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The Washington herald., 1915-02-03
Do Eighth-grade School
Girls Pant and Ponder?
Mrs. Rafter Says They Do and Two Public School Principal
Say They Don't-Supt. Thursen Stays on the Fence

the Emery School aud a teacher in
the eighth grade, declared:
Il am surprised that such state
ment should have been made.
graduated twenty-five girls and wit
messed the exercises of the fifth
division. where III students. more
than half of whom were girls. received
diplomas. As they passed me. l saw
not one vestige of paint or powder on the
faces of the girls. Their dresses were very
modest and Eirlish, and not at all eX-
treme. And I believe the fifth division Is
representative among District schools.
Miss Janet McWilliams, principal at
tho Adams School and an instructor
in the eighth grade said:
81 noticed nothing out of the ordi-
nary in the apparel of graduating
girls in my school. nor were their
faces painted and powdered. II Mrs.
Rafter made such a statement it was un-
warranted when referring to the girls
whom I saw
Superintendent of Schools E. l.
Thurston declined to discuss Mrs. Raf-
ter's address He did say, however
that there was a growing tendency
in the schools and among mothers
toward dressing girls more simply.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-03

''Is there a future for women in poet
ry?" That was the question that set the
ball a-rolling yesterday when a repre-
sentative of The Woman's Herald talked
with Percy MacKaye. distinguished poet
pageant producer. playwrite and Iectur-
er who is now i'm Washington. Future!
exclaimed Mr. MacKaye; there is a pres
ent. and an exceedingly distinguished
present for women in verse writing.
American women today are giving the
greatest expression of poetic feeling and
ability that has ever been known from
women before. English women of the
present day have not done so much.
And tine wonderful thing about it is that
now for the first time women are writ
ing women. Take the women who
wrote poetry in the last century. So
often they felt that they had to write as
II they had been men; they had to as
sumo the thoughts OF men if they would
succeed in poetry. That is what Mrs.
Browning sometimes did, you know.
1t is = real renaissance and little has
been said about it. Much is said about
wumens achievements in other ways
women in business. in education, in
philanthropy but even women them
selves don't appreciate what women are
doing in poetry.
Just look through a book like William
Stacley Braithwait's Analogy of mag
azine verse" for 19l4-look and sec how
much remarkable poetry written by wom-
en- that volume contains. 1t is really
amazing-nothing like 1t before in history.
Take our distinguished women poets
Josephine Preston Peabody. Anna
Branch. Sarah TeasdaIe. Edna st. Vim
cent Millet, Margaret Widdemer. Edith
Thomas and half dozen Others-wOmen
who are doing really fine things in the
line of poetry.
And in another phase of poetry-in
the drama, for instance. OF course,
women have always excelled as act
resses. No one gainsays the state
ment that in acting women take
first rank. But now they are showing
their ability in directing. Why, there
are any number of clever women
theatrical directorsl There is the
Irish theater movement in England
in which Lady Gregory's name stands
out so prominently. The Toy Theater
in Boston has Mrs. Lyman Gage. In
Los Angeles there is Miss WITHSTAND
in Chicago the women are responsible
for the Fine Arts Theater.
In pageant undertakings women
are also doing a remarkable work
Miss Charlotte Rumbald. of st Louis
whose work in the playground move
ments and pageant undertakings is
the largest undertakings of its sort
| in this country. And then in the
civic theater movement women are
doing more than half the work and
supplying much more interest and en-
| thusiasm than men.
You know" said Mr.. MacRaye, 81
am a hot feminist. l think that Wo,
men ought to have the vote and
know that II is coming soon. Take
The Washington herald., 1915-02-03
JULIA MARLOWE JOINS
CONGRESSIONAL UNION
Her Husband, E. H. Sothern. Calls
Woman's Enfranchisement a Sim
l. A. Il T,,eFica
pie Act of Justice.

Miss Julia Marlowe. OF New York City
the famous Shakespearan actress, and
wife of E. H. Sothern, is the latest dis
tinguished addition to the membership or
the Congressional Union for Woman SUI
frage.
Miss Marlowe has been for years SYM
pathetically interested in suffrage for
women, but has been heretofore debarr-
ed by engrossing professional duties from
active participation in the work of the
cause. She is now temporarily in retire
ment, convalesing from illness entailed
by overwork on the stage, but has join
ed the Congressional Union as an express
sion of her active sympathy with the
work of the organization.
Mr.. Edward H. SOthern, Miss Mar
loves husband. and long time profes-
sional associate, is also in vigorous SYM
pathy with the owman's suffrage cause.
Il have never been able to see, he
stated in a recent interview, why. under
a democratic form of government, any
argument should be necessary to estab-
lish a simple act of justice, like the en-
reimbursement of women. Au the burden
of argument. it would seem to me, should
lie on the other side"
The Washington herald., 1915-02-03

6WWMAN
- AER
4 RLz2ZKLDAY
AND NOLH2S
February 3-Eizabeth Blackwell.

