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The Washington times., 1914-05-07
Household Drudgery Declared
Real Cause of Drift to Urban
Centers and High Cost of
Living.
By FLORENCE E. YoDER.

Although there are still many who
do not believe in tae efficacy of
woman's organizations. it would take
a narrow-minded person, indeed, to
throw any rocks of criticism at the
International Congress of Farm
Women.
The fundamental purpose OF this
organization-to make the women
stay on the farm-is the greatest
measure for paving the way for the
ultimate purpose OF reducing the
high cost of living. yet inarsurated.
Twenty-eIglt nations are represented
in this organization, and the presi-
dent, Mrs. V. D'Harbert, who was
here recently at the National Con-
Gress of Mothers and Parent-Tea CHI
ers' Association, Is an American
woman-a farm woman-and a socio-
logical and economical expert of no
mean ability.
the statistics which have heen
gathered, as told of by Mrs. D'IIar-
bert in a recent interview, gained in
a unique manner, are startling, to
say the least.
They are ample justification for
the existence of the International
Farm Woman's League.
Almost everybody admits" said
Mrs. D'Harbert, that the swollen
cost Of living could be soothed by
a not only back to the farm move
ment, but a stay on the farm
movement. But they don't know
how to accomplish it. Simply be-
cause they are men and haven't
real zed where the real cause for
leaving the farm originates. But we
farm women know.
Women Leave the Farms.
The women are the ones who
leave the farm. The men do net
want TO so. But the women Insist.
They want the advantages and rJIn-
forts of the city. The average work
OF the farm women is horribly con-
fning, degrading. and. coupled with
child bearing. well nigh unendur-
atiC.
Our farm organization found this
oct by sending out circulars, all
through the West. We had heart
to heart talks with all classes Of
farm women. They wrote N 20 is
and gave. not what they thought,
but cefiD'te statements of lndivIiGal
cases We rounded up the farm
women who had gene to the : ty
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You may take unto yourself the
wings of golden dawn and inhabit the
sntipodes as well as Cathay. yet these
threefold duties violated or performed
will remain with you closer than your
unpaid tailor. Duty to your physical
well-being is intimately trussed and
ties to God and your neighbor.
$50 nigh is grandeur to our dust.
So near is God to man,
When Duty whispers low Thou must.
The youth replies, I can.
Suppose, as a horrible example, you
deliberately avoid doing your duty to
yourself by refraining from vaccina-
ton? Imagine the argument Here are
the methods to prevent smallpox and
also typhoid fever.
Evidently your duty to the Creator is
to not take your own fife. You must
serve His ends first Again your duty
to others is not to murder, or take
their lives consciously or unconscious
ly.
Most obviously. you are in duty
bound to check the erring and reprove
the tempters. II you. through some
acrobatic and gymnastic twists Of in
formation or free thinking. conclude
that you do not need to avoid typhoid
and smallpox by two different types Of
vaccination because it poisons you,"
then you still are to gain your only
future reward by fulfilling your duty
to God and man.
AS a matter OF fact a flock IT one
hundred crows does not make a win
ter, nor does a dozen aocks of blue
birds make spring.
Four-tenths of 1 per cent of preju.
diced persons do not prove that vac
cination is a poison" or menace" 4"
Furthermore. the case against the antis
Is a full and unanimous verdict by the
jury best qualified. without pride or
bias. to Judge
The paramount duty 20 our own fab
ric includes a gentle disposition with
out envy or hatred Of any fellow man,
the vigor OF a clear eye and other
sound senses. elastic pliabIe muscles,
a sweet breath. fine fluids in the chan
nels of life. and wholesome thoughts
in the bony dome.
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The Washington times., 1914-05-07
# HAIR IS TURNING
GRAY, USE SAGE TEA
Here's Grandmother's Recipe
to Darken and Beautify
Faded Hair.

That beautiful. even shade OF dark
glossy hair can only be had by brew.
ing a mixture of Sage Tea and sulphur
Your hair is your charm II makes OF
mars the face. When IL faies. turn
gray, streaked and looks dry, wispj
and scraggly, just an application o.
two of Sage and Sulphur enhances III
aDpearance hundred fold
Don't bother to prepare the tonic
you can get from any drug store 20
cent bottle of 'wyeth's Sage and Sub
phuf Hair Remedy" ready to use. Thii
can always be depended upon to orins
back the natural color, thickness and
Iuster of your hair and remove dan
druff, stop scalp itching. and fallini
hair.
everybody uses '"wyeth's SAGE ant
Sulphur because it darkens so natural
ly and evenly that nobody can tell
has been applied. You simply 6amper
a sponge or soft brush with IL ant
draw this through the hair, taking ont
small strand at a time; by morning
the gray hair has disappeared. ard af
ter another application il becomes
beautifully dark and appears glossy
lustrous, and abundant. Wyeth Chenit
cal Company. New York. Agent-O'Don
nells Drug Store.-Advt-
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For SdllQ1o, Wrlnkled,
Freckled, Pimpled Skin

