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on occasions of feasts mankind seers
especially disposed to reflect by con-
trast on the needy. who dig through
aste places AMI garoasa heaps, liy pg
on "hat other people throw away.
Hunger Touches All.
Children OF the poor. who know what
nn=ger Is In their own c, ..rrerc. have
far quicker and more effective sympa-
thies in the direction than children
who have never heard the DAVIS of the
wolf at the door.
whenever you hear a woman express
compassion or sympathy for an infant.
upon analysis 1t will be shown that she
thinks the little dear is hungry
The famines of Russian peasants.
starvation in Ireland. the pinched faces
OF the poor in winter. the terrible hum
ger of the besieged of Europe. these all
stir up physical memories of similar
bitter experiences of the person or of
the race. Those who know not such
recollections feel no pity. Those whose
digestive tubes have had similar bitter
troubles reach out in pity and sym
pathy.
Dickens Christmas Story" with Old
Scrooge's sudden reform, explains the
new psychological discovery of what
pity is. The rich old miser. who never
knew hunger himself. is given taste
of his own medicine in a dream. Lo.
when he awakes pity. sympathy. and
love are in him.
Song Appeals Explained.
The appeal of sentimental ballads,
slobber-gobble dramas. and sob stories
to most persons. is now explained. They
touch the hearts-or actually the hungry
stomach-of the great poo.
The pathetic song. Il Am Starving,
Mother. Starving" which describes the
delirious Christmas dreams of a famine
stricken family depends for its sway
upon the an<ogous happenings II re-
calls in ~ hearers mind.
Sho|> ME a brute who, by inheritance,
so>al position. education or comfortable
remains SNUG and un-
stirred by a starving child a ragged,
dirty. hungry street urchin in a moving
picture drama, and I'll show you a man
who was never hungry
Pity can be seen In the eyes of a
hungry cur. an emaciated cat. or a
thirsty horse.
Cold, snow. want of clothing and
shelter all excite the emotion of pity
for the very same reason. A handful
of paper snow on the stage of Alone
in London or The Two Orphans"
opens up your fountain of tears only
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=. Hints for Housewives X
BY ANNA MARIE LLOYD.

egg plant and asparagus with HoIlan-
daise sauce. Boiled onions with border
of rice. the soup vegetables cooked in
little cups and a tomato sauce make a
tasty dish. Cauliflower fritters. boiled
string beans and mashed potatoes are
To make cauliflower fritters. boil
To make caulifliwer fritters, boil
one whole cauliflower in salted water
until 1t Is tender. Drain, divide the
flowers, and dip In the following bat
ter: Sift one cup of flour with one
half teaspoonful Of salt. Add one we'll
beaten egg. one-half cup of milk and
one tablespoonful of olive oil. Beat until
the mixture Is smooth and glossy. Add
one cauliflower section at a time and
fry in smoking-hot fat
Another combination is pea rissoles.
braised carrots with Italian sauce and
string beans a Ia Parisienne.
To prepare pea rissoles soak one-hah
pint of peas over night in one pint OF
water Boil them the next day until
they are tender. strain the peas and
mash we'll. adding salt, pepper and nut
meg, one tablespoonful Of chopped
parsley, one tablespoonful OF chopped
cooked onion. and one tablespoonful of
bread crumbs. Mix we'll together. Cut
out rounds of pastry and put some of
the mixture on these, covering with
more pastry. Brush with a beaten egg.
toss in fine bread crumbs and fry In
smoking-hot fat.
,Copyright. 1914, Newspaper Feature Service,
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and YER strong :or his Sic 80 PoIv
used to let him make = ItlIe OF tho
none too by carrying in tine wood
a't'r !, was sewed into pieces.
Tommy Tabhy knew that the rea-
son Ee got along 50 well with Poly
vas yecause he did not Try [" tease
a'.1 -rt an'.G Ot him. For Tom
Ta boy .puId tease Poly and came
oGt ahead on ever. occasion o. a
quarrel But ono day the temptation
proved 700 much for Thmm% as N0u
VIII scr. and he made poor Poiy
angry At him again.
The We,e putting in the wood for
Mrs Hicks. Poly sawed and Tom
carried the hiG hVnFs 10 the shed
and pu: them in. Tho last thing
that ne had 10 do WAS 10 carry five
or sly loads n tho house and put
them in tn" wood box for Mrs.
Hicks
The friendship of Tommy and Mrs.
Hicks was one Of the most interesting
things in Tabbvlan6. tor. although
Tommy was only a little kitty boy
and Mrs Hicks was a croWn-up lady
dog the two were great friends.
Tommy protected Mrs. Hicks from
the raids Of the naughty boys. and
Mrs Hicks thought tha; Tom was
the smartest and Cleverest litte feI-
low she had ever seen
Sometimes Poly was paid IN cakes
and food, and Tommy -ot MS share
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Hard on August.

