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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-12
HOW MUCH RICE DO YOU EAT?

If you are the average American
you eat but four and one-half pounds
of rice a year. The French and the
Germans, among the most thrifty and
best-fed folk OF Europe, eat from
thirteen to fifteen pounds in year,
whereas the inhabitants of China and
Japan cat an average OF about a
pound of this staff of life in a single
day. The Americans are the most ex-
:ravagant people in the world when
it comes to their daily bread, and the
Chinese and Japanese are probably
tic most economical One might de-
duce an aphorism TO the effect that
by the amount Of rice you eat is your
dietary economy to be judged.
OF course, we don't want 70 initiate
the Or;cntals to the letter in the mat
ter o. rice consumption. 1t would be
as impossible a dietic experiment for
us as it would be for the Orientals to
attempt to adopt our expensive meaty
diet. 1t is said that the effect of so
great a percentage of cereal food,
neccssitating a large bulk Of food in
proportion to the necessary uutrimeut
has mad considerable physiological
effect upon the Oriental rice eaters.
1t may have, in fact, something TO do
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-12
AS SEEN BY A WASHINGTON WOMAN

with the peculiar Oriental tempera-
ment just as, almost without a doubt,
we are affected temperamentally by
our meaty diet.
Still we might all cat more rice to
advantage-to advantage to our purse
as we'll as to our health. For rice is
one of the most economical of foods,
and it is a food which can be prepar-
ed in all climates and at all seasons
without danger of possible infection.
1t is one of the clcanest of foods and
one which is least liable to adultera-
ton.
Probably one of the chief reasons
why we Americans consume so little
rice is because We prepare it for the
table so badly. Whoever has eaten
rice as the Chinese cook it know that
we have much to learn in this appar-
emily simple science of cooking rice.
So, too, the French are much cleverer
than We are in their mode OF cooking
this cereal
At least in one part Of America
however, the problem OF rice cooking
has been better worked out and there
figures show, there is a greater con-
sumption of rice. In the co-called
Creole cookery a strange adaptation
of seventeenth and eighteenth century
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-12
Answers to CORRESPONDENTS.

Mrs. J. w. B., Washington: l feel
very deeply on the question you ask
me to discuss. and l will take it up
in one of our club talks very soon;
but naturally the personal end of II
as you put it before me should be
answered in a private letter. If you
Will write. enclosing stamped. self
addressed envelope. l will be very
glad to advise you.
Mrs. D. p. NJ. asks: rs sixteen too
young to become engaged to be mar
ried? My daughter is just sixteen and
a young man wants to marry her,
but l think she is too young"
l should be very sorry to have my
daughter marry at that age. If she
is very much in love with the young
man and will not give him up. can
you not secure a promise from them
to wait two years? BY that time you
will be sure your daughter knows
her own mind.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-12
DAILY SHORT STORY
PINES PROPOSAL

I We'll, AgGie-I went to her house
first. Knew she'd be at home. When
n woman has six children and a good
fOr-nOthinE husband she doesn't stand
much chance of being out on Sunday
morning. | was out OF breath by the
time | got there, four flights up and
such racket. Youngest was cutting
it, teeth and oldest was yelling because
he'd just had TO have his baby teeth
pulled out. She was mighty glad to see
mc. though. She hadn't seen any of the
girls for years You know how II is
when a girl needs a friend-she usually
can't find any. l didn't have TO ask her
how her marriage had panned out
tried to cheer her up. though. She had
been a good hOusekeeper once and l asked
her why she didn't try this new game
of economic independence, IL her hus-
band didn't earn enough to get out and
earn it herself But how could a girl
like Aggie get out with six children
hanging at her apron strings? II she
did she'd only earn enough to pay for
a nurse. and what nurse would take
care Of six children:
Well then l went TO see Pearl HIte
and do you know l was almost scared to
go in. Those buffers in plum-colored
uniforms always did make me feel shy.
Pearl sent down by her French maid
for me TO come up. She was having her
coffee in her houdoir and. do pou know,
I hadn't been there ten minutes before
she burst out crying and told me all
about it. She's miserable. Husbands
gone off with 4 vaudeville tango queen
and it's ali they can do to keep the
scandal out OF the papers.
II only Pearl had some children. they
might keep her from being so lonesome
but that little. yelpinG Pekinese is u
pretty poor substitute for 4 live baby.
You're q lucky woman she said to me
as l was going. Take my advice and
stay single But say. Dave, you ought
to have seen the bedroom suite-real
Chinese Chippendale-nOt any OF this
rusk-order goods either, but the kind
that Pins. Pines & Noteworthy never had
inside their doors. But, pshaw. what
good did 1t do her:
Next place / went was jules, and
do you know 1t wasn't till / had reached
her apartment that / knew she'd left her
husband. though she said it had been in
all the papers. 1t wasn't that he had
done anything. She just couldn't get
along with him: says that for a woman
of independence and an 'emancipated
intellect marriage is a state of bondage.
She said it was sitting her soul So
now she is studying law and says she's
going to devote herself to making divorce
easier In the State. Eventually she
said. marriage will be like any other
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-12
DAUGHTERS join
DEFENSE RANKS
District Chapters Indorse
Work by Navy League and
Promise Help. q,
THEIR MOTTO PATRIOTIC

