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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-06
CLAIM THERE IS NO "uNITED
CATHOLIC LEAGUES OF U. S."

NH GlOIIS LS-NSSES VI " ~
The Day Book today received the
following letter commenting on the
publication of a letter purported to
have been sent to members of So
called United Catholic Leagues of
the United States urging them to
vote for Sweitzer:
Editor The Day Book: In your is
sue of April noticed letter which
was alleged to have been sent out
Just prior to the recent primaries.
This letter was signed by the United
Catholic Leagues of the United
States. .~..-
l have made a careful investiga-
ton and can find no record of any
such organization. 1t appears to me
as though this letter was sent out to
stir up an Anti-CathoGc feeling
among the people.
If you have any information con-
corning the existence of this social
ed United Catholic Leagues of the
United States 1 shall appreciate if
you will publish it or if you will in
vestigate into the existence of such
an organization.
If possible for you to do so please
enhghten me prior to the election
next Tuesday.-Edward Grill.
The Day Book in an investigation
found no such organization.
Chancellor Hoban of the Catholic
church stated that he had investi-
gated the letter and that there was
neither a United Catholic Societies of
America nor a M. ]. Scanlon, who
was supposed to have received the
communication.
"The name of the organization in
dicates that it would be a large one
if it existed. In my position as chan
ceIlor of the Catholic church l would
know if the society were not a fake.
1t is" .f
Other Catholic authorities were
visited. The existence of the United
Catholic Societies was denied by
Eo+bor O,HoI1o 0hon IF tho Do,,Ee+
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-06

Archbishop John Ireland, who re-
Gently completed million dollar
cathedral in ST. Paul, Mimi, is seri-
ousIy i'll. He is II years of age.
A FACE FROM THE FATHERLAND
The Washington herald., 1915-12-16

That the women's clubs of Washing
ton are too exclusive. was opinion
expressed to me by Mrs. Court F.
Wood. in the course of a talk l had
with her a day or SO ago.
The club doors should be open to
all those who want to join them. and
one of the reasons why the clubs have
not adopted less exclusive policy
long since is because of the lack of a
club house where clubs belonging to
the federation could have large meet
ings. So far the first thousand dollars
for this club has been raised and we
are going to begin a campaign to
raise the building fund this winter
What we want is club in the CEN
ter of the City-not far from the
shopping district-that would be ac-
cessible to women from all sections
of the District. We would want a
large assembly room. smaller meeting
rooms and offices for the different
clubs. possibly lunch room and
rooms where visiting club women
could stay while in Washington. In
January we are going TO give a large
luncheon for the benefit of This build
ing fund.
And you sce.' Mrs. Wood went on
to explain, when we have club
house like that our club memberships
can he much increased. Many of the
smaller literary clubs are necessarily
limited in membership 10 the num-
ber that conveniently meet in a
private drawing room with the rooms
of the club house at the disposal of
the different clubs such restrictions
would be Unnecessary.
That Mrs. Wood is Il firm believer
in clubs for women she made clear
when she said that a woman owes it
to her husband and children to have
some outside interest such she
could find in club" But she also
made it clear to me that she did not
believe in belonging to many clubs.
For my own part I belong to one
patriotic society. the Lincoln Circle
of the G. a. r.. one philanthropic so
Ciety, the Day Nursery and Dispen-
sary, and two literary clubs. Besides
that 1 am a member of the Congress
sional Union. I do not believe that
any woman should belong to any more
clubs than she can attend regularly.
In a literary society. for instance.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-16
DAILY SHORT STORY.
THE MAN CHARLIE.
BY ROBERTA CARSON.