The rigorous Statewide prohibition
law that went into effect in West Nir-
ginia on July | brought CONSERVATION
among the saloonists of the state as
wen as among their regular patrons.
The new law prohibits advertising liquor
in the State and the days just before
the law became operative were seized
Hy proprietors of drinking places to
Dost signs giving parting messages to
their customers. telling then where
thry would be found in the "arious
towns and cities on the border of ad-
Joining States and making other busi-
ness announcements. In Wheeling one
August Schmidt. A German. MIA ed in
the window OF his barroom the follow
ing sign. which is not without n touch
OF satire and yet is quantity humorous
Withal:
AUGUST - The Pathfinder
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IAAIN.
AT THE MOVIE.

Al The MOVIE.
" JHRTHER or not my pretty
M wife's thoughtlessness is the
v v result of age or temperament
! don't know. but she has at
1st had a lesson so terrible that 7
think its effects will be lifelong Nor
shall l myself forget it for many rea-
sons
Mary. with an evening of pleasure Bile
excitement ahead, invariably grows
somewhat flighty. and permits antici-
patton to crowd most other things out
of her head. She sings and bustles en-.
ergeticallv about wasting a great deal
Of time and forgetting a great many
things she wanted to remember.
l remember as We closed the front
door that night | asked her if We had
forgotten anything important. We near
ly always did, and I had grown into
the habit of asking.
Certainly not said Mary, promptly
What was there to forget?"
What can't you forget?'' l suggested
mildly
We'll" admitted Mary slowly. Il dc
forget to order soap and matches at
lines, but they're not really important
Matches" 1 said. ARE mighty i'm
portant. especially when you have to
AIRY paper tapers about from room to
Dom as we did last night
Mary flushed little and l went on
seriously.
You know. Mary. it is time you tried
20 train your memory a bit. You can
discipline your mind to II If you try
Tou do forget awfully important things
It's an irresponsible habit of mind"
oh, Peter, dear" exclaimed my little
wife fretfully. don't grow psychological
for goodness sake. | hate ii. And you're
7lways lecturing me Besides. I'm ter
-ibly interested in this moving picture
sim. and l want you to tell me more
bout it
The film We were going TO see was
"ery famous one-a wonderful array of
.ictures to be exhibited in our local
opera house. Mary was radiantly ex-
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ODD and Interesting FACTS

drinking water. exercises such as SWIM
ming. rowing. dancing. and walking. an
extra meal after supper. and pastries
will Increase your weight. Retire early
and arise late.
These symptoms are too obscure to
tell without a physical examination.
Mrs. A o. r. What will remove
warts? What will remove molcs?
Bathe the warts in hot vinegar two
or three times a day and paint collodion
on them AT night To one ounce Of col
lOdion there should be added ten grains
salicviiC acid. Electric needle. sur
geon's skill, radium x-ray. and other
ways. Cieanest and most complete way
is with a scalpel.
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Answers to Health
Questions

F. D. P-1-What makes my ears
crack every time I swallow?
My throat gets irritable quite
frequently
Have your ears, nose and throat
examined. This is probably due to
some trouble in one of those men
toned. especially the ears.
Eff you will gargle with a tea
spoonful of compound tincture of
benzoin to a cup of water, your
throat will be better
Mrs. A. Ham suffering from neu-
ritis of right shoulder and arm, and
have been treating with doctors and
osteopaths to no benefit Would be
greatly pleased to learn from you
some medical means by which my
suffering can be eliminated
If this IS really neuritis and not due
to strain from some occuption or use
times day, will cure IL. II. however
it is due to something else miscalled
neuritis, rest or surgical treatment
Will be necessary
for readers of this paper on medical
hy1ienic aud sanitation subjects that are
of general interest. He t1W not under
take to prescribe or offer ddvfce for in
fndividudI cases. Where the subject 1,
not Of general interest letters t1iU be an
srerrd personally, II q stamped and dd-
dressed envelope is inclosed address
oil inquiries to DR.. L. K. Hrshbsro, cars
thts office.
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". C.-What is the cause and cure
:or pinrplcs?
Excessive use Of hot fluids. hot foods.
weets. fried dishes, oily foods candles.
ia and coffee all cause pimples. Also
the use OF hot water and soap on your
lace. Live or a plain diet wash with
his instead of hot water and soap:
Salicylic acid. part; tartartc acid. :
parts; acetic acid. 5 parts; Elycerine. 20
parts. kaolin. 30 parts. and rosewater. -
parts. Take Rochelle salts as a laxa-
live.
r. W.-How can I gain weight? Have
been gradually losing flesh.
Feel nervous and eyes and Dloodshot.
though i exercise, eat and sleep plenty
Panty Of fruit vegeta ables, good
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TINES BEDTIME STORY
POLY SAWS WOOD FOR MRS. HICKS.
By FLORENCE E. YODER.

