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The Washington herald., 1915-12-22
PULLMAN Will BROADEN
WORK OF POLICE FORCE
Tells Monday Evening Club Of Plans
to Establish Social
Agency.

Plans for broadening the scope Of the
local police department from mere guar
dians Of the law to social agents were
outlined to members OF the Monday Eve
ming Club by Commissioner Louis Brown
low and MAI. Raymond w. Pullman. su-
perintendent of police. at the Y. NJ. c. A.
Monday night.
Il hope to see the day." said Commits
sioner Louis Brownlow. when the police
force will be the greatest social agency
Of the city. Nothing should be too small
tfor him to notice. and when the day ar
rives when every policemen sees and re-
ports on the conditions Of streets and
Istdnwalks. lights and fire hydrants. parks
and Fairgrounds. as well as reporting on
the social conditions Of the people Of his
beat who need help or encouragement.
then II will he possible for us to have a
daily social survey of the city.
Il know that II will take many years
OF hard work to realize this. but that is
no reason why We should not begin. and
I may say We have already begun. OF
course. we do not intend to turn the po-
lice force over to be exploited by any
particular agency interested In any par
ticulsr social reform. It is. and must be.
first Of all. a police force. Our purpose
is simply to enlarge the scope of police
work, so that either by actual direct
work OF by the gathering of information
and data. We can be of assistance to
every social working agency. and in the
end we hope to dispense with many priv
ate activities that now are necessary.
but that will become unnecessary when
our municipal government realizes its
social ambitions
Mai. Pullman declared that he hopes.
with the cooperation Of the Board of
Education. soon to be able to introduce
into the local schools the plan of having
police officers deliver lectures in the
classrooms, SO that the rising generation
will regard the policeman as the pro-
tector and not the enemy Of citizens. He
said also that he expects to take up with
the Associated Charities in the near ,u-
ture the problem of handling Washing
toms public beggars. 1t Is his desire.
he said, to drive out the professional
''beggars' and give assistance to the de-
serving.
The major stated that within the next
few months he will put in operation a
system whereby he will be able to keep
a record of the kind as well as the num-
ber OF arrests made by each officer. He
said that while he did not believe the
Washington police were trying to make
records In arrests. he desires to impress
upon them the fact that their duty is
not a question Of making petty arrests,
but of catching the more dangerous yio-
lators.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22

The rich fabrics, sumptuous furs
and embroiderics. and inimitabie col
ors of the Manchu regime were for
the time being packed away with the
family heirlooms. And just at about
that timeswe Occidentals were re-
belling against the ugliness and dis
comfort of our own conventional
mans attire. Many women even
looked upon the sensible exquisitely
eolored graceful trouser and coat COS
tune of their Chinese cousins as
something much preferable to their
own. So it did seem rather absurd
for the men and women of far Cathay
to begin to yearn for clothes like
ours.
The experiment was enough. And
the tide has turned. Among the good
things that the Chinese adopted dur
ing their brief republie-the things
they consider worth incorporating in
the restored monarchy, there is to be
found no vestige Of the mems clothes
that come from London and women's
clothes that come from Paris.
MARY MARSHALL
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22
FAMOUS WOMAN, HER
BIRTHDAY AND YOURS
BY MARY MARSHALL
December 2z-Sara Celesidgs.

Sara CoIeridge, born in 1soc. was 80
youth that II Is hardly to be wondered
at that she made a name of her own In
steeped In literary atmosphere IN her
letters.
To begin with. her father was the
famous. English poet. Samuel Colertdge
Wordsworth and Southey and other
great men of letters frequented Greta
Hall, near Keswick. her birthplace. And
she read books. heard Of books. and
talked books all Of her childhood
through.
II Is said that Sara Coleridge combined
TO a remarkable degree all the charms
of the feminine type Of woman with the
mental ability and requirements OF the
intellectual type. She married her cous-
ln-so her name remained Coleridge.
When she was twenty she translated
from the Latin q three-volume work OF
Martin Dobrizhoffer to assist In putting
her brother through college. 1t happeasd
that her brother was energetic enough
10 earn his own tuition. but Sara's ac-
complishment Is not thereby belittled
Her father said 4 was "unsurpassed for
pure mother Ensfish" by anything he
had read in . long time. Perhaps he
was a little partial in his opinion. but
Il Is q fact that her English was care
fully chosen and pure.
Her husband was the author Of me
moirs of Samuel Coleridse. his father
in-lsw; and when her father died in
1884 he made Sara his literary executor.
She devoted the rest Of her life. until
her early death In 1876. to her fathers
works: and It has been said that II she
had put all the energy thus expended on
original work she would have placed her
self among the foremost women Of
letters.
UopyriSht IeS)
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22
BAD CHECK LAW BACKED
BY CAPITALS BANKERS
Report of Special Committee. Headed
by Coreoran Thom. Adopted by
Associatioo-
Association.

