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The Washington times., 1915-12-28
Ndmah'S Club ForS%ssTp|h|ht9fs1 81 I

A y Antique Spinsters' Club"
~ founded-not for pursuit OF
l n the opposite sex but for pro-
tection-is the boast of Sa-
betha. a Kansas, town OF, 100 in
habite nts. The presidery., Miss Geor-
"gia Fl ook3'a former sotiety reporter.
adds. further. that its secondary
pIlFRosc is to"make life livable for
those unmarried women who are so
unfortunate as 10 be doomed to dwell
in Sabctha.
at has always been in Sabetha
that unless YOU are married YOU do
not have much chance for pleasure
SAYS Miss Hook. You cannot realize
what misery some OF our most pros
porous old maids suffer.
Many of us have been invited to
he members Of some of the women's
clubs. but the majority of other
members are married. At meetings
all We hear is talk OF babies and
children and different kinds Of hUs-
bands. We have a feeling that VIC
arc only allowed to come as a matter
Of kindness.
What pleasure do We get out Of
this talk Of babies all the time"
The small town. YOU know. never
gives a girl chance to marry hap
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Message Strangely Delivered

DR.. Norman Macleod, the famous
Scottish divine. before visiting India
called on an old Highland woman in
GLASGOW, 'Wren We gang tae In
da.' she said. I" ell be secin' ma
Donal that went ava tao India ten
years ago an never sent the scrape
of n pen tao his mthcr since"
But, Katie" said the doctor. in
dia is y >e"y big place. and how can
/ eErcCt to find him.
''Oh but you'll Just Ue askin' for
Donar What for no?'
So to please the old woman, he
promi cd to ask for Donald. and he
tons'tentiously kept his word. At va
lious uOrts he made inquory among
British ships, although 1t seemed
very much like lOjkil:- for needle
in a hale nf hay. But it is the uneX-
peCted that happens. ~ DR.. Mac
leod's steamer went IN the Ioogly
river nn outwa q bound vessel
passed close h. A sailor was lean
inS ovcr her bulwarks and moved
bv - sudden impul ., the doctor
shouted out:
"Aro Vou Donald Mactavish?"
To his irt "s ulprise the man an
rounced Yes
Dr Macleod had onlv time to
shout: you're to write to your
mother" as the vessels drew apart
The result e thi amazing meeting
was that tn old lady received a
peuitent letter from her long neg
iected son.-Scottish American.
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Lacking the Strain and
Worry of Studying for
Examinations, This Work
Is Planned to Supplement
Usual School Work. Not
to Replace 1t.

W. e ;:'"s e s;s',: c : ;' ,,: i !; vi a,,:, =
Haven't you enough time.
Mrs. Busy Hnmemaker,
10 have some real relaxation by
joining the Book Lovers Hour"
And you, Miss Business Girl. Why
not learn TO make your own hats
Fourteen-yes. exactly that number
courses arc either TO be started
or re-opened next week and more
are promised Tor February.
Best Of all, the teachers and work
ers at the Y. W. L. A. are pre-
pared to refute the objection that to
take a course would mean bard
study-horrs OF it. This is the an
swer:
Our classes are not intended to
replace the work OF the school. but
t. supplement 1t. Every course is
planned with reference to the Eusy
girls and w"men who will take it
Anyone connected with the y. ". &.
A. is ready with this conN incinG nr.
gument. Miss Florence Brown, the
ticslly the same thing il she IL asi;cd
TO tell something about this phase
OF the work. and Miss Ruth Ecrney.
educational secretary. repeats The
assurance. 1t Is the very cornerstone
OF the work.
I'VE do not attempt to cover as
much ground as the night o. COM
mercial schools" said ono ~ the
other secretaries. "Gur courses nro-
Gress more slowly because wc real.
i3e that the women who study with
Us absolutely have no time for much
preparation between Glasses"
Await Registration.
The little folder Of tho cduCa tiona |
department looks very nusiness-like.
divided into departments like any
college Catalogue-langua HON"
economics. art. commercial instruc-
ton, and physical education.
In some cases the courses arc
awaiting n sufficient registration be-
fore announcing the date OF opening.
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Three-Minute
Journey
By TEMPLE MANNING.