in that way too. So it was with the
job they had at Mrs. Hicks. Tom
my was to get some small cookies
which he knew that he could sell 20
his own mother, and Poly was going
to get a large cake. RE had made
up his mind to sit righ: down and
eat just as much of it as he could
as soon as he got his paws on it.
Every time that Tommy carried in
a load of wood Mrs. Hicks would
give him a cake. and he would stop
and rest. She did not take the cakes
from his lot either. but Poly did not
even know that she had been feeding
him end Tom did not mention il.
Al last they were through. paid in
the manner promised, and were sit
ting out in the back yard TO rest.
I'm going to take my lakes right
home" said Tommy. and give them
TO mother.
Now. he sand give, and not sell and
Poly looked up in surprise. His
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- VERY menu seems 10 reEoIVe
- about a sort OF pivot. For this
reason the cook or housekeeper
often falls into the habit OF
heading her days order by meat. and
then supplementing it with garnish Of
vegetables a salad or a dessert that
seem harmonious TO the whole. She
seems to need a block about which she
can build.
Why not substitute some other dish
for the pivot. and vary the monotony
one is bound to feel when they realize
there are just as many meats in the
market and that these are going 10
make their appearance at regular in
tervals of time. Besides. the doctors
all say we eat too much meat for the
amount of exercise we take. and the
head of the house can testify that the
meat bills almost double those of the
grocer.
Vegetables. of themselves. hardly sup
ply the want for pivot of the menu.
but several of these may be combined
in dishes which are hearty enough to be
filling" and which are infinitely more
wholesome than the same ounce of
weight OF meat.
Steamed squash with white sauce.
fried beets and hominy cakes make a
delicious vegetable combination. Lentil
outlets. potato puffs and asparagus may
be combined. or baked beans. boiled
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~ HERE was not one person, ex-
cept perhaps Mrs. Hicks her
i self. in TabbyIand, who was
As big as Poly the puppy boy.
Mrs. Hicks was a dog lady and her
boys and girls were quite big. but
nowhere the size Of Folly. OF course
when there was any very hard work
to do in Tabbyland Poly did ii. He
got all Of the wood 10 saw and was
paid for il: did heavy moving. and
managed TO get quite a good bit of
spending none: from just hanging
about and making himself useful.
Long ago ne used TO be very un-
friendly toward Tommy Tabby and
vas very jealous of him. but after
while he made up with him
Although Tommy was rather small.
being kitty boy, he was very smart
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mernor, sneg Touch responsive chord in your
periences of privation.
Il, "ant OF rood Is not always conscious
iscoshlzed as the source of pity
rsyCho-analysis. however, discioses II
Pity is less a sympathy for otbars
sacrifice. desire to extend and n,1i,i1
ply the human race, than to quaff the
yourself. "
me man hunt, the woman hunt the
ssverity OF accusation by certain
"holier-than-thou'' societies is NOW sxI
planned upon the basis that none of the
pursuers OF neighbors were ever really
hungry. TO have pity means to have
been hungry.
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The Washington times., 1914-09-22
2 Advice to Girls =
By ANNIE LAURIE

