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The Washington times., 1914-07-07
Useful Hints for
Housewives

- IGs are not as well known In
l. the average household as they
deserve to be, for they are the
most delicious and wholesome
of fruits, and may be served In
variety OF ways.
Served in their natural state for the
table. they should be simply washed.
drained and chilled.
Stewed fgs used as a hlling FOR
thin bread and butter sandwiches are
always welcomed by children. and
cut In dainty forms make a palataole
between-meals lunch.
An oriental way of serving ngs Is to
steam them with rice. as follows:
Steamed Figs and Rice.
Thoroughly wash large cupfdl of
rice. and cook in plenty of boiling
twenty minutes is tho usual time.
Wash the figs. cut in quarters, place
them in a sieve over a saucepan of
boiling water and steam for fifteen
minutes. Butter a mold and pack in
the rice lightly, let II stand over hot
water for ten minutes. turn carefully
on hot platter, arrange the figs
about the base. and serve with hard
sauce favored with lemon.
Here is another delicious fig dessert:
Steamed Fig Pudding.
One cup chopped figs. half a cup OF
chopped suet. three eggs. two and a
half cups Of soft bread crumbs. half a
cup OF milk, one cup brown sugar.
one teaspoonful salt.
Soak the bread crumbs in the milk
and add the figs and suet chopped to-
gether and the other ingredients. and
pour in q well buttered mold and
steam four hours. Any foam sauce
may be used with this. or here Is an
apprt PIRATE sauce:
Mix a cup of powdered sugar and
three tablespoonfuls OF milk and two
of wine and heat in a double boiler to
a moderate temperature, then add
slowly to half cup of creamed
butter.
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Buy Gloves in Quantities
Economy in Large Numbers at the
Wholesale Price, Washable
Ones the Best.
Ones the Best.

The disadvantage of silk gloves Is
that they make the hand look large.
unduly so, because they fit so tightly
about the wrist. And the long ones
make the arm look skinny and the
hand look bony, because they cling SO
skin-tight to the arm.
But there are tucked silk gloves that
were brought out last summer which
show tucks going around and arounS
the arm portions, SO that they are as
ample looking as the wrinkled arm of
kid glove.
White kid gloves, of the non-wash-
able sort. are not really an extraya-
gance If you can have them cleaned
tnexpensively. In some of the big cities
all lengths are cleaned for five cents
a pair by certain cleaners. But when
the cleaner charges ten cents to clean
short pair and twenty cents to clean
2 long pair, ones glove bill does mount
up rather high.
to use gasolene freely. the question
of keeping them cleaned can be
solved right in your own home. But
never Ity to clean gloves with
thimbleful of gas"lene. Have two
bowls full of IL, and wash the gloves
in one and rinse them in the other.
Then let them dry in the air for at
lease twenty-four hours.
Some of the now white gloves are
shown with cuffs IF colorci or black
there are turn-back cuffs Of the white
kid. edged with a piping of color or
black.
TIE backs of some of the gloves are
stitched with color. AMI some ..ycn
show beaded stitcherY.
These gloves suggest the fantastic
trimming of the stockings Of the day.
And so. do the ones IN the sketch.
Don't they suggest the anklets worn
around stockings?
The gloves shown are fitted with
small bracelets. which are slipped well
Up on the arm. There was a day, not
so very long ago, either when. WON
en- wore their bracelets outside their
gloves. Dozens of bangles sometimes
ratified around the wrist. and wider.
heavier bracelets Were worn, too. The
bracelets in the sketch are not like
the old-fashioned sort. for they are
contrived especially 10 wear over
gloves. 'rhe one on the right is made
of jet. The one in the center shows
a little feather bird that CLAIMS
closed a band of fur. On rie lef.
there is a hand Of mariDou, adorned
with artificial cherries.
Copyright ls1t Newspaper Feature Service,
The Washington times., 1914-07-07
The High Cost of Cleaning