The movement for the enactment by
Congress of a bad check law for the
District was given additional impetus
Monday night when the proposed bill al
ready indorsed by the Retail Mer-
chants Association and the Legislation
committee OF the Credit Mems Asso-
citation was given formal approval by
the Bankers Association of The Dis
trict. The action was taken at a
meeting held in the rooms of the
American Institute of Banking. 121f
F street northwest.
The Endorsement of the bill was en-
bodied in the report of a special COM
mittee appointed to consider the mat
ter. Corcoran Thom, chairman, pre-
sented the report. which was unani-
mously adopted. Other members of
the committee were W. J. Flather and
Ezra Gould.
The present law for the prosecution
Of persons passing worthless checks
is defective In that II is almost inn
possible to prove intent to defraud.
Under the proposed bill failure to
make payment on a check that has
been returned by the bank because of
lack of sufficient funds to meet IL
will be considered prims facie evil
dence of an intent to defraud. placing
the burden on the defendant to show
the absence Of intent.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22

One of the greatest, il not the greatest
of all a mothers puzzles Is to know how
to answer the young child's questions
about God. Few, even of the people who
have thought and read most. are able tc
put into clear language their own CON
ception of the Almighty Maker OF TINS
universe. How much more difhcult. then
for the average mother to give her nttie
ones a satisfactory answer when they
arc first reused to wonder about the
great mystery of life and being.
At a meeting Of a mothers club was
attending the other day. a number oil
funny stories were told about the queer
conceptions children form from what u
told them about religion Children are
very literal. you know. and every idea
becomes concrete to them One mother
told US that she had been trying to make
her small daughter understand how 1t Is
that Jesus can be in the heart all the
time. an incentive to good conduct, and
she thought the child clearly grasped the
thought A few days later. she said. the
child was violently i'll, and after severe
attack of nausea looked wanly into her
mothers face and murnured. Jesus
must have had a hard time holding on
then, muyveri'
The mother did not tell II as joke.
She was earnestly inquiring the way so
to instruct her child that the young In
teIligence might grasp the truth. And
she was dismally surprised at her fall
ure.
Another mother said she had been try
ing TO mako clear to her little girl the
fact of the omnipresence of the Supreme
Being She had told her that God could
see and hear everything she did; that
He is always present wherever we are.
and that We cannot get away from Him.
Its awful to have him around in the
dark, mother" the child objected. 'and
know that He sees you when you can't
see Him.
A few days later. the mother said. the
little girl started out of the gate to go
to play with a neighbors child. and her
little pet dog attempted to. follow her.
In a bad humor with the dog for some
fancied misbehavior. anyway. the child
stamped her foot and called to the dog
in angry tones:
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22
.PETncoATs AND PATRIOTISM.

It would be hard to imagine, il
! you didn't know the facts Of the re-
|eent war on French fashions. to see
|why the wearing of wide skirts shows
deficiency in patriotism. But that the
! EGerman woman who wears many
|ripples in her petticoats is lacking in
Hove and loyalty to the Fatherland is
|4he attitude taken by the Frankfurter
|~Zeitung," the editor of which, never
|theless, admits surreptitiously, that
full skirts are prcttier and abstractly
|more sensible than the narrow kind.
"Why must one" he asks. adopt
|such new fashions precisely at the
moment when we have to be very
in our use of wool and
cotton? Have the creators OF this
new fashion ever considered the mat
|ter?"
OF course, the editor of this Ger
man paper would not like to admit 1t.
He would not like to add that fact
to the already heavy charge of I'M
patriotism Of his women compatrlots,
but those offending wide skirts were
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22
HOUSEWIVES DAILY
\ ECONOMY CALENDAR
Passing Of the Dish Towel.
py FRANCES MARSHALL