dauEo rous. and distinctly 10 he
avoided. on" kiss !" Il good friend
ho is fond OF l"ri Is no great crime
ANA vii not los" l"u his good "pin-
ran.
:. NJ. fine basis Of happy maj
riuEcs is rru.l and | am afraid. my
dear. that y'.ur 'hancc Of happiness
with a MAJ you haV, to try /"
trust" arc pretty sum Telk thIn@$
over frankly with him. however. and
uD:.i !Hnp to '"noIuSipis il" M,
have mad. love "a tho other ci"l.
iivcu her tn" liIh' 20 sign h"-S'll
sweetheart. but. again. sometimes.
! am sorry 10 say. girls don't wait
for any ,UCh right Many girl has
thrown herself at mans head,
mmh" low" 70 him. III fact. when he
ga" her no 'nCDuraE' nIrnt. NaN ''r
that IS tu" case With your w""t-
heart. Try to b." fair in your jUdg-
m"nt. try not To tc suspicious or nc"d-
l"sSll "al"us. hut II YOU md III"
dcm"n of disIru&t has firm lodCm"nt
In YOUR heart. | verify b"h"v" You
will b" h.Ippl", apart
Fotget- Me-N"t--I sympat hize deeply
ith ynu. hut If IN" man whom YOU
love does not appear TO care for
you. tn" only srlf-respecting thin-
70" YOU TO do is to stUn rnriug for
him. NuU SAY that nc has a good
position and that h" seems to ear"
for no one else.
II ! We're YOU, | would be perfectly
frank. and it would ." easy. as lou
have known him for five years. and
] would ascertain exactly what he
inteacSls To- do He may he too tlmit
to aak for your hand. Find out
why h" $ delaying. and if h" doesn't
love y"u. then brace Up and met
s"Hn"hndy els" that vou can like.
Robert f. C-NOur situation is
not 2 difficult one. If looked at in =
sensible way OF course il would
he entirely unfair to the girl back
West to mary her If you cared for
some one else more than You did for
her. though a direct aVOwal from
you might AT the time cause pain.
That one blow would not he a.
serious az a whole married life with
ont the true love of her husband
Better still, go out and see if you
surely want To break the engage
ment, and she will be sensible
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Dorothy. Instead ur lamenting
over the desertIoE Of your nance.
who became en- Gcd 10 your sister,
while you were away this summer
you should b" heartily grateful
that you found ont what kind Of a
man he was before YOU were ire
vocably tied to him. Your sister IS
not as much 10 blame As YOU are.
for. take it, YOU he'd rot fully
explained to Ecr that you We're en-
gagged 10 the man who has proved
so nCklc in his loves
If she is not to Llamc. she is.
however. v"rE foolish to he enam-
CURED with 4 man whose character
she can not help but see is weak
in the extreme. Regret should not
color your feelings in the least.
but a great tEankfulncss that YOU
should have found ont the sort oi
person your tiauCe was before IN"
marriage day. In all probability.
Il real sweetheart VIII come to tax"
his place soon. and the bitterness
Of this affair viii be forgotten
Evelyn. If / l,cr- YOU. would
refuse to see the young man who
comes every -VcUinE and will not
set Il date for Int marriage. He
i evidently 80 SUr'. of you that ne
is Indifferent a. to whether he
treats YOU squaI"ll or not
90 out with the other admirers
which you say LOU have. and tell
your sweetheart that YOU CanpOt Sc"
HIM Oftcncr than once week. or
maybe CnCc in tWo weeks. You must
make him realize that YOU hG's
some rights that he is bound TO re
&C., . q that II n" doesn't intend
to marry you. II IS Only fair that
you should have ample opportunity
to become acquainted with other
men.
Miss Inquirer-There Is a very dis
tinCt difference between pTOmisCuOuS
kissing-kissing every man who Of
fers. and most Of them VIII offer II
the are cnCCurag ged-and saying
good-by with a kiss to some man
for whom you truly ARE even if
you are not engaged. My advice to
a girl IL TO save h9r kisses for the
man with whom she is in love aud
whom she expects to marry: but.
while the kissing habit is vulgar,
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:. q. T.-When a caller insists IN
staying too late. tell HIM politely but
urinly to 80 h0m" II that isn't SUI
nc'eut. hay" your father or mother
toll him.
copyright. 1914. Newscaue- Featur. Service
The Washington times., 1914-09-22

hen'a' physoosy has just conclusveIy proved
frof. STANLEY Hail. Americas foremost nsvcboI
ossts mas even gone farther Investigations Of u
titude Of students show that pity is f1ndamenta, hs
cal thing In fine depends upon hunger starva,ion AVID
the stomach ~ '' ''''
munger IN some form is cited that which exc,.. the
deepest pity In scores of experiments n is ss I
the most pathetic experiences" those caused h
ger Inc sunken cheek the palHd complexion the oi
ness dumb resigna ton. the feeble cry OF bnns
the things that starving people in war time or ,, ~
resort to- aduterations. the bad look and od -
The Washington times., 1914-09-22

