The Washington times., 1915-10-03
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no more than to yours, that she. Q
classic dancer. should be trailing about
with q serious minded lady. who Is the
frs. and only woman to be president
OF Civil Service Commission, and who
Is now trying TO get our Uncle sam 70
help US buy cheaper groceries by na'
tional marketing scheme,
80.
Well. that Is where the garbage came
In. For Maud Allan. who Is bluc-eyet
wistful, rather frail. and very young
ard pretty woman. brought In the'
Rarbase ,fisuratively). when I cxprcss-
ed surprise that she should be interest,"
ed in matters Of marketing and distri-
button, and all those things that clut
women and housewives leagues taiN
about.
Right back she came with the rctor'
that she ran her own house In London
and that she did her own marketing
and knew what to do with the garbage
and what women could do on small
scale with their own homes they co"'o
do on q large scale for cities.
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minds one of o school girl. went OH
with the most thrilling tales OF how
abe had danced In China and Japan.
literally danced herself around the
world. and how she now is going back
TO do solo dancing in London In a
new series Of classical productions.
with all the seriousness OF col
iege girl, Just through with her
sociology. she told OF the effects the
European war would have on suffrage.
and on womcns daily life. and she
grew very wrathful. indeed. when
she expressed her Indignation that
any Of her countrymen should have
gone out on g strike at this time.
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Every one is anxious to see her.
Susan. and they are going to get the
chance tomorrow when she and Mrs.
Mclean talk before the Washington
Woman Suffrage Council. It was hard
work persuadlng her that anyone
would wish to hear a classic dancer
talk. or do anything else but dance.
but she has consented.
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I met Mrs. George Wheeler yesterday.
looking ever so smart and attractive.
and she told me of the delightful auto
mobile trip she and Mr.. Wheeler en2i-
neercd this summer. They motored to
Bar Harbor stopping at numerous
places en- route: went through Breton
Woods to Lenox. and then. instead OF
coming home as they had planned,
turned around and tourneved up through
the Adirondacks. along Lake Placid to
1T ~ NJ
finally to Plattsburg. Mrs. Charlie
Wheeler was with them. and In Maine
they picked up her small son. Yandes.
who was In a bows camp Mrs. Wheel
er's mother and sister went along In
another automobile. and George Edward
Anderson. OF Pittsburgh. was also in
the party. Altogether they had royal
good time.
DR.. Harvev Wilev Is going to give a
series Of lectures on pure food before
the girls who are taking up the study
OF housekeeping and homemaking at
the School OF Domestic Arts and Sci
ences this winter. and John Sherman.
Superintendent of Weights. Measures
and Markets. is to give them profess
sional advice on how to manage q mar
Carlin OF Virginia Is also on the faculty
and Is to give talks on civil govern
ment and current topics. so there need
be no complaint from husbands-to-be
that their little wives are not intel
lectual COMPANIONS. Enriaueta Ramona
Morales. daughter of the minister OF
Panama. has decided to take this course
and there are dozens Of army and navy
Sirls who are to take up the work as a
background for winter OF social
Rayety.
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Traipsine about the town the last
week. Susan. while this wonderful
Grand Army reunion has been afoot. ]
have been led to wonder IL there isn't a
chance for somebody to standardize the
business Of decorating our streets
homes. and public buildings for such
occasions. There are professional cos.
tuners In all cities. who will dress ur
IN amateur or a professional theatrical
company to play anything from Greek
TRAGEDY to Charlie Chaplin. There are
window dressers to make the shop win.
dows sell you things you know you ought
to do without: and they sell EN-. too
as nv emaciated pin-money. account
begins to tell me even before my fall
buying Is fairly begun. Then there are
Landscape gardeners to fix UP your
home grounds. and decorators for the
house interior. to whom you can turr
over the whole business and be sure
they will do 1t better than you could.
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But who Is there to decorate the town
when 1t has occasion to dress un fol
company? Why. Susan. the more
think OF 1t. the surer I am that some
clever manor woman. maybe. would be
more appropriate for such a task-coult
organize the Municipal Decorations
Syndicate in Washington and make 9
good thing of It. Get the businesi
houses to become members: put in q
stock OF the right materials: organize
plans and schemes for development Of
ideas and effects: have paraphernalia
for decoration by day and also by night
and let the whole business be handled