II you have any cutaneous blemish.
don't use paint, powder or anything else
to cover il up. Too often this only en-
phasizes the defect. Besides. it's much
easier to remove the disGigurement with
ordinary mercoliZcd wax. Applied night
", the wax will gradually remove
freckles. pimp!es. Dlackheads. moth
natchcs. sallowness. red or yellow
hlotchcs. or any surface cruptions. The
effected cutiCle is absornci, 4 little eacn
day, until the clear. soft, youthfuf and
beautiful skin beneath is brought Who'll
lv to view Ask the druggist for an
ounce uf mercoliZed wax ana use this
ike YOU us, cold cr.Aln Remove in
morning with soap AMI water. Many
who haTa tr.cd this sin d" an! harm.
less treatu, IT report astonishing re-
suits.
If bothered with wrinkles or crows
feet, wash lotion made by dlssolvlns
an ounce of powdered saNOilte IN n half
pint of witch hazel will prove remark
ably effectual.-Advt.
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cream. If the berries are perfect
~ ripe, 1t Is not SO lad, but eaten
alone with powdered sugar, or COM
bined with pastry and not cream,
seems to be the better way TO use
this most fragrant fruit, which has
more bouquet than any fruit eX-
cept the pineapple.
Strawberry Batter Cups-One pint
sugar, one quart mashed berries
Make q batter of I13 cups -four in
which has been sifted y teaspoon
ful salt and l heapinS teaspoon bak-
ing powder: Mix with this a table,
spoonful of butter, ? beaten eggs
and l cup milk.
Place a layer of the batter in but
tered cups or molds, then a layer
OF the berries, etc, and steam or
bake forty minutes.
Serve with strawberry sauce.
Strawberry Sauce-Cream together
cup sugar and y cup butter. Add
the whipped white of / egg and 1
cup OF mashed berries. Place on
ice several hours before serving.
Strawberry F1oat-Heat ! quart Of
milk with l cup sugar and pinch
of salt When at boiling point add
! tablespoonful corn starch dissolved
In a little milk. Cook for three min
utes and add beaten yolks of 5 eggs.
Whip together two minutes and re
move from stove. Mash pint Of
berries with y cup of sugar Whip
the whites OF the eggs and , table,
spoonful powdered sugar. then add
the juice from the berries. Place on
top of the custard when the latter is
ice cold. and serve quickly.
strawberry Salad-Cut pineappIe
into small cubes. Slice half the
amount of bananas. Add amount OF
whole strawberr!cs equal to the
pineapple. Use oil mayonnaise into
which is beaten a quantity OF whip
ped cream. enough TO make the
dressing thin and the consistency
OF cream Mix fruit lightly with
this dressing place on indiy,T,Iai
lettuce leaves on salad plates. and
decorate with two or three whole
Strawberries with items on.
CopyrIEht 1914 hv Mr. 1,hrir,.r. -,., 1,
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x Fear Our Worst Enemy x

work earnestly toward making good.
and the chances Of big success are
excellent. But start out with the idea
that after all you don't amount to
very much, and you are just lucky
to be alive and have the space to plod
along with thankful heart for a
mere existence. and the chances Of
failure are splendid. II you succeed
in doing some really great thing II
Will be miracle. II you even get
the mere existence whICm you feel is
about all you deserve or are capable
OF doing. II will be grand good luck
If you get that
There is no place so high that
brains has not the right to work to-
:"ard it. And by working toward i
| don't G'Can picking cut some one
hig triumph and saying. dictatoriaIly.
This thing Will ! do for perhaps
IL is not at all the thing for you to
do, and that while VOU are bending
all your best efforts toward that one
goal. self-s' lectcd. you might over
look tn" right thing To do which
would give YOU far greater success
than YOU ever dreamed Of
''N'hcn | uTre high aim. | mean feel
ing that YOU are Capabl" of amount
ing to great deal in some way. and
doing each days work tn" Very best
YOU can, ana all ihe time improving
on th. previous day. Then YOU are
making cor stant pr"gIcss. If you
sing well To-Day. sing a littl" better
tor:crrCw. and still better the next
day. and have 1t in your mind that
yor will Keep IN going ahead is long
as you can. Don't place any set limit
on your accc cmplishm"nts. for the
limit you fix may not lee the limit Of
what YOU can do.
"T sreak # singing because that is
what interests me more than anything
else. hut the same effort that makes
a great singer would doyalop soma
other talent equally well. tiut have
no talent some girl is sur" I" wall.
How do you know? You may have
The Washington times., 1914-05-07
By ELEANOR AMES.