! Paula. windbIown and rainsoaked
| burst into the living room where hei
mother WAS reading. mo luck. mother
There isn't a maid. black, white or in.
different. who will bulge a foot in our
direction just because we're q couple ol
yards out OF town. NcManus at the
employment office says they're all tina,
way and he can't do anything about IT,
| ] told him TO send out any one who
came along. man would do II he couio
get one. Oh. why did dear. old faithful
| Lizzie have TO get married? And just
now Of all times She dropped dismally
into a chair. What can We do?''
Mrs: Courtlspd tapped her book
lthoughtfully. "rf 1t were anybody in the
world but the Rcmingtons who wer-
| coming It really wouldn't make SO mucn
difference. But they live so well and
are so precise about everything. re-
member that time your father and l
visited them. The house WAS perfectly
kept-perfect service everywhere. Mrs.
Remington herself told me it was her
pride to have quiet. efficient servants
that the true homemaker always put
that above everything else. And I. think
ing of our ali-sufficient. burden-bearins
Lizzie here at home. heartily agreed
with her
"And there's son coming. too
groaned Paula. "oh. We Just can't
have them. Father might telegraph to
Remington pater that somebody has
died. or that we've had fire. or small
pox or something"
They are motoring here from Boston.
Paula. and left the middle of the week.
We would not know where TO reach them
by wire. Anyhow. the primary object of
the trip is for Mr.. Remington to visit the
mill. Your father is anxious to get more
l.. .U,s-
upon havins the visit a success"
do they know YOU have me? could
be the maid ncognito."
Mrs Courtland laughed. You are
named for Mrs. Remington. She was
your godmother and will ask for you
first thing"
Tell them I'm married. or that died
when I was teething,
We've got to face it. Paula. No use
being foolish
well, then We stilI have two days.
Paula got up and took of her hat, For
forty-eight hours I'm going to clean the
house till it shines. Whatever the REM
tnGtons find. it won't he dirt. And we'll
trust to Allah that something will turn
up between now and saturday Do you
think you can remember how TO make
pound cake? And some of that baked
ham would he nice to have in the house
that ahead to depend upon We might
come out all right What do you say?'
The next morning Paula was up be-
fore the sun. She began at the top and
stripped the house of curtains BY sew
en- they were hutterifg OH a line in the
big grassy yard. Then came the vacu-
nm cleaner and srrubbing brush and
the small rugs must be beaten outside,
Bang. Bang, Bang! went the carpet
beater welded by round, white arm.
strengthened and seasoned by many
rounds of golf and tennis Mrs. Court
land looked out of the window. Paula 3
pretty In anything she puts OH. even in
that aWful cap and apron and with
smudCe on her nose. Heavens, What's
she doing?'
Paula was talking 10 "a man She had
seen him pass slowly along the side
street as if searching for house. Nc
Manus has sent us u man l do believe
The Washington herald., 1915-12-16
HOUSEWIVES DAILY
ECONOMY CALENDAR
VEGETABLE WISDOM.
By FRANCES MARSHALL.

Caulinower: Boil In an uncovered sauce
pan. Put q little piece of butter in the
water. Boiling uncovered makes th3 odor
less strong and the butter forms q little
hlm over the water and keeps the caulI-
flower from turning. dark. Keep the
ikitchen window open a bit at the top to
let the odor escape.
CABBAGE: Boil In an uncovered sauce
pan and have the kitchen window open
at the top. Soak cabbage for an hour
In cold water before cooking. Sometimes
worms or insects have worked their way
In among the leaves. and the soaking
brings them out
Onions: Boil In uncovered saucepan.
Boil slowly SO that they will not boil to
piecen.
Sweet Potatoes: Always decide on the
method OF cooking sweet potatoes after
looking over the potatoes. II they are
very firm. they will be good boiled. II
they show tendency to sogginess. they
Will be much better cooked twice. They
can be boiled and then French fried.
sauteed. or made into croquettes. Or
they can be baked and stuffed,
White Potatoes: Always rub the skins
OF white potatoes that are to be baked
with q little lard or butter to keep the
skins from adhering to the insides and
forming thick crust. Pierce the skins
when the potatoes are partly done. When
they are completely done. break the skins
and leave the potatoes i'm the oven two
or three minutes more to become mealy
Lettuce: Wash lettuce thoroughly as
soon as 1t is received. Wrap 1t in gauze
or cheesecloth and place II In an air
tight tin or enameled box on the Zee
Cucumbers: The bitterness of cucum-
bers is In the pointed end. SO cut that
OF before beginning to prepare them. for
the knife may otherwise carry the bitter
juice the full length OF the cucumber
Celery: Prepare celery only a little
while before using It. II IL Is wilted
when 1t comes from the store put II In
water. on the ice. An hour before using
It. separate the outside for soup or
creamed celery. Divide the hearts for the
table or for salad. and wrap them until
needed in wet cloth and put them on
the ice.
tCopyright l9lS1
The Washington herald., 1915-12-16
NEW YORK SLOUGH ABSURD" g"
Walk of Fashionables Drcried by
Woman Writer.