All these things are done oncs A
week In thorough way in the aver
age household. and i find that one
can secure good laundresses to come
In for the day at $1.50 and finish the
Work Tor medium or small family.
similarly. one can secure day work
ers to do ones heavy housecieaning
alone are to be cleansed, there are
the window cleaning companies who
VIII send ffrst-class man to do the
job for 70 cents an hour.
The cleaning bill for the house
hold cnn, therefore, be kept very
easily within a "a per week limit.
The work would doubtless be much
better lone by such specialists than
By the general household worker
who scatters her abilities and rarely
Is expert In any of these things In
addition. there is a considerable cash
saving which cannot be overlooked
In these days 1t is impossible TO OBJ
tain the services Of a fairly COM
pctcnt houseworker fCr less than s5
per week To this add the cost of
her room and board, and you will
lind that it Is almost double the cost
Of occasional outside assistance.
The woman who is really INTEREST,"
ed IN housekeeping--who likes 10
cook and dust and mend and manage
the ordinary daily routine, but who
Is incapable or undesirous of per-
forming the heavier tasks, need have
no servant problem" She can
have all the capable assistance she
requires at less price and without
the annoyance ofttimes, Of having
an extra person in the home.
believe, moreover, that II women
would form the habit OF calling pro-
fessional help from outside, more
and more capable and intelligent
workers would specialize In house
hold service.
Copyright, 1914. by Mrs. Chrfstine
Frederick)
The Washington times., 1914-07-07

" oW do you buy gloves1 Have
II you any definite policy in this
matter or do you just wear any
gloves that happen to strike
your fancy or happen to come 10 you
as gifts.
AT present, of course, Fashion permits
us to leave of our gloves If we choose
3n the evening. AMI Il rather sensible
idea OF hers this is, too. For the softest
OF gloves are stiff and aruhcial against
the unrestrained lines of the present
day evening alhoutte- But just because
we may leave off gloves for dinners and
dances nowadays, we must be all the
more vigil9nt about our daytime gloves
30, after all, We DO not hnd Ourselves
any richer.
In Paris, It is said. women have left
of wearing white gloves for the street
and have substituted in their place a
faVn-colored glove. This has the aa-
vantage of making the hand look less
conspicuous, and it tones in better win
the color scheme of most costumes than
does the dead-white kiS glove.
However, there are some women VINO
cannot endure the feeling OF any glove
that cannot be readily cleaned. tor
that reason they discard blacks ana
browns and tans. For Such women
thcre are white or tinted ckamois or
doeskin gloves, short and long. for out
door wear.
The cotton imitation gloves are quite
es acceptable as the real chamois or
6oesxin. But in the best quality they
cost as much AS the real skin gloves.
The advantage they have over the other
sort Is that they wash more easily ana
hold their ape better.
A good ga for the woman who
wears washable gloves is to find out
a kind she likes-chamois, doeskin, inn
itatIon chaInois. or whatever 1t may be;
each sort has its points to recommend
!t-and then buy this kind in dozens or
half dozens.
There are Wholesale houses where
gloves by the whole or half dozen can
Be bought at a considerable reduction
ever the price for a single pair. Even
the woman who must economiZe could
afford to keep half a dozen pairs of
wash gloves going at once This
would save the trouble OF having 10
wash a pair at a time. and would
further save driving a single pair to
death with constant using.
silk gloYes have a decided disad-
vantage over other sorts, but probably
as soon as warm weather comes. silk
gloves will bound into favor again.
1key generally do.
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Advice to Girls
By ANNIE LAURIE.

almost any other one thing. As for
his family, it is your right to know
about them and to know them per-
sonally. IL possible. If you do not like
them. that Is another thing to think
over carefully before you decide. No
woman has right to separate a man
from his family simply because they
do not measure up to her standards
Of breeding or because they are not
congenial In the last analysis, It is q
matter Of how much you care for the
man and he for you. II you love him
SO that non-essentia1s don't matter.
then go ahead. but count the cost be-
fore hand, and rather risk unhap-
piness now than lifelong unhappiness
after you are married
The Washington times., 1914-07-07
Club Women to Stage
Many New Experiments

Did you know that Washington is to be the scene
OF novel activities among club women during the COM
ing year?
Many striking experiments are to be staged here
next winter, and plans for these as we'll as for "get
together campaign will be described in next Sundays
Times
This article is to be followed by one of the most
interesting and comprehensive series for women ever
published in Washington newspaper
Every Womans club in the District, and every
club in which women active, will be touched in
this series.
"Washington'S club women are Washington's
home makers, declares the subject of next Sundays
interview.
Therefore you cannot afford to miss any one of
this series which shows the far-reaching efforts
planned through clubs for better homes, better COM
munitieS, and better home city.
The Washington times., 1914-07-07