IN fo- the clouds. and you may
n at least attain unto the noun
~ tain peaks Strive Tor the
mountain heights and YOU
NAV land In the tree-tOps. But what-
ever YOU do. in whatever place you
fin6 yourself. let your aspirations
soar-then work with all your might
10 catch up with them.
In other words, He shoots higher
that threatens the neon than he wh2
AIMS at tree.
Kathleen Howard. prima donna or
rhe Century Grand Opera Company OF
New YORK, gave me that motto and
told me il had been constant help
and Inspiration TO her.
She is a splendid example of what
hic,h aim will do. If backed by ability
anT directed by hard work. She has
surr her triumphant way in opera
frnu7 Paris T. Germany. TO Norway
and Sweden. "a London and thence
70 her native America, and the end
is not yet
Sre has sung many a time and oft
b.fore royalty By 'cOmmanI." ami
among the apprcclativc gifts she
treasures the imperial arms of Rus
ria. enclosed in a Wreath of laurel
which the Ear Of Russia gave her
after he heard her sing in Germany
when he was paying u visit to his
I.ro, ,ber-fn-law. Tn. grand duke.
"I believe more girls fail from lack
of high aim than from lack Of abiI-
itv.' said Miss Howard. Year is the
arch enemy of success. 1t so many
times keeps US from aiming high.
Why should one fear until she has
failed. and even then why fear at all?
One never knows what she can ac-
conpIish until sin" has tried. 1t is her
duty and ner privilege To hitch her
wa gon to star. Som" one is sure
TO reach the star. and il might as well
pc you.
..I{etween ri%ntful ambition and
blind conceit there Is the Worldwide
difference, but it is better to have
conCeit enough to spun one on t.
great efforts than - Lave such 4
lack of s,ll-CUnfidcncc that one sinkD
without trying to swim.
Just start out with the idea that
one can accomplish anything, and
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talent for making crullcrs or lemon
PIE Then make better CTullCrS and
better lemon pic each day and you
will receive your reward. You may
have the talent for making a restful
'rd cheerful home. And Just because
you are not n genius who can Taint
or sing or write or make gowns or do
some other OF the wonderful things
you think are the result "f genius
YOU Will settle lack and say We'll.
I'll just dub around home and let tho
other have the success
"Eut every one Jf these other per-
sons has to have n home, and If you
have the genius Of home making Won
will find ready appreciation If you
Stlive to make a pcrfccr homo"
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M they are cold, the ashes emptIod and
lhe bottles washed in SOaysuds. the oil
VIII have disappeared and the glass he
perfectly clear
Mice are especially fond Of taking
up their abode in piano. and once
theY nave contracted the habit il is
dlnlcult to persuade them that th.v
nave nothing in common with tho in
strument. Many suggest pIacjnr cam-
phor all alCng the back, is they dis
IKE the smell. One Corresuonjent
having found nicely baiteG trans OF no
avail against the charms of piano key
feIt' hnds that the only thing Ihat
Keeps the vcrmin away IJ a thick Uua
OF cayenne pepper along the cdg. of
the back frame. Another plan. If ,bc-.
are no small children or dom.sti, mi
mails in the house. is 20 smear he
edge with phosphorus paste. Ap,tbar
suggests twenty drops of oil uf nov
permint on cotton wool pllc,1 in rh.
lover part of the case.
A weak solution OF chloride of COhaI.
makes satisfactory invisible" ink
ON being exposed 10 reat the Ink" he
comes green and visible.
Starch cannot nOssibv be made AZ
hoEe. 1t is technical preparation
recurring special apDirmces and spe-
c!al knowledge a po.:3himg iron is
ike an ordinary iron with an oval
surface OF polished steel. The size Is
a matter OF personal choice.
Oak floor stain mixed with yarnisb
can be procured ready for use So cheap
ly that it seems hardly worth While
to make the stain at home. However.
here is a recipe: Mix some Vandyke
brown with liquor ammOniaC. dilute
with water to the required depth of
shade, and add little Bismarck
brown: Stain twice. When quite dry
varnish.
Copyt. 1914. Newspaper Feature Service. Inc.
The Washington times., 1914-05-07
Strawberries Are in
Season.!
By MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK.