When the body is comfortably clothed
throughout, there Is nothing 10 interfere
with Il normal and graceful posture. Ii
is rare. indeed. that we meet peoplH who
sit. stand, or walk correctly. Like Top
sy. they have just "growed." and are
content with falling into chair. or
getting over the ground regardless of ap-
pcarance: worse yet they deliberately as
sumo ridiculous. distorted positions and
take up one fad after another In walking.
There have been Grerian bends. klnga-
roo lopes. and all sorts Of silly fashions {:
the recent New York slOuch tnsver was
anything more properly namedI is un-
doubtedly the most absurd fad. with its
spincless. falling -to-pieces poses. The
fashion plate. illustrations in tho maga-
zines are full OF Grotesqua caricatures OF
The Washington herald., 1915-12-16
FAMOUS WOMAN. HER
BIRTHDAY AND YOURS
Jane Austen.
BY MARY MARsHALL

Jane Austen. famous English novelist.
was born at Steventon, near Basingstoke.
where her father was rector. She was
the youngest Of seven children. and her
whole life was OF the quietest. most
uneventful sort. 1t is just because she
possessed the gift of depicting a simple
life with charm that she became ia
nous.
As q child. her greatest excitement
came from private theatricals enacted
In a barn In summer. IN the house In
winter, occasionally visits to her uncle
at Bath, lessons In Italian and French
with her father and embroidery work.
II II said that she excelled especially in
satin stitch-and anybody who does en-
broidery today knows what that means.
Jane Austen also spent much time
reading the standard literature Of the
day Richardson. Johnson. Cooper,
Scott's poetry and such Of his novels
as had already appeared.
She began to write when she was very
young. and had written several romsnces
before she was sixteen. Her most fa-
nous book. Pride and Prejudice" ap-
peared when she was twenty-five. But
none of her books gained much popular
recognition before her death. They gained
discriminating recognition, however.
Scott said her work was the most won
Hhu ever met Wltn- IL IL I<.NPs
said he would rather have written
Pride and Prejudice" than any OF the
WaverIey novels, and MacauIey went so
far as to say "she approaches Shakes
peare nearer than any Of our writer's
in drawing character"
In 1915. two years before her death.
the Prince Regent met her In London.
where she was nursing her brother. and
gave her permission to dedicate her mex:
book-which was "Emma"-to him.
"Northanger Abbey she sold for ten
pounds to publisher In 1896. Ha did
not publish Il. however. and several
years later her brother negotiated with
the publisher to buy the book back for
the same price. The publisher admitted
that he would be glad to get his money
back: yet at this time she had pub
lished four books that later became very
popular.
Uoryrizht IeSO
The Washington herald., 1915-12-16
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what good does 1t do II . member
comes to one meeting and then stayi
| away four?"
Are most club women OF your ac-
quaintance suffragists?' I asked when
Mrs. Wood mentioned the Congression-
al Union.
Many of them are but I do not
know what percentage" was Mrs.
Woods answer, 'and. though i am a
suffragist myself. do not advocate
having the Federation Of Women's
Clubs take any stand in the matter.
For to be truly a federation II should
! be neither suffrage or anti-suffrage.
Just at present. however. We have five
suffrage organizations in the fedora
tion and no '.anti' organizations.
However. there is no reason why such
club should not federate with US.
The National Federation of Women's
Clubs did. as you know. go on record
as giving their moral support to the
cause. But the District Federation has
never been disposed to take any ac-
ton in the matter.
AT present" Mrs. Wood told me,
there are thirty-two clubs in the
federation with a membership of ap-
proximateIy 1000. OF these the W.
c. T. Q. is the largest organization.
with a membership of one thousand.
One of the most efficient of all the
clubs is the Council Of Jewish Women,
which has done an enormous lot OF
good in protecting young immigrant
girls in the city and in providing
night schools for adults.
"a subject in which I am much in
terested in myself and for which the
federation is going to devote good
deal of time this winter is the moth
III s-t,
Janet Richards has promised us to
speak about the measure in her Mon
day talks and thus get it before the
attention of the women who attend
her classes and We are going to start
Il systematic campaign ourselves.
There is special need for this pen
sion act in the District because of the
fact that there are no factories where
women suddenly thrown upon their
own devices can find quick emproy-
ment. District women cannot get posi-
tions in many of the government de-
partments. so there is really almost
nothing for the widowed mother with
out resources to do.
That Washington has poverty and
want of a very distressing sort Is
something that many people do not
realize" Mrs. Wood told me. Persons
who live here for only a few months
Of the year and who see only the fine
streets and avenues. and who see
nothing of the population that still
finds shelter in the alleys. know moth
ing about the situation But Washing
ton Is by no means free from a pow
erty question. all the more vexing be-
cause there is so little for unskilled
women workers to do"
But what can the federation of
clubs do to bring about the mothers
pension actT'
1--WE can simply work on public
opinion. We can study tho situation
ourselves and make known the facts
and trust to the Justice and human
ity of these who govern the District
to do the rest"
The Washington herald., 1915-12-16
TEETH DECAY WITH NEGLECT.
"second set'' Affected BY Condition
OF First Molars.

