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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-03
Greek Dancer Wants to Adopt
Americans Into Real FAM
lily, Too.

that destiny was preparing for her
in Paris and America Based. as IL
was. on an idea that lacked official
sanction. the production was denied
the prestige of the opera house.
The new works were first seen
and judged in commercial theaters,
without glamor. The weight of
Fokine's authority was more or less
balanced by the negative influence
of the opera Public approval.
therefore. was based on intrinsic
merits and real understanding OF
the new creation 1t requires some
acquaintance with the doctoring and
tinkering usually needed. for some
time after its opening. to bring
stage production into a real state OF
life. to appreciate the significance OF
this: That Fokine's "Sylphides."
and Cleopatra" soon after, both big
works depending largely on untried
resources. were born mature. The
consistent merit of the performances
and the public's appreciation led TO
Fokine's being asked to bring the
works and their romantic interpre-
tatfOn into the fold of the opera
'Duncanism,' as the unreconstruct-
ed classicist. NJ. Legatt, the ballet
master, is said to call it. has enjoy
ed the freedom of the imperial stage
ever since.
49, AAsa9 ANNSSAo PtA It's SdIiNllOu vi
'Duncanism.
The explanation OF the work Of the
pupils from day to day is a study in
itself.
OF the children. the most talented. il
Is said. are five little Russians chosen
last April.
In the six months the small children
have been together they have learned
To speak each others language perfect
~. and since their arrival in New York.
a month ago. they have learned Eng
.ish. The older girls all speak English.
French. and German equally we'll and
Know the literature of these languages
They are far ebeyond ordinary girls
II their age in their education. and
heir knowledge of different countries
They have been educated on the broad
lines laid out by Miss Duncan, and have
never been inside school room. They
VIII help bring up the younger children
Inc same way. and these children in
turn will hand the work down to 9TH
ars, As soon as Miss Duncan has es-
iablished the school here she will leave
II In charge of her brother and his wife
and return TO her work In the hospitals
OF France.
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THE TIMES BEDTIME STORY

had put together the day before to
play taking pictures. lie picked it
up idly and set IT upright. Then he
put his head under the cloth and
looked through. The cup had only
sides. and there was hole in the
box so that he could see the spot OF
light i'm the kitchen.
Suddenly he laughed. Why not get
Tessie to sit for her picture and
he slapped his side and laughed
aloud. After dinnc- was over and
the lamp had been lat he called the
kitties in the other room and an
nounced that he was ready 10 take
pictures.
No one saw him hide bean in
his mouth. and, just as he thought.
TcssiC. forgetting that he was aItor
her, offered 10 sit first iOT her pic
uIre He hustled about and had her
sit in "A small chair. then said. An
ready and as TcasIc nodded ne
stepped behind the camera. lie put
the cloth over mis- head Just as he
had seen other people do. and looked
through the hole. Directly in line
with it was Tess."'s nose lie
brought the bean out from under his
il through the hole.
IL sped ont straight as an arrow
and hit the surprised kitty girl right
Oh the end of her nose. She Jumped
up with a scream of anger, and ran
at Tom. but ne seemed all innocence.
What do you mean by hitting mc?''
sne cried augTily. She ran for Tom.
hut he hurried into the kitchen and
took refuge behind the skirts of
Mrs TaDhy.
Ics sic IAN in and told her story
with the tears running down all over
her WhiSkcrs. but she did not succeed
ia getting anything but a scolding
FOR herself
She might have known that she
Coulu not get ahead of Tom. for ne
was loo smart She could not find
the bean which she said had hit her.
for Teddy picked ii up when they
LETT the room, so she gave up trying
10 get ahead OF Tom Tabby.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-03
Daily. Editorial for Women

