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The Washington times., 1914-11-25
RiOer Names

The Mississippi had over a dozen
native names. different designations be-
ing given at different points in its
course. The Algonquins called it Meche
Sebe, other tribes termed 1t Chucagua,
Mica, Tumalasen, Tapala Ri. and other
names. The Algonquin name was final
ly adopted by the whites for the whole
river. The meaning is Rather OF
Waters" or The whole river" Tween
ty-seVen different spellingS are noted
in the writings Of the early explorers.
The AndrosCoRgin, in Maine, was
originally the Amoriscoggin, the high
fish place" The first two syllables
were changed in compliment to Sir
Edward Andros. Forty-seven different
spellings are given as recorded by the
early settlers.
The Croton river, which furnishes
New York with the greater part of the
water consumed in its limits, was
named after an Indian chief
Nanscmond the name OF a river In
Virginia, is from the Indian word,
Nawnschimund, the place from which
We were driven away
The Flint, in Michigan, was called by
the Indians "PerwOniga. the river OF
the flint" from the abundance of this
stone on its banks.
Copyright, 1914. Newspaper Feature Service
The Washington times., 1914-11-25
GET the STAGE SECRET
OF HEALTHY RAlR

Though wigs are often used in speci-
al parts played by actresses. IL 10
notable fact they all have beautiful.
natural hair which is the result OF
sensible care only. Their only secret
is care. Not strenuous, but regular.
In washing the hair it Is not advisable
to use a makeshift. but always use
a preparation made for shampooing
only. You can enjoy the best that
is known for about three cents
shampoo by getting a package of can
throx from your druggist; dissolve a
teaspoonful in a cup OF hot water and
your shampoo is ready. After its use
the hair dries rapidly with uniform
color Dandruff, excess oil and dirt are
dissolved and entirely disappear. Your
hair will be so fluffy that it will look
much heavier than it is. Its lustre and
softness will also delight you, while
the stimulated scalp gains the health
which insures hair growth.-Advt-
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drawing Of the leg. The artist
checked him with this well-known re-
buke.
Yet I'll wager a can Of string beans
that the artist knew as much about
shoes rs the cobbler. Why? Because
artists learn new things and shoenakers
stick to the same ancient lasts year
in and year out. Indeed. the trouble
with shoe factories is not that they
wander from their lasts" but they
perpetuate the same old pedal errors.
DIR. Little estimates that shoes have
been worn by man in some foolish
form of pedal imprisonment for near
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Making CHEEKY Thoughts
q Habit
By WINIFRED BLACK.

green and rose and willie and black for
contrast. / love roses and chrysanthe-
NUNS. and yellow poppies, and red
ones. too, and leaping fires. and the
table we'll set with savory things, and
# my friends love me ] want them to
tell me so, in plain words so that !
do not have 10 wonder and wish and
guess
] like books that mean something
and that know what they mean.
hate to read "A story or an essay where
| must keep watching for fear the
writer is talking the deaf and dumb
language on his fingers behind my
back
When ! was very young / loved as
most crude people do. mysteries and
secrets and winding stairs and locked
doors and reserves and half-truths.
No longcr-ncver again, The starlight,
The moonlight, the electric light. or the
broad and open dav for me.
Secrets are always musty Winding
stairs are dangerous and hard TO climb.
Locked doors are a menace
There's no deceit about the Mandar rim
jacket
II isn't u wrapper pretending to be
house dress il isn't a night dress pre-
tending 10 be ball gown What il is,
ii is: for all who sec. TO see
feu ana Oreane and green, and blue
and rose. ] couldn't be melancholy In
that Jacket TO save my life
And now its a habit Of mine-thc
Mandarin jacket. 1t was given to Inc
when / was sad, and puzzled, and sure
ly disappointed
When you're blue, said IN. friend,
put this Jacket on and say TO yourself,
while wear ii | will not think of any
thing but pleasant things and if YOU
find yourself slipping into sad thoughts
and cannot control them, take off the
Mandarin coat, or II will lose its
charm.
And | followed what my friend said
and now II is habit
m glad ] have the Mandarin coat
and the habit Of CHEEKY thoughts.
Copyright, lsl4. Newspaper Feature servicsl
The Washington times., 1914-11-25