Did you ever take a walk and conc to
a place that had a dilapidated fence, with
rotten. broken, and missing boards or
pickets? Weeds grew close about the
fence; the yard was unkempt with rub
bish: the house showed lack Of care, and
without going In you knew the interior
was disorderly and insanitary. Neglect
made that place a blot on the landscape.
The teeth stand like a fence at the en-
trance of the house In which we live:
the mouth is the gate Of the citadel, and
1t is important for every reason Of health
and beauty that the teeth shall be well
cared for. Broken, unwholesome teeth
are not only unsightly. but wherever the
teeth are uncared for you may be sure
the skin, the mouth. and the interior OF
the body are all In poor condition. 1t Is
a mistake to think children's first teeth
can be neglected without serious results:
indeed, infant feeding and the diet of the
mother during the prenatal months
have an important bearing upon the con-
dition of a child's teeth, as we shall see.
A tooth is a modified bone. q long bone
with one end projecting into the mouth.
The free part il called the crown of the
tooth and Is covered by a hard enamel
The bony substance OF the proper is dem
tine and is literally supplied with nerves
and blood vessels. The blood vessels
from the adjacent gums supply the buried
surface Of the tooth, and also pass di-
rectly into the large central pulp cavity
through the large root canal. Not only
do the first teeth lie buried within the
gums until the time comes for the crowns
to be pushed through the soft tissue, but
all through infancy the crowns of the
permanent teeth are full-sized and lie
packed around the roots Of the tempo
rary teeth. When their roots begin to
grow, the second teeth are pushed
against the first teeth. which are alb
sorbed and loosened-J. H. Kellogg. in
Good Health.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-16
HOROSCOPE.
THE stars incline. but do not compel"

Thursday, December 16, 1915.
Astrologers read this as an uncer-
tain day in which good and evil
forces contend. While Mercury. Jupiter
and Saturn are in benefc aspect, Venus
and Uranus are adverse.
1t is a time in which to be cautious
especially in the making of plans for
the new year, which will be big with
great events.
Politicians and publishers should be
especially careful. for the autumn will
bring many problems of policy. There
will be a memorable campaign in 1916.
which will cause factional dissensions
in the two great parties and will in
spire editors to indulge in scathing
personalities.
This should be an anspicious rule
the winding up Of financial obliga-
tions.
Saturn gives encouragement to the
aged today. They should be stimulated
and encouraged. All who are wise.
however. will set their affairs in or
der
The seers declare that the birthday
of the Emperor of Germany has a sin
lister omen. Plots and secrets will be
uncovered and trouble with papers is
indicated. Sudden losses are foreshad-
owed. May will be a time of supreme
crisis in his affairs, IL his horoscope
is read Alright.
Astrology gives little hope of peace
in Europe in 1916. for, while there may
be overtures toward a settlement of
the world conflict, the planets appear
TO indicate that the end of the war will
not be reached for two or possibly
three years.
A scandal and libel suit in which a
famous man of letters or a publisher
will be implicated is prognosticated.
Today's sway of the stars is mimi
cal to romance and most unlucky for
love affairs. Women are warned
against a condition that is believed to
incline them toward sentimentality
and they are counseled to be wary of
wooers.
The last week of January Is threat
ening for the Panama Canal and the
first of February may bring conditions
that entail loss and vast expenditures.
The troubles over loans and foreign
credits may be expected in February,
according to astrology.
Persons whose birthdate 1t is have
rather an unfavorable augury for the
year. Young girls will probably re-
ceive offers of marriage. Those who
are employed should prosper.
Children born on this day should be
generally successful through life.
Girls have the forecast of more than
one marriage.
Copyright ls5)
The Washington herald., 1915-12-16