February is a red-letter day in the
calendar of woman doctors. for it was
on that day, in the year 1921, that Eliza
beth Blackwell, the first woman ever to
receive the degree of doctor of medicine.
was born in Bristol. England. Though
she was English by birth, her family
moved to this country when she was a
girl and settled in Cincinnati.
The father died before many years had
passed, and Elizabeth and her two older
sisters opened a girls school in order to
support their large family of younger
sisters and brothers. The school proved
very, successful, but Miss Blackwell had
, other ambitions-and very strange ambi-
tions they We're, too, in those days. She
wanted to be a doctor, though no one
had ever heard of woman doctor be-
fore. Accordingly she sent word to vari-
Gus medical colleges in this country ap-
plying for admission, and after being re-
fused by a dozen medical schools she ap-
piled to the little medical college at &C.
neva, y. Y.
The question was put to the students
in the class in which Miss Blackwell
wished to enter and she was unanimous
ly welcomed She received her degree in
lS49, at the age of twenty-eight. The
editors of London Punch heard of the
singular event and made it occasion for
goOd-natured jesting in some rhymes,
headed An NJ d. in a Gown Two OF
the verses run as follows:
Young ladies all of every cline.
Especially of Britain,
Who wholly occupy your time
In novels in knitting.
Whose highest skin is but TO play.
Sing, dance, or French TO clack well,
Reflect ON the example. pray.
OF excellent Miss Blackwell.
Think If you had a brother III,
husband a lover
And cOuld prescribe the draught pill
Whereby he might recover
How much useful this would be.
Oh. sister wife or daughter,
Than merely handing him beef tea,
Cruel. or toast and water
With her coveted degree in hand, Miss
Blackwell went to Paris and London to
study in the great hospitals in those
cities. Through a disease contracted iE
one of the words in Paris she lost the
use Of one eye. and was therefore forced
to abandon the hope of being a surgeon.
However, she came back to New York
and opened an office as a physician in
1851. Besides being the first woman doc
tor, Miss Blackwell deserves great dis
soldiers in the civil war, for her success
! in opening a medical college for women
| in New York and for the work she did
| in raising the standard of health among
women in this county and in England.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-03
Paint OF No Paint?

Do you really believe that those
eighth-grade school girls used paint
and powder; that they were guilty Of
wearing white pumps and chiffon
frocks? Mrs. Rafter says that they
did. She saw it with her own eyes
especially the paint. And two prtnci-
pals who witnessed the same exercises
say that they saw nothing Of the sort
that the girls who graduated from
their eighth grades were dressed very
sweetly and modestly, and were guilt
less of powder as they were Of paint.
1t would not have been at all sur
prising If in all the number OF little
girls that graduated this winter. one
or two had committed the mistake Of
using a little dab of powder or had
heightened her bushes with a little
vermilIton 1t would have been in very
bad taste, to be sure, but it would not
necessarily have indicated any per-
verseness on the part Of the little Of
fender It might merely have been a
case Of parental bad example.
Then there is another point to re-
member And that is that the glow Of
youth and health is not always to be
DISTINGUISHED from the blush that has
its origin in the rouge pot The re-
suit of the handiwork Of the expert in
cosmetics frequently defes the closest
inspection And in truth it is a rule
that works both ways.
Only a few days ago a charming
little girl in her seventh grade, whose
health and happiness shone out in a
pair of merry blue eyes. and in two
pink and white checks, came to her
mother with distress in her face.
rs it very dreadful to have pink
chccks?" she asked and on being re-
assured that there was no offense in
The possession she explained.
Two women were passing me to-
day at recess. They looked at me
SO GROSSLY and as if there was some
Thing about me they didn't like. One
of them said: Isn't it dreadful and
the other said: DO you suppose her
mother knows and when l asked my
rhum what they were talking about,
she told me it was my pink cheeks.
just - if pink checks were my fault"
So may it not be that the pink
checks "f some Of the little girls that
have caused such anxious concern to
some Of the solicitous women of
Washington. may be like this little
girls roses. merely the healthy glow
Of youth and happiness?
The Washington herald., 1915-02-03
A Day of Big Things for
the American Woman Poet
Percy MacKaye Says that Womans Great Work Is in the
Arts, and Adds that He Is a Hot" Sufragist