INCLUDES hypothesis as well as facts.
Except in some 10 or more per cen
OF individuals, sleeping on the right
side means rest on the divan-like, soft
billowy pad of muscles. always thick
er on that side in right-handed people
than on the back or left side. SleeI
on the right side removes pressure or
the diaphragm of natures true liyer
pad; il obviates all interference with
the stomach sadly filled with late hour
rarebits from the gilded lobster pal
aces of the pale White Way, and of
not the least moment is the remote
ness OF any obfuscation of the heart
sction-a not uncommon sense of dis
comfort to many persons with lying
on the left side.
What Snore Is.
A snore is nothing more nor less
than a form of stertor or noisy breath
ing. Az the rhythmical inspiration and
expiration take place through the open
mouth, snoring may be prevented by
g1uIng a bit of sticking plaster or fly
paper over the closed lips.
In snoring the moving waves Of air
trnpinee upon the soft palate and the
little finger of flesh called the uvula,
connected with the roof of the mouth
Rnd cause the muscles to vibrate. This
rate of tremulo vibration is sufficient
30 cause a snore.
To lie on the back is more or less
conducive to snoring. The reason is
rot far to seek. When the body is
telaxed and symmetrically placed, the
soft tissues of the cheeks become, il
possible, even more fabby than when
Sou sleep on the side. The part play
ID by the bellow-like cheeks in caus-
ing snores has been generally over
looked To put it mildly and modest
ly, I believe ! am the first observer
10 call attention to the important role
taken by the cheeks in snoring.
Any one who has witnessed as many
instances of stentorous breathing, and
the accompanying blowing in and out
o. the paralyzed cheek In cases Of
cirde that snores are caused as much
by the relaxed cheek muscles as by
other factors. True enough, any sort
OF nasal obstruction such as adenoids,
thickened bones and membranes, over
infected tonsils and such abnormalities,
all tend to incite the bugle calls OF
the wee srna' hours. But the intrinsic
cause of the snore is, nevertheless, a
complete relaxation Of the cheeks glot-
tbs, uvula and soft pedal.
How to Cure Snoring.
Now, though a man may be i'm
muuized against most diseases, by the
proper methods of health building, and
an insomniac may by physical exercises
be made to sleep, what can be done TO
prevent snoring? Well, much may be
done. The solution can he read from
the explanation of its cause. If lack of
muscular tone has as much to do with
snoring as other causes, such as rest
ing upon the back. cure may be ef-
fected by the simple procedure of neu-
tralizing the one cause and removing
the other. Thus by certain muscular
gymnastics, such as blowing exercises,
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An Ancient Calf.