Dear Annie Laurie:
am a young girl Of twenty, and
have been engaged to a young gen
tleman for the last three years.
love him. and he says he is very
fold of me. but he does not seem to
think about me very much. for
onlv see him about every two weeks.
Then he is very attentive for couple
Of days. Then he leaves me. and
don't see him for two or three weeks
again.
When he gave me my ring. three
wears ago, he said we would be mar
ried in two years, and now he never
mentions our getting married at all.
could have plenty Of boy friends,
but don't feel as though / can be
bothered with anybody but the one
7 am engaged to. as l love him bet
ter than anyone, and feel as II
could never be happy with anybody
else.
/ have q good position, and ne IS
n good musician. and Is very popu-
lar. He has received several goId
medals for reciting. 1 am thinking
very seriously of giving him back
the ring and several other ,:'fts
which he has made me. but really
| lust hate to think of losing him, as
/ Just love him.
ANXIOUS DOROTHY.
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AnSzUers to Health Questions

peared into shadow" He and 7 came
here from Ireland only n few months
ago. Do you think we should return to
the old country?
No. Stay where you are. Take your
father to the university clinic at once.
Great loss of weight often presages the
same serious ailments in Ireland as they
do here. He will, no doubt. be well and
strong within few months.
J. Nj. What is good for little holes
left in the face after blackheads ere
squeezed out?
3. What will remove little sore. red
places on the nose?
Apply glycerine to the blackheads and
into the holes afterward.
2. Too much greasy, rich. "nllinS
foods NAV be at the basis of your red
nose. Touch the nose with crystal
of alum.
r. I.-Could you give me remedy for
q flushing of the face?
If you will wash your face often in
ice water. then dry it. and massage it
with olive oil, this resiliency Of the skin
will disappear.
L. G. W.-win sou kindly advise me
what to do to get thinner?
and candies. Take plenty OF exercise,
as dancing, running, swimming. and
rowing.
e S.-Have a scar left from burn
had several years ago. Looks like a
blister, but is rough and hard to the
touch. Would you advise skin grating?
Yes. Skin grating is the best thing,
md certainly advise ii.
T.. w.-Could you tell me anything
,arnless that will make the eyelashes
0ng?
Put white vaseline on the eyelashes
cry night.
F. B.-1. My hair is falling out; will
-ou please give me remedy to prevent
this?
>. Give me a remedy for oily hair.
l. Massage into the scalp twice day
resorcin. Is grains; balsam peru,
dram. sulphur lott. drains: castor oil,
a drains: oil Of theobromine, drains.
Use the electric hair brushes. vigorous
massage, scalp movements. and the use
of some irritant such as capsicum vase
line.
2. Apply every night benzoin. dram;
glvcerine. drams: water, ounces.
Reader-Would you kindly give me
a remedy for blackheads?
Rub in we'll at night. sulphur and
glycerine, each / dram; benzoated lard,
ounce with rose oil, eat no sweet,
StarChy. fried or greasy victuals, keep
the intestines active and bathe often.
Never use soap or hot water on Your
face. but wash with salicylic acid. 1
part: tartaric acid. parts; acetic acid.
5 parts; glycerine, 20 parts; kaolin, 30
parts: rose water, IS parts.
NJ. G. N.-WiI you give me good
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, l not?' He needs a good sudden shock
to bring him to. Why don't YOU give it
to h m?
The next time he's condescendns
enough to come and see you. don't be at
home. or be just getting your things on
! to go out with some one ese. And don t
change your mind and stay at hcme to
ulease him.
Interest yourself in other men. have a
good Jolly Irritation with some good,
jolly. sensible chap whose heart won't
break If you have good time with
him for a while without any serious in
, tentionS.
You'n either bring your real Young
man to some definite course of action or
Y0u'n give him the chance to get away
from you altogether. and in either case
youll be doing exactly the right thing.
Head up, eyes bright, not tear. not a
The Washington times., 1914-11-25
No. 1872.
The First Hitch.