this civic theater movement for in
stance. Women are intensely inter-
ested in it. They. feel that the build
ing of beautiful theaters is one of the
best artistic expressions of civic feel
ing. They have done much for this
worE but without the vote. When it
comes to civic matters they come right
up against that OBSTACLE. They can
not do much without the ballot
But there are men who have not
enough imagination to see that it must
come. 1t Is simply lack of imagina-
, tion.
Now. / am like an anti in one re-
spect. | believe that wOmen's work and
mans work is necessarily distinct. 1
believe that women can and are doing
a wonderful work that men never have
! done and never can do This work is
. along lines of art. Women in their home
show a finer appreciation of artistic val
, ues. of order than men. They dress with
a feeling for beauty. they arrange their
hair CharminCly-they have the sense Of
beauty. of charm. Men, you know, Of
their own accord would live in state
of chaos. | believe. They are deficient
in this very respect in which women have
/ so much natural ability.
Now you know a great deal has al
ways been said about women's natural
/ sphere being the management Of the
/ home, the care of the poor, rearing OF
children and all that sort OF thing. And
: very little has been said about her work
as an artist. Yet all along that is just
! what women have been doing. They have
/ been preserving art and beauty. Why,
in any city where artistic movements
are on foot, you will find that nine
tenths of the interest shown in these in
terests Is shown by women.
! What we want women to do now, is
! to do for the civic unit what she has
! been doing for her home-tO make it
! beautiful. charming. orderly. 1t seems
| quite simple-it would simply be an en-
! Iargement of her sphere Of activity. And
| yet, of course, she can never do 1t till
she has civil rights. And so, you see.
Just from the point of view OF art l
am a red hot sufTragist."
! Mr.. MacKaye is reputed to he one OF
/ the greatest forces in American poetry
! today, and his pioneer work in the field
| Of civic pageantry in this country, is
! known over the country. And Mr.. Mac
Kaye is one of the most interesting read
| ers in the country. and while he Is in
| Washington he has been giving several
private readings. Tomorrow afternoon
| at 4:30 o'clock at the BelasCO. he will
! give these readings in public for the only
time while he Is here. as he is obliged
to leave Washington this week.
Mr. MacKaye Is on his way to a little
two lin North Dakota.
! And pray what would you. poet and
| a playwrite. a pageantry producer, do
| in little town in North DakOta?" you
ask in amazement
| oh I am going TO see a little cOun-
try theater that has just been brought
into belng-an expression Of the new
movement for civic theaters that We are
so much interested in
The Washington herald., 1915-02-03

Exception to the remarks made by
Mrs. Giles s Rafter. president of the
Congress of Mothers. in her address
Saturday night before the Federation
of Women's Clubs at the Raleigh Ho-
tel, is taken by two eighth grade
teachers in the public schools.
Mrs Rafter asked her audience
what they thought of eighth grade
school girls who paint and powder
and wear white pumps, square-cut low
necks and transparent chiffon dresses
at their midwinter graduation eXer-
cises? Pretty premature and shocking
for little girls way down in their
teens, is it not?"
Miss Adelaide Davis, principal at
The Washington herald., 1915-02-03
HOROSCOPE.
The stars incline. but do not compel
"wednesday, February ,, 1915.

Mingled good and evil are discovered
in today's sway of the stars. AstroloGy
finds that Saturn and Venus are strong
" malefc, while Neptune is friendly.
It is not a propitious day for we'd
dings or social entertainments. There is
an especially forbidding sign for the
marriage of elderly persons.
The adverse influence of Saturn is held
to he particularly sinister for those who
would begin new enterprises, seek change
Of environment or start on journeys.
The rule is not fortunate for first nights
at the theaters. Actresses should be eau
tious about appearances in new roles.
Under the malign power OF the planets,
which are believed to increase the war
like spirit Of the world, the seers de-
clare that all persons may suffer severe
fluctuations of enthusiasm in their work
Melancholy and discouragement are more
common than in ordinary times, 1t is said,
and even those who are apparently we'll
situated may experience extreme depres-
sion.
Neptune is in a place presaging in
creased interest in all naval affairs. Pro-
motions in the United States service
are foretold and fame for officers Is
promised.
There Is an augury that persistently
calls attention to peril from the West and
excitement on Illt fdN4llC NOe-N - ~ lbt'Ai
csied. This will be due to a war scare
of some sort.
Saturn is in a place read as favorable
for our relations with foreign powers,
but there is warning against possible
trouble.
Congress has the omen Of protracted
disputes and discussions. The stars in
dicate danger that legislators will exer-
else poor judgment in matters OF vital
interest to the nation.
The death OF a man prominent in pub
lie affairs is prognosticated. His loss will
have a serious effect upon certain dtplo-
matte negotiations.
Mars and Uranus conjOined in the
meridian of London presage a disaster
that will staTtle the whole world.
Persons whose birthdate it is may have
an anxious year. Disappointment may be
met in important matters.
Children born on this day may be eX-
ceedingly extravagant. Girls are likely
to he rather untidy and not fond of do
mestic duties. These subjects of Aquarius
usually have a fondness for the arts.
They are often studious and charitable.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-03
COLLEGE WOMEN TO MEET.
College wOmen's Club to Meet At
Y. w. c. A. Rooms Tonight.