y INTEEN miles from the mouth
- Of the Sarawak river. in the
S domains OF the Rajah OF
Sarawak, stands the city OF
KuchinG. Here there is held each
year regatta. OF which the
"bacdar" boat race is the most ex-
citing event.
one reason for the thrill is that a
baedar boat crew consists OF sew
enty-fivc men.
Eighty feet long are baedar boats
Of Sarawak-eighty feet long and en-
tremcly narrow. The keel Is made OF
one piece OF wood. to withstand the
strain of shooting rapids. And the
boats arc built for the speed that
was thought the chief weapon when
striking in war.
The baedars were the original war
boats of the Brunei Malays, the pir-
rates who settled in Brunei. of which
Sarawak was then a part. And in
those days the chief acted as the
CoXsWain
Today the CoXswan must be
skilled individual, indeed for he
stands in tho center OF the boat with
a flag controlling the stroke and di-
rection. At the stern is a man with
large paddle, and one at the bow
who helps the helmsman steer. There
are thirty-six men padding on each
side with short paddles, and they
watch the CoXswain's flag with obe-
dient eyes. When the coXswain lifts
his flag they stop padding and turn
their eyes to the man in the bow,
who raises his paddle in the air,
twists it about his head, and brings
it down on tho other side. Thus the
stroke is changed. When he brings
it down all paddles clcavc the water
again simultaneously. and the bacder
leaps through the water.
TO sec a baedcr boat race Is never
to forget it. For the boats flash
through the waves with amazing
speed. casting up behind a spray like
a mist so singing that those in the
rear must often keep their eyes
closed or be blinded. The noise. too,
is terrific. for the men become so
excited that they scream and shout
as they did in the old days when
they bore down upon fleeing enemy
But however bloodthrsty the Sara
walks were in the old days, they are
simply ardent sportsmcn in their
races today. From all over the Coun-
try come the natives to cheer on their
special fnNorltcs or TO celebrate with
them in victory. to weep with them
in defeat. Indeed. KuchinG regatta
Is hero worshiping event like our
own boat races, but the heroes are
many times multiplied
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Service. lnC.l
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All About Iron
BY MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK.


then immersed in molten zinc. after
the method Of dipping onamelwarr.
This shoot Of iron covered VITA
zinc IS lhcn passed between rollers,
allowed TO cool, and is then CalleG
galvanized.
other pieces OF tin, SO-Called, are
made OF sheet iron covered with TIN
by SinilaI process to that Win
Which II IS covered with zinc. TINS
finished product is technically not TIN
bat TN plate. Nickel is GencraHs'
Ilateu on to IRON as in the cheaper
kinds of faucets and many other
ni2kcled finishes to stoves ard other,
metal parts. The nickel is weidea
to the iron. becoming part of II.
The one peculiar quality that all
iron or its products presents is the
manner of its furnishing by the aiT,
or rather the moisture and oxides OF
tho air. This tarnish. unlike that o.
other metals, does not adhere close
lN TO the iron, but scales Oft, and is
commonly called rust. Thus, any
object made Of iron which rusts Is
constantly exposing now surfaces or
metal, so that the process goes on
and on. unless it is checked. There
arc two methods of preventing iron
rust. ono is to keep tho metal drY
and highly polished. as a polished
surface does not give place for any
moisture particles - 10 adhere,
Knives. tinware, stoves. pipes, etc,
which are kept polished will no.
rust. The other method to proven,
rusting IS to cover the metal WIZ
coating Of oil wax. paint, or AEs''
liar substance. For Instance, mttF
PARTS that are treated with pt q.
that arc laCqucred OF covered WIFE
Vascline, Will not. rust because IN
oily coating prevents the air f-Ou
coming IN contact with The Suo
The way tn avoid rust Is. as II WCI-
to BEGIN with its grandfather nnr
not let II be born. or to take pre-
cautionary methods beforehand -
that no rust can form. ---2
CCopyrlIhL IsIS. BY NFs. Christine Frsdsrlcl
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A Warriors S Finery.