lhe FIRST hllCn.
NJ K PENFIELD has q very de-
/" cent looking car. but wnen
WI Mary and ! climbed in Mrs.
Penfieid was looking about her
with considerable dissatisfaction.
"We'vc simply got to have new car
1nis spring" she said, with that very
definite air that usually prOclaims the
head Of the house.
Mr. Penfield looked a little doubtful
usual method of procedure with Mrs.
Pcnfie eld--and started the car.
Mary looked straight at me.
Peter" she said, you spoke of stop
ping for that young friend of yours
the oculist Where is his office"
l have said nothing of the sort. but 1
gathered 1t was up to me to help lure
my UnSuspecting mother-in-law into an
oCulist's and, therefore, / took hand
in the general game Of strategy and
play my card.
Bank building" 1 said. He's simply
wouldn't mind, Mrs. Penfield, I'd stop
and pick him up and take him on to the
auction. He-er-has a house full Of
that sort Of thing; knows all about
ippendale-and-an0 all sorts of fur
miture."
whole cloth, but had to give some rea-
son for dragging my friend to an auc-
lion of which he'd never heard.
We rolled on down to the Bank build
ing. 1t was a day in late March, very
bleak and raw. l jumped from the car
and Mary followed as a matter of course.
Mr.. Penfield looked at me, then at his
wife.
Its entirely too cold to sit out here
and wait" he said. Molly, my dear, we'd
better go upstairs with Peter"
Now, in theory, all this had sounded
very simple. We had taken it for grant,
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1ong peasant parentage, have come
into our homes and been our hew-
RS of wood and drawers OF water
The second generation OF these
uo-kers and also of those from Ire
land and the Scandinavian coun-
-lies. have scorned housework ana
conc into the shop or factory, even
Il a lower wage SO that II has
nrcn on the constant new supply OF
migrants that We have been forced
10 draw largely for our Homework
RS.
What effect may the war have
NON this supply and its conse-
grIent result and significance TO our
uomemakers? We can assume that
40 matter how short the struggle,
v1men in those countries VIII be
ueeded at home. and that their re
spective nations can i'll spare them
rom foreign fields. factories, and
E.. .orkshops. where every hand VIII
.,e needed TO reconstruct the nation:
rbis will mean that few If any OF
ihose formerly coming TO our shores
uili, be allowed or able to come. In
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Peter S Adventures IN
Matrirnony
By LEONA pALRYMPLE.