Installed the necessary admncts o,
school life which nave long been owed
The list represents teachers for. and
'la.s's oi. all sorts of atypical children,
penny iunches-for which New York Is
making desperate campaign today: vo-
'auonaI courses in high schOols-which
vas me slogan OF the recent teacher :
institute held in this city; and has Sc
,uIel additional cooking and manual
raining facilities in scores OF places.
ne Items cannot all be cnurneraf.d
ihry are grouped under TWENTY-FIVE
IA, adings ~"
ne accomplishments OF this woman
are innovations in this country. and arc
now the goal for which other s11uer-
lntendents -male-are striving. Thai IT,
intelligence. executive ability. and dc-
termination women can sometime T,r
eAcel men Ia certain lines Of eDdaayor
hitherto denied them, is manifest by thc
work Of Mrs. Young. ''N
Perhaps her work is 50 suc,cssfriI
from the mere fact that she mas neyer
taken the idea Of s"> into tho matter
al all. and WAS far mon. inter sled in
making schools efficient .haT abe was
in proving the ability Of woman.
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, mcnt. that pleading business rush /
hurried ON. and did lot OF thinking
on my way back to the office.
4 -kiI,T all. il isn't the mere use OF COS
metiC- that is harmful. Ii IL the under
| lying fact that women do it with intent
10 deceive. Moreover, l. leads Them TO
J lie hrazenly to conceal their acts. Mrs.
/ I'cnfItld, in speaking Of the hair lotion,
! mad told me deliberate lie to cover
over i;Cr folly in having her hair bleach
! ed III q girl uses powder and rouge and
admits il, she's a better sort tnan the
| girl who merely uses powder and then
! lies about II.
i:ur the fact remains-mOst women
| VINO go in heavily Tor cosmetics lie as
/ heavily. and that indicates moral
| lapse. Hypocrisy is their watChword. As
long as they can get away with II they
feel smug!y respectable. It's only when
the world grows Suspicious that they
falter and then they begin To lie to. con-
er mp their tracks knew from my
talks with Mary-Or nj least / suspected
that AlphOnse. the hair dresser. had ad-
Vised Mrs Penfield TO bieSch her hair
that she had suCcumbed to his artful
argument, and that now her DAYS would
be an endless round of effort II con-
vince her friends that the change had
come about naturally.
One thing, Mary I said TO nv wife
that night. Il will not be seen on the
street with your mother until she lets
her hair grow out its proper shade"
Why said Mary, bristling little.
She looks fast" ] said. Instantly my
wife Iecoiled from the word ana negan
To lecture me. And once again l was
face to face with the peculiar incon-
sistency of women. The fact that | dared
To suggest any appearance of immortality
in her mother shocked Mary a great deal
more than the fact that her mother had
deliberately bleached her hair and lied
TO me.
And Mrs Penfield does look nconccIv-
ably sophisticated PeroXided hair in
eviuably brings with it spectacular sug-
gestion of an unpleasant nature.
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No. I5g
\ HAIR CHANGE.

\ HAIR CHANGE.
-HE shock came a week or so
later I was walking hUrriediy
along the street thinking ST
maay thinrs-and chiefly. be il
said. of those which have 10 10 with
economizinS-V hen a voice hailed me.
Hello. peter, it said. are you so
absorbed that YOU don't recognize any
one"
started and stared. The woman $
voice was familiar. but her face was
.GriOusly elusive II was framed i'm a
mass of yellOwish ha'r-almost brass
indeed-elabOrately Coiffed I suppose
the fact that my thoughts We're 50 far
away must have dazed me a bit but
suddenly / realized. with a sense of
scandalized shock, that the woman was
nv motheT-in-law.
J think / might be pardoned FOR not
having recognized her. For i'm con-
junction with the Japanese slant of her
eyes. which has resulted from her
wrinkle operation. her. bleached hair
had changed her utterly. II gave her
now a fictitious yOuthfulnesS ii IS true
but il was hard. bTaZen youthfulness
in comparison with which any appear
ance of decrepit age was preferable. And
the colOri 4 wild. braSsT gold, Conspic-
uouslv the product of peroxide and am
monia. Alphonse had been busy with
his tongue and his bleaching wares. l
dldn mince matters this time.
In heavens name" / said, what
have you done TO YOUR hair2 | honestly
didn't know YOU"
don't think my mother-in-law eX-
pected quite such an utterly frank
recognition OF her metamorphosis. She
flushed.
Why Peter" she faltered. II We
been having my scalp treated, and-and
the scalp lotion turned nv hair this
color. But. really. my hair has been
getting lighter and lighter for a long
time. Hadn't YOU noticed it?''
No. | said. Il hadn't | felt so
utterly disguised with her. for the mo-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-03
The Woman School Superintendent
By BETH JEFFRIES.