Regents of District, chapters Of the
Daughters OF the American Revolution
Enthusiastically Endorsed the work OF
the Navy League for defense and pleds-
ed themselves to the work Of prepared
ness at a meeting at the New Willard
Hotel yesterday. ~.
Mrs Frank Foster Greenawalt,r state
regent OF the d. A. r., and chairman
Of the woman's section Of the Navy
League here, spoke of the work OF the
league for national defense. The re-
gents approval OF the plans for the
league was unanimous
"Patrfotaism first was the motto adopt
ed by the regents fo- the year at the
suggestion Of Mrs. Greenawslt
Mngszine Sells Well.
Miss Natalie Sumner Lincoln. editor
OF the ID. A. r. magazine. Was to have
delivered an address telling Of the work
OF the publication. Miss Lincoln was re-
ported to be suffering from q severe cold.
Her address, read by Mrs. William A.
Clementson. secretary. told OF the his
torical value OF the ma gazinc. and men,
toned the fact that now. for the first
time. II Is on sale In Washington In
department stores and bookshops. II
was reported that the last issue had sold
out. and that additional copies had beer
ordered.
Mrs. Greenavalt made an address In
which she spoke OF the twenty-five years
progress OF the u. A. r. The historical
committee reported as to its efforts to
uncover and mark the milcstones which
marked the original boundaries OF the
District.
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contract. binding only SO long as both
parties agree Did you ever hear such
rubbish
what about MolI? Oh. didn't I tell
you? Poor thing! She seems to have
been happy. but you know she married
a German-otto Braun was his name
and when the first reservists were called
out he Joined his colors in the Father
land, and II was only last month after
all these weeks OF anxiety that she
learned that he had been killed In the
trenches. So she's gone over to Berlin
to Join the Red Cross to try and forget
her own misery. Poor Moll! And she
used to be so light-hearted-
You are not going. Dave? Why, you
look kind O. dissruntled- You don't think
you'll wait for my answer? Well. II
that is the way you feel about It
thought maybe when you heard you
would want to go home with me and
have the little dinner that Aunt Mandy
has been makins-real old Virginia
chicken and corn bread
You see. Dave, after had heard
about those four girls and seen what a
failure marriage had been for them /
just wanted to try my luck and show
folks that marriage Is a pretty good
invention after all. I've just been dying
to tell you all day. Dave. but I want
ed to get you guessing"
lComnsht. nmIl
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-12
What Epery Mother Knoups.

