns In training herself not to
waste motions in the kitchen she has
acquired a delightful social repose
After careful analysis" she replied,
II have found five factors of house
hold inefficiency common In all tasks
generally performed in the homo
.sThe woman works at q table sink,
ironing board or other surface Of the
wrong height. She stops in the mid
die Of one task to do something else
unreIated-that II, she changes her
fency of good work by losing time
putting tools and utensils away, gen
orally due to poor arrangements of
the kitchen. psntries, and hOuse con-
structfon generally. She does not
have all the needful tools and uten-
.iIs at hand before she beR1ns work,
therefore she wastes time and effort
fetching and getting mater1ah. She
uses wrong tool or one in ps,Or
condition.
Take the matter of the wrong height
of working surface. Out OF seventy-flve
apartment and house sinks examined by
me 80 per cent were only twenty-eight
inches or less from the floor. This Is
from four TO six inches too low in COM
parison with table of standard heights
OF working surface which I worked out
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-22

The Church Of III New Ideal. which
admits nu MaicS % membership has
held il first service. The church j.
located "a WallaScv. the newly cunstiiH-
ted borough WI the Cheshire side ~ thc
Mersry. Some two hundred women assem-
blcl for the inaugural sermon delivered
~ the Rev. Ilattt E.kcr ~ Plymouth
Men were vigorously excluded.
But ihr strike IN confined entirely M
feminine spring, Of ROYALTY. II l. even
said that he Prince ~ Wales the most
eligible wv royal bachelors. has turned
dp hi Nose az The suggestion If a union
with n 'rrv high placed. but extremely
unattrirIiv" princess.
4 preliminary declaration of reasons
for tn formation ~ the church sets
forth the crnrn making aivancc IN the
self consciousness Of women aS a sex.
and wnmrn'> realization nf equality
With man w religious 80 well a. other
spheres Of life Thc.r cNriuSion hitherto
from ans share Nj conducting church
services T. referred "a ~ An exclusion
bv which the general progress of hum
anity has hcrh DELAYED.
The Rev. Hativ Baker who wore what
II Described ~ \ white rhnkcr" AMI N
black gown ii conventional clerical type
took a. her subject. Gods Glorious
Ideal She declared that churches a.
founded and conducted hv men obScuretl
this ideal. ami the present effort was in
create Il church ~ the future which
would hc along he lines If the ilcal.
Abraham. she said. ~ long ~ he acted
nm hi. own initiative made many mis-
takes and twice had To be told by Cod
10 take the advice NJ his wife. and the
greatest tragedy the world has ever wit
messed would never have taken place IL
PLATE had listened ~ hi wife. The male
bias had obScurrd the message AZ Christ
IN the past and the present church would
~ away with such bias. The preacher
fo,pwarncd her alhercntS that they must
lcNrrni persecution and ridiculr. Ia the
evening \ service 10 which mcn were al
'miticd was held.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-22
International Council OF Women, Which
Meets Once In Five Years, Will Have A
Session Next Month To Review Progress

Council. The women Of Italy are said
Ia have been waking mp" the past few
wears. aud sentiment il ready To crystal
izc. This meeting j. expected 10 help 20
focus The thought 0f the women Of Italy (:
because the International Council Of
Women stands for the less radical forms
cf f.miniSm: representing "thc spirit Of
ever, vienna. who has begun Ia think out
~id, ~ herself ~ her home. aud stands
fur TIE alienation ~ the grOSScSa social
shuS', affecting women and children"
Nftcr the adjournment If the session
az thr council. the Italian womcn's or
ganizn:innS have invited the delegates
a. remain and attend y Congress VI WON
a.. The Snuurils meeting will last u
week The Congress Will b. in session two
weeks.
The International Council can idcnti-
IL i,Srif uDlN with such movements aS
have been unanimously accepted ~ is
mc.ubrrs. The survival ~ the fiitcst ~
propositions thus far considered includes:
Z Tl 'nr.hrr international peace and
arbitration.
=. To combat the white slave" traffic.
n Tp win suffrage for women.
:. To promote legislation concerned
WIN NHf [fNfllN AfNANAA " WAN' ahi'A
Ill ir itrHl position.
y r. promote the improvement Of pub
liz hrni.h
X. WV nrotcrt cmirrlntS. and especially
safeguard women and children.
Tho preamble To- the statement Of the
aims and objects ~ the International
Council j.:
I'VE. women If all nations. Sicncrcly
believing that the best good ~ humanity
viii be advanced by greater unity of
thought sympathy and purpose. and that
Az organized movement ~ women will
best insure the highest good Of the fam
in and ~ the State. do hereby band our-
selves together ia a confederation ~ work
ers To further the application Of the Gold
en- Rule 10 society. customs and law
Lady Aberdeen has been president ~
the International Council for three quin.
%ulcnnial terms. She had expected tn rr-
tire this year but al the unanimous r.
quest II the presidents Of the various mn.
tionaI councils she has allowed her name
to stand for denomination.