compiled list Of improvemea.- in
the educational facilities Of Chicago
whl'h have resulted from the admins
tation of Mrs. Ella Flagg Young is
~ course OF preparation by friends Of
Mrs. Young.
Since she has been superintendent Of
schools Mrs. Young has accomplished an
almost unbelievable amount, testifying
~ ieast 10 her ability 10 get some
thing over
But even more interesting than the
mere fact o. her legislative victories. i:
ne nature OF The changes which she has
made. For those changes toward which
many OF the hundreds Of male superin-
tendents IN the public schools Of the
cities Of this country are but stretching
their hands today; those changes which
are but lately being recognized as high
~ necessary, Mrs. Young has already
seen and put into effect in the Chicago
schools.
In other words, she has. through her
practical vision and realization Of the
Demands OF the city child on the state,
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Il Advice to Girls x
By ANNIE LAURIE.

Dear Annie Laurie.
] am seventeen Of age and have
been keeping company with a young
man Of eighteen for two years. He
Eeems to think a great deal Of me.
and ] love him dearly. He seems
&c be interested IN getting married.
but think 4 am too young. He is
very jealous Of me. for he told
me SO.
Ny birthday is next month. and he
wants 10 get me a diamond rin. /
am almost afraid to take IT, What
would you do? BLDNDEy
You're too young TO NARY. both fol
your sake ana the mans who wants
To- marry YOU.
Why SHOULD you lie a burden upor
cur back 50 yOuHg2 What do Won
know Of liIe az oI responsibility or Of
lare2
Marriage isn't picnic or a tango lea
81 even q Sunday school entertainments
~ s profession, and not the casies,
profession "a the world. either.
what haF" YOU ever done iu tho 1-orI.
mat makes you think yUa can m.sSa a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-03