4 ed that Mrs PemfIeld would follow Us
! into the warm office, where, in course
OF time. we could tactfully force her to
! have her eyes examined. Right at TINS
point the first hitch C---<-~'ed. There
must have been perversity in the chill
March wind. Mrs Penfield drew her 1urs
about her and settled back with "a graCi-
| ouS smile
/ It's not in the least cold" said she,
| and Peter won't be long. I'll wait
here.
/ Now / knew exactly why my mother
/ in-law preferred to sit there instead of
going in with us We were on the
main street and 1t rather tickled her
sense of greatness to sit there in the
tonneau Of the car with her furs drawn
about her. and nod and smile graciously
to passing acQuaintanCes. Mrs. Pen
field enjoys her moments of greatness
to the full.
l thought l near Mr.: Penfield groan.
Molly he insisted, you'd better
come. Peters friend may have pa
tient there-and he may be some time
you said something or other about that
didn't you, Peter?'
l hadn't, but I lied, obligingly.
Come on. mother ~ said Mary 1T
anter I'D there in the oculists office
than here And then if he is really de-
layed you won't get chilled through
Silly children said Mrs. Penfieid
Run along. 1 love the cold. Besides. !!
have my furs and this great rug. Tell
your friend to hurry, Peter. The auc-
ton begins at 8, and Mary's very
anxious to see what they have before
the best is gone
And bulge her we could not, Vanity
had made the good lady ignore her age
and it's effec upon her eyesight, fore
ing US to strategy so that. with the aid
Of the oculist, we might assist her to a
sensible view of the matter. Vanity. in
the shape of handsome furs and an i'm
posing tonneau bid fair to defeat US.
II remained for US to devise a logical
wav of getting the good lady into the
oculist's office.
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In vou- ever see a Mandarin
y e ';:;: ;... s.,. .... ... an: tn. ..., .:::
goes with it, They came from
nina from the household OF Sfeat
.landarin. and the skirt i apple green
embroidered in soft pink and dUll
.Iue. after the Chinese fashion.
And The Jacket is Mandarin REQ
, bich isn't red at all, but deep orange
and il is embroidered in crude green
and soft blue and rose. and instead OF
being 4 nightmare, as II Woulo haNe
zen il we'd tried to put those colors
-ogether over here its dream.
{ don't know how ] ever lived WITH
out the mandarin coat
on dull days when the sky Is gray
and the fog sweeps IN from the sea
and someone has tclephoned that he II
ge late that evening and perhaps wont
get back at all. and the gas bin was
larger than expected, and the httIest
one has lost his exercise book ana g
.soing to get a bad mark and wants TO
INK about it and tho niddle-siZed one
thinks she ought TO have a new frock
md YOU thought she'd do very well with
what she had till next month, and
there's no news from the seat OF war
that really is news-there's always the
mandarin coat,
II may be hanging up IN the closet
With the door shut. But it's there. and
know it's there. ! can fairly see a
notch of color through the closet d""'
and my chilled heart warns and / be-
gin TO hum a little tune. ana somebody
starts playing a lively song somewhere
and my feet unconsciously keep time
and see the fog Is lifting outside as
well as mall because ! remembered
The Mandarin coat and its gay message
of absurd appeal
For ] find that ! cannot I've very
well without color. Gray is sweet
~hade, they tell me. and there are those
who 'ove lilac and who find ashes Of
roses comforting. Such people like sad
songs at twilight.
Not for me! ] want red and blue and
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yHILE we are trying 70
Nf avoid thinking or talk
w ing about the disastrous
struggle abroad, it has
become so much of a reality that
we cannot avoid considering how it
may affect various phases OF our
American life. We have already
heard numerous discussions Of its
effect on our industries and trade,
but little has been said OF the
eject on our own homemakers. We
know. however, that the great mass
or our servants are drawn from
the countries involved in the war or
in the countries surrounding the
Mar zone. No one class Of house
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The Daily
Editorial
For Women
The Mother Teacher In Foreign Lands
BY FLORENCE E. YODER.