II is really passing strange that the
dish towel has not gone long before
gone with the open milk contalner, uh-
wrapped bread. and other germ and
dust carriers. But the recent statement
made by a scientific, expert showing
that the ordinary dish towel as II Is
found in the homes of even the most
fastidious housewives, is brim full of
germs before its days work is done, is
Just about the last charge made against
the dish towel as a kitchen institu-
ton.
These scientists tell us something
that, shorn of its technical wording,
sounds like this: The air. especially in
warm places. is teeminS with germs
and bacteria of various sorts at all
times. And these little trouble breed
ers are bent on one thing-namely. to
find home The dish towel by the
time you have dried one set of dishes
with il. and have hung il up near the
Kitchen stove to dry. is just about the
contest little nesting place homeless
germ could find. 1t is damp and warm
and full OF minnie particles Of food
substance. The hatcher boy and the
ice man and the man to take the read
ing of the gas and electric meter all
drop around in the course Of the morn
ing, all bringing in on their breath a
new and interesting supply of homeless
germs who. like the skilled house hum
ters that they are, Immediately make
tracks for the dish towel.
In practice almost no housewife,
much less the domestic whom you en-
ploy, washes all tea towels between
each meal. 1t would mean an impossi-
BILE expense of time and energy. And
no ordinary washing is sufficient to
the germs in the towels. Moth
ing short of a thorough scalding will
really sterilize them. Usually. how
ever, the towels that have been hang
ing up since breakfast are used to dry
the luncheon dishes and then it is that
countless little germs have an oppor-
.unity to take a new lease. this time on
the plate or cup and saucer or knife
or folk that is to be used for tomor-
rows meal.
The very silly part about the use of
dish towels is that il is not at all es-
sential say household authorities. A
simpler cleaner way can easily be es-
tablished in anv household regime. All
that is necessary is some sort of pro-
tected drying rack. for to permit dishes
to dry in the open would almost as bad
as to dry them with towels so dried.
However, scalded dishes dry amazingly
In the case of glass dishes the
method of rack drying does not always
accomplish all il should by way of
bringing out the luster of the g}ess.
but for the glassware paper towels or
clean tissue paper can be used after
the glasses have dried first after their
rinsins.
GCoTrright 1851
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22

, Go OH back, It's bad enough to have
God following you around everywhere
without having you. toO:'
Il pretended I did not hear her." the
mother said, for if she thought / had
should have been Obliged to punish
her for irrevercnce."
Wise mother, Judicious blindness and
deafness are half the battle in training
children.
But how to answer the inevitable ques.
tons? How put abstract propositions
intelligibly to minds which can grasp
only the concrete? 1t takes the wisdom
of Solomon. l sometimes think. to deal
adequately with the questions of little
children. We disguised the problem Al
length at this mee6ng. but though many
solutions were suggested. none Of them
1t seemed to me. could be made to fit the
case of even the average child. II was
not until several weeks sfterward that
heard from a dear friend OF the satis-
factory explanation that had been given
to her small son by an old man, a writer
and philanthropist. who CHANGED to be
visiting i'm her household.
At the table while he was there the
conversation turned on aeronautics and
the possibility of some time getting be-
yond the limits OF the earth's atmo-
sphere. Little Jamie, who had just be-
gun TO ask questions about the mysteries
listened for some time and then broke
in: Mother. what's outside of the air.
The ether. dear
What's outside of the ether?"
More ether. Ether Is everywhere"
We'll. how can God be everywhere.
too?"
Seeing the interest In her guests face
at the child stquestions. the mother said
Perhaps YOU can explain 1t to him more
clearly than 1 can. sir
Come here. jamie" the old man said.
Then putting him arm about the little
fellow. he drew him close and touching
the little hand he asked. "Is Jamie here -
Touching the child's chest. and elbow
and knee and thigh in turn, he asked the
same question.
With his deep blue eyes on the old
gentleman's face. the child looked an,
wise as he touched each spot In his turn
and instantly answered, Jamie is here,
and here, and here. and here,''
We'll, then" the teacher said. 80
is God In this city and In New York and
In Europe and in the stars and in the
ether which is all about US and in us
and through US
Now I know and Jamie nodded his
head sagely as he slipped out of the en-
circling arm and ran on to his play.
Perhaps he did We are told. YOU
know. Except ye become as little chill
dren ye shall in no wise enter into the
kingdom Of Heaven
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22
Answers to Correspondents,