GeorSe has become much interested
in blayirEosoldIcr&. It first he was con-
tort to march arHffnd merely with a
stick for a sun then at this request, his
mother made hi,n al paper hat, to
which late. he A-!6ct a r,ume picked ND
IN the chicken verdi Then he must have
belt. and this naturally led him to
as>; his father to Whittln him sword.
nut one day. he cane from the pictures
H:i'h another lciaB.
Mother" he as}cd lot any old
n1ushcs. can htyc%
"Nhat for"
"I've been lool!nc Al A picture of Ma
polcon-and he h:lS scrubhinG brushes
~, his sho.. 'dcr.' P,,.urc Progress
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-RULY this is indeed the iron
age" especially for the
housewife whose many
household articles arc made
from iron or it's modified metals.
The natural iron ore is con-
vertcd by different processes
into almost different metals which
differ considerably in strength. fin
ish. and ha rdness For instance.
We have the wrought iron. rs in
andirons and some other household
pieces, which is actually shaped by
the anvil.
brittle cast iron which is nodded
to meet the conditions Of definite
shapes. such as the treadlc of q
sewing machine, or there is both
mild and hard steel, most familiar
in scissors, bed springs, and certain
parts of stoves and much house
hardware. Steel is very hard and
elastic. and is therefore the par
tiCular kind of iron used Tor cutting
surfaces or where any resilicnCy is
needed, as in a spring either of a
watch or a bed.
The housewife may not recognize
in her familiar enamel ware, or
so-called agate" kitchen uetnsils a
product Of iron, but this Is true that
enamel ware IS nearly iron covered
with blaze similar to that used
on porcelain or china. The shaped
piece of iron is dipped into the
molten glaze which solidihcs on cool
ing. and which should make an inn
pervious coating. 1t docs this until
the coating is Clipped off, when 1t
is easy 10 see the iron underlying
metal
The common galvanized bucket or
pail or foot tub Is another modiliCa-
non of iron ore. Here we have the
sheets OF iron rolled very thin and
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as their ncighbors, succump IN scr,.
distempcrs which others throw of WITH.
out trouble
Susceptible plants and animals are
often open to attack only during GER
tain stages Of their growth Infant.
ana the young are prone to one kind
whilc middlc-aGed and old are open to
olhers. There Is immunity in one de-
cadc. and susccptibility In another,
Some species of the cotton plant are
resistant to destruction in one lpcality
ana susceptible in another. Chicken,
are immune 10 Iockiaw bacillus, but an
lhra% germs. to which they are also re-
sistant. can he made to poison and kin
them If their feet are kent imr,e rsod IN
cold water 80
Possibility Of Success.
Man Injured 10 outdoor life is immune
to pneumonia uness he smokes drinks.
suffers the chill of immersion in cold
water: or too rapid evaporation Of per-
spiration Housoa-up persons are sus-
ceptible to pneumonia. as also are those
who have had it,
In the deNeloDmcnt OF p disea Sc resist =
Ing spccles OF potatoes il has been dis
covered that evolved immunity may
eratiOns.
The rroof that it Is possible to de-
velop dlsease-rcssting races Is found
also In the fact that different kinds Of
microbes and parasites tend to restrict
themselves TO certain peoples. Negroes
are more immune to yellow fever virus
than are whites. Jews are less suscepti-
Bile to tuberculosis than are other white
races.
Germs may not be able to penetrate
the skin membranes. or various cover
! ings of the anatomy. Even II they are
! able to enter the victims tissues they
4 NAV perish from lack of nourish ment.
! On the other hand the tissues may
furnish appropriate food. Vet Rimtritane.
! ouslv deal the invading germs death
! blow with poisons or anti-toxins Eener
! ated in the body Like A. mouse in
| weighed into trap by means of nsurish'
| ing cheese. the door slams down on Il
and destroys the invader,
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Service, Inc.D
The Washington times., 1915-12-28
Italian Creams.