ture and its long season,
~ the strawberry has become
the most common OF all the
berry group in our market and on
our fruit stands.
Just how the name strawberry"
originated is not decided. Some say
that originally the berries were
gathered by children and fastened
on straws and thus sold. Others
say it came from the old English
custom of placing straw under the
plants to mulch them.
1t is unfortunate that straw
berries do not seem to agree with
all persons as they, above every
other berry. and nearly every other
fruit. have the largest proportion Of
citric and naIlic acids and salts of
lime.
the time Of year when our tired
systems are ttrying to react
from the waffies and French
pastry and Yorkshire pudding OF
the winter. The strawberry. with
its ACIDS and salts, is a natural
tOIiiS oIlN 4ltNiNL4it, l'eAI N4INl6I4 CA
cellent for those of bilious tempera-
ment, or other liver troubles
Those who cannot eat straTber-
ries, apparently, may be glad TO
know that the addition of a little
cayenne pepper will not detract un-
pleasantly from the fruit but Will
prevent difficulties in digesting
them. Also the addition of bicarbon-
ate OF potash IN the proportion Of
one-half teaspoonful TO a pound Of
ripo fruit Is now used with straw
berries and other acid fruits like
gooseberries, etc. so that even those
TO wACm stra wberrieS are usually
denied can eat them with ''impurity,
as the litt.@ girl said
II is not dietectically right. even
though il seems delicious. to eat
acid berries with a quantity Of
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q decided fiare about the feet Others
have the fullness at the hips and the
hem very little wider than we have been
wearing. The slit is forgotten. Already
II marks the skirt as hopelessly old
fashioned. If it exists at all it is a very
decided opening in the back of the skirt
with plenty Of lace draping filling the
opening
When the skirt is very bourfant ar the
hlps then it is apt to be narrow at the
icot. When there is no sign of the
hustle or hip drapery. there is the fare
at the hem. Some of the newest skirts
nave the fullness of gathers at the waist
and there is a two-inch heading left as
nIllsi, and below the material :iows
freely outward.
Frequently, where there is a COM
peratively narrow underskirt, there will
be fairly full tunic with a deep fiounce
eogc OF lace or tulle, which gives a
strange effect of extreme width
The tunic grows longer day by day.
When it began to start on its downward
way there was certainty that the time
would come when il became the skirt
itseIf, and that that skirt would be full.
Bustle Little Used.
The hustle causes scarcely a passing
interest when it is worn, for it has been
apparent on many of the gowns since
the mid-winter. Some authorities ig-
more it. PaQuin is one of these Poiret,
too, has no use for it, though he makes
much of the tunic
This brevity and fuilness of skirt and
this charming independence in the wear
ing of the hustle in any one of it's hun
dred variations, has been accepted as
the final decree after the spring open
fngs with all their sumptuous showing
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Answers to Health
Questions

FRANK Seven though I retire at
{? o'clock and sleep until s or my
legs feel tired in the morning. Can this
be cured?
Evidently you do not have enough
air in your room at hight and You lead
The Washington times., 1914-05-07