the female figure. and it seems TO be the
aim OF thousands Of women to try and
stand like the pictured figures.
one young lady pTidrd herself upon
her attainment of the present mode in
walking. and was one of a group Of girls
in an aesthetic dancing class. Tn" teach
rr was a woman Of stately bearing and
the persOnifcation of grace. and when
she saw the limp contOrtions uf the MEM
bers Of the class. she felt rather hope
less. To preach hygiene would make u"
impression. 50 she tried pinkinG their
pride. After the first lesson. she singled
out this most fashionahly slouchy young
lady and said. ''y"G certainly d" wrlGEl''
and slink worse than any pupil I ever
had" IL was not long before all the
girls were exercising for correct posture.
and took pride in erect and graceful
movement.-Maudc Kent, NJ. d. i'll Good
Health.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-16
Talking Aids Appetite,

When one is eating that is, when
he first begins to eat the stomach is
not q large open cavity into which
the food is dropping: rather. the food
is taken into a shut pouch, and as a
little morsel comes in it Is seized, and
then another one comes in and that
is taken hold of, and the stomach
keeps relaxing a little more and more
as the food comes in. Sometimes it
feels as though one could not take an
other morsel, bat after chatting q few
moments he is hungry again.-k II.
Kellogg in Good Health.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-16
BELL TO ADDRESS BROKERS.
Bank President VIII Lecture Befor
Real Estate Men Next Month.

Charles j. Bell. president OF the Amer.
lean Security and Trust Company. will
deliver an address on "The Trust COM
pany's Attitude to the Real E4tate
Agents" before the Real Estate Brokers'
Association at its meeting Monday even
ing. January 2.
Presidents Of all of the local trust
companies will be invited to attend and
will probably be called upon to speak
One Of the matters to come up for con-
sideration will be the report of the COM
mittee having charge Of entertaining
delegates to the mid-winter meeting of
the executive committee OF the national
association. which will be held in WASH
ington, January q and e.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-16
AS SEEN BY A WASHINGTON WOMAN
NOW FOR THE ANTILITER
CAMPAIGN.


Always part of that first impres.
sion that strangers receive when
visiting Washington for the first
time is the fair appearance of the
streets. Thanks to a splendid system
of street pavings and an efficient
street cleaning department our
streets are almost as clean as the side
walks and one has to walk long
way here to find broken or muddy
section of the sidewalk. In Washing
ton women can wear dainty shoes in
the streets that in many less fortu-
nate cities would be suitable only for
the woman who rides in her limous-
inc. Many times we have heard
strangers comment on the fact that
Washington women were especially
we'll shod.
New York, it would seem, is one
of the cities less fortunate, judging
from the strong plea made day or
so ago in that city for a ant-litter
campaign as part of an effort toward
creating spotless town conditions.
And the fact iS pointed out that the
street cleaning department cannot do
effective work without the co-opera-
tion of the people. What can the
street cleaner do when FIVE minutes
after he has finished his work some
individual dumps litter and refuse
into the street? In the absence of
public spiritedness and civic pride,
which would prevent this, there is
nothing to help but the hand of the
police who can at least punish such
action.
Of course it is favorite comment
for people to make about Washing
ton that there is no civic feeling
here, that it is city without COM
munity pride or public spiritedness.
But perhaps that. like many other
bromide remarks is not entirely war
ranted. When you stop to think of it,
doesn't it seem to you that the peo-
pie of Washington cooperate in max
ing the Capital the garden city of
the country?
The sofa cushion of fur is the very
latest phase Of the fur fad. We are
quite used to the idea OF having mems
hats trimmed with neat strips of
tabby-cat-wc have seen them in
store windows only-and boudoir
caps of fur arc quite commonplace
by this. One ingenious explanation of
the fur cushion is to the effect that
it is simply the same idea as having
tic pct angora or maltese comfortably
encouchcd on the favorite lounge. To
be sure, the real kitty can purr and
thus lull you to slumbers, but then the
real kitty can also scratch. So per-
haps his disadvantages counteract his
advantages. Brave warriors of old
used to deck their couches with the
furs OF the wild animals they had
slain in the hunt and no softer pill
lows than these pclts afforded would
they have thought OF using. So it
isn't very new idea after all, which
is usually true about latest fads.
NJ NJ.