Whenever this Government wishes to
improve certain department. when
ever they wish to make a new one. and
in order that they keep abreast of the
times" they inspect the methods used
in other countries.
Whenever a private firm gets so that
it can afford it. they send representa-
tive abroad for the purpose of assimi-
lating all of the best foreign methods.
Since We are open advocates in a ra-
tional degree of the adoption of foreign
methods whenever they do not conflict
with our system Of government and
our standards of democracy, and some
times when they do, it is not unnatural
that in the case of the mother-teacher
question. we cite for information and
example the treatment of the mother
teacher question in countries other than
our own.
What do they do about mother teach
ers in England, Germany. France, Hun
gary? How do they look upon the
question of whether or not a married
woman should teach?
Do they consider that the seeming
economic knot arising from the fact
that the mother and the father are
both wage earners overbalances the
fact that the unmarried teacher can
not in the conventional sense of the
word bear child? Do they pit econom-
ic fairness against propagation?
They do not. They consider the mar
ried teacher an asset.
Here is the way mother teachers ara
treated in the foreign countries upon
whom we are apt to look with eyes
which see nothing but the subjugation
of the individual.
In Germany tie question of married
teachers arose. with the result that
the married teacher is considered an
honored and valuab bic member of the
community.
In France women are allowed three
months a year vacation for any duly
attestcd illness. on full pay, and as
much more time # needed on half pay.
In the case of child birth women
teachers are allowed five months leave
with full pay, AND THE GOVERN
MENT PROVIDES AND PAYS A
SUBSTITUTE,
In England where, it is claimed 80
per cent of the teachers are married,
a leave Of absence is provided for the
mother teachers-full pay part of the
time. half pay the rest In fact the
from the school for a certain length
of time.
We mustn't be pig-headed about this
little question. If the educators will
not look into the matter for thero-
selves. from Il more comprehensive
angle, il is I'D to the community to
obtained and placed in a conspicious
position where neither educator, poll
tictan or married teacher herself can
fail to see and be informed.
The Washington times., 1914-11-25

1T is said by
Pliny that the
! expression "A
cobbler should
stick to his last"
originated when
n shoemaker sew
cral I h o u sand
years ago. not con-
tent with point
ing out the de-
fects in a shoe or
a painting by
Apelles. presumed
to criticise the
The Washington times., 1914-11-25

ing out? '....s
Massage into the scalp twice day re-
sorcin, 10 grains; balsam peru. n dram !;
sulphur lott, drains: castor OIL. "a
drams; Oil of theobromine, drains.
Use electric hair Brushes. vigorous mas
sage, scalp movements, and the US.
Of some irritant such as capsicun-
DIR. Hirshberg will answer questions
for readers of this paper on medical
hygienic and sanitation subjects that are
OF general interest. He will not under
take to prescribe or offer advice for In
div dual cases. Where the subject Is not
of general interest letters will be an
swered personally. IL a stamped and adj
dressed envelope is enclosed. Address all
inquiries to DR.. L. K Hirshberg, care
e. is office.
Copyright, 1914 Newspaper Feature Service
The Washington times., 1914-11-25
u~@ [~1

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
ner, care OF this office.
The Washington times., 1914-11-25

workers h a 8
been so reliable
and thorough as
the G e r m a n,
and from Aus
tria. Roumania,
and Servia we
have drawn an
other type OF
stalwart sery-
ants. 7 h e s e
" o IN e n, with
their strength
GpriVod from
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Awkward.

Host"ss-I want YOU to sing, Mr.
BassO. but it's such a pleasant PARTY
hate to break il up.-Boston Transcript
The Washington times., 1914-11-25

NXIOUS DOROTHY, | wouldn't
~ be too anxious. If YOU really
n love the manor think you do
and that's about as bad while 1t
lasts. don't give him back his rin@ and
don't think of quarrciing with him.
He's dilly-dallyinE and shilly-shallying
with you and thinking, shall ] or hall
The Washington times., 1914-11-25
Advice to Girls ~ By Annie Laurie

sigh. no battle was ever won crying,
and this is one of the great battles Of
Copyright, 1914, Newspaper Feature ServtceD
The Washington times., 1914-11-25
Hits From Sharp Wits.

