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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-26

One of the new printed cotton
ratines is made up into this CO.'S
tune. 1t is of tan and copper ket-
tie yellow. The skirt is peg top
and very narrow at the bottom.
The tunic is fitted at the waist,
but is cut so thai it is quite full
at the bottom and the unidentified
frill is fuller than the upper one.
The blouse has two new
touches: The wide tuck across
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-26
CYNTHIA GREY'S
:: LETTERS ::

consummation of the innate
instincts of the hen.
BOSTON BOY.
Dear Miss Grey: In re-
gard to that chicken con-
troversy, L. e. says 1.-The
hen that Matched the chick
is its real mother" Under
the circumstances, / would
call the hen that Matched the
chick the chicks guardian.
The real mother of the chick
is the hen that laid the egg.
A breeder wouldn't call a
Plymouth Rock the mother
of a White Leghorn because
that breed had Matched the
egg. | think we should ap-
ply blood relationship to a
chicken as we'll as any other
living thing. Could an in
cubator be the mother of a
chick, the cold-blooded
thing?
Dear Miss Grey: Which
is the mother, the hen that
lays the egg, or the hen that
matches 1t out? / say the
hen that laid the egg. You
have your matings get you
fertile eggs and a capon to
brood the chicks. You would
not call the capon the moth
err, neither the hen that
matches them; but the mated
hen that produced the eggs.
Some years ago a lioness
had a pair of cubs. They
tried to rear them with a
nursing female dog. You
wouldn't say the dog would
be the mother, but the
lioness.
So with the eggs. The
mated hen and male would
be the natural mother and
father.
A CHICKEN BREEDER.
Dear Miss Grey: am a
poultry fancier and keep
pedigrees of my finest stock.
Suppose | should classify my
young chicks according to
the hen or incubator that
Matched them-where would
l get off with all my palms.
taking chicken sex hygiene,
and e; genie matings?
FANCIER.
Al am sorry I could nc
publish all the letters received O
he "Mother Of the Chick" que.
len, but they were too numerous
Several have asked my opinion
10 here IL Is: The hen that lay
h. egg is the natural mother, bu
he hen who nurtures IL Is til
iiyine mother, to the degree 81,
Ihows the true mother spirit.
"Bewildered": DO not go nes
he physician who tries to In
1uence you against your will.
le says anything to You about 4
'efer him to me.
Send me . stamped, seIf-at
Iressed envelope. believe
an help you.
CYNTHIA GREY.
"swap" the dog for q Persia
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-26
Society

Welsh residents of Tacoma and
Western Washington are taking
much interest in the announce
ment of the st. David's society of
Tacoma of a Welsh concert and
banquet to be held at the Ma
sonic temple February 20. There
will be native Welsh music,
speeches and folk songs. Natives
of Wales living in the entire
western part of Washington are
invited. 1t Is expected that about
ESQ will attend.
One of the jolly dances of the
week will be the party Thursday
evening at Masonic temple of the
Tacoma lodge of Elks. The af-
fair has been arranged by the en-
tertainment committee of the
lodge, and invitations are limited
to members of the lodge and their
ladies.
The Extension Study club will
meet Wednesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. E. P. Oleson, 1908
South Pine street.
The Brahma society will elect
officers lat its meeting this even
ing in the Commercial club rooms.
A number Of young girls enter.
tanned 40 friends with dancing
party Friday evening at the Ia
coma Music Hall. The hostesses
were Anna Lentz, Sallie Walters,
Myrtle Graham, Frances Van
Lake, Jennie johnson, Ida Berg,
Mamie Foley, Lois Price and
Emile Weise. Punch and light
refreshments were served.
The Moose lodge has arranged
for an informal dancing party in
its hall, 18th and L streets, for
tomorrow evening.
Miss Luce, 723 North J street,
entertained Virginia Dare chap
ter, ID. A. r., at her home this
afternoon.
One of the pleasant musical af-
fairs of the week will be the La
dies Musical club concert tomor-
row afternoon at the Commercial
club.
East Tacoma Rebckah lodge,
No. SO, I. o. o. F., will give a
dance and card party February
4 In its hall, East 25th and G
streets.
Mrs. Clarence Parker, ia
South Yakima avenue, will enter
tain for the Women's Study club
tomorrow afternoon.
A card party is announced by
Tacoma court, No. 2, tribe OF Ben
Hur, for Thursday evening Of this
week. 1t will be held in Fra
ternity hall, lit IL Tacoma
avenue.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-26
kaiser's Ex-Body Guards
Are Sure In Real Trouble