Awkward mistakes occur sometimes
through falling into certain manner
'sms of expression A parson had a
habit Of frequently saying FOR years
and years and years" in the course of
q sermon. He was preaching on the
Prodigal Son. and spoke OF him sitting
down in that far-off land thinking OF
the home that he had not seen "for
years and years and years.
This was ali right. but presently he
spoke Of the welcome to his old home.
and Of the calf which his father had
kept In anticipation OF that happy day
Yes" said he. dropping into his fav-
orite cadence for the winding up OF q
sentence. yes, the calf which he haS
kept for years and years and years."
Then somebody lauEhed.-Tit-Bfta
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say that engaging expert occasional
help from the outside Is too expen-
sive, but I have made some tests,
and can see clearly that the call
ing in Of specialists on particular
tasks Is far less costly and far more
convenient than a permanent house.
hold worker living In the home.
Contrast these figures. The hard
est tasks Of the home which the
more cultured type of modern house
wife wishes to avoid are: ID Loun-
dry. ca Housecleaning which Is Of
the rougher type, such as scrubbing.
carpet beating, window cleaning. etc.
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| slapping the cheeks, rolling large mar
bles or licorice candies in the mouth.
gargling and vocal training, the soft
parts Of the mouth became greatly raised
in tonicity. Thus there Is little chance
for snoring, even though the mouth re-
mains open.
What Back Sleeping Is.
Too much cannot be said ii: praise OF
breathing movements or phyMcal cul-
ture gymnastics that cause deep req
pirations. Complete oxidation of the
blood means proper tension in the mus
cles. Lots of breathing space in the
nose and throat preclude the gaping
jaw habit. Close your mouth and
lengthen your life, as well as save your
neighbor's peace of mind.
Sleep is defensive mechanism for the
conservation of bodily resources. Re
ciprocally, automatically, and vicari-
ously, the poisons that accumulate in
the tissues during waking hours produce
In the living cells certain antagonistic
juices or anti-fatigue toxins which lull
to repose while destroying, ike Mrs.
Shelley's Frankenstein, the very things
that created them
AS for back sleeping, it is not much
better than backbiting. and backsliding.
Strengthening the good right arm, the
mighty biceps, the hamstrings. and the
Olympic right side will soon rid your
relatively sensitive back from being the
body's goat. If 1t does not, smear a bit
of mustard on it a few nights, and I'll
wager a can of sardines you will nave
no more sleeping on your back.
Some doctors recommend that some
hard substance be fastened at the
small of the back-for instance. say a
towel with a large knot tied so as to be
in the middle of the back when one
turns over, or some similar device will
have a tendency to prevent sleeping on
the back. There is story of a young
man who fastened his good mothers s
biscuit cutter to his back, by means of a
towel placed around his waist. and no
further reports were received from him.
(Copyrfght, 1914, Newspaper Feature Service.) }
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which are part
of the days work
in he home.
Surely. 1t is an
extravagance to
pay not only the
wages Of 4 first
class servant, but
also for tho up
keep. etc. simply
to be relieved of
the necessity of
doing the dis
tasteful things.
Such women are
NfsA haAr1 70
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(<-HE only reason I must
keep a servant Is that I
i cannot and don't Ike to
do the rough work 1
never scrubbed or did laundry work
in my life, and I'd rather make sac
rifices at other ends. so that I can
have some one to do 1t for me-" I
have heard many young housekeep-
ers tell me.
And I have indeed found Il fact
that many women who are really
fond of housework, keep q maid
only to save themselves from the
many rough and disagreeable tasks
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Dear Annie Laurie:

Dear Annie Laurie:
I have been going with a fellow
over q year now. He has never toid
me he loved he. but has written 10
me telling me how much he cares,
and he kisses me when he comes In
and goes out
have thought he was not as true
as he should be, and just lately
found out was right. He goes 10
see another girl sometimes once a
week. For two weeks he never
/ went at all When / told MIN l
found out, he was awfully mad.
He said he would do as he liked; II
was time enough for me to tell him
what to do when we were married.
And then he wouldn't even be
bossed by his wife But love him.
and he says I should not distrust
10 YOU think he is true? Would
YOU believe in him? 1 think he
loves me dearly-he is so good
sometimes. Do you think he would
20 to see this girl knowing how
much It hurts me? Please let me
know soon. SOhHo".
ELL, little Sorrow, you have
\A/ chosen your name with dis
wv cretion. You v'u have
nothing but sorrI II you
stick to this man who has caused you
so many tears. He is a selfish. cold
blooded brute. and he does not love
you.
No man who loves a girl will treat
her as you say this man treats you.
Get rid OF him-get rid Of him now.
1t won't be half so hard as you
think. The world is full of nice. de-
cent chaps who are Just hungry for
some nice girl to love them deeply
and sincerely. Don't waste your love
on such a worthless object.
Don't try to make him over, you
might as well attempt to fashion a
fine cloak for Sunday wear out of q
worn, old. potato sack. Let the man
go to. some one who will make him
suffer as he makes you suffer now.
And some day. when you are mar
ried to the right man. at the right
time, you will want to sing q song Of
thanksgiving every time you think
what a narrow escape you had.
Haunted-If you care so very much
for your friend. and II breaking his
promise were a first offense, make up
with him. You'll probably be the bet
ter friends for your little spat. But
beware a habitually deceitful man.
No friendship, no love. is really OF
value unless there be trust as well.
II YOU find your friend is really un-
you had better break
with him, oven at heavy cost. In
the end you will be happier.
M A--Little lady. you have done
more than your share and now II Is
up to the boy to write to you. Very
likely he won't do Il, for boys are
tickle things and probably by now
some other little girl is ccupying his
time and attention. But that won't
break your heart. The thing for you
TO do is to find some other nice boys
to play with and forget all about this
one.
Anxious.-You have a hard prob
lem TO decide. my friend. and the
worst of IL is that you must decide
for your very own self. If you care so
much for your hance that you can
forgive his lack of education and ad-
yantaees, why go ahead and marry
him. But don't marry him and then
nag him constantly for his defects
That has ruined more homes than
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DAILY MAGAZINE PAGES FOR EVERYBODY
Secrets of Health and Happiness
Why You Rest the Best
Sleeping on the Right Side