IL is believed that a lot of folks talk
about economics who woulcn't know
one if they stumbled over it.-Milwaukes
Sentinel
Accepting advice from a man one
doesn't like is something like taking
castor oil.-Toledo Blade.
The praise that man really deserves
he leaves to others to give him.-Aioany
- = Ta-~
How much happier this world would
be II every man who wields a hammer
were a builder and not knocker.-NeW
Orleans States.
Economy also means that the father
with q turkey wing income ought NOT
TO undertake to buy ostrich plumed hats
for SIX daughters. who regard washlnS
dishes as drudgery and singing the
frying pan as a adisgrace.-Houston POST
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Leather Shoes Chief
Cause Of Foot | ro,ubles
By DR.. LEONARD KEENE HIRSHBERG,
A. B., NJ. A, NJ. d. tJohns Hopkinsj,

BY DIR. L. X. HIRSHBERG,
\. g., NJ. A., NJ. D., (Johns Hop;SinsJ
The Washington times., 1914-11-25
A Mattress for $500

This is well-made sott-top mat
tress OF good weight. Better quail
ities of the same style are priced At
s. and $3.50.
For so We featurr an unusually
fine value in layer .elt mattress
weighing 10 lbs. Of one or two
parts. This will give yCu years Of
satisfactory service. The best hair
stuffed styles range up 10 So.
The Washington times., 1914-11-25

NJ. G. N.-win you give me good
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In England where, it is claimed 8
per cent of the teachers are married
a leave Of absence is provided for tn,
mother teachers-full pay part of tn,
time. half pay the rest. In fact tn,
law compels the teacher to stay away
from the school for a certain length
Of time
The Washington times., 1914-11-25

These are large and roomy. with
fancy pressed panel backs and
heavy. carved spindles. There are
STYLES in both oak and mahogany
finish.
You'll fnd any kind of easy
chair or rocker. any upholstery
YOU wish. in the large line We are
displaying. There's a style at al
most any price UP 20 SIS.
The Washington times., 1914-11-25

In Germany tie question Of married
teachers arose. with the result that
the married teacher is considered an
honored and valuable member of the
community
The Washington times., 1914-11-25

These are not of cheap quality,
and will give you good service. but
We believe you'll be better salts
lied with the strictly au-wool grade
that we sell at So. They are soft
and fine. medium and heavy
weights. plain and in pretty pat
terms. Best grades priced up to
so.
The Washington times., 1914-11-25
Woven-Wire Spring, $3.50

You will find good value At this
price--a better one at $50. or Il
National at s..
At 800 and $50 We can give YOU
StyieS in either woven-Wire or NJ
tOnal that will certainly give enough
more service to pay for the differ
cucc in price. Better springs are
priced up to Sl6.J0.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-10-31

Case of Miss Anna Scott, 300 w.
Lake, continued yesterday to allow
her to- get rid of two dead cats and
parrot which she kept on her prem
ises besides 20 other dogs and II
cats.
Mabel Cahrebois arrested at 18th
and Albany av. yesterday on COM
plant Of Mrs. Lynn Lyle, bOokkeeper,
who accused her of being husbands
affinity.
SIS days before Christmas and post
Office already preparing for rush.
Emma Voss, Mokena, ILL.,, is cham
pion woman mixer of the world.
Won title last night at dairy show.
Drew nearly pounds of milk in a
minute.
Policeman Albert Jones, new MEM
Der of force arrested suspicious
character. Turned out to be James
O'Rourke. Alleged to have burgled
over 40 residences in Oak Park re-
Gently.
Jacob Schroeder, 50, Iaborer c. &
N. w. shops. Suicide. Gas. Low
wages.
Elmer Gaughan, Is months, badly
scaIded in home, 1913 N. Carpenter.
Fell in bucket hot water.
Fire did $500 damage to home of
r. J. Sherman, 1341 Glen Lake av.
Lysander Hill, former patent law
yer, dead.
$4,000 septic pavilion built adj
joining Lying-In Hospital and Dis
pensary by Mothers Aid Club opened
yesterday.
After weeks of searching Angelina
Macaluso, 14-year-oId girl, applied
to U. S. Commissioner Mark Foote
for work. Father sick and mother
taking care of babies. Foote hunt
ing job for girl.
Victims of W. A. Kaphen, on whom
he passed worthless checks for va
rious amounts, asked that he be Civ
en- change to make good Yesterday.