Every Mother knows that during
the trying period before baby comes
the use Of Mothers Friend, q depend
able external remedy obtained Of
druggists, is absolutely necessary so
as to avoid the pains caused by undue
tension upon the cords, hgaments
and muscles resulting from muscular
expansion. Under the surface is a
network Of fine nerve threads and by
applying Mothers Friend all these
are soothed and helped. Expansion Is
natural and pains are relieved. In
many cases nausea, morning sickness
and other distressss are avoided.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-12

French cuisine to the demands and
needs of the new world, there are
many delicious dishes of which rice is
the foundation, highly nutritious and
highly acceptable to the Amerie an
palate which would never content it.
self for long with the simply, though
perfectly steamed rice of the Orient.
Have you heard Of the new vogue
for pajamas?
An original hostess somewhere in
New Jersey set the bali rolling by
giving 4 little party for which guests
of both genders were requested to
come simply clad in pajamas. The
garments might be of any desired hue
or fabric but the design must be uni
form, The party proved to be great
success. 1t was SO much more conf
Portable for the men than the con-
ventional evening toys and the wom-
en- found that they COULD make easier
steps in the hesitation waltz and the
fox trot when unencumbcred by
skirts even of the abbreviated style
now in vogue.
Other hostesses have followed suit.
There have been several pajama par
ties and optimistic dress reformers
see all sorts of possible outcomes in
this impromptr little experiment.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-12
HOUSEWIVES DAILY
ECONOMY CALENDAR
YOUR WINTER SUIT.
~ FRANcEs MARgHALL

II Is a day OF ready -made clothes.
In rows and tiers they beckon US
into the shops . We follow their beck
onings and usually we come forth from
the shops minus some money and plus
q suit ST. - --I' =
American woman OF average means.
In IL. with fresh gloves. trim boots
neat blouse and a becoming hat. she
looks dressed for every hour Of the
day, aud she may even wear IL in the
evening to concerts. the theater and
the restaurants. Fashionable women
now dress for the theater. but that
fact does not deter thousands of wom-
en- from wearing becoming and con-
venient suits.
At q fashion show that II going the
round OF the big cities now in the
form of moving pictures a new sort
of suit was shown that was really
quite IDEAL. When the coat was worn
the result was a street costume. When
the coat was removed q really elab-
crate semI-dress frock was the re-
suit The coat. OF dark cloth. reach
ed below the knees. The deep hem of
the skirt, of the same cloth, reached
to the bottom OF the coat. But the
bodice and the top of the skirt
were of lace. of silk. OF crepe. The
suit Is really most practicable and
there IL a chance that IL may later be
developed in less expensive fabrics
for less well-to-do wearers.
Most Of US cannot yet have this new
sort OF suit. but by a wise choice OF
blouses. We can make a plain cloth
suit serve several purposes. The dark
broadcIoth suits of the winter are
especially useful. In black. African
brown. navy blue. or dark green they,
can be %orn from morning till night
Nobody tires Of them. and their dark
color keeps them from being fragile
or conspicuous. For morning wear.
tailored silk olcuses may be worn.
For afternoon. blouses OF Georgette
crepe or net and lace should be chosen.
in the evening.
This year the majority of ready
made suits are built on one general
model-with high collars. usually of
fur. with a long coat slightly drawn
in at the waistline, with a haring
skirt. often hemmed with fur or plush.
A suit built along entirely different
lines Is n good choice for some wom-
en-. II you go to a smart tailor and
have him make a suit with a more
or less regulation coat OF the tai
lored order. you can get a very dis
tinctIve suit which will be quite as
much in fashion next year as this. II
is worth while putting a little more
money in such a suit than in one you
can wear only one year. and the re-
suit will be an unusually good-looking
suit.
Always remember that 1t is the &C
cessories that make or mar a suit
the hat. the boots. the gloves, the
handbag. the blouse. These must be
smart and always neat.
Copyright. lgs)
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-12
Aunt Chatty's Mothers Club
Conducted by Mrs. Charity Brush
TELLING THE TRUTH.

THIS real Mothers Club for the benefit of mothers everywhere
who struggling with questions of discipline training educa-
clothing the children Write Aunt Chaty of problems
which vexng you and she will advise and help solution of
them Write her of discoveries of methods have
found smoothing the paths Of life for the tender
childish through the Mothers Club your experience be of
benefit other who tangled the web perpexy
you have so happily unaveled
Cooperation the of business; why
the business OF motherhood that highest and hottest calling which
has been and always will be glory no matter
other OF usefulness be opened Address Mrs
Charity Brush, of this paper
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-12
The Bow Scouts Used for Fakery.