ITS long way to Tipperary.
It's long way TO go"
~ HATS what they're singing
over there in the noise and
the blood and the cruelty.
The English soldiers took the
sid tune across the channel with
them. They sang it around the camp
FIRE. and they sang ii in the saddle,
and they sang it sometimes when the
march was long and discipline was
relaxed little in the ranks.
And when they were in the trenches
they sang it, too:
It's a long way to Tipperary;
To the sweetest girl l know"
And now the French soldiers know
the old tune and whistle it gayly in
the French fashion. and sing il, too.
ia accents weird and strange.
Tipperary becomes something quite
chic and smart when a Frenchman
in baggy red breeches and a zouave
jacket sings about il while he makes
his little cup of black coffee over
the camp fire.
The Belgians have caught the song
and it's nothing at all out Of the or
binary TO hear giant with a spade
shaped ear carollIng blithely ~ his
deepest bass about the road-the long,
long road to TipperaTy.
over in Lhc German lines they know
the song Maybe they learned ii first
from d gallant Irish sergeant who
sat up in the ambulance with a broken
head and a bad wound in the chest and
laughed and sang, all the way TO the
lamp OF the prisoners. about his girl,
and how long and long the road was
that was taking him away from her
probs bly, forever.
The Popular Song of Death.
They sing il in the prisoHs-the
Irish, the Scotch. and the English
and now they say the German drum
mers have learned TO keep time TO
the tune Of the girl ana the road to
Tipperary
Little Nora-yOu at home there IN
the green isles-whose face do you
see IN the smoke o. the peat ire? II 5
q long. long road he travels. dear
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me sperm glands. All are like suonzes
Elthout runways. That is to say, they
EteraIiy squeeze their products and
fluids into the ebb and flow OF blood and
lymph as IL bathes them In its passscs
70 ana FRO through the body. Further
more. each can in a fashion comDensafa
and MI in few of the Shortcomings Of
the other
A "Rest" Cure.
In other words, the adrenals with
these other gIandular organs. have a
community of interest. The thyroid
however has been dethroned from its
nigh place as chief and most important
OF these glands. The suprarenals have
long since displaced il in physiological
knowledge and power.
III the adrenals are wholly removed
from dogs the animals soon die OF mus
GUAR prostration, subnormaI tempers-
ture. tremors of the flesh insomnia ard
stomach disorders. Upon many oeca-
slons surgeons such as DIR. Halsted, Dr.
John ID. Blake. DR.. Murphy. Dr. Mayo
and others have transplanted animal
adrenals into men when such symptoms
intervene. Unless these gratis find a
sound remnant or the old adrenals still
present they shrivel and fail to grow.
II Is the outside rind of the edrenals
which is wholly necessary to sustain
life and health The internal portion
has more to do with the bodily capacity
to have and to hold starches and sugars,
TO keep you sweet-tempered and con-
tented
When you grow anxious. angry or ir-
ritable the action of the adrenals is in
creased. They manufacture an excess
of juice, pour quantities of sugar into
the blood stream, ano send UP the blool
pressure If your arteries are stir or
inelastic. this endangers life Numb
ness. tinglng, sensations of ants crawl
ing over the flesh. or loss Of sensation
in the skin are all warning to be calm.
go to bed. and allow your adrenal thirty
days of complete rest.
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Iowa. in this city. the remark was made
by more than one of the outgoing people
in the crowd wha had sat entranced
through the program. that It seemed a
pity that such a perfected and individ-
ualistic form OF expressive dancing
should be limited TO one company or to
one person.
In other words. the innate ability to
express ideas. by means Of tho dance
and the intelligence. to an accompani-
ment OF music was felt by everyone.
The realization of this instinct is what
has prompted Isadora Duncan to train
fifty children who will be capable of
teaching what. heretofore. very few have
known, and fewer still were willing to
teach to others.
dpen will be in the future. and Just how
great a response they will have from
the people of this country is difficult to
say.
These facts. however. we do know.
Dancing considered in its most simple
sense as a movement of the feet and
body expressive of some emotion or
some rhythm. has a marvellous individ
ual appeal today.
The tendency is toward invention. the
trial of new figures. the continual at
tempt TO get something more than an
initiated artificiality out of steps. II
this interest keeps up IL this indiVid
uaIism-this enthusiasm for self-sxpres-
sion-continues, the people will be ready
and eager for the teaching OF these
children when their years OF training
are over.
For those who may he acquainted
with the short history Of "Duncanism'
as the art OF dancing which will be
taught these children, is called. the fol-
lowing excerpt from an article by Troy
Kinney in the Metropolitan, is illumina-
ting.
Miss Duncan made her debut in st.
Petersburg some ten years ago before
"A gathering which was tired Of the old
ballet, and watchful for some new eN-
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preston. OF this performance and It
results the writer SAYS:
That it was a popular success: that
the inevitable minority whined about
the unaccustomed revelation of the
figure: Miss Duncan's request that
those to whom the human figure is
immoral should stay away from her
following performances-these are
details of minor Importance. The
circumstance that links the perform
ance of art history is that Mikail
Fokine. director of the imperial bal
let, was present NJ. FOikine was the
destined leader of the romantic
movements and it was during that
performance of Miss Duncan that
NJ Fokine became a rebel against
classic restrictions. That Miss Dun
can was the prophet of a great idea
he declared then, and, according 10
Miss Lopoukowa. and NJ. Nolinine.
frequently repeated during the en-
suing years of their association with
him.
In the ballet organization. NJ. Fo-
kline had company of young enthu-
siasts equipped with all that train
ing can give-skill. that is. to do
credit to an Olympian demigod. Be
sides technique. several had the
delicately measured combination of
faculties that We call genius. OBJ
iniOnS of the new idea were widely
opposed both dancers and author
tiles of the opera and the academy
excitedly took opposite sides. But
the ablest leading people, and ma
terial for a good supporting corps,
responded to Fokinc's call for volun-
teers for a ballet To be performed on
the new lines of Interpretation.
The first representation was Les
Sylphides." Sheshinska the etoile
danseuse OF the opera. danced the
first woman's part: the second. Anna
Pavlowa. and karsavina. the third
NiiinSki was premier. and Fokine di-
rected: In the cast was little Lydia
Lopoukowa, unconscious of honors
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TOM TABBY TAKES A PICTURE.