To make these daint;es. whip the
white of an CcE with teaSDoontul
Of water. and add a pound OF lcihS
sugar. Knead the paste smooth anu
divide into three parts. to!or ono
third pink. and favor with straw
berry: another third pale green. ana
favor with vanilla, and leave the re-
maindcr white. but flavor it with
lemon. Roll each piece out with
a rollinE-pin to quarter or an men
IN thickness. brush each lightly vim
white of egg, and Law ono on TOP
Of the other. green, white. pink
pressing them firmly together. Melt
two ounces of desiCCated chocolate
with a spoonful of water, and brush
thickly over both sides Of the cream.
letting one dry before doing tine
other. When Qnite set cut with a
sharp knife into diamonds or tri-
angles
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Her Husbands Friend
Bores Devoted Wife;
She Seeks the Cause
He's Goose Impractical, Visionary, and Full OF Vague
Dreams-"I Don't Like 1t AT All, Would
You? She Pleads.
By WINIFRED BLACK.

means to these two particular men. and
] don't like it. | don't like 1t at all,
would YOU?
Somehow. when my huspand's friend
so very. very often---I always feel that
I'm the third. He's never the third. oh.
no. Why, the idea He tnew my has
band before I'd ever heard OF him:
to go somewhere with me c: with the
children. sometimes my husband :
friend acts hurt--hot dnnoTed or veNeu:
Oh. no, never that--grievcd and hurt
and Is noble and self-sac.ihcing.
81 won't interfere" he says. "oh. no.
wouldn't think Of thar! Go on "ltn
what you're doing. I'll lust sit here
the old days. You won't object to tnat'
will you?'
J do object to 1t. but Of course can't
say so. | have to get him cigar ana
all the time nv husband Keeps remem.
bering that his friend is waiting for
him, and so do |.
Does the Friend Suspect?
wonder how my husband would like
it il I had a friend who did this sort
| of thing with me. Come to think OF II
| have. and come to think of 1t l kn"" l."
| Just what he does think. I'll tell you
| dbout II some uaN.
| wonder what ought to do about 1t?
! would make friends with the wife oi
NV hllsba nd's best friend and 80 to see
! her when he was at home with the ton
sli;is and wanted her to sit by the
| he'd and hold his hand. End We Il tan
| about old times and look MYSTERIOUS and
say: "Ah we'll. there are som" things
that no husband In the world can ever
| really understand.
| 5vt tho wife OF my husha nd's friend Is
4 II sell Al "a
cough drops and digestion tablets anc
nerve pills. and when vou 90 to the
| thcatnr with her she has to 20 10 the
| dressing room between tho acts to g3rc''
hog throat Tho Cargle has such i pecu
liar odor about T.. 81" says YOU get t'
! like it after you've used II d while, nG
! / don't believe ] ever should.
She's alvays going TO adopt 4 child
Sometimes she thinks it will he . boy
and sometimes a 2ir,. Once sne decided
! on twins. and she wants me to 40 e
orphan asTlums and help her pick out
I'd love to do that. only it's so irwin;
70 keen choosing and "hoosin: ant
never really taking any.
SO ] can't do n thing with the wifi
Of nv husbands friend I really can't
it's too much of a strain.
suppose I'll have to pretend t. lik
the friend and 30 or pretending till h
dies or we do. or we move away. o
something.
wonder il my husband has the Sigh
est idea how ! fee! about II. Do vo
suppose he has
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Service 1nc.l
The Washington times., 1915-12-28
A Few Easy Recipes
By ANN MARIE LLOYD.