which paid better salary. He
became hard up and deliberately
appropriated a bag containing
$3.50 In gold. Another of the
kaiser's ex-body guards is under
sentence Of death for numbering
his wife. The kaiser has refused
to interfere with the headsman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-26

both front and back Of this coat.
A blue duventine is made with an
inverted pleat In the front Of the
narrow skirt to give 1t the requis-
lite fullness at the waist and hips.
The tunic is straight, coming just
below the hips and having a side
pleating of the goods at the bot
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-26

!. BERLIN. Jan. 24.--Franz Un-
; mort, until some years ago one of
the kaiser's personal body guards,
today commenced serving SEN
tence of six months for stealing.
Unnort left the kaiser's employ
to take a position with bank
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-26

Already the dress designers are
cudgeling their brains to find
way to add fullness to skirts
without making the change from
the narrow sheath to simulated
balloon too quickly.
The pretty little gown shown
Is of Italian sky-blue charmeuse.
1t has a yoke longer on one side
than the other and across 1t dag
onally the breadths of the skirt
are gathered.
This skirt is exactly alike,
front and back, and il has Its
opening placket at the side where
II is buttoned with dark blue cut
glass buttons.
The waist is a simple kimona
with a vest and Medicl collar set
in. This vest opens, in turn, to
show white satin under-waist-
coat.
There Is a touch of fur on the
sleeves, and, by the way, touches
of fur promises to be worn all
summer in America.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-26

sive to public decency, the chief
suppressed them entirely, but
where the lines were satisfactory
and only the dramatic action was
too much. the chief aIloyed the
actors to recite their parts but
without the stage darkened so
that the audience could not see
what accompanied the lines.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-26

The'new tailored suits are made
with skirts without a shadow OF
q Slit" which means that, al
though the narrow skirt is still
with us, its reign is doomed.
From Redeem comes a black
procaded wool skirt with long,
loose coat of black poplin.
This is trimmed with wide
white cuffs and collar of heavy
irish lace and is slightly held in
by a bias cash with a flat bow.
Cords and tassels are used on
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-26

Dear Miss Grey: Please
give me your advice. am
young man of twenty-five
and have gone the pace with
a certain girl and she with
other boys. afterwards
learned to like this girl.
Would you advise me to
marry her? l am able to
get married and she is will
ing. Please advise a
FAST ONE.
A.-The question is not wheth-
er, or not, you and the girl
marry, but whether, or not, both
are reaching out for something
better than the present mode OF
living. just having the marriage
ceremony pronounced does not
help matters unless both have de-
cided that your present life IL
wrong, and you intend to do bet.
ter. In that case you may be able
to better help each other In mar.
riage. Hut the question Is bigger
than even that. There are the
children to be thought Of.
My idea would be for eacll
to give up the old life and live in
a clean, manly and womanly way
until you feel mentally and physi.
cally fit for parenthoOd.
am not deciding for you
but think over what 1 have said
Dear Miss Grey: l am
Just through with your let
tiers in tonight's paper and
there is only one thing
wrong with your answering
letters; that is, you don't
publish enough of them.
l want to say In behalf of
that person who wrote you
that letter about who Is the
mother of a chicken. Well
suppose that the chicken
was raised in an incubator,
then who is its mother? The
answer to 1t is: the one who
laid the egg, for an incuba-
tor can't be the mother,
CONSTANT READER FOR
TEN YEARS.
Dear Miss Grey: I say
the hen that laid the egg is
the real mother. If not,
then incubator Matched
chickens have neither father
nor mother. Ducks eggs
Matched by a hen would be
chickens, and Buff Cochin
eggs patched by a bantam
hen would be bantam chick
ems. w. ]. B.
Dear Miss Grey: The hen
that lays the egg Is mother
of the chick since the en-
bryonic chick begins with
the fertilization of the egg,
without which there would
be no chick. The laying of
the egg Ia but a stage in the
begetting of the chick, and
II Biddy were left to her
natural proclivities would
stay on the job from the con-
ception of the chick till its
weaving.
Mans interference Is but
an artificial Intervention
which prevents a.. natural
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-26