Mrs. H. X. W. asks: DO you think
ought to punish my child for getting
angry? He has a nerce temper and
would have to be whipping him all the
time IL / once started fn."
DR.. G. Stanley Hail. the child student
says somewhere: Anger should be q
great and diffused power in life" II you
whip your child for getting angry you
run the risk Of making sulk or a cow
ard Of him by repression.
Mrs. H. E. H. writes: My daughter
Is engaged to a worthless man, but
though 1 have used every means to make
her give him up she insists she is 60
ing to marry him. Ought ! allow it?'
Not II you can help it. but you can't
prevent it by opposing it. Try the op-
posite plan. Be very friendly with him,
praise him for every conceivable virtue,
and invite him often to the house that
she may see him in ordinary daylight
and not under the slamor Of opposition.
(Cogyrsht. r4s)
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22
Aunt Chatty's Mothers Club
Conducted by Mrs. Charity Brush
QUESTIONS ABOUT GOD.

This Mothers Club for the benefit Of mothers everywhere
who struggling with questions of discipline training eduea-
on clothing children Write Aunt Chay Of problems
which vexns you and she will advise and help solution Of
them Write her. Of discoveries % methods you have
childish feet through the Me Club be Of
mothers who tangled the web of perex
have so happily unraveled.
Cooperation the Of business: why not
the business motherhood that and hoe calling which always
has been and will be woman of glory matter what
other usefulness be opened hera Address Mrs. Charity
Brush. care of this paper
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22

reach places of economic stress In
the years that are near.
Managers of New York theaters
should maintain conservative business
policies. If they heed the stars. Fall
ures are prognosticated.
Philadelphia and southern city
may suffer from a run on a bank or
the failure of some big enterprise.
Labor and capital should cultivate
harmonious conditions.
The rule today indicates some out
break In Mexico or q riot in q south
ern state.
Again a return to simpler social
customs il indicated. The United
States will be the center Of q new
democracy. which Is but the pattern
Of future conditions in Europe. astrol-
ogers predict.
Persons whose birthdate 1t Is should
watch the health. Losses and disap-
pointments may disturb them. Girls
probably will have offers Of marriage.
Children born on this day are like
ly to be idealists who dream of social
betterment. They may not be lucky
in business affairs. They are sub
jects of Capricorn and Saturn Is their
principal ruling planet.
Copyright. Dis)
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22

Wednesday, December -, 1918.
Caution should rule today. While
Mercury is In a strongly benefc as
pect, Saturn and Mars are adverse
It Is an auspicious time for writing
Of every sort. Accounts are subject
to good direction, and II should be
easier than usual to reach balances
and settlements.
There is a sign presaginE a literary
work that will bring. fame to the au-
thor and mark the beginning OF
new epoch in-letters-
The augury for 1916 includes sue
cess for q nationwide celebration OF
some historic. anniversary. which will
give Ameries prestige.
Schools and colleges continue under
Q good diyection. They will become
more and more q part Of the national
government machinery, II Is again
prophesied. Honor for university
president .is foreshadowed.
Storms Of unusual violence may be
expected in 1916. February will be a
month Of Extraordinary weather. and
preparations Tor relief work Of un-
usual scope should be made. the seers
declare. .t.rsz.
|, Women c0atinue under. sway that
y not altogether good. for they must
assume lasosf responsibilities and
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22
Will Give 5000 to Lehirh.

Three thousand dollars Is to be con-
tributed by the Southern Lehigh Univer.
sity Club to the erection Of q new con.
crete stadium at Lehigh University. This
was the sum voted by that organisation
At meeting Saturday night in the
Raleigh Hotel. where the plan was first
broached. An orEanization to raise the
fund has already been started. The cleo
ton Of officers win take place In Jan
uafy
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22

If you have more turkeys pies. plum
puddinss. fruits. nuts or other Christmas
goodies than you need for your own Use.
ADVERTISE your surplus in the Want
Columns. Somebody would like to buy
all you can spare.-Dan sayles.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22


q
with black The waist and of plain chiffon
crepe
ma
Pictorial Waist No e1 Sizes "a to - inches bust
Skirt No inches waist Price IS cents.
Pictorial Review Patterns on Sale at
S. KANN. SONS & 90.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22

Miss Jones and her best friend Clara
were talking of matrimony. Yes"
said the former. Il want a husband
who Is not fussy: one who is easily
pleased" That is exactly the kind
you will get" said Clara, with her
best Mona Lisa smile. and on the back
fence a tom-cat howled in ghoulish
glee-Puck.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22
Five lawyer Admitted 10 the B.r