Y. w. c. A. Rooms Tonight.
The College women's Club will hold its
next meeting Wednesday evening Febru-
ary at the new home OF the Young
women's Christian Association, 6ls
Fourteenth street. when the association
rooms will be thrown open for inspec-
ton and a unique program will be rem
dered.
Miss Ruth Olmsted and section x of
the club will be the hostess They will
be assisted by Miss Elizabeth V. Brown.
president Of the club, Miss Florence
Brown. secretary Of the Y. w. c. A. and
Miss Sarah Amber, Miss Isabelle Bald
win. Mrs. Lawrence L. Beebe, Miss Cora
bel Bien. Mrs. Morris Bien, Miss Carrie
w. Davis. Miss Ruth Denham. Miss Eliz-
abeth Eggert, Mrs. Edward Evarts, Mrs.
Roy Ferner, Mrs. Charles J. Gates. Miss
Florence Hedges. Miss Rachel Holmes,
Mrs. Grosvenor Jones, Mrs. Rale Keller
man, Miss Elizabeth Leach, Miss Irene
Pistorio, Mrs. T. B. Rhodes, Miss Mabel
Thurston. Miss Eliza Tonks. Miss Wul-
fert, Miss Sarah whitehead. Miss Ger
trude woodln and Mrs. q. c. Waring.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-03
HoW to Safely
Peel Your Face

II you wear an aged. discolOred. or
weather-beaten complexion. the most SEN
sible thing to do is to remove it-rather
than patch It over or doctor II with
cosmetics. The only way to really remove
the complexion. aside from resorting to
an expensive and painful surgical opera
tion-Ls by means OF ordinary mercolized
wax Spread the wax over the face at
night, as you would cold cream; wash II
on in the morning. This gradually pSels
on the Hfeless and the half-dead outer
skin, in minute particles-gradually the
fresh young skin beneath beams forth.
Then you have a clear. velvety. healthy
hued complexion such as no unnatural
method can possibly produce. Chaps,
freckles. blotches, pimples-all surface de-
fects due to weather, ill-health, or the
rayaEes Of time, of course. disappear with
the discarded skin. Ask the druggist for
an ounce of mercOlized wax; you won't
need more.
n YOU wear wrinkles or crOwsfeet the
best thing to do is to bathe your face IN
a harmless lotion made by dissolving an
ounce of powdered saxolite In a half
pint witch hazel Nothing else viii so
surely erase the unwelcome lines.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-03
Herald Bureau,
MOnolith building,
New York City,

linen. This fabric. obviously desiEncd
for the tub, is well adapted to this
obviously washable form of trimming.
WOrsted Embroidery.
Have ] spoken before of worstcd en-
broidery? 1t will bear emphasizing, at
any rate.
Much is made of it. It is a novel
! trimming. What its claims TO beauty
are il is rather difficult to say Its
novelty carries ii along
Worsted ornaments are made for hat
trimming. and worsted flowers are en-
broidered on satin hat crowns. \ black
satin hat shows white. black and yell
low wOrsted daisies encircling the
crown. Then there are the serge
frOcks. of navy blue. embroidered also
in worsted-in red and green and yell
low and blue. rather harsh. garish
colors that could be used on nothing
less digniied than a navy blue or
black background.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-03
QUITS WEALTHY HUBBY
TO SELL NEWSPAPERS
Alarm Clock Sounds Better to Mrs.
Bates Than Auto Horn, So She
Sues for Divorce.