Y OF may believe that there is a man In
" the moon. 1t depends entirely on your
state of mind-ard. of course, your sex.
When everything is favorable, INCLUDING
the moon. the man is said to be quite clearly y!s
Bile to naked eye And when it is DREAMING
TINE, the time for those waking dreams that ar"
the vivid and convincing, all sorts OF things
may happen. What's the good OF dream that
sticks 70 .Ln ka-d facts? What's the OF a
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enough to accept the situation with
out regret.
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If You Can't Feel PITY
Y YouNeverKnewHun Hunger
By Dr.. L. K. HIRSHBERG,

A b. NJ. A. VI. d. Johns Hopkins.
VIZ Hen EN-. Beaumont and Fletcher said ot all the
NV p that lead to a womans love. PHYS the
w s''asntest they voiced a truth which expert
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moon that doesn't furnish a setting for some wild,
utterly unreasonable fantasy of the heart? What
are miles and spaces as against the splendid reck-
leesness of LOVE impulse that seems when it
happens to be the only REAL thing in the unverse>
You don't suppose that the moon got credit for
understanding these things. do you, without some
basis of eternal truth? II you do, you're hope
less skeptic and don't deserve any moon, any
dream or anv LOVE
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Illustrates Of
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Peter Adventures
: In Matrimonv
By LECNA DALRYMPLE

thor of the novel Diane of the Green Ean of
$4,000 by Ida NJ. Tarbel and 5. S. Mcclure Judges
Evening star., 1914-03-22

tive from well known agency. judged 1t best to en-
list his services he would have proved useful suppos
ing this business of the telegram to have been trap
The doctor spread his large white hands danglngly
like seals fappers. "a trap' he repeated helplessly
@My dear Madam! You suspected that some designing
person or persons unknown might possibly your
husband name invent story of his illness, to
entrap your"
II suspected" returned Mrs. Rosval, "no unknown
person. The inventor of the would have been my
husband. We separated years ago by mutual
consent At least refused to live with him any longer
and he knowing what grounds had for the refusal,
was obliged to submit. But he resented my action in
the matter" Mrs. Rosval raised her delicate dark eye
brows with weary disdan, and impaired to her shoul
ders eoquence of contempt that is not the pre-
rogative of an Engish-bred woman "And he has more
than had to what, for want of better
word call traps That is ALL Matilda, she addressed
the fearful mad @dry your eyes and tell the people
downstairs that engage this suite of Two bed
rooms, bathroom, and sitting room at ten guineas
week. think they said. Horribly expensive, but it
cannot be helped And now, Doctor" she turned
again him. @when do you wish to your patient?
At once? 1t shall be at if you say So am COM
pletely in your hands"
The DOCTOR little staggered by the deftness of his
from her shoulders to his own absolutely prohibited any
suggestion of her entering the sickroom until refreshed
and rested. Mrs Rosval acquiesced with repet1-
ton of that compromising statement about being COM
p1ete1y in his hands, and the doctor took his leave
promising to return later that evening. She gave
him her cool fingers, and they parted He had no
Evening star., 1914-03-22

He found her in the sickroom. She had changed
her dress for something that gave asserve sken
rustic in to her movements, something that
draped the charming contour of her tgure-she had
charming fgure-with soft, quiet folds Ike the wings
of dun hawkmoth That fell composure still walled
her in with ramparts of steel She held the bed
face upon the pillow. She took linen cloth from the
Sister, and deftly lightly wiped away the froth and
that had gathered about the cracked and bleed
ing lips. But the hand that rendered these offices
steady though had been carved out of white marble
Disturbed from his lehargy by the invasion of candle
light upon his haggard eyeids and the doctors bass
murmur his ear, the sick began to talk little.
For the most part it gabble; but some SEN
tences were plain. He moaned pteously for barber,
because he was unshaved. Rosva had always been
foosh1y vain of his personal appearance. And he
damned the glass of bad water, to the drinking
of which he atrb tied his disease promising if he got
well, never to drink any more To do HIM credit, he
had never been addicted that particular form of
liquid rereshment. The doctor inferred much from
his diagnosis and from the faint, sarcastic qulver OF
Mrs. Rosvals white lips Then the tongue of the man
ceased waggng; but the burning head began to thresh
and fro upon the pillow and the cawlike hands to
scratch at the bed clothes fresh of the mad
dening enteric irritation Aleviating proved
as effective aevatng measures generally do prove;
the head went rolling, and the crooked talons
tnued to tear
All at they quiet. Mrs. Rosval had laid
her hand upon the clammy forehead about ten
derly to all appearance, she would have laid 1t
upon the back of chair. And the man was STILL She