Five attorneys were admitted to the
District bar Monday upon the motion
Of Attorney William Henry Dennis, of
the District Bar Association. They were
Edward 8. Brashears. Of the California
bar: Cyril H. Bretherton, Q member of
the bar Of London. England. and Of the
Supreme Court Of California: Michael
s. Cerrexin. Of Louisiana; Ebert b. Bald
ridge. OF Tennessee. and Theodore H.
Law, Of the District
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22
Germans Charge Treaehery,

Berlin. Dec. H.-An 04SciaI statement
issued at the war ONCE today accuses
the Montenegrins of treachery. II says:
"The Montenegrins at some places held
up their hands and waved flags. advanc-
ing until near the Austro- Hungarian
lines, where thsy Su66saly throw hAnd
EanadaAs
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22
Beoueathed Estate to Wife.

Robert Herman. by his will dated
August 1. 1904. bequeathed his entire es-
tate to his widow, Kate e. Herman. vAO
IL made executrix without bond.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22

A rhinoceros rolls In the mud be-
cause little insects get bstween the
gets tn body covsrsa with mud thsy
ere uaablo - ssash u a1I1A.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22

Miss Katherine Lawton was the
guest of honor at a luncheon giver
by the Misses Thompson at their resi-
dence in Sixteenth street yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Ashmeade Fuller en-
tertained informally at dinner last
evening in honor Of Miss Ruth Lester
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22

Mrs. George ". Baxter. of Knoxville
Tenn, and Miss Eleanor Baxter arrived
at Washington yesterday and are at the
Willard. where they will spend a month
or six weeks. Mrs. f. w. Cole. Of Nash
Vile, Tenn. has also arrived to spend
some time at the same hotel
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22

whom are studeets I'm the Tome School.
Port Deposit. Nd. have returned to their
homes in Washington for the Christmas
holidays.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22
HOROSCOPE.
wednesday, December -, 1915.

THE stars. incline, but do not compel"
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22

The marriage is announced of Miss
Madeline f. Hewitt and DR.. Leith L.
Sinclair. both of Washington. D. c.. in
Baltimore Thursday. December Is. The
Rev. ". F. Way performed the cere-
mony. DR.. and Mrs. Sinclair will re-
side in this city.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Gaylord Barclay,
who have been the guests Of Mrs. Bar
clays parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund
NJ. Talcott. since returned from their
wedding trip. will leave today for their
homo in Mobile.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred bennett have sent
out cards for a tea on Saturday. January
s. from 4:30 until o'clock at the Con-
gressional Club to present their
daughter. Miss Dorothy bennett.
Mrs. Dennett and Miss bennett will be
at home on the first and third Thurs
days in each month at their residence,
l159 Q street.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22

Mr.. and Mrs. James Thayer McNil
Ian. of Detroit. have announced tn,
engagement of the formers sister
Miss Doris Mcmillan, to Mr.. Stewar
Lansing Pittman. of Flushing, L. I
Miss Mcmillan is a daughter Of tn,
late Mr.. William c. Mcmillan and q
granddaughter of Mrs. James McMil
Ian, of this city.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles c. McChord en-
tertained at dinner last night at the Will
lard in compliment to Miss Margaret
Wilson. having a company Of twenty-five
guests to meet her The dinner preceded
the first meeting for this season Of the
Tuesday night dancing club in the red
room at the Willard. Mrs John e. Os-
borne and Mrs. Frank Polk constituted
the reception committee.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22

Mr.. Alexander A. Mccormick, jr, of
Chicago, and Mr.. F. W. Strong. also
of Chicago. were among yesterdays
arrivals at the Shoreham
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22

Mr.. Francis NJ. Turner, jr.. Of Toronto.
secretary OF the Bureau Of Industrial
Research Of Canada. IL spending
Christmas in Washington visiting
friends. -
The Washington herald., 1915-12-22

Mrs. Edward A. Quintard was hostess
at a tea yesterday afternoon in compli-
ment TO her daughter-in-Iaw, Mrs. Ed
ward A. Quintard. jr.
Presiding at the tea table were Mrs.
Theodore Noyes and Mrs. Walter NJ
Brodie. Assisting in the dining room were
Mrs. Francis d. Merchant. of New York;
Miss Katherine Eninger. Miss Frances
Ehnger, Miss Dorothy Taylor. Miss vir-
ginia Minor and Miss Dorothy Quintard