too quiet life by day. You should ex.
ercise by dancing. skating or other
wise bestir your muscles.
q. R--What Is the cause cf DARK
puf,s under the eyes? I've had them
since a spell Of scarlet fever forty
years ago.
Often. but by no means aI~aya o
puffiness under the eyes after scarlet
fever means that some trouble has
heen left in your kidneys. Have the
kidney fluids honestly analysed b.
some pathologist.
DR.. Hirshberg will answer questions
for readers of this paper on medical
hygienic, and sanitation subjects thai
are of general interest He will not
undertake to prescribe or offer advfcs
for individual cases Where the sub
ject is not of general interest letter.
will be answered personally IL a stamp
ed and addressed envelope is inclosed
Address all inquiries to DIR. L K
Hirshberg. care this office
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the exposition at San Francisco in
1915
Three model houses are being
built there. one of six. one of eight,
and one Of ten rooms. Here the in
ternational organization. with dele
gates from twenty-eight nations,
will be at home to the women Of the
world
Will Show Efficiency Way.
I'VE will endeavor to show. not
what we have done. not what we
want to do. but HOW to do. We
are going to demonstrate to hun
dreds of farm women, how to keep
house in six. eight and ten roo ms.
~hey are going to see modern con-
venicnces there that viii set them
w.n1eIIng for years. We are eu'ns
to start seeds of Investigation and
Improvement where they have never
been planted before. They will be
initiated ir the great game OF short
cuts to efficiency. The old saying
that E:omens work is never oonc,
ca. .. cast into the discard.
'G%c hundred thousand nones al
ready have been touched by the
responds Well-they have built
these three model farm houses with
their own money. and they have
raised great deal more to keep
them going during the exposition.
That should speak for itself"
The Farm Woman's League has
been in existence for only short
time But it has grown tremen-
Gously. The farm women. who
hitherto had only the alternative
OF life in the city. with possible
destitution waiting them late in
life (this statement has statistic
al foundation) have seen a vision Of
better life on the farm.
Mrs. D'Harbert Is farm woman
herself She realized the necessity
of organized work and after trav-
cling in Europe. paying her own
expenses, and making an exhaustive
study of farm conditions. she re-
turned to this country fully equip
ped for the life work which she has
undertaken. While here in Wasn-
ington, she received from the King
of Belgium the royal decoration of
agriculture, in appreciation of her
work done in Belgium and with the
international congress as a whole.
uShe is the only American woman to
wear this decoration and the second
american.
Last year. at the world congress
al Ghent she was elected president
of the association. This position she
will hold until the next world meet
ing, in san Francisco. in 1915.
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Skirts must be
four inches from
the floor. They
may be, and some
times are, twice as
short without be-
in 6 conspicuous.
There is frequent
~ six or seven
inches of space be-
tween the shoe sole
and S kirt hem.
Skirts are also
fuller. Some have
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Secrets of Health and Happiness
Your First Duty in Life
Is to Be Physically Fit
By DR.. LEONARD KEENE HIRsHBERG
AB. NJ. A.. Il y. Uohns Hookins)

/ AVE you done your duty to Mother Health? How
/ can you know whether you have done your duty?
Do you know what a duty Is?
A duty is a moral obligation. It Is your liability
to anothers right For right there correspond
ing duty There is correative reciprocal compementa
obligation placed you a supreme to do your
duty and respect the rights of others.
Plainly, then, each individual has his rights to-
his duties to perform. When you do not do what you
ought to backslidng and pigeon holng your
duty y ...
On the other hand, when selfanonted. self dele
gated authority individual body. club society.
ton socalled government ovesteps forgotten
limitations and nfringes rights duty
haa thraa-f
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X Hints for Housewives x

By ANN MARIE LLOYD.

~ HCBARB is such an everyday
- commodity that scarcely any
one stops to consider how II is
produced SO abundantly ct this
period Of the year. Rhubarb is at its
prime, in a natural outdoor state. during
the months of May, June, and July.
Unlike most plants. rhubarb floYrishes
best in the dark. In a natural way,
when the plant is growing in the opeI.
ground, it early develops enormous
leaves. which completely shade the root.
thus enabling the stalks TO grow in CON-
parative darkness. Certain species OF
this plant attain quite a large growth.
some Of the sticks DeIng as much as
four feet IN height and five inches 10
seven inches in circumference at their
base. The leaves of this variety Otter
measure two feet to three feet IN
diameter.
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i ldisraear tha naente
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II you have fear OF moths being in
carpet or rug spread wet bath towe:
over the place and iron dry with hot
IRON II will kill moths and eggs.
III You have burned something in
cooking vessel, fill with cold water, add
Y handful of washing soda and boz.
Then wash and use some sand soap. Il
VIII come out as good as new and UbTi-
ese the necessity OF scraping.
To insure the best results in coffee
making, thoroughly wash and boil the
coffee pot after each using. adding a bit
OF baking soda 10 the watt. Rinse ana
ory. and air by leaving tie cover up.
Half the bad coffee may be troced to
earelessly washed coffee pots. Cold cof-
fee should be strained OFF the grounds
and never left standing in the pot.
Oily bottles are almost Impossible to
clean in ordinary washing. II the bot
Ties are filed with ashes and placed in
q pan of cold water which is heateo
gradually to the boiling point and then
kept simmering half an hour and the
bottles allowed TO remain in the water
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TIL they are cold, the ashes emntIad md
the bottles washed in soapsuqs. the oir
VIII have disappeared and the glass be
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IN fo- the clouds. and you may
n at least attain unto the noun
~ tain peaks Strive Tor the
mountain heights and YOU
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Ladies' Patent, Gun Metal, and
Kid. oxford Ties; all shapes and
styles.
$3.50, S3, $3.50.