Here is a modef for the young
girl right from Madame Cheruit.
The narrow plain skirt is OF
black MORE, and the over-drapery
is made of a piece of the MORE
used lengthwise of the goods, al
lowing the selvage to show on the
lower edge. This is gathered into
a band, apparently tied about the
abdomen and held up to the waist
line by another belt.
The blouse is of black with
white stitching, making a MORE
effect. II Is very full and shirred
at the neck with a round black
MORE collar.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-26

DUCK.
The hat is the new high-crown-
ed sailor of brown hemp trim
med with copper kettle yellow
MORE ribbon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-26
CenSorS Please
Take Notice of This!

TURIN. Italy, Jan. 26.-The To-
cal chief of police, who Is also the
Anthony Comstock of the city,
has just solved the problem of
censuring an over-done French
play without prohibiting 1t en-
tirely. The drama In question
was MRS. President" Where
the lines were considered often
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-26

s.Swap" the dog for o Persian
eat. See Want Ad pags. 80
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-26

A card party is announced by
Tacoma court, No. 2, tribe of Ben
Hur, for Thursday evening Of this
week. 1t will be held in Fra
ternity hall, lit IL Tacoma
avenue.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-26

Mrs. Clarence Parker, ia
South Yakima avenue, will enter
tain for the Women's Study club
tomorrow afternoon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-26

East Tacoma Rebckah lodge
No. SO, I. o. o. F., will give |
dance and card party Februar.
4 In its hall, East 25th and {
streets.
The Washington times., 1914-05-10
THE PEOPLE AND THE
LAND.

The process of taNIag the land
lords off the land and the people on
Il goes ahead in Australia. One
magnificent estate of $4,000 acres in
New South Wales. owned by 4 cor
poratiou, is to be broken up and sold
in small tracts. 1t has been used for
grazing purposes, and the laws of
ne province provide for a heavier
TAX upon favorably located lands
thus used than would be imposed if
they were under cultivation. The
owners find that they cannot afford
10 pay the tax and get the small re-
turns that grazing permits.
That same thing is going on in old
Wales, as well as in new; it has made
great progress in Ireland; it is hand
somely under way in England, and
10 n less extent only in Scotland, as
result of the workings of the land
taxation laws which Lloyd George
has written INTO his budgets. He is
now proposing further to increase
these duties on uncultivated lands,
and thus to add to the incentive for
great holders to give the people a
chance.
The doctrine of the two Georges,
nat the land must belong to the peo-
pie because the people must live by
II, gains ground steadily all ever the
world. The realization, now at last
breaking on the public. that the Mex
lean poems are really fighting for this
Same thing, just as the liberals in
Hritain are, is compelling a more
gracious attitude toward the irrecon-
cilables in the southern republic.
The Washington times., 1914-05-10

One is a school teacher by profess
sion, and another was district clerk
before his appointment. The salaries
listed range from S12,500, paid to
Henry NJ. Waite, Of Dayton, to
81 200, paid to r. W. Pipkin, who de-
cides the destinies of Norganton.
The average salary is $3.50 year.
Altogether it is a worth while eX-
periment in civics which we are per-
forming in our national test tube.
Here for century on century human
ity has been striving to break down
centralized power, has upset kings
and has formed popular assemblies
to be checks and balances upon he
reditary and other concentrated au-
thority. The whole trend has been
toward the diffusion of authority.
And now we turn about and start
in the other direction and take power
from the hands of the many and
place it in the keeping of the few.
The result will be watched closely
by thoughtful observers.
The Washington times., 1914-05-10
THE OIL MEMS PLIGHT