A. B., NJ. A, NJ. D. Johns Hopkins)

LEEP has through the been of the greatest
mysteries ofife. 1t has been sought by the worried
wooed by the wicked studied by the scientists en-
couraged by polsons hypnotism and unnatural prac-
tees, and investigated by everybody.
Almost all investigators agreed that rhythmic
REGULATION and respiration essen
tal Disturbed restless sumber is indi-
Gated, caused by irregular breathing papi-
tation spasmodIc muscular OF the many
msdemeanors liable to unsettle sound sleeper
none frequent than turning the wrong side
resting back Children until they twelve
fourteen able with comfort to sleep either side
from 20 per of their elders sleep best
sides
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:: Word Origins

Villa formerly meant a farm and
not a house.
Daisy was originally the eye OF day
or days eye.
Cir: formerly signined any young
person of either sex.
Concur formerly meant to run with
or by the side Of
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Duke once meant any leader. The
word is from the Latin.
Hag once meant any old person.
whether male or female.
DraChm once meant neither more
nor less than handful.
GallCn was originally a pitcher or
jar, no matter OF what size.
To loiter originally meant nothing
more Than to walk slowly.
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Answers to Health
Questions

De A.-What will promote growth of
hair in bachelor spots" and also lower
down on forehead? 2. What will make
the hair dark and curly? 3. What will
thicken the eyebrows?
!. Electric massage with capsicum may
do a little good.
2 Henna decocture and indigo. both
harmless in proper proportions to tint.
3. Massage with cocoa butter and
vaseline.
DR.. Hirshber1 toiH dnstoer questions
for readers Of this paper on medical,
hTgieniC and sanitation subjects that are
Of general interest. He toiI not under.
take 10 prescribe or offer ddutce for in
diridndl cases. Where the subject is not
of general interest letters trtlI be an
st0ered personally II q stamped ana Gd-
dressed enDelope Is enclosed. Address oil
Inquiries to DR.. L. 4. Hirshbero, care
this office.
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l~>~~.

Miss Laurie will welcome letters of
inquiry on subjects Of feminine inter-
est from young women readers Of this
paper and will reply to them In these
columns They should be addressed to
her care this office.
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been the custom Of women to
gather together in the long after
moons, at night, and during So
called siestas, for a chat and gossip
when the fornality of crushable
clothing was done away Nth.
Paris has made much of the
boudoir gossip party, so much, in
fact, that a special costume for
their enjoyment has been de-
signed. The blouse, buttoned
straight down the front like q
basque, is of orange-colored silk
and the accordion pleated skirt Is
Of terra Gotta chiffon. A cap Of
satin and gold lace protects the
hair.
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de The
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Anxious.-.You have a hard prob
lem 10 decide, my friend. and the
worst of il is that you must decide
for your very own self. If you care so
much for your fiance that you can
forgive his lack of education and ad-
vantages, why go ahead and marry
him. But don't marry him and then
nag him constantly for his defects.
That has ruined more homes than
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1914-10-09
What the Grange Desires.

State Lecturer l.. J. Taber of Ohio
presented some thoughts on Farming
With Dynamite" at one of the field
meetings this summer, but he must
have wandered from his text. or else
he put new meaning in it. for here
are some of the points he made We
are living in n new era of agriculture
You can build n community like you
build house. only it takes more time
The fellow who thinks only of self and
family is not of much account. The
grange stands for better farming. bet
ter crops. better standards. but must
cooperate with God in the use of the
things he has given us. The record Of
the grange for last quarter Of CEN
fury on all great moral questions puts
1t emphatically for woman suffrage and
statewide prohibition.