crumbs. Blanch the saussges by put
ting them into a saucepan with cold
water. and bring them quickly to
the boil. Then drain them. remove
the skins, and cut them into two or
four pieces, according to size. Place
these IN a creased pic dish or fire.
proof dish, and sprinkle them with
pepper and salt. Then take about
two Cupfuls of nicely washed pota-
toes, seasoned and nfoistened with a
little milk or gravy, and spread on
the top of the sausases. Brush over
with milk or egg. sprinkle with
breadcrumbs. and bake in a good
oven twenty TO thirty minutes.
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Service, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1915-12-28
Science Concerned With -r-
Possibility Of Credtingssss gsss
Disedse Resisting Race
By DIR. L. X. HIRSHBERG.

~oNTRoLLING diseases by means
of anti-toxins. vaccination, anti
serums. fungicides, parasiticidcs,
antiseptics. and sanitation is a
tedious method which calls for constant
vigilance as the price of safety. In
many maladies, however, such as can
Ger. sleeping sickness, and rabies, even
these difficult procedures are uncertain
and impossible. The destruction Of a
germ after 1t has attacked merely
checks disease.
Prof. Coulter, botanist OF the Univer-
sity OF Chicago, points out that. with
respect to plants. the permanent disap-
pearsnce OF diseases will be attained
only by the production OF disease re-
sisting races; In the matter OF plants
ana some animals. this may be possible
by choosing individuals immune to de-
structive Infection. II these are mated
and pedigreed. 1t may be possible to
develop family. tribe. or line which
VIII resist the most malicious and ma
lsnant onslaughts Of diseases former
ly fatal
Some Interesting Examples.
The loss OF both animal and plant life
from disease Is enormous. The germs
and parasites OF many maladies arc
known, and methods to control some
have been devised. but progress in de-
veloping immune races is slow. although
| promising.
| Mice have been made to resist can.
| Ger. Several varieties OF wheat and
| other grains have been made immune
| 10 rust and other diseases. Hybrids ot
| the buffalo are bred not only for thciI
value. but because they resist various
| cattle infections.
| 1t Is we'll known tha SOME members
| or the human family are less prone tc
| fall victims to tuberculosis. yellow fever
| or diabetes than others. II Is none tho
less evident that a susceptibility or pre-
| disposition TO attack IL by no means
necessarily sssocia tod with weakened
condition OF the individual because per
sons In health as vigorous, apparently
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Everything From Parlianlen-
tary Law to Domestic
Science Is Taught, and
New Courses Will Be Of
J. fered Just as Soon as a
Definite Demand Arises.

be given. They include the theory
and practice of design. the theory OF
design applied to domestic art. COM
prising an adaptation OF the hrst
course for home makers. designers
and interio rdecorators. and Drac.
ticaI course applied to principles or
costume designing and trimming:
drapery and industrial art. appneu
to textiles and wall paper.
For Physical Education.
Tho swimming pool is pru>ing one
OF the most popular attractions or
the dcpa rtment of physical educa-
tion, which boasts that its activities
extend over morning. afternoon. and
evening. 1t has become quite the
thing for the shopper or the busi-
ness girl TO stop in at tho pool In q
street for a refreshing swim before
going home In the evening. The
course Of instruction lasts but eight
weeks. allowing for the formation OF
new classes about every two months.
After the course under instruction
Is completed. supplementary swims
under supervision are quite the
thing. Tho gymnasium classes are
pay ing much attention 10 improving
posture this winter, and record are
kept on one Of tho walls for every
one to see. Indoor tennis IL n novel
~. and the Epiphany gymnasium is
used for this as we'll as for the
classes in basketball on Saturday
afternoon.
All these courses with no eXamina- =
tions at tho end OF tho term. no
"cramming." and Very little be-
en-Cla sses study-there is very
urScnt opportunity awaiting every
Washington woman who wants some
interest returned on her spare hours
OF leisure. fcw though they be.
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is what woman-a fine
woman, good wife. devoted
mother. kindly friend-said to