The plight Of the American and
English oil well operators of the law
less and anarchical Tampico region
makes the business side of the miser-
able Mexican muddle crystal clear.
Sixty-eight American and English
corporations have holdings in Tam
pico oil lands. which they value at
$500, 100000. The wells, the oil men
say, produce about S4,000,O00 of yield
every year. During the anti-Ameri-
can outbreak last month, following
the flag insult" incident, the opera
tors found they could not get protec-
ton from Secretary Bryan, Admiral
Mayo (whose feet had been re-
called, Huerta or Carranza. The
American consul at Tampico told
them that they must leave the coun-
try. This they did They left so
hastily that they didn't even take
time to cap" their oil wells. The
oil from these wells is still waste
fully flowing. One spark of fire
upon it and one of the worlds most
productive oil regions would lie
drained, perhaps forever.
The oil men want President Will
son either TO send back the American
hattlcShips or to ha ye the oil region
declared neutral. intervention is
what they want most of all. .5ecre-
tary Daniels has already told them
that they risked their money in
Mexico with their eyes open and that
the United States Government holds
70 commission 10 police foreign
countries for private capital. But
the oil men retort that their seem
lngly personal and passing interests
are in reality, Identical with the uni
l"rSal and permanent interests which
the entire civilized world has at
stake in the inestimable natural re-
sources Of war-ridden Mexico.
The oil men are now about to ask
President Wilson in person whether
th> identity Of interests isn't true.
rhe answer which President Wilson
makes is matter Of import not
cnly 20 the oil men but to the whole
country.
The Washington times., 1914-05-10
CANADA'S NEW RULER.

Prince Alexander Of Teck, who is
announced as the next governor gen
cral Of Canada, is the third son of
the late Duke of Teck, whose chief
distinct ion WAS that hi, daughter
married the presen: King of Eng
land. The prince, though only forty
years old. has good record As a
soldier. He served IN Natabeleland
and in the Boer wal. and won a
medal in each campaign. His wife,
who was Princess Alice Of Albany,
a cousin Of the King, is pretty and
dresses well and that helps a good
deal in Canada.
The Dominion will doubtless wei
come its new ruler with open arms.
Canada loves royal blood and pomp.
II has had King Edwards brother
as its governor general, md now it
is to have Queen Mary's brother.
Relatives are psefIl things for d
King Of England 10 have, especially
when they are not permitted to make
any mistakes.
And governors general Of Canada
have little opportunity TO make mis-
takes. True, executive power is vest
The Washington times., 1914-05-10

ed in a governor general as the
Kings representative, but the peo-
pie are the bosses. The governor
general appoints the members of the
senate, but the senate has little
power in the Dominion parliament.
The house of commons runs the min
istry, and the ministry runs the gov
crnor general. The King is COM
mander-ir-chie OF the military
forces Of the Dominion, but none of
this power IS relegated to the gov
ernor general. Parliament controls
the army.
The prince is stepping into a nice
job, full of handshaking, official
balls, ice carnivals, and hospital
openings.
The Washington times., 1914-05-10
MAIL BAG
(From The Times Readers }

To the Editor of THB TIMES:
The cartoon in The Times, entitled
Our Perennial Horse Show" is most
timely. and will commend The Times
to all humane citizens.
The locIl papers have for the past
we.H print ii columns in praise of the
peIiGreed horses exhibited at the an
nuaI horse show. 1. was. therefore.
IN "ppurtunc moment for The Times
to come 10 the defense of the friend
less horses by calling the public's at
tention to the suffering wrecks ot
horses which are dealt in and used
daily ia the local streets.
Surely decrepitude and disease should
ny local regulation, free horses from
isbor. G. c WEDDERBURS
The Washington times., 1914-05-10
MORE CITY MANAGERS.