Among the dressed up dime and
nickel novels that are sold to gullible
parents for nifty cents are many
stories that deal with the Boy Scouts,
In the December issue of the Wom-
ans Home Companion Walter Prich-
ard Eaton says:
Needless to say no true Scout Mas
ter would buy them for HIS troop. In
them Boy Scouts fly over the Rocky
Mountains in aeroplanes as easily as
real. scout rides his bicycle TO
school: they capture robber bands in
Mexico; they range from the Arctic
ice to the jungles OF the Amazon
without the slightest trouble"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-12
FAMOUS WOMAN, HER
BIRTHDAY AND YOURS
November 12-Elizabeth Cady Stan
ton, Jane Simpson, Letitia
Tyler,
BY MARY MARSHALL

An English hymn writer. an American
reformer and the wife of one Of the presi-
dents constitute the trio of famous
women OH the birthday calendar for No
vember L..
Jane Cross Simpson was born in Eng
land in 1911 Her most celebrated hymn,
which was written when she was 20 years
old, is Go When the Morning Shineth."
Letitia Tyler. the second wife of the
teEth President of the United States, was
born in Virginia Is years ago today
Her father was a planter OF means
Although a woman of glorious person.
atty. she never acted as hostess of the
White House because of her continued
ill health during her life as first lady OF
the land. At first these duties devolved
upon her own daughter and then on her
daughter-in-law. Her death when her
husband had been in office only a few
months was mourned throughout the
country.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, whose name is
so closely linked with the fortunes of the
suffrage movement in this country, was
born just leo years ago today at Johns
town, y. Y. Her first interest in the
question of the so-callcd woInen's rights
movement was aroused when. as a girl
she found IL practically equal to that
of the boys of her age. She was married
to Henry Stanton. the anti-slavery
leader, and went with him shortly after
their marriage to the anti-slavery con-
gress in London. Here one of the dele
gates was refused a place on the floor
Of the assembly room because of the fact
that she was a woman, and this injus-
tice fired Mrs. Stanton to her first active
work in behalf of her sex. Returning
to this country she devoted an ever
increasing amount of her time to the
woman question. and her name stands
out today as one of the most brilliant
suffrage workers OF the last century.
tCOpyrght. 1851
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-12
By JANE OSBORN.

Honest. Dave. you've got to give me
time" the red-haired advertising man
ager Of the furniture firm Of Pins. Pines
& Noteworthy was saving to Dave Pines
who had fingered after closing hours Of
the store to speak to Miss Drew on what
he referred to in his note beforehand
as a pressing matter OF business"
You sure did give me a surprise.
Why. I'd no more idea that you had
taken a fancy to me than that-than
that we'd sell out Of refrgerators in
February. DO you know. II the Morning
BuEle was TO send over her" with the
statement that We could double our Sum
day advertising space for the same rate
as we pay now l wouldn't have been
more surprised. But why didn't you
spring il on me gradually? | can't say
yes or no honest. Dave. till l have
thought of IT. You see, I'm so happy
here doing just what ] am doing I've
got my little apartment fixed up so
cOzy and I'm getting kind o fond Of my
own fireside-gaS log, of course-that
haven't thought of marrying. It's been
dead easy Sailing the others. Bat with
YOU !ts different. ! don't Just like to
say no. when I might be sorry later.
Give me time. Dave. When? oh. let me
see. Suppose YOU wait till after next
Sunday. It's Monday today. Well. I'll
L
an awfully hard week coming. That
special sale o: Grand Rapids antiques
we've ben trying 10 SELL Cor the last
two years will take some clever copy
No. can't possibly tell you any sooner
have thought So little about getting
married. I'll have to drop around to
see my friends that have gone and dons
II and see what they have to say about
II. Drop In next Monday At about this
time. if you're still interested. And.
whatever decide. you and I'll always
be good friends. won't WEI"
Say, that was kind o. clever CODY. II
do say it. and that idea OF yours TO
leave the chairs and tables on that spe-
ciaI sale out in the rain for two nights
beforehand just did the business. II
they had come over in the MayfIower
they couldn't have looked more like the
real thing. Oh. that's so. it's Monday.
No, hadn't forgotten-had it down on
my desk pad. but l guess I'd have re-
membered any way.
NO. thanks. Dave. I don't think I
will go to a hotel for dinner. I've sort
o. got in the habit of having dinner at
home and hotels don't sell much furni-
ture with me any more. Besides, when
l have a cold proposition like this to
handle 1 feel better to be right here in
the office. I'd ask you to come up to
the apartment. but that's too homelike.
want to keep my head, and 1 want you
to see my point OF view.
Tell you my answer? Well, don't be
impatient. Take 1t slowly. Dave, and
then youIl see why l have decided as
have. You'll understand better. You
know wanted to handle the proposition
squarely. AS 1 told you it wasn't just
an ordinary VIII you marry me?' when
David Pines asked red-head Peg Drew
to be Junior partner. You know l appre-
ciate the compliment
so. I started off Sunday morning to
see the girls / went TO school with
Aggie Dayton. Pearl Hite, Julie Saunders
and Moll Braun. They've all married and
I thought they'd give me the dope was
after. And I guess l got it
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HOROSCOPE.
THE stars incline. but do not compel