Goodnight 1914. hv F. T. Yodcrl
IT. HE short December dav drew
To q dose as Tom Tabbv sat
l. by the winCCw. He pressed
his snub nose. with the funny
black spot on Il, close against the
window pane. and watched tho out
lines OF tho trees aud bushes out
side slowly dissolve into the night.
ON" might have thought thru he
Was thinking % something very Won
dorful and Jar away. bur such was
not III" 'as". To tell the truth. the
charm Of watching the darkness fall
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had nothing to do with Tom. for
his mind was busy with plans.
He was Wondcrin" now Ia the
world he could catch his sister Tcs-
sic. YOU see she had doll" something
10 him few days before. ana ne.
To tell il Just AS he said a.. was
laying FOR her" BY that the other
kittics knew that he was Waiting tor
- good chance to catch h"T Of her
guard and play a trick on her.
As he turned from the window he
realized that II WIS very dark in TN"
room and lac bumped into something
which was standing near by. II vas
a bOA and a cup on sticks which he
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-03
Ans0UerS to Health Questions

Constant Reader-1-Is good
Tor the skin. and Is powder harmful?
EWhat Is good shampoo for oily
3-What is good for biackheads,
much? W.
IL never heard of any harm coming
from II. and various powders can be
used with safety.
Pure boiled or distilled water,
preferably boiled with a teaspoonfuI of
salt IN every pint Use some neutral
soap. neither acid nor alkaline. l. dram
OF resorctn, y ounce sulphur, u dram
compound tncture of benzoin, 3 drains
castor oil. ''
SFor blackheads this is very pop-
ular: sulphur and glycerine each a
dram. benZoated lard. each 1 ounce,
with rose oil
TOO many covers or not enough
Sleeping on back. going to bed with a
run stomach. sleeping on a soft mat
tress. constipation. excuses of any kind
in the evening.
r. NJ. P.-1-what causes arterio-scIe-
rosis?
2-Can il be cured?
Are women exempt?
+How does it differ from Iocomotor
ataXia?
IA loathsome sex disease contracted
In youth: excessive meat eating. conn
peutlve and excessive physical exertion:
goltres and overactivity of the adrenai
ana other glands: infectious disease
ana worry which keeps the blood pres.
sure nigh. are few of many causes.
The cure depends upon the duration
and the cause.
mo one is exempt Heredity. habit
ana environment help some and hinder
others.
-Locomotor ataNia is IN - per cent
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once the day when Drs. Thomas Addi-
son and the famous Brown-Seouard ex-
posed these paradises of human magic.
no month has elapsed without some
new ana more amazing discovery being
made with regard to them
Not only are these little glands abso-
liltely essential to life and welIbeing,
out they regulate your sweetness your
loVe OF life and of sugar, your tempera-
mcnt, the pumping power OF your heart.
the capacity of your blood to coagulate
and save You from fatal hemorrhages.
ana Your efhciency as an athlete or a
muscular expert, be IT Of any kind.
Electricity in its application to the
human frame confers energy upon the
living textiles of your anatomy Yet
scored away in these little suprarenaI
Glands IS a whole sun of magnetism
and electricity II the dried adrenal
Glands of calves, sheep. or pigs are fed
TO man or any animal there takes place
the same effects upon the nerves as
occur when electrical stimulation is ad-
rninistered. In fine, each person. il
Wen. contains two little inexhaustible
electric batteries.
IL the skin of certain persons whose
hlood pressure Is low. who lack energy
who bleed easily from scratches and
cuts. Is bronzed and darkly pigmented
II usually points to some ailnent or de-
EcIency OF the adrenal glands. Tuber-
CIlosis OF these organs presents Just
such symptoms to the analytic eve OF
that rare bird among doctors-a palms.
taking diagnostician.
In children occasionally the precocious
growth of other organs. abnormal ac-
eumulation of adipose tissue, and a
The skin point almost unerringly to
dwellings or alterations in these glands.
In the delicate interval before the
birth OF her child, nature marveIousIy
endovs the mother with an extra sup
ply OF the juices from the adrenal
glands by increasing their size. There
is an intimate family link between the
adrenals, the thyroid the nyariea and