New York. Feb. THE whir OF the
alarm clock sounds better to pretty Mrs
Nancy Corrigan Bates than the toot oil
her wealthy husbands auto horn, so she
I. hack TODAY behind a hotel newsstand
It seems almost no time since, as Nancy
Corrican, she was one of the attractions
at the newly opened Vanderbilt Hotel
and sold more papers and books than any
other girl in town.
Frank Morton Bates, a wealthy manu-
facturer OF AttleborO, Mass, on a visit
TO New York. registered at the Wander
bilt for a week He saw Miss Corrigan
promptly became a reader Of the lates
best sellers and his visit of one week
heightened.
on June l. 1912, they were married anc
the young bride became popular in Attic
boro society. Within twenty-one month!
Mrs. bates had filed suit for divorce il
the Superior Court at Taunton. The case
will come up early this month.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-03
Pleas Are Withdrawn.

James ]. Fletcher and May King, SEN
fenced to penitentiary terms for conspi-
racy to obtain a divorce from Fletcher's
wife, yesterday withdrew their appeals
and warrants for their removal were is
sued. Fletcher was sentenced to two
years, and will go to Atlanta. The King
woman will be sent to the Maryland
State penitentiary in Baltimore for 9
year and q day.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-03

E-The cooked hat of 1915 is of
s1nd-colored straw. banded in blue
to match the sauCy neck fixing.
dotted and scalloped in blue.
F-Would you drink a cup Of tea
without raising your veil? Then HE
yourself and secure a tea-Cup veil.
Decidedly il will save you much
bother and give you a feeling of up
tO-dateness.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-03
Ever Hear Of Such Things ?

MillyiIIe, n. j.. Feb. because she
had failed to pass her examination
in chemistry, Grace Meyer, eighteteh'
sttod up before all her classmates IN
the assembly room of the high school
and drank iaudanum in a suicide at
tempt. She may recover.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-03

A-Hat trimmed with a black
shirred silk pompon. The paraSol
has a maEpie roSette decorating the
carved white wood handle.
B-Something between sunfiower
and cart-wheel, made Of black faille
ribbon. lends the eClat to this barn
ward straw turban. A plated fTlll
and embroidery in front make up
new neCk-pteCe.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-03

ca white faille hat with black
fantasy. black kid gloves stitched
in white. a high. white lace collar
touched in black. and an appropriate
parasul.
Dts Checkcred affair-this
silk sweater. scarf and cap. though
there are splashes of white in the
cap. scarf and cuffs.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-03

G-The very latest blouse. high or
low in the neck. of white broadcloth,
with concessions to the militaire in
the braiding. The hat was borrowed
from a Highlander.
HIT weeps-not the girl-but
the veil, attached by two mOire
bands to the hat: white kid gloves
embroidered in black.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-03
What Punishments Shouldn't Be.

First. they should not merely penal
ize: they should aim to be of future
benefit; they should not merely pay
back an old score, but either correct
the error or prevent the recurrence Of
the wrongdoing.
Second, they should not shame nor
humiliate, for the most potent appeal
that can be made is to a chiId's self
respect. and If the child loses this by
being stood in a corner. blackIisted.
held up to ridicule, shamed before one
whose approval he values, he will
never have quite the same spirit again.
Third. a scolding or ''talking-to"
should not be a sentimental appeal to
hypocritical emotiOns-"You're break
ing mothers heart" I'D rather be
dead" etc.
Fourth. it is a mistake to impose
the learning of lessons as a punish
ment, for in making studies a penalty
and task the possibility of the child
ever loving his work is spoiled.-V.
N. Hillyer's Child Training.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-03

Nut Loaf-Cook in a double boiler
half a cupful Of Cornmeal half a cupful
of hominy, a teaspoonful of salt, and
two and half cupfUls Of boiling water.
When it is like mush stir in a cupful and
half Of chopped nut meats, form in a
loaf, cool, slice, fry in butter and serve.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-03

To guard against tree repair takers,
or Quack tree surgeons, the Massa-
chusetts forestry association will in
speCt the shade trees belonging to
its members, free of charge.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-03

New York. Feb. 2.-The police are
attempting to round up gang OF
honeymoon pick-pockets on the bas'
Side. The dips" work around phoIo-
graph galleries and ply their trade
while assisting newly-weds into their
carriages or motors.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-03
Trade Balance Was s35, ,sO1. .595.

The balance OF trade for the thirteen
principal customs districts of the United
States for the week ending January 30
amounted to s35. .9O1. .535. The exports
amounted to $50. SIS, ,139 and the imports
S27, ,765. .6O4.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-03

Experts have estimated that there
are 100000. 900 tons of soda in
recently discovered deposit of that
useful mineral in British East Africa.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-03

Steamed Fruit Roll-Roll biscuit dough
thin and spread with jam. Marmalade or
any kind of fruit. Roll and steam on a
pie plate over a steamer for thirty min
utes, bake ten minutes, and serve with
any desired sauce.