ne stars incline, out 90 not compel
Friday, November IL. 1918.
This is rather a doubtful day. &C
curry and Neptune are all adverse.
Venus Is in beneic aspect
Women are to be conspicuous in
! some great public movement for the
betterment OF humanity. the seers
foretelL II will be economic in char
acter and will teach food values or
educate IN household administration.
Love affairs and weddings have a
lucky star today The increase in the
able, although labor troubles and
money anxieties are numerous.
Theaters should benefit while Venus
is in kindly aspect Growth OF inter-
est in the drama will be extraordi-
nary during the winter.
Old persons should beware OF colds
and falls. Mortality among the aged
will Increase this month
Danger on the seas Is presaged by
the stars for the end OF this month.
and today is not an suspicious time
for the beginning of journeys on the
water.
A terrible storm that will do much
damage on the great lakes is fore
told A valuable cargo will be lost
Canada has a planetary government
that is sinister. Greed will interfere
with the best Interests of those who
enlist for military service. Fraud and
corruption among those who sell and
buy army supplies again are indi-
Gated.
Authors. especially novelists, are
subject to unlucky rule just now. Dim
inIshed sales OF books will be notice
able. II is predicted
Motion pictures are under q sign
read as exceedingly promising. Ad-
-.srtising and education will benert by
means % them.
Persons whose birthdate II is may
have much anxiety and worry in bust
ness in the coming year. Those who
are employed may lose their positions
Children born today have a good au-
curry. They are likely to be success
full in whatever they undertake and
will meet with many helpful friends.
tCorSnght. lE6l
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No Girl Can Disappear Success
fully" Says Burns.

Wy no pretty girl can leave her
70 .12 without leaving some trace be-
hid that can be followed II taken in
time is explained by Detective Will
lam J. Burns in the December issue
of the Woman's Home Companion. The
story of how he discovered Edna Kent.
who laid her plans with the greatest
cleverness. is a proof OF his point.
The guiding clue in this case rested
with a negro porter. There were
several others that in the end would
have answered equally well. but any
porter" says Mr.. Burns. can usually
remember a pretty girl who has trav-
eled alone in his car.
The worst OF real detective stories
IL that when the mystery has been eX-
planned you see it's nothing but good
common sense properly applied" he
says. Every person who steps out OF
the beaten path, even innocently.
leaves footprints in a dozen differenI
places, II one is only trained to see
them"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-12

The American rights to "Erminie,' -
Country schools I'm Washington State
are specializing in warm lunches. The
teachers are trained in household arts
and the school lunch is used not only to
better the physical condition of the pu-
pills but to teach domestic science
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-12

Madge-I hear that Charlie is an aw-
full spendthrft.
Marjorie-I should say he was. He's
trying to make two wild oats grow
where only one grew before.-Puck.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-12

Only give me time. your Honor beg
ged the convicted prisoner. "All right"
replied the Judge; how will ten years
suit?'-BaltImore American
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