there is 10 qUes, ion that the idea
rentralizing power in city govern
ncnt is growing. We see it at work
l New York, where the tendency is
e." abolish useless boards and off
ais and more and more converge
auhority in the mayor and the board
'f estimate and apportionment.
In smaller ard less cumbersome
municipalities this trend may DC car
ed tc the ultimate length, ard so
50 have the city manager. in whom
I'll the responsibility for Z towns
arrangement is certored. The extent
"F this movement may be gained
from study of \ City Managers
n'reCtory," which has beer compiled
n\ the National Short Ballot Or
,.sulzalioa., of which Woodrow vii
-o0 - president.
Thirteen ci,f,>. lu This country
-Ho intrusted Their guidance to
.InGle individual. from Dayton. Ohio,
with its 1861 inhabitants. down to
',jlagcs of the size Of Hickory and
Norganton, n. {. Altogether ap-
rroXimately 225.000 persons live
DnGer this form of city government
not particularly imposing mass,
il l. true, but still enough to insure
hat the new idea shall get a fair
% al
The list holds Sumter, S. c.; Hick-
""y and Morganton. Dayton. Spring
ltcld. Ohio; La Grande, Ore; Cadil-
lac. Mich; Manist.e. Mich; Phoenix.
AIIz.: Morris, Man.; Amarillo.
Tc".; Montrose, Col. and Abilene,
Nan
Something of the anlecedents OF
ten Of the city maragers is given in
'hc director. Civil engineers are in
An overwhelming majority. seven out
Of the whole. One is a contractor.
The Washington times., 1914-05-10

i believe. that the United states Sem
ate no longer is a rich mans club,
and that men who have only talent
and capacity for work may enter
its ranks.
Mrs. Ashurst is a suffragist. but she
is not a militant. Despite the will
iugness of Irishwomen to hight for
the cause Of freedom. she does not
believe that militancy has spread
far beyond those centers like Bel
fast, where the population is largely
English or Scotch
The Irish woman will fight with
Ireland's men," she said. but they
trust to the chivalry of their men
and they trust greatly to their
judgment Despite their heroism.
they are timid in times of peace when
it comes to getting into the limelight.
They love their homes. and they
have been treated SO considerably
by men, who already look upon them
as their equals. that militancy IS
never likely to take a strong hsiA
among Irishwomen.
The Washington times., 1914-05-10
REFORMING THE
SCHOOLS.

The public schools have been a
long time under critical observation,
and many suggestions have been put
forward for improving them. The
Commissioner of Education. Dr.
ClaXton, has given Endorsement to
the scheme Of having six-year high
school course, instead of four, and of
cutting down the period spent in the
grades from eight 20 six. There is a
good deal to commend the plan, as is
testified by the fact that some i'm
portant organizations of educators
have given it their approval. With
out doubt, DR.. ClaXton is correct
when he observes that at present the
pupils in many schools largely mark
time through their years in the sew
enth and eighth grades. They are old
enough to take up some of the high
school branches, especially the Ian
guages, yet they are not pressed into
these studies.
Moreover, DR.. Claxton believes
that if children could be pushed into
the high school earlier, there would
be tendency for a larger proper
tion of them to remain throughout
that course. At present altogether
too many of them accept the con-
clusion of the grade work as the
reasonable end of their school ca
reers, and "go to work. If they
were two years younger at the high
schools threshold, they would be
started on that course because they
would not be old enough to work;
and once started, the disposition
would be to remain if they could
There is one suggestion in DR..
Claxton's statement of the case for
the longer high school course that
will he opposed by many parents,
however, and we suspect by most
teachers. 1t is that plan could be
devised for promoting the teachers
from grade to grade along with the
pupils, SO that the teacher with an
intimate understanding of the per-
sonalities, temperaments, disposi-
tlons, and needs of given group of
children could march right along
through the course with them. That
sounds we'll enough; the weakness is
that there are too many teachers |
that have little capacity to study
these aspects of the individual child
and guide her work accordingly. The
class Of children that fell under the /
dominance of careless, ill-equipped,
and inconsiderate teacher, and had !
to follow for several years while that
teacher progressed through the !
course, would be unfortunate, indeed.
1t is true that the teachers might be
much broadened if they were
brought into touch with wider
range of work; but the danger of i'm
posing a poor teacher for a long
period on a particular class of pupils
would be decidedly serious.