THIS is what woman-a fine
woman, good wife. devoted
mother. kindly friend-said to
me. toll It as she said it;
My husband has frlend--the friend
of his heart. tho friend of his youth, the
friend of his lifc-and that friend bores
me almost to death.
He's such a goose OF man, so i'm
practical. so visionary. so full of vague
schemes and impossible dreams. and
they're all about himself and my hus-
hand.
He's going to Europe with my hus
band he says. and he wants to sit in
front of the library fire and talk about
it, till / have to go to bed in despera
ton.
Then, when they come back from Eu-
rope. they're going to work while, and
go to Africa-oh. not the Sahara desert
or any pleasant. little, easy-to-g get-at
scarest Africa. They're going to have
natives to pack their boats. Ny hus-
bands friend always says pack" I've
been taught to say carry" That's one
of the little things that annoy me. And
they're going to plunge into the jungle.
He's a great fellow for getting one word
and saying it over and over, till I feel
as if l could scrcam-my husband 8
friend.
"Wont We, Old Pal?"
One of them is going to have the
fever and the other will nurse him
through tits really idiotc the seIti-
mental way he acts when he says this
and they're going to discover new
plants and rivers and a lake or so, and
they'll be named after them. Lake Bill
John, or something like that. Oh. it's
quite too childish and absurd, And
they know all tho time .heyll never sc
at least my husband knows it. Where
Is he going to get the money" But his
friend always looks mysterious ano
saws, with a kind 6 darking CLINT i,
his eve and a backward roo of the head
that no one but a man who was dead
in love with himself ever made: "Oh
we'll find the money all right. won1
We old Psl?"
Then he tells storics-such dul
stories, He tolls them over and ovei
and over--the same ones-and We have
TO laugh at the same words every time
The children are supposed to be Yer
fond of my husbands friend. They cal
him "unclc," and he brings them pes
efts-things he picks mp ir his sun
day walks-and he tells us long. cir
rupstantial tales about how he fount
this particular stone at a certain pat
of a particular piece of road. And III
eve glints mystcrously and my nus
hand mods and | wonder and wonhe
what on earth that particular pat
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pllv. for r. = iI5af1 81 The best men
20 to the cities. It is natural that
there al" more marriaGeablc Young
women ihnn men"
Tho club is not officially organized
undor s-thc na|'c of the Antique
Spnstorx' 'luh. though the members
have f4ffrn int" lhe habit of calling
It that Tho Queen Elizabeth Club
is tic oftirirl title. The committee
on cntcrta iuT"rt is planning a series
OF rcceotions and dances for this
winter. that arc likely to set new
standard for SahCtha.
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Cheese FrittcrS.

Needed: TWO tablespoonfuls of
-four. teaspoonful of mustard,
ounce of grated cheese. p teacupfui
OF milk. = whites of eggs.
To make: Beat up the ilour. mus
tard. milk. and add tho grated
cheese. also the whites Of tho eggs
beaten stitflY. Have ready some hot
fat. and fry the mixture, dropping II
teaspoonful at time. Drain and
serve,
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Cheese Omclet.

Needed: Three eggs. , tablespoon
fuls grated cheese. pepper and salt,
l ounce butter. tablespoonful milk.
To make: Beat the eggs thor
oughly. add the milk. cheese. and
scasonings. Heat the cutter in the
omelet plan. Pour the mixture into
the pan and keen stirring it until it
begins to set. When nicely puffcd,
brown the top either under the grill
or in the oven. and fold over just as
1t is slipped on to a hot dish,
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Mock Crab of Cheese.

Needed One-uuarter pound of
cheese. > ounces of shrimps. / tea
snonnful Of salad oil tor huttcTl. |
teasponful Of vinegar, salt, peppC!,
and cayenne.
To make: Crate the cheese and
mix II thoroushlv with all tho other
ingredients. Serve it in little china
cases garni7hed with parsley and ar
ranged among som" Weli-hearted
lettuCCs.
y. 4. Tho shrimps may